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Q: Merging / Overlapping captured videos in iOS I am trying to merge two videos filmed with the device. I want the end result (the two different video files) to be merged together as one. I can't find any framework-info/documentation on merge-lapping videos anywhere. I've been reading up on AVFoundation for capture and playback, but I can't find anything on this. I am not talking about the usual editing, like adding at the end of another clip, but more like playing them at the same time.
To visually represent what I'm looking for:
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To make sure you understand: I am not talking about displaying two instances of video in different views/layers on top of one another, I am talking about creating a new movie file, using one as base (v1) and just applying a small version of another (v2) in a certain origin and scale and position (frame). The end result would be a single file showing two clips.
Does anyone know if this is at all possible?
EDIT: I'm guessing this is essentially the same kind of question like how to add a watermark to a video. I'll start looking there..

A: You should read about AVMutableComposition. You can make two tracks from your assets, add transform instructions with AVMutableVideoCompositionInstruction and export using AVAssetExportSession.

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North Pacific Fishery Management Council; Public Meetings
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public meetings.
SUMMARY: The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) and its advisory committees will hold public meetings in Anchorage, AK.
DATES: The North Pacific Fishery Management Council and its advisory committees will hold public meetings April 6-14, 2010. The Council will begin its plenary session at 8 a.m. on Thursday April 8 continuing through Wednesday April 14. The Council's Advisory Panel (AP) will begin at 8 a.m., Tuesday April 6 and continue through Saturday April 10. The Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) will begin at 8 a.m. on Tuesday April 6 and continue through Thursday April 8, 2010. The Enforcement Committee will meet Wednesday April 7 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. The Ecosystem Committee will meet Wednesday April 7 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. All meetings are open to the public, except executive sessions.
ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at the Anchorage Hilton Hotel, 500 West 3rd Avenue, Anchorage, AK.
Council address: North Pacific Fishery Management Council, 605 W. 4th Avenue, Suite 306, Anchorage, AK 99501-2252.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Witherell, Council staff; telephone: (907) 271-2809.
Council Plenary Session: The agenda for the Council's plenary session will include the following issues. The Council may take appropriate action on any of the issues identified.
1. Executive Director's Report
NMFS Management Report
ADF&G Report
U.S. Coast Guard Report
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Report
Protected Species Report
2. Steller Sea Lion Biological Opinion (BiOP) (T): Review BiOp/schedule/process, and take action as necessary.
3. Halibut Charter Permit Endorsements: Review analysis and take final action to clarify permit endorsements.
4. Groundfish Annual Catch Limits (ACL): Receive report from Non-Target Species Committee; Final action on Groundfish ACL requirements.
5. Gulf of Alaska (GOA) Rockfish Program: Initial review of analysis for Central GOA limited access rockfish program.
6. Bering Sea Crab Rationalization Program Issues: Emergency Exemptions from Regionalization - Stakeholder proposals; Final action on Western Aleutian Golden King Crab regional delivery.
7. Crab Management: Preliminary review of BSAI Snow/Tanner crab rebuilding plans; Preliminary review of Pribilof Blue King crab rebuilding plan.
8. Scallop Management: Review Stock Assessment Fishery Evaluation report; preliminary review of scallop ACL analysis.
9. Miscellaneous Groundfish Issues: Initial review of analysis for controlling Gulf of Alaska (GOA) Tanner crab bycatch; review discussion paper on GOA Chinook Salmon Bycatch; review progress on Northern Bering Sea Research Plan; receive Amendment 80 Cooperative report; action as necessary.
10. Miscellaneous Issues: Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) 5 year review, action as necessary; review and adopt Habitats Areas of Particular Concern (HAPC) criteria and priorities; report and action as necessary on Aleutian Island Team terms of reference; rural Community Outreach Report; action as necessary.
11. Staff Tasking: Review Committees and tasking; review process and timing for King crab Electronic Data reporting.
12. Other Business
The SSC agenda will include the following issues:
Steller Sea Lion BiOP
GOA Rockfish
Scallop Management
Miscellaneous Groundfish Issues
The Advisory Panel will address most of the same agenda issues as the Council, except for #1 reports, and #3 halibut charter permit endorsements. The Agenda is subject to change, and the latest version will be posted athttp://www.alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/npfmc/.
Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come before this group for discussion, those issues may not be the subject of formal action during this meeting. Action will be restricted to those issues specifically listed in this notice and any issues arising after publication of this notice that require emergency action under section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, provided the public has been notified of the Council's intent to take final action to address the emergency.
These meetings are physically accessible to people with disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids should be directed to Gail Bendixen at (907) 271-2809 at least 7 working days prior to the meeting date.
Dated: March 12, 2010. Tracey L. Thompson, Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

