So I bet the few visitors of mine out there have been wondering what happened?
Apparently I forgot to update my debit card number after it went to Florida without me, and GoDaddy did not inform me that there was any problem with my hosting plan, and then that they were going to kill off my hosting plan, and then they killed the site. So I decided to take this time to start moving all of my products over to Amazon AWS finally.
All of the posts from the original site are now lost. I will try and recreate the one about cross processing color negative film in Rodinal, but the other few articles will be lost to the internet, as I wrote them directly in WordPress. I will be changing my process from now on and save a copy in word as well.
Thanks for staying with me through this.
P.S. I am not affiliated with either GoDaddy or Amazon. I have been using GoDaddy for the better part of a decade, but as my little corner of the internet grows with the expansion of the Missed Lectures Media family, GoDaddy no longer made much sense as they are not quite designed to handle what we need.
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Bonnaroo X Schedule Released Today
Finally the Bonnaroo schedule has been released! Click HERE to take a look. As expected when the schedule came out, there are many many conflicts and overlaps with artists and set times. Of course for me there are the staple artists that are marked as must sees (Widespread Panic, String Cheese Incident, Buffalo Springfield, Mumford & Sons, Gregg Allman, Robert Plant, G. Love, The Black Keys, Warren Haynes, etc.) and after that, time to figure out the rest. Who knows, my ideal schedule today may end up being completely different when I arrive. All I know is there is a ton of great music and I can't wait to be surrounded by 90,000 of my new closest friends.
Tags: !!!, 22-20s, 420 Comedy Blaze, Abigail Washburn, Alberta Cross, Alison Krauss & Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas, Allen Toussaint (w Dr. John and The Original Meters), Amos Lee, Anthony B, Arcade Fire, artist, Atmosphere, Band of Skulls, Bassnectar, Béla Fleck & the Flecktones, Beats Antique, Beirut, Ben Sollee, Best Coast, Big Boi, Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears, Black Uhuru, Bonnaroo, Bootsy Collins & the Funk University, Bruce Hornsby & the Noisemakers, Buffalo Springfield, Cheech Marin, Chiddy Bang, Clare Maguire, Cold War Kids, Concert, Craig Baldo, Daniel Lanois' Black Dub, Dãm-Funk, Deer Tick, Deerhunter, Dennis Coffey, Devotchka, Do You Hear The Music, Donald Glover, Dr. John and The Original Meters performing Desitively Bonnaroo, Eugene Mirman, Explosions in the Sky, Festival, Florence & the Machine, Forro in the Dark, Freelance Whales, Futurebirds, G. Love & Special Sauce, Galactic, Girl Talk, Global Gypsy Punk Revue curated by Eugene Hütz, Gogol Bordello, Grace Potter & the Nocturnals, Graveyard, Gregg Allman, Hangaii, Hannibal Buress, Hayes Carll, Henry Rollins, Henson Alternative's Stuffed & Unstrung, Iron & Wine, J.Cole, Jessica Lea Mayfield, Joe Vitale, John Waters, Jon Lajoie, Jovanotti, Junip, Justin Townes Earle, Karen Elson, Kathleen Madigan, Kylesa, Lewis Black, Lil Wayne, Line up, Loretta Lynn, Man Man, Manchester, Matt & Kim, Mavis Staples, Mumford & Sons, Music, My Morning Jacket, Naomi Shelton & The Gospel Queens, Nate Bergatze • Eminem, Neil Young, Neon Trees, Nick Kroll, Nicole Atkins & the Black Sea, NOFX, now playing, Old Crow Medicine Show, Omar Souleyman, Opeth, Paul Scheer, Phosphorescent, Portugal. The Man, Pretty Lights, Primus, Railroad Earth, Ralphie May, Ratatat, Ray LaMontagne, Richie Furay, Rick Rosas, Robert Plant & Band of Joy, Robyn, Ryan Bingham, Schedule, School of Seven Bells, Scissor Sisters, Set Times, Sharon Van Etten, Shpongle Presents Shpongletron Experience, Sleigh Bells, Smith Westerns, Stephen Rannazzisi, Stephen Stills, String Cheese Incident, STS9, Superjam ft. Dan Auerbach and Dr. John, Ted Alexandro, Tennessee, The Black Angels, The Black Keys, The Decemberists, The Del McCoury Band and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, The Drums, The Gregory Brothers, The Head and the Heart, The Knux, The League, The Low Anthem, The Strokes, The Sword, The Walkmen, Tig Notaro, Tim Minchin, Twin Shadow, Wanda Jackson, Warren Haynes Band, Wavves, Widespread Panic, Wiz Khalifa
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Just Released: Lollapalooza 2011 Line-up
Lollapalooza released the 20th anniversary line-up today and while there are definitely a handful of artists making the summer festival rounds, I think they did a great job when you look at the line-up from top to bottom. Eminem, Foo Fighters, Coldplay and Muse as your headliners are definitely four big ones you can't argue. Now personally as I contemplate making the trip, I'm excited about so many of these bands and quite frankly too many to list but (and trying to take out the artists I'm planning to see at Bonnaroo) Ween, Crystal Castles, Local Natives, The Kills, White Lies, Two Door Cinema Club, Delta Spirit, Sleigh Bells and Chicago's own Smith Westerns. Plus Fitz & The Tantrums, Noah & The Whale, Tinie Tempah, The Vaccines, Foster The People, The Naked and Famous, Friendly Fires, Young The Giant, The Joy Formidable, Afrojack, Collie Buddz, Pretty Lights and a whole lot more. August 5-7 in one of the greatest cities in the world should be quite the music scene. At $215.00 for three days of an insane amount of music, seems like a heck of a deal to me.
Full line-up below.
Tags: A Perfect Circle, Afrojack, An Horse, Artic Monkeys, Atmosphere, Beats Antique, Beirut, Best Coast, Big Audio Dynamite, Black Cards, Black Lips, Boy & Bear, Bright Eyes, Cage the Elephant, Cee Lo, Chicago, Chico Trujillo, Christina Perri, City and Colour, Cold War Kids, Coldplay, Collie Buddz, Crystal Castles, Cults, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., Deadmau5, Death From Above 1979, Deftones, Delta Spirit, Disappears, DJ Mel, Dom, Electric Tooth, Ellie Goulding, Eminem, Explosions in the Sky, Fences, Fitz & The Tantrums, Flogging Molly, Foo Fighters, Foster the People, Friendly Fires, Gold Motel, Grace Potter & the Nocturnals, Grant Park, Grouplove, Illinois, Imelba May, Iration, J. Roddy, Julia Easterlin, Kerli, Kids These Days, Lia Ices, Lissie, Local Natives, Lollapalooza, Lord Huron, Los Bunkers, Lykke Li, Manchester Orchestra, Maps & Atlasas, Mayer Hawthorne, Muse, My Morning Jacket, Nas & Damian Marley, Noah & The Whale, OK Go, Patrick Stump, Phantogram, Portugal. The Man, Pretty Lights, Ratatat, Reptar, Rival Schools, Ruby Jane, Ryan Bingham, Ryan Leslie, Sam Adams, Skylar Grey, Sleigh Bells, Smith Westerns, Tab The Band, Tennis, The Cars, The Chain Gang of 1974, The Drums, The Joy Formidable, The Kills, The Kingston Springs, The Mountain Goats, The Naked and Famous, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, The Pretty Reckless, The Vaccines, Tinie Tempah, Titus Andronicus, Two Door Cinema Club, Typhoon, Walk The Moon, Ween, White Lies, Wye Oak, Ximena Sarinana, Young Man, Young The Giant
Bonnaroo Artist Additions
Today Bonnaroo announced artist additions and the comedy line-up for this summer. I know some people were hoping for bigger names but really, you couldn't expect more headlining acts to be announced. Could it have been better, sure but either way I for one am stoked as two of my favorite artists we added, G. Love and Black Joe Lewis. Add in Galactic, Black Uhuru and Daniel Lanois' Black Dub and Superfly definitely added some great talent. DJ line-up should be coming soon too.
Artists Additions
Shpongle Presents Shpongletron Experience
Daniel Lanois' Black Dub
Allen Toussaint (w Dr. John and The Original Meters)
Anthony B
Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears
Forro in the Dark
The Knux
Naomi Shelton & The Gospel Queens
Futurebirds
Hangaii
Comedy Lineup!
420 Comedy Blaze hosted by Cheech Marin featuring Ralphie May, the stars of Workaholics and more
Henson Alternative's Stuffed & Unstrung
The League (Paul Scheer, Nick Kroll, Jon Lajoie, Stephen Rannazzisi)
The Gregory Brothers
Craig Baldo
Nate Bergatze
