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The government's role in the economy
Budget 2018: three things we learned
Yesterday the Chancellor Philip Hammond set out the government's latest Budget. This isn't intended to be an exhaustive assessment of it (many of the organisations we link to have done much more in-depth analyses), but we've picked out three things that you might want to know more about. We look at what the budget means for austerity, income tax payers, and major digital companies.
Austerity may be ending for the NHS, but not for all government departments
The Chancellor announced in his statement that "the era of austerity is finally coming to an end". "Austerity" is the term broadly used to describe the policy of reducing spending on public services, as committed to by the coalition and Conservative governments since 2010.
This budget will see some notable spending increases for the NHS over the next five years, with spending on public services broadly flat elsewhere. In the words of the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), spending for many government departments "ticks up next year before falling a bit". As the Resolution Foundation puts it, this might be better defined as an "easing" rather than "ending" of austerity.
We already knew that the NHS is getting a real terms spending increase over the next five years. By 2023/24, spending on the NHS will be £20.5 billion higher in real terms than it is today. Spending on defence and overseas aid will also be up in real terms.
Outside of health, public spending will be broadly flat over the next five years. There is £3.2 billion of additional funding for public services outside health, meaning "that it no longer falls in real terms" up to 2022/23, according to the independent Office for Budget Responsibility.
As a result of all this, health is increasingly dominating public spending overall. It "will have risen from 23% of public service spending in 2000 to 29% in 2010, and is set to reach 38% by 2023/24", according to the IFS.
Despite the broad lack of spending reductions, the Institute for Government adds an additional note of caution, arguing that this spending "is not enough to ensure that [it] will keep pace with population growth".
Spending not keeping up with population growth will mean additional pressure on these government departments, whose "per capita real-terms budgets are set to be 3 per cent lower in 2023/24 than 2019/20" according to the Resolution Foundation—in other words, they'll have less money per person.
Income tax changes will mainly help higher earners
The Chancellor also announced that next April, the personal tax allowance will increase from £11,850 to £12,500. That's the amount of earnings on which you don't have to pay income tax. Anyone earning over that £12,500 will therefore see an additional £130 in take-home pay from the new, higher threshold.
The threshold for the higher rate of income tax has also been increased. Currently, you start paying the higher rate (of 40% tax) once you earn over £46,350 a year—but this will rise to £50,000 from April 2019.
For someone earning over £50,000, that means a total reduction in taxes of £860: combining a £730 saving from the higher threshold, and the £130 saving from the lower one. However, changes to national insurance thresholds mean the overall saving will be lower than this—one report suggests the total will be £520 a year.
And who will these savings help? For a start, they won't help anyone earning under £11,850 a year—most likely to be part-time workers.
The £130 saving from the lower threshold will be passed on to the majority of taxpayers (83% of taxpayers currently pay the basic rate of income tax). The additional saving from the higher threshold, however, will only reach relatively high earners. Back in 2015/16 (the latest year we have data for) under 13% of taxpayers were earning enough to benefit from the change, with under 11% of taxpayers earning over £50,000 a year.
The Resolution Foundation puts it in starker terms. "84 per cent of the income tax cuts announced yesterday will go to the top half of the income distribution next year, rising to 89 per cent by the end of the parliament (2022/23) when almost half (45 per cent) will go to the top ten per cent of households alone. The richest tenth of households are set to gain 14 times as much in cash terms next year from the income tax and benefits giveaways in the Budget as the poorest tenth of households (£410 vs £30)."
A new digital tax—it might be the symbolism that matters most
One of the more novel policies announced at this year's budget was a new "digital services tax". But what does it mean? Frankly, we hope that we can do a better job explaining it than this government graphic did.
A 2% digital services tax will be applied to the revenues of major search engines, social media platforms, and online marketplaces from April 2020. The reason for this is that part of these companies' revenues comes from the fact that UK users participate in their services.
One way to think about this is that social media platforms and search engines earn money from targeting adverts towards users on their pages. Other businesses will pay social media platforms and search engines that have lots of users, because they are able to effectively reach the audiences that they want to target adverts at. This means that the people who use social media and search engines are effectively raising revenue for them, by being a large, lucrative audience which advertisers are willing to pay to reach. The tax is therefore on the fact that UK users are helping these online companies generate revenue.
This isn't the only example of where the tax applies, but it's broadly illustrative of the underlying idea. It is not a tax on the online sales of goods, or a generalised tax on online advertising or data collection.
You can probably imagine who this tax is most likely to affect—the likes of Facebook, Google, and Amazon. Businesses will need to generate revenues of at least £500 million globally from such business models to be subject to the tax. Companies with low or negative profits would not need to pay the tax.
The government estimates that this will raise £1.5 billion over four years, or £0.4 billion a year on average. The IFS has pointed out that that's pretty small as tax revenues go—for instance, corporation tax raises over £50 billion a year. Faisal Islam of Sky News points out that it's the equivalent of increasing the basic rate of income tax by a tenth of a penny.
But it should be noted that this policy has come about as the EU is struggling to get through a similar policy of its own, which aims to address that today's international corporate tax rules "do not capture business models that can make profit from digital services in a country without being physically present". The government says that it will "continue seeking a global solution to ultimately replace the [digital services tax]".
It may be that this policy has more power in the symbolic fact that the government is thinking of new ways to tax modern digital services, and as part of an effort to get international cooperation on the issue, rather than in the tax revenue it is going to generate for the exchequer.
By Joël Reland
EU immigrant workers in the UK: five things we learned
Three things you might want to know about the government's preparations for a No Deal Brexit
Clearing up some of the confusion over free school meals
How to check claims about tariffs and trade
Is the UK's trade deal with Japan better than the EU's?


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# Running CoreOS on Google Compute Engine

Before proceeding, you will need to [install gcloud][gcloud-documentation] and check that your GCE account/project has billing enabled (Settings → Billing). In each command below, be sure to insert your project name in place of `<project-id>`.

[gce-advanced-os]: http://developers.google.com/compute/docs/transition-v1#customkernelbinaries
[gcloud-documentation]: https://developers.google.com/cloud/sdk/

After installation, log into your account with `gcloud auth login` and enter your project ID when prompted.

## Cloud-Config

CoreOS allows you to configure machine parameters, launch systemd units on startup and more via cloud-config. Jump over to the [docs to learn about the supported features]({{site.url}}/docs/cluster-management/setup/cloudinit-cloud-config). Cloud-config is intended to bring up a cluster of machines into a minimal useful state and ideally shouldn't be used to configure anything that isn't standard across many hosts. On GCE, the cloud-config can be modified while the instance is running and will be processed next time the machine boots.

You can provide cloud-config to CoreOS via the Google Cloud console's metadata field `user-data` or via a flag using `gcloud`.

The most common cloud-config for GCE looks like:

```yaml
#cloud-config

coreos:
  etcd:
    # generate a new token for each unique cluster from https://discovery.etcd.io/new
    discovery: https://discovery.etcd.io/<token>
    # multi-region and multi-cloud deployments need to use $public_ipv4
    addr: $private_ipv4:4001
    peer-addr: $private_ipv4:7001
  units:
    - name: etcd.service
      command: start
    - name: fleet.service
      command: start
```

The `$private_ipv4` and `$public_ipv4` substitution variables are fully supported in cloud-config on GCE.

## Choosing a Channel

CoreOS is designed to be [updated automatically]({{site.url}}/using-coreos/updates) with different schedules per channel. You can [disable this feature]({{site.url}}/docs/cluster-management/debugging/prevent-reboot-after-update), although we don't recommend it. Read the [release notes]({{site.url}}/releases) for specific features and bug fixes.