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The network "Gemeinsam gegen die Tierindustrie", is a cross-movement, Germany-wide alliance that was founded at an activists gathering in July 2019. Together we are calling for the abolition of the animal industry. We are convinced that we ourselves must take action to promote a process of social change because corporations and governments will not take the steps we believe are necessary. We need an agricultural shift towards a solidarity-based, ecological production and organization that neither harms others nor is geared to profit.
We are mobilising around a plan to send a clear signal for the abolition of the animal industry with a publicly announced mass action of civil disobedience. We are consciously targeting key players and profiteers in the animal industry, for example corporations like the PHW Group, the Tönnies Holding, Vion Food and Westfleisch which have enormous economic power and are a major influence on the entire animal industry. At the same time, our protest is not only against these corporations, but against the whole system of oppression and exploitation of people, animals and the environment.
Our alliance is open for groups and people from different movements and a wide political spectrum. In particular:
the animal rights and animal liberation movement, which fights against the animal industry and all other forms of animal exploitation and for an end to the devaluation of non-human animals;
the climate protection and climate justice movement, which criticizes the animal industry for its enormous climate damage, and calls for solidarity with the global consequences of climate change;
the movements for smallholder and self-determined agriculture, which support the struggle of small farmers against the animal industry and demand agroecology and food sovereignty;
the environmental protection movement, which fights against the diverse environmental impacts of the animal industry and for ecological agriculture;
trade unionists and labour law initiatives that fight to end miserable working conditions and exploitation in the animal industry and for the strengthening of the rights of workers, especially migrants;
citizens' initiatives fighting locally against the construction and expansion of animal industry facilities.
We are combining our strength to act against the animal industry. We are combining and networking the various struggles in a spirit of solidarity, and we respect that our motives may not be identical in every point. In addition to the common network demands, alliance members will bring their own additional demands with the campaign.
As part of the left-wing, we understand our struggle to be feminist, anti-fascist, anti-racist and anti-capitalist. In this context, we are in solidarity with everyone who resists the destruction of the climate and the environment, the exploitation of humans and animals. We are aware of everyday and structural discrimination against each other, including discrimination based on social origin and social status, and we want to actively fight against it.
We are an open alliance, to which interested parties are welcome to join. We make decisions democratically and we always strive for consensus. We are currently preparing a joint campaign against the animal industry in 2021.
Due to the global pandemic of the virus SARS-Cov-2 we have postponed the action which was originally planned for June 2020.
Below you will find our call for the mass action we had planned for June 2020:
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It's often assumed that people with disabilities are hyper visible. It's also often assumed that disability accommodations or accessibility measures are hyper visible, too. For example, when people think about disability and accessibility, they often picture accessible bathrooms, elevators and parking spaces.
The reality, of course, is that many disabilities, including mental health disabilities, are not visible.
The reality, of course, is that many disabilities, including mental health disabilities, are not visible. The same is true for effective accommodations or accessibility practices. In fact, we need to think outside the box when it comes to mental health accessibility. It's not about building ramps or widening doors – it's about innovation and inclusion.
Think Outside the Box: Mental Health Accessibility Project is a Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA), Ontario initiative that promotes innovation in mental health accessibility. To do this, we are collecting and sharing success stories about mental health accessibility and accommodation. The result: a web-based resource that profiles information and innovative practices about mental health accessibility and accommodation.
Individuals have told us that organizational policies welcoming emotional support animals and support people make a significant difference in their day to day lives. Service providers have told us that partnerships with mental health organizations help them identify creative solutions to accessibility barriers for people with mental health disabilities.
As you know, the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 (AODA) and the Ontario Human Rights Coderequire public- and private-sector organizations in Ontario to increase accessibility and provide accommodations for people with disabilities, including mental health-related disabilities. CMHA Ontario receives regular requests from public-sector stakeholders for advice on mental health accessibility. These requests often include misunderstandings or misinformation about the nature of mental health-related disabilities and what accessibility means in this context. It is our hope that this project will provide stakeholders with the needed tools to develop their own accessibility solutions.
It is our hope that this project will provide stakeholders with the needed tools to develop their own accessibility solutions.
In addition, CMHA Ontario receives requests from governmental and non-governmental organizations regarding compliance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act,2005(AODA) and its standards. In general, organizations are seeking information and resources about how to increase the accessibility of programs, policies, and practices for people with mental health disabilities. CMHA Ontario has received requests from the Ontario Human Rights Commission; the Canadian Transportation Agency; the Family Responsibility Office at the Ministry of Community and Social Services; Presto, a division of Metrolinx; and Elections Ontario. At the local level, CMHA branch public educators also receive similar requests.
To share your story, contact Sheela Subramanian at ssubramanian@ontario.cmha.ca. This project is advised by the Accessibility Directorate of Ontario, ARCH Disability Law Centre, CMHA Champlain East, CMHA Sudbury/Manitoulin, CMHA York and South Simcoe, Mental Health Works and the Ontario Human Rights Commission.
Sheela Subramanian is a Policy Analyst with CMHA Ontario.
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A Summer Up North: Henry Aaron and the Legend of Eau Claire Baseball
by Jerry Poling
University of Wisconsin Press, 2002
Paper: 978-0-299-18184-0 | Cloth: 978-0-299-18180-2 | eISBN: 978-0-299-18183-3
Library of Congress Classification GV865.A25P65 2002
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June 12, 1952—only a local sportswriter showed up at the Eau Claire airport to greet a newly signed eighteen-year-old shortstop from Alabama toting a cardboard suitcase. "I was scared as hell," said Henry Aaron, recalling his arrival as the new recruit on the city's Class C minor league baseball team.
Forty-two years later, as Aaron approached the stadium where the Eau Claire Bears once played, an estimated five thousand people surrounded a newly raised bronze statue of a young "Hank" Aaron at bat. "I had goosebumps," he said later. "A lot of things happened to me in my twenty-three years as a ballplayer, but nothing touched me more than that day in Eau Claire." For the people of Eau Claire, Aaron's summer two years before his Major League debut with the Milwaukee Braves symbolizes a magical time, when baseball fans in a small city in northern Wisconsin could live a part of the dream.
Jerry Poling is the news-wire editor and a columnist for the Eau Claire Leader Telegram. He is the author of Downfield: Untold Stories of the Green Bay Packers.
Chapter 1: North to the Northern League
Chapter 2: Eau Claire Baseball
Chapter 3: On the Road in the Northern League
Chapter 4: Statuesque
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What materials make these products so unique?
Originally these were used as teething beads and have over the years developed as a product for celebrating African craftsmanship. The seeds come in soft natural grey colours, and they are perfect for making jewellery, decorating, and even for our unique home décor range and Christmas decorations. This tropical wild grass seed has been gathered for centuries. when the polished grain-like seeds are mature, there is a perfect hole through the middle, forming natures perfect bead. What a great shape: Almost egg like, these beads measure approximately 8x10mm, and have a 1mm hole. These are very tactile and each seed has its own unique natural colour and shade.
Bead and wire crafting is an original African art form. African men would spend spare time, partially due to high unemployment, creating recycled crafts from scrap wire, tin and other materials. This has become known as township art. The wire framing is mostly done by men, as it requires considerable strength in addition to skill. Various individuals and organizations discovered this talent and assist these budding artisans with materials and training to enable them to develop marketable skills and crafts.
Many artisans, mostly amateurs, can be found selling their beaded animals and key chains on African street corners and at craft markets and the more talented artisans are selling their work at more upscale venues and for export. We are confident that ZUZA Trading wire beaded products are of a very high quality.
The Zulu Love Bean, as a treasured African keepsake or gift, symbolises the potential in all of us to grow through love, luck and happiness and to pass it on to others. The Zulu Love Bean is as special as it is rare. As the largest bean in the world the Entada Gigas Love Bean starts its journey by escaping its massive seed pod (up to 2 meters long!) and drifts along swampy Zululand rivers set free to the sea.
The Love Bean (also known as the 'sea bean' or 'sea heart') is dispersed by ocean currents, often travelling 1000s of kilometres to find new suitable habitats. The tough outer shell endures the salt water and stormy seas until it reaches fertile soil. It is a matter of luck and fortune if a bean survives to take root and grow. The Love Bean is thus a symbol of perseverance, endurance, faith and resulting bountiful rewards.
In traditional African folklore, the ancestors come from the sea. Since the Zulu Love Beans wash up on the shores of Zululand's beaches, they are believed to be sent as gifts from the Ancestors, bestowing blessings of good fortune. Thus finding one of these rare beans is considered to be very lucky. Exchanged between friends and lovers it brings luck, love and happiness and is also believed to render one totally irresistible to potential sweethearts. The Love Bean is thus combined with traditional African beadwork, and is found on masks, baskets, belts and jewellery.
Shweshwe, is a printed dyed cotton fabric widely used for traditional Sotho (South Africa & Lesotho) clothing Originally dyed indigo, the fabric is manufactured in a variety of colours and printing designs characterised by intricate geometric patterns. Due to its timeless popularity, shweshwe has been described as the denim, or tartan, of South Africa.


