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Le Chaudron est une salle de sport et de spectacle, situé au Portel, dans le Pas-de-Calais.

C'est la salle de l'ESSM Le Portel, équipe de basket-ball évoluant en Pro A depuis  (anciennement en Pro B). Elle est également utilisée par le lycée professionnel maritime de Boulogne-Le Portel.

Historique

Projet et construction
Depuis de nombreuses années, et principalement depuis son accession en Pro B en 2007, le projet d'une nouvelle salle pour le club de basket-ball du Portel était souvent évoqué, celui-ci empruntant la salle du SOMB, le club voisin de Boulogne-sur-Mer, pour jouer ses matchs. En 2009, on estimait l'inauguration de cette nouvelle salle pour .

Le projet du Chaudron a été retenu en  parmi 70 dossiers reçus. Le début des travaux est d'abord prévu au premier trimestre 2012, avant d'être repoussé à , puis au , date de pose de la première pierre.

Le chantier progresse, malgré quelques retards dus à des défauts techniques, à la météo et au placement en redressement judiciaire de l'une des entreprises chargées des travaux.

Inauguration et premières utilisations
La salle est inaugurée le  avec un match opposant Le Portel à Orchies (Le Portel gagnant 76-65), en présence du maire de la commune Olivier Barbarin, du président de la région Daniel Percheron et du président de la communauté d'agglomération Jean-Loup Lesaffre.

La nouvelle salle est alors opérationnelle pour les rencontres sportives mais nécessite encore un moment avant de pouvoir accueillir des spectacles. Après un concert d'Amir et Joyce Jonathan le  dans l'espace VIP devant 350 personnes, et la Nuit des publivores le , le premier vrai concert dans le Chaudron est celui organisé par Fun Radio avec Keen'V le  devant 4200 personnes. D'autres concerts devraient avoir lieu en juillet 2016 dans le cadre du Festival de la Côte d'Opale, notamment avec Tryo et Louane.

Caractéristiques actuelles
Le Chaudron peut accueillir  personnes pour des matchs de basket-ball, et  personnes en configuration spectacle, ce qui en fait la plus grande salle de spectacle de l'agglomération boulonnaise.

La salle dispose d'un parking de 350 places et de plusieurs autres parkings situés à proximité.

Les sièges sont aux couleurs de l'ESSM, en vert et blanc.

Notes et références

Références

Équipement sportif achevé en 2015
Stade multifonction en France
Salle de basket-ball dans les Hauts-de-France
Équipement sportif dans le Pas-de-Calais
Salle de spectacle dans les Hauts-de-France

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Apple and Samsung see smartphone declines in full year 2016
Posted by Matt Hamblen
Apple iPhones beat out Samsung smartphones both globally and in the U.S. in the final quarter of 2016, even though both vendors saw declines in shipments for the entire 2016 calendar year, research firm IDC reported Wednesday.
It was the first full year that Apple has seen a decline in the iPhone shipments since it was launched in 2007, the analyst firm said.
Up-and-coming Huawei, based in China, finished third globally for both the quarter and the year.
The numbers were also in line with a report released by research firm Strategy Analytics on Tuesday.
"The roller coaster year of 2016 proves that no manufacturer is safe in their position in the smartphone market, especially as some markets crash and others rise," said IDC analyst Ryan Reith in an email.
Even though Apple and Samsung were down for the year, growth is still predicted for smartphones in 2017 and beyond, Reith said.
"The smartphone continues to be the go-to device for computing across all age brackets and forms of economies globally," he said. "As long as consumers continue to replace their phones every two years or so, the industry growth should remain positive."
Reith said IDC hasn't seen any indication that smartphone customers are lengthening their replacement cycles "despite the notion that the industry is stale."
Annual global smartphone growth was 10.4% in 2015, but dropped to 2.3% in 2016, with signs of a turnaround expected in 2017, IDC said. The yet-to-be announced 10th anniversary iPhone will push a rebound in iPhone shipments this year, IDC said.
For Apple, 2016 marked the first full year of declining shipments for the iPhone, with a 7% decline over all of 2015. That meant that Apple shipped 215 million iPhones globally in 2016. Even so, Apple shipped 78.3 million iPhones in the fourth quarter, a record for the quarter, giving it a strong 4.7% increase over the same quarter in 2015.
Samsung finished first for all of 2016 with 311 million smartphones shipped globally, but just barely fell behind Apple for the quarter, with 77.5 million shipped globally. The South Korean company's recall of 3 million Note7 smartphones because of overheating batteries had an impact, but the Galaxy S7 and J-series phones were nonetheless successful, IDC said, without giving shipment figures for either. Samsung's fourth quarter share fell below 20% for the first time in four years.
Huawei was third with 45 million smartphones shipped in the quarter and 139 million for the year. The fourth quarter was the first time Huawei captured double-digit market share with 10.6% of total shipments.
Oppo and Vivo, both based in China, finished in fourth and fifth place, respectively, for both the quarter and the year. Both companies saw smartphone shipment growth above 100% for 2016, with Oppo gaining 133% and Vivo gaining 103%.
IDC analyst Anthony Scarsella said that for the Chinese vendors to knock off Apple or Samsung at the top, they must increase their markets beyond their home turf.
Samsung will not be announcing its Galaxy S8 smartphone at Mobile World Congress in late February, the company revealed last week. The company does intend to show tablets and other devices at MWC, a spokeswoman said Wednesday.
Several reports, including from the normally reliable VentureBeat, have pegged the launch of the Galaxy S8 to March 29 in New York City. Shipments are then expected to start in April.
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LG has done fairly well in the U.S. market, finishing third for the fourth quarter behind Apple and Samsung, Reith said. But LG finished seventh globally in the fourth quarter. LG has positioned itself as a competitor to Samsung phones, with both running the Android OS, but Reith said, "LG is losing ground on the industry, not just to Samsung."
Because the U.S. is LG's biggest market, it gets compared to Samsung often, he said.
In an apparent jab at the Note7 overheating disaster, LG told the Korea Herald in January that its upcoming G6 will use "heat pipes" made of copper to disperse heat away quickly from the G6. Similar technology is already used in many laptops.
"We will significantly improve the safety and quality of our new flagship smartphones as more consumers seek safe smartphones," an LG official was quoted as saying at the time.
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Laura Rosbrow-TelemFeb 03, 2017
Snap, the parent company of Snapchat, filed for an initial public offering on Thursday. The social media platform is going to be traded on the New York Stock Exchange starting in March, and is raising between $3 billion and $4 billion for its IPO. This makes it one of the most looked at public offerings since the Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba went public in 2014.
What was once a silly app where teenagers could send each other naughty messages that would automatically delete within 24 hours, Snap is now a tech titan valued at somewhere between $20-25 billion dollars. How could this be, you might be wondering?
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To understand the technological innovation of their image filters, you can watch this excellent explainer video from Vox.
The company, founded by Bobby Murphy and Evan Spiegel in 2011 in a Stanford dorm room, also grew its annual revenue by about seven times from 2015 to 2016, from $58.7 million in 2015 to $404.5 million last year, mostly from mobile advertising. Interestingly, it is also foraying into wearables: late last year, it released Spectacles, which are sunglasses that can capture video. At the minimum, they are much more stylish than Google Glasses, and potentially, they could be the first big hardware hit in terms of augmented reality.
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Q: How to map string values to HTML id I need to map string values to HTML id
// values coming from JSON:

selectedMapLocation = 'status=Completed Response=76'

// I have replaced all instances of '=' with ' ' in the generated string:

var spceInBetween = selectedMapLocation.replace(/=/g, ' ');

So the output will be:
// spceInBetween = "status Completed Response 76"

I need to map these string values to HTML id.
Content will be dynamic, so I can't use the slice() method here
Intended output:

status

Completed

Response

76

What I have tried so far:
document.getElementById("content1").innerHTML = spceInBetween[0];

// returning value 's'

Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks in advance.

