Gott schlecht benimmt? 하나님은 나쁘게 행동?
God will soon be behaving badly in both German and Korean.
Marie Phillips' book Gods Behaving Badly was translated into German as Götter ohne Manieren, "Gods without manners", so you just don't know what will happen to the title. The film version of Phillips' book will come out in 2012, starring Christopher Walken, Sharon Stone, Alicia Silverstone, John Turturro, Oliver Platt. Since her book was published in 2007, I figure the film of God Behaving Badly will come out in 2016 (about 5 years later). I haven't read her book, but it's about Greek gods living in modern-day New York, sort of like a Percy Jackson book for adults.
The title of this blog comes from translate.google.com (English to German and English to Korean, just to be clear), so if you know these languages better than me (that wouldn't be hard) and you don't like these titles, suggest a better translation. My German is only slightly better than my Korean. I won't be doing the translating.


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Aaron Kunkel on The Boy Band Con: The Story of Lou Pearlman – SXSW Filmmaker In Focus
January 28, 2019 Neha Aziz
The 2019 SXSW Film Festival is almost upon us and we can't wait to have you here! Before you make your way down to Austin, TX get to know films from our lineup a little bit better with our Filmmaker In Focus series. Dive into our Q&A with director Aaron Kunkel, as he tells us about his film The Boy Band Con: The Story of Lou Pearlman, which will world premiere in 24 Beats Per Second. Former *NSYNC member Lance Bass is one of the producers for the film and will be speaking at the SXSW Conference in a Featured Session!
In your own words, what does this film mean to you?
Aaron Kunkel: This film really does mean a lot to me. The story we tell I hope resonates with a lot of people, both those that grew up in the 90s as I did, as well as those interested in a human story about the glitzy and glamorous music industry. On top of that, this is my first documentary feature, and I can't express how honored and grateful I am to get to tell stories and be creative for a living. Making art with people I love and respect, and getting those stories out to the world is the dream, and through premiering our film at SXSW I'm getting to live that. I could retire happily. (But I won't – I hope to premiere at least 10 more films at SXSW!)
What motivated you to tell this story?
AK: My personal motivation really comes down to two words: truth and lies. This is a story wrought with both, and Lance, myself, and the whole team really took to heart striving to uncover the real story amongst the rumors, half-truths, and full blown lies. We're living in a time when truth and lies are seeming to blur together more and more and I wanted to examine the difference between them, while trying to understand why they're becoming, and in a lot of ways have always been, really difficult to tell apart.
What do you want the audience to take away?
AK: I would love it if the audience was inspired to think about truth and lies in their own lives. How many things in our lives do we believe just because we want to? Who in our lives and in positions of power is actually looking out for us, and who is looking out for themselves? We're in a time of feedback loops and bubbles and just speaking for myself, I've fallen into that trap repeatedly. When is something the truth, and when is something not, but we want it really badly to be true, so we let ourselves believe it? Hopefully we will always keep striving for these answers.
What were you doing when you found out you were coming to SXSW?
AK: I was fortunate enough to be with my team and I'd love to say I handled it like a cool and composed character but really there was a lot of cheering and hugging and calling my wife and parents in celebration.
What made you choose SXSW to showcase your film to the world?
AK: Our movie fits right in the middle of the film world and the music world and what better showcase for that mixture is there than SXSW? On top of that, it's one of the best festivals in the world. It is a no brainer to have our world premiere here and we are honored and humbled to be invited.
How did you find your subject?
AK: The idea was first conceived when our producer Matthew Ducey and another friend of ours were both drawn to the fascinating complexity and darkness buried in this story about a pop music maestro named Lou Pearlman. He was responsible for a huge movement in pop music but that's far from all there is to him. We spoke with Lance Bass, who's band *NSYNC had been created by Lou, and his motivation was inspiring: he had always wanted this story, which involves so much of his life and the lives of those close to him, to finally be told truthfully and in the right way. With him, we set out to do exactly that.
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Transcript From the inception of the organization to the date of the filing of this petition, the principal leaders of the Communist Party have been and are subject to and recognize the disciplinary power of the Soviet government, the Communist Party of thi' Soviet Union, the Communist International and flu Communis! information Bureau • • • (Report, p. 99). This disciplinary power has been sufficiently strong to bring about the expulsion of two executive secretaries ol the CPUSA, namely Jay Lovestone and Earl Browder, members of the party's executive committee such as Lud- wig Lore, James P. Cannon, William F. Dunne, Bertram L>- Wolfe, Benjamin Gitlow, and Joseph Zack Kornfeder, as well as entire sections of the organization. Political Party or Conspiracy Since the Communist Party, USA, is in fact simply the American branch of the Russian Communist Party, it follows faithfully the conspiratorial pattern laid down by its Parent body. The Russian Communist Party, the focal point and radiating center of the international Communist movement, °Wes its inception to V. I. Lenin, its guiding genius on matters of organization. The principles upon which the oniniunist movement was founded were therefore based Primarily upon his experience with the czarist regime n<ler which the labor and socialist movements were ille- >'" and the rights to freedom of speech, press and asscniliK ere nonexistent. Widespread discontent of the laboring ~*«es and the peasantry could find no legal outlet or <'niedy. with flu- result that attempted assassinations of ^(,V(''inncnt officials and even of the Czar, were not un- mnion. Lenin's own brother was executed as a result of I (' such an attempted assassination. In this atmosphere ls understandable thai Lenin envisaged an organization apted to (I,,, specific purpose of violent overthrow of his (,M-n was government. Necessarily, therefore, this movement fie ^°nspiratorial. In his authoritative work What Is To Party "One, published in February, 1902, in reference to v organization, Lenin laid down the principle that — (i. sptracy is so essential a condition of an organization of - kind that all other conditions ° ° ° must be made to con- •°nn with it. njfj " av me Communist movement is no longer an insig- ^ nl Russian sect lighting against czarisni. but an inter- cjj> '.' movement seeking world conquest and more spelts, r'l — ' destruction of the American government as ail ,".','''' .0Dstacle. Hence the Coninnuiist Party, USA, as d,.Su!"'".'"' Pari of that movement dedicated to the same Len- . Ve pm-pose. has necessarily assumed tin- same the n"'^ l"nsl'iiatorial guise. The other characteristics of j> ovemenl How logically from this basic conception, c-rit; >Wa5 "' contrast. American political parties, despite ^.sms tin - - nc> may make of public policy, are fundameii law's "■ to '"" rm "*' government and conform to its gove the 'l\\'S -it ov" - ■ tie) rel) upon the duly constituted agencies of our liir ||. ""'"' and the operation of our democratic processes Am, correction of grievances. \lll.l IAI1Y Asi'll I Poac.(1".Ca" political parties earn- on their activities by '11 w|,"| means within the confines of our legal structure Upon ""'> have lull Faith. The Communist Party looks "nd,,. '■" g?vernment as its enemy which it seeks to over- '|ii,iS| '-. forceful means. Hence, it is organized along ''ati,,,' | '''"'> lines. The program of the Communist Inter- ""'fii'.;"1"1'^''1 at its sixth congress In 1928, endorsed bv ■ ,s\.i,"l nevert "Ils Plain In calli, '"udeii ,° v.'""' "ever since repudiated or superseded, has ling for - "l;i m News, March, 1956 a combination of strikes and armed demonstrations and finally, the general strike co-jointly with armed insurrection against the state power of the bourgoisie (i.e., capitalists). The latter form of struggle, which is the supreme form, must be conducted according to rules of military science ° ° °. Writing on "Lenin's Conception of the Party," in the January, 1934, issue of The Communist, official theoretical organ of the Communist Party, USA, F. Brown, alias Alpi, a well-known representative of the Communist International, emphasizes this point. He holds up a modern army as "a good example of organization" which "knows how to impart a single will to millions of people." Discipline Our traditional poltical parties arc loose organizations operating under a very fluid and flexible discipline. Members and leaders will differ sharply with each other and still remain within the same organization. Lenin conceived the Communist Party, however, as an organization which — will In able to fulfill its duty only if it will be organized in the most centralized manner, if it will be governed by an iron discipline, bordering on military discipline ° ° ° (Conditions for Affiliation to the Comintern). "Why do the Communists attach so much importance to discipline?" asks J. Peters in his authoritative pamphlet, The Communis! Party —a Manual on Organization, and he answers this question as follows: Because without discipline there is no units- of will, no unity ol action. ° ° ° The class war is bitter. The enemy is powerful. 0 ° ° In order In combat and defeat this powerful enemy, the army of the proletariat must have a highly skilled, trained General Staff [the Communist Party], which is united in action and has one will. Again Peters pointedly asks, "How can the Army fight against the army of the enemy if even soldier in the Army is allowed to question and even disobey orders of his superior officers?" The Communist Party, USA, has therefore not hesitated to expel even its highest officials for actual or suspected deviation from the official line of Moscow. In Russia and other Communist countries such deviationists have been shot. Communist leaders have frequently referred to the party with pride as monolithic. Authority at the Top Political parties as we know them are highly responsive to the sentiment of their constituents and of the American people as a whole. They encourage independence and initiative. They are essentially democratic in their approach to the rank and file of party membership. Initiative and pressure come from below. In conformance with its military character and objectives, the Communist Party is organized from the top down. It is essentially undemocratic. The How of its directives and strategy proceeds from its highlj centralized leadership in the Russian (.'oniniunist Part) by way of the Cominform to the similarly centralized leadership within the national board of the Communist Party, USA, and then on down to the lower levels of the organization. As ]. Peters has pointed out to his fellow members of the Communist Part). ISA. in his Manual on Organization. "All lower Party organizations are subordinated to the higher bodies." The Programme of the Communist International is quoted from Petitioners Exhibit 125 1>\ the Subversive Activities Control board to show that the Communist Parties are organized on the basis of democratic centralism: The Communis) international and its Sections arc built up Page 7 i
