Struggling to recover from an exhausting and entirely enjoyable weekend in the company of Keith. I suppose I should offer capsule summations of the two evenings of concerts at Diapason in Brooklyn though be forewarned, I wasn't taking notes.
I was very pleased to meet Sebastian Lexer earlier on Saturday, who proved to be an all-around fine fellow, causing me to look forward to that evening's events with even more anticipation. The performance was structured solo (Lexer)/solo (Rowe)/duo and all three were fine. Lexer had studied for several years with John Tilbury and while you could clearly hear the influence in the touch and preparations, he was very much his own person in how he structured his solo. One thing that struck me was his balance in varying attacks--he moved from place to place, often running the sounds through software but also letting them generate "naturally", but never seemed to be going through any sort of mental catalog, just flowing unhurriedly, revisiting certain areas that would begin to register as themes or guideposts.
Rowe also has a recent penchant for returning to the scene of approaches or individual devices he'd abandoned in recent years. He's mentioned that, just as one doesn't want to come to depend on a given sense of structure or device, so one also should never be afraid to revisit them. This performance hearkened back to somewhere in the area of recordings like "harsh," or the kinds of sets he was doing circa 2004 (on the US tour with Fennesz, for instance), much denser and more layered than recent outings (eg, "contact"). Details seem superfluous, but I noted one relatively long exposure of a distorted Latino radio station that sounded especially marvelous in contest. The duo worked quite well, though my specific memory of it is hazier. It was one of those events that, a couple hours after it occurs, you think, "Yes, that was very satisfying." Lexer wasn't so reticent as one might have expected (or, rather, as I might have expected prior to hearing him ably debate his side of various issues that afternoon). When he struck loud, ringing chords amidst a sea of agitated calm, they sounded entirely appropriate, not forced. As earlier, there was good conversation to be heard, tendentious here, accommodating there. I'd love to hear this pair again.
Sunday evening combined Rowe with Sean Meehan for the first set and Jason Lescalleet, a week after their Boston show, for the second. Sean chose not to bring his cymbals and dowels to the gallery, opting for his fork, some rice and I think a handful of other devices (I was sitting toward the back of the chairs set-up and, in the dim light, had a view (a delightful one) of only the top of the snare drum itself and Sean's hands entering and leaving my "porthole".) As you might expect, the set was a very quiet one, though extremely intense, the pair exchanging considered comments, pausing to reflect, moving on. Nothing that would surprise a listener versed in the pair's music, but a very moving half-hour of music nonetheless, in many ways my favorite of the weekend.
Then there was the ending. Lescalleet mysteriously faced the rear of the room, adjacent to a think column. Eventually it became apparent (when I say, "apparent", I mean that the decibel level rose to cochlea-shattering levels) that he was manipulating his beloved Slinky, pulling and stretching its contact mic'd coils and creating an ungodly welter of noise, circling around behind the column, advancing on the poor, newly-into-his-seventh-decade Rowe (who, incidentally, was unaware that this was to be the finale, as it were). Jason reached to a point right at Keith's side, the end of the Slinky ready to take a bite, when the maelstrom abruptly ceased--end of set.
Was it spectacular? Assuredly. Was it more than that? I don't know, but I don't think so. I should say that, as near as I can determine, I was in the extreme minority (not alone, though) insofar as having some qualms about the performance. Ed Howard, for example, has an excellent and tightly-observed review here. So take all the above with the usual grains of rice.
But all in all, a marvelous weekend in the company of some great people. Thanks Keith, Sebastian, Sean, Jason, Jon, Yuko, Richard. Aside from the music and folk, I finally made it to the legendary Sripraphai, a wonderful Korean restaurant on W. 32nd whose name I forget (plus the waiter wouldn't let me order the oysters wrapped in pork belly--next time!), fourth time at Hill Country BBQ and had the most delicious chocolate almond croissants I've ever encountered at Madeleine Patisserie on West 23rd St. I'm now very fat.
"Lexer wasn't so reticent as one might have expected (or, rather, as I might have expected prior to hearing him ably debate his side of various issues that afternoon"
Reticence is certainly not an expectation I would have of Sebastian in any musical setting. If I had any doubts about the potential success of the Lexer/Rowe pairing (and I had very few doubts) then it would have been that Sebastian might be too "active" for Keith these days, but I am glad it went well.
"it would have been that Sebastian might be too "active" for Keith these days"
one thing that became even more clear to me this weekend is how amazingly chameleon-like Keith can be in most collaborative contexts, maybe more than any other musician working in this area. the obvious example was the back to back Meehan/Lescalleet sets, but there are countless others.
so if you combine this quality with his recent interest in revisiting approaches and objects from his past and incorporating them into his current work (as Brian touches on), there's a remarkable amount of flexibility there.
oh wow brian - surprising mistake from you, and one i hope you'll get a tickle from me correcting and not find horrifyingly pedantic: keith just entered his *eighth* decade (ages zero-ten being the "first").
anyhow, nice to see your take, and great to see you and chat for a few.
You know, as I was typing that, I said to myself, "Wait, seventh or eighth?" But I was at work and lazy, so....good catch.
THAT IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU STEAL TIME FROM YOUR EMPLOYER!
I can' tell you how often I've said to my boss (VP of Finance), "I don't know how I made it through the day before the Net." seriously..
"drone maintenance" - will try to use this phrase more often. I feel it is meant as a criticism here (not for lack of perception), and if Keith/Jason was "merely" some drone maintenance, it was of the highest order: fluid and physical, without a hint of laziness.
anyway, as also expressed (by Jon) elsewhere on the internet - it's been great reading all the responses to these concerts - how we were all in the same place, same time, and perceived often just slightly different things.