A: The one-liner for your problems:
var spceInBetween = selectedMapLocation.split(/=|\s/);

A: With your String corresponding to your data, you can use the split() method, in order to get an array with each word.
refer to : W3Schools
Then just have to put each value inside your HTML

A: You can try this:
for (var i = 0; i < 4; i++)
{
  document.getElementById("content"+(i+1).toString()).innerHTML = spceInBetween[i];
}

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One of the Sustainable Development Goals is to ensure good health and promote the well-being of all age groups (SDG-3). In the past year, COVID-19 has imposed huge impact on global human health. There has been a surge in research on probiotics' ability to effectively manage COVID-19, and the relationship between immunity and gut microbiome has also been raised. Gut microbiome's role in alleviating sub-clinical health problems has hence also attracted much public attention.
The Hong Kong Society of Gut Microbiome (HKSGM) has conducted a community research in Hong Kong since August 2020, and its full report will be released in the international scientific conference. Executed by a local healthcare research institutions and sponsored by BioMed Technology Holdings Limited, the research has recruited more than 300 participants, making it a sizable research on gut microbiome in Asia. The fecal samples from participants were collected and qPCR gut microbiome DNA test were preformed to explore the gut dysbiosis. The gut microbiome data were analyzed for the correlation with chronic health problems like eczema, constipation and obesity.
As the interim research release has specified in January 2021, gut dysbiosis and sub-clinical health problems are very common. For which, participants from different sub-clinical health groups, such as eczema, chronic constipation, and overweight, lack different kind of probiotics species. The final result of the research reflects that it is effective to improve sub-clinical health problems by firstly detecting which probiotics do individuals lack, than later supplementing corresponding probiotics. In which, symptoms of participants with eczema symptoms have witnessed most obvious improvement. The result and implication of the research will be further discussed in the conference.
In addition, the conference will also invite distinguished speakers to share their expert vision on the relationship between gut microbiome and two common health issues: mental health and childhood eczema. The launch of other gut microbiome research surrounding the above topics will also be announced. It is hoped that the big data obtained can enhance the precision of prevention, diagnosis and therapuetics of different health problems, so as to prepare for challenges of future epidemics and improve overall well-being of human.
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    url: "php/Provider.php",

    model: App.Provider
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    providers.fetch({success: function() {
        console.log(Providers.models);
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    var provider = new App.Provider();

    var providersView = new App.ProvidersView({
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        collection: Providers
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    providersView.render();

    $("#main").html(providersView.el);
    $("#providers-list").html(provider.el);

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App.bind('initialize:after', function() {
    Backbone.history.start();
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Templates:

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Also, if you can share really good resources to learning backbone, I would highly appreciate it.

A: Finally got this to work after some time.
The point is that fetch() is asynchronous, meaning it returns before data from the server is loaded.
Here's the fix:
App.addInitializer(function() {

    var providers = new App.ProviderCollection();
    var provider = new App.Provider();

    var providersView = new App.ProvidersView({
        model: Provider,
        collection: Providers
    });

    providers.fetch({success: function() {
        console.log(Providers.models);
        providersView.render(); // Render after loading
    }});

    $("#main").html(providersView.el);
    $("#providers-list").html(provider.el);

});

A: Try this:
render: function() {
    var html = $(this.template).tmpl();
    $(this.el).html(html).addClass('container-fluid');
    var that = this;
    this.collection.each(function() {
        that.renderProvider();
    });
}

I guess, in your renderProvider method, You are getting wrong context of this.
This should work !!


Michelle's twenty-five year career spans time as a Business Event Planner in Chicago and San Francisco to her experience as a Design Executive in commercial design. Michelle has worked with some of America's largest high tech companies to develop domestic and international interiors including visitor centers, tradeshow exhibits, mobile exhibits, museums and retail stores. "I loved the excitement and fast pace of commercial design but residential design has always been my passion," says Michelle. "The home is so important to how we feel on a daily basis; it affects our emotions on so many levels."
"When you come home your environment should make you feel welcome, your furnishings should reflect your style and you should feel a sense of order and harmony. We all have furniture and collectables that are from different stages of our lives that we just can't or don't want to part with. I think what I bring is the ability to reposition, repurpose and redesign those elements and incorporate them with new colors, new pieces and new placement to make your home a more refined reflection of you."


This is from the Toronto Star, one of 4 Toronto papers. Dave Feschuk is the columnist and Doug Smith is the beat writer. Other papers in Toronto (national papers in Canada) The Globe and Mail, and the National Post (and the other local paper) the Toronto Sun. The Star and Sun will have a Raptor story on a daily basis. The Globe and the Post usually have game day and day after stories.
Thought you might be interested in this article fromthestars.com. Nelson dangerous, Howard kills TheStar.com - NBA - Nelson dangerous, Howard kills November 18, 2008 Dave Feschuk Sam Mitchell, the Raptors coach, spent a little bit of yesterday recalling a moment from Toronto's five-game, first-round loss to the Orlando Magic last season. At the moment in question, the game plan called for the Toronto defender to stand between Dwight Howard, the muscle-bound Magic centre, and the Orlando player holding the basketball. Andrea Bargnani was charged with the task. But when Bargnani attempted to go around Howard, Howard simply held Bargnani with a casual clench of a rippled arm. And in that flex of Howard's power, the 7-foot Italian – and hence, the Toronto strategy – was rendered moot. "Andrea was working his tail off trying to get around him, but Dwight had him locked and (Bargnani) couldn't go," said Mitchell. "We were like, `Andrea, you've got to get in front of him.' And he was like, `S---, coach, I'm trying. I can't get there.'" Maybe Mitchell, who said the Raptors will "try something a little different" against the Magic tonight, learned from his team's April ousting. And maybe Jermaine O'Neal, Toronto's prized off-season acquisition of a centre, will render Howard – who Chris Bosh, the Toronto all-star, has called "the strongest guy in the league" – slightly less dominant tonight in Orlando. O'Neal seemed surprised at the admiration for Howard by certain members of Toronto's media – "You guys seem like (his) biggest fans," said O'Neal – and it's great to hear the local starting centre express just-another-game indifference in the face of an impending collision with human granite. But Howard has earned his Toronto-based reverence fair and square, averaging 22.6 points a game against the Raptors in the post-season despite his bum's eye for shooting, not to mention hauling down 91 rebounds in the five games. That, if memory serves, was more than the combined playoff totals of Bosh, Bargnani, Rasho Nesterovic and Jamario Moon. "He's just such a freak of an athlete and he's still, what, 22?" said Mitchell of Howard, who'll be 23 next month. "He probably still hasn't learned how to play yet. Think if he stays healthy and he gets 26 years old, 27 years old." And what if he gets himself a 15-foot jump shot or, for that matter, a 7-footer? As ESPN.com's John Hollinger has pointed out, Howard shot a wonky 31.6 per cent from the field last year on anything that wasn't a layup or a dunk. "I've got enough things that keep me up at night. I don't want to think about Dwight Howard being able to make 15-foot jump shots," said Mitchell. Looking back on the playoffs, Mitchell said the player who hurt the Raptors the most was Jameer Nelson, the oft-maligned point guard who took advantage of Toronto's indifference to his offence. "Our goal was to make Jameer Nelson beat us and try to take away their three-point shooting. I don't think they shot 30 per cent for the series (they shot 32.4 per cent from three-point range) but Jameer Nelson beat us," said Mitchell. "The one game we won, he played bad. The four games they beat us, he played well. We learned something from that series. Jameer Nelson can beat you." Nelson, indeed, averaged 17 points a game in the series and punished the Raptors for leaving him wide open by going 51.9 per cent from three-point range. Still, Howard was and is the elephant in the room. On Wednesday he put together one of the great games of the early season, a 30-point, 19-rebound, 10-block performance in a win over Oklahoma City. Toronto fans might hold their breath knowing Howard is coming off his worst game in recent memory – a four-point, seven-rebound effort against Charlotte. But he is surely not the only one looking to redeem himself tonight. Said Bosh: "I don't think we'll have a problem bringing intensity."


