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Russia geography map
You can find on this page the Russia geographical map to print and to download in PDF. The Russia geographic map presents the topography, elevation, rivers, mountains, climate and physical features of Russia in Europe.
Russia physical map
Physical map of Russia
The Russia physical map shows landform and geography of Russia. This geographical map of Russia will allow you to discover physical features of Russia in Europe. The Russia physical map is downloadable in PDF, printable and free.
Russia, a country extending over much of northern Eurasia. Comprising much of eastern Europe and northern Asia, it is the world largest country in total physical area. Due to its size, Russia displays both monotony and diversity as its mentioned in Russia physical map. As with its topography, its climates, vegetation, and soils span vast distances. From north to south the East European Plain is clad sequentially in tundra, coniferous forest (taiga), mixed and broad-leaf forests, grassland (steppe), and semi-desert (fringing the Caspian Sea) as the changes in vegetation reflect the changes in climate. Siberia supports a similar sequence but is taiga.
Geographers traditionally divide the vast territory of Russia into five natural zones: the tundra zone; the taiga, or forest, zone; the steppe, or plains, zone; the arid zone; and the mountain zone as you can see in Russia physical map. Most of Russia consists of two plains (the East European Plain and the West Siberian Plain), two lowlands (the North Siberian and the Kolyma, in far northeastern Siberia), two physical plateaus (the Central Siberian Plateau and the Lena Plateau to its east), and a series of mountainous areas mainly concentrated in the extreme northeast or extending intermittently along the southern border.
The East European Plain encompasses most of European Russia. The West Siberian Plain, which is the world largest, extends east from the Urals to the Yenisei River. Because the physical terrain and vegetation are relatively uniform in each of the natural zones, Russia presents an illusion of uniformity. Nevertheless, Russian territory contains all the major vegetation zones of the world except a tropical rain forest as its shown in Russia physical map.
Russia topographic map
Map of Russia topography
Russia topographic map shows the physical features of Russia. This topographical map of Russia will allow you to discover landforms and geographical of Russia in Europe. The Russia topographic map is downloadable in PDF, printable and free.
Russia mountain ranges are located principally along its continental divide (the Ural Mountains), along the southwestern border (the Caucasus), along the border with Mongolia (the eastern and western Sayan Mountains and the western extremity of the Altay Mountains), and in eastern Siberia (a complex system of ranges in the northeastern corner of the country and forming the spine of the Kamchatka Peninsula, and lesser mountains extending along the Sea of Okhotsk and the Sea of Japan). Russia has nine major mountain ranges as its mentioned in Russia topographic map.
In general, the eastern half of the country is much more mountainous than the western half, the interior of which is dominated by low plains. The traditional dividing line between the east and the west is the Yenisei River valley as you can see in Russia topographic map. In delineating the western edge of the Central Siberian Plateau from the West Siberian Plain, the Yenisey runs from near the Mongolian border northward into the Arctic Ocean west of the Taymyr Peninsula.
The Russian Arctic stretches for close to 7,000 km west to east, from Karelia and the Kola Peninsula to Nenetsia, the Gulf of Ob, the Taymyr Peninsula and the Chukchi Peninsula (Kolyma, Anadyr River, Cape Dezhnev) as its shown in Russia topographic map. Russian islands and archipelagos in the Arctic Sea include Novaya Zemlya, Severnaya Zemlya, and the New Siberian Islands.
Russia elevation map
Map of Russia altitude
The Russia elevation map shows the different altitudes of Russia. This altitude map of Russia will allow you to know where are the highest and lowest regions of Russia in Europe. The Russia elevation map is downloadable in PDF, printable and free.
The two widest separated points in Russia are about 8,000 km (4,971 mi) apart along a geodesic line as its mentioned in Russia elevation map. These points are: the boundary with Poland on a 60 km (37 mi) long Vistula Spit separating the Gdańsk Bay from the Vistula Lagoon; and the farthest southeast of the Kuril Islands. The points which are furthest separated in longitude are 6,600 km (4,101 mi) apart along a geodesic line. These elevation points are: in the west, the same spit; in the east, the Big Diomede Island.
The Caspian Sea (Azerbaijani: Xəzər dənizi, Persian: دریای مازندران /دریای خزر, Russian: Каспийское море, Kazakh: Каспий теңізі, Turkmen: Hazar deňizi) is the largest enclosed inland body of water on Earth by area, variously classed as the world largest lake or a full-fledged sea as its mentioned in Russia elevation map. The Caspian sea is the lowest elevation point in Russia with −28 m below sea level.
Mount Elbrus (Russian: Эльбру́с, tr. El'brus; IPA: [ɪlʲˈbrus]; Karachay-Balkar: Минги тау, Miñi taw, IPA: [miŋŋi taw] ( listen)) is a dormant volcano located in the western Caucasus mountain range, in Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay–Cherkessia, Russia, near the border of Georgia as you can see in Russia elevation map. Mt. Elbrus peak is the highest point 5,642 m elevation ft in the Caucasus, in Russia.
Russia rivers map
Map of Russia rivers
The rivers in Russia map shows the principal rivers with their names of Russia. The rivers map of Russia will allow you to find the main rivers which flow in and through Russia in Europe. The Russia rivers map is downloadable in PDF, printable and free.
Russia is a water-rich country. The earliest settlements in the country sprang up along the rivers, where most of the urban population continues to live. The Volga, Europe longest river, is by far Russia most important commercial waterway as its shown in Russia rivers map. Four of the country thirteen largest cities are located on its banks: Nizhny Novgorod, Samara, Kazan, and Volgograd. The Kama River, which flows west from the southern Urals to join the Volga in the Republic of Tatarstan, is a second key European water system whose banks are densely populated.
Russia has thousands of rivers and inland bodies of water, providing it with one of the world largest surface-water resources. However, most of Russia rivers and streams belong to the Arctic drainage basin, which lies mainly in Siberia but also includes part of European Russia. Altogether, 84% of Russia surface water is located east of the Urals in rivers flowing through sparsely populated territory and into the Arctic and Pacific oceans as its mentioned in Russia rivers map. In contrast, areas with the highest concentrations of population, and therefore the highest demand for water supplies, tend to have the warmest climates and highest rates of evaporation.
Forty of Russia rivers longer than 1,000 kilometers are east of the Urals, including the three major rivers that drain Siberia as they flow northward to the Arctic Ocean: the Irtysh-Ob system (totaling 5,380 kilometers), the Yenisei (4,000 kilometers), and the Lena (3,630 kilometers) as you can see in Russia rivers map. The basins of those river systems cover about eight million square kilometers, discharging nearly 50,000 cubic meters of water per second into the Arctic Ocean. The northward flow of these rivers means that source areas thaw before the areas downstream, creating vast swamps such as the 48,000-square-kilometer Vasyugan Swamp in the center of the West Siberian Plain. The same is true of other river systems, including the Pechora and the Northern Dvina in Europe and the Kolyma and the Indigirka in Siberia. Approximately 10% of Russian territory is classified as swampland.
Russia mountains map
Map of Russia mountains
The mountains in Russia map shows the principal mountains with their names in Russia. The mountains map of Russia will allow you to find the main mountains ranges and highest mountains of Russia in Europe. The Russia mountains map is downloadable in PDF, printable and free.
The Ural Mountains form the natural boundary between Europe and Asia; the range extends about 2,100 kilometers from the Arctic Ocean to the northern border of Kazakhstan. Several low passes provide major transportation routes through the Urals eastward from Europe as its mentioned in Russia mountains map. The highest peak, Mount Narodnaya, is 1,894 meters. The Urals also contain valuable deposits of minerals. To the east of the Urals is the West Siberian Plain, which covers more than 80.00 kilometers, stretching about 6,000 kilometers from west to east and about 670 kilometers from north to south. With more than half its territory below 200 meters in elevation, the plain contains some of the world's largest swamps and floodplains. Most of the plain population lives in the drier section south of 77 north latitude.
The region directly east of the West Siberian Plain is the Central Siberian Plateau, which extends eastward from the Yenisei River valley to the Lena River valley. The region is divided into several plateaus, with elevations ranging between 320 and 740 meters; the highest elevation is about 1,800 meters, in the northern Putoran Mountains. In the mountain system west of Lake Baikal in south-central Siberia, the highest elevations are 3,300 meters in the Western Sayan, 3,200 meters in the Eastern Sayan, and 4,500 meters at Belukha Mountain in the Altay Mountains as you can see in Russia mountains map. The Eastern Sayan reach nearly to the southern shore of Lake Baikal; at the lake, there is an elevation difference of more than 4,500 meters between the nearest mountain, 2,840 meters high, and the deepest part of the lake, which is 1,700 meters below sea level.
Truly alpine terrain appears in the southern mountain ranges. Between the Black and Caspian seas, the Caucasus Mountains rise to impressive heights, forming a boundary between Europe and Asia. One of the peaks, Mount Elbrus, is the highest point in Europe, at 5,642 meters. Northeastern Siberia, north of the Stanovoy Range, is an extremely mountainous region as its shown in Russia mountains map. The long Kamchatka Peninsula, which juts southward into the Sea of Okhotsk, includes many volcanic peaks, some of which still are active. The highest is the 4,750-meter Klyuchevskaya Sopka, the highest point in the Russian Far East.
Russia climate map
Map of Russia temperature
The Russia climate map shows average temperature and climate zones of Russia. This climate map of Russia will allow you to know weather, average precipitation, average sunshine and different climates of Russia in Europe. The Russia climate map is downloadable in PDF, printable and free.
Russia has a largely continental climate because of its sheer size and compact configuration. Most of its land is more than 400 kilometers (249 mi) from the sea, and the center is 3,840 kilometers (2,386 mi) from the sea as its shown in Russia climate map. In addition, Russia mountain ranges, predominantly to the south and the east, block moderating temperatures from the Indian and Pacific Oceans, but European Russian and northern Siberia lack such topographic protection from the Arctic and North Atlantic Oceans.
Most of Russia has only two seasons, summer and winter, with very short intervals of moderation between them. Transportation routes, including entire railroad lines, are redirected in winter to traverse rock-solid waterways and lakes. Some areas constitute important exceptions to this description, however: the moderate maritime climate of Kaliningrad Oblast on the Baltic Sea is similar to that of the American Northwest; the Russian Far East, under the influence of the Pacific Ocean, has a monsoonal climate that reverses the direction of wind in summer and winter, sharply differentiating temperatures; and a narrow, subtropical band of territory provides Russia's most popular summer resort area on the Black Sea as its mentioned in Russia climate map.
In winter, an intense high-pressure system causes winds to blow from the south and the southwest in all but the Pacific region of the Russian landmass; in summer, a low-pressure system brings winds from the north and the northwest to most of the landmass. Russia is the coldest country of the world (average annual temperature is −5.5 °C (22.1 °F)) as you can see in Russia climate map. That meteorological combination reduces the wintertime temperature difference between north and south. Thus, average January temperatures are −6 °C (21 °F) in Saint Petersburg, −27 °C (−17 °F) in the West Siberian Plain, and −43 °C (−45 °F) at Yakutsk (in east-central Siberia, at approximately the same latitude as Saint Petersburg), while the winter average on the Mongolian border, whose latitude is some 10° farther south, is barely warmer.


