If you put two things at a place such as a water tub and any other random toy and let your baby choose whichever he/she wants, it is obvious that a baby would choose water item as babies love to play with water. Playing with water can be dangerous and need proper watch by an adult but there are multiple toys available now which are specially designed keeping in mind all the safety precautions to ensure baby gets no harm playing with the water.
Splashing water and playing with the floating toys keep the baby busy for hours and is a healthy activity. Also, water tables do not require any sort of electrical connection meaning you do not have to worry about the safety related to the wires or electric current. It is also important to notice the grip, weight and these related things as plastic made tables are perfect as they are lightweight and without any sharp edges unlike the glass or ceramic ones. Ceramic play tables indeed look fabulous but their weight can harm the baby if the balance of the whole table somehow moved.
Step2 has always maintained high quality in their products, the market acceptance level of Step2 products are also quite impressive. This water play table has a cool design and comes with a variety of toys. The design of the product is shaped perfectly round in order to avoid any sharp points or edges.
The elevated design of this play table makes play accessible for the children. The design of the whole table is quite impressive as it has the wide receptacle funnels water which flows through over spinning wheel. The molded-in sections have moats, canals, lakes, and harbors which gives an outstanding look at the whole table. This water play table also has an elevated design which makes play accessible for the children and keeps them play with it without any difficulty.
This is one of highly durable water play table as you can be at ease knowing that this product is made using high-quality materials to provide the best level of durability. The foundations of this water play table are strong enough to easily sustain the water weight and the design also helps in avoiding the sliding of the table.
There are several toys that come along with this product such as boats, cup and water wheel tower. The boats are specially included to entertain kids as floating boats are made using the lightweight material to easily travel around on the water. It is also important to notice that the water wheel tower is designed in a way that it would not break or damaged easily and can easily sustain child force.
The price of Step2 WaterWheel Activity Play Table on Amazon is thirty-four dollars and forty-nine cents only which makes it a fair deal as it comes with a bunch of cool toys and all of the package items are high in quality. It is no doubt one of the best toddler water table available in the market.
This Little Tikes water play table is one of its kind as it has several cool features such as the "put – and – take" feature which helps in developing the early motor skills in a child with fun characters. The perfect height of this water table is ideal for the babies to enjoy splashing.
The whole table is designed in a way that multiple cool playing toys are placed in a table such as the Ferris wheel and spiral which a child can easily play with. There are also cups present to fill and pour water into the funnel in order to power the twin tower wheel.
This water play table is highly durable as it can hold up to 7 gallons of water easily. All of the components of the water play table are high quality and can easily sustain baby`s push and pull or splashing force of the water. Due to special material, the water play table color and body would not damage due to sunlight so you can be at ease knowing that this product will last for a longer period.
There are 6 toys that come along with the product which includes the water cup and 05 round characters that spray waters. The characters have bright colors and each component are made with high attention to detail.
The price of Little Tikes Spiralin' Seas Waterpark Play Table on Amazon is forty-one dollars and forty-nine cents only. It is one of the best water play tables in this list of the best water play table under $100 as it comes with 06 different cool toys and has a reasonable price tag.
If you are looking for water play table for kids with perfect size and shape then this is the product you are going to love as its design is unique and made specially to fit even in the compact spaces. The ton of toys that come along have squirting feature to provide extra joy to your children.
Are you worried that your children might get sunburned if you let them play outside with the water play table? Well, here is the solution as this awesome product of step2 comes with an umbrella for shade which protects your children from the hot sun. The high-quality unique design of this water play table has two separate table attached to provide more fun.
The water holding capacity of this water play table is 2.22 gallons (8.40 L) in the upper pool and 3.24 gallons (12.26 L) of water in the lower pool. The foundation can easily sustain the water weight as it is made using high-quality durable materials.
There are nine toys that come along with this water play table. The swimmer toys can be a push from the slide and there is also cups present which can also be used to scoop water from the table and pour it down on the toys.
The price of Step2 Spill & Splash Seaway Water Table on Amazon is sixty-nine dollars ninety-nine cents only. The gorgeous table design speaks for itself and with 09 toys that come along add value, within this price range this is a kind of deal you must have. A good bargain and a top choice for water table for kids.
Are you one of that parent who finds it difficult to drain the water after your child finishes playing with water play table? Well, this is a product you are going to love as it comes with a drain plug that enables you to drain all of the water easily without having to lift the whole table.
The boat-shaped design of the water table is made giving high attention to detail. There are multiple toys that come along with this product and each of them is made using the squishy material so that your children can enjoy splashing water and play with the toys.
The overall durability of this product is quite good as the water play table can easily hold the water weight of several liters and would not bend at any point. The palm tree is perfectly placed in the middle side to provide the child with additional playing option.
There are several toys that come along with this product, there is slide present from which baby can easily push toys. There is a Water Bucket, Whirlpool Spinner, Springboard, and characters present with the water play table which your child can enjoy playing with.
The price of Splish Splash Seas Water Table on Amazon is sixty-nine dollars and twenty cents only. Hurry up and check out his cool product before the prices of this product go high.
You have probably noticed that in this list there are the majority of products present belongs to the Step2 Company and one of the major reason is the company`s high market reputation and the quality maintenance in their majority products. This pond shaped water play table is perfect for kids who loves splashing water and sea creatures. It comes with ducks and water swirling center wheel which can easily be turn around to move the water.
The design of this water play table is oval shaped as it also comes with multiple toys and tools, the build quality of this product is great. The slide tower can be used to push frog or ducks from above, the center wheel has a lever which can be spin to swirl water.
The best way to check the durability of the product is to check whether the shape of the water play table changes when it is filled with water as sometimes cheap products shape changes due to the water weight. The foundation of this water play table has perfect shape which also protect the whole table from sliding due to weight or by the push from the child.
There are six different toys that come along with the water play table. The pond-themed table has 02 ducks and a frog. The frog can be launched from the side flipper into the water, wow sounds cool. The slide tower also has lines so that a child can easily push the duck from it into the pond.
The price of Step2 Duck Pond Water Table on Amazon is fifty-one dollars and thirty-nine cents only. Within this price tag, you are getting high-end pond shaped product with cute ducks and frog. You need to check out more details about this product so click on the link and learn more about what this cool water play table has to offer.
Obviously, not everyone can afford to take their children to Disney land or even those who can even then it is not possible to go there regularly. Providing children with the best possible care is every parent priority and what better way to bring a smile to their faces other than by bringing in a toy. Within few bucks, you can easily purchase these water play tables and give your child a fun thing to play with as these sort of tables need water to function as splashing water and playing with the water toys bring so much joy to child faces and indeed also a healthy activity. Nowadays, children are only addicted to gadgets and smart devices for play and fun purposes and spending too much time with these devices can be harmful. These sort toys like water play tables helps in developing multiple abilities in a child which is essential for the development. There are several different kinds of product currently available in the market and we have only chose these five products based on their high quality, durability and the affordable price range.


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Religious Freedom, an Exaggerated Report of Death and a 'Royal Insult'
Know This: President Trump's expected to back an order allowing religious groups to be more involved in U.S. politics. After a British paper briefly reported the death of Prince Philip, Buckingham Palace assured the public that there's no cause for alarm — though he'll be retiring from public engagements later this year. And Beijing's been inundated with a massive dust storm that's led authorities to advise residents to remain indoors.
Remember This Number: 150 years. That's the potential jail sentence that prominent Thai human rights lawyer Prawet Prapanukul faces if he's convicted of the 10 charges of insulting the royal family that have been bought against him.
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CONTEXT:Extremely premature (EP) infants are at increased risk of left vocal cord paralysis (LVCP) following surgery for patent ductus arteriosus (PDA). OBJECTIVE:A Systematical Review was conducted to investigate the incidence and outcomes of LVCP after PDA ligation in EP born infants. DATA SOURCES:Searches were performed in Cochrane, Medline, Embase, Cinahl and PsycInfo. STUDY SELECTION:Studies describing EP infants undergoing PDA surgery and reporting incidence of LVCP were included. DATA EXTRACTION AND SYNTHESIS:Study details, demographics, incidence of LVCP, diagnostic method and reported outcomes were extracted. DerSimonian and Laird random effect models with inverse variance weighting were used for all analyses. STUDY APPRAISAL:The Newcastle-Ottawa scale for observational studies was used for quality assessment. RESULTS:21 publications including 2067 infants were studied. The overall pooled summary estimate of LVCP incidence was 9.0% (95% CI 5.0, 15.0). However, the pooled incidence increased to 32% when only infants examined with laryngoscopy were included. The overall risk ratio for negative outcomes was higher in the LVCP group (2.20, 95% CI 1.69, 2.88, p = 0.01) compared to the non-LVCP-group. CONCLUSIONS:Reported incidence of LVCP varies widely. This may be explained by differences in study designs and lack of routine vocal cords postoperative assessment. LVCP is associated with negative outcomes in EP infants. The understanding of long-term outcomes is scarce. Routine laryngoscopy may be necessary to identify all cases of LVCP, and to provide correct handling for infants with LVCP.