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Q: _mysql.pyd module is mishandling host name Note: I've seen that the person in this question is apparently having the same problem, but since nothing useful has appeared there in over a year, and I have more clues, I'm asking in my own way here.

I'm using Python 2.7.3 with Django 1.2.7 (the codebase requires an older version of Django, but I haven't reduced the version of Python. That may be causing the conflict below.)
After configuring the username to "django" and hostname to "correcthostname" in a config file, I try python manage.py runserver in the console. This results in a trace ending in this error:
File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\MySQLdb\connections.py", line 188, in __init__
super(Connection, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs2)

_mysql_exceptions.OperationalError: (1045, "Access denied for user 'django'@'wronghostname.com' (using password: YES)")

where "wronghostname.com" is the address of my current machine. This exception seems to arise from within the _mysql.pyd module, since the Connection object is defined as
class Connection(_mysql.connection):

For some reason the __init__ function in _mysql.connection is botching the hostname. I confirmed that args and kwargs2 contain "correcthostname" because I printed them. Apparently something inside _mysql.pyd is mishandling the host information that is going into it.
I have no idea what I can do with a *.pyd module. I guess I either need a version that handles the hostname correctly, or some equivalent solution. I thought of trying to run directly on "correcthostname.com," but it may not be possible to work directly on the machine. I've been asked to see if I can run from my own machine.
Thanks for any advice!

A: These are two different hostnames serving two different purposes. The "correcthostname" you supply to Django is the name of the computer that's running the MySQL server. The "wronghostname.com" in the error message is the name of the client machine that tried to connect to the MySQL server. Or at least what the MySQL server thinks is the client machine name is after doing a reverse IP to name look up. These two names will only be the same if the client and server are running on the same machine.
So there's no botching of "correcthostname" by _mysql.pyd or anything else. It was able to successfully connect to the MySQL server running on "correcthostname", as that's what generated the "Access denied" message. If "wronghostname.com" isn't the correct name of your client machine (the one running Django) then something is wrong on the MySQL server end.


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Homosexual lover charged with assaulting his partner
Headline	— 24 August 2016	— by Rowland A. Parks
BELIZE CITY, Fri. Aug. 19, 2016–On Wednesday, August 10, Chief Justice Kenneth Benjamin ruled that Section 53 of the Belize Criminal Code, which makes sodomy an offense, is unconstitutional. The ruling has been hailed as a victory for the LGBT (Lesbians, Gays, Bi-sexual and Transgender) community.
Today, a man who shares living quarters with another man in what appears to be a homosexual relationship was charged with common assault against his partner.
Justin Arnold, 23, appeared before Magistrate Carlon Mendoza and pleaded not guilty to one count of common assault against Noel Garcia, 39, his partner of six months.
Arnold allegedly slapped Garcia, and Garcia went to the police station and made a report about the incident.
Since there was no objection to bail, Magistrate Mendoza offered Arnold bail of $500 plus one surety of the same amount.
Arnold, however, was unable to post bail and so he was still in police custody at the end of the court's business day.
In his report to police, Garcia said that on Wednesday, August 17, at about 9:00 p.m., at their home at 5 North Front Street, he and Arnold were having supper and Arnold asked him to assist him in pulling down a door.
Garcia said that when he told Arnold he was too tired to assist him, Arnold remarked, "I wah deal with you later," and that is when he (Arnold) slapped him on the left side of his face, causing him to feel pain, and fearing for his life, he requested court action against Arnold.
Police arrested Justin Arnold and charged him with common assault.


Minimax & Maximax nursery is an exciting starting point for children and their families to experience connection and learning through play. This playgroup offers a fun, safe and stimulating environment for children, their families and communities to bring out the best for the children's wellbeing and development, regardless of socio-economic and cultural factors. The teacher, teaching assistant and class assistant are responsible for the daily supervision the children.
The maximum number of children in a class is twenty.
Pre-reception is the 'educational stage after Minimax & Maximax and is part of the English Stream. The transition from Maximax to Pre-reception is always in cooperation with the Head of Nursery and Head of English Stream, (and only possible if there is no waiting list for Pre-Reception). With our dynamic team of Nursery teachers, children are guaranteed to experience a stimulating foundation to education. Alternatively, at the age of 4; Dutch families opt for Groep 1 and enter the Dutch Stream.
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This section links to other marine map sources or tools of European relevance.
EMODnet (European Marine Observation and Data Network): EMODnet has developed a geoviewer to allow users visualize and download marine datasets managed by local, national, regional and international organisations.
European Atlas of the Seas (EAS): the Atlas has been created by DG-MARE and it provides access to over 100 web services with up-to-date information on marine knowledge, protected areas, fisheries and blue growth.
ICES (International Council for the Exploration of the Sea): through the maps section of the ICES website, a number of maps related to the Northeast Atlantic are available and can be downloaded as digital shape files.
OSPAR ODIMS (Data & Information Management System): through ODIMS, a lot of maps of the North East Atlantic are available.
HELCOM Data & Maps: a lot maps from the Baltic are accessible through HELCOM's map and data service.
JRC (Joint Research Centre): the tool EMIS-R Marine Analyst has been developed by the JRC to help the environmental assessment of marine areas.
Eurostat (statistical office of the European Union): the Statistical Atlas allows the visualisation of data from different statistical themes.
Discomap: EEA's map services server that allows access to a lot of different thematic maps.


