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Lone pair
Lone pairs (shown as dots) in the Lewis structure of hydroxide
In chemistry, a lone pair refers to a pair of valence electrons that are not shared with another atom[1] and is sometimes called a non-bonding pair. Lone pairs are found in the outermost electron shell of atoms. They can be identified by using a Lewis structure. Electron pairs are therefore considered lone pairs if two electrons are paired but are not used in chemical bonding. Thus, the number of lone pair electrons plus the number of bonding electrons equals the total number of valence electrons around an atom.
Lone pairs are a concept used in VSEPR theory which explains the shapes of molecules. They are also referred to in the chemistry of Lewis acids and bases. However not all non-bonding pairs of electrons are considered by chemists to be lone pairs. Examples are the transition metals where the non-bonding pairs do not influence molecular geometry and are said to be stereochemically inactive.
Examples 1
Angle changes 2
Lone pairs and dipole moments 3
Unusual lone pairs 4
Lone pairs in ammonia (A), water (B) and hydrogen chloride (C)
A single lone pair can be found with atoms in the nitrogen group such as nitrogen in ammonia, two lone pairs can be found with atoms in the chalcogen group such as oxygen in water and the halogens can carry three lone pairs such as in hydrogen chloride.
In VSEPR theory the electron pairs on the oxygen atom in water form the vertices of a tetrahedron with the lone pairs on two of the four vertices. The H–O–H bond angle is with 104.5°, less than the 109° predicted for a tetrahedral angle, and this can be explained by a repulsive interaction between the lone pairs.[2][3][4]
Angle changes
The pairs often exhibit a negative polar character with their high charge density and are located closer to the atomic nucleus on average compared to the bonding pair of electrons. The presence of a lone pair decreases the bond angle between the bonding pair of electrons, due to their high electric charge which causes great repulsion between the electrons. They are also used in the formation of a dative bond. For example, the creation of the hydronium (H3O+) ion occurs when acids are dissolved in water and is due to the oxygen atom donating a lone pair to the hydrogen ion.
This can be seen more clearly when looked at in two more common molecules. For example, in carbon dioxide (CO2), the oxygen atoms are on opposite sides of the carbon, whereas in water (H2O) there is an angle between the hydrogen atoms of 104.5º. Due to the repulsive force of the oxygen atom's lone pairs, the hydrogens are pushed further away, to a point where the forces of all electrons on the hydrogen atom are in equilibrium. This is an illustration of the VSEPR theory.
Lone pairs and dipole moments
Lone pairs can make a contribution to a molecule's dipole moment. NH3 has a dipole moment of 1.47 D. As the electronegativity of nitrogen (3.04) is greater than that of hydrogen (2.2) the result is that the N-H bonds are polar with a net negative charge on the nitrogen atom and a smaller net positive charge on the hydrogen atoms. There is also a dipole associated with the lone pair and this reinforces the contribution made by the polar covalent N-H bonds to ammonia's dipole moment. In contrast to NH3, NF3 has a much lower dipole moment of 0.24 D. Fluorine is more electronegative than nitrogen and the polarity of the N-F bonds is opposite to that of the N-H bonds in ammonia, so that the dipole due to the lone pair opposes the N-F bond dipoles, resulting in a low molecular dipole moment.[5]
Unusual lone pairs
A stereochemically active lone pair is also expected for divalent lead and tin ions due to their formal electronic configuration of ns2. In the solid state this results in the distorted metal coordination observed in the litharge structure adopted by both PbO and SnO. The formation of these heavy metal ns2 lone pairs which was previously attributed to intra-atomic hybridization of the metal s and p states[6] has recently been shown to have a strong anion dependence.[7] This dependence on the electronic states of the anion can explain why some divalent lead and tin materials such as PbS and SnTe show no stereochemical evidence of the lone pair and adopt the symmetric rocksalt crystal structure.[8][9]
In molecular systems the lone pair can also result in a distortion in the coordination of ligands around the metal ion. The lead lone pair effect can be observed in supramolecular complexes of inhibited.
acidic isonitrile groups based on interaction with germaniums empty 4p orbital [11]
Coordination complex
Highest occupied molecular orbital
Inert pair effect
Shared pair
^ IUPAC Gold Book definition: lone (electron) pair
^ Organic Chemistry Marye Anne Fox , James K. Whitesell 2nd Edition 2001
^ Organic chemistry John McMurry 5th edition 2000
^ Concise Inorganic Chemistry J.D. Lee 4th Edition 1991
^ Housecroft, C. E.; Sharpe, A. G. (2004). Inorganic Chemistry (2nd ed.). Prentice Hall. p. 40.
^ Stereochemistry of Ionic Solids J.D.Dunitz and L.E.Orgel, Advan. Inorg. and Radiochem. 1960, 2, 1–60
^ Electronic origins of structural distortions in post-transition metal oxides: experimental and theoretical evidence for a revision of the lone pair model D.J.Payne, R.G.Egdell, A.Walsh, G.W.Watson, J.Guo, P.-A.Glans, T.Learmonth and K.E.Smith, Phys. Rev. Lett. 2006, 96, 157403 doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.157403
^ The origin of the stereochemically active Pb(II) lone pair: DFT calculations on PbO and PbS A.Walsh and G.W.Watson, J. Sol. Stat. Chem. 2005, 178, 5 doi:10.1016/j.jssc.2005.01.030
^ Influence of the Anion on Lone Pair Formation in Sn(II) Monochalcogenides: A DFT Study A.Walsh and G.W.Watson, J. Phys. Chem. B 2005, 109, 18868 doi:10.1021/jp051822r
^ Is an Electronic Shield at the Molecular Origin of Lead Poisoning? A Computational Modeling Experiment C.Gourlaouen and O.Parisel Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2007, 46, 553 –556 doi:10.1002/anie.200603037
^ Lewis base induced tuning of the Ge–Ge bond order in a digermyne G.H.Spikes and P.P.Power Chem. Commun., 2007, 85–87, doi:10.1039/b612202g
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Q: Simultaneously map video and data streams to one subprocess pipeline in real-time I need to process the video stream and the klvdata streams simultaneously in real-time in OpenCV/Python.  I'm using FFMPEG to read the file or stream as OpenCV does not retain the klvdata.  I pass the data to OpenCV with the subprocess module.
My problem is I cannot figure out how to map both the video and klvdata to the same subprocess pipe simultaneously?
My code:
#!/usr/bin/env python3
import sys, json, klvdata;
from subprocess import PIPE
import subprocess as sp
import cv2
import numpy

command = ['ffmpeg',
    '-i', 'DayFlight.mpg',
    '-map', '0:0',
    '-map', '0:d',
    '-pix_fmt', 'bgr24',
    '-c:v', 'rawvideo',
    '-an','-sn',
    '-f', 'image2pipe', '-',
    '-c:d', 'copy',
    '-f','data',
    ]

pipe = sp.Popen(command, stdin=sp.PIPE, stdout=sp.PIPE, stderr=sp.PIPE, bufsize=10**8)

while True:
   raw_image = pipe.stdout.read(1280*720*3)
   image =  numpy.fromstring(raw_image, dtype='uint8')
   image = image.reshape((720,1280,3))
   if image is not None:
      cv2.imshow('Video', image)
   if cv2.waitKey(1) & 0xFF == ord('q'):
      break
   for packet in klvdata.StreamParser(pipe.stdout):
      metadata = packet.MetadataList()
      print(metadata)
pipe.stdout.flush()
cv2.destroyAllWindows()

