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Юй Сюаньцзи́ (, 844—871) — китайская поэтесса и известная куртизанка времён империи Тан.

Жизнеописание
Родилась в семье среднего достатка в городе Чанъань, столице империи династии Тан. С 849 до 851 года училась в школе города Сягун. В молодости много времени проводила со студентами академии Ханьлинь, участвовала в литературной деятельности и написании стихов. В 859 году родители выдали её замуж за цензора и учёного Ли И. Поскольку Юй была его младшей женой, у неё было немного прав. Старшая жена Ли И настроила мужа против Юй Сюаньцзи, который вскоре охладел к ней. После этого Юй подала на развод, заявила о праве женщины на образование, самостоятельность, занятие государственной службой и свободный выбор любимого.

Вскоре после этого она стала жить за счёт любовников, но не была официально зарегистрирована в качестве куртизанки, формально оставаясь женой Ли И. В 866 году муж заключил Юй в даосский монастырь Сяньигуань. Здесь она взяла новое имя «Сюаньцзи». Впоследствии она влюбилась в поэта Вэнь Тинъюня, однако их отношения длились недолго и через некоторое время Вэнь оставил Юй Сюаньцзи. После этого она жила одиноко в своем доме, число её сторонников со временем уменьшилась. В 871 году из-за ревности Юй убила свою горничную Лю Цяо (которая была любовницей Юй Сюаньцзи), за что глава столичного округа Вэй Чжан приговорил Юй к смертной казни. Единичные попытки любовников Юй спасти её были напрасны, и в итоге ей отрубили голову.

Творчество
Наследие Юй Сюанцзи составляет около 48 стихотворений, в частности, «Гуляя возле монастыря Чунчжэньгуань, вижу новые списки сдавших государственные экзамены», «Путешествуя рекой», «В Цзянлине с грустью смотрю в даль», «Продаётся вчерашний пион». Наиболее значимой считается поэма «Ранее полученное бесценное сокровище, или Трудно купить любовь хорошего мужа». Главные темы её творчества — это любовь, отношения с любовниками, описание природы, окружающей среды. В большинстве своём стихи короткие, яркие, откровенные, автобиографичные.

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The Testament of Sherlock Holmes to be Published by ATLUS
by Garv on June 4, 2012 at 9:37 pm
Posted In: News, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
The next adventure of Sherlock Holmes will be released in North America by ATLUS. The next adventure of Sherlock Holmes will put Holmes and Watson's friendship to the test. Look for the game on the PC, Xbox 360, and PS3.
From the press release:
ATLUS, a brand of Index Digital Media, Inc., today announced that it has obtained the North American publishing rights for The Testament of Sherlock Holmes™, an all-new Sherlock Holmes adventure developed by Frogwares and the first such game built from the ground up to take full advantage of the graphics and processing power of the HD generation, coming this September for Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system.
The Testament of Sherlock Holmes leverages the advanced visual technology of an all-new game engine, one developed to provide players unprecedented depth and nuance in their examination and analysis of crime scenes, critical clues, and persons of interest. Moreover, particular emphasis was given to creating a versatile control system, retaining the intricacy and involvement of a Sherlock Holmes adventure while making the game enjoyably accessible for console gamers. Through use of elaborately conceived set pieces, every inch of the mystery can be explored. The game's characters have been comprehensively motion captured, further enhancing the narrative immersion. All of this comes in addition to a new light and shadow system, various post-process image effects, high quality voiceovers, and expert cinematography, making The Testament of Sherlock Holmes the best looking, most intricately detailed interactive Sherlock Holmes adventure ever!
"We are excited to continue our successful licensing relationship with Focus Home Interactive," said Tim Pivnicny, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at ATLUS. "Sherlock Holmes is an internationally recognizable brand and one of the most iconic characters in literature, not to mention one of the most enduring, as evidenced by the successful films and television series. We are pleased to be a part of bringing his most provocative, technologically advanced interactive adventure to North America for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 owners to experience."
Scrutinized by Scotland Yard, doubted by his stalwart companion Dr. John Watson, and behaving more erratically than ever, Sherlock Holmes is in what might be his darkest hour yet. His recent triumph in the case of a missing set of priceless jewels has turned to disaster; the necklace's owner accuses Holmes of returning a forgery to him, and there seems to be no evidence at the ready to clear his name. Has Sherlock Holmes become a criminal? If he is indeed a thief, what else is he capable of? As the questions and suspicions mount, will salvation be found or will there be nothing to stop the famous detective's seeming descent into darkness…
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I ordered the mini Chinese take out boxes here, they are made in the US and you can get colors other than orange), to hold the orange advent readings and coloring sheets (get the small printable here).
I also included a square of fair trade chocolate for each of us. I get these from Trader Joe's and cut them into squares but you can also get fair trade chocolate from Divine Chocolates, Sweet Earth Chocolates and Theo (I recommend the gray salted caramels as a hidden treat in 4 boxes).
I got the idea from this kit offered in Stampin' Up's Holiday Mini Catalog this season (SU stamps are made in the US).
Enjoy opening one box per night with your family! The readings were written by Rebecca Tucker, MFC pastor.


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Q: Use of uninitalized value in concatenation <.> or string at xyz.pl line 27 I am writing this perl program and want to create an array which should be stored in output file according to the values of for loop. I am new to this programming.
This is my code
use strict;
use warnings;

open( my $out_fh, ">", "output.txt" ) || die("Cannot open file.\n");
my ( $x, $y, $i, $j, $k, $p, $q );
my ( @Xrow, @b, @b_l, @w );

print("Enter the number of rows:\n");
$p = <STDIN>;
chop($p);

print("Enter the number of columns:\n");
$q = <STDIN>;
chop($q);

$x    = 2**$p;
$y    = 2**$q;
@Xrow = ( @b, @b_l, @w );

for ( $i = 0; $i < $x * $y; $i = $i + 1 ) {
    for ( $j = 0; $j < $x; $j = $j + 1 ) {
        for ( $k = 0; $k < $y; $k = $k + 1 ) {

            $Xrow[$i] = "$b[$j],$b_l[$j],$w[$k]";
            foreach (@Xrow) {
                print $out_fh "$_\n";
            }
        }
    }
}

So output should look like for example p=q=1
Xrow0 b0 b_l0 w0
Xrow1 b1 b_l1 w0
Xrow2 b0 b_l0 w1
Xrow3 b1 b_l1 w1

so it should print like this in output file without any braces and "="
But I am getting error like this
Use of uninitialized value in concatenation<.> or string at xyz.pl in line 27
Use of uninitialized value within @b in concatenation<.> or string at xyz.pl in line 27

A: You don't populate the arrays anywhere, so they stay empty.
But, in fact, you need no arrays to get the output you want.
Additional advice:

*

*Prefer chomp to chop.

