There's a family restaurant of some renown out of Hot Springs… one of those places everyone's heard of. Five generations of a single family have operated the little whitewashed building along Albert Pike… and the place goes back to the 1920s. That place… is McClard's Bar-B-Q.
Before there was a McClard's, there was the Westside Tourist Court, a motorcourt motel serving the needs of travelers coming to Hot Springs for the healing waters and the ponies. Travelers would come and go. Some would stay longer than others. Back in 1928, there was one particular traveler who overstayed the contents of his wallet – and when he went to check out after two months, he didn't have the $10 he owed on the bill. So he made an offer -- for a barbecue sauce recipe he said was the "best barbecue sauce in the world," in exchange for his debt. The deal was struck, and soon the Westside Tourist Court became Westside Barbecue.
It wasn't long before Alex and Gladys McClard had themselves a booming business. Folks came from all over to enjoy that sauce slathered on smoked… goat. No joke. After a while, the meat started to vary a bit, and pork and eventually beef were introduced.
In 1942 the whole operation moved three blocks down the road to the current location at 505 Albert Pike… and it became a drive-in, complete with carhops. Customers would pull up outside and honk and a 'hop would come out and take the order.
Eventually the building was expanded, and by the time I was aware of the world around me, around the late 70s, there was a dining room with booths and stools lined up at the lunch counter. There was and still is one door for to-go orders and another, on the corner, to enter the dining room – both on the east side of the store. Another comes in from the parking lot on the west side.
The meat? It goes into the smoker naked – no spices or marinade. It's all that hickory smoke flavor you get in the end. And of course the sauce – sweet, tomato-based, a little vinegary and a little spice and that's it. Simple and just the same as it's always been.
And then there are the tamales… unlike most masa tamales or any tamales you might find in the Delta, these chopped beef and chopped pork blended and stuffed tamales look like some strange extrusion. They're steamed up in paper that's tied at the ends, rather than in corn shucks. They're served one or two to a plate with saltines, the way Arkansas tamales are traditionally served. You really want to do up a good one – you need to have yourself a Tamale Spread – which is a bed of a tamale or two topped with Fritos and chopped beef and chili beans and cheese and onions and barbecue sauce on top. Woo-ee. The family says that spread was created by a guy who came in one day with a hangover.
But the iconic dish has to be the Ribs and Fries – which is a slab of ribs served under a pile of French fries. I'd suggest doing what my photographer did – and others around me have done – substitute a tamale for half those fries.
Me? While I have oft been tempted by the burger on the menu, I have yet to order it. Depending on my mood, I will go for that beef sandwich, either chopped or sliced. And I am never disappointed by that pile of beef with the cabbage and mayo on it, drizzled in sauce on a Sunbeam bun.
Unless it's Wednesday, and then I'm having chicken. It's marinated a whole night before it goes on the smoker. I wish they did chicken every day.
They sure do a lot of barbecue… each week, some 7000 pounds-worth goes into the pit for smoking. They make up and sell 250 gallons of baked beans and 250 gallons of coleslaw, too – and it's all made fresh in the wee hours of the morning each day.
Now, I did mention that nothing much has changed in 85 years. But I am wrong. Something significant has changed. Just here recently, Ms. Wyona Rowton has left the premises. Any Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday you could find her scooting about, taking orders and delivering them to the tables. Wonderful woman, always polite and happy. Ms. Wyona retired in May 2011 after 53 years at the restaurant.
There are other folks who have been there a while – 10, 20, 30 years. And the family. The fifth generation of McClards are working the pit and the register these days. I expect by the time I hang up my hat there will be seventh and eighth generation McClards in the restaurant.
So… want to go? McClard's Bar-B-Q is open Tuesday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Of course it's packed around mealtime, but there's usually a goodly number of people there even on off hours. I suggest 3 p.m. If you don't want to wait, you can get a to-go but don't you dare ask for a reservation. That right belongs solely to that one guy, Bill – you know, the one who's been coming since his school days.
And if you can't go at all, you can get some of that barbecue sauce from local grocery stores around these parts or on the McClard's website, here. Call (501) 624-9586 if you need some more information.


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PDC19-014 and PD19-014 West San Carlos St. Project
City of San Jose
NOP - Notice of Preparation of a Draft EIR
Zoning: CP (Commercial Pedestrian) and RM (Multiple-Residence) General Plan: Urban Village
Planned Development Zoning from the CP (Commercial Pedestrian) and RM (Multiple-Residence) Zoning Districts to the PD (Planned Development) Zoning District and a Planned Development (PD) Permit to allow the demolition of existing structures on-site and the development of two seven-story, mixed use buildings comprised of 173 residential units and 17,189 square feet of commercial uses on an approximately 1.34-gross acre site. Location: 1530-1544 West San Carlos Street
Adam Petersen
City of San Jose Dept, of Planning, Building and Code Enf.
200 E. Santa Clara St., Tower, 3rd-Floor
West San Carlos Street and South Buena Vista Avenue
277-18-018, -019, -020
1-280, 1-880, SR-87
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Guadalupe River Park, Los Gatos Creek
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Dating in the modern world is hard!
Nowadays it's all swiping right, emoji's and one night stands but among all the Tinder lovers there are still young people out there who want to find love, who want to be wined and dined and are looking for the one.
Not everyone is a natural dater, but there are a few key tips which I want to share with my readers.
These are tips which I have gained following many years of single life, I have talked to my friends both male and female and selected the top 10 dating tips for men.
A little etiquette goes a long way, especially when courting so remember your manners, open the car door and be a gentleman.
This doesn't just mean on the first date, it doesn't take much to be a gent and treat your partner right and will go a long way in helping you to keep hold of them.
First dates are hard enough without the awkward silences, so ask questions, be confident and be yourself.
Everyone gets nervous but confidence is an attractive trait so even if you have to put on a front for a little while, you'll soon relax and be confident in yourself.
It's rude enough being on your phone when having dinner or when in the company of someone else but to use your phone on a date is downright unacceptable.
So, come off social media (I'm sure you can live without it for 2 hours), put your phone on silent and don't check it – unless you want your date to feel like they're boring you.
This is a big debate within my circle of friends but I like to do it the traditional way and pay for the first couple of dates. If you think they may be the one or that there may be some sort of future, then next time you can go halves or offer to go for a drink, on them.
Top tip: This is a good way to extend the date!
If by the end of the date you don't feel that 'spark' everyone talks about then don't tell them you will be in touch! Honesty goes a long way and the quicker you get the conversation out the way the better. Don't pretend you like her if you don't, don't tell her you'll call if you're not going to, it's basic manners.
As I said, everyone gets nervous, especially on the first date.
Try to relax, head to someone where you both can relax and enjoy the conversation. If you're right for each other, things will flow naturally and after the initial introductions, you should feel a bit better but just remember, nerves are good!
So there you have some of my top tips for dating– do you have anything you'd like to add? Let me know by getting in touch.


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by Jonathan September 17, 2014
Seed Equity Ventures, LLC (Seed Equity) recently announced the launch of its online equity crowd-funding platform, built to link equity investors with entrepreneurs and startups across the globe.
The platform allows entrepreneurs to share information about their startup, carry out due diligence processes, apply for funding, and close formal international investment agreements with multiple investors.
Investors receive the necessary registrations and accreditations, after which they can become mentors or thought leaders for specific industries and keep their eyes on potential investment possibilities around the world.
Seed Equity's launch comes at a time when the startup market is expanding geographically and investment is being diversified through crowd-funding initiatives.
"Countries like Israel and Chile have actively been supporting their own startup ecosystems through grants and tax breaks which has spurred a boom of promising startups across the globe," said Seed Equity founder and CEO Todd Crosland, a former Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year and winner of multiple Inc. 500 award
Crosland stressed that his company provides "one of the first global social investing platforms that connects startups and growth companies with institutional and individual investors from around the world," adding that the focus of many prior funding services has been on the U.S. market only.
Seed Equity is a registered broker dealer with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and a member of securities regulators FINRA and SIPC.