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Harold Coward is Professor Emeritus and the past director of the Centre for Studies in Religion and Society at the University of Victoria where he continues to be involved as a research fellow.
Ronald Neufeldt is a professor of Eastern religions at the University of Calgary, Alberta.
Eva K. Neumaier is Professor Emerita of comparative literature, religion, and film/media studies at the University of Alberta, Edmonton.
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Shahid Afridi. Photo Credit: Getty Images.
Former Pakistani cricketer Shahid Afridi has come out in support of the 8-year-old Asifa Bano, who was raped in a nearby temple and then mutilated and killed.
Meanwhile, Asifa went missing on January 10 when she went to bring the horses back home. However, the horses returned but Asifa didn't.
Two days later, on 12 January, the family filed a police complaint. However, according to her father, it didn't serve the purpose. The police were of the view that the girl must have eloped with a boy.
As the news spread, local civilians staged protests and forced police to assign two officers to search. One of those assigned, Deepak Khajuria, was found a guilty in connection with the crime.
Later police arrested eight men including a retired government official, four police officers and a juvenile in connection with Asifa's death.
However, the arrests sparked protests in Jammu – lawyers tried to stop police entering the court to file a charge sheet. Also, two ministers from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) attended a rally in support of the accused.
Moreover, Government of India, who is so vocal about women enlightenment is yet to comment.
Meanwhile, Afridi, who was recently at loggerheads with Indian cricketers over Kashmir has sought justice for the young girl. He has urged that this kind of heinous activities needs to stop and the accused should be behind bars.
"Whether 6yr old Zainab of Kasur or 8yr old Asifa of Jammu,these barbaric inhumane acts shud b condemned & those behind shud be punished to the max,let these cases be a lesson for the culprits whr no daughter will ever be subjected to this henious act #NeverAgain #JusticeforAsifa," Afridi tweeted.
Previously, Afridi has taken up many social issues on the internet. He has been very vocal about the injustice meted out to the local people in the valley of Kashmir.
Meanwhile, Afridi has represented Pakistan in all the formats. The all-rounder has played 523 matches in total across all the formats scoring tons of runs the team. He is also a genuine leg-break bowler, who can provide breakthroughs at any given time.