*Declare the variables when you need them, not at the top of the program/subroutine.
How I'd do it:
#!/usr/bin/perl
use warnings;
use strict;

open my $OUT, '>', 'output.txt' or die "Cannot open file.\n";

print "Enter the number of rows:\n";
my $p = <STDIN>;
chomp $p;

print "Enter the number of columns:\n";
my $q = <STDIN>;
chomp $q;

my $x = 2 ** $p;
my $y = 2 ** $q;

my $i = 0;
for (my $j = 0; $j < $x; $j = $j + 1) {
    for (my $k = 0; $k < $y; $k = $k + 1) {
        print {$OUT} "Xrow$i b$k b_l$k w$j\n";
        ++$i;
    }
}

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"The music delighted me like an expression of love." (The Blog)
The letter below was written by Stendhal to his sister Pauline on Oct. 29, 1808:
The arts promise more than they perform. This idea — or, rather, this charming sentiment — has just been given to me by a German street-organ which played, as it passed through the street next to mine, a tune of which two passages are new to me — and, what is more, are charming, in my opinion. The tears almost came into my eyes.
The first time I ever took pleasure in music was at Novara, a few days before the battle of Marengo. I went to the theatre, where they were playing Il Matrimonio Segreto. The music delighted me like an expression of love. I think no woman I have had ever gave me so sweet a moment, or at so light a price, as the moment I owe to a newly heard musical phrase. This pleasure came to me without my in any way expecting it: it filled my whole soul. I have told you of a similar sensation that I once had at Frascati when Adele leant against me while we were watching fireworks: I think this was the happiest moment of my life. The pleasure must have been truly sublime, for I still remember it although the passion that caused it is entirely extinguished.
"Let's none of us forget that evening, keep it intact." (The Blog)
This week, the blog is featuring writers' correspondence. The letter below was written by Eudora Welty to William Maxwell and his wife Emily in May 1963. It's featured in What There Is to Say We Have Said :
Dearest Emmy and Bill,
The train ride here, down the hypotenuse to Texas, is utter peace. When you leave the city goes away immediately and it's mountains, or valleys with beautifully ploughed fields and yellow barns till dark. There was the biggest thunderstorm I ever rode a train through, you could even hear the thunder through the roof & windows, but we were all enclosed and it was quite like added scenery, the wild heavens. After you leave St. Louis, you ride another good train, following the Mississippi from 4:30 till dark, as close to the water as the train used to go along the Riviera (it may still!). There's no very frequent sign of human habitation at all, and it's the way the river must've looked in the days of the Indians, or of Audubon anyway, so you imagine. Then that night, the whole world was lit up with fireflies. The train must have been going through wild country, hardly any electric lights, all darkness, and flashing, flashing from the ground to way up in dark trees, mile after mile. Then of course woke up eventually to oil wells — but not too many, because it's fairly green and full of trees, hilly, in East Texas. Austin is green, with huge live oaks, and oleanders, magnolias, gardenias etc. in bloom. The wildflowers along the tracks were so thick — gaillardias, cosmos, phlox, thistle, calliopsis, & of course bluebonnets. There is a wild clematis called the leather flower — dark ruby red — (continues after the jump)
"When a columnist begins to take himself too seriously he is in grave danger." (The Blog)
Each day this week, the blog will feature two letters. The one below was written by Harold Ross, the founder and editor of The New Yorker, to Orson Welles on Jan. 31, 1945. A selection of Ross' correspondence was published as Letters from the Editor: The New Yorker's Harold Ross :
Dear Orson:
I was astonished at your column in yesterday's Post, in which you say The New Yorker sneers at you. You were brimful of prunes when you wrote that. Our piece was straightforward and sympathetic, and there wasn't a sneer in it, and it contained not one unfriendly or unkindly word. I read it carefully before it was published and I have just read it again. Several other people of sound judgment have read it, too, and they concur in my opinion.
Every once in a while such a thing as this comes up: someone misses the point of what we say about him and assumes that he is being spoofed. Almost invariably, this happens to people whose powers of discernment are blunted, either temporarily or permanently, by hypersensitivity or a sense of insecurity, or both. I don't know which of these states afflicted you the day before yesterday, but one or the other did, and as an old acquaintance and admirer, and one who earnestly has your welfare at heart, I advise you to beware of columning if it is going to continue to throw you off balance to this extent. Columning is a deadly occupation, leading frequently and successively to overzealousness, super-seriousmindedness, monomania, hysteria, and sometimes madness. When a columnist begins to take himself too seriously he is in grave danger. Look around. Look at what happened to Broun, Pegler, Winchell, and several others. Look at the states they got themselves in. But it took them years, whereas you got the heebee-jeebees in eight or ten days. If this condition continues, or recurs frequently, I urge that you wage your attack upon fascism, in which I sincerely wish you well, with some other weapon than the syndicated column. . . .
"The hell with the philosophy of the great of this world!" (The Blog)
Each day this week, the blog will feature two letters. The one below was written by Anton Chekhov to publishing magnate Alexei Suvorin, his close friend, on Sept. 8, 1891:
I have already moved to Moscow and am staying indoors. . . .
"The Lie," the title you recommended for my long story, won't do. It would be appropriate only in cases where the lie is a conscious one. An unconscious lie really isn't a lie, but an error. Having money and eating meat Tolstoy calls a lie — which is going too far.
Yesterday I was informed that Kurepin is hopelessly ill with cancer of the neck. Before he dies the cancer will have eaten up half his head and torment him with neuralgic pains. I was told his wife has written you.
Little by little death takes its toll. It knows its job. Try writing a play along these lines: an old chemist has concocted an elixir of immortality — a dose of fifteen drops and one lives eternally; but the chemist breaks the vial with the elixir out of fear that such carrion as he and his wife will continue to live forever. Tolstoy denies immortality to mankind, but good God, how much there is that's personal in his denial! The day before yesterday I read his "Epilogue."* Strike me dead, but this is stupider and stuffier than "Letters to a Governor's Wife,"** which I despise. The hell with the philosophy of the great of this world! All eminent sages are as despotic as generals, as discourteous and lacking in delicacy as generals, because they know they are safe from punishment. Diogenes spat into peoples' beards, sure that nothing would happen to him; Tolstoy abuses doctors as scoundrels and shows his ignorance in regard to weighty questions because he is another Diogenes, whom you can't take to the police station or call down in the newspapers. And so, the hell with the philosophy of the great of this world! All of it, with all its beggarly epilogues and letters to governors' ladies isn't worth a single filly in his "Story of a Horse." . . .
Keep well and don't forget this miserable sinner. I miss you very much.
A. Chekhov
* The "Epilogue" to Tolstoy's Kreutzer Sonata.
** Gogol's Letters to a Governor's Wife.
Monday, December 14th, 2009
"A Sensitive, Intelligent, Talented Young Actor in a Reversible Coat wouldn't nearly be enough." (The Blog)
Letters of Note is a great, relatively new web site that collects all kinds of correspondence, including office memos. It features plenty of traditional letters, a bunch of them from prominent authors. In 1957, for instance, J. D. Salinger wrote to a Mr. Herbert, who had inquired about the film rights for The Catcher in the Rye. Salinger was set against selling them:
I keep saying this and nobody seems to agree, but The Catcher in the Rye is a very novelistic novel. There are readymade "scenes"—only a fool would deny that—but, for me, the weight of the book is in the narrator's voice, the non-stop peculiarities of it, his personal, extremely discriminating attitude to his reader-listener, his asides about gasoline rainbows in street puddles, his philosophy or way of looking at cowhide suitcases and empty toothpaste cartons—in a word, his thoughts.
Not a bad summary of why so many film adaptations don't do justice to the books. Salinger was also suspicious of actors:
Not to mention, God help us all, the immeasurably risky business of using actors. Have you ever seen a child actress sitting crosslegged on a bed and looking right? I'm sure not. And Holden Caulfield himself, in my undoubtedly super-biassed opinion, is essentially unactable. A Sensitive, Intelligent, Talented Young Actor in a Reversible Coat wouldn't nearly be enough. [. . .] I'll stop there. I'm afraid I can only tell you, to end with, that I feel very firm about all this, if you haven't already guessed. Thank you, though, for your friendly and highly readable letter. My mail from producers has mostly been hell.
Other highlights include: A letter from Kurt Vonnegut to his family from a repatriation camp in 1945; a heartwarming exchange between Dr. Seuss and an aspiring young writer; and a brilliant form letter that Robert Heinlein would send to fans (and critics). You can also read a worthwhile interview with the site's founder here.
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Friday, December 4th, 2009
"It mesmerized me, that icy coldness in my youth—but I've had my revenge since then." (The Blog)
To wrap up Letters Week, I draw your attention to an incredible project: the online, searchable archive of all of Vincent van Gogh's letters. The complete correspondence was recently published in a deluxe edition with a neat list price of $600. (At six volumes illustrated with 2,000 works of art, it seems fair, especially at the discounted price of $480; there's another complete, less lavish version available for just $63 .) The letter excerpted below, written to his brother Theo on October 2, 1884, came to my attention in Julian Bell's review of the new set, and Bell explains the context for it: "[Vincent] has been carrying on with a vulnerable young village woman, to the disgust of his parents, and now she's tried—not quite successfully, thank God—to poison herself. Theo has written from Paris, upbraiding him. Vincent's rejoinder to his brother—vehement, outrageous and magnificent—ends up with nine postscripts, and this is from the seventh":
Now there are people who say to me, 'what were you doing getting involved with her?'—that's one fact. Now there are people who say to her, 'what were you doing getting involved with him?'—that's a second fact. Apart from that, both she and I have sorrow enough and trouble enough—but regret—neither of us. [ . . . ]
Oh—I'm no friend of present-day Christianity, even though the founder was sublime—I've seen through present-day Christianity only too well. It mesmerized me, that icy coldness in my youth—but I've had my revenge since then. How? By worshipping the love that they—the theologians—call sin, by respecting a whore etc., and not many would-be respectable, religious ladies. [ . . . ] (continues)
"Nothing I hated worse than the company of other children…" (The Blog)
To accompany this week's review of Thomas Mallon's book about letters, each day the blog will feature two letters. Flannery O'Connor wrote the one below to Betty Hester on March 10, 1956. (The excerpt below picks up about a third of the way through the letter.) It's taken from The Habit of Being edited by Sally Fitzgerald. In the book, Hester, O'Connor's closest friend and the recipient of many of her letters, was given the pseudonym "A."
I think of novenas the same way I think of the hideous Catholic churches you all too frequently find yourself in, that is, after a time I cease to see them even though I'm in them. The virtue of novenas is that they keep you at it for nine consecutive days and the human attention being what it is, this is a long time. I hate to say most of these prayers written by saints-in-an-emotional-state. You feel you are wearing somebody else's finery and I can never describe my heart as "burning" to the Lord (who knows better) without snickering. (continues)
Thursday, December 3rd, 2009
"It was not gin but rum (unopened) and the steps were slick…" (The Blog)
