Richard Carrick is a composer, conductor and pianist of French-Algerian and British descent, and is currently based in America, where he is the Chair of Composition at Berklee College of Music. He writes music of "spatial depth and robust stasis, characterized by continual development and the evocation of profound human experiences"[i]. He also co-founded the contemporary music ensemble Either/Or, where he is the co-artistic director; and is a 2015-2016 Guggenheim fellow.
According to the composer himself, two ideas by two distinctively different artists provided the basis of how the three instruments interact with one another in the piece. The first idea is by English film director and producer Alfred Hitchcock, whose films contain elements presented either as suspense or surprise. In presenting all of the musical materials in the piece, Carrick took these concepts of anticipation and unpredictability and interpreted them into a musical context.
The second idea, by philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, is about "Family Resemblances" and the "simultaneous coexistence of both extreme similarities and noticeable differences between two or more complex things, such as the facial resemblances between family members."[ii]These ideas give rise to how the composer treats the character of each instrument and the material they play.
In the piece, one hears three distinctive characters, represented by the three instruments, which seem independent at first but gradually coincide with each other more often as their gestures become more similar. Yet they eventually return to their characteristic timbres, much like how family members are inherently unique after all. This idea of simultaneity that the composer employed was his initial attempt at this way of working, after which his two later pieces for ensemble, The Veins of Marble(2000/2013) and Cosmicomics (2005), were also based on this concept.
Family Resemblances was originally written in 1997 as FmlrSmblNcs for oboe, piano and percussion, but was subsequently revised in 2012 for soprano saxophone, piano and percussion. The premiere was performed by Nouvel Ensemble Moderne in 1997, and the premiere of the saxophone version will be performed by Patrick Stadler and WuXian Ensemble, as part of the Sounding Now Festival in Singapore.
[i]Balliett, Brad. Current Bio. 2019, http://www.richardcarrick.com/bio.html.
[ii]Carrick, Richard. Family Resemblances. 2012, http://www.richardcarrick.com/fresemblances.html.