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In 1968, the Whole Earth Catalog proclaimed "We are as gods and might as well get good at it." Amidst the environmental crisis of the 1960s, the publication's founder Stewart Brand wanted to provide access to tools, and he was remarkably friendly to technological solutions. His kind of environmentalism drew from human ingenuity and achievement, and unlike many of the commentators of that era, he was optimistic about a future in human hands. In more recent years, Brand and others have argued forcefully in favor of "geoengineering." If the planet is changing for the worst, they maintain, let's use our know-how to make it better.[1]
If climate change mitigation through political agreement has no hope of succeeding, does tinkering with the climate make sense? In May 2011, the National Research Council (of the U.S.'s National Academies) published the final part of its report, America's Climate Choices. The report called for more research on ways to manage not only greenhouse gases but also the solar radiation reaching the earth. And yet despite the call for research, the report unequivocally described any near-term attempts to manipulate the earth as "imprudent," and any long-term planning based upon them as "unwise."[2]
After reading James Rodger Fleming's Fixing the Sky, it is clear that such ideas have tempted scientists and natural philosophers for centuries and more. In his telling, some of these folks come across as charlatans, others as well-meaning dreamers, and very few as wise. Fleming is best known for his work in the history of meteorology, including Historical Perspectives on Climate Change (Oxford, 2005) and Meteorology in America, 1800-1870 (Johns Hopkins, 2000). He also is the biographer of Guy Stewart Callendar, one of the key figures in the history of the science of global warming.[3] Fleming's skepticism toward weather and climate control is evident throughout Fixing the Sky, and it is hard to come away from it with anything but a jaded view of the modern era's penchant for problem-solving on a gargantuan scale.
I asked Ted Steinberg to comment upon Fixing the Sky because of his close familiarity with many of the weather engineers in Fleming's book, particularly the cloud seeders. But also, Steinberg already has raised tough questions about the line between natural and human-induced change. In Acts of God, Steinberg pointed out the numerous ways in which natural disasters are linked to human activities, and he showed that people still cling to the belief that most calamities are accidental. Such a view places disasters "outside the moral compass of our culture," he writes, constraining our sense of responsibility.[4]
R. S. Deese shares with Fleming the notion that controversies about expertise and the environment often turn on the notion of hubris. On the one hand, scientists have faith in their ability to manage the world. On the other hand rests a deep and abiding skepticism—and a suspicion that scientists are changing the world in harmful ways. Deese has explored this tension through two brothers, both quite famous within their own domains: Julian Huxley, the first director-general of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization; and Aldous Huxley, renowned for his critique of a society driven by scientific expertise in Brave New World.[5]
Matthew Farish's recent book, The Contours of America's Cold War, takes the notion of control to its extreme, showing the extent of the militarization of academic disciplines in the United States after World War II.[6] In Farish's telling, the ever-increasing spatial knowledge of the globe served the interests of the state, leading to a transformation of the social sciences. Reading Farish alongside Fleming, it is easy to see why geographers and weather "fixers" alike rarely lacked military funding.
Paul Edwards has written extensively about notions of control in the era after World War II. In The Closed World, he traced the discourse of command and control from the electronic battlefield of Vietnam to the visions of a vengeful Skynet in the Terminator films. More recently, he has extended this work into the realm of climate modeling, to show how the science of global warming has evolved based on an extraordinarily broad range of data only comprehensible through computer analyses.[7]
I offer my thanks to James Rodger Fleming and all the commentators, who have provided their thoughts with an eye toward increasing scholarly dialogue. As an open-access forum, H-Environment Roundtable Reviews is available to scholars and non-scholars alike, free of charge. This particular subject is unlikely to dissipate anytime soon. We will revisit ways to "fix" the sky again and again, as the climate evolves under our influence.
Read the whole roundtable as pdf here or visit H-Environment.
[1] Andrew G. Kirk, Counterculture Green: The Whole Earth Catalog and American Environmentalism (Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2011); Stewart Brand, Whole Earth Discipline: Why Dense Cities, Nuclear Power, Transgenic Crops, Restored Wildlands, and Geoengineering are Necessary (New York: Penguin, 2010).
[2] National Research Council, America's Climate Choices (Washington, DC: National Academies Press, 2011), 53.
[3] James Rodger Fleming, The Callendar Effect: The Life and Work of Guy Stewart Callendar (1898-1964) (American Meteorological Society, 2009).
[4] Ted Steinberg, Acts of God: the Unnatural History of Natural Disaster (New York: Oxford, 2000), xix.
[5] R. S. Deese, "The New Ecology of Power: Julian and Aldous Huxley in the Cold War Era," in J. R. McNeill and Corinna Unger, eds., Environmental Histories of the Cold War (Cambridge, 2010), 279-300.
[6] Matthew Farish, The Contours of America's Cold War (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2010).
[7] Paul N. Edwards, The Closed World: Computers and the Politics of Discourse in Cold War America (Cambridge: MIT Press, 1997); Paul N. Edwards, A Vast Machine: Computer Models, Climate Data, and the Politics of Global Warming (Cambridge: MIT Press, 2010).
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For the past few years I have sought God for a 'word of the year' that might help me better recognize what He was doing in my life. I repeatedly asked for the word "thrive," but instead, He gave me me "notice," then "perspective" and "flourish" for a few years. I was scared of the disappointment that may come if 'flourish' didn't come true for that year, but God confirmed that word was His promise and my challenge regardless of the circumstances.
I have been on a journey of pain, discouragement and challenge in this season, but God has been with me and for me. He has allowed intense and hurtful experiences to change me, transform me and free me. Through it all God has required me to trust, to let go, to reach out, to forgive and to receive. Even while I was traveling through one of the darkest, hardest journeys of my life God was preparing a way for healing, transformation, victory and blessing. He continues to lead me and guide me through the pain of my past and the pain of my present into freedom, release and victory over the shackles that have bound me. He has also allowed me to not only see His goodness but also the goodness in me.
At a Listen to my Life retreat, we were talking about lingering questions and if our questions reflected a "victim," "survivor" or "thriver" state of mind. I realized that the word God had given me for the year 2017 to "flourish" was beyond a "thriver" word (and promise) that I requested from God, but it was a lingering question phrased, "How can I flourish in the midst of my difficult circumstances?" During that time, God gave me the quote "And she FLOURISHED because everything she does is based on Thriving rather than just Surviving!" In retrospect, God has been faithful to his promise to 'flourish' me, and this year gave me "JOY" for my word for the year.


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Kay Warren, Christian Leaders Show Support in Wake of Pastor Andrew Stoecklein's Suicide
(Photo: Inland Hills Church)Andrew Stoecklein, lead pastor at Inland Hills Church in Chino, California.
Sunday services at Inland Hills Church in Chino, California, will be dedicated to a time of worship and reflection in the wake of the recent suicide of Pastor Andrew Stoecklein, the church has announced.
"In lieu of our regular Sunday services, be with us for Open House Sunday anytime between 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., as we process and respond in the wake of Pastor Andrew's passing last weekend. May our church family declare God's goodness at all times, in every season. #godsgotthis#inlandhills," the church noted in a statement on Facebook Thursday.
(Photo: Instagram)Andrew Stoecklein, 30 (kneeling), the late pastor of Inland Hills Church in Chino, Calif., is blessed by his father Dave Stoecklein (wheelchair) and other members of his church and immediate family in May 2015 as he becomes lead pastor. His father who was suffering from leukemia at the time, died in October that year.
Stoecklein, 30, waged a very transparent battle with depression and anxiety before attempting suicide at the church last Friday. He was pronounced dead at a hospital several hours later on Saturday.
Since his tragic death, Stoecklein's suicide has triggered a strong show of support from prominent Christian leaders and others, many of whom did not know him. Stoecklein's death has also sparked a discussion about pastors and mental health which many say is well needed.
"My heart is heavy although I did not know Pastor Andrew personally, he is still my brother. Reading through what his wife, friends and congregation wrote about him, he was a man of great leadership and passion for Jesus," Miles McPherson, lead pastor of Rock Church in San Diego, California, wrote in a statement Monday.
"Often times it can be discouraging when we hear someone of leadership committing suicide. We tend to believe they're invincible, have it all together and don't go through struggles that most face but time and time again we see that suicidal thoughts don't discriminate. Whether you're rich, poor, married, single, Christian, not Christian, young, old," McPherson continued. "Rather than being discouraged by this loss, let's commit to praying for those in leadership to us. Pray for your pastor today, pray for your boss, your leaders, your parents/guardians. To whom much is given, much is required and the burden can be very heavy."
Pastors are human & susceptible to mental illness. Some, like dear Pastor Andrew Stoeklein, bravely share their struggle. Others keep it hidden. Just b/c a pastor talks about their own mental health doesn't mean they aren't still at risk. Pray 4 ur pastor https://t.co/1eJ7aA5qbk
— Kay Warren (@KayWarren1) August 31, 2018
Saddleback Church co-founder and best-selling author Kay Warren whose son, Matthew, died by suicide at age 27 in 2013, reminded her supporters in a post on Twitter Thursday that pastors are not immune to mental illness. "Pastors are human & susceptible to mental illness. Some, like dear Pastor Andrew Stoecklein, bravely share their struggle. Others keep it hidden. Just b/c a pastor talks about their own mental health doesn't mean they aren't still at risk. Pray 4 ur pastor," she said.
I'm wrecked over the Story of Pastor Andrew Stoecklein! Pastors, we are not exempt from anxiety/depression, we ALL face it. Your not alone, ever! The critical google/yelp ratings, social media comments, don't define us! Jesus spoke 5 Stars over you! Wake up & fight another day!
— Ed Newton (@Ed_Newton) August 30, 2018
Trillia Newbell, author and director of community outreach for the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission for the Southern Baptist Convention, urged the church this week to keep pushing to improve mental health awareness.
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"I have walked with people I love who struggled with depression and eventually committed suicide. I know the church is becoming more aware but I do pray we'd keep pressing into this important topic. Get rid of the shame and guilt so people can be honest," she wrote on Twitter.
Anthony Bradley, chairman of the program in religious and theological studies who also serves as associate professor of religious studies at King's College in New York City, said it's time for an improved understanding of men struggling with deep depression.
"This is 30-year-old Pastor Andrew Stoecklein of Inland Hills Church in Chino, CA. He took his life the other day. He wasn't a coward. It wasn't because he didn't 'believe the gospel.' We have to find new categories for men struggling with deep depression & hopelessness," Bradley shared on Twitter with a photo of Stoecklein and his family.
The church noted that plans for Stoecklein's memorial service are still being finalized and will be announced once they are ready at a later date.
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AIGA Link is thrilled to have Angelina Villalobos, an artist, activist, community engager and former Link student, leading our Mural workshop. Angelina has a varied artistic practice which includes small and large-scale painting, design, illustration and more. She has worked on many community-based projects, including the South Park Staircase. Learn more about Angelina's work here. Under her direction, students will paint an aquatic mural at the Speed of Sound Studio, which was once a fish store.
Many thanks to Tommy Martin, owner of Speed of Sound Studio, and Urban Artworks for their support of this project.