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Q: Docker layer info post v1.10 I used to check the sizes of layers in an image using the Docker history command, although now that shows "missing" instead of layer IDs due to the 1.10 migration to content hashes.
I now retrieve the hashes of all layers in an image through these commands:
docker pull ubuntu
ID=$(docker inspect -f {{.Id}} ubuntu)
sudo jq .rootfs.diff_ids /var/lib/docker/image/aufs/imagedb/content/$(echo $ID|tr ':' '/')

This returns a list of content hashes of all layers in the ubuntu image:
"diff_ids": [
  "sha256:2a4049cf895d2384cb93d19f46f0d62560a48b2b202787edad2dc6e4b95a923a",
  "sha256:01fbb4b5fa1b76ccdc289de098ea61925c7f8d3364159761720617b096f27bcc",
  "sha256:d3492de15d7c87ea9db9ab123214d334f4bcb1e40846b77beebb4c37dd134a45",
  "sha256:5f70bf18a086007016e948b04aed3b82103a36bea41755b6cddfaf10ace3c6ef"
],

In /var/lib/docker/image/aufs/layerdb/sha256/ I see information about each layer such as parent and size but I noticed that the diff_ids in this folder are not the same as the above output:
> ls /var/lib/docker/image/aufs/layerdb/sha256/
2088e4744016dbe95308d1920060f1fbc4a095ba5b9517d758745fc3986f2632
2a4049cf895d2384cb93d19f46f0d62560a48b2b202787edad2dc6e4b95a923a
8c63d05abe660a2f3f04d754de3ee3d927a17b3623a8e2be6d727e697f4b1e10
f747ac597de13b7f1ff918874f80bb83004232d7d6d4d45ad8890b58cdc79adc

I then tried inspecting another folder such as /var/lib/docker/aufs/layers:
> ls /var/lib/docker/aufs/layers#
58e7ed1f6d4ba047c9c714e66f10c014008ef4aa133d334198b8b1b7673f16e7
c4dd5a81188e36457624849aaeea74d98ef571390db75d4a03efb5bccb8c04e3
d31f918b7f59fcf768a9ae609141152cd5ae63943aac042429e3d2e04d472bcc
e576c6d41b96bd6a47233a6c6ec2f586021aa945aae6bd0e73ab9d4ad051a94e

As you can see these are 4 other content hashes again. Can someone tell me what the connection is between all these hashes and how I can find the size of each layer of the Ubuntu image? I'd like to be able to match each diff_id in the first output with a size but I don't know how all these diff_ids in different folders are related.
EDIT: I solved it like this - /var/lib/docker/image/aufs/layerdb/sha256/ also contains a file called "diff" which contains the diff_id corresponding to the output of the first command. I used this output to map the size to the correct diff_id.

A: I solved it like this: /var/lib/docker/image/aufs/layerdb/sha256/ also contains a file called "diff" which contains the diff_id corresponding to the output of the first command. I used this output to map the size to the correct diff_id.

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Chester Brown's love of airplanes inspired him to create aluminum can airplanes out of his house in Marion.
He started making three varieties of planes — a biplane, a P-51, and F-4U Corsair — for his grandchildren six months ago. He made the first few from Mountain Dew and Coke Zero cans until one of his granddaughters wanted a pink plane. A flavor of Welch's juice provided the needed pink cans.
Brown uses designs he bought from BCoriginals.com, which he has slightly modified from the first planes.
"That's my problem, I look at something and I say 'How can I make that better?'" Brown said.
Cardboard fills out the wings underneath a can shell. Engines are fashioned from a can that is molded into a square and then Brown uses six pull-tabs for each of the cylinders. He was running out of pull-tabs when he asked the designer at BC originals and was told to to purchase tabs over the Internet.
Wheels for the planes are made from a chopped up broom handle. He uses plastic from 2-liter bottles for a cockpit. Brown carves each of the propellers, which is one of the most time consuming parts of a plane; if he makes a mistake, he discards that propeller and starts over.
Since he started making can airplanes, he has sold 10 planes and given away eight. He has used a variety of cans — Christmas Coca-Cola cans, Cherry Coke Zero cans, and gold Pepsi cans made some of Brown's favorite planes.
He will have a display at Art in the Park Saturday in Marion for his planes. He can fashion planes from any can for $35 and $40. He uses 18 washed cans.
Can airplanes are an extension of a model and remote control airplane hobby that Brown has fostered since his grade school days, in Wichita. Around the same time, he wrote letters to McDonnell Douglas and Boeing asking for pictures of airplanes. Both companies responded by sending Brown 8x10 pictures of planes that he displayed all over his room.
Brown was in the Navy from 1961 to 1969 during the Vietnam War. Among other tasks, he worked on airplanes.
The intricacies of model airplanes helped Brown work on mainframe computers for 36 years. He worked for IBM, EMC, Amdahl, and Memorex. He lived in five cities — Dallas, Tulsa, Omaha, Kansas City, and Sioux Falls, S.D. — and his model and remote controlled airplanes always followed him. In Tulsa, one section of his two-car garage was his hanger.
Brown met his current wife, Donna, in Dallas. Donna grew up in Florence.
They moved to Marion and Brown worked for Kansas Department of Transportation until he retired. They have lived in Marion for five years.
Brown's first marriage ended in divorce. His ex-wife moved to Pensacola, Fla. with his 8-year-old son, Chester Arthur Brown Jr. Shortly thereafter, Brown's ex-wife remarried and changed her name. Chester Jr. also changed his last name.
He searched for 30 years then this past year he unsuspectingly received a phone call.
The woman was Chester Jr.'s wife. He had been searching for his father nearly as long as the father had been searching for his son.
Before they were reunited, Brown was wary that the two of them might not like each other; that anxiety was quickly relieved.
"It was like we were never apart," Brown said.
Completely separate from Brown, Chester Jr. had developed his own love of airplanes. He works at Gulfstream in Savannah, Ga., although an accident with a circular saw resulted in Chester Jr. losing his right hand.
When they met in Kansas, partly to see Brown's extended family, Chester Jr. saw Brown's collection of can airplanes. He was immediately interested and the two of them constructed an airplane from Diet Dr. Pepper cans.
"It was one of the best experiences of my life," Brown said of reuniting with his son.


1 Favorite Christmas Carols (8:30 & 11) Christmas Playlist (Jubilee) Week 2 JOY TO THE WORLD Psalm 98 INTRO: We're in a series called "Favorite Christmas Carols" And today we're gonna talk about one of your favorite Christmas carols that is NOT a Christmas carol! Yes, you heard me right: Joy to the World is not a Christmas carol. -But we'll come back to that. I. JTTW was written in 1719 by the famous hymn writer Isaac Watts- A. Born into strong Christian family  When born, father was in prison. Why? Bec he wouldn't go along with the state church, C of E  A boy genius – Latin at age 5, Greek at 9, French at 11, Hebrew at 13  Around 6 or 7 family was having prayers- he saw a mouse run up the rope to the bell and he giggled. Very pious father said, "What were you doing with your eyes open during prayer?" Isaac: "A little mouse for want of stairs, ran up the rope to say his prayers. Father went to spank him, Isaac: "Father, Father, pity take, and I no more will verses make!" – He was first freestyle rapper! B. He was also first writer of contemporary Christian music 1- In our day there's kind of a division between traditional and contemporary –the worship wars [desc] – Some churches have split over this isssue –Isaac Watts did the same thing in his day – split churches by writing contemporary worship music! –You say, What are you talking about? He wrote HYMNS -Understand: In his day, Christians didn't sing hymns – they were only allowed to sing the Psalms, right out of the Old Testament -One day came home from church and complained that the music was boring. -Father said, "Why don't you write something better?" -And he did! Behold the glories of the Lamb Amidst His Father's throne. Prepare new honors for His Name, And songs before unknown. And the congregation loved it. So he began writing a new hymn every week 2- Eventually published some of his hymns – and that's when the controversy began: – Great leaders of the church began to denounce Isaac Watts for destroying tradition and bringing new music into the churches. 3 – One leader: "Christian congregations have shut out divinely inspired psalms and taken in Watts's flights of fancy," And so began the worship wars of the 1700s: – Churches split – Pastors were fired – Arguments raged about whether this new contemporary music was appropriate for the house of God Some of the outlandish contemporary worship songs Isaac Watts wrote included: – When I survey the wondrous cross – Alas and did my savior bleed – Marching to Zion –Crazy stuff! 3- What really pushed people over the edge was when Watts put out a book of new songs entitled, The Psalms of David Imitated in the Language of the New Testament – He wanted to re-write the Psalms the way David would have written them if he were alive in his day – AND he wanted to identify and make clear the CHRISTIAN themes that he saw in the Psalms So, Psalm 72 became the hymn, "Jesus shall reign" – Psalm 90 became, "O God our help in ages Past" — And Psalm 98 became, "Joy to the World." 4 C. Please take out your hymnal and turn to #246. And while you're turning, I'm going to tell you something about Joy to the World that you probably didn't know. Joy to the World is not a Christmas song! 1- Isaac Watts did not write it as a Christmas song – What Isaac Watts was really writing about was the second coming of Christ – When Js comes again as a king in glory and establishes his kingdom on earth 2- You can definitely see this when you look at vv. 2, 3, 4 -V. 2 starts off Joy to the world, the savior reigns – coming kingdom -V. 3 – – No more let sins and sorrows grow –well, unfortunately, sins and sorrows are still growing, to this very day, so what that line talks about has not happened yet – Nor thorns infest the ground – what is that about? In Genesis 3, when the first humans sinned, God said because of what you did the whole earth is fallen, and thorns are gonna infest the ground – He comes to make his blessings flow far as the curse is found – that's a reference to the curse talked about in Genesis 3 — and it's looking forward to a time when that curse is overcome by Jesus, in other words, the coming kingdom -V. 4 – – He rules the world with truth and grace, and makes the nations prove the glories of his righteousness and wonders of his love 5 –Again, that hasn't happened yet: Scripture tells us that day is coming – when Jesus will rule and people of every nation, tribe, race and tongue will sing his praise – — But right now, we now are still waiting for that day II. SO- Joy to the World = not a Christmas song – -Not based on the Christmas story in the gospel of Luke –It's a song about the end of time, and it's based on Psalm 98 A. So let's take a look at Psalm 98 – 1- Turn in your hymnal to page 818. (Read responsively) O sing to the Lord a new song, for the Lord has done marvelous things. God's right hand and holy arm have gotten the victory. 2 The Lord has declared victory and has revealed his vindication in the sight of the nations. 3 The Lord has remembered his steadfast love and faithfulness to the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen the victory of our God 2- NOW: In those three verses, the words "victory" and "vindication" come from the Hebrew word for salvation, which is yeshua – And that is the Hebrew Name of … Jesus! 6 And Isaac Watts knew Hebrew, so he definitely saw this as an Old Testament Psalm that points forward to Jesus! B. Now the next 3 verses are a call to worship: 4 Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth; break forth into joyous song and sing praises. 5 Sing praises to the Lord with the lyre, with the lyre and the sound of melody. 6 With trumpets and the sound of the horn make a joyful noise before the Ruler, the Lord. These last 3 verses talk about all people praising God, and that's what Isaac Watts was talking about when he wrote, Let all their songs employ C. Now, on these last verses, just listen: Verses 7 & 8 foretell a time when even the natural world praises God: 7 Let the sea roar, and all that fills it; the world and those who live in it. 8 Let the floods clap their hands; let the hills sing together for joy And this is what Isaac Watts was talking about when he wrote, Let fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains Repeat the sounding joy! D. And then finally, the end of Psalm 98 tells why all this joy is happening: The Lord, who comes to judge the earth— 7 The Lord will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with equity. Isaac Watts saw this as a reference to the return of Jesus at the end of time when he comes to judge the earth And this is what he was talking about when he wrote, Joy to the world, the Lord is come E. Now: Am I saying that this is not a Christmas song and you are no longer allowed to sing it at Christmas time? -No, no, no – not at all. 1- LISTEN: – Without the first coming, there would not be a second coming! – Without the birth, there would not be the final victory 2- So it's entirely appropriate to sing this song at Christmas time – But now you know "the rest of the story" And I hope that from now on, when you sing this song, you'll remember the deeper meaning.


