As the U.S. economy grows, sign, graphics and visual communications companies are on pace to benefit, according to the International Sign Association (ISA) Sign Industry Quarterly Economic Report for the second quarter of 2017. This is traditionally good news for its members in Canada as well. The ISA Sign Industry Quarterly Economic Report forecasts into 2019, and assesses four industry sectors. These include two supplier markets (printing and electrical/digital signage) and two end markets (electric/digital signage and architectural signage). The report also forecasts commodities, a new addition to its report. Prepared in June, the study is sponsored by the National Association of Sign Supply Distributors (NASSD). Overall, the supply side has a strongly positive outlook for both 2017 and 2018, showing large improvements over last quarter's statistics – in large part due to the bump in business investment at the beginning of 2017. Business fixed investment increased at an annual 11.4% rate in the first quarter – the strongest gain in five years. Construction spending will likely drop in the second quarter, but then rebound solidly in the second half and post sizable gains early next year, as spending from additional infrastructure kicks in.
For suppliers in the printing industry, the outlook is strongly positive over the course of the forecast, following a down year in 2016.
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The end market for architectural signage will continue to capitalize on favourable conditions at least until the end of 2018.
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Self-hurting is when you harm or hurt yourself on purpose. There are many ways people self-harm the most common ones are listed below.
Drinking too much alcohol to harm purposefully yourself. (Very different to drinking or for pleasure).
Self-harm thoughts and actions are very different to suicidal ones. Self-hurting does not mean you want to kill yourself. However; people who feel suicidal do want to end it all.
Why do people engage in self-harming?
to take their mind off the negative feelings.
Some peoplestart self-harming over the same thing each time but many people do it for different reasons every time.
drugs taking or too much alcohol.
Is it right to say that self-harming a mental health problem?
This is a little bit tricky to answer. Self-harming is a very clear sign that someone is in distress, which may be due to a mental illness. However; there are many people engaged in self-harming who have no mental illness.
So we have to say that self-harm is not a mental health issue in itself. However; it could be a part of a diagnosis procedure for: eating disorders, obsessive compulsive disorder, post traumatic stress disorder, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. It is important for a person and their doctor to find out why you are self-harming. If it is due to bipolar disorder or schizophrenia I cannot work with you.
Research has shown that people who self-harm are at more risk of suicide than people who have never self-harmed. The figure quoted is 66 times more likely that someone will end their lives if they have recently had a bout of self-harming. Women are at a greater risk of suicide than men.
These figues may be somewhat skewed. If the person's method of self-harming was drugs, too much alcohol, strangulation or injury, there is high a risk that they could have accidentally ended their life.
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Q: Map with Dapper one table to a nested object I have a table which has the following columns:
| UserId | UserName | SortCode | AccountNumber |
And I have the following C# classes
    public class User
{
    public int UserId { get; set; }
    public string UserName { get; set; }
    public Account Account { get; set; }
}

public class Account
{
    public string SortCode { get; set; }
    public string AccountNumber { get; set; }
}

I need to map the SortCode column to the Account.SortCode object. The same with the AccountNumber.
I was trying something like this
 const string query = @"SELECT UserId, UserName, SortCode AS [Account.SortCode], AccountNumber AS [Account.AccountNumber], FROM [dbo].[Users];";

 return db.Query<User>(query);

But is is not working.
Any help?.
Thanks!!

A: Following @Amy's comment, this did the trick:
    const string query = @"SELECT * FROM [dbo].[Users];";

    return db.Query<User, Account, User>(query, (user, account) =>
    {
       user.Account = account;
       return user;
    }, splitOn: "UserId");

