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Miami bici è un film del 2020 diretto da Jesús Del Cerro.

Trama
Due amici rumeni, Ion e Ilie decidono di andare a Miami, in Florida dopo aver ricevuto un lavoro ben pagato. A loro insaputa però scopriranno ben presto che sono stati reclutati in un traffico di droga.

Distribuzione
Il film è stato distribuito a partire dal 21 febbraio 2020.

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Film commedia

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Q: How to save Mac's plus button window sizes? The window size sometimes gets saved to a crazy value, like 3x the width of my screen. If I hit the + button it sizes it appropriately, then if I hit it again it goes to the crazy size again. Sometimes I can get it to remember the two sizes I can switch between.
Is there a way I can reliably set what I want the two window sizes defined by the Mac + button at the top left of a window for each application?

A: For setting precise sizes, please check the Mac OS X Automation, you'll have to do some scripting. Some details: here
With less specific window sizes and gestures: BetterTouchTool or, if u dont mind spending $$$, Cinch & Sizeup

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Rundfunks Berlin
March, 21, 2013
This week Suzi and I attended Radio Days Europe and got to tour some different radio stations.
A highlight of the sessions was the tour of Haus des Rundfunks, or Radio House. The Funkhaus was designed in 1929 in the Bauhaus style and went on-air in 1931. It claims to be the oldest purpose built radio station building in the world. The Funkhaus is the home of Radio Berlin and Brandenburg (RBB), which operates 6 radio services. While it was built as a national headquarters, right now it serves Berlin's local public radio.
The building is a triangle with rounded edges. The offices are around the outside. The three studio blocks are inside the triangle forming spokes to the corners. They are separated from street noise by the surrounding office and from each other by air. Each is built on its own foundation. The main studio seats an audience of a thousand, then there is a smaller live audience studio and a bloc of studios used for radio theater. There is a new glassed in wing in one of the empty spaces inside the triangle with modern facilities for the all-news station run by RBB.
The staffers who gave the tour are properly proud of their building but, at the same time, a little embarrassed by its history. The big studio is an amazing bit of engineering. It's acoustically the same if it is full with 1000 people or empty. Part of that is the design of the chairs. In the back of the studio the padding is thicker and in the front. The seat bottoms that swing up when on one is not sitting in them are acoustic panels with different configurations of little holes. Our guide proudly told us that the studio was the site of a four hour broadcast that was heard "all over Europe, almost every country rebroadcast it." He paused, looked down and said. "Unfortunately they all carried the program because Germany occupied those countries." He then cued the engineer and music came from the speakers. He told us that this music from 1943, some of the very music played in this studio. When the song finished he again looked a little embarrassed, paused, and said that while that music was from 1943, it was jazz and Germans could not listen to it. It was recorded for propaganda broadcasts to the parts of Europe (England) that Germany did not occupy. It brought to mind a recording of St. Louis Blues beamed to Britain during the Blitz "Oh — how I hate to see that evening sun go down, 'cause when it does, Jerry's gonna blitz this town."
We went to a model of the building set up in the atrium showing how it is laid out in its triangle. I asked our host if the building was bombed during the Second World War. It was not. Because of its massive size and odd shape it was a landmark for bombers to fix on so the allies left it alone. She showed us a photo of the neighborhood, the buildings around destroyed, and the Rundfunk house intact.
From the historical display we went to the radio drama studio. As a radio head this place delighted me. There was a large studio. It had stairs leading up to the control room with different surfaces in different parts of the stairs so you could get different sounding footfalls. There was a living room studio with panels that could change the acoustics of the room. They had a bathroom studio, fully miced, with tile for sound reflection, to record bathroom scenes, complete with toilets flushing and showers running. Then there was the kitchen studio, a full kitchen, again well miced, for recording cooking scenes, I guess. There was a hallway that progressively swallowed sound so that a person walking two meters faded so it sounded like he walked 10 meters. There was the "outdoors" studio, a completely acoustically dead room. (When I first went to Radio Tirana the translator had trouble with the engineer, translating "the room has died….. I have no idea what that means." I clapped my hands with no reverb. The engineer smiled. A dead studio, the translator was still baffled.) This dead room has different floor surfaces, gravel, sand, a metal grate, wood, so you can record footfalls on different surfaces.
One of the people on the tour asked why RBB didn't use sound effects on CD. The engineer answered "because it is just not as good." Then we got to the control room with two Telefunken reel to reel tape recorders. I thought KLEF that had the last control room on planet earth with reel to reel but no, The Germans still have it! I asked the engineer why? "To play archive material and to produce stretched tape effects." Earlier in the tour we were told that the use of magnetic recording tape was developed in this building. It's fitting that this radio house was the first, and is among the last to use magnetic tape. In one corner of the room I spied a pile of magnetic tape scraps and white leader tape, a sure sign of razor blade editing at the Rundfunk house. I felt nostalgic.
From the drama studio we went to the modern newsroom. It is all digital and multi-media, with news originating for RBB's all-news station, reports sent to TV and reports going out on the web. The newsroom has 65 people working in it every day and one poor soul on the overnight shift preparing for the morning.
We finished the tour with a presentation and Q&A in the other performance studio; this looked like classic NBC at Radio City from 1940. A German broadcaster from another organization asked why the RBB news app on his mobile phone had no audio on demand, no photos and no video. Our host said it was because it was too expensive and would put too much pressure on the newsroom. This is a newsroom with 65 people working a day. This is a radio station that has an indoor studio that allows people to walk on gravel. This is a radio station with a studio in a bathroom. This is a radio station with a 1000 seat performance studio. And this is a station that can't afford to put video, photos and audio on demand on their mobile app. RBB may not be hip to new media but the Germans sure know how to equip a radio station.
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Rxbuys.com was a former online pharmacy that's closed and now unreachable. There is no online information on the web about why this store has closed down after operating for so long – I checked the web for reviews but I couldn't find even one Rx Buys review available.
Although Rx Buys took on a different layout, Rx Buys had the same product lineup as any online pharmacy on the web. Most of the offers on Rx Buys were generic medicines for a wide variety of uses. Based on what can be seen on the former Rx Buys store, the shop had medicines for impotence treatment, cardiovascular diseases, blood pressure management, skin care, and more. Unlike most online pharmacies though, buyers of Rx Buys medicines were not immediately visible to the consumers, so if you're interested in a particular product on Rx Buys, you have to search for your medicines manually on the platform.
The difference between Rx Buys and the usual online pharmacies is that the store asked for valid prescriptions for all of the products, unlike other websites that openly state that they allow prescription-less purchases of their consumers.
Concerning payments, the store accepted credit card payments using MasterCard, VISA, Discover, AMEX, and ACH E-checks. The store featured logos from VeriSign, TRUSTe, McAfee, which were supposed to guarantee that the store was safe to use by the customers. Since I couldn't access the store's information page, I could not determine if the shop had an SSL certificate, which was supposed to guarantee the safety of this online pharmacy.
I wasn't able to determine the shipping rates and the return or refund policies of this online platform since most of its sections were not archived. Shipping though, was limited to countries outside of US, which was ironic since Rx Buys had a US address. It was easy to see that Rx Buys ran a good length – online records of this web drugstore were archived from 2002 to 2017, which means that the Rx Buys shop was active for nearly two decades. It's just puzzling that a store that ran for nearly 20 years closed down without so much as leaving any traces. If the store was indeed a good one, I could have found strong references to this online pharmacy's reliability.
According to one user, John Lee, who posted on Pharmacies Review in May 2011, Rx Buys was a scam store – he mentioned placing an order on Rx Buys but he allegedly received no confirmation email from the shop. John said that he tried to call Rx Buys but the shop never answered his calls.
Although Rx Buys did have one complaint about its service during the past year, one review isn't enough to determine if the store was indeed a scam site. Like I need more than one good review to prove that a shop is reliable, I also need more than one complaint to prove that Rx Buys, the nearly 20-year-old store, is a scam pharmacy.
I'm not sure when exactly Rx Buys has closed down, but the store closed before 2018 and hence was without reviews for that year. To be able to determine more details for this online pharmacy, I checked Rx Buys using a domain assessing platform.
Scamner's result for Rx Buys was not as low as its result for most online pharmacies I've assessed before, but the store did not have a high score either. This online pharmacy only scored 7% out of 100% and it was only given a low score due to its want of an SSL certificate.
Rx Buys was an online drugstore that ran for nearly two decades. While the shop was supposed to have hundreds or thousands of reviews considering its lengthy run, Rx Buys did not have anything on the web besides blogger opinions and a complaint about the service posted in 2011. Since this store's now closed and there's no information about its new domain, the more pressing matter is where we're supposed to get our medicines next. For reliable pharmacies, it's great to refer to our list of TOP Online Drugstores for the year since these are literally the best stores to use when it comes to affordability and reliability.
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Published by Diane Lepage | February 13, 2020 | The Progressive Mining Agenda
Position Piece #3: Metal Mining Innovation and Environmental Stewardship
The technology platforms mines use for production have prevailed for over 30 years, and the approach to mine waste and waste-water management has remained largely unchanged for at least as long. Many of the largest metal mines in the world extract base-metals (copper, nickel and lead) at grades around 2% and precious metals at grades less than 1%. Consequently, at least 98% of the material mined is considered waste, called mine tailings, and is deposited on surface. This is done in tailings storage facilities that comply with local government regulations or with the higher standards in the Equator Principles that major financial institutions require of their clients.
The most common technique for storing mine tailings is subaqueous deposition, relying on a retaining dam that uses millions of gallons of water to saturate millions of tonnes of toxic solids. This reduces the oxidation of the solids that would otherwise generate acid mine drainage. The vast majority of these facilities remain stable during active mining operations. One or two tailings facilities fail catastrophically every year, most having been abandoned by companies that ceased to exist long ago. But every failure erodes the public's confidence in the industry's current environmental practices.
As a result, concern over these issues has grown and the time it now takes a mining company to obtain a mining permit from regulators and acceptance from local communities has increased significantly. Concern is greater where competition for water resources is acute, and some companies have worked on developing processing techniques that require much less water, and tailings facilities that store toxic solids in a dry state. But some mining companies have suggested regulatory requirements be relaxed and public consultation processes curtailed to speed up the permitting and approval processes.
These approaches fail to address the core problem; for decades the metal mining industry has left many hundreds of millions of tonnes of toxic mine tailings stored in facilities designed for only a fraction of the required life of the facility. Even if only a few retaining dams fail catastrophically, toxic material will eventually escape as fugitive dust, to blight the health of local communities and adjacent ecologies. Meanwhile, the industry has made few investments to develop improvements to current approaches that offer a long-term probability of failure of 100%, even as the frequency and severity of tailings dam failures has been increasing.
The best way forward now is to implement techniques that will treat the toxic components in mine tailings and employ practises that prevent both the catastrophic failure of tailings storage facilities and the gradual escape of fugitive dust. This new approach must ensure that, within a few decades after mine production ceases, the probability of the environment being exposed to toxic material will be close to zero, and progressive, self-sustaining closure of mine-sites will be achieved. Demonstrating that mines can ensure there will be no impact on human health and local ecologies can restore the industry's credibility, make approval easier and accelerate the opening of new mines.
Douglas Morrison, CEO, CEMI
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The Battle of Mosul saw the Iraqi Government and its allies fighting to retake the Iraqi city of Mosul from Islamic State. Peter Broelman's dark cartoon draws a comparison between the damage suffered by the city, and that inflicted on the federal Coalition as a result of perceived undermining by former prime minister Tony Abbott.
Did you know that in some countries political cartooning is banned? In Australia, political cartooning is considered an important part of the right to freedom of expression. What do you think – should cartoonists be able to 'poke fun at' politicians? Why or why not?