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*use [[NSBundle mainBundle] appStoreReceiptURL] and proceed to convert the receipt to a base 64 string

*create a dictionary where I include this receipt-data and the shared secret

*convert this dictionary into a JSON string

*send this JSON string to https://sandbox.itunes.apple.com/verifyReceipt

*return the JSONized receipt dictionary which was received as a reply from the app store

*get the expiry date from the expires_date_ms inside the latest_receipt_info dictionary
I'm not entirely sure if this is correct since according to the documentation it's not possible to achieve a secure link between the App Store and a device (which I'm currently doing). In fact the documentation states that I'll need my own server which will communicate with the App Store for me (https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/releasenotes/General/ValidateAppStoreReceipt/Chapters/ValidateRemotely.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40010573-CH104-SW1).
Is this acceptable approach or I'll need my own server? If I need my own server can someone kindly guide me in the right direction on how to set this up?
N.B: I'm performing receipt validation for non-consumable and consumable in-app purchases whenever a purchase is made using local validation using OpenSSL. So that should be allright.
Thanks in advance.

A: Here are the step to implement Auto- Renewable service in your application.

*

*Whenever your app completed in app purchase. you should send receipt data (In Base 64 Encoding) to your server in which it will store with particular user profile( this is just for example)

2)You need to create cron job on your server.This cron job will run once in a day which is used to verify each and every receipt.
3)In this verification process you simply need to call apple service which you have mention in your question.

*In each call you will get response from the apple in which apple will provide all detail of auto renew. If any user gets renew his service then you will find one more object in the response. in which the expiry date is extended.

Hope this will help you.

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«Feels So Good» — четвёртый сольный сингл Мелани Браун из её дебютного альбома. Сингл занял 5 место в UK Singles Chart.

Треклист и формат
 UK CD
 «Feels So Good» [Radio Edit] — 4:01
 «Feels So Good» [Maurice's Feelin' Good Soul Radio Mix] — 4:09
 «Feels So Good» [Blacksmith R&B Rub] feat. Know ?uestion — 5:22
 «Feels So Good» [Music Video] — 4:00

 European 2-Track CD
 «Feels So Good» [Radio Edit] — 4:01
 «Feels So Good» [Maurice's Feelin' Good Soul Radio Mix] — 4:09

 Australasia CD
 «Feels So Good» [Radio Edit] — 4:01
 «Feels So Good» [Maurice's Feelin' Good Soul Club Mix] — 7:33
 «Tell Me» [Silk's House Workout] — 6:06
 «Feels So Good» [Blacksmith R&B Rub] feat. Know ?uestion — 5:22
 «I Want You Back» [MAW Remix] — 8:22
 «Feels So Good» [Music Video] — 4:00

 UK Cassette
 «Feels So Good» [Radio Edit] — 4:01
 «Feels So Good» [Maurice's Feelin' Good Soul Radio Mix] — 4:09
 «Feels So Good» [Blacksmith R&B Rub] feat. Know ?uestion — 5:22

 UK Vinyl
 «Feels So Good» [Blacksmith R&B Rub] feat. Know ?uestion — 5:22
 «Feels So Good» — 5:06
 «Feels So Good» [Maurice's Feelin' Good Soul Club Mix] — 7:33

Видеоклип
Первый эпизод показывает Мелани, ведущая свой автомобиль Порше 911 вниз по дороге, напевая речитатив, далее следуют сцены в темной комнате особняка с целующимися парнем и девушкой.

Первые запуски вокала начинаются, когда Браун выходят из своего автомобиля. Она идет через дом, напевая песню, проходя мимо комнат, где целуются пары. Далее Мелани вместе с подтанцовкой танцует в гараже дома. Видео заканчивается на эпизоде с Мел, которая целует свой бойфренда. Через секунду они резко останавливаются, так как ударил гром и свет молнии на мгновение осветил комнату.

Видеоклип был снят
режиссёром Мартином Вайсом.

Чарты

Примечания

Ссылки
 Feels So Good на Discogs

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Q: Where can I find a type safe UnmodifiableCollections implementation? I want to return an unmoifiable collection while getting type safety.  I can't seem to find this even though I would expect it to be easy to do.
Lets say I have a class Foo which contains a large collection of classes Bar inside of it, large enough that it would take awhile to clone.  I expect to want to iterate over every element of Bar in Foo as part of a tight loop, so I have a getBars() method on my Foo object
I don't want to pass the collection within foo directly to someone calling the getBar() because that would allow anyone to modify the collection, which is not safe.  So my options are
1)  Copy my Foo collection into a new collection
2)  Return Collections.unmodifiableCollections
The first option requires copying everything, that's expensive in a tight loop, and I don't anticipate needing to modify the collection after it's returned.  The second option does what I want, but it doesn't make it obvious to the end user that happened.  If someone later decides they want to modify the collection returned by getBar for some reason they will get an exception the moment the call add or remove, which is in no way clearly documented by the code (yes the API would document it, but not the same).
What I would like is to have an UnmodifiableCollection class which wraps my actual collection and only makes visible the getters but not the setters.  It would be fast since it's only wrapping, not copying, the underlying collection, and it would be self documenting that you can not modify the collection, no one gets unexpected runtime exceptions later.
What I want to know is does this exist!?  It seems so basic that Guava should have it, but I can't find it anywhere.  If it doesn't exist is there some reason why this is harder or less useful to do that I imagine it would be?
Ps. Guava immutableCollections all do copies of the underlying collection as far as I am aware, so their equivalent to option 1 above

A: Not possible by the java.util.Collections API design.
All standard collection API's are designed as mutable, so there is nothing you can do about it as long as you want to use the collection interfaces.
You can either switch to return (your own implementation of) Enumeration (somewhat outdated interface), or a simple Iterator (getBarIterator() instead of getBarList()). That avoid all (or most) implications of having any add / remove methods. You expose significantly less information/functionality that way, which may be a problem or desired, depending on use case. In case of Iterator, you still have the remove() method on the iterator that the client could try to use just to get an UnsupportedOperationException()/IllegalStateException().
It has bugged me for a long time that reading and modifying method of the collections API's are all in the same interface. For whatever reason the API designers chose to design it the way it is, and since its widely established now it can't be changed (without breaking compatibility, which is as good as "unchangeable").
If none of that fits and you value clean API safety above using a standard API, roll your own immutable API.
Edit:
My own personal solution to this dilema was to create a Set of alterable wrappers. They implement the normal collection API (List, Set, Map), and initially they just delegate everything to their source collection. On the first write attempt, they copy their source and function as normal independent collections after that. Be warned that the implementation, especially of iterator().remove() can be tricky.

A: Is it acceptable to just cast your collection to a type that doesn't allow mutation? For example:
static <T> List<? extends T> unmodifiable(List<T> list) {
    return (List<? extends T>)list;
}

List<? extends String> list = unmodifiable(Arrays.asList("one", "two", "three"));
list.add("four"); // compilation error!
list.set(0, "bar"); // another compilation error!
String first = list.get(0); // but I can read Strings out of my List, at least

A: if you use Collections.unmodifiableCollections then the wrapper collection returns will throw an UnsupportedOperationException
And if you create a standard wrapper then you will end up at the same implementation like Collections.unmodifiableCollections
But if you create your own wrapper with different methods like standards, you will end up implementing separate classes
or exposing own classes and interfaces for Collections to your clients, that may be mix your implementation between standard and specific.
I think the simple approach is to use Collections.unmodifiableCollections or cloning and go with standard Java developments
finally implements your own wrapper classes and methods.
But if you create your own wrapper with different methods as in standard collections,
It will not be a wrapper of collection it will be an own class that use collections internally.
You can simply return your own object that implements your specific classes and does not disperses your clients of naming.


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Q: Python flask request post image loading using cv2.imread ERROR I'm building a flask image classification service and I'm trying to use cv2 to read the POSTed image.
Here's the postman post setup:

On the server side, I have
@app.route("/inference", methods=["POST"])
def inference():

    img = request.files["img"]
    img = cv2.imread(str(img))[...,::-1] # 1
    img = cv2.imread(img)[...,::-1]      # 2
    ...

