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My purpose here is to focus on the young Anaïs Nin in the process of becoming a writer, primarily before the period covered by Nin's Diary, Volume I. Nin has proved that she was always a writer, despite the conflicts of her life and the views of parents, friends, psychoanalysts, and critics. It is well known that Anaïs Nin at the age of 11 began keeping a diary as a long letter to the father from whom she was separated. But the first published Diary — Volume I — begins when the author is 28 years old in 1931. By that time stories by Nin had been published in various literary, mostly French, publications as well as her first book, D.H. Lawrence: An Unprofessional Study. She was working on other pieces, a novel at least, stories that would ultimately appear in Under a Glass Bell, and the prose-poem, House of Incest. Prior to these published works the author wrote other novels and stories, which have never been published, although some are available for study at the Library of Northwestern University.The unpublished material in the Library's Special Collections Department is especially significant for showing the progress of Anaïs Nin's writing. Reading through her novels, beginning with the first, written in her teens, is a fascinating trip into the development of a writer. The heretofore unknown stories and the early drafts of House of Incest show Nin's techniques of creation, her refinement of words. Her early, always passionate concerns can be observed as they develop and change as she lives and writes. Knowledge of Anaïs Nin's early work enlarges awareness of the creative process; it is like watching seeds grow and become many different flowers. One becomes more intimately acquainted with the personage of Anaïs Nin.
For all writers, writing is a brave act. It is especially difficult when the writer is young, for then she is searching for her own voice, seeking a comfortable framework, comparing herself to other masters, and justifying time spent at this activity to others. Creative-writing teachers have their own ideas about what should be written and are often not so acute in perceiving the student's uniqueness. The English novel is usually taken as the standard for demonstrating literary method. Writers also face rejection slips and so building confidence becomes an endurance test. Anaïs Nin's writing, remarkably, is consistently strong and deft. Her voice is assured. She is serious with intellectual objectivity and depth. In using language she can be cool, with high aesthetic standards, as well as profusely ardent. One of her strengths is that from the beginning she did not hide herself behind words but sought to express herself as openly as possible. She is a self-taught writer, and, as she grew, she found ways to strengthen the sound of her inner voice.
Indeed, Anaïs Nin can be described as a witch of words. Very early she sensed the magical power of words to produce states of being, such as ecstasy, languor or dread. Her ambition was to transform the ugly realities of life into beauty, as the beast in fairy tales becomes the handsome prince after achieving a certain wisdom. She desired to distill the pure from the dross, and writing was her charm. Through writing she can inhabit other worlds for herself. Writing is a drug of the imagination. It casts spells on others, putting them into new worlds with her. Dreams can be lived out. The magic of words has also a healing effect. By writing she can examine her wounds privately and confront all the loose ends of her daily life, the unspoken but very present psychological currents. The act of creation itself is a balm, a tonic. The work of art is the witch's marvelous gift to the world. It is created from intense living and contemplation. Life itself is the witch's cauldron. The writing witch uses words to transform, heal, and teach wisdom. Her fresh awarenesses about the meaning of life for men and women have the capacity to change their lives.
Another way Anaïs Nin casts a magic spell is her ability to influence others by wishing them to be busy at their own creations. Countless people have testified to having experienced this. She inspires people to make creativity a way of life in the sense that the Balinese mean it when they say, Art is doing anything well.
I first discovered the work of Anaïs Nin after several discouraging years of sending my writing around to magazines and receiving rejections. This also corresponded with my marriage to a writer and the birth of two children. I had also been so conditioned by an academic education in literary criticism that I was unable to accept the diary form as literature. Thus, when I first saw Nin's books on the shelf, I had a closed mind toward the Diary and I surmised the novels were too avant garde. Rather staidly I settled for the book of stories, Under a Glass Bell. That book was a powerful introduction.
Soon afterwards I became involved with a feminist art group which focused on women's condition in society. As I conducted my own reexamination of womanhood, I read all of Anaïs Nin's Diaries. She became for me the most important representative of the questing female writer. When I was 32 years old I could read and identify with her struggles in her thirties to write her books and achieve recognition. Because she is generous I visited her, exchanged letters, held a weekend symposium for her, and produced a book on that radiant event. I read and re-read her books, collected publishers' first editions and the rare books which she typeset and printed by hand. She confirmed my youthful passion for writing and literature because she conquered hopelessness herself. She is dedicated to the fully realized personal self. She plunges into the chaotic sea of intimate, responsible relationships with compassion and genuine concern. With the tools of psychoanalysis and her own sensitive inner radar system she probed her actions and the unconscious powers behind them. In communication with the world she strove for tender solicitude among people as well as independence, liberty and integration of the self. Her life is epic and evanescent; her contemplation of it is the exploration, embodied by the art of her books.
In her books I was attracted, like many others, to her treatment of personal relationships. Separation from the father (in my case it was by divorce) created a longing for his love and respect. Nin's fascination for June in Diary I expressed the nature of love for a woman I felt too. In Nin's describing her experiences with Henry Miller, I saw the story of my husband and me when we first met, both fiery about writing, independent but coming together for the sparking of each other that could only happen in rare communion. In her renderings of people's sensibilities as she perceived them, Nin indirectly bestowed the gift of understanding to others again and again.
From her earliest diary entries Anaïs Nin was concerned with the personal details that are concealed from outward appearances by necessity or fear of reprisal and the real nature of life. When she was 11 years old, she wrote:
Today I have nothing to tell so I will chat with my diary, or rather, my confidant, for I write here many things I never tell anyone and that nobody knows. Let us begin: Today when I opened a book at hazard I read: Life is only a sad reality. Is it true?
Photographs of the young Anaïs show a graceful, wistful girl. She has flowers in her hair and writes pensively. She began her diary-keeping on the boat to America and early entries contain passages about school experiences, reactions to other children (including the dawning of a special attraction to boys), and her sympathies for poor people. The diary reveals many thoughts and feelings that will still concern Nin in the published Diary (Vols. 1-VI). The following excerpt shows her love for quiet, beautiful objects, her admiration for the strong, heroic type of woman, the agonizing isolation of self-doubt, and her dislike of aspects of urban America. Even as a young girl, she resorted to writing as the way to assert herself honestly.
I work hard at school but that does not prevent me from doing what I prefer to do. I have written a story Poor Little One. I only love either gay or very sad things. Now I hate school, and everything American. Mother asked me why. Why? Why? Because I love silence and here it is always noisy, because everything here is somber, shut in, severe, and I love gay landscapes, I love to see the sky, I love to admire the beauty of nature, and here the houses are so tall, so tall, that one does not see anything, and if you do catch a little corner of the sky it is neither blue nor pink nor quite white, no, it is a black sky, heavy, lugubrious, soiled and blackened by the pride and vanity of modern men and women. I say this because I hate the modern. I would have loved to live in the first century, in Ancient Rome, I would have loved to live in the time of great castles and gracious ladies, I would have loved the time of Charlotte Corday when each woman could become a heroine. I must recognize that I am crazy, but since my diary is destined to be the diary of a mad woman, I cannot write reasonable things in it! And they would not be my thoughts.
Anaïs was already impressed by dreams and had a prophetic one
…But I must tell about a rather singular dream I had last night. First of all I found myself in a grand salon carpeted in dark grey. I still remember how it looked, but that is not interesting. I was seated on a small wooden chair which smelled of pine. Then a fine lady dressed in black velvet and wearing a belt of diamonds or something sparkling, who first rushed towards a grand piano on which she played, a long and sad melody which made me sad. When she stopped she went to a big easel, took a paint brush and began to paint a very somber wood, with a pale blue sky in the distance, she did that softly, and in one minute she was through, then she advanced towards a big desk and taking a pen and a big book, her big blue eyes looking at me first of all, then at the sky, she began to write pages and pages. I could see they were big and beautiful poems full of charm, tenderness and sweetness. I could not read them but I feel sure they were beautiful. Then she closed the book softly, lay down the pen, and came silently towards me and then I heard these words: Choose. Oh, how much I hesitated, first I remembered the beautiful melody, then I suddenly turned towards the easel, it was so beautiful, and with a paint brush I could describe the sweet and charming landscapes, all the beauty of nature. But suddenly, I turned towards the big desk loaded with books, an invisible force led me towards that corner, involuntarily I seized the pen, then the lady smiling came up to me and gave me a big book saying: Write, I will guide you. Without any difficulty I wrote things which I think were beautiful because the lady said to me pointing to a corner where men with vendable beards, as well as queens and pretty ladies woe writing without stopping: Your place is there. As soon as the lady was gone I softly dropped the book, and I went towards the piano, I wanted to try, first of all my fingers went very well, I like what I was playing but suddenly I had to stop. I did not know anymore. Then looking at the piano sadly I thought: I cannot. Then I tried to paint, my landscape was already pretty but then I stop and see that big smudges spoiled the whole thing, and then I said: Adieu, I don't want this. Then I took up the pen again and I began to write without stopping. My dream was very long, but seemed so singular that I wanted to tell it so as to be able to re-read it.
Yet she reveals a profound ambivalence about the possibility of communicating with others.
When I reread these pages I like to be able to say: this is a special story. Does it matter if no one understands? Am I writing for the world? No. My language is unknown. What a joy it will be if I am overlooked; my treasures will then belong to me alone. When I die I will burn these pages and my thoughts scribbled here will live only in eternity with the one who expressed them. Of course, if someone should understand, if someone should hear this contradictory language, these novel impressions, I would be very happy.
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This week, the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission ratified a settlement with the casino that requires them to pay a $20,000 penalty for allowing the minor into the casino.
According to the commission, security failed to ask the minor for ID when he entered the casino with an adult. He played the machines for about two hours and interacted with many employees, but his ID was not checked until after he won the jackpot.
He was then escorted out of the casino by Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation agents.


