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Here is where we'll bring you coverage of books. General criticism, reading lists, editorial picks, and much more!
Here's a picture of the recent books received at the office. As we approach the Easter long weekend, what are you most looking forward to reading? Tell us! Go to the comment field below (or to Facebook or Twitter)!
The following is a list of novels releasing in 2017 that I look forward to reading. My selection process may be a bit different than other "top upcoming novels" lists in that, to avoid spoilers, I have read very little about what the books themselves are about.
My reading list tends to serve as research for what I'm writing and lately, because I have a few different projects on the go, my reading has been very eclectic. To take a note from Joseph Campbell, and I've taken many, the bulk of my list has been selected by telling myself "follow your bliss!" — a highly scientific process. This philosophy has taken me everywhere from Camus' The Stranger to Robert Marasco's Burnt Offerings.


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When I was in high school, I was prescribed to use corrective eye glasses. I hated it because they don't have varied designs to choose from. So, I was forced to use whatever was available.
When I was browsing the internet, I came across a website that sells stylish prescription glasses at a very low price – Zenni Optical $8 Rx Glasses! They have varied designs and mind you its really very stylish. If I were to where glasses again, this would be my Great Discovery: Zenni Optical! There would be no problem since I am an online shopper. They also offer a guarantee so it wouldn't be a problem for me. For an eight dollar eye glasses, you can get more than what you have paid for. Aside from the stylish frame, their eye glasses are made with thin and light 1.57 index lens with a full UV protection. The lenses are anti scratch coated and the edge is polished.
In my online surfing this day, I should say that the Best Thing Found: Zenni Optical – as a mom, I will always go for style and affordability.
Love the first one, nerdy look! Uso yan!


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Q: Как написать компаратор для сортировки? Как отсортировать числовой массив?
Как отсортировать массив объектов по нескольким полям?

A: Стандартная сортировка
Функция sort по умолчанию приводит элементы массива к строкам, а затем сортирует.
[1,-8,90,32,0,0,5,92,900].sort()
// [-8, 0, 0, 1, 32, 5, 90, 900, 92]

Если массив состоит из чисел, то такое поведение является нежелательным.
Использование компаратора
Функция sort может принимать аргумент - компаратор.
Компаратор - это функция, которая принимает 2 аргумента и возвращает отрицательное число, если первый меньше, положительное, если второй меньше и 0, если они равны.
Для чисел достаточно распространено использование вычитания в качестве компаратора:
[1,-8,90,32,0,0,5,92,900].sort(function(a, b) {
  return a-b;
})
// [-8, 0, 0, 1, 5, 32, 90, 92, 900]

Вообще, следует с осторожностью относиться к этой конструкции из-за возможного переполнения, но в большинстве случаев она работает.
Компаратор на основе сравнения
Можно вспомнить, что во многих языках true приводится к 1, а false - к 0.
Воспользуемся этой возможностью. Только одно из условий a<b и b<a истинно, поэтому разность (b<a) - (a<b) замечательно подходит на роль компаратора:
[1,-8,90,32,0,0,5,92,900].sort(function(a, b) {
  return (b<a) - (a<b);
})
// [-8, 0, 0, 1, 5, 32, 90, 92, 900]

Какие тут плюсы? Помимо невозможности переполнения, такое сравнение можно использовать не только с числами. Например, строки вычитать мы не можем, а сравнивать можем.
Для сортировки по убыванию надо просто поменять сравнения местами:
[1,-8,90,32,0,0,5,92,900].sort(function(a, b) {
  return (a<b) - (b<a);
})
// [900, 92, 90, 32, 5, 1, 0, 0, -8]

Сортировка по нескольким полям
При сравнении по нескольким полям требуется, чтобы следующее поле сравнивалось только когда предыдущие равны. Это значит, что часть компаратора, выполняющая сравнение тех полей при вычислении даёт 0.
Таким образом, для объединения сравнений полей замечательно подходит оператор ||, возвращающий первое истинное (в нашем случае ненулевое) значение, либо самое последнее (в нашем случае 0), если все ложны. Таким способом можно объединить любое количество полей.
Отсортируем массив по имени и id:
[{name:"John", id:7}, {name:"John",id:4}, {name:"Adam",id:3}, {name:"Adam",id:30}, {name:"Rose",id:1}].sort(function(a, b) {
  return (b.name<a.name) - (a.name<b.name) || (b.id<a.id) - (a.id<b.id);
})
// [{"name":"Adam","id":3},{"name":"Adam","id":30},{"name":"John","id":4},{"name":"John","id":7},{"name":"Rose","id":1}]

A: Для сортировки массива объектов по нескольким полям,
можно использовать вычисляемый "вес" поля, который определяет приоритет различий в одних полях, над различиями в других.
Как мы можем вычислить и применить такой вес в сортировке массива объектов?
Я считаю наиболее простым вариантом использование такого подхода:

*

*поля объектов для сортировки определить списком (массивом) - подразумевая, что каждый элемент имеет более высокий приоритет, чем следующий за ним

*соответственно, весом поля считать его порядковый номер с конца списка полей для сортировки

*результат сравнения значений каждого из полей вычислять как
Math.sign(cmpResult) * (2 ** ri)
, где cmpResult - числовой результат компаратора, а ri - порядковый номер с конца списка полей

*итоговым результатом сравнения объектов считать как сумму результатов сравнения полей

Таким образом, результат сравнения каждого поля мы сначала "нормализуем"  приводя к одному значению из набора [-1, 0, +1], а затем добавляем к этому значению арифметический вес, чтобы обеспечить вес логический.
На практике это означает, что результат сравнения каждого следующего поля будет гарантированно меньше по модулю, чем результат сравнения предыдущего => результаты сравнения полей в общей сумме повлияют на общий итог сравнения соответственно их весу.

Демо (ES7+):

function sortArrayOfObjects(arr, rules) {
  if (!arr.length) return arr;
  const defaultComparator = (a, b) => a - b,
        rulesCount = rules.length;
  return arr.sort((a, b) => {
    if ((typeof a !== 'object') || (typeof b !== 'object')) return 0;
    return rules.reduce((sum, { key, comparator = defaultComparator }, i) => {
      const weight = 2 ** (rulesCount - i);
      return sum + Math.sign(comparator(a[key], b[key], a, b)) * weight;
    }, 0);
  });
}

/* Данные */
const arr = [
  { name: "John", age: 24, dept: 'dev' },
  { name: "John", age: 31, dept: 'dev' },
  { name: "John", age: 22, dept: 'qa' },
  { name: "Adam", age: 24, dept: 'qa' },
  { name: "Adam", age: 27, dept: 'dev' },
  { name: "Rose", age: 19, dept: 'sales' },
];

/* Ожидаемый результат при dept(), name(), age(): [
  { dept: "sales", name: "Rose", age: 19 },
  { dept: "qa",    name: "Adam", age: 24 },
  { dept: "qa",    name: "John", age: 22 },
  { dept: "dev",   name: "Adam", age: 27 },
  { dept: "dev",   name: "John", age: 24 },
  { dept: "dev",   name: "John", age: 31 },
] */

/* Тест */
print(sortArrayOfObjects(arr, [
  { key: 'dept', comparator: (b, a) => a.localeCompare(b) },
  { key: 'name', comparator: (a, b) => a.localeCompare(b) },
  { key: 'age' },   // компаратор по-умолчанию (предполагает числовые значения, сортировка по возрастанию)
]));

/* Вспомогательная функция вывода */
function print(arr) {
  console.log(`[\n  ${arr.map(
    v => JSON.stringify(v).replace(/"/g, '\'').replace(/[:,]/g, '$& ')
  ).join(',\n  ')},\n]`);
}

В примере сознательно не добавлена обработка возможных ошибок, для того чтобы сделать код понятнее. И, следует упомянуть самые крупные недостатки этого кода, которые ограничивают его применение только демонстрацией в учебных целях:

*

*Он мееедленный, т.к. в нем выполняются бесполезные вычисления компараторов (решение через ||-цепочки, в ответе Qwertiy - будет работать быстрее)

*Максимально возможный размер списка полей для сортировки ограничен (52 элементами, если учитывать предел 2ri по Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER в тек. версии Chrome для Linux)

Выражаю благодарность участникам Grundy и Qwertiy за указание на мои ошибки, и дельные замечания к ответу.