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Martin Lewis issues warning over 5% deposit mortgage deals
Martin Lewis, founder of Money Saving Expert, has given advice over the government's 95% mortgage guarantee scheme
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Martin Lewis has offered advice on 5% mortgages
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Money Saving Expert Martin Lewis has warned house buyers about "hyped up" 5% mortgage deals.
He urged buyers to think carefully as some of the deals on the government's 95% mortgage guarantee scheme aren't the best in the market.
It comes after the new government-backed mortgage guarantee scheme opened this week, in a boost for those looking to get on the property ladder.
The scheme sees buyers borrow 95% of the property value of their new home, meaning they need just a 5% deposit, with the government acting as a guarantor if the buyer defaults on their payments.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has said that he hopes it will give lenders the confidence they need to start lending again, reports The Mirror.
However, Martin says that house buyers shouldn't automatically opt for the mortgage deal, because you can actually end up saving cash if you can afford a bigger deposit.
Writing in the weekly MoneySavingExpert newsletter, Martin said some of the lenders offering 5% deposit mortgages through the scheme are "hyping it up" and may not have better rates for borrowers.
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The money expert urged house buyers to do their research first.
He said: "Don't favour a mortgage just because it's part of the scheme.
"The MGS offers lenders surety so they can offer more mortgages, but they aren't any better for borrowers - so pick solely based on which offers the best terms."
Martin told how fees are typically smaller when dealing with a larger deposit, which means your repayments will be less each month, as you have borrowed less.
As an example, he says someone buying a £150,000 property with a 5% deposit, and a deal with a 3.69% rate and £600 fee, would typically pay £9,050 a year for their home.
But if the same person had a 10% deposit, and a deal with a 2.99% rate and £1,000 fee, the yearly cost would go down to £8,200.
Martin added: "As a rough rule, for each five percentage-point extra deposit you have, mortgages get cheaper, until you've a 40% deposit (60% LTV)."
The MSE founder also explained how 5% deposits are not new to the market and have been around for years, so not every 95% mortgage deal you see will be backed by the government.
Hundreds of these types of deals were pulled from the market during the height of the coronavirus crisis but a large number are now starting to return - typically for those with the best credit ratings and financial history.
Which lenders have 5% deposit deals under the scheme?
You should note that your income and financial history will still be taken into account if you go for a mortgage deal under the guarantee scheme.
Borrowers will also want to be aware of any extra fees that you may need to pay to take out a mortgage - some of which can be spread across the deal's fixed term.
The below are some the cheapest deals currently available, according to Moneyfacts.co.uk.
Lloyds Bank: Rates range from 3.73% to 4.20% across a mix of two-year and five-year deals.
NatWest and Royal Bank of Scotland: Two-year fixed deals with a 3.90% rate, and a five-year deal with a 4.04% rate.
Barclays : Two-year fixed deal with a rate of 3.99% and a five-year fix at a rate of 4.09%.
Halifax: Rates range from 3.73% to 4.20% across 16 two-year and five-year deals.
HSBC: Rates from 3.99% to 4.49% for two-year and five-year fixes.
Santander: The bank has a two-year tracker as well as three and five year fixed rate deals ranging from rates of 3.99% to 4.09%.
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Foreign/Chinese Joint Venture Car Manufacturers
2010 Beijing Mercedes E-class long
BBDC to make all-new Benz E-class car by 2010.
February 10, 2009 - The lengthened version of Mercedes-Benz E-class will be produced in Beijing by 2010, Beijing Morning Post reported, citing sources.
Beijing Benz-DaimlerChrysler Automotive Co. (BBDC) has shifted its focus to C-class car production and selling before the E-class is put into production. "The production of old E-class cars is likely to be ceased and BBDC will focus on producing C-class cars," a dealer of BBDC in Beijing disclosed.
"The all-new E-class Mercedes-Benz, launched at the beginning of this year, is likely to be imported to China for temporary sales," the dealer said. BBDC will produce the lengthened version of Mercedes-Benz E-class (code-named V212 inside) by 2010, said sources from BBDC.
The Mercedes-Benz production line has been busily occupied since the China-made Mercedes-Benz C-class car went on sale, BBDC sources said to reporters. The C-class cars are selling well and only has a small inventory, a dealer said.
The Mercedes-Benz E-class will rival Audi A6L, the lengthened version of BMW 5-Series and Volvos 80L, according to the dealer.
Gasgoo.com
2010 Mercedes E-class long
First spy pictures:
http://auto.sina.com.cn/car/2009-11-04/0911535755.shtml
Rally Red Lancer GTS
Re: 2010 Mercedes E-class long
Not a very inspiring looking car. Period.
Very disappointing, come on Mercedes, you can do better than that!
China made E300 long:
http://www.autohome.com.cn/news/201003/101576.html
TonyJZX
shame because the old w211 chassis was a pretty decent looking car... better than this... look at the old e55/e63...
World premiere at Auto China:
http://car.autohome.com.cn/showcar/exps15/197.html
Mercedes Benz E 260L CGI Avantgarde
http://car.autohome.com.cn/photo/7707/1/699002.html
Mercedes Benz E 260L CGI
http://car.autohome.com.cn/photo/7707/10/698991.html
Discussion Starter · #10 · Apr 29, 2010 (Edited)
pics at:
http://car.autohome.com.cn/pic/series-s7707/197.html
http://car.autohome.com.cn/pic/series/197.html
http://product.xgo.com.cn/pic_list/2721/
http://che168.car.autohome.com.cn/pic/series_421.htm
First drive:
http://www.autohome.com.cn/drive/201004/109669.html
China-made stretched Mercedes sedans go on sale
German automaker Daimler's premium unit Mercedes-Benz recently released to the Chinese market two long-wheelbase E-class sedan models locally made only at the joint venture Beijing Benz, China Daily reported today.
The two Mercedes-Benz sedans are the E 260L CGI ELE and the E 300L AVA, specifically tailored for Chinese buyers. The retail price of the E 260L CGI ELE is 515,000 yuan ($75,600), while the E 300L AVA is priced at 675,000 yuan. Both cars have a 140mm longer wheelbase than the conventional E-Class.
The E 260L CGI ELE is equipped with a 1.8-liter four-cylinder CGI direct injection turbo engine that offers 150 kW of maximum power and 310 Nm peak torque, and the E 300 L AVA is powered by a 3.0-liter six-cylinder engine that produces peak power of 180 kW and top torque of 300 Nm.
Daimler is considering Chinese production of its GLK four-wheel-drive or another mid-range car in its joint venture plant in Beijing as part of its plans to boost local output in China, a company executive told a German newspaper Thursday.
China sales of Mercedes-Benz vehicles in the first five months more than doubled from a year earlier to nearly 46,500 units. Daimler aims to sell over 100,000 Mercedes-Benz cars in China this year, up from the 67,000 in 2009.