Public Access Policy For Govt. Docs.
The University of Mary Washington, founded in 1908, is a coeducational, state-supported, liberal arts university with an enrollment of more than 4,000 students. The provision of instruction of the highest quality has been adopted as the most pervasive and important function of this primarily undergraduate institution. The University of Mary Washington provides broad liberal education based on freedom of inquiry, personal responsibility, and intellectual integrity believing it to be the best preparation for citizenship and career.
The University offers more than 40 undergraduate programs in the liberal arts and sciences, and in compatible professional fields leading to the degrees of Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, and Bachelor of Liberal Studies. UMW degrees are also offered through the College of Graduate and Professional Studies - the Bachelor of Nursing Completion, the Bachelor of Professional Studies, Master of Business Administration, Master of Education, Master of Science in Management Information Systems, and MBA-MSMIS dual degree.
Simpson Library is a significant component of the educational mission of the University. The Library supports the mission of the University through a highly qualified staff using resources that have been assembled in accordance with the collection development goals of the Library. Since 1940 this Library has served as Depository #0633 of the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP); it has been a Virginia State Depository since 1981. Library resources include more than 300,000 cataloged volumes. The local area served by the University and the Library is located in Congressional District One.
Fredericksburg has a population of 28,130. Nearby Stafford and Spotsylvania counties have populations of 136,700 and 127,300 respectively. Major employers and influences on the local economy include GEICO, Capital One, Silver Companies, Lee's Hill Partnership, Mary Washington Hospital and MediCorp Health Services, Free Lance Star, Dominion Virginia Power, McLane Mid-Atlantic, Intuit, Naval Surface Weapons Center, Virginia Department of Transportation, Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles, Rappahannock Electric Cooperative, Cox Communications, and the University of Mary Washington. Employees of these businesses and agencies, as well as other community citizens use federal government information. Many area residents commute to northern Virginia or Richmond, where they also have access to depository libraries. Student depository patrons include students of the University of Mary Washington, Germanna Community College, and Strayer University as well as undergraduate and graduate students of other institutions of higher education (such as University of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, and George Mason University) who live in the area.
In order to better identify and meet the Government informational needs of students, faculty, administration, citizens of Congressional District One, and the general public, this depository collection development policy has been formulated.
Consistent with the Library's general collection policy statement, the priorities for the collection of government documents are to consider and support the course needs of students as well as the teaching and research needs of the faculty. In addition, per FDLP guidelines, this depository shall make demonstrable efforts to select and maintain a collection responsive to the identifiable needs of users in this geographic area, to promote document accessibility and use by the general public, and to cooperate with other libraries in making documents available.
Mandatory operational standards and performance requirements established by the federal government in Title 44 of the United States Code (Public Printing and Documents of the U.S.), Chapter 19 (Depository Library Program) along with the Legal Requirements and Program Regulations of the Federal Depository Library Program (which replaces the Federal Depository Manual Handbook, Supplement 2: Guidelines for the Depository Library System/Instructions to Depository Libraries) will be understood and met. The "Depository Library Public Service Guidelines for Government Information in Electronic Format" will be understood and met. (See appendix on Government Information in Electronic Format). The collection development effort of this depository is obligated to take into account these external requirements in addition to the normal concerns of the library.
Responsibility for the selection and acquisition of materials for the Library lies ultimately with the Library Director who, in turn, has delegated it to the Collection Development Librarian. Responsibility for federal selection lies initially with the Government Document Specialist, and, in turn, the Government Documents Librarian. Both have as their duty oversight of the depository collection, its development, and its maintenance, using mandatory operational standards and performance requirements as priority guidelines. The Collection Development Librarian is made aware of recommendations and considerations, many of which are the result of consultation with staff, faculty, students, and interested members of the university community.
The suggested core collections by library type in Appendix A of the FDLP Handbook.
The series title list of the fifty most frequently selected item numbers which was compiled by Peter Hernon and Gary Purcell in Developing Collections of the U.S. Government Publications.
The recommended list of titles in the FDLP Electronic Collection and the List of Official GPO Databases that may be substituted for Tangible FDLP Products.
We select documents that will serve the informational needs of our users. In order to determine these needs, this depository considers the University's mission, is familiar with the academic departments and courses of study, and is knowledgeable about the local area and its people.
User surveys, faculty/student/administration/other patron's requests, reference statistics, interlibrary loan requests, and circulation records are all helpful determinants in our selection process. Meeting established needs has led us to a collection strong in documents of a statistical nature dealing with a broad range of subjects (census, history, economics, etc.); in Congressional and Presidential materials; in codes, laws, and regulations; in education and higher education information; in heritage and historical conservation and preservations documents; and in publications dealing with political science, library science, health and art.
While making selections, we look for educational value and/or public interest in the document and accessibility of the information therein (we select the majority of the annual reports offered because they meet this criterion).
We determine who would be likely to need or use the publication. We are mindful of our responsibility as a depository to inform the public on the policies and programs of the Government; therefore, we look for selections which will fulfill this obligation.
We select documents with consideration given to the strengths and weaknesses of other libraries nearby. A number of other depository libraries exist approximately fifty miles north or south of this one in cities to which large numbers of local area residents commute to work. When considering documents for selections, we appreciate that good cooperation and coordination exists among the depositories. The online GPO Depository Union List of Item Selections allows us to quickly check holdings and then determine whether or not duplication is wise or necessary. We select all documents for which there is a likely or regular demand; however, patrons requesting material we cannot justify selecting are well served by interlibrary loans and referrals. The reasonable, mutual use of the interlibrary loan process is an effective way of being sure that documents are provided to the people. We keep in mind, also, that we are served by an excellent regional depository, Alderman Library of the University of Virginia.
We select documents with consideration given to internal factors such as space, budget and problem areas. Space considerations dictate that we must strongly consider electronic and/or microfiche format rather than paper when feasible. Congressional hearings and prints are examples of the type of document which take up shelf space rapidly in paper format; yet are space-saving in microfiche format. We do, however, choose paper copy for most reference volumes and frequently consulted material whenever possible. Microfiche does not lend itself well to maps, art, or color illustrations; paper format is chosen for these. Selection of microfiche bears with it the budget burden of supplying reader-printers, paper, toner, and servicing. The format in which we select any given document depends upon the format(s) made available by GPO; the format(s) that provide the greatest ease of access for our patrons; and considerations of space and budget. Also, we must consider that certain selections may entail the expense of purchasing commercially produced indexes - such as the Congressional Information Service (CIS) Index and the American Statistics Index in order to facilitate and expedite their use. However, with the purchase of CIS LexisNexis Congressional online by VIVA (Virtual Library of Virginia), the financial constraints are not so strong. We try to be aware of tools which aid in the retrieval of the subject matter within documents being considered for selection and determine whether or not the budget will allow purchase. If unable to purchase such tools, we must decide if the documents would be of use without the external aid. There are other circumstances which necessitate the purchase of documents.
Replacement copies for lost or worn-out volumes after checking for them on the Needs and Offers List).
Second copies of much-used volumes, indexes and abstracts.
Individual documents of general interest.