Tags: !!!, 22-20s, 420 Comedy Blaze, Abigail Washburn, Alberta Cross, Alison Krauss & Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas, Allen Toussaint (w Dr. John and The Original Meters), Amos Lee, Anthony B, Arcade Fire, Atmosphere, • Eminem, Band of Skulls, Bassnectar, Béla Fleck & the Flecktones, Beats Antique, Beirut, Ben Sollee, Best Coast, Big Boi, Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears, Black Uhuru, Bonnaroo, Bootsy Collins & the Funk University, Bruce Hornsby & the Noisemakers, Buffalo Springfield, Cheech Marin, Chiddy Bang, Clare Maguire, Cold War Kids, Craig Baldo, Daniel Lanois' Black Dub, Dãm-Funk, Deer Tick, Deerhunter, Dennis Coffey, Devotchka, Donald Glover, Dr. John and The Original Meters performing Desitively Bonnaroo, Eugene Mirman, Explosions in the Sky, Florence & the Machine, Forro in the Dark, Freelance Whales, Futurebirds, G. Love & Special Sauce, Galactic, Girl Talk, Global Gypsy Punk Revue curated by Eugene Hütz, Gogol Bordello, Grace Potter & the Nocturnals, Graveyard, Gregg Allman, Hangaii, Hannibal Buress, Hayes Carll, Henry Rollins, Henson Alternative's Stuffed & Unstrung, Iron & Wine, J.Cole, Jessica Lea Mayfield, Joe Vitale, John Waters, Jon Lajoie, Jovanotti, Junip, Justin Townes Earle, Karen Elson, Kathleen Madigan, Kylesa, Lewis Black, Lil Wayne, Loretta Lynn, Man Man, Manchester, Matt & Kim, Mavis Staples, Mumford & Sons, My Morning Jacket, Naomi Shelton & The Gospel Queens, Nate Bergatze, Neil Young, Neon Trees, Nick Kroll, Nicole Atkins & the Black Sea, NOFX, Old Crow Medicine Show, Omar Souleyman, Opeth, Paul Scheer, Phosphorescent, Portugal. The Man, Pretty Lights, Primus, Railroad Earth, Ralphie May, Ratatat, Ray LaMontagne, Richie Furay, Rick Rosas, Robert Plant & Band of Joy, Robyn, Ryan Bingham, School of Seven Bells, Scissor Sisters, Sharon Van Etten, Shpongle Presents Shpongletron Experience, Sleigh Bells, Smith Westerns, Stephen Rannazzisi, Stephen Stills, String Cheese Incident, STS9, superfly, Superjam ft. Dan Auerbach and Dr. John, Ted Alexandro, Tennessee, The Black Angels, The Black Keys, The Decemberists, The Del McCoury Band and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, The Drums, The Gregory Brothers, The Head and the Heart, The Knux, The League, The Low Anthem, The Strokes, The Sword, The Walkmen, Tig Notaro, Tim Minchin, Twin Shadow, Wanda Jackson, Warren Haynes Band, Wavves, Widespread Panic, Wiz Khalifa
Say Hello to BONNAROO 2011
The Coachella lineup is pretty damn sick but after seeing the initial announcement of artists slated to perform at Bonnaroo, I am now torn and thinking I should look into heading to Tennessee this summer. I mean at Bonnaroo you have the return of Buffalo Springfield and Widespread Panic celebrating 25 years, String Cheese Incident, Warren Haynes and Gregg Allman which I can all but see some fun little guest appearances in the works, Mumford & Sons are thrust to the big time stage, Ray Lamontagne and Iron & Wine finally out of the tiny print on the line-up, just knowing Primus is going to be there leaves me wondering what Les Claypool has up his sleeve, Sleigh Bells, Portugal the Man, The Drums, Wavves, Ryan Bingham! Plus Smith Westerns, Beats Antique and STS9, Hayes Carll, Amos Lee, Deer Tick, Matt & Kim, Grace Potter and so many more great acts and that's not even including the headliners, Eminem and Arcade Fire.
Here's the line-up as of today:
Buffalo Springfield feat Richie Furay, Stephen Stills, Neil Young, Rick Rosas, Joe Vitale
String Cheese Incident
Robert Plant & Band of Joy
Dr. John and The Original Meters performing Desitively Bonnaroo
Alison Krauss & Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas
Superjam ft. Dan Auerbach and Dr. John
Global Gypsy Punk Revue curated by Eugene Hütz
Warren Haynes Band
Old Crow Medicine Show
Bootsy Collins & the Funk University
Matt & Kim
Grace Potter & the Nocturnals
The Del McCoury Band and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Béla Fleck & the Flecktones
Chiddy Bang
Bruce Hornsby & the Noisemakers
Devotchka
Dãm-Funk
Nicole Atkins & the Black Sea
Freelance Whales
Justin Townes Earle
Ryan Bingham
Omar Souleyman
Man Man
Alberta Cross
Smith Westerns
Clare MaGuire
Tags: 22-20s, Abigail Washburn, Alberta Cross, Alison Krauss & Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas, Amos Lee, Arcade Fire, Atmosphere, Bassnectar, Beats Antique, Beirut, Best Coast, Big Boi, Bonnaroo, Bootsy Collins & the Funk University, Bruce Hornsby & the Noisemakers Loretta Lynn, Buffalo Springfield, Chiddy Bang, Clare Maguire, Coachella, Cold War Kids, Dãm-Funk, Deer Tick Band of Skulls, Deerhunter, Devotchka, Dr. John and The Original Meters performing Desitively Bonnaroo, Eminem, Explosions in the Sky, Florence & the Machine, Freelance Whales, Girl Talk, Global Gypsy Punk Revue curated by Eugene ütz, Gogol Bordello, Grace Potter & the Nocturnals, Gregg Allman, Hayes Carll, Iron & Wine, J.Cole, Jessica Lea Mayfield Smith Westerns, Joe Vitale, Jovanotti, Junip, Justin Townes Earle, Karen Elson, Lil Wayne, Man Man, Manchester, Matt & Kim, Mavis Staples Béla Fleck & the Flecktones, Mumford & Sons The Strokes, My Morning Jacket, Neil Young, Neon Trees Portugal. The Man, Nicole Atkins & the Black Sea, Old Crow Medicine, Omar Souleyman, Opeth, Phosphorescent, Pretty Lights, Primus, Railroad Earth, Ratatatat, Ray LaMontagne, Richie Furay, Rick Rosas, Robert Plant & Band of Joy, Robyn, Ryan Bingham, School of Seven Bells, Scissor Sisters, Sharon Van Etten, Sleigh Bells, Stephen Stills, String Cheese Incident, STS9, Superjam ft. Dan Auerbach and Dr. John, Tennessee, The Black Keys, The Decemberists, The Del McCoury Band and the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, The Drums The Black Angels, The Head and the Heart, The Low Anthem, The Sword, The Walkmen, Twin Shadow Kylesa, Wanda Jackson, Warren Haynes Band, Wavves, Widespread Panic, Wiz Khalifa
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REVISITED: Mayer Hawthorne at The Cosmopolitan
Over the weekend I found myself returning to the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas to check out Mayer Hawthorne & The County performing at The Book & Stage. First off let me just say that this may be the coolest thing that any hotel & casino has ever done, offer free live entertainment of bands that you would normally be paying at least $10-$40 to see. At the same time I was on property to see Mayer Hawthorne do his thing, Nervo (smoking hot Australian sisters Liv and Mim) were performing just down the way at the Chandelier Bar and Beats Antique were performing at Bond and all you had to do was just show up to hear great music.
Back to Mayer Hawthorne; from the minute he took the stage, the energy in the lounge skyrocketed and a swarm of people from the casino floor started building around the venue. His soul sounds were captivating as he pumped out an hour set filled with his hits, "Just Ain't Gonna Work Out" and "Maybe So, Maybe No" as well as handful of covers including Snoop Dogg's "Gangsta Luv" and The Isley Brothers' "Work To Do." Overall it was easily the best free lounge entertainment I've experienced in Las Vegas and hopefully Hawthorne will return soon as his sound and energy were a perfect fit.
Also I'm really stoked about a handful of acts Cosmopolitan has booked in January including Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears (January 26-29), Fitz & The Tantrums (January 13-16) and Best Coast (January 5-8). Four night runs at The Book & Stage and all non-ticketed events so just show up and you're golden.
Here are a few photos from the show, next time I'll bring a real camera to snap some quality images.
Mayer Hawthorne @ Cosmopolitan
Mayer Hawthorne and Me
Tags: Beats Antique, Best Coast, Black Joe Lewis, Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears, Bond Bar, Book & Stage, Book and Stage, Chandelier Bar, Cosmopolitan, Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, Fitz & The Tantrums, Mayer Hawthorne, Mayer Hawthorne & The County, Nervo
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Christian Holidays 2023: Spending holidays with their family and friends, enjoying food, parades, and games, both televised and otherwise, is important for many Americans. Accordingly, an assortment of holidays that they love to celebrate includes Christian holidays. These holidays will be celebrated by every American with great enthusiasm every year.