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People / Officials in China
Woman Official Devoted to Poverty Relief
By Gao FengEditor: Li Yang
File photo of Huang Wenxiu(R), a young college graduate who devoted her life to poverty relief in a village in South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. [China Women's News]
A young college graduate who devoted her life to poverty relief in the remote prefecture of Baise in South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region was among the nine dead in the latest rainstorm that hit Lingyun County in Baise.
The 30-year-old Party chief of Baini village, Xinhua Town, Leye County, was trapped in a mountain area while on her way back to the village on June 16 after visiting her sick father in another county on the weekend.
Huang graduated from Beijing Normal University (BNU) with a master's degree and she became an official at the publicity department of the Communist Party Committee of Baise City.
One year ago, she was then sent to Baini Village as the first secretaryof the Party committee of the village to help with poverty relief. Since then, she had devoted herself to her career, working day and night on matters to alleviate poverty and improve villagers' welfare.
Her death triggered mourning among local people and BNU's alumni.
Huang was once asked why she came back to work in such a remote village. She said Baise was her hometown, an old revolutionary base area, a border land, an area inhabited by minority groups, a poverty-stricken mountainous region and a reservoir relocation site, as well as one of the main battlefields in the country's efforts to lift everyone out of poverty.
"Turning from the role of a student to a civil servant enabled me to realize that not only should I do my job wholeheartedly, but I should also be responsible for my words and deeds," Huang made the remarks when she started to work in her hometown.
When she arrived at Baini Village, she became the only female first secretary in Xinhua Town. All she had in her dormitory was a bed, a humble kitchen, an induction cooker, a rice cooker and some tableware.
A total of 883 registered poverty-stricken people in 195 households in the village were scattered on different hills. However, Huang visited all of them in the past year.
This year's March 26 marked her first anniversary of her being the first secretary of the Party committee of Baini Village. The mileage on her dashboard showed that she traveled 25,000 km in the position.
Given her efforts, 88 households, involving 417 people of the village shook off poverty and its infrastructural facilities were improved. A 1.5-kilometer road was hardened and four cisterns were built. The collective's bank account held 63,800 yuan (US $9,288).
"We talked about poverty relief a week ago," said Bai Yong, a teacher at BNU, adding that Huang felt depressed for failing to shake off poverty of the whole village at that time.
According to Yi Dongdong, Huang's classmate, Huang was expansive, competent and passionate.
Liu Juanjuan, another friend of Huang, spoke highly of her, saying Huang was a role model for them.
In addition to the loss of the daughter, the family has to face a hopeless situation — Huang's father is suffering from liver cancer. The faculty and students at BNU are raising money for the family, hoping to help pull them out of difficulties.
File photo of Huang Wenxiu
File photo: Huang Wenxiu (C) visits a family in the village. [Official WeChat account of Guangxi News]
(Source: China Women's News/Translated and edited by Women of China)
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Puerto Escondido is famous for expert level surfing. Best known for massive barrels, the waves can reach heights of 40+ feet on the faces. But Puerto (as it is referred to by locals), has a lot of secrets that most people don't know. Here is your comprehensive guide to surfing Puerto Escondido.
Best time to surf Puerto Escondido?
The season starts from late April to the beginning of May and goes until early September. Mexico's version of Pipeline comes alive during the peak season of May to August, seeing swells that would be too big for most. It will be most crowded during June, July, and August. To beat the crowds, come during September, October and early November.
Puerto Escondido is in the state of Oaxaca, on the Pacific Coast of Mexico. There is a small airport with daily flights arriving and departing to Mexico City and Oaxaca City. If you are flying you will most likely grab a flight connection through Mexico City and arriving directly at PXM (Puerto Escondido Airport).
If you are lucky enough to live in Southern California, tickets are very inexpensive if you are willing to walk across the Mexican-American border to take a flight departing from Tijuana. There is a convenient sky bridge connecting the TJ airport directly to the American side of the border.
The currency is in Pesos and you will get the best rate if you exchange cash before you come. You can use a foreign ATM card to withdraw Pesos plus a bank fee.
Requirements on visas are not well enforced. Officially, if you're visiting Mexico for 180 days or less, you generally won't need a visa. But you'll need to complete a Multiple Immigration Form (FMM) and make sure your passport is stamped by Mexican immigration officials on arrival (more info on this website). It is best to ask at your arrival airport (Mexico City) to get a six-month visa. Costs range from free to about $35 USD.
Mexico can be a dangerous place, like many Central American countries. Protests, demonstrations and strikes are common in Mexico and they can cause major traffic congestion and restrict movement around affected areas. Mexico also has high levels of violent crime, carjacking, extortion and robbery, often being committed by individuals presenting themselves as police officers. Risks increase at night so exercise caution and always go with your gut feeling. Use common sense. Lock your valuables, don't walk alone after dark especially if you've been drinking, don't go looking for drugs.
Get travel insurance. Seriously. Don't forget (use code STOKED5 for 5% off World Nomads when using this link, sadly not available to US or Canadian residents, or with any other offer).
Mexico is incredibly hospitable for women. People will go out of their way to be sure you have what you need. That being said the culture is also very forward. Men appreciate all body types and won't hesitate to tell you they think you are attractive. If this makes you uncomfortable it is completely appropriate to firmly demand to be left alone. Weak throated "no's" will be ignored. You will need to be strong. Along with this forward culture will come plenty of opportunities to surf secret spots or go out dancing with the local boys. Use your best judgment and never do something that makes you uncomfortable.
Mexican SIM cards are easy to find for your phone. The best place to locate a SIM card is downtown, or in Spanish, "El Centro". Your taxi driver will be able to get you there for a couple dollars and a five or ten-minute drive. Look for the "TelCEL" stores, they are everywhere.
We have developed a comprehensive surf packing list to help you double check you have got everything. In the list, we break down things to make sure you carry in your first aid kit.
Public transit is alive and well in Mexico! The easiest thing to do is to grab a taxi when you need to go somewhere. A one-way taxi fare is typically under $2 USD. You will see several cabs drive by every minute on the main roads. Taxi drivers are accustomed to surfers with boards in tow and they are experts at sticking them half in the cab, half out the window. You can always bring your own straps if you prefer, just be sure to tip the driver for the extra time involved.
Renting a car is an option as well. Just keep in mind that online reservations are rare in general in Oaxaca. You can certainly make a reservation online but you will always get a better price if you rent the car when you arrive. Just hop in a taxi and ask him to bring you to the rental car company. There are a few in different locations around the city. Rates are around $20/per day. Don't expect much, cars don't always have AC and occasionally have mechanical problems.
Where to stay might depend on the type of surfing you are looking for. There is three main surfing location in Puerto Escondido.
Puerto Escondido offers Cardisarillo. There is a super mellow left-hand point perfect for learning to surf or nose riding. There is also a more fickle (and localized) right-hander in the same bay with a bit more punch but it takes a big swell for it to work. The beach itself is perfect for a chill afternoon. It is tiny, a horseshoe shape of no more than 200 meters. There are several restaurants that offer excellent seafood, lounge chairs, and umbrellas. This is a good beach for swimming too. The beach is accessed by descending a steep set of about 100 stairs. If you want to stay in the area there are several beautiful homes in the neighborhood above the beach called Bocacho. This is probably the nicest and quietest neighborhood in Puerto. There are no big hotels.
The best option for accommodation on a budget is the Hostel Shalom. Otherwise, Airbnb.com is the way to go. You can find gorgeous 5 bedroom houses on the cliff overlooking the water for $100-$200 USD/night. If you are staying in this area you will likely want your own car as the neighborhood is not as walkable as the next two on the list.
You will want to check out La Punta. This is also a left-hand point break. On a small swell, you will see lots of surf lessons on the inside most section. On a big swell, you will see heavy barrels and carvable walls from the outside session all the way in. When it connects all the way through, the rides can be over 300 meters. Just watch out for rocks – there are a lot of them on the outside. This is really a great wave for just about any skill level – sit outside if you are advanced and sit inside if not.
Staying in La Punta is a blast! La Punta is an international backpackers' destination. There are a ton of hostels, super cute little restaurants, health food stores and surf shops. If you are on a budget I recommend camping at the beachfront hostel "Buena Onda." For about $4 USD per night you can use one of their sleeping pads under a palapa on the beach and wake up with a great view to check the surf. Again, online reservations are not offered. Just tell your cab driver where you want to go and reserve your "bed" when you show up.
If you prefer sleeping indoors you can certainly get a private cabana rental at Buena Onda or any of the other 10+ hostels in the area. If you want to stay a while you can easily rent a private house for around $200 USD/month. But you will need to be creative. You have to walk the streets and look for signs that indicate rooms or houses for rent. You may also need to speak a little Spanish to negotiate the best price.
La Punta also offers great yoga classes at Hostel One Love and the best fish tacos of your life. Ask any local for Pepé's fish tacos and you will be pointed in the right direction.
Zicatela Beach is what most people think of when they think of surfing Puerto. Zicatela is for expert surfers, or surf viewing enthusiasts. It is a beach break with three main peaks with a sand bottom. It is deceptively heavy. If you plan to surf Zicatela you will want to bring bigger boards. When Zicatela is over 3-4 feet, even your step-up is going to feel small. A lot of people actually buy boards specifically for Puerto and leave them here. Storage prices start at $10/month. Zicatela will both humble you and thrill you. Treat it with respect and you might just get the barrel of your life.
The town surrounding Zicatela beach is the happening place to be! There is only one main street that runs the length of the beach. It is filled with surf shops, amazing restaurants, and beautiful hotels. If you need to find a decent board or a new leash you will want to ask for Miguel's surf shop, located near Bungalow Zicatela. If you are looking for a reliable meal at a good price you can't go wrong with Cafecito.
For accommodations, I highly recommend staying with Jim at Hotel Aqua Azul if you are going to be staying a while. Prices vary depending on the month. Expect to pay about $300-$400 per month for a studio apartment with an ocean view. This six bedroom boutique hotel is owned by a local surf family with three professional surfer sons. Each room has a kitchen and is perfect for longer stays.
If you are looking to splurge you can rent a gorgeous oceanfront room at Bungalows Zicatela or Hotel Ines for less than $80/night. Bungalows Zicatela also offers online reservations for those plan-ahead types.
There are a few hostels on the main strip offering rooms for around $13 USD per night. If you are willing to ask around and negotiate a deal in Spanish you can find rooms with a small kitchen for as little as $100 USD per month.
For cheap and fast ding repair you should ask the locals to point you toward Ding Repair Och. He is located near the restaurant Spirulina in Zicatela. Minor ding repair will run you $5-$15 USD. Also, you can get your old yellowed boards a fancy new paint job with Och for under $20 USD. For a broken board you should ask for Carmelo. Carmelo uses American materials. Although it might take 2-4 days he does very good work. The cost for a broken board repair is about $40-$90 USD.
The nightlife is also wonderful. For excellent dancing head to Kabbalah nightclub around midnight and then move to Bar Fly around 2am. There are several other beach bars that offer live music almost every night of the week if you prefer a more mellow evening. La Piña is a chill beach bar with an excellent happy hour specials daily. They specialize in serving made from scratch piñacoladas in a hollowed out pineapple cup. During happy hour buy one and get your second refill free.
The secret restaurant behind OXXO has the best tacos in the world!
***Note: Be careful with street food, raw fruits and veggies and undercooked meats. Food poisoning is very common. You should see a doctor at the first sign of diarrhea and fever. A simple treatment will have you back in the water within 24 hours. But left untreated you risk severe complications. The fever can become life-threatening. There is a very nice clinic on the main street in Zicatela where they speak English. A visit will run you about $20-$45 USD and it is well worth it.
There are also dozens of surf sports within a couple hours drive in either direction of Puerto Escondido, all of them less crowded. If you are looking to explore then the best thing to do it to rent a car and hire a surf guide to go with you to other locations. Guides are easy to find.
I recommend going to chat with the Ramirez family at their storefront Puerto Bizar in Zicatela. This is a family of Puerto surf royalty and down to earth trustworthy and good people. They run surf schools and they can set you up with the right guide for an amazing off the grid adventure surfing some of the world's last uncrowded waves. Of course, you can always explore on your own but for the best and safest experience, a guide is always recommended, especially if your Spanish is limited.
Generally, you will pay a daily fee for your guide plus the cost of their meals and possibly their accommodations. Don't worry, it doesn't cost much at all, between $15-$40 USD. It is well worth it once you pop out of a barrel and hack the lip for the fourth time and your arms are so tired from catching so many waves you actually have to force yourself to rest. You'll consider your guide the best buy of the trip.
Puerto Escondido is a magical place, a landlocked in time. If you have an adventuresome spirit and a willingness to go with the flow you just might have the time of your life!
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Have you been surfing Puerto Escondido?
Let us know if we should add anything to this article or if you found it helpful, please tell us in the comments below. Have a great, safe trip!