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Review | Memory's Wake by Selina Fenech
In a culture of cravats and corsets, a troubled sixteen-year-old stands out in her t-shirt and torn jeans. She takes the name "Memory" because hers are stolen, and she'll do anything to get them back. Lost in a world not her own, where magic and monstrous fairies are real, Memory has enough to handle just trying to stay alive. Chased by wizard hunters, hunted by a dragon, stalked by a strange, handsome savage, despised by the fae and wanted by the king himself – everyone is after Memory, and she suspects it's not just for her eye-catching outfit. Her forgotten past holds dangerous secrets that will change everything. Memory will fight to get back to a family and home she can't remember but desperately desires, even at the cost of new friendships and romances. On the run with no name and no memories, she thinks she has nothing left to lose. She couldn't be more mistaken. (Goodreads summary)
A blending of the modern and the fantastic, Memory's Wake is the story of a girl from the 21st century who suddenly finds herself in a completely foreign world filled with Fae, magic, evil kings and dragons. With no knowledge of her past, and stuck in a terrifying, unfamiliar present, she has no choice but to accept the offered aid of Eloryn, a girl who promises Memory help in getting her life back. Eloryn, however, is hardly in a better position than Memory having lost her mentor and on the run from wizard hunters who would arrest her for the use of unauthorized magic. And both girls must learn to trust one another if they are to reach safety and help.
Avall, the mysterious world Memory finds herself in, is beautifully rendered by author and artist Selina Fenech, and is also wonderfully supplemented by a gorgeous map. In Avall, Fae and humans coexist knowingly with each other under the Pact – an agreement which gives humans the benefit of magic while the Fae in return receive a safe place to live. The existence of the Fae — both Seelie and Unseelie — in Avall gives the land a sense of danger since faeries are at nature a duplicitous and tricky people. In addition to the dangers of the Fae, Memory, Eloryn and their friends find themselves running from human dangers as well. Avall is currently ruled by the evil king, Thayl, who usurped power from his deceased-by-means-most-suspicious predecessor, Queen Loredanna. Since ascending the throne, he's severely limited the use of magic among humans and hunts down those who practice more than the most basic of spells. Simply put, Avall – its locations, inhabitants, history and current political climate – is an extremely fascinating place, large in scope and I cannot wait to explore it further.
Characterization as a whole was well done. Having four main protagonists who all do double-duty as narrator, it could be difficult to make them all unique enough — for them to have different voices as four individuals would be expected to have. But Fenech manages to give Memory, Eloryn, Roen and Will each their own unique personalities and perspectives. While there might have been a little confusion on my part from time to time as to who was narrating, the author does a good job at juggling four different viewpoints. The only thing I had an issue with in regard to the characters and their relationships with each other is the fact that there is an excessive amount of nicknaming that occurs very early on, when the relationships are not yet at a level with the familiarity a nickname implies.
As a heroine, Memory was a refreshing change of pace from the female main characters that normally populate the books I read. While her memory loss and identity crisis give her an obvious vulnerability, Memory is clearly a girl who rarely shows signs of visible weakness. But her untouchable, tough-girl exterior hides an uncertain and sensitive girl underneath. The shifting POVs are particularly effective in giving the reader a complete view of Memory as a person – how she views herself, as well as how others view her. When Memory narrates, the reader is privy to her doubts, her fears and internal struggles, but when the POV shifts to Eloryn, Roen or Will, the reader sees Memory as those particular characters perceive her and can see the exterior walls she throws up. Projecting an air of confidence and a slight cockiness, Memory has a quick tongue that lends a grounding 21st century perspective to a world filled with magic and antiquated tradition. Memory's character was one I enjoyed, though at times she came off a bit whiny and petty. Though I suppose this lends a measure of realism to her character. Our heroes require some faults to make them believable.
When Memory first meets Eloryn after falling out of the Veil door, Eloryn is already on the run and the people hunting her will have her at whatever cost. Eloryn — pretty, ever proper, practical, calm and duty-driven — is the perfect character opposite to Memory in personality, though they are perhaps not quite as different in the qualities that truly matter. Eloryn personifies beauty and grace, but beneath her delicate appearance, she is hiding a dangerous secret – one that threatens them all and one that demands unflinching loyalty from those who would call themselves friend.
Roen is a character I really wanted to love, but he felt somewhat inconsistent. When the reader first meets Roen, the roguish pickpocket, he is full of swagger, a charming sense of confidence and a sense of honor all his own. However, over the course of the book, Roen loses some of that early confidence that made him so likable. While still honorable and brave throughout, his charm deflates as his confidence in himself disappears. There's always the next book, however, and it could be that Fenech is setting his character up for further development.
Will is the character I found the most interesting of all four, main narrating characters, and perhaps that's because he is the one that is still very much a mystery. Will does get his turn at narration from time to time, but not nearly as much as the other three. His history, strange connection to Memory and his interactions with the Fae make him a very compelling character and I hope Fenech plans to explore him more fully in Book Two.
The story itself was not your typical fantasy, particularly given the fish-out-of-water angle, and Fenech develops some interesting twists in her story that make it fresh and keep it from falling into the "cliché" category. Through her twists, Fenech keeps her characters guessing as to whom they can trust. This question of where peoples' loyalties lie makes for an intriguing story as the reader, to some extent, is as much in the dark as Memory, Eloryn, Roen and Will. I enjoy books that are well-written enough to keep me happily guessing. However, many times authors do an excellent job of building the mystery, but fail in the execution of the climax and revelation. When the action finally comes to a head in Memory's Wake though, Fenech writes a climax worthy of the term.
Overall, beautifully told and illustrated, Memory's Wake by Selina Fenech is a wonderful young adult, fantasy debut filled with adventure, intrigue and romance. I am definitely looking forward to the next book in this exciting trilogy.
To win your own paperback copy of Memory's Wake by Selina Fenech, click HERE
Author: Selina Fenech
Title: Memory's Wake
Series: Memory's Wake Trilogy (Book #1)
Published: July 3rd 2011 by Fairies and Fantasy Pty Ltd
Format: Paperback, 328 pages; Kindle; Nook
Website: www.memoryswake.com
Source: Ebook provided by author for review
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Ron C. Nieto says
Okay. Me wants. The damn TBR pile just keeps growing and growing! (I'm so joining the TBR Intervention meme this saturday…)
The cover would have caught my interest by itself, but the review really bought me. I find the idea most interesting, I'm looking forward to alternating POVs and if the results are as great at the seem, well…
Besides, we have Seelie and Unseelie fae. That's my weak point, along with goth-visual main characters!
Thanks so much for the review! And for posting a sample of the art as well, it made me fall in love even further with this title!
Ron @ Stories of my life


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Q: Installing setuptools for python 2.7.3 on SL6 returns an error that I don't have zlib. But I do
*

*I have a machine running Scientific Linux 6

*It comes with Python 2.6 by default

*I've also installed Python 2.7.3 because I need to run some modules which only work with newest versions. This is working nicely.