What's the secret to growing a successful Brunnera? Mine has been getting smaller and smaller and is barely there this year.
Is the 7th picture Risky Business? I had a beautiful one for several years and then it turned mostly solid green with a few eyes that had very narrow white streaks. It's a beautiful hosta when it behaves!
Rose......good eye, it is Risky Business. I had a few solid green leaves last year and more this year. It is planted among variegated Hostas so I may just leave it. I seem to remember that when I bought it about 3 years ago that several of the plants had green leaves. I think the Striptease family is a little unstable considering all of the intros.
Your hostas are as beautiful as your iris! Mine got hammered by some serious hail this week. What is the name of the hosta with the wavy edges (4th from the bottom)?
Hi Val......I got some hail also but it wasn't hard enough to do any damage. The Hosta is Mildred Seaver's 'Queen of the Seas'.
Excellent pics and varieties. You have a paradise in Utah. Nice Spilt Milk & QOTS. They're all great. I have Corydalis Lutea also. It is easy grower for me.
I remove any solid eyes from my Risky Business. I don't want it to revert. Usually just pull out at ground level.
An absolute delight to view your gardens. Would love to know more about the hostas in them. You have a knack for arranging them in a pleasing way. Would love to know if you have certain rules of thumb to display them. Thanks so much for sharing.
Thanks for the kind comments. I don't have any rules. I plant for immediate effect. Some areas are getting crowded and I will need to move some in the next year or two. I have some rocks among the Hostas but they make it difficult to rake the leaves in the fall. My planting areas are FULL and I'm not going to dig out any more lawn so I have put some in containers this spring. If you go back to last year in the threads there are more shots of my garden and also my friends garden........give them a look.


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Q: Hibernate: evict() a persistent object while storing its changes I have a persistent hibernate object I obtained using session.save(object)
I changed it since.
I want to execute session.evict(object) to save memory, as I am done with the object.
The documentation to evict() here states that changes to the object will not be persisted. In other words - evict will cause me to lose changes I did to the object.
I could call session.flush() but that would flush all changes.
How can I persist changes made to a single persistent object before eviction?

A: Doing session.evict(obj) will remove the object instance from the session cache. Therefore if you are saving the object for the first time, you will have to explicitly commit via session.save(obj) before evicting the object from the cache. Subsequent update calls should follow through session.saveOrUpdate(obj) or session.update(obj) before calling evict to remove the loaded object from the cache.
In doing so means you will have to explicitly call session.load(obj) or session.get(obj) when you need the instance of the object back in the cache.

A: Call session.save(object) or session.saveOrUpdate(object), then you can call evict on it if you must.  However, you must flush the session before doing this.  The session is designed to be a unit-of-work based interface, for good reason -- transactional semantics would be a disaster without this feature.  If you need to flush individual entities without flushing others that are part of the same session, you need to rethink your unit-of-work.

A: Couldn't you manually save the object first via something like
session.saveOrUpdate(theObject);
session.evict(theObject);

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I applied for porting on June 19, 2009. Since then, I have heard nothing from OOMA. Emails to OOMA go unanswered.
Is anyone at the helm at OOMA?
I too received no feedback about my port, but it went off without a hitch. My port happened faster than the docs said it would, and I noticed no downtime (although I am not sure I would have noticed an outage during the day).
Sometimes the porting process is delayed by the company losing the number and there is not much ooma can do.