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Djokovic Defeats Federer In Epic Wimbledon Finals, Halep Beat Williams In Final, Ryan Leaf Back
July 15th, 2019 | Category: football,Novak Djokovic,tennis
Novak Djokovic defeated Roger Federer in an epic finals at Wimbledon. After four hours and 57 minutes, the match was the longest final in Wimbledon history and could have potentially gone on even longer, but it was the first time the championship was decided by the tournament's new fifth-set rule, which institutes a tie-breaker in the fifth set if the score reaches 12-12. With his 7-6 (5), 1-6, 7-6 (4), 4-6, 13-12 (3), Djokovic won his fifth Wimbledon championship and his 16th major.
In the women's final, Serena Williams lost to Simona Halep. Williams was attempting to win her 24th Grand Slam title.
Ryan Leaf is back. Leaf was a football phenom when he was the #2 overall pick in the 1998 NFL pick for the San Diego Chargers. His life went into a tailspin from drug addiction and prison-time, but he has now been hired by ESPN to work as a college football analyst.
NFL Season Begins, Le'Veon Bell Unsigned, Millman's Request To Change Clothes, Djokovic To Semis
September 06th, 2018 | Category: nfl,Novak Djokovic,tennis
The NFL season begins tonight with the Atlanta Falcons taking on former Super Bowl champs, the Philadelphia Eagles.
Pittsburgh Steelers running back Le'Veon Bell still hasn't signed with the team and hasn't reported for practice. If Bell doesn't sign he loses $853,000 per week. If he continues to hold out for up to nine games, Bell (at age 26) will be eligible for free agency next year. According to Bell's reps, "he wasn't going to accept another 400 touches on a salary he felt was below his value." Bell is high on most fantasy football drafts, so there will be many angry fans if he doesn't sign this season.
In the men's quarterfinals of the US Open, Novak Djokovic and John Millman had another tough match due to the intense heat. With just two games into the second set, Millman approached the umpire explaining he needed to change his clothes due to excessive sweating. The umpire ruled that the conditions were excessive enough to invoke the "Equipment Out of Adjustment" rule and allowed Millman to leave. Djokovic ultimately won 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 and will advance to the semifinals against Kei Nishikori on Friday.
Odell Growing Up, Le'Veon Bell's Fake News, Kevin Hart And Manziel, Djokovic's Ice Bath
August 29th, 2018 | Category: nfl,Novak Djokovic,tennis
A day after signing a record breaking contract, Odell Beckham Jr. spoke to the media and about getting to this point in his career. He wore a Giants polo shirt and said "I'm growing up". In response to his contract he said, "You kind of dream about this moment all your life. In fact, you've dedicated everything, you sacrifice weekends, your parents have sacrificed weekend after weekend traveling, doing this and that just to be able to get to this point, so it is a relief and it's a wonderful opportunity for myself and my family."
Running back Le'Veon Bell hasn't reached a contract agreement with the Pittsburgh Steelers yet and has sat out of training camp and the preseason. When asked if the rumors were true he'd be joining the team on Labor Day, he said "Don't believe the fake news. I never said anything to no one".
Comedian Kevin Hart spoke with Johnny Manziel (on his show "Cold as Balls" where he interviews celebrities while sitting in ice baths) about his disappointing football career going from Heisman Trophy winner to a behavioral liability with the Cleveland Browns. Manziel admitted, "I don't expect people to look at my story and feel bad for me. A lot of what I did was self-inflicted. I'm at a point now where I can look back, I can reflect and realize that I was one way. That was wrong. What can I do moving forward because I can't change how I was."
Speaking of ice baths, playing in extreme heat at the US Open, Novak Djokovic and his opponent Marton Fucsovics, took advantage of the rule allowing for a 10 minute break after the third set and sat naked side by side in ice baths to cool off. Djokovic remarked on the situation and said, "we battled for two-and-a-half hours and then we were naked in the ice bath. It was a magnificent thing." The heat index was so high on Tuesday five players had to retire before finishing their matches.
Whitehead Cleared Of Shoplifting Charge, Vick Summer Intern, Djokovic Elbow Injury
July 26th, 2017 | Category: nfl,Novak Djokovic,tennis
There has been drama unfolding in the Dallas Cowboys training camp. The shoplifting charge against Lucky Whitehead which caused the Cowboys to to release him, was dropped as it was a case of mistaken identity, but the Cowboys still stand behind their decision to release Whitehead indicating it was in the "best interest of the team." The controversy surrounding this incident is causing many to question the teams' decision making.
Former NFL quarterback Michael Vick has landed a job as a summer intern for the Kansas City Chiefs, working with his former Philadelphia Eagles coach, Andy Reid. Vick retired in June and stated he wants to ultimately continue his career as a head coach. "I would love to coach in the National Football League one day. At some point, I'd definitely love to help work with young quarterbacks and develop them and still compete, you know, with the team and with the coaches."
Novak Djokovic announced he will miss the rest of the season as he's suffering from an elbow injury. He will be ending his streak of participating in 51 straight Grand Slam tournaments.
Djokovic Loses Big At Australian Open, KD's 40 Points, Westbrooks Fall, Baseball HOF
January 19th, 2017 | Category: Baseball,nba,Novak Djokovic,tennis
The Australian Open is underway and we already have a major upset. The world's #2 ranked Novak Djokovic lost in the second round to the 117th ranked, Denis Istomin. Djokovic's loss to the wild card Istomin is even more surprising as Djokovic has won 6 Australian Opens and was looking to make this the 7th (a feat which no one has yet achieved). The 5 set match lasted 4 hours and 48 minutes.
Golden State Warrior Kevin Durant left it all on the court against his former team, the Oklahoma City Thunder. With an impressive 40 points, Durant was on a mission. Emotions were running high between the two teams all night, especially after the Warriors' Zaza Pachulia caused OKC's Westbrook to fall to the ground and grab his face. Pachulia didn't seem fazed and just glared at Westbrook. After the game Westbrook commented, "I don't play that game. I'm going to get his ass back, so whenever that is, I don't know when it's going to be, but I don't play that game." Warriors 121, Thunder 100.
Congratulations to the new selections to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Jeff Bagwell, Ivan Rodriguez and Tim Raines. Eligible players need to receive at least 75% of the votes from the Baseball Writers Association or the Veterans Committee.
Djokovic's Opponent's Keep Retiring, Brees Close To Extension, Manziel Back In School
September 07th, 2016 | Category: football,Novak Djokovic,tennis
Novak Djokovic's opponent retired…again! For the third time in four matches, Djokovic did not play out a full match before his opponent, Tsonga, retired from a knee injury. #1 seed Djokovic has only played 9 total sets in the US Open.
It's reported New Orleans Saints QB Drew Brees is really close to a contract extension. 37 year old Brees has one year left on his current contract and, even though he signed a whopping $100 million contract back in 2012, his average of $20 million a year is less than other QB's of his caliber. The issue for the Saints seems to be Brees' age and whether they can afford a long term contact on a QB who is almost 40 years old. The deadline for the Team is approaching as their season begins on Sunday against the Oakland Raiders.
Troubled former QB Johnny Manziel will not be playing in the NFL this year (or perhaps ever again considering his history on and off the field) so has decided to go back to College. He will be taking online courses at Texas A&M and is hoping to get a degree in recreation, parks and tourism sciences.
Muhammad Ali's Legacy, Djokovic's Historic Win, Williams Loses In Final, Warriors' Defense Crushes Cavs
June 06th, 2016 | Category: Boxing,nba,Novak Djokovic,Serena Williams,tennis
The most charismatic and greatest boxer of the ages, Muhammad Ali, died over the weekend at the age of 74 due to respiratory issues related to his Parkinson's disease. Ali was a three-time heavyweight champion but transcended the world of boxing and became known for his anti-war stance and his opinions on the world. One of his assistants captured Ali's presence in the ring with the now famous saying, Mr. Ali would "float like a butterfly, sting like a bee."
By winning the French Open, Novak Djokovic accomplished what no male player has in over a decade, won all four Grand Slam titles at once. The last player to accomplish this feat was Rod Laver in 1969.
In the women's draw, top seeded Serena Williams lost to Garbine Muguruza. The win was Muguruza's first Grand Slam title.
The Golden State Warriors certainly made a statement at home in game 2 of the NBA Finals. Their defense simply crushed the Cleveland Cavaliers for a decisive win. On offense, the Warriors' Draymond Green was the star with 28 points and 5 3-pointers. The Warriors are up 2-0 in the best of seven series. Game 3 is Wednesday in Cleveland 9:00 pm EST ABC. Warriors 110, Cavaliers 77.