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Ponytail Headaches are Real, Experts Say
My scalp is super sensitive. When my hair is up, it feels as if someone is perpetually tugging on my scalp. All I want is a super chic ponytail, but in return, a pulled-back style often gives me a headache.
And as eye-roller of a "problem", as it may be, I assure you that when the hair on your head hurts your head, it is truly terrible.
If you are like me and notice achy scalp symptoms after putting your hair up on ponytail or updo, know that the sensation is real, it is not all in your head, and it has a name: a ponytail headache.
There is not a wealth of research that looks at the ponytail headache. You can imagine that saying your scalp aches because it is in a tight bun may not be taken that seriously, and that is a shame because it is common. You are not alone, and your symptoms are legit.
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What is a ponytail headache?
A 2004 study in the journal Headache found that 50 out of 93 women surveyed said a ponytail triggered a headache; for some the pain was located around their hair tie, while in others it spread to their forehead, temples or neck.
The medical term for ponytail pain is external traction headache, which falls under the umbrella of "allodynia," says Wade Cooper, D.O., a headache neurologist at the University of Michigan. Allodynia is an abnormal response that happens when the brain perceives a non-painful touch as painful, says the American Migraine Foundation (AMF).
"Wearing your hair back or brushing shouldn't cause discomfort, but this achiness is actually quite common and not a major health issue," says Cooper. There are nerves throughout your scalp; toss your hair up and these nerves send an impulse to your brain signaling a pulling sensation. "In someone who has scalp allodynia, when this impulse reaches the brain, it's amplified more than it needs to be," says Cooper. Your pain nerve cells are "overexcitable" and can be triggered by a benign stimulus, according to the AMF. It does not just happen when your hair is up, but also affects sensitive folks when wearing a hat or helmet or hijab/headscarf.
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Who is prone to a ponytail headache?
While this type of headache is not a problem in and of itself, it is an underlying marker that you have a sensitive scalp, which, in turn, can signal that you may be more prone to migraines, says Cooper. (A ponytail headache can occur in someone who does not get migraines, but it is less common, he says.)
Nearly 40 million people in the U.S. grapple with migraines — 18 percent of women have them (three times the rate of men), and they are most common in adults ages 25 to 55, according to the Migraine Research Foundation. "We think those who are prone to migraines have an enhanced nervous system. Testing shows that these people have a greater ability to detect vibration, smell odors more acutely, and are more sensitive to light stimulus compared to those without migraines," says Cooper. This actually played an evolutionary role, he says — being more sensitive to the environment kept you out of harm's way.
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Preventing a ponytail headache
A bit of self-care goes a long way. "Anything that irritates your nervous system will make you more prone to this excitable response," says Cooper. Make sleep a priority and have go-to ways to reduce stress at the ready.
And be especially vigilant about your self-care strategies around your period — scalp nerves travel through the trigeminal nerve on their way to the brain. "The trigeminal nerve has hormone receptors that determine how sensitive nerves will be, and they are affected by hormonal fluctuations," says Cooper. Whereas last week you were able to wear a ponytail, you might not be able to wear one when you are PMSing — your body is just more sensitive to pain right now.
You can also use an anti-inflammatory. But, "only take these medications [to treat a ponytail headache] two times per week," says Cooper. Taking them too often (as in, daily) could cause rebound headaches.
Another option: taking a magnesium supplement if the phenomena happen often, as this may lower the likelihood of both scalp achiness and recurrent bouts of moderate headache, says Cooper, who recommends 500 mg per day of magnesium oxide.
And most importantly, should you get hit with one of these headaches, just take your hair down, says Cooper. In the Headache study, this helped relieve pain immediately for four people; for five others, it was within a half-hour. So, it is worth a try.
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A assembleia cantonal (Landsgemeinde em alemão) é uma das formas mais antigas de democracia direta. Praticada no passado em oito cantões da Suíça, foi abolida por razões de ordem prática em seis deles, subsistindo como maior instituição política dos cantões de Appenzell Interior e de Glarus.

A palavra alemã Landsgemeinde é atestada por si pelo menos desde o século XVI, na edição de 1561 do dicionário de Josua Maaler (Pictorius). É um termo composto por dois elementos Land "terra, cantão; cantão rural" e Gemeinde "comunidade, comuna".

Os cidadãos do cantão com direito ao voto encontram-se em dia marcado a céu aberto para decidir acerca das leis e gastos do Conselho. A todos é garantido o direito de debater uma questão. O voto se concretiza com todos os cidadãos a favor de uma proposta levantando a mão. Historicamente, até a concessão do direito ao voto às mulheres, a única prova de cidadania necessária aos homens para ingresso na área destinada à votação eram a apresentação da espada cerimonial ou da arma militar suíça (baioneta, entre outras) como forma de provar que o cidadão era um homem livre com o direito de portar armas e de votar.

A assembleia cantonal tem sido a instituição soberana dos cantões rurais suíços desde a Idade Média, enquanto nos cantões mais urbanos, tais como Lucerna, Schaffhausen ou Berna, uma assembleia geral de todos os cidadãos jamais foi estabelecida.

Assembleias de natureza semelhante foram denominadas Talgemeinde (em função do termo Talschaften, usada em Ursern, Hasli e Obersimmental, Teding (Engelberg), Parlamento (Leventina, Zendgemeinden (em função de Zenden ou distritos de Valais), mas também como Landsgemeinde em Toggenburg e em partes dos Grisões.

História

O Landsgemeinde é uma tradição com continuidade traçada desde o fim da Idade Média, registrada pela primeira vez no contexto da formação da Antiga Confederação Helvética. Trata-se de uma continuidade da Thing dos povos germânicos, ainda que não ininterruptamente, em função de os alamanos terem perdido sua independência para o Reino dos Francos no século VIII e a terem retornado de outra forma no século XIII. O primeiro Landsgemeinde propriamente dito ocorreu no cantão de Uri em 1231; entretanto, estas antigas assembleias desenvolveram-se consistentemente fora da antiga instituição do juízo de sangue. Os textos medievais latinos ao mencionar uma assembleia cantonal comumente utilizavam o termo universitas "a universalidade" ou communitas hominum "a comunidade de homens" de um certo cantão sujeita a uma decisão, de forma a enfatizar que a decisão foi tomada pela comunidade (democracia direta) e não pela elite política.

Na Antiga Confederação Helvética, a existência de um Landsgemeinde era a característica definidora dos cantões rurais (Länderorte, em oposição aos cantões urbanos). Esses cantões eram: Uri, Schwyz, Unterwalden, Glarus, Appenzell e Zug. Zug ocupava uma posição intermediária: embora fosse um cantão urbano, era contado como rural em função da assembleia cantonal.

Quando a Suíça tornou-se um estado federal, as anteriormente soberanas assembleias cantonais passaram a sujeitar-se às leis federais e passaram ser vistas como anacronismos. Os críticos das Landsgemeinde argumentavam que o direito democrático fundamental ao voto secreto não era garantido nesta forma de democracia. Schwyz e Zug aboliram suas assembleias em 1848, enquanto os seis remanescentes (Uri, Obwalden, Nidwalden, Glarus, Appenzell Interior e Appenzell Exterior) continuaram a prática até o século XX. Uri aboliu a prática em 1928, Obwalden, Nidwalden e Appenzell Exterior extinguiram suas assembleias cantonais na década de 1990, permanecendo até os dias atuais somente duas assembleias cantonais: as de Glarus e de Appenzell Interior.
Em Appenzell Exterior, de 1877 até a abolição da assembleia cantonal em 1997, o hino Ode an Gott ("Ode a Deus") foi tradicionalmente cantada faltando 15 minutos para as onze horas da manhã, antes do início da Landsgemeinde. O hino permanece como "hino nacional não oficial" de Appenzell Exterior.

A assembleia cantonal permanece como símbolo da tradição suíça de democracia direta. Um afresco no Palácio Federal da Suíça, encomendado em 1907 e completado em 1914, realizado por Albert Welti e Wilhelm Balmer, mostra um Landsgemeinde.

Referências

Ver também
 Democracia direta

Bibliografia
 Vincent Golay and Mix et Remix, Swiss political institutions, Éditions loisirs et pédagogie, 2008. ISBN 978-2-606-01295-3.
 Moser-Léchot, D. V.: Die Alte Eidgenossenschaft im 18. Jahrhundert, lecture notes, Universidade de Berna, p. 12.