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Lauren Hill scores big on the basketball court and inspires people around the world
It should have been the start of a college basketball career, instead it was the fulfillment of a dream. Mount St. Joseph University freshman Lauren Hill is battling incurable brain cancer. To make sure she got a chance to take the court with her team, the school petitioned the NCAA to move up the first game by two weeks. When she scored the team's first points, a sold out crowd was there cheering her on. Rachel Nichols recaps the inspiring event.
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Keeping Them Honest: Are Congressional offices revolving doors for lobbyists?
Nancy Pelosi was hoping to avoid cameras as she walked into a fundraiser at a Washington restaurant. It was a CNN intern who caught cell phone video of her and her staff entering the event through a kitchen door. Twelve of the people listed as hosts on the invitation are former Pelosi staffers, advisers or aids.
CNN Senior Investigative Correspondent Drew Griffin looks at how Capitol Hill is turning into something of a "Lobbying University," where staffers are learning the ropes before joining in this lucrative field.
Filed under: Drew Griffin • Keeping Them Honest • Nancy Pelosi
Report: New SEAL claims he made bin Laden kill
There is word that another member of SEAL Team Six is preparing to step forward to claim credit for firing the fatal shot that killed Osama bin Laden. CNN National Security Analyst Peter Bergen looks at the possible repercussions of a move like this.
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Can spoiler candidates tip the balance of power?
They are the little known candidates who might have a big impact on some of the key midterm races. Jim Sciutto reports on the spoilers who have the potential to tip the balance of power in Washington.
AC360's political panel broke down what could be the biggest surprises at the polls during the midterms.
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Kaci Hickox on fighting her quarantine: It is an extreme policy with no science behind it
Nurse Kaci Hickox doesn't have Ebola. She never tested positive for the virus after treating patients in West Africa and returning to the U.S. Still, she reached a deal with health officials in her home state of Maine today. It will allow her to travel freely in public, as long as she closely monitors her health until the incubation period for the disease expires on November 10.
Hickox landed in the middle of the Ebola quarantine debate, right after she arrived at Newark Airport from Sierra Leone. She was isolated in a tent. She caused further controversy after returning to Maine and leaving her house, to make a point she went for a bike ride.
Kaci tells Anderson the biggest reason she fought her quarantine was her fear of what fellow aid workers would face when they return to the U.S.
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President Obama's midterm X-Factor
President Obama's popularity has taken a dive and Republicans across the country are trying to take advantage of that in the midterms. There are plenty of Democratic candidates who are going out of their way to distance themselves from the President. That doesn't mean he is spending this election entirely on the sidelines. Dana Bash has the latest.
Do candidates who put too much distance between themselves and President Obama risk losing the African-American vote? Joe Johns reports.
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The National Federation of State High School Associations has named a Guthrie coach as their Coach of the Year.
Guthrie High School head boy's golf coach Ric Meshew has been selected as the 2017-18 Oklahoma Coach of the Year for boys golf.
He was nominated by the Oklahoma Secondary School Athletic Association (OSSAA) as the most deserving recipient.
Meshew, a member of the Guthrie High School Hall of Fame, most recently helped lead the Jays golf team to the 2018 Class 5A state championship.
The coach has won eight state championships during his tenure at Guthrie.
Meshew commanded the Jays golf state championships teams in 1992 and 1998 to go with three runner-ups. He was an assistant coach for the 1989 state championship baseball team and has been a part of all four GHS football titles.
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1) A crew of three astronauts went into space aboard a Crew Dragon spacecraft atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 booster. Not since the end of the Space Shuttle program in 2011 has America launched humans into orbit from American, to docked with the International Space Station. The Crew Dragon carried an international assembly of astronauts, three Americans and one Japanese, who are expected to spend the next six months in the station. The launch is another milestone in the commercialization of space. Previously, NASA was purchasing flights on the Russian Soyuz spacecraft but with SpaceX, NASA will save about $25 million per seat.
2) There are growing fears that tourism may not fully recover in New York city until 2025, another result of the coronavirus pandemic. New York city may only get one-third as many visitors as it did last year, a city that is one of the world's most popular destinations. Forecasters predict that tourism will not fully rebound for at least four years, where in recent years tourism has been a vital part of the city's economy, that supports hundreds of thousands of workers from hotels to restaurants to Broadway. New York had a record 66.6 million visitors in 2019 and drew $46 billion dollars in annual spending. The collapse of tourism has been a key reason that New York's economy has been hit harder than most other major American cities. The city's unemployment rate is 14.1 percent, more than double the national rate.
3) Experts predict that Boeing's 737 MAX debacle could be the most expensive corporate blunder ever. The 20-month grounding of the 737 MAX could end very soon, but Boeing's mounting costs have soared to tens of billions of dollars, which may rank among the most expensive corporate mistakes in history. Financially, Boeing continues to pay a high cost to ensure the safety of future 737 MAX passengers, with about $20 billion dollars in direct costs from the grounding, then $8.6 billion dollars in compensation to customers, $5 billion for costs of production, and $6.3 billion for increased costs of the 737 MAX program. Also, Boeing is spending $600 million for jet storage, pilot training and software updates that are not included in the company's overall cost estimate. Finally, the company has established a $100 million dollar victim compensation fund, which also is not included in Boeing's $20 billion dollars in estimated costs. Not included is the cost of legal liability which may add another $500 million. Boeing has had to borrow billions of dollars at a roughly 5% interest rate adding more money to be paid out over the 737 MAX. There is also the cost of opportunity lost from the lost of sales with 448 canceled orders for the MAX this year, compared with only nine for its other models. In addition Boeing has dropped another 782 orders from its backlog of orders believed to be no longer certain enough to rely on. In at least some cases those uncertain plane orders are jets airline customers have said they no longer want.
4) Stock market closings for – 18 NOV 20:
Dow 29,438.42 down by 344.93
Nasdaq 11,801.60 down by 97.74
S&P 500 3,567.79 down by 41.74
10 Year Yield: up at 0.88%
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The Mausoleum of Major-General Lachlan MacQuarie (31 January 1762 – 1 July 1824) lies west of Salen, around 500 metres from the road along the rhododendron-lined drive to Gruline House. McQuarie was born in 1761 to parents who were farming folk on Ulva. He joined the army at the age of 16, during the American War of Independence, and steadily rose through the ranks to become Major-General. In addition to North America he travelled to Jamaica, Egypt and India where he met his first wife, Jane Jarvis, however, she died of tuberculosis after just 3 years of married life. Macquarie had become quite rich during his time in India and on his return to Mull, he was able to buy 10,000 acres of land between Loch na Keal and the island's east coast. In 1808 founded the village of Salen, which he called Jarvisfield in honour of his first wife.
It was on the island that he remarried. Elizabeth Campbell, his cousin, became his second wife and she accompanied him to Australia where he served as Governor-General of New South Wales between 1810 and 1821. These portraits and this drawing of Port Jackson, New South Wales, circa 1821, by Major James Taylor, 48th Regiment, is shown on the information board within the mausoleum grounds.
The numbers of convicts transported to Australia increased dramatically during Macquarie`s time as Governor and he utilised the literally captive workforce to build roads, buildings, and even towns. He gave the convicts the chance to earn tickets of leave but many ordinary settlers were hostile to the fact that criminals could settle alongside them and numerous complaints against Macquarie's government reached England.
Tension between the settlers and the Aborigines increased and led to clashes. Macquarie believed that the indigenous population should be 'civilised' and that their traditional way of living should be replaced with Western ways and values. He set up a school in an attempt to educate Aboriginal children but most ran off and returned to their families after a very short time. He created a small town to teach Aborigines how to build houses and adopt European farming methods and he introduced legislation to place these native Australian people under British control.
By the time Macquarie resigned in late 1821, in poor health brought on by the physical and mental demands of his position, he had served longer than any other governor. During his period in office 265 major works had been completed, including new army barracks, three convict barracks, various roads including a route across the Blue Mountains, stables, a hospital and five towns along the Hawkesbury River, which were out of reach of floodwaters.
The St Columba Episcopal Church and grave yard, at Drumlang are situated nearby at Gruline beside the B8035 just west of the junction with the B8073.
The first Episcopal services were held on Mull in 1864, although, in 1862 the Rev. Rawlinson, an Episcopal minister from Moidart, had visited Mull to consider the possibility of monthly meetings. The first such service on the island was held at Salen by the Rev. Hugh McColl, a minister from Strontian and Kinlochmoidart on the mainland. Services were then held in Glenforsa House (now called Gruline House) and at several other locations on Mull which Presbyterians and Roman Catholics also attended.
It was mainly due to the efforts of General Charles Greenhill-Gardyne, the then proprietor of the Glenforsa Estate, that this church was built as a focus for Episcopalian worship on Mull, with the building reaching completion in December 1873.
Greenhill-Gardyne was helped financially by Captain Parr of Killiechronan and together they bore the cost of the construction. The first service didn`t take place until June of the the following year when twenty-six people attended the morning service, which was in English, and 47 attended the evening service held in Gaelic. Finally, on 4th July 1875, the church was consecrated by Bishop George Richard Mackarness making it the first church on Mull to be consecrated for several centuries. It has never had a permanent, island-based minister with services usually led by visiting chaplains in summer and lay preachers from the community in winter.
The church is in the simple 'gothic revival' style and incorporates several stained glass religious and memorial windows. St Columba and Mary and Joseph. Towards the rear of the church on the north side is a window by Charles Kempe depicting 'Charity with two children'. Underneath the window is a plaque 'in memory of Frederic Jameson Elles who drowned in Loch Frisa on 20 August 1911 at 12 years old'. His likeness is shown in the young boy who is standing at his mother's knee. It is said to be one of the best examples of Kempe's work.
The wooden lectern, at the east end of the building, was given in memory of Gordon Frank Melles, who was killed in the Great War at the age of 30. The pulpit, also of wood, was made by Simpson from Kendal, Westmorland, but the carving of a design of crossed flag standards was done by Gordon's mother, Mary Melles of Gruline. Inside the church and in the grave yard are many memorials, mainly to Episcopalian members of Mull`s landed gentry and those of officer class who were 'killed in action'.
The Benmore Estate HQ is situated at Knock, near Gruline, just a few kilometres southwest of the Macquarie Mausoleum on the B8035 road, close to the head of Loch na Keal. Although it is large working estate, several rental properties are available and various guided activities including deer stalking, fishing and wildlife viewing are on offer.
One morning, during a drive round the island, we had to wait here while some sheep were rounded up and penned, and by coincidence on the way back, we were held up again - it was cattle this time heading in the opposite direction. It looks as though the estate workers are kept busy here and so are their dogs - it`s great to see the animals in action.
A statue of Macquarie stands in Hyde Park in the centre of Sydney and numerous streets, buildings and geographical features have been named after him.


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Q: How to show the image in push notification (Gcm) php How do i send a push notification like in the following picture using PHP and GCM service.
i am currently sending the following data to GCM for normal push notifications
$message = array(
    'title' => 'Example Title',
    'subtitle' => 'Example Subtitle',
    'message' =>'Example Message',
    'tickerText' => 'XYZ',
    'vibrate' => '1',
    'sound' => '1',
);

to this url
https://android.googleapis.com/gcm/send

A: One option would be to send a Notification Message, note the icon field here.
Another option would be to send the url to the image in the downstream message then retrieve the image within the mobile app, then use the image to construct the notification.


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A group of musicians who perform on a variety of instruments. Within Western art, the term is most commonly applied to the symphony orchestra.
The actual instrumentation of the symphony orchestra is dictated by the composer's indications in the score. In fact, on any given performance of a symphony orchestra, the instrumentation may change on every composition performed. The instrumentation shown above is the result of dramatic changes throughout the centuries. There has been a great expansion from the Baroque orchestra to the modern symphony orchestra.