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Conrad Centre for the Performing Arts at 36 King St. W. in downtown Kitchener. The city is offering a grant program to allow for more arts groups to rent the venue at affordable rates.
Kitchener offers $80,000 subsidy to make rent cheaper for arts groups looking for space at the Conrad Centre
Kitchener makes Conrad Centre more affordable for arts groups
By Liz MonteiroRecord Reporter
Mon., Dec. 6, 2021timer2 min. read
KITCHENER — Art groups wanting to book space at the Conrad Centre for the Performing Arts will get a break on rental costs at the downtown Kitchener venue.
Councillors approved the measure at a committee meeting Monday to make the rehearsal and performance space more affordable to arts groups hit hard during the pandemic.
"This is a grant program for users, to make it more accessible," said Emily Robson, Kitchener's manager of arts and creative industries.
Priority will be given to local performers, non-profit performing arts organizations, including theatre, dance and music, as well as equity-deserving applicants.
Robson said the goal is to increase the dates booked at the centre from 55 in 2019 to about 85 next year and in 2023.
Formal approval of the subsidy is expected at a council meeting next week.
The city will offer an $80,000 arts grant to the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, the main tenant of the centre responsible for operating the building's expenses.
Just before the pandemic in 2019, the symphony entered into a partnership with theatre company, Green Lights Arts. The company is located at the centre and handles booking of the space.
Matt White, co-founder and artistic director of Green Lights Arts, told councillors he loves the Conrad Centre and is proud to show it off.
"The dressing room feels like you are in Broadway," and the foyer is a gathering space. The theatre is a "treat," he said.
"It's a place where everyone has an opportunity to grow their artistic practice," he said.
Artistic space is often in two groups: the affordable space is booked, and the available space is too expensive, White said.
White said the grant money has the potential to be a "game-changer," making space truly affordable.
"The subsidy allows renters to get in the door. It's the difference between doing a show and not doing a show," he said.
Robson said the grant funding with the symphony is a two-year lease with a longer-term plan for the centre being considered by staff.
Conrad family donates Conrad Centre to the City of Kitchener
Last January, local philanthropists Manfred and Penny Conrad donated the 24,000-square-foot Conrad Centre, located at King and Queen streets, to the city. It offers a 300-seat theatre space.
The Conrads said they wanted the space and the block to become a popular spot for arts and culture. The city owns the neighbouring space of TheMuseum, the old Goudies building, and nearly two years ago, the city purchased the adjacent BMO bank building in the downtown core for $3 million.
Brenden Sherratt, of K-W Musical Productions, told councillors the subsidy will put the Conrad Centre on par with the Registry Theatre that is affordable to rent but often booked.
"There is a real need for affordable rehearsal and performance space in Waterloo Region," he said.
Liz Monteiro is a Waterloo Region-based general assignment reporter for The Record. Reach her via email: lmonteiro@therecord.com


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Neith-Hotep (Nj.t ḥtp - "[la deessa] Neith és amable") o Neith-Hotepu (Nj.t ḥtpjw - "[la deessa] Neith està satisfeta") va ser la primera reina de l'antic Egipte, cofundadora de la I Dinastia amb el seu marit Narmer.

Títols
Els dos títols coneguts de Neith-Hotep, eren els habituals de les reines durant la I Dinastiaː

 Primera de les Dames (ḫntỉ)

 Consort d'aquell que és estimat per les Dues Dames (sm3ỉ.t nb.tỉ)

Genealogia
El matrimoni dinàstic de Neith-Hotep i Narmer, que inicia el període tinita amb la unificació de l'Alt i el Baix Egipte, sembla estar representat al cap de maça de Narmer. De fet, abans del seu matrimoni amb Narmer, rei tinita de l'Alt Egipte, Neith-Hotep era una princesa del Baix Egipte.

Una altra teoria, basada en la ubicació de la seva tomba, fa de Neith-Hotep un membre de la línia reial de Naqada.

Neith-Hotep se la considera, doncs, l'esposa de Narmer i la possible mare del faraó Hor-Aha, la reina Benerib. També se l'ha considerat la dona d'Hor-Aha.

Enterrament

La tomba de Neith-Hotep era una gran mastaba situada al districte sud de la necròpolis de Naqada, que va ser excavada per Jacques de Morgan l'any 1897. La mastaba ha desaparegut des de llavors a causa de l'erosió.

Les inscripcions dels recipients, etiquetes i segells de les tombes d'Hor-Aha i Neith-Hotep són el que suggereix que la reina era la seva mare d'Aha i que va morir durant el seu regnat.

L'elecció del cementiri de Naqada com a lloc d'enterrament de Neith-Hotep sembla indicar que és originària d'aquesta província. Això confirma la idea que Narmer es va casar amb ella perquè era membre de l'antiga línia reial de Nagada.

Objectes arqueològics
El nom de Neith-Hotep s'ha trobat en varis llocs:

 Es va trobar un segell d'argila amb els noms de Hor-Aha i Neith-Hotep en una tomba de Nagada. Un altre segell amb l'únic nom de Neith-Hotep es va trobar a la tomba reial de Naqada. Aquests dos segells es troben avui al Museu Egipci del Caire.

 El nom de Neith-Hotep està inscrit en dos gerros trobats a la tomba de Djer, nét de Neith-Hotep. A prop del complex funerari de Djer, tombes addicionals han donat fragments d'ivori amb el nom de Neith-Hotep.

 Un fragment d'un gerro d'alabastre trobat prop de les tombes reials d'Umm al-Qa'ab porta el nom de Neith-Hotep.

 Les etiquetes que portaven el seu nom es van trobar a Helwan.