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Young people aged 16 to 18 years old who are not in education, employment or training.
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Merged with Northrop in 1994
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Data Procurement Corporation (1999) — Providers of IT services and support to the DoD and various intelligence agencies.
Comptek Research Incorporated (2000) — A supplier of electronic warfare and information dominance technologies.
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Sterling Software Incorporated (2000) — Provider of information technology services to defense and intelligence agencies.
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M5 Network Security (2012) — Provider of a broad range of cybersecurity and other professional services.
Qantas Defence Services Pty Limited (2014) — a provider of integrated logistics, sustainment and modernization support primarily in Australia.
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Kaena: La prophétie / Kaena: The Prophecy (France, 2003)
Kaena: The Prophecy starts with the wreck of a intergalactic spaceship, has a brief scene of alien hunting alien, and then pops 600 years into the future to a small and simple folk that spend their days collecting sap for their gods. They harvest the sap from Axis, their "planet," a huge and inter-coiling plant floating mid-air in a never-ending horizon of clouds. But Axis is withering and dying, and their gods care little about the problems of the peons. But then, the gods are in reality simply a race of devious creatures—modeled ever-so-slightly after Geiger's alien archetype—led by an evil queen (voiced by Anjelica Huston) whose only goal is to destroy the glowing orb that crashed upon her planet 600 years early (that she is a stubborn being must go without saying, for after 600 years she is still trying). An adventurous young girl of the village named Kaena (Kirsten Dunst) not only has visions that there is more to life than what they know, but dares to question the gods; her actions result in her having to flee for her safety. With no place else to go, she decides to finally journey down to see what lies in the forbidden zone below the clouds...
Kaena: The Prophecy is an animated film for young adults—if only because smaller children and older folks will probably not be able to follow the style of animation or the convoluted yet underdeveloped storyline. That Kaena supposedly won 2nd place at the 2003 FantAsia Film Festival in Montreal does not exactly sing praise for the quality of the movies screened at the festival. Touted as the first fully computer-animated French film, the visual style of Kaena is much too aligned with the graphics of computer-animated computer games to be in any way truly innovative or astounding, and the film probably already looked somewhat dated when it first came out. Not to say that there is a total lack of anything of visual interest—the mostly sepia-toned color scheme is something different, Kaena has nice tits (even if they are covered for all but one indistinct segment), and the talking worms in their mechanically locomotive bodies are enjoyably expressive. But the filmmakers were overly enamored by the rendition of fluid and barreling tracking shots in and out of tunnels and through branches, things that had a "WOW" effect back in the early days of computer animation but that have long become overused standards (if not clichés)—and probably weren't all that fresh in 2004, either. It would have done Kaena some good had less time been spent on the eye candy and more attention had been given to visual clarity.
The story could have been a bit clearer, too—or at least a bit more clearly structured. Originally developed as a computer game, the linear and action-heavy plot development betrays the movie's roots. The film is a good 10-15 minutes underway before the (thinking) viewer is able to interconnect the various opening visual highpoints (or plot elements) into a halfway coherent narrative, and it is not until the appearance of Opaz (Richard Harris) that the strands are actually tied together. But then, to keep the story rolling all sorts of elements are pulled out of thin air (or dropped) as needed—whatever happened to the teethy, meat-eating flying worms, for example? No longer needed by the end of the movie, they simply disappear. And why does Opaz, once so set on returning home, suddenly have a turn of mind and do a "I am the last of my kind save your people" number? Where, actually, did Kaena's people come from in the first place if the "gods" were the natives and Opaz's people from space? Why does Kaena alone have the mystical link to the orb? These and dozens more questions arise when one in any way starts to take a closer look at the plot, but for all the loose ends the scriptwriters also throw in enough subplots to make the film even harder to follow if one's attention should happen to stray at the wrong moment—the queen's loyal male's desire to mate (although it means their death) and his subsequent (and fortuitously timed) testosterone-driven betrayal, for example, are easy to miss. All that occurs, however, happens around the bare bones of a story old, tried and tired: a young outsider that refuses to follow the masses and is thus expelled only to return to save the people with the help of a rag-tag team picked up along the way—and, as they say: all's well that ends well. About the only truly iconoclastic element of the narrative is the underlying thematic strand that a ruling religion can be a lie and should be questioned.
Kaena is not a fiasco as a film; it simply feels as if it seems to miss whatever marks it may have been aiming for, visually, plot-wise and/or thematically. The end result is a mildly interesting but just as mildly aggravating film. The film would have been a lot better had the filmmakers simply slowed down a bit in every way.
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Samsung unveiled at the CES 2010 its 2010 LCD HDTV lineup, including the LCD 750 series and LCD 650 series, both come with DLNA networking capabilities and new Touch of Color design.
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The first vehicle based on Ford's new global Focus platform, the new C-MAX will drop cloth later this month at the Frankfurt Motor Show. But, you say, why should we care? Well, because we're told it may wash ashore here.
The C-MAX, based on the iosis Max revealed at the Geneva Motor Show earlier this year is the first vehicle based on Ford's new Focus platform. Thus, expect the new global Focus to reflect the same design attitude and panache — but hopefully the new Focus will be more of a "dynamic passenger-car" rather than just exhibiting more of a "dynamic passenger-car look" as the C-MAX apparently does.
But, why, you may ask, should you care about a Focus-based MPV in Europe? Probably because our sources tell us we may actually see the C-MAX — or some derivative — wash onto our shores. We're told we'll find out more in Frankfurt.
Full press release in the gallery below.
COLOGNE, Germany, September 4, 2009 – Ford of Europe has released the first official images of the all-new Ford C-MAX, which will make its global debut at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show. The show opens to the public between September 17 and 27, 2009.
The new Ford C-MAX takes its design cues from the stunning iosis MAX concept car unveiled at this year's Geneva Motor Show, and brings new levels of style and desirability to the compact multi-activity vehicle (MAV) market.
Departing from usual MAV thinking by using Ford's 'kinetic design' styling language to adopt a more dynamic passenger-car look, the new model features a coupé-like, sweeping roofline while still retaining the established Ford C-MAX hallmarks of comfort, space, and practicality.
The new Ford C-MAX will introduce a host of new technologies to the Ford range, including an all-new 1.6-litre Ford EcoBoost direct injection petrol engine and other advanced features to enhance convenience and safety such as semi-automatic parallel parking and a blind-spot detection system.
The Ford C-MAX will be launched in the second half of 2010 and is the first in a new generation of global vehicles developed from Ford's new C-segment platform, scheduled for introduction over the next several years. The global range will also include the all-new Ford Focus coming in late 2010.
Further details about the new Ford C-MAX will be released at Ford's Frankfurt press conference at 11.00 hrs (CET) on 15 September.


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Out of the collective voice came the need for a common language and a concrete definition of what the school stood for; a desire for a similar collaborative approach to be applied to other areas of school life; and an opportunity for the direction and future course of the school to be clearly laid out for everyone, particularly the students.
As NoTosh and the design team sought to establish meaning from the thousands of pieces of data captured, we looked beyond hackneyed truisms of honesty, integrity and respect to find descriptive stories that summed up the essence of the school and made it unique. Ditching the traditional jargon of values, 'Five Things You Need to Know About This School' was created instead. The simplicity of language means that the whole school community can understand their role in amplifying the school's values every day, whether as a teacher, student, school leader, board member or parent.
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Q: Free intermediate level documentation Are there any free manuals that are roughly on the level of Lamport, Mittelbach & Goossens, Kopka & Daly, etc.; more in-depth than the Not So Short Introduction to LaTeX, but not as daunting as source2e.pdf?

A: LaTeX Reference Manual

A: I just remembered that Math mode is a comprehensive free guide to typesetting mathematics.

A: texdoc texbytopic may be the level you are looking for.
CTAN: TeX by Topic
Explanation texdoc: TUG TeXdoc
As @lockstep notes this isn't about latex but about tex primitives mostly, however reading that first would go a long way to making the LaTeX sources (source2e) more readable.