Ligações externas

Glarus Landsgemeinde
Landesgemeinde em Appenzell Innerrtesticle

Política da Suíça
Democracia direta

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OD antidote naloxone now in every high school in Monmouth County
Ken Serrano
To keep the rising tide of opioid overdoses from extending into the schools, county and school officials have put the OD antidote naloxone in every one of the 74 public and private high schools in Monmouth County.
MACARTHUR: We must balance compassion with strict drug sentences
"We have not had a drug overdose death at any school in Monmouth County. But with that said, one never knows whether an overdose could occur at or near a school," Christopher Gramiccioni, Monmouth County prosecutor, said in a statement. "I hope schools never have to use these kits, but we want them to be prepared,"
Gramiccioni said naloxone has been used resuscitate nearly 1,000 people in Monmouth County since law enforcement officers, medics and firefighters started carrying it in 2014.
People as young as 15 have overdosed on opioids in Monmouth County, Gramiccioni said.
Adapt Pharma of Radnor, Pa. provided the free kits of Narcan, he said.
Dr. Victor Almeida, director of the Emergency Department at Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch, instructed school officials on the epidemic and trained them to use naloxone. Watch the video at the top of this story to learn more about naloxone.
EPIDEMIC: Should NJ sue Big Pharma over opioid epidemic?
"The latest reports from drug abuse experts indicate our young people are at the greatest risk for drug addiction," Monmouth County Chief of Detectives Michael Pasterchick said in a statement. "We can't ignore the fact that kids are using and abusing drugs and dying at alarming rates."
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A beatific beacon and fount of Fringe brilliance, The Warren returns for the 2016 festival with a characteristically eclectic line-up. Tireless festival hero and leader of the space Nicola Hayden picks ten of the best in the tents.
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Correction to Issue 46 (07/30/2021)
Last week, we passed on to you a Washington/Baltimore HIDTA alert that stated that W-18 is about 10,000 times more potent than morphine. Research suggests this is not true. Scientists from the Designer Drug Research Unit (DDRU) laboratory at NIDA, in conjunction with several others, have found that "W-18 is devoid of opioid receptor activity and does not elicit opioid-like effects in vivo. At present, the mechanism of action for W-18 and its analogs is unknown."
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Online surveillance of novel psychoactive substances (NPS): Monitoring Reddit discussions as a predictor of increased NPS-related exposures
A new NDEWS paper, in collaboration with NPS Discovery, is now available in International Journal of Drug Policy. Led by NDEWS Co-I Dr. Elan Barenholtz and Dr. Alex Krotulski from NPS Discovery, the study evaluated the utility of using drug-related Reddit forums as an early indicator of future trends in new psychoactive substance (NPS) exposures.
Eight NPS (carfentanil, U-47700, eutylone, flualprazolam, N-ethylpentylone, 5F-MDMB-PICA, isotonitazene, and brorphine) were selected to evaluate the relationship between Reddit mentions of drugs and their involvement in toxic exposures or overdoses from forensic investigations in the US. Out of the eight NPS, seven drugs (excluding 5F-MDMB-PICA) appeared in discussions on Reddit prior to their implication in exposures, and for most drugs (63%), a rise in Reddit mentions was soon followed by a corresponding rise in toxicology positivity. These results confirm that activity on drug-related Reddit forums can help predict changes in exposures associated with new or re-emerging NPS. Read the full study here.
Substance use patterns in 9-10 year olds: Baseline findings from the adolescent brain cognitive development (ABCD) study
Baseline findings on substance use patterns among 9- to 10-year-olds from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study, the largest long-term study of brain development and child health in the US, were recently published in Drug and Alcohol Dependence. Two NDEWS investigators, Drs. Linda Cottler and Sara Jo Nixon, are MPIs of the UF ABCD site and are co-authors of the paper. At baseline, over two thirds of participants (68%) reported caffeine use and almost a quarter (23%) reported sipping alcohol, while use of other substances was rare. Total caffeine use and early alcohol sipping were found to be associated with demographic variables, externalizing symptoms, and parental history of alcohol use disorder. The authors concluded that variables linked with early alcohol sipping and caffeine use should be examined in future longitudinal analyses of substance use in this cohort. Read the full study here.
Effectiveness of policies for addressing the US opioid epidemic: A model-based analysis from the Stanford-Lancet Commission on the North American Opioid Crisis
In a paper recently published in The Lancet Regional Health – Americas, researchers from the Stanford-Lancet Commission on the North American Opioid Crisis used dynamic modeling techniques to examine the impact of various opioid-related policies on life years, quality-adjusted life years, and opioid-related deaths over the next five and ten years. Even with specific policy changes, high morbidity and mortality were projected, but specific interventions such as expanded naloxone availability and combined interventions were found to reduce projected overdose mortality. Read the full study here.
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Changes in illicit drug use and markets with the COVID-19 pandemic and associated restrictions: Findings from the Ecstasy and Related Drugs Reporting System, 2016–2020
A recent study published in Addiction examined changes in drug use and trends in price, availability, and perceived purity of drugs among people who regularly use ecstasy/MDMA and other stimulants in Australia. Following COVID-19 and related restrictions, most participants reported either no change or a reduction in their use of ecstasy/MDMA and other substances, mainly due to reduced socialization. The odds of perceiving ecstasy/MDMA capsules as high in purity and easy to obtain decreased compared to 2016–2019, as well as the odds of perceiving cocaine and methamphetamine as easy to obtain. Read the full study here.
Analysis of seasonal and regional influences on alcohol consumption shows an increase during the COVID-19 pandemic
In a new study published in Drug and Alcohol Dependence, researchers analyzed two million clinical urine samples from the Millennium Health database and found a small but significant increase in alcohol positivity during the COVID-19 pandemic compared to previous years. When accounting for seasonal trends, results showed that alcohol positivity peaked in 2016, then decreased in 2017 and stabilized before increasing again after the COVID-19 emergency declaration in March 2020. The predicted probability of detecting alcohol in a urine sample was highest for male patients, those between 45-64 years of age, and those from a primary care setting. Read the full study here.
ONDCP plans to fund research to support evidence-based state drug policies and laws
The Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) announced on Monday an initiative to contribute $2.5 million toward establishing evidence-based state-level model legislation, which aims to expand access to harm reduction services, promote equity in access to treatment for underserved communities, and increase resources to reduce stigma for substance use disorders. Read the press release here.
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St Augustine's Church is the Anglican parish church of Flimwell, a village in the Rother district of East Sussex, England. It was consecrated in 1839 after architect Decimus Burton had built the nave and tower, which was then topped with a spire in 1873.  The building was extended six years later by the addition of a chancel.  The church has grade II listed building status.