Christian Holidays 2023
Christian holidays for the year 2023 in the US, play a very significant part as it is a part of the daily agenda among US citizens. These Christian holidays are not only well known in the US but also across the globe. They are also considered a critical factor in international business at certain times of the year, especially in the US.
It can be seen that Christianity in the US, has set out to mark its historical events by 2023 Christian holidays. These holidays have been created to commemorate some meaningful events in the American history of religious birth. The most famous of all the Christian holidays in 2023 will be Christmas Day. This is an occasion of joy as it presents Christianity to the US and the globe in its purest form, covering a warm family holiday.
Calendar 2023 with Christian Holidays
This important Christian holiday in 2023 will be celebrated to remember the birth of Jesus. This Christian holiday for the year 2023, will fall on the 25th, Monday, in December. On Christmas Day, Americans will celebrate the spirit of giving and sharing while appreciating the closeness of a family, unity among friends and relatives.
This represents the true spirit of Christmas and the Christian holidays. As a part of the Christian holiday 2023, it will be a common tradition for all Americans to set up a Christmas tree with lights and colorful decorations. Many decorate the whole house with lights, and sometimes even with some puppets of Santa and his reindeers.
Christian Holiday Calendar 2023
Most Americans will exchange gifts before these Christmas holidays. Another major Christian holiday that will be observed in the US during the year 2023 will be known as Easter. This Christian holiday in 2023 will be observed on Sunday, April 9th, and Easter Monday on April 10th, respectively.
It is a fact that Easter is recognized as one of the oldest Christian holidays. Americans give special importance to this Easter day since it will be traditional and important for all American Christians to visit the church on this day. It is also considered an important day for even those Christians who are not regular visitors to the church but try and make it on Easter.
Christians in the US celebrate lots of other Christian holidays that include, All Saint's Day which will fall on Wednesday, November 1st,2023, and All Soul's Day which will be observed on Thursday, November 2nd, 2023. The other Christian holidays that will be observed in 2023, include St. Andrew's Day, Holy Trinity Sunday, and Good Friday on November 30, 2023, June 4th, 2023, and April 7th, 2023, respectively. Some of the other Christian holidays include Ash Wednesday, St. David's Day, and St. Patrick's Day.
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Years ago as I was leaving my allergist's office, newly diagnosed as allergic to most things airborne and clutching several new prescriptions, he cautioned, "Don't be a patient." He meant I should guard against letting my diagnosis become the new me and letting it change the way I lived my life.
It was good advice, and after a few weeks or months of stressing about my allergies, I fell back into my old routine of work and family. After all, there's little you can do to completely isolate yourself from every bit of mold, pollen, dander, and dust that hangs in the air. You just deal with the problems as they arise, and move on.
Recently, however, I've come to realize that since the day my cancer was diagnosed last April, I've been a cancer patient. Understandably the diagnosis was an immediate, overriding concern with innumerable questions and considerations demanding attention. But even during the periods when treatments and side effects weren't looming every minute, I've let my diagnosis consume my life, my daily schedule, and all my energies.
It was an easy trap to fall into. I was already living with zero responsibilities to anyone or anything else, enjoying every bit of my leisure. Fat and lazy and extremely self-indulgent. Unlike so many cancer patients, especially those several decades younger, I've had the luxury of not having to get to work and keep a job, or maintain and care for a family. Or both. Frankly, based on my own experience, I don't see how those people manage it. Either youth grants them energy I no longer have, or I'm just not as motivated as they are.
I love my life of leisure but at the same time envy their energy and determination to move, to keep living their lives and maintaining their interests and not letting cancer become the focus of everything. Me, I just sit here like a bump on a log, willing servant to whatever schedules and treatments my doctors impose. I'd be better off, I think, if I had at least one pressing outside interest, a purpose or calling that would drive me to think about something other than my next appointment, my next treatment, my next pill. But truth be told, I've had no such interest for quite a while, and now seems a very unlikely time to develop one — not while I'm having to drive to the cancer center every day for treatment.
Maybe, when I get past these daily commitments, when I start having days or weeks to myself with no doctor appointments, when I've regained some strength and energy, I'll find that once again my interests extend beyond just getting through the day. I hope so. Because it's obvious that since April, I've been nothing more than a patient. And I've really hated that.
Besides, I'm a realist (or try to be), and with cancer as with life, there are no guarantees. There's always the possibility that there won't be time, sometime in the future, to start living again as a person and not a patient.
Funny, but I didn't get that impression at all. Maybe it's because you've maintained your other blog and drop by my LJ, and and when we drop a line, we also talk about other things. Granted, I'm not there with you every day, but I didn't pick up any sense of what you describe.
Well, I have to have a little talk with myself every once in a while. But I suppose the blog(s) are my ongoing interest. They just don't get me out and about like I think I should be doing. I need to work on that when I get a little stronger.
We used to visit my sister once a month at her group home nearby, a 70 mile round trip, but she passed away last December. We would take her to lunch, usually for pizza. It would break the routine and the car trip was an occasion for conversation that somehow wouldn't have occurred otherwise. Mollie and I both miss that. A trip without a purpose is not the same somehow.
I'm sure a deficit in strength and energy is killing my motivation for a lot things and am hopeful all that will gradually return to normal. I do get impatient sometimes, waiting to feel really good again, and for now I tend to bypass anything that requires a lot of physical effort or mental focus. It feels like the illness is stealing valuable time from whatever my remaining allocation might be, and it makes me angry and frustrated.
I envy your having Mollie to share plans and travels. In recent years I've become hesitant to strike out on solo road trips, not sure of my stamina, less confident of my ability to handle new situations, etc. Having someone to share the driving and enjoy the trip would make a big difference, I think. Of course, I'd have to overcome my tendency to return to favorite, familiar places and instead head for some of the many interesting places I've never seen.
That label may be the worst part. People look at you differently. You look at yourself differently. (My husband would rather people not know, so few were told. Which makes some things easier – some not.
Yes, it's kind of hard to hide the patient thing when you're wearing caps indoors. And a bare shaved head is a real head-turner. Lucky men; they can get away with that look. Women can't.
Love the Subway analogy. Very appropriate. Some days they really pile it on, everything they've got. Other days it's barely a squirt of mayo and a slice of salami. And lately they seem to think toasted is the way to go.
Toasty warm is good for winter? Hang in there.