I wanted to use cv2 because I will needed to resize the image later. However, I'm getting errors:
for "# 1", I'm getting:
TypeError: bad argument type for built-in operation

for "# 2", I'm getting:
TypeError: 'NoneType' object is not subscriptable

Note that cv2.imread() is working fine on my local, and I suspect it's the file/class type of the request object.
Any help is appreciated!


Who do you exercise with?
Last week I walked every day – I walked 2.9 miles daily an increase from my usual 2 miles. Most days I walked with a buddy too. I am doing well away from home and I have good support system here. I am thinking ahead to keep that going when I return home. I am going to touch base with a few friends at home to assist in keeping me accountable with my eating and my exercise. See if I can get a walking buddy for at least once a week.
Who do you exercise with? Do you go solo? Or with a friend?
How wonderful that your son encourages you Zoorho! That is a blessing.
I exercise alone, But I know my sparkbuddies will be looking out for me.
and my youngest son is a great encourager to me. He will make a great husband someday.


Sometimes only a grilled cheese sandwich will do. You know what I mean? Likewise, sometimes a grilled cheese sandwich is the only vegetarian option I can find.
I've been disappointed by some grilled cheese sandwiches in my life, so I set out to create my ultimate grilled cheese recipe. I aimed for a favorite grilled cheese sandwich that I could make any time the craving strikes. I wanted gourmet flavor without any complicated ingredients or methods. Grilled cheese now, or bust!
I should also confess that I want to be famous for my grilled cheese sandwiches someday. Not internet-famous, but neighborhood-famous as the mom who makes the best grilled cheese. I want my future children to brag about my grilled cheese sandwich skills. Is that too much to ask?
So, here we are, and here is my favorite grilled cheese recipe. It is truly epic, as far as I'm concerned. Keep on reading for my tips and tricks, because I have a few!
I developed this recipe for my cookbook, and wanted to bring it to life here on the blog as well. I bet you have all of the ingredients in your kitchen right now.
Tomato soup is perfect for rainy days. It's even more perfect with a grilled cheese sandwich. Are you ready?!


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DOLLA BILL (ORLANDO)
Dolla Bill is an American DJ/Producer coming to you from Orlando, Florida. The House music producer protégé has a style like no other. His mission is to bring energy to dance floors across the globe with his infectious and downright dirty bass house. With over 5 years of producing and DJing in the U.S., Dolla Bill has started to put a real push behind his project.
His music career started in 2012 DJing raves throughout the years in high school and eventually he progressed into producing music. He started with a guitar amp anbd Garageband as his first "studio" and created what was known as "Blog House". Once Dolla Bill got the hang of producing and honing in on his skills, he started to release music and landed on labels such as Eph'd Up Records, Trapstyle, AIA House, and XOX Cult. This led to playing shows in and around Orlando playing support for artists such as Carnage, Borgore, 12th Planet, Ghastly, Crankdat, and many more.
You might know that Dolla Bill was originally known as Bonez. The electronic dance music artist hopped into the house music scene in 2017 with hits such as "Body Bag" and "ILTWYD" supported by Angelz, Tchami, Malaa, Sikdope, and more. After taking a brief hiatus from releasing music, the producer returned to his roots under a new alias that gives a fresh take on house music. Dolla Bill's music incorporates 90's industrial inspiration with thumping bass house sound design.
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Priyamanaval, a family soap opera show. Uma, a warm-hearted woman, leads a happy and content life with her husband Krishna and sons. What happens when her friend, Eashwari, envies her financial status and drafts evil plans to ruin her life.


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Bulldog Hotel Group secures eighth property
07 April 2015 by Janet Harmer
The Bulldog Hotel Group has acquired the three-AA-star, 25-bedroom Royal Oak hotel in Welshpool, Powys, just days after securing a £4.5m investment from the Business Growth Fund.
Located in the heart of the market town - home to one of the largest indoor cattle markets in Europe - the Grade II-listed, 18th century property was bought for an undisclosed sum from the Bebb family of local farmers. It becomes the eighth property for Bulldog, which has plans for a £20m expansion of the group to some 14 outlets over the next three to four years.
The Royal Oak will now undergo a major refurbishment, which will include the decoration of the bedroom started by the previous owners and a new look to the food and beverage areas.
Kevin Charity, founder and managing director of the Bulldog Hotel Group, said: "We have ambitious plans for the next few years and the Royal Oak is a great example of what we do.
"Based just four miles from the English border, the Royal Oak is clearly the focal point of the town and has for centuries been the hub for visitors and local residents alike. There is already a great core trade and so we are excited to see where we can take it."
Malcolm Bebb added that the family had decided to sell the hotel in order to expand its farming businesses. "The Royal Oak has an amazing heritage in Welshpool and the past ten years have been no exception, with the hotel hosting many memorable occasions, from the recent Government public enquiry for wind farms, to the all-time high of having HM Queen and Prince Philip for lunch (to open the new cattle market).
"We would like to thank all our loyal staff and customers for their dedicated custom and service over the past ten years and wish Bulldog Hotel Group ongoing success in Welshpool."
Bulldog Hotel Group secures £4.5m to fund growth >>
TagsHotels
Viewpoint: false defamatory reviews have finally been recognised in the High Court
Two-star chef William Frachot wins at Festival Culinaire Bernard Loiseau
Cheltenham Spa – bespoke restaurant opportunity
How to… handle waste cooking oil
Alvin Leung – My Life in Hospitality


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/* TEMPLATE GENERATED TESTCASE FILE
Filename: CWE134_Uncontrolled_Format_String__wchar_t_console_snprintf_54a.c
Label Definition File: CWE134_Uncontrolled_Format_String.label.xml
Template File: sources-sinks-54a.tmpl.c
*/
/*
 * @description
 * CWE: 134 Uncontrolled Format String
 * BadSource: console Read input from the console
 * GoodSource: Copy a fixed string into data
 * Sinks: snprintf
 *    GoodSink: snwprintf with "%s" as the third argument and data as the fourth
 *    BadSink : snwprintf with data as the third argument
 * Flow Variant: 54 Data flow: data passed as an argument from one function through three others to a fifth; all five functions are in different source files
 *
 * */

#include "std_testcase.h"

#ifndef _WIN32
#include <wchar.h>
#endif

#ifdef _WIN32
#define SNPRINTF _snwprintf
#else
#define SNPRINTF snprintf
#endif

#ifndef OMITBAD

/* bad function declaration */
void CWE134_Uncontrolled_Format_String__wchar_t_console_snprintf_54b_badSink(wchar_t * data);

void CWE134_Uncontrolled_Format_String__wchar_t_console_snprintf_54_bad()
{
    wchar_t * data;
    wchar_t dataBuffer[100] = L"";
    data = dataBuffer;
    {
        /* Read input from the console */
        size_t dataLen = wcslen(data);
        /* if there is room in data, read into it from the console */
        if (100-dataLen > 1)
        {
            /* POTENTIAL FLAW: Read data from the console */
            if (fgetws(data+dataLen, (int)(100-dataLen), stdin) != NULL)
            {
                /* The next few lines remove the carriage return from the string that is
                 * inserted by fgetws() */
                dataLen = wcslen(data);
                if (dataLen > 0 && data[dataLen-1] == L'\n')
                {
                    data[dataLen-1] = L'\0';
                }
            }
            else
            {
                printLine("fgetws() failed");
                /* Restore NUL terminator if fgetws fails */
                data[dataLen] = L'\0';
            }
        }
    }
    CWE134_Uncontrolled_Format_String__wchar_t_console_snprintf_54b_badSink(data);
}

#endif /* OMITBAD */

#ifndef OMITGOOD

/* goodG2B uses the GoodSource with the BadSink */
void CWE134_Uncontrolled_Format_String__wchar_t_console_snprintf_54b_goodG2BSink(wchar_t * data);

static void goodG2B()
{
    wchar_t * data;
    wchar_t dataBuffer[100] = L"";
    data = dataBuffer;
    /* FIX: Use a fixed string that does not contain a format specifier */
    wcscpy(data, L"fixedstringtest");
    CWE134_Uncontrolled_Format_String__wchar_t_console_snprintf_54b_goodG2BSink(data);
}