See also
List of places of worship in Rother

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External links
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Church of England church buildings in East Sussex
Grade II listed churches in East Sussex
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A looong time ago, i.e at the opening of Disneyland Paris, back in 1992, when one bought a map of the park, you could see a Little Mermaid attraction in the Fantasyland area with these words "future attraction". Well, this "future" attraction never opened but we know now that it will open at DCA in 2011.
One year later, in 2012, it will be Disneyland Paris 20th Anniversary and there is little doubt that the park will build a major attraction - like they did with the Tower of Terror for the 15th anniversary.
The big question that all DLP fans try to answer on all forums is: which one? Indiana Jones Adventure and Splash Mountain are of course long time favorites, but personally, i rather will put all my bets on the long awaited Little Mermaid attraction.
Why? First, it will be a new E-Ticket for Fantasyland, and at DLP Fantasyland have until now only one real E-Ticket : It's a Small World. A new one in this land often very crowded will be totally welcome, specially considering that it will be a high capacity per hour attraction.
Two, as i've said in previous articles the Little Mermaid is not only a "family attraction" but also a perfect ride for young girls. And it has been a long time since DLP opened an attraction perfectly designed for young girls.
Three, strong rumors keep saying that the Fantasyland Festival Stage destruction should begin at the end of this year. And we know almost for sure that imagineers should build the Little Mermaid behind Fantasyland Train Station where there is plenty of room available - and probably not in front of the Pizzeria Bella Notte where it was envisioned back in 1992. I re-post below this Google Earth view where you can see all the room available behind the train station.
Four, and for DLP management it should be the most important point: scale economy. If DLP build the Little Mermaid ride almost at the same time than the one at DCA they can expect important scale economies and lot of money can be save.
Five, it will be not only a real E-Ticket - if DLP get the same version than DCA - but a fantastic dark ride, full of great theming, special effects and audio-animatronics. The kind of attraction that guests will ride forever. Not to mention all the great songs that we all know by heart.
For all these reasons, i put my bets on the Little Memaid ride as DLP 20th anniversary attraction. Of course, if DLP attendance dramatically fall this year because of the world economy crisis things could change, but if everything goes well we all should be "under the sea" in three years from now.
In the meantime i suggest we have a look back at the original concept. Legendary Imagineer Tony Baxter designed the Little Mermaid attraction as a dark ride, and i should say: a GREAT dark ride.
At the origin the vehicles were designed like a shell and hold by the top , just like those of Peter Pan's flight. We know now that it is an omni-mover system which is finally chosen for the DCA version - no doubt that it will be the same for DLP.
Two , the ride will bring you under water AND over the water, and back again, thanks to the incredible "dry for wet" WDI technology, a mix of lighting, lasers and smoke effects which will give you the feeling you're under water, even if you're not really.
In DLP's original plans the great design was beginning with the outside decor - the Little Mermaid "castle", a wonderful theming. It would have been a great addition for DLP's Fantasyland in front of the Pizzeria Bella notte restaurant. DCA's version will have a building with a totally different architecture. May be they will keep the original concept for DLP, who knows?
The first scene of the original concept was over the water with the Little Mermaid meeting Eric for the first time.
Then, as you hear the Sebastian character singing "under the sea" the vehicle was "diving" under water for a great "under the sea" concert scene. You can expect plenty of audio-animatronics in that scene, so magical that guests will remember it forever .
Always in the original concept, we then meet Ariel in her grotto, before entering Ursula's threatening cave , the famous scene where she try to steal Ariel's voice. In the final version that is currently build at DCA, expect a little bit frightening atmosphere in that scene with the "unfortunate souls" welcoming you at the entrance of Ursula's cavern or rising from a bubbling cauldron thanks to WDI wizards special effects...
The next sequence of the original concept was the "kiss the girl" scene. Although it looks peaceful, Ursula's marine eels were there to remember us that something dramatic is on its way to happen, as the creatures will try to stop the first kiss between Ariel and Eric...
And, as the vehicle was supposed to come "out" of the water again, guests would have discover that the surface of the sea was now under a frightening storm. The "giant" Ursula was there, soon to be defeated, just like in the movie. A really powerful scene in terms of sound and lighting effects...
The last scene shows Ariel and Eric living happily, a typical fairy-tale ending.
It looks like a great dark ride, doesn't it? The final DCA version will have nine main "scenes" and most of what was envisioned in the original concept should be there.
Now, those of you who bought the Platinum edition of the Little Mermaid dvd may have seen the special feature about the original attraction project - the images you've seen on this article are screen capture done by the former dlrp.fr web site. In that special feature it was possible to see a video of a "virtual creation" of the ride, and now it's time to have a better look to this original Little Mermaid attraction concept. You won't get closer to this highly awaited ride until its opening at Disney's California Adventure and, hopefully, at Disneyland Paris in 2012.
Photos and video: copyright Disney.
Screen capture by www.dlrp.fr
Publié par Alain Littaye à l'adresse 2:39 PM
Libellés : disney california adventure, disneyland paris fantasyland, little mermaid attraction, tony baxter, walt disney imagineering
I also think this will be the new attraction 2012 and looking at the park i think a new exciting dark ride would be the best idea.Look at he queues for Peter Pan almost all the year round you have an hours wait or more.Splash Mountain would mean a complete new concept for DLP which would cost must more and as there are enough rides for "grown ups" in the park I doubt if Indiana jones has a chance at the moment.The placing of the attraction also seems the best as there is so much room behind the theatre but I also think that the area opposite Bella Notta always seems incomplete so with a nice faccade and themeing it would make a better placing for such a big new ride and would leave room behind the theatre for something new in the future.
Great concept, DLP need a new darkride! I think it would be best at the location in fornt of Bella Notta. This to complete the theming in that area (like Robert/ Cologne said) but also to make sure the busy place near Peter Pan's Flight (with all the fastpass queues) is not made even more crowded. On a weekend day you cant walk there. Imagine what happens if there is another popular ride in that area.
Alain Littaye said...
I totally agree with you that it would be better to build it at the original envisioned location in front of the pizzeria Bella Notte. The question is: do they have enough room to build LM there? And the answer is : probably not.
As all previous posts, i think it will be better that this attraction will located in front of Bella Notte. Because, the first thing i thaught about the LM "actual" location will the Steam Train road... The train will pass throught the LM Castle ?
Other thing : the "castle" is near the sea... Is possible to have water in front (and inside) of the attraction ?
The LM attraction will be great for the 20th anniversary... but, if this attraction will no cost expensive due the copy... it will be possible to have another addition out there of the park ?(or in Studios ?)
If TLM was not originally intended for the spot behind the theater, was there anything else meant for that area?
There was an excellent article with Tony Baxter about the EuroDisneyland version of the ride (and the fact that it was also planned to replace Videopolis at Disneyland too) in Tales magazine:
http://www.talesfromthelaughingplace.com/TalesfromtheLaughingPlaceIssue8.html
The piece had some great artwork and model shots.
Hello Alain,
During Euro Disney shareholders meeting with Mr Gas last January, the CEO eventually talked about a ride he "really likes, about the Little Mermaid, but with another concept than the one you can find in Tokyo Disney Sea".
I immediately tilted, and thought about the Tony Baxter Concept being developped and built at Disney's California Adventure.
On the other hand, we all know that a Ratatouille ride may have received approval for construction in the Paris 2nd gate.
So two E tickets could make it, like Crush (2007) and ToT (2008)for the 15th Anniversary, it would be Little Mermaid (2012) and Ratatouille (2013) for the 20th? Don't forget that these rides should cost more than $100 millions EACH, plus placemaking goes on for the Studios!
If the LM ride gets to be behind the Theatre it will most probably have no themeing at all on the outside which seems a shame.
To Tangaroa: Honestly, i don't know what other thing was planned to be build behind the Fantasyland Station.
To Anonymous: The Little mermaid ride is certainly around $100 M, but i don't think the Ratatouille ride will be that much, except if there is something ELSE build with it...
To Robert/Cologne: No, they have enough space to build an exterior decor, so don't worry too much about that...
I feel this will help to mittigate complaints from Guests that Crush's coaster is to harsh an attraction by providing a suitable alternative on resort.
i love it it will be a cool ride
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This is my sister's favorite theme. It's sweet, colorful and just suits a kid's innocence. Glad to be exploring the net and found great Little Mermaid birthday party ideas like this. THis is going to be my niece's party theme next year. yehey <3 God bless always! I would love to pin some photos from this post hope it's find with you.
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Q: Creating instances of a class using Python What does the () actually do when creating an instance of a class in Python.
I can create classes by
class class_A:
    pass

but when I try to call it
instance_of_A = class_A
type(instance_of_A)

I get <class 'type'> returned
but when I use the parenthesis:
instance_of_A =class_A()
type(instance_of_A)

I get <class '__main__.classA'>
I understand that it is essential, but I don't understand why.

