For those curious about the life and context behind the music, there are two ways to approach a composer with such a rich life and a diverse musical output such as Bach: the first is through a biography, which tells a linear story of the man, his music, his family and his times. We can follow his life through the different cities in which he lived, and look at his music chronologically, seeing how he built on each stage of his life to create increasingly complex and beautiful music.The other way, which is apparent in a book like the Oxford Composer Companion to Bach, is the artificial, yet none the less useful method of providing information in encyclopedic form. Here, there is no chronology, but each name, each work, each city and episode in his life is listed in alphabetical order. Granted, for readers approaching Bach's life for the first time, a biography would likely be more useful and efficient. Yet browsing a book like this, allowing chance to take over as you flip from page to page, yields a unique glimpse of Bach's life and music.
I must confess to being a book-lover, and, especially, a dictionary lover. I enjoy browsing encyclopedias and dictionaries, and have bookcases full of them. (I can trace this back to when I was about 8 years old, and my mother won an encyclopedia on the television game show, Jeopardy. I recall with great pleasure the afternoons spend leafing through the 20 volumes of that storehouse of knowledge.) While not all people may share this passion, those who do, and who are interested in Bach, will find this book to be ideal.
With entries on people, places, instruments, and, of course, all of Bach's works, this book contains everything you could want to know about Bach's life and music, and then some. Leaping from entry to entry, one can wander through an explanation of Suites to read about Minuets, how they are played Alternativement, questions of rhythm, and how Bach treats these questions. Each place Bach lived incites the reader to explore the entries for the works he composed there and the musicians he met and worked with. With more than 600 pages, this encyclopedia of all things Bach, with entries by more than thirty of the world's most esteemed Bach scholars, will delight all true lovers of his music.
Bach's key works are treated in longer articles, but there are many entries that deal with general musical questions and instruments. The book also has entries for each of Bach's cantatas (something no other currently available book has) as well as a full listing of Bach's works in an appendix.
I cannot praise this book too highly – it is the book I refer to the most when curious about any aspect of Bach's life and works, and it belongs on the shelves of all Bach-lovers.
"Everything begins in mystique and ends in politics," said French poet Charles Péguy. This sentence, which begins chapter 11 of The Rest is Noise, may sum up the entire book, and the music of the twentieth century. Alex Ross, music critic for the New Yorker (and blogger: his web site is also called The Rest is Noise ) has written a comprehensive study of classical music after the 19th century, which looks less at the music itself than at the political and social context surrounding composers, as well as their inter-relations. Not that the music doesn't count, but Ross focuses more on the "why" than the "what".
Beginning with Richard Strauss conducting Salome in 1906, an event that "illuminated a musical world on the verge of traumatic change," Ross sketches out the complex history of modern music. In what, at times, is more a series of articles than a single coherent narrative, Ross looks at all the main currents of musical thought and fashion, and gives the reader an excellent understanding of why certain composers wrote the music they did. For music does not exist in a vacuum; it depends on the cultural context of the times. Modernism didn't just happen overnight, but can be seen as an organic result of what came before. From Wagner to Mahler, the seeds of twentieth-century music had been sprouting before the beginning of the century. Of course, no arbitrary boundary, such as a date, can separate musical styles, and Ross shows just how music evolved around the cusp of the twentieth century.Ross flits around in time and space, grouping composers by location and affinity, sometimes going forward, sometimes moving backwards in time, to give a bird's-eye-view of the music that was being created. From Germany to France, from the United States to Russia, he looks at the many styles of classical (as well as, briefly, jazz and rock) that grew and morphed into the next style. Yet to this reader, something strange results from this type of analysis. This narrative suggests just how much this music depended on fashions, fads, on the desire, among some composers, to be different for difference's sake (it "begins in mystique and ends in politics"). While I appreciate much music of this period, I remain perplexed by the respect given to, for example, severe atonal music, which offers no satisfaction to the listener.
Reading Ross, I get the feeling that much of this music was created more as a counterpoint to other, earlier tonal forms of music, and less out of some desire to write music that pleases. With a variety of systems and gimmicks, many composers simply let the music write itself: Schönberg, perhaps, with his twelve-tone series, or Cage, with his embracing of randomness, are two such examples. Reading about the systems and tricks of these and other composers does not make me want to hear what they wrote.
At times, Ross tries to actually describe the music he is discussing. This is strange; reading something like, "The viola offers wide-ranging, rising-and-falling phrases," or, "the strings play restlessly swirling lines while the brass carve out the whole-tone chords." He also gives blow-blow descriptions of some works, such as Britten's Peter Grimes and Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring. In a way, this is like describing the color blue to a blind person; there's no way to give an impression from music through words on a page. And that's probably the weakest part of this book: even though it's not intended to make you hear music, you simply want to as you read about all these different composers. Ross has included a playlist at the end of the book, Suggested Listening (unfortunately hidden between the notes and index), and his web site contains excerpts from many works that you can listen to.