We follow the guidelines entitled Substituting Online for Tangible Versions of Depository Publications by Selectives (FDLP revised 17 June 2010).
In 1993, Congress passed the GPO Electronic Information Access Enhancement Act, P.L. 103-40, whereby it expressed its clear intent for GPO to use electronic technology to make government information more accessible to the greatest number of people. A depository is permitted to replace the tangible versions with electronic equivalents provided the electronic version is complete, official, and permanently accessible. The Federal Digital Systems (FDsys) database provides access to all resources on the List of Official GPO Databases that May be Substituted for Tangible FDLP Products (Administrative Notes 5/15/99) meet these requirements.
In which format is the title most easily used?
What is its scope, purpose, and intended audience?
What is the date range or coverage?
Is the information time sensitive?
Is the title's electronic presentation comparable to the tangible version?
Government information in electronic format may require more staff time to learn and more time to assist patrons. Reference staff and Government Documents staff in Simpson Library decide together whether to make electronic substitutions. Web links are included in the VIRTUA library catalog. The Library maintains a link for government information on the Library Home Page.
Retention of substituted materials follows the retention rules of a selective depository. Tangible products appearing in the Superseded List that are substituted with an electronic equivalent are superseded in the regular fashion (see section on weeding).
Several points must be considered during the selection process. The selection of an item number may result in receipt of a number of titles when actually we only have need for one. Fortunately, GPO is working toward breaking out problem items numbers. In the meantime, we must scrutinize each title to determine use and decide if it might not be more cost efficient to purchase the one needed title and forgo the burden of unwanted ones.
A similar problem lies in the selection of a general publications' item number under which the library then receives a multiplicity of documents. Before choosing such a number, we carefully peruse the Publications Reference File, the GPO Catalog, and Shipping Lists, familiarizing ourselves with the types of documents being issued. Thus, we can make an informed decision as to whether or not the selection would be a valuable, useful addition to our collection.
Periodical selections are made based on not only need but also on the availability of applicable indexes and abstracts. Considerations of format have already been discussed with respect to accessibility, usability and space. A problem during the selection of maps involves more than just the question of their serving a particular need; we must also consider our ability to afford proper housing in map cases for such documents. The lack of ideal housing, however, should not deter us from selecting maps for which there is a demonstrable need. Another problem is that certain item numbers are described without giving depositories enough information to allow us to be certain that the documents received will actually have much value as would appear to be the case. If we have reason to believe selection would serve our public, we order the item number; and then, we monitor documents as received so that we can expeditiously delete the selection should the choice prove to have been a poor one.
The List of Classes of United States Government Publications available for selection by Depository Libraries (GP 3.24:) is the preeminent listing of available selections. It is arranged by SuDocs classification number referencing series or item title and number.
Upon receipt of this list, we highlight or underline our selections in it. This process affords us the opportunity to review each offering and consider making additions or deletions as well as, upon completion, providing us with a "shelflist" which clearly indicates the subject area emphasis of our collection. Strengths and weaknesses can then be reviewed in light of our collection development goals.
Core Collection Lists are important selection tools. We select the title suggested in Appendix A of the FDLP Handbook. We periodically review the online version of the FDLP "Suggested Core Collection: Academic Library" to make sure that we have selected all documents useful to our patrons. Special attention is given to published lists such as the fifty most frequently selected item numbers compiled by Peter Hernon and Gary Purcell in "Developing Collections of the U.S. Government Publications" and to GPO's Best Sellers.
The Annotated GPO Depository Union List of Item Sections entitled File Libraries, Listing of Files in UNIONL [database] (GP 3:32/2:) is particularly useful in that it provides item numbers, agency, class stem, survey number/data, and a description, as well as listing the numbers of all depositories selecting the item number. One can check selections of nearby libraries and coordinate holdings whenever desirable. These listings are now available online at the FDLP website.
The Sales Product Catalog - GP (3.22/7:) - is a fine selection and current awareness source; however, it is limited to publications for sale by GPO. User access is excellent by means of stock number, SuDoc number, or dictionary index of interfiled titles, series, key words, key phrases, subjects, and personal authors. A web link is included in the Library catalog.
The Catalog of United States Government Publications (GP 3.8/8-9:) is an extremely important tool. It lists all government publications, GPO and non-GPO. Indexes are cumulative and include author, title, subject, series/report, contract number, and title keyword. A web link is included in the library catalog.
Entries are arranged by SuDoc number and contain bibliographical information as entered into the OCLC data base. U.S. Government Subscriptions (GP3.9:) offers for selection those periodicals for which subscriptions are taken by the Superintendent of Documents. It also includes manuals and similar materials sold on a subscription basis. It is revised quarterly. It is a listing of over 1,000 popular U.S. Government publications available from the Superintendent of Documents.
In May of each year, we are notified when GPO is ready to accept new selections to our profile at the FDLP web-site. This is the only time of year we are allowed to make selections, but we can drop items at this site at any time in order to refine our collection. We look at the process of reconciling active item numbers as preparing for this 'end of year' activity and allowing an opportunity to once again critically review our collection. The time set aside for this is from June 1st to July 31st of each year. During the year we can be making a list of item #s we want to consider for addition at this time.
The process of deselection is to be the careful application of the same guiding principles set for the selection process, only with a reverse intent.
Discarding of depository items is to be conducted in accordance with the policy outlined by the Government Printing Office as stated in "Instructions to Depository Libraries, Section 11." We are a selective depository served by a designated Regional Depository and as such, may draw up discard lists consisting of documents which have been retained for at least five years which are no longer relevant to our patrons. Permission for discarding and guidance have been worked out between our Regional Library and GPO. The "Procedures for the withdrawal of U.S. Government Depository Publications for Libraries in the Virginia Region" is published online by the Regional Library.
Weeding of this federal depository collection is to be an on-going process. We maintain a complete title check-in dated listing of all documents received. During the weeding process we work our way from titles received for A 1….: through Y 10….: and start over as documents have been held for a period of five years.
Consultation with the library staff and faculty is as much a part of deselection as of selection.
Evaluation with possible revision is essential so that this policy can continue to offer utilitarian guidance in collection development and is to be instrumental in assuring a useful collection in the future.
As a member of the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP), the University of Mary Washington follows both the "Depository Library Public Service Guidelines for Government Information in Electronic Formats" (Administrative Notes 9/15/98) and the "FDLP Internet Use Policy Guidelines" (Administrative Notes 1/15/99). This policy affirms the University of Mary Washington's adherence to these federal guidelines for unimpeded use of electronic documents by public patrons.
There is no-fee access to all Simpson Library computer workstations with government information on CD-Roms, diskettes, and the internet.
Simpson Library maintains hardware that meets the latest "Recommended Specifications for Public Access Work Stations in Federal Depository Libraries" as published annually in Administrative Notes.
Simpson Library makes both tangible and electronic products available to users in a timely manner.
Simpson Library provides Internet access to government information at no cost to the general public. Access includes downloading capabilities and email transmission of electronic data. Printing of documents is available at the same cost as printing of other materials.
Simpson Library maintains a link to government information from the Library Home Page <http://libraries.umw.edu/>.
Simpson Library provides appropriate reference service and help for the general public to use electronic government information. Public service computer workstations are located adjacent to the Information Desk.
Simpson Library has no restrictions (such as age, residence status, or filtering software) for access to the FDLP electronic collection or other electronic government information. No patron identification is required.