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DISPATCHES FROM THE EDGE: European Union Elections: A Crossroad
Tuesday April 02, 2019 - 08:23:00 PM
As the campaigns for the European Parliament get underway, some of the traditional lines that formerly divided left, right and center are shifting, making it harder to easily categorize political parties. In Italy, a right wing coalition calls for a guaranteed income, larger pensions and resistance to the heavy-handed austerity programs enforced by the European Union (EU). In France, some right wing groups champion the fight against climate change, decry exploitation of foreign workers and growing economic inequality.
In contrast, Europe's political center seems paralyzed in the face of growing disillusionment with the economic policies of the EU. Even the social democratic center-left defends doctrines that have alienated its former base among unions and working people, pushing such parties to the political margins.
If voters seem confused, one can hardly blame them, which is not good news for the left and the center-left going into the May 23-26 elections. Polls show center-right and center-left parties, which have dominated the EU Parliament since it first convened in 1979, will lose their majority. Parties that are increasingly skeptical of the organization may win as many as a third of the seats in the 705-seat body. -more-
Comments on Senate Bill 50, Planning and zoning: housing development: incentives.
Dr. Peter Andersen, Professor of Communications, San Diego State University, retired
(This bill is co-authored by, among others,State Senator Nancy Skinner and Assemblymember Buffy Wicks.)
Senate Bill 50 undermines CEQA. Projects may be exempt from the CEQA if they are in jobs rich or transit rich area or if they are in the 10% to 25% of the housing that can be built outside of job rich or transit rich areas.
The bill undermines general plans and eliminates future zoning and general plans that are inconsistent with this law
The bill changes the entire legal burden of proof from the developers to agencies (cities, counties, planning boards). These local entities have to prove in court that they are in compliance with law when disputes occur. This is like a person having to prove themselves innocent in court (which is logically impossible).
The bill conflates and mixes 3 different needs pretty randomly: homeless shelters, low income housing, and affordable housing in one bill where the rationale for each is very different.
The bill uses frighteningly vague and/or tautological in many sections. For example it defines housing as housing. It defines disapproval as disapproval. This fails freshman English or logic.
The bill is a major assault on neighborhoods of single family homes. Evidently living in a single family home, according to the bill, is a luxury we cannot afford in the alleged housing crisis. Indeed, the bill may have the perverse effect of people who want single family home moving out of cities into suburban sprawl developments. -more-
All Species Commission in Uproar at Berkeley Council Meeting
Bernard Marszalek, for a ludic society, http://ztangi.org
Monday April 01, 2019 - 09:56:00 PM
After a year of disputatious hearings, Berkeley's All Species Commission has finally delivered a recommendation to City Council.
Another Berkeley First was the establishment, several years ago, of the All Species Commission (ASC). During its first year it provided guidelines for proper attire for dogs, regulated healthy pet food, monitored pet salons and motels, and issued licenses to pet-care providers.
It was one of the most successful new commissions established and the Mayor and City Council took great pride in their foresight and pioneering efforts to establish it and looked forward to other cities adopting a similar institution.
But in the autumn of 2017 things turned sour. An overflow commission meeting heard angry Berkeley residents vociferously complain about the over population of squirrels and crows that were harassing them. Not the least of the mischief was that squirrels were digging up the Resilience Gardens the City has been promoting with free seeds, compost and classes under the State's Grow Your Healthy Food campaign.
And the crows have been disturbing residents' Well-Being Regimen sponsored by the County Well-Being Agency (CWBA). Complaints had been pouring in to CWBA immediately after they launched their Morning Meditation Salons (MMS). These were held to train neighbors to meditate together early in the morning before work. But nobody could meditate with the constant daybreak aural assaults from hyperventilating crows. Quiet chirping of little birds would aid mediation, but the crows were like feathered soccer bullies.
One especially irate individual threatened to poison the squirrels and crows at a winter meeting of ASC and received a standing ovation from many residents in attendance. All hell broke out among the commissioners and they summoned the police to restrain the murderous resident. The officers who arrived refused to do so and instead threatened to arrest the apoplectic commissioners. Calm only returned to the hearing when MMSers in the audience positioned themselves between the commissioners and irate citizens and spontaneously began meditating as a group. -more-
Just Too Simple a Solution?
Becky O'Malley
Friday March 29, 2019 - 05:15:00 PM
There is general agreement in the Bay Area, or certainly in Berkeley, that we now have a shortage of housing for low-income people, even those who are fully employed. Today's Chronicle reports that the median home purchase in Alameda County is now about $785,000, and in neighboring counties it's over a million. And that's the median. The rental situation is even worse, so many Bay Area workers are left out.
It's tempting to believe we can build our way out of this situation, particularly if we took those beginning econ classes in high school or college. A little learning is a dangerous thing, but if you got into the more sophisticated realms, beyond that old hat neo-liberal trickle-down theory, you'd learn that it would take something like 50 years for the kind of apartments now being thrown up all over Berkeley to become available to the masses at affordable prices. Also, these shoddily built rentals can be expected to fall apart after about 40 years, so do the math. Yes, they do have marble counters in the kitchen, but they're structurally shaky--remember Library Gardens.
Lately there's been a lot of theorizing about novel ways to solve the Bay Area's shortage of affordable housing. "Affordable" is a term of art fraught with peril, since in some definitions it means accessible to two-income families earning more than $100,000 a year. But even in those rare jurisdictions which mandate a $15/hour minimum wage (not yet Berkeley) that only adds up to $30,000/year from a single wage earner, many of whom are supporting dependents. Where are these families supposed to live? -more-
The "Missing Middle" Report and the Berkeley General Plan
Hon. Shirley Dean, former Berkeley Mayor
Saturday March 30, 2019 - 02:47:00 PM
Editor's Note: This open letter to the Berkeley City Council was originally submitted on March 24, 2019 before their March 26 meeting. Item 22 was postponed until 4/23, and Item 23 passed on consent.
Re: Council Agenda, March 26, 2019, Item 22, Missing Middle Report, and Item 23, Referral to the City Manager to Scope Process and Estimate Costs of a New General Plan
Since I will not be able to attend the Council Meeting to be held on this coming Wednesday, March 26, I am forwarding my thoughts on Item 22, the Missing Middle Report. I must say in the beginning that the four years I spent as a member of the Planning Commission and the then-named Board of Adjustments, 15 years as a member of the Berkeley City Council and eight years as Mayor, this item comes very close to being the most destructive of the quality of life for Berkeley residents that I have ever seen.
I well understand the need for housing in the East Bay and throughout all of California. However, those who seek to find a solution to the need for housing through a 'one size fits all' approach will not only fail in their quest to 'fix' the housing problem but also destroy existing livable communities. I believe a real solution can be found, but it must be carefully crafted to consider existing conditions and geography unique to a community and importantly, job availability in and near that community. Given recent scientific information that we have just 12 years before we face irreversible climate change, we must address land use with its closely related cousin, traffic congestion, immediately. -more-
Mike Zint No Longer Has a HUB Social Worker
Marcia Poole
Greetings Mayor and Berkeley City Council members.
I appreciate the attempts all of you have made to solve the ever growing problem with our unhoused community. When I write to you, it is not with an adversarial attitude - it is with the desire to give you information that you may not have and that could help you redesign structures and policies.
Mike Zint is a friend of mine whom I feel very close to. I am aware of many of his health problems and often reach out to the City of Berkeley when I see Mike going through difficult times that the City could resolve. He has had 4 social workers through the HUB in the time that he has been housed by Berkeley at the border of Oakland and San Leandro. Some of these workers have been very helpful in temporarily resolving situations that have put him in great physical jeopardy. The last series of incidents involved the rains penetrating through his ceilings and walls and making his place uninhabitable. HUB and the City had his landlord, who they contracted with, repair the outside and then the inside of his apartment. He now does not live in a watery swamp, but he still has water coming out of the wall in an area of the bathroom. This has been ongoing for several months. The basic problem is that Berkeley contracted with a slum landlord who was being prosecuted by the City of Oakland for negligence in his maintenance of housing and who Oakland refused to do business with anymore. The same issues that Oakland saw arose for Berkeley with this landlord
Mike Zint has stage 4 emphysema and COPD and has great difficulty physically moving about. He now weighs under 100 pounds and is on medication to help him walk, talk and do the normal daily functions. The medicine works and he is able to live alone and get along. The problem, though, is the continual mold that seeps in through the walls and ceilings from the previous water damage. Berkeley's HUB attempted to move him to an apartment in Berkeley two months ago, but it fell through. Now, the social worker who was assigned to him has left the HUB and he has found himself with no worker and no one who is responsive to his needs. -more-
Election Day Holiday is Not a Good Idea
Kelly Hammargren
tem 4 in the March 28, 2019 agenda for the Berkeley City Council Budget & Finance Committee Regular Meeting is Refer to the City Manager to Designate Election Day as a City Holiday sponsored by Council Members Robinson, Davila and Hahn.
I've been following national voting since 2011 when I realized that 58.2% of eligible voters did not vote in 2010. It was worse in 2014 when only 36.7 of eligible voters actually voted. 2018 was a record year for congressional elections with 50.3% voting. Donald Trump was elected by 27.2% of the voting eligible population. These numbers come from www.electproject.org a source that uses the voting eligible population not who is registered.
Designating Election Day as a holiday does not solve the underlying issues of why people do not vote. While making such a designation will carry drama and the City can pat itself on the back for creating such a holiday, there are unintended consequences. -more-
Freelancing: The New Road To Poverty
Harry Brill
The issue of worker exploitation refers obviously to the unfair treatment of employees, who are underpaid and given very few or no benefits. That doesn't only include employees on the payroll, but also refers to workers who are misclassified as independent contractors. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, If workers were properly classified, the various additional costs to employers, including paid sick leave, medical coverage, and unemployment insurance, would be about 40 percent more. -more-
Boat Night at the City Council
Carol Denney
The frustration of RV and tent dwellers trying to keep their jobs, school schedules, and families together hit a peculiar peak on Tuesday, March 26th, 2019, when a small item about obtaining a grant to address a couple dozen abandoned boats was suddenly championed as a solution to homelessness. -more-
April Pepper Spray Times
By Grace Underpressure
Editor's Note: The latest issue of the Pepper Spray Times is now available.
You can view it absolutely free of charge by clicking here . You can print it out to give to your friends.
Grace Underpressure has been producing it for many years now, even before the Berkeley Daily Planet started distributing it, most of the time without being paid, and now we'd like you to show your appreciation by using the button below to send her money.
This is a Very Good Deal. Go for it! -more-
ON MENTAL ILLNESS: Resolving Problematic Behavior--What It Takes
Jack Bragen
For me at least, not speaking for anyone else, I have had moderate behavior problems that were solved by an understanding of the consequences of the behaviors. -more-
ECLECTIC RANT: Mueller Investigations and Election Security
Ralph E. Stone
It is much too early for Trump and his supporters to be gloating about the Mueller Report's conclusions as spun by Attorney General's William Barr's summary. What is needed is the full Mueller Report with all the underlying support. Then we can all objectively decide. Regardless, Trump is unfit for office. -more-
SMITHEREENS: Reflections on Bits & Pieces
Gar Smith
I recently spotted another sign that BART is becoming increasingly "streetified." -more-
Garrick Ohlsson in an All-Brahms Recital
Reviewed by James Roy MacBean
I always enjoy hearing pianist Garrick Ohlsson, and it doesn't matter much what music he plays. However, when it comes to piano music by Johannes Brahms I can't say my enjoyment is anywhere near its peak. Not counting the two piano concertos, Brahms' writing for piano almost invariably strikes me as learned, perhaps erudite, but rarely thrilling. This was the case in the all-Brahms recital performed, albeit quite brilliantly, by Garrick Ohlsson on Thursday, March 28 at Herbst Theatre. -more-
The Berkeley Activist's Calendar, March 31-April 6
Kelly Hammargren, Sustainable Berkeley Coalition
Worth Noting and Showing Up:
Tuesday – The City Council agenda includes a proposal for a Vehicle Dweller program. People living in RVs includes children in our schools, workers in our city. With 89% of Berkeley rents > $2000/month* and a full time $15/hour job paying $2,600/month before any withholding, it should be clear why people are living in vehicles. The people who don't have enough resources for vehicle sheltering are in tents, shelter beds, doorways and literally on the street.
Wednesday – The Planning Commission hearing on moving lot lines on contiguous properties a tactic being used to game-the-system/avoid paying the full affordable housing fees (In Lieu Mitigation Fee) to the City or include affordable units in for sale condominium projects.
Wednesday - David Brower Center – Panel on California's Drinking Water Crisis
Thursday – The Housing Advisory Commission has a full agenda of important issues.
Saturday – Berkeley Portrait Project Opening at the Brower Center
Sunday, March 31, 201
No City meetings or events found
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The technology breaks down polyester-based products into their polymer building blocks.
Leading specialty materials company Eastman, Kingsport, Tennessee, has announced that it will pursue the launch of circular recycling technology that uses polyester scrap that cannot be recycled using mechanical methods currently available. Using the process of methanolysis, Eastman says its technology breaks down polyester-based products into their polymer building blocks, which can be reintroduced to produce new polyester-based polymers.
The technology enables the recycling of low-quality polyester, or polyethylene terephthalate (PET), scrap that would typically be diverted to landfills into high-quality polyesters suitable for use in a variety of end markets, including food-contact applications, according to the company.
Eastman says it is executing an engineering feasibility study on the design and construction of a commercial scale methanolysis facility to meet its customers' demands and has engaged in initial discussions with potential partners across the value chain regarding the development of such a facility. The company's goal is to be operating a full-scale, circular recycling facility within 24 to 36 months.
For more information, visit www.eastman.com/Circular-Economy.
Franklin County, Ohio, communities can receive a 50 percent discount.
The Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio (SWACO), Grove City, Ohio, has announced a new program designed to help Franklin County communities purchase 65-gallon curbside recycling carts at a reduced price. Communities can purchase the carts at a 50 percent discount, or roughly $22.50 per cart.
While more than 96 percent of Franklin County single-family households have access to curbside recycling pickup, many communities still use small recycling containers or bins, roughly 18 gallons in capacity, for their residential programs, SWACO says.
The wheeled recycling carts provide residents and communities a number of advantages over the recycling bins, according to SWACO: They are easier to move to the curb; they have a lid, which reduces litter on windy days; and the larger size makes it easier for residents to recycle more material. Additionally, wheeled carts allow for automated collection, improving the safety of collection workers and providing greater efficiency, both of which can benefit communities as they seek competitive bids for lower-cost recycling and waste-hauling services.
SWACO says it will use a portion of the disposal fee collected at the Franklin County Sanitary Landfill to pay for the costs associated with purchasing the new carts.
Funding for this program is available to Franklin County communities that do not currently own wheeled recycling carts.
SWACO will initially provide the larger carts to five communities, which represent more than 38,000 households in Bexley, Blendon Township, Gahanna, Reynoldsburg and Westerville.
Thanks to additional funding SWACO secured through a grant provided by The Recycling Partnership, Falls Church, Virginia, these five communities will receive an even greater reduction in the cost to purchase the 65-gallon recycling carts. While the larger carts typically cost about $45 each, these communities will pay only $15.52 per cart, with SWACO and The Recycling Partnership contributing the rest. The grant was provided as part of the All In On Recycling challenge launched last summer by The Recycling Partnership and the PepsiCo Foundation.
In addition to purchasing new carts, SWACO says it will use funds from The Recycling Partnership grant to provide recycling education materials to all residents around central Ohio. As part of SWACO's ongoing "Recycle Right" program, these educational materials will include guidelines for what can and cannot be recycled in Franklin County to ensure residents are recycling effectively and efficiently.