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Whether it is keeping warm and getting the miles in during winter, coming back to full fitness after injury or warming up for a stage in a grand tour, a turbo trainer is a valuable tool for pros. Now with advancements in approaches to training, many pros are incorporating Zwift into their schedules. We take a look at how some of the sport's leading athletes use a trainer and the virtual world to enhance their cycling.
When the Weather is Bad
Getting out on the bike when the wind is howling and the temperature drops is less than appealing. From a safety perspective it can be dangerous, what with everything from flooded roads to ice and snow all making riding on the road potentially treacherous. With their livelihoods at stake many pros, especially those based in the northern hemisphere, opt to do large amounts of their training indoors.
Guaranteeing consistent conditions and allowing them to concentrate on their training rather than the conditions makes a turbo trainer a valuable training aid. Pros rack up countless miles and staring at a wall hour after hour can become tiresome. It's no wonder then that the virtual world of Zwift provides the perfect training companion.
"I use Zwift quite regularly in Norway when the weather is not so great, which can be often in the winter as we get a lot of snow here. It really makes the time go by faster when you have to do your session indoors. You can still ride with other people and that really helps with your motivation."
"You can do any training session on Zwift. So if I need to do intervals or a recovery ride, then there is no problem to do it on Zwift. I guess that is evidence of how realistic Zwift can be."
- Edvald Boasson Hagen - Team Dimension Data
With Time Constraints
They might be full-time bike riders but even for some of the world's leading professional cyclists life, travel and other events can impact on training. Steve Cummings is one of the most respected riders in the peloton, with a palmares that includes grand tour stage wins as well as national titles. Whether you are a full-time athlete, like Steve, or are looking to fit your training in around family, social and work commitments, Zwift provides more than enough bang for buck.
Quality over quantity is a key selling point to using both a turbo trainer and Zwift, with no need to freewheel, stop at junctions or contend with traffic. Fitting in a focused session, before or after work can do wonders for your fitness and the interactive world Zwift provides ensures you will look forward to rather than dread climbing onto the trainer.
"I use Zwift whenever the weather is bad or it's dark outside. So before or after travel. I average one session every ten days maybe - some weeks I can use it every day. You can train as normal with the feeling of the road indoors. It's also another option to riding outdoors and keeps you interested. Sometimes I look forward to bad weather so I can have a change and ride Zwift."
- Steve Cummings - Team Dimension Data
On the Triathlon Circuit
Not just used by professional cyclists, some of triathlon's biggest names are also using a turbo trainer and Zwift to ensure they arrive on the start line in perfect condition. Lucy Charles is just one athlete that has incorporated this into her training and highlights just how easy it is to use when you live in a city and quiet training roads may not be easily accessible. A longstanding professional Ironman triathlete and runner-up at Kona in 2017 and 2018, Lucy explains how she has put her time training indoors to good effect.
"I started using Zwift towards the end of 2015. For me because I live near London most of my cycling is done on the turbo. When you cycle inside the same four walls day in day out it can be difficult, and motivation can be hard to find sometimes. This is where Zwift was a game changer for my training. It has allowed me to consistently work the bike and stay motivated, playing a huge part toward my Kona performances."
- Lucy Charles - Professional Ironman Triathlete
For the Cyclocross Course
Not just for road, Zwift is also a useful tool for many cyclocross riders who are looking to increase endurance as well as hone those snappy accelerations, whether that's on the run-up or during the season. Just one such rider is the current World Junior Cyclocross Champion Ben Tulett, who, under the guidance of Downing Cycling, uses the platform year round to ensure he hits peak form come the cross season.
"Zwift and riding indoors is a very big part of Ben's training plan each week, along with the endurance rides outdoors and the cyclocross skills sessions, we can really build a structured high-intensity session which replicates the efforts within a cyclocross race. These sessions may include working at threshold power or over threshold power intervals for example. Ben has his TrainingPeaks account connected to his Zwift account so it all syncs in and he smashes the session out. He also likes to jump on Zwift and have an easy ride around, finding time passes quickly in Watopia."
- Dean Downing - Ben Tulett's Coach at Downing Cycling
On The Road Back From Injury
From despair to the top step on the podium at Paris Roubaix. Just six weeks prior to the 2016 race Mat Hayman broke his arm at the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and his dreams of competing in the 114th edition of the race were put into jeopardy. This is where his Elite Direto Direct Drive Turbo Trainer, well-respected coach, Kevin Poulton, Powerhouse Cycling Professional Coaching and Zwift came in. In the weeks following the crash Hayman put in over 1000 kilometres on Zwift, the result: Rounding the last bend of the Roubaix Velodrome, the Orica-GreenEdge rider sprinted away from Tom Boonen and Ian Stannard to take the Australian's biggest win to date.
"Mat Hayman's preparation for Paris-Roubaix was unexpectedly thrown into disarray with his crash in the opening classic of the season. Prior to this, his training had been going well and he had good form."
"He was ready for another strong classics campaign. When Mat informed me he was going to be able to return to training using the trainer, just four days after his crash I had to quickly work out how we were going to use indoor training to firstly maintain the form he had built and to secondly prepare specifically for the demands of Roubaix."
"For both of us, Zwift was an entirely new experience. The early Zwift sessions were focussed around keeping some momentum and continuity going with his training. But from these early rides, I soon realised that we were onto something good here and that we were going to be able to train specifically to meet the demands of Roubaix."
"The training was broken down into double Zwift session days. Generally, we would use the morning session to complete some race specific work and then the afternoon training was an endurance free-ride session. The interval work focused on repeating high intensity 4-6min aerobic efforts and a high volume of tempo/steady state work with a large amount of 10-20sec surges incorporated into these efforts. In terms of volume, we were completing 20 hour weeks on Zwift, which we knew was good!"
"From the Zwift workouts we knew that Mat's form was good, but without any racing, it was difficult to gauge where we stood compared to the riders who had been riding the classics season. The weekend before Roubaix Mat was able to start two low key, one-day races in Spain. The data and feelings from Mat coming out of these races was very impressive. It was this performance that earns Mat the final place in the team for Roubaix."
"Going into Roubaix, all the data we had indicated that Mat would be on a good day. We just didn't know at the time how good that day was going to be!"
- Kevin Poulton - Mat Hayman's Coach - Powerhouse Cycling Professional Coaching
The race against the clock, the race of truth, whatever you call it a time trial is a key discipline in professional cycling and can make or break riders' grand tour hopes. Over the years many approaches have been taken when it comes to warming up for just such a race to ensure riders arrive at the start line ready to empty the tank. In 2018 Team Dimension Data used technology to good effect at the Tour de France time trials, ensuring each rider had their specific warm-ups on hand in Watopia.
"We put each rider's warm-ups into Zwift for the time trials, we also did this for some of the other races and the team time trial in Tirreno-Adriatico. Each rider has a different warm-up for the time trial, one that they have practised and perfected over time from their experiences and the data of the coaching team."
"For them to be able to walk off the bus and jump on the trainer, with their warm-up already loaded and ready to go on Zwift, minimises time lost, stress and ultimately helps them get on with what is important. With the added benefit that the fans can follow along from wherever they are in the world, right before the riders are about to roll off the start ramp."
- Elliot Lipski - Team Coach at Team Dimension Data
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Q: docker build error in Dockerfile When I try to run 'docker build .' or 'docker build - < Dockerfile', errors appeared as below:
[root@VM_60_90_centos dtask-ctrip-train-domestic]# docker build .
Sending build context to Docker daemon 38.98 MB
Step 1 : FROM ubuntu:14.04  ---> 132b7427a3b4
Step 2 : MAINTAINER Ke Peng<ke.peng@jingli365.com>  ---> Using cache  --->
         db9529465f77
Step 3: WORKDIR /opt/app  ---> Using cache  ---> 3122f40a8e56
Step 4 :COPY . ./  ---> 4d67a5fbf128 Removing intermediate container
c2d83602f613
Step 5 : RUN npm  install  ---> Running in 67680232cbdf