A: In your 1st statement, you are just assigning class A to the variable "instance_of_A".
In your 2nd statement (where you used parenthesis), you are actually creating an instance of class A.
I think you need a little bit of clarity about OOP in python.
Let me explain a bit how OOP works in python:
Class is like a blueprint, and the instance is like a product for that blueprint (class). You can only use the object and not a class (not speaking about static methods)
class Phone:
__balance = 0
__numberOfCalls = 0
def __init__(self):
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    print("Yeah!, New Phone")

def makeCall(self):
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        print('Please recharge and try again')
        return
    self.__numberOfCalls += 1
    self.__balance -= 1
    print("Making call %d" %(self.__numberOfCalls))

In the above example, we have a simple example class Phone.
samsung = Phone()    # Yeah!, New Phone
samsung.makeCall()   # Making call 1
samsung.makeCall()   # Please recharge and try again

Here you can clearly understand that variables inside class Phone ( __balance,  __numberOfCalls ) belong to the created instance (Samsung). In our example, Samsung can't make the second call, because it has zero balance (Note: Samsung has zero balance not the Phone). If you create a new phone (may be onePlus), you can make another call.
What parenthesis do with class?
When you call a class it returns a new instance of the class. But when you just assign it to a variable without calling it, no instance is created.
apple = Phone
apple.makeCall()    # TypeError: makeCall() missing 1 required positional argument: 'self'

This threw an error(which is expected), because we have not called Phone, so it wont return the instance of the Phone, instead we are assigning Phone(class) to apple.
If you are coming from other languages such as javascript, you may be expected "method not found exception". But here what we got is Type Error, missing positional argument 'self'.
Python takes its own instance as its 1st argument self (the name self is just a convention, not a keyword), that's why we are writing the self in all method declarations. We don't have to pass the instance as parameters, python handles it when you call the method from the instance.
Here comes a new question...
apple = Phone
apple.makeCall(samsung)

Will the above code work?
yes, as I said, you don't have to pass an instance as a parameter when you call the method via the instance itself. Here apple is just a class (not an instance), And as per the previous error, we are passing the required positional argument Samsung(which is an instance of Phone). This is similar to the below code.
samsung.makeCall()


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Montanans take to the ballot
Duncan Adams Feb. 5, 1996 From the print edition
In Montana, where author Norman Maclean was haunted by moving waters, a new coalition of sportsmen, ranchers and environmentalists hopes voters will approve a fall ballot initiative toughening the state's water quality laws. If passed, the initiative could create significant new challenges for two large-scale mining projects, one proposed for a site near Yellowstone National Park, the other near the headwaters of the Blackfoot River.
The coalition, which calls itself Montanans for Clean Water, says its initiative is a moderate response to the 1995 Legislature's lowering of water-quality standards. The mining industry says the initiative is anti-mining.
Gary Buchanan, former director of the Montana Department of Commerce and co-chair of the coalition with rancher Francis Bardanouve, disagrees. "Neither Francis nor I would be involved if we felt the initiative would kill all mining in Montana," he says. Buchanan says the new standards would require modern mines to use the best available technologies to protect state waters.
Once state officials approve the initiative's wording, the group has until June 21 to gather signatures of 20,392 registered voters.
Duncan Adams
Copyright © 1996 HCN and Duncan Adams
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The Perfect Wave
Written by Marie Asner
World's Smallest Handcuff
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Stars: Scott Eastwood, Cheryl Ladd, Patrick Lyster, Rachel Hendrix, Matt Bromley, Scott Mortensen, Nikolai Mynhardt, Jack Halloran and Rosy Hodge
Director: Bruce Macdonald
Scriptwriters: Billy Wood and Roger Hawkins
Cinematography: Trevor Michael Brown
Composer: Jeremy Soule
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Rating: PG 13
Running Length: 94 minutes
The perfect wave is just that, a perfect surfing wave for those who love the sport of standing on a piece of wood and trying to out-race a wave the height of a tall, tall building. Danger? Yes, it is just you and the water and a slippery piece of wood, waxed at that. This sets the stage for the true story of now- minister Ian McCormack, and his conversion from surfer dude to clergy. Starring as McCormack, is Scott Eastwood (Clint Eastwood is his Dad), who will be going from "The Perfect Wave" to Brad Pitt's army film "Fury" later in the year. Cheryl Ladd ("Charlie's Angels") stars as Scott's mother, who had a religious personal experience earlier in her life and now is deeply religious.
"The Perfect Wave" begins in New Zealand about twenty years ago, as Ian is into partying and surfing, with an easy manner and searching for the "true freedom of the perfect wave." Life is dull there, so on a moment's notice, Ian and his surfing friend, Greg (Jack Halloran) sell Ian's car, take the money and decide to search the water world for giant waves. Thus begins a travelogue of places they visit from Darwin, Australia (people have accents) to Indonesia and then South Africa, where Ian, up to now without a girlfriend, meets Annabel (Rachel Hendrix) and decides to seriously date her. Annabel has issues about a personal loss and this comes between them. Marriage at this time is spoken about as a wedding band being the world's smallest handcuff. Eventually, Annabel leaves for an island in the Indian Ocean, and with help from her brother-in-law, Ian follows. Greg has met his girlfriend, Roxy (Rosy Hodge) and lags behind. While on the island, Ian is bitten by a jellyfish and is in serious trouble. Mom, back in New Zealand, knows something is wrong immediately. However, with drug use prevalent among the surfing crowd, when Ian needs help, people think he is on drugs instead of being slowly poisoned. What to do?
With a story of having a second chance at life, the movie takes a long time to get there. There are enough beach party scenes, both day and night, to let you know the easy life style that can go on for surfers. Cheryl Ladd's Mom is the basis for religion in her family and they seem to humor her on this point, an "it's there if I ever need it" point of view. Scott Eastwood does the role of Ian well, but when he is on the beach, the ocean and waves take first place. Cheryl Ladd lets you know that she is sincere in her beliefs and anchors the scenes she is in. Rachel Hendrix as Annabel is in an emotional turmoil but you don't perceive it. I would have preferred fewer party scenes and more of how Ian changed. It is difficult to be an actor in a travelogue-type movie such as "The Perfect Wave," because there is always a distraction, either the ocean or a near-by party going on. Everyone does the best they can.
"The Perfect Wave" sometimes has an unevenness to it, because of going from one location to another. It is like scenes in a play. Just when you get interested in one set of surroundings, it is off to another. Cinematography is well done and the audience feels as though they are in the water with the actors. Soundtrack is appropriate, too, from the time period of 25 years ago, and the clothing budget for the film must have been practically nothing, since it is beach towels and bathing suits.
*Note: The DVD does have interviews with the director, a music video and other extras. A devotional by Ian McCormack is also available on a special YouVersion.app.
Copyright 2014 Marie Asner
For more film reviews of water sports and surfing, see the following:
Dolphin Tale 2
http://www.tollbooth.org/index.php/home/movie-reviews/1303-dolphin-tale-2
Soul Surfer (Bethany Hamilton)
http://www.tollbooth.org/index.php/past-issues/past-movie-reviews/14-soul-surfer