The dimensions of the rings are 6/25 inch(6mm) Outside Diameter. Quantity: about 150pcs/compartment, about 900pcs in total.
The stainless steel jump rings come with a sturdy plastic organizer box for convenient to store and carry.
The jump rings are made of stainless steel and have been cleaned and polished. Ready to use!
The jump ring is popularly used as a connector in jewelry construction. It can be used for attaching charms to necklaces or bracelets.
Size: about 6mm in diameter, 1mm thick; about 4mm inner diameter; about 180pcs/compartment.


Amos promised to return in 2018 to try to become the first driver to record a time below 40secs on the current course. After going progressively faster throughout the weekend in his Nicolson-McLaren powered racer, a gearshift problem spoiled his final run.
"I had a gear selection problem on the last run, but this is only a new car for me and there's more speed to come, so I'll be back next year for another crack," he said. The 650 horsepower V8 Gould replaced an older version he had raced at the past three events.
Michael Von Rappard was forced to accept second place in his Dallara F392 for another year, although his time of 42.2911 sec. also was below Amos's 2016 record.
Around 200 historic, classic and performance cars ranging in vintage from the 1920s to modern-day contested the Sprints in 59 classes. Representing the oldest, the 1925 Austin 750 of Russell Wright claimed a best time of 1 min. 19.0072 sec., but the fastest Historic-category car overall was the 1976 Bowin Hay P6 V8 of David Cross, which set a time of 49.6992 sec.
President of the Historic Leyburn Sprints community-run organising committee, Tricia Chant, announced a total two-day attendance of 15,000.
"The 2017 Sprints attendance was virtually the same as in 2016. We're very happy with this number, considering the blustery weather made for cold outdoor conditions on Saturday," Mrs Chant said.
Off-track attractions included more than 150 cars and motorcycles – and one tractor - in the annual Shannons Show 'n' Shine competition. Entrants represented more than 30 brands from Cadillac, to Lancia to Vauxhall, with the Best in Show going to Ally Connolly's 1956 Holden FJ.
An American aluminium Airstream believed to be one of the first three built won Best Vintage Caravan from 28 colourfully-themed entries, many with period-matching tow vehicles, depicting motoring holidays as they used to be.
A date for the 2018 Sprints is expected to be confirmed later this year.
1. Dean Amos (Gould GR55B) 40.5651 sec.
The community-run Sprints benefits local organisations and projects, with funds this year going to the Leyburn State School. Tourism and Events Queensland's Queensland Destination Events Program and Southern Downs Regional Council provides financial assistance to help promote the event and attract visitors to the Southern Downs region.