/bin/sh: 1: npm: not found The command '/bin/sh -c npm  install'
returned a non-zero code: 127

and my Dockerfile like this:
FROM ubuntu:14.04
MAINTAINER Ke Peng <ke.peng@jingli365.com>
WORKDIR /opt/app
COPY . ./
RUN npm  install
COPY dist/ /opt/app/
CMD node ./index.js < test.json

Can anyone have similar experience and give me an solution. Very appreciated!

A: Try this Dockerfile
FROM ubuntu:14.04
MAINTAINER Ke Peng <ke.peng@jingli365.com>
RUN sudo apt-get update
RUN sudo -y apt-get install nodejs
RUN sudo -y apt-get install npm
WORKDIR /opt/app
COPY . ./
RUN npm  install
COPY dist/ /opt/app/
CMD node ./index.js < test.json

Edited as suggested in comments

A: Try this:
FROM ubuntu:14.04
MAINTAINER Ke Peng <ke.peng@jingli365.com>
RUN sudo apt-get update && \
    sudo apt-get install -y nodejs npm

WORKDIR /opt/app

COPY . ./
RUN npm  install
COPY dist/ /opt/app/
CMD node ./index.js < test.json

A: Try changing the base image to one containing node, such as:
FROM node:6
MAINTAINER Ke Peng <ke.peng@jingli365.com>
WORKDIR /opt/app
COPY . ./
RUN npm  install
COPY dist/ /opt/app/
CMD node ./index.js < test.json

Note: changed the first line only.

A: I would like to modify from this:
RUN sudo apt-get update
RUN sudo -y apt-get install nodejs
RUN sudo -y apt-get install npm

to this:
RUN sudo apt-get update && apt-get install -y nodejs npm

and as whole it looks like this:
FROM ubuntu:14.04
MAINTAINER Ke Peng <ke.peng@jingli365.com>
RUN sudo apt-get update && apt-get install -y nodejs npm
WORKDIR /opt/app
COPY . ./
RUN npm  install
COPY dist/ /opt/app/
CMD node ./index.js < test.json

As a best practice for Dockerfiles, you need to build/install packages in a single layer.
This will help the Image to be formed using minimal layers which will reduce the overall size of the Image.
Hope this helps.