Leap Wireless International, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides digital wireless services under the "Cricket" brand name in the United States. LEAP was upgraded by analysts at Mizuho from a "neutral" rating to a "buy" rating. The analysts now have a $9.50 price target on the stock, up previously from $8.00.
LRCX designs, manufactures, markets, refurbishes, and services semiconductor processing equipment used in the fabrication of integrated circuits. LRCX was upgraded by analysts at Needham & Company from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating. LRCX has a 1 year price target of 47.67.
ONXX, a biopharmaceutical company, engages in the development and commercialization of therapies that target the molecular mechanisms causing cancer the United States, Canada, and Europe. ONXX was upgraded by analysts at Goldman Sachs to a "conviction buy" rating. ONXX has a 1 year price target of 48.00.
RHHBY operates in the fields of pharmaceuticals and diagnostics worldwide. It discovers, develops, and provides diagnostic and therapeutic products and services that enable patients and healthcare professionals in the early detection, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases. RHHBY was upgraded by analysts at Deutsche Bank from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating. RHHBY has a 1 year price target of 50.35.
SWKS, together with its subsidiaries, offers analog and mixed signal semiconductors worldwide. SWKS was upgraded by analysts at Deutsche Bank from a "buy" rating to a "positive" rating. The analysts now have a $23.00 price target on the stock. SWKS has a 1 year price target of 28.66.
VPHM, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the development and commercialization of therapeutic products that address serious diseases in the United States and internationally. VPHM was upgraded by analysts at WBB Securities from a "buy" rating to a "strong buy" rating. The analysts now have a $31.25 price target on the stock, up previously from $24.50. VPHM has a 1 year price target of 30.52.
CATM, together with its subsidiaries, provides automated consumer financial services through its network of automated teller machines (ATMs) and multi-function financial services kiosks. CATM is now covered by analysts at Compass Point. The analysts set a "buy" rating and a $31.00 price target on the stock. CATM has a 1 year price target of 30.00.
GIFI operates as a fabricator of offshore drilling and production platforms, hull and deck sections of floating production platforms, and other specialized structures used in the development and production of offshore oil and gas reserves. GIFI is now covered by analysts at BB&T. The analysts set a "buy" rating and a $35.00 price target on the stock. GIFI has a 1 year price target of 36.60.
NDRO focuses on acquiring and owning a net profits interest representing the right to receive an 80% of the net profits from the sale of oil and natural gas production from certain properties located in the states of Texas, Louisiana, and New Mexico held by Enduro Resource Partners LLC. NDRO is now covered by analysts at Ladenburg Thalmann. The analysts set a "buy" rating and a $22.00 price target on the stock. NDRO has a 1 year price target of 22.75.
ZIOP, a biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the development and commercialization of in-licensed cancer drugs in North America. ZIOP is now covered by analysts at Global Hunter Securities. The analysts set a "buy" rating and a $9.00 price target on the stock. ZIOP has a 1 year price target of 8.63.
BWLD engages in the ownership, operation, and franchise of restaurants in the United States. BWLD was upgraded by analysts at Miller Tabak from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating. The analysts now have a $78.00 price target on the stock, up previously from $63.00. BWLD has a 1 year price target of 74.21.
HCBK operates as the bank holding company for Hudson City Savings Bank that provides a range of retail banking services. HCBK was upgraded by analysts at Stifel Nicolaus from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating. HCBK has a 1 year price target of 6.91.
FXEN engages in the exploration, appraisal, and production of oil and gas properties primarily in Poland and the United States. FXEN is now covered by analysts at ING Group. The analysts set a "buy" rating on the stock. FXEN has a 1 year price target of 9.48.
IMAX, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an entertainment technology company worldwide. IMAX is now covered by analysts at MKM Partners. The analysts set a "buy" rating and a $26.00 price target on the stock. IMAX has a 1 year target price of 26.84.
INHX, a biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the development of differentiated anti-infective products to prevent or treat serious infections. INHX is now covered by analysts at ThinkEquity. The analysts set a "buy" rating on the stock. INHX has a 1 year target price of 18.36.
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Napoleon: A Life Told in Gardens and Shadows (Paperback)
By Ruth Scurr
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Marking the 200th anniversary of his death, Napoleon is an unprecedented portrait of the emperor told through his engagement with the natural world.
"How should one envisage this subject? With a great pomp of words, or with simplicity?" —Charlotte Brontë, "The Death of Napoleon"
The most celebrated general in history, Napoleon Bonaparte (1769–1821) has for centuries attracted eminent male writers. Since Thomas Carlyle first christened him "our last Great Man," regiments of biographers have marched across the same territory, weighing campaigns and conflicts, military tactics and power politics. Yet in all this time, no definitive portrait of Napoleon has endured, and a mere handful of women have written his biography—a fact that surely would have pleased him.
With Napoleon, Ruth Scurr, one of our most eloquent and original historians, emphatically rejects the shibboleth of the "Great Man" theory of history, instead following the dramatic trajectory of Napoleon's life through gardens, parks, and forests. As Scurr reveals, gardening was the first and last love of Napoleon, offering him a retreat from the manifold frustrations of war and politics. Gardens were, at the same time, a mirror image to the battlefields on which he fought, discrete settings in which terrain and weather were as important as they were in combat, but for creative rather than destructive purposes.
Drawing on a wealth of contemporary and historical scholarship, and taking us from his early days at the military school in Brienne-le-Château through his canny seizure of power and eventual exile, Napoleon frames the general's story through the green spaces he cultivated. Amid Corsican olive groves, ornate menageries in Paris, and lone garden plots on the island of Saint Helena, Scurr introduces a diverse cast of scientists, architects, family members, and gardeners, all of whom stood in the shadows of Napoleon's meteoric rise and fall. Building a cumulative panorama, she offers indelible portraits of Augustin Bon Joseph de Robespierre, the younger brother of Maximilien Robespierre, who used his position to advance Napoleon's career; Marianne Peusol, the fourteen-year-old girl manipulated into a Christmas-Eve assassination attempt on Napoleon that resulted in her death; and Emmanuel, comte de Las Cases, the atlas maker to whom Napoleon dictated his memoirs. As Scurr contends, Napoleon's dealings with these people offer unusual and unguarded opportunities to see how he grafted a new empire onto the remnants of the ancien régime and the French Revolution.
Epic in scale and novelistic in its detail, Napoleon, with stunning illustrations, is a work of revelatory range and depth, revealing the contours of the general's personality and power as no conventional biography can.
Lecturer and Fellow at Gonville & Caius College, University of Cambridge, Ruth Scurr is a historian, writer, and literary critic. The author of the award-winning Fatal Purity: Robespierre and the French Revolution, she lives in Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Beautiful.... It is an adjustment to think of Napoleon as a cultivator rather than as a conqueror, a planter rather than a planner. But such ambivalences are precisely Ms. Scurr's métier.... The mountain of biographies written about the 'Little Corporal' must, at this point, be higher than the Alps he famously crossed in 1800, but her horticultural angle allows Ms. Scurr to tell the endlessly fascinating story of his life anew: not as a megalomaniac's power-hungry ascent to temporary glory but as the constantly frustrated reaching for the plenitude and happiness that Joséphine's found in her garden.
— Christoph Irmscher - Wall Street Journal
An elegant prose stylist, Scurr is above all a fabulous historian, and a vivid storyteller with a novelist's eye for engaging detail. With the exception of the Battle of Waterloo—the most significant fighting of which took place over a garden at Hougoumont—the wars in this book occur largely offstage. Napoleon emerges not in his warrior guise but in his full humanity... History's palimpsest emerges in these pages too, through Scurr's accounts of modern-day places shaped by Napoleon's vision: while his empire is the stuff of history books, his legacy as a landscape genius endures.
— Claire Messud - Harper's Magazine
Scurr has ingeniously somehow found an entirely new prism through which to view Napoleon... Dr Scurr takes the opportunity to discourse on numerous aspects of Napoleon and the natural world, and has ultimately produced a somewhat eccentric but immensely satisfying and captivating book... 'There is always something new to say,' Scurr says of Napoleon, 'no matter how many regiments of biographers have marched across the same ground.' With this charming and intelligent book about a hitherto entirely unexamined aspect of the Bonapartist epic, she persuades us of this comforting truth.
— Andrew Roberts - Times Literary Supplement
Improbably glorious and exceptionally herbaceous.... Scurr, lecturer in history and politics at Cambridge university, has achieved something remarkable: a completely original book on a completely unoriginal subject. But then she is herself a truly remarkable writer, one of the most gifted non-fiction authors alive.... Marvellous.
— Simon Schama - Financial Times
The Cambridge historian Ruth Scurr brings shades of subtletly and nuance to a life well known, telling Napoleon's story through his love of nature and the gardens. A brilliantly original biographer of Robespierre – briefly Napopleon's ally – and of John Aubrey, Scurr has attributes too often missing among her contemporaries. She can write, beautifully : and she casts a cold eye on proceedings, unfazed by previous adoration or condemnation of her subject…. Grippingly original.
— Paul Lay, The Sunday Times [UK]
Scurr's is an approach that pays some real dividends [of] rich details [and] fresh perspectives.
— David Crane - The Spectator
Looking at Bonaparte through the lens of his passion for gardens brings out new and fascinating details about his life, including his love of science and engineering, his obsession with botany and especially his desire to stamp order upon an unruly natural and political world.... Scurr is well known for her inventive and absorbing biographies.... A rewarding book that gives intriguing and novel insight into a man about whom we thought everything had already been said.
— Deborah Mason - Bookpage
Even readers well-versed in Napoleon's rise and fall will learn something new from this gracefully written and imaginatively conceived portrait.
A diligent historian, Scurr does not ignore the wars and politics that dominated Napoleon's life, and she concludes with a vivid account of the battle of Waterloo, in which the chateau of Hougoumont, with its 'high garden walls,' played a central role . . . A wealth of natural history and a fine Napoleon biography.
Scurr. . . uses her signal strength as biographer. . . Scurr's vivid writing helps to convey a visual portrait . . . [and] presents an unusual perspective on the life of the general.
— David Keymer - Library Journal
If you read just one biography this year, make it Ruth Scurr's brilliant and original exploration of Napoleon's life as an amateur gardener. Everything makes sense once you realize this was a man obsessed with making nature go his way.
— Amanda Foreman, bestselling author of Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire
From Napoleon's first garden as a schoolboy to his last on Saint Helena, Ruth Scurr takes us on a journey filled with unexpected new vistas on a familiar life. Napoleon: A Life Told in Gardens and Shadows foregrounds his passion for science and love of the natural world. The result is a refreshing, engaging read.
— Victoria Johnson, Pulitzer Prize finalist and author of American Eden
Ruth Scurr's imaginative take on Napoleon's life serves up fascinating insights into the man's behavior and motivations, as well as an illuminating account of those around him. The gardening angle is fresh and perfectly developed; to garden is to control and manipulate, an empire builder does the same.
— Penelope Lively
It is hard to find fresh things to say about Napoleon, but Ruth Scurr has managed it. . . . No one interested in Napoleon will fail to discover here something unknown or unexpected.
— William Doyle, professor emeritus of history at the University of Bristol and author of The Oxford History of the French Revolution
A pleasure to read. . . . Ruth Scurr's sharp perception opens new vistas in the extensive landscape of Napoleon's boundlessly curious mind.
— Sue Prideaux, author of I Am Dynamite! A Life of Nietzsche
Ruth Scurr gives us a captivating, original perspective on a man too often simplified as a glorious—or vainglorious—emperor on horseback. Her sparkling book reminds us of Napoleon's human frailties and, above all, that he was also a man of science fascinated by the order, diversity, and richness of the plant world.
— Peter McPhee, author of Liberty or Death: The French Revolution
Publisher: Liveright
Publication Date: July 5th, 2022
Biography & Autobiography / Military
History / Europe / France
History / Wars & Conflicts / Napoleonic Wars