Produces the below error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "test_cv.py", line 32, in <module>
    metadata = packet.MetadataList()
AttributeError: 'UnknownElement' object has no attribute 'MetadataList'

Any help is greatly appreciated.

A: For splitting the video and data, we may map the video stream to stderr pipe and map the KLV data stream to to stdout pipe.
The same technique is used for separating video and audio in my following answer.
Accurate synchronization between the the video frame and the corresponding data is relatively simple when each video frame has private KLV data (synchronize by sequential order).
The Day Flight.mpg sample file has much fewer data packets than frames, and accurate synchronization is not possible using the suggested solution (I don't think it is possible using the pipes approach).
We may still apply some coarse synchronization - assume the data and the frame are read in time proximity.
Suggested way for splitting the video and the data:
                                            -----------
                                       --->| Raw Video | ---> stderr (pipe)
 -----------        -------------     |     -----------
| Input     |      | FFmpeg      |    |
| Video with| ---> | sub-process | ---
| Data      |      |             |    |
 -----------        -------------     |     -----------
                                       --->| KLV data  | ---> stdout (pipe)
                                            -----------

The video and the data are read in two separate threads:

*

*Video reader thread - read raw video frames (in BGR) format.

*Data reader thread - read and parse KLV data.

According to Wikipedia, the KLV format is not well defined:

Keys can be 1, 2, 4, or 16 bytes in length.
Presumably in a separate specification document you would agree on a key length for a given application.

In the sample video, the key length is 16 bytes, but it is not guaranteed...

Reading the KLV data from stdout pipe:
When reading data from a pipe (in real-time like manner), we need to know the expected number of bytes to read.
That forces us to do partial parsing of the KLV data:

*

*Read the "key" (assume 16 bytes length).

*Read the "length" - there is some challenge with "BER length" standard.

*Read the the "data" (size to read is defined by the length).

After reading the key, length and data, we have one "KLV data packet", we can send to the KLV data parser.

Here is a code sample that woks with Day Flight.mpg sample input file:
#!/usr/bin/env python3
import klvdata
import subprocess as sp
import shlex
import threading
import numpy as np
import cv2
from io import BytesIO

# Video reader thread.
def video_reader(pipe):
    cols, rows = 1280, 720  # Assume we know frame size is 1280x720

    counter = 0
    while True:
        raw_image = pipe.read(cols*rows*3)  # Read raw video frame

        # Break the loop when length is too small
        if len(raw_image) < cols*rows*3:
            break

        if (counter % 60) == 0:
            # Show video frame evey 60 frames
            image = np.frombuffer(raw_image, np.uint8).reshape([rows, cols, 3])
            cv2.imshow('Video', image) # Show video image for testing
            cv2.waitKey(1)
        counter += 1

# https://github.com/paretech/klvdata/tree/master/klvdata
def bytes_to_int(value, signed=False):
    """Return integer given bytes."""
    return int.from_bytes(bytes(value), byteorder='big', signed=signed)

# Data reader thread (read KLV data).
def data_reader(pipe):
    key_length = 16  # Assume key length is 16 bytes.

    f = open('data.bin', 'wb')  # For testing - store the KLV data to data.bin (binary file)

    while True:
        # https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KLV
        # The first few bytes are the Key, much like a key in a standard hash table data structure.
        # Keys can be 1, 2, 4, or 16 bytes in length.
        # Presumably in a separate specification document you would agree on a key length for a given application.
        key = pipe.read(key_length)  # Read the key

        if len(key) < key_length:
            break  # Break the loop when length is too small
        f.write(key)  # Write data to binary file for testing

        # https://github.com/paretech/klvdata/tree/master/klvdata
        # Length field
        len_byte = pipe.read(1)

        if len(len_byte) < 1:
            break  # Break the loop when length is too small
        f.write(len_byte)  # Write data to binary file for testing

        byte_length = bytes_to_int(len_byte)

        # https://github.com/paretech/klvdata/tree/master/klvdata
        if byte_length < 128:
            # BER Short Form
            length = byte_length
            ber_len_bytes = b''
        else:
            # BER Long Form
            ber_len = byte_length - 128
            ber_len_bytes = pipe.read(ber_len)

            if len(ber_len_bytes) < ber_len:
                break  # Break the loop when length is too small
            f.write(ber_len_bytes)  # Write ber_len_bytes to binary file for testing

            length = bytes_to_int(ber_len_bytes)

        # Read the value (length bytes)
        value = pipe.read(length)
        if len(value) < length:
            break  # Break the loop when length is too small
        f.write(value)  # Write data to binary file for testing

        klv_data = key + len_byte + ber_len_bytes + value  # Concatenate key length and data
        klv_data_as_bytes_io = BytesIO(klv_data)  # Wrap klv_data with BytesIO (before parsing)

        # Parse the KLV data
        for packet in klvdata.StreamParser(klv_data_as_bytes_io):
            metadata = packet.MetadataList()
            print(metadata)
            print() # New line

# Execute FFmpeg as sub-process
# Map the video to stderr and map the data to stdout
process = sp.Popen(shlex.split('ffmpeg -hide_banner -loglevel quiet '                        # Set loglevel to quiet for disabling the prints ot stderr
                               '-i "Day Flight.mpg" '                                        # Input video "Day Flight.mpg"
                               '-map 0:v -c:v rawvideo -pix_fmt bgr24 -f:v rawvideo pipe:2 ' # rawvideo format is mapped to stderr pipe (raw video codec with bgr24 pixel format)
                               '-map 0:d -c copy -copy_unknown -f:d data pipe:1 '            # Copy the data without ddecoding.
                               '-report'),                                                   # Create a log file (because we can't the statuses that are usually printed to stderr).
                                stdout=sp.PIPE, stderr=sp.PIPE)

# Start video reader thread (pass stderr pipe as argument).
video_thread = threading.Thread(target=video_reader, args=(process.stderr,))
video_thread.start()

# Start data reader thread (pass stdout pipe as argument).
data_thread = threading.Thread(target=data_reader, args=(process.stdout,))
data_thread.start()

# Wait for threads (and process) to finish.
video_thread.join()
data_thread.join()
process.wait()

The above code saves the data to data.bin (for testing).
data.bin may be used for consistency check.
Execute FFmpeg CLI for extracting the data stream:
ffmpeg -y -i "Day Flight.mpg" -map 0:d -c copy -copy_unknown -f data raw.bin

Verify that raw.bin and data.bin files are equal.