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Last week, I had a great conversation with Reggie while flying home from a conference. We had talked about a few different dividend stocks, when Reggie admitted that he had no idea how to estimate a "fair price" for investing in shares of stock.
Reggie is an expert in his field of workflow automation. He explained a few solutions he engineered for a client, and the details made my head spin. But without a finance background, he didn't know much about researching stocks for his investment account.
The conversation reminded me of how important it is to have a grasp of the basics when it comes to investing. This is a lot like an athlete knowing the basics of a golf swing, a jump shot, or a blocking technique.
So over the next few days I thought I would share a few of the basics that every investor should know. If you're an advanced investor, this may be a familiar discussion. But just like in athletics, sometimes revisiting basic fundamentals is helpful even to the most skilled and experienced player.
Stay tuned for more in this series coming soon!
What if I told you that I would sell you my car for $10,000? Would you buy it?
It's a silly question, right? You have no idea what kind of car I drive, how old my car is, whether it is in good shape or not, or what the resale value might be.
In short, you don't have nearly enough information to make a decision about my car.
Unfortunately, too many investors make a decision to buy shares of stock with a similar lack of information.
What would you be willing to pay for shares of Coca Cola (KO), shares of Home Depot (HD) or shares of Walt Disney (DIS)?
Yes, all three of these are good companies with strong management teams, and a loyal customer base.
But without knowing more about what you are getting when buying shares, you can't possibly know what a "fair price" for these shares would be.
Today, I want to show you four different measures that investors use to determine how much to pay for shares of stock.
Remember, when you buy shares of stock, you're actually buying a small piece of that company. So when you own shares of KO, you technically own a fraction of the Coca Cola company. So now, the question you should be asking, is how much is this fraction of a company worth?
My hope is that by learning these different measures, you will be able to make smart choices when buying shares of stock. This way, you'll always get a great deal when you invest!
The first measure we're going to cover today is the price / earnings ratio. This is one of the most popular ways for evaluating what you're getting when you buy shares of an individual company.
Let's assume you're interested in investing in shares of Coca Cola (KO).
Most professional investors will decide what they're willing to pay for these shares, based on how much profit (or earnings) the company generates. The more profit Coca Cola makes, the more investors should be willing to pay for the stock.
A quick internet search will reveal that Coca Cola generates earnings of $7.62 billion per year. That's a tremendous amount of profit. But it doesn't tell you much about the fraction of the company you own when you buy a share of KO.
To put the profit number into context, analysts divide the total profit by the number of shares of KO that are outstanding. In this case, there are 4.32 billion shares of KO outstanding. So if you divide $7.62 billion in earnings by 4.32 billion shares, you get "earnings per share" of roughly $1.76.
Now that you know how much Coca Cola earns for every share, you know what you're "getting" when you buy one share of KO. Next, let's look at the price of those shares and see if you're getting a good deal or not.
As I write this post in September of 2016, the price of KO is near $42.75 per share.
One of the most popular ways to value shares of KO, would be to divide the price of shares of KO by the amount of earnings per share. In this case, we would divide $42.75 per share by $1.76 of earnings. This gives us a Price / Earnings ratio (or PE) of 24.3.
Put another way, if you buy shares of KO at this price, you're paying $24.30 for every dollar of earnings generated by Coca Cola.
Using a stock's PE is a great way to analyze a mature, profitable company. But what about companies that haven't yet turned a profit? Or companies that have special circumstances that are temporarily distorting profit levels?
In this case, you might consider using a Price to Sales Ratio.
This method of valuing a stock is not as popular as the standard PE ratio. But the measure can be especially helpful for new companies in early stages of growth.
Similar to the PE method, we'll need to take total annual sales for the company and divide by the number of shares outstanding. This gives us the amount of sales (or revenue) per share.
Next, we divide the price for each share of stock by the total sales per share.
In other words, if a stock has a price to sales ratio of 5, it means we must pay $5 for every dollar of sales that the company generates.
A third measure that investors often consider is the price / book ratio. This statistic gives us a picture of how much a company is worth "on paper," and how close the stock price is to this accounting-based metric.
The "book value" of a company measures how much a company's assets are worth, after subtracting the company's liabilities or debts. This metric is especially helpful for evaluating stocks of companies that have large amounts of physical assets.
The first step for calculating this measure is to find the book value of the company in question. You can usually find this in a company's annual report, or on a financial website such as Yahoo Finance or MarketWatch.
Again, the book value of a company is the sum of its assets, less debt or other liabilities owed by the company.
Once you have the total book value for a company, we then divide this value by the number of shares outstanding. This gives you the book value per share for the stock you're analyzing.
The final step is to divide the stock price by the book value per share.
If your stock has a price / book measure above 1.0, it means you are paying a premium for the company's assets. And if it is below 1.0, this means that you're buying a fraction of the company for a discount compared to the accounting value of this company.
It's helpful to remember, that there may be very good reasons why shares trade at a premium or discount. And there are various different ways to determine book value (based on different accounting methods).
One final measure for evaluating shares of stock is the dividend yield.
Let's go back to shares of KO for our example.
Coca Cola currently pays shareholders $0.35 per share, once each quarter. So in a given year, shareholders can expect to receive $1.40 in dividends.
You can measure a company's yield by dividing the dividend payment by the price you must pay for shares of stock.
Shares of KO are currently trading near $42.75. So if we divide the $1.40 in annual dividends by the $42.75 share price, we get a dividend yield of 3.27%. In other words, if you invest in shares of KO, you can expect to receive dividend income of 3.27% each year.
A company's dividend yield can be especially helpful when comparing to other stocks you might be interested in investing in. You can use the dividend yield to quickly determine which stocks will pay you the most. Also, you can use dividend yields to estimate what kind of cash flow you can expect from your investment portfolio.
In our next installment, we'll talk about how to use these measures to make better investment decisions.
Of course there are a lot of nuances when picking individual stocks. But understanding the basics can put you well ahead of other investors when choosing which stocks to invest in, and what price you're wiling to pay.
If you're interested in learning more about how professional investors make decisions on which stocks to buy, I would recommend reading Market Wizards by Jack Schwager. This collection of interviews gives you an inside look at some of the decisions the very best investors in history have made.
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SMP is cosmetic tattooing (medical hair tattoo) that offers a solution to hair loss by replicating hair follicles that are about to grow giving the impression of a shaved look. SMP can treat anywhere on the scalp that is losing hair or even complete baldness of the scalp.
Scalp Micropigmentation is designed to match and blend in with your existing hair growth and is not noticeable. Some of our clients tell us that the odd friend may give them compliments that they look well or that something looks different but they can't quite put their finger on what has changed.
SMP is a subtle change which simply completes your look, giving you back your hairline which borders your face again, giving you back your confidence.
3rd 2 to 4 hours.
All quotes are for 3 visits. 1st to 2nd visit a 10-day gap and 3rd a 4-week gap.
We can go through some pictures of hairlines and then we will draw some hairlines on you. When doing hairlines it is always best to play it safe not going to low on the first visit. Then on the second visit, you will have decided how low you want to go. Also, various hairlines can be done depends on what you like jagged, soft, slightly receding its best to have soft to start with.
No not at all even though SMP can be known as a hair tattoo, it is completely different to a tattoo. The pigments used for SMP do not change colour, complete different equipment and needles are used and a completely different technique is used. Also you have to be specially trained to perform scalp micro pigmentation.
No. The SMP treatment does not damage existing hair growth nor does it damage hair growth from hair transplant procedures. Some clients even use SMP and hair transplants together to create their required density.
Results can last 1 to 3 years with some touch ups in between, but depending on lifestyle and the immune system it can last longer.
How much is a touch-up?
Can I go the gym or do any sort of training?
This varies depending on your skin. Usually any redness will subside within 24 hours of your SMP treatment. Some clients may experience redness for the following few days although this is quite rare.
Your scalp will not necessarily be sore after your treatment but you may experience slight itchiness at times as your skin is healing.
The treatment is perfectly safe, every needle used is disposed of after each treatment and the equipment is cleaned after every client.
Please feel free to take paracetamol or ibuprofen before you start although a lot of clients don't feel any pain. Avoid aspirin this will cause bleeding as aspirin thins the blood.
Treatment starts from £400 up to £2000, please call 07528690285 to arrange a free consultation.
If you would rather please send some photos to leicesterhairclinic@gmail.com or 07528690285 and I will get back to you with a quote. Consultations can also be done over the phone/video calling.
I have other questions that are not on here.
Please email or ring 07528690285 and I can answer any other questions.


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Former Texas A&M Star Von Miller To Open Von's Vision Center On Campus
The center, which provides students with eye exams and eyeglasses, is located in the Beutel Health Center.
By Alyssa L. Seivert, Health Communications and Marketing Manager Student Health Services, Division of Student Affairs September 12, 2019
Von Miller of the Denver Broncos reacts after a play against the Carolina Panthers in the fourth quarter during Super Bowl 50 at Levi's Stadium on February 7, 2016.
Patrick Smith/Getty Images
Former Texas A&M University All-American football star Von Miller will launch his Von's Vision Center on campus Sept. 18 to provide easier access to students in need of eye exams and eyewear.
The Von's Vision Center program is an extension of the Vision Day program hosted on campus in March 2018 and is located in the A.P. Beutel Health Center on the Texas A&M campus.
"I'm excited to bring Von's Vision's outreach to the campus of Texas A&M University," Miller said. "The time I spent at Texas A&M helped launch my career in professional football and get me to where I'm at today, so it is an honor to have Von's Vision impacting students at my alma mater. Gig 'em!"
Undergraduate students who are eligible for financial aid at Texas A&M and who do not currently have vision insurance may be eligible to receive a no-cost comprehensive eye exam and, if prescribed, high-quality prescription glasses.
Von's Vision Centers were initially launched in a pair of Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Denver facilities, which serves up to 700 students a year. Because of its success, Miller decided to bring this same impact to Texas A&M where Miller had an outstanding career for the Aggies.
In Denver, Von's Vision partners with national and regional vision care providers and eye wear retailers to provide a city-wide vision day for low-income students. Each student receives a free screening, and if needed, free eye exams and corrective eyewear. After the prescription glasses have been made, each student is fitted for their new glasses. Since its inception, Von's Vision has given the gift of sight to more than 6,500 students in Colorado and Texas.
Registration for the Von's Vision Center is now open at the Von's Vision website. Future event dates and registration information can be found on the website as well.
Von's Vision will continue its ongoing partnership with Hero Practice Services and Etnia Barcelona, who serve as the foundation's exclusive lens provider and exclusive frames provider.
As a four-year football letterman and All-American in 2009 and 2011, Miller had tremendous success at Texas A&M. In 2010, he earned the Butkus Award for the nation's outstanding linebacker and was drafted by the Broncos second overall in the 2011 draft. Considered as one of the best defenders in the NFL, he is a seven-time Pro Bowl selection.
Von's Vision: Austin Alley, alley@prolanthropy.net
Texas A&M University Student Health Services: Alyssa Seivert, aseivert@shs.tamu.edu
Editor's note: This article was updated Sept. 13 to include a statement from Von Miller.
Southwestern Black Student Leadership Conference Kicks Off
For the 32nd year, the forum for African American students hosted at Texas A&M continues through Saturday.
Higher Education Center At McAllen Graduates First Students
The students received bachelor's degrees in public health at December commencement ceremonies.
Going To The Extreme
A recent Texas A&M master's graduate ran 26 miles across Antarctica on the day of his commencement ceremony.


Construction sites are considered very dangerous work environments and as such the health and safety laws surrounding employees working on building sites are very strict.
Should an accident happen due to an employer breaching the health and safety rules it is likely that you will have a construction accident compensation claim against your employer.
You will however require the help of a specialist work accident solicitor as proving fault will often require a careful examination of the law, the accident circumstances and often disclosure of critical documentation held by your employer. Such documentation might include accident book entries for previous site accidents, risk assessments and training documentation signed by employees.
If your accident was caused as a result of an error by a fellow employee or due to failure of some work equipment your claim against your employer is likely to be successful.
Even if your accident happened due to an error by yourself – there is still a strong possibility you could make a successful work injury claim, but the amount of compensation you receive could be reduced by a percentage due to what us lawyer's call contributory negligence.
In short – if you have suffered injury at work from a construction accident it is best to speak to a specialist solicitor to see if you have a claim.