To accompany this week's review of Thomas Mallon's book about letters, each day the blog will feature two letters. If there is a Mount Olympus of letter-writers, Flannery O'Connor stands at or near the top of it. So this is the first of two letters of hers that I'll share, the second appearing tomorrow morning. O'Connor wrote the letter below to Robert Lowell on December 25, 1958. It's taken from The Habit of Being edited by Sally Fitzgerald, a must-have for anyone's library.
It is mighty unseemly of you to enshrine me in your memory falling up the steps with a bottle of gin. I recollect the incident. It was not gin but rum (unopened) and the steps were slick . . . In our house the liquor is kept in the bathroom closet between the Draino and the plunger, and you don't get any unless you are about dead. The last time I had any was when I dropped the side of the chicken brooder on my foot and broke my toe.
This spring we spent four days with the Fitzgeralds in Levanto and then Sally went with us to Paris and Lourdes and then to Rome. Europe didn't affect me none, but since coming back my bone has begun to recalcify, an improvement that was not expected.
I would like to think I will finish my book this year but this may be just what I would like to think. I will hope to read yours.
My love to you and Elizabeth and Harriet. That Harriet is going to take over if you don't watch out. You ought to raise her in the South and then she wouldn't have to go to school. I am really looking forward to the next generation being uneducated.
"I come of a savage & contradictious race…" (The Blog)
To accompany this week's review of Thomas Mallon's book about letters, each day the blog will feature two letters. This one was written by Sylvia Townsend Warner to William Maxwell on January 11, 1968. It's taken from The Element of Lavishness edited by Michael Steinman. Thanks to Lisa Peet at Like Fire for passing it along.
I am very glad you were not burnt up in your car. I really am. I should be poorly off without you and as well as that I love you without the spur of self-interested motives. But some of the story is just as I would expect. Have you noticed that it is always harmless people like you & me, people who can't bear to inconvenience others or disturb or disquiet them who burst into flames in the midst of gas tanks and so forth?
Yes, it is very sad for us both that Mr. Shawn doesn't like the Edom stories. He comes of a sombre race. For myself, I come of a savage & contradictious race and my only reaction to his statement that my other stories "are wonderful" was to resolve that I will never write another. But I doubt if I can substantiate this noble resolution since I am in the middle of one at this moment. It is very short and black as pitch and he will reject it.
But don't be distressed that you have had any part in encouraging me to write about the A. A. Galleries. All you have done has been to incite me to enjoying myself—the act of a friend.
Distress and Elegance (The Blog)
Pertinent to the week's doings around here, Michael Wood reviews a new volume of T. S. Eliot's letters:
Eliot's description of himself as "within measurable distance of the end of my tether" combines distress with elegance. Writing to Herbert Read he says: "I have been of late exceptionally busy and exceptionally worried, even for me." And writing again to his brother he says his life is such a mess that it would make him laugh, "if any Eliot could ever laugh." He likes this one so much he repeats it to Harold Monro a day later with a minor variation: "if any Eliot ever could laugh."
But there is a sort of morality to all this that shifts it beyond complaint, kink and joke, and helps us to understand the poetry and the criticism. Eliot not only thought life was hard, he thought it ought to be hard, and with this verdict he joined all those other modern writers and thinkers who adopted or at least were tempted by what J.P. Stern in another context calls the "dear purchase," the notion that sacrifice is worth nothing if it doesn't cost too much.
"C acts under the greatest pressure, in a fearful sweat…" (The Blog)
To accompany this week's review of Thomas Mallon's book about letters, each day the blog will feature two letters. This one was written by Franz Kafka to Milena Jesenská in November 1920. It's taken from the thoroughly enjoyable Letters to Milena translated by Philip Boehm.
You say, Milena, you don't understand it. Try to understand it by calling it a disease. It's one of the many manifestations of disease which psychoanalysis claims to have discovered. I do not call it a disease and consider the therapeutic part of psychoanalysis is a helpless mistake. All these alleged diseases, sad as they may seem, are matters of faith, anchorages in some maternal ground for souls in distress. Consequently, psychoanalysis also maintains that religions have the same origin as "diseases" of the individual. Of course, today most of us don't feel any sense of religious community; the sects are countless and limited to individuals, but perhaps it only seems that way from our present perspective.
On the other hand, those anchorages which are firmly fixed in real ground aren't merely isolated, interchangeable possessions—they are performed in man's being, and they continue to form and re-form his being (as well as his body) along the same lines. And this they hope to heal?
In my case one can imagine 3 circles: an innermost circle A, then B, then C. The center A explains to B why this man is bound to torment and mistrust himself, why he has to give up (it isn't giving up, that would be very difficult—it's merely a having-to-give-up), why he may not live. [. . .] Nothing more is explained to C, the active human being; he simply takes orders from B. C acts under the greatest pressure, in a fearful sweat (is there any other sweat that breaks out on the forehead, cheeks, temples, scalp—in short, around the entire skull? That's what happens with C). Thus C acts more out of fear than understanding; he trusts, he believes that A has explained everything to B and that B has understood everything and passed it on correctly.
"He is a second son." (The Blog)
To accompany this week's review of Thomas Mallon's book about letters, each day the blog will feature two letters. This one was written by E. B. White to Ursula Nordstrom, his editor at Harper & Row, on November 14, 1945. It's taken from the thoroughly enjoyable Letters of E. B. White revised and updated by Martha White. (Speaking of Nordstrom, Dear Genius: The Letters of Ursula Nordstrom is also a terrific book.)
Dear Miss Nordstrom:
On or two of the Harper ads referred to Stuart as a "mouse." This is inaccurate and probably better be abandoned. Nowhere in the book (I think I am right about this) is Stuart described as a mouse. He is a small guy who looks very much like a mouse, but he obviously is not a mouse. He is a second son.
There are a great many words that your advertising department can summon for this strange emergency: being, creature, party, customer, fellow, person.
(I am wrong, Stuart is called a mouse on Page 36—I just found it. He should not have been.)
Anyway, you see what I mean.
Yrs,
E. B. White
Tuesday, December 1st, 2009
"Ye gods—I wish I were a millionaire—" (The Blog)
To accompany this week's review of Thomas Mallon's book about letters, each day the blog will feature two letters. This one was written by Elizabeth Bishop to Robert Lowell on May 29, 1973. She sent it from Seattle. It's taken from Words in Air: The Complete Correspondence Between Elizabeth Bishop and Robert Lowell edited by Thomas Travisano with Saskia Hamilton. The book notes that the "little book" she mentions is "[p]ossibly a letter-press printing of 'Poem' for the Phoenix Book Shop, New York (1973)."
Dear Cal:
I'll be going back to Cambridge in 3 or 4 days and I'll write you from there—I don't like this kind of little book very much, but I finally gave in & did this one—or they did—& you might as well have a copy, since I believe you like the poem—
I am not feeling TOO friendly at the moment, because my "class" is finding you very difficult & much too EASTERN!—&, save me, they won't look up words, even the easiest, in the dictionary . . . Ye gods—I wish I were a millionaire—but anyway, never again—
"I fear you have let loose a demon in me…" (The Blog)
To accompany this week's review of Thomas Mallon's book about letters, each day the blog will feature two letters. This one was written by William James on April 6, 1896, to his students at Radcliffe College, who had sent him a potted azalea for Easter. It's taken from The Selected Letters of William James edited by Elizabeth Hardwick.
Dear Young Ladies,—
I am deeply touched by your remembrance. It is the first time anyone ever treated me so kindly, so you may well believe that the impression on the heart of the lonely sufferer will be even more durable than the impression on your minds of all the teachings of Philosophy 2A. I now perceive one immense omission in my Psychology,—the deepest principle of Human Nature is the craving to be appreciated, and I left it out altogether from the book, because I had never had it gratified till now. I fear you have let loose a demon in me, and that all my actions will now be for the sake of such rewards. However, I will try to be faithful to this one unique and beautiful azalea tree, the pride of my life and delight of my existence. Winter and summer will I tend and water it—even with my tears. Mrs. James shall never go near it or touch it. If it dies, I will die too; and if I die, it shall be planted on my grave.
Don't take all this too jocosely, but believe in the extreme pleasure you have caused me, and in the affectionate feelings with which I am and shall always be faithfully your friend,
Wm. James
"A day for me; a day for the hootch." (The Blog)
To accompany this week's review of Thomas Mallon's book about letters, each day the blog will feature two letters. This one was sent by John Cheever to William Maxwell, his editor at The New Yorker on March 6, 1969. It's taken from The Letters of John Cheever edited by Benjamin Cheever.
Dear Bill,
I can't write you a story. I can't write anyone a story. I know that Bullet Park is not that massive but six months later I still feel pole-axed. Twice I seem to have had a donnee but I don't seem to have any motive for following through. I think I'll have to start all over again. Also the stuntiness of Barthelme disconcerts me. One can always begin, "Mr. Frobisher, returning from a year in Europe, opened his trunk for the customs officer and found there, instead of his clothing and souvenirs, the mutilated and naked body of an Italian sailor." Blooey. It's like the last act in vaudeville and anyhow it seems to me that I did it fifteen years ago. There's the rub. I start on a story and realize that I've already written it.
Not working is terribly painful and I'm still having a fight with the booze. I've enlisted the help of a doctor but it's touch and go. A day for me; a day for the hootch. A beautiful, blonde, intelligent and responsive movie actress whom I adore announced to her husband that she had to spend three hours alone with me. He sullenly agreed. I took her skating.
"The boy is bothered." (The Blog)
To accompany this week's review of Thomas Mallon's book about letters, each day the blog will feature two letters. We start with this, sent by Raymond Chandler to Hamish Hamilton, Chandler's British publisher, on August 10, 1948. It's taken from Selected Letters of Raymond Chandler edited by Frank MacShane.
Dear Jamie:
Hardly necessary to tell you that I am typing this myself, no longer have a secretary, just didn't have a full time job for one unless working in Hollywood. I shall probably be sorry, but can't help it. Have to retrench a bit anyhow. Things are awful over here as far as price is concerned.
The trouble with the Marlowe character is he has been written and talked about too much. He's getting self-conscious, trying to live up to his reputation among the quasi-intellectuals. The boy is bothered. He used to be able to spit and throw the ball hard and talk out of the corner of his mouth.
I am trying desperately to finish The Little Sister, and should have a rough draft done almost any day I can get up enough steam. The fact is, however, that there is nothing in it but style and dialogue and characters. The plot creaks like a broken shutter in an October wind.
Am reading [Graham Greene's] The Heart of the Matter, a chapter at a time. It has everything in it that makes literature except verve, wit, gusto, music and magic; a cool and elegant set-piece, embalmed by Whispering Glades. There is more life in the worst chapter Dickens or Thackeray ever wrote, and they wrote some pretty awful chapters.