Spar has installed Amazon collection lockers into nine of its convenience stores to make them more "service-friendly".
The company is following in the footsteps of the Co-op and convenience chain Martin McColl in installing the lockers, which allow customers to order their Amazon purchases to be delivered to a nearby unit for them to collect at their convenience.
The lockers are being situated in Bannerbrook, Broomhill, Grantham and St Albans stores, with further stores likely to follow suit. Spar UK retail development controller Barry Wallis said: "This is a highly innovative move from Spar UK, showing our commitment to launching the latest technologies that provide the best possible convenience to shoppers." He added it would make the stores more "service-friendly".
Amazon has also revealed it is making 300 temporary jobs permanent at its distribution centre in Fife, bringing the number of permanent staff there to 640. Amazon has told the BBC it expects the number of permanent staff to rise to 750 as operations there expand.
Director of operations at Amazon, Catherine McDermott said: "Amazon has invested over £1bn in its UK operations, including our fulfilment centre in Dunfermline where hundreds of employees focus every day on providing an exceptional experience for our customers all over the UK, Europe and the world."
The company is also expanding its children's publishing output in the US with two new imprints set to publish their first titles this spring. The imprint Two Lions will publish picture books, chapter books and middle-grade fiction (for children aged 8 to 12), while "Skyscape" is aimed at teens, Paid Content has reported.