NAIROBI, Kenya — As President Barack Obama visits Africa nearly 15 years after terrorists bombed two U.S. embassies on the continent, a former U.S. ambassador says he worries that security at the Nairobi embassy has been "complacent" and may not have had adequate priority in the recent past.
Obama is scheduled to visit Dar es Salaam Monday, the commercial capital of Tanzania, which along with Nairobi was the site of near-simultaneous embassy attacks in August 1998. The attacks killed 224 people, mostly Kenyans, but also a dozen Americans. Obama is likely to visit the memorial for the victims of the Tanzania attack.
The threat of terrorism has increased since the Osama bin Laden-masterminded attacks, said a top Kenyan security official who added that intelligence capabilities have also increased and that the situation "is under control."
Scott Gration, the immediate past U.S. ambassador in Nairobi and a retired U.S. Air Force major general, told The Associated Press this week that during one period of his yearlong tenure as ambassador the American security staff saw its personnel numbers cut in half because of things like personnel changeovers, known as gaps.
"When it cuts down to 50 percent, including the head guy, that's a little bit much and to me that indicates there wasn't the sense of urgency that there needs to be, or maybe we've become a little bit complacent and arrogant, and that became an issue for me," said Gration, who still lives in Nairobi and runs a technology and investment consultancy.
"You know what Kenya's like. There are grenades going off, in Mombasa, in Wajir, even in Nairobi," he said.
The period of the 50 percent reduction occurred about four months prior to the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, he said, in which four Americans were killed, including the ambassador, on Sept. 11, 2012.
The Nairobi Embassy is ranked as a "critical" threat posting for terrorism and crime by the State Department.
"There are 179 countries [with embassies]. Take your gaps other places, but don't take your gaps in a high threat area. So it was surprising to me that we would take a reduced capability in a place like Benghazi, Nairobi and other places, though I think that this has been corrected by the investigations and by the media" scrutiny, said Gration.
Hilary Renner, the State Department spokeswoman for the Bureau of African Affairs, said she could not comment on specific security operations, measures or personnel assigned to the Nairobi Embassy.
"The safety and security of U.S. personnel serving abroad is one of the State Department's highest priorities," she said by email. "We continually assess and evaluate the security of our missions, and make appropriate adjustments, as needed."
Gration also declined to say how many security personnel work in Nairobi. But an official familiar with the security arrangements said the embassy has only about five American security personnel, meaning a reduction of 50 percent would have been two or three people.
The embassy also employs Kenya security personnel. The official said he was not allowed to be quoted by name.
Though no major attacks against U.S. interests have occurred in East Africa since 1998, the region has its share of terrorists, including al-Shabab militants in neighboring Somalia, a group with ties to al-Qaida.
Also, Kenyan officials last year arrested two Iranian agents said to be from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Quds Force, an elite and secretive unit, who were found with 15 kilograms (33 pounds) of the explosive RDX. Kenyan officials have said the two may have been planning attacks on American, British or Israeli interests.
The new U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania were built far off the street, with multiple layers of physical security, making a repeat of the truck bomb that tore through the street-side Nairobi embassy in 1998 unlikely.
Renner said the U.S. works closely with host governments on security matters. And the U.S.-Kenya security relationship — in particular the relationship the FBI has with Kenya's Anti-Terrorism Police Unit — is seen as strong.
The threat of terrorism is high in East Africa, as a result of decades of instability in Somalia, said a top Kenyan police official. The official, though, said he doesn't think al-Shabab or al-Qaida can carry out large-scale attacks in Kenya, and instead have resorted to small-scale attacks with grenades.
The official spoke on condition he wasn't identified because he was not authorized to share the information.
Kenyan police last September said they disrupted a major terrorist attack after they found four suicide vests, two improvised explosive devices, four AK-47 assault rifles and 12 grenades in Nairobi's main ethnic Somali community, Eastleigh.
More than three dozen presumed terrorist incidents were reported in Kenya in 2012, mostly grenade attacks, that were generally attributed to al-Shabab, according to the latest U.S. State Department Country Report on Terrorism for Kenya.
It said Kenya showed persistent political will to secure its borders, apprehend terrorists and cooperate in regional and international counterterror efforts.
The report said Tanzania has not experienced a major terror attack since the embassy bombing, but that Tanzania's National Counterterrorism Center said the June 2012 arrest of an al-Shabab associate shows that terror groups have elements inside Tanzania.
The Benghazi attack has greatly increased security on overseas embassies. The State Department's diplomatic security budget increased from about $200 million in 1998 to $1.8 billion in 2008. But a recent Government Accountability Office report found that there has been little long-range strategic planning for embassy security.
Gration said he was in the Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia during the 1996 bombing that killed 19 Americans. He was also in the Pentagon when it was attacked on Sept. 11, 2001.
Despite the criticism of the U.S. security posture during a two-month period in Nairobi, he said: "I truly believe the State Department is doing a great job. They're working hard. There was some small aspects of things that I disagreed with."
Gration was a national security adviser to Obama's first presidential campaign and resigned his job as ambassador in June 2012 ahead of a U.S. government audit critical of his leadership.
Gration said that as he's thought about security over the years, he's concluded that it's impossible to protect oneself completely.
"So yes we're still vulnerable when we're overseas or in America to an attack, and it can be well organized, or it can be disorganized and they can still do a lot of damage," Gration said. "So it's a false security to think we can ever be free of attacks against our interests overseas or even in the homeland."
As President Barack Obama visits Africa nearly 15 years after terrorists bombed two U.S. embassies on the continent, a former U.S. ambassador says he worries that security at the Nairobi embassy has been "complacent" and may not have had adequate priority in the recent past.


Video game soundtracks both old and new feature work by some of the greatest composers of our time. Orchestras all over the world play entire concerts of video game music. This collection of themes from The Legend of Zelda™ series is arranged for solo guitar performance with full notation and TAB. Each song is arranged in easy guitar keys at an easy--intermediate level, and all pieces are suitable for recitals, concerts, and solo performances. There are 33 songs drawn from The Legend of Zelda™, Zelda II™ - The Adventure of Link™, The Legend of Zelda™: A Link to the Past™, The Legend of Zelda™: Link's Awakening™, The Legend of Zelda™: Ocarina of Time™, The Legend of Zelda™: Majora's Mask™, The Legend of Zelda™: The Wind Waker™, The Legend of Zelda™: Four Swords Adventures, The Legend of Zelda™: Twilight Princess, The Legend of Zelda™: Phantom Hourglass, and The Legend of Zelda™, Spirit Tracks.
"Best in Show" Award at Winter NAMM 2012 presented by Music Inc. magazine.