The original Handbook contained only a single reference to "cyber". The revised Handbook contains 53 references.
The Board and a steering committee are still responsible for overall IT management, but the guidance now introduces a new obligation for the Board, requiring that they provide a "credible challenge" to management. Specifically, this means the Board must be "actively engaged, asking thoughtful questions, and exercising independent judgment". Simply put, no more "rubber stamps". The Board is expected to actually govern, and that means they need access to accurate, timely and relevant information.
The FFIEC Cybersecurity Assessment Tool introduced this new term (addressed here), and the Management Handbook makes an additional 11 references. Institutions should understand this relatively new (for IT anyway) concept and incorporate it into their strategic planning process.
The 2004 guidance contained a separate section on best practices in this area. The new guidance has removed the section, incorporating references to vendor management best practices throughout the document. This reflects the reality of the prevalence and importance of outsourcing in today's financial institutions.
The 2004 Handbook had 8 pages containing 9 examination objectives. The new guidance is almost completely re-written, and has 15 pages containing 13 objectives. Several of these new objectives deal with internal governance and oversight, and a couple address the enterprise-wide nature of IT management. All areas have been greatly expanded. For example, the objective dealing with IT controls and risk mitigation (Objective 12) consists of 18 separate examination elements with 53 discrete items that examiners must check.
In summary, the updated Handbook represents a significant evolution in both the breadth and depth of IT management requirements. It will set the standard for IT management best practices for both examiners and institutions for some time to come, and should be required reading for all Board members, CEO's, CIO's, ISO's, and network administrators.


The nine concrete shaft rings have been poured and are complete. Additional pours are needed for the concrete dome ring that will support the three million gallon steel tank to be placed on top of the shaft. These concrete pours are scheduled to be completed in May.
Fabrication of the steel tank is scheduled to begin in late April or early May. Much of the site work, including construction of the storm water detention pond, has been completed. Final grading and landscaping will be completed this fall.
Construction activities will be on-going over a two-year period with completion anticipated for the summer of 2020.
Hiring a specialty contractor with high qualifications specifically for this type of work.
Restricting work hours to Mondays through Fridays from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. to limit the impact of construction equipment and work noise. Weekend and evening work will only be permitted if special circumstances arise.
For general questions, concerns or comments, please contact the city's Project Manager Dan Strietelmeier at 303-658-2179 or dstriete@cityofwestminster.us. Thank you for your patience during this important capital improvement project. We look forward to maintaining a high-level of service for you now and into the future.