Referències

Bibliografia

Reines consorts de la dinastia I d'Egipte
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Sad Ass Songs is a weekly column where I ask some of my favorite writers to tell me about their favorite sad songs. They send me songs and then I send them questions and then I post their answers here and then we all cry a little bit.
This week I talked with Justin Marks, the author of You're Going To Miss Me When You're Bored (Barrelhouse, 2014), because Justin wrote one of the most fun & depressing books of poetry that you'll ever read.
The Song: "Epilogue" by The Antlers
Mark Cugini: Not gonna lie: this is the last song I would have expected you to pick. What gives? What did I have wrong about you?
Justin Marks: That depends on what you would have expected me to pick. I think a less surprising choice would have been something from The National, real sad-bastard-middle-age-middle-class-family-man music. Or something from the Annie soundtrack. That's big in my house right now. I love both.
But I was obsessed with that first Antlers album when I was writing the last section of my book. I'd never heard anything so brutally sad and I really identified with it.
In my own life, I was completely overwhelmed and unhappy, engaging in some unhealthy behavior. It felt like, spiritually at least, I was sick and kind of dying.
That's what I hear in that song. There's disease, someone is dying, maybe is already dead, and the other person is trying desperately to save himself. That's what was going on with me internally—one part of me was sick, the other was trying to save itself but had no idea how to do that. Things are much better now.
MC: The first time I heard the chorus to this song, I distinctively remember thinking, holy shit, this is terrifying. Is terror something that's important to you and your work? I kind of feel like it is (albeit a completely different sort of terror, but terror nonetheless).
JM: It's so terrifying, especially when you listen to the whole album straight through. The cumulative terror. I think it's the absolute honesty of it, the complete vulnerability and nakedness. Those things terrify me like nothing else. But also inspire me. I'm not dealing with the terror of someone I love dying, but I do try real hard to be honest in my work. It's all I know how to do.
There's a line I steal from The Flaming Lips about how we think that without love there could be no life, but the terror is that even without love life goes on, same as always. It's merciless and has no concern for us. Good things happen. Bad things happen. We die. All of us. That's it. No escape. That's the terror my work inhabits.
MC: I'm so happy that you picked on of the "Sylvia" songs (that's a thing, right?), because they reference and reinvent Plath's life story and I alwaysalwaysalways credit you with being the first poet who taught me that appropriation could be one of the most badass literary devices that a poet could use. So I was wondering if you wanted to use this space to talk about why appropriation is important to you.
JM: Appropriation is the shiz. If you're alive and awake, paying attention and breathing in our cultural air, I don't see how you can avoid appropriation. We're bombarded with so much shit every waking second. What do you do with it all? I put it in my poems.
I also think appropriation, when done well, is a sign of massive respect. Appropriation and inspiration are closely related for me. Someone else's art affected me so much that it inspired me to create my own art. It's a little like old blues tunes in that way. There were tons of versions of those old songs. Each blues man had his own version that he bent and warped to suit his needs. I'm no blues man, I'm not even sure I got that mythology right, but I think about appropriation along those lines—one big fucked up song.
MC: What's your favorite lyric in this song, and why?
JM: "I've woken up, I'm in our bed, but there's no breathing body there beside me."
It's pure terror and loneliness, waking from one nightmare to another—reality. But also, if you listen closely, there's just a tinge of relief. I find that incredibly moving.
MC: When was the last time you cried? What were you crying about?
JM: A couple days before Christmas. My cat died. She'd been with me for 13 years, from before I moved to NYC, got married or had kids. She was the last tangible connection I had to a huge and important part of my life—my youth. She was also the sweetest, coolest cat in the world. Loving, totally chill with the kids. Great personality. We all had a big family cry together. For all its sadness, I was really grateful that me and the kids and my wife got to have that super emotional experience together. To be there for each other.
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Have you ever attended a meeting just so that you are in the know? Asked for a status update that you had no intention of acting on? These are examples of waste at work. When we get distracted by interesting things, things that don't get us closer to the goal, it is waste.
Sharing interesting information. Have you ever been in a meeting where someone shares some interesting information, and the rest of the meeting is wasted discussing it? Although it was interesting, it wasn't useful in moving the work forward. Be mindful when you share information as to whether it's useful. As a listener, be mindful of pulling the discussion back on track if the topic is not useful.
Status updates are interesting. When your peers or direct reports share status updates, is there an action you need to take? I often hear people say "I need to make sure it's on track." First of all, 99% of status reports are good news. But even when they are bad news, the speaker tells you about how they are handling the bad news. Ask yourself, "will I ever take an action based on this update?" If your answer is "so that I can know in case someone asks me" I'm calling BS on that. If your job is to answer questions in case someone asks, you are a middleman. You can redirect questions to the people who know the answer and go drink pina coladas on the beach.
Don't hide information. To be clear, we are not suggesting that you hold information on a "need to know basis", information should be readily available on the company intranet or collaboration software. However, I am saying to invite people to meetings on a "need to know basis". Meetings do not need to be bloated to 30 people if only 3 people will be taking action on the discussion. The spectators can read about it on the intranet. And the "in case you need me" people will be contacted if we need them.
Waste can be creative. I'm not saying that we should never explore interesting ideas, that might germinate into future ideas. What I'm saying is that it is a distraction to simply entertain interesting ideas that don't go anywhere.
Brain Twist: At work today, notice what information is useful and what is simply interesting. Ask your coworkers what action might be taken based on this information. If the answer is "nothing", move on.
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alphanumeric data (letters and numbers)
symbols (*, &, : etc.)
control characters (Shift, Escape etc.)
ASCII uses 8 bits to represent a character.
However, one of the bits is a parity bit. This is used to perform a parity check (a form of error checking). This uses up one bit, so ASCII represents 128 characters (the equivalent of 7 bits) with 8 bits rather than 256.
For example, the ASCII code for lower case z is 122 and is shown below:
Parity Bit 64 32 16 8 4 2 1
Extended ASCII
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ASCII uses 8 bits to represent a character
ASCII can represent 128 characters
ASCII sets the most significant bit as a parity bit
Extended ASCII can allow for the representation of 256 characters and disregards that use of a parity bit
ASCII is less demanding on memory use than Unicode
Limitation of ASCII
The 128 or 256 character limits of ASCII and Extended ASCII limits the number of character sets that can be held. Representing the character sets for several different language structures is not possible in ASCII, there are just not enough available characters.
Unicode was created to allow more character sets than ASCII.
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Unicode can represent 65,536 characters
Unicode uses 16 bits to represent each character
Unicode can represent a greater range of character sets than ASCII
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Euro Blog: Stock Watch
Davide_Bortoluzzi
Frank Ntilikina continues to prove himself as the cream of the crop out of Europe for this year's draft. A look at who's rising and falling over the last couple weeks.
Euro Blog
Junacho Hernangomez has been the bigest riser early in the season in Europe.
European Blog: Stock Watch
Player of the Month Kristaps Porzingis continues to solidify himself as the top Euro prospect, a look at who's Hot and Cold over the past month.
International Blog
Mario Hezonja has been scorching hot and playing himself into a top 10 pick. Davide Bortoluzzi checks in with who's been impressive in Europe over the past few weeks.
Moussa Diagne is a man on the rise, along with Aleksandar Vezenkov. David Bortoluzzi updates the players that are rising and falling in this week's International Blog.
International Blog: Dario Saric Rising
Dario Saric is our player of the month for April and May. Davide Bortoluzzi takes a look at who is moving up and down among the International prospects.
The Tower of Cape Verde
7-foot-3 Walter Tavares is having a breakout season. Davide Bortoluzzi checks in with this month's European Blog with a look at who's Hot and Cold.
Swiss Mission
International Blog: Player of the Month: Clint Capela, Hot and Cold, plus Under the Radar.
Micic the Magician
Vasilije Micic has emerged as not only one of the top Euro prospects but one of the top overall PGs for this year's draft. Davide Bortoluzzi checks in with the second International Blog.
Bogdanovic Stepping Up
Davide Bortoluzzi checks in with the first International Blog of the year. A look at who's hot and cold in Europe.
Giannis Adetokoubo has sprung onto the NBA draft radar and could be a draft pick this year. Player of the Week: Leo Westermann, plus Hot and Cold.
Player of the Week: Bojan Dubljevic, plus Hot and Cold prospects. Davide Bortoluzzi gets you up to date on the scene in Europe.


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Боярышник двухкосточковый () — дерево, вид рода  семейства .

Распространение и экология
В природе ареал вида охватывает Крым. Эндемик. Описан из окрестностей села Привольное.

Произрастает по горным склонам, среди кустарников.

Ботаническое описание
Побеги голые, покрытые сизым налётом, обычно неколючие; кора ветвей серая.

Листья резко двуцветные, тёмно-зелёные, лоснящиеся сверху и светлые, беловатые снизу, слабо опушённые. Нижние листья коротко черешчатые, клиновидные, от зубчатых или надрезанных на вершине до трёхлопастных; верхние длиной до 6 см, шириной 5 см, в очертании яйцевидные или ромбические, с широко-клиновидным или округло-клиновидным основанием, глубоко-пятилопастные, иногда семилопастные.

Соцветия короче листьев, длиной до 4 см, диаметром 7 см, рыхлые, 7—15-цветковые; цветоножки голые; чашелистики яйцевидно-треугольные, на вершине внезапно суженные в короткий носик; венчик диаметром 15—18 мм; тычинок 18—20; столбиков 2, реже 1 или 3.

Плоды от тёмно-красных до чёрно-пурпурных. Косточки в числе двух, реже одна или три, округлые, диаметром 13 мм.

Цветение в мае. Плодоношение в октябре.

Таксономия
Вид Боярышник двухкосточковый входит в род  трибы  подсемейства  семейства  порядка .

По видимому является гибридом  и .