Mercedes-Benz sales in the Chinese market are targeted at 300,000 vehicles a year by 2015, with half to be assembled in local factories. 'By then the capacity of our Beijing factory will be doubled,' said the executive.
http://autonews.gasgoo.com/auto-news/1015776/china-made-stretched-mercedes-sedans-go-on-sale.html
Mercedes is preparing entry-model E200L:
New Mercedes E-class long Elegance with beige interior:
http://car.che168.com/pic/model_10437.html
Discussion Starter · #14 · Mar 31, 2011 (Edited)
Mercedes E200L CGI
http://product.xgo.com.cn/pic_list/2721/186249.shtml
http://car.autohome.com.cn/pic/series-s11928/197.html
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Mercedes E300 L:
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2013 E300L:
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E-class facelift:
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International version:
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Facelifted Chinese E-Class L:
Source: http://www.autoweek.nl/nieuws/23119/verlengde-mercedes-e-klasse-in-shanghai
My ride: 1991 Hyundai Scoupe 1.5i GTX automatic with only 60,000 kms: http://www.chinacarforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=8010
Live @ Auto China Shanghai:
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http://chezhan.bitauto.com/shanghai/n2013/zhanguan/mercedesbenz/benchieji/
E260L Elegance:
E260L Avantgarde:
2014 E260L Avantgarde
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Cisco Accelerates Switching Portfolio
By Sean Michael Kerner
Cisco (NASDAQ:CSCO) is giving more power to its Catalyst and Nexus switch customers with new modules that support the 40 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) and 100GbE standards. The 40 and 100 GbE standards were approved in June of 2010 and ever since, networking vendors have been incrementally adding those capabilities to their platforms.
The Catalyst 6500 switching platform is among the most widely deployed Cisco switches in the market today. It's been updated with new modules and capabilities over the years including the Virtual Switching System, which lets users view multiple physical switches as one logical one. Now, the 6500 is getting a 40GbE boost with the new 6904 line card.
"With this line card we're able to load up a Catalyst 6500 with up to 44 ports of 40GbE," Craig Huitema, director of Marketing at Cisco's Datacenter Group, told InternetNews.com. "We're also able to breakout those 40GbE ports into four 10GbE port for 176 ports of 10GbE."
The Catalyst 6500 will now also benefit from Cisco's Easy Virtual Network (EVN) technology. EVN is focused on network virtualization, which is the capability of providing multiple logical networks over a single physical infrastructure. According to Huiteama, with EVN, configuration and management of virtual networks is easier than it is with MPLS, which is often used to help separate virtual networks. "MPLS has been running around the network for quite some time and this is the first time there has been a significant step to simplifying the capabilities that it MPLS historically provided."
In contrast with VLAN (Virtual LAN) technology, EVN and MPLS operate at Layer-3, while VLAN is a Layer-2 technology.
"With EVN and MPLS, you're running independent instantiations of a routing table, " Huitema explained.
With the new update, the Catalyst 6500 will also support Overlay Transport Virtualization (OTV), previously only available just on the Cisco Nexus 7000 data center switch. OTV enables workload migrations across data centers.
The Catalyst isn't the only Cisco swithcing platform to get an upgrade. The Nexus 7000 is also getting an Ethernet boost. The Nexus 7000 was first introduced in January of 2008 as Cisco's next generation data center switching platform. The platform was last updated in October with a Fabric 2 module that could enable up to 768 ports of 10GbE. The new Nexus 7000 M2 cards is available in two configurations. There is a 2-port 100GbE module that can provide as many as 32 ports of 100GbE on a Nexus 7000. There is also a 6-port 40GbE module that can enable as many as 96 ports of 40GbE on a Nexus 7000.
Cisco is also now introducing a new Nexus chassis that is intended for high-speed environments like financial services. The Nexus 3064-X switch provides ultra low latency characteristics while consuming less power.
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JudenreinA Novel by Harold Benhamin
About Harold Benjamin
Harold Benjamin is the pen name of a 50-something Jewish writer who lives in the American Midwest. He grew up in New York. He was raised in a secular home but became a religious Jew later in life. His ancestry is Russian/Lithuanian Ashkenazi Jewry. Three out of his four grandparents were born in the 19th century.
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Kurtzman Signs Long-Term Extension With CBS
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Producer Alex Kurtzman, who has shepherded Star Trek television through its streaming era since its inception, has signed a long-term contract extension with CBS Studios that will see him continuing to produce Star Trek as well as other television and film projects through 2026.
The deal between CBS Studios and Kurtzman's Secret Hideout production house calls for Paramount+ and CBS to have exclusive first-look rights to any media projects developed at Secret Hideout. While terms were not disclosed, rumors have pegged the total value to be in the $160 million range, which would make Kurtzman one of the top-paid producers in Hollywood today.
"CBS Studios has been my home for over a decade because the incomparable David Stapf always finds a way to demonstrate his decency and creative passion, not just for the work we do, but for the many people who do it," Kurtzman said in a released statement. "In David Nevins, I've found a rare breed executive with auteur taste and the guts to take chances, who's encouraged us to create premium streaming and cable that pushes boundaries. And over the last year, I've had the extraordinary privilege of being eyewitness to the steady leadership George Cheeks has brought to CBS."
Kurtzman's writing and production relationship with Star Trek began following the success of Mission: Impossible 3, after which Paramount Pictures approached him and then-writing partner Roberto Orci to begin developing a Star Trek feature script, which, of course, eventually became the 2009 hit Star Trek. He also co-wrote and produced Star Trek Into Darkness before stepping back to focus on other projects.
In 2015, Kurtzman was then announced to be producing Star Trek: Discovery alongside co-creator Bryan Fuller, and further Trek streaming projects emerged from that effort, including Star Trek: Picard, Star Trek: Lower Decks, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Star Trek: Prodigy, and an unnamed series revolving around Section 31. In addition, Kurtzman created the Short Treks anthology series of mini-episodes.
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Q: Android ffmpeg adb shell Unknown encoder 'libx264' When I run ffmpeg on android by adb shell, it shows this error:
 Duration: 00:00:12.00, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 30412 kb/s Stream #0:0: Video: rawvideo (I420 / 0x30323449), yuv420p, 352x288, 30412 kb/s, 25 tbr, 25 tbn, 25 tbc
[4;31mUnknown encoder 'libx264'