Travel Tips — Farewell Travel Co.
Whether you're a frequent flier or the occasional traveler, you've probably experienced feeling run down after spending time on an airplane. Fortunately, there are plenty of tips and tricks that can keep you feeling healthy as you make your way across the world, country, state, or province.
If you want to make traveling happen, you have to prioritize it and beat the fears that hold you back. Changing your mindset isn't always easy, but taking the small steps to make your travel dreams a reality can yield great reward. Here are three fears that can keep you from traveling and how to beat them.
Wellness travel is about seeking balance, rather than the typical overindulgence we often experience on vacation. It's about reducing stress and looking after your physical and mental wellbeing. One of the most beautiful things about wellness travel is that is can look exactly how you want and need it to.


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Q: How to plot a 3D interactive Plot with 1 million+ records with Latitude, Longitude and Altitude Points
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*I know in matplotlib but it doesn't support Zoom and other interactions.

*I have used Plotly its having good interactive visualization but it
supports for only 150k records.
The data looks like this
Latitude, Longitude, Altitude
40.41,  -104.81,    231.8
40.42   ,-104.82,   231.338528
40.43   ,-104.83,  230.877056
40.44   ,-104.84,   230.415584
40.45   ,-104.85,   229.954112
40.46   ,-104.86,   229.49264
40.47   ,-104.87,   229.031168


I came to the realization last night that in my world, passion is to be admired, but passion without intellect is useless. Drive without thought, courage without wisdom. I find it aggrivating and unrealistic when a hero wins on pure idealistic passion. Have some brains, for God's sake.
As always, this is how I feel now, and maybe tomorrow I will have a break through, realizing that this isn't at all why I got so angry at parts of Brazil.
Brazil. . . . Brazil?
I can remember it's something I should remember, and I keep thinking it's a play, but all my brain is coming up with is "The Boys of Brazil," which can't be right at all.
I'm turning forgetful and crotchety in my old age.
so now that the jena-thing ( littlestyo) has a button maker, i am on the lookout for button slogans.
2) Have some brains, for God's sake.


Are you one of our community's many "house-proud" residents curious about their home's past? This February nationally known Land title expert and educator Joe Grabas will share tips on the variety of ways to research a house's history. Techniques range from architectural and archaeological analysis, to newspapers, census and genealogical records, wills, inventories, dendrochronology, liens, obscure sources, such as tavern records, coroner's reports, bankruptcies, etc. The basics of a house's story starts with the investigation of county land records to establish what is called the chain of title. Once this is done, homeowners can embark upon other avenues of research. This lively 2:00 p.m. talk will include a Q & A session.


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Q: split a dataframe column into equal parts I want to break this column into three components: city, state, zip. I was considering something like this: https://pandas.pydata.org/pandas-docs/stable/generated/pandas.Series.str.split.html. However, I think the column needs to be a series first? Any help would be great.
import pandas as pd
suite_list
hospital_list =pd.DataFrame(suite_list, columns=['name', 'address_1', 'address_2', 'city_state_zip', 'phone'])

city_state_zip example = Sahuarita, AZ, 85629. I want 'Sahuarite', 'AZ,' '85629' to show up as individual columns in the DataFrame.

A: You can try something like this,
df = pd.DataFrame({'Name' : ('john','doe','smith'), 'address_1' : (105,305,505), 'address_2' : ('path','lane','route'),\
           'city_state_zip': ('Sahuarita, AZ, 85629', 'Sahuarita1, AZ1, 75629', 'Sahuarita2, AZ2, 65629')})

df
        Name    address_1   address_2   city_state_zip
0        john   105             path    Sahuarita, AZ, 85629
1        doe    305             lane    Sahuarita1, AZ1, 75629
2        smith  505             route   Sahuarita2, AZ2, 65629

and then try,
df["col1"],df["col2"],df["col3"] = zip(*df["city_state_zip"].str.split().tolist())

the output df will be
       Name address_1   address_2   city_state_zip      col1     col2     col3
    0   john    105     path    Sahuarita, AZ,85629     Sahuarita   AZ     85629
    1   doe 3   05      lane    Sahuarita1, AZ1,5629    Sahuarita1  AZ1    75629
    2   smith   505     route   Sahuarita2, AZ2,65629   Sahuarita2  AZ2    65629

This should give what are you looking for.


MerchantCircle | Blog: What Businesses Have the Most Risk of Failure?
Coming from a family of local business-owner/entrepreneurs (of varying success levels), I have first-hand experience of the difficulties of trying to start your own business. When I was young, my father started a restaurant in Huntsville, TX, which was successful enough, that he had to work 12 hour days, 7 days a week. I know this because I spent my single-digit years running around that restaurant! He sold the restaurant a few years later to finally get some rest and started another restaurant venture in Conroe, TX, which failed. Eventually, he owned a super market in Santa Cruz and a burger joint in Boulder Creek, CA, which I spent my teen years working EVERY single weekend. I am not bitter. What teenager doesn't want to work every single weekend while everyone else is out enjoying beautiful California weather?
My aunts and uncles have also had varying degrees of success starting and running their own businesses. I've even had my own thoughts of starting a business, but which ventures have the most risk of failure? I came across this interesting article on Yahoo!, titled: The 7 Most Overrated Businesses. No surprise here - 'restaurants' shows up on the list.
...about 60% of restaurants close in the first three years, according to a 2003 study at Ohio State University. That's quite a bit higher than the roughly half of all start-ups that close in the first five years.
The reason: Restaurants typically have low profit margins and need strong managers who can run an ultra-tight ship through seasonal fluctuations and other struggles. Most people don't have that kind of intense managerial ability to pull it off.
Well, I guess I should think twice about opening up my Houston Rockets-themed restaurant in California. In the meantime, no matter what business you start or have, MerchantCircle is the ONLY free network that allows you to blog, build coupons and newsletters, and email them to customers.
Join the free network here today or communicate with other local business owners in our forums here.
Its a very good information about risk in business.


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Current housing market trends in San Diego continued as the month of June drew to a close. It is still a very strong seller's market, while buyers (including cash investors) continued bidding wars on listed properties. I ran an analysis of home figures from the MLS for the central San Diego region. This includes communities such as Mission Valley, Serra Mesa, University Heights, Normal Heights, Hillcrest, Mission Hills, Bay Park, and Clairemont. The numbers include both condo/townhomes as well as single-family homes.
Prices continued to rise in San Diego (over 20% year-over-year), while inventory tightened. Properties newly for sale also continued to sell very rapidly, with only 30 days on market.
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Bus Crash in Merced, California, Kills Four People
A tour bus crashed into a sign pole on Highway 99 in Merced County, according to KCRA news. The sign pole split the bus down the middle, injuring all passengers except for four. The bus contained over 30 passengers, all of Mexican ancestry. Tragically, critical injury befell fifteen passengers, while twelve suffered only minor injuries. KCRA reports that four people, not five as previously reported, were killed. The driver, Mario David Vasquez, suffered major injuries. No brake marks were found at the scene of the crash, suggesting that the bus was moving at full-speed when it hit the pole. Sheriff Vern Warnke of Merced County reported to the Associated Press that many of those injured lost their limbs, and that those assisting on the scene carried away "bags of body parts" of those who survived.
Vasquez's relatives reported that Vasquez had been mourning the death of his spouse and hadn't been sleeping well as a result. They insist, however, that he wouldn't have driven if he was too tired. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and California Highway Patrol (CHP) investigators arrived to investigate but state they will not determine the cause of the crash on scene. The NTSB expects the investigation to take approximately one week.
Tired Driving Statistics
According to a poll by theNational Sleep Foundation (NSF), 60% of adult drivers, or about 168 million people, admitted to driving while drowsy in the preceding year. More than one-third admitted to actually falling asleep at the wheel. Four percent stated that they had been involved in an accident or near-accident as a result of drowsiness.
Estimates by the NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Association) indicate conservatively that 100,000 crashes reported by the police directly result from driver fatigue. Young men are the most at-risk group for fatigue-related crashes, with males between the ages of 18 and 29 being most likely to drive while drowsy when compared to other age groups. Adults with children are another at-risk group, as are shift workers. The risk of an individual crashing, predictably, inversely correlates with the amount of sleep the individual had the night before.
Legal Rights of Those Injured
Bus drivers owe a heightened duty of care while driving due to the inherent danger of operating a large vehicle like a bus. If a driver breaches this duty (by driving while tired, for example), and this breach results in harm, the driver may be found liable for damages. Those harmed can recover a dollar amount that the court deems to be sufficient compensation for both the economic and non-economic harm caused.