Примечания

Литература

двухкосточковый
Флора Европы
Эндемики Крыма
Флора Крыма


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Teens arrested, charged with murder after Aurora man found dead in JeffCo
Posted 10:16 am, January 2, 2020, by Web Staff, Updated at 09:27PM, January 2, 2020
AURORA, Colo. -- A man missing from Aurora since Monday was found dead on Wednesday. Two teens have been charged with murder in connection to the case.
The Aurora Police Department says Gayland Allen was reported missing from the 1400 block of South Salem Way on Monday.
APD policy on missing adult cases states a supervisor will determine whether "at-risk" or "endangered" circumstances exist. If so, it may call for more investigative resources. In Allen's case, police say they did not learn of suspicious circumstances until days after he was reported missing.
On Wednesday, citizens found Allen's remains in Jefferson County. He died from a gunshot wound.
Authorities did not say exactly where the remains were found.
On Thursday afternoon, APD said a 15-year-old girl and a 17-year-old boy were arrested and charged with first-degree murder. Their names were not released because they are juveniles.
Anyone with information should contact the Aurora Police Department at 303-739-6067. Anonymous tips can be submitted to Metro Denver Crime Stoppers by calling 720-913-7867. A reward of up to $2,000 is being offered.
The investigation into the circumstances around Allen's death is underway.
The case is being prosecuted by the 18th Judicial District Attorney's Office.
Rachel Skytta contributed to this report.
16-year-old arrested, charged with attempted murder following Aurora shooting that injured 5
Man charged with DUI in fatal Aurora hit-and-run crash
Aurora calls for independent review after body cam footage shows police responding to drunk officer
Missing Aurora 2-year-old found alive in northeast Denver, police say
Aurora police: 15-year-old arrested after bringing loaded gun to Hinkley High School
Aurora police: Woman dies after being found unresponsive; case considered homicide
Family of Aurora man seeks justice for son; teen suspected of killing him appears in court
Man arrested, charged with murder following woman's death at Lakewood motel
Missing 17-year-old girl found dead in El Paso County, sheriff's office investigating as murder-suicide
Pueblo police searching for missing body parts of woman found in suitcase
Aurora officer keeps job, not charged with DUI after being found drunk in patrol car while on duty
Suspect arrested in connection with fatal shooting at Town Center at Aurora
Aurora police: Woman escapes kidnapping, suspect in custody