Runoff generation mechanisms vary between catchments and despite decades of research in many catchments, these mechanisms are still not fully understood. In this paper, runoff generation mechanisms in the steep pre-alpine catchments in the Alptal, Switzerland, are discussed. These fast responding catchments are characterized by low permeability soils on top of flysch bedrock. In combination with the high and frequent precipitation, this results in predominantly wet conditions. In many areas, the water table is close to the surface. We review the main results of recent (2009-2016) studies in these catchments that used isotope, stream chemistry and hydrometric data. These field studies focused on the spatial and temporal patterns in groundwater levels, spatial patterns in the isotopic composition and chemistry of streamflow during baseflow conditions, as well as the responses of streamflow and its isotopic composition during rainfall events. The combined results of these studies highlight the establishment of connectivity of areas with a different topographic position and areas with a different land use during rainfall events. They also show the importance of flow in higher conductivity near surface soil layers for runoff generation, as well as the frequent occurrence of surface runoff. Spatial differences in groundwater dynamics are related to topography. Streamflow responses are mainly affected by the rainfall characteristics; differences in streamflow and hydrochemistry between catchments with different portions of forest, meadows and wetlands, were relatively small. However, variations in the chemistry of baseflow along stream reaches within a catchment were considerable. Above all, these studies highlight the value of combining data on spatial patterns of groundwater levels and stream chemistry with long term data on streamflow to derive a more complete picture of the dominant runoff generation mechanisms.
runoff generation; gleysols; topography; shallow groundwater; isotopes; pre-alpine catchment.
Ambroise, B. 2004. Variable 'active' versus 'contributing' areas or periods: a necessary distinction. Hydrological Processes 18, 1149-1155. http://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.5536.
Asano, Y., Uchida, T., Mimasu, Y., Ohte, N. 2009. Spatial patterns of stream solute concentrations in a steep mountainous catchment with a homogeneous landscape. Water Resources Research 45, W10432. http://doi.org/10.1029/2008WR007466.
Bachmair, S., Weiler, M., Troch, P.A. 2012. Intercomparing hillslope hydrological dynamics: Spatio-temporal variability and vegetation cover effects. Water Resources Research 48. http://doi.org/10.1029/2011wr011196.
Badoux, A., Turowski, J.M., Mao, L., Mathys, N., Rickenmann, D. 2012. Rainfall intensity–duration thresholds for bedload transport initiation in small Alpine watersheds. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 12, 3091-3108. http://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-12-3091-2012.
Beven, K.J., Kirkby, M.J. 1979. A physically based, variable contributing area model of basin hydrology / Un modèle à base physique de zone d'appel variable de l'hydrologie du bassin versant. Hydrological Sciences Bulletin 24, 43-69. http:doi.org/10.1080/02626667909491834.
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Martin Barr took second overall at last Sunday's Duns round of the MX2 British Championship.
The weather at the weekend played havoc with all sport and the motocross didn't miss with all the events getting their fair share of the heavy rain and wind.
Following a five-week break the Maxxis British Championship moved into the second half of the series at Duns in Scotland and local rider Martin Barr just missed out on taking the overall win in the MX2 class.
Billy Hutton Memorial Trophy winner Richard Bird (centre) pictured with Jordan McCaw and Stuart Nesbitt along with the late Billy Hutton's daughters Dawn, Heather and Denise.
The Revo Husqvarna rider qualified fourth fastest behind championship leader Conrad Mewes on the ASA Hitachi KTM and in the opening race he finished third behind Josh Gilbert. In race two with the weather taking a turn for the worse and the track turning into a mud bath he claimed fourth after being held up on the last lap by back markers.
"It wasn't a bad weekend but it could have been better," said Barr. "The track was perfect for qualifying and I set the fourth fastest time.
"In the opening race I made a decent start lying fifth before moving up to third. As I was moving into second I washed the front and went down and dropped to fifth before battling my way back to third at the flag.
"The rain was hammering down at the start of race two turning the track into a mess and although I didn't make the best of starts I took my time and picked them off to move into second and a potential overall winning situation.
Glenoe's Glenn McCormick had the best result of his season when he finished eighth on the Watts KTM in race one at Duns and despite a non-finish in race two he was happy with his performance.
"I qualified 16th and made a cracking start in the opening moto, lying third into turn one," he said. "I stayed there for a few laps before dropping to fifth then I lost my goggles and couldn't see, dropping to eighth. I did regroup and catch seventh but it was too little too late.
"Race two was run in awful conditions. I was fifth away and someone cleaned my front wheel and down I went. There must have been three or four bikes on top of me and by the time I dug myself out of the mud the race was over.
"In the same class Dundonald's James Mackrel claimed 7th overall while Jason Meara finished 12th overall.
In the MX1 class reigning champion Carrick's Graeme Irwin qualified fastest on the ASA Hitachi KTM, over two seconds faster than Russian rider Evgeny Bobryshev but in his opening race someone hit the left side of the bike and bent the sprocket and chain guide.
"The chain came off and there was no chance of getting back it back on," explained Irwin. With the second race abandoned due to the weather it was a disappointing day for the champion.
Meanwhile, Lisburn's Richard Bird added his name to the prestigious Billy Hutton Memorial Trophy for the third time in his career as he raced his Five5 KTM to victory over Jordan McCaw and Stuart Simpson at a very wet Bells Hill last Saturday.