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Lost & Found: In the Classroom
Audre Lorde, June Jordan, Toni Cade Bambara, Julio Cortázar, Paul Blackburn, and Jack Forbes.
Teaching materials that connect past and present pedagogical strategies culled from Lost & Found: The CUNY Poetics Document Initiative.
With a focus on education, conversation, and organization, we can begin to engage the archive as blueprint, as map, a way of learning from those writers and artists who came before us and responded to a world awry. Below are some configurations that we hope will be of use to you in your classrooms, organizational spaces, development of public actions, re-framing of pedagogies, and beyond. Single books, as well as full sets of Series I-VII are also available for classroom adoption at a discounted rate. We also encourage you to make your own choices and create packages that will work for you.
The following are some suggested configurations:
Teaching Pedagogies/Methodologies:
This collection features work that explores radical teaching pedagogies and classroom reformation with the goals of fostering accessibility, creating syllabi featuring writers of various marginalized communities, and establishing diversified programs in higher-education.
Adrienne Rich, "What We are a Part of": Teaching at CUNY 1968-1974, Parts I & II
Audre Lorde: "I teach myself in outline," Notes, Journals, Syllabi, & an Excerpt from Deotha
Toni Cade Bambara: "Realizing the Dream of a Black University," & Other Writings (Parts I & II)
June Jordan "Life Studies," 1966-1976
Jack Forbes: "Yanga Ya," Selected Poems & The Goals of Education (Parts I & II)
Feminist Practice & Writing:
This collection brings into focus different modes of feminist practice and writing.
Kathy Acker; Homage to LeRoi Jones & Other Early Works
Judy Grahn, Selections from Blood, Bread, and Roses
Bobbie Louise Hawkins, The Sounding Word
This collection highlights resistance through acts of writing, art, and protest.
Amiri Baraka & Edward Dorn, Selections from the Collected Letters 1959-1960
Friendship & Politics:
These two collections highlight the political and cross-cultural ideologies developed by a globalized network of poet-friends.
Langston Hughes, Nancy Cunard & Louise Thompson, Poetry, Politics & Friendship in the Spanish Civil War
John Wieners & Charles Olson, Selected Correspondence, Parts I & II
Paul Blackburn & Julio Cortázar: "Querido Pablito"/"Julissimo Querido," Selected Correspondence, 1958-1971 (Parts I & II)
U.S. Poets & Global Interaction / Cross-cultural Ideologies:
Jean Senac, The Sun Under the Weapons, Correspondence & Notes From Algeria, Parts I & II
Ted Joans, Poet Painter / Former Villager Now / World Traveller
"Barcelona, 1936" & Selections from Muriel Rukeyser's Spanish Civil War Archive
Margaret Randall, From El Corno Emplumado/ The Plumed Horn: Selections
Langston Hughes, Poems, Photos & Notebooks From Turkestan
Radical Poetics:
The works in this collection feature poets whose work challenges the norms of subject and form set in place by the dominant poetic canon.
Helene Johnson, After The Harlem Renaissance
Audre Lorde: "I teach myself in outline," Notes, Journals, Syllabi, & an Excerpt from Deotha
Diane di Prima, "Old Father, Old Artificer" The Olson Memorial Lecture
Lorine Niedecker: Homemade Poems
Queer Poetics:
These lesser known pioneering works from queer writers add nuance to our understanding of marginalized history, and depth to a contemporary understanding of social progress.
Michael Rumaker, Selected Letters
John Wieners & Charles Olsen, Selected Correspondence, Parts I & II
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Latest U.S.-China Trade Talks End As March Deadline Nears
Published February 1, 2019 at 4:02 AM CST
We've been talking this week about the trade negotiations happening between the U.S. and China here in Washington, D.C. Yesterday, President Trump met with China's vice premier. No big trade truce came out of this discussion. So what has changed, if anything, in the big picture?
Joining us now to answer that question is Robert Daly. He is the director of the Wilson Center's Kissinger Institute on China and the United States.
Thanks for being back on the show, Robert.
ROBERT DALY: Good morning. Good to be here.
MARTIN: In your view, was there any real progress this week?
DALY: No, there was mutual signaling of a desire for progress and indications that both Donald Trump and President Xi would like to come to some sort of conclusion or timeout by March 2. There was a suggestion that China might buy some more American soybeans, and President Xi invited President Trump to meet face-to-face to tie this up with a ribbon sometime in late February, and that may take place.
MARTIN: Remind us why those dates - and the March date in particular - is significant.
DALY: When the two of them met in Buenos Aries for dinner on December 1 of last year, they agreed to a 90-day truce in which there would be no further escalations of tariffs. And they agreed that their teams would work over those 90 days to try to solve not only what started this - in President Trump's view, anyway - which was the trade deficit but also to solve the structural difficulties in the economic relationship that would allow us to have more access to Chinese markets and would allow greater reciprocity.
MARTIN: So it's my understanding the president has now backed down on the trade deficit argument and is focusing more clearly on these big structural issues with China's economy. I mean, how likely is China to concede that?
DALY: I think that is extremely unlikely because these structural issues - China's support for state-owned enterprises, its industrial policy, its promotion of national champions - these are central to the Chinese Communist Party's mode of governance. So calling for them to give it up comes close to calling for changes so quick that they're nearly regime change. And Xi Jinping and the leaders believe that it is through industrial policy and through a state-led economy that they increase the welfare of the Chinese people. And so to withdraw from that is to renege on that - again, in Xi Jinping's view - moral obligation to his own people. It's very unlikely.
MARTIN: So then what happens? What is - if this trade war is to come to a conclusion, as you indicate both leaders are keen to make happen, how does President Trump - I would imagine he would like to say face in this moment. How does he get out of this?
DALY: Well, it doesn't truly conclude because the trade war is a subset of a longer-term geostrategic competition between the United States and China, and that won't change. But President Trump could get enough concessions from China. They could purchase more American natural gas, agricultural goods. They could make promises and put structures in place such that he could say, legitimately, that he got more out of China than his predecessors did. And that's a win.
MARTIN: Just literally when you tally up the items that were procured, he can point to a list and say, we got more.
DALY: He got more. He got more attention. He got more vague promises. It's not over, but he's been effective to a degree.
MARTIN: What do you imagine the United States is going to need to give up, though? Because they are going to have to offer something to China.
DALY: Well, it would be a rollback of the sanctions that have been put in place. That's what China chiefly wants now. It will be interesting to see whether Xi Jinping uses his leverage with Donald Trump to also push on treatment of Huawei and Chinese technology generally.
MARTIN: Because the sanctions, obviously, they would want that to be reversed - but would China use this moment to improve their overall position?
DALY: And the Chinese - if indeed Xi Jinping does host Donald Trump, they're past masters at using political theater to get what they want from face-to-face meetings.
MARTIN: And we should just note: President Trump tweeted Thursday saying, no final deal will be made until my friend President Xi and I meet in the near future to discuss and agree on some of the long-standing, more difficult points. So a summit to be announced soon?
DALY: Quite likely at the end of February, possibly after President Trump meets with Kim Jong Un, likely in Vietnam.
MARTIN: Robert Daly, director of the Wilson Center's Kissinger Institute on China and the U.S.
Thanks, Robert.