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Q: Using managed objects in native C++ class I want to call members of a C++/CLI class from native C++ code. Compiler is prohibiting me from doing that. I know that we can use native pointers/references in managed code but don't know way of going opposite. Can anyone help me with this by giving a simple example.Thanks in advance.

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However it is possible to create native types with C++/CLI and those will have a memory layout fixed at compile time, so both managed and native code can use them. That is the way to cross the managed-native boundary in reverse. (Function pointers created from delegates are another way to cross in reverse)


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Home › Oregon 200
A Really Long Trail Race in Oregon Debuting in August 2023
Course 2023
Crew & Pacers
Oregon's First and Only 200-Mile Trail Race
You could say this 200-mile trail race was inspired by trail work. After helping out on the Middle Fork of the Willamette River a few years ago, we knew this area was special and that runners would love it and that we needed to create a trail race here. The Middle Fork trail alone is amazing enough, but why stop at a 50K when there is so much more to see and experience? We added in sections from the Oregon Timber Trail's Kalapooya section including Timpanogas and little Indigo lakes, and even incorporated one of our favorite Oregon hidden gems, the North Umpqua River trail, to create an amazing 200-mile race (actually 204 miles). We present an adventure that will take you through some of the best of the Willamette and Umpqua National Forests with a route that is very crew-accessible and crew-friendly. This race is an out-and-back with 26,200 feet of gain and loss, with 13 aid stations to support you along the way.
If you are on of the many who were excited for this race to happen in 2022, you'll notice the course has changed. The 2022 Cedar Creek fire burned much of the Bunchgrass and Waldo portions of our original course, so we've created yet another reroute in order to give you 200 delicious miles to run. This race now starts and finishes in Oakridge.
Oregon 200 Dates & Location
This race is pending permit approval for 2023.
Bib pickup: Thursday, August 24, 1:00-4:00 p.m., Greenwaters Park, Oakridge, Oregon
Mandatory race briefing: August 24, 4:00-5:00 p.m., Greenwaters Park amphitheater
Race start: Friday, August 25, 6:00 a.m., Greenwaters Park, Oakridge, Oregon
Race finish: Tuesday, August 29, noon., Greenwaters Park
Awards Ceremony & Brunch: Tuesday, August 29, noon, Greenwaters Park amphitheater
Registration will open after we have approval. Sign up here to receive an email prior to registration starting.
$1200 (early bird pricing tier TBD)
$1300 (second pricing tier TBD)
$1400 (third pricing tier TBD)
Fee includes race registration, optional camping at Greenwaters Park, swag, post-race brunch, on-course food, and all the other support you expect from a Go Beyond Racing race.
Race is capped at 150 runners this year. A wait list is activated when the race fills.
Optional shirts/merchandise are available for purchase during registration.
2023 Registration TBA
Please note that there are no transfers to other runners and no refunds. If you need to cancel your registration and it's more than 30 days prior to the race, you will receive a 50% credit toward a future Go Beyond Racing race. If your cancellation is 30 days or less from race day, there is no credit. By registering, you agree to this Cancellation Policy.
200-Mile Course Information
For a thorough course description, visit the Course page.
This race is mostly single-track, and sweet single-track at that. We're talking almost 200 miles of riverside, lakeside, forest-bathing, dirt trail. You climb and descent 26,200 feet.
Single track: 70%
Forest road (dirt/gravel): 24%
Paved road: 8%
There are 13 fully-stocked and manned aid stations and nine sleep stations. The furthest you'll go between aid station is 20 miles.
Oakridge's Greenwaters Park is the home base for the race. Race headquarters is set up here. This is where bib pick up and the race briefing occurs, where the start and finish lines are, where pacers sign a waiver and pick up their bibs, and where the post-race awards celebration and brunch occur. There are plenty of accommodation options and amenities (gas, food, grocery, etc).
Crew is allowed and encouraged, but certainly not required. You can do this race on your own using the aid stations and your drop bags. It is a very crew-friendly course though, with access at eight of the 13 aid stations. More information about Crew here.
Drop Bags
Drop bags are allowed at most of the aid stations along the course:
Sand Prairie (miles 24 & 180)
Sacadanga (40 & 164)
Timpanogas (56, 66, 138, 148)
Lemolo (86, 118)
Toketee (102)
You will drop off all of your drop bags during bib pickup on Thursday afternoon before the race meeting. Each drop bag must be labeled with your last name and bib number. Drop bags are returned to Greenwaters Park after each aid station shuts down.
Pacers are allowed and can join and leave you at any of the crew accessible aid stations starting at the Sacadanga aid station (mile 40). Runners can have more than one pacer for the race, but are allowed only one pacer on course at a time. Pacers must pick up a bib and sign a waiver at the Greenwaters Park in Oakridge. A pacer bib is required whenever a pacer is with you on course.
Pacers are responsible for their own transportation to and from the course. More information on Pacing is here.
Trail Work Requirement
Go Beyond Racing strongly believe that all of us should give back by volunteering to do trail work on a regular basis. For the Oregon 200, all racers must complete a total of eight (8) hours of trail work. The trail work doesn't need to be done before registering; just sometime after October 1 and before July 31. This required form is signed by the trail work site manager and emailed (to the address on the form) before the deadline. Entrants and waitlisters without the required trail work will forfeit their spot on August 2nd, and the next on the wait list is invited to take the spot.
We define trail work as maintenance of existing trails and development of new. The trails can be anywhere in the world. This report (to come) shows all current entrants and notes those who have completed all 8 hours. Waitlisters won't show on this report until they are actually in the race, even if you've submitted your hours.
Go Beyond Racing hosts several trail work events throughout the year – check our Events Calendar for those. We will also post opportunities we hear of in the Oregon 200 soon-to-be-launched Facebook Group.
Mandatory Gear
All racers are required to carry or have accessible at the aid stations via crew or drop bags the following:
Oregon 200 Tracking
All racers will carry a race-provided GPS-enabled device, which will track their progress. You are required to use the device we provide; personal devices are not allowed as a substitute.
Every racer is also required to have the course map downloaded on a personal GPS device with them during the entire race, so that they can check that they are on course at any time. We recommend using Avenza maps and the Oakridge, Oregon Trail Map – 2020 on your phone (and having a charger in your pack and/or drop bags).
The race starts and finishes in Oakridge, Oregon. Runners can park their cars here for the entirety of the race.
Driving directions to Greenwaters Park:
From Portland
From Eugene
From Bend
There are numerous lodging opportunities in Oakridge and campgrounds all over the course.
A list hotels to come
The Oregon 200 beneficiary is the organization that inspired much of it; the Oregon Timber Trail Alliance. This non-profit created the Oregon Timber Trail mountain bike route through the entire state of Oregon. Since launching in 2015, it's also developed additional routes throughout Oregon and contributes hundreds of hours every year to trail building and maintenance. The OTT is dedicated to stewardship, education, community, and quality trail experiences throughout the Oregon Timber Trail corridor. We've personally worked shoulder-to-shoulder and shovel-to-shovel, and shared some miles and cold ones with this organization over the years and are thrilled to support their efforts and cause.
There is a Facebook Page where you can stay current on happenings related to the race. We will also have a Facebook Group where you can connect and interact with others racers and volunteers.
We acknowledge that this race occurs on the traditional homelands of the Molalla Tribe, the Confederated Tribes of the Siletz and the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde, Klamath Tribe, Kalapuya Tribe, Yoncalla Tribe, and the Winefelly Tribe.