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Q: Trouble formatting string from DataTable I'm saving a numeric value into a datatable cell (no datatype for the cell has been explicitly declared), then later retrieving that data and trying to format it into a string.  Problem is that nothing I've tried will properly format the string.

50000 --> 50,000

I've tried (where r is the row in a loop):
String.Format("{0:0,0}", r["columnName"])

r["columnName"].ToString("n0")

And several variations without any luck.  Most of the time I just get the number without the comma.

A: String.Format("{0:0,0}",int.Parse(r["columnName"].ToString()))

A: It might be helpful to have more context for what you're trying to do, but here is an example of getting a value out of a DataTable and then formatting it as desired.
DataTable dt = new DataTable();
dt.Columns.Add( "cellName", typeof( double ) );
dt.Rows.Add( 123.45 );
string val = ( (double)dt.Rows[0]["cellName"] ).ToString( "N" ); // val = "123.45"

I'm explicitly casting the value back to a double before calling ToString.  You could also call string.Format on that value instead of ToString and it should work just as well.
EDIT: If you're storing the value as a string and then want to format it, use this:
string val = ( double.Parse( dt.Rows[0]["cellName"] ) ).ToString( "N" );

This does assume that the value is parsable though (i.e. isn't null).

A: Probably not the most elegant solution, but you could just iterate backwards from the tail-end of the string (or from the decimal point) adding a comma every three characters until you run out.

A: The problem with these methods is that depending on the structure of the underlying table that field may be null. If you try to cast a null value held as an object (in the DataTable) to string,integer, decimal, or what have you... your app will blow up 100% of the time. Unless your DataSet is a strongly typed data set you will always want to do this error checking.  As a matter of fact, writing a small data reading class to read string, decimals, date times, integers, whatever... is a must in any Data access operations having to do with Database....
So here is more error proof approach which idealy should be wrapped in a helper method as shown here:
public static string GetFormatedDecimalString(DataRow row, string columnName, string format)
{

    string ColumnNameStringValue = String.Empty;
    decimal ColumnNameValue = Decimal.Zero;

    if( row[columnName) == DBNull.Value )
    {
        ColumnNameValue = Decimal.Zero;
    }
    else
    {
        ColumnNameStringValue = row[columnName].ToString();

        if( ! Decimal.TryParse(ColumnNameStringValue, out ColumnNameValue )
        {
           ColumnNameValue = Decimal.Zero;
        }

        // if the if statement evaluated to false the ColumnNameValue will have the right
        // number you are looking for.
    }

    return ColumnNameValue.ToString(format);
}

passing "N" or "{0:0,0}" as the format string will work just fine.


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Ikebukuro West Gate Park aired on TBS in Japan from April to June 2000 to high ratings. Much of the story was dramatically altered in the graphic novel adaptation for the series, with some characters being changed slightly or removed entirely and some changes to the story arcs to reflect this.

IWGP (TV)

Trivia

The title of the every episode is a play on words
 Episode 1 (Ichi): Strawberry (Ichigo)
 Episode 2 (Ni): Carrot (Ninjin)
 Episode 3 (San/Mi): Mandarin Orange (Mikan)
 Episode 4 (Yon/Shi): Shiitake Mushroom
 Episode 5 (Go): Gorilla
 Episode 6 (Roku): TBS
Ch6 is TBS in Tokyo area
 Episode 7 (Nana/Shichi): Youshichi
 Episode 8 (Hachi): Youhachi
Youshichi Shimada and Youhachi Shimada are a famous comedian over in Japan.
 Episode 9 (Kyū): Kyushu Island
 Episode 10 (Jū): Jutte
 Episode 11 (Jūichi): Samurai
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Q: Take Json from File to use in RESTful Post request in Java I've seen several examples of people taking a string and using it as Json. I want to read from a file with json in it, and use that as the body of my request. What would be the most efficient way to do this?
Thanks so much for the help. My final solution, using the groovy console and reading from a .json file, looks like this:
@Grab(group='org.apache.httpcomponents', module='httpclient', version='4.2.3')
@Grab(group='org.apache.httpcomponents', module='httpcore', version='4.2.3')
@Grab(group='org.apache.commons', module='commons-io', version='1.3.2')
import org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultHttpClient
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPost
import org.apache.http.HttpResponse
import org.apache.http.HttpEntity
import org.apache.http.entity.StringEntity
import org.apache.http.util.EntityUtils
import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils

String json = IOUtils.toString(new FileInputStream("C:\\MyHome\\example.json"));

DefaultHttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient();
HttpPost httpPost = new HttpPost("http://api/location/send");
httpPost.addHeader("content-type", "application/json");
httpPost.setEntity(new StringEntity(json));
HttpResponse response2 = httpclient.execute(httpPost);

try {
    System.out.println(response2.getStatusLine());
    HttpEntity entity2 = response2.getEntity();
    // do something useful with the response body
    // and ensure it is fully consumed
    EntityUtils.consume(entity2);
} finally {
    httpPost.releaseConnection();
}

This is a great quick sanity check for me, a good way to prototype quickly for the bigger picture of what I'm trying to do. Thanks again.