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Mega Tuesday Results: Trump Deals A Fatal Blow To Rubio In Florida
March 15, 2016 by Jessica Taylor, NPR News
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Donald Trump dealt a fatal blow to Marco Rubio, defeating the state's sitting senator in the Florida primary who suspended his campaign shortly after.
"After tonight, it is clear that while we are on the right side this year, we will not be on the winning side," the Florida senator told his supporters.
The Associated Press projected Trump would win big in the Sunshine State as soon as all polls closed across the state at 8 p.m. ET.
On the Democratic side, Hillary Clinton is projected to defeat Bernie Sanders in Ohio, North Carolina and Florida, according to the AP. She's on pace for big wins, helping her pad her delegate lead over the Vermont senator.
Tuesday night's primary races in Florida, Illinois, North Carolina, Missouri and Ohio are expected to most consequential yet of the primary calendar and determine whether the race for the White House is going to be a long slog for both parties.
Florida is the biggest delegate prize of the night for both parties. For Republicans, it's the first state to award all its delegates to the primary winner and not proportionally, meaning Trump will take all 99 delegates.
Ohio is the other winner-take-all state of the night. There, it's Gov. John Kasich who is looking to stop Trump's march to the nomination by capturing the state's 66 delegates.
Elsewhere, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is looking to bolster his argument that he's the strongest Republican left standing to block Trump's path toward the nomination. He's hoping strong finishes in North Carolina, Illinois and Missouri, where his campaign manager is from, could give him a boost.
On the Democratic side, Sanders got a surprise win last week in Michigan. Other Rust Belt States voting tonight, like Illinois, have a similar electoral makeup, which his campaign hopes will give him more wins over Clinton and keeps a narrow path clear for him to take the nomination. But a loss in Ohio, another state they hoped to challenge Clinton in, dimmed some of that hope early on Tuesday.
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Congratulations to Gabriella and Jonathan who were married in St Church Rosses Point Sligo on the 1st of December 2018 followed by a fantastic Markree Castle Sligo Wedding reception for their families and friends. I started my day off with a short spin up to Rosses Point in Sligo where Gabriella and her bridesmaids Deirdre, Denise, Maeve and Jennifer were getting ready. I received a very warm welcome from Mary and Brendan into their beautiful home and was allowed roam free to get the best angles and places for the photos.
On my arrival the girls were busy with hair and makeup with the hair being taken care of by Deirdre from Salon 2 Hairdressing in Sligo and the makeup being done by the very talented Sharon Mc Cormack. There was a great buzz of excitement in the house and with the weather being really mild and the sun shining brightly we managed to get out to the beautiful garden to pop open a nice bottle of Champagne before the girls got into their dresses.
I had beautiful light to work with when I was doing the detail shots as the low winter sun shone through the sash windows and I really love the first photo of Gabriella's stunning wedding dress by Maggie Sottero which she purchased in Paverly Bridal shop in London hanging in the door way back light by the sun. I also had a great old wooden barrel in the garden to place Gabriella's wedding bouquet on to get a fantastic photos- the wedding flowers were beautiful and were provided by Olga Clancy from The Flower Shed.
After I got some portraits of the girls I left them to enjoy the champagne while I made the very short drive across to Rosses Point Church where the wedding ceremony was taking place. On arrival at the Church I met up with Jonathan and his groomsmen Thomas, Tim, Ben, Christopher and Christopher who were all busy meeting and greeting the arriving guests and handing out some mass booklets.
The Church in Rosses Point is small but looks fantastic and is a beautiful place for a wedding. The wedding ceremony was made extra special by the singing of the local choir who had taken over the whole balcony and sang beautifully throughout the ceremony. After the ceremony we got some family photos inside the church before making our way to Rosses Point for some bridal party photos.
Rosses Point is a spectacular location along the Wild Atlantic Way and offers splendid views of mighty Ben Bulben mountain and panoramic views of Sligo Bay. We worked quickly to get our photos done as in winter light fades very fast and we wanted to get some photos in the gardens of Markree Castle before darkness fell. We arrived back at Markree Castle just in time as the last of the light faded and got some beautiful wedding photos on the steps of that castle and some great photos at the beautiful fountain with the majestic castle in the background.
The great thing about being a Sligo Wedding Photographer and having a Markree Castle Sligo Wedding is that even when it is dark or raining the interior of the castle is beautiful and perfect for wedding photos so it's a place you can relax knowing no matter what the light or weather you will get great photo opportunities. After getting back inside Gabriella and Jonathan had a quick photo with their wedding cake (beautifully made by Gabriella herself) then enjoyed relaxing and chatting with their guests as I spent time getting lot's of candid photos around the reception rooms. As soon as the meal had finished the guests all made their way down to the lower bar for some drinks and for the party to begin with the band.
The music for the evening was provide by The Mass Band and they really got the party started with the dance floor filled from the word go. There was a great surprise when Jonathan got to the stage and started playing guitar with the band- he absolutely rocked it and the guests loved every minute of his performance giving him a huge cheer and calling for more.
I would like to thank Gabriella and Jonathan and their families for having me as part of their special day and I would like to wish them the very best of everything for the future – below are some of the photos from Gabriella and Jonathan's beautiful Markree Castle Sligo Wedding – enjoy….
If you are planning your own Markree Castle Sligo Wedding and would like to book Donegal and Sligo Wedding Photographer Fergal Mc Grath Photography for your wedding please use the contact me page of this website to get in touch today.


Iatrogenic ostial coronary dissections (IOCD) are rare, albeit seemingly underreported complications of coronary diagnostic and interventional procedures. Its imminent ischemic and hemodynamic consequences urge prompt reaction: interventional or surgical procedure to restore coronary flow.
Retrospective analysis of adverse effects database at our institute over 5 years.
6 cases happened at our institution (4 on interventional and 2 on diagnostic procedures) and 1 was urgently transferred from a secondary center without on site surgery following coronary intervention. Of 7 cases, 2 happened with radial approach and 5 with femoral. Ostial LM was dissected in 4 cases and RCA in 3. Aortic propagation less than 2.5 cm was seen in 2 pts. Five patients underwent interventional revascularization and 2 surgical (1 was stable (RCA) and 1 unstable (LM)). All 5 interventions were successful with prolonged hospital stay and uneventful f-up. Surgical intervention on RCA dissection was successful with uneventful f-up, patient with LM dissection underwent rescue surgery with double SV grafting, but died however at 4th postoperative day of intractable heart failure due to large myocardial infarction. Of 4 LM dissections, 2 were treated with 1 ostial stent, one with 2 sequential stents, and one with 2 stents in LM (culotte stenting). Two RCAs was stented with 1 stent, and one needed 3 stents to seal and prevent further aorto-ostial propagation.
Interventional treatment of IOCD dissection is feasible requiring skills and experienced team work. Surgical treatment is good alternative if delivered immediately and if basic hemodynamics could be maintained up to the operation theater.


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Why Did the Partition of India Happen?
History Hit Podcast with Anita Rani
Refugee at Balloki Kasur during the displacement endemic in the Partition of India.
This article is an edited transcript of The Partition of India with Anita Rani, available on History Hit TV.
Dan Snow and Anita discuss her family's heartrending experience living through Indian Partition.
The Partition of India in 1947 is one of the great forgotten tragedies of the 20th century. It occurred when India became independent from the British Empire and the territory was broken into India and Pakistan.
As part of this process, the north-eastern Indian region of Bengal was split in half along religious lines into East and West Bengal. Muslim-majority East Bengal initially formed part of Pakistan but later became Bangladesh.
It was decided that India needed to be separated because it had ended up as a massive, sprawling empire. There was a precedent for such a move; both Burma (now Myanmar) and Sri Lanka had previously been separated from the Indian Empire. But then the decision came to separate it even further.
The British role
This table was used in the drawing up of the legislation that governed Partition. It is currently located in the Indian Institute of Advanced Studies in Shimla, India. Credit: Nagesh Kamath / Commons
India was divided by Sir Cyril Radcliffe, a British lawyer who had never visited the country before and had little time to grasp the social consequences of his decision.
In the north-west of India, Punjab was divided in half, with half of it becoming Pakistan and the other half remaining in India.
When India was one huge country, before Pakistan was created, Punjab was a really important state for the British Empire. It was one of the last states in India to be annexed by the British.
The scale of the tragedy
On the ground during Partition, there was incredible inter-communal violence and mass deportations and huge movements of peoples, probably the biggest in history.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees estimates that 14 million Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims were displaced during the division of India, which makes it the largest mass migration in human history.
These communities essentially had to get to the right side of what was an arbitrary line.
It was a tragedy. Almost 15 million people were displaced, while a million people died.
2017 was the 70th anniversary of the Partition of the Indian Raj which caused such an epidemic of bloodshed. Yasmin Khan, Associate Professor of History at Oxford University, and author of 'The Great Partition' draws on her research and family recollections to deliver the powerful story of partition.
There were Punjabi Muslims and Punjabi Hindus and Sikhs. But, although they had different faiths, the only thing that was different about them was the religion that they had chosen to follow; just the gods that they believed in.
They ate the same food. They spoke the same language. Culturally, they were identical; everything else was the same.
Then when Partition happened, these communities were weaponised and just went for each other. Absolute chaos ensued and hell broke out and neighbours were killing neighbours.
A map showing how India was partitioned. Credit: themightyquill / Commons
Women were used and people were kidnapping other people's daughters and raping and murdering them.
My grandfather's family were living in what ended up becoming Pakistan, but he was away with the British-Indian Army down in Mumbai, so thousands of miles away.
His first family just couldn't get across the border into India and they were all slaughtered.
Accounts of these events sound almost medieval, and their effects are still being felt in the divides between India and Pakistan today.
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I've managed to squeeze in 4 hours of footage into two separate, 35-minute episodes building this city-state's Chinese quarter.
Major cities around the world have some sort of Chinatown in their areas and Republica de Malate is no exception. Located in Southeast Asia, Republica de Malate's citizens are a mix of Malay, Filipino, Chinese, Spanish and Indonesian cultures. It's architecture is also a cosmopolitan mix of various architectural styles that both contrasts and complements with each other over time. These next two episodes would cover the Chinatown parts of this project.
Republica de Malate is run by a strongman by the way, as the Tropico 6 reference suggests in the introduction. More on that on future episodes.