I don't understand what went wrong. It bothered me for a lot of days.
Can you help me out? Thanks in advance!

(I pushed the compiled libffmpeg.so to /system/lib and pushed ffmpeg to /system/bin)
Target: compile ffmpeg with x264, and run libffmpeg.so on android device by adb shell.
Compiled environment: Ubuntu16.0 32bit,ndk r10b 32bit platform 15, ffmpeg 3.0,x264 latest.
My configure:
cd ffmpeg-3.0.9
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    export PREFIX=../simplefflib
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A: The order of options matter. Move --disable-encoders to before any --enable-encoder= options.

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Eleanor has a Bachelor of Arts in Accounting & Finance (Hons) Degree and is also an ACCA qualified accountant and Chartered Tax Advisor with the Irish Tax Institute. Eleanor worked as a Senior Accountant and Tax Advisor for over seven years in a private practice in the North East area and then worked in Finance in the Public Sector, later re-joining her family business. She is Business Operations Manager at Meade Potato Company, an award-winning business and one of Ireland's leading growers, packers and distributors of fresh produce to the retail and food service sectors nationwide. The family business employs over 240 people at their farm and food production facility. Eleanor joined Griffith College in September 2018 as a part-time lecturer in Advanced Taxation.


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Here at News from the Studio I'll be writing about some things that might interest you, including various aspects of my painting techniques. It was obvious that I should first talk about the differences between my old acrylics and the new oils.
Acrylics are a water-based paint. They dry very quickly. I use a lot of medium (water) mixed with the paint, using many thin layers (called glazing). This is great for painting detail. On the negative side, it is possible to have too much detail. And because it dries so fast, you can get a lot of hard edges with things looking cut out.
After 40 years or so I decided to try oils. It's very different to handle, and after six years I think I'm starting to get the hang of it. I still have a long ways to go.
I've had to learn to avoid using a lot of medium (like linseed oil) mixed with the paint. As you've read, this is the opposite of what I do with the acrylics. This gives the best texture for mixing and blending. I was also shocked to find out how different the chemistry of color was from acrylics. I've had to re-learn what colors to use and what to mix to achieve the final colors I want.
I've grown to prefer the strength and vibrancy of the oils. I miss the detail sometimes, but don't want to be trapped by it. And when I do a painting where the detail is important, like the details of the rocks in Ancient Witness, then I use acrylics.
The best thing about the oils is it's perfect for plein-air painting,outdoors directly from the source. It's given me another set of skills to learn, basically finishing a painting in a few hours. I don't achieve this very often, but I use my attempts back in the studio as reference. But I just love being outdoors in some quiet, lovely spot with the warm sun and a cool breeze, soaking up the inspiration of nature.
© 2019 Fine Art by David Mooney. All rights reserved.


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Адем Демачі (;  , Приштина, Королівство Югославія — , там само) — косовський письменник і політик албанського походження, політв'язень. Провів у ув'язнений в цілому 28 років за виступи проти жорстокого поводження з албанською меншиною в Югославії, а також з критикою комунізму та режиму Йосипа Броз Тіто. Під час ув'язнення був визнаний Amnesty International в'язнем сумління, і він часто згадується як «Нельсон Мандела Косова».

Після звільнення він був головою Ради захисту прав людини і основних свобод. У 1992 році був нагороджений престижною премією імені Сахарова Європейського парламенту. Він був також номінований на Нобелівську премію миру у 1996 році.

Адем Демачі був політичним представником Армії визволення Косова (АВК) у період 1998–1999 років. Він залишився в Косово під час війни.

Підтримував права меншин в Косово і користувався великою повагою місцевих жителів і іноземців. Був головою Спілки письменників Косова (2005–2007).