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Start Publishing in Deal with Mason Crest
E-book publisher Start Publishing has added 795 titles to its catalogue in a deal with independent publisher Mason Crest.
Under the agreement, beginning in September, Start will distribute Mason Crest titles to e-book trade retailers, while Mason Crest will continue to distribute e-books to the school and library market.
"We are pleased to be working with Start Publishing to sell our e-books to the general consumer," said Mason Crest CEO Dan Hilferty. Mason Crest was founded in 2002 by the former owners of Chelsea House Publishing and is best known as a publisher of nonfiction, young adult, school and library books covering what it calls "a variety of socially responsible, high-interest, and forward-thinking topics."
Start Media CEO Michael J. Maher said, "Start Publishing's partnership with Mason Crest gives us a chance to publish books digitally that have never been available to the general trade consumer. We look forward to working with Mason Crest and its innovative brand of books."


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Helena's Story: 'After rape and abuse, selling sex gave me a sense of power'
by Danielle Aumord | Thomson Reuters Foundation
Tuesday, 1 April 2014 16:47 GMT
British former sex worker Helena Evans
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A former child prostitute recalls how abuse in the British care system drove her into the sex trade at the age of 13
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Helena Evans, 56, is a former sex worker. She recalls how she got into prostitution at the age of 13 after being sexually abused in a children's care home.
"I was put into a care home at the age of 12 years for being out of my parents' control and for stealing a packet of biscuits. I came out at the age of 15. I became a sex worker at the age of 13 and didn't exit prostitution until I became 40.
"Really it all started from being sexually abused in a children's care home. The first person to abuse me was one of the other children. She was 14. She jumped into bed with me and started doing things.
See also: Crack down on men who buy child sex – UK lawmakers
"There were 90 of us in there, and 30 to a dormitory. I couldn't stand the other children in there; they were very disturbed and aggressive. They ranged from the age of 10 to 18 years. I felt shocked about everything that took place when I first arrived. I learnt a lot about crime in there.
"Over a period of three years, I was in three different homes. They were all the same.
"I began to cut myself, and ran away four weeks after arriving in the first home. The authorities didn't recognise why I was so traumatised.
"I was raped the first two times that I ran away. This is actually how I lost my virginity.
The first time I ran away to go back to see my mother (in Cardiff). I was hitchhiking, and a lorry driver picked me up.
"On the journey he suddenly turned off of the M4 to stop in a by-lane. He opened my door. Then he said: 'It's time for payment. Get those drawers off.' I was paralysed with fear. He was a big bloke. I bled.
"Another time when I was 13, I ran away with a friend from Birmingham. A couple picked us both up. They took us to their house, gave us fags (cigarettes) and cooked us a meal.
"They even bought me some clothes. It was the first set of new clothes I'd had for ages. The woman used to go out in the night.
"On the third day she said to me that she went with men, that I could also earn some money from it. I didn't understand what she was on about.
"The first person she brought to sleep with me, she brought him to the house. It took literally two minutes. That was it. They got paid for it, but I didn't end up getting paid because they were providing for me (materially).
"When I went out on the street with her, she went up to the cars to talk to the punters and do the bargaining. She always kept the money.
"I only stayed for a month because the man hit me. Also there were no more new clothes, and not that many fags so I thought to myself: 'I want to get out of this situation.'
"One day they were arguing. The woman smashed her fist through a window and her arm was bleeding excessively. She had to go to hospital, and it was at that point that I seized my opportunity to escape.
"I was picked up by the police walking the streets and brought to a place called an approved school. It's basically a secure unit for kids and I was locked in what was like a cell for six weeks.
"It had no window and a raised concrete platform for a bed. The staff took the mattress away in the morning and they wouldn't give it back until the evening.
"Not one time when I ran away and then got picked up again did the staff ever ask me what had happened whilst I was away or why I ran away. You'd think for a 12- or 13-year-old they'd ask you that question, you know.
"When the first person offered me £20 for sex at the age of 13, I couldn't believe it. I thought I'd won the jackpot. Forty-three years ago it was a lot of money for a young child. I felt like someone wanted me, that I was actually worth something to someone. Previously, I felt like scum.
"I'd been abused sexually and raped quite a few times by then so this transaction gave me a sense of power. I felt like I was taking something back, not just having something being taken from me.
"It carried on from there because if I ran away from the care homes and didn't have any money, I couldn't eat. I was often picked up by the police down Piccadilly Circus. I'd be there trying to get a punter.
"Many young girls go with pimps because they know that otherwise they will have to go back to care homes or secure units where they would be threatened and abused some more. That's why in some parts I used to love being on the run, because it took me away from myself. It gave me a sense of freedom.
"All the years I was a prostituted women, I was always with a man (being pimped). They (the police and the authorities) never did him (had him arrested or charged).
"As blokes went with me (sexually), I couldn't cut off emotionally so I started to take drugs to block down the pain. I had a deep sense of shame and it was paralysing me.
"All the prostitutes I know, and I know hundreds, are actresses. They don't enjoy it. They're just doing it for the money or drugs or whatever. Any pretence of pleasure men hear from them is just to get them to finish off quickly.
"I am all for the proposed changes of law that the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Prostitution and the Global Sex Trade are putting forward in terms of amendments to section 47 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003.
"No child should be abused no matter what excuse people use. Hopefully the proposed changes of law can prevent vulnerable children from ending up where I ended up."
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Vicious Grandad jailed for role in brutal attack that left victim begging to be shot
Tony Skitter Finglas
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A grandfather acting as the "brawn" in a gang who claimed to be dissident republicans and who beat a businessman so severely that he asked to be shot to end his ordeal, has been jailed by the Special Criminal Court.
The Special Criminal Court heard that Mayo businessman Edward McAndrew was beaten with iron bars and threatened by a group of men demanding money in Omeath, Co Louth, in 2017. The men told Mr McAndrew that they were members of the Continuity IRA and falsely imprisoned him in the boot of a car.
Mr McAndrew had been lured to Omeath by the gang on the pretence that they had some plant machinery to sell him.
Today, Anthony Finglas (49) with an address at Havelock Place, Warrenpoint, Co Down, was sentenced by the non-jury court after he pleaded guilty to demanding money with menaces from Mr McAndrew at One Ferry Hill, Cornamucklagh, Omeath, Co Louth, on December 2, 2017.
Tony Finglas is facing another stint behind bars after admitting his part in the extortion beating
Thug pleads guilty to beating man until victim begged to be shot
Gang member who targeted prostitutes jailed for role in knifepoint robbery
The offence comes under the Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act of 1994 and carries a maximum punishment of 14 years.
A previous hearing heard that at Cornamucklagh, three males, two of whom had iron bars while another brandished a knuckle-duster, attacked Mr McAndrew.
In a statement to gardaí, Mr McAndrew said the men began to "batter" him about the head, body and legs while demanding money.
Mr McAndrew was put into the boot of a Mercedes E-Class and was told that his mother and daughter would never see him again if he did not pay £50K to them in the coming days.
Amid phone calls and emails demanding money in the weeks after the attack, a text message was sent to Mr McAndrew's daughter claiming to be from a friend of Mr McAndrew's called "Barry".
Mr McAndrew downloaded an app to his phone that allowed him to record calls and took a recording of a threatening call to gardaí in Enniscrone, Co Sligo.
Tony 'Skitter' Finglas enjoying the high life
The PSNI and gardaí co-operated in a search of Finglas' house in Warrenpoint, where they found Mr McAndrew's phone, which Finglas had been using. Mr McAndrew's phone had a contact list that included the number of his daughter, the court has heard.
Presiding judge Mr Justice Tony Hunt today jailed Finglas for four years and nine months for his part in the attack.
Mr Justice Hunt said that Mr McAndrew had asked the men to shoot him "as he wanted it to be all over".
Referring to a victim impact statement, Mr Justice Hunt said Mr McAndrew had stated that the attack had an "unbearable impact" on him and that he was suicidal and in need of counselling.
Mr McAndrew's statement said he did not think he would ever feel safe again, that he cannot sleep and that he feels under constant threat because of the attack which left him with multiple head wounds and needing 13 stitches.
Mr McAndrew, in his statement, said that Finglas had struck him with a "straight shot" to his cheek that left a hole.
Mr Justice Hunt said that Finglas was "the brawn, rather than brains" of the operation and that he was satisfied that Finglas was not a member of the Continuity IRA, which the prosecution was not alleging, he noted
Mr Justice Hunt said that Finglas had 87 previous convictions stretching back to 1985 that included assault, possession of drugs, burglary and malicious damage.
The judge said that Mr McAndrew had been "menaced by a significant act of violence and false imprisonment" for money but that Finglas had shown some restraint. He added that a seven-year headline was appropriate before mitigation.
Mr Justice Hunt said that Finglas entered an early guilty plea, did not organise the enterprise and spoke the only words of comfort at the scene when he said to two other males: "Ease off or you'll kill him."
The judge said that Finglas had participated in a line-up, which included a voice-recognition section, was not difficult to deal with from a garda point of view and that he had honoured his bail for meetings with his legal team.
Giving Finglas credit for his remorse and guilty plea, Mr Justice Hunt lowered the sentence to one of five years and three months before suspending the final six months on condition that Finglas enter a bond to be of good behaviour for two years after his release.
Finglas' sentence was backdated to February 7 of this year, when he was first taken into custody.
At a previous hearing, Detective Sergeant Padraig Boyce told Ms Anne-Marie Lawlor SC, prosecuting, that Mr McAndrew received an email in September 2017 requesting a meeting from a man called "Barry" who claimed to have machinery for sale.
Mr McAndrew travelled from Mayo to attend the meeting, which had been arranged for the Crown Plaza Hotel in Dundalk, Co Louth, on December 2, 2017.
Mr McAndrew arrived in Louth at around 3.30pm on December 2, 2017, when he met a "25-30 year-old" male driving a Seat Toledo.
Two deals were discussed for one piece of machinery purportedly worth €85K and another for €50K, which were to be bought by Mr McAndrew.
Mr McAndrew was to follow the Toledo to the machinery but temporarily lost it but met with the male again, who was now driving a silver Caddy van, which Mr McAndrew got into.
Mr McAndrew was driven to Cornamucklagh, about 200 metres from the border, said Det Sgt Boyce.
Mr McAndrew later identified Finglas from the line-up parade and recognised his accent from a moment at the scene when Finglas said: "Ease off or you'll kill him".
After two hours in the boot of the car, Mr McAndrew was released and managed to reach his own jeep before driving to hospital.
Mr McAndrew, who was in fear for his life at the time of the hospital visit, told gardaí that he told the doctors that he was in a motorcycle crash.
At that hearing, defending barrister Mr Michael Bowman SC said that his client did not use iron bars and was the male who said "go easy or you'll kill him [Mr McAndrew]" at the scene of the attack.
Counsel said that Finglas was a grandfather who had struggled with crack cocaine in the past and who was anxious to continue with his drug-treatment programme.
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10 cm Kanone 14 – niemiecka armata polowa o kalibrze 105 mm używana podczas I wojny światowej. Produkcja armat przez firmę Krupp ruszyła w 1914, a pierwsza bateria otrzymała je w maju 1915. Podczas wojny wyprodukowano 724 egzemplarzy armaty. W 1917 została zastąpiona w produkcji przez ulepszoną armatę 10 cm Kanone 17.