A: You could use Apache HttpComponents. Here's a small sample you can try out in the GroovyConsole that comes with Groovy. I use that as it's the simplest way to prototype something quickly because of the auto loading of library jars with Grape (that's what the @Grab annotation does). Also, in the GroovyConsole, there's no need to create a project. You don't need to be using Groovy either, though I normally would.
Note that the code below is a modified POST example taken from the HttpClient Quick Start. Also, note that HttpComponents/HttpClient is a newer project that supersedes the older HttpClient from Apache (just clearing this up in case you Google around and see HttpClient without the HttpComponents). The host (posttestserver.com) I used is just a test server that will accept an Http request and return a response if everything is OK.
@Grab(group='org.apache.httpcomponents', module='httpclient', version='4.2.3')
@Grab(group='org.apache.httpcomponents', module='httpcore', version='4.2.3')
import org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultHttpClient
import org.apache.http.client.methods.HttpPost
import org.apache.http.HttpResponse
import org.apache.http.HttpEntity
import org.apache.http.entity.StringEntity
import org.apache.http.util.EntityUtils

String json = "{foo: 123, bar: \"hello\"}";

DefaultHttpClient httpclient = new DefaultHttpClient();
HttpPost httpPost = new HttpPost("http://posttestserver.com/post.php");
httpPost.setEntity(new StringEntity(json));
HttpResponse response2 = httpclient.execute(httpPost);

try {
    System.out.println(response2.getStatusLine());
    HttpEntity entity2 = response2.getEntity();
    // do something useful with the response body
    // and ensure it is fully consumed
    EntityUtils.consume(entity2);
} finally {
    httpPost.releaseConnection();
}


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Tennessee's 95 counties are divided into 31 judicial districts. Within each district are circuit courts and chancery courts, as provided by the state constitution. Some districts also have legislatively established criminal courts and probate courts.
Under the proposed lease, the SVVFD will begin paying the electric bill for the building and will have authority over how, and if, the community center is open to the public. The Election Commission will continue to use the facility as a voting precinct.
The moves fall in line with the "three buckets" focus of new President Bethany Flora on student success, excellence in programs and services and continuing the college's improved organizational and financial health.
Hawkins County and the City of Rogersville have been mandated by the state to install a system that will prevent garbage flushed down Hawkins County Jail commodes from entering the Rogersville sewer system and creating clogging and backups.
The bill authorizes felony inmates to continue to earn sentence reduction credits, but specifies that such credits will not reduce the inmates' release eligibility dates. Because the bill has a $7.1 million fiscal note in incarceration expenses, it will next be considered by the House Finance, Ways and Means Committee.
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Q: CSS Cube reverts back to its initial state after transform I'm no expert in css and I have followed different tutorial sources in order to create a rotating cube on hovering using css and html.
On hover, the cube translate and rotates. However, when it is no longer active, I would like the cube to return to this original position. How can this be achieved?
Here is the code.
HTML

.wrap {
  -webkit-perspective: 800px;
  perspective: 800px;
  -webkit-perspective-origin: 50% 100px;
  perspective-origin: 50% 100px;
  float: left;
  margin-right: 3.5px;
  -webkit-transition: 1s ease-in-out;
  -moz-transition: 1s ease-in-out;
  -o-transition: 1s ease-in-out;
}
.cube {
  position: relative;
  width: 80px;
  -webkit-transform-style: preserve-3d;
  transform-style: preserve-3d;
  margin: 0 auto;
  margin-top: 30px;
  -webkit-animation: spin 3s infinite linear;
  animation: spin 3s infinite linear;
  -webkit-animation-play-state: paused;
  animation-play-state: paused;
}
.cube div {
  position: absolute;
  width: 50px;
  height: 50px;
}
.back {
  transform: translateZ(0px) rotateY(180deg);
  background: #057e98;
  opacity: 0.8;
}
.right {
  transform: rotateY(-270deg) translateX(0px);
  transform-origin: top right;
  background: #16a8b8;
  opacity: 0.8;
}
.left {
  transform: rotateY(270deg) translateX(0px);
  transform-origin: center left;
  background: #c25e28;
  opacity: 0.8;
}
.top {
  transform: rotateX(-90deg) translateY(-50px);
  -webkit-transform-origin: top center;
  transform-origin: top center;
  background: #c25e28;
  opacity: 0.8;
}
.bottom {
  transform: rotateX(90deg) translateY(0px);
  transform-origin: bottom center;
  background: blue;
  opacity: 0.8;
}
.front {
  transform: translateZ(50px);
  background: #f47a2d;
  opacity: 0.8;
}
@-webkit-keyframes spin {
  from {
    -webkit-transform: rotateY(0);
    -webkit-transform-origin: 20% 50% 0;
  }
  to {
    -webkit-transform: rotateY(360deg);
    -webkit-transform-origin: 20% 50% 0;
  }
}
.cube:hover {
  -webkit-animation-play-state: running;
  animation-play-state: running;
}
.wrap:hover {
  -webkit-transform: translate(3em, 5em);
}

The problem is when the cube stops rotating, it keeps its current state. I would like it to revert back to its original position and state. That is, if it stopped rotating with the 'right' side showing, it should return to its original position with the 'front' side showing.

A: I think you need like following. You have to apply following css:
It is because you paused your animation animation-play-state: paused; when not hover so it will stop animating.

.wrap {
     -webkit-perspective: 800px;
        perspective: 800px;
        -webkit-perspective-origin: 50% 100px;
        perspective-origin: 50% 100px;
        float:left;
        margin-right: 3.5px;
        -webkit-transition: 1s ease-in-out;
        -moz-transition: 1s ease-in-out;
        -o-transition: 1s ease-in-out;
    }

    .cube {
        position: relative;
        width: 80px;
        -webkit-transform-style: preserve-3d;
        transform-style: preserve-3d;
        margin: 0 auto;
        margin-top: 30px;

    }

    .cube div {
        position: absolute;
        width: 50px;
        height: 50px;
    }

    .back {
        transform: translateZ(0px) rotateY(180deg);
        background: #057e98;
        opacity: 0.8;
    }
    .right {
        transform: rotateY(-270deg) translateX(0px);
        transform-origin: top right;
        background: #16a8b8;
        opacity: 0.8;
    }
    .left {
        transform: rotateY(270deg) translateX(0px);
        transform-origin: center left;
        background: #c25e28;
        opacity: 0.8;
    }
    .top {
        transform: rotateX(-90deg) translateY(-50px);
        -webkit-transform-origin: top center;
        transform-origin: top center;
        background: #c25e28;
        opacity: 0.8;
    }
    .bottom {
        transform: rotateX(90deg) translateY(0px);
        transform-origin: bottom center;
        background: blue;
        opacity: 0.8;
    }
    .front {
        transform: translateZ(50px);
        background: #f47a2d;
        opacity: 0.8;
    }

    @-webkit-keyframes spin {
        from { -webkit-transform: rotateY(0); -webkit-transform-origin: 20% 50% 0; }
        to { -webkit-transform: rotateY(360deg); -webkit-transform-origin: 20% 50% 0;}
    }

@keyframes spin {
        from { transform: rotateY(0); transform-origin: 20% 50% 0; }
        to { transform: rotateY(360deg); transform-origin: 20% 50% 0;}
    }

    .cube:hover {
     -webkit-animation: spin 3s infinite linear;
        animation: spin 3s infinite linear;
        -webkit-animation-play-state: running;
        animation-play-state: running;
    }

    .wrap:hover{
        -webkit-transform: translate(3em,5em);
      transform: translate(3em,5em);
    }

Hope it helps.