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A Closer Look At Minimalism Today—No Helvetica Allowed
What's behind our culture's perennial obsession with minimalism? According to Stuart Tolley, it resurfaces in times of social flux.
By Meg Miller 3 minute Read
"For me, it's a cleansing of the palette," says Stuart Tolley, who runs the Brighton, England-based design studio Transmission. "It's a way of stripping back work to go against ornamentation and layers in Photoshop and busy, busy, busy."
He's talking about a graphic style you may have heard of: minimalism. An overwhelming favorite–if consistently eye-rolled–style for many designers working today, minimalism can be seen everywhere from advertisements to web design (thanks, flat design) to fashion. It's also the subject of Tolley's new book, Min: The New Simplicity in Graphic Design.
Tolley argues that minimalism is not so much a trend as a "barometer of social change." In other words, it's a graphic style that comes in and out of fashion largely in response to social factors. In 1915, for example, the Russian Supremacist painter Kazimir Malevich's (self-explanatory) painting Black Square was an effort to revolutionize art and move it away from representation.
Minimalism is a "barometer of social change"—it comes in and out of fashion in response to social factors.
In the 1950s, graphic minimalism was a reaction to the rise of consumerism, a way to cut through the noise of busy advertisements. "[Minimalism] is a form of restraint that comes to the fore as a reaction to overtly ornate and expressive graphic trends, often during times of social flux," Tolley writes in the introduction.
All of which brings us to our current obsession with minimalism, which Tolley describes as a response to the visual excess of the '90s and early 2000s. "Previously there was a big interest in bling culture and everyone really showing off and talking about themselves that was reflected in the design itself. It was quite decorative and quite loud," he says in an interview. "But we're really in a period of austerity now, and I think minimalism reflects that."
Made Thought produced a 96-page book, Portrait of a Company, with G.F. Smith, an independent U.K. paper manufacturer founded in 1885.
Art Direction & Design: Made Thought. Photography: Toby Coulson. Production: Push Print, Benwells; R Young Printers. Origin: U.K. Still Life Photography by Stuart Tolley.© 2016 Stuart Tolley
"I didn't want anything that was too inspired by Swiss type or overuse of Helvetica—that type of thing."
It's this current wave of graphic simplicity that Tolley is most interested in exploring in his book. When choosing projects to include, he narrowed down his options to only work produced in the last three or four years. He ruled out personal projects, too, opting instead to focus on commercial work (according to Tolley, factoring in personal work would have meant including posters, many of which to him seem retro rather than boundary pushing). "I think there's a bit of hangover for minimalism," he says, citing an oversaturation of graphic works that have a lot of white space and use Helvetica. "I didn't want anything that was too inspired by Swiss type or overuse of Helvetica—that type of thing. The ones I chose are experimental and playful, and they all feel quite fresh and contemporary."
Yet Tolley's book, a compendium of more than 150 designers working today, is by no means limited. Divided into three sections–reduction, production (print), and geometry–the book features designs by studios such as Lucienne Roberts (makers of the beautiful Graphic Designers Surveyed), the inventive 3-D paper works of Swedish studio BVD Design, and the colorful geometric work of U.K. studio Made Thought.
Tolley says he wanted to move away from black and white, from Helvetica and other cliches of minimalist design, to show how designers today are employing the style in diverse and unexpected ways.
He points to a multi-material vinyl release of Brazilian electronic music producer Amon Tobin titled Dark Jovian, created by U.K. designer Alexander Brown, as one example. The records are encased in a white silicon container that resembles a car wheel–no frills, no color, and just about as pared down as you can get. Yet conceptually, it was something that Tolley, who did a lot of research on vinyl covers for his previous book, had never encountered before. One side of the record is playable, while the other is etched to give off a science-fiction vibe. "That kind of approach and design I'd never seen before and it really surprised me," says Tolley. Sometimes it takes visual constraints to design something truly novel.
Check out more of Tolley's curated examples of exciting contemporary minimalist design in the slideshow above, or head over to Thames & Hudson to buy the book.
Photos: Stuart Tolley. © 2016 Stuart Tolley, courtesy Thames and Hudson
Meg Miller is an associate editor at Co.Design covering art, technology, and design.
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HIBS fans all over Edinburgh, the country and beyond will forever treasure a precious selection of pictures taken on and after the day they finally won the Scottish Cup.
But it's fair to say few of them will mean as much as this one does to Andy Cook and Sarah Hainey.
The newlyweds became the first married couple to pose with the historic trophy after celebrating their wedding at Easter Road.
The surprise photo opportunity arose after Andy and Sarah tied the knot on Saturday. Following their ceremony at Lothian Chambers, family and friends gathered at the ground, where the cup stole the limelight.
Sarah, who played for Hibs Ladies as a teenager, said: "We were at the Scottish Cup final and the victory parade, so to be able to get our photo taken with the Scottish Cup really was the icing on the cake.
"My dad was so happy to be able to see it, and when he, my sister and I got our photo taken together, my dad counted up all of our ages and it totalled 114 – the exact amount of years it took Hibs to win the cup.
Sarah and Andy fell in love after meeting at a ceilidh in Glasgow more than two years ago. And it was the 24-year-old bride, from Liberton, who had to convince her boyfriend of the merits of following the team in green.
She said: "My family have always been massive Hibs supporters and when I first met Andy he wasn't that into football.
"I've had a season ticket for seven years and on one of our first dates I took Andy to see Hibs v St Mirren, and I converted him.
"He fell in love with the team during the relegation play-offs against Hamilton away.
But the couple will have to follow Hibs' promotion bid from afar this season – as they jet off to Dubai next week to take up new teaching jobs.
Andy, 26, said: "We hadn't planned on getting married quite so soon but we are moving to Dubai next week and wanted to do it before we went.
As they start their new lives, though, memories of their special day are certain to be in their thoughts – particularly as their night culminated in guests forming a circle to belt out Hibs anthem Sunshine on Leith.