*I need to install more libraries for Python 2.7.3

*I'm trying to install setuptools in order to grab these modules

[root@sa09b tmp]# wget http://peak.telecommunity.com/dist/ez_setup.py
[root@sa09b tmp]# python2.7 ez_setup.py Downloading
http://pypi.python.org/packages/2.7/s/setuptools/setuptools-0.6c11-py2.7.egg
Traceback (most recent call last):   File "ez_setup.py", line 278, in

main(sys.argv[1:])   File "ez_setup.py", line 212, in main
from setuptools.command.easy_install import main
zipimport.ZipImportError: can't decompress data; zlib not available

oh? I thought I had that installed.

[root@sa09b tmp]# yum install zlib Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit, security
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile

*

*sl: ftp1.scientificlinux.org

*sl-security: ftp1.scientificlinux.org
Setting up Install Process
Package zlib-1.2.3-27.el6.x86_64 already installed and latest version
Nothing to do

*

*So I looked up various forums

*Most tell me to install zlib-devel (done "Package zlib-devel-1.2.3-27.el6.x86_64 already installed and latest version"), zlib1g ("No package zlib1g available."), zlib1g-devel (same as before).

Any ideas?
:-)

Edit:
[root@sa09b tmp]# zlib

-bash: zlib: command not found

could that be it?

Edit 2:

*

*So the line which fails is "from setuptools.command.easy_install import main"

*I think this is because the .egg file with setuptools needs to be extracted with zlib

*I tried installing pip, but that requires setuptools too.

*I can't use easy_install-2.7 for some reason. But easy_install for 2.6 works fine.

Edit 3:
"find" can't actually find anything to do with zlib in the system, other than python, despite yum saying its installed.

[root@sa09b pip-1.2.1]# find / -name zlib
/tmp/Python-2.7.3/Demo/zlib
/tmp/Python-2.7.3/Modules/zlib

A: I found the answer from another stackoverflow user.
Basically you can just copy zlib pre gcc'd from 2.6 to 2.7:
cp /usr/lib64/python2.6/lib-dynload/zlibmodule.so /usr/local/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload/zlibmodule.so

Still hackish though.

A: I've had a similar problem. In my case the issue was that I had to install zlib-devel along other packages (see here http://toomuchdata.com/2014/02/16/how-to-install-python-on-centos/) before building Python-2.7. Once the packages are installed, running ./configure for Python makes all the difference of detected libraries and subsequently make && make altinstall links them.

A: You example of attempting to execute zlib does NOT indicate presence (or absence) of zlib...only that the zlib command does not exist.
zlib is simply a library of routines.
What you need to look at is what version of zlib needs to be installed and used by all the programs.  I suspect either the errant program is looking in the wrong place, or it needs a different version than is installed, or the program needing it is old and needs upgrading.


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Shadow King
Having opened the Pandora's Box of material Jamie and Russ and I developed in our days at Eidos, I'm surprising myself with how much of it there is.
This is from Shadow King, which was originally conceived as a Max Payne-ish action-adventure game for the PC. A bullish Victorian adventurer travels in time and returns to a world completely devoid of people - or so it seems at first. In this timeline, Dracula has driven the few remaining humans into hiding. Our hero wanders through a deserted, half-overgrown London, defending himself from hunting vampires while trying to find a way to repair what has befallen his world. Russ pulled out quite a different style for this one.
After leaving Eidos, we pitched it to Flextech, who liked it except they wanted it completely changed, so out went the vampires and in came some sort of plot about the world suffering an apocalypse in the middle of a Big Brother eviction night, and all the survivors were the rejected TV contestants. Or something. (It was 2000 and every hip dude in television could think of nothing but Nasty Nick.) Needless to say, Jamie and I decided to forego the pleasure of working on their reinterpretation, figuring that one day we may do it properly as a comic or a novel.
This snippet of script gives you some idea of the flavor:
Through falling snowflakes, an aerial view of London. Not the city we know, but a sprawl of fantastic Gothic edifices that stand, dark and silent, over streets white with frost and a sprinkling of snow.
Down, to find a single figure in the whole vast empty city. He's curled up in an alleyway under a few sacks. JOHN SANGRAIL is big man, well-fed and full featured. He wears the fine clothes of a Victorian gentleman, only now they're shabby and torn.
We watch as he sleeps fitfully. Our point-of-view drifting like a detached retina as the snow swirls past. We might be God looking down on him, or a guardian angel. Or his tormentor.
He tosses and turns, talking in his sleep.
SANGRAIL (softly but urgently)
No, no. Something's gone wrong.
CUT TO a ball in the early 19th century. A woman turns, looks across the ballroom at us, and reacts in horror –
SANGRAIL (V/O)
She could see me –
An overhead drifting view of Napoleonic soldiers slogging along through the mud. Desaturated colors. The way the soldiers are walking is strange, stiff. Late afternoon sunlight casts long shadows ahead of them.
Something went wrong with the past.
Our POV tracks over the soldiers and down, turning so that we're now facing the way they have come. An overcast sky and a long road stretching back to bleached-out sunset.
SANGAIL (V/O)
I know. I was there that day...
The column goes marching inexorably past us, away from the sunset. Their collars are turned up, faces downcast. We know there's something sinister about them, but we can't see enough to be sure...
How could that be? I wasn't born yet.
A figure appears in the middle distance, cresting the hill, striding confidently through the anonymous throng. His greatcoat flaps behind him in the wind. His peaked cap is like the one Napoleon wore. We can't see his face yet, but he's approaching at a swift relentless pace.
It was the day he came back.
The figure looms towards us and into close-up. Closer, closer...
The monster ... the loup-garou. The day he returned from hell.
And he lifts his head towards us and now we see the face under the peaked hat. A hollow-cheeked, sallow, dead white face with glistening fangs. SMASH CUT to
Sangrail sitting up, suddenly wide awake. For a instant, the vampire's face lingers like an afterimage superimposed on Sangrail's face.
In a panic, Sangrail slaps at his neck. He looks at his fingers - no blood. The vampires didn't find him in his sleep. Heart racing after the nightmare, he heaves a sigh and sits watching his breath steam in the cold air.
Labels: computer games, Eidos, Russ Nicholson, Shadow King
Jiminy 19 April 2010 at 13:39
Sounds like it would be perfect material for 2000ad, alongside their zombie-apocalypse-1666 story "Defoe"! Does the character name "Sangrail" have special meaning by any chance...?
fantasygamebook 19 April 2010 at 17:18
Wow, that's cool! Love the pix by Russ - shades of Ian Miller and Ralph Steadman!
Dave Morris 20 April 2010 at 01:27
Yes Andrew, Russ really is a lot more versatile an artist than most people would think if they're only familiar with his gamebook pics.
Jiminy, well spotted :) As we as the obvious connotation, Sangrail is the name of one of Saki's anti-heroes, which fits because our Sangrail is a rather spoiled, selfish character to begin with:
"Our hero is John Sangrail, Edwardian adventurer. A big man, heavy-set but agile. The kind of man whose physical presence in a room is hard to ignore. He fills a doorway, takes up more than his share of space at a bar. His boom of laughter has been heard across the lounge of many a London club. And his voice, echoing loudly from a curtained box, has been known to drown out many a performance on the West End stage. Large and loud – and impulsive. Like the time he swam the English Channel on the spur of the moment because a lady friend had asked if he would take a message to Calais. Or when he stole into the Tower of London by night and came away empty-handed – because he had merely wanted to leave his calling card tucked in among the Crown Jewels.
"Despite his youth, Sangrail has undergone many extraordinary adventures in Africa and the Far East. He has levitated with the Dalai Lama, and used martial arts learned from an opium-addicted Shaolin master to battle pirates on the South China Sea. He has a sword cane carved from a Masai witchdoctor's totem staff. And he knows how to use its magic as well as its blade – given time, he can hold a séance and summon the witchdoctor's spirit to advise him.
"His elegant clothes, insouciant manner, and soft aristocratic features suggest he's led a pampered existence. The impression he gives on first acquaintance is of a spoiled and rather overbearing young man. It would be easy to overlook the steely gaze in those heavy-lidded eyes, and the powerful muscles that support his well-fed frame. But Sangrail's sole weakness in fact is overconfidence. Charming to friends, he makes a dangerous enemy. Even for Dracula.
"We have deliberately given Sangrail qualities that are not easy to like. The best and most compelling heroes in drama are not the ones with every sympathetic virtue. The extraordinary situation in which Sangrail finds himself – alone in a haunted world – is more than enough to create audience empathy. As we experience adversity and horror along with him, and as our advice subtly steers his decisions,we will grow to care about him as a well-rounded character who celebrates the foibles as well as the virtues of humanity."
Two decades old and all-new
Invaders & Ancients - full contents
When we crossed the sea of stars
Abraxas: the Cabiri Archipelago
The archetypal lost city
Abraxas: the Vadem Causeway
Scales that glisten in the bark of trees
Days of glory
Some fauna of Abraxas
Abraxas: curiosities and ancient artifacts
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A new legend


Tony's takes the ubiquitous tomato and mozzarella salad and spirals it in a new direction. We use golden and red grape peeled tomatoes. This preparation makes it more receptive to our house-made marinade. The cheese–stracciatella—is also marinated in a mixture of lemon juice and zest, red pepper flakes, and fresh basil, transforming it into wonderfully fluffy pillows. Your taste buds will thank you.
Stracciatella is a soft, fresh cheese may be best known as the delicious center of burrata. Stracciatella means "rag," from the Italian word "strattore" (to stretch), and describes the action to make the cheese as well as the way it looks. It adds an airiness and lightness to our dish.
I have been thinking about that tomato and mozz salad all weekend, SO good.