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The Sky's the Limit for Two Nova Southeastern University Freshmen
7-Mar-2011 2:00 PM EST
NSU, Nova Southeastern University, Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences, NanoRacks LLC, Emil Buehler Research Center for Engineering, Science and Math at NSU, Space Shuttle EndeavourSTS-134, STS-134 Experiments
Newswise — FT. LAUDERDALE-DAVIE, Fla., –NASA's final launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavour missions, STS-134 on April 19, 2011, will be followed by lab experiments conducted by Heidi Mederos and Richard Sung, freshmen biology majors at Nova Southeastern University's (NSU) Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences. The students are also participants in the college's Undergraduate Honors Program and Dual Admission program for dental medicine.
Under the direction of the college's Dimitri Giarikos, Ph.D., associate professor/coordinator of sciences, and Barry Pearlman, M.S., principal investigator and associate lecturer, the two students will conduct multiple experiments focused on the formation and growth of tin crystals. Environmental conditions, such as those found in space, can affect crystal growth. In microgravity, crystals are known to grow larger and with a much more "perfect" shape than on Earth. There are times when crystals do not grow unless they are formed in microgravity due to the reduced acceleration environment. Earth's gravity impacts crystals by constraining their growth and causing defects.
Microgravity research has been a major area of research in the space programs of all space faring nations. The potential scientific, technological, and commercial benefits of microgravity research to humankind are substantial, especially in the biomedical and drug development sectors.
"The college is very proud of student and faculty involvement in this project," said Don Rosenblum, Ph.D., dean of the college. "It is a unique opportunity for our Honors students, as they are gaining invaluable research experience. Through their involvement, the college faculty members are both contributing to the field and informing their classroom instruction." This is a historic opportunity for the students and NSU. It marks the first time in the history of the university that students have been able to place experiments on a NASA Space Shuttle, and the April launch marks the last of NASA's Space Shuttle Endeavour flights. Commanding the mission will be Mark Kelly, husband of wounded Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Gifford.
"I feel privileged to be able to partake in such an interesting experiment," said Mederos. "This will be the last journey of the Endeavour shuttle to space, and knowing that I will participate in the investigation of one of the experiments it will take (onboard) is very rewarding. I am thankful to Dr. Giarikos for allowing me to work with him, Mr. Perlman, and my fellow classmate on this project."
The opportunity to place the experiments onboard STS-134 comes as a result of collaboration between the Emil Buehler Research Center for Engineering, Science and Mathematics at NSU (EBRC) and NanoRacks LLC (http://www.nanoracks.us/), who is providing the commercial payload mini-lab under their Space Act agreement with NASA's International Space Station (ISS) U.S. National Laboratory Program.
The students will work with Giarikos and Perlman in analyzing the crystals when they are returned to Earth. The crystals will be studied using a scanning electron microscope to determine if the space-grown tin crystals have a different growth pattern than those grown on Earth. Also lending assistance on the project are EBRC project directors, Hui Fang Huang "Angie" Su, Ed.D., from NSU's Fischler School of Education, and Eric S. Ackerman, Ph.D., from NSU's Graduate School of Computer and Information Sciences.


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Ses Rotes was originally the smaller house on the Canet Estate. Extending along the Esporles valley, it dates back over 200 years. The fertile soil of the land around Ses Rotes was used as allotments for the inhabitants of Esporles to grow their own vegetables. Since the mid 1900's, with an extensive breeding program of Spanish horses, there has always been more horses than people enjoying the land & living at Ses Rotes.
In the late 1960's, the Ses Rotes Estate came alive as a venue for parties on a Friday & Saturday evening. With a huge restaurant, a disco and riding arena, it was the perfect setting to enjoy a typical "Fiesta Andaluza" in the countryside. On a night, you would regularly see up to 500 people, a mix of locals and tourists, enjoying the Horse Show, feasting on meat cooked on the Asado and dancing into the early hours of the morning. As the tourism in Mallorca evolved, so did Ses Rotes. The horses remained, but the parties became more private and it was known as one of the best venues on the island for large celebrations.
In 2017 we were lucky enough to purchase Ses Rotes. Since then we have been focusing on an extensive redevelopment encompassing the land and buildings. With our experienced team, we have creatively maintained the heritage of the estate in the new Ses Rotes.
By planting 6 hectares of vines & creating new horse paddocks, the land is flourishing & back to its best. Through our range of wine, the legacy of the fiestas at Ses Rotes lives on – but in a more personal way. The work we have done to improved the equine facilities has brought foals into the world and allows showjumping horses to develop.
The family relocated from the UK to Mallorca in 2010. Emelie was a professional show jumper in both Sweden & the UK and has been involved in horses from a very early age. Dan has always been involved in the hospitality sector. In London he managed groups of pubs, restaurants & hotels and in Mallorca he created an events company specialising in cycling.


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Share this Story: Wife of Arizona man being criminally investigated under U.S. anti-adultery laws
Wife of Arizona man being criminally investigated under U.S. anti-adultery laws
Dave Banks, a man from Glendale Arizona, is irate about his wife's alleged cheating. So irate, that he's getting the police to investigate her. That's because adultery is illegal in Arizona and almost half of the 50 U.S. states.
National Post Staff
Jan 13, 2012 • January 13, 2012 • < 1 minute read • Join the conversation
Dave Banks, a man from Glendale Arizona, is irate about his wife's alleged cheating. So irate, that he's getting the police to investigate her. That's because adultery is illegal in Arizona and almost half of the 50 U.S. states.
From KPHO the CBS affiliate in Glendale :
Wife of Arizona man being criminally investigated under U.S. anti-adultery laws Back to video
Dave Banks believes the archaic law should be enforced because he says there's nothing else being done to save families these days. He said more than 10 years ago, his wife started cheating on him. "She's had seven or eight affairs that I know of," he said. He stayed in the marriage, he said, because they have two sons. But Banks learned through Glendale's Victim Assistance Program that infidelity was not only a marital matter, it's criminal. ARS 13-1408 makes adultery a class-three misdemeanor in Arizona.
It's difficult to see if the crime will actually be prosecuted in court, as it would likely end up being a legal test case.
The accusation isn't being taken seriously by everyone, however. Banks' wife Traci told the local ABC affiliate said that she thinks the accusations are funny :
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She's from China and took a Master's degree in engineering from Warwick University (England).
Anna Xiao has only been modeling for a short time, but she has some pretty awesome photos. She was born in China and has been living in Hong Kong, but more recently has been traveling the world and blogging about her adventures—and more importantly getting into some pretty racy photo shoots.


Growing up in the Pacific Northwest, in an active and outdoorsy family, and surrounded by friends who came from active and outdoorsy families, I took health and fitness for granted. In my privileged and low-stress world, fresh foods and organic vegetables miraculously appeared in the refrigerator, and volleyball practice kept my body sleek and strong. But then, as for many people, I went off to college and realized that becoming personally responsible for what I ate and when and how my body got exercise was much more difficult than I thought. Around the middle of my junior year, and about 20-25 pounds heavier than when I began college, I decided I needed to make a serious change. I started working out more consistently and I started meal planning instead of buying junk food or eating out every day; I discovered just how difficult it is to sift through all of the diet and fitness information that is floating around on the internet.
When I first started paying more attention to my nutrition, I was of the mindset that "eating healthy" meant veggies, fruit, whole grains, dairy, and meat; basically no highly processed or high-sugar/fat foods. Which, to a certain extant, is completely valid! However, the more I dug into the issue of nutrition, I found that most of the information was very misleading. I tried eating the way I saw my very fit friends eating (small meals throughout the day) and spent several weeks feeling viciously hungry and grumpy. I tried eating the way the American Heart Association suggests, with low-fat and low-calorie meals…again I was grumpy and dissatisfied. Finally I tried eating paleo, felt great, and quickly went broke trying to keep organic produce and high quality meat as my primary nourishment. Which brought me back to realizing how much I took the low-stress and privileged world I was raised in for granted. If I wanted to be able to afford to eat extremely healthy and get enough nourishment for how much I was working out, it meant I couldn't go out and eat with friends, it meant I couldn't go out and buy coffee or clothes whenever I wanted. And this was just the food aspect! When it came to fitness, I often had to make choices between fitting a workout into my day and getting errands done. I started making more of an effort to do active things with my loved ones, such as going for walks, but it was hard. I realized that not only does our culture promote certain physical ideals, but we also urge people to live a lifestyle that not many can afford or have time for.
Produce is significantly more expensive than packaged and processed food. Working 40+ hours a week and having to take care of children or family members takes up the time that people are encouraged to be spending on exercising. Going for a nice walk with a friend requires safe neighborhoods, green spaces, and TIME. I happen to be blessed and live in a beautiful and nature-accessible place, but this is not the case for most people, and yet our culture tries to make it sound as easy as "take the stairs" and "just buy better food!" Clearly it isn't that simple.
I don't have a good solution and I am able to see that this issue is a deeply intricate web of economics, sustainability, industry, social norms, and culture. But I have at least learned to never judge a person for their appearance or apparent lifestyle, because sometimes people just don't abundant options open to them.