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Interview: Siren's Hannah Levien
written by Charles Trapunski May 5, 2018
Hannah Levien is everywhere! In addition to appearing in the upcoming show Reverie, the bubbly Australian actress will debut in next week's episode of Colony, and has a meaty role on the breakout Siren. We spoke with the Characters Talent Agency client via WhatsAPP, and she's eager to connect with fans of all these shows, as well as The Magicians, on her social pages.
The following is a condensed and edited version of our conversation.
Brief Take: We're big fans of Siren. We interviewed Eline Powell a little while back and she spoke very passionately about the show.
Hannah Levien: Eline is incredible! She's the perfect Ryn and she's such a wonderful leader to have on that show. I can't say enough about her and I'm very grateful to get to work with that cast. I think it's such a special cast. In terms of being a fish out of water, my character on the show definitely speaks her own mind. I play Janine, she's the bartender in town and she dates one of the fishermen. We're going to see a bit more of her towards the end of the season. She comes more into her own, which is going to be a lot of fun to see how people react. Some might say she even wears the pants in her relationship. I, in some ways, think of her as her own siren. It struck me towards the end of the show. I know we focus a lot on the mermaid sirens and how powerful they are but I think there's some pretty strong-minded women on land. You see Ben's Mom, obviously you see Helen and we know now that she's not entirely human, then Tammy Gillis, she plays a strong character too. I don't know which storylines are going to develop in season 2 but I just hope we do get a season 2. Fingers crossed! [laughs]
BT: I read that Curtis Lum was the reason you got involved with Siren.
HL: Well Curtis and I met working in a restaurant together, a sushi restaurant in Vancouver, when I first moved here. There were a few actors working there actually, all of whom are doing really well right now. I have to say that Curtis and I, even though I love his company, I never thought that we'd be working again together on a show. It was absolutely hilarious. I knew Curtis was on the show and that he had booked the pilot, and I remember seeing a trailer for it that he had posted on Facebook, and I was so excited for him. I told him that I thought it looked like a really cool show and I told him congratulations, and then I went in and auditioned for it not long after. Janine only appears in the second episode and we don't see her much at all. So I went in quite early to audition and I booked this role where I had no idea because my audition scene was with a guy, the boyfriend of Janine, but I didn't realize that Curtis played that character. So I booked the show and told Curtis, "guess what? I'm going to be on Siren!", and he was like, "I know. You're playing my girlfriend". [laughs] And all our friends find it extremely funny because Vancouver is not a big city and I'm friends with quite a few of Curtis' friends from his childhood and they all find it hilarious.
BT: It really seems like everyone on Siren feels like one big happy family.
HL: You know I really think that's true. I think everyone is very supportive of each other to the point where we're babysitting each other's dogs. The cast is very international so we all understand what it's like to be a fish out of water and to be transient. I think there's a real sense of understanding of one another and support of one another. I remember being on The Magicians season one, and that show I didn't come in until much further along in the season, and although I only really came in on season three, I felt a real sense of community on that show too. Everyone is now friends with each other and it's a wonderful community as well. It's fantastic when you're on a show and it feels like family. I don't know how people work on a show where it's not like that. It would be so challenging. You're with these people for hours day in and day out, so it's certainly a blessing when you genuinely like the people and are genuinely rooting for them.
BT: Speaking of The Magicians, I quite enjoy how the show strays from the source material and keeps fans of the books on their toes.
HL: It definitely is very different than the books. I'm actually very interested in adaptations in general. I was speaking to Brittany Curran in Baltimore just this past weekend and I knew that she's an avid reader as well. I think that adaptations are so fascinating and we have so many amazing novels that would be so amazing to bring to the screen and how to do that in the most faithful way but also bringing your creativity into it. Lev Grossman is so amazing. If you follow him on Twitter, especially because The Magicians is so big on Twitter, he is the first to be supporting the actors in the cast and retweeting things we say. He's one hundred percent supportive of us. In season one the writers were very faithful to the books and then they just developed this whole world with many new parts to it and a language and style that's really their own. It's very funny and very witty. If you follow along on their live tweeting, it's so witty! I don't even know how to match them sometimes. I think The Magicians is so good and it's only going to get better.
BT: What was the fan reaction like at Wicomicon?
HL: Oh I had fans coming up to me with tears in their eyes talking about how much the show means to them in terms of some of the issues that the show deals with. I think The Magicians is more than just Harry Potter for adults. Magicians has done a tremendous job dealing with some serious issues on tv and making it accessible to people. I really think it's a great show. I love Harry Potter too though! I'm very selective about the shows that I watch and it's funny, going to Baltimore I was a huge fan of The Wire and it's set there. So I was excited to go there.
BT: You're also on Colony but as of the latest aired episode, I haven't seen your character yet.
HL: No. If your interview is published before Wednesday, all I can say is that I"m really excited about Colony. It was a very special experience for me because it was my second time working with the series' executive producer Tim Southam. I had also done a small role with him on Bates Motel, another show that I loved. Working with him was something very special to me. Then when Tim and I got to work together again on Colony, I just thought that he's so talented as a director, he directed the episode as well, and I'm very excited for people to see it. I love my character on the show and I have a really cool journey. I can't say anything specific about my storyline or who I got to work with but please tune in and watch it. It's going to be a great new season. I was live tweeting last night and the fans seemed really excited that the show is back. Walking in there and working with that talented cast was amazing. They're all total professionals and great people and I had a great experience on that show. I'm really excited to see where the show goes.
BT: And what can you tell us about Reverie?
HL: So Reverie is a new show that premieres on NBC on May 30th and it stars Sarah Shahi and it's created by Mickey Fisher, who also created Extant a few years ago with Halle Berry. I'm in the pilot, I do a guest starring role, and the trailer looks absolutely beautiful. I remember when we did the table read for it we had people crying. We had people from NBC in L.A. crying who were listening in on the speakers, because you have to telecast the table reads. I think it's going to be a really special show. It's 10 episodes and it deals with virtual reality and people getting stuck in their own fantasies and needing to get rescued. I think it's a really cool concept. I'm very excited for it and excited to see it! If people want to chat about it they can always drop me a line on my Twitter, Facebook or Instagram and I'm happy to talk about it!
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What is Ohm's law ?
Ohm's law is the most fundamental concept of current theory or circuit theory. It states a relationship between the potential difference between two ends of a conductor(V),current flowing between the conductor(I) and Resistance(R) offered by the conductor.The relation is simple and is V=IR i.e. Current and Potential difference between two ends of conductor follow a linear relationship.
What is the difference between prediction and forecasting?Does Stochastic modeling predict or forecast results?
Prediction is when the outcome of an event or simulation which we are doing is probabilistic in nature,that is the analysis yields a probability of how much likely is that the event would occur. On the other hand, forecasting gives us the definite value of an outcome after analysis. That is to say ,forecasting assumes an event is happening and then tells the value of the parameter we are interested in. Stochastic modeling tells us the forecasted value.Example If we want to predict furure wind speeds,then we use ARMA model,supply it with historical data,make model and this model will forecast what will be the future speed,it would give us an exact value.
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De stralenschildpad (Astrochelys radiata) is een schildpad uit de familie landschildpadden (Testudinidae). De soort werd voor het eerst wetenschappelijk beschreven door George Shaw in 1802. Oorspronkelijk werd de wetenschappelijke naam Testudo radiata gebruikt. De soort behoorde eerder tot het geslacht Geochelone.