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Henry VII & Daenerys: Two Dragons of the same scale who've broken the wheel
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A Song of Ice and Fire is rich with detail and characters that are as complex as the world they live in, and the faith they practice. The war of the five kings which was based on the wars of the roses is over. We have come to the Tudor period with strings of the last stages of the wars of the roses.
Henry Tudor failed to invade England in his first attempt. Buckingham's Rebellion was supposed to destabilize the government but it did nothing of the sort. Henry didn't give up and in his darkest hour he vowed that once he won, he'd marry Elizabeth of York, uniting the two houses of York and Lancaster and bringing peace to England.
It is unclear if the book series or the TV adaption will follow history but given that the latest trailer has made the similarities between the two more obvious, it is safe to say that it will come close.
We don't know what Dany's exact reaction is when she finally arrives to Westeros, specifically to Dragonstone. Dragonstone is the equivalent to Wales in the world of ice and fire.
Rhaegar was Daenerys' older brother and thus, the crown heir and Prince of Dragonstone. Like his historical counterparts, the Princes of Wales, he was tasked with carrying out the King's justice and ensuring that his subjects' would stay loyal to the crown. Crown heirs as young as twelve would be sent here and like the princes of Wales, they would have their own household with a governor and tutors which would help them with the task of ruling and administering their principality.
After Rhaegar died at the battle of the Trident, many people saw his siblings as the sole heirs of the Targaryen dynasty. Like Henry Tudor, Daenerys was forced to flee along with her brother and seek refuge across the narrow sea. Her claim to the throne has been described as slim because of her gender and her father's reputation as a tyrant, not to mention her older brother's actions with Lyanna. But Daenerys insists that she, and only she, is the rightful heir to the throne and there is nothing she won't do to get what she wants.
The Ones who were Promised
Daenerys is also seen as a savior by the followers of the red god. Coupled with the myriad of sell-swords, former slaves, hordes of Dothraki and disenfranchised aristocrats from her homeland, it is no surprise why she's become the biggest contender.
The way Dany looks up in the latest trailer of season 7 after she lands in Dragonstone (way to make it obvious who these people are based on, am I right?) in an almost reverential manner is so similar to Henry's reaction when he arrived to England after fourteen years in exile.
Besides claiming descent from the legendary Welsh King, Cadwallder, Henry also claimed to be a descendant of King Arthur, through his father, Edmund Tudor, who claimed to descend from Welsh Princes that went all the way back to ancient times. Henry Tudor adopted the symbol of the red dragon of Wales as his main banner, and as soon as the Welsh heard of his arrival, they began to sing songs about him, claiming that he was the one who had been promised.
According to the chronicler Robert Fabyan, upon arriving to Milford Haven in Pembrokeshire, Wales, on the 7th of August 1485, Henry "kneeled down upon the earth, and with meek countenance and pure devotion began this psalm: judica me deus, and discern causmam." (Psalm 43: Judge me, Oh God, and distinguish my cause.) Then Henry kissed "the ground meekly, and reverently made the sign of the cross upon him."
Daenerys hasn't shown herself to be pious but like her historical counterpart she has a strong sense of purpose. She believes that it is her right to rule because of her bloodline and her actions towards the slavers at the former slaver's bay (now renamed Dragon's Bay). But will that be enough to vanquish the forces of evil and more importantly convince the people to join her cause?
Only time, and in this case, shorter time (since the clock is ticking) will tell. Henry's defeat of Richard III didn't end the dynastic conflict, though he made it seem when he married EOY as if it did. And assuming that the theory of Dany marrying Jon Snow is correct, that won't guarantee Westeros any peace as there will still be plenty of factions looking for ways to undermine their reign and gain the upper hand.
Another thing I noticed is Dany's new look which mirrors Henry in his later years. Contrary to popular opinion, Henry didn't always dress so dour. In her latest book, historian Tracy Borman talks about how he closely guarded his money and his possessions but he still spent a significant amount on clothing.
"… he had a more light-hearted side. His household accounts reveal that he was fond of playing cards, even though he regularly suffered heavy losses … Physically fit from his years of campaigning, he held regular jousts and liked to play tennis. The latter was a particular favourite with the king and was commended by a contemporary expert on courtly refinement as a "noble sport which is very suitable for the courtier to lay … for this shows how well he is built physically, how quick and agile he is in every member" … Miserly he may have been, but Henry Tudor was shrewd enough not to repeat this mistake. A man's clothes –far more than those of a woman –were of great symbolic importance … Henry spent the greatest sums on his apparel during the early years of his reign, when he felt most insecure on his newly won throne." (Borman, The Private Lives of the Tudors)
Dany's latest appearance mirrors that of Henry during the last years of his reign after he'd lost nearly all of his loved ones, including his wife and son.
Daenerys has this rich apparel with jewels and expensive fabrics, and she is finally wearing her house colors, but in contrast to previous seasons and other contenders, she appears more reserved. Even Cersei boasts of more jewelry and outlandish headgear than her! It could be that as Dany attempts to make her final claim at the Iron Throne, she wants to be seen more as a protector than a bejeweled tyrant.
Game Changers & Altering History
So after everything that I've written, you might be asking: Does this mean that Daenerys will end up as Henry Tudor? Beloved savior turned miserly female king who loses nearly all of her loved ones? As I previously stated, given that this is Game of Thrones, it is hard to figure out what the outcome will be but one thing is certain and that is that Daenerys as Henry Tudor have changed the rules of the game. As she told Tyrion in season four, she isn't determined to be another spoke in the wheel, she wants to break it.
"Lannister, Baratheon, Tyrell, Stark … they are all just spokes on a wheel … On and on it goes … I am not just going to change the wheel, I am going to break it."
This is an allusion to the wheel of fortune. A medieval concept that can be simplified to good luck vs bad luck. Either you were favored by God, or you weren't (in which case you were pushed to the bottom of the wheel). Henry's candidacy as the last scion of the House of Lancaster changed all that. If we looked critically at this claim, and forget about the outlandish tales he and his descendants weaved about his dynasty, we see someone who rose to power thanks to the in-fighting that was going on at England at the time and the tragedy of the princes in the tower, and who through his wit and cunning, won many people over, and who in spite of living on the run for most of his teenage and young adult life, grew up to be a very determined and cautious individual.
Daenerys says that it is her destiny to rule. Henry swore before an audience of disaffected Edwardian Yorkists and staunch Lancastrian loyalists at Vannes Cathedral in Brittany that he would bring them victory and peace by defeating Richard III and marrying Elizabeth of York. The way he spoke and interacted with his new allies, convinced them that he was a man worthy to follow. Over a century later, William Shakespeare wrote the conclusion to his history plays on the wars of the roses, 'Richard III'. Richard III is filled with Tudor propaganda where he drew from plenty of sources written during Henry's reign and his successors, that painted Richard as a hunchback and a twisted individual. It is no different than what we see Tyrion or Cersei being depicted at. While Cersei borrows the worst qualities assigned to Queen Regents and Queen Regnants during the Tudor era, the role she is playing in Daenery's story is similar to that of Richard III.
There have been many fan theories that speculate that while the book series are told from different characters' point of view, and we see this being expanded on the show, the whole story might not be nothing more than a single person's take on these events. Someone who has interpreted these events based on what his best friend has told him, or how he wishes them to be remembered. Of course, I am referring to Samwell Tarly. The season 6 finale closed the chapter on Samwell's story with him and Gilly and her son arriving to Old Town where they meet one of the grand maesters. He is examining a document with a special lens and as he guides Sam to the main library, we see the astrolabe which is largely featured at the beginning of the credits. Could it be that this story is showing Jon Snow and Daenerys in such a light, because that is how Sam prefers the population to remember it?