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Megistobunus lamottei is een hooiwagen uit de familie echte hooiwagens (Phalangiidae).

Echte hooiwagens

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package org.culturegraph.mf.stream.pipe;

import org.culturegraph.mf.framework.ObjectReceiver;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.mockito.Mockito;

/**
 * Tests for {@link CloseSupressor}.
 *
 * @author Markus Geipel
 */
public final class CloseSuppressorTest {

	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
	@Test
	public void testSuppression() {

		final CloseSupressor<Object> supressor = new CloseSupressor<Object>(3);
		final ObjectReceiver<Object> receiver = Mockito.mock(ObjectReceiver.class);
		supressor.setReceiver(receiver);
		supressor.closeStream();
		supressor.closeStream();
		Mockito.verifyZeroInteractions(receiver);
		supressor.closeStream();
		Mockito.verify(receiver).closeStream();
		supressor.closeStream();
		Mockito.verifyNoMoreInteractions(receiver);
	}

}

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This document is my PhD dissertation, which is ©2014 University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa and Craig Dunning.
Dunning, CA (2014) Palestinian Muslims converting to Christianity: effective evangelistic methods in the West Bank. Pretoria, South Africa: University of Pretoria, PhD thesis.


Talavera kept a clean sheet while making four saves during Saturday's 0-0 draw with Queretaro.
Salinas crossed once inaccurately and created a chance during Saturday's 0-0 draw with Queretaro.
Gonzalez blocked two shots, made four interceptions, and had five clearances during Saturday's scoreless draw with Queretaro.
Ruiz was shown a red card during Saturday's scoreless draw with Queretaro.
Canelo scored a goal while taking two shots (one on target) during Sunday's 5-1 win over Monterrey.
Mancuello had an assist while taking three shots (one on goal), crossing 11 times (four accurate), and creating seven chances during Sunday's 5-1 win over Monterrey.
Pardo scored twice while taking four shots (two on goal), crossing once inaccurately, and creating a chance during Sunday's 5-1 win over Monterrey.
Medina had an assist and scored a goal while taking three shots (one on goal), crossing once inaccurately, and creating two chances during Sunday's 5-1 win over Monterrey.
da Silva scored a goal on his lone shot, while making three tackles (winning one) during Sunday's 5-1 win over Monterrey.
Talavera allowed a goal while making two saves during Sunday's 5-1 win over Monterrey.


4 Celli. This innovative idea was thought up for the Bernard Greenhouse 90th birthday celebration in Greensboro NC in 2005. Again the Fitzenhagen version, all players get to play a few variations, in round robin fashion; the 3 cello accompaniment is shared among the other 3 players. Difficult. Score and 4 parts; solo part is not included.
Recording is from initial theme.


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Three BIWPA tournaments confirmed for 2020
There will be new editions of Beach Polo, Turbo Cup and Masters Cup next year.
BIWPA will organize three major tournaments in 2020. Beach Water Polo Costa Brava (fourth edition), Barcelona International Turbo Cup (5th edition) and a completely renewed Barcelona Masters Cup (third edition), with new dates and location.
The three events will be held between the last week of August and the first two weeks of September, in all cases dates close to the beginning of the preseason for water polo teams in Spain.
Beach Polo | Sun, water polo and party
The first will be the Beach Water Polo Costa Brava. The reference beach water polo tournament will take place for the fourth consecutive year in Palamós (Girona), in the famous Catalan Costa Brava, from August 28th to 30th, for men, women and coed teams over 16.
This fourth edition comes with several new features. BIWPA has incorporated a registration option without accommodation, for those teams that have residence near by. In addition, the two hotel options have dropped in price, with the aim of achieving a more massive event and welcoming more than the 20 teams that came last August.
The All-Star game will take place on Saturday, while the two dinners with party will also happen on the first two nights (Friday and Saturday).
More information >>
Turbo Cup | A high-level preseason tournament
The week after Beach Polo will be the Turbo Cup's turn, which will celebrate its fifth anniversary. Since it was born, it was presented as an ideal tournament for the preseason, aimed at 18U men's teams and senior women's teams. The truth is that the event has maintained its essence all these years: presence of international and national teams, the participation of some high-level teams and the guarantee of a minimum of 7-8 matches (real time) for all teams.
The Turbo Cup will take place once again in the Montjuic Municipal pool, undoubtedly one of the event's main attractions. The Olympic facility will host the competition from September 3rd to 6th.
Masters Cup | The best masters water polo is back
After the great success of the first edition of the Barcelona Masters Cup last June at CN Barcelona, with 21 teams from 9 countries, the event has new dates and venue. The new location will be the Montjuic Municipal pool, which will host the tournament from September 11th to 13th with three different age groups: +30, +40 and +50 men, women or coed.
For this second edition, the organization will set up two playing fields in the 33-meter pool, while there will be a village area with music, chill-out zone and bar service around the diving pool.

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Q: Error: Using $this when not in object context I have looked for other questions covering this error, but could not find a case that applies to my problem.
Basically the static method in my class invokes a non-static method which in return invokes another non-static method.
This throws an Fatal error:

Fatal error: Using $this when not in object context in class.php on line ...

I can't figure out why it is not okay to call a non-static class method from another non-static class method via $this.
Is it because they are both invoked from a static function and hence there is no $this instance ?
Here is the (simplified) class:
class Redis_Provision {

    public $redis = NULL;

    public function redis_query()
    {
        if(is_null($this->redis)) {
            $this->setBackend();   <------- This throws the fatal error
        }
        return $this->redis;
    }

    public function setBackend()
    {
        $this->redis = new Redis();
        $this->redis->connect();
    }

    public static function activate()
    {

        if( self::redis_query()->ping())
        {
            // Do stuff
        }
    }
}

Which i would invoke via:
$redis_provision = new Redis_Provision();
$redis_provision->activate();

A: The error occurs because you've called a non-static method statically (this will have risen an E_STRICT - check your error reporting), which doesn't stop execution but means there's no object context ($this cannot be used).
The proper way to fix the error is to instantiate the class in activate(), and call the redis_query() method on the object, e.g.
$redis_provision = new Redis_Provision();
if($redis_provision->redis_query()->ping()) { ... }

This means that redis_query() executes with a context, and so functions normally.
Also, the activate() method is static, so you don't need to create a new object in your invocation code. You can just call Redis_Provision::activate() directly.