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Mumtaz Qadri and Moral Blindness – By Adam Deen
Posted on 7th March 2016 21st January 2017 by Adam Deen
This article was originally published on www.adamdeen.com, authored by Adam Deen.
At present, an ethical crisis exists within Islamic theology and plays a major factor within Islamic extremism. A reading of Islam that suffers an ethical disconnect leads to ethical disorientation. We live in a time where Muslim reactions to the mundane/trivial are met with outrage and condemnation (e.g.Happy Muslims video) while moral crimes such as apostasy killings are met with apathy and silence. Too often influential religious leaders can be seen defending the morally indefensible; their views filter down to the Muslim masses, which can help create intolerant attitudes and destructive zealous mindsets.
No better illustration of this problem is the reaction to Mumtaz Qadri's assassination of a leading politician, Salman Taseer, in January 2011 for his stance against Pakistan's blasphemy laws. Taseer had defended Aasia Bibi, a Christian woman, who allegedly insulted the Prophet Muhammad and as a result was placed on death row. On Tuesday, Mumtaz Qadri was executed for murder in Pakistan and an estimated crowd of more than 100,000 people attended his funeral in show of support. It is believed that before his death Qadri was praised and showered with petals as he went to trial. The news of his execution was followed by support and tribute by some British imams, Muslim groups and individuals in the UK – to the extent some were declaring him a "martyr" who defended the honour of the Prophet Muhammad. What is the source of this moral blindness, which encourages the praise of a murderer and condemnation of a man calling for religious tolerance? Just as the Charlie Hebdo murders saw themselves as "defenders of the prophets" acting upon supposed Islam's blasphemy laws', Mumtaz was also motivated by such laws and this applies to his supporters and sympathizers.
In defense of blasphemy laws, Hadiths (historical accounts of sayings and actions of the prophet Mohammed) are often cited. The most famous hadith attributed to the Prophet is, "whoever insults the Prophet should be killed/kill them". Three things can be said regarding this 'command': the first, in terms of 'evidence', namely the reliability of the chain of narration, the most optimistic view is that it is spurious, as some classical scholars have argued. Thus, given the gravity of the command versus the weakness of the evidence it should be avoided at all cost.
The second, any scripture understood to the exclusion of its socio-political context of 7th century Arabia is simply void and amounts to conjecture. Such interpretations would be unfaithful to the intended meaning of the 'commandment' of Prophet Mohammed and God. During the time of the Prophet Mohammed, political and religious identities were identical. Derision of Prophet Mohammed was an attempt to galvanize the hostile tribes, with military capability, to cause instability within society potentially leading to treason and war. Within such a context, blasphemy laws were necessary in order to preserve the peace within society. They were not about the safeguarding the 'honour' of the Prophet according to some jurists.
However, more importantly, if we ethically critique the commandment it will fall short of any intelligibility. It cannot be a command of the Prophet to kill someone for a mere insult since this is patently disproportionate. Any punishment should be proportionate to the crime, something the Quran attests to. Moreover, blasphemy laws that hold one should be killed contravene the principle of religious freedom, which is also upheld by the Quran. It is commonly held by Muslims, to compromise God's divinity and to attribute partners to God is the most egregious insult to God. If insulting sacredness had to be met with the death penalty the consequence would have been to kill all Christians at the time of Prophet Mohammed, for merely pronouncing a tenant of their belief, that Jesus was God. For Muslims, this is attributing human qualities to God, a violation of his divinity. But Christians were clearly not killed for such a belief throughout the Prophet Mohammed's lifetime. This raises the question – given that God is higher than the Prophet Mohammed in terms of sacred hierarchy and those who insulted God were not killed, why would death be sanctioned for those who insult the Prophet? Blasphemy laws by implication contradict its own principle of religious freedom. Thus, such a command lacks any ethical substance and is plagued with inconsistencies.
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Muthyala Raju Revu, a farmer's son who topped the civil services examination, says his sole desire is to serve people in rural areas that lack even basic transportation and medical facilities which led to the death of his sister and others.
Hailing from a remote island village in Andhra Pradesh's coastal district of Krishna, the 27-year-old made the state proud by emerging all India topper among 474 candidates found eligible in Union Public Services Commission (UPSC) examination, the results of which were declared Monday.
Death of his sister and six friends in his remote Chinnagollapalem village that lacked basic transportation and medical facilities motivated him to take up the civil services examination so as to be able to do something for his people.
'My sister and others died because they could not get medical attention in time as my village has no transportation facility and is cut off by Godavari and Krishna rivers. The only way of reaching the village is by small boats,' said Revu.
Currently Indian Police Service (IPS) probationer at Sardar Vallabhai National Police Academy here, Revu wants to take up Indian Administrative Service (IAS) job as an Andhra Pradesh cadre officer as he feels that he could better serve the villages like Chinnagollapalem by being a civil servant.
'There are hundreds of villagers which lack transportation and other basic amenities and I want to serve them,' said Revu.
The desire to top forced him to appear for the examination for the third time. He had secured 223rd rank in the second attempt last year and joined as IPS probationer from Rajasthan cadre.
Revu's father Narasimha Murthy is a farmer and his two elder brothers are also into agriculture. They belong to a caste among Other Backward Classes (OBCs).
A bright student right from his school days, he passed 10th standard from the government school close to his village. Despite all odds, Revu joined a polytechnic college in the same region.
He secured first rank in ECET-1998, did B. Tech from National Institute of Technology, Warangal. Revu secured third place in GATE-2002 and did Masters in Engineering (ME) in Signal Processing from Indian Institute of Sciences, Bangalore. He secured first rank in the Indian Engineering Services-2003 and took up a job as a railway engineer.
'There is nothing which a man can't achieve. You have to believe in yourself, be positive and prepare to achieve the goal,' Revu said sharing the secret of his success.
Celebrations began in his village as news broke that he had topped the IAS exam. His proud parents and other family members were distributing sweets as other villagers too joined them in the celebrations.
'He was a brilliant student right from the beginning and he always used to read general knowledge books,' said Revu's father.
This year has been fruitful for the state with 23 other candidates getting into different services under various categories. They included candidates who belonged to other states but took coaching here.
Anindita Mitra, the topper among women, who hails from Chhatisgarh, had also studied at Brain Tree institute here. She is among 18 students to qualify from the institute.