Uiterlijke kenmerken
De kleur van het schild is donkerbruin tot zwart, iedere hoornplaat heeft een lichter, meestal geel midden waaruit enkele strepen in dezelfde kleur naar de randen wijzen, waardoor de karakteristieke ster-achtige tekening ontstaat. Het Carapax is erg bol. De schildlengte kan oplopen tot 40 centimeter, de schildpad is dan zo'n 13 kilo zwaar.

Algemeen
De stralenschildpad is endemisch in het doornig struikgewas van Madagaskar, de zuidelijkste ecoregio van Madagaskar en leeft in drogere, open plekken met struiken. Op het menu staan voornamelijk plantendelen als bladeren en fruit, het favoriete voedsel zijn schijfcactussen uit het geslacht Opuntia. Voor een belangrijk deel worden ook grassen gegeten, en in de streken waar de schildpad leeft is het een belangrijke grazer die door het eetpatroon voorkomt dat open plekken dichtgroeien. De stralenschildpad wordt beschouwd als een van de mooiste schildpaddensoorten, maar wordt zelden in gevangenschap gehouden. Het gaat namelijk niet goed met de soort, die sterk bedreigd is. Ontbossing is de voornaamste reden, maar ook wordt het vlees van de schildpad gegeten en wordt de soort gevangen voor de handel in exotische dieren.

De stralenschildpad kan in gevangenschap met gemak een leeftijd bereiken van meer dan 100 jaar; het oudst bekende exemplaar is zelfs het oudst bekende dier. Dit dier werd Tu'i Malila genoemd en werd 189 of 193 jaar, de geboortedatum is niet precies bekend. We weten dit echter omdat de schildpad in gevangenschap gehouden werd; in het wild wordt de stralenschildpad lang niet zo oud.

Voortplanting
De mannetjes zijn luidruchtig tijdens de paring en maken hijgende en grommende geluiden, wat wel meer voorkomt bij de schildpadden. Vrouwtjes zetten ongeveer 3 tot 12 eitjes af in een holletje onder de grond, die na ongeveer 5 maanden uitkomen. De jonge schildpadjes zijn dan ongeveer 3 tot 4 centimeter lang en hebben een wat afwijkende tekening. Het belangrijkste geslachtsonderscheid is de verhoudingsgewijs langere staart van het mannetje.

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A visitor poses for a photograph inside a giant caviar bowl at the Egg House in Shanghai.
"Last one in is a rotten egg," a neon sign in brilliant pink goads, as half a dozen people frolic and snap photos in a giant caviar bowl.
"The Egg House" in Shanghai is where an apparently unhealthy interest in eggs and selfies meets Alice in Wonderland.
The pop-up installation is described by organisers as "created to share the universal love of eggs and provide a momentary escape from the city".
'The Egg House' in Shanghai is described as "an egg-themed pop-up exhibition".
Situated on the third floor of a Shanghai shopping mall, "The Egg House" is the work of Chinese creator Xu Biubiu and is her second installation -- the first was in New York and another is planned for Los Angeles in November.
It costs up to 198 yuan ($29) to enter -- for two adults at weekends -- and once inside visitors can lose themselves in several egg-themed rooms.
It is unashamedly all about one thing -- photos and selfies.
Aima Li sheepishly clambers out of the so-called caviar bowl, really a large ball pit more usually associated with nurseries.
"I feel a bit too old for this," the 29-year-old said, pointing out that many of the people around her were closer to high-school age.
But Li, who works in television and splits her time between Shanghai and Tokyo, said she would be posting on social media the pictures she took with her friend.
"I'm a bit of a little girl so I like the decorations here and it's so colourful," added Ling Jiamo, between preening and posing for pictures taken by her boyfriend.


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Covid-19, threat or opportunity for on-demand mobility?
28.04.20 by Osvald Martret
Covid-19 has brought the world to a grinding halt, affecting lives and businesses. But this enforced hiatus is also an opportunity to take stock, so we can be better prepared next time.
Citymapper's Mobility Index is a mirror on a world at a standstill. Some major cities in the US and Europe are moving at just 3-5% of normal levels, while in Asia the wheels are slowly starting to turn again.
Most of us were unprepared for the pandemic, transit authorities included. As ridership and ticket sales plummeted, their challenge has been to balance cost-cutting with maintaining essential services and protecting passengers and staff. Some have opted to increase frequency to avoid overcrowding, others installed partitions, enabled rear door boarding, lifted ticket barriers or suspended fares to minimize interaction and enable social distancing.
Like so many measures, though, these are sticking plasters after the fact, and Covid-19 is a wake-up call. Global pandemics are not a thing of the past; next time we need to be better prepared. Flexible, adaptable transit is required in unprecedented circumstances like these, and now is the time for on-demand mobility providers to step up with innovative solutions that turn threats into opportunities.
Chief among those current threats is our newfound fear of shared space, something our ancestors would identify with. Physical distancing to prevent disease spread was built into the wide avenues and sprawling early 20th-century urban planning that has proved so disastrous for social fabric and the environment. Now, that fear threatens the recent trend towards shared mobility, something single-occupancy ride-hails have wasted no time capitalizing on.
It's not all bad news, though. Overnight, Covid-19 has catapulted us into a car-free utopia of emptier, quieter streets and cleaner air. For some, individual micromobility—especially cycling—has become the transport of choice and some cities are suspending share scheme charges or increasing lanes in response. The challenge now is to build on any shift to more sustainable mobility rather than reverting to business-as-usual post-coronavirus. Nor can fear be allowed to stall or reverse car-reduction policies if newly liberated commuters shun public transport for private vehicles.
Getting back to normal, whatever that looks like, and preparing for the next crisis means we need to start thinking differently about a lot of things. It's here that public-private partnerships and on-demand mobility based on technology like Shotl's can help. Imagine being able to predict demand and react in real-time, dispatching vehicles only where and when necessary. As well as cutting costs, this flexibility allows for services tailored to the staggered timetables recommended as people return to work. Booking and payment via app also eliminate the need for staff to monitor onboard capacity or interact with passengers. And personalized, data-driven mobility even offers the possibility to segment riders by age, risk-category or other demographics, or deploy shared shuttles for certain workers or other collectives.
This crisis reminds us that mobility is an essential service just like health and supply chains: transport workers are putting themselves on the front line daily so others can go where they are needed. Going forward, transit must be flexible and adaptable enough to withstand change and lost revenue whilst still keeping us moving. The world is likely to look a little different when the dust settles. It's time to think about whether mobility should too.
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Q: Better way of implementing regex in Android I'm working on an app that requires to take some of the information in the incoming text messages, but the informations are not static they change in size and content. How properly execute that task in Android, I have tried using regex and partten methods but the results are not so much relabel. Is there a simple way?