Last weekend there were reports from around the country of strange lights in the sky, flying about, flaring up, flaring out, chasing each other.
Petr Fejk who transformed the zoo into one of the most exciting venues in Prague will now be heading to New York, where he will run the Czech Republic's National Bohemian Hall.
The Czech Republic has taken its first medal at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin: the silver for Barbora Špotáková in the women's javelin.
A group of Eurosceptic senators are going to send a freshly announced petition to the Czech Constitutional Court, ahead of a challenge to the document itself.
The Czech government on Monday approved a proposal to allow product placement in television programmes. In one sense it means a new advertising medium, and in another, simply bringing above-board what producers have already been doing for a long time.
Police in north Moravia have made a major breakthrough in the case of a petrol bomb attack on a Romani family's home, charging four men with racially motivated attempted murder.
EU leaders are currently meeting in Brussels for the last summit of the Czech Republic's EU presidency. Štefan Füle talks about Czech delegation's preparations.
The Czech Civic Democrat MEP Edvard Kožušník had promised voters he would get on his bike if they gave him their support in the European parliamentary elections.
Driving on busy dual-carriageways can be a hairy experience. Indeed, the Czech Republic has one of the highest rates of road fatalities in all of Europe; last year, nearly 1,100 people died on Czech roads.
For those who simply can't get enough of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, there is another important film event just around the corner in very same place - the Fresh Film Festival.


Ricera is a company based in Miami, to which we provided services from more of a maintenance standpoint. For this client we completed a complete renovation of their air conditioner system, including ducks and main units. However these weren't any regular air conditioner units, these were units made to refrigerate an entire warehouse, which is where we installed them. This project is simply to resonate the message that we are not too big for any job, we have the capabilities of providing services for any job that fall within our realm of work.


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El II Campeonato Europeo de Triatlón se celebró en Milton Keynes (Reino Unido) el 22 de junio de 1986 bajo la organización de la Unión Europea de Triatlón (ETU) y la Federación Británica de Triatlón.

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Tackling violence, building peace: global strategy 2016
Violence and conflict affects almost one fifth of the world's population or 1.5 billion people. The daily fear, uncertainty and suffering borne by people living through violent conflicts in countries such as Syria, Iraq and South Sudan is immeasurable and unimaginable. The war in Syria, has contributed to the highest number of displaced people since World War II; nearly five million having fled its bombs and bullets. Meanwhile, the catastrophe continues for people trapped in besieged villages across Syria and Iraq. Other countries like Colombia are striving to end protracted conflicts and push peace over the line. Today, one in every 122 people is now a refugee, internally displaced or seeking asylum, and the cost of world military spending is said to be nearly 250 times more than is spent on peace building. Christian Aid has adopted 'Tackling Violence, Building Peace,' as a strategic priority to address these critical trends and because we know that human development cannot be achieved without tackling violence. Seventy years after Christian Aid's establishment, the root causes and levels of violence in poor communities where we work persists, often at higher levels and irrespective of whether those communities are 'at war' or not. Most of the world's poorest people live outside of any form of protection and remain vulnerable to war and conflict, violent criminal organisations, gender-based violence, police abuse, forced labour and violent theft of land and other assets on a daily basis. People who do not have a safe place to call home, reliable access to food and an income because of violence, cannot plan for the future. Communities living through daily violence cannot thrive. And children who are forced to leave school because of violence are denied a chance at their hopes and dreams. Women and girls are also increasingly subject to physical and sexual violence, a harrowing result of gender inequality. Conflict is complex and even when peace comes, it does not always signal an end to violence. It can mark a shift from militarised conflict to widespread social conflict. For example, in Central America more people die violently today due to crime than during the civil wars of Guatemala, El Salvador and Nicaragua combined. Our new strategy underpins our commitment to tackle violence and to promote just and lasting peace and security where we work. The strategy is deeply informed by our work in countries across the globe and reflects the aspirations and vision of our local partners. Peace is both an end in itself and a prerequisite for development. 'Tackling Violence, Building Peace' is our pledge to work tirelessly and collectively towards a safer future that secures justice and human rights for all.