У 2010 році отримав орден Героя Косова.

У віці 82 років Демачі помер 26 липня 2018 року в Приштині, Косово. Його смерть була відзначена триденною національною жалобою. 28 липня 2018 року Демачі був похований на кладовищі мучеників у Приштині під час державної похоронної церемонії.

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Посилання
 Sakharov Prize Laureate 1991

Уродженці Приштини
Політики Косова
Антикомуністи
Політв'язні
Косовські албанці
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The 8th of March is the International Women's Day (IWD) and before and after it gives rise to a lot of talk about women's rights. Surprise surprise, it is actually a day having a deeper significance than giving mimosa flowers to the women around you and taking them out for dinner. It is a day to focus on how women can reach equality and balance in the still male-dominated society.
The first IWD was organized in New York in 1909 by the Socialist Party of America and as a result, it was discussed the IWD ought to be a yearly occurrence. When Soviet Russia introduced universal suffrage on 8 March in 1917, that date became a national holiday in Russia. It was only in 1975 that the United Nations officially made it the International Women's Day globally.
In the EU, 37% of the workforce in the agri-food sector are women, about 20% of the agri-food companies are led by women but they earn 6% less than the men in equivalent positions. In Italy, the percentage of farming businesses, or wineries specifically, led by women are more or less the same. However, if we look at the role of women in leading political and policy-making positions in consortiums and other institutional bodies, the percentage falls to under 10%. (See Preparate e appassionate: donne e vigne sono un'abbinata vincente in Il Sole24Ore) Where the decisions are made, men are still the leading force.
There are organizations such as Women in Wine, Wonder Women in Wine, Women of the Vine & Spirits working for women to have a voice in the wine world. The organizations mentioned here and the conferences and symposiums they organize are not only concentrated to the US but also on a global scale such as the Women of the Vine & Spirits symposium.
In the recent Forbes article Women Are No Longer Voices In the Wilderness Of Wine: How To Listen In, Cathy Huyghe stresses that, in her opinion, we are right now witnessing a shift in the wine industry. In the past, women took "one step forward" and the reaction came with "two steps back" while now there are many small steps being taken together making an impact.
If we now look more closely at Italy, things are starting to slowly change here too. The association Le Donne del Vino was founded in 1988 by a small group of women that wanted to work in favour of the role of women in the Italian wine world. Today, there are 800 members and the association is working well to support women and collaboration.
The current national president is Donatella Cinelli Colombini who is a sort of force to be reckoned with in the Italian wine world when it comes to striving for women's equality in the wine sector. Her staff at her wineries Il Casato Prime Donne in Montalcino and Fattoria del Colle in Val d'Orcia, both in Tuscany, consists of only women.
Donatella says that when she took over her family estates and started her wineries in the late 1990s, she tried to find a cellar manager but there were no male oenologists available on the job market. What she did find out was that there were a lot of women oenologists who could not find a job because no established winery would hire them. Therefore, she decided to employ women and start to work against inequality and in favour of gender diversity.
Other forceful women in the Italian wine world are, for example, Maria Teresa Basile Varvaglione of the Varvaglione 1921 winery in Puglia. Varvaglione is a winery that in the last years has seen remarkable growth and was mentioned by Milano Finanza in 2018 as one of the 50 best small and medium-sized enterprises in Puglia. Maria Teresa is also a member of Le Donne del Vino and currently the president of Movimento Turismo del Vino Puglia working to get Puglia wine on the Italian map as well as on the world map.
At Fattoria di Montemaggio, the women play a very important part in the management of the winery. The owner, Valeria Zavadnikova, is a woman in her early thirties with an innovative vision and dynamic leadership. The agronomist and estate manager, Ilaria Anichini, is also a woman and she is in charge of the winemaking at Fattoria di Montemaggio. Two women in wine who works to make their imprint in the wine business.
The staff, in general, is also female dominated at Fattoria di Montemaggio with Susanna Baldanzi working with the administration in the office, Hasiba Redzic taking care of gardening, cooking, and welcoming at the wine tours. The two persons managing content writing and social media are also women. There are men though, in form of the cellar manager Edoardo Luvisi, then Saijd Redzic working with the olive oil production and gardening at the estate, Luciano Biagianti working in the vineyards, the farm worker Maraski Sokol, and Francesco Garuglioeri helping to manage the wine tours.
Even the logo of the winery is female, i.e. an Etruscan woman with a basket filled with grapes on her head. The logo was created by Marina Zimoglyad after inspiration from a painting by her husband and artist Andrey Remnev.
In an article in 2018, Live Like a Winemaker: 5 Lessons in Authenticity, Jill Barth interviewed women winemakers about their view on authenticity and how to stay true to themselves in an ever-evolving wine world. The article was not talking about gender and equality specifically, however, it did focus on women managing wineries. Valeria talked about how she believes positivity is important and to realize that you cannot control everything, to learn to let it go and do better next time. Above all she stressed her belief that it is important to put the people in the centre, they are what really matters and what moves things forward.
What is important for women moving forward in the wine world will most certainly be to stay true to themselves, be authentic, and learn to let go of the things that lie outside their control.
To learn more about the wines of Fattoria di Montemaggio, click here.