A: For example in Koltin you have to use it like :

                val pattern = Pattern.compile("\\d{6}")
                  val matcher = pattern.matcher(message)

Where regex is : ("\d{6}")

Update : you can follow also this link to customize yours.


Today is St. Patrick's Day, a feast day honoring the patron saint of Ireland. St. Patrick's Day was originally intended as a holy day to observe the arrival of Christianity into Ireland. St. Patrick himself was English, not Irish. He was born into an aristocratic family, but was kidnapped and taken to Ireland. Eventually, he escaped, went home, became a priest, and returned to Ireland to convert the natives to Christianity. According to St. Patrick's Day lore, Patrick used the three leaves of the shamrock to explain the Christian holy trinity (the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit) to the native Irish, and the shamrock is now, along with the color green, one of the major symbols of the holiday.
Until fairly recently, St. Patrick's Day was celebrated only as a religious holiday in Ireland. People were given the day off from work; they went to church, and then they shared a big roast dinner with their families. The pubs were required to remain closed that day, so no green beer — or beer of any sort, for that matter — was allowed to be served in public. It was the Irish in America and Canada that turned the saint's day into the full-blown party that it's become. The first St. Patrick's Day parades were held in America during the 18th century, as a show of loyalty to the mother country and a way to call attention to the plight of working-class Irish immigrants. Boston organized the first parade in 1737, and New York's first was in 1762. During the Revolutionary War, General Washington issued a proclamation in 1780 that gave Irish troops the day off for the holiday.
Parades remain a large part of the day's celebrations, and New York City's is the largest in the world, with the 69th Infantry Regiment leading 150,000 marchers up Fifth Avenue. In Chicago, they dye the Chicago River green every year. The custom began in 1962 when parade organizer Steve Bailey, also the head of a plumbers' union, noticed how a dye used to detect pollution in the river turned a colleague's overalls green. He thought that it would be a good idea to use that same dye to turn the entire Chicago River green on St. Patrick's Day, and a tradition was born. In Dublin, the parade has grown into a five-day festival and attracts millions of people every year. Consumption of Guinness stout more than doubles on March 17.
It was on this day in 1941 that the National Gallery of Art opened in Washington, D.C. The National Gallery was the project of Andrew Mellon, a wealthy industrialist and Secretary of the Treasury. In 1880, 25-year-old Mellon traveled to Europe with his friend Henry Clay Frick, a fellow Pittsburgh businessman who would go on to become another of the nation's richest industrialists. This was the first trip abroad for them both, and they came back enthusiastic art collectors.
Mellon bought pieces slowly over the decades. In the late 1920s, he served as ambassador to Great Britain, and he was inspired by the National Gallery in London to create something similar in the United States. In 1930, he had the rare opportunity to purchase art from the Hermitage, the greatest art museum in Russia. Stalin had ordered museum employees to raise money for the government by selling off valuable pieces. The sale was a secret, but the news was spread to select foreign collectors. Mellon purchased 21 paintings, including work by Raphael, Rembrandt, Botticelli, Titian, and Jan van Eyck.
In 1936, Mellon wrote to President Roosevelt offering to donate his collection, as well as $15 million to build a museum that would house it. Mellon had a vision for a national museum of the highest quality, and he insisted that it should not be named after him, figuring that other art collectors would be more likely to donate to a place called the National Gallery of Art than the Mellon Gallery. His strategy worked, and he managed to talk many other prominent collectors into donating their art.
Mellon chose the architect John Russell Pope to design the new building. Pope designed it in the Neoclassical style, with wings extending from a central rotunda, and incorporating gardens and fountains. It was built with pink marble from Tennessee and polished limestone from Alabama and Indiana. The details of each gallery matched the culture and era — dark wood paneling for the 17th-century Dutch work, elaborate moldings and plaster walls for the Italian Renaissance, etc.
Construction began in June of 1937. Neither Andrew Mellon nor John Russell Pope lived to see it completed — they died within 24 hours of each other in late August. The building was finished at the end of 1940, and the next few months were spent installing art. Mellon had given 126 paintings and 26 sculptures, and hundreds of other works had already come in from other donors. At the time of its opening, many galleries were empty, because Mellon wanted a space that could grow substantially as more art was given. His vision went even beyond the building — he asked Congress to set aside an adjacent piece of land so that another building could be constructed some day. Sure enough, by 1966 the original building was full, and construction began on a second building — this one geometric and modern to house the modern art collection.
Admission is always free to the public.
She grew up with her parents in a suburb of Cairo and visited the pyramids every week. She studied history at Oxford and was planning to become a social historian. But when she got married and had kids, she found she enjoyed reading to her children so much that she wanted to write children's books herself. Her book The Ghost of Thomas Kempe (1973) won the Carnegie Medal, Britain's highest award for children's literature. A few years later, she started publishing fiction for adults, and her novel Moon Tiger (1987) won the Booker Prize.


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Fonds75-1012 - Peterborough directory
Fonds 75-1012 - Peterborough directory
Peterborough directory
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It was in May of 1819 that the first settlers came to the region in Newcastle District which is now known as Peterborough. One of these settlers was Adam Scott (1796-1838), and he built a saw and grist mill on the west bank of the Otonabee River (at the location were King St. now crosses the river). This location, then known as Scott's Plains, was to become the City of Peterborough. The area had been previously surveyed by Samuel Wilmot in 1818, and at that time, he recommended to the surveyor general that land be set aside for the development of a town at the junction of Smith, Douro, North Monaghan and Otonabee Townships, along the shores of the Otonabee River. In 1825, the recommended townsite was surveyed again by Richard Birdsall and the creation of a town plan was undertaken. From 1819 to 1825, the only inhabitants of Scott's Plains were Adam Scott's family and a few hired men. This changed with the arrival of the Peter Robinson immigrants in 1825 who numbered close to 2,000 people. Many of them settled in the townships surrounding Scott's Plains, which was renamed in 1826, to Peterboro by Sir Peregrine Maitland, in honour of Peter Robinson. By 1827, there were 20 buildings located within the townsite, and in the summer of 1828, another 20 houses were built. Shops, taverns, schools and churches began to sprout within the town boundaries. Timber, and then lumber, dominated the Peterborough industrial base from 1825 to 1875. But this was not the only form of industry. Peterborough also had a tannery, three iron foundries, and several woolen and grain mills. The location of Peterborough along the shores of the Otonabee was extremely important in the development of Peterborough as a manufacturing centre. The river provided not only water power, but a means of transportation for both people and goods. In 1890, Edison Electric, later known as Canadian General Electric, set up a plant in Peterborough, and by 1892, it became the site of the CGE head office for Canadian Operations. In 1900, Quaker Oats also came to Peterborough. Not only did Quaker employ a substantial number of people, they also used locally grown grains in the production of their cereals. The period between 1875 and 1930 was one of rapid industrial growth in Peterborough. As well, the population was constantly increasing. In 1838, the population was between 800 and 900, and by the 1852 census, it had risen to 2,191. In 1871 it had increased to 4,611 and it became necessary for Peterborough to annex land from the surrounding townships. In 1872, 239 acres were annexed from Smith, 50 acres from Douro, and 581 acres from North Monaghan. After the annexation, the population was close to 7,000 inhabitants. Peterborough officially became a city in 1904 and continued to grow and by 1921, the population had increased to 21,000.
This item was copied by Jane Deyman for the Historical Atlas of Peterborough, 1875 and subsequently donated to the Trent University Archives by Professor Elwood Jones.
This item is a photocopy of a 1875 directory showing the names, addresses, occupations, and in some cases date of emigration to Canada, of the early citizens of Peterborough.
This item was donated by Elwood Jones, Professor at Trent University.
For related records see: 69-001 and 86-003.
Assessment and Census Records
City of Peterborough
Peterborough directory (Creator)


Partito della Sinistra Europea – Right to Energy. What we mean?
Energy poverty is a term from social policy and describes the connection between poverty and the cost of energy. On the one hand, it describes rising energy costs as a risk of poverty and, on the other hand, the difficulties of many households in the industrialized countries to pay rising energy costs.
Energy poverty is a serious social problem. A disconnection, the interruption of electricity supply or heat supply, is for the utilities only the Ultima Ratio, but for the affected families with children it is an absolute disaster. But Energy poverty does not start until it comes disconnections.
Why is this a topic?
In a representative survey on income and living conditions (EU-SILC), 8.7 percent of EU citizens surveyed said "they can not heat their homes adequately" (2016).