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The L.A. Phil's 100th season plans: No orchestra has been this ambitious, ever
Gustavo Dudamel at Walt Disney Concert Hall in November giving preliminary plans for the Los Angeles Philharmonic Centennial season, which he has now fleshed out.
(Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
By Mark SwedClassical Music Critic
Music Critic
When the Los Angeles Philharmonic revealed grand goals for its celebratory 100th season beginning fall 2018, the orchestra promised an array of unspecified spectacles at Walt Disney Concert Hall, a parade to the Hollywood Bowl, ticket handouts, a new Frank Gehry-designed YOLA Center in Inglewood to serve the L.A. Phil's expanding education efforts for inner city youth, 50 commissions of new music and a $500-million fundraising campaign to pay for it all.
But at the end of the day, the L.A. Phil must put its music where its mouth is. On Wednesday the orchestra will do just that, unveiling the programming details of its Disney schedule — a lineup that makes news from the first day of the season to the last.
In an interview with The Times, Gustavo Dudamel stressed just how much the rambunctious effort ups the artistic and civic ante for what a 21st century arts institution might mean to the life of a quintessential 21st century city. No orchestra has ever come close to the ambition of this centennial season.
It all begins (an extravagant celebration of L.A.) and ends (Mahler's immense "Symphony of the Thousand") with Dudamel, for whom this will be his 10th season as music director and third full season as artistic director. What comes in between is the obvious look at the foundations of the orchestra. Major projects involve its surviving former music directors — Zubin Mehta, conductor laureate Esa-Pekka Salonen and, yes, even André Previn, who resigned in a feud with management three decades ago and has refused to set foot in Los Angeles since.
2015 Special Report: Inside the L.A. Phil »
Other participants in the vast L.A. Phil family will be principal guest conductor Susanna Mälkki, native Angeleno Michael Tilson Thomas, creative chair John Adams, creative chair for jazz Herbie Hancock and two opera directors: Yuval Sharon, who will be completing his three-year residence with the orchestra, along with Peter Sellars, whose relationship with the orchestra goes back to 1992 when he became the first dramaturge, and to this day the only dramaturge, of a symphony orchestra. Two former associate conductors mentored by Dudamel, still young but already making it big, Lionel Bringuier and Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla, will be back as well.
Forget a mere 50 commissions pointing the way to the future. The latest list shows 54. There will be ever more of the elaborate productions and collaborations with dancers, actors, filmmakers, visual artists, media artists and others that the L.A. Phil has made a practice of pioneering. That's a big family, which further includes the likes of composer Thomas Adès and pianist Yuja Wang.
"I can talk to you for hours about what we have been thinking," Dudamel said last week, taking a break from rehearsing yet another massive project, Leonard Bernstein's "Mass." "But the most important part is to celebrate Los Angeles. With our initiatives we have already been changing the way people think about classical music, about everything. That doesn't happen in other places."
But mainly Dudamel said what doesn't happen in other places is a doughty optimism that art, that classical music, that the symphony orchestra, which is anything but dead, can still improve the world.
"I never stop to dream here," he said. "It's crazy, because every day I'm more and more in love with what I do here."
Conductor Gustavo Dudamel reflects on Walt Disney Concert Hall. Interview by David Ng.
Dudamel will conduct 20 programs and work with a vast range of collaborators. He's premiering works large and small; taking on a Haydn/Beethoven cycle of concertos, symphonies and masses; and celebrating his love for the movies with a John Williams salute and the L.A. Phil's first participation at the Academy Awards.
"I wanted a season that's about the Los Angeles Philharmonic's ability to embrace everything," Dudamel explained. "This is for Los Angeles, for the institution but especially for the community.
"This is what it is about. It is about the evolution of this orchestra and in the place where it is right now in the world."
The season begins with the exterior of Disney lighted by projections, at long last, as Gehry had always intended (before the cost-cutting). The projections won't yet be of the concerts inside (Gehry's idea), but rather patterns created from the orchestra's digital archives by media artist Refik Anadol.
The opening gala will concentrate on California music, from Adams to Frank Zappa, the latter a mocking mother of invention who, it is safe to presume, has never before been accorded a slot on so high-society an orchestral event. There are still no specifics about the Sept. 30 parade, envisioned as a street fair along which the audience can ramble or bicycle, sampling performers on streets closed from Disney Hall to the Hollywood Bowl. At the Bowl, Dudamel and the orchestra will give a free concert.
The LA Fest series will feature Dudamel conducting Esa-Pekka Salonen's "LA Variations" and a new orchestral work by Andrew Norman; a Green Umbrella program of five new pieces commissioned from emerging L.A. composers; and programs with the orchestra and pop singer-songwriter-violinist Andrew Bird, electronic whiz Moby and Hancock.
Dudamel's other big events will be mounting Prokofiev's ballet "Romeo and Juliet" in Disney, choreographed by Benjamin Millepied and in collaboration with American Ballet Theatre and L.A. Dance Project; the premiere of an evening-long multimedia work by Tan Dun, "Buddha Passion," in celebration of Chinese New Year; and the pairing of Beethoven's five piano concertos (with Lang Lang as soloist) with Haydn's last four symphonies.
Mehta has chosen to concentrate on Brahms, his four symphonies and four concertos (with pianist Yefim Bronfman, violinist Pinchas Zukerman and cellist Amanda Forsyth as the soloists). Salonen has picked Stravinsky, with three programs addressing the composer's fascination with ritual (one being the Salonen trademark reading of "The Rite of Spring"), faith (late religious works) and myths (highlighted by a Sellars staging of "Perséphone"). Salonen's month with the orchestra will additionally feature the world premiere of an orchestra piece by Dutch master Louis Andriessen and a dip into music of the Weimar Republic.
Composer-conductor John Adams leads the Los Angeles Philharmonic's New Music Group in a performance of his "Son of Chamber Symphony," part of a Green Umbrella program on Feb. 26, 2013. Adams is the Philharmonic's creative chairman. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
Zubin Mehta, the Los Angeles Philharmonic's music director from 1962-78, returns to conduct the Phil at a 50th anniversary concert on Dec. 13, 2012. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
The New York Philharmonic, conducted by Alan Gilbert, makes a belated Walt Disney Concert Hall debut on May 9, 2012. (Glenn Koenig / Los Angeles Times)
Grant Gershon, music director of the Los Angeles Master Chorale, leads his group in a March 6, 2011, performance at Walt Disney Concert Hall. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
Gustavo Dudamel, the Los Angeles Philharmonic's music director since 2009, leads the Phil in Tchaikovsky's three Shakespeare concert pieces -- "Hamlet," "Romeo and Juliet" and "The Tempest" -- on March 10, 2011. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony visit Walt Disney Concert Hall on Jan. 26, 2009. Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony closes their program. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
Christoph Eschenbach leads the Los Angeles Philharmonic at Walt Disney Concert Hall on Nov. 11, 2004. On the program is Mahler's "Kindertotenlieder" (Songs on the Death of Children) with bass-baritone soloist Thomas Quasthoff. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
James Conlon visits in October 2004 to conduct the Los Angeles Philharmonic in concerts devoted to the work of composers who perished in Nazi concentration camps. Shortly before, he was named to succeed Kent Nagano as music director of Los Angeles Opera. (Damon Winter / Los Angeles Times)
Marin Alsop, rising through the ranks of conductors, leads the Los Angeles Philharmonic on April 8, 2004. Lang Lang is piano soloist. (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)
Franz Welser-Most, the Austrian conductor of the Cleveland Orchestra, visits on Feb. 19, 2004, to conduct the Los Angeles Philharmonic at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Radu Lupu is piano soloist. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
Russian conductor Valery Gergiev makes his Disney Hall debut on Feb. 14, 2004, leading the Los Angeles Philharmonic in a program of Prokofiev, Mussorgsky and Rimsky-Korsakov. (Glenn Koenig / Los Angeles Times)
Simon Rattle conducts the Berlin Philharmonic at Walt Disney Concert Hall on Nov. 21, 2003. The program's pinnacle is Schubert's C-Major Symphony ("The Great"). (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Los Angeles Philharmonic dive into the second night of Walt Disney Concert Hall's gala openings on Oct. 24, 2003. John Adams' "The Dharma at Big Sur" anchors the program, which also includes Salonen's "LA Variations," Witold Lutoslawski's Cello Concerto and Silvestre Revueltas' "Sensemaya." Yo-Yo Ma is cello soloist. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
Nearly everyone who comes to conduct gets a premiere or six. Along with presenting Shakespeare's "The Tempest" with Sibelius' seldom heard incidental music (in collaboration with the Old Globe), principal guest conductor Mälkki will give the first performance of Steve Reich's "Music for Ensemble and Orchestra" and lead a Green Umbrella program of five works commissioned from European avant-garde composers little known in the U.S. Mälkki also takes on Messiaen's epic "Turangalila" Symphony.
Adams' role is both as conductor and composer. His new piece for the centennial is a piano concerto for Yuja Wang called "Must the Devil Have All the Good Tunes?" which Dudamel will conduct. Adams will conduct the world premiere of Philip Glass' Symphony No. 12, based on the all the good tunes in "Lodger," the classic David Bowie and Brian Eno album.
Grazinyte-Tyla's premiere is by Korean composer Unsuk Chin on a program that also features the L.A. Phil debut of violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja in Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto. For his part, Tilson Thomas will conduct his own "Four Preludes on Playthings of the Wind."
The other headline-grabbing centennial events will be an investigation of African American composer William Grant Still along with the Harlem Renaissance led by Thomas Wilkins; a look at the Fluxus art and performance movement of the 1950s and 1960s headed by Christopher Rountree; new Sharon stagings of John Cage's "Europeras 1 and 2" and Meredith Monk's "Atlas"; a Robert Mapplethorpe project by Bryce Dessner of the band the National; dance works by Adès conducted by the composer, choreographed by Wayne McGregor and co-presented by the Music Center in the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion; and — whew! — a site-specific installation in and around Disney Hall by Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller.
And Previn? He's still not setting foot in L.A., but he has accepted a commission. That will be for a later season, and Dudamel says he'll conduct it. Plus Previn has also been allowed to give his side of the L.A. Phil story in a tell-all oral history that the orchestra is commissioning for the centennial.
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LKML: Oleg Nesterov: Re: Q: a bogus set_fs(USER_DS) in setup_frame/setup_rt_frame ?
> > I am really puzzled by set_fs(USER_DS) in setup_frame/setup_rt_frame.
> > possible, how can can we trust the result of access_ok() above?
> Heh. I think it's entirely historical.
> things, and never mattered.
> copied to all other architectures where it is just totally insane.