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Ayfraym cabin lets you DIY or buy
By Adam Williams
Ayfraym cabin lets you DIY or ...
The Ayfraym is rather more spacious and high-end than the average A-frame
The Ayfraym is available to purchase as a box of plans for US$1,950
Purchasing the Ayfraym as a box of plans means you have to build it yourself or hire a contractor
The Ayfraym came about because Everywhere co-founder Brand Winnie was inspired by the cabin his grandfather built in the 1970s
Architectural drawing of the Ayfraym in black
Architectural drawing of the Ayfraym in white
The Ayfraym has generous glazing
The Ayfraym has 9 ft (2.7 ft)-high ceilings on the ground floor
The Ayfraym includes an open living/kitchen area
Tiny house builder Everywhere offers a luxurious take on the classic A-frame cabin with its Ayfraym. Bringing to mind Build Tiny's Buster, the cabin is available to purchase in two price points: either as a box of plans for US$1,950 for handy types to build themselves or a contractor to handle, or Everywhere itself can be hired to build the cabin, starting at $252,000.
The idea for the Ayfraym came about because Everywhere (aka Everywhere Travel Company) co-founder Brand Winnie felt inspired by a cabin his grandfather built in the 1970s. After time spent researching different types of cabins, he decided on creating an A-Frame.
With its relatively high starting price, this example is rather more spacious and high-end than the average A-frame though. It has a total floorspace of 1,574 sq ft (146 sq m) and includes three bedrooms, one of which hosts four bunkbeds as standard, or can optionally be turned into a home office space.
A pair of bathrooms, three wooden decks, and vaulted kitchen and living areas feature elsewhere in the cabin. There are 9 ft (2.7 ft)-high ceilings on the ground floor and the glazing looks generous. A mini-split system is installed for heating and cooling, and the renders also depict a wood-burning stove.
We've no word on any kind of off-grid functionality, but presumably it wouldn't be too difficult to install some composting toilets and solar panels if the customer was keen on cutting the cord.
Everywhere recently started shipping its plans to customers and says that they have already begun the process of constructing their own cabins, but for now all we have to see of the Ayfraym are the computer renders shown.
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Adam scours the globe from his home in Spain in order to bring the best of innovative architecture and sustainable design to the pages of New Atlas. Most of his spare time is spent dabbling in music, tinkering with old Macintosh computers and trying to keep his even older VW bus on the road.
Joshua Tulberg June 7, 2019 04:12 PM
It's scary how good those renderings look (assuming they are all renderings).
toyhouse June 10, 2019 05:57 PM
$252,000? For 1574 sq ft a-frame? I like a-frames but they used to be considered a cheap construction method as I recall. Judging by the images, seems a bit steep even if considered high-end? Looks fairly ordinary in the renderings. Like a track-home, only a-shaped. But I could be wrong.
Fred's Brother June 14, 2019 02:59 PM
It seems really expensive for an A-frame. Maybe pre-panels could lessen the costs?
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Gay Times is a monthly magazine from the UK. Gay Times at its genesis was an act of defiance. A big middle finger to the establishment who would seek to oppress our community and segregate us even further underground. Things have thankfully changed much since then, with true equality ever closer to all members of the queer initialism in the UK. But our defiance hasn't subsided. It's in the nature of privilege to be unaware of just how far that privilege extends. Gay Times was, and continues to be, a platform devoted to the amplification of queer voices from around the globe.
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Gay Times Issue 493 is out now. As LGBT History Month comes to a close and we've all reflected on the incredible achievements of queer pioneers past, for this issue of Gay Times we've refocussed our perspective to the generation of LGBTQ people and allies making history in their own way today. They are using their platform and privilege in pop culture to shift long-held perceptions that, quite frankly, have no place in modern society.
Gay Times Issue 492 is out now. In February, we launch Generation Gay Times: an exploration into a new generation of young people where over 57% don't identify exclusively as 'straight'. In addition to some of the best magazines we've ever produced, we'll be aligning all of our content across every single Gay Times channel for the first time in our history.


CHICAGO -- Torii Hunter plans to watch one of his sons play college football when the Tigers are off Thursday.
Arkansas State will host Troy in Jonesboro, Ark., on Thursday night, and Hunter plans to be there to see his son, Monshadrik Hunter.
"I haven't seen any of my sons play since they've been out of high school," Hunter said. "If you've got that opportunity, you gotta do it.
"I'm going to check it out and have my jersey on and hat on, then come back ready to play on Friday. It'll be good. I haven't seen my boys in months."