Create 3 instances from the image above using our cloud-config from `cloud-config.yaml`:

Stable Channel

Beta Channel

Alpha Channel

The alpha channel closely tracks master and is released to frequently. The newest versions of docker, etcd and fleet will be available for testing. Current version is CoreOS {{site.alpha-channel}}.

gcloud compute instances create core1 core2 core3 --image https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/{{site.data.alpha-channel.gce-image-path}} --zone us-central1-a --machine-type n1-standard-1 --metadata-from-file user-data=cloud-config.yaml

The beta channel consists of promoted alpha releases. Current version is CoreOS {{site.beta-channel}}.

gcloud compute instances create core1 core2 core3 --image https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/{{site.data.beta-channel.gce-image-path}} --zone us-central1-a --machine-type n1-standard-1 --metadata-from-file user-data=cloud-config.yaml

The Stable channel should be used by production clusters. Versions of CoreOS are battle-tested within the Beta and Alpha channels before being promoted. Current version is CoreOS {{site.stable-channel}}.

gcloud compute instances create core1 core2 core3 --image https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/{{site.data.stable-channel.gce-image-path}} --zone us-central1-a --machine-type n1-standard-1 --metadata-from-file user-data=cloud-config.yaml

### Additional Storage

Additional disks attached to instances can be mounted with a `.mount` unit. Each disk can be accessed via `/dev/disk/by-id/google-<disk-name>`. Here's the cloud-config to mount a disk called `database-backup`:

```yaml
#cloud-config
coreos:
  units:
    - name: media-backup.mount
      command: start
      content: |
        [Mount]
        What=/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-0Google_PersistentDisk_database-backup
        Where=/media/backup
        Type=ext3
```

For more information about mounting storage, Google's [own documentation](https://developers.google.com/compute/docs/disks#attach_disk) is the best source. You can also read about [mounting storage on CoreOS]({{site.url}}/docs/cluster-management/setup/mounting-storage).

### Adding More Machines
To add more instances to the cluster, just launch more with the same cloud-config inside of the project.

## SSH

You can log in your CoreOS instances using:

```sh
gcloud compute ssh --zone us-central1-a core@<instance-name>
```

Users other than `core`, which are set up by the GCE account manager, may not be a member of required groups. If you have issues, try running commands such as `journalctl` with sudo.

## Modify Existing Cloud-Config

To modify an existing instance's cloud-config, use the `add-metadata` command to overwrite the existing data with the new `cloud-config.yaml`:

```sh
gcloud compute instances add-metadata core1 --zone us-central1-a --metadata-from-file=user-data=cloud-config.yaml
```

The new metadata will be applied to the machine after a reboot. To verify that the metadata was set correctly, you can run:

```sh
$ gcloud compute instances describe --zone us-central1-a core1
---
canIpForward: false
creationTimestamp: '2014-07-01T16:04:06.469-07:00'
disks:
- autoDelete: true
  boot: true
  deviceName: persistent-disk-0
  index: 0
  kind: compute#attachedDisk
  mode: READ_WRITE
  source: core1
  type: PERSISTENT
id: '4569192679304736137'
kind: compute#instance
machineType: n1-standard-1
metadata:
  fingerprint: Gi4UKHu-LKk=
  items:
  - key: user-data
    value: "#cloud-config\n\ncoreos:\n  etcd:\n    # generate a new token for each\
      \ unique cluster from https://discovery.etcd.io/new\n    discovery: https://discovery.etcd.io/8905e11767c1c7f4ee2b8b30c4b471b2\n\
      \    # multi-region and multi-cloud deployments need to use $public_ipv4\n \
      \   addr: $private_ipv4:4001\n    peer-addr: $private_ipv4:7001\n  units:\n\
      \    - name: etcd.service\n      command: start\n    - name: fleet.service\n\
      \      command: start\n"
  kind: compute#metadata
name: rob1
networkInterfaces:
- accessConfigs:
  - kind: compute#accessConfig
    name: external-nat
    natIP: 173.255.112.17
    type: ONE_TO_ONE_NAT
  name: nic0
  network: default
  networkIP: 10.240.95.60
scheduling:
  automaticRestart: true
  onHostMaintenance: MIGRATE
selfLink: https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/<project-id>/zones/us-central1-a/instances/core1
serviceAccounts:
- email: 1053319219775@project.gserviceaccount.com
  scopes:
  - https://www.googleapis.com/auth/devstorage.read_only
status: RUNNING
tags:
  fingerprint: 42B8rWmSpSM=
zone: us-central1-a
```

## Using CoreOS

Now that you have a machine booted it is time to play around.
Check out the [CoreOS Quickstart]({{site.url}}/docs/quickstart) guide or dig into [more specific topics]({{site.url}}/docs).

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


This bundle was from the grand prize for the Wedding Belles Live Event in July 2017.
"Construct your own 5-Star-Kitchen with this suite of industrial cooking-ware!"
"They're playing our song! Have your Adult or Teenage Sims rock out on this romantic collection of instruments!"
Your teenage sims don't need to be Teen Idols or have an Entertainer Life Dream to play these instruments and Adults don't need to have an Entertainer Life Dream to play these instruments.
This bundle is all of the prizes from the 2015 Outdoors Event.
This bundle is the Spa Rugs pack from the personal progress prizes for the Simtown Health Spa Community Event.
"This selection of rugs will really tie the room together!"
This bundle is from the Sauna Supreme pack from the personal progress prizes for the Simtown Health Spa Community Event.
"Construct the ultimate sauna so your Sims can sweat those stresses away."
These are from the Small Disco Dancefloor Tiles pack and the Large Disco Dancefloor Tiles pack from the Party Time Live Event.
These are various items from the Party Time Live Event.
"Everything you need to throw a massive party!"
The doors and windows are from the Open Entrances Pack and the bathroom items are from the Clear Reflections Pack which were a part of the community progress prizes from the Simtown Health Spa Community Event.
"Spruce up your Sim's house with glamorous spa furniture and bathroom pieces."
The pug and outfits are prizes from the Celebrity Pet Live Event. The collars are just already available items in the game.
"Pug and matching pug and adult female outfits"
"Stylish parted hair for female preteens"


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Salmos 139

1Senhor, tu me sondas, e me conheces.

2Tu conheces o meu sentar e o meu levantar; de longe entendes o meu pensamento.

3Esquadrinhas o meu andar, e o meu deitar, e conheces todos os meus caminhos.

4Sem que haja uma palavra na minha língua, eis que, ó Senhor, tudo conheces.

5Tu me cercaste em volta, e puseste sobre mim a tua mão.

6Tal conhecimento é maravilhoso demais para mim; elevado é, não o posso atingir.

7Para onde me irei do teu Espírito, ou para onde fugirei da tua presença?

8Se subir ao céu, tu aí estás; se fizer no Seol a minha cama, eis que tu ali estás também.

9Se tomar as asas da alva, se habitar nas extremidades do mar,

10ainda ali a tua mão me guiará e a tua destra me susterá.

11Se eu disser: Ocultem-me as trevas; torne-se em noite a luz que me circunda;

12nem ainda as trevas são escuras para ti, mas a noite resplandece como o dia; as trevas e a luz são para ti a mesma coisa.

13Pois tu formaste os meus rins; entreteceste-me no ventre de minha mãe.