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Hello, I'm Jim Glover, That Branding Guy, for Once a Day Marketing™. Today is Strategic Tuesday and we are talking about out-of-the-box thinking for community branding efforts.
On our radio show Ask Those Branding Guys, we spoke with Edward Burghard, founder of The Burghard Group and Strengthening Brand America. During his 33 marketing career at Procter& Gamble, Ed was recognized as one of the top brand builders in the company. In the later days of his career he was on full time loan to the state of Ohio to form a company focused on State branding.
With Strengthening Brand America, Burghard's goal is to improve the level of mastery around place branding by driving discussions with branding experts focusing on how the same techniques that apply to consumer goods also apply to branding a place. Ed shared there is room for improvement in community branding in the areas of funding, branding expertise and depth of knowledge around what a brand encompasses.
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This paradigm shift is predicated on the American Dream Composite Index™ (ADCI). Developed by Xavier University, the ADCI is the first qualitative measure of how people feel they are doing in terms of attaining the American Dream. It is a robust measure of American sentiment and predicts behavior and attitudes in multiple arenas including the workplace and the economic marketplace.
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Positive Impact faces cuts after state ends grants
From one self-inflicted HIV funding crisis in Georgia to another: Gay HIV service non-profit Positive Impact is slashing prevention programs and firing five-part time staffers, four this month, over a big drop in state funding. So much for the state Department of Public Health's victory cry over eradicating Georgia's waiting list for the AIDS Drug Assistance Program, which earlier this year was one of the longest in the nation. Now the same agency is under fire for dropping funding for Positive Impact and other HIV agencies. Positive Impact asked DPH for $181,629, a continuation of the annual state funding the agency has received since 1998. It was awarded nothing and the consequences are immediate and may be dire, according to the GA Voice.
Because the state ruled Positive Impact should receive no funding this year, the nonprofit will have to lay off five part-time staff. Four will be gone by the end of the month and one may be able to work through December. The funding cut also means the agency will have to discontinue its popular HIV prevention outreach projects to gay bars and sex clubs in which some of those part-time employees distributed condoms and talked with people one-on-one about safer sex practices. The Healthy Living group that helped those who are HIV positive deal with relationship issues will also be discontinued. And testing for straight men and African-American women will be cut back — with no state funds, Positive Impact will not be able to do outreach to African-American women, who are at high risk of contracting HIV.
Positive Impact appealed the DPH decision but that was rejected, too. It wasn't the only agency that had its state funding dropped, the GA Voice reports. The list also includes Sisterlove, AIDS Research Consortium of Atlanta and National AIDS Education & Services for Minorities. It's a double-whammy for ARCA, which is being booted from its longtime home on Ponce de Leon. AID Atlanta ($115,114) and AID Gwinnett ($100,025) were among metro Atlanta agencies that received DPH funding.


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Determines whether this effective node type representation includes (either through inheritance or aggregation) the given node type.
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Микола Миколайович Воронов (, Санкт-Петербург, Російська імперія — 28 лютого 1968, Москва, СРСР, ) — радянський воєначальник, Головний маршал артилерії (18.01.1943), Герой Радянського Союзу (7 травня 1965 року). Очолював артилерію РСЧА у період Німецько-радянської війни.

Учасник громадянських воєн у Росії і в Іспанії, Радянсько-польської, «Зимової» й Німецько-радянської війн; брав участь у Польському поході РСЧА і у приєднанні Бессарабії і Північної Буковини до СРСР.