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ANC Wins with Reduced Majority
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South Africa's African National Congress (ANC) has been returned to office after winning parliamentary elections, but with a reduced majority.
The ANC secured 58% of the vote, ahead of the Democratic Alliance (DA) on 21%. The radical Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), came third with 11%.
The ANC, which has been in power since 1994, won 62% of the vote at the last general election in 2014. Anger over the economy and corruption may have eroded its appeal.
Turnout was about 65% in the twin parliamentary and provincial elections – a drop compared to the 73% registered five years ago. Some six million young people did not register to vote.
Casting his vote in the country's sixth democratic national election since apartheid ended 25 years ago, President Ramaphosa acknowledged the "rampant corruption" of recent years.
"We have made mistakes but we have been sorry about those mistakes and we are saying our people should reinvest their confidence in us," he said.
"Corruption got into the way, patronage got into the way and not focusing on the needs of our people got in the way."
Why has the ANC lost support?
Young people queuing to vote spoke of their difficulties in finding jobs.
One young voter said her future employment prospects were on her mind. "I don't feel confident about getting the job I want," she said.
"I'm a member of the ANC, but I didn't vote for them this time," construction worker Thabo Makhene told Reuters news agency. "They need to catch a wake-up. The way they run the state, mishandling state funds, they've lost their morals."
However, many voters stayed loyal to the ANC, which led the fight against apartheid.
Esau Zwane, 90, waiting to vote in Soweto, Johannesburg, lived under white-minority rule. He told the BBC he was celebrating "that our country is now ruled by black people".
Votes are cast for parties, with seats in the 400-member National Assembly allocated according to the share of the vote gained by each party. These MPs then elect a president.
Election in numbers:
26.76 million registered voters
55% of them are female
A record 48 parties on the ballot
28,757 voting stations
220,000 members of electoral staff
Six million young people did not register to vote
How big an issue is land reform?
Apartheid, in place from 1948 to 1994, legalised racial discrimination in favour of white people, and land ownership has remained a contentious issue.
The white minority still owns disproportionately more land than the black majority. The EFF has led the charge in trying to change this.
Andrew Harding says the party's stance has forced the ANC to consider drastic measures to transfer more land, more quickly, into black hands, which has resulted in a pledge to conduct land expropriation without compensation.
However, the DA says it does not believe land reform needs to be "carried out in a way that takes from one to give to another", and instead promises to prioritise land reform in the budget and to release unused government land.
Other election issues include discontent over poor basic services such as water, housing and electricity, and anger over violent crime.
As well as the continued inequalities, it is thought that the failure to tackle corruption has damaged the ANC.
President Ramaphosa came to power last year pledging to get to grips with the issue, but some voters still associate the party with the corruption which thrived under his predecessor, Jacob Zuma.
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Tom Peters book "the brand you 50" is a great read. I often find myself revisiting the book for personal inspiration. The concept of the book is to provide guidance on how to transform from an employee to a brand that people want to engage with. Today, I decided to reread a few sections. I thought sharing some of my thoughts about Tom's counsel would make a good follow-up to the post about Bob McDonald's values-based leadership.
Tom is a big believer in the power of working on things you value. He challenges you to think about meetings you attend and to ask yourself if it is a good use of your time. Perhaps the most provocative question is – Was your yesterday a sleep walk, or did you make a distinct contribution consistent with the big things in this life that you value? Unfortunately, for many people the true answer is that it was more of a sleep walk.
Got a Personal Mission Statement? If not, why not? If you do, do you use it to guide the choices you make? Like Tom, Bob McDonald is a believer of writing down what you value and sharing it publicly so you can get the support of your community to stay on course.
Who are you? This is Tom's #11. Pretty simple question, but I suspect the answer is fairly complicated. Call it an elevator speech if you like, but everybody should have a pithy statement of who they are. It drives clarity of purpose. Another way to think about it is to view you as a brand. What is your promise? Remember, your promise should be relevant, competitive and authentic. Defining yourself through a memorable brand statement is a real personal challenge. But, the pay-off can be huge. Being aware of your image (today's reality) and desired identity (tomorrow's possibility) provides you with a clearer path to personal success. Of course, the other key is following through on that plan by continually developing the skill sets that make self-actualization possible.
Setting a clear direction in life is not an easy task. Life is never truly predictable, and it passes faster than you imagine. Having a sense of who you are and how you can uniquely contribute provides some great guidance when the choices in your life are not black and white. In my experience, staying true to yourself generally leads to the best choice. But, like many things it is a journey. You change based on your experiences and your personal brand is enriched along the way. In my opinion, revisiting the exercise of clearly defining who you are and what you value is time well invested. I'd encourage you to consider carving time out before the end of the year to answer some of the questions Tom Peter's raises. I think you'll find the outcome surprisingly helpful.
What has your experience been with personal branding? Any success stories you can share as encouragement for others starting their journey?
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Briefly…I choose to be a little weird. Not aloof or offsetting, but just different from the norm. A little more wit. A little nicer. A little more knowledgeable. Sadly, due to the absence of black males in my industry, I already stick out for simply being able to present myself like the "majority". So in a complex paradox of confusion, I am both "normal" and "abnormal'…which in an of itself is quite interesting.
This is a good, yet personal question. Im sure we each has a different way. For me it is a promise that I have standards according to my education, culture, experiences and constantly reviewing them for errors and changes. However, it is not always bad to be a little stubborn and stick to my own set of values no matter what. Sometimes, I call it "having standards"!
Just like with any branding exercise, you must first know what your main message will be. Be clear on what you will stand for. What qualities do you want other people to associate with you? Are you a Rolls Royce? A Ferrari? A Toyota? A Casio or a Rolex?
You also need to be aware of your industry and whether or not the above "Brand You" is appropriate. If your industry (and clients) is focused on convenience and accessibility, then being an exclusive luxury brand is self-defeating.
Don't try to sell everyone a Cadillac when they just want (and will be satisfied with) a VW Beetle. In fact, Beetle-buyers will be turned off by a Cadillac salesman/pitch.
Thank you for the impulse to stop for a moment and think deeper. I guess "Who are you?" is truly a key question.
The next step probably would be "What do I really want to do with my life?".
Of course, it is just the beginning of the long journey, but… I know personally a significant number of cases, when just writing down of the answers to those simple questions has finally changes the whole destinies!
Take great care, it may be the most important brand you will ever have or know. You need to brand yourself before you get branded by a less than kind individual. A brand is somewhat parallel to building a reputation. Focus on your strengths, try to overcome weaknesses through education and mentoring, and readily admit your shortcomings. And the journey never ends.
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Q: How to serve cached ruby apps from nginx rather than unicorn? I have a rails 3.0 app, and it has a good amount of traffic, the app it's running through the combination of Nginx and Unicorn. The thing is that unicorn and it's workers consume a lot of resources, and because of the nature of my app, a lot of records are pulled from the database, then it's like serving almost static files generated with those database records
I was wondering if you can generate this kind of static files, cache them, serve them through nginx instead of the app through unicorn to use less resources and kind of reloading the cache after 1000 request
I'm beginning my research about that, I don't know a lot of server configuration, so I hope you guys have any advise for me, it would be great!
thanks!