Let's recall what Varys told Tyrion in season 2: "A very small man can cast a big shadow."
Indeed, he can. If there is one thing we have learned from history is that it is bias and whoever is victorious, gets to control the narrative. The pen is mightier than the sword, and it might be that Varys' sermon about how power is nothing more than "a trick, a shadow in the wall" and the greatest trick of all is the one that changes people's perception to the point that their view of the world is whatever you tell them.
This doesn't undermine Daenerys and Henry VII's respective rise to power. On the contrary, it only highlights their genius and their ambition. Henry's claim rested on his mythical roots to King Arthur and Cadwallder, his right of conquest (which was valid and was also claimed by his and the Plantagenets' ancestor, William the Conqueror), and finally from his mother who was a direct descendant from John of Gaunt, 1st. Duke of Lancaster, albeit from an illegitimate branch. While Richard II had legitimized John of Gaunt and his former mistress, Kathryn Swynford (who was his wife by then), his successor, John of Gaunt's oldest son, had undermined their legitimacy by adding a new clause that barred them from the line of succession. Henry's victory made many of his supporters forget this little detail, but not the Yorkist remnants who continued to wage war against the Tudors -a war that escalated when Henry VIII broke away from Rome and created his own church.
Without a doubt, Henry and Daenerys are two of the best examples that the people who start off as the most inconsequential can become the most important players of the game and through a number of misfortunes and strokes of luck, break the wheel, and true examples that destiny is what you make of it.
"The reality of Henry Tudor's ascent to the throne –his narrow escapes from death, his failures and anxieties, complete with constant uncertainty of his situation and the compromises that he had been forced to make, including the support from France and his former Yorkist enemies in gaining the crown- was a far less welcome tale. It remains nonetheless just as remarkable; against all the odds, at Bosworth Henry achieved a victory that he should not have won." (Skidmore, Rise of the Tudors)
Ironically, even when Henry VIII tried to outdo his father in the Tudor Dynasty Portrait that has him, Henry VII, leaning next to a monument while their respective wives, Elizabeth of York and Jane Seymour (who was dead at the time this was painted) are on the other side, claiming that his achievements were better than his father; he had to admit that without him, none of that would have been possible.
Decades later, during Elizabeth I's coronation, Henry VII was featured once again, this time through the device he created after his union to Elizabeth, that symbolized the union of their two houses, the Tudor rose. Elizabeth I would often invoke the past to justify her actions and lend validity to her claim. Like her grandfather, she saw herself as the rightful heir to the throne, not just because of her father's will, but because her mother had been an anointed queen and like her paternal grandmother and namesake, she viewed herself as a symbol of unity who was destined to pull England out of darkness and into the light.
"On Saturday, January 14, 1559, at about two o'clock, Henry VIII's youngest daughter, Elizabeth, rode through London, from the Tower down to Westminster, on the eve of her coronation. As usual, a great series of pageants had been organized to illustrate the many ways in which the new queen's majesty was righteous and worthy. At the corner of Fenchurch Street was Gracechurch Street a large stage was erected across the street, "vaulted with battlements" and built on three separated levels. The official record of the procession recorded that "on the lowest stage was made one seat royal, wherein were placed two personages representing king Henry the Seventh and Elizabeth his wife, daughter of king Edward the Fourth … [not] divided but that the one of them which was king Henry processing out of the house of Lancaster was enclosed in a red rose, and the other which was Queen Elizabeth being heir to the house of York enclosed with a white rose … Out of which two roses sprang two branches gathered into one, which were directed upward to the second stage … wherein was placed one, representing the valiant and noble prince king Henry [VIII]."
… Buildings were decorated with the Tudor roses and other associated emblems of the dynasty. Great stained glass windows installed in churches during the sixteenth century blazed with red and white petals. Anyone who had been lucky enough to brose the books of the royal library would have found the exquisite illustrations on the pages decorated with roses red, white and Tudor –in many cases these were added to books that had been inherited from earlier kings- particularly Edward IV. Other books, too, were emblazoned with the simplified dynastic story of the Wars of the Roses … By Elizabeth's reign, the mere sight of red and white roses entwined was enough to evoke instantly the whole story of the fifteenth century: the Crown had been thrown into dispute and disarray by the Lancastrian deposition of Richard II in 1399; this had prompted nearly a century of warfare between two rival clans, which was a form of divine punishment for the overthrow of a rightful king; finally in 1485, the Tudors had reunited the families and saved the realm. It was that simple." (Jones, Wars of the Roses: Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors)
Perception is everything and it is more effective when the person twisting historical events is full of conviction and if there was one thing the Tudors had was plenty of conviction -something their founder's fantasy counterpart also has.
"Now civil wounds are stopped peace lives again: That she may long live here, God say Amen!" ~The Tragedy of Richard III by William Shakespeare (1592)
The last book in the series will be called 'Dreams of Spring' and given how Shakespeare's Richard III ends with Henry Tudor being crowned and promising a new beginning for England, it can be inferred that the last book's title refers to a bittersweet closure to the song of ice and fire, with the war ending, some form of peace being achieved but at a great cost. And perhaps it is revealed at the end, that this was nothing more than someone else's view of these events, leaving many questions (as with the wars of the roses and the era after it) unanswered.
Martin, George, et. al. World of Ice and Fire: The Untold History of Westeros. Bantam. 2014.
Lisle, Leanda. Tudor: Passion, Manipulation, Murder. The Story of England's Most Notorious Royal Family. Public Affairs. 2013.
Chrimes, S.B. Henry VII. Yale University Press. 1999.
Skidmore, Chris. The Rise of the Tudors. St. Martin Press. 2014.
Porter, Linda. Tudors vs Stewarts: The Fatal Inheritance of Mary, Queen of Scots. St. Martin's Press. 2014.
Borman, Tracy. The Private Lives of the Tudors. Grove Press. 2016.
Jones, Dan. The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors. Penguin. 2014.
Shakespeare, William. The Tragedy of Richard III. 1592.
Weiss, Daniel Brett and Benioff, David, creators. Game of Thrones. HBO. 2011-?
I also recommend all the other books in the Song of Ice and Fire saga, including the latest spin off "Dunk and Egg" which expands on this world.
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Finally, some good news out of Washington. The Department of Justice has appointed former FBI Director Bob Mueller to be Independent Counsel to investigate all issues related to Russian intervention in the American election. Mueller has the latitude and resources to investigate President Donald Trump's relationship to the Russians, contacts between Trump campaign officials and the Russians, possible collusion between the President and Vladimir Putin or other top Russian officials to benefit the Trump campaign, even the circumstances surrounding Donald Trump's leaking of highly classified intelligence to Russia the day after he fired former FBI Director James Comey. Mueller can also review Trump's tax returns for relevant information.
It was Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein who made the appointment, which redeems his reputation, sullied when Trump used him in Comey's dismissal. Mueller, who served as FBI Director for 12 years under both Republican and Democratic administrations, is one of the good guys, a person of serious demeanor, high intelligence, utmost integrity, courage and all the other values so important to our nation in this time of crisis. Whether he finds criminal wrong-doing or determines there was none, the American people can put faith in the outcome of the investigation. It's hard to imagine anyone better suited to the task than this individual. I knew and respected him when he was U.S. Attorney in Boston after he had served in that position in San Francisco.
