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Dale Eaglesham ist ein US-amerikanischer Comiczeichner.

Leben und Arbeit
Eaglesham begann 1986, als professioneller Comicillustrator zu arbeiten. Seither hat er für die Verlage DC-Comics, Marvel Comics, Dark Horse Comics und CrossGen gearbeitet.

Zu den Serien an denen Eaglesham als Stammzeichner gearbeitet hat zählen unter anderem Green Lantern und Justice Society of America für DC, Sigil für CrossGen, The Creep für Dark Horse, sowie verschiedene Conan- und Punisher-Serien für Marvel. Als Gast- und Übergangszeichner hat Eaglesham zudem an verschiedenen Batman-Titeln, sowie an den Serien Firestorm, Hawkman, Adventures of Superman und Batgirl für DC, sowie an Captain America und Silver Surfer für Marvel gearbeitet. Für DC zeichnete er darüber hinaus die kommerziell sehr erfolgreiche Miniserie Villains United.

Autoren, mit denen Eaglesham in der Vergangenheit häufig kollaboriert hat, sind unter anderem Devin Grayson und Greg Rucka (an diversen Batman-Geschichten), Geoff Johns (an JSA), Gail Simone (an Villains United und Secret Six) und Judd Winick (an Green Lantern). Die gemeinsam mit Winnick geschaffenen Green-Lantern-Geschichten waren dabei Eagleshams bislang künstlerisch am meisten beachteten Arbeiten, so fand die von ihm illustrierte Green-Lantern-Geschichte "Hate Crimes" unter anderem Rezeption im Feuilleton der New York Times.

Im Juni 2008 wurde Dale Eaglesham bei den Shuster Awards als bester kanadischer Comic-Künstler ausgezeichnet.

Bibliografie

Arbeiten für DC-Comics
 Adventures of Superman Annual: #9
 Batgirl: #12
 Batman: #564, 574
 Batman Chronicles #18
 Batman: Gotham Knights #1, 2, 5
 Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight: #116, 120 (Cover), 126 (4 Seiten)
 Batman: Shadow of the Bat: #84, 93 (Cover)
 Detective Comics: #731, 741 (7 Seiten)
 Firestorm: #11
 Green Lantern: # 136, 138, 141, 143–145, 147, 149–151, 153, 154–156, 158–161
 Hawkman #38
 H.E.R.O.: #15–22
 JLA 80-Page Giant: #3
 JSA: #81
 Justice Society of America: #1–4, 6–7, 9–12, 14–15, 18–19
 Legion of Superheroes: #11 (Back-up-Feature)
 President Luthor: Secret Files and Origins: #1
 Villains United: 1, 2, 4–6 und Villains United Special
 Teen Titans Annual: #1 (2006)
 The Last Adventures of Superman: #649

Arbeiten CrossGen
 Sigil: #36–38, 40–42

Arbeiten für Acclaim Comics
 Eternal Warrior #45, 46
 Eternal Warrior #1 (?) Digital Alchemy vol. 2,
 Killer Instinct #1
 X-O Manowar #66

Arbeiten für Marvel
 2099 A.D. Genesis #1
 Captain America #6, 7
 Doom 2099 #41
 Excalibur (comics) #122, 124, 125
 Guardians of the Galaxy #42, 43
 Silver Surfer Annual #4, 6
 What If? Volume 2 #30, 45
 Punisher:
 Punisher War Zone Annual #2
 Punisher Holiday Special #3
 Punisher 64-Page Annual #6
 Punisher Back-to-School Special #2
 Punisher #96 (cover)
 Conan the Barbarian:
 Conan the King #51, 52, 53, 54, 55
 The Savage Sword of Conan the Barbarian: #130, 141, 145, 149, 152, 157, 185, and 215 (Kull back-up features)
 Amazing Spider-Man: Extra! #3
 Amazing Spider-Man #591
 Captain America #600
 Fantastic Four #570–572, 575–578
 Steve Rogers: Super Soldier #1–2

Arbeiten für Dark Horse
 The Creep # 56–58, 60, 61, 63, 64

Weblinks
 Persönliche Internetseite von Dale Eaglesham
 Dale Eaglesham bei Lambiek (englisch)
 Dale Eaglesham in der Grand Comics Database (englisch)

Comic-Zeichner (Vereinigte Staaten)
US-Amerikaner
Geboren im 20. Jahrhundert
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GlobalTranz, a Scottsdale, Ariz.-based logistics firm, announced the changes April 3, a day after making its latest acquisition of Chicago-based Circle 8 Logistics.
The transaction with Providence is expected to close within 60 days, the company said.
Private equity funds affiliated with Providence have invested in 180 companies since 1989 and have more than $40 billion in aggregate capital committed. The focus of the firm's investments are the media, communications, education and information industries, according to its website. The company has offices in Providence, R.I., New York, Boston and London.
The Providence Strategic Growth fund was part of an ownership group that sold GlobalTranz to The Jordan Co. in July 2018.
Renee Krug, CEO of GlobalTranz, said she is excited to have Providence as the company's new owner because of its track record of helping expand business-to-business, technology-enabled services businesses.
Other transportation and logistics companies that are part of The Jordan Co.'s current investment portfolio include Odyssey Logistics & Technology Corp., Capstone Logistics and Unitrans International Corp.
"With Providence's support, we expect to build upon our unique success through ongoing technology innovation and the deployment of logistics solutions that address ever-increasing shipper sophistication," he said.
With its acquisition of AFN Logistics in October, GlobalTranz said its business generated gross revenue of $1.38 billion in 2018. The company ranks No. 10 on the 2018 Transport Topics list of top freight brokerage firms and is expected to move higher on the 2019 list, which will be published April 8.
On April 2, GlobalTranz announced the acquisition of Circle 8 Logistics, a Chicago-based provider of multimodal transportation and freight brokerage services.
The deal, which represents the ninth acquisition since January 2017 for GlobalTranz, will boost the company's presence in an area that has a large pool of logistics and technology talent, according to GlobalTranz officials.
Founded in 2001 by Mike Lewis and Ryan Phillips, Circle 8 operates from facilities in Niles and Lombard, Ill., plus an office in downtown Chicago.
"Combining with GlobalTranz allows us to provide customers with increased service offerings, access to capacity and advanced technology," Lewis said.


March 28, 2018 -- If you've always wanted to meet TV star Nicole Curtis, you better hurry.
That's because tickets are nearly sold out for the Frankenmuth Community Foundation Legacy Ball on Saturday, April 14, featuring the HGTV/DIY Network's "Rehab Addict" as the keynote speaker.
Dec. 27, 2017 – Steve List – the "Face of the Frankenmuth Community Foundation" – is retiring Dec. 31 from his role as executive director.
"I have enjoyed the last five years with the Foundation. The Frankenmuth community has been very supportive and I am very gratified to see its impact on the community," List said.


The Treaty of Waitangi was signed in 1840 between many Māori chiefs and the Queen's agents. While it was signed in Waitangi on 6 February – where over 500 Māori and in excess of 200 non-Māori were gathered – it was also signed at various other locations (38) around New Zealand through the remainder of that same year.
This map shows the locations of each signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, and the approximate numbers of signatories at each location.
There were two official versions of the Treaty, which included three articles – one in te reo Māori and one in English. Interestingly, but perhaps not surprisingly, Māori signatories only put their mark on the Māori text, whereas Crown representatives signed the English text.
While the three articles of the Treaty are outlined here, it is important that you understand them within the context of the 'spirit' of the Treaty of Waitangi and have the opportunity to discuss it in more detail with other colleagues. You can do this by attending the 'Introduction to the Treaty of Waitangi' and 'Advanced Session on the Treaty of Waitangi' workshops at HEDC (for more information on this, refer to the end of this section).
The Chiefs of the Confederation, and all these chiefs who have not joined in that Confederation give up to the Queen of England for ever all the Governorship (Kawanatanga) of their lands.
Article one provides for the Government to govern, though not in isolation from other provisions of the Treaty of Waitangi. The right to govern is qualified by an obligation to protect Māori interests. This aspect of the agreement is further established within the other articles of the Treaty.
The Queen of England agrees and consents (to Give) to the Chiefs, hapus, and all the people of New Zealand, the full chieftainship (rangatiratanga) of their lands, their villages and all their possessions (taonga: everything that is held precious) but the Chiefs give to the Queen the purchasing of those pieces of land which the owner is willing to sell, subject to the arranging of payment which will be agreed to by them and the purchaser who will be appointed by the Queen for the purpose of buying for her.
Article two provides for iwi to exercise authority in respect of their own affairs. To some extent, tino rangatiratanga denoted the prerogatives of iwi/hapū in controlling their own affairs including their physical, social cultural resources, within a tribal development context. A characteristic of tino rangatiratanga is iwi autonomy.
This is the arrangement for the consent to the governorship of the Queen. The Queen will protect all the Māori people of New Zealand, and give them all the same rights as those of the people of England.
Article three contains a provision which guarantees equality between Māori individuals and other New Zealanders. As long as socio-economic disparities remain, the provision is not fulfilled.
Te Whare Wānanga o Otāgo has a commitment to the achievement of tangata whenua/iwi aspirations including the provision of support for tangata whenua/iwi to undertake University study. For more than a century, Otāgo has valued its strong links with Māoridom.
The University signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Ngāi Tahu in 2001. Both Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu, as the Treaty partner, and the University agreed that the purpose of the MoU was to establish a protocol that gave effect to a Treaty of Waitangi based partnership. The MoU was signed to give effect to Ngāi Tahu's aspirations whilst allowing the University to also realise its Treaty obligations.
Both parties recognised that the University extends beyond the Ngāi Tahu takiwā (tribal area) and memoranda with a number of other iwi are either in place or currently being negotiated. These relationships are the foundation of the University's Treaty responsiveness.
The University's commitment to Māori development is articulated in the Māori Strategic Framework 2022, which serves as an 'anchor' for staff and students alike. The vision within this framework is reflected in the following whakatauki, which also reflects the University of Otago's pursuit of excellence.
Demonstrate strong, accountable leadership which contributes to whānau, hapū, iwi and Māori development.
Continue the ongoing commitment to the University's Tiriti o Waitangi partner – Ngāi Tahu – and other iwi with which it may enter into a formal partnership.
Develop quality research that contributes to the understanding of Te Ao Māori and the achievement of Māori development aspirations and the knowledge economy.
Increase the recruitment, access, participation, retention, development and success of Māori staff and students at the University of Otago.
Integrate into existing programmes and develop new quality programmes in Te Ao Māori, te reo Māori and other robust kaupapa Māori options.
Promote and support te reo me ngā tikanga Māori among staff and students on campus.
A recent review of the implementation of the MSF shows that – to date – it has clearly provided a much needed, coordinated and strategic 'map' for Māori development at the University Otago. Leadership is visible across many areas of the University and numerous projects, initiatives and success stories have occurred either as a result of or subsequent to the MSF's implementation in 2007.
Otago continues to have a steady increase in the number of Māori student enrolments and ranks top amongst New Zealand universities for the percentage of Māori students successfully completing their qualifications.
As a result of this review, it is evident that the MSF continues to have a vastly positive effect on the University's environment, benefiting both students and staff alike.
In June 2005, the University of Otago commissioned a stocktake to establish the University's current position with regard to its Treaty of Waitangi obligations, aspirations and responsiveness.
To provide a context for this stocktake, a review of documentation pertaining to the University's Treaty of Waitangi expectations was conducted. This included external expectations as outlined in the Government's Tertiary Education Strategy (2002 – 2007), Te Manawa Tītī – Ngāi Tahu Tertiary Education Strategy and the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Ngāi Tahu, and internal expectations as summarised in the University Charter and Profile.
Strong, accountable leadership at Otago University which contributes to whānau, hapū, iwi and Māori development, locally and nationally.
An ongoing commitment to its Treaty of Waitangi partner – Ngāi Tahu (through the MoU and Te Tapuae o Rehua) – and other iwi with whom the University may enter into a formal partnership.
Development of quality research that contributes to the achievement of Māori development aspirations and the knowledge economy, both regionally and nationally.
The Treaty of Waitangi Stocktake provided a retrospective picture and solid baseline for the University in terms of progress made in this area over the past five years, and consequently, laid the foundation for the development of the University of Otago's Māori Strategic Framework which was launched in 2007.
Advanced Session on the Treaty of Waitangi (PDF format, 314KB) - a more contemporary look at the Treaty within the context of the University of Otago.
Please refer to the Higher Education Development Centre (HEDC) for information about when these workshops are held throughout the academic year.


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local modname = ...

-- Used modules and functions
local type, tostring, pcall, ipairs =
      type, tostring, pcall, ipairs
-- Local functions
local ow_setup, ow_search, ow_select, ow_read, ow_read_bytes, ow_write, ow_crc8,
        ow_reset, ow_reset_search, ow_skip, ow_depower =
      ow.setup, ow.search, ow.select, ow.read, ow.read_bytes, ow.write, ow.crc8,
        ow.reset, ow.reset_search, ow.skip, ow.depower

local node_task_post, node_task_LOW_PRIORITY = node.task.post, node.task.LOW_PRIORITY
local string_char, string_dump = string.char, string.dump
local now, tmr_create, tmr_ALARM_SINGLE = tmr.now, tmr.create, tmr.ALARM_SINGLE
local table_sort, table_concat = table.sort, table.concat
local file_open = file.open
local conversion

local DS18B20FAMILY   = 0x28
local DS1920FAMILY    = 0x10  -- and DS18S20 series
local CONVERT_T       = 0x44
local READ_SCRATCHPAD = 0xBE
local READ_POWERSUPPLY= 0xB4
local MODE = 1

local pin, cb, unit = 3
local status = {}

local debugPrint = function() return end

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Implementation
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
local function enable_debug()
  debugPrint = function (...) print(now(),' ', ...) end
end

local function to_string(addr, esc)
  if type(addr) == 'string' and #addr == 8 then
    return ( esc == true and
             '"\\%u\\%u\\%u\\%u\\%u\\%u\\%u\\%u"' or
             '%02X:%02X:%02X:%02X:%02X:%02X:%02X:%02X '):format(addr:byte(1,8))
  else
    return tostring(addr)
  end
end

local function readout(self)
  local next = false
  local sens = self.sens
  local temp = self.temp
  for i, s in ipairs(sens) do
    if status[i] == 1 then
      ow_reset(pin)
      local addr = s:sub(1,8)
      ow_select(pin, addr)   -- select the  sensor
      ow_write(pin, READ_SCRATCHPAD, MODE)
      local data = ow_read_bytes(pin, 9)

      local t=(data:byte(1)+data:byte(2)*256)
      -- t is actually signed so process the sign bit and adjust for fractional bits
      -- the DS18B20 family has 4 fractional bits and the DS18S20s, 1 fractional bit
      t = ((t <= 32767) and t or t - 65536) *
          ((addr:byte(1) == DS18B20FAMILY) and 625 or 5000)
      local crc, b9 = ow_crc8(string.sub(data,1,8)), data:byte(9)

      if unit == 'F' then
        t = (t * 18)/10 + 320000
      elseif unit == 'K' then
        t = t + 2731500
      end
      local sgn = t<0 and -1 or 1
      local tA = sgn*t
      local tH=tA/10000
      local tL=(tA%10000)/1000 + ((tA%1000)/100 >= 5 and 1 or 0)

      if tH and (t~=850000) then
        debugPrint(to_string(addr),(sgn<0 and "-" or "")..tH.."."..tL, crc, b9)
        if crc==b9 then temp[addr]=t end
        status[i] = 2
      end
    end
    next = next or status[i] == 0
  end
  if next then
    node_task_post(node_task_LOW_PRIORITY, function() return conversion(self) end)
  else
    --sens = {}
    if cb then
      node_task_post(node_task_LOW_PRIORITY, function() return cb(temp) end)
    end
  end
end

conversion = (function (self)
  local sens = self.sens
  local powered_only = true
  for _, s in ipairs(sens) do powered_only = powered_only and s:byte(9) ~= 1 end
  if powered_only then
    debugPrint("starting conversion: all sensors")
    ow_reset(pin)
    ow_skip(pin)  -- skip ROM selection, talk to all sensors
    ow_write(pin, CONVERT_T, MODE)  -- and start conversion
    for i, _ in ipairs(sens) do status[i] = 1 end
  else
    local started = false
    for i, s in ipairs(sens) do
      if status[i] == 0 then
        local addr, parasite = s:sub(1,8), s:byte(9) == 1
        if parasite and started then break end -- do not start concurrent conversion of powered and parasite
        debugPrint("starting conversion:", to_string(addr), parasite and "parasite" or "")
        ow_reset(pin)
        ow_select(pin, addr)  -- select the sensor
        ow_write(pin, CONVERT_T, MODE)  -- and start conversion
        status[i] = 1
        if parasite then break end -- parasite sensor blocks bus during conversion
        started = true
      end
    end
  end
  tmr_create():alarm(750, tmr_ALARM_SINGLE, function() return readout(self) end)
end)

local function _search(self, lcb, lpin, search, save)
  self.temp = {}
  if search then self.sens = {}; status = {} end
  local sens = self.sens
  pin = lpin or pin

  local addr
  if not search and #sens == 0 then
    -- load addreses if available
    debugPrint ("geting addreses from flash")
    local s,check,a = pcall(dofile, "ds18b20_save.lc")
    if s and check == "ds18b20" then
      for i = 1, #a do sens[i] = a[i] end
    end
    debugPrint (#sens, "addreses found")
  end

  ow_setup(pin)
  if search or #sens == 0 then
    ow_reset_search(pin)
    -- ow_target_search(pin,0x28)
    -- search the first device
    addr = ow_search(pin)
  else
    for i, _ in ipairs(sens) do status[i] = 0 end
  end
  local function cycle()
    if addr then
      local crc=ow_crc8(addr:sub(1,7))
      if (crc==addr:byte(8)) and ((addr:byte(1)==DS1920FAMILY) or (addr:byte(1)==DS18B20FAMILY)) then
        ow_reset(pin)
        ow_select(pin, addr)
        ow_write(pin, READ_POWERSUPPLY, MODE)
        local parasite = (ow_read(pin)==0 and 1 or 0)
        sens[#sens+1]= addr..string_char(parasite)
        status[#sens] = 0
        debugPrint("contact: ", to_string(addr), parasite == 1 and "parasite" or "")
      end
      addr = ow_search(pin)
      node_task_post(node_task_LOW_PRIORITY, cycle)
    else
      ow_depower(pin)
      -- place powered sensors first
      table_sort(sens, function(a, b) return a:byte(9)<b:byte(9) end) -- parasite
      -- save sensor addreses
      if save then
        debugPrint ("saving addreses to flash")

        local addr_list = {}
        for i =1, #sens do
          local s = sens[i]
          addr_list[i] = to_string(s:sub(1,8), true)..('.."\\%u"'):format(s:byte(9))
        end
        local save_statement = 'return "ds18b20", {' .. table_concat(addr_list, ',') .. '}'
        debugPrint (save_statement)
        local save_file = file_open("ds18b20_save.lc","w")
        save_file:write(string_dump(loadstring(save_statement)))
        save_file:close()
      end
      -- end save sensor addreses
      if lcb then node_task_post(node_task_LOW_PRIORITY, lcb) end
    end
  end
  cycle()
end

local function read_temp(self, lcb, lpin, lunit, force_search, save_search)
  cb, unit = lcb, lunit or unit
  _search(self, function() return conversion(self) end, lpin, force_search, save_search)
end

 -- Set module name as parameter of require and return module table
local M = {
  sens = {},
  temp = {},
  C = 'C', F = 'F', K = 'K',
  read_temp = read_temp, enable_debug = enable_debug
}
_G[modname or 'ds18b20'] = M
return M

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Home » Liver » What causes liver pain after drinking?
If you are one of the many Americans who enjoy having a drink or two, experiencing liver pain after drinking may alarm you. Your liver is a vital organ responsible for breaking down the nutrients you consume and turning them into energy, as well as detoxifying your body, but when it becomes damaged, you often don't realize it until the damage is severe.
What does alcohol do to the liver?
Your liver is responsible for processing the alcohol that enters your system, and is only able to handle a small amount at a time. When you drink, the alcohol is absorbed through the stomach and small intestine into the bloodstream. This blood is filtered through the liver first before travelling to the other parts of the body. Once in the liver, alcohol produces an enzyme called acetaldehyde that can damage liver cells and cause permanent scarring.
How long does it take to have liver damage from alcohol?
Liver damage develops in stages, beginning with steatosis. Steatosis is the term for having a fatty liver, a condition that occurs in nearly everyone who drinks heavily. It is the earliest stage of liver disease and occurs when fat accumulates in the liver cells. This damage is reversible once alcohol consumption has stopped. The second stage is called alcoholic hepatitis, and occurs if heavy drinking continues after the development of steatosis. Mild alcoholic hepatitis causes the liver to become inflamed, resulting in progressive liver damage that can last for years before turning into cirrhosis. Acute alcoholic hepatitis may cause liver failure and life-threatening complications to develop in a matter of days. Alcoholic hepatitis is also reversible with the cessation of drinking. The last stage is liver cirrhosis, in which healthy liver cells and tissue are replaced by scar tissue, inhibiting the liver's ability to function correctly. Approximately 10 to 20 percent of heavy drinkers will develop liver cirrhosis after at least ten years, and this damage is irreversible.
What are the problems of drinking too much alcohol?
Drinking too much alcohol can lead to a variety of health issues such as serious liver problems and alcoholic liver disease, pancreatitis, depression and anxiety, impotence, high blood pressure, mouth, gullet, liver and breast cancer, obesity, addiction, nerve damage, and stomach disorders. Drinking heavily also increases your risk of accidents, as approximately one in every seven road deaths are related to alcohol.
Approximately eight to 10 percent of Americans drink heavily, and 10 to 15 percent of these people will develop alcohol-related liver disease. Alcohol-related liver disease is the result of years of heavy drinking that causes damage to the liver and can eventually develop into cirrhosis.
As outlined above, the stages of alcoholic liver disease are steatosis or fatty liver, mild and acute alcoholic hepatitis, and cirrhosis. The symptoms of fatty liver include occasional pain in the upper-right abdomen. When damage progresses into acute alcoholic hepatitis, symptoms include nausea, vomiting, fever, abdominal pain, and jaundice. Cirrhosis causes scarring on the liver and prevents the organ from functioning properly. It can cause complications such as esophageal bleeding, kidney failure, and even liver cancer.
People who have a family history of alcohol-related liver disease, have poor nutrition, and drink heavily and/or binge drink are at a higher risk of developing alcohol-related liver disease.
If you are experiencing liver pain after drinking, you should contact your doctor so they may diagnose the cause of the pain. To do so, your doctor may conduct a liver biopsy, blood test, and a study of your liver function to assess how severe your liver damage may be. You may also be encouraged to attend alcohol counselling programs to help you abstain from drinking, as well as prescribed vitamin A and B supplements to help your liver heal. In the case of severe cirrhosis, you may need a liver transplant as the scarring can be so extensive that your liver stops functioning effectively.
Liver pain after drinking is a serious issue that could signal the presence of a fatty liver, alcoholic hepatitis, or liver cirrhosis. If you experience liver pain after drinking, contact your doctor so they can diagnose whether you have liver disease and which stage it is. Drinking heavily may cause irreparable damage to your liver and your health, therefore, adhering to the guidelines set by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, recommending a maximum of two drinks a day for men and one drink a day for women, is the best prevention strategy.


"Our men and women in the services have made tremendous sacrifices in defense of our country, and deserve the best of care. As Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and later as Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Donna Shalala showed great skill and concern for the welfare of the people that were under her charge. I am satisfied that she will serve well, along with Bob Dole, a World War II hero who was disabled during combat in Italy. They are fine citizens who will get to the bottom of the situation in the military medical facilities, and help our troops and veterans get the kind of care that they deserve." Congressman Tom Petri of Wisconsin served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Somalia in the 1960's.
U.S. Rep. Tom Petri (R – Fond du Lac) reacted favorably to President George Bush's appointment Tuesday of former Sen. Bob Dole and former Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna Shalala to lead an investigation of problems at the nation's military and veterans' hospitals.
"I applaud President Bush's decision to appoint Donna Shalala as co-chairman with former Senator Bob Dole to head a commission on veterans facilities nationwide. Donna Shalala, of course, was a leader in the Clinton Administration, and Dole has had a long history as a Republican senator and candidate for vice president and president.


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Books|Letting a Flying Hairy Arm Take It Away
Books of The Times
Letting a Flying Hairy Arm Take It Away
By Troy Patterson
See how this article appeared when it was originally published on NYTimes.com.
Following a dedication page that offers his fifth novel to the memory of Kurt Vonnegut — implicitly announcing as his goal to employ Vonnegut's shades of dark comedy and fluorescent farce — Rick Moody turns things over in "The Four Fingers of Death" to one Montese Crandall. This character is not the narrator of the novel but the "author" of a slab of sci-fi horror hack work coextensive with it. This is to say that Mr. Moody here undertakes an extended impersonation of a long-winded ham, convincingly so.
Crandall lives in a scruffy Arizona town in the year 2025, a zany, dystopian time when many consumers have smart phones surgically implanted in their wrists, and Major League Baseball allows players to use not only performance-enhancing drugs but also even bionic limbs. Though a sports memorabilia dealer by trade, Crandall thinks of himself first as a writer doing innovative work in the genre of the one-sentence story. "He was just a kid," is the whole of his tribute to a teenager who died in a motorcycle accident. "The 350 pages of a novel," Crandall argues early on, "are tedious elaboration." He nonetheless proceeds to deliver himself of a book clocking in at roughly twice that length.
Given the Quality Lit ambitions Mr. Moody bared in "The Ice Storm" and "Purple America" — and given that his 2002 memoir, "The Black Veil," found him deeply enmeshed in French literary theory — a loyal reader might expect a book of this heft to amount to a dense experimental fiction or a Vonnegutian exercise in wild satire. Rather, it reads as an epic prank, a dime novel grown to the size of one of those limestone discs once used for trade in Micronesia.
"The Four Fingers of Death" text represents Crandall's novelization — "with introduction, afterword and notes" — of a 2025 remake of "The Crawling Hand," an actual B movie released in 1963. It presents us with a figure far more baffling than an unreliable narrator: an anti-reliable author. There is no other means of accounting for Crandall's insistence that the original "Crawling Hand" ranks as "one of the finest films ever made," when a judicious assessment places it one small step up from the work of Ed Wood. Crandall's overall performance is of a silliness consistent with that claim.
Book 1 of Crandall's "Four Fingers" is the diary of Col. Jed Richards, one of nine NASA astronauts undertaking a journey to Mars that promptly degenerates into a frenzy of extramarital sex, homicidal violence and gaudy temper tantrums. Many of the troubles stem from the mission's top-secret objective. As Richards and most of his fellow crew members did not know at liftoff, their mission is to harvest a bacterium that has military applications. After deranging the mind and disfiguring the face, the bug causes a victim's body to "disassemble" and its limbs to run amok.
Rick MoodyCredit...Thatcher Keats
This fact emerges early on, and it keeps emerging for hundreds and hundreds of pages, reiterated endlessly as Richards talks the matter over with his colleagues and turns it over in his head. Both the conversations and interior monologues proceed in a tone that you might call mock-heroic if Richards and Crandall weren't each so pungently earnest. The discovery of ice crystals in the Martian soil occasions a typically antic ode: "Water! That tasteless (or mostly tasteless), odorless (or mostly odorless) fortification that makes up the vast majority of our physique."
Book 2 begins with the office politicians of Mission Control tracking Richards's progress home. The only astronaut to board an Earth Return Vehicle, he hoots and hemorrhages as he approaches, bitten by the space bug and further unhinged by the painkillers he's been gobbling since a crazed colleague mangled his left hand with a sword made of space junk. In a late bid to avoid infecting his fellow Earthlings, Richards blows the oxygen tanks in his craft.
Nonetheless, his damaged forearm enters the atmosphere, where it begins to kill without mercy, to touch off fears of a pandemic and to inspire cascades of faux-amateurish prose: "An arm. A human arm. An awfully hairy arm, the arm of a really hairy guy, some guy with really unflattering, bristly black hair up and down his arm."
At this point — long after the moment two adulterous Martian astronauts effect the home delivery of their love child, well past the 12-page scene in which another chats up an unmanned drone that has fallen in love with the larger of the planet's two moons — "The Four Fingers of Death" begins to expose its full frivolity. Praying to contain a bacterial outbreak, government officials turn to Woo Lee Koo, a renowned Korean stem-cell expert who has set up shop at a university in the American Southwest, where he hopes to reanimate his dead wife, whom he keeps cryogenically preserved in the garage.
The most helpful member of Koo's research team might well be Morton, a laboratory chimp injected with the deceased Mrs. Koo's cerebral tissue, the result being that he is now able to speak, a power he uses most ardently when declaring his love for Koo's comeliest lab assistant.
"Really, chimpanzees don't have a lot of ideas about sexual positions," he assures her. "It's kind of the same thing all of the time."
It is difficult to say much at all while going over the top with your tongue in your cheek. The book dares to present a frolicsome piece of absurdism — part parody and part homage — but the parts fit together so loosely that the whole collapses into noodling folly. Mr. Moody is monkeying around.

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Fixing Random, bonus episode 2: pigeons and the noisy-or distribution
Posted on November 8, 2019 by ericlippert
Source code for this episode is here.
Welcome to this special bonus episode of Fixing Random, the immensely long blog series where I discuss ways to add probabilistic programming features into C#. I ran into an interesting problem at work that pertains to the techniques that we discussed in this series, so I thought I might discuss it a bit today.
Let's suppose we have three forts, Fort Alpha, Fort Bravo and Fort Charlie at the base of a mountain. They are constantly passing messages back and forth by carrier pigeon. Alpha and Charlie are too far apart to fly a pigeon directly, so messages from Alpha to Charlie first go from Alpha to Bravo, and then on from Bravo to Charlie. (Similarly. messages from Charlie to Alpha go via Bravo, but we'll not worry about that direction for the purposes of this discussion.)
Carrier pigeons are of course an unreliable mechanism for passing messages, so let's model this as a Bernoulli process; every time we send a message from Alpha to Bravo, or Bravo to Charlie, we flip an unfair coin. Heads, the bird gets through, tails it gets lost along the way.
From this we can predict the reliability of passing a message from Alpha to Charlie via Bravo; the probability of failure is the probability that A-B fails or B-C fails (or both). Equivalently, the probability of success is the probability of A-B succeeding and B-C succeeding. This is just straightforward, basic probability; if the probability of success from A-B is, say, 95% and B-C is 96%, then the probability of success from A to C is their product, around 91%.
Aside: Note that I am assuming in this article that pigeons are passing from Bravo to Charlie even if a pigeon failed to arrive from Alpha; I'm not trying to model in this system constraints like "pigeons only fly from Bravo to Charlie when one arrived from Alpha".
Now let's add an extra bit of business.
We have an observer on the mountaintop at Fort Delta overlooking Alpha, Bravo and Charlie. Delta has some high-power binoculars and is recording carrier pigeon traffic from Alpha to Bravo and Bravo to Charlie. But here's the thing: Delta is an unreliable observer, because observing carrier pigeons from a mountaintop is inherently error-prone; sometimes Delta will fail to see a pigeon. Let's say that 98% of the time, Delta observes a pigeon that is there, and Delta never observes a pigeon that is not there.
Every so often, Delta issues a report: either "the channel from Alpha to Charlie is healthy" if Delta has observed a pigeon making it from Alpha to Bravo and also a pigeon making it from Bravo to Charlie. But if Delta has just failed to observe either a pigeon going from Alpha to Bravo, or a pigeon going from Bravo to Charlie, then Delta issues a report saying "the channel from Alpha to Charlie is unhealthy".
The question now is: suppose Delta issues a report that the Alpha-Charlie channel is unhealthy. What is the probability that a pigeon failed to get from Alpha to Bravo, and what is the probability that a pigeon failed to get from Bravo to Charlie? Each is surely much higher than the 5-ish percent chance that is our prior.
We can use the gear we developed in the early part of my Fixing Random series to answer this question definitively, but before we do, make a prediction. If you recall episode 16, you'll remember that you can have a 99% accurate test but the posterior probability of having the disease that the test diagnoses is only 50% when you test positive; this is a variation on that scenario.
Rather than defining multiple enumerated types as I did in earlier episodes, or even using bools, let's just come up with a straightforward numeric encoding. We'll say that 1 represents "a pigeon failed to make the journey", and 0 means "a pigeon successfully made the journey" — if that seems backwards to you, I agree but it will make sense in a minute.
Similarly, we'll say that 1 represents "Delta's attempt to observe a pigeon has failed", and 0 as success, and finally, that 1 represents Delta making the report "the channel is unhealthy" and 0 represents "the channel is healthy".
The reason I'm using 1 in all these cases to mean "something failed" is because I want to use OR to get the final result. Let's build our model:
var ab = Bernoulli.Distribution(95, 5);
var bc = Bernoulli.Distribution(96, 4);
var d = Bernoulli.Distribution(98, 2);
5% of the time ab reports 1: the pigeon failed to get through.
4% of the time, bcreports 1: the pigeon failed to get through.
2% of the time, d reports 1: it fails to see a pigeon that is there.
Now we can ask and answer our question about the posterior: what do we know about the posterior distribution of pigeons making it from Alpha to Bravo and Bravo to Charlie? We'll sample from ab and bc once to find out if a pigeon failed to get through, and then ask whether Delta failed to observe the pigeons.
What is the condition that causes Delta to report that the channel is unhealthy?
the pigeon from Alpha to Bravo failed, OR
the pigeon from Bravo to Charlie failed, OR
Delta failed to observe Alpha's pigeon, OR
Delta failed to observe Bravo's pigeon.
We observe that Delta reports that the channel is unhealthy, so we'll add a where clause to condition the result, and then print out the resulting posterior joint probability:
var result = from pab in ab
from pbc in bc
from oab in d
from obc in d
let report = pab | pbc | oab | obc
where report == 1
select (pab, pbc);
Console.WriteLine(result.ShowWeights());
This is one of several possible variations on the "noisy OR distribution" — that is, the distribution that we get when we OR together a bunch of random Boolean quantities, but where the OR operation itself has some probabilistic "noise" attached to it.
Aside: That's why I wanted to express this in terms of OR-ing together quantities; of course we can always turn this into a "noisy AND" by doing the appropriate arithmetic, but typically this distribution is called "noisy OR".
We get these results:
(0, 0):11286    -- about 29%
(1, 0):15000    -- about 39%
(1, 1):625      -- less than 2%
Remember that (0, 0) means that pigeons did make it from Alpha to Bravo and from Bravo to Charlie; in every other case we had at least one failure.
It should not be too surprising that (1, 1) — both the Alpha and Bravo pigeons failed simultaneously — is the rarest case because after all, that happens less than 9% of the cases overall, so it certainly should happen in some smaller percentage of the "unhealthy report" cases.
But the possibly surprising result is: when Delta reports a failure, there is a 29% chance that this is a false positive report of failure, and in fact it is almost as likely to be a false positive as it is to be a dropped packet, I mean lost pigeon, between Bravo and Charlie!
Put another way, if you get an "unhealthy" report, 3 times out of 10, the report is wrong and you'll be chasing a wild goose. Just as we saw with false positives for tests for diseases, if the test failure rate is close to the disease rate of the population, then false positives make up a huge percentage of all positives.
My slip-up there of course illuminates what you figured out long ago; all of this whimsy about forts and pigeons and mountains is just a silly analogy. Of course what we really have is not three forts connected by two carrier pigeon routes, but ten thousand machines and hundreds of routers in a data center connected by network cabling in a known topology. Instead of pigeons we have trillions of packets. Instead of an observer in a fort on a mountaintop, we have special supervising software or hardware that is trying to detect failures in the network so that they can be diagnosed and fixed. Since the failure detection system is itself part of the network, it also is unreliable, which introduces "noise" into the system.
The real question at hand is: given prior probabilities on the reliability of each part of the system including the reporting system itself, what are the most likely posterior probabilities that explain a report that some part of the network is unhealthy?
This is a highly practical and interesting question to answer because it means that network engineers can quickly narrow down the list of possible faulty components given a failure report to the most likely culprits. The power of probabilistic extensions in programming languages is that we now have the tools that we need to concisely express both those models and the observations that we need explanations for, and then generate the answers automatically.
Of course I have just given some of the flavor of this problem space and I'm sure you can imagine a dozen ways to make the problem more interesting:
what if instead of a coin flip that represent "dropped" or "delivered" on a packet, we had a more complex distribution on every edge of the network topology graph — say, representing average throughput?
How does moving to a system with continuous probabilities change our analysis and the cost of producing that analysis?
We can use the more complex tools I developed in my series, like the Metropolis method, to solve these harder problems; however, I think I'll leave it at that for now.
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3 thoughts on "Fixing Random, bonus episode 2: pigeons and the noisy-or distribution"
David Cuccia on November 25, 2019 at 11:12 pm said:
I read this blog 98% of the time. I also read Nate Silver's posts 50% of the time. What is the joint probability that I in the next 12 months I will observe a blog co-authored by both random-Linq-trenchoat-metal-forging-man and bad-hair-day-probabalistic-poll-aggregating-poker-player?
ericlippert on November 26, 2019 at 7:54 pm said:
Pretty slim!
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Csn to Graduate Record Number of Students – Despite Hardships Caused by the Pandemic, 4,000 Degrees and Certificates Awarded
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The College of Southern Nevada will graduate its largest class ever at its 49th annual commencement ceremony May 15 at Sam Boyd Stadium.
A record 3,882 students are eligible to receive 4,002 degrees and certificates, according to preliminary data. Official numbers for spring 2021 will be available once grades are final.
In the last decade, CSN has seen more than 25,000 students earn their degrees and certificates and go on to fuel the growth and diversification of the Southern Nevada economy.
"I am so incredibly proud of our graduates, who have persevered through an unprecedented year of hardship," said CSN President Dr. Federico Zaragoza. "The record size of this year's graduating class is testament to the determination of everyone at CSN to empower our students and communities achieve, succeed and prosper — no matter the obstacles."
In addition to college officials and our Student Commencement Speaker Sharica Lee, scheduled to address the graduates are U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto and U.S. Rep. Susie Lee.
Nearly one in four students in this year's graduating class are the first in their families to earn a college degree. One-third of the graduates are Hispanic. More than 90 percent of CSN's graduates remain in Nevada after graduation, electing to either continue their education by transferring to a four-year institution or join the workforce and fuel the region's economy.
Media are invited to attend the ceremony. Interviews with college officials and outstanding graduates are available.
What: CSN's 49th Annual Commencement Ceremony
When: 6:30 p.m. Saturday, May 15
Where: Sam Boyd Stadium 7000 East Russell Road, Las Vegas
Masks are mandatory for all attendees, temperatures will be checked upon entry, and social distancing guidelines will be in effect.
CSN 2021 Outstanding Graduates
Adrian Edward Bell Adrian Edward Bell earned the Regents' Scholar award from the Nevada System of Higher Education's Board of Regents. The CSN sophomore is a first-generation, full-time college student on track to graduate with an Associate of Business degree. He plans to continue his education at a four-year institution after graduation while he continues to hone his business skills. Bell credits his success thus far to a strong support system led by his parents, mentors and teachers.
Sharica Lee Sharica Lee graduates from CSN with an associate degree in Psychology and is scheduled to attend UNLV this fall to pursue a bachelor's degree in Psychology with a minor in Addictions Treatment. Sharica will remain an engaged student at UNLV by applying to the Neuropsychology Research Assistant Volunteer position, hoping for the opportunity to further develop her research and leadership skills. Joining the Psi Chi International Honor Society and UNLV's Psychology Club Chapter are also among her immediate goals. Lee is a caregiver, mother and proud spouse to disabled U.S. Army veteran.
Amanda Anderson Amanda (Mandy) Anderson earns an associate degree and plans to continue her education at CSN by enrolling in the Environmental Management Bachelor of Applied Science program. She is a Las Vegas native and plans to pursue a career as an environmental sustainability director for large international company. Anderson completed all of her coursework online during the pandemic. "Unfortunately, the pandemic lasted longer than we all expected initially, and I was required to take all my classes online, including science labs," she said. "This was the first time I had learned remotely, which made me re-evaluate the study habits that worked best. It was a challenge trying to learn from home when there are multiple distractions."
Nathacha Nucamendi Nathacha Nucamendi is a Las Vegas Native graduating with an associate of arts degree and transferring to UNLV to pursue a bachelor's degree in hospitality management. She worked two full-time jobs, managed remote learning and navigated public transportation during the pandemic to earn her degree. Nucamendi attributes much of her success to her strong support system and looks to the future with optimism. "We did it. It wasn't easy to navigate the last couple of years and stay focused on our goals, but the class of 2021 did it!" she said. "Oh the places we will go.
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Rapper Joe Budden was arrested in Queens, New York, Tuesday afternoon for driving with a suspended license.
According to a police spokesperson, officers pulled over Budden in a current model BMW around 3 p.m. for speeding on the Clearview Expressway. He was driving 76 mph in a 50 mph zone. Police then discovered that Budden was driving with a suspended license and arrested him.
Budden remained in jail overnight and was arraigned Wednesday morning (July 14) in Queens criminal court. He was charged with aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the third degree and speeding, according to a spokesperson for the Queens district attorney. Budden paid a $300 fine and was released on his own recognizance.
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Sanders was scheduled to attend a taping of "The Ellen Degeneres Show," which has become a popular stop for presidential hopefuls.
Former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley, meanwhile, told CNN on Wednesday his debate performance showed that "more than two candidates" are seeking the nomination.
Strong performances by Clinton and Sanders also appeared to narrow any opening for a presidential bid by Vice President Joe Biden.
Sanders has built an insurgent campaign that draws huge crowds — nearly always bigger than Clinton's — and boasts far more individual donors than the former secretary of state. But he's still introducing himself to voters nationally — a task made obvious Tuesday night as he had to explain his identity as a "democratic socialist" and decried the focus on Clinton's use of a private email server while serving as secretary of state.
But he made clear that he wasn't necessarily defending Clinton. Rather, he was bemoaning the attention the controversy takes away from other matters, particularly his focus on an uneven economy tilted to those already at the top.
"I think the American people want substantive debate on the issues affecting their families," he told CNN late Tuesday after the debate, during which he outlined his pitch for universal health care, free college tuition and paid family leave, ideas he said he'd pay for with tax hikes on wealthy Americans.
Clinton, meanwhile, already is widely known to the electorate, and she is working methodically not to repeat the mistakes of her 2008 campaign, when then-Sen. Barack Obama used an impressive nuts-and-bolts operation to overtake Clinton's favored campaign.
She defended her record on foreign affairs, including her 2003 vote to authorize the Iraq War — and issue that Obama successfully hammered her on in their primary battle. Clinton used the discussion to align herself with the president, who remains extremely popular among Democratic voters.
"After the (2008) election, he asked me to become Secretary of State," she noted. "He valued my judgment, and I spent a lot of time with him in the Situation Room, going over some very difficult issues."
Both Clinton and Sanders camps declared the debate a success.
Sanders' campaign says that he raised more than $4 million since the start of the debate and that social media measures showed Sanders led Google searches and some Twitter metrics during and after the debate.
Former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm, a Clinton backer who'd traveled to Las Vegas to watch the debate, could barely contain her glee Wednesday on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" as she assessed Clinton's performance.
"We were just — we were over the moon," she said. Granholm called the debate the "best two hours of the campaign so far."
The exchanges between Sanders and Clinton sometimes left O'Malley, Lincoln Chafee and Jim Webb looking for room to talk.
"The two phrases I hear people say again and again are 'we need new leadership' and 'we need to get things done again,"' O'Malley said Wednesday, continuing his thinly veiled criticism of Clinton. He added that he "likes" and "respects" Clinton, but questioned whether her long ties to Wall Street and political financiers are what voters prefer.
"They want a president who is truly independent from those relationships of the past," he said.
Perhaps most important for Clinton, she left many observers wondering whether Biden still has an opening for a late entry into the race. Former Ohio congressman and one-time Democratic presidential hopeful Dennis Kucinich told Fox News on Wednesday, "America loves Joe Biden. (But) I don't know where the opening is at this point."
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Sallie Ford brings her 'bluesy, sweaty, badass' rock 'n' roll to The Crocodile
The queen of brash, lusty rockabilly tunes returns to Seattle for a show Dec. 19 at The Crocodile.
Sallie Ford & The Sound Outside are touring in support of last winter's sensational album, "Untamed Beast," on Partisan Records. Ford also plans to release a "Summer EP" next winter, just because she can.
Ford was tapped by Rookie Mag to write their theme song for the month of June, and in early November, members of The Sound Outside were invited to open for Mavis Staples at the Calvin Theatre in Northampton, Mass. Read about it here.
Ford and her band were among the great acts performing at the second annual No Depression Night in August 2012 at the Seattle Center Mural Amphitheatre. Read the story in the Seattle Times.
Details about the show at The Crocodile can be found here. Read more about Sallie Ford & The Sound Outside on their official website.
And watch the bar-brawl video for "Party Kids" below.
Pearl Jam receiving great reviews as sold-out Seattle show approaches
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Berlin Metropolis: 1918-1933, Neue Galerie, New York. From Oct. 1, 2015 to January 4, 2016, the Neue Galerie presented a vision of artistic explosion that occurred in Berlin during the same era The National Socialist Party of Adolf Hitler was on its rise to power. "Berlin Metropolis: 1918-1933" presented a thrilling evocative look at the art many artists such as John Heartfield, George Grosz, and Hannah Höch. The show was a multimedia mix that made the streets and studio of Berlin come alive.
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In 2012, London's Tate Modern art gallery hosted a temporary exhibition of John Heartfield's political photomontages from the 1930s, drawn mainly from the collection of British artist David King.
These works of art cover a period from 1930 to 1938 when John Heartfield executed an astonishing 240 politically charged anti-fascist images for AIZ magazine covers against The Third Reich.
Sadly, David King passed away in 2016. The Tate Modern London is the beneficiary of many fine pieces from the David King Collection.
Many of these extraordinary works of collage and graphic design art are currently on display in a gallery at the The Tate Modern London. Admission to the Tate Modern London is free.
Neue Galerie New York presented Berlin Metropolis: 1918-1933," an exhibition devoted to Berlin during the Weimar period.
The show explored the city's streets and studio through multimedia.
The exhibition evoked a complex period through painting, drawing, sculpture, collage, photography, architecture, film, and fashion.
It features giants of Dada including John Heartfield, George Grosz, and Hannah Höch.
In 1993, the entire second floor of MOMA, New York, was devoted to an exhibition of John Heartfield's art.
It was a rare opportunity to view Heartfield's maquettes, the original art from which his famous AIZ magazine covers were created.
In 1991, Kent Fine Art presented an art exhibition that was "as educational as it is esthetic and as harrowing as it is beautiful."
The meticulous documented show of John Heartfield's anti-Fascist photomontages from the 1930's, now on view at Kent Fine Art provided unforgettable glimpse of the rise of the Nazi party as seen by one of its most courageous opponents
Heartfield was "a German artist whose talent fused political awareness and visual imagination."
Unfortunately, major exhibitions of John Heartfield's original art have been few and far between. This is not because of major museums and galleries all over the world don't wish to show Heartfield's art. That desire has remained constant over the years and continues to this day. To some extent, the lack of major Heartfield exhibitions can be attributed to fact that a significant portion of his political art did not survive the war. In addition, the vast majority of John Heartfield's original art has been stored in the Heartfield Archiv, Akademie Der Künste. This archive has not express any desire to share it's huge volume of Heartfield's original pieces of art with the public.
This is one reason the question has been asked again and again, "What happened to John Heartfield?" The artist who has been widely recognized as the greatest political artist and designer of the 20th century.
John Heartfield's artistic legacy is not a possession to be treasured. Much of its real value lies in its warnings regarding the dangers of the rise of fascism. These warnings are as relevant today as they were in the Weimar Republic in 1930.
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If Shel Silverstein Wasn't The Most Successful Songwriter In Country Music History, He Was Certainly The Most Creative
Randy McDaniel Published: December 2, 2016
There have been many multi-talented people in Country Music history.
Artist's who were (or are) great singer/songwriter/entertainers. You know, those certain superstar's who could seemingly 'do it all'.
Shel Silverstein wasn't one of those people. Nope. Shel will never be remembered as one of Country Music's great singers. He won't go down in history as the greatest entertainer to ever hit the stage and stand in the spotlight.
But...and this is an important 'but'...
A lot of great artist's stood in that spotlight before thousands of people because of Shel Silvertein.
Multi-talented?
Well, before we get to the great songwriting, try this on for size:
Shel Silverstein's books have sold over 20 million copies. That';s right, over 20 million!
If you don't recognize the name, you probably remember some of the title's, books that were intended for children, but loved by adult's. 'Where The Sidewalk Ends'. 'A Light In The Attic'. Perhaps most famously, 'The Giving Tree' , as well as others. Oh and he illustrated them to. Yes, Shel Silverstein is a world famous illustrator and his drawings are coveted worldwide.
Oh...and a cartoonist, too. If you happened to enjoy Playboy magazine back 'in the day', yep...you probably saw Shel's cartoon work. His cartoon's were featured beginning in the late 1950's.
But for our purposes here, let's talk about Shel Silverstein, songwriter. Beyond country music, you may know Shel's work through 'The Unicorn' by many artist's, perhaps most famously by the Irish Rovers. Shel wrote most of Dr. Hook's most recognizable and famous pop/rock songs, including 'Cover Of The Rolling Stone' and 'Sylvia's Mother'.
And you've laughed and sung along with the Shel Silverstein all-time classic sung by The Man In Black....''A Boy Named Sue'.
For many years Shel worked with another Country Music Hall of Famer, Bobby Bare. I've stated elsewhere that, for my money, the greatest country album ever was Bobby's 1970's double album 'Lullabys, Legends and Lies'. Well, every song on that album was written or co-written by....Shel Silverstein. It included the only #1 hit Bobby had, 'Marie LaVeau'.
There's been so many more great songs Shel wrote, songs that made you laugh, cry, think, or maybe scratch your head. Shel passed away in 1999 at the age of 68. But thankfully we have his songs..his poems...his books...his cartoons.
Check out this film from 1973, with Shel narrating his 'The Giving Tree'. The quality isn't great. The story is.
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Astral Weeks Live At the Hollywood Bowl was recorded in November of 2008 before a predictably rabid audience. Morrison did not attempt to replicate the CD. That would have been impossible, for in concert he makes Dylan seem predictable. He will suddenly change words and tempo, abandon himself to a groove, call an abrupt halt --- and expect the band to read his mind.
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What a wonderful world, with two astral weeks in it.


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I have been helping the communications committee of Tar Heel Team Tempo in sending out a weekly "blast" where I get to write up very short game previews for the calendar, game recaps with links to articles, and summaries of the polls. I get to look for and share links to stories, interviews, and other interesting goodies about Tar Heel Women's Basketball. This is also the group that got me back into photography.
I have also started lurking and occasionally posting on the message boards at Inside Carolina which is part of scout.com where there are fans with a lot more basketball knowledge than I have and only a handful of negative attitudes.
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Q: Java Program testing for a strictly increasing array after removing at most one element Given a sequence of integers as an array, determine whether it is possible to obtain a strictly increasing sequence by removing no more than one element from the array.
For sequence = [1, 3, 2, 1], the output should be
almostIncreasingSequence(sequence) = false;
There is no one element in this array that can be removed in order to get a strictly increasing sequence.
For sequence = [1, 3, 2], the output should be
almostIncreasingSequence(sequence) = true.
You can remove 3 from the array to get the strictly increasing sequence [1, 2]. Alternately, you can remove 2 to get the strictly increasing sequence [1, 3].
The code which I've written for the above is given bellow , but it's not satisfying for sequence [1,2,3,4,3,6]
Actual output = false
expected output = true
boolean almostIncreasingSequence(int[] sequence) {
        int max = Integer.MIN_VALUE, count = 0;
        boolean flag = true;
        for (int j = 0; j < sequence.length-1 ; j++){
              if ( max >= sequence [j] || sequence[j]>=sequence[j+1]){
                 count++;
              }
              else
                 max = sequence[j];
              if ( count > 1){
                 flag = false;
                 break;
              }
        }
        return flag;
}

[time limit] : 3000ms (java)
[input] : array.integer sequence
Guaranteed constraints:
2 ≤ sequence.length ≤ 105,
-105 ≤ sequence[i] ≤ 105.
[output] : boolean
Return true if it is possible to remove one element from the array in order to get a strictly increasing sequence, otherwise return false.

A: This is one of the errors that can be fixed by just removing stuff from the original program:
boolean almostIncreasingSequence(int[] sequence) {
    int max = Integer.MIN_VALUE, count = 0;
    boolean flag = true;
    for (int j = 0; j < sequence.length; j++){
          if ( max >= sequence[j]){
             count++;
          }
          max = sequence[j];
          if ( count > 1){
             flag = false;
             break;
          }
    }
    return flag;
}

The main problem of the original version was, that the same out-of-order place was found two times. Just removing one of the checks, and at the same time adding one loop iteration solves this.

A: This program goes through elements of array comparing if current is bigger or equal to next. If so it compares elements around current because it may be removed. And it compares elements around next because it may be removed. If deleting current or next doesn't make increasing array return false.
public static void main(String[] args) {
    boolean almostIncreasingSequence = almostIncreasingSequence(new int[] { 1, 2, 3, 4, 99, 4, 3 });
    System.out.println(almostIncreasingSequence);
}

static boolean almostIncreasingSequence(int[] sequence) {
    int removeCount = 0;
    for (int i = 0; i < sequence.length - 1; i++) {
        int current = sequence[i];
        int next = sequence[i + 1];

        if (current >= next) {
            removeCount++;
            // Try to remove current. Skip removed element(current). Check
            // if previous is less than next element around current
            // if i is 0 there is no previous element
            // if removeCurrent is true it is possible to remove it and
            // arrays stays increasing
            boolean removeCurrent = i == 0 || sequence[i - 1] < next;
            // if removeNext is true it is possible to remove it and arrays
            // stays increasing
            boolean removeNext = i + 1 == sequence.length - 1 || current < sequence[i + 2];

            if (!removeCurrent && !removeNext)
                // if current is removed and array isn't increasing and if
                // next is removed and array is not increasing,
                // increment removeCount to return false
                removeCount++;
        }
        if (removeCount > 1) {
            return false;
        }
    }
    return true;
}

it meets all given test cases.

A: Based on your method, I would suggest you to do the following modification in your for loop:
for (......):
if s[i] >= s[i+1] count++
else if max >= s[i] count++
else max = s[i]

After finished for loop:
if count > 1 return false
else return true

A: Using a simplistic brute force approach, create a method that returns an array with one of the elements missing, then check that array to see if it is increasing. A Loop around all of this should work.
public static void main(String[] args) {
  if (IncreasingSequence(new int[] {1,2,3,4,3,6}))
    System.out.println("By removing one element the array is increasing");
  else
    System.out.println("By removing one element the array is Not increasing");
}

private static boolean IncreasingSequence(int[] sequence) {
  int[] nextArray;
  for (int i = 0; i < sequence.length; i++) {
      nextArray = MinusOneElement(sequence, i);
      if (CheckSequenceIncreasing(nextArray))
         return true;
    }
  return false;
}

private static boolean CheckSequenceIncreasing(int[] sequence) {
    for (int i = 0; i < sequence.length - 1; i++) {
       if (sequence[i] >= sequence[i + 1]) {
           return false;
    }
  }
  return true;
}

private static int[] MinusOneElement(int[] sequence, int elementToRemove) {
   int[] newArray = new int[sequence.length - 1];
   int index = 0;
   for (int i = 0; i < sequence.length; i++) {
        if (i != elementToRemove) {
            newArray[index] = sequence[i];
            index++;
        }
   }
   return newArray;
}

A: For kotlin Programmers
fun almostIncreasingSequence(sequence: MutableList<Int>): Boolean

{

var removeCount = 0;

var i = 0;

while  ( i < sequence.size - 1) {

var current = sequence[i];

var next = sequence[i + 1];

if (current >= next) {

removeCount++;

var removeCurrent : Boolean= i == 0 || sequence[i - 1] < next;

var removeNext : Boolean = i + 1 == sequence.size - 1 || current < sequence[i + 2];

if (!removeCurrent && !removeNext)

    removeCount++;

      }

      if (removeCount > 1) {

                    return false;

        }

      i++

    }

    return true;

 }

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Size 16" X 36" Fine Art Paper 16" X 36" Archival Canvas w/ Reclaimed Floater Frame
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This beautifully restored 1919 map showcases the railway, lakes, canoe routes, infrastructure, and diverse flora and fauna of this pristine northern region.
At 1.2 million acres (4,758 square kilometers), Quetico Provincial Park is Ontario's second-largest wilderness park. For thousands of years, Quetico has served as a travel corridor for native peoples and, more recently, as one of the main routes to the west for European explorers and fur traders.
In 1913, the Quetico Forest Reserve of Ontario DPW became the Quetico Provincial Park under the Ontario Department of Lands, Forests, and Mines. Trapping, commercial fishing, mining, and logging were still allowed within its boundaries, but concerned by the destruction of the wild character of Minnesota and Ontario, the US formed the Quetico Superior Council, which was established to obtain a treaty between the US and Canada "to defend and extend the roadless wilderness area along the boundary waters and to protect and expand the rare public values in Rainy Lake watershed."
Canvas-Gallery wrapped using heavyweight 400g, archival canvas. It's protected with a satin varnish, and stretched around a 1.5-inch pine wood frame, ready to hang. (No exterior frame)


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Валерий Иванович Гринча́к (р. 1957) — советский военный деятель, Герой Советского Союза (1985), участник Афганской войны.

Биография
Родился 21 июня 1957 года в селе Чемерполь (ныне Гайворонский район, Кировоградская область, Украина) в крестьянской семье. Украинец.
В 1972 году окончил Чемерпольскую восьмилетнюю школу, а в 1974 году — Сабатиновскую среднюю школу Ульяновского района Кировоградской области.
По окончании школы в 1974 году поступил на обучение в Киевское высшее общевойсковое командное училище имени М. В. Фрунзе, на факультет разведки.В 1977 году вступил в ряды КПСС.

В 1978 году окончил училище.

1978—1982 — командир десантно-штурмового взвода; помощник начальника штаба батальона; командир десантно-штурмовой роты 620-го отдельного десантно-штурмового батальона 13-й отдельной десантно-штурмовой бригады Дальневосточного военного округа, в н.п. Магдагачи Амурской области, РСФСР.
1982—1983 годах — командир  разведывательно-десантной роты 20-го отдельного разведывательного батальона 30-й мотострелковой дивизии Центральной группы войск, в городе Зволен, ЧССР.
В 1983 году Валерий Гринчак направлен в состав Ограниченного контингента советских войск в Афганистане на должность командира разведывательной роты 285-го танкового полка 108-й мотострелковой дивизии, с дислокацией в городе Баграм. В марте 1984 года 285-й танковый полк был переформирован в 682-й мотострелковый полк и передислоцирован к концу мая в н.п. Руха в Панджшерское ущелье.

После успешной операции по ликвидации банды душманов, устраивавшей обстрелы автомобильных колонн (в результате ночного боя были уничтожены 30 душманов, собрано стрелковое оружие и итальянские мины) ст. лейтенант Гринчак был награждён орденом Красной Звезды.

19 июля 1984 года капитан Гринчак был назначен на должность начальника штаба 781-го отдельного разведывательного батальона 108-й мотострелковой дивизии, но не успел вступить в должность по причине тяжелого ранения, полученного в ходе Панджшерской операции 1984 года.

В бою в долине Панджшер он наступил на мину, после чего был эвакуирован на вертолете и доставлен в медицинский батальон. После первой хирургической операции он был отправлен в военный госпиталь в Кабуле, ещё через три дня — вывезен в госпиталь в Москве.

Указом Президиума ВС СССР от 18 февраля 1985 года за мужество и героизм, проявленные при оказании интернациональной помощи Демократической Республике Афганистан капитану Гринчаку Валерию Ивановичу было присвоено звание Героя Советского Союза.

После шести хирургических операций и завершения лечения в госпитале, В. И. Гринчак несмотря на ампутацию обеих ног решил продолжить военную службу и написал письмо на имя министра обороны СССР. По результатам рассмотрения письма, он был направлен на преподавательскую работу.

1985—1992 — Гринчак выполняет обязанности помощник начальника отдела и преподавателя военной истории Киевского высшего общевойскового командного училища.

С 1992 года — пенсионер Министерства обороны Украины.

В 1993—1998 годах — обучался на юридическом факультете в КГУ имени Т. Г. Шевченко, где получил специальность «правоведение», государственно-правовая специализация.

1995—2006 годах — помощник председателя правления ЗАО «Гелиотроп» — Украинского союза ветеранов Афганистана.

С 1999 года по настоящее время В. И. Гринчак на общественной работе — консультант Комитета Верховной Рады Украины по делам пенсионеров, ветеранов и инвалидов, а с 2002 года одновременно является председателем контрольно-ревизионной комиссии Национальной Ассамблеи инвалидов Украины. Живёт в городе-герое Киеве.

Подвиг
Из наградного листа о присвоении звания Герой Советского Союза:

14 июля 1984 года принял бой, в котором получил тяжёлое ранение обеих ног, однако самостоятельно оказал себе первую медицинскую помощь, превозмогая боль, сохраняя выдержку и хладнокровие, не оставил поле боя, а продолжал умело руководить действиями роты…

Награды
Государственные награды СССР
 медаль «Золотая Звезда» № 11523 (18.2.1985);
 Орден Ленина (18.2.1985);
 орден Красной Звезды (13.6.1984);
 медали.
Государственные награды Украины
 Орден «За мужество» III степени (15.2.1999);
 знак отличия «Орден За мужество» Уполномоченного Верховного Совета Украины по правам человека (23.2.2007);
 медали.

Примечания

Ссылки

Члены КПСС
Выпускники юридического факультета Киевского университета
Выпускники Киевского высшего общевойскового командного училища

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How to Look at Kristen Stewart
As she puts her tween-cinema origin story behind her, Stewart faces pigeonholing of a subtler variety.
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In recent years Kristen Stewart has taken great pains to shed the skin of Bella Swan, the heroine of the Twilight franchise, only to find herself trapped in a new kind of character. Critics, male critics in particular, have turned her into a withholding figure. In his review of her new movie Personal Shopper, The New York Times's A.O. Scott wrote that she "possesses an uncanny ability to turn her natural charisma into diffidence. You can't take your eyes off her, even as she seems to be making every effort to deflect your attention, to obscure her radiance, to disappear onscreen." The New Republic's own film critic Tim Grierson said there is "something beguilingly mysterious about her that you can't quite quantify. She's there, but she's also not there." Scott and Grierson appear to mean that Stewart is un-giving. She does not move her features around a lot when she is making facial expressions, and her voice stays roughly at the same pitch most of the time. Grierson called this look "placidly edgy." David Edelstein at Vulture wrote that "something in [Stewart] will always resist capture."
The problem with this type of characterization is that it defines Stewart's magic through a gendered absence. Stewart refuses to give herself over to the audience, these critics say, and so she is mysterious and effective through a logic of subtraction. This mysterious woman is a little Dream Girl-ish, if not outright Manic Pixie. How nice to have a leading lady who plays hard to get.
But we don't have to see Stewart this way. Traditionally, hammy Hollywood actresses have offered themselves up on a plate. Kate Winslet, Natalie Portman, Laura Dern, Meryl Streep, Viola Davis, and Jennifer Lawrence over-emote, not because they are incompetent, but because they are acting in the tradition of film melodrama. These women are our Vivien Leighs and Barbara Stanwycks. Doing this type of acting means staring full-faced into the camera with a quivering lip and a welling eye, ready to deliver a full-throated monologue.
Kristen Stewart does not do this for the simple reason that she is a naturalistic actor. Her voice does not modulate wildly because most real voices do not. Her eyebrows do not flail because most eyebrows do not. Stewart does not take something away from her performances in order to tantalize her viewers. Instead, she intentionally fails to reach the pitch of thespian overcookedness audiences are accustomed to.
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Personal Shopper is the latest movie from Olivier Assayas, who previously cast Stewart in 2014's Clouds of Sils Maria. In that movie, Stewart played a personal assistant in erotic thrall to Juliette Binoche's Maria Enders, a famous actress. Assayas has a signature style of sexual insinuation, a very subtle one. In a key scene from Clouds, Binoche walks on stage to make a speech to a room of gray-haired film enthusiasts. They greet her with lusty applause, bellowing "bravo," and so on. From the wings, Stewart, the young American, gives her an expert wolf whistle, adding herself as a note to the chorus. Her intentions are nonverbal and unmistakable.
In Personal Assistant, Stewart again plays an assistant to a star, this time named Kyra. Again, she is in erotic thrall to the figure she serves. Stewart's character, Maureen, is working as a personal shopper in Paris for Kyra while she waits for a sign from Lewis, her twin brother who died the previous year. They both were born with a heart condition and had some experience with the spirit world. When Lewis was alive, the twins made a pact: In the event of one of their deaths, the other sibling would make contact with the living from beyond the grave.
In a nonverbal paroxysm of grief, as unmistakable as the eroticism of Clouds, Maureen waits, then waits some more. In a number of extremely unusual scenes, she interacts with empty places. She wanders a house, an apartment, another house. Is Maureen speaking with a ghost, as she meanders? If so, which ghost? If not a ghost, then who?
As her career builds, the critics will come to see that Kristen Stewart is a screen presence, not an absence.
Like Clouds of Sils Maria, Personal Shopper is a movie about doubling. Assayas places Stewart before many doors. It is as if Maureen must try a series of doorknobs in her search for herself, just the same way that Stewart must act opposite a series of charismatic figures to define the person she is on screen—Binoche in Clouds, Julianne Moore in 2014's Still Alice, Dern in 2016's Certain Women. Personal Shopper features many scenes, especially at its start, of Stewart literally opening or struggling to open doors and windows. Assayas's films always show a lot of cigarette smoking. It's a good motif: His characters look for their cigarettes with wandering fingers. They step outside. They look back in through the window. They reflect and are reflected.
Assayas also likes to film fabulous wealth, which is harder to understand. In Clouds, Juliette Binoche wears Chanel; in Shopper, Kyra wears Chanel but also Cartier. Both movies use Baroque chamber music as a sort of hyper-classic backdrop to the action. Stewart's character travels in business class when she takes the Eurostar, ostentatiously pouring herself a free espresso. Why? There's something odd about the glamour in which Assayas clads his stories. It is as if he wants to dispel the idea that poverty signifies reality, despite his naturalistic techniques. Or, on the other hand, perhaps he wants to use wealth to displace his movies out of everyday life and into the mythic realm. But both interpretations sit strangely alongside Stewart's unaffected body language.
Stewart is not a minimalist actor, despite the critics' takes. In Personal Shopper, her hands shake and her eyes fill with tears. She gasps as an atelier assistant zips her tightly into the harness section of a dress, as if Maureen is being forcibly reminded of her own physical existence. In one scene, Maureen masturbates and the viewer knows it is going to happen before she does. Stewart is exceptionally good at acting nausea and authentically retching.
It will take a long time for Stewart to fully fly free of the Twilight legacy. But she has worked hard to become the naturalist she is on screen today. Still Alice, Certain Women, even the slightly hokey Equals and Café Society—these films together represent the beginning of a serious career. As that career builds, the critics will come to see that Kristen Stewart is a screen presence, not an absence.
Perhaps it is her appearance that leads critics astray. Her skin is an even, pale white, and her body lean and angular. Stewart will never palpitate with the showy sexuality of a traditional leading lady. Instead, she has much more in common with the young Juliette Binoche, in movies like Mauvais Sang. Binoche vibrated on screen, her hot eyes and cold skin searing through the plot and straight into the viewer's memory. Time will tell how much of that naturalistic power comes from the strange force that youth puts behind the eyes. But Personal Shopper points to great possibilities in Stewart's future. As long as she continues to resist capture, she'll be doing something right.
Culture, Film, Kristen Stewart, Olivier Assayas, Juliette Binoche


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