/* goodB2G uses the BadSource with the GoodSink */
void CWE134_Uncontrolled_Format_String__wchar_t_console_snprintf_54b_goodB2GSink(wchar_t * data);

static void goodB2G()
{
    wchar_t * data;
    wchar_t dataBuffer[100] = L"";
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        /* Read input from the console */
        size_t dataLen = wcslen(data);
        /* if there is room in data, read into it from the console */
        if (100-dataLen > 1)
        {
            /* POTENTIAL FLAW: Read data from the console */
            if (fgetws(data+dataLen, (int)(100-dataLen), stdin) != NULL)
            {
                /* The next few lines remove the carriage return from the string that is
                 * inserted by fgetws() */
                dataLen = wcslen(data);
                if (dataLen > 0 && data[dataLen-1] == L'\n')
                {
                    data[dataLen-1] = L'\0';
                }
            }
            else
            {
                printLine("fgetws() failed");
                /* Restore NUL terminator if fgetws fails */
                data[dataLen] = L'\0';
            }
        }
    }
    CWE134_Uncontrolled_Format_String__wchar_t_console_snprintf_54b_goodB2GSink(data);
}

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{
    goodG2B();
    goodB2G();
}

#endif /* OMITGOOD */

/* Below is the main(). It is only used when building this testcase on
   its own for testing or for building a binary to use in testing binary
   analysis tools. It is not used when compiling all the testcases as one
   application, which is how source code analysis tools are tested. */

#ifdef INCLUDEMAIN

int main(int argc, char * argv[])
{
    /* seed randomness */
    srand( (unsigned)time(NULL) );
#ifndef OMITGOOD
    printLine("Calling good()...");
    CWE134_Uncontrolled_Format_String__wchar_t_console_snprintf_54_good();
    printLine("Finished good()");
#endif /* OMITGOOD */
#ifndef OMITBAD
    printLine("Calling bad()...");
    CWE134_Uncontrolled_Format_String__wchar_t_console_snprintf_54_bad();
    printLine("Finished bad()");
#endif /* OMITBAD */
    return 0;
}

#endif

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The day before Michigan's season begins...I just don't know, man.
Michigan fans used to "know" that certain things were going to happen year in and year out. Things like they'd beat their cupcake/MAC opponents. Things like they'd run over at least the majority of Big Ten opponents. Things like they'd maybe, you know, beat Ohio State now and then. Things like they'd be in the hunt for yet another Big Ten Championship and an upper-tier bowl game.
We don't "know" these things any more. We haven't "known" some of those things since 2006...we haven't "known" some others since earlier than that. It feels like forever since we've "known" much of anything.
~While the offense looked better last year, the defense was horrible. 3 defensive coordinators in as many years may have been a factor. Horrendous defensive recruiting during 05-07 may have been another. Attrition during the coaching transition was yet another. The defense also lost their three best players to graduation or the draft.
~The media blows up every real, perceived, or fabricated RichRod misstep.
~QB Tate Forcier, C David Molk, and potential starting RB Vincent Smith all had to recover from injury/surgery during the offseason.
~A handful of guys expected to contribute in the secondary this year or very soon after have transferred, couldn't get in due to grades, or are injured.
~They couldn't even beat Illinois last year. ILLINOIS.
~Opposing fanbases are laughing and radiating a tremendous amount of schadenfreude and hubris.
~RichRod recently commented that when he took over, he inherited guys who had not only never played in his system, but in any system. Most of them had barely seen the field because they were behind Henne, Hart, Long, Manningham, etc. He really has had to rebuild the team.
~The offense was #3 in scoring in the Big Ten last year, and now everybody is a year older.
~RichRod brought in more highly rated recruits in 2008 and 2009 than Lloyd Carr did from 05-07.
~Continuity at the defensive coordinator position.
~Continuity at the QB position.
~If it wasn't for Forcier's freshman-ness, The Game's score last year at least would have been closer, if not happier.
~Many of Michigan's opponents are rebuilding this year.
~RichRod's teams tend to make a "second-year jump." Since there was a lot of starting from scratch in 09 from 08, this is probably the year that that happens...if it happens.
~There's been a reported increase in the team taking ownership of itself: seniors becoming leaders, cohesion forming. Two years' worth of everyone around you giving you crap will do that.
~Denard Robinson is FAST. And he may have improved enough over the past year to be the starting QB.
Take those two sets of things and what do you get? You get...I don't even know, man. There are still so many unknowns; so many things that can't be counted on or measured until they start playing actual football. Past performance does not guarantee future results. That can be good news given Michigan's last two seasons. That can also be bad news regarding the "second-year jump" thing. The lack of knowing has made the past few summers long and agonizing in that sense.
I do know one other thing. I know I'll still be pulling for this team every Saturday, including and especially in person when they play Bowling Green on September 25th and Michigan State on October 9th (twice in one year...BOO YAH). And, of course, ESPECIALLY on November 27th.
But what are they really going to do this year? I don't know, man. But I want to believe that the list of good things that I know will overshadow the bad things that I know, and that they can at least get to a bowl, give RichRod another year, and really get going in 2011.
I want to believe that this is the year that they turn the corner. I want to "know" certain things again. But I have to wait and see.