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Co-ed School () — южнокорейская смешанная группа, сформированная в 2010 году компанией Core Contents Media. Изначально в группу входило четыре девушки: Суми, Хеен, Хевон и Чанми; и шесть парней: Тэун, Сонмин, Чону, Кванэн, Канхо и Нури. В конечном итоге группа была разделена на две подгруппы: полностью женская группа под названием F-ve Dolls (2011) и полностью мужская группа под названием Speed (2012).
Первоначальный состав Co-Ed дебютировал с песней «Too Late» в сентябре 2010.

История группы

2010: Дебют с альбомом Something That Is Cheerful and Fresh
Лишь спустя три недели после дебюта с песней «Too Late» группа выпускает сингл «Bbiribbom Bberibbom» (삐리뽐 빼리뽐). Клип на эту песню был снят в октябре 2010 совместно с участницей T-ara Хам Ын Чжон. Видео наряду с балладой «Nae Simjangeul Ttwige Haneun Mar» (내 심장을 뛰게 하는 말 «I Love You A Thousand Times»), было выпущено 18 октября. Сам сингл вышел 19 октября, а камбэк на сцене с «Bbiribbom Bberibbom» произошёл на следующий день на M! Countdown. «Bbiribbom Bberibbom» быстро достигло 61-ой позиции в Gaon Chart.
Дебютный альбом Co-Ed, Something That Is Cheerful and Fresh, был выпущен 28 октября 2010 года. Он включал в себя 3 песни, выпущенные до этого. Несмотря на ограничение в 20,000 копий, Core Contents Media объявило, что альбом получил 50,000 предзаказов.

2011: Дебют 5dolls с альбомом Charming Five Girls

7 февраля дебютировала первая подруппа группы 5dolls. 4 участницы Co-Ed и Сео Ынкё дебютировали. 5dolls выпустили дебютный тизер к музыкальному видео на песню «Ipsul Jaguk» (입술자국 «Lip Stains»), которая была спродюсирована Brave Brothers. Клип же был снят Cha Eun-taek. В MV был задействован Jay Park. 16 февраля девушки выпустили клип на «Neo Mariya» (너 말이야 «Your Words») и дебютный мини-альбом «Charming Five Dolls».

5dolls выпустили 2-й мини-альбом «Time To Play» 11 мая 2011 с заглавным треком «Like This Or That» (이러쿵 저러쿵). В тот же день девушки выпустили клип на песню «Like This Or That».
4-го ноября 2011 года Юсон выложил в твиттере фотографию нового участника, Шин Чунгука, после объявления об уходе Кано, который решил сфокусироваться на карьере актёра. Шин Чунгук дебютирует с мужской подгруппой в марте 2012 и чуть позже — с Co-Ed.

2012 — 2014: Дебют SPEED и Hommage to Lovey-Dovey
В начале 2012 года дебютировали вторая подгруппа SPEED с цифровым синглом под названием Hommage to Lovey-Dovey. В SPEED входило 5 участников Co-Ed (за исключением Кан Хо). К середине 2013 года представитель Core Contents Media заявил в интервью, что у них нет планов на Co-Ed, поскольку оба его подразделения выросли и изменили свои составы. В конце 2014 года женская подгруппа группы, 5dolls, была распущена, таким образом, все участницы покинули лейбл. Также все участники SPEED тоже расстались с агентством.

Дискография

Мини-альбомы

Синглы

Участники

  (кор.이수미)
 (кор.허찬미)
 (кор.류효영)
 Чжин Хе Вон (кор.진혜원 )
  (кор.태운)
   (кор.성민)
   (кор.정우)
 Кванэн (кор.광행)
 Шей Ла (англ. Sheyla)
 Нури (кор.누리)

Примечания

Музыкальные коллективы, появившиеся в 2010 году
Музыкальные коллективы, распавшиеся в 2013 году
Гёрл-группы Республики Корея
Исполнители MBK Entertainment

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Corrin Rural District () is a rural district (dehestan) in Kurin District, Zahedan County, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 15,885, in 3,005 families. At the 2016 census, its population had risen to 15,974.

See also
Amirabad, Corrin

References

Zahedan County
Rural Districts of Sistan and Baluchestan Province
Populated places in Zahedan County


Anyone who has played Final Fantasy understands that the plots are full of twists and turns. The complex characters, gut-wrenching narrative, and the personal struggle of the characters make it a game to relate to. This panel will focus on unpacking these concepts and why this series continues to draw so many people to playing it's immersive experiences. Topics include mental health representation, theoretical concepts, and why we love this game so much.


Liverpool's Luis Suarez will undergo surgery after suffering an injury whilst training with Uruguay.
The reports from the media in his home country suggest the player will undergo keyhole surgery in the next few hours.
The Footballer of the Year suffered a knee injury during training. An MRI scan completed a couple of hours ago revealed meniscus damage that will require an operation. Normally recovery time is 2-4 weeks, which means the player faces a challenge to train before the World Cup.
'It was all unexpected. The latest information is that we are deciding what to do, but there are increased possibilities (of undergoing surgery).
Uruguay face their World Cup opener on June 14th and take on England on the 19th, in four weeks time.
Recovery times can vary. Fernando Torres required 7 weeks of recuperation ahead of the 2010 World Cup and many suggest he was never the same after, however John Terry needed only 2 weeks to get over his similar operation back in 2012.
Liverpool Football Club have not commented so far.
3 to go - The Title run in Summer 2019 friendlies in USA Robbie Fowler - Brisbane Roar boss 100 Games, 67 Goals, 1 Egyptian King Liverpool v Huddersfield Friday 26th April 20:00 Kick Off Visit the LFC Forum..


I remember when Earl first showed it to me. He said, "I'm gonna bring it to life.
Or so it seemed. To this day I'm not sure whether we imagined it.
I've got it now. Keep it on my bookshelf. It's a strange object. If you kind of meditate, focus your mind on a question, often, say later in the day, something will happen that answers that question; or provides you with direction in life – like the right way to go, the right decisions, etc.
So it's similar to a divining tool, like Tarot, but more straight to it.