The appointment takes the heat off many Republican members of Congress, who didn't want this appointment, but now can tell their constituents they're doing their job. Having a DoJ independent counsel shouldn't deter House and Senate Committees from carrying on their investigations. Having some duplication may present problems with, for example, the granting of immunity. But Congressional investigations have a greater chance of providing the public with important information about past wrongdoing and grossly unethical behavior that wouldn't see the light of day under Independent Counsel Mueller if there is no narrow finding of criminality. Congress, not DoJ, is the body that must take the lead in designing steps to prevent the misbehavior of 2016 from occurring again.
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It's clear that Scottish distilling has refused to rest on its laurels in 2018, continuously taking traditional techniques and marrying them to startling innovation.
Our globally famous industry remains at distilling's cutting edge, and the rewards are significant against the backdrop of a major rise in international whisky demand that's seen connoisseurs looking for ever more unusual and interesting products.
Of course, we Scots have led the way in disruptive distilling for centuries. In 1826, Robert Stein, the so-called 'Henry Ford of the Whisky Industry' invented a method of continuous distillation, allowing spirit to be produced much faster and resulting in a 30-fold increase.
Two centuries on, with over 120 active malt whisky distilleries now in operation, and that number set to swell, Scotland is still breaking the mould and reinventing the notion of what's possible.
Three trends have taken hold, including alternative maturation/finishing in non-traditional casks, ultra-ageing, and premiumisation.
While Scottish producers are too often mistakenly thought to be behind the curve when it comes to innovation, the industry is increasingly recognising the need to share ideas, collaborate, and take inspiration from the likes of coffee roasters and chocolatiers. Some have gone further.
Indeed, perhaps we shouldn't be surprised to see blockchain technology � which allows digital information to be distributed but not copied � forming an unlikely but pioneering alliance with our distilleries.
More typically associated with the worlds of FinTech and Bitcoin, the blockchain has wide uses, including the prevention of counterfeiting.
Only recently, Dunfermline-based Fusion Whisky and its partners Adelphi Distillery announced that their new release, The Winter Queen, would be a blend of European history and blockchain, engineered by fusing Scotch with malt whisky from the Netherlands. Adelphi pioneered the idea and the rest was literally history.
It's actually the second whisky to use such technology following the release of both Fusion Whisky's Australian blend, The Brisbane, and two of Adelphi's AD spirits, this year.
The second expression of The Winter Queen was released to commemorate the coronation of Scottish princess Elizabeth Stuart � eldest daughter of King James VI of Scotland, King James I of England � who was crowned Queen of Bohemia 399 years ago. Crucially, more than six different malt whiskies have gone into the complex blend � and that's where the blockchain comes in.
Essentially, for Fusion Whisky, it's a uniquely secure method of authoritatively detailing the provenance of its product, allowing consumers to understand every stage of a whisky's journey, from the field in which the barley was sourced to who bottled it and when, while assuring them that no fraud has taken place.
In the case of The Winter Queen, the technology � developed for Fusion Whisky by Edinburgh tech firm Arc-Net � also gives the buyer the opportunity to discover more about Princess Elizabeth Stuart.
And in a very modern way, whisky aficionados are able to follow the story of their favourite tipple by scanning a QR code on the label.
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A Dan Carter try leads RACING 92 into the playoffs and here are the playoffs confirmed.
3' Dan Carter kicks Racing in front with a penalty.
6' Baptiste Serin levels with a penalty in front of the posts.
13' Bordeaux go the length of the field after Racnig cough up possesion on their own lineout. Adam Ashley-Cooper runs the length of the field to score.
32' Serin with another penalty. Bordeaux look completely in control and Racing are crashing out of the playoff spots.
50' Dulin can't catch a pass in midfield and Blair Connor runs in to score in the corner.
55' Still hope for Racing 92 as Nyanga touches down as the pack marches over the line. Carter converts.
65' A huge drive from the lineout and Racing are within losing bonus point territory and back into sixth. Carter converts.
70' Dan Carter touches down and the referee gives a yellow card to Louis-Benoit Madaule for a high tackle. Carter has his kick charged down by Adam Ashley-Cooper.
76' Bernard Le Roux, his second high tackle and Hickey takes a penalty from halfway and it drops short.
4' Clement Daguin delivers a brilliant kick through and Djibril Camara touches down, Morne Steyn converts. Stade at this point will get the playoffs spot.
10' Willie du Plessis converts a penalty for Montpellier.
23' Steyn tags on a penalty for Stade.
29' Steyn again to push out Stade's lead.
40' On the stroke of halftime Nemani Nadolo crashes over to score. The sides go in level.
46' Steyn puts Stade ahead again. The playoffs are calling Stade. Incredible.
55' A cross kick sees Duhan van der Merwe catch and score in the corner.
69' A try from Pierre Spies has Montpellier in complete control.
71' Craig Burden touches down to put Stade back to within six points of Montpellier.
81' Waisea Nayacalevu scores a try but Morne Steyn puts his kick wide but it wouldn't have mattered as Racing 92 secured the win.
5' Damian Penaud touches down. Game on at the Stade Marcel Michelin. Patricio Fernandez converts.
22' Patricio Fernandez converts a penalty to push Clermont further ahead and closer to a semifinal place.
25' Arthur Retiere gets La Rochelle off the mark.
28' Retiere again with a kick and La Rochelle get back into the game.
32' Sebastien Vahaamahina scores for Clermont as Clermont begin to turn the screw.
36' Penaud again, this could be a rout for Clermont.
43' Retiere converts the first penalty of the second half.
47' Retiere gets a fourth penalty and they are back within 12 of Clermont.
55' Fernandez kicks a penalty to stretch Clermont's lead.
59' Jeremie Maurouard scores La Rochelle's first try.
64' Fernandez kicks Clermont 11 ahead with a penalty.
76' Ricky Januarie scores a try to get La Rochelle a losing bonus point.
7' Two Benjamin Urdapilleta penalties have Castres ahead.
15' Gaetan Germain penalty gets Brive on the board.
19' Guillaume Ribes touches down and Brive could yet make the playoffs.
25' Gaetan Germain once again splits the posts.
29' Ribes goes over for his second and Brive are cruising here.
34' Antoine Dupont scores Castres' first try of the game and Urdapilleta converts.
40' Dupont scores and the game is level after Urdapilleta's conversion.
48' Germain kicks a penalty for Brive.
54' Horacio Agulla scores a try for Castres to put them back in front.
59' Penalty try and Brive back in front.
2' First try of the evening goes to Lyon as Cameron Mapusua crosses.
5' Game on as Edward Sawailau touches down for Grenoble.
12' Dylan Jacquot gets in for a second try for Grenoble.
19' Jonathan Wisniewski kicks a penalty for Grenoble.
34' Lilian Saseras scores a third try for Grenoble and Jonathan Wisniewski converts.
42' Jonathan Wisniewski converts a penalty and Grenoble are in control.
43' Arnaud Heguy gets Grenoble's fourth try of the game.
48' Edward Sawailau adds his second try of the game.
51' Stephane Clement strikes back for Lyon.
54' Well Lyon's hopes for a playoff spot are coming to an end in amazing fashion. Alexandre Dardet dots down.
57' Maritino Nemani touches down for Grenoble. Try number eight for them.
59' Hamza Kaabeche grabs a third for Lyon. Only five tries behind.
4' Leigh Halfpenny scores a try and converts.
16' Levan Chilachava touches down for Toulon and Pau, who had a chance of reaching the playoffs are seeing it slowly slip away.
21' Mosese Ratuvou puts Pau back in the game.
28' Leigh Halfpenny kicks a penalty.
38' Guilhem Guirado touches down for Toulon as Toulonais, Allez, Allez Allez rings around the stadium.
61' Watisoni Votu scores Pau's second.
78' Drew Mitchell adds a fourth try for Toulon to secure the win.
5' Yoann Huget scores for the first try of the game. Toby Flood converts.
7' Benjamin Thiery strikes back for Bayonne.
15' Alexis Palisson touches down and Flood again with the extras.
30' Yann David touches down and Toulouse are ending the season in style.
32' A second from Yann David. Game over.
38' Bayonne get back into this game as Romain Martial scores a try.
54' Florian Fritz touches down for Toulouse.
76' Paul Perez gets try number six for Toulouse.