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Batya Gazit: Art for life's sake
"I tell my life story through my work," she states. And there is a lot to tell.
By BARRY DAVIS
WORLD OF Silence references Gazit's inner world and her hearing impairment, with just a touch of humor.
(photo credit: BATYA GAZIT)
Batya Gazit says she doesn't know how to paint, and she doesn't exactly sculpt by the book. If that is the case – and who am I to cross swords with the indomitable 77-year-old? – judging by the works she unfurled in her new "Tziyun Derech" (Milestone) exhibition at the main gallery in Ein Hod last week, she ain't doing too badly for someone with little in the way of traditional artistic skills.
The old cliché of artists having to suffer for their art may or may not have some collateral in real life, but Gazit has surely been through her fair share of challenges. Then again, one can look at life's trial and tribulations from all sorts of perspectives. They can, indeed, be wearying, but, to quote from "Willy," a track on Joni Mitchell's 1970 Ladies of the Canyon masterpiece of a record, "You're bound to lose, if you let the blues get you scared to feel."
Gazit is not a follower of Mitchell's unparalleled oeuvre, but she does identify with the sentiment, and with an oft-cited line or two crafted by another Canadian songsmith, Leonard Cohen, on his 1992 album The Future – "Forget your perfect offering. There is a crack in everything (there is a crack in everything). That's how the light gets in."
The feisty septuagenarian Tel Avivite says she sets much store by numbers, two in particular – five and seven. "Last year in January, it was January 25, I sat in front of the computer and I thought, Wow! It's my 76th birthday! Next year I'll be 77. That's twice seven. I am very strongly connected to seven. I thought I have to do something about that."
It was, it seems, high time to build up a head of steam. "I'd just been through a period of feeling weak, physically weak," she recalls. "I thought that getting some works ready for an exhibition would shake me up and get me going."
We meet a few days before the opening in Gazit's comfortable house on a quiet leafy side street in north Tel Aviv. As we chat over coffee, I can cast my eye over a dozen or so of the creations that are ready and waiting to make the trip northward. My first impression is that she likes to mix things up. There seems to be little in the way of disciplinary rhyme or reason to the way she puts a work together, but isn't art about instinct, gut feeling? An artist just knows when something feels and looks right.
Back in January 2019, Gazit didn't feel right and, true to her get-up-and-go spirit, she decided to give herself the best chance possible of producing the goods, in a practical, day-to-day and artistic sense.
"I said I have to get to the exhibition, besides creating the works, in the best shape I can. I have to take care of Batya, not just to work. I have to get back to being Batya."
There is more to Gazit than meets the eye, a lot more.
"I am a mischievous type, not square. There is also something conservative about me, but not really conservative," she proffers somewhat enigmatically. "There was a photographer who once tried to get me to pose, but he couldn't reach me. I felt remote, detached."
She decided it was time to take her own matters into her own hands.
"I went to someone in Zichron Ya'acov, for personal empowerment sessions."
It proved to be a good choice.
"I remember driving to her for the fifth session – remember, five is an important number for me – and I was going to tell her I'd had enough. But I didn't. And then, when I was on my way to the seventh session – the seventh! – I felt so happy and so uplifted. And when I got there, she – the therapist – was also happy, and she said to me: 'I think we both know this is the last session.' She was tough with me, and it did me so much good."
That process, as well as the undulating path her life has taken to date, all comes through in the 19 works on show at Ein Hod.
"This one I call Anemones. My husband was a paratrooper. He was killed in the Yom Kippur War. Anemones are strongly identified with the paratroopers, not just because of the red berets [of the IDF paratroopers] but also because of the British paratroopers. That's my connection with Amikam, my husband. For me, anemones are always something more than just the beauty of the flowers."
There is another highly evocative iconic work, with anemone-red soldier's boots, three red anemones, an Israeli flag and a page of handwritten text. "That's a letter Amikam sent me from the army, in 1968," she notes.
There is clearly a vein of patriotism, as well as an expression of personal grief and loss, in the works, although Gazit is not one for national slogans, or making too much of her war widow status.
"I don't like the official term 'fallen.' I say 'killed.' I don't like to talk about bereavement. A lot of people exploit that."
Then again, Gazit did lose her husband in a war. I suggest that, in her case, bereavement is part of her makeup and, hence, must come through in her art.
She goes along with that, particularly in the wake of the aforementioned therapeutic process.
"When I got to this stage, of turning 77, of the exhibition and my [new] way of thinking, now is the time to show who I am."
Gazit says that one work, in particular, demanded plenty of emotional resilience.
"I needed a lot of courage to exhibit this picture. That's Amikam and I under the huppah."
GAZIT WORKS in various disciplines, including painting, sculpture – with paper and other materials – and ceramics. She casts her experienced eye over her motley creations and hits on intriguing cross-disciplinary juxtapositions, photographs them and tweaks them on Photoshop. The reworked result is then printed on canvas, and goes through yet another stage, with Gazit applying paint or other substances, such as epoxy, adding textures and depth.
Although she is primarily a self-taught artist, she says she has been supported throughout by Lika Ramati, whom she describes as a sort of mentor, and whose guiding hand runs through all the exhibits at Ein Hod, and plenty more. It was Ramati who introduced Gazit to Leonard Cohen's positive take on broken vessels and the emotionally shattered.
In fact, Gazit knew what Cohen was talking about long before he wrote the line, or she even knew of his existence. The tale of how she learned of Amikam's death beggars belief. For some reason it took the army five whole days to notify Gazit of the tragedy.
"During the Six Day War we were in daily contact. With the Yom Kippur War, his 'Shalom' to me as he left the house was the last word he said to me."
Amikam was stationed up north, and the only means of communication was via the residents of a kibbutz where the soldiers were allowed to shower. They'd pass on their home numbers to whoever had access to a phone on the kibbutz, to convey their regards.
But, even without tangible channels of communication and formal notification, Gazit says she knew her husband was no longer alive.
"I am very intuitive. On the day Amikam was killed, I took an aunt to Tel Aviv to change some clothes she'd bought. On the way, I hit a post. It wasn't a serious accident, but I just said: Shit! Amikam has been killed. My aunt said I was talking rubbish, but I knew."
It was a Friday morning, and in the evening, Gazit says, she somehow couldn't light the Shabbat candles.
"The wicks simply didn't take the flame from the match," she recalls. "I got a new box of matches. I changed the candles. Nothing worked. Years later a religious friend, the son of the chief rabbi of Tel Aviv, told me that when the Shabbat candles don't ignite, it means there has been a death in the family and the family doesn't yet know."
There are so many unfortunate twists and turns in the sad tale. Apparently, some of Gazit's friends knew what had happened, but were prevented from informing Gazit because it was the Defense Ministry's job to do that.
"On the Monday I received a postcard from Amikam," Gazit continues. "I was so happy! But then I felt the postcard and I said 'There's no life here.' I don't know how I knew. I can't explain it."
When the official word finally came, with the arrival of the appropriate IDF personnel, Gazit's world came crashing down around her. But she couldn't give in to her grief. She had two young children to care for.
"After they told me, I immediately thought, Geva's in school, Tzur's at kindergarten. I need to pick them up, I have to find money for food. Life has to go on. What happened happened. Now I need to go with the light. I didn't know about the Leonard Cohen song, but that thought, then, eventually led me to those lines in the song."
Life went on, with all its challenges. The latter were further exacerbated a few years later when a childhood hearing problem deteriorated, and Gazit became almost completely deaf. Today, she uses a powerful hearing aid and a special phone, but she manages to communicate with the world around her, and not just through her art.
Gazit appears to have come through all her battles thus far, not unscathed but emboldened. She was duly fired up ahead of the exhibition, and embroiled in yet another struggle. After years of heavy smoking, she was recently hospitalized in a very poor condition. She says still craves cigarettes every day, particularly in the morning, but the memory of the concern on her son's and daughter-in-law's faces when they listened to the doctor's prognosis helps keep the craving at bay.
It is all the grist to her creative and personal mill.
"What I have been through in life gives me mental and emotional strength," she says. "If anyone tells me I am strong, I find it hard to believe them. Sometimes I feel they are talking about someone else. But this is my life. This is what I have done."
Gazit says she is not looking for a pat on the back. "I can't say I'm not apprehensive about the exhibition, about how people might react to my works. If someone likes my work so much they want to buy something, that's the icing on the cake. But I create because I have to, because it does me good."
"Tziyun Derech" closes on March 25. For more information: (04) 984-2548.
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Abbey Rader is acutely conscious that his inner dynamic is to always innovate and so following the prompts of the self the drummer is on an eternal quest to improvise, worshiping – always – at the altar of originality. The American Buddhist has chiseled his impressive body of work from out of the bedrock of African-American Jazz. But while that may imply a pastiche of archetypal bebop and swing models, instead Mr Rader forces his listeners to reconsider what the tradition of (even) free improvised music is.
In these two performances: Ritual with Kyle bassist Motl and tenor saxophonist Drew Ceccato, and in the Phenobarbital Sessions with saxophonist and pianist John McMinn, Abbey Rader positions himself in creative conflict with the latest protocols of how a drummer will interact with other rhythmic instruments as well as with other harmonic ones. By actively throwing overboard melodic, structural and harmonic hooks that have become expressively blunted through overuse, he builds from what might – or might not – be left.
Abbey Rader | Kyle Motl | Drew Ceccato: Ritual The instinctive radicalism of Abbey Rader has made him the source of endless controversy. Short of being charged with cultural vandalism, it would not be unusual to find that he is marginalized as he shreds even unfamiliar strains of the tenor saxophone as played by Drew Ceccato on this recording. Pureéing sublime harmonic gestures from the saxophone and rhythmic ones from the contrabass into agitatedly ticking motor rhythms and volatile white noise, wrenching his instrument apart and then reassembling the debris again, Mr Rader plays a yeoman set with his young band mates. Definitions of 'beauty' are central to Abbey Rader's aesthetic credo. Musically he seems to argue here that artists must make a distinction between perfumed listener-ingratiating beauty typical of commercial music – which is always something he regards as disturbingly commercial music, while here he often evokes 'noise' – in the sense of natural noise – is like the wind blowing through the rustling leaves and this is not only Abbey Rader being singular, but gravity-defying.
Abbey Rader | John McMinn: Phenobarbital Sessions This 2017 recording is another landmark recording by Abbey Rader, with the saxophonist and long-time cohort, John McMinn. It redraws the musical topography of modernist solo and duet performances as both Mr Rader and Mr McMinn shepherd their crack instruments through an hour or so of improvised music without each musician compromising his sound-world. Appropriate nomenclature for songs that are not easy to nail; yet no one plays this (improvised) music better than Abbey Rader and John McMinn; certainly none of it is better suited to work by increasing the activity of the inhibitory neurotransmitters of the brain and in each track – short or long – it sounds as if both musicians hear in their respective inner ears music that moves off the radar of conventional instrumental timbre, to unerringly zone into the intentions of the other, realising each other's intentions perfectly. As a result nothing sounds more vivid and dramatic than this music. John McMinn brilliantly shapes a pacey whole from Abbey Rader's fragments, while the drummer aims his hushed sonorities and full frontal attacks back at Mr McMinn generating structural arcs that his extended instrumental techniques simultaneously shatter, sending melodic cells scattering to the outer limits of our ability to hear them.