Top Five Halo Montages | The Earth Needs Rebels!
I am a big fan of the Halo series on the Xbox console and have been since Halo Combat Evolved which first appeared on the Xbox and PC. My favourite aspect of these games has always been the online multiplayer side where you can compete with other gamers online in ranked or social playlists.
Halo can be a very competitive game and I sometimes feel that people take it a little too seriously. I have found in the past that my best play comes when I am just enjoying the game for what it is and not trying to hard or thinking negatively about the people who I'm playing with. I wasn't always like this and would sometimes make myself annoyed with the game which would eventually lead to me turning the Xbox off in frustration.
My change of approach to this game came when I started watching Halo Montages on YouTube and the Halo 3 Forum. I could see straight away that the best montages where by people that simply enjoyed the game and weren't trying too hard. Watching these montages was a revelation to me and I could see them having an impact on the way I play the game almost immediately.
The main reason I enjoy watching Halo montages are for entertainment, strategy hints and tips. Below you will find my top five montages of the month.
Kampy :: Apex – A Halo 3 Montage – AMAZING Gameplay – A MUST SEE!!!
This is a Halo 3 montage from Kampy, entitled, "Apex," and it contains some of the BEST gameplay I have EVER seen. At least one clip in this montage will make your jaw drop, I promise you. And unlike most of his montages, there is a hefty amount of MLG gameplay so everyone's happy. What's really awesome about this montage is that every time you think the clip is going to end, he just gets another kill. The editing in this montage is also great. It's quite simple, but you can tell he put a considerable amount of effort into it. Simply put, it gets the job done, allowing you to focus on important stuff, the gameplay. In my opinion, this montage is at least as good as his 4th, if not better. Anyways, enjoy!
This is Chimp's 1st Halo: Reach montage, edited by Klima. The gameplay is really sick, showcasing tons of nice sniper multikills, a lot of which have no scopes. Look out for the nice killtrocity on Boardwalk and 2v2 overkill on Asylum. The editing is great as well, flowing very well with the soundtrack. The syncing is well done, the effects are just clean overall, and the editing never takes away from the footage. Even though the video jumps through music selections a bit too often, the soundtrack is unique and I did like it. This is one of the better Reach montages to have come out recently so I hope you enjoy it.
Dutchy :: Final Halo 3 Montage – AMAZING Gameplay!
This is Dutchy's final Halo 3 montage, edited by himself. If Dutchy was trying to go out with a bang, he certainly accomplished that with this video. I just found everything in this montage to be fantastic. The soundtrack is very relaxed, and the editing flows incredibly well with it. The syncing is fantastic, and the couple angles here and there are very well done. And of course, with Dutchy being Dutchy, the gameplay is sick nasty. The montage starts off with a ridiculous no scope killtrocity in a game of MLG Team Slayer on Narrows and goes on to showcase several more incredible clips such as an overkill snipe on the guy going mancannon, a ricochet overkill extermination, and a play on Guardian in which he grenades himself to get the higher ground, netting a killtacular shortly afterwards. Similar to Kampy's Apex, this montage perfectly pulls off the classic laid back editing with mind-blowing gameplay formula. Enjoy!
This is a Halo 3 trick jumping montage from the trick jumping clan, "Project Air," entitled, "Origins," edited by MasteroMexico and featuring an introduction and credits from Joshington. Nothing's perfect, but this video comes pretty damn close. The jumps are flat out ridiculous, and I was just shocked at how much of the material was original even though trick jumping has been around for quite a long time and dozens of sick trick jumping montages have been made. There are at least 5 jumps in here that will make you say, "How in the world did they think up of that?" The editing is also fantastic. Of course, it accomplishes the task of syncing a couple things here and there and having great, smoothly done angles to showcase the jumps in a clear manner, but it goes far beyond that. I really liked the simply yet very unique intro, and the credits are among some of the best credits I have ever seen in a Halo video (if you're a Mirror's Edge fan like me, you will definitely love them). To top it all off, I loved the soundtrack as well. It was relaxing, unique, and just very melodic in general. All in all, this video simply does everything right, and I really hope you enjoy it. So… enjoy!
This is |Phalanx | 's 5th Montage, titled We Built This City, based on the song playing. It features amazing gameplay, as do all the videos I take time to upload here. Like his other videos, tremendous editing, snipes, amazing sticks, many multikills, battle rifle ownage, etc. Also, in the very end, it shows a Kilimanjaro! Great footage that I hope you enjoy!
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using System;

using IndexReader = Lucene.Net.Index.IndexReader;

namespace Lucene.Net.Search
{

    ///
Expert: Collectors are primarily meant to be used to
    /// gather raw results from a search, and implement sorting
    /// or custom result filtering, collation, etc.

    ///
    ///
Lucene's core collectors are derived from Collector.
    /// Likely your application can use one of these classes, or
    /// subclass <see cref="TopDocsCollector{T}" />, instead of
    /// implementing Collector directly:
    ///
    /// <list type="bullet">
    ///
    /// <item><see cref="TopDocsCollector{T}" /> is an abstract base class
    /// that assumes you will retrieve the top N docs,
    /// according to some criteria, after collection is
    /// done.  </item>
    ///
    /// <item><see cref="TopScoreDocCollector" /> is a concrete subclass
    /// <see cref="TopDocsCollector{T}" /> and sorts according to score +
    /// docID.  This is used internally by the <see cref="IndexSearcher" />
    /// search methods that do not take an
    /// explicit <see cref="Sort" />. It is likely the most frequently
    /// used collector.</item>
    ///
    /// <item><see cref="TopFieldCollector" /> subclasses <see cref="TopDocsCollector{T}" />
    /// and sorts according to a specified
    /// <see cref="Sort" /> object (sort by field).  This is used
    /// internally by the <see cref="IndexSearcher" /> search methods
    /// that take an explicit <see cref="Sort" />.</item>
    ///
    /// <item><see cref="TimeLimitingCollector" />, which wraps any other
    /// Collector and aborts the search if it's taken too much
    /// time.</item>
    ///
    /// <item><see cref="PositiveScoresOnlyCollector" /> wraps any other
    /// Collector and prevents collection of hits whose score
    /// is <= 0.0</item>
    ///
    /// </list>
    ///
    ///
Collector decouples the score from the collected doc:
    /// the score computation is skipped entirely if it's not
    /// needed.  Collectors that do need the score should
    /// implement the <see cref="SetScorer" /> method, to hold onto the
    /// passed <see cref="Scorer" /> instance, and call <see cref="Scorer.Score()" />
    /// within the collect method to compute the
    /// current hit's score.  If your collector may request the
    /// score for a single hit multiple times, you should use
    /// <see cref="ScoreCachingWrappingScorer" />.