Click on Geogebra Math Apps.
Enter your data in the spreadsheet.
Click in the graph area, then right click and choose Graphics.
In the Basic tab, change your x- and y- mins and maxes to represent your data points.
Click on the Grid tab and Show Grid if you want. Then click the X to close the properties dialog box.
Highlight your data in the spreadsheet, then right click on it.
Choose Create > List of Points.
Click on the Menu icon in the upper right and choose View and check Input Bar.
The Input Bar appears in the bottom of your screen. Type y=a*(x-h)^2 + k and press Enter. When a dialog box pops up, click Create Sliders.
Click on a slider and choose the Set label style button to show the Name and Value.
Right click on a slider and choose Object Properties. Adjust the Min: and Max: and Increment: for each of your three sliders to reflect your data.
Move your sliders until they represent your data. Note your equation.
To see how your equation compares to the one Geogebra calculates, select the data in the spreadsheet.
Choose the table – bar graph icon. Choose Two Variable Regression Analysis.
The data from this table most closely represents a quadratic so choose Polynomial.
How did the equation you created using the sliders compare to the Geogebra Regression Model?


In today's blog post I'm going to be sharing you with you my latest video which went up on Wednesday which is all about my adoption series part 3. As you will already know this topic is very personal but I am happy to talk about it. If you liked this video please give it a THUMBS UP and make sure to SUBSCRIBE.
"Wishlist | Mid-week #12 Autumn Beauty"


What "deals" do you expect will get signed in next 2-3 months ??
AirForce: 126 (or 40) Rafales ? 15 – CH-47 Chinooks ?? 6 – A-330 MRRT's ?? 22 – Apachee's ?? Honeywell engines for Jags ?? more Spyders ??
Navy: 16+ MRH's ?? 4-6 P75i (more Scorpene's) ?? 8-10 Korean Minesweepers ?? SeaHake torps ?? Sonar arrays ??
Army: 145 – LW Howizters; Spike/Javelin ATmissiles ?? 197 Eurocopters ??
Just look at the expression on the officers face behind the left hand of Air Force Chief. That tells all. When ever you speak to the IAF guys about HAL you get that look.
HAL is supported with enough money to create or develop required infrastructure, lets see what the HAL's NASIK & Bangalore facilities are going to fetch the Country and IAF. Unless they make any serious work they cannot complete the Tejas MK-II even in 20 years.
problems with LCA,IJT,SU-30 will be there !!!You must not drink too much of rum sir!!!
no ..no.. i take only a small peg!!!
please post more pics of garuda-5.
You really need to remove/ban comments by this joker who goes by the name of "Satish".
They are tasteless and totally out of place out here, and waste so much of real estate in the comments section.
The best thing about HAL is that they try to master the same technology time and again and every time they start from the scratch..


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Vancouver neighbourhood back on the rails
Posted on September 17, 2018 by Sutton Group West Coast Realty David Hutchinson
Posted in: Vancouver neighbourhood back on the rails , Vancouver railtown
FRANCES BULA
PUBLISHED 9 MINUTES AGOUPDATED SEPTEMBER 17, 2018
Gantry cranes at Port Metro Vancouver rise in the distance as a woman cycles past Inform Interiors on Railway Street in Vancouver. In a city with diminishing industrial space available, the Railtown district is emerging as an enclave for 'creative product manufacturers.'
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Vancouver's Railway Street feels like a street festival this morning, as it does many mornings, with hordes of twenty‐ and thirtysomethings ambling along the street and clustering at the cafés, food trucks and restaurants on their break.
This street in the middle of Railtown is an odd patch of the city, a long strip of territory three blocks wide, squeezed between Vancouver's poverty-stricken Downtown Eastside and the port.
But it's one that is seen as a much-needed crucible for tech and creative businesses trying to stay in this expensive city – businesses such as Hootsuite, which started out here before growing explosively and eventually moving further up the hill from the port to take over several buildings in the Mount Pleasant industrial area.
Now, after a nearly year-long tussle between city planners and business owners over changes to the zoning meant to encourage what's called "creative product manufacturing" but to keep out regular offices just looking for cheap space, the Railtown neighbourhood appears to be on the verge of a small development boom.
Existing businesses such as fashion giant Aritzia, bag manufacturer Herschel and high-end furniture maker Inform are expanding. Other new businesses are moving in. And, beyond that, there are several development projects in the works.
"There is quite a bit of new energy here," says Denise Brennan, the "benevolent dictator," as she describes herself, of the shared job facility Creative Coworkers. Next to her is a showroom and administrative office for Nespresso, the coffee company, and Streamlabs, which produces streaming video games. "There's a higher level of recognition of the neighbourhood."
Like many, she says the city changes to the zoning definitions for the neighbourhood have generally made things better. The restrictions on height, or on having one business occupy all of the space in a building, have created spaces for a lot of smaller businesses and have kept the area feeling intimate.
The new projects coming in, the first to be built in the area in decades, are designed to fit into that.
One proposal is for a building by Rendition Developments called the Maker Exchange, a 150,000-square-foot project aimed at those "maker tech" businesses, as they're called locally. Another that began construction this month is the Bench building, also from Rendition.
Commercial broker Boe Iravani, with Cushman & Wakefield, says the area is appealing to people priced out of the downtown or even Gastown, or those wanting to move in from the suburbs to something more central.
"The activity is high. People don't want to be downtown. They can't be there, at $50 a square foot. Even in Mount Pleasant" – the city's other big tech hub – "it's expensive now. Here, we're in the mid-30s [dollars per square foot]."
There are still some glitches to work out. Steven Fast, who owns property in the area, said that although city planners approved creative-product manufacturing as a use, there wasn't a definition attached to that new term in the zoning bylaw.
As a result, people applying for business licences at city hall were being told that each tenant would have to be evaluated individually to see whether they met the restrictions on uses in the area.
"Now, with this inconsistency, we're kind of at a loss," says Mr. Fast.
The proposed 150,000-square-foot project Maker Exchange in Vancouver is aimed at 'maker tech' tenants, hence its name.
The new zoning keeps out uses like lawyers, which is fine with Railtown businesses, but also prohibits architects – a sector that many thought would fit well with Railtown's image as a design district.
In spite of those problems, Mr. Fast's building at 329 Railway St. is full and has a waiting list.
But the popularity of that kind of space, as well as the level of angst that permeates any discussions about zoning for tech and creative industries in Vancouver, is a sign of the struggle the city is having as it tries to accommodate those businesses.
That's because Vancouver, already a smaller city than the tech monsters of the West Coast, Seattle and San Francisco, gave up a lot of its industrial land close to the downtown to residential uses years ago.
The efforts to make Railtown a design and tech hub is "too little, too late," says Tom Hutton, a University of British Columbia planning professor.
He notes that, in the mid-1980s, the city's planners and politicians decided that it should use the industrial lands that lined much of the perimeter of Vancouver's downtown peninsula for housing.
That policy, called "Living First," generated an explosion of condo development around Coal Harbour and north False Creek from the 1990s until the present. It set Vancouver on a path that made real-estate development a dominant industry in the city, one that could outbid other sectors.
"The problem is that the condo project effectively dispersed other opportunities and set Vancouver on a new trajectory," says Dr. Hutton, who has studied the tech sectors of other West Coast cities.
Seattle, just 220 kilometres to the south, went on a different trajectory. After the public rejected the idea of developing land in an industrial area called South Lake Union in the mid-1990s, the area sat untouched for two decades, until the tech boom took off. Now it is home to huge amounts of Amazon office space, as well as biotech and other health-science operations. The area is 145 hectares, significantly larger than Vancouver's Railtown, Gastown, Yaletown and Mount Pleasant tech districts.
Railtown is "kind of a boutique scale, new-economy area that will never look like South of Market [in San Francisco]," says Dr. Hutton.
The land shortage has meant that there are noticeable tensions as city planners try to set rules for what can and can't be in the districts that are designated industrial, like Railtown and Mount Pleasant. Trying to decide what digital-based businesses qualify as "industrial" has been a challenge.
Dr. Hutton says he admires the efforts of Vancouver's chief planner, Gil Kelley, to create an innovation plan that will help support more Railtown-like businesses in the city.
But, he says, it's going to be tough. "We're really dealing with trying to squeeze pretty important industries onto diminishing pieces of land."
Bag manufacturer Herschel Supply Co. has its headquarters in Railtown and is one of the many expanding businesses in the neighbourhood.
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Netflix drops official trailer for 'Sex Education' season 3
Debadrita Sur
Wed 8th Sep 2021 15.00 BST
Netflix has finally dropped the official trailer for Sex Education season three after much anticipation regarding the series, the third season is set to premiere on Netflix on Friday, September 17, 2021. The trailer is filled with surprises and there is indeed a lot to unpack.
The first two seasons of the show was very well-received by the critics and audiences alike due to their refreshing and quirky approach to various issues that plague teenagers throughout high school, including their growing curiosity towards sex.
Besides addressing important topics like safe sex, sexual assault, abortion, mental health and more, the show also sees umpteen teen romances, heartbreaks, angst and growing friendships.
Fans were eagerly awaiting the upcoming season, created by Laurie Nunn, since the last season premiered, way back in January 2020, and ended on an ambiguous note. It left fans mourning the star-crossed lovers Maeve and Otis' missed chances of getting together.
After the first look pictures were dropped a few weeks back, we could not wait to see what the season has in store for us.
The new trailer that was dropped yesterday shows an interesting turn of events. Everything is changing at Moordale with the shy Otis breaking out of his shell to have casual sex, Maeve and Aimee becoming even closer friends, Eric and Adam dating officially and Otis' mother on the verge of giving birth.
However, there is a new headteacher who tries to restore the allegedly lost glory of Moordale by imposing uniforms and taking the students backwards, according to Maeve, by implanting ideas about how sex is bad for them.
While the students try and suppress their freedom and ingenuity, amidst such claustrophobic surroundings, we cannot wait to see the ruckus that awaits us in the form of commitment issues, more vulva cupcakes and sexual misadventures.
Besides Asa Butterfield, Emma Mackey, Ncuti Gatwa, Connor Swindells, Gillian Anderson, Aimee Lou Wood, Kedar William-Stirling and more, new cast members include Dua Saleh who will debut as the non-binary stoner Cal, Jason Isaacs as Mr Groff's more successful and cocky elder brother Peter as well as Elsie's foster mother, Anna, played by Indra Ove.
While we prepare for more Moordale fun, madness and action, check out the trailer below to prepare for a season of chaos and humour!