A: you could create a spinback animation that occurs once in non :hover state,
but it would take place on page load once (before anything happens);
you could have a js listner add this animation on hover to overcome the problem... (but that's cheating)..

.wrap {
  -webkit-perspective: 800px;
  perspective: 800px;
  -webkit-perspective-origin: 50% 100px;
  perspective-origin: 50% 100px;
  float: left;
  margin-right: 3.5px;
  -webkit-transition: 1s ease-in-out;
  -moz-transition: 1s ease-in-out;
  -o-transition: 1s ease-in-out;
}
.cube {
  position: relative;
  width: 80px;
  -webkit-transform-style: preserve-3d;
  transform-style: preserve-3d;
  margin: 0 auto;
  margin-top: 30px;
  -webkit-animation: spinback 3s 1 linear;
  animation: spinback 3s 1 linear;

}
.cube div {
  position: absolute;
  width: 50px;
  height: 50px;
}
.back {
  transform: translateZ(0px) rotateY(180deg);
  background: #057e98;
  opacity: 0.8;
}
.right {
  transform: rotateY(-270deg) translateX(0px);
  transform-origin: top right;
  background: #16a8b8;
  opacity: 0.8;
}
.left {
  transform: rotateY(270deg) translateX(0px);
  transform-origin: center left;
  background: #c25e28;
  opacity: 0.8;
}
.top {
  transform: rotateX(-90deg) translateY(-50px);
  -webkit-transform-origin: top center;
  transform-origin: top center;
  background: #c25e28;
  opacity: 0.8;
}
.bottom {
  transform: rotateX(90deg) translateY(0px);
  transform-origin: bottom center;
  background: blue;
  opacity: 0.8;
}
.front {
  transform: translateZ(50px);
  background: #f47a2d;
  opacity: 0.8;
}
@-webkit-keyframes spin {
  from {
    -webkit-transform: rotateY(0);
    -webkit-transform-origin: 20% 50% 0;
  }
  to {
    -webkit-transform: rotateY(360deg);
    -webkit-transform-origin: 20% 50% 0;
  }
}
 @-webkit-keyframes spinback {

  from {
    -webkit-transform: rotateY(360deg);
    -webkit-transform-origin: 20% 50% 0;
  }
  to {
    -webkit-transform: rotateY(0);
    -webkit-transform-origin: 20% 50% 0;
  }
}
.cube:hover {
  -webkit-animation: spin 3s infinite linear;
  animation: spin 3s infinite linear;
}
.wrap:hover {
  -webkit-transform: translate(3em, 5em);
}


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MAD Architects Yabuli Entrepreneurs' Congress Centre
The congress centre designed by MAD Architects for the Yabuli China Entrepreneurs Forum is now complete. On November 18 through 20, 2020, the new facility housed its inaugural event, the annual Yabuli CEF, one of China's most influential business organizations. More than 600 entrepreneurs attended the event in the futuristic new congress centre surrounded by the snow-capped mountains of northeast China.
Work starts on MAD Architects' FENIX Museum of Migration in Rotterdam
Work has begun on the FENIX Museum of Migration in Rotterdam, the first cultural project in Europe by Ma Yansong's studio MAD Architects. The museum will be constructed in a location with a particular significance for the history of migration in Europe and beyond: Fenix warehouse, on Katendrecht peninsula, one of Europe's oldest Chinatowns, a place thousands of people passed through on their way to a new life in the new world.
MAD Architects Wormhole Library, a dreamscape in Haikou
A new library, designed by MAD architectural practice led by Chinese architect Ma Yansong, is due to be built in 2021 overlooking the South China Sea, on the coastline at Haikou in Hainan province, China. The recently released design features a pavilion with smooth curves reminiscent of a "wormhole", a tunnel that transcends time and space.
Previews of the future: MAD unveils its plans for Shenzhen Bay Culture Park
MAD Architects, under architect Ma Yansong, has revealed the masterplan for Shenzhen Bay Culture Park, which will also include the Creative Design Hall and Shenzhen Science and Technology Museum. The architect models the green area to create a work of land art in a park that serves the design of the buildings while offering the public a visionary concept of the city in which to establish a new way of perceiving space and time.
MAD Architects: Architecture and landscape at the Quzhou Sports Park
In Quzhou, in the Chinese province of Zhejiang, MAD Architects - headed up by architect Ma Yansong - has designed a stadium and other sports facilities that dissolve into the landscape. This is the vast Quzhou Sports Park, a park spread across an overall surface area of 570,000 square metres comprising both sports facilities - including a 30,000-seat stadium, a gymnasium for an audience of 10,000, a swimming pool, outdoor training grounds, and a service centre for athletes - and a science and technology museum, as well as other areas for children.
MAD's Wood Sculpture Museum is made of glossy steel
The Wood Sculpture Museum in Harbin, China is a building clad in glossy steel
MAD Architects' Nanjing Zendai Himalayas Centre nears completion
The final phase in construction of the Nanjing Zendai Himalayas Centre designed by MAD Architects, the studio of architect Ma Yansong, is now underway: a project on an urban scale that puts the architect's concepts of the "Shanshui City" into practice.
MAD builds a kindergarten in Okazaki out of timber and asphalt shingles
MAD's first building in Japan is a kindergarten which begins with reinterpretation of the existing building in a new volumetric style using innovative materials
Living Garden: the house of the future, by Ma Yansong and MAD Architects
Eliminating the boundaries between indoors and outdoors to enjoy the sensation of living entirely surrounded by nature, without giving up the comfort and security of a home. Living Garden is a project by architect Ma Yansong of MAD Architects designed to give form to his concept of the house of the future for the 2018 China House Vision Exhibition.