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Shola and Joey footwatch: Bambi back before the end of the month?
Well, you just can't stop Chris Hughton at the moment. This time, he's been talking about the return of Shola Ameobi, who broke his foot after scoring in a 4-3 cup thriller against the mighty Huddersfield on 26th August. Hughton said he has high hopes for a Bambi's return to the Newcastle United squad for the encounter with Swansea on 28th November. If he did return for that game, it would mean that the 'Fenham Eusebio' had been out of the game for around four months, and would probably need some time to return to full match fitness. His return would also coincide with the ending of the loan period for hired in hitman, Marlon Harewood, who has had mixed fortunes as a temporary replacement.
Ameobi, who seems to have picked up the very welcome habit of remembering to head the ball into the goal before he falls over this season, has been much missed in Newcastle United's front line.
"Shola's a player who was making a positive and big impact on the team when he was injured," said Hughton.


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Move over, Nancy Drew and Harriet the Spy
I've been on a detective novel kick recently. From Harry Bosch novels by Michael Connelly, to Robert Galbraith's (a.k.a. J.K. Rowling's) excellent Cormoran Strike novels, I'm digging the mysteries of late. Good news for fellow fans of these books: the Cormoran Strike series is going to be adapted for a major new television series on BBC One, and Amazon has already released one season of Bosch, based on Connelly's famous detective character. Stoked.
I'm not new to detective novels. When I was a kid, my sister and I had a fantastic collection of classic novels, which included many favourites – but some of our most-read books on the shelf were by far Nancy Drew books. I loved the series when I was younger. My top faves were – and still are – The Ghost of Blackwood Hall and The Secret of the Old Clock. Nancy Drew, the wunderkind detective, has inspired many similar characters since her first feature mystery in 1930. Enter in Harriet the Spy, the beloved child detective novel of 1964 – my generation grew up watching Michelle Trachtenberg (later, Georgina of Gossip Girl) as the precocious and curious sleuth in the 1996 film.
Recently, I found Veronica. That's right, friends, I'm talking about Veronica Mars.
Kristen Bell as Veronica Mars.
I had watched a few episodes of the TV cult fave here and there back when the series was on TV but didn't really discover my love of the show until I found it on Netflix. I had followed the courageous Kickstarter campaign created by fans ("marshmallows") and Veronica Mars cast members to fund a V-Mars film and wanted to watch the entire series before watching the movie. Loved every minute of it. Watch the show and definitely watch the movie (Kristen Bell is pretty awesome).
The movie! It's so good!
And then, friends, I found out about the books. Oh yes, there are books.
Following the film's release, Rob Thomas, creator of the show, along with author Jennifer Graham, decided to keep Veronica's story alive and feed fans' addiction by starting a series where the movie left off. And they are SO good. The first novel, The Thousand Dollar Tan Line, was released last March. The second novel, Mr. Kiss and Tell, was released in January of this year. Each book is like reading an episode of the show – every character and scene is written so well that you can see everything happening just as if you were watching an episode on your couch. It's wonderful.
The first book released after the film: The Thousand Dollar Tan Line
The second book, Mr. Kiss and Tell, was released at the end of January.
If you're looking for a quick and visual read, check out these books – but only after watching the series and movie.
← Bright lights and the big city….of Lockport
→ Winter is Coming…despite the fact that it's supposed to be over!
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I've never seen someone so interested in books before!


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Regular watchers of TV news will be familiar with the scene outside the Houses of Parliament, where journalists interview politicians on a patch of grass opposite Old Palace Yard, against a backdrop of Gothic architecture and the appropriately barbarian howls of protestors. While you're hanging on every sage sound-bite tripping off the tongues of our bright, objective, Members of Parliament, and simultaneously wishing that the boring berk shouting out his repetitive, inane, message behind-stage would just fade away, you might spot a small, stone, tower over Laura Kuenssberg's right shoulder. This is the Jewel Tower, a little gem of a building at the heart of Britain's story and one of the very few surviving parts of the medieval Palace of Westminster.
The patch of grass is called College Green, and at one time most of it would have been in the River Thames. Now, it covers an underground car park and, as well as being convenient and atmospheric for broadcasters and MPs, offers great photo opportunities for visitors able to negotiate their way through the media encampment that materialises there at times of national stress. How many people, though, realise the Jewel Tower is even there? Ask where London's Jewel Tower is and, understandably, most folk will direct you to the Tower of London. Not a bit of it; the Jewel Tower in Westminster is nothing to do with the Crown Jewels; it is where Edward III kept his personal treasures, and was known as 'the king's privy wardrobe'.
Built on the north bank of the Thames, the Palace of Westminster was a principal home for English monarchs during much of the Middle Ages. The Jewel Tower was erected in the 1360s as a secure store within the discrete Privy Palace, the royal residential complex which was separate from the more public administrative and legal areas. The tower was surrounded by a protective moat and stood at the end of a garden. The moat could be a lethal place; William Usshebourne, one of King Edward's keepers of the Privy Palace, choked to death on the bones of a pike caught in it.
I love seeing what places once looked like and this reconstruction drawing of the Palace of Westminster in the late 15th century (illustration by Terry Ball and Richard Lea © Historic England) is really excellent.
Westminster's time as a premier royal residence came to an end in 1512, when a fire destroyed sections of the Privy Palace. In any case, in 1529, Henry VIII got his hands on Cardinal Wolsey's nearby York Place and developed that as a new royal residence, Whitehall Palace, which would have had its own privy wardrobe. So the Jewel Tower seems to have become a repository for sundry royal bric-a-brac, including dolls once played with by the princesses Mary and Elizabeth. By the late Tudor period, though, it was given into the custody of the Clerk of the Parliaments, the official who recorded sittings and committee meetings for the House of Lords. A dwelling was built for the clerk against the tower, and the first floor was used to store Acts of Parliament. In 1621, the store was upgraded with brick vaulting and an iron door to one room, providing better protection against fire. The date was emphatically added to the door – and the cipher of James I to the lock plate.
In the early 18th century, improvements were made to the building, including the windows you see today; and shortage of space meant that records storage had to extend to the second floor. In 1834, a devastating fire swept through the main Palace of Westminster. Fortunately, the tower's disconnected location saved it, and its records, from destruction – though almost all of the records of the House of Commons were consumed. The Jewel Tower is one of just four medieval buildings that survived that fire, and the subsequent reconstruction of the Palace of Westminster: the other three are Westminster Hall, the chapel of St Mary Undercroft and St Stephen's Cloister; all are still in use, though there is no general public access to the chapel and the cloisters. In 1864, the records in the Jewel House were moved to a purpose-built repository inside the massive Victoria Tower, opposite. The records held in the Jewel Tower included such historically important documents as King Charles I's death warrant (1649), the Bill of Rights (1688), the Act of Union between England and Scotland (1707) and the Slavery Abolition Act (1833). Parliamentary records were – and I think still are – rolled for storage and written on vellum (though I believe that might be changing).
From 1869 to 1938, the Jewel Tower was a testing facility for the Board of Trade Standards Department (aka 'Weights and Measures') and historic standards of weight, volume and dimension were held on the second floor. These were the people who could tell you what a ton of bricks really meant, whether you had actually gone that extra mile – or, indeed, what's afoot.
Despite being damaged by incendiary bombs in May 1941, the next major event in the Jewel Tower's long history was the radical demolition of surrounding buildings – including some 18th century houses and the house and garage of the Prime Minister's chauffeur – which allowed the excavation of the medieval moat and, presumably, revealed the building to the general public.
A visit to the Jewel Tower is to take a short, but oh-so intriguing, trip (in an exciting part of the Capital) through aspects of history you don't often think about, but which have been at the epicentre of a developing state – first England, then the United Kingdom – for hundreds of years. There are displays on each floor which nicely illustrate the different phases in the building's past, and some fascinating artefacts found nearby – not least a high-end Anglo-Saxon sword dated to around 800 AD, which was found during excavations of Victoria Tower Gardens. On the ground floor is the inevitable shop, where you can also buy a welcome (but awful) cup of coffee. Look up; there's a wonderful medieval vaulted ceiling, with sculpted bosses of human and mythical heads, some of them grotesque.
When you've finished, think about wandering through the streets to the south, around the back of Westminster School. It's a little bit of what you might call 'Disney London'; spot the blue plaques. Or you could take your chance with the journalists and politicians on College Green – there's an interesting – and slightly worrying – article about this on the BBC's website.
Does the word "privy", when used as an adjective (as in Privy Chamber), mean "private"? I enjoyed this, Mike!
Yes, you're right, privy in this context means 'private'.
I used to work just off Parliament Square and loved wandering about the back streets in my lunch break admiring the architecture. I never had the time to visit anywhere and I'm not sure if the Jewel Tower was open to the public in the late 70's. I haven't been back to Westminster since then and am not likely to until things settle down a bit but this is definitely a place I'd love to visit. Thanks for the interesting post, Mike.
The reconstruction drawing was really helpful.
Perhaps it would aid debate were we to send some of the 'gems' of the House of Commons to cool their ardour in the Jewel Tower.
I'm inclined to suggest we get rid of the whole lot, draw up some new guidelines and start again. Very fed up with these clowns wasting my money, quite frankly.
I can well imagine the Jewel Tower could become a repository for sundry Royal bric-a-brac.. that happens in all our homes. But the Weights and Measures Department had altogether a different role.
I visited the tower a few years ago and I got a small piece of pottery from there. It was made in the 15th century and discovered in a nearby when the dug up for repairs (if I remember correctly). Those fragments of pottery were for visitors, for a donation. I keep that piece on display in my living room.
Interesting. Thank you for dropping in!
That was once more an equally interesting and entertaining article, Mike, thank you!
I found this post fascinating. I have walked past the Tower on numerous occasions but not ventured inside. Need to put that on the list but for the moment I am keeping well away from the circus at Westminster.
When I lived in London I spent my time wandering the back streets of London, particularly the city. The architecture and hidden gems are well worth the wander. Many of them you discover by pure chance, just by looking around and avoiding the tourist routes. That said, London is full of history and this is another part I knew nothing of. Great post Mike.
I loved this post, you know I do!
Or maybe, April, with the seas rising, perhaps folks making these decisions don't expect it all to last even two hundred years.
To put paper storage so near the river must have taken some forethought. Perhaps the building is so thick of wall, floor and roof as to resist moisture? Still, I'd expect some help from a dehumidifier, given the location. But conditions, are, often, I realize, different over there than over here.
Though hanging on by Parliamentry fingernails, the day of the paper records might not last much longer. Computers will likely hold it all soon. Do you suppose we will live to see that day??????
What's afoot? The game, Watson!
Absorbing post as usual. This is one I missed. We should take time to explore the back yards and side streets.
A fascinating place. Thank you for the tour!
It's beautiful. Such rich history, seems a shame somehow to use a building like this for a store/shop. I see you guys have the same issues with the dolts in authority according to Bill Nicholl's comment. Those in our WashinKton are a bunch of clowns. I would love to visit this place, beautiful photos.
Fab post Mike, but it must be mad down there at the moment!
I think you're right about parliamentary records going from vellum to paper. I'm sure I remember hearing someone say it's a bad move, since vellum lasts for more than a thousand years and paper about two hundred. Perhaps they don't think there's much worth keeping for posterity at the moment.