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Q: Когда MySQL не использует индексы Перечитывая документацию по индексам наткнулся на абзац

В некоторых случаях MySQL не использует индекс, даже если это возможно. Несколько примеров таких ситуаций приведено ниже:

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Если использование индекса требует от MySQL прохода более чем по 30%
  строк в данной таблице (в таких случаях просмотр таблицы, по всей
  видимости, окажется намного быстрее, так как потребуется выполнить
  меньше операций поиска). Следует учитывать, что если подобный запрос
  использует LIMIT по отношению только к извлекаемой части строк, то
  MySQL будет применять индекс в любом случае, так как небольшое
  количество строк можно найти намного быстрее, чтобы вернуть результат.

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Если диапазон изменения индекса может содержать величины NULL при
  использовании выражений ORDER BY ... DESC.

И если со 2ым пунктом все предельно ясно, то формулировка 1ого пункта никак не укладывается у меня в голове. Пытаясь разобраться я полез в оригинальную документацию и не смог найти схожего описания вовсе.
Поэтому и хотелось бы узнать - в каких случаях текущая версия (5.7) не использует индексы, когда это возможно?


For folks who are looking to enable ACI transit routing functionality, there a couple of CCO sites that are must reads. Don't sign off on your L3out design with transit routing until you have read the documents below!
The ACI Best Practices Guide focuses on supported topologies, guidelines and limitations, and even recommended configurations for transit routing. It has very detailed design recommendations and caveats for each of the routing protocols.
The Cisco APIC and Transit Routing document has a supported combination matrix detailing transit routing protocol combinations, and which are supported. It serves as a quick reference guide for those who need to validate that what they are designing is in fact, supported.
The document also has one of the best descriptions of the Route Control Options, which are found under the L3EPG / Subnets configuration tab.
Export Route Control To allow the prefixes that are advertised to the external peers. Implemented with IP prefix-lists. Specific match (prefix and prefix length).
Import Route Control To allow prefixes that are inbound from the external BGP and OSPF peers. Implemented with IP prefix-lists. Specific match (prefix and prefix length) .
Security Import Subnet To permit the packets between two prefix based EPGs. Implemented with ACLs. Uses the ACL match prefix/wildcard match rules.
Aggregate Export To allow all prefixes to be advertised to the external peers. Implemented with 0.0.0.0/ le 32 IP prefix-list. Only supported for 0.0.0.0/0 subnet (all prefixes).
Aggregate Import To allow all prefixes that are inbound from an external BGP peer. Implemented with 0.0.0.0/0 le 32 IP prefix-list. Only supported for 0.0.0.0/0 subnet (all prefixes).