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WEDNESDAY, Dec. 4, 2013 — On Sunday, a Metro-North train took a turn at 82 miles per hour — nearly three times the 30 MPH speed limit — and derailed, killing four passengers and injuring more than 60 others. As the victims' families mourn, everyone is trying to understand what caused the accident, and on Wednesday, several reports surfaced explaining that the driver, William Rockefeller, 46, had "zoned out," or may have been experiencing "highway hypnosis," according to a Reuters report.
But for two sleep experts observing the case, the probable cause was obvious: the driver was simply sleep deprived.
A microsleep is a short burst of sleep can last as short as 1 second or as long as 30. A person's eyes can remain open and he or she may think nothing has happened, but it's the result of being too tired on the job, and it's a major contributor to all kinds of traffic accidents, Dr. Rosenberg said.
"Highway hypnosis" isn't a medically recognized term, but the distracted, fatigued phase it suggests most likely means the person wasn't getting enough sleep, said Michael Thorpy, MD, director of the Sleep-Wake Disorders Center at Montefiore Medical Center in New York City.
"There are countless examples of major catastrophes that have happened because people are sleepy," Dr. Thorpy said.
Rockefeller had been up and at his post for several hours already that day when the crash occurred at 7:20 am. Because Rockefeller's workday starts before 6:30 am, he officially classifies as a shift-worker, meaning he works an unusual shift that likely affects his ability to sleep normal hours, Thorpy said.
Shift workers have a higher risk of falling asleep on the job, because they have a much more difficult time getting adequate sleep. Part of this is because it's consistently difficult to get enough rest when one is forced to sleep during unnatural times, such as during daylight hours. Another issue, according to Thorpy, is that while shift workers adhere to their irregular schedule on their working days, they tend to go back to a more normal schedule on their days off, going to bed at 11 pm and sleeping until 7 or 8 am. Because of this, they never truly adjust to their shifted schedule, and are more likely to be sleep-deprived.
Metro-North announced that Rockefeller had a full 8-hour sleep the night before the crash, and had also driven the same route two days earlier. But that only tells part of the story, Rosenberg said, noting that he had been a night-shift worker just a few weeks before, and had only recently been driving this early morning route.
"When he was driving, that was a time that a few weeks ago, he was in a deep sleep," Rosenberg said, noting that the body needs more time to adjust to a new sleep schedule.
Furthermore, even if Rockefeller slept well the night before, that doesn't necessarily mean he was well-rested, Thorpy said. Even though he had driven the past two days, if he had been off the day prior to that and had not adhered to his early-morning schedule, it would be more likely he was tired, Thorpy said.
Furthermore, Thorpy said that based on the photos of Rockefeller he saw, the driver may have sleep apnea or another sleep-related breathing disorder, which is very common in middle-aged men who are overweight. This could have doubled his risk of being tired, Thorpy said.
There are several things that could have helped in avoiding such a crash, both researchers said. For one thing, it's important for shift workers to stick to their adjusted schedule as much as they can, rather than revert to a normal schedule on days off, Thorpy said. Light often affects how well people can sleep during the day, but wearing orange-tinted glasses to block blue light could help prepare someone to rest during daylight hours.
Additionally, for high-risk jobs like driving, having more than one person at the controls can help prevent accidents, which is part of the reason two pilots are in the cockpit during airline flights, Thorpy said.
New crash avoidance technologies could help avoid future accidents, Rosenberg said.
If you're setting off on your own holiday voyage, remember that even if you're not a shift worker, it helps to be well-rested. Don't plan to drive during the hours when you would normally be in deep sleep. If you get tired, take a break. Get off the road and either walk around, take a short nap, or drink a cup of coffee, Rosenberg advised.
"Don't try to keep driving with the windows down and radio on loud," Rosenberg said. "If you're going to go into the microsleep stage, that's not going to keep you awake.


when are you going to start putting your stencils on stuff? there are plenty of peeps out there who need some art to liven up their coffee mugs and random apparel.
or household items, like your microwave or fridge - possibly a giant magnet ?
I'd buy a stencil art mug, Bruce. Not sure I'd want your ugly mug on my mug though.


Earth Day is Christmas for a recycler. Turtle Wings, an electronics recycler, discusses how Earth Day generates more business by making people think about the environment.
Earth Day from a recyclers perspective. Since its inception in the early 1970's, Earth Day has served as an annual opportunity to promote environmental initiatives, collective activism, and generally "green" practices. Here at Turtle Wings Electronics Recycling, Earth Day brings with it some mixed emotions about how we as a society deal with the environment.
"Earth Day to a recycler is like Christmas to a retailer. Everyone wants to buy presents at Christmas and everyone wants to recycle electronics on Earth Day," said Tiana Bady, sales administrator.
"Like a retailer at Christmas, we need to gear up for this 'holiday' by hiring more people, ordering more supplies and being sure that all of our processes are like clockwork," added Dejuan Hawkins, warehouse supervisor.
"On the one hand, we are always happy to see individuals, corporations and government entities dispose of used electronics in a responsible manner with a certified recycler. On the other hand, it also brings up an interesting question: What is really happening to e-waste during all the other seasons? Why does it take the reminder of a national holiday to get companies and government offices to pick up the phone and deal with their e-waste responsibly? Ideally, our company would see equal amounts of service requests throughout the year," added Elizabeth Wilmot, founder and President of Turtle Wings / Data Killers.
"We do a lot of private and public collection events in April in celebration of Earth Day. As a company which prides itself on being able to promote environmentally conscious practices, it brings us joy to know that people are aware of our services and choose to be accountable with how they discard their e-waste," added Ms. Bady.


One of the features of the modern PC trade show is that someone somewhere is going to show off a chassis that either does something crazy, looks crazy, or makes you go 'eh, what?' (ed: it gets us every time). In recent memory that includes the In-Win case that stood up and presented itself, the iBuyPower Snowblind LCD-as-a-case-panel from last year, and a 40kg aluminium behemoth, another In-Win design. This time, it's Riotoro's turn.
Morpheus is all about the mighty morphing. If the normally micro-ATX chassis isn't big enough, then users can literally pull the bottom half of the case away from the top of the case, add a support connector, and rebuild the design in E-ATX mode. These modes are called Mid-Tower and Mini-Tower. Moving from one to the other changes the height from 15.1 inches to 17.5 inches.
In order to make assembling easier, Riotoro has gone for a dual chamber design, with Motherboard/CPU/GPUs in one half and PSU/Storage in the other. This helps for cable management and cooling when everything is in place. The motherboard uses an upside down placement, meaning the GPUs are at the top, so that should be taken into account. Aside from supporting bigger motherboards in the larger mode, the chassis can also take up to 4 GPUs and another couple of SSDs with two more tool less 2.5" drive bays.
The case comes with two RGB fans fitted to the front and one in the rear. The front fans can be used in both modes. In Mid-Tower mode, a total of six 0/140mm fans can be used, while Mini-Tower also gives six, but the reduced z-height doesn't allow for liquid cooling on the top of the case.
While the case looks like it is full of holes, there are dust filters on the front, an acrylic panel on the top, and magnetic dust filters in other places. The front panel has two USB-C ports, two USB 3.0 Type-A ports, and the whole case is a toolless design.
The only response I really have is 'eh, what?'. It's a neat concept and all, but don't most users know the size of their build before buying the chassis? Now I can imagine that the chassis is retained through multiple builds, and users might go between a smaller system and a larger system, but where exactly do I keep the extra parts while in the small mode? I can imagine losing them, or putting them in box that I won't remember a few years down the line.
Perhaps I don't get it. Do you?


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Q: Django: How to make json data readable in django? i am trying to retrieve the lastest news from hackernews api, everthing seems to be working fine and when i print the status code, i get Status Code:200. Now i am getting some data but they are not readable this is how there are displayed
b'[31349988,31344981,31348529,31344863,31341698,31348097,31347740,31348772,31347286,31348463,31345478,31348316,31345749,31347983,3'

and this is code i used to retrieve the data from the api https://hackernews.api-docs.io/
def index(request):
    response = requests.get("https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/v0/topstories.json")
    return render(request, "index.html", {'response': response})

this is how they look in the template, instead of displaying the title

index.html
{% story in response %}
   {{ story.title }}
{% endfor %}

A: Your requests.get() returns an object. So, to make it readable, simply pass .json() method, like so:
def index(request):
    response = requests.get("https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/v0/topstories.json").json()
    return render(request, "index.html", {'response': response})

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That API gives an array integer as a response. So I supposed API manipulation error. So plz inform the API creator and get advice from them.

A: Your requests.get() returns an object. So, to make it readable, simply pass .json() method, like so:
def index(request):
    response = requests.get("https://hacker-news.firebaseio.com/v0/topstories.json").json()
    return render(request, "index.html", {'response': response})

remove title from item
{% story in response %}
   {{ story }}
{% endfor %}


Engineers Without Borders- Kuwait Chapter is organising a challenge for trainee engineers. You have to design a better and sustainable housing cabin for refugee family in Dadaab camps, Kenya. Technical report, drawing and presentation will be required for submission. Maximum 5 and minimum 2 members could be in your team.
Engineering students studying in Kuwait and abroad (through the Ministry of Higher Education).
The winning team will be invited to attend the annual conference of the World Federation Of Engineering Organizations ( WFEO) in UK2018.