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GET TO KNOW | Brit musician Scanner scans landscapes and video design
21 Sep 2015 Randy GenerLeave a comment
PRAGUE, LONDON and NEW YORK CITY: The British sound artist Scanner's real name is Robin Van Rimbaud. Intensely active in sound art since 1991, Scanner has produced concerts, compositions, installations and recordings. He has collaborated with artists from every imaginable genre.
Recently, for example, Scanner re-scored the classic black & white movie Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde for a premiere at the Ether Festival London in 2010. His film collaboration Sakoko with fashion designer Hussein Chalayan premiered at Paris Fashion week for Vogue Magazine. In 2011 he became sound designer for celebrated iPad publication Post, created the sound for the Rugby World Cup Promotion, inaugurated new Paris digital theatre Gaîté Lyrique in collaboration with United Visual Artists, and presented Blink an ambitious outdoor performance with Wayne McGregor and PanOptikum in Margate UK.
Scanner | Photo by Robin Van Rimbaud
Since our first meeting in Prague, where he offered an incredible lecture sampling his career and practice, Scanner raised quite a fuss when he returned to the United Kingdom in August to attend Durham's International BRASS festival where he premiered his Floral Derrangement installation. "The press reception for this was outstanding," Scanner notes in his blog, "with a feature in The Guardian newspaper, a special feature on BBC Radio 4's Today news show, broadcast to seven million listeners and even a feature on a specialist brass music site which was very encouraging."
Brass aficionados took umbrage with the idea of an electronic musician who undertook such a commission. "Installed on the Kingsgate Bridge Durham on eight hanging speakers, largely invisible to passers-by, the work could be heard floating down along the river and across the landscape. I made a little film taking a walk across the bridge and experiencing this week so you can feel as if you were there," Scanner explains.
Messing up with connoisseur's expectations is par for the course, however. In July, he wandered around New York City for five days and performed live in Hudson, New York, for WGXC 90.7-FM radio. The entire improvised show can be heard and downloaded here.
And there's more (a list of his projects appear at the end of this interview). He recently collaborated with United Visual Artists / UVA as part of The Creators Project Ibirapuera Park in São Paulo Brazil, to premiere an entirely new work, Room with a View, that uses voice and music inside this expansive light structure that that the audience can enter and remain inside. "Exploring reconfigurations of the Orchestrion installation originally developed for Coachella 2011, UVA decided to invert their design and create a vast space where visitors enter and become a part of the performance," Scanner noted. "The work consists of a single room of infinite reflection, creating an endless geometric landscape. Lines of light derivative of the structural form shift and animate within, with visitors' shadows and reflections constantly changing with the movement of light and sound. The work will now travel to UCCA in Beijing for display from 15-18 September.
He also released a new album "You Can't Get There From Here," a collaboration with American clarinet player David Rothenberg, recorded in sessions over the last couple of years, as well as at the Punkt Festival in Norway. Released on Monotyperecords, the album joins the dots between voice, live instrumentation and electronics and is available directly from the label," Scanner says.
Then he's off to Brazil for a sequence of events where he is presenting his film installation Falling Forward produced at Le Fresnoy in 2010 for Panorama 12 in the museum in Rio. Then he will speak about his work at Conference Oi Futuro Ipanema, and performing live at Multiplicidade Festival in Rio.
August 27 will see the Margate premiere of Blink, Scanner's collaboration with award-winning choreographer Wayne McGregor (whose internationally renowned company is called Wayne McGregor | Random Dance) and with the German theatre ensemble Pan Optikum. "All music will be composed in residence in the final five days of the production, which is both intimidating and thrilling," Scanner says. "For one very special night, Margate's seafront will undergo a miraculous transformation as buildings come alive, the beach is lit up with stunning flaming structures and one hundred local people take to the beach to perform. It's most certainly going to be a spectacular event so let's hope the skies remain dry for that day."
RANDY GENER: Where did you get the name Scanner? Why do you feel that the word "scanner" accurately reflects your work?
Scanner twirls perceptions of sound art at New Stage in Prague | Photo by Randy Gener
SCANNER: In the late 1980s by chance I discovered this modest handheld radio device that allowed one to literally scan through the cellular airwaves in real time and pick up private conversations and exchanges between people. As a teenager I'd recorded crossed lines on our ancient analogue home phone, so this felt like the next step. Incorporating them into these cinematic dark landscapes of sound seemed to just make perfect sense. Also, at this time the Chill Out rooms in clubs were growing in capacity, and my work was being played out there as well as offering a very human aspect to digital techno-music by incorporating the voice into the electronic atmosphere. So I took on the name of the device I was using to pick up these found voices. In many ways it reflects the way that one scans an environment through hearing, sight, smell, touch—using all the senses. I literally "scan" a place, a situation, and, using a combination of intuition and some skill, I am able to interpret and respond.
Is the sound designer more important than in films, concerts and other media disciplines?
You can see how much our visual culture has expanded into a 3-D cinematic experience — a surround sound, high fidelity–style world. It's essential that sound maintains a similar level of development and flow with the images, be it on stage or in the cinema. The role of a sound designer has always been important as far back as Shakespearean times when people out of view would create the sound of a thunderstorm off stage. But I think that today a development in the possibilities of using speakers and amplification has meant a greater need and emphasis for more detail, more focus on the sound.
Do you feel theater is managing to keep up with the rapid development of sound design? Why or why not?
From my limited experience, no. I find little connection between what I hear on stage and what I hear in independent sound performances and CD releases. Is it because those working in theatre are employed as almost technicians at times to fulfil the wishes of a director? I don't think so but wish I could understand what is happening here too
What (or when) do you consider was that moment/event when sound became a deeply important part of your life?
When I was 11 years old, I was fortunate enough to have a piano teacher who played us all the work of the American composer and artist John Cage in school. That event in itself was enough to open up the top of a sweet little boy's head and pour in all kinds of possibilities. Watching early BBC television series with scores and sound design from the BBC Radiophonic Workshop also clearly influenced my upbringing.
What sound or sounds do you hate? Why?
I barely hate any sounds and find I can learn to embrace even the sounds that many people hate, be it the hum of constant traffic in the city or planes overhead. I have taught myself to find something rich, beautiful in all of these, as if they all paint something in sound of the landscape to learn from.
What sounds do you like the most? Why?
I adore all kinds of sounds – I love the sound of a kite in the air. I love the sound of sails on boats in a shipyard, I love the sound of rain when sitting indoors and watching a thunderstorm.
To what extent can sound be exhibited independently in a museum, gallery or exposition?
The same way that works relating to sound can be exhibited independently. With care and attention given to the personal space needed around each other, although of course you can never switch off your ears since you are always aware.
At the Prague Quadrennial for Performance Design and Space, you presented what was described as "a history of work that has slipped between the borders of performance, installation, music and art." Can you please share with me some intriguing or unusual examples from this history?
Too many stories to tell, but much of my works tend to slip between the borders of what an artist might simply do. So I have been fortunate enough to design the sounds of a working morgue in France in a way to give light to those arriving to bid farewell to a loved one, to produce and design sounds for a Wake Up Light for Philips and a telephone with celebrated English designer Jasper Morrison, to collaborate with designers like Hussein Chalayan and Nike to offer original sound worlds to new works. The stories can go on and on…
Can you give examples of how the Internet has changed the way you work or the sounds you produce?
It's a combination of the speed of communication, access to other worlds and the ability to use the Internet as a time travel tool to connect with others, often figures you would most likely never bump into it in real life. Given that I have been working since before the Internet was around, I'm very conscious of the leaps it has offered us in so many ways, dissolving ideas of geography and time in ways we might never have anticipated. The fact that I can collaborate in almost real time with someone else anywhere on the globe is a phenomenal idea. — By RG
SCANNING THE GLOBE
A Schedule of Scanner Exhibitions
Scanner live at Miskin Theatre UK 2006 | Photo by Robin Van Rimbaud
1. Room with a View
THE CREATORS PROJECT
Installation with United Visual Artists
16-19 September Beijing, China
Exploring reconfigurations of the Orchestrion installation originally developed for Coachella 2011, UVA decided to invert their design and create a vast space where visitors enter and become a part of the performance. The work consists of a single room of infinite reflection, creating an endless geometric landscape. Lines of light derivative of the structural form shift and animate within, with visitors' shadows and reflections constantly changing with the movement of light and sound.
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2. Conductor
08-11 September Seoul, South Korea
12-16 October New York City, USA
Conductor draws visitors into its environment like a magnetic force field, as if it were collecting energy from passersby to generate power for the event itself. Light forms resembling current running through electrical components or power plants will be accompanied by an original score by British composer Scanner.
3. Breath Taking
Revealing a new wave in British glass blowing
Durham Art Gallery: 08 July – 29 Aug 2011
Aberdeen Art Gallery: 01 Sept – 29 Oct 2011
Wrexham Art Gallery: 02 Dec – 28 Jan 2011/12
The new Crafts Council touring exhibition Breath Taking presents cutting-edge work in blown glass, by 22 UK makers. Through their creative use of glass-blowing techniques these makers ask us to consider the medium 's possibilities for new ways of expression.
4. Sing in Sand and Roar in Furnace Fire from Neil Wissink on Vimeo.
Scanner collaborated with filmmaker Neil Wissink to produce this film which is installed in each gallery, based on recordings of the Stuart Hearn glassblowing studio in London. Choreography by Matthias Sperling. Dancers are Matthias Sperling and Robin Dingemans.
5. Night Haunts
By Sukhdev Sandhu
Design Mind Unit
Sound Design Scanner
Artangel Interaction invited writer and historian Sukhdev Sandhu to write a nocturnal journal unfolding over the course of 2006. His postings will appear sequentially at this microsite specially designed by Mind Unit. Sandhu's forays see him prospecting in the London night with the people who drive its pulse, from the avian police to security guards, zookeepers and exorcists. Acclaimed artist and musician Scanner has collaborated with Sukhdev and Ian Budden of Mind Unit to compose the sound for the site. If you would like to be kept informed as each episode is posted, join artangel's mailing list by clicking here .
www.nighthaunts.org.uk
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6. Bittersweet Songs for the Sleepless City
Artangel Interaction
NightJam is the latest project in Artangel Interaction's Nights of London series of artist-led collaborations with people who have a special view on a hidden side of the nocturnal city. Scanner invited young people at New Horizon Youth Centre in King's Cross to collaborate on a creative project that expresses how the city at night looks and sounds to their ears and eyes. Through music and voice workshops they explored the sense of freedom and fear, celebration and solitude of the concealing darkness. Meanwhile, they captured their nights on disposable cameras, taking images that are at times eerie, startling, contemplative and funny. NightJam presents two elusive visual and musical journeys through the city's 'quiet' hours.
NightJam presents two music tracks, a film, photographs, that can be experienced and freely downloaded. Additionally it features remixes of NightJam by Stephen Vitiello, Hakan Lidbo,Troy Banarzi, Si-cut.db and Pete Lockett.
www.nightjam.org.uk
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Legend will be arriving in cinemas September 11.