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Cancel The Debt Recast
Since my last column, which dealt with the issue of air fares charged by airlines ('Being Fair On Fares', BW, 13 December), matters have actually got worse. The regulator DGCA asked all airlines to display fares route-wise on their websites and now, as and when they feel some fare seems too high, the airline is receiving a call asking them to bring it down. While this may be the best way to keep DGCA officials occupied, I don't see it as much of a solution to the problem. I stick to my view that airlines should be free to charge what they want on different routes and if passengers find the fare too high, they are free to adopt an alternative mode of travel.
But — and this is a big but — I also feel that there is no justification in the government and the nationalised banks having to restructure debt, and bail out aviation companies that have managed to land themselves in a spot while operating in the free market environment.
I am referring to the bail-out or debt restructuring package that is being worked out for Jet Airways and Kingfisher Airlines. If airlines want no interference in the way they operate and the fares they charge from passengers, there is no reason for us — taxpayers and passengers — to indirectly bail them out when they manage to land themselves in trouble. They cannot ask for the best of both worlds — freedom to do whatever they wish and then ask for aid when they have problems.
We didn't ask either Jet Airways or Kingfisher to go in for expensive — and in the case of Jet, messy — buy-outs such as of Sahara or Air Deccan. No one asked them to expand capacity. Neither did anyone push them to introduce all kinds of routes, both overseas and in India, which proved uneconomic. No one asked Vijay Mallya to spend money like water and introduce the kind of services he does (even though people may enjoy them), unmindful of what it costs him and his airline. No one asked him to hire employees at exorbitant rates.
While airlines definitely face many external factors that affect their performance, there are better run airlines, such as an Emirates or a Singapore Airlines, which continued to report profits even during downturns. So, a lot of the mess that the airlines in India find themselves in is of their own making.
The debt restructuring — which is supposed to offer additional credit lines to the airlines in addition to a moratorium on interest payments — in my view, has mainly been pushed through because airline owners Naresh Goyal and Mallya have significant political influence. (The latter is also a Rajya Sabha MP.)
It is a well known fact that it was Goyal's strenuous objections that played at least a role in preventing Ratan Tata from setting up his airline (a matter that has been in the limelight in recent weeks). No matter which government has been in power, Goyal has always managed to operate in a favourable policy environment.
Praful Patel has often been accused of being partial to the private airlines such as Jet and Kingfisher, often at the expense of Air India. That Patel is close friends with many of the airline CEOs is well known. He himself has acknowledged and defended this on many occasions on the grounds that a man can choose his own friends.
But this is perhaps taking the friendship too far. Why should public sector banks be asked to offer a moratorium on interest payments and put off repayments? What guarantee is there that these airlines will be in a position to pay these debts at a later date? Did anyone step in to assist Paramount, which stopped operations a few months ago?
Things in the sector could actually go from bad to worse, as aviation is an unpredictable business. Patel had justified the debt recast with the argument that it would help the national carrier Air India and not just the private carriers. However, as things have unfolded — banks are hesitant to touch Air India's colossal debts unless the government increases its own equity in the carrier — it now appears that only the private carriers may benefit.
My question is, why can't we allow companies to wind up if they are unable to continue? All over the world, airlines go belly-up, are bought or sold, or go in for Chapter 11 as in the US. Fed up with mounting dues, fuel suppliers BPCL and HPCL have, in fact, asked many times in the past that Kingfisher be wound up. In India, however, no company really ever goes bust. Public sector banks step in and rescue whichever sector it may be — it has happened with steel, real estate and now with airlines. Why?
anjulibhargava at gmail dot com
(This story was published in Businessworld Issue Dated 27-12-2010)
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Trump is Wrong on Iran Nuclear Agreement
The US President Donald Trump announced his decision to withdraw from the Iran Nuclear Agreement.
Since its creation, the Iran Deal has been endorsed by more than 90 nations as a vital path towards peace and stability in one of the most volatile regions of the globe. Many experts have gone further to posit that the JCPOA successfully averted another catastrophic conflict in the Middle East.
Since the implementation of the nuclear agreement, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has, on several occasions, verified Iran's full compliance with the JCPOA. In a recent statement the IAEA has also rejected ...
Since the implementation of the nuclear agreement, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has, on several occasions, verified Iran's full compliance with the JCPOA. In a recent statement the IAEA has also rejected Prime Minister Netanyahu's recent allegations against Iran.
Let's be clear, his policy of aggression, sanctions and confrontation will negatively impact the lives of Iranian people and set the world on the path to another catastrophic conflict in the region.
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As Iranian-Canadians , together we need to raise our voices and tell our government officials, Members of Parliament and Senators that Trump is wrong on Iran. We want Canada to be a promoter of peace and dialogue, to stand with other responsible nations around the world including our EU allies to keep the nuclear agreement alive, and to abide by the United Nations Security Council resolution 2231 which formalized and endorsed the 2015 nuclear agreement.
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title: Jesus' Prayer for You
testament: New
pastor: Dave Puttick
book: John 17:1-26
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Strange events transpire on the Mist Continent, one of the four main lands of Gaia. The kingdom of Alexandria, ruled by Queen Brahne, begins their invasion of other nations under orders of Kuja, the "angel of death" from Terra. An accidental encounter in Alexandria brings Zidane, Vivi, and Garnet together, and they set out on a journey that leads them to discover the secrets of their past, the crystal, and a place to call home.
A thief and member of the Tantalus Theater Troupe, Zidane was taken in by the troupe's leader, Baku, when he was orphaned at the age of four. Having a weakness for pretty girls, he falls for Princess Garnet of Alexandria during a kidnapping attempt. As they band together to end the war, he finds himself caught up in the strife surrounding the world.
Vivi is a shy and worrisome boy who accidentally becomes involved in the princess's kidnapping attempt. Through a series of events, he decides to join Zidane on his journey, and along the way discovers the shocking truth about his past.
Dubbed the most beautiful princess in the history of Alexandria, Garnet is in fact a summoner from the ruined village of Madain Sari. She washed ashore on Alexandria and was taken in by Queen Brahne when she was six years old. As she witnesses the queen slowly change over the years, she requests Zidane kidnap her on her sixteenth birthday and joins him on his journey as "Dagger."
A trusted and loyal knight of Alexandria, Steiner is a rigid man for whom the world is black and white. Though he sets out to retrieve the kidnapped princess, he joins Zidane and the others, and the journey forces him to question his life's path and what it means to be loyal.
A member of the Royal Dragon Knights of Burmecia, this mysterious female warrior left her homeland in search of her lost love, Fratley. Freya reunites with her old friend Zidane in Lindblum as preparations begin for the Festival of the Hunt. When she learns forces are preparing to attack her hometown, she rushes back to Burmecia to save her people.
The Qu are a mysterious tribe known for their strange eating habits and love of cuisine. Quina is a young Qu who lives in a marsh near Lindblum with Quale, the head Qu. Quina is a gourmand with a love of frogs, and though content with the frogs in the marsh, decides to travel the world to taste what else is out there.
A cheerful and precocious young summoner, Eiko lost her parents shortly after she was born. When her grandfather passed a year ago, she was left to live in Madain Sari with the company of moogles. It's love at first sight when she lays eyes on Zidane, and she joins him on his journey upon learning of Kuja's nefarious plan.
An accomplished and highly feared bounty hunter, Amarant's thick mane of red hair has led many to call him the Flaming Amarant. Alone since he can remember, his fists are what have kept him alive. Amarant challenges his long-time rival, Zidane, to a fight and loses, and is confused by Zidane's mercy. His curiosity leads him to join Zidane on his journey to discover what makes him tick.
The one responsible for plunging the world into chaos, Kuja is not human, but a Genome, a vessel for Terran souls. Though he shares a connection with Zidane, he's threatened by his potential, and abandons him in Gaia shortly after his birth. Unlike other Genomes, Kuja has a surprisingly strong will and often clashes with those around him.
Garland is an old man donning a dark cape, shrouded in mystery.