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Amnesty International UK / Issues
Technology and Human Rights
Meet NSO Group: a go-to company for human rights abusers
21 Sep 2018, 12:59pm
Last month one of my colleagues at Amnesty International received a suspicious WhatsApp message. It came from a number they didn't recognise, and contained details about a protest supposedly taking place at the Saudi embassy in Washington DC.
At the time, Amnesty International was vocally campaigning for the release of six activists who had been locked up in Saudi Arabia, days before the Kingdom's ban on women drivers was due to be lifted.
Clicking the link would have installed highly potent spyware - the Saudi protest was just carefully chosen bait.
We knew it was a sensitive time, so my colleague decided not to follow the link. This turned out to be a wise decision. When Amnesty's tech team analyzed the message, we found that clicking the link would have installed highly potent spyware - the Saudi protest was just carefully chosen bait.
A closer look revealed that the domain name in the link belonged to a large infrastructure of more than 600 suspicious websites which had been previously connected to one secretive company: NSO Group.
NSO Group, which is based in Israel, manufactures surveillance tools and sells them exclusively to governments. In a statement to Amnesty International*, NSO said that its technology "allows government agencies to identify and disrupt terrorist and criminal plots". But over the past few years, digital rights groups including Citizen Lab and Access Now have traced a number of malicious state-backed attacks on human rights activists back to NSO's tools.
For example, last year Citizen Lab uncovered NSO's involvement in a spyware scheme in Mexico. Mexican journalists, opposition party leaders, and activists working on corruption and human rights were targeted with spyware, in a clear attempt to silence government opposition (remember NSO only sells to governments). Some of the messages were designed to look like they contained information about missing children.
The Mexico attacks used an incredibly sophisticated tool called Pegasus, which effectively commandeers a smartphone. Citizen Lab describes a Pegasus-infected phone as "a digital spy in the pocket of a victim" - it can relay everything from camera activity to keystrokes back to the person who organized the attack.
In 2016, Citizen Lab revealed that Pegasus was used by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) authorities to target Ahmed Mansoor, an award-winning human rights activist. Mansoor forwarded the suspicious messages he received to Citizen Lab, and subsequent media attention prompted Apple to issue a security update to the iPhone. Mansoor's quick thinking likely saved many others from state-backed surveillance, but in March 2017 he was arrested by UAE authorities and has been in prison ever since. The recent attempt on Amnesty International also had all the characteristics of Pegasus.
This attempt shows just how great a risk "cyber warfare" (NSO's own term) poses to activists the world over. The 600 suspicious websites that we found potentially represent 600 ways of baiting activists to click on links.
If the world's largest human rights organization, which is supported by millions of people and has technology experts among its staff, can be targeted, it's easy to see how exposed activists who work alone or in secret could be. Because this is all so shrouded in secrecy – NSO doesn't even have a website – it's difficult to know how to protect yourself against this type of attack.
Relying on export control laws and contractual clauses is not effective if a government's own laws are problematic from a human rights perspective
In response to Citizen Lab's research linking it to surveillance of Ahmed Mansoor, NSO attempted to distance itself from how its products are used once money has changed hands. It emphasised that it complies with "strict export control laws and regulations", that customers are contractually required to use its products "in a lawful manner" and that the "company has no knowledge of and cannot confirm the specific cases mentioned in [the] inquiry".
But relying on export control laws and contractual clauses is clearly not effective if a government's own laws are problematic from a human rights perspective. NSO is essentially leaving it up to governments to use politically motivated definitions of "crime" and "terrorism" when they decide who to target.
Amnesty International is working with other activists to educate them about what to look out for, and how they can protect themselves against cyber-attacks like the one that targeted our staff. We owe it to people like Ahmed Mansoor to stand up to irresponsible vendors like NSO, and ensure that they are held accountable for making oppressors' lives easier.
*NSO's full statement:
NSO Group develops cyber technology to allows government agencies to identify and disrupt terrorist and criminal plots. Our product is intended to be used exclusively for the investigation and prevention of crime and terrorism. Any use of our technology that is counter to that purpose is a violation of our policies, legal contracts, and the values that we stand for as a company.
If an allegation arises concerning a violation of our contract or inappropriate use of our technology, as Amnesty has offered, we investigate the issue and take appropriate action based on those findings. We welcome any specific information that can assist us in further investigating of the matter.


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Stockport tech firm Trolex Aporta Holdings has secured £1m investment from Finance Birmingham's national Rail Supply Growth Fund.
The finance will enable the business to accelerate its growth plans with the rollout of an in-carriage entertainment system and create 38 new jobs.
The Juxta Infotainment System allows uninterrupted streaming of TV shows, news, travel information and movies straight to a personal devices through a web browser or a downloadable app.
It does not rely on public Wi-Fi and offers train operators opportunities to improve user experiences and explore new revenue streams.
Glyn Jones, Managing Director of Trolex Group, which was established in 2016, said: "It's an exciting time for the rail industry. The sector is currently experiencing increased demand from customers for high-speed Wi-Fi that delivers entertainment direct to their fingertips.
"At Trolex Aporta we aim to provide an innovative solution that not only guarantees a reliable full entertainment service for passengers, but one that is cost-effective and easy to maintain for rail operators. Our greater mission is to lead domestic and international rail industries to a more efficient and user-led future. The funding provided by Finance Birmingham will help us to develop our system further ensuring a better travel experience for rail passengers".
The national Rail Supply Growth Fund, managed by Finance Birmingham and supported by central Government, provides loans and grant funding to businesses offering services and products that operate in, or cross-over into, the rail industry.


Citizens are advised that City crews will continue ice removal efforts in uptown and west side locations. On Friday morning, crews will be working in the areas of Princess Street between Charlotte Street and Canterbury Street, and on Woodville Road in the west side.
Temporary signage has been installed to advise residents and motorists.


How do I know if you are the right fit for me as a therapist?
Personally, I feel the relationship between the therapist and client is extremely critical to the therapeutic process. It's my job to create a space that makes you feel comfortable and safe the moment you walk into my office. I want to be someone in your life that you feel you can trust and confide in without feeling judged in any capacity. I tell all of my clients that if I am not that therapist for you, then I will refer you to someone who you feel is the best fit for you!
Yes, I am bound by law and the National Association of Social Workers Code of Ethics to protect your confidentiality. There are exceptions to this relating to child or elder abuse, a threat to harm yourself or another person or if you are in danger of harm.
Every situation is different based upon each person and their finances. I do accept a variety of insurances. Please contact me so we can discuss whether I am in your network.
What can I expect out of my first session?
The first session includes filling out paperwork that includes contact, insurance and payment information. In addition, it also asks you to consent to treatment and read the HIPAA form that I have printed out for you to sign. We will go over these forms together and I am more than happy to answer any questions.
Sometimes the first session can cause some anxious feelings so I like to take some time just getting to know you in terms of your school, job, family, likes, dislikes, etc. If you are bringing your child into therapy, this gives me an opportunity to allow your child to play with the toys I have provided in my office for he/she. In addition, your child is also allowed to draw, color or make a craft to feel more comfortable in my office. Then, I like to ask questions regarding background information including family, goals for therapy or other relevant information you would like to provide to me.