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Q: c# If statement to include another form to perform an action I have a button on a completion form, which when pressed opens up a windows explorer.
This was ok, when i only had 1 directory.
I now have 2 directories, which are now set from my main form.
What i would like to do, is when the button is pressed, if a combobox on my main form is for example "Apples" then opens up a coded directory.
If the combobox on my main for is "Pears" then open up a different directory.
I have the following code to open up the original directory - just dont know how to include the second, as i cant seem to access the combobox from the completion form:
private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    {
        this.Hide();
        FrmMain form3 = new FrmMain();
        form3.Show();
    }

    System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(new System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo()
    {
        FileName = "C:\\Directory 1\\",
        UseShellExecute = true,
        Verb = "open"
    });
}

Hope you can help.
Thanks - Craig.

A: Let's say your mainform class is called MainForm and that the combobox instance inside it is called directoryComboBox.
Now, the first step consists in creating a property in your MainForm that exposes the currently selected value of the directoryComboBox instance:
public String CurrentDirectory
{
    get { return directoryComboBox.Text; }
}

In your CompletionForm class, add the following field (used as a reference to the parent MainForm instance):
private MainForm m_Parent;

and modify the constructor as follows:
public CompletionForm(MainForm parent)
{
    m_Parent = parent;
}

Finally, modify the code of your MainForm in which you create a new completion form and show it to the user as follows:
CompletionForm cf = new CompletionForm(this); // this is the current instance of `MainForm` showing the completion form
cf.ShowDialog(this);

In your CompletionForm you can now have access to the currently selected value of your directoryComboBox:
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(new System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo()
        {
            FileName = Path.Combine(@"C:\", m_Parent.CurrentDirectory),
            UseShellExecute = true,
            Verb = "open"
        });

You could also construct your CompletionForm instance by directly passing it the current directoryComboBox value. The approach is very similar and it doesn't require you to modify your MainForm class adding a new property. All you have to do is to edit the right CompletionForm portions of code:
private String m_CurrentDirectory;

public CompletionForm(String currentDirectory)
{
    m_CurrentDirectory = currentDirectory;
}

System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(new System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo()
        {
            FileName = Path.Combine(@"C:\", m_CurrentDirectory),
            UseShellExecute = true,
            Verb = "open"
        });

and the MainForm method that instantiates it:
CompletionForm cf = new CompletionForm(directoryComboBox.Text);
cf.ShowDialog(this);

A: There are quite a few ways you could do this. I'm supposing your completion form is opened from the main form. The cleanest way would be to inject the current selection of the main form's combobox upon creation. Something in the line of:
 var completionForm = new CompletionForm(directoryCombo.Text);
 completionForm.ShowDialog(this);

Do note that ShowDialog is relevant. This ensures that no one will change the selected directory while the completion form is active. If this not the case, and the completion form isn't modal, then a better alternative is to implement a public property in your main form:
public string SelectedDirectory => directoryCombo.Text;

And then simply access it form your completion form:
var selectedDirectory = (Owner as mainForm).SelectedDirectory;


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package uk.org.ngo.squeezer.model;

import android.os.Parcel;
import android.os.Parcelable;
import android.support.annotation.NonNull;
import android.support.annotation.Nullable;
import android.support.annotation.StringDef;
import android.util.SparseArray;

import com.google.common.base.Strings;
import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;

import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
import java.util.List;

import uk.org.ngo.squeezer.R;
import uk.org.ngo.squeezer.Util;
import uk.org.ngo.squeezer.service.ServerString;

public class PlayerState implements Parcelable {

    @StringDef({NOTIFY_NONE, NOTIFY_ON_CHANGE, NOTIFY_REAL_TIME})
    @Retention(RetentionPolicy.SOURCE)
    public @interface PlayerSubscriptionType {}
    public static final String NOTIFY_NONE = "-";
    public static final String NOTIFY_ON_CHANGE = "0";
    public static final String NOTIFY_REAL_TIME = "1";

    public PlayerState() {
    }

    public static final Creator<PlayerState> CREATOR = new Creator<PlayerState>() {
        @Override
        public PlayerState[] newArray(int size) {
            return new PlayerState[size];
        }

        @Override
        public PlayerState createFromParcel(Parcel source) {
            return new PlayerState(source);
        }
    };

    private PlayerState(Parcel source) {
        playerId = source.readString();
        playStatus = source.readString();
        poweredOn = (source.readByte() == 1);
        shuffleStatus = ShuffleStatus.valueOf(source.readInt());
        repeatStatus = RepeatStatus.valueOf(source.readInt());
        currentSong = source.readParcelable(null);
        currentPlaylist = source.readString();
        currentPlaylistIndex = source.readInt();
        currentTimeSecond = source.readInt();
        currentSongDuration = source.readInt();
        currentVolume = source.readInt();
        sleepDuration = source.readInt();
        sleep = source.readInt();
        mSyncMaster = source.readString();
        source.readStringList(mSyncSlaves);
        mPlayerSubscriptionType = source.readString();
    }

    @Override
    public void writeToParcel(Parcel dest, int flags) {
        dest.writeString(playerId);
        dest.writeString(playStatus);
        dest.writeByte(poweredOn ? (byte) 1 : (byte) 0);
        dest.writeInt(shuffleStatus.getId());
        dest.writeInt(repeatStatus.getId());
        dest.writeParcelable(currentSong, 0);
        dest.writeString(currentPlaylist);
        dest.writeInt(currentPlaylistIndex);
        dest.writeInt(currentTimeSecond);
        dest.writeInt(currentSongDuration);
        dest.writeInt(currentVolume);
        dest.writeInt(sleepDuration);
        dest.writeInt(sleep);
        dest.writeString(mSyncMaster);
        dest.writeStringList(mSyncSlaves);
        dest.writeString(mPlayerSubscriptionType);
    }