14Eu te louvarei, porque de um modo tão admirável e maravilhoso fui formado; maravilhosas são as tuas obras, e a minha alma o sabe muito bem.

15Os meus ossos não te foram encobertos, quando no oculto fui formado, e esmeradamente tecido nas profundezas da terra.

16Os teus olhos viram a minha substância ainda informe, e no teu livro foram escritos os dias, sim, todos os dias que foram ordenados para mim, quando ainda não havia nem um deles.

17E quão preciosos me são, ó Deus, os teus pensamentos! Quão grande é a soma deles!

18Se eu os contasse, seriam mais numerosos do que a areia; quando acordo ainda estou contigo.

19Oxalá que matasses o perverso, ó Deus, e que os homens sanguinários se apartassem de mim,

20homens que se rebelam contra ti, e contra ti se levantam para o mal.

21Não odeio eu, ó Senhor, aqueles que te odeiam? e não me aflijo por causa dos que se levantam contra ti?

22Odeio-os com ódio completo; tenho-os por inimigos.

23Sonda-me, ó Deus, e conhece o meu coração; prova-me, e conhece os meus pensamentos;

24vê se há em mim algum caminho perverso, e guia-me pelo caminho eterno.

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I always cook with wine, and sometimes it even makes it way into the dish! This is a very simple and delicious recipe that has become a staple in my own home. We have a lot of great Burgundies and other reds that would be great with this dish. Ask for a Burg Wine Selection in your local liquor store!
Pick out a red wine that you like. Burgundy is the traditional wine used for this recipe, but do what makes you happy.
Fry some bacon. Try not to eat too much. Remove grease and set aside the bacon. If you have a dog, mix bacon grease with dry dog food. It's good for their coats and saves your drain from clogging.
Butcher a whole chicken into eight pieces and brown on each side. I prefer to use a large pot or dutch oven for the whole recipe to cut down on cleaning. Remove and set aside.
In the same pan, add olive oil, shallots, onion, garlic, mushrooms, etc. You could also add celery, carrots - you get the idea. Add herbs to your liking. I prefer rosemary and thyme. Bonus points if you have your own herb garden!
Add chicken and bacon back to the pan. Pour a whole bottle of wine, minus a few generous swigs, into the pan. Put on low heat and let simmer for 2-3 hours.
Side ideas: Mashed potatoes, grits, roasted brussel sprouts, haricot verts, etc.


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Farooq, S. A., Farook, T. T., Khan, R. S., Al Khayat, A. & Eltayeb, E. A., 2013, Food as Medicine. Nova Science Publishers, Inc., p. 391-410 20 p.
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Natural Product 100%
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Antibiotics 28%
Antiinfective Agent 28%
Prevalence 14%
Axillary shoot branching in plants
Yaish, M. W. F., Guevara, D. R., El-Kereamy, A. & Rothstein, S. J., 2010, Plant Developmental Biology. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Vol. 1. p. 37-52 16 p.
Polyamine Derivative 100%
Cytokinin 100%
Auxin 100%
Phytohormone 100%
Abscisic Acid 100%
Biosurfactant's role in bioremediation of napl and fermentative production
Joshi, S. J. & Desai, A. J., 2010, Biosurfactants. Sen, R. (ed.). p. 222-235 14 p. (Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology; vol. 672).
Subsurface 66%
Bioremediation 66%
Renewable Feedstock 33%
Effective Approach 33%
Uncertainty in River Restoration
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The M-Vac was used to collect DNA material in the recent investigation of the Zodiac murders. The second episode, aired November 21, 2017, and final episode, aired December 12, 2017, featured some of the sampling that was conducted. Episode two ended with detectives linking up with DNA expert, Susanna Ryan, who used the M-Vac on the homicide victim's pants, Cheri Jo Bates. The evidence was from 1966 and the M-Vac collected male DNA. The details on the show can be found by clicking here or on the picture below. The M-Vac can be seen in action in episodes 2 & 5. In episode 2, the footage of the M-Vac begins at 4:20 minute marker. In episode 5, there are two places where the M-Vac is featured, minute marker 21:29 and 33:00. It is interesting to see how and where they use the M-Vac in this 51 year old case.