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Good to know Inheritance and gift tax: new tax-free amounts and rates
Inheritance and gift tax: new tax-free amounts and rates
by Weronika Nazarkiewicz
The Regulation of the Minister of Finance amending the inheritance and gift tax-free amounts and rates became law on 13 October 2022.
New tax-free amounts
Under the new laws, tax-free amounts will change as follows:
for group 1: from 9,637 zloty to 10,434 zloty;
for group 2: from 7,276 zloty to 7,878 zloty;
for group 3: from 4,902 zloty to 5,308 zloty.
In addition, non-taxable gift amounts will increase for tax group 1:
from one donor – up to 10,434 zloty (from 9,637 zloty);
from many donors – up to 20,868 zloty in total (from 19,274 zloty).
Please remember that the Inheritance and Gift Tax Act makes the amount of tax dependent on the value of the property received and the degree of relatedness between testator/donor and heir/donee. Taxpayers are classified into 3 groups:
group 1 includes persons closest to the testator/donor (e.g. spouse and children);
group 2 includes other family members (e.g. siblings' descendants, parents' siblings);
group 3 includes e.g. unrelated persons.
New tax rates
Increased tax-free amounts also modify the applicable tax rates. From 13 October 2022, tax is calculated on the taxable amount in excess of the tax-free amount, as follows:
Further changes in the making
The Sejm is already working on further amendments to the inheritance and gift tax legislation to increase tax-free amounts. The changes are to apply from 1 January 2023.
If you have any questions about recent or future changes, please contact our experts.
Monika Spotowska


Being a globalized, busy parent is no stranger to Trine. Born in Denmark, raised in Sweden Trine's busy career includes years of working experience across Sweden, Denmark, Germany, England, France, Australia and USA.
"For over 12 long years, I worked in the internet and advertising industry in one of the "fastest-moving" places in the word: New York City. I loved every moment… until I woke up one day with that famous "bump in my forehead". You know, the one you get when you run so fast through life that you suddenly burn out and "hit the wall". Years of self-examination and putting my career on hold for at least 48 hours (okay, maybe a tiny bit more than that…) helped me get back on track and straighten out my priorities".
Later on when the IT bubble burst and the tragedy of September 11 put a stop on the US economy, Trine sold everything she owned during a yard sale to pay off her bills and moved her family back, empty handed, to Sweden. There she slowly but surely (with a great amount of detours) started fulfilling her dreams of bringing some ZENse into this world.
with her husband and her 2 sons, Felix (13) and Viggo (7). She is a member of the board of directors for several companies. She constantly thinks outside the box and does everything with 100% passion.
When she is not found going slow outdoors with her family, rumor has it that she will drive, fly, or hitchhike her way to Prince concerts around the world… despite the fact that all of her friends got over him years ago.
Please join me in bringing some ZENse into this world!
As a busy parent and entrepreneur, I passionately want to bring some common zense into this world – and I want to do so by working and connecting with likeminded awesome people across borders, media platforms and industries.
On behalf of all of you high-performing-pressed-for-time-parents and individuals out there who are trying to raise happy children in a fast-paced, high-tech 21st century, while maintaining an ambitious career, I will travel the world to find the people who can inspire us all to do really amazing things with our lives and the world that we live in. The Go Slow initiative is one way of sharing with you all what I've found out so far!
Trine is an established and trusted speaker, MC and webTV host. She has lectured at various venues around the world and has hosted several webTV shows over the years. She speaks fluent Swedish, Danish and English.
It took me quite some time to recover from my burnout during the IT-bubble, but when I finally did I felt a tremendous need to share my experiences with my friends, colleagues, clients… who were all heading down the same road as I.
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Multipe Attempts at Stopping Smoking | Breathing Happy: Breathe. Blog. Be well.
For most people, it takes at least two attempts to stop smoking. And that is bare minimum. There is an attitude that people have when they first try to stop in which they feel it is going to be very easy. The addiction to nicotine is not easy to break and it is not always something that can be stopped in a single attempt. It is usually a good idea to get help by way of a smoke coach or your doctor. There are ways in which to quit but you need to know about them. Trying to quit without adequate knowledge won't get you very far. The drive to stop must be there.
If you are aware that this is not going to be easy and you understand the challenges then you are more apt to be successful. In some instances. people try their first attempt by themselves and they may need more help with steps to take to make it easier for them. Being prepared and knowing what is to come will help. Log your triggers, get a coach to help you understand what is to come.
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Be sure your family is aware of your decision to stop smoking. Stay away from places where people are usually smoking. When the cravings hit have a list of activities nearby to give you options and re-direct yourself. Learn to understand whether your craving is physical or mental. Your brain is nicotine addicted and wants the dopamine that is released when you send nicotine to it.
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So be prepared with drive, motivation,determination and knowledge. They will help you attain your best success.


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