A: I assume you mean How do I serve my static assets from nginx rather than Unicorn
I just solved this problem and here is a snippet of my nginx.conf
# Prefer to serve static files directly from nginx to avoid unnecessary
# data copies from the application server.
try_files $uri/index.html $uri.html $uri @app;

# Set Far Future Cache on Static Assets
# All requests starting with /xyz/ where xyz is
# one of the options below (~* == case insensitive)
location ~* ^/(images|javascripts|stylesheets)/ {
    # Per RFC2616 - 1 year maximum expiry
    # http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html
    expires 1y;
    add_header Cache-Control public;

    # Some browsers still send conditional-GET requests if there's a
    # Last-Modified header or an ETag header even if they haven't
    # reached the expiry date sent in the Expires header.
    add_header Last-Modified "";
    add_header ETag "";
    break;
}

location @app { ... }

I am using Rails 3.0.10 so you my need something like ^/assets/ instead.  The ~* directive tells nginx to do a case in-sensitive reg-ex compare.  Also you don't need to escape the backslashes as you would in other languages.
Here is the Nginx documentation on that: http://wiki.nginx.org/HttpCoreModule#location

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January 1, 2020 by Caitlin·0 Comments
By Kiera Cass
This book picks up right where the last one left off—that is, with Eadlyn's brother having just eloped and her mother having just suffered a heart attack. Caught in the middle of two crises, Eadlyn decides to narrow down her Selection to six suitors, who now comprise the Elite. She also announces that, until his wife has recovered and he is ready to return to work, she will take over for her father as regent.
Try as she does to cope with an onslaught of change and a whirlwind of requests and demands, Eadlyn's finding it harder and harder to hold her ground. Her advisors chastise her, the public hurls remarks of disapproval, and even the Selected are getting impatient. Will Eadlyn make it to the end of the competition to claim her "happily ever after," or will she succumb to a pressure she never thought she would face? Find out in 'The Crown'!
I was hoping Kiera Cass would redeem herself with this book the way she did with 'The One.' Sadly, that didn't happen. In fact, I could almost feel her tiredness—her anxiousness just to be done with this book—seeping through the pages. It was as if she didn't have enough energy to write another sweeping, fairy tale romance, so she settled for an itinerary. I liked that there was some character development, and I liked getting to see Eadlyn take charge of her life, but everything else felt so rushed, so simple. There wasn't any depth.
My biggest complaint, however, was that Eadlyn didn't end up with the person I wanted her to end up with. I won't give anything away, but I'll warn you that you might be disappointed.
Catey F.
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The Heir
December 25, 2019 by Caitlin·0 Comments
Twenty years have passed since America Singer and Maxon Schreave were married. Now their daughter, a reluctant Princess Eadlyn, must make her own Selection. Eadlyn opens her home to thirty-five suitors, among them a boy she's known (and hated) her whole life, a boy who doesn't speak English, and a handful of troublemakers. At first, she wants nothing more than to return to the single life she's comfortable with, but the more time she spends with her guests, the more difficult it becomes for her to imagine life without them. On every date and after every kiss, she learns something about herself, she learns something about her people, and she questions what she thought she knew about love.
I wasn't sure how to rate this book. I hovered between two and three stars, but I decided to go with two for a couple of reasons. First, the writing felt a little dull. Second, while I did admire how open-ended this book was—I think it's one of the first love stories I've read where it wasn't clear right from the beginning who the main character was going to end up with—, I realized I wasn't all that crazy about any of the candidates. There's one I hold slightly above the others, but even he got on my nerves a few times.
Then there was the main character herself. I saw parts of myself in Eadlyn, but I also saw a whole lot of spoiled brat. She spends half of her time asking for pity and the other half flaunting her superior status. What kind of a princess says things like, "Didn't they know who I was, what they'd trained me for? I was Eadlyn Schreave. No one was more powerful than me"?
After a series of mishaps, culminating in her call for an end to the caste system on national television, King Clarkson was eager to send America Singer home. Now that she's convinced him to let her stay, to rejoin the Selection and compete for Prince Maxon's heart, she will have to be on her best behaviour. It won't be easy—the Northern rebels will force her to take risks, the Southern rebels will enrage her, the king will test her to the limit, and the web of secrets and lies she's been spinning will threaten to collapse.
At the same time, America has trouble admitting her feelings to Maxon. It's not that she doesn't love him, or that she thinks he doesn't love her, she's just afraid of losing him. To Celeste, who fears a life outside the spotlight. To Elise, who is desperate to please her family. Or to Kriss, who wants Maxon almost as much as she does. Find out who will take the crown in The One, the enchanting conclusion to America's story.
I don't know why, but I had a feeling Kiera Cass would redeem herself with this book. I was right! It was so much better than 'The Elite'! There were a couple of things I didn't like, a few situations I thought could have been handled better, but I was satisfied with how everything turned out.
I must admit that, while I was disappointed that America's romantic affairs overshadowed the rebel storyline and any of this author's attempts at world-building, Kiera Cass knows how to write about love (for teen audiences, at least). The last few chapters of this book were absolutely beautiful… Poetic, but not flowery. Doting, but not gushing.
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The stakes are high for America Singer in this sequel to 'The Selection.' With the competition narrowed down to six girls and rebel attacks on the rise, she's running out of time to decide what she wants—and, more importantly, who she wants. Prince Maxon might have swept her off her feet, a motion as unexpected as it was romantic, but can she handle the responsibilities of being his wife? Aspen was her first love, as familiar to her as her childhood home, but do her feelings for him run as deep as they used to? America will have to make up her mind before someone else does it for her.
I was grateful for dialogue while reading this book. When I was left alone with America's thoughts, I had to prepare myself to be confused. These thoughts, many of them incomplete and most of them incoherent, came and went so fast I barely had time to process them. She's always getting mad at people, then forgiving them, then getting mad at them again… I realize she herself is confused, torn between two guys she really cares about, but I felt like the whole book was one long, mushy internal debate.
Another thing that frustrated me was how selfish America became. She holds Maxon at arm's length, demanding he give her time to sort out her feelings, and yet she doesn't think it's fair when he starts getting closer to the other girls. Can she not understand that he's tired of waiting for someone who won't return his feelings? Someone who doesn't appreciate all that he's done for her? Someone who's been sneaking off with one of his guards?
December 4, 2019 by Caitlin·0 Comments