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May 7, 2003 No comments Santa Barbara County
Residents ask council to resolve Sterling's fate
Residents ask council to resolve Sterling's fate By Jasmine Marshall — Staff Writer 5/7/03 With voices sometimes shaking in anger or faltering with tears, hundreds of Santa Marians came to City Hall Tuesday to tell the City Council they believe the fate of suspended Police Chief John Sterling lies in their hands — and they want him back. The emotionally charged City Council meeting took place just five days after Sterling was told to empty his desk and placed on paid administrative leave on May 1. Citizens began lining up outside City Council chambers nearly two hours before the meeting in hopes of getting in to make themselves heard. A group of Latino residents from the West Newlove neighborhood carried signs featuring pictures of Sterling working with the community, reading "We Want Chief Sterling Back!" in both English and Spanish. "We want to know why Chief Sterling is gone," said Ramon Martinez, a West Newlove resident. "He has worked very hard with our community to improve things in the West Newlove neighborhood. We think he should be brought back." City officials have been uniformly tight-lipped about the reasons for the suspension, citing the need to protect Sterling's privacy rights as an employee. But two well-placed sources within the city have told the Times on condition of anonymity they believe conflicts with City Manager Tim Ness and Sterling's brief bid for 33rd state Assembly District in February were factors. The sources also said they have the chief's suspension letter, and that it reads "… pending termination." Among those who came forward to speak Tuesday was Lana Adams, a San Luis Obispo County resident who said she had invited Sterling to a Republican event at the Madonna Inn in San Luis Obispo. Last week, two sources within the city indicated that Sterling's attendance at the event seemed to bring the chief's conflicts with Ness to a head. "I have first-hand knowledge of the incident, which was apparently the catalyst of Chief Sterling's current problems with the city manager for allegedly 'participating in political activities while on duty,'" Adams told the council. Adams said that when she invited Sterling to the event, "he said that he ordinarily had City Council (that night) but that it was a light agenda and (Commander) Danny Macagni was covering for him …" She went on to state that the chief did not speak at the event. "The whole situation indicates to me that you have a huge problem and it is a personal issue not with the chief of police but your city manager," Adams said. In response, Mayor Larry Lavagnino said Sterling's run for Assembly "had nothing to do with his suspension." Adams responded she had been told by Sterling the suspension did have to do with his run, "and that I believe him before I believe any of you." Before the start of public comment, Lavagnino asked City Attorney Art Montandon to read a memo explaining what the city can and cannot say regarding the chief's suspension and what his employment rights are. "Personnel matters are confidential. We can only tell the public a limited amount of information regarding these matters," said Montandon, citing Sterling's right to privacy. Montandon also explained Sterling is an "at-will" employee, and different factors that could lead to the termination of a department head, including those "for cause," meaning the department head "does something significantly wrong related to their job." This could include neglect of employment duties, engaging in personal conduct detrimental to the city, or refusal to accept a reasonable assignment or follow direction. "It should be noted that this listing is for example only and is not an indication, in any way, that the chief of police has conducted himself in this manner," Montandon cautioned. Montandon also explained to the audience that as an "at will" employee, Sterling can be terminated at any time "without cause" by the city manager. Ness also made a prepared statement, describing his management style as "team building," and saying that he works with all city employees to give them feedback on their performance. Ness added that when dealing with sensitive personnel issues, he has consulted with the city attorney and outside legal counsel before making decisions. "Decisions like this are not made overnight," he said. Ness also said the city and he, himself, had been threatened with litigation due to the chief's suspension. Lavagnino praised Ness's performance, saying he is "one of the best city managers in the state, a view shared by all council members." Although many citizens said they understand Ness may have the power to suspend and ultimately fire Sterling, most refused to accept such an outcome. "So much power has been given to two individuals, but it is you who we vote for," said Teresa Arredondo to the council. "We are asking you, Larry, Leo, Bob, Alice and Marty to look at Tim Ness's decision before you make a final one." In a voice on the verge of tears, longtime Santa Maria businessman Dan Lopez urged Ness and the council to take a second look at the issue. "Sometimes it takes a bigger person to make amends," he said. "Let's be larger than life and bring back John Sterling." For roughly two hours, dozens of community members came forward, testifying to Sterling's commitment to working with youth, minorities and immigrants, and for helping to bring the community together. Pastor Rick Bloom of Pacific Christian Center said he's "never felt safer in any community than Santa Maria, and that's because of John Sterling." Robert Ramos, an officer with the Santa Maria Police Department for 19 years, spoke, saying Sterling had the support of officers and had done much to improve the condition of the city since taking over in 1999. "Do we want to go back to the way things were before?" Ramos said. Only one resident, Ernest Armenta, spoke favorably of Sterling's departure, saying he would support Ness "100 percent." Lavagnino told the audience at the end of public comment "what you have said tonight will have an impact on how this will proceed." Staff writer Jasmine Marshall can be reached by e-mail at jmarshall@pulitzer.net :nav Source: http://www.lompocrecord.com/articles/2003/05/07/news/export9782.txt
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Is Dicky Cheung's "The Learning Curve of a Warlord" Being Passed Over for Other TVB Series?
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Hong Kong actor, Dicky Cheung (張衛健), hasn't acted in a TVB series since playing the "Monkey King" in 1996's "Journey to the West" (西遊記), which skyrocketed his popularity. Due to a contract dispute with TVB, he left shortly with the sequel being played by Benny Chan (陳浩民), who couldn't exude the same energy as Dicky Cheung in the first series. Under TVB executive, Catherine Tsang's (曾勵珍) persuasion, Dicky Cheung came back in 2017, after more than 20 years, to film "The Learning Curve of a Warlord" (大帥哥). The series was touted as an "anniversary series," which means it's highly regarded and gets the utmost promotion and attention, especially at the anniversary awards.
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The series completed filming since September of last year. TVB even had a recent event to promote their upcoming "anniversary series," but "Warlord" wasn't even on the list. When Dicky Cheung first came back last year, he said he wanted to film this to celebrate TVB's 50th anniversary. As filming lasted for six months, he had to turn down a lot of jobs. It is reported, Dicky Cheung didn't discuss pay for this series, his only request was to have enough time to rest. This year is already TVB's 51st anniversary and with only two months left, many people are saying the series is being passed over for other series so TVB can promote its own artists as it's near award time.
Going from anniversary series to warehouse series
What was originally marketed as an anniversary series is now being rumored to be a warehouse series. The series was reported to air this summer, but there hasn't been any marketing done to promote it. There were even rumors the delays were due to Sisley Choi's (蔡思貝) image and the public not having a good impression of her. Oriental Daily News reached out to producer, Stephen Tsui (徐正康) and he says, "Early on, we already had a deal with mainland website, Youku, to air the series simultaneously. Also, the approval process takes times, so we decided to promote it as 2018's finale series." When asked if Dicky had any complaints, Stephen Tsui said, "Absolutely not. He is very professional."
Oriental Daily News also asked Stephen Tsui about Sisley Choi being the reason for the delays, he said, "We didn't blacklist her. She is filming another series called "Airport Security Unit" (機場特警). If she had issues, we wouldn't let her carry such important series. She worked very hard on "Warlord" and got to play a different character from what she normally portrays."
When asked about the delays and how it's tied to Sisley Choi's image issues, Dicky Cheung responded, "I don't know. She was very serious during filming. She showed a lot of respect towards me and the other cast members."
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Cette page concerne l'année 1546 en arts plastiques.

Œuvres

Événements

Naissances
 21 mars : Bartholomeus Spranger, peintre flamand († ),
 ? : Joseph Boillot, peintre, ingénieur militaire, architecte et graveur français († 1605),
 Vers 1646 : Christoffel van Sichem l'Ancien, graveur, imprimeur et éditeur néerlandais († ).

Décès
 11 janvier : Gaudenzio Ferrari, peintre, architecte et sculpteur italien (° vers 1475),
  : Jules Romain (Giulio Romano), peintre et architecte italien (° 1492),
 ? :
 Noël Bellemare, peintre et enlumineur français d'origine flamande (° ?),
 Camillo Boccaccino, peintre italien (° vers 1505).

Chronologie des arts plastiques
Arts plastiques

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Емих II фон Лайнинген (; † пр. 1138) е граф на замък Лайнинген в днешен Рейнланд-Пфалц, основател на благородническия род Дом Лайнинген.

Биография
Той е от франкси произход, вероятно роднина с род Емихони и е син на Емих I фон Лайнинген († 1117) и вероятно внук на граф Емихо фон Флонхайм († сл. 1108) или на Емих, един от водещите кръстоносци от 1096 г. Брат му Арнолд II е епископ на Шпайер от 1124 до 1126 г.

Граф Емих II фон Лайнинген е споменат за пръв път през 1128 г. като свидетел за документ на архиепископа на Майнц Адалберт I фон Саарбрюкен († 23 юни 1137).

Емих II създава своето господство около замък Лайнинген (днес Алтлайнинген). Документирано е създаването му със съпругата му Албарат между 1119 и 1124 г. на манастир Хьонинген (днес част от Алтлайнинген), по времето на папа Каликст II (1119 – 1124). Манастирът става за фамилията Културен център на тяхното графство. Църквата на манастира в Хьонинген е осветена през 1141 г. в чест на Свети Петър от епископ Бурхард II от Вормс. Манастирът изгаря през 1569 г.

Наследници на Емих II като управляващи графове са синът му Емих III († 1180 или 1187) и внукът му Фридрих I († пр. 1214).

Галерия

Литература
 Ingo Toussaint: Die Grafen von Leiningen. Studien zur leiningischen Genealogie und Territorialgeschichte bis zur Teilung von 1317/18. Jan Thorbecke Verlag, Sigmaringen 1982, ISBN 3-7995-7017-9

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Външни препратки
 Grafen von Leiningen, fmg.ac
 Emmich II von Leiningen, nhv-ahnenforschung.de

Лайнингени
Графове в Германия
Родени през 11 век
Починали през 12 век


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I have used this shop for many years in this and the previous location and have found Andy and his staff to always do excellent work in a timely fashion.