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Ecuador-hosted UNITAS LXI multinational exercise kicks off
Naval forces from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Peru, Uruguay, and the United States commenced UNITAS LXI, an annual multinational exercise, Nov. 2 in Manta, Ecuador.
This year's exercise is hosted by the Ecuadorian Navy and will include 13 warships, which will conduct operations in the Pacific Ocean through Nov. 11.
Ecuadorian Navy Rear Adm. Diego Sosa, Chief of Staff of Naval Operations for the Ecuadorian Navy, will serve as Commander Task Force 401, the Combined Task Force (CTF) that executes the UNITAS exercise. U.S. maritime forces will be under the operational control of Commander, Task Force (CTF) 138, Rear Adm. Don Gabrielson, commander, U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet.
During opening ceremonies Gabrielson, who delivered remarks virtually, told participating forces, "Welcome to the 61st UNITAS, graciously hosted by Ecuador. We embrace this opportunity to come together, united as one fighting force—a team ready to defend our strategic and shared interests."
UNITAS is designed to train each navy to conduct joint naval operations through the execution of littoral warfare, maritime interdiction operations, countering transnational organized crime, anti-surface warfare, electronic warfare, communications exercises, and air and amphibious operations in order to increase interoperability and capability between participating naval and marine forces.
UNITAS, which is Latin for "unity," was conceived in 1959, first executed in 1960 and has been held every year since. This year marks the first time in approximately 20 years that Ecuador has hosted the exercise and the 61st iteration of the world's longest-running annual multinational maritime exercise.
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Jews, Muslims show unity through bike ride
Interfaith group of cyclists tours Chicago mosque, synagogue
July 08, 2012|By Erin Meyer, Chicago Tribune reporter
A group of Muslim and Jewish cyclists found common ground Sunday on Chicago pavement as they biked across the city from a downtown mosque to a North Side synagogue.
"We have a lot more in common than we have differences," said Julie Hochstadter, at the end of the eight-mile bike ride organized by the Jewish-Muslim Community Building Initiative to bolster interfaith relations in Chicago.
About 60 riders met in the morning at the Downtown Islamic Center, a mosque in the Loop. They removed their shoes and gathered for a breakfast of baklava and bananas on the floor of the center's expansive prayer room, where Muslims who work or live in the Loop pray daily. It was the first time in a mosque for some of the Jewish riders.
"I believe in the idea that Jews and Muslims should do activities in the city together as a way to move the world closer together," said Northwestern University professor Laurie Zoloth, who participated in the ride even though she was fasting Sunday in remembrance of tragedies suffered by the Jewish people.
"We fight, but we are still cousins," agreed Muhammad Ullah, building manager at the Islamic center. "We love each other, but we don't want to share."
Hochstadter, the executive director of a social networking site for Chicago cyclists called thechainlink.org, said Sunday's ride was inspired by a 2006 interfaith bike trek across Jerusalem that she participated in.
There, Hochstadter said, relationships between the Jewish and Muslim students — many grew up amid the protracted Israeli-Palestinian conflict over the Gaza Strip and West Bank — were often tense. That wasn't the case Sunday afternoon as the group traveled "as a single organism" north along Broadway to Anshe Emet Synagogue and on to the lakefront in Lincoln Park for a picnic.
"So here we are as active Muslims, Jews and Americans," said rider Melissa Simon as the breeze produced small white-capped waves in the distance. "We cannot fix the Israeli-Palestinian conflict today. But we can put all of our heart energy into the pedals and spend time with people."
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As the lion's share of reports in media, particularly television, and discussions among people in public transport and at home revolves around the on-going Lok Sabha elections, children take note and improvise it in their own way.
They have invented a new game - the "vote-vote game" - that they play in their pool car while going to or returning from school.
"Our parents say vote is very important. But we cannot vote till we grow up. So we are playing vote-vote game," said Samadrita, a 10-year-old girl who studies in class 5.
- who are students of two-three schools in the north eastern part of Kolkata.
Asked to whom people vote, they said in unison: "Parties".
They do know names of parties. "Trinamool... BJP... Congress..," said Nabanita, a class 4 student.
They came to know form their parents that someone becomes the prime minister after election.
So, how is this vote-vote game?
" We divide ourselves into two parties and elect a prime minister. All of us has to listen to the prime minister," 7-year-old Soumili was serious.
Trisrota said they elect the prime minister by raising their hands and counting them.
And in case of a tie, the "driver uncle" of the pool car is entitled to a casting vote.
"Even I have to listen to the prime minister. I play the song the prime minister wants to listen to. The prime minister also gets the first share of tiffin," Prabir Haldar, 30, who drives a pool car, said with a smile.
Parents of these children said their wards get excited to inform them about the result of the game.
"My son was very excited after returning from school the other day. He was elected the prime minister," said Shrabani Dutta, mother of Ayush, a class 3 student.
"He asked a lot of questions about elections and political parties. He even asked to which party I am going to vote," she said.
Psychologist Shreya Ghosh said children are by nature curious and they learn from their surroundings.
"But parents must take care that the game remains as such. Children try to emulate what they see. They should not indulge in the ugly sides of elections like fights," she said.