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Seems yours truly does not have the magic touch when it comes to gambling. I guess the adage "Unlucky at cards... sorry, got nothin'" fits in this case. During my time at the table, my best hand was two (low) pair. The only time I even stayed to the bitter end was during a bluff run, where my awesome pair of fives was bested by my neighbor's overpowering pair of sixes. I'm not saying the decision to go bluff (rather than go buff) was fueled by the presence and ready availability of free Glenmorangie 18, but I wouldn't rule it out, either.
It didn't matter anyway. The game was a fund-raiser for my kids' school athletic program. Since my daughter is currently playing volleyball, my son played basketball and will be wrestling, and they both will be playing soccer later this spring, I think having the opportunity to toss a few (real) dollars down for the program was a Good Thing. Though for efficiency's sake, walking in, handing over the buy-in and immediately leaving would have been optimal, but then I wouldn't have had the chance to taste the Glenmorangie, and the chance to let all the others laugh at my ineptitude. Ah, the sacrifices we make for our kids!
Earlier in the day, I was able to escape for a bit of a jaunt. The weather forecast was for highs around 10C/50F, and sunny, but it didn't quite pan out that way. It wasn't cold, but with the thin cloud layer, and a slight breeze, only having two sweaty layers on top made things a bit nipply when I had to stop and check where I was going which I needed to do a couple of times.
The route was new to me, I wanted to stay low to avoid crusty snow, but wanted to see some new terrain. I planned a route south east of Mexican Dam on the east side of the Carson River to go out straight on the power line track and wind my way back up higher on the hills.
The route was pretty sandy; especially on the power line track. A lot of truck, ATV and motorcycle traffic will do that. To make it just that much more fun, the way was - as I call them - loaded with dipsy-dos; those sine-wave crests and troughs created by uneven accelerations of powered vehicles on soft dirt. Two steps up, one stride down, leap the deepest part of the trough, and repeat. For about 5 miles / 8 km. The grade was steadily climbing, but didn't seem like it. I guess fighting the sand distracted my calves from noticing I was climbing.


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New book-length interview shows Pope is awesomely merciful and sorely misled
The book should reassure Catholics that the Pope holds the age-old definitions of sin and repentance, but also confirms his odd bias in favor of liberal Catholics.
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January 15, 2016 (LifeSiteNews) – In a rather fascinating book-length interview with Pope Francis, Vatican expert reporter Andrea Tornielli has Pope Francis defining his often-obscure terminology so that a greater understanding of the Argentine pontiff is now possible. What does Pope Francis mean by "scholars of the law," who he condemns so often in his morning homilies at Casa Santa Marta? What does he mean by "corruption," which he speaks of as worse than sin? What is his take on homosexual people given his "who am I to judge" remark? Can there be mercy without acknowledgment of one's sins?
All these questions and more are given in simple Q&A format in Pope Francis: The Name of God is Mercy, released Tuesday.
Overall the book is reassuring to those Catholics wondering if the pope, because he keeps such close company with so many dissident clergy, still holds to the age-old definitions of sin and repentance. It also, however, confirms Francis' odd perception of many faithful clergy as rigid rigorists who lack mercy, and his apparent inability to see those very characteristics in the liberal clergy he counts as his most trusted allies.
"The Church condemns sin because it has to relay the truth: 'This is a sin,'" says the pope. "But at the same time, it embraces the sinner who recognizes himself as such, it welcomes him, it speaks to him of the infinite mercy of God."
Pope Francis stresses several times that there can be no mercy without acknowledgment of sin. "If you don't recognize yourself as a sinner, it means you don't want to receive it, it means that you don't feel the need for it," he says. And again, "If we do not begin by examining our wretchedness, if we stay lost and despair that we will never be forgiven, we end up licking our wounds, and they stay open and never heal."
Speaking of the role of the confessor, Francis acknowledges a priest may have to refuse someone absolution (forgiveness). "If the confessor cannot absolve a person, he needs to explain why, he needs to give them a blessing, even without the holy sacrament," says the pope. "The very fact that someone goes to the confessional indicates an initiation of repentance, even if it is not conscious," he explains.
Asked about homosexual persons in relation to his "who am I to judge" comment, Pope Francis said, "I prefer that homosexuals come to confession, that they stay close to the Lord, and that we pray all together. You can advise them to pray, show goodwill, show them the way, and accompany them along it."
In the context of the whole book it seemed that Francis was indicating that persons with same-sex attraction who have sinned by engaging in sexual behavior outside of a natural man-woman marriage should confess those sins. However, the statement itself was unclear, leading some like Francis DeBernardo, executive director of New Ways Ministry, to suggest otherwise. The pope's comment about homosexuals in confession, said Bernardo, "can raise a red flag for some," but "I don't think he was calling for gay and lesbian people to confess sexual 'sins' based on their orientations and commitments. … I think Pope Francis sees confession as a good thing for all."
A very definite liberal bias
As with other interviews, however, the pope's definite distaste for Catholics he perceives as rigid adherents of the law comes through loud and clear. For instance, when he defines corruption and exemplifies it, most US faithful Catholics could easily picture Nancy Pelosi. "The corrupt man," says the pope, "is the one who sins but does not repent, who sins and pretends to be Christian, and it is this double life that is scandalous." Pope Francis himself, however, seems to see tradition-minded Catholics in that description.
"I will say that there is often a kind of hypocrisy in them, a formal adherence to the law that hides very deep wounds," says the pope of those he calls "scholars of the law." Jesus, says the pope, "defines them as 'whited sepulchers' who appear devout from the outside, but inside, on the inside… hypocrites."
Indeed Pope Francis describes such Catholic "scholars of the law" as his greatest enemies, casting the descriptor in Christ's words. Scholars of the law, he said "represent the principal opposition to Jesus; they challenge him in the name of doctrine." And he adds, "This approach is repeated throughout the long history of the Church."
It is as if the pope believes the false portrayal that liberals make of faithful Catholics. That he may have a substantial misperception concerning faithful or traditional Catholics would not be surprising given the many distorted perceptions he undoubtedly has received from the more liberal bishops with whom he has chosen to associate. They often disdain faithful Catholics, especially those who are enthusiastically and uncompromisingly pro-life and pro-family.
The falsehood is evident in Francis' description of "scholars of the law" since in addition to insisting on doctrine, he says they are self-interested, lacking in mercy, have closed attitudes, love the place of honor, want to be called master, fail to recognize their own sins and refuse to reach out to the poor and marginalized. If we look at the man the media regards as the epitome of the "scholar of the law," Cardinal Raymond Burke, we see the opposite of each and every one of those negative attitudes. If we think of Mother Teresa, whom the pope holds up in the interview as an example of mercy beyond all human expectation, she insisted on the pro-life doctrine at all times, even those most inconvenient.
Moreover, in my twenty years of contact with Catholic life and family leaders around the world, I have found them to be the kindest, most generous, humble, forgiving and giving people on earth. Many of them converts or reverts, they recognize sin in their own lives and thus can reach out with unbelievable mercy and understanding to women in crisis pregnancy and to sinners suffering due to their harmful choices.
To be sure, faithful Catholics can fall and exhibit all those sinful attitudes, but when they do wake up and recognize their wrongdoing they repent. They go to confession vowing to try never again to offend Christ in those ways.
In my two decades of reporting on the Church I've also witnessed over and over again dissident prelates demonstrating those negatives attitudes mentioned by Pope Francis. I've seen liberal bishops:
Haughtily regard life and family activists as simpletons;
Self-righteously reject as outdated the teachings of the Church that conflict with popular culture;
Frequently take the seats of honor with the powerful of this world;
Refuse the difficult act of mercy of calling those caught in homosexuality and other sins the to repentance;
Refuse to stand for the poorest of the poor – unborn children;
And employ an exalted vocabulary beyond the reach of most people.
We must pray that the Holy Father may see in the many dissident prelates he takes as his closest collaborators the very characteristics he falsely perceives in faithful clergy. May he experience faithful, tradition-minded Catholics who, while having a desire for orthodoxy in doctrine and liturgy, also naturally have a great love for Christ and their fellow man, and live their whole lives with that love as their primary motivation.