I was at a screening yesterday of the new Star is Born, and overheard an excited cinephile explaining to a friend, that this is not only a re-make, but the fourth version of the film – after the 1937 Technicolor Selznick, which went to WB, allowing for the 1954 and 1976.
While I thought "not so fast there…," I remained silent.
But for those who revel in such things, pleased be aware that the newest variant, is actually the third re-make.
While my personal favorite remains George Cukor's 1954 classic, there was an earlier version, that hit theaters a dozen years before.
It was an RKO production by a less experienced, but still wonderful director, who would go on to helm Little Women (1933), Dinner at Eight (1933), and Camille (1936).
What Price Hollywood featured Constance Bennett and Lowell Sherman as actors with careers going into different directions. It was photographed by the great Charles Rosher.
At a compact 88 minutes, it has been quietly available via Warner Archive, and should be essential screening for anyone heading to a theater to see the newest incarnation starring Lady and Brad.
So you don't consider Wellman's film as a remake?
Beat me to it, Robert. 1937 with Janet Gaynor and Frederic March.
I consider them all remakes of "What Price Hollywood?" even though there are some significant script changes.
Of course, the second Selznick. That's what you get for posting quickly.
Brain had calculated five films total, fingers went for four.
The original came from the same RKO Selznick era, that gave us that big ape picture.
For whatever reason, unlike the subsequent WB versions, the 1937 version has never been particularly well-served on home video.
Yes. All week I have been saying this is the 5th version. When I explain about What Price Hollywood I get two responses.
1. Well is not the same name so it doesn't count.
2. Do you have a copy? I want to see it.
I respond, yes I have a copy. Movie night next week.
Teaching the millennials one at a time.
Saw the 2018 A Star Is Born today and loved it. It moves into the second slot behind the 1954 film (still the definitive ASIB) and before the 1937, 1932 and 1976 (which I detested) versions. Liked all of them on some level except as noted the heinous 1976 version (and I'm a huge Streisand fan).
Thanks for the review, heading to see it as soon as I can. Three plays already scheduled for this weekend.
A note about ASIB 1976: I didn't like it much in original release, possibly in part because I couldn't get to a 70mm showing, but the Blu-ray issued a few years ago sold me on its value. No, not better than the 1954 version–one of my favorite films of all time–but an acceptable remake. It also appears that the 1976 version provides much of the framework for the new 2018 version.
Take a look at the 1976 version on Blu-ray if you can.
Will the acting improve? The script get any better or forgettable songs more listenable? I saw it in 70 millimeter in 1976!
Wasn't the 1976 version one of the first if not the first to use Dolby NR with 70 prints?
I saw it in 70 and hated it, save as Robert mentions, that song.
Script is awful. Direction is pedestrian. Streisand is excellent, but Kristofferson is terrible. As is most of the supporting cast. Many scenes don't work and don't feel natural. But one is as good as anything in any version: the scene where Esther is taken out to John's body at the wreck site is very moving and beautifully played by Streisand.
Kristofferson – hmm. Is that the reason for all the work done by Cooper to get what was described as a Sam Elliot voice? Maybe they were trying to imitate Kristofferson.
Yeah it was the second one. Logan's Run beat it out by several months. Neither of those films had LFE though. That wasn't introduced until Star Wars and CE3k the following year.
Lisztomania was the first Dolby Stereo movie in general.
I stand to be corrected but with all the references to the 1976 A Star Is Born in 70 millimeter, it wasn't actually filmed in 70 millimeter but filmed in the 1.85 aspect ratio and blown up to 70 millimeter for first run engagements in major cities.
You are quite correct. Only 1.85 blow up. Probably part of my disappointment when seeing (enduring)it.
I only saw the 1976 version once and don't remember thinking a whole lot of it. I absolutely LOVE the 2018 version. I think it has a strong chance to take home the Best Picture Oscar. And Gaga is almost certain to get nominated for Best Actress. Ditto for Cooper for Best Actor and Best Director.
I've never seen the 1937 or 1954 versions. Not sure I want to after enjoying the 2018 one so much.
You can enjoy all three films as each film is well worth one viewing. As to the 1976 version, it has its fans, but I'm not one of them.
I haven't seen the new version (yet) but I would guess that the 1954 version (and any of the ones earlier than that) are going to be different enough to enjoy as they're own thing just by virtue of those being Hollywood tales rather than rock star tales.
Cooper made sure to salute the prior films with certain sequences. I won't discuss until you see it.
I'll keep an eye out, but that makes me even more excited to see it than I already was. Just trying to find a time that works for both my wife and I to go, and it's turned out to be a slightly busier week than expected. I was hoping to see it in Dolby Cinema but realizing that by the time we get to it, might have to make due with just a regular theater. Either way, this new version is at the top of our joint list of things to go see.
Saw ASIB yesterday at DC's Uptown Theatre, and enjoyed it more than I thought I would. I would place it in second place behind the Janet Gaynor version. The Garland version is a close third, only because it is too long. I remember going to the premiere of the restored Garland version at the same theatre and my immediate reaction was that Warner Bros. was right in editing it. (I know, heresy!) I did not care for the Streisand version.
I don't. I have the older AppleTV which does not allow you to add apps – it only shows the ones that Apple pushes through – and Filmstruck isn't one of the options on there. At some point I'll upgrade to one of the newer ones and then I'll check it out. But I do own the Garland one on DVD, always meant to upgrade to BD, just never got around to it. I probably should wait now in case Warner decides to do a deluxe version of the new version with the older version(s) included.
Even greater potential heresy: the Garland version would be much better if it trimmed/lost most of its musical scenes.
I could not disagree more. Every one of the numbers has been woven into the fabric of the film with a specific purpose in mind. Whether it's a "meet cute," a number to demonstrate why Norman has faith in Esther's talent, the very lengthy "Born in a Trunk" to display her versatility to demonstrate why Esther became a big star so fast (and if An American in Paris can have its eighteen-minute ballet, Judy should certainly be allowed her own showcase), the proposal caught over the recording mics, and supremely to juxtipose ironically Vicki's movie character's carefree personality with Esther's tortured soul dealing with her husband's deterioration while she "smiles through tears." "It's a New World" might be the only one I might think could have been cut though it's the most delicate and soulful of the film's six numbers.
The reason why I mentioned Filmstuck is that there is a 19 minute interview with Bradley Cooper that you would enjoy as he talks about the film and the nods he gives to the prior versions as well as Judy Garland.
I'm not sure about that, but one of the things why I like this current version so much is because Cooper stated that each song tries to tell a story. If you pay close attention to the lyrics, each song talks about where Jack, Ally or the both of them are at emotionally in the movie and their relationship.
I know you are joking, but I was the one that started the "heresy" subthread about the Garland version being too long, and even I wouldn't touch "The Man That Got Away". It's a stunning scene in its own right (at my screening years ago, the near-sellout audience sat in raptured silence and broke out into applause at the end of the song – at a MOVIE!). Plus, it is the "aha" moment in the film where James Mason, and the audience, realizes that this character IS indeed a star.
I had the pleasure of seeing a print many years ago of the restored 1954 version at the Ohio Theater in Columbus. It's a grand old movie palace with the largest screen I've seen outside of (real) IMAX. I had seen it before on VHS, but watching it as it was intended to be seen was a totally different experience. By the end of the "Born in a Trunk" number, the audience was applauding. It's one of my favorite film-going experiences and made me a Judy Garland fan for life.
I believe that the 1976 version had the working title of "A Perm is Born".
and, as for me, I enjoyed watching the DP work of Robert Surtees.
I believe that the 1976 version had the working title of "A Perm is Born"
Of course this version has to be better since Gaga's voice is built for rock and Streisand's not at all- never was- and hence she's not believable as a rock star regardless of script etc. However she must be given credit for changing the premise to rock as she was the one of the film's producers.
i don't entirely agree, but those complaining about the musical.numbers in the Garland film are in good company. I have seen all the versions, including this 2018 version and remain a faithful proponent of the 37 version being the best. It's concise, always modern in its cynicism and the performances remain truthful.
I never understood the following for the Streisand version – and this, also being a huge Streisand fan. But that version is terrible for all of the reasons already mentioned herein. Will always consider the Garland/Mason/Cukor '54 version the definitive A Star is Born. It's a perfect entertainment – exquisite to the last detail. Have a soft spot for the Gaynor/March version too, although it has dated rather badly, particularly Gaynor's bad impressions of top-flight Hollywood celebs of their day.
A BIG BIG fan of the '54 version and paid to go see it when they reissued it with as much of the missing footage as they could find as possible. I enjoyed seeing it, yet wish on the Blu-ray you had the option to play the movie without the added scenes as they make the movie very long and the still photos used in some places do take you out of the action. So, I still have a soft spot for the 154 minute version that was the only one available for years. For me the "Lose That Long Face" number just doesn't particularly work for me, but that, of course, is just my opinion.
Saw the new version… I hope Bradley Cooper wins the Oscar. And Gaga was fantastic! She should be nominated, too.
Totally agree Matt and totally disagree with Colin. I would say even It's a New World pushes the plot along as that's what Esther sings to Norman on the first night of their honeymoon and Lose That Long Face is especially poignant juxtaposed against the gut-wrenching scene in the dressing room where Esther talks to Oliver about Norman and her crumbling marriage. Somewhere There's a Someone (done in an effort to lift Norman's spirits) is a great parody of the ballet and dream sequences that were so popular in the 1950s. In a way, it's a spoof of Born in a Trunk. Anyway, still looking forward to seeing the latest incarnation with Cooper and Gaga. I'm a fan of both.
Totally agree Matt and totally disagree with Colin.
Streisand didn't play a rock star in the film. She played a pop star. Far more Carly Simon or Linda Ronstadt than Janis Joplin or Grace Slick.
Interesting video comparing and contrasting all the versions (save for What Price Hollywood).
[…]"Born in a Trunk", started brilliantly but by the time it was over and we had endured montage after montage and repetition after repetition, I found myself wishing that dear enchanting Judy was at the bottom of the sea."
so, maybe Hollywood ought to take its cues from Coward & Cooper.
The next version should be a musical with the mutinous crew singing their uprising number of "Anchors and Cankers" followed by Captain Bligh's singing of "Born in a Sea-Chest"
so, maybe Hollywood ought to take its cues from the law firm of Cooper, Cukor & Coward.
followed by Captain Bligh's counter-point lament of "Born in a Sea-Chest".
Oh, and let's not forget, we're also gonna need a major Tahitian number, as well.
How about "Bountiful Breadfruits and Brando's"?
Errol Flynn, Clark Gable, Marlon Brando and Mel Gibson: all as Mr Christian. That's four versions. I believe the Flynn version is lost (may be wrong).
And now, back to our regularly scheduled program of "A Star is Born".
No – I won't be adding this to my 4K collection. It peaked right when Gaga and Cooper did their first duet and then after the first hour or so the songs stopped coming. I don't see myself watching this more than once, despite the good performances. I only ever watched 12 Years A Slave once too.
I always felt that "New York, New York" was sort of a variation to George Cukor's "A Star is Born".
Both Judy and Liza have their epic numbers of "Born in a Trunk" and "Happy Endings".
And both films involve a show-biz marriage that falls apart, due to the rise of one and descent of the other.
Does anyone know if there was a possible a tip of the hat from Scorsese to Cukor in any manner, shape or form?
I'm sure there was probably some of that. But he said he took his inspiration from several sources, notably Doris Day's marriage to saxophonist George Weidler in the 1940's which ended because he saw her star rising and said he didn't want to be "Mr. Doris Day." Scorsese also said he looked hard at Day's early Warner Bros. Michael Curtiz musical My Dream is Yours, which is a slight fictionalization of Day's career story to that time. He said he also looked at MDIY in terms of its production design.
What Price Hollywood? is definitely the original prototype! Long ago revival film houses in the DC area (before AFI) did a great job of educating audiences in film history and would show all 3 (before Streisand's). My question is will there ever be any more footage to complete the 1954 restoration?
For Kris' character, not Barbra's. She wrote and sang "Evergreen" and "Lost Inside of You." Hardly rock songs. While wearing pantsuits. She sang his rock song at the end as a tribute to him, but she never performed rock songs in the movie. She was never depicted as a rock performer. In fact, there is dialogue in the movie about how Speedway was not the proper band to back her to properly show her off for her first record and how the arrangements weren't "classical" enough to her liking.
And it wasn't Barbra's idea. The script was written for the rock milieu by Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne several years before Jon Peters read it and brought it to Barbra. If anything Barbra made her less rock-ish and more pop-ish than was initially envisioned.
Streisand obviously played a pop star in the film and was never presented as a rock star. That's why her character resists when John Norman drags her onstage at one of his concerts – she knows that's not her audience but he is so in love with her talent and voice that he wants to show her off.
Reportedly Streisand, like her character, was extremely nervous about the reaction she would get from the rock crowd when the scene was shot but all reports are that she won them over with her voice and talent.