Growing and changing is an inevitable part in all our paths. As our team continues to develop and change, so does our company as a whole. To be able to flow with the change and adapt to the evolution of our culture is something we are very ecstatic to participate in. We discover what enriches our souls and incorporate it into our daily agendas, our team is here to help facilitate this for you.
We have serviced all facets of our community and in doing so, we have been able to learn and develop creative ways to provide our services. Many internet marketers who solicit us want to define our place and role in the space. To do so, would only limit and put us in comparison to other entities. Learn more about our team.
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March Comes in Like a Lion…….and goes out like one, too
There has been so much chatter about the extended winter we have had, the unremitting cold that simply doesn't want to loosen its grip on us here in New York. At this point, at March's end when pansies would otherwise be braving the chill while crocuses punctuate the winter-weary ground, the weather has become the focus of every conversation along the East Coast. From family dinner tables to board rooms, from Facebook to Twitter, the cold and snow are center stage to other more noteworthy news.
For the most part, we are impatient with the weather, anxious to feel the warmth of the sun and the soft carpet of new grass beneath our feet, but for those whose homes are sheets of cardboard over a subway grate or the huddled, shadowed corner of a stone-cold step of an urban church, Spring and all it's renewed beauty may as well be another year away. Cold is cold when shelter is absent and the city streets at night won't feel warm until the depth of summer envelopes us.
It is, of course, a relative matter and we are, after all, only human in our crankiness. I merely offer this: as we seethe over extended heating bills that we will see into the month of April, as we roll our eyes at the thought of wearing those cold-weather clothes we're so anxious to shed, it may do us all a bit of good to be grateful for all that we DO have. The weather will warm, the flowers will emerge and when the heat index goes well into the humid 90's, we will complain about the excessive temperatures as well.
There really ARE so many – too many – who simply don't have the luxury of complaining, as they just hold on and hope for even the slightest improvement. For them, life hangs precariously in the balance. For us, we really ought to remember that.
ASIDE"You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. What you'll discover will be wonderful. What you'll discover is yourself." ~ Alan Alda
November is the beginning of the busy months. Holidays rapidly descend upon us, starting with my favorite holiday of all: Thanksgiving. Our group of twenty high school kids accompanied by four hearty adults made our way into the city last night, to reach out to the homeless men and women who, after 25 years, have become part of the fabric of our lives, and who we'll see again soon at our 24th Annual Thanksgiving Dinner for the Homeless. It's become tradition. It's become anticipated. It has been the focus of conversation among so many of our street friends from our first Run in September to the later, colder winter Runs when so many will reminisce about the food and the friendship they felt in November when the iconic school buses picked hundreds of them up so they, too, could enjoy a homemade holiday meal.
It cannot be easy, accepting the kindness of strangers. And yet, over the many years, these forged relationships between the teenagers and the homeless poor of New York City have created a deep and lasting bond of trust, of compassion, of love. Watching this crew of 20 students last night engage in animated conversation, sharing their anticipation of the Thanksgiving party they've worked so hard on, was nothing short of sheer joy.
It was the third stop on our list of five that touched me in that way that only happens on a Run. While speaking to a woman I had never seen before, I heard my name being called with a request to come over to the back of the truck where the kids were dishing out cups of Rob's steaming hot chili and cubes of sweet cornbread in the shadows of the park. Timothy was here and I was genuinely happy to see him. In his clipped but polite cadence, he spoke as if life was one run-on
sentence,"HelloMrs.NewmanHowareyouMrs.NewmanAndI'msogladtoseeyouMrs.NewmanandI'msorryIdidn'tcallyoutoletyouknowIwascomingtotheRunbutI'mworkinghardonmylifeMrsNewman….."And then something changed. What I had always perceived as a demeanor guided by the antipsychotic drugs he was taking to combat his mental illness, changed. Timothy's steady, flatline voice became animated and engaged as he told me about the program he was chosen for, a program sponsored by Fordham University that was studying homelessness in the city. He told me how at his age, he never had his own place and that now, with the help of the Fordham crew, he was working with case workers on getting his own home. He told me with life in his eyes that he's going back to school to complete his degree. I had no idea he had attended college! He's enrolled at City College where he will major in writing in January, and he told me how much he is looking forward to having a normal life, a normal job, a perspective that was more like a fog-lifting experience, revealing a whole world to him of truth and clarity. Timothy, for every intent and purpose, has found himself. And while he spoke in this authentic manner, free of the robotic disposition I had grown accustomed too, I felt the tears well in my eyes. The pressures of planning our homeless Thanksgiving dinner dissipated and I found myself hugging this sweet man who slew his share of demons in the twenty five years I have called him my friend.
Timothy, like so many other men and women I have met whose lives were shattered and splintered by opportunities missed, has found himself and knows now what freedom really feels like, tastes like, and he's embracing it.
And on the way home, while the chatter in the van eased and the quiet of the early morning hours blanketed the group, I heard only this in my head, as I thought of Timothy's self discovery, a verse from the one song that our Thanksgiving guests sing, year after year:
"I once was lost but now I'm found, 'Twas blind but now I see."
Good for you, Timothy! Good for you and your proven tenacity, your steadfast commitment to your own growth and your ability to overcome so many obstacles in your path. I'll look for those Timberland boots you asked for, my friend, with the hope that they'll continue to guide you out of your self-imposed darkness and into the Light.
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Successive Slidings of Pleasure
"Not really a feminist protest, although why not? In another sense of the word feminist."
That's Alain Robbe-Grillet describing how his protagonist (brilliantly acted by Anicée Alvina) subverts the institutions of law-enforcement, justice and religion. The confusion over the film's gender politics comes from the fact that this agent of destruction spends much of the film in the nude and playing on the (undeniably male) spectator's own desires. Robbe-Grillet was probably aware of feminism's fire-breathing over sex in the 70s, which is why he's a bit uncertain of his claim that the film is feminist. I suspect today's more sex-positive attitude may accommodate a feminist reading more readily.
Then again, there are uncertainties throughout this film, and Robbe-Grillet is perfectly content with letting them lie unexplained. The artist doesn't have to speak for the work, it just is. And you can read as much or as little as you want into its succession of disturbingly pleasurable images. Although some viewers may dismiss the project as horribly pretentious and confused, I think that reaction misses the mischievous sense of humour running through it. This is a film made on a bet – Robbe-Grillet was determined to stick to a shoe-string budget of half a million francs. And some of the scenes are little more than in-jokes. Apparently the gravedigger who unearths the props in the film one by one is the editor, which Robbe-Grillet finds hilarious.
Even with the very obvious wreckage the creator has wrought, I think there are things to salvage. One of the funniest 'jokes' in the film is when two actresses woodenly play out the beginning of a porn scene, the seductress eagerly consenting to unimaginable horrors because they "sound like fun", before turning her eyes to the camera, and making clear that the only fun being had will be by the people watching. Robbe-Grillet likes to allude to Aristotle's idea of catharsis in justifying the allusions to murder and torture. These things reveal the monsters in our own heads, and allow us to confront them – and tame them.
Although most of the unreal, outrageous tale-spinning that we see playing out on screen is supposed to occur when Alvina is imprisoned, I actually don't think any of the film is intended to be "realistic". Partly this is because the budget didn't allow for it – the look of the film is sparse, clean and "superficial" (in Robbe-Grillet's words). Everything we see is a visualisation of what is going on in someone's head – whether the characters' or ours is an open question. A simple example the film starts with is the interrogation scene, in which Alvina starts to disrobe simply because the interrogator (and the audience) is already imagining her naked.
Another example is the flashy police investigator, who swoops and spins ridiculously in front of the camera. Again, it's the man's own interior sense of himself, or our own expectations of the cool noir hero, that we see – not what's really happening. The film's archness only draws attention to the fact that all fictional films are representations of reality. The sense of "realness" is always smoke and mirrors. Successive Slidings of Pleasure brings out that artificiality mostly to make some sly jokes at the expense of the viewer and their expectations, but also by emphasising the way our subjectivity warps the reality around us, to the point where we can get lost in the stories we tell, and the images we fetishize.
Index: Alain Robbe-Grillet, Feminism, Film
The Incal
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'Knack 2' Review: Bits And Pieces Of Family Fun
Mitch Wallace
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Sep 5, 2017, 04:39am EDT |
The environments in 'Knack 2' look great, especially on a PS4 Pro.
Credit: Mitch Wallace/Sony Interactive Entertainment
I've been hankering for some gaming comfort food lately, and Sony has opened up its kitchen to serve some savory stew and garlic mashed potatoes. Soft, fresh-baked biscuits. Oh, and a pitcher of tasty Thai iced tea. Delicious. But I digress.
During the PS4 launch and through all the resulting next-gen hubhub, I had my curious eye set on the original Knack. It was bright, colorful and above all else, shaping up to scratch my perpetual 3D platformer itch. But since it took me a few years to finally pick up Sony's fourth major home console, I was—and much to my dismay, I might add—late in playing through Mark Cerny's modern action-platformer. During the wretched interim, though, I was privy to what seemed like a relentless storm of negative public opinion regarding the quirky family-friendly title, an ongoing cloud over PlayStation's possible Crash Bandicoot successor. And honestly, with the ridiculous way people talked about the game (and still talk about it, really), you'd think it was one of those limping Steam Greenlight abominations that Jim Sterling spends his dog days harping on. Surely it couldn't be that bad.
And here's the thing: It wasn't. Once I tried the game, I enjoyed Knack. A whole lot, actually. Sure, it had its flaws, namely a strange lack of personality and a difficulty curve that, I'd imagine, placed it out of reach for the very audience it was aimed at. But I finished the entire game and even went back to look for secrets and earn Trophies later on. Fast forward almost four years and we're finally receiving Knack 2, which by most accounts is just, well, more Knack. Refined and re-balanced, yes. Less punishing, sure. New features and a fresh coat of paint, of course. But the core is still very much what people played back in 2013. Whether you dig that core or not might determine your enjoyment level with the sequel. But even if the launch game rubbed you the wrong way, I'd highly recommend you check out what's been tweaked for this installment. You might be surprised.
Trees, trees and more trees.
After choosing an appropriate level of challenge (I went with 'normal' for my playthrough, but there's plenty of others), Knack 2 drops you in right after the events of the original Knack. You don't need to play the first game to understand what's going on, especially since the narrative is standard Saturday morning cartoon fare. Basically, there are Goblins, and Knack and his human friends want to stop said Goblins. There's meandering talk of ancient technology and old wars, but it honestly doesn't go much deeper than that. I will say that the dialogue seems slightly better this time around, and there are even a few somewhat funny moments to be had, but the story on display isn't going to win any awards. Nor does it have to, because it serves its purpose as a progression engine, always moving you into the next area or scenario.
Gameplay-wise, the relatively linear structure is back, as are the general basics. You assume the role of Knack, a creature comprised entirely of magic relics that gather up like levitating building blocks as you collect them throughout levels. These bits and pieces can increase Knack's size until he's a lumbering, Godzilla-esque giant or drop away completely so that he's miniscule enough to fit through tiny air vents or slide along ledges. It's a genuinely cool mechanic that I feel really comes into its own in Knack 2. By the way, building Knack up and breaking him down with the touch of the R1 button feels stupidly satisfying. It's like the ultimate fidget spinner. Also, controlling this living tornado of debris feels a bit tighter in the sequel, and Knack can learn and upgrade over 20 different moves via a branching skill tree that you unlock as you gather blue relic energy. Additionally, there are numerous QTEs (quick time events) that prove nicely cinematic and warm my Shenmue heart.
Just a Knack in the snow.
Also returning from the first game are the secret rooms that house treasure boxes. Gamers on your friend's list who have discovered particular chests within different stages will essentially leave their randomly found item behind, which you can grab and use to build various gadgets that provide boosts and assistance. It's a neat little indirect way of playing the game alongside your friends, even though the excellent two-player mode is restricted to couch co-op only. That said, playing through Knack 2 by yourself is just fine, but adding a buddy to the chaotic mix is a ton of fun. Not exactly TMNT IV: Turtles in Time levels of camaraderie, but it's solid and runs well, nonetheless.
Speaking of running well, Knack 2 is PS4 Pro enhanced and looks gorgeous running in HDR and High Definition mode. The framerate can suffer at times, but there's an option to turn down the detail in order to keep it at a steady 60fps if that's what you're after. Regardless of how you experience the visuals, they're downright impressive. Wet rocks glisten. Trees cast moving shadows through fluttering leaves. Sunlight bathes expansive vistas. Beautiful stuff, really. From an audio standpoint, the soundtrack is orchestral and full, even Goonies-esque in certain places.
So many rocks, so little time.
Combat, which sometimes proved frustrating in the first Knack, feels much better this time around. But know that this isn't a simple button-mashing affair; if you don't play strategically by dodging, blocking and utilizing special moves, you will die. Over and over, in fact. Until you want to bump the difficulty down to 'easy' and go snag a cozy job at Build-A-Bear. On that note, one unfortunate holdover from the first game is the timing in relation to dodging. No matter how much I practice, it still feels slightly off. That or the enemy animations are too unpredictable. When a goblin is gearing up for a heavy strike or arrow shot, they always seem to take just a bit too long to deliver, which usually has me reacting a hair too soon. Knack's reach also seems too short, a small complaint I had with the original.
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I could stand by virtual waterfalls all day.
When you get down to brass tacks and scattered relics, Knack 2 is a nostalgic, if somewhat sterile, throwback to the happy-go-lucky titles we were getting in droves during the late '90s and early 2000s. You remember them. Games that valued feel over scope. No bloated budgets. No asinine season passes. All running, jumping and collecting. In that spirit, Knack 2 is innocent. It's breezy. It's full of eyeroll-worthy tropes and cartoonish melodrama. It's goofy fantasy brimming with vibrant color and responsive controls. And Knack 2 pulls it all off with zero concern for weapons loadouts, downloadable content or online matchmaking. Why? Because there's simply no need. For all intents and purposes, Mark Cerny's sequel is one of the most 'gamey' video games I've played in recent memory and stands as a reminder of what I still consider to be the Golden Years of this industry. You bought a disc, you popped it in, you pressed 'Power' and damn it, you had fun.
I really like that about Knack 2. I like that a lot.
Platform: PS4
Developer: SIE Japan Studio
Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment
Released: September 5, 2017
Score: 8/10
Disclaimer: Sony provided a free review code to make this article possible.