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Infringement in the Air: Federal Court upholds copyright claim in relation to iconic disco hit
Boomerang Investments Pty Ltd v Padgett [2020] FCA 535
The Federal Court has continued the global trend of "sound alike" copyright cases, finding that the 2011 song "Warm in the Winter" by American indie duo Glass Candy was copied from Vanda & Young's 1978 hit "Love is in the Air" made famous by John Paul Young. The Court reached the same conclusion in relation to an adaptation of "Warm in the Winter" in an Air France's "France is in the Air" marketing campaign.
However, the Applicants' claim was only partly successful because the Court held that a number of the alleged acts of infringement were actually permitted under separate licence arrangements between APRA AMCOS and certain online music platforms (eg, Spotify and Apple Music) that made "Warm in the Winter" available for streaming and digital download.
The Court also rejected a claim that the adaptation of "Warm in the Winter" used in the Air France campaign, which featured the line "France is in the Air", violated the moral rights of Mr van den Berg (better known as Mr Vanda) and Mr Young as the adaptation occurred entirely outside Australia.
Conduct careful legal due diligence on key marketing assets and ensure adequate contractual protections are in place with advertising agencies in respect of the originality of your marketing materials and that the use of such materials will not infringe any intellectual property rights, including moral rights. In this case, the Applicants brought proceedings against Air France who used an adaptation of the infringing work in a global marketing campaign.
Before taking steps to enforce copyright, ensure that you are in fact the copyright owner, and that you have not assigned any relevant rights to a third party. It is also important to think strategically around the precise conduct that is alleged to be infringed and, if relevant, where to bring proceedings.
Parties to litigation should ensure that they present their full case at hearing. In this case, the Court refused an application by the Applicants to vary the Court's reasons or to re-open its case in order to rely on additional arguments that were not made at the hearing but related to material before the Court. This case is a useful reminder that these kinds of applications are only likely to be successful in exceptional circumstances.
Boomerang claimed to own the copyright in the 1978 song "Love is the Air" (Love).
In 2011, Glass Candy released the song "Warm in the Winter" (Warm), which featured the line "love is in the air" (or, perhaps, "love's in the air"). Glass Candy subsequently adapted Warm for use in an international marketing campaign for Air France, where the lyrics "love is in the air" were replaced with "France is in the air".
Boomerang (together with Mr Vanda, the late Mr Young's estate, APRA and AMCOS) commenced proceedings in relation to:
Glass Candy (and its publisher) making Warm available for streaming and digital download in Australia on various online music platforms (or otherwise authorising the platforms to do so); and
Air France's use of the adaptation of Warm on its YouTube channel and as part of its telephone hold music, which would play to callers from Australia.
The Applicants did not sue in respect of the actual recording of Warm, presumably because this occurred in the United States meaning that any claim would need to be determined in that country (most probably by a jury).
Neither did the Applicants claim against the platforms, most of whom separately had the right to make Love available for streaming and download pursuant to their blanket licences with APRA AMCOS.
Comparing the songs
Justice Perram held the similarities between Love and Warm were sufficient to give rise to copyright infringement.
First, Justice Perram found the line "love is in the air" in Warm was objectively similar to the opening line of Love. Integral to this conclusion, which was consistent with the expert evidence, was the determination that the musical work in Love included both the instrumental component of the work and the sound of the sung lyrics.
Second, Justice Perram held Glass Candy had knowingly copied the relevant part of Love, rejecting evidence from members of the band they were not familiar with Love prior to writing Warm.
Third, Justice Perram held that the sung line "love is in the air" constituted a substantial part of Love as it was the song's "essential air". While stressing the qualitative emphasis of the substantial part test, Justice Perram also noted that, taking into account repetitions, the line comprised a quantitatively significant 20 seconds of Love.
Justice Perram rejected an infringement claim based on the literary work "love is in the air", finding that the words, when not put to music, lacked originality.
Justice Perram reached a similar conclusion in relation to the Glass Candy's adaptation of Warm used by Air France (France), seeing little significance in the substitution of the word "Love" for "France". He also found Air France's advertising agency had made a deliberate choice to allude to Love such that any infringement would be flagrant.
Despite the clear similarities between Love and Warm, the Applicants' infringement claim was only partly successful.
First, certain of the rights Boomerang asserted, such as digital streaming and hold music rights, were, in fact, owned by APRA by virtue of the complex historical copyright arrangements between Mr Young, Mr Vanda, their record label and the collecting society.
Second, Justice Perram held that it was the online music platforms and not Glass Candy (or its publisher) that made Warm available for streaming or digital download. Furthermore, Glass Candy could not be liable for authorising the platforms to make Warm available in circumstances where this conduct was not an infringement of copyright due to the platforms' blanket licences which expressly permitted the platforms to make Love (or a substantial part of Love) available for streaming and download. Similarly, Justice Perram found that Air France's use of Warm on its YouTube channel was covered by YouTube's blanket licence.
Boomerang was therefore only entitled to an injunction and damages or an account of profits in relation to 13 downloads of Warm from the website of Glass Candy's record label (which did not hold a blanket licence) by people in Australia. APRA was separately entitled to an injunction to restrain Air France from using Warm as telephone hold music.
Interestingly, following the judgment, the Applicants challenged Justice Perram's findings that the platforms could not be liable in light of their respective blanket licences, pointing to provisions in those agreements prohibiting the use of the licensed works with alternative lyrics. Justice Perram refused the Applicants' applications to vary the Court's reasons or re-open their case as this argument had not previously been made before the Court despite the issue being live at the hearing and the relevant licences being in evidence. The Applicants did not provide any justification for this oversight.
The Court will assess damages in a separate hearing.
Mr Young's estate and Mr Vanda also brought a claim against Air France alleging violation of their moral rights. Justice Perram held that, while he was prepared to accept that the substitution of the word "Love" for "France" was prejudicial to the songwriters' honour (and therefore would have infringed their moral rights), this claim was unsuccessful as the change to the work had occurred outside of Australia.
Authors: Ted Talas, Lawyer; and Anita Cade, Partner.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – April 12, 2018 – Jerry Christopher Bostick, 58, of Brentwood, Tennessee, was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court, to pay a $100,000 fine and serve five years on probation, with the first six months on home confinement, for possessing unregistered sub-machine guns, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran of the Middle District of Tennessee.
Bostick was indicted in October 2015 for possessing a .45 caliber sub-machine gun and a 9mm sub-machine gun, which were not registered in the National Firearms Registry as required by law. Bostick pleaded guilty to the charges in the indictment on July 18, 2017.
Chief U.S. District Judge Waverly Crenshaw, Jr., also ordered the firearms to be forfeited and that Bostick serve 500 hours of community service.
This case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph Montminy.


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Aníbal Marconi (Aníbal Fernández; * 16. März 1937 in Ciudadela; † 24. Juni 2015) war ein argentinischer Tangosänger und -dichter.

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Marconi nahm bereits 1952 an einem von Luis "El Negro" Mela veranstalteten Gesangswettbewerb teil, aus dem er wegen gesundheitlicher Probleme ausschied. 1954 gewann er dann einen Wettbewerb im Club Crisol. Danach trat er in Clubs und bei Festivals mit Gitarrenbegleitung auf. 1957 schrieb er seinen ersten Tangotext Qué tarde que es, der von Osvaldo Sobrero komponiert wurde. Er erschien 1959 im Druck beim Editorial Musical de Julio Korn. Im gleichen Jahr wurde Marconi von der Sociedad Argentina de Autores y Compositores (SADAIC), vertreten durch deren Sekretär Lito Bayardo, als Tangodichter zertifiziert.