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American Go E-Journal » 2013 » October
Online Cotsen Registration Closed; Walk-Ins on Saturday Welcome
Online registration for the 2013 Cotsen Go Open and 2nd AGA Pro Prelim is now closed. To register on-site in Los Angeles, come early this Saturday, October 26th; registration opens at 8a at the Korean Cultural Center (5505 Wilshire Blvd). "If you are not registered by 9:30, you will not be allowed to play in the first game," organizers warn. The Cotsen features a number of unique attractions, including paying the AGA "one time rating fee" for all players who do not currently have an AGA membership, prizes for those who can solve certain go problems, one candidate will be selected for the AGA's next professional certification tournament to be held later this year. Plus, Myung-wan Kim 9P, one of the organizers of the US pro system, will also be on hand to teach and play simultaneous games and local Southern California favorite and renowned US teacher Yi-Lun Yang 7P will also teach and provide game commentary. There will also be a pro game over the internet between Yi-Lun Yang 7P and another pro. Lee Hajin 3p and Kim Minhee 3p will also be there to do game reviews and simuls along with a late addition to the delegation, Kim Younghwan 9p. Kim (left) became pro in 1987. His nickname is "Younghwan Wizard" because of his ability to give more handicap stones to amateur players than any other pro, and still win. He is currently working as a baduk instructor and a commentator for Baduk TV. The tournament also features free lunch at a food truck (but only for those who pre-register) and two masseuses who will make the rounds "to ease the tensions that arise in your shoulders when you discover that your big group really doesn't have two eyes." There are also go club prizes of $1,500, to be awarded to top three clubs that have the most points overall in the tournament. Top-board games will be broadcast live on KGS by the E-Journal. photo: Cotsen with son Lord at the 2012 Cotsen Open; top right photo by Chris Garlock
Categories: Cotsen Open,U.S./North America
Andy Liu Wins Gotham Go Tournament
Andy Liu won the October 12 Gotham Go Tournament in New York City. Liu Xiaohan was second and in 3rd place was Benjamin Lockhart, who qualified to play in the AGA Pro Select tournament in Los Angeles later this year. "We had a total of 82 players competing for $1500 in cash and prizes from all ranks!" report organizers Peter Armenia and Mathew Hershberger. Click here for full results and a photo album. photo: Benjamin Lockhart (l) plays Zhong Sichen in the final round; photo by Peter Armenia
Categories: U.S./North America
2nd Pandanet-AGA City League Kicks Off This Weekend
The second year of the Pandanet-AGA City League kicks off this weekend on IGS. Play will start for all of the leagues at 3pm on Saturday, October 28th. "We have 17 teams for this season and play should be very exciting," says Tournament Director Steve Colburn. "Watch some of the best players in the country vie off against each other." Play will take place in the AGA City League Room; watch for more information on the Pandanet site.
Categories: Pandanet-AGA City League
Portland School Programs a Hit
"In the past few weeks we have started our chess/go clubs at Beverly Clearly, Irvington, and Grant High," writes Portland, OR, go teacher Peter Freedman. "Fritz [Balwit] and I are teaching at Irvington and we have 33 children. 8 have never played go before, the rest have been in the club in past years. They range from 2nd to 6th grades. I am also teaching go at Beverly Cleary, where the chess club coach has agreed to change his club to a chess and go club. We had 13 children at our first meeting and expect more to attend in the future. One child has had some exposure to go previously. The initial response by these chess-playing children is very positive," adds Freedman. The chess and go program at Grant High, taught with Balwit, is also off to a good start. "So far there are about 10-12 students coming, some of whom have played go before. We expect the club to grow, one of the Japanese language teachers has 180 students, and has invited me to present to her classes." The busy Portland organizers also have programs or demos scheduled for three other local schools as well, and plan to create go teams and school matches once all the schools get rolling. "We've bought t-shirts for all 33 kids in the Irvington program, at a cost of less than $10 per shirt. Since parents pay $150 a year for the weekly, one hour club, we have raised enough money to support this," adds Freedman. -Paul Barchilon, E-J Youth Editor. Photo by Peter Freedman: Ansel Wallace (l), a member of the Irvington Chess and Go club, in his new club t-shirt.
Categories: U.S./North America,Youth
AGF College Scholarships due Nov. 20th
The deadline for the American Go Foundation's College Scholarship is just one month away. The program recognizes high school students who have served as important organizers and promoters for the go community. Read about last year's winner here, and former winners here. For more information, and the application form, visit the AGF Website. – Paul Barchilon, E-J Youth Editor.
Chris Martin Wins First Louisville Tournament
Ten players showed for the Louisville Go Club's first annual tournament on October 19 in Louisville, KY, including some players from the Cincinnati Go Club. An undefeated Chris Martin 4k (3-0, on right) took first place with Taylor Perkinson 6k (2-1 on left) in second.
– report by Asha Nagaiya
Capture Go: Gateway or Standalone?
Is Capture Go merely a stepping stone to traditional go, or can it stand on its own as a viable game? In Memphis, two go players and teachers are working hard to answer that question.
The simplified rule set that master teacher Yasuda Yasutoshi 8P describes in his book Go As Communication has been used in hundreds of schools, after-school programs and libraries. Go players who teach Capture Go often hope to quickly move their pupils along to traditional go but Jay Jayaraman 9K and Graham Smart 9K wondered what would happen if a whole program focused just on Capture Go. They're working with the Confucius Institute at the University of Memphis (CIUM) where they're teaching Capture Go to Chinese language instructors from CIUM-affiliated after-school programs in the Memphis area, who in turn will introduce hundreds of primary school students to the game this year. The program is currently active in 12 Shelby County elementary schools and will be adding more schools throughout the year, reaching an estimated 40-50 students per program. Jayaraman and Smart also plan to start Capture Go programs in middle and high schools in the area.
"We are not trying to teach go," Jayaraman, the director of CIUM's after-school programs told the EJ. "We are presenting 9×9 Capture Go strictly on its own merits, not as a 'gateway game.' We call the game we teach go, not Capture Go, so that children who become interested in the long-form game don't have issues with transition. We hope that even students who don't enjoy traditional go will have a little fun with Capture Go." All students, not just winners, can earn Pokémon-style badges (created by Smart) to reward merit, encourage competition and create a sports-like atmosphere. Players will get badges for reaching certain goals, such as completing a certain number of games or playing at least one game with every other player.
The curriculum involves ten two-hour classes, presented as part of CIUM's Chinese language and history program in partner schools. The American Go Foundation has provided 80 full size sets of stones and more than 200 9×9 boards so far, and Viz Media has granted permission to use Hikaru no Go anime and manga freely as part of their curriculum. Smart is also creating a series of introductory videos for use in the curriculum. The rule set is designed to be completely simple and solvable on the board. However, since the instructors are also new to the game, the organizers will serve as "experts on call" when the classes are taking place. Any instructor can send them a question, along with a picture of the board position if needed, and receive an immediate answer.
Jayaraman discovered the potential of Capture Go as a standalone game last summer when he served as the lead go instructor for CIUM's K-12 Chinese Summer Immersion Camp. With 20 students ranging from five to eleven years old, he worried about losing them if the game seemed too complex, so he focused on Capture Go after discovering Let's Play Go, Yasuda's elegant yet simplified introduction to the game. Jayaraman and local player Wade Humbert "described Yasuda's 'Capture Go' method and hoped for the best," says Jayaraman. "To see a room full of children playing within thirty minutes of first hearing about the game was quite a treat. We set up daily classes, drawing upon the Freedman-Balwit curriculum available through the 'Methods and Materials' page on the AGA's Teacher Resources site. To our surprise, only a handful of children showed any interest in advancing to traditional go, but they were all incredibly enthusiastic about Capture Go. Campers were actually excited about their homework! We held a tournament on the last day and combined homework scores with results to find the top finishers. Prizes included copies of Hikaru No Go and full size playing sets. It was a joy to watch their enthusiasm and progress." Positive feedback from parents encouraged CIUM and the Memphis schools to expand the program into the school year. The Memphis program has four goals: reach the largest possible audience; re-envision go and Capture Go as team sports; engage parents, teachers and other stakeholders; strengthen ties with Confucius Institutes nationwide.
Jayaraman thinks one reason go more popular is that the go community has followed the top-down, expert-oriented teaching approach that has worked so well for chess. Unlike chess, however, go experts are few and far between. In addition, programs such as the middle school chess team seen in the recent documentary Brooklyn Castle have high infrastructure costs and are difficult to maintain. Chess-In-the-Schools spends millions of dollars teaching chess in New York City alone.
"There's another pitfall in expert-based teaching methods," Jayaraman believes. "Skilled go players often flood beginners with complexity, leaving them feeling hopelessly lost. But Capture Go is easy for anyone to learn. In our model, non-playing teachers and after-school staff receive basic instruction and then learn along with their students. Yasuda sensei never meant for Capture Go to be an introductory tool to regular go. The original program was designed to foster interaction using Capture Go as a great equalizer. Like him, we want to use Capture Go as a standalone vehicle for promoting the 'four C's' — critical thinking, cooperation, competition and communication."
– Roy Laird
Your Move: Remembering Albright & Bender
"Thanks for the recent obituaries (In Memoriam: Philadelphia Go Players Hugh Albright and John Bender 10/10 EJ)," writes Bob Barber. "I think it's a great idea to remember those with whom we've shared the game of go. I knew Hugh Albright very well from Congresses. He was perhaps 2 kyu when I was 10 kyu. He was always generous with his time. As I marched up to 1 dan, Hugh may have lingered at 2 kyu. We usually got in a game or two each year. I was at that lecture that John Bender gave at Congress. He looked like a model, and his companion looked like a model. And, he'd gone from zero to 4 dan in no time! I was very impressed. Now I read that he had large talents in other fields. Very sorry to hear that his intense life is over already."
Categories: Your Move: Readers Write
Iyama Yuta Achieves Rare 'Triple Crown' with 38th Meijin Victory
As if the H oninbo and Kisei were not enough, Iyama Yuta 9p (left) secured his third Meijin title when he defeated Yamashita Keigo 9p in this year's Meijin on October 17. By holding Japan's three biggest titles simultaneously, Iyama is the just the second player in the entire history of go to achieve a 'triple crown.' The only other player to attain this honor was Cho Chikun 9p – once in 1983 and again in 1997. In a post-game interview, Iyama said, "I have a deep respect [for] Cho Chikun 9p, and I'm very honored to achieve the triple crown, as he did." Had he not lost the Judan to Yuki Satoshi 9p in April, Iyama would have completed a grand slam, or held all seven Japanese titles at once. For more information about this year's Meijin including game records from all five games, photos, and more, please visit Go Game Guru.
— Annalia Linnan, based on a longer article by Go Game Guru
Categories: Events/Tournaments,Go News,Japan
AGA Announces Online Pro Prelim for November
The online prelim for the American Go Association's 2013 professional selection process will take place on KGS in November, the AGA Pro System Committee announced earlier this week. The event is open to US and Canadian citizens who meet a minimal residency requirement and have either an AGA rating or stable KGS rank of 5d or higher. Competitors should also be members of AGA or CGA. The tournament will take place November 9, 10, 16 and 17 in the AGA Tournaments Room on KGS. The winner will be invited to participate in the pro selection tournament in Los Angeles Jan. 2-8 2014, receiving an $800 travel subsidy. Players can register for the tournament here. Upon registration players should also submit a copy of their US or Canadian passport. The residency requirement is that players have lived in the US or Canada for at least three of the last six years or else obtain a waiver from the AGA president based on their time overseas being temporary and for the purpose of education, go study or an overseas posting. For questions about the tournament contact Karoline Burrall Li at tournaments@usgo.org. For questions about pro selection or the residency requirement contact AGA President Andy Okun at president@usgo.org.
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Celebrating 75 years of Radio 4 Desert Island Discs.
Sand sculpture is often seasonal, generally in spring and summer, so it is unusual to create one in January and outdoors! We were delighted when BBC Radio 4 contacted us to create a sand sculpture for them to help celebrate 75 years of Desert Island Discs.
We arrived at Broadcasting House in London with a van full of sand and our trusty sand table early in the morning to begin the build. We only had one day to create it and light would be against us at the latter part of the day, so we got cracking. The whole process was captured on timelapse by Ben Grubb. Take a look at the video.
The weather was on our side and we had clear skies all day. We were asked to add some luxury items in the sculpture for people to guess. All of these items had been chosen by past guests of the show. We finished the sculpture on time and had a great day chatting with passers by during sculpting. We left the sculpture up until mid afternoon, then we removed it and headed back up north. Another fuss free pop up sand sculpture completed. A massive thanks to all at the BBC for their hospitality and a special thank you to Mohammed for looking after our sculpture for us once we left site for the evening.
Jamie and Claire relaxing after a hard days sculpting!