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"Hello, on behalf of my family and all of our hunting staff, I would like to welcome you to come out and hunt with us on our family ranch in beautiful Colorado. We are located in the heart of Colorado mountains, Bull basin ranch sets at 7,300 to 9,600 feet with views of some of the most spectacular scenery, 12,000 to 14,000 ft mountains around us and views that go on forever. We are close to the Black canyon National park and Colorado's largest lake blue mesa reservoir ,and many of Colorado's mountain towns so there are lots of extra things to do and see while you are out here. Our ranch ranges from 7,000 feet to over 9,600 feet in the Cimarron mountains between Montrose and Gunnison Colorado. This is an ideal family hunting ranch along with our beautiful lodge it makes for a great hunt and for you & your wife or whole family and groups that want a lodge and ranch exclusively to then selves.
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Srinagar: Pakistan's Minister for Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan Ali Amin Gandapur has said that the Imran Khan government is committed to raising the Kashmir issue at multiple fora, and it will hand over the chair of the parliamentary committee of Kashmir to an influential name in political and foreign affairs.
In an interview with daily Express, Gandapur said that the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) led government is taking strong and effective measures to resolve the Kashmir issue, instead of paying lip-service as was done by the previous government.
According to Gandapur, the day will give a firm message to Kashmiris and people around the world that the government has moved on from messages and speeches, and now it will adopt practical measures for the resolution of this issue, The Express Tribune reported.
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Dr. Tiongson is a Professor Emeritus at the UP Film Institute, and former dean of the UP College of Mass Communication (2003-2006) in Diliman. He served as artistic director and vice president of the Cultural Center of the Philippines (1986-1994) and chairman of the Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (2001). He is a founding member (1975) and former chair (1983) of the Manunuri ng Pelikulang Pilipino, founding member of the Cinemalaya Foundation, Inc. (2005) and of the Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival.
He has published film articles and reviews in journals, newspapers, and magazines. For his achievements, he has received the Manila Critics Circle awards, the National Book Development Association Best Book Award, the Gawad Chanselor for Outstanding Research, the UP Alumni Association Professional Achievement Award, the National Research Council of the Philippines award, Gawad CCP Para sa Sining, the Patnubay ng Sining at Kalinangan Award, and the CCP Centennial Honors for the Arts.
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Moreover, the values obtained with this 2B6 (Y226H/K262R) mutant utilized for crystallization were much like those decided previously in wild-type 2B6 (Kumar et al., 2007). side chains of the active site residue Phe206 around the F-helix and Phe297 around the I-helix was necessary to accommodate the inhibitors. However, P450 2B6 does not require any major side chain rearrangement to bind 4-NBP compared with 4-BP, and the enzyme provides no hydrogen-bonding partners for the polar nitro group of 4-NBP within the hydrophobic active site. In addition, on the basis of these new structures, substitution of residue 172 with histidine as observed in the single nucleotide polymorphism Q172H and in P450 2B4 may contribute to a hydrogen bonding network connecting the E- and I-helices, thereby stabilizing active site residues around the I-helix. These results provide insight into the role of active site side chains upon inhibitor binding and indicate that this recognition of the benzylpyridines in the closed conformation structure of P450 2B6 is based solely on hydrophobicity, size, and shape. Introduction Cytochrome P450 (P450)-dependent monooxygenases are a superfamily of heme-containing enzymes that metabolize a wide variety of xenobiotics including many drugs (Johnson and GSK1278863 (Daprodustat) Stout, 2005). The importance of studies of P450 enzymes is usually bolstered by their crucial role in steroid and prostaglandin synthesis in humans. P450 catalysis generally occurs through the insertion of an atom of molecular oxygen into an organic ligand, often in a regio- and stereoselective manner. However, these enzymes are also known for the amazing plasticity that enables them to adapt to and accommodate a broad range of substrates of different size, shape, and stereochemistry (Domanski and Halpert, 2001a; Gay et al., 2010a). As elucidated by crystallographic studies, substrate acknowledgement in P450s is usually enabled through the repositioning of active site residues and other conformational changes (Williams et al., 2000). The structural analysis of rabbit P450 2B4 in complex with the drugs ticlopidine and clopidogrel is usually a recent illustration of such side chain rearrangement to accommodate the respective ligands within the active site (Gay et al., 2010b). Human P450 2B6 metabolizes a large pool of GSK1278863 (Daprodustat) clinically important drugs including bupropion, efavirenz, cyclophosphamide, selegiline, propofol, and artemisinin (Zanger et al., 2007). Despite major improvements in crystallization and structural biology of human P450 enzymes, direct structural information on P450 2B6 has remained scant. Moreover, the polymorphic nature of P450 2B6 results in several variants, including the most common single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) Q172H and K262R (Zanger et al., 2007), which lead to differences in protein levels and/or activity among individual organisms. Detailed information on P450 2B6 structure-activity associations will be required to understand the mechanisms of altered protein function. Over the past decade, more than 10 structures of P450 2B4, which shares 78% amino acid sequence identity with P450 2B6, were solved, exposing four different conformations. These include two unique ligand-free says of protein, open and closed, as well GSK1278863 (Daprodustat) as ING4 antibody other conformations observed in complex with numerous inhibitors and drugs (Gay et al., 2010a). The crystal structures of the open ligand free form and two inhibitor-bound complexes were in agreement with the conformational changes observed in solution in recent hydrogen-deuterium exchange mass spectrometry experiments (Wilderman et al., 2010). Furthermore, the flexible regions of 2B4 affected by ligand binding were consistent between the answer studies and X-ray crystal structures. Until recently, the structures of rabbit P450 2B4 served as a template for making homology models and for identifying important residues in human P450 2B6 (Domanski and Halpert, 2001a; Kumar et al., 2007). The recently determined crystal structure of a P450 2B6 genetic variant in complex with 4-(4-chlorophenyl)imidazole (4-CPI) provided a detailed look at this human enzyme (Gay et al., 2010c), which allowed for the comparison of two P450 2B structures from different species. Here, Y226H and K262R mutations were launched into the wild-type P450 2B6 construct with an N-terminal truncation and modifications. These internal mutations were made on the basis of years of research efforts to improve the stability, solubility, and yield of this enzyme, making it amenable for the high expression levels and purity required for crystallization (Hanna et al., 2000; Scott et al., 2001; Mitsuda and Iwasaki, 2006; Kumar et al., 2007). To further our understanding of structure-function associations in P450 2B6 and its role GSK1278863 (Daprodustat) in drug metabolism and interactions, we solved the crystal structures of P450 2B6 in complex with the inhibitors 4-benzylpyridine (4-BP) and 4-(4-nitrobenzyl) pyridine (4-NBP). The in vitro inhibition potency.
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June 15, 2016 by Seán Kinane and filed under Criminal Justice, Native American, News and Public Affairs.
One of the most famous prisoners in the United States is housed just north of Tampa at United States Penitentiary, Coleman.; some people even go so far as to call American Indian activist Leonard Peltier a political prisoner, though he was convicted of murder in the 1970s. Now his supporters have asked President Barack Obama to grant Peltier clemency. WMNF News interviewed Peter Clark, co-director of the International Leonard Peltier Defense Committee.
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"Leonard Peltier is a Native American activist. He's presently serving two life terms in federal prison, currently, in a maximum security prison in Coleman, Florida. And that's in connection with tragic events that took place on June 26, 1975, where there was a shootout on private property–on the Jumping Bull property–where American Indian Movement activists had been invited by traditional elders for protection, because at that time on the Pine Ridge reservation–as on many tribal nations around the country–traditional people who wanted to reconnect with their spiritual ways and their spirituality and their ceremonies, they were being oppressed, persecuted both by installed tribal government in connection with the federal government and Bureau of Indian Affairs.
"Len has been in for 40 years now. And pending any new evidence, he's exhausted all his legal avenues. So, that's why we're pushing so hard for clemency from President Obama."
What's the response been from the Obama administration-if you've heard any response or what has the response been in the past to your request for clemency?
"This is a new clemency petition that was submitted on February 17th of this year, 2016. We don't anticipate any kind of response to a current petition. It would be highly irregular. In the past, Leonard has had a clemency petition that sat on the desk of President Clinton, was not acted upon by Clinton and then in the final days of the Bush administration–the second Bush administration–in 2009, George Bush denied that clemency application. For that reason, Leonard had to submit a new petition. A clemency petition stays open until a President acts on it–either grants it or denies it. Clinton did not act this petition. He just let it sit there.
"So, no feedback. It's a very confidential procedure that takes place inside the Pardon Attorney's office. The Pardon Attorney will put together a report on the petition and submit that to the Attorney General which eventually a report will get submitted to the White House. The Pardon Attorney office can do three things: pass on with recommendation for; or a recommendation against; or no recommendation."
If people are interested in this case and they want to get involved, what's your suggestion?
"Well, really the best thing is–this is a good moment for me to plug our website–we are the official defense committee for Leonard Peltier. There are about 5 or 6 of us on a board of directors and 2 co-directors, myself and Leonard's niece, Kari Ann Boushee and we're all in touch with Leonard–almost on a daily basis. So, to find out what's going on with the campaign, how to get involved, how to donate, also we can have ready-made postcards delivered to you that you can send to the White House or we will mail them for you if you mail them back, that's all found on our website, which is www.whoisleonardpeltier.info. We're also on Facebook "International Leonard Peltier Defense Committee" you can search that on Facebook and like us, we'd appreciate it."
You say that you've been in touch with Mr. Peltier. What are his conditions like at Coleman Prison and what's his mood like?
"I would characterize his mood as "anxious", especially as more time goes by and we get towards the end of Obama's administration. Many of us feel this is his last opportunity at freedom. Leonard does not feel he will live through another presidency.
"Typically, pardons are given at the end of an outgoing president. He doesn't feel he'll make it that long. He has an abdominal aortic aneurysm, which is a serious condition–life threatening condition–if that were to burst, where he is at Coleman federal prison, he's in a maximum security, if that was to burst he would surely bleed out before he could get to an appropriate facility. For this reason and other reasons we're trying to get him moved–well, it's been ongoing trying to get Leonard transferred to a medium security where at least presumably less violent atmosphere. Because if Leonard were to get punched in the stomach that aneurysm could surely burst. So, we're just trying to get him moved to a medium security prison, both appropriate for his age and his classification and his good time served throughout his 40 years."
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LEMZEL JOHNSON IS A MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER, TRAINER, AUTHOR, AND GOAL COACH. HE IS KNOWN TO LIFT THE PERSPECTIVES OF AUDIENCE WITH PRACTICAL STORIES, INTERACTIVE EXAMPLES AND LESSONS.
Today Lemzel travels the country using his training and experience to motivate medical doctors, business owners, managers, workers, teachers, students and even parents to clarify their goals and purposes based on practical life principles. Lemzel's unique style of presenting tough issues with clear images helps teams and individuals engage in being the best at who they are. He believes that with the proper mindset, participants are able to operate at peak levels which produces better choices and desired results.