Ross's writing shines when he writes about the few composers who, if pages are any indication, seem to move him most: Sibelius, Shostakovitch and Britten. These three get much deeper treatment than others, with Sibelius especially getting a thirty-page biographical essay. (This could be seen as anachronistic, since Sibelius's music, while being written in the twentieth century, is certainly rooted in the 19th.) His analysis of music during Nazi Germany, and during the United States in the Cold War period, are especially interesting for their historical information. Yet sometimes it seems that the politics is more important than the music, and, without hearing what's being discussed, this analysis becomes academic.
At times, it's not clear how much Ross actually likes the music he's writing about; he is very detached, and gives few qualitative opinions. But it's clear that he knows his subject, down to the details, and the interesting juxtapositions of biography and politics make this an extremely interesting read, especially to understand these composers in context. This is a long book, but, at times, I wished it were longer. Ross, on his blog, mentioned how much had to be cut from his manuscript, and it's a shame that there's not more. Especially since some composers get short shrift, or are ignored entirely. Charles Ives, perhaps one of America's most unique composers, gets just a couple of pages, and such names as Vaughan Williams, Walton and Hovhaness barely get a mention. He also manages to totally ignore the vibrant musical culture of twentieth-century Scandinavia, which has seen, since Sibelius, a number of world-class composers.
Nevertheless, this book is a delightful read, and it deserves a place on the shelves of any music-lover who is interested in the history of the twentieth century and how it influenced music. While it's only words about music, it can help listeners understand the complex relationships between composers and their times. After reading this, it's time to go out and listen.
Note: on September 23, it was announced that Alex Ross received a MacArthur Foundation "genius" grant. Congrats!
For nearly thirty years, I've been a fan of The Durutti Column, the name used by multi-instrumentalist, singer and composer Vini Reilly. I discovered The Return of the Durutti Column, Vini's first album, back in 1980, shortly after it was released, and was immediately hooked. His combination of catchy melodies, his unique style of guitar playing, and his laconic voice give his music a tone that is his alone. So as, each year or so, a new Durutti Column album comes out, I buy it unhesitatingly.
Vini Reilly can be said to repeat himself; but that's part of the charm of each Durutti Column album. The first track, a heart-rending acoustic guitar piece called "Glimpse", is a reworking of a few early Durutti Column melodies, but is played with such delicacy and beauty, that it makes me melt. The first five tracks on this album are instrumentals, several featuring themes and riffs from earlier works, and the sixth track is a rhythm-box version of "Never Known", a great old song from the 1981 disc LC. I've never been a big fan of Vini's "electronicized" music, such as his Obey the Time album, but the song works well. "Ananda" is a beautiful piano-based track, written and performed by Poppy Morgan, with "intrusive guitar" by Vini. "Head Glue" is a very languid duet sung by Vini and XXXX, and "Demo for Gathering Dust" is, as its title suggests, a version of a song on the Idiots Savants disc released last year, in which Vini shows off his acoustic guitar skills (though it gets a bit vague near the end as he riffs out on chords). "Cup a Soup Romance" is another guitar instrumental, and "Grief" is a solo piano piece.
All in all, another beautiful album from Vini Reilly. In a way, though, the three songs with vocals don't really fit with the other eight tracks; this album would have been a bit more satisfying as an instrumental-only disc. But there's not a weak song on it, and I'd recommend it to all, fans of The Durutti Column or newcomers.


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Trucker who caused fiery I-70 pileup that…
Trucker who caused fiery I-70 pileup that killed 4 is found guilty of vehicular homicide
Jury finds Rogel Aguilera-Mederos guilty on 27 counts, acquits him on 15 additional charges
Four people died in a fiery crash on I-70 near Colorado Mills Parkway that shut down the highway in both directions on April 25, 2019.
PUBLISHED: October 15, 2021 at 5:15 p.m. | UPDATED: October 18, 2021 at 6:25 a.m.
Rogel Lazaro Aguilera-Mederos
The driver of a semitrailer who barreled down Interstate 70 with failing brakes, slamming into stopped traffic in Lakewood and killing four people in a fiery 28-car pileup, was convicted Friday of more than two dozen criminal charges including vehicular homicide.
Rogel Aguilera-Mederos, 25, faces decades in prison when he's sentenced in December after jurors largely agreed with Jefferson County prosecutors, who argued during the nearly three-week trial that the trucker's loss of control on April 25, 2019, was a crime — not an accident.
"This is the result of the defendant doing anything but caring about others that were on the road that day," Deputy District Attorney Kayla Wildeman said during closing arguments Friday morning, telling jurors that Aguilera-Mederos displayed extreme indifference.
The crash killed Miguel Angel Lamas Arellano, 24, William Bailey, 67, Doyle Harrison, 61, and Stanley Politano, 69. Six others were injured.
After deliberating for more than six hours, the jury found Aguilera-Mederos guilty on four counts of vehicular homicide, six counts of first-degree assault, 10 counts of attempted first-degree assault, four counts of careless driving causing death, two counts of vehicular assault and one count of reckless driving.
The jurors, however, acquitted Aguilera-Mederos on an additional 15 counts of attempted first-degree assault.
Several jurors and members of the victims' families declined to discuss the verdict with The Denver Post, as did representatives of the First Judicial District Attorney's Office.
Two men and two women who were in the courtroom to support Aguilera-Mederos hugged him before he was taken into custody. He is scheduled to be sentenced on Dec. 13.
On the day of the crash, Aguilera