    @Override
    public int describeContents() {
        return 0;
    }

    private String playerId;

    private boolean poweredOn;

    private @PlayState String playStatus;

    private ShuffleStatus shuffleStatus;

    private RepeatStatus repeatStatus;

    private Song currentSong;

    /** The name of the current playlist, which may be the empty string. */
    @NonNull
    private String currentPlaylist;

    private int currentPlaylistIndex;

    private int currentTimeSecond;

    private int currentSongDuration;

    private int currentVolume;

    private int sleepDuration;

    private int sleep;

    /** The player this player is synced to (null if none). */
    @Nullable
    private String mSyncMaster;

    /** The players synced to this player. */
    private ImmutableList<String> mSyncSlaves = new ImmutableList.Builder<String>().build();

    /** How the server is subscribed to the player's status changes. */
    @NonNull
    @PlayerSubscriptionType private String mPlayerSubscriptionType = NOTIFY_NONE;

    public boolean isPlaying() {
        return PLAY_STATE_PLAY.equals(playStatus);
    }

    /**
     * @return the player's state. May be null, which indicates that Squeezer has received
     *     a "players" response for this player, but has not yet received a status message
     *     for it.
     */
    @Nullable
    @PlayState
    public String getPlayStatus() {
        return playStatus;
    }

    public boolean setPlayStatus(@NonNull @PlayState String s) {
        if (s.equals(playStatus)) {
            return false;
        }

        playStatus = s;

        return true;
    }

    public String getPlayerId() {
        return playerId;
    }

    public void setPlayerId(String playerId) {
        this.playerId = playerId;
    }

    public boolean getPoweredOn() {
        return poweredOn;
    }

    public boolean isPoweredOn() {
        return poweredOn;
    }

    public boolean setPoweredOn(boolean state) {
        if (state == poweredOn)
            return false;

        poweredOn = state;
        return true;
    }

    public ShuffleStatus getShuffleStatus() {
        return shuffleStatus;
    }

    public boolean setShuffleStatus(ShuffleStatus status) {
        if (status == shuffleStatus)
            return false;

        shuffleStatus = status;
        return true;
    }

    public boolean setShuffleStatus(String s) {
        return setShuffleStatus(s != null ? ShuffleStatus.valueOf(Util.parseDecimalIntOrZero(s)) : null);
    }

    public RepeatStatus getRepeatStatus() {
        return repeatStatus;
    }

    public boolean setRepeatStatus(RepeatStatus status) {
        if (status == repeatStatus)
            return false;

        repeatStatus = status;
        return true;
    }

    public boolean setRepeatStatus(String s) {
        return setRepeatStatus(s != null ? RepeatStatus.valueOf(Util.parseDecimalIntOrZero(s)) : null);
    }

    public Song getCurrentSong() {
        return currentSong;
    }

    @NonNull
    public String getCurrentSongName() {
        return (currentSong != null) ? currentSong.getName() : "";
    }

    public boolean setCurrentSong(Song song) {
        if (song.equals(currentSong))
            return false;

        currentSong = song;
        return true;
    }

    /** @return the name of the current playlist, may be the empty string. */
    @NonNull
    public String getCurrentPlaylist() {
        return currentPlaylist;
    }

    public int getCurrentPlaylistIndex() {
        return currentPlaylistIndex;
    }

    public boolean setCurrentPlaylist(@Nullable String playlist) {
        if (playlist == null)
            playlist = "";

        if (playlist.equals(currentPlaylist))
            return false;

        currentPlaylist = playlist;
        return true;
    }

    public boolean setCurrentPlaylistIndex(int value) {
        if (value == currentPlaylistIndex)
            return false;

        currentPlaylistIndex = value;
        return true;
    }

    public int getCurrentTimeSecond() {
        return currentTimeSecond;
    }

    public boolean setCurrentTimeSecond(int value) {
        if (value == currentTimeSecond)
            return false;

        currentTimeSecond = value;
        return true;
    }

    public int getCurrentSongDuration() {
        return currentSongDuration;
    }

    public boolean setCurrentSongDuration(int value) {
        if (value == currentSongDuration)
            return false;

        currentSongDuration = value;
        return true;
    }

    public int getCurrentVolume() {
        return currentVolume;
    }

    public boolean setCurrentVolume(int value) {
        if (value == currentVolume)
            return false;

        currentVolume = value;
        return true;
    }

    public int getSleepDuration() {
        return sleepDuration;
    }

    public boolean setSleepDuration(int sleepDuration) {
        if (sleepDuration == this.sleepDuration)
            return false;

        this.sleepDuration = sleepDuration;
        return true;
    }

    /** @return seconds left until the player sleeps. */
    public int getSleep() {
        return sleep;
    }

    /**
     *
     * @param sleep seconds left until the player sleeps.
     * @return True if the sleep value was changed, false otherwise.
     */
    public boolean setSleep(int sleep) {
        if (sleep == this.sleep)
            return false;

        this.sleep = sleep;
        return true;
    }

    public boolean setSyncMaster(@Nullable String syncMaster) {
        if (syncMaster == null && mSyncMaster == null)
            return false;

        if (syncMaster != null) {
            if (syncMaster.equals(mSyncMaster))
                return false;
        }

        mSyncMaster = syncMaster;
        return true;
    }

    @Nullable
    public String getSyncMaster() {
        return mSyncMaster;
    }

    public boolean setSyncSlaves(@NonNull List<String> syncSlaves) {
        if (syncSlaves.equals(mSyncSlaves))
            return false;

        mSyncSlaves = ImmutableList.copyOf(syncSlaves);
        return true;
    }

    public ImmutableList<String> getSyncSlaves() {
        return mSyncSlaves;
    }

    @PlayerSubscriptionType public String getSubscriptionType() {
        return mPlayerSubscriptionType;
    }

    public boolean setSubscriptionType(@Nullable @PlayerSubscriptionType String type) {
        if (Strings.isNullOrEmpty(type))
            return setSubscriptionType(NOTIFY_NONE);

        mPlayerSubscriptionType = type;
        return true;
    }

    @StringDef({PLAY_STATE_PLAY, PLAY_STATE_PAUSE, PLAY_STATE_STOP})
    @Retention(RetentionPolicy.SOURCE)
    public @interface PlayState {}
    public static final String PLAY_STATE_PLAY = "play";
    public static final String PLAY_STATE_PAUSE = "pause";
    public static final String PLAY_STATE_STOP = "stop";

    public enum ShuffleStatus implements EnumWithId {
        SHUFFLE_OFF(0, R.attr.ic_action_av_shuffle_off, ServerString.SHUFFLE_OFF),
        SHUFFLE_SONG(1, R.attr.ic_action_av_shuffle_song, ServerString.SHUFFLE_ON_SONGS),
        SHUFFLE_ALBUM(2, R.attr.ic_action_av_shuffle_album, ServerString.SHUFFLE_ON_ALBUMS);

        private final int id;

        private final int icon;

        private final ServerString text;

        private static final EnumIdLookup<ShuffleStatus> lookup = new EnumIdLookup<ShuffleStatus>(
                ShuffleStatus.class);

        ShuffleStatus(int id, int icon, ServerString text) {
            this.id = id;
            this.icon = icon;
            this.text = text;
        }

        @Override
        public int getId() {
            return id;
        }

        public int getIcon() {
            return icon;
        }

        public ServerString getText() {
            return text;
        }

        public static ShuffleStatus valueOf(int id) {
            return lookup.get(id);
        }
    }

    public enum RepeatStatus implements EnumWithId {
        REPEAT_OFF(0, R.attr.ic_action_av_repeat_off, ServerString.REPEAT_OFF),
        REPEAT_ONE(1, R.attr.ic_action_av_repeat_one, ServerString.REPEAT_ONE),
        REPEAT_ALL(2, R.attr.ic_action_av_repeat_all, ServerString.REPEAT_ALL);

        private final int id;

        private final int icon;

        private final ServerString text;

        private static final EnumIdLookup<RepeatStatus> lookup = new EnumIdLookup<RepeatStatus>(
                RepeatStatus.class);

        RepeatStatus(int id, int icon, ServerString text) {
            this.id = id;
            this.icon = icon;
            this.text = text;
        }

        @Override
        public int getId() {
            return id;
        }

        public int getIcon() {
            return icon;
        }

        public ServerString getText() {
            return text;
        }

        public static RepeatStatus valueOf(int id) {
            return lookup.get(id);
        }
    }

    public interface EnumWithId {

        int getId();
    }

    public static class EnumIdLookup<E extends Enum<E> & EnumWithId> {

        private final SparseArray<E> map = new SparseArray<E>();

        public EnumIdLookup(Class<E> enumType) {
            for (E v : enumType.getEnumConstants()) {
                map.put(v.getId(), v);
            }
        }

        public E get(int num) {
            return map.get(num);
        }
    }

}

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