Priest Building Design in Birmingham has carried out many new building designs in Birmingham and throughout the West Midlands on all types of property, compiling drawings and technical information for submission for local authority. When considering new building design for housing, the density does not relate to the quality of the design or the character of the local area.
New residential development should be appropriate to its location and not make a huge impact in terms of scale, appearance and sitting. The position of the new build proposal should relate to any existing housing and the character of the area. We consider all aspects of new design as listed above but this does not mean that adjacent buildings are copied.
We have to consider the density of the proposals in conjunction with the local amenities and the dwellings per hectare the local authority adopt. The density is calculated on the area to be developed which must include, where required access roads, footpaths, private garden areas and car parking, on larger sites you must take into consideration of open space and landscaping.
We always try and achieve the most efficient use of the land and try to maximise the potential taking into account local character and high quality design. Other considerations are safe and accessible environments containing clear and well illuminated pathways. In and around the West Midlands area we have considered schemes on redundant industrial sites which reverse the decline of the land and the area, repairing the local environment.
Sometimes redevelopment of existing properties is an option, converting and possibly extending to achieve the desired design and layout. This is often the case with historical and agricultural buildings where close consideration of the design and character of the buildings is uppermost in the planners thoughts.
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As every Adwords account around Australia comes to terms with the Enhanced upgrade d-day on Monday 22, its worthwhile knowing the impact that Adwords Ads has on Mobile devices.
On average, the study found that 88% of clicks on mobile search ads are incremental – that is, these are *extra* clicks that would *not* have been obtained if ads were not present.
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Meet Valley Artist: Peter Ko
Today we'd like to introduce you to Peter Ko.
Peter, please share your story with us. How did you get to where you are today?
I started drawing when I was 5 after seeing my dad -a fine art painter- sketch a landscape in front of me in a matter of seconds. It was witnessing a miracle and the pencil was the magic wand. Less than a year later he passed away. Drawing then became daily therapy and a way of exercising a metaphysical connection to him.
I studied character animation in the Film/Video program at Cal Arts, learning the Disney style visual narrative for which they were famous at the time. The grueling program prepared me for a career in the big studios, but after 4 years & 4 bad films, I felt empty having sidelined my original passion for pure drawing and painting. The following year I decided to return to Cal Arts for the graduate program in Experimental Animation. In actuality, I needed the leeway and time to do a film entirely for myself with everything I had learned and wanted to try in drawing and motion. That short film went to Sundance and exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Those successes led me to freelance directing animated commercials for a while until the frustration of not doing my own thing once again became too much.
I took non-creative, part-time jobs to earn my own time to do the work I wanted and was happy doing it. That has been worthwhile because since then I've had 3 solo gallery shows, a handful of group shows, and off-the-wall freelance illustration gigs. And I'm back to that most powerful, creative place of innocence that kicked it off -that place of magic and childlike imaginative wonder that made me pick up a pencil in the first place … pure love of pure drawing and painting.
My biggest struggle has been finding and developing my own unique artistic voice through the noise of market trends. My biggest personal challenge was learning to completely ignore the current and go for what was truly me and trust that whatever is me is going to work and be timeless.
On a practical level. with day jobs I had x-amount of hours left in the week to do my own projects, so the discipline of time management became 'the' first skill to master. And since time is precious, I'm constantly measuring how much I'm in love with an idea, piece, or project. If it's 'meh' or even 'okay' then both aren't worth my time. I won't do it; life's too short. It's gotta hold me down and demand I do it. So learning to say no used to be a challenge for me as well as knowing what to say yes to and why.
The last one I'll mention is the funnest and one I'm glad to know I'll never be short on. It's the challenge of improving the craft and form of drawing and painting as problem-solving. Necessity is the mother of invention, and a big part of my approach to working is I need rules and restrictions in order to find creative ways to bend or break them. That's my discipline, thriving on the problems which force me to think outside the box. So looking back I wouldn't change a single obstacle -even the ones that seemed insurmountable, and my attitude now is to seek out creative problems that interest me and I think I can bring something different to that we haven't seen yet.
When you look back, what are you most proud of?
Hanging my most recent solo show 'Schools of Thought' was a hell of a moment for me. My goals for the show were to develop and contribute a unique, honest, intuitive body of work on a scale larger than what I was used to. A full-time job and freelancing left me w/ 3 months to physically complete 10 large paintings; so I busted ass evenings and weekends to finish. It was a marathon challenge on a practical level and also a labor of love. So that first moment of seeing the pieces in the gallery working as a whole was like crossing a finish line I'd held my mind's eye since the initial offer of the show, which was about a year before. So I was proud it worked on all the levels I wanted it to.
In addition, the show's reception turned out some of my father's colleagues, fellow painters who knew my dad's work and who I hadn't seen in 30+ years came and approved of my work. And most importantly in attendance were family members of a man who became my surrogate father figure, someone who helped shape me into the artist I am. I will elaborate on this in the following question. But to share and celebrate a body of work pertinent to people from my past I care about was big.
Were there moments when you had to struggle?
In 2006 I saved up for time off to write and illustrate a children's book called the Anchovy Fishing Crew. I completed it after 2 slavish years and shopped it to publishers who weren't interested, saying it was too unusual and didn't have a target market age group. Also, in that time leading up to and after the 2008 bubble, publishers were not taking risks, editors were being laid off, and major book chains were closing down for good. So with every card stacked against me, I shelved the entire project. Then 4 years later the illustrations were shown at my first solo exhibit in 2012 and sold well. Looking back I see I was a stubborn, novice writer. I had a clunky story but the illustrations were engaging and worked on a level beyond my lousy story. The whole experience was a lesson about where my strongest suits lie. I learned it's not about what I or anyone thinks I 'should' do in life, but rather what I was 'created' and 'meant' for.
Another more recent and heavier experience was while painting the 'Schools of Thought' show. Halfway through the series, I learned a person who'd played a key role as my surrogate father figure had passed. When I was a kid he and his family took me in afternoons and weekends, while my single-parent mother worked to keep us fed and housed. He had a boat & took me on the first of countless fishing trips off the California coast and Baja to fish and snorkel. Every trip was epic and every fish caught was a revelation to my visual language -their shapes, colors, textures, habitat, and so on, galvanizing my aesthetic sensibilities. He noted & encouraged my interest & fish became my creative totem. The 'Schools' show was the first mature, distilled culmination of that sensibility. I mention all this to punctuate the gravity of his loss. I imagined he'd see the finished show, the fruits of seeds planted decades before. And with facing a show deadline and needing 5 more paintings in 5 weeks, I wanted to give up and quit. Runners have that 'wall' they dread hitting & this was mine. The experience tried my emotions: excessive metaphysical soul-searching, painting through tear-filled eyes, insane stuff like that. If painting under a deadline wasn't tough enough, I now had an opponent. My struggle was to create in the face death and loss, to not let death break my spirit. Either do it or don't. I don't yet have the words to fully describe it other than spiritually profound. I named the 5th piece "Requiem for Rob" in his honor.
I don't live in central LA. I purposely placed myself in an outskirt suburb just banal enough to force my creativity and quiet enough w/o distractions to allow me to focus on the art. But the freak show is just a half-hour drive whenever I need a dose. Ultimately, home is where my heart is and for me LA doesn't just work, I identify w/ it. I'm inspired by our unusual potluck brew of cultures. Being Korean & Japanese I spent a lot of time in Koreatown and Little Tokyo. LA is my backyard and it's the culture I know best. I grew up hiking, fishing, skating, surfing, and snowboarding our streets, beaches, & mountains. The weather and light are perfect for visual artists. We're relatively newer in the global art market but we're for sure on the rise in DTLA w/ places like Hauser, Wirth, & Schimmel and the Broad appearing, and I'm still scratching the surface in exploring our numerous pockets of art galleries and communities across the city. So as long as you have a reliable car & do your due diligence as to which neighborhoods would suit you best, I'd definitely recommend people to come start out in LA. Hit me up and we'll grab fish tacos!
Website: peterko.carbonmade.com
Email: peterko77@yahoo.com
Instagram: @pko777
Other: peterko-storyartist.blogspot.com