1960 wurde er Mitglied im Orchester von José Verini und Emilio Adamo. Dort waren seine Gesangspartner zunächst Alfredo de la Colina, später Carlos Torres. Er trat mit dem Orchester u. a. im Monumental de Palermo, im Monumental del Flores, im Salón La Argentina, im El Palacio del Baile und im Dominó auf und hatte zwei Monate lang eine wöchentliche Sendung beim Sender Radio Libertad. Nach der Auflösung des Orchesters Ende 1962 trat er noch gelegentlich mit Gitarrenbegleitung in den verbliebenen Tangolokalen von Buenos Aires auf. Nach einem letzten Auftritt im Hurlingham Hotel in Mar del Plata beendete er aus gesundheitlichen Gründen seine Laufbahn als Sänger.

Tangos
 Qué tarde que es (komponiert von Osvaldo Sobrero)
 Bebiendo para olvidar (eigene Komposition)
 Muñeca de quince años (komponiert von Enrique Lear)
 Porque más no puedo dar (komponiert von Enrique Lear)
 Se llama Vos Tang (komponiert von Enrique Lear)
Equivocado pero por qué (komponiert von Pocho Corsaro und Quique Ojeda)

Quellen
Todo Tango: Aníbal Marconi
tango.info: Aníbal Marconi

Tango
Sänger
Lyrik
Argentinier
Geboren 1937
Gestorben 2015
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Q: Unable to publish artifact into GitHub packages using GitHub actions I am new to GitHub Actions, I am trying to publish maven-based artifacts to the GitHub package using Github Actions.
This is is the error I am getting.
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Below is the YAML file I used to publish this artifact to GitHub packages.
name: Maven Package

on:
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    types: [created]

jobs:
  build:

    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    permissions:
      contents: read
      packages: write

    steps:
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Corn tea is a classic Korean beverage. When made from corn kernels, the tea's primary benefit is hydration due to its water content, but you'll also get small amounts of nutrients, such as carbs, vitamin C and folate. Corn tea is also brewed using corn silk. This type of tea may work as a diuretic and help stabilize blood sugar.
Corn tea is made two different ways. One method uses roasted corn kernels, while the other makes tea from dried or fresh corn silk. For both types, the ingredients are placed in boiling water and simmered for about 20 to 30 minutes. Then the solid ingredients are strained out, and the remaining water is served for tea.
The tea should keep in the refrigerator for about a week, but it tends to spoil quickly. If it begins to turn cloudy, it's time to dispose of the tea.
Roasted corn tea works well for hydrating your body. In fact, corn tea is consumed just like it's plain water in Korea, according to a study published in Nutrition Research and Practice in October 2014. In addition to the fact that roasted corn tea consists mostly of water, it also contains sugar from the corn.
The exact amounts of nutrients you'll get from a cup of roasted corn tea depends on the proportion of corn to water and how long the corn is simmered. A percentage of some nutrients will leach into the water, however.
A cup of uncooked corn kernels contains 14 percent of the daily value for vitamin C, based on consuming 2,000 calories daily. It also has 11 percent of the daily value for vitamin B-6 and 12 percent of folate.
As a general guideline, about 35 percent of the corn's folate leaches into the boiling water, reports the U.S. Department of Agriculture. You can also expect the water to contain about 25 percent of the total vitamin C and 15 percent of vitamin B-6.
Tea made from corn silk is different from roasted corn kernels because the silk is a mild diuretic, which means it promotes urine production.
Studies using laboratory rats support its role as a diuretic, according to a review in the journal Molecules in 2012. These studies observed rats that received a specific amount of corn silk extract, however. Because you won't know how much is in your cup of tea, be cautious about the amount you drink until you know its impact. Also be aware that the tea may increase the amount of potassium excreted in urine, so it's not the best thing to drink after you've been losing electrolytes through sweat.
Corn silk extract made by boiling dried silk in water also improved blood sugar levels in lab mice, reported Nutrition and Metabolism in November 2009.
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The tree wasp (Dolichovespula sylvestris) is a species of eusocial wasp in the family Vespidae, found in the temperate regions of Eurasia, particularly in western Europe. Despite being called the tree wasp, it builds both aerial and underground paper nests, and can be found in rural and urban habitats. D. sylvestris is a medium-sized wasp that has yellow and black stripes and a black dot in the center of its clypeus. It is most common to see this wasp between May and September during its 3.5 month colony cycle.

Tree wasps carry out worker policing and have a haplodiploid sex-determination system; this results in a high level of relatedness within the colony. The workers will take over all of the foraging from the queen once the first workers reach adulthood. Worker wasps typically forage for other insects, the nectar of plants, and wood to digest for nest construction. The tree wasp is sometimes a victim of the nest parasite Dolichovespula omissa, who lays their eggs in the nest of D. sylvestris, as well as individual parasites including roundworms.

Taxonomy

The tree wasp was first classified in 1763 by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, a naturalist and physician who is known for classifying many species. He originally classified it as Vespa sylvestris, and later it was moved to the genus Dolichovespula. D. sylvestris is now part of the small genus of 18 species of social wasps called Dolichovespula which includes species such as the bald-faced hornet (D. maculata), Saxon wasp (D. saxonica), and Median wasp (D. media). It is part of the subfamily Vespinae which includes social wasps, social hornets, and yellow jackets.

Distribution and habitat

D. sylvestris can be found throughout Western Europe and across central Asia to China, and it has also been sighted in northern Africa. It is not known to live outside of this region of the world. This species of wasp prefers temperate climates. In these regions it can be found in most habitats, including trees and shrubs, hanging from houses, and in the ground. It is often found in both urban and rural areas.

Despite being called the tree wasp, D. sylvestris builds both aerial nests in trees and hedges, as well as underground nests. These underground nests are typically built near the ground surface in preexisting holes. All nests appear to need an overhanging structure to suspend from, such as a rock, grass stem, or roof of a house, but the location and type of these structures can vary significantly.

Description and identification

Dolichovespula sylvestris can reach a length of  in workers, of  in queens and of  in males. This medium-sized species has the typical drawing of black and yellow stripes of many social wasps. The head and the thorax are predominantly black with yellow drawings. The abdomen is black with transverse yellow bands. The wings are slightly brownish. The distance between mandible and lower edge of the compound eye (oculo-malar space) is the same or longer than width of antennal scape. The large eyes are C-shaped, as they have a strong cut in the edge. At the top of the head there are three small ocelli. This species can be identified by its solid yellow face with a single small, central, black dot on the clypeus, a thorax with long lateral hairs, and two posterior yellow spots.

This species is less aggressive in comparison to many wasps, but will sting both animals and humans to protect its nest. Nests are made of paper that comes from the digestion of wood, generally dead bark, and measure  in diameter with an average of 4 combs.

Colony cycle

The colony cycle for D. sylvestris is typically about 3.5 months and occurs from May through August or September. Colonies are often initiated in mid-May by a single queen who quickly begins building the nest, and laying eggs in the cells as she builds. She often completes three envelopes in a single week. These workers take about 2.5 to 3.5 weeks to develop to adults from eggs. About 40 worker eggs are produced in the nest at this stage, but some do not mature fully due to limitations in resources provided by the queen. After this stage, known as the queen colony, comes the stage where small cells are built and more workers and the first males are reared. This stage goes on for a few weeks, typically until late June. Around this time, construction of large cells that house the rearing process of queens and more males begins. These individuals emerge as adults around mid-July. The colony develops until around the end of August at which time all of the sexuals (reproducing males and queens) have left and the original queen is dead. The social structure of the nest now collapses and the workers that remain typically die soon due to starvation or old age. The queens that leave go into hibernation and begin new colonies the following May. In a single mature tree wasp colony there is an average of nearly 800 cells in the nest and a total of 400 small cell adults and 300 large cell adults.