America Singer's life used to be simple. She worked, she took care of her family, and she snuck out at night to spend time with Aspen, her secret boyfriend. Everything changes when she is chosen for the Selection, a competition between thirty-five girls and the chance for one of them to become the next princess of Illéa. America leaves behind her life as a Five—one of the poorer castes, but not the worst off—and enters a world of equal parts luxury and rivalry. She has no intention of marrying Prince Maxon, but the more time she spends at the palace, the more complicated her feelings become for him, Aspen, and the other girls.
I wish I had read this book when I was just a little bit younger—I know I would have gone crazy over it! While I may not be gushing over Aspen and Prince Maxon the way I would have been in seventh grade, I didn't find myself rolling my eyes at the cheesy parts, either. This book may have all the tropes (The Average Girl Who Everyone Falls in Love With? Check. The Mean Girl Who Always Gets Her Way? Check. The Love Triangle? Check.), but there's a certain "feel good" quality to it that makes it easy to ignore these things.
In fact, I think part of what makes 'The Selection' series so appealing is the lack of doom and gloom. I feel like some YA protagonists spend their entire books shifting between varying states of fear, anger, and despair. America, on the other hand, remains optimistic throughout. She knows how to make the most of a bad situation.
Bloodrose
November 2, 2017 by Jennifer Clark·0 Comments
Andrea Cremer
In the third book of the 'Nightshade' series, Shay must retrieve the last pieces of the elemental cross; the only weapons that can destroy wraiths and banish Bosque Mar back to the Nether. Still finding out who he is as the Scion, he must endure a journey with some guardians and searchers who have now formed an alliance. They will meet many obstacles along the way such as other guardians guarding the sites who want to stop them at all costs.
Although Calla has been itching for a battle, she also has other matters to deal with, such as supporting and vouching for her brother, even if he did betray them; finding and saving Ren despite what Shay thinks; leading her pack as the alpha; and keeping her feelings for Ren and Shay in check, not just for Ren or Shay but for herself.
The keepers are soon on the searchers' trails determined to stop them from returning Bosque Mar to the nether, the realm where all the keepers get their powers from. If Bosque Mar disappears, so do their powers to conjure Succubi, Incubi, Wraiths and other evil but powerful creatures.
Personally, this book was very enjoyable because there was so much adventure! New plot changes were always surprising and constantly had me predicting what was going to happen and how each situation would play out. Romance and jealousy were also tied in and sometimes affected the characters decisions and outcomes. Many difficult decisions and sacrifices were made. Overall, I absolutely loved this book! Between all the action and mystery, this book is definitely on my top 10 list. I highly recommend Bloodrose and the other books in the Nightshade series, to anyone who enjoys fiction novels. – Juliana M.
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Wah Ching-bok - Nov 20, 2019 6:57pm
HK needs to bring back manufacturing, albeit high-end
Hit by months-long social unrest and the Sino-US trade war, Hong Kong's economy has entered a technical recession and the prospects going forward appear anything but promising.
The government has launched a series of relief and livelihood measures targeting low-income households and some hard-hit industries such as retail and tourism, but the "sweeteners" won't be able to offset a key structural problem in the economy: the absence of a viable manufacturing sector.
During the 1950s, Hong Kong witnessed manufacturing, albeit light industry, get off the ground in a significant way, and then take off substantially in the decades that followed, becoming a major pillar of the economy.
However, things began to take a turn later when China began a program of nationwide reform and opening up.
As a result, from the 1980s onwards, a lot of entrepreneurs in Hong Kong began to tap into the cheap land and labor in the mainland by moving their manufacturing plants across the border. This led to the gradual and continuous decline of the manufacturing industry here.
The relocation of the city's factories to the mainland in the 1980s, and then even further to South Asia, Southeast Asia and Africa over the past decade, represents not only massive capital outflow but also many job losses to Hong Kong, which will have far-reaching implications for the local employment market, tax revenues, retirement benefits and social stability in the long run.
The decline of the manufacturing sector has, as a matter of fact, already given rise to the issue of structural unemployment in the city, particularly among the young people.
According to the first quarter data of 2019 released by Hong Kong's Census and Statistics Department, the unemployment rate among local youth aged between 15 and 29 stood at 6.1 percent, which was almost three fold the city's overall unemployment rate.
Meanwhile, the overall unemployment rate in the tourism business and peripheral industries like retail, hospitality and catering, which are currently providing some 600,000 jobs, has hit 4.5 percent, and is likely to deteriorate further in the coming days, largely due to the recent social instability.
As we can see, the profitability of the service industry is highly vulnerable to political uncertainties and other external factors.
Given this, I believe it is time for the government, the business community and the society at large to reconsider jump-starting the manufacturing sector, particularly the high value-added industries, which can provide more stable jobs for local people and higher yields for investors.
Let's take a look at Germany and Japan. Not only are the high-end and state-of-the-art manufacturing sectors of the two countries having a huge advantage in the global market, they are also providing jobs for nearly 20 percent of their populations.
In rekindling manufacturing, Hong Kong shouldn't look to bring back the traditional labor-intensive manufacturing such as the textile and electronic product assembly industries, as these industries will see human workers increasingly replaced by much more efficient and cost-effective robots.
Instead, we should seek to introduce the more competitive, sustainable and irreplaceable high-end manufacturing industries.
If we can do that, it can not only provide a long-term solution to the deep-seated unemployment issue, it may also put Hong Kong at the global forefront of some of the cutting-edge technologies such as aerospace engineering, biopharmaceuticals and new energy development.
This article appeared in the Hong Kong Economic Journal on Nov 8
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Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay based on the picture below. You should start your essay with a brief description of the picture and then comment on the kid's understanding of going to school. You should write at least 120 words but no more than 180 words.


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#include "tensorflow/core/util/tensor_bundle/naming.h"

#include "tensorflow/core/lib/strings/stringprintf.h"
#include "tensorflow/core/platform/logging.h"

namespace tensorflow {

string MetaFilename(StringPiece prefix) {
  return strings::Printf("%.*s.index", static_cast<int>(prefix.size()),
                         prefix.data());
}

string DataFilename(StringPiece prefix, int32_t shard_id, int32_t num_shards) {
  DCHECK_GT(num_shards, 0);
  DCHECK_LT(shard_id, num_shards);
  return strings::Printf("%.*s.data-%05d-of-%05d",
                         static_cast<int>(prefix.size()), prefix.data(),
                         shard_id, num_shards);
}

}  // namespace tensorflow

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