Simon & Garfunkel kicked off their 2009 tour in Auckland New Zealand last weekend, and the author and his wife were fortunate enough to be there. The second of two sell-out shows had four standing ovations. The duo performed from 8PM to past 10PM without an intermission. The two did take turns doing solo time on the stage to perform songs from their time apart. They were visibly moved by the audience's enthusiasm. The concert was held at the Vector Stadium in downtown Auckland. I had to pinch myself, to make sure I was really seeing and hearing them in person. These iconic performers and songwriters of course played America, Kathy's Song, Homeward Bound, The Boxer, Bridge over Troubled Water, The Sound of Silence and Mrs. Robinson. Their contribution to a generation's values and foresight is significant, but you'd never know it seeing them on stage. They were as humble as the local musician on a street corner.
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Q: Camera buttons not working in Galaxy s I'm using the following code to open the camera activity
public void callTakeVideo(){
    Intent intent = new Intent(android.provider.MediaStore.ACTION_VIDEO_CAPTURE);
    intent.putExtra(android.provider.MediaStore.EXTRA_OUTPUT, uriVideo);
    try {
        startActivityForResult(intent, REQUEST_VIDEO_CAPTURED);
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This will open the android camera and I'm able to capture the video and save it without any problem the first time. But when I open the camera again the buttons in the camera view are not working.
**This problem exists only in galaxy s. How to fix it?


Senator Molan 'very disappointed' in..
Senator Jim Molan tells Chris Smith he is extremely disappointed in the state of the NSW RSL.
"I am very, very disappointed.
"The RSL has money. We have young veterans who need assistance.
He shares with Chris how the RSL helped his mother after his father's death.
Senator Molan also comments on his whirlwind entrance into parliament.
On Adam Bandt's comments, Senator Molan says he gave a much better apology second time around.
"Adam was good enough to say he would make a donation to a veterans' organisation and I hope he will.


You may as well accept the fact that wrinkle formation is a part of life. You can, however, fight back…if you know how! Before we look at ways to get rid of wrinkles, let's look at why they formed in the first place.
Know the best way to remove wrinkles and how to avoid it even if you are above 35. It's not too difficult to remove it. Some simple steps can be very effective in removing it. Wrinkles form because of three things that happen as we age. Exploring each one will help you to better understand wrinkle formation.
The first factor is the free radicals that are formed on your skin from exposure to sunlight. Free radicals are your skin's worst enemy because they attack and damage the cells. Free radical damage normally first appears as crow's feet around the corner of your eyes. You can limit the damage from free radicals by always wearing sun screen when you go outside.
Your skin contains a protein known as collagen which controls it elasticity. Once you pass the age of 30, your natural production of collagen will begin to diminish. You can keep your skin looking much younger by using a good skin care cream that contains collagen.
Elastins are another protein that is used to bind your skin's dermal layers together. As time passes and these elastins begin to dry and become brittle, folds will begin to appear on your skin. It is important to use an effective moisturizer to limit elastin issues.
To be effective, your skin care product should contain some other things. To eliminate free radicals, anti-oxidant (vitamins A & E) have to be included. A good skin tightening ingredient (ie: serum albumen) is also highly recommended. And, finally, using a skin care product that has things that will help stimulate natural collagen production, such as Matrixyl, is the "icing on the cake".


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Q: Sparse Index in MongoDB not working? I'm trying to understand sparse index in MongoDB. I understand that if I do this :
> db.check.ensureIndex({"id":1},{sparse:true, unique:true})

I can only insert documents where the id field is not a duplicate and is also not absent.
Hence, I tried,
> db.check.insert({id:1})
> db.check.insert({id:1})

which, as I expected, gave :
E11000 duplicate key error index: test.check.$id_1  dup key: { : 1.0 }

However, inserting a document with a non-existant id field :
> db.check.insert({})

works! What is going wrong?