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Can corpus linguistics help with branding?
Updated Wednesday, 18th September 2013
Having trouble naming your company? Corpus analysis might be able to help.
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Copyright: © Julija Sapic | Dreamstime.com Generally, when you think about the types of people involved in branding, copy writing or marketing, you probably don't think of linguists. Instead you, like me, probably think of 'creative types' – whatever that may mean. But actually, linguistics, and in particular corpus analysis, can play a valuable role in decisions about wording.
Imagine that you want to rename your company. With the help of a creative agency you have probably created a shortlist of candidate names, all of which you would be happy with. What can you base your final decision on? You can of course google each of the words and see if they are being used by other companies. This is an important step. But suppose you've come up with three really great words that have not been used by similar companies before. What next?
One thing you could do is try to understand the connotations and association of the three words in everyday usage, perhaps even in specific contexts. Words all have 'baggage' in that they carry multiple meanings and associations derived from the contexts and co-texts in which they are used. The word 'crusty' for example is quite specific and not used in too many contexts. Mostly it is used in the context of fresh bread. This is quite an obvious and a positive association.
However, can you be sure that this is the only association? You could ask a few people what they associate with the word and you may get a few different answers. But a more efficient and reliable way of doing this is to look the word up in a corpus.
A corpus is a large collection of language organised in a systematic way and stored digitally. It can be written language or transcribed spoken language. One of the most well-known corpora (plural of corpus) is the British National Corpus (BNC). It consists of 100 million words of "samples of written and spoken language from a wide range of sources, designed to represent a wide cross-section of British English from the later part of the 20th century" (http://www.natcorp.ox.ac.uk/corpus/). A newer and much larger (1.9 billion words) corpus is the Corpus of Global Web-based English (GloWbE). It consists of language collected from 1.8 million web pages in 20 different English-speaking countries.
These and other corpora allow you to search for a particular word or phrase that you are interested in and look at hundreds of examples of how it is used. You can also ask the software that holds the corpus to give you information about which words frequently occur within, say 4 words of your search term (i.e. look for 'collocates'). In this way you can easily make an educated judgement about the suitability of the word for your purposes.
Going back to 'crusty': if you search for it in GloWbE, you'll find that aside from the obvious and positive association with fresh bread, there are also a few negative associations when it is used with words such as 'skin', 'feet' and 'hippies'. You'll also be able to tell that although these links exist, they are relatively weak. Now you have something concrete to go on when deciding whether to use 'crusty' in your company name or not (My suggestion: if you're selling bread, then go for it – see the success of Upper Crust; but if not, you may want to reconsider). If you have several alternative words or phrases, these can each be explored in turn and compared for their relative advantages and disadvantages.
I wouldn't suggest in any way that corpus analysis can replace more common branding and marketing techniques. But I would argue that it can be helpful and complementary to other strategies, often giving tangible support for 'intuitions'.
Dr Zsófia Demjén
(The Open University)
Originally published: Wednesday, 18th September 2013
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3. Once melted, add egg yolk and mix.
4. Sift self-raising flour and fold.
5. Whisk egg white until firm meringue forms.
6. Fold meringue gently into batter.
7. Pour batter in cake tin. Rest it in fridge.
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DINAN is without doubt one of the most attractive and best preserved small towns in Brittany, with half-timbered houses, cobbled streets, ramparts and an attractive port. On market day the town square is packed with market stalls selling a variety of fresh local produce, leather goods and clothes. The town itself has an array of art galleries, craft shops and alfresco restaurants.
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