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Around 20 jobs, including that of a regional daily editor, could be lost as Trinity Mirror's latest restructure is rolled out to its Scottish division.
As reported on HTFP yesterday, the company announced a newsroom reorganisation in the West Midlands – with 19 jobs at risk at the Birmingham Mail's office and six under threat at the Coventry Telegraph's office.
Now the company has unveiled proposals to cut around 20 of 311 staff currently employed by its Media Scotland arm, with titles affected including the Daily Record, Sunday Mail and Paisley Daily Express.
Express editor John Hutcheson, pictured above left, is among those whose jobs are at risk, as Trinity Mirror plans to combine his role with that of the news editor to create a new executive editor position.
A memo sent to staff by Media Scotland managing director Allan Rennie, which has been seen by HTFP, also outlines plans to reduce production roles on the Daily Record and admits there will be "fewer checks" on copy in future.
The cutbacks include reduction of the Daily Record's editorial production management team from three to two.One sport and two news multimedia journalists are set to be cut from the Daily Record and Sunday Mail's staff, with one sports writer also facing redundancy.
In addition three roles are at risk of redundancy at its regional production hub, with a new position of head of production (Media Scotland regionals), which combines their duties, being created to replace them.
The company is seekinng up to eight voluntary redundancies as part of the changes.
In the memo, Allan wrote: "We understand that it is a challenge to produce award-winning newspapers papers with fewer staff. So it is important we all do what we can to streamline workloads.
"With fewer people, there will be fewer checks. Reporters and writers need to produce copy fit for online in the first instance and which requires the absolute minimum intervention from production for print and digital.
"The main focus of MMJs (multimedia journalists) should be headline and caption writing, copy fitting and pulling together complex multi-sourced stories.
Allan added that the company would aim to achieve savings through voluntary means and would consult with the NUJ to try to find alternative employment for staff potentially at risk.
The voluntary redundancy package is open to all editorial staff working for Media Scotland and will be on the enhanced Daily Record and Sunday Mail rate.
As a result of the move, the Record and Mail will now move to a single Scottish edition structure with the exception of regional adverts.
Both titles will retain the capacity for slips up until 12.30am, for instance in the event of a major news story, while up to 70 pc of pages will be templated from now on.
A Trinity Mirror spokesperson said: "While Media Scotland is seeing record growth in digital audience and revenue, we need to carefully manage our cost base in what is a challenging market.
Fewer chicks on copy could lead to trubble. And on an entirely serious note I corrected a junior's nib-head the other day – 'Murder man in court' – about a chap, still innocent, who had been committed for trial at Crown Court. Don't say these hapless management types haven't been warned. More disturbing, do they care?
Get Nicola Sturgeon to head down to Canary Wharf with a war hammer and 100 heavy horse, that'll sort them.
How about this, with fewer checks of copy written by inexperienced 'reporters', there'll be legal problems galore.
I've always loved this idea that reporters will get it "right first time" because they've been asked to, like they've always deliberately not done so in the past. Reporters make mistakes, like everyone else, and when I was a news editor I always preferred people to make the odd spelling/story structure mistake and give me a good story with all the facts that I could weave into shape, than giving me some tedious tripe that fitted into a shape and didn't need a spell check.
There's a reason why some people are better as reporters and some are better as news editors or in production roles. People have different skills, they are not jack of all trades and no amount of "training" is going to change this. I love this belief that simply saying "you must be right first time" will actually mean people will be right first time. Yet Trinity Mirror has been using this as an excuse to sack dozens of people since at least 2008. Depressing.
'With fewer people, there will be fewer checks'.
No clue, I don't think they care if there will be mistakes or not.
Capitalism in the modern sense runs on lies. The bosses lie about caring about their employees, the employees lie about loving the company, everyone is just trying to survive to another mortgage payment.
Where I work is like that scene from 1984 when they're all sat in the canteen. 'so brother, more lay offs, I suspect the company wouldn't have done this unless it was really needed'. 'Me too brother, I couldn't have said it better myself'. What everyone is really thinking though, is that they really need to win the Irish lottery – and quick.
How many times do these people need to be told that 'right first time' doesn't happen, has never happened and will never happen?
A dopey HR guy got a good grilling when he tried the "right first time" rubbish to JP staff. He left not long afterwards but the damage was done. Levels of grammar and style are lowest ever seen. Does anyone check now or are content editors content not to be editors?
What everyone is really thinking,Jeff Jones , is that they really need to win the Irish lottery – and quickly.
So what do TM do? Maintain staff levels where they are despite tumbling sales and revenues – and watch the whole business come down around them? Or cherrypick seven per cent of the jobs which have to be sacrificed to keep the presses running and delay the inevitable. Sales of the main paper have dropped from 750,000 to 150,000 a day and holding on to good wordsmiths and crack subs wouldn't have mattered a jot. TM are taking the only logical business step open to them at this stage.
What you don't get about this right first time nonsense, is that TM bosses know no-one on earth can be right first time, every time. The fact is they really don't care. No-one does. The "content" is just space filler. There's less and less of it, and fewer and fewer people are reading. No-one notices the errors and no-one complains, but more readers fall away…and so goes another twist in the downward spiral.
Makes my heart sink to see what is happening after 50 years in this trade.
Even with experienced "checkers" plenty of costly mistakes have been made in the past – and now papers' finances are even more at risk.
Hope it doesn't happen to the hack on the road (or don"t they even get away from their desks these days) but bet you that if a costly libel mistake occurs it won't be the management that pays the price but guess who ….
Someone with time and energy to spare could compile an entertaining book on the bizarre effects of regional papers' copy checks, or lack of them.
A pall al just emailed me this beauty from today's Western Morning News.
It should be a routine good news business story about the positive reasons for a 20-30 per cent increase in production at Devon and Cornwall breweries.
Except the 26-word intro tells a different tale……..
Why don't they just be done with it and staple together a few press releases every week… will save all the troublesome and expensive reporters, photographers, subs and editors.
Muker boy. That is disgraceful but typical of local papers. A pal quit his job because he was ashamed of it all and management would do nothing . there is no one left to teach the kids. The 40 somethings often in charge are from a generation that was not taught to love good English so they can't pass on knowledge. Great pity.
Percy, thanks to data obtained from their internet sites, newspapers can now see exactly what people want to read and what they don't. It's heartening to see that the human interest tale is still king and copied and pasted press release guff is generally ignored. However, more concerning is that the data also reveals that the most read stories are often the police appeals and road accident articles that any 14-year-old with a smartphone can publish widely using an 'incident' facebook site and twitter account. Anyone can be a reporter these days and nobody really gives a flying duck about spelling and picture quality.


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Yannis Ioannidis (PhD, UC Berkeley – MSc, Harvard University – Diploma, National Technical University of Athens) is the President and General Director of the "Athena" Research and Innovation Center in Athens, Greece, as well as a Professor at the Department of Informatics and Telecommunications of the University of Athens. His research interests include Database and Information Systems, Data and Text Analytics, Personalization and Social Networks, Data Science, and Data Infrastructures and Digital Repositories, topics on which he has published over 150 articles in leading journals and conferences and also holds three patents. His work is often motivated by data management problems that arise in industrial environments or in the context of other scientific fields (Life Sciences, Cultural Heritage, Biodiversity, Physical Sciences). He has been a coordinator or a partner in many research and innovation projects, including several that advance data management and data analytics technologies to improve medical research and practice, such as the currently active Openaire, Openminted, Helix and Elixir. He is an ACM and IEEE Fellow, a member of Academia Europaea, and a recipient of several research and teaching awards. He was elected to serve as ACM Secretary/Treasurer for a two-year term. He has also served as the Chair of ACM SIGMOD. He is the Greek delegate to the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures (ESFRI), a member of the ESFRI Executive Board, and the ESFRI representative to the e-Infrastructures Reflection Group (e-IRG).