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White House website responds to privacy concerns about Google; additional steps needed
Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 12:08 pm
Twelve hours after blogger Chris Soghoian revealed privacy concerns about Google's involvement with the official White House website, there is some good news.
Although the steps taken by the White House webmasters don't go far enough, they are steps in the right direction. Here's what happened:
Federal regulations specifically say that "agencies are prohibited from using persistent cookies or any other means (e.g., web beacons) to track visitors' activity" unless there is a "compelling need."
Cookies are bits of code placed on a browser when a website is visted. They are used for authenticating, session tracking (state maintenance), and maintaining specific information about users.
According to the White House website's privacy policy, The White House Counsel has issued a waiver to Google, allowing it to set persistent cookies on users' computers when they view video files from You Tube that are embedded in the White House website.
On Thursday the site went far beyond the stated privacy policy. Simply going to the page where the video was embedded put a persistent cookie on the viewer's computer allowing Google to track the user on the government site. After Soghoian's post, the site was modified so that Google's cookies are now set only when a viewer clicks on the video. It is also possible to download the video with getting a cookie.
The White House apparently took notice of privacy concerns and acted. That's a good thing, but in fact there is no "compelling reason" to allow Google to gather information about visitors to the White House website and to monitor WhiteHouse.gov visitors' video choices, thus amassing more data for Google's business purposes. In addition, the fact that Google's CEO Eric Schmidt is a major Obama supporter creates the appearance of a conflict of interest.
The White House needs to rescind the waiver for You Tube immediately and halt this intrusive practice. There are a myriad of ways to display video on a website without setting persistent cookies.
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Q: Modify Hashtables in the ST Monad So, I was looking for mutable hashtables (for speed reasons), and the updated answer from Don Stewart led me to try out hashtables.
Being a bit inexperienced in the ST Monad, I successfully expanded the given example to:
{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
{-# LANGUAGE ScopedTypeVariables #-}
{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleContexts #-}

import qualified Data.HashTable.ST.Cuckoo as C
import qualified Data.HashTable.Class as H
import Control.Monad.ST.Safe
import Data.Text

type HashTable s k v = C.HashTable s k v

foo :: ST s (HashTable s Text Int)
foo = do
  ht <- H.newSized 1
  H.insert ht "abc" 1
  H.insert ht "dea" 3
  return ht

add1 :: HashTable s Text Int -> ST s (HashTable s Text Int)
add1 ht = do
  H.insert ht "abc" 2
  H.insert ht "dea" 4
  return ht

main = do
  let x = runST $ H.toList =<< foo
  print x
  let y = runST $ H.toList =<< add1 =<< foo
  print y

From my (limited) understanding it allows to operate on data structures in a mutable way, but then 'freeze them' and present the result in such a way that it can be escaped from, through runST - and thus we can use the let bindings, and not <-.
However, I was failing to see how I could operate on an hashtable without always converting it to/from lists. The following code does not even compile:
   -- does not compile
   let z = runST foo
   let w = runST $ add1 z
   print w

It gives the following error (among others):
hashtable.hs:31:19:
Couldn't match type `a' with `C.HashTable s Text Int'
  `a' is a rigid type variable bound by
      the inferred type of z :: a at hashtable01.hs:31:7
Expected type: ST s a
  Actual type: ST s (HashTable s Text Int)
In the second argument of `($)', namely `foo'
In the expression: runST $ foo
In an equation for `z': z = runST $ foo

This is probably due to the s constrain in the type, and my guess is that it's probably there for precisely that reason. If we would later use z it would not have the same value, since the add1 operated in place, and thus it would not be pure. Is this correct?
But then, the ST Monad in this particular case is only useful for a situation where:

*

*You give a fixed input

*You calculate the new value based on it, using mutable data structures

*You freeze the result, making it imutable again.

Any further change requires a toList/fromList that efectively copies the values and keeps the original imutable. As I am writing this, I'm thinking - duh, this is the definition of a pure function, as used everywhere in haskell, and thus the use case for the ST Monad (have I reached ST enlightenment?)
So, i guess the real question in this case is: isn't this toList/fromList operation expensive (2xO(n)), and couldn't it there be another way to operate on a copy without the toList/fromList pair of functions. Or am I overcomplicating, and I should just use the IO version of Hashtables?

A: You are correct that you can't operate on a hashtable once it leaves the ST monad. The answer is not to do toList/fromList marshaling, but instead to just have a single runST that scopes over everything you need to do with mutating that table.
I.e. as Louis wrote in the comments: "pull everything else into the ST monad until you have a function which uses a hash table as an internal implementation detail and doesn't expose that to the rest of the code".


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Q: Finding Dependencies of a System How do I go about finding the complete dependency tree for a given project in Common Lisp?
I've tried using (ql-dist:dependency-tree "my-project") which errors ((ql-dist:find-system "my-project") returns nil whether my system is loaded or not), and (slot-value (asdf/system:find-system "my-project") 'asdf/component:sideway-dependencies) seems to return only direct dependencies where I'm looking for the full tree (it also seems to return conditional/implementation-specific dependencies, such as sb-posix and sb-bsd-sockets, which I'd prefer to do without).
Is there a standard one-step way of doing this, or will I need to recursively walk the output of that sideway-dependencies slot and filter idiosyncratically?

A: Here's a crack at the solution:
Take 3 (this could probably be a its own project at this stage):
(defgeneric ->key (thing))

(defmethod ->key ((thing string))
  (intern (string-upcase thing) :keyword))

(defmethod ->key ((thing symbol))
  (if (keywordp thing)
      thing
      (intern (symbol-name thing) :keyword)))

(defgeneric dependencies-of (system))
(defmethod dependencies-of ((system symbol))
  (mapcar #'->key (slot-value (asdf/system:find-system system) 'asdf/component:sideway-dependencies)))

(defun ordered-dep-tree (dep-tree)
  (let ((res))
    (labels ((in-res? (dep-name) (member dep-name res))
             (insert-pass (remaining)
                (loop for (dep . sub-deps) in remaining
                      for unmet-sub-deps = (remove-if #'in-res? sub-deps)
                      if (null unmet-sub-deps) do (push dep res)
                      else collect (cons dep unmet-sub-deps) into next-rems
                      finally (return next-rems))))
      (loop for (dep . callers) in dep-tree for deps-of = (dependencies-of dep)
            if (null deps-of) do (push dep res)
            else collect (cons dep deps-of) into non-zeros
            finally (loop while non-zeros
                          do (setf non-zeros (insert-pass non-zeros)))))
      (reverse res)))

(defgeneric dependency-tree (system))
(defmethod dependency-tree ((system symbol))
  (let ((res (make-hash-table)))
    (labels ((rec (sys)
               (loop with deps = (dependencies-of sys)
                  for dep in deps for dep-k = (->key dep)
                  unless (gethash dep-k res) do (rec dep)
                  do (pushnew (->key sys) (gethash dep-k res)))))
      (rec system))
     (ordered-dep-tree (alexandria:hash-table-alist res))))

That still doesn't filter for sb-*-style packages, but I figure I can do that in a separate pass. It seems to work though...
CL-USER> (dependency-tree :hunchentoot)

(:SB-BSD-SOCKETS :TRIVIAL-BACKTRACE :RFC2388 :SB-ROTATE-BYTE
 :TRIVIAL-GARBAGE :TRIVIAL-FEATURES :CL-PPCRE :ALEXANDRIA :SB-POSIX
 :CL-BASE64 :TRIVIAL-GRAY-STREAMS :USOCKET :MD5 :BABEL :FLEXI-STREAMS
 :BORDEAUX-THREADS :CHUNGA :CFFI :CL-FAD :CL+SSL)

I think that's a list of all packages that need to be loaded before :hunchentoot, presented in an order they can be loaded (no package appears before all of its dependencies appear). It doesn't handle circular dependencies, but I don't think asdf does either, so...


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