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What other theistic positions support open theism besides Christianity?
Open theism is a libertarian view of free will claiming that God's omniscience does not extend to knowing the actual choices of free human agents. It is a theory of "dynamic omniscience".
The first known post-biblical Christian writings advocating concepts similar to open theism with regard to the issue of foreknowledge are found in the writings of Calcidius, a 4th-century interpreter of Plato. It was affirmed in the 16th century by Socinus, and in the early 18th century by Samuel Fancourt and by Andrew Ramsay (an important figure in Methodism). In the 19th century several theologians wrote in defense of this idea, including Isaak August Dorner, Gustav Fechner, Otto Pfleiderer, Jules Lequier, Adam Clarke, Billy Hibbard, Joel Hayes, T.W. Brents, and Lorenzo D. McCabe. Contributions to this defense increased as the century drew to a close.
If there is free will, all things do not happen according to fate; if all things do not happen according to fate, there is not a certain order of causes; and if there is not a certain order of causes, neither is there a certain order of things foreknown by God.
I am looking for references, such as the Cicero quote above, of other theistic positions supporting ideas similar to open theism besides those expressed within Christianity.
Closed theism is a consequence of a God out of time, IE, an eternal/unchanging God. Most Christian conceptions of God put God out of time. Two contemporary Christian theologians who hold by a God in time are Richard Swinbourne, and John Polkinghorne.
Most of the OT was written with a conception of a God inside time, who changes and acts.
Zoroastrianism explicitly held that human actions were entirely free, which would be open theism.
Multi-deity pantheism also puts Gods inside time, and is an open theism.
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Multivariate Humanities
Author: Pieter M. Kroonenberg
249 © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021, corrected publication 2021 P. M. Kroonenberg, Multivariate Humanities, Quantitative Methods in the Humanities and Social Sciences, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-69150-9_12 questionnaires ...
This case study-based textbook in multivariate analysis for advanced students in the humanities emphasizes descriptive, exploratory analyses of various types of datasets from a wide range of sub-disciplines, promoting the use of multivariate analysis and illustrating its wide applicability. Fields featured include, but are not limited to, historical agriculture, arts (music and painting), theology, and stylometrics (authorship issues). Most analyses are based on existing data, earlier analysed in published peer-reviewed papers. Four preliminary methodological and statistical chapters provide general technical background to the case studies. The multivariate statistical methods presented and illustrated include data inspection, several varieties of principal component analysis, correspondence analysis, multidimensional scaling, cluster analysis, regression analysis, discriminant analysis, and three-mode analysis. The bulk of the text is taken up by 14 case studies that lean heavily on graphical representations of statistical information such as biplots, using descriptive statistical techniques to support substantive conclusions. Each study features a description of the substantive background to the data, followed by discussion of appropriate multivariate techniques, and detailed results interpreted through graphical illustrations. Each study is concluded with a conceptual summary. Datasets in SPSS are included online.
Authors: Pieter M. Kroonenberg
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-06-29 - Publisher: Springer Nature
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If Magento translation fails, you should check the settings for store in admin panel, to see if there is something wrong with your locale.
On the Magento Admin Panel, go to System menu and click on the Configuration option.
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New container orchestration tools like Kubernetes are changing the DevOps approach to configuration management and deployment at scale. In this post, we'll take a look at how earlier solutions such as Chef and Ansible approach configuration management and why you should consider the capabilities of the Kubernetes approach.
The master server controls all your managed nodes with an installed agent, and you can use push or pull methods against the agent. For example, the node agent will "ask" a master server for updates at regular intervals, or the master will push\trigger an action on the agent only when a configuration change is applied.
With Chef you have the option to assign "environment" membership (basically a set of values and options) to your nodes, causing all recipes applied on that node to fetch variables ("attributes" in Chef) from that particular environment to use in all recipes and templates.
Ansible is a great tool for both small and large environments. You can use Ansible to conveniently keep the configuration state of a few machines and, at the other extreme, you can manage thousands of servers using Ansible and inventory plugins that will discover all your Amazon Web Services (AWS) machines and allow Ansible to apply configurations on them.
Ansible also helps you avoid a "snowflake" state of your fleet of servers. A snowflake state occurs when you've configured most of the packages and services manually, resulting in each of your machines having a unique final state with many inconsistent config files and settings amongst servers.
Conceptually, Ansible is very similar to Chef, except that Ansible "playbooks" are typically used without a single master server because they can be run from anywhere. In addition, Ansible uses ssh to login to a target server and configure the server to match the desired state described declaratively in the playbook. All you need is the correct ssh key to login to the target machine, so your laptop can be the master server if needed.
Common practice is to keep all playbooks in a central repository like git. This ensures your "infrastructure as code" is always backed up and kept in sync with all team members so everyone knows which configuration change was applied to a particular server or group of servers.
Ansible uses YAML for all resource definitions: "playbooks", "roles", "tasks", and "handlers". These correspond to the Chef "cookbooks", "recipes", "attributes", and so on. Ansible uses Jinja templating instead of the ERB (Embedded Ruby) templates in Chef. Jinja templates provide almost the same flexibility as ERB templates, allowing you to add loops and conditionals in your templates and use text manipulation and temporary variables for your convenience.
The goal of using a solution like Chef or Ansible is to automate the target state configuration of a particular machine, VM, or even container. While Chef and Ansible can configure containers, we'll provide more details later on why this is not a best practice.
Solutions such as Chef and Ansible are not built to handle interactions between different machines and microservices. For example, you cannot force Chef to run only 5 database servers at any given time, and scale them up when CPU usage reached 90%, then scale them back down to 5 when CPU usage is lower than 20% in the last 30 minutes. Similarly, Ansible is designed to install packages, copy configuration files, and provision cloud instances and services through APIs. The "overall cluster state" of many machines and their interaction with each other is out of scope with Ansible. Ansible will not run healthchecks every 10 seconds to see if your database is online or reachable by other services, and Ansible will not autoscale containers or instances based on incoming HTTP requests or the latency of your web services. Neither Chef nor Ansible will attempt to recover or replace in real-time the container or instance that was shut down or malfunctioned.
Kubernetes handles all of these tasks — and much more.
Using Kubernetes to manage your fleet of services frees you from the periodic re-configuration of the target state for each machine and server. Instead, you build container images and deploy them (docker or rkt). In addition, support for any "Open Container Initiative"-conformant runtime is under active development to allow Kubernetes to manage other types of containers that are not based on docker or rkt.
After you initially deploy container images, Kubernetes will check their health and run status. The underlying worker nodes are monitored in real-time for compatibility with running the desired workload (for example, ensuring enough CPU/RAM/disk space capacity for a particular service), and the containers are monitored for status and resource utilization. The deployment (a single container or a set of many different containers) can be auto-scaled based on a very flexible set of parameters and metrics. You can plug in your own custom application metrics (for example, cache read latency) if the built-in options of autoscaler do not cover your use case.
With Docker and Kubernetes, you still keep all your infrastructure as code. However, as opposed to Chef and Ansible, you can describe not just the state of a single "target" (in our case, a container, described with Dockerfile and "Pod definition"), but also its dependencies on other services, its scale up and down rules ("HPA" definition, horizontal pod autoscaler), its healthchecks, recovery policy, and many more attributes that help to run a complex set of containers in a reliable and consistent manner.
For those migrating their instance-based (or server-based) infrastructure to containers for the first time, it might seem appropriate to just use the same Chef cookbooks or Ansible playbooks to manage the containers from "inside" during run time. An example of this is installing chef-client inside a container so it will connect to the Chef master and get all configurations to perform the setup, then polling for changes periodically or electing to be notified about needed changes from the master. However, this is not a good idea because containers are built to scale up fast, be initialized fast, and be ready to serve their workloads within seconds. If you add unnecessary agents and initialization steps into a container, you lose the many benefits of using containers.
All Kubernetes resources can be described with YAML or JSON. The spec format is intuitive and easy to understand when you become familiar with a few basic resources like "pod template" and "service". The pod template is used as a sub-section "inside" many other resources like "deployment", "replica set", "stateful set", and "daemon set". These resources describe "how" the pod template will be running, the needed replicas, and extra parameters specific to each resource.
Here are a few examples of Pod and Service definitions in Kubernetes.
If you still want to use the old cookbooks (for example, because they are large and difficult to rewrite as a clean, new Dockerfile), you can use chef-client during the docker build step.
When you build the container image, you can run any playbooks and cookbooks to reach the target state. The image gets pushed to your images repository and is ready to run, with all initialization already completed during build stages so as not to delay the startup of the container when deployed.
If you are simplifying your first-time migration to containers by running "chef-client" in Dockerfile, consider optimizing your docker images later by removing anything legacy that your old cookbooks are pulling into the container that is not actually necessary to run in the new containerized environment. There was an attempt by Chef authors to popularize the approach of running classic cookbooks to setup docker containers, but this was a failure as we can see from all related repositories that were "deprecated" and abandoned 3 years ago. (Here are a few links from the "Chef-boneyard" of legacy projects: chef-container itself, knife-container (for local testing), and chef-init Rubygem, which was intended to be used as PID 1 inside newly built containers.) This approach took advantage of the layered filesystems that Docker can use (AUFS,Devicemapper,OverlayFS) to allow faster builds of base images that include only base recipes. Then, on top of each base image, other separate recipe runs were added to specialize the image for the particular application and release version that needs the build. Incremental container builds is a good approach, but Chef or Ansible do not provide any additional value when using this approach over simple Dockerfiles that we use today to build containers. So despite the use of a great new feature of layered filesystems, those sub-projects were abandoned as not relevant.
You should consider writing clean Dockerfiles (with minimal steps needed to run the microservice) and break up the older "cookbook"-based server that ran 10 applications (all managed by Chef/Ansible/etc') into 10 different, smaller specialized containers. Each of these smaller specialized containers has its own tiny Dockerfile for build step, and each is independent in terms of base Linux distribution used, rpm or deb packages installed, and config files included.
When migrating to containers and Kubernetes, you must change your approach to both build and deploy procedures. With Docker, it's a common practice to pass environment variables to containers during the deploy phase (and because the Docker image is already built, there should be no agents that do initialization or setup during the container startup phase), so the software/application that runs inside the container will adjust its behavior according to these variables. Kubernetes is especially beneficial for environments that run massive stateless microservice-based workloads because it helps to keep all configurations, secrets, access policies, and declarative deployment manifests as simple YAML- or JSON-formatted documents in your git or other SCM repository.
The complete run time separation when using containers helps to avoid risky changes and migrations because you always use new containers that run side by side with other existing applications that serve production traffic. New containers do not interfere with any of the existing running production containers until you connect them together under the same load balancing service. Then, you can start decommissioning old containers one by one to safely complete the migration. And the flexibility to easily clone existing microservices with slightly different params applied (like connection strings and URLs to other services and databases) allows for quick testing and canary release deployments. It is very simple to direct a small portion of your traffic to the new microservice by just adding a new label to your "new pod" definition. The production "service" resource will include this new pod in its routing. Kubernetes "service" is an internal load balancer analogy, it will route traffic to particular pods based on pod labels. When you are testing a new backend pod and are ready to introduce real traffic, just add your production label to the pod definition, and the "service" will include it as one of the targets to send real traffic.
When planning your Dockerfiles, keep in mind that you'll have faster builds if you divide the initial environment setup and the application setup into two separate stages. Keep "base images" for every service type with all environment installed (like ruby/python/golang/nodejs dependencies and system packages relevant for build steps), but leave the final application copy step for the "on demand" build stage (submitted by developer, like on git commit hook). This way, when it's time to build and test another commit or minor version of the application, the developers will not wait for all basic package installation during "docker build" phase. Instead, an appropriate base image will be pulled from your docker repository and only the tiny application layer itself will be written during that stage. This allows for faster builds and happier developers. Those containers are quick and disposable, and you won't end up with hundreds of gigabytes of "artifacts" in Artifactory, S3, or other artifact storage because docker image repositories use the same "layered" technology to store the images (usually also compressed). If you have a base image with 1gb of dependencies installed once, all other image "versions" of your software uploaded to that repository will store only the delta between the base image and a "previous" one.
Beyond the build time and consistency benefits of docker images, a containerized infrastructure allows you to reach higher compute resource utilization, faster scale up and down times (react to traffic spikes within seconds, not minutes), easier maintenance (disposable stateless containers), and other advantages that easily outweigh first-time migration issues or difficulties.
You'll find it well worthwhile to invest time to learn to operate an orchestrator like Kubernetes to simplify and automate your infrastructure management.
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