Foraging behaviour

In the colony, the queen is responsible for all of the foraging for the nest until workers mature. This includes foraging for wood to make into pulp for the nest as well as food for the larvae. Most workers begin to help with foraging the day after they emerge from the nest as adults. Almost immediately, they take over all foraging activity for the queen. The behaviour of the workers who forage differs depending on their activity. Those trying to catch flies move quickly from one flower head to the next and pounce on prey when it is found. In comparison, wasps that forage for nectar move slower and spend more time at each flower. Other workers collect pulp from dead wood to use for nest construction. It appears that if the wasp is unable to quickly catch a fly it goes on to collect nectar suggesting one worker does not always collect the same type of material. Different amounts of time are given to each activity with the most time spent gathering fluid, then pulp, and then flies. Foraging takes place from roughly sunrise to sunset of each day in order to keep up with the resources needed for the colony.

Worker-queen conflict

Worker policing

Nests of eusocial Hymenoptera including D. sylvestris often have conflict between workers and the queen over production of male eggs. Male eggs can be produced by workers that do not mate because these male eggs do not need to be fertilised. Both queen and worker share more genes with their own sons than each other's so they benefit more from producing their own eggs. In nests of tree wasps about half of the male eggs are worker produced so there is the potential for a high level of worker-queen conflict. To help decrease this conflict, eggs that are produced by workers are destroyed in a process known as worker policing. These eggs are eaten by the queen or workers shortly after being produced, but workers almost never police queen laid eggs. Worker policing is known to occur in other wasp species, particularly small colonies with high levels of worker laid eggs.

Aggression

Another way to prevent worker born larvae is that other workers or the queen may attempt to sting or push the ovipositing, egg laying, workers off of the cells. It is important to note that workers almost never acted aggressively towards the queen or tried to prevent her from laying eggs. This results in nearly all eggs that mature being queen produced. Even after the original queen in a colony dies and the new queens leave, workers may lay eggs but these eggs usually starve, rarely reaching maturity.

Genetic relatedness within colonies

Haplodiploidy

In the tree wasp, as in other Hymenoptera species, males are produced from unfertilised haploid eggs, while females are from fertilised diploid eggs. This is a method of sex determination known as haplodiploidy. This leads to sisters having a relatedness of 0.75 because all sperm produced are identical and they receive half of their mother's genes while brothers have a relatedness of 0.5. However, the diploid mother is related by 0.5 to both sons and daughters. In these species, there is often conflict between the queen and workers over the sex ratio because workers are more related to sisters then either brothers or their own daughters, meaning they want to push the sex ratio so that there are more females than males. At the same time it is most beneficial for the queen to keep the ratio 1:1 because she is equally related to both. The tree wasp police the male eggs laid by workers to keep the ratio more in favor of females, but they rarely interfere with the queens eggs. It is likely that this species is only able to distinguish queen eggs from worker eggs, but is unable to distinguish male and female eggs. As such, there is too much of a risk of destroying female eggs to interfere with queen laid eggs. This helps to keep the worker-queen conflict under control.

Worker-worker relatedness

Research suggests that Dolichovespula queens including D. sylvestris queens mate only once or have most sperm fertilizing eggs come from a single mate. The characteristics in this species of the queens having one mate, only 1-2 queens producing eggs in a nest, and a high level of worker policing indicates individuals in the nest will be very closely related. One study estimated that the relatedness among workers was 0.68 with data collected from 10 nests of twenty workers and the queen from each. This value was calculated by analysis at 3 DNA microsatellite loci which allowed the researchers to determine if males were queens' or workers' sons. Then using a computer program, relatedness among individuals in the nest was able to be estimated. This high level of relatedness between wasps in the nest is likely what explains the eusocial behaviour in this species.

Larval diet

The diet of D. sylvestris larvae was determined based on close analysis of larval pellets and observation. It was found that the wasp larvae consumed both other insects and nectar from flowers. The queen finds the insects or nectar and returns to the nest to feed them to each of the larvae during the queen nest before workers take over foraging and feeding activities. At this time, workers begin feeding the larvae, using the same types of food. Insects included many types of flies, including but not limited to march flies (Bibionidae) and crane flies (Tipulidae). The type of insects that were chosen as the main food source depended on the time of the season. These wasps prefer to feed on flies and tend to avoid ants or spiders. Queens were also observed feeding larvae nectar from flowers one drop at a time by putting her tongue and their mouths together. This nectar comes from flowers of plants such as blackberry, raspberry, and Rhododendron. Nectar seems to be a very important part of the larval diet as both queen and workers took more trips and more time collecting it than either insects or pulp for the nests. Experiments on larvae have shown that the sugar in the nectar is a necessary energy source and that without it larvae will quickly become unable to survive. Therefore, both insects and nectar are an important part of the larval diet.

Parasites

Social parasites

Dolichovespula omissa is known to be a social parasite of D. sylvestris in Europe. D. omissa does not have a worker caste and instead the queens of this parasitic species have the workers of the host species raise their young. This is beneficial to D. omissa because they do not have to use resources to raise their young. In contrast, this is very bad for the tree wasp whose workers are now using their resources to raise offspring that are not related to them at all. Few details are known about the social parasite D. omissa or its effect on the nests of D. sylvestris.

Individual parasites

D. sylvestris is also affected by parasites that influence the individual. These include both fungi and roundworms. In particular, the fungus Paecilomyces farinosus and the mermithid roundworm, Pheromermis pachysoma are known to parasitise the tree wasp. P. farinosus most often infects wasps and nests after death and therefore does not majorly influence the health of the colony. P. pachysoma typically infects flies and other insects when the roundworm eggs are eaten. The parasites then hatch in the insects and infects the wasp when the infected insects are fed to the wasp larvae. These roundworms usually do not kill the infected wasp but grow in their abdomen and can cause sexuals to become sterile. This has a negative impact on the individual as they are not able to reproduce and pass their genes on to the next generation. However, this is not likely to have a major impact on the colony since most worker eggs are policed and the queens typically only have a single mate.

Human importance

D. sylvestris is generally not considered a pest despite the fact that it is widespread in many regions and lives in urban areas nesting in areas such as the ground, in hedges, or hanging from eaves of houses. This is mostly due to the fact that this species of wasp does not like to enter buildings and is not interested in the types of food that are consumed by humans. It normally is not a problem around humans unless it builds a nest where people do not want it or where there is risk of children encountering the nest. The tree wasp is not very aggressive compared to other species of wasps, but can sting if it feels its nest is threatened. On the other hand, many of the reported pest problems for wasps in Scotland have been found to be D. sylvestris suggesting that many people do consider it a pest. Whether this was just from the presence of the nest or aggression of the wasps is unknown.

References

External links

 Nature Spot
 Bees, Wasps & Ants Recording Society

Vespidae
Hymenoptera of Asia
Hymenoptera of Europe
Insects described in 1763
Taxa named by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli


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Q: Add Keras Layer to Flatten input by a given axis If my last Keras Layer X outputs a tensor which looks, e.g. like this:
{
  {4, [22, 16,  11, 33], 24},
  {4, [12, 33,  87, 17], 14},
  {3, [92, 407, 25, 27], 34}
}

How can I add one more Layer Y that converts the output of X to this:
{
  {4, 22, 16,  11, 33, 24},
  {4, 12, 33,  87, 17, 14},
  {3, 92, 407, 25, 27, 34}
}

A: There is actually a type of layer called Flatten that suits your need (Keras core layer documentation here):
from keras.layers import Flatten

# if you are using sequential model
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model.add(Flatten())
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# if you are using Model api
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Y = Flatten()(X)
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