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2001-10-24 | YIDFF 2001 Prize Winners & Jury's Comments
Prizes for the International Competition
Jurors: Hartmut Bitomsky, Bernard Eisenschitz, Ann Hui, Kuroki Kazuo, Ivars Seleckis
Jury's comment (Hartmut Bitomsky)
On behalf of the International jury I would like to make a few remarks.
First of all, the jury wants to thank all the film and video makers whose works were part of the competition.
The jury also wants to comment the organizers of the YIDFF for the integration of video—analog or digital—into the various programs as so much important documentary work these days is done in this format.
We were especially pleased to see the video works screened in the state of the art.
While disturbing events are taking place we were able to share films and videos that were made all over the world and brought to Yamagata. We are very grateful for that.
Still, the International Jury wants to communicate that while we were watching and discussing the program in the back of our minds we had all the time worried thoughts.
We are deploring the victims of the recent terrorist attacks.
As a response to these attacks we have seen an increasing racism in many parts of the world, and now we are witnessing the response of warfare that will destroy or damage the lives of many innocent people.
The jury is afraid that racism and warfare are not appropriate answers to the problem of terrorism, and will in fact magnify the problem instead of resolving it.
The Grand Prize (The Robert and Frances Flaherty Prize)
The Land of the Wandering Souls (France) Dir: Rithy Panh
contrasts living conditions out of the 19th century with technology in the era of globalization. The filmmaking process parallels the hardships that the film's subjects, the workers laying down the cable, were enduring. The director achieves the rare feat of bringing daily life to the screen and that—even rarer—of conveying the physicality of labor. Through these, he makes the tragedies of Cambodian history felt in a concrete way.
Prize of Excellence (The Mayor's Prize)
In Vanda's Room (Portugal, Germany, Switzerland) Dir: Pedro Costa
tells of a demolition process: of a neighborhood and of a group of people. It visits the borders of civilization at a time when civilization is collapsing. The director establishes the right distance in watching his outcast characters with affection over a period of a year. With the simplest use of picture and sound, the film unfolds a slight narrative thread registering the passing of time, shot after shot. Any conclusion, whether moralistic or dramatic, would be indecent, and the film doesn't force one on the viewer.
Runner-up Prize
Mysterious Object at Noon (Thailand) Dir: Apichatpong Weerasethakul
follows the thread of innumerable tales, from the trivial to the legendary, spun across the country of Thailand. In the course of its making and unfolding, what started out as an epic narrative becomes more and more of a documentary. Through their fictional representation, whether original or media-produced, it captures the lives of those who appear in it.
6 Easy Pieces (USA, Italy, Portugal) Dir: Jon Jost
takes us to the border of what film can be. It's an open project that doesn't attempt to make any statement, but stresses its materials as a composer would his music, using space, color, time. The filmmaker insists that his "electronic cinema" is a return to an authentic way of seeing. We took his word that his material is documentary, i.e. taken from reality, not dramatic or loaded with meaning. It makes us share in his pleasure at seeing, and captures moments of life that never took a sense before.
Special Prize
A2 (Japan) Dir: Mori Tatsuya
The filmmaker had the courage to get inside a sect, Aum, that committed criminal actions. He was wondering whether there was more to this group than the demonic image imposed by the media. He shows the sect and Japanese society facing each other like twins, like mirror images. The film expresses a sense of the confusion of our post-modern world. It gives a frightening picture of a society under stress, where the germs of totalitarianism can very easily surge in order to restore a lost consensus.
Jurors: Sato Makoto, Chalida Uabumrungjit
Ogawa Shinsuke Prize
Soshin: In Your Dreams
A True Story about Love (Australia) Dir: Melissa Kyu-jung Lee
Soshin: In Your Dreams takes a unique and extremely funny approach in dealing with the private theme of family, while subtly presenting the sorrows of life as an immigrant. A True Story about Love provocatively profiles the stereotypes of Asian men through the fictional story of the director's own love drama. We recognize and highly commend the filmmaker's artistic talent in creating these two contrasting films, and foresee a promising future lying ahead.
Farewell (Korea) Dir: Hwang Yun
From the viewpoint of animals living in cages, the filmmaker approaches a very ordinary place like the zoo with bias neither to ideas of wilderness conservation nor animal protection. We highly praise the filmmaker's talent in elevating this new perspective in her film.
More than One Is Unhappy (China) Dir: Wang Fen
Marriage is for a couple to continuously struggle while sinking to the bottom of a pond. —The filmmaker presents this archetype of married life through coolly observing her own parents' lives. While the production quality is rough, we recognize a bright future for such a dynamic talent.
Special Mentions
Along the Railway (China) Dir: Du Haibin
Sky-blue Hometown (Korea) Dir: Kim So-young
Citizens' Prize
FIPRESCI Prizes
Jurors: Leo Bankersen, Isaka Yoshiyuki, Altaf Mazid
For a film in the International Competition
For presenting life in its near-original form. The high artistic quality of this unusual documentary restores the human dignity in a life of poverty.
For a film in the New Asian Currents
My Friend Su (India) Dir: Neeraj Bhasin
For the subtle combination of cinematographic poetry and human understanding. In a very fluent and often humorous way, the film reveals the complicated feelings of a young man who feels that inside he is really female.
NETPAC Award
Jurors: Ishizaka Kenji, Nam In-young
All films in New Asian Currents and the five films in the International Competition by Asian directors were under consideration for the NETPAC Award.
My Migrant Soul (Bangladesh) Dir: Yasmine Kabir
From an original perspective, the filmmaker takes upon the migrant workers' issue that is evident in many places around the world. With great respect for an intelligent film, at one glance seemingly made very easily, but with deep empathy for the subject, we award the NETPAC Award to this film.
Pansy and Ivy (Korea) Dir: Kye Un-kyoung
Focusing on the theme of marriage for disabled people and the societal pressure against them, the filmmaker succeeds in creating an appealing relationship with the subjects and completed a humorous film. We highly commend this feat.
Taking story-telling, an ancient human activity, as its material, the film nimbly jumps across the conventional dichotomy of fiction vs. documentary, creating a new "hyper-art" that foreshadows the arrival of "Images of the 21st century."
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Should we care if yet another F Scott Fitzgerald story is 'discovered'?
Last week, the Washington Post announced that a new fragment of a novel by F Scott Fitzgerald had been discovered. This followed hard on the heels of a report that a long-lost Fitzgerald short story called "Temperature" had also been unearthed and was about to be published. Surely a Fitzgerald scholar like me must be delighted by this sudden bonanza of Fitzgerald finds?
I have written before about how a writer of Fitzgerald's standing still comes to have a sizable amount of unpublished work. A variety of contributing factors include Fitzgerald's unusually volatile career and the depths to which he fell personally and professionally in the 1930s: during those years an increasing amount of what he produced was rejected by editors; his struggles with alcoholism and depression kept him from finishing much of what he started, or completing it to his usual standard; and his need to make money sent him towards Hollywood, away from novel and magazine writing. After his death in 1940, the value judgments of editors and publishers came into play: as late as the 1990s there was not necessarily much of a market for unpublished Fitzgerald stories, and before the internet made them cheap to circulate, it often wasn't worth publishers' time. Nor did the Fitzgerald estate always grant permission to publish works that might not elevate his cultural standing.
Anyone who has spent time in the huge Fitzgerald archives has found remnants of interest, and will have encountered unpublished stories as well as unpublished correspondence – that's what archives are for. My personal favourite was a scrap of paper in Fitzgerald's handwriting, included in a miscellaneous folder of lists, memoranda and other oddments. It was his recipe for bathtub gin, which no one had ever noticed before; I published it in my book on Gatsby. Some years ago Dr Daniel found a page of the original manuscript of Gatsby, which really had been thought lost, as she explained in the Huffington Post.
But none of this is especially noteworthy except to Fitzgerald connoisseurs. The problem comes when the media leap beyond the hyperbole of marketing to sell what they have "found". It uncomfortably echoes this summer's controversies over Go Set a Watchman, as people question the events and motives leading to publication. Some have concluded that GSAW has been fraudulently miss-sold – one US bookstore has even offered refunds "to those who bought the book based on marketing that led them to believe it was something other than what it actually was".
Misrepresentation is compounded by a failure of due diligence on the part of journalists. We live in a world of swirling, compounding misinformation, as fact becomes ever more difficult to separate from fabrication. So here is a caveat lector: if you see an announcement of a "new" work by Scott Fitzgerald, or any other classic author with a ready-made audience, check their archive catalogue first (most of them are digitised). It is probably just unpublished, and many will argue that it should stay that way. Personally, I'm delighted for everything to be made available, so readers can come to their own conclusions. The publication of Go Set a Watchman has hugely altered our cultural conversation about To Kill a Mockingbird, to my mind for the better. Keep publishing, by all means: but tell the truth about what you are publishing.


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Furtherfield have published an essay by me on how digital artists can work to help improve Wikipedia's representation of digital art by becoming editors and participating in Wikipedia. There's been some good discussion of the article on mailing lists, and hopefully the article has demystified Wikipedia's editing process a bit for artists and encouraged people to get involved. Click here to read it -
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An Artists' Guide For Editing Wikipedia](http://www.furtherfield.org/displayreview.php?review_id=350)

Wikipedians will notice a curious omission from the article - I don't mention NPOV. I did this deliberately as I didn't want to distract from discussion of the ideas that I have seen people on mailing lists having practical problems with. Which is why the article focusses on notability, sources and deletion. Hopefully it explains some of the rationale behind them and how to work with them to make better articles for Wikipedia, for society and for digital art.


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F. J. Duarte, T. S. Taylor, A. Costela, I. Garcia-Moreno, and R. Sastre, Long-pulse narrow-linewidth dispersive solid-state dye laser oscillator, Appl. Opt. 37, 3987-3989 (1998).
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DYNAMIC ROUTE GUIDANCE SYSTEMS AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION PRIORITY SYSTEMS IN UTMS
Traffic control systems have already been introduced in all parts of Japan and Japan can be said to lead developed countries in the adoption of such systems. The idea behind UTMS (Universal Traffic Management System) is to add a new infrastructure which provides two-way communication between the ground and in-vehicle units to the existing traffic control systems. It is one type of ITS, which implements a broad range of traffic control measures by individually identifying vehicles. Verification tests which will pave the way for practical application of DRGS (Dynamic Route Guidance Systems) and PTPS (Public Transportation Priority Systems), two of the six sub-systems which have been made possible through the use of two-way communication, are scheduled for the first half of 1996. This report discusses technical details and verification test plans for these two sub-systems.
ITS America
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Tanaka, Y
TAKEUCHI, K
Intelligent Transportation: Realizing the Benefits. Proceedings of the 1996 Annual Meeting of ITS America
Date: 1996-4-15 to 1996-4-18
Features: Figures; Tables;
Pagination: p. 18-24
TRT Terms: Communication; Communication systems; Identification systems; Infrastructure; Intelligent transportation systems; Public transit; Subsystems; Traffic control
Geographic Terms: Japan
Old TRIS Terms: Traffic control systems; Two way communication
Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;
Created Date: Aug 5 1996 12:00AM