I worked for a couple of years in marketing for winemaker Randall Grahm at Bonny Doon Vineyard. During my tenure I split time between my native New England and the Central Coast. After a long haul flight and long Monday at the winery offices in Westside Santa Cruz, I would amble across our small parking lot to the New Leaf Market next door. There I'd buy my food for the week: yogurt, bread, cheese, granola, fruit, a heap of Coastal Kale Salad, and a few slabs of savory something-or-other.
And I would browse the wine shelves. I turned an especially keen eye to wines made by Bonny Doon's peers, winemakers working with Rhône wheelhouse grapes like Grenache, Syrah, Mourvèdre, Cinsault, and Carignan. These varieties do well in that curl of land along Monterey Bay for the same reason they do well in southern France. Both terroirs are sunny and dry, but also washed by cooling breezes. Both sport a shock of brushy herbs in the waste and margins—in Gigondas and Vacqueyras it's called garrigue—that seem, poetically at least, to contribute resinous top notes. In certain spots, especially the higher hillsides, the grapes ripen slowly and inexorably, but even by the end of the season they can still pop with acidity.
Morgan was one of the wineries on New Leaf's shelves. Also Tablas Creek, Martin Ranch, Qupé, Birichino. There were many others, and many that don't ever make their way East. I'd add a couple of bottles to my cart, push toward the check-out, bantering with the smiley front-end team, then trundle the haul to my tinny rental car. During crush our shared lot was a hive of activity around the clock, and even if my day was ending and the sky was velvet black, the cellar crew might still be zipping forklifts through canyons of bins. I always felt sheepish leaving that job in process, but I would console myself that all beautiful projects require many hands, and mine were supposed to be on a keyboard, not in the must.
Which is all to say that this was not the first time in my life I had tasted Morgan's wines, but it is what Morgan evokes to me: long days, late nights, and California wine in process.
Morgan's Cotes du Crow's* is their entry-level red Rhône style blend. It's a little more than half Grenache, a little less than half Syrah, with a soupçon of the Spanish black grape Tempranillo. They ferment it in open top tanks and transfer the wine to French oak, mostly neutral, and finish it (as Bonny Doon does) with a screw cap. This makes it a genie in a bottle, needing some time to acclimate to air. Once it wakes up it reads as a ripe wine, with candied red fruits and dark plums sparkled by a wink of spice. Juicy and drinkable, I like it with snacks and sandwiches, picnic foods, pizza—and New Leaf's Coastal Kale Salad.
*Morgan omits the circumflex from the o in the French-origin côtes (meaning slope); France's Côte-Rôtie is Syrah based, while Côtes du Rhône is heavy on Grenache. Crow's is an evident pun on Crozes-Hermitage, a Northern Rhône appellation focused on Syrah.


This is a post-apocalyptic novel for people who don't like post-apocalyptic novels. And for people who do like post-apocalyptic novels. And for everyone else, too. This snuck up on me in a way I wasn't prepared for, but that I adored. Smart and impeccably imagined and I can't wait to read more of Mandel's work.
I read Florence Gordon solely at the urging of Shannon from River City Reading. And hot damn, she was right. The crotchety, particular old lady who gives the book its name is a stunning, compelling character--and the family surrounds her is just as nuanced and refined. Morton's done something amazing here, and I wish all feminists, would-be feminists, anti-feminists, and others would give this one a chance.
It was hard not to pick The Wife by Meg Wolitzer for this slot, but ultimately, The Sparrow proved one of the most powerful and thought-provoking books I read all year. It had been on my shelf for ages and I'm kicking myself for not picking it up sooner.
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A: Maybe -oformat bin?
And I doubt you will be able to boot it, anyway... Go read some bootloader tutorials (on osdev.org and brokenthorn.com) and you will get an answer why.

A: You are using a compiler and toolchain built to make windows executables, not flat binaries. You need a cross compiler for kernel development. Also, you will need a bootloader, a kernel, even minimal, can't fit into the 512 byte bootsector.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but you don't seem to understand the bot process of a pc at all. I suggest reading http://wiki.osdev.org/ as a start.


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Q: Python/PIL: getting the same byte data out of an Image object as it was instantiated with? When using PIL, if I have image data in a byte buffer, I can do the followning to create an Image object ...
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Of course, this is an over-simplified example. I would not normally need to extract the same data that I just used for creating the object. What I'm looking for is a way to extract the same format of data as I started with, perhaps after having done something like im.rotate(30), so I can then pass that data to other routines that normally manipulate byte data that was directly read from an image file or decoded from and email attachment.
I couldn't get that to work, and so I just did the following as a simplistic test. The before and after byte arrays always come back significantly different:
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Is there any way I can get the data I'm looking for out of an Image object?
Thanks in advance.