    ///
    ///
NOTE: The doc that is passed to the collect
    /// method is relative to the current reader. If your
    /// collector needs to resolve this to the docID space of the
    /// Multi*Reader, you must re-base it by recording the
    /// docBase from the most recent setNextReader call.  Here's
    /// a simple example showing how to collect docIDs into a
    /// BitSet:

    ///
    ///
    /// Searcher searcher = new IndexSearcher(indexReader);
    /// final BitSet bits = new BitSet(indexReader.MaxDoc);
    /// searcher.search(query, new Collector() {
    /// private int docBase;
    ///
    /// // ignore scorer
    /// public void setScorer(Scorer scorer) {
    /// }
    ///
    /// // accept docs out of order (for a BitSet it doesn't matter)
    /// public boolean acceptsDocsOutOfOrder() {
    /// return true;
    /// }
    ///
    /// public void collect(int doc) {
    /// bits.set(doc + docBase);
    /// }
    ///
    /// public void setNextReader(IndexReader reader, int docBase) {
    /// this.docBase = docBase;
    /// }
    /// });
    ///
    ///
    ///
Not all collectors will need to rebase the docID.  For
    /// example, a collector that simply counts the total number
    /// of hits would skip it.

    ///
    ///
NOTE: Prior to 2.9, Lucene silently filtered
    /// out hits with score <= 0.  As of 2.9, the core Collectors
    /// no longer do that.  It's very unusual to have such hits
    /// (a negative query boost, or function query returning
    /// negative custom scores, could cause it to happen).  If
    /// you need that behavior, use <see cref="PositiveScoresOnlyCollector" />
    ///.

    ///
    ///
NOTE: This API is experimental and might change
    /// in incompatible ways in the next release.

    ///
    ///
    /// <since> 2.9
    /// </since>
    public abstract class Collector
    {

        ///  Called before successive calls to <see cref="Collect(int)" />. Implementations
        /// that need the score of the current document (passed-in to
        /// <see cref="Collect(int)" />), should save the passed-in Scorer and call
        /// scorer.score() when needed.
        ///
        public abstract void  SetScorer(Scorer scorer);

        ///  Called once for every document matching a query, with the unbased document
        /// number.
        ///
        ///

        /// Note: This is called in an inner search loop. For good search performance,
        /// implementations of this method should not call <see cref="Searcher.Doc(int)" /> or
        /// <see cref="Lucene.Net.Index.IndexReader.Document(int)" /> on every hit.
        /// Doing so can slow searches by an order of magnitude or more.
        ///
        public abstract void  Collect(int doc);

        ///  Called before collecting from each IndexReader. All doc ids in
        /// <see cref="Collect(int)" /> will correspond to reader.
        ///
        /// Add docBase to the current IndexReaders internal document id to re-base ids
        /// in <see cref="Collect(int)" />.
        ///
        ///
        /// <param name="reader">next IndexReader
        /// </param>
        /// <param name="docBase">
        /// </param>
        public abstract void  SetNextReader(IndexReader reader, int docBase);

        ///
        /// Return <c>true</c> if this collector does not
        /// require the matching docIDs to be delivered in int sort
        /// order (smallest to largest) to <see cref="Collect" />.
        ///
 Most Lucene Query implementations will visit
        /// matching docIDs in order.  However, some queries
        /// (currently limited to certain cases of <see cref="BooleanQuery" />)
        /// can achieve faster searching if the
        /// <c>Collector</c> allows them to deliver the
        /// docIDs out of order.
        ///
 Many collectors don't mind getting docIDs out of
        /// order, so it's important to return <c>true</c>
        /// here.
        ///
        /// <value> </value>
        public abstract bool AcceptsDocsOutOfOrder { get; }
    }
}