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Le  est une voie du centre-nord de Kyoto, dans les arrondissements de Kamigyō et de Kita. Orientée est-ouest, elle débute au  et termine à l' en rejoignant le .

Description

Situation

Le Teranouchi-dōri est une rue du nord de l'arrondissement de Kamigyō et de l'extrême sud de l'arrondissement de Kita, et traverse notamment les quartiers de Myōkenjimae-chō (妙顕寺前町) et de Shin'inokuma-chō (新猪熊町). Elle suit le Kamidachiuri-dōri (上立売通) et précède le  (蘆山寺通), qui finit par la rejoindre, et le  (上御霊前通). Elle débute au  et termine à l' en fusionnant avec le Rozanji-dōri, dans l'ancien village de .

La rue mesure environ . La circulation se fait d'ouest en est à partir de Rozanji, mais se fait dans les deux sens entre Shichihonmatsu et Senbon et entre Shinmachi et Karasuma. La rue est plutôt étroite dans sa partie en sens unique, et on trouve un feu de circulation à Senbon.

Voies rencontrées
De l'est vers l'ouest. Les voies rencontrées de la droite sont mentionnées par (d), tandis que celles rencontrées de la gauche, par (g). Seules les rues portant un nom sont listées.

  (烏丸通)
  (室町通)
  (衣棚通)
  (新町通)
  (小川通)
  (堀川通)
  (猪熊通)
  (大宮通)
  (智恵光院通)
 (g) Shōtenchō-dōri (聖天町通)
  (浄福寺通)
  (千本通)
 (g)  (七本松通)
 (g)  (御前通)
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Transports en commun
La rue se trouve à une vingtaine de minutes de marche des stations de métro de Kuramaguchi et Imadegawa et de la gare ferroviaire de .

Odonymie
Le nom fait référence au Teranouchi (littéralement « intérieur des temples »), le quartier comprenant les temples qui ont été déplacés par Toyotomi durant l'ère Tenshō entre les rues Shinmachi et Ōmiya.

Histoire
Le Teranouchi-dōri fait son apparence lors des réfections de la ville par Toyotomi Hideyoshi, durant l'ère Tenshō, pour accéder au Teranouchi. Il correspond aux anciennes voies du , limite de l'enceinte sud du Daitoku-ji, et du , qui délimitait le nord du  (持明院), ancien manoir à Kyoto. Pendant l'époque d'Edo, la rue s'étend seulement de Muromachi à Senbon. Elle a par la suite été étendue jusq'au-delà de la  (紙屋川), à ce qui correspond aujourd'hui au  (anciennement le .

En 1928, la zone à l'ouest de la rivière Kamiya devient partie de Rozanji-dōri, puis les sections entre Shichihonmatsu et Senbon et entre Shinmachi et Karasuma sont élargies pour empêcher la propagation d'incendies en cas de bombardements alliés durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale.

Patrimoine et lieux d'intérêt
La rue est située dans le , quartier historique du textile à Kyoto, et de nombreuses boutiques de textile sont présentes. On retrouve aussi plusieurs maisons de ville traditionnelles concentrées entre Ōmiya et Senbon.

Au coin avec Horikawa, on trouve une stèle commémorant l'emplacement du , le lieu où s'est déroulée la guerre d'Ōnin. Le pont est démantelé en 1963, et les pierres sont déplacées à la forêt de bambous de Rakusai (京都市洛西竹林公園) dans l'arrondissement de Nishikyō. Peu avant Senbon se trouve le Jōkō-ji (浄光寺), temple bouddhiste où se trouve la tombe du peintre de renommée Ike no Taiga. Entre Ōmiya et Horikawa se trouve le  (妙蓮寺), temple principal de l' (本門法華宗), et dont le présent bâtiment date de 1788. On y retrouve aussi les tombes de 46 guerriers du domaine d'Akō, ayant vengé la mort de leur seigneur en 1701, avant de se suicider par seppuku. Juste à l'ouest de Horikawa, la maison qui le magasin Kitamura Tokusai Fukusa (北村徳斎帛紗店) est inscrite dans le registre municipal des bâtiments historiques. À l'est de Horikawa se trouve le  (宝鏡寺), temple reconstruit par étapes après un incendie en 1788 et où l'on trouve des meubles et des poupées données par la famille impériale. Au carrefour avec Ogawa, on peut voir le  (妙顕寺), fondé en 1321 près de Kamichōja-chō (上長者町), puis reconstruit et déplacé en 1788. Juste à l'ouest de Karasuma, un monument érigé en l'honneur du peintre Ogata Kōrin peut être aperçu.

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Pioneer aviator Charles A. Lindbergh was born Feb. 4, 1902 in Detroit and raised on a Minnesota farm. He studied mechanical engineering at the University of Wisconsin but grew bored and left to pursue his dream of flight.
Lindbergh taught himself to fly and, with a World War 1 surplus Curtis Jenny biplane he purchased for $500, he toured the West as a barnstorming pilot, entertaining crowds with aerial acrobatics, wing walking and parachuting.
Neither rain, nor sleet, nor snow could deter the delivery of the U.S. Mail, and that included airmail. Flying in sometimes horrible weather, Lindbergh crashed two U.S. Postal Service planes, parachuting to safety in farmers' field. Each time he recovered the mail and successfully delivered it to its destination. In the U.S. Army Air Corps Reserve, Capt. Charles A. Lindbergh built such a reputation that he was able to convince a group of St. Louis businessmen to financially back his proposed attempt to be the first to successfully fly the Atlantic nonstop. At least six previous aviators had lost their lives attempting the same feat.
Taking off into bad weather on May 20, 1927 from Roosevelt Field on Long Island, in a Ryan Monoplane he had helped design, Lindbergh flew steadily east for 33.5 numbing hours, fighting fatigue. Sometimes he flew at 10,000 feet above the icy storm clouds and sometimes at no more than 10 feet above the ocean waves.
Navigating by the few stars he could glimpse but often only by dead reckoning, "Lucky Lindy" miraculously found the lights (actually the headlamps of hundreds of French automobiles parked to illuminate the runways) of Le Bourget Field outside Paris. Thousands of Frenchmen had gathered to greet him as word spread quickly that he had crossed the French coast. Lindbergh was pulled from his plane and hosted to the shoulders of the jubilant crowd. The previously obscure mail pilot was now the toast of New York, Paris, London – and of Selfridge Field.
In the July 1, 1927 Detroit News photo above, "Lucky Lindy," left, had returned to Selfridge Field where he had been stationed in 1924. He was greeted by Major Thomas G. Lanphier, his friend and Selfridge field commander. The Spirit of St. Louis is seen in the background. Although Lindbergh seldom allowed anyone else to pilot the plane, he let his former Commander fly the Spirit of St. Louis above the Field, much to the delight of the throngs below.
The Selfridge Military Air Museum is open to the public on weekends from April through October.
Photo courtesy of Walter P. Reuther Archive of Labor and Urban Affair, Wayne State University.


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This long, sequential poem offers a sustained, elliptical, and lyrical glimpse into one of the poet's epic obsessions. Fans of Millar's poetry will recognize Ocean as a stylistic departure from his recent collections, a work that fans out into the musical, shape-shifting territories reminiscent of the mid-century Spanish-language poets.
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Joseph Millar's third full-length collection, Blue Rust, will be published by Carnegie-Mellon Univesity Press in the fall of 2011. His poems have won an NEA Fellowship and a Pushcart Prize, and have appeared in American Poetry Review, DoubleTake, Ploughshares, Shenandoah, New Letters, and The Southern Review. Millar is on the core faculty at Pacific University's MFA Program. He lives in Raleigh, North Carolina, with his wife, the poet Dorianne Laux.