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In the Microsoft Windows operating system, index.dat is a hidden database file used by the Internet Explorer web browser. It functions as an information storage database of recent browser activity, enabling quick access to that information when needed again by Internet Explorer, thus improving browser performance.

Function
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The index.dat file is never resized or deleted. A large index.dat file can impair performance.

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Internet privacy groups  say that the use of index.dat files in the Windows operating system is an invasion of users' privacy. The information contained in an index.dat file can be considered private to the user. One of the groups' main complaints is that the index.dat files cannot easily be deleted. This is because windows prevents open or "locked" files from being deleted.

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Some spyware target the index.dat file for unauthorized reading and/or editing.  Computer forensics commonly look at index.dat as part of their analysis of computer use.

Removal tools

Various free programs (among them Red Button, CCleaner, and Index.dat Suite), can completely remove index.dat files until they are recreated by Windows, though CCleaner, and perhaps the others, does not delete the hidden index.dat file in the Temporary Internet Files directory, which contains a copy of the cookies that were in the Cookies directory. However, if Secure Deletion is enabled in CCleaner then this will effectively wipe the contents of this file although the size will continue to increase with use.

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External links
Windows Networking Team blog about Index.dat (followup Q&A)
How to remove index.dat (Site has broken links and the info is outdated)
A Cleanup API for Windows - details on how to delete index.dat files
 Windows 'index.dat' Parser  command-line tool for Windows, Linux, Mac OS-X

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Q: LNK2019: unresolved extrenal symbol when using std::ifstream I have a problem with using std::ifstream in c++. I'm using Visual Studio 2019. Every time I want to initialize the std::ifstream object it gives me these errors:
file: Shader.obj

LNK2019   unresolved external symbol __imp___invalid_parameter referenced in function "void * __cdecl std::_Allocate_manually_vector_aligned(unsigned int)" (??$_Allocate_manually_vector_aligned@U_Default_allocate_traits@std@@@std@@YAPAXI@Z)

LNK2019   unresolved external symbol __imp___CrtDbgReport referenced in function "void * __cdecl std::_Allocate_manually_vector_aligned(unsigned int)" (??$_Allocate_manually_vector_aligned@U_Default_allocate_traits@std@@@std@@YAPAXI@Z)

file: msvcprtd.lib(locale0_implib.obj)

LNK2019   unresolved external symbol __imp___free_dbg referenced in function "public: static void __cdecl std::_Fac_node::operator delete(void *)" (??3_Fac_node@std@@SAXPAX@Z)

LNK2019   unresolved external symbol __imp___malloc_dbg referenced in function "public: static void * __cdecl std::_Fac_node::operator new(unsigned int)" (??2_Fac_node@std@@SAPAXI@Z)

Shader.h
#pragma once

#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <string>

#include <GLFW/glfw3.h>
#include <glm/vec3.hpp>
#include <glm/vec4.hpp>
#include <glm/mat4x4.hpp>
#include <glm/gtc/matrix_transform.hpp>
#include <glm/gtc/type_ptr.hpp>

class Shader
{
private:
    /* some code */
public:
    /* some code */
    void setSourceFile(const std::string& filename);
}

Shader.cpp
#include "Shader.h"

/* some code */

void Shader::setSourceFile(const std::string& filename)
{
    std::ifstream* shaderFile = new std::ifstream();
}

These errors remains even if i run just std::ifstream shaderFile(); and even after passing arguments to the constructor. When I comment this, the program builds properly.

A: The problem was that I have linked some realease libraries(glew32.lib and glfw32.lib) mixed with debug libraries. So in Project Properties->Linker->General I have changed Additional Library Directories to the debug libraries and in Linker->Input changed the file names.
Thanks @drescherjm and @1201ProgramAlarm for advices!


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Summer time will give your home a hot temperature, which you should be ready. Your air conditioners will have a huge contribution to your coziness during summer time. Relaxing on your garden furniture with your family will be so much fun, too. You should be able to breathe properly inside your home by removing unimportant things, making your home a fresher one, especially when the sunlight will illuminate your beautiful furniture. Aside from all of those, one good improvement that will not cause a lot is by having good windows. You can refrain having a house that has a hot temperature by putting good window films, which are made in order to control the light from the outside.
.Your home should also not experience too much cold during winter, which is why you need to have a good insulation Insulation installment is more expensive during pick season, which means it is better to install one during summer. You will never sleep with cold feet again with the help of a good insulation.
There is no need for you to put your unnecessary things in your garage, which cause a lot of mess, if you consider installing new storages. By cleaning your messy closet, renovating your small garage, and installing good shelves, you can put your things in place, making your home more breathable.


Tomorrow and Thursday I will be presenting a paper on dog safety in children at the 2017 BSAS Annual Conference (#BSAS2017). This paper is the result of research done with one of my recent final year undergraduates, Evie Nyari. The paper can be found here, and will be presented as a poster (click to download PDF version). It has been three years since I have been at BSAS, so I'm looking forward to it!