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César Vargas Casaseca
iOS Senior Software Engineer
This is just a selection of employer and personal projects. To know more, click on them. For a complete list, please refer to my LinkedIn
Senior iOS Developer holding a Master's Degree in Computer Science Engineering with more than 10 years of industry experience building apps for big brands. I specialize in Swift (more than 5 years experience) and previously Objective C. Furthermore, I have professional experience working with Spring Boot Kotlin for Backend, AWS Lambda, .NET C#, Javascript and Ruby among others.
I have a keen interest in iOS Face Detection and Tracking, applying the latest Apple Software and Hardware technologies such as Augmented Reality or Machine Learning to achieve innovative results. I write about that and more in my Medium Feed, where I was Featured Writer in the iOS Dev Topic Page.
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Welcome the Berliner Philharmoniker for a guest performance – live or on demand from the archive. In the Digital Concert Hall, you always have the best seat in the house – 24 hours a day. Each season, more than 40 concerts are broadcast live which can also later be viewed in the concert archive. The archive already contains hundreds of recordings with all the great artists of classical music. There are also exciting documentaries and bonus films.
Client: Berliner Philharmoniker
Service: iOS Development
Wyler
Wyler is a light library written in Swift that makes easy the process of Screen Recording for IOS. You can record your app video screen, access to the recorded video, and save it to the Photo Library. Check more in Wyler
Client: Open Source Project
Warhol is a library written in Swift that makes easy the process of Face Detection and drawing on top for IOS. Warhol acts as a wrapper on top of the Apple Vision Framework, detecting the features of a face from camera or image and providing these elements position in your own coordinates, so you can easily draw on top. Forget about the complex Vision or AVFoundation frameworks, just handle the Warhol Face View Model class that encapsulates the features coordinates. Check more in Warhol
Get the latest news directly on your iOS Device from WELT, one of the most renowned newspapers in Germany. Several times number one in the AppStore News Rankings in Germany.
Client: Welt
Welt Edition is an innovative project both in content and design, one of the first iPad apps released to the market. It has been named Apple APP of the month several times, nominated for the App of the Year, and awarded with the most distinguished media Prizes, such as the Lovie and World Digital Media Awards.
Appie van Albert Heijn
Appie is the very awarded App of Albert Heijn, first supermarket chain in the Netherlands. One of the first big iPhone apps released back in 2009.
Client: Albert Heijn


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Barcelona Make Massive Bid For Striker – Why?
According to the agent for Paulo Dybala, Barcelona recently tabled a bid of €80m (£66m) to sign the Juventus striker. That news is shocking on multiple levels. That someone thinks that Dybala is worth that much money and that Barcelona were willing to pay that kind of transfer fee when they already have the MSN connection up-front. Is the bid an indication that Barcelona feels that one of its stars could be leaving?
Dybala was linked with a move to Barcelona last summer after Palermo president Mauricio Zamparini launched a public auction to get the most for the attacker.
Manchester United, Arsenal and Chelsea were all mentioned as possible destinations, but Juventus beat the lot after paying €32m plus €8m in add-ons to fill the gap left by the departure of Carlos Tevez to Boca Juniors.
But Gustavo Mascardi, founder of the prestigious Grupo Mascardi said that Barcelona have made a renewed attempt to sign the 22-year-old following his impressive debut campaign at Juventus. Dybala scored 23 goals across all competitions, including 19 in Serie A to lead Juventus to the title
"When I speak with Paulo and his agent [Pierpaolo] Triulzi, I have proof that the guy is on the right track.
Last year Inter and Milan also wanted him but he was right to choose the club that would give him more guarantees [and fit better] with his technique.
His career at Juventus has just begun," Mascardi told Gazzamercato, a website specialising in transfers run by La Gazzetta Dello Sport.
Asked whether Dybala would stay in Turin in the long term, he continued:
"The transfer market can offer a lot of temptations but Paulo has shown himself to have clear ideas.
It's true that recently Barcelona made an approach for [Dybala], with a bid of double what the Bianconeri paid for him last summer.
However, the player's idea is to consolidate his experience at a club that is giving him the opportunity to succeed at the highest levels."
Barcelona's interest in Dybala is not the big story here. The story is that they are interested in the first place, and are willing to spend money they do not have for a player, who are first glance is a back-up to Suarez or Neymar.
A couple of days ago, Mundo Deportivo wrote that Dybala was Barcelona's top choice to replace Neymar if he were to leave the Nou Camp this summer, amid reported interest from Paris Saint Germain, Manchester United and even Real Madrid.
That Barcelona actually made a bid to Juventus for Dybala would indicate that they feel that there is a strong likelihood that Neymar will be leaving this summer, for what is sure to be a record breaking transfer.
PSG need to replace a superstar to replace Zlatan Ibrahimović and after failing to sign Cristiano Ronaldo, they feel that Neymar would fit nicely into the Brazilian setup they have built in Paris.
Ed Woodward and Manchester United would love to add a Galáctico like Neymar, and while they have the money, they cannot offer Champions League football to the Brazilian superstar. But would the size of United allow Neymar to overlook that for a season?
Chelsea have also being linked with Neymar, but the transfer fee and wages are more than the Blues can afford.
The other possible destination for Neymar is the blue side of Manchester. City certainly have the cash to afford the transfer fee and wages, and Pep Guardiola offers Neymar the easiest transition on the playing side as Barcelona still play the style of football he developed at the Camp Nou.
What do you think of Barcelona's interest in Paul Dybala and what that means for the future of Neymar in Barcelona?