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The Ukrainian Wind Energy Association appealed to the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko
to address the current situation in the Renewable Energy (RE) sector
The Ukrainian Wind Energy Association (UWEA) and representatives of the national wind energy sector appealed to the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko to address the current situation in the Renewable Energy (RE) sector caused by the National Committee on Regulation of Energy and Utilities Services of Ukraine that remains reluctant to review feed-in tariff for the companies generating energy from the RES in conformity with the existing legislation. As a result the Ukrainian wind business is suffering multimillion-dollar losses.
As previously reported, since August 2014 the National Commission for State Energy and Public Utilities Regulation of Ukraine (hereinafter "Commission") has rejected to revise the "green" tariffs despite the fact that in accordance to the Law of Ukraine on "On Electric Power" green tariffs are index-linked to inflation, i.e. they are subject to a monthly revision based on the EUR/UAH exchange rate.
After several failed efforts to start a dialogue with the Commission, the UWEA has been forced to appeal to the President Petro Poroshenko to urgently address the problem arose simply from the Commission's inactivity.
To date, multimillion-dollar foreign investments have been made in the Renewable Energy projects enabling the industry's rapid development. Renewable energy utilizes the indigenous energy resources, thus eliminating Ukraine's dependence on Russian gas and enhancing energy security and independence of Ukraine.
At the same time there has been an all-out blockage of renewable energy support mechanisms and violation of the current laws in Ukraine. In August 2014 the Cabinet of Ministers canceled exemption from CIT for renewable electricity producers and non-revision of the "green" tariff based on the currency rate resulted in the loss of around 45 million hryvnia for the developers of such projects.
In these circumstances the National Renewable Energy Action Plan adopted by the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on October 1, 2014, will never be implemented. This means that no real steps towards energy security of Ukraine will ever be made and investments in the Renewable Energy sector will be stopped.
Information: As of October 1, 2014 the installed capacity of the Ukrainian wind energy sector amounts to 497.5 MW, including 87.7 MW installed in the Crimea. Since 2011, all new wind projects in Ukraine have been put into operation by private investments and about 700 million euros have been invested in wind energy sector.
Find more at www.uwea.com.ua
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How Can I Make Money? How do we think about money and how do we spend our money?
...you would do better to ask, How Can I Spend It?
There are many answers to the question of How Can I Make Money, but those answers don't solve the problem of not having enough money for all the people who are asking it.
I am not going to provide any more answers to that question, rather I am going to ask another question and answer to it.
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You might think that question has nothing to do with how to make money but I believe it is actually at the basis of not having enough. To explain, I have to begin with how we think about money, and how we use the money we do have, i.e. our relationship with money.
In this society we have come to believe that money is a measure of value. But there are many wonderful things in this life that cannot be measured by that value. We have to unchain ourselves from the old beliefs we have about money in order to have enough of it in our lives to do and have what we want, in order to fulfil our purpose.
I have a wonderful veggie patch in my back yard that gives me and my family great pleasure, great nutrition, a sense of accomplishment and satisfaction, it sustains several families of birds and all our food scraps go into the compost which then ends up in the veggie garden. It also reduces our carbon footprint. Those veggies don't have to be picked by labourers who drive to work, it is not tilled by a tractor, that produce does not get shipped to the market, then to the retailer, we don't have to drive to the shop to buy it, and they do not require to be shipped around in boxes and plastic bags. A big plus is they are not subjected to artificial fertilizers, pesticides and fungicides.
So yes, it saves us money on our food bill, but that is not the only value my veggie garden has, and the high price on supermarket veggies does not mean they are better than my home grown ones. In fact, my home grown veggies are far superior in taste, nutritional content, freshness, and gives us an amazing feeling of satisfaction and achievement.
We tend to believe that price speaks of value.
Something must be valuable if it costs a lot, but there are many things that are more valuable even though their price is lower. If I am a high earner out in the working world, then I must be a more valuable member of society. But I know a street sweeper who was so much more valuable to me than most doctors I have seen. He always had a story or piece of poetry to recite, kind words and wisdom to impart, a sparkling laughing smile for everyone who stopped to bask in his greatness and humility.
Is your spending and are your purchases reflecting your values?
That can be a tough question for some people because they have never thought on what their values are. But because you are reading this article, then I am going to assume that you have given some thought to your values and basic beliefs about life and yourself.
Firstly, we trade our money for things that sustain us, like food, shelter, water, clothes, furniture, essential services, healers and medicine, education and transport. So that money gives us life in a sense. We buy life sustaining things and services. So money is something that we exchange for life. We invest the majority of our time and our lives, our life's-energy, on working to make our money. We then spend that money in a cycle of work/spending/work/spending. So we are actually spending our life's-energy when we shop. If you buy something that costs 2 days of your life, you need to know if it is worth that life expenditure.
Think about a time when you might have been suddenly hitting rock bottom financially. The feeling that experience gives you is one of intense anxiety, panic, dread and despair in varying degrees of intensity. If you now think about how you would feel if you were told that your life was about to end, wouldn't you feel those same emotions. The only difference is the degree of intensity. If you are suddenly bereft of the means to buy life sustaining things, then your life is threatened and that scares the crap out of us!
Now speaking of crap, how much of that have you bought in your lifetime.
Just go and open all your cupboards and inspect everything in them. How much is in there that you don't use, that turned out to be cheap and nasty, that you didn't actually need. Do you have clothes that didn't fit you or you didn't like when you got it home? I know I have always had clothes in my wardrobe that I never wear. Have you ever bought a piece of furniture that you later decided wasn't actually the style you wanted? Have you ever bought a piece of furniture that fell apart within a year or two?
So have a think about that question I posed at the beginning of this article. Is your spending, and are your purchases reflecting your values? Like most people, maybe they are not. But they are probably reflecting your beliefs about yourself and the world.
I will give you an example. I grew up in a fairly poor household in a blue collar town because my father had a debilitating illness from his war experience. We were always fed well but never extravagantly, dressed usually in homemade or second hand clothes and everything we had was made to last. Nothing was disposable and many things were rationed. I was never driven to school even if it was teeming with rain. I only ever got one modest present from my parents at Christmas and on my birthdays.
When my parents died I went out to work and made my own money. I thought I left that poor upbringing behind by buying whatever I wanted. I bought nice clothes, expensive skin care products, had a family Wedgewood dinner set and crystal glasses in the china cabinet.
Many of those items of clothing, always the good ones, I never wore or wore them only once. I shopped at op shops too and bought tons of 'funky' stuff which I then never wore. The jars of expensive skin care I used until I got to the last quarter and then bought a new one, usually a different brand. I actually wasted about a quarter of every jar and bottle, even the shampoo and conditioner. I always bought new ones before the old ones were finished.
After many years, about 30, of this behavior I came to the conclusion that I had the belief that there would never be enough. Whenever I got near the end of a jar of face cream I couldn't bear to finish it because then it would be gone and I might not have the means to get more. But those creams and shampoos don't last forever and many a bottle and jar have I thrown away with a quarter of the product still in it, gone off from saving it for years, wasted.
The good clothes I bought I didn't wear because they were too good. The good crockery and crystal glasses I didn't use because they might get broken. I actually had a belief that I couldn't replace them and that they weren't appropriate for my daily life. They were too good to use every day. I didn't deserve to use the good things, to wear beautiful clothes to the shop or to work, and to eat off beautiful dishes. I believed they should be reserved for an important occasion, but when those occasions came up, even then I often didn't deem them important enough to use.
Obviously I was spending my money on things I thought I couldn't afford or didn't deserve to actually use. So what I needed to do for a while was to just stop buying things so I could figure out what I really wanted and needed, and what I knew I would actually use. I also needed to adjust my beliefs about myself to match my values.
I now have a written List of Life Values, and I believe they are life-affirming, and in alignment with my self growth, nourishment and happiness. They also support the health of my environment and other life forms. I suggest you do the same.
As to my beliefs about myself, well that is a process of me stalking me on a daily basis. When I go shopping now, before I purchase anything I ask myself a couple of questions.
1.	Is this purchase in alignment with my values and is it worth spending some of my life's energy on?
2.	Does this belong in my life and will I use and enjoy this item for its entire lifespan?
With practice, you will eventually hone down these questions to a short one like, "Will this serve me?"
Now the questions you might ask yourself when shopping might be slightly different from mine. If you are very wealthy you might be asking yourself more questions before you spend. Is my money being put to the best possible use for humanity, the wildlife and the environment? Is my money doing the greatest good with this purchase? I assume you get the picture I am painting here.
Really the upshot of all this is to be more mindful of your life's-energy, how you trade your time for money, and how you spend that money and your life's-energy. We definitely do not need more crap in our lives, more crap in our bellies, and homes cluttered with crap.
So an important starting point with all this is to declutter your home. Pare down your belongings to only the possessions that have meaning to you. You are actually in relationship with everything you own. You might feel a sense of love every time you lay eyes on the jewellery box your husband bought you. You might feel a sense of angst every time you see that wobbly, cheap hall stand you wish you hadn't bought. That is a relationship you have with a possession.
Have no shame about what you find lurking in your dark corners and your cupboards. This is a quest to make your life better. In Feng Shui we would say clutter is only stagnant energy. If you think in terms of energy, then you can be lighter about this process and not beat yourself up over it. Look objectively at your home and its contents, and ask yourself how your stuff might be keeping you stuck.
So if you need to, write a list of your Life's Values, identify any limiting beliefs you have around money, and have your shopping questions at the ready before you go on any shopping excursion. Spend with the intent of building real and lasting happiness and peace for yourself and your family. The effort you put into this will repay you tenfold, just like a good investment.
I wish you many Blessings on your life…and happy shopping!
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The Catholic Community Annual Appeal has been renamed the Bishop's Annual Appeal – Call to Share. I am asking for your generosity and support as we begin this important endeavor.
It's been great to meet so many of you throughout the Diocese of Salina. I really love being here, and feel blessed to be able to serve in this diocese. This year, after careful consideration of our needs, I am asking parishioners in our diocese to respond generously to the $1,400,000 goal we have established. I believe that, with your support and kindness, we can reach our goal.
The Bishop's Annual Appeal will help form our seminarians to become priests, provide retirement for clergy who have faithfully served us, and offer administration and aid for our students in the 15 Catholic schools in our diocese. Nearly 90% of the funds we raise are spent in direct benefit to individuals and parishes in every corner of the diocese. The other funding will help our general administrative operations, as well as our new endeavors to establish a new communications office and focus on evangelization.
In the coming weeks, you will receive a more personal packet of information from me that invites your participation. As you consider your gift to the Call to Share campaign I ask you to do the following: listen and learn– become more informed about what is needed, why, and where funds will be spent; pray and discuss– take time to pray about what your role should be to address the service needs of the Church, and discuss it with your family; finally, decide and act– complete and return your pledge so we can celebrate with thousands of others lending their support.
Ultimately, it is your gift – along with other families in our diocese – that will determine how we can best respond to the ongoing needs of our community and Church.
Once again, I ask for your prayerful consideration and generous support. Thank you!
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