A: A sparse unique index means that a document doesn't need to have the indexed field(s), but when it has that field, it must be unique.
You can add any number of documents into the collection when the field is absent. Note that when you insert an empty document, the _id field will get an auto-generated ObjectID which is (as good as guaranteed) unique.

A: That's pretty much what sparse means. From the docs;

Sparse indexes only contain entries for documents that have the indexed field. [5] Any document that is missing the field is not indexed.

In other words, your missing id field makes the index not even consider that entry for a unique check.


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Q: Using gulp to copy, minify then concat and minify I have a site that contains the base javascript and css for a number of other sites.  Most of the sites use a javascript bundle that has everything in it, although a few of them are lightweight and only use a few of the scripts.  I'm learning how to use gulp to manipulate these files and mostly understand what's going on.  However, I'd like to be able to perform the following sequence and I'm not sure how.

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*Compile my coffeescript files

*Copy the compiled files to a folder

*Minify the copied files

*Bundle the compiled files into one file

*Bundle the minified files into one file

Is there any way to make this happen all within one task?

A: Below the list of tools how u can do it. And the important one is documentation.
In short you have to create gulp task "build",for example, which will run tasks below.

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*gulp coffee

*gulp minify

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Proud graduate of the School of International Relations of the Free University, founded by Georgian statesman, visionary and philanthropist Kakha Bendukidze, George was one of the leaders of the Future Diplomats' Club – one of the most successful youth organizations in Georgia dedicated to contemporary international relations, diplomacy, civil politics and the rights of youth.
George Melashvili was selected as a member of Presidential Discussion Club hosted by the President of Georgia and was part of the team working on contemporary challenges of Georgia's neighborhood and the Black Sea Region, followed by a successful internship at the International Department of the Presidential Administration of Georgia.
During the 2016 election campaign, George Melashvili managed the unprecedented campaign "Your Voice, Our Future" uniting citizens of Georgia to realize the importance of their vote. The campaign mobilized 500 volunteers from Georgia's all regions and was held in Georgia's all 11 regions and the capital city and managed to increase the youth turnout by more than 20%.
The "Your Voice, Our Future" was followed by an #Initiative project aiming to increase youth participation in decision making and civic life. More than 500 small scale grants were issued to support activities in more than 20 municipalities of Georgia, and five summer and winter schools were organized to empower the active youth groups all over Georgia.
George Melashvili also was a lecturer at the School of Diplomacy of the Free University. During his bachelor studies, he received a scholarship from the government of Korea to study Korea's economic development and democratic transition. He is also an alumnus of Haifa University program supported by the government of Israel and successfully graduated from SI Summer Academy for Young Professionals (SAYP) in Malmö, Sweden.
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The Ballroom Thieves are back with their sophomore album, Deadeye, a collection of songs about the past few years of life on the road – "the wonder of new places" mixed with the "unspoken tension". We're offering ticket giveaways for their upcoming December dates and caught up with cellist Calin Peters to talk about the new record.
Thrillcall: You've just released the excellent Deadeye after a tumultuous year or two on the road. How does it feel to finally release these songs, and perhaps put some of that behind you?
Calin Peters (The Ballroom Thieves): It was our hope that releasing this collection of songs in the same time we created them would bring us some peace, and perhaps light a much needed spark to our road life. Releasing this album, especially without the help of a label, was an enormous amount of work, but even among the sky high to do lists we are able to feel a change in the wind. The response to the album has been truly warm and positive, and even at my most cynical, I have been able to feel that we are moving forward.
You talk about consciously moving away from the standard label release process and putting the record out yourselves. What prompted that decision and how do you feel like that freed you up artistically?
So far, we write and record our albums on our own, hidden safety away from the eyes of the industry until the album is complete, the songs are chosen, ordered, and named, and the album art is finished. We feel this process should be under the discretion of the creator, and not the industry, so we find freedom in limiting our label experience album to album, instead of aligning our band to a single label.
We decided to speed up our release late this summer after a crucial month off the road was coming to a close. We had driven ourselves mad after two non stop years on the road, and buried inside that, three full and productive weeks in the studio recording Deadeye. Turning back to the road, we felt we needed to give these songs the life they deserved immediately so we could revel in the anticipation a year of possibilities a fresh album cycle can bring to an artist, and so our listeners could have a tangible idea of how we were holding up. Our attempt at transparency has engulfed our band in a world of support, and we're loving the connection.
It sounds like these songs came from the inevitable struggle that touring brings to a young band. How does it feel to be back out on the road? Is there a catharsis to playing songs about the road live?
Except for a month off the road at the end of the summer, and the excitement of a new album now out in the wild, not much has changed, and we continue to hack through long drives and heavy show weeks. We're currently on the back end of an almost 4 month tour, so we're as exhausted as ever, but anytime we're able to add another Deadeye song to our setlist it's a glorious moment. For us, new material is the highlight of our set, especially if the audience enjoys it as well.
How has the band grown musically from the debut record to this one and where do you see your sound developing over time?
Without much discussion, the three of us unanimously agreed that this album should be a sibling to A Wolf in the Doorway in genre, but with a deeper, richer, stronger sound. While touring takes its toll, the rehearsal qualities of performing and singing together each night is second to none. Since our first album, we are individually better musicians, and collectively a tighter and more critical group than before. According to our social media images, we also seem to have each aged 30 years since the fresh faced days of our first record. Join a band they said, it'll keep you young they said….
I think our sound will continue to meander down the rock folk road, always without boundaries and endless room for further learning and expanding. We hold fast to our "no rules" mantra, and we have no plans of adding any more band members, but perhaps we'll continue to make use of free limbs to see just how loud and rambunctious three people can get.
What does 2017 hold for The Ballroom Thieves?
We plan on smartening up in our road life. We can't quite keep the current haul going this strong, so we'll apply a quality over quantity approach to 2017. I'm looking forward to a cozy New England winter of whiskey soaked songwriting, a lot of giving back to the family and friends that support us from home. In the early spring we'll hit the road with vigor, ignited by new music, and the promise of more compact tours. Who knows, we might even end up living out of homes instead of suitcases for some of it.
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It's a bit chaotic and random, I'm afraid. I have to fit it in whenever I can. Usually in the afternoons. Although I'm not 'going out' to work, as I'm retired, I have chores to do in the mornings, and shopping and stuff as well. I would like to spend much more time writing, but there's also marketing.
I tend to sit down at my computer with good intentions, only to get distracted by other things, like posting on my blog, Facebook and Twitter.
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Q: how to unit test subprocess.call() to check is it called in python Hey I am trying to write unittest to check if subprocess.call() called in the function flash_it that does not return anything.
def flash_it('flash.bat'):
    file = open('file.txt', 'w')
    subprocess.call(['flash.bat', '-d'], stdout = file, stderr = subprocess.STDOUT)

@mock.patch('subprocess.call')
def test_subprocess_call_passed(self, mock_subproc_call):
    main.flash_it('flash.bat')
    self.assertTrue(mock_subproc_call.called)

A: You probably need something like this:
import subprocess
import mock

def flash_it(filename):
    with open(filename, 'w') as f:
        subprocess.call(['cmd to flash', '-d'], stdout=f, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)

@mock.patch('subprocess.call')
def test_subprocess_call_passed(mock_subproc_call):
    flash_it('flash.bat')
    mock_subproc_call.assert_called_once()

Note that I didn't actually run that.
Of course there is also assert_called_once_with that lets you assert what parameters were passed to function. Check documentation: https://docs.python.org/3/library/unittest.mock.html
EDIT:
Ok I've run it with pytest:


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