The Middle East and Africa construction equipment market was valued at USD 17.38 billion in 2017 and is expected to witness a CAGR of 5.44%, during the forecast period 2018-2023.
The year 2017 witnessed a steep rise in construction activity (building, residential, nonresidential, engineering construction) globally.
The construction industry is the key driver of the UAE economy and is second only to Saudi Arabia, in terms of size within the GCC. However, the sector has been facing significant pressure due to a prolonged slump in oil prices. However, irrespective of the prevailing situation, the construction industry remains resilient and the outlook for the sector remains optimistic. The UAE strategic location, well-developed financial market, big consumer base, and localized drivers continue to make it one of the most attractive markets in the GCC.
The government of UAE has planned the development of a new automotive city in the west of Abu Dhabi. The work on the first phase of the project has already commenced, which will involve an AED 1.6 billion outlay on its infrastructure. This, in turn, is expected to boost the demand for machinery, used in the construction process, enhancing the country's construction machinery sector.
Government initiatives, such as Dubai Plan 2021 and Abu Dhabi Vision 2030, are the key factors driving the Emirati construction industry. These initiatives are expected to result in the expansion of metros and airports, along with the construction of new hotels and shopping malls, which are likely to boost the demand of machines, such as cranes, over the forecast period.
Favorable regulations that incentivize foreign investment.
Robust government support for infrastructure sectors, like renewables, water, and logistics.
Some of the major projects driving Oman's construction sector include the USD 155 million contract awarded by the Oman Power and Water Procurement Company to a consortium, involving ACWA Power and Veolia Middle East, to set up the Salalah independent water project in Dhofar.
All the aforementioned developments are expected to boost the demand for construction machinery in the region.
There are very few construction projects that can be carried out without cranes. These machines are able to perform all important duties, such as lifting materials and small equipment.
Over the years, the UAE has been one of the major markets for cranes, as the conveyor belts of hotels, residential buildings, retail and commercial schemes, all require cranes. The region has been witnessing a trend for taller and bigger cranes, machines that are able to handle higher loads.
For instance, Favelle Favco M2480D luffing jib crane, with a maximum lifting capacity of 330 tonnes, is being used at Dubai's ICD Brookfield Place. Additionally, at Dubai Hills development, Consolidated Contractors Company has been building a residential and hotel development and has seven Liebherr 200 EC-H 12 Litronic models, all with a maximum lifting capacity of 10t, and jib lengths of 55m and 60m.
Apart from the high lifting capacity, the cost-effectiveness and versatility of tower cranes, make them as a popular choice among contractors. As per crane companies, the GCC region has been witnessing strong construction activities, especially in Dubai and Doha, where events, such as the 2020 World Expo and the 2022 FIFA World Cup, are driving major investments in new buildings and facilities, in turn, creating a huge demand for cranes.
Key Industry Players: Some of the major companies includes Hitachi Construction Machinery., Caterpillar, Liebherr, CNH Industrial (Case Construction), and JCB among others.
March 2018 – Al-Bahar, exclusive CAT dealer in UAE Bahrain, Kuwait and Oman introduced CAT 320 medium excavator and CAT 962L wheel loader to the GCC market during the expo in Dubai.
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tezby August 8, 2018 May 24, 2019 Art Writing
After 15 years of living next door to Kings Cross I decided to quit Sydney for the Central Coast. I had known the Cross pretty well, having visited its cafes, bookshops and nightclubs since I was a teenager in the 1970s. But by 2001 whatever romance I'd felt for the place was gone. From Friday to Sunday it had become a no-go area, a violent and lurid remnant of its former bohemian glory.
Zanny Begg's The Beehive (2018), a commissioned work by Artbank and the Australian Centre for the Moving Image that just opened in Melbourne, brings all those Kings Cross memories back.
Pamela Rabe in The Beehive by Zanny Begg. Photograph: Philippa Bateman/ACMI
The experimental documentary is based around the 1975 disappearance of Juanita Nielsen, the community activist and street press publisher. Nielsen was part of a grassroots battle against the development of Victoria Street, which would see period terraces demolished for a vast apartment building.
Among all this Nielsen cut a striking figure, a tall woman with a trademark beehive hairdo, a private school educated heir to the Mark Foy's department store fortune, but the living embodiment of romantic revolutionary resistance.
The battle pitted on one side, community and resident groups, Nielsen and her magazine NOW, and the Builders Labourers' Federation; and on the other, a motley assortment of developers, ex-cops, gangsters and hired goons. With a ton of money at stake in the development, efforts to evict residents turned violent, with the head of the residents' group kidnapped (and later released), and the destruction of residents' homes.
Nielsen is widely believed to have been murdered by gangsters, and although the guilty have never been brought to justice, her story is a significant moment in the history of resistance to the seemingly unstoppable forces of gentrification in Australia's inner cities. For Begg, the story also serves as the starting point for a meditation on identity, history, community and collective memory.
For her ambitious documentary project, Begg uses a few different approaches to tell the story, most of them documentary staples.
There are talking heads – people who lived in the Cross, knew Nielsen and the gangsters, and were community organisers, strippers, coffee shop owners and neighbours. Then there's a cast of 12 women who speak for and about Nielsen, a generation or two removed from the actual story but who reflect on its meanings and contemporary resonance. And there are some quasi re-enactments, featuring a variety of players portraying Cross heavies and gangsters. Tying this all together is actor Pamela Rabe as The Beekeeper, the doco's on-screen narrator of various visual metaphors and narrative analogies.
This latest work follows on from recent pieces by Begg, including 1001 Nights in Fairfield (2015) and City of Ladies (2017) – hybrid video art/documentary projects that foreground a non-traditional, non-linear method of storytelling. Visitors to ACMI's gallery space are presented with a single screen video and a variety of chairs to sit and watch. The work is subject to an unseen software algorithm that reorders approximately 20 video sequences into a variety of iterations, a total of 1,344 possible versions of the work, running roughly 20 to 33 minutes each.
The whole process is invisible and non-intrusive, only becoming apparent on subsequent re-watches, and even then not immediately obvious.
As a metaphor for how history and memory are reshaped by subjectivity and conflicting accounts, the use of this iterative algorithm makes perfect conceptual sense. But as a viewing experience it's slightly mystifying. I was constantly wondering how each iteration might differ.
It became apparent that the documentary – or at least the four iterations that I watched – was presenting a version of events that privileged a simple and sometimes uncritical treatment of Nielsen and her time. The "whodunnit" part of the story is also perfunctory – and confusing. At least half a dozen suspects are named, and the murder is left as a question mark.
The younger voices playing Nielsen add contemporary relevance and link community activism of the 70s to the way communities are established and prosper now, yet their views (scripted or not, I couldn't tell) often seem romantic and naive. Imogen Kelly, a former stripper, community organiser and sex worker's rights advocate and who was there and knew the key people, gives the story of the Cross in the 70s some badly needed nuance. The combination of voices is interesting, a mixture of wise heads and young kids, a little like the Cross in its prime.
There is a very contemporary feel to The Beehive as it reflects current concerns and perspectives, and yet Begg's work is reminiscent of feminist experimental filmmaking from the 70s and 80s, documentaries and polemical works such as Pat Fiske's Rocking The Foundations (1985) and particularly Helen Grace's Serious Undertakings (1983), radical movies made in the shadow of the events in Begg's documentary.
Artists making documentaries is now well established. Works such as Isaac Julien's Ten Thousand Waves (2010), Richard Mosse's The Enclave (2012–13) and Omar Chowdhury's Ways (2014) explode viewer's expectations of what a documentary can be simply because their images are spread across multiple screens, have extreme duration, and demand that the audience gets up and moves. As soon as an art project begins to resemble a more classically structured single-screen documentary, the more expectations of story and resolution come into play. To Begg's credit, the work resists completion, leaving Nielsen's story unresolved, a tangle of poetic allusions clashing with ugly street-level realities.
Near the end of one iteration, Pamela Rabe switches out of her narrator clothes into the black-and-white striped top that signifies an actor is Nielsen. Solve the puzzle of my disappearance, she says, and we will save the soul of the city. For those of us who quit the city 20 years ago, that seems like a tall order. But the value of the claim, and Begg's documentary, is that it keeps the very idea of resistance alive.
Published in The Guardian, August 2, 2018.
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