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For over 40 years Shipleys LLP has been delighted to support the broadcast industry. We're a medium sized firm of chartered accountants, with a well-developed and specialist media division. The division comprises accountancy, tax and business advisors specialising in Film, Television and Animation production.
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The variety of our specialist work and experience is vast and our portfolio includes animations, documentaries, films and televisions series. Production budgets range from as little as £500,000 to in excess of £100 million.
A long tradition of specialist support for the broadcast industries
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For more information and help, please contact For more information and help, please contact Steve Joberns, Principal, or Gurvir Cheema, Director on +44 (0)20 7312 0000
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Perspectives juridiques/Communiqués/Des idées en chantier : Droit de la construction MT – Ouest du Canada/21 mars 2019/Extras and Back Charges: Alberta Court of Appeal Affirms tests in Impact Painting Ltd v Man-Shield (Alta) Construction Inc.
Extras and Back Charges: Alberta Court of Appeal Affirms tests in Impact Painting Ltd v Man-Shield (Alta) Construction Inc.
21 mars 2019 | John MacKay, Mark E. Alexander
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In February 2018's edition of Breaking Ground, we reviewed the legal tests used to determine what will constitute a valid extra or back charge.[1] These issues were discussed in some detail in the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench decision in Impact Painting Ltd. v Man-Shield (Alta) Construction Inc.[2] A year after that article, the Alberta Court of Appeal has weighed in on the tests utilized by the trial judge in that case, dismissing the appeal.[3]
By way of summary, between 2011 and 2012, Man-Shield (Alta) Construction Inc. ("Man-Shield") and Impact Painting Ltd. ("Impact") had entered into the following contracts concerning the provision of painting and wallpaper services on a construction project known as the Laurel Retirement Community:
A subcontract for painting dated March 29, 2011, for $248,850;
A subcontract for wallpaper installation dated June 23, 2011, for $98,700; and
A subcontract for painting of the "DAL Wing" dated March 24, 2012, for $65,310.
While the project was underway, a significant change was made after the owner obtained government approval and funding to have one of the floors of the building converted to a residence for dementia patients, being the DAL Wing. This change necessitated expansive renovations to that floor before the original scope of work was fully completed, and the evidence at trial indicated that it also created a great deal of strain for all parties involved in the project, including both Man-Shield and Impact.[4]
The trial judge's reasons exhaustively covered the available evidence, including Impact's contract proposal, the contracts and other project documentation, as well as the oral evidence called at trial. At the conclusion of the hearing, a net amount of $57,397.86, was found owing to Impact by Man-Shield. Man-Shield was also awarded judgment on its counterclaim in the amount of $14,903.60 for the additional premiums paid for the bond that stood in place of the builder's lien. This damage was found to have been caused by Impact because of the disparity between the amounts claimed by Impact and what was ultimately awarded at trial.
Legal Tests Applied at Trial
The trial judge considered the following factors in determining the validity of the claims for extras and back charges.
The work was outside the subcontractor's scope of originally contracted work;
The subcontractor was either expressly or impliedly instructed by the general contractor to do the work;
The general contractor was informed or would have necessarily known that the extra work would increase cost; and
The general contractor waived or acquiesced in not following formal change order provisions.
Back Charges for Deficiencies
The back charge is for an expense actually, necessarily and reasonably incurred by the party claiming it;
By terms of the contract, or some other agreement between the parties, the charge related to a task for which the subcontractor undertook responsibility;
The general contractor incurred the expense because of the subcontractor's default to which the charge relates; and
Prior to incurring the charge, the general contractor gave notice to the subcontractor of default and provided a reasonable opportunity to cure it.
Impact initially appealed the decision on the grounds that the trial judge had erred:
by refusing to award Impact $45,000 for the painting subcontract deduction;
by failing to consider relevant evidence or misapprehending the evidence as well as misapplying the standard of proof required;
in awarding Man-Shield full back charges relating to Hay Decorating Painters; and
in the approach used to award or assess the lien bonding costs.
The Court of Appeal began its analysis by finding that the trial judge had committed no error in articulating the factors to be considered by the court when determining whether a back charge ought to be allowed. The Court of Appeal also found that the trial judge had properly articulated the law with respect to the determination of permissible claims for extra work. In this regard, the Court of Appeal endorsed the following summary from Kei-Ron Holdings Ltd. v Coquihalla Motor Inn Ltd.[5], a 1996 decision of the British Columbia Supreme Court concerning claims for extra work:
In determining liability for the cost of extra work, the first question to be answered is whether the work performed was, in fact, extra work; that is, it did not fall within the scope of the work originally contemplated by the contract. If so, did the owner give instructions, either express or implied, that the work be done or was the work otherwise authorized by the owner? Next, was the owner informed or necessarily aware that the extra work would increase the cost? Finally, did the owner waive the provision requiring changes to be made in writing or acquiesce in ignoring those provisions? If the plaintiff can establish these elements, the defendant is liable to pay a reasonable amount for the extra work. These elements must be proved with respect to each extra claimed.
Given that the correct legal tests had been used, the remaining issues, as questions of fact or mixed law and fact, were all subject to review only for palpable and overriding error.
Impact's Claims for Extras
The trial judge based his findings on plain reading of the relevant documentation and testimony of witnesses. Absent error in method or conclusions, the Court of Appeal was unwilling to disturb those findings.
In particular, the trial judge had found no evidence that Impact's acceptance of the $45,000 contract deduction was conditional.
Man-Shield's Back Charges
Again, the Court could find no error, let alone a palpable and overriding error with the findings of the trial judge. The reasons supplied by the trial judge in relation to the back charges displayed that the evidence had been reviewed.
While Impact argued that some of the back charges allowed were unreasonable (for instance in allowing amounts for travel and hotel costs of the completion painters), these arguments were insufficient to disturb the finding of fact at trial that Impact had approved the arrangement without condition. This decision provides no express guidance as to whether such back charges would have been valid, absent the express consent of the subcontractor.
Lien Costs
Given that the debt owing was found to be approximately a quarter of the amount claimed in the lien, the trial judge found that the lien was excessive and that Man-Shield was entitled to damages. The Court of Appeal was once again unwilling to disturb this finding, as no palpable and overriding error had been committed.
Of note, it was argued on appeal that for the purpose of calculating judgment interest, the lien amount should be calculated prior to set-off or contractual factors. The Court of Appeal however rejected this means of calculation, finding it inconsistent with the wording of the statute.
Both the trial judge's findings and the Court of Appeal's endorsement of his reasons provide a useful overview of the state of the law in Alberta relating to claims for change orders, extra work, and for back charges, whether between owner and contractor, or between contractor and sub-contractor. In all cases, it is essential to assess the nature of the amounts at issue against the original scope of work and the contemporaneous communications between the parties concerning the work and the amounts at issue. This is particularly true in the case of change orders on construction projects where formal contractual procedures governing changes may impact the analysis.
[1] See Leanna Olson & John MacKay, "Refresher on Extras and Back Charges: Impact Painting Ltd v Man-Shield (Alta) Construction Inc" (20 Feb 2018 ), online (blog): Breaking Ground: MT Construction Law Western Canada <https://www.millerthomson.com/en/publications/communiques-and-updates/breaking-ground-western/february-20-2018-breaking-ground-western/refresher-extras-back-charges-impact-painting-ltd-v-man-shield-alta-construction-inc/#_ftn1>.
[2] Impact Painting Ltd v Man-Shield (Alta) Construction Inc, 2017 ABQB 743 [Impact Painting].
[3] Impact Painting Ltd v Man-Shield (Alta) Construction Inc, 2019 ABCA 57.
[4] Impact Painting, supra note 2.
[5] Kei-Ron Holdings Ltd. v Coquihalla Motor Inn Ltd., [1996] BCJ No 1237 (SC).
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All chip, ding, scratch and crack repairs are guaranteed for 1 year.
Kitchen sinks are not covered, but if used carefully should give several years of service.
Kitchen vanities and counters are warrantied for 6 years.
Problems caused by chemicals, abrasives, dyes, leaking faucets, standing water, bathmats, tools, toys, bottles, (sharp blows in general) stuctural problems, improper installation (shower pans!), foundation movement , etc... are not covered by warranty but once cured, are easily repaired the for the price of a service call, in most cases. Please be aware that although we take great care, old fragile wallpaper and paint will sometimes "pull" off when we remove the masking materials.
Another word about bathmats! Water, believe it or not is a mild solvent, as many of you might recall from your high school chemistry class. And given enough time water will soften and cause to fail even our very durable finish! When allowed to dry and essentially "re-cure" the molecular integrity on the first few layers of our finish return to normal, and live to fight another day, day after day for decades, because the water never penetrates to the bonded surface. However, if chronically wet it WILL fail.
Bathmats are the worst of several worlds, because they not only trap stagnant moldy water, they have little suction-cups which abraid and then pull upwards on the surface as they're removed. In the rare event there is an adhesion problem, 99% of them can be traced back to standing water (chronically dripping faucets) and/or bathmats! Bathmats are a HUGE no-no! So are leaking faucets! If there is a safety concern, please let us know! We have heavy discounts available to those who need the added traction of a bathmat, in our "SRS" (skid resistant surface).
In fact, this is industry-wide and even spills (sorry!) over into brand-new acrylic fixtures. Standing or dripping water causes mineral-stains, and will ruin the gel-coat on a spanking-new $1500 acrylic tub too! Furthermore a dripping faucet can easily waste hundreds of gallons a week! Don't believe it? Put a standard 3 gallon washbucket under your dripping faucet and time how long it takes to fill. You'll be shocked. Now multiply that by 24 hours. Then by 7 days. Then multiply THAT by how many dripping faucets in your home. 'Nuff said?
Please please please make sure all plumbing issues are repaired BEFORE we arrive! Save yourself (and US!) time, money and frustration! We are obliged to charge you a minimum of $150 to return and repair a problem which never should have happened in the first place! This helps no one: It's a financial loser for us, and it causes you to erroneously assume that refinishing was a bad idea! A very ill wind for all sides!
Common household cleaners such as "409" or "Fantastik" do a wonderful job cleaning all resurfacing jobs, (particularly so since the nooks and crannies where moisture, mold and mother nature generally get a foothold are now largely sealed) and do not void the warranty.