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Q: iOS multiple API Calls for single VC - best practice Im using Swift 3.0, I have a requirement where my VC displays screen based on 4API calls. Other VC has 2 API Calls
As of now i created a background thread and running it serially. There is no dependence on other API calls. All are independent
I somehow feel that this is not right way. Searched forum's but couldnt find exact answer
What is the best practice that i can use to call all 4 API's ?
using GCD Parallel queues or with NSOperation ? Pls Advice

A: You can use Dispatch group and call all api parallel.
Once all executions are finished you can use notify method to perform other task.
group.notify(queue: DispatchQueue.global(qos: .background)) {
      print("All async calls were finished, do our stuff here")
    }


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May 07, 2011 Functional Links between the Immune System, Brain Function and Behavior (R01) National Institutes of Health
May 07, 2011 New Technologies for Transient Molecular Complex Characterization (SBIR [R43/R44]) National Institutes of Health
May 07, 2011 Novel Lentiviral Models of HIV Neuropathogenesis (R01) National Institutes of Health
May 07, 2011 New Technologies for Transient Molecular Complex Characterization (STTR [R41/R42]) National Institutes of Health
May 07, 2011 Opportunity PA-08-149 National Institutes of Health
May 07, 2011 Lab to Marketplace: Tools for Biomedical and Behavioral Research (SBIR [R43/R44]) National Institutes of Health
May 07, 2011 Enhancing Tumoricidal Activity of Natural Killer (NK) Cells by Dietary Components for Cancer Prevention (R01) National Institutes of Health
May 07, 2011 Probes and Instrumentation for Monitoring and Manipulating Nervous System Plasticity (SBIR [R43/R44]) National Institutes of Health
May 07, 2011 Dissemination, Implementation, and Operational Research for HIV Prevention Interventions (R01) National Institutes of Health
May 07, 2011 Prescription Drug Misuse (R01) National Institutes of Health
May 07, 2011 Exploratory/Developmental Grant for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) Studies of Humans (R21) National Institutes of Health
May 07, 2011 Collaborative HIV/AIDS Studies in the Middle East and North Africa (R21) National Institutes of Health
May 07, 2011 Correlative Studies with Specimens from Multi-Site Trials (R21) National Institutes of Health
May 07, 2011 NLM Express Research Grants in Biomedical Informatics (R01) National Institutes of Health
May 07, 2011 The Effect of Racial and Ethnic Discrimination/Bias on Health Care Delivery (R03) National Institutes of Health
May 07, 2011 Biomedical Technology Research Resource (P41) National Institutes of Health
May 07, 2011 Integrating Biobehavioral and Sociocultural Research to Prevent HIV Transmission and Infection (R01) National Institutes of Health
May 07, 2011 Symptom Interactions in Cancer and Immune Disorders (R21) National Institutes of Health
May 07, 2011 Community Participation in Research (R01) National Institutes of Health
May 07, 2011 Epidemiology Of Drug Abuse (R01) National Institutes of Health