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The Five Days
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In 1848 Milan, a thief and a baker witness the chaotic final days of the Italian Revolution.
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Reviewed by Red-Barracuda 6 / 10
A real curiosity piece from Dario Argento
I have been aware of this film for many, many years now. Yet I always used to forget it existed when I thought of Dario Argento's filmography. I guess he is such am auteur that it seemed really bizarre that he would direct a historical comedy. Having said that, he did seem to have a penchant for including comedy into most of his his gialli and horror films. But with the odd exceptions such as the comic interplay between David Hemmings and Daria Nicolodi in Deep Red, I have to say that his attempts at humour always seemed really clunky. So for this reason, I never really made any attempt to seek The Five Days of Milan out. As it turned out, a fellow IMDb user kindly sorted me out a copy of the film and I was finally able to check it out for myself.
During the final days of the Italian revolution a thief escapes from jail in the chaos. He hooks up with a baker and they travel the streets of Milan together witnessing the historic events. Unfortunately, the idealism of the revolution quickly turns to hypocrisy, rape and murder.
As it turned out this was Argento's only film to move away from the giallo/horror genres. It wasn't successful seemingly but it isn't necessarily difficult to understand why. It has a wildly varying tone that veers from slapstick to brutal rape. This must've been quite disconcerting for many at the time. The comedy isn't particularly funny to be perfectly honest; although this didn't really surprise me too much given my experience with Argento's other films. But the more sober and serious material is quite effectively handled at times. And the film does seem to have pretty decent production values and does look pretty good as well. Argento's stylistic approach is massively reduced to fit the period film aesthetics, which is a shame in some ways but probably sensible overall. It's a movie that has very Italian specific subject matter and was no doubt only ever conceived of serving the domestic market, so from a non-Italian's point-of-view it doesn't fully make a connection at times. Nevertheless, I have to say that it was a movie that I found more rewarding and interesting than I ever thought I would.
Reviewed by eibon09 8 / 10
Only Deviation From Giallo Genre For Dario Argento
Dario Argento wanted to do something different after completing the Animal trilogy. He wanted to do a film that got away from the confines of the giallo and was for the Italian viewer only. Dario decided for this kind of film to be a period piece called Le Cinque Giornate/Five Days in Milan(1973). Dario's work on the excellent Once Upon a Time in the West(1969) played a big part in the making of the movie.
Five Days in Milan(1973) shares many traits with a Sergio Leone film known as A Fistful of Dynamite(1972). The story takes place during the Italian Revolution of 1848. It tried to copy the style of The Wild Bunch(1969) without the same results of success. The story by Dario Argento is not as good as some of the stories for his best Giallos.
The acting is average and the acting of the lead actor is not very good. The director did this film because of a feeling that the Giallo had run its course and was done. Argento tried to do a remake of Frankenstein before embarking to do another Giallo that would be better then the three previous ones of Bird With The Crystal Plumage(1969), Cat O'Nine Tails(1970), and 4 Flies on Grey Velvet(1972). Five Days of Milan(1973) is an unique film by Dario Argento that is for Dario Argento fans only.
Reviewed by morrison-dylan-fan 7 / 10
The Five Days of Milan (The English Subtitled Edition).
After having watched the two brilliant Argento-directed episodes of his sadly forgotten,short-lived Giallo TV show Door Into Darkness (alo reviewed),I went to check on his IMDb page to see what Giallo Dario had made as a follow up to the series.
To my surprise,I discovered the in 1973,Argento had decided that with the last of his "Giallo Animal Trilogy" (Four Flies On Grey Velvet-also reviewed) he had taken the genre to its absolute peak,
(Although,after the box office failure of this film,Argento would rush back to the genre with the highly acclaimed Deep Red-also reviewed) and that now was the perfect time for him to deliver a historical epic. Checking for the film on Amazon UK,I was thrilled to find that the movie had recently come out on DVD.
Sadly,when the parcel arrived,I discovered that the DVD did not have an English soundtrack or English Subtitles!
Having originally given up on finding an English version of the film,my determination to get my hands on the film got a huge boost,when I began talking to an Amazon UK customer,who had spent some time trying to find an English version of the film.
Now knowing that I was not the only person in the UK searching for Argento's lost film,I spent the next month looking in every direction of the internet in the faint hope that I would find an English version of the film,in the internet wilderness. Where,five days ago (not of Milan!),I unbelievably discovered,what I hope would be a piece of Dario Argento's lost past.
View on the film:
For the strong style he gave the title, directing auteur Dario Argento takes an interestingly measured,elegant approach to the film,with his highly stylish camera moves being toned down,and replaced with some poignant moments of slow-motion (which seem to be used to show that death/dying is the only thing that can block out the sounds of chaos around the characters struggle with the so- called "revolution")and some moments of sped-up music,which oddly recall the soundtrack of Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange (who would also do a period film shortly after the making of Five Days called Barry Lyndon.)
With the strong screenplay being split into chapters,Argento shows a surprisingly comedic side for the first half of the film,with some of the scenes between the two main characters and the other residents of Milan almost turning into brilliant bits of silent comedy!
Looking at the film as a whole,actually shows those moments to be one of the main brilliant things about the film,due to Argento smartly using the humour to make the bond between Marcelli and Cainazzo very easy for the audience to connect with,thanks to Argento showing the friendship develop during their meetings with the other residents of Milan,as the landscape in Milan turns into a much bleaker place.
Having built up the friendship of Marcelli and Cainazzo. Argento stunningly uses the second half of the film,to show the far from well-meaning revolution taking place around them.
One of the main things,that almost bookend the changing mood of the film is Argento's use of babies,from the first section of the film,where it is shown that new lives can start during a revolution,to the second half,where a child's family is completely destroyed due to the deeply corrupt revolution choking the life out of all of the citizen's that it engulfs.
Along with the destruction of new life,Argento also shows in one of the strongest scenes of the film,that no matter how much any new leader says that they are going to make sure that none of the residents are just "dirt on the shoes",the in the end,no one lower down the ladder will ever be offered a seat at the main table.
Argento shows this idea,by impressively doing a scene where Cainazzo is hiding under a banquet table,and secretly staring at the shoes of the future high and mighty.which allows Cainazzo the only opportunity to see the "true" face of the people,who instead of changing Milan for the better,may actually change it into something worse than it ever was.


Since year 2017, radio telescopes of Ventspils International Radio Astronomy Centre (VIRAC) are used to study intra-day and inter-day variability of various types of active galactic nuclei (AGN). These studies are based on a generalization of the results of a 40-year monitoring of extragalactic radio sources flux conducted by Michigan Radio Astronomy Observatory in the USA using wavelet and Fourier analysis performed at Odessa Observatory of the Radio Astronomy Institute of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) of Ukraine. On this basis, a catalogue for the properties of the variability of extragalactic radio sources was created.
The extension of the temporal spectrum of flux changes to inter-diurnal and diurnal scales is carried out with the help of VIRAC radio telescopes RT-32 and RT-16 respectively with 32- and 16-meter antennas. The intra-day variability of the calibration source 3C295 (Type 2 Seyfert Galaxy) is detected and preliminary results presented in the paper for discussion.
Several other radio sources (3C 273, 3C 454.3, OJ 287, BL Lac) are suspected to have variability of such type and are scheduled for monitoring observations as well. The paper discusses possibility of observing these promising objects during VLBI sessions by EVN and parallel long-term total flux monitoring with VIRAC antennas. The temporal changes in flux linked with VLBI maps opens opportunity to determine the nature of the physical processes that form fast flux changes of various types of active galactic nuclei.
Keywords: VIRAC, radio astronomy, AGN monitoring, intra-day and inter-day variability.


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Wagon Automotive este o companie producătoare de componente auto din Marea Britanie.
Wagon Automotive, cu sediul central în Anglia, este un grup care are ca activitate design-ul și producerea de caroserii, sisteme de închidere și de confort pentru industria auto.
Compania are 23 de fabrici în zece țări din Europa, precum Franța, Germania, Italia, Cehia, Spania și Turcia.
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Hello! I am a little black Piaggio Ape 50 Europe. As you can see, I've got an Ape on my back! That because my boss is @apemenandthebean, we sell mobile coffee while looking pretty epic. Have you been wondering where all the little cars are? Well, we're in hibernation! Hiding from the cold, windy London weather! I heard it was snowing the other day, brrrr! I'll stay here in the garage, it's cold but dry!


As part of a National Endowment for the Humanities Challenge Grant, the Houston Endowment funded the Jesse H. and Mary Gibbs Jones Professor of Southwestern Studies. The Jones Professor of Southwestern Studies team-teaches the Southwestern Studies courses with the faculty of the Center for the Study of the Southwest, helps organize and present symposia, and assists the Center with other regional projects related to the professor's discipline.
Dr. Geneva Gano received her Ph.D. in English from the University of California-Los Angeles in 2007 and held a postdoctoral fellowship at the Bill Lane Center for the American West from 2007 to 2008. Before joining the Department of English at Texas State University in 2015, Dr. Gano also taught at Indiana University and Antioch College. She is the author of numerous scholarly journal articles, chapters, book reviews, and papers presented at national and international meetings. Among her works in progress is a book, U.S. Modernism at Continent's End: Carmel, Provincetown, Santa Fe.
During her three-year appointment, Dr. Gano will convene a symposium on the influences of the Mexican Revolution on the development of U.S. modernism across the arts and a lecture series on women writers in the greater Southwest. In conjunction with The Wittliff Collections, Dr. Gano will help to establish further research on Chicana author Sandra Cisneros' relationship to San Antonio and Texas. She is also developing a study-in-America program that will take graduate and undergraduate students to Santa Fe and Taos to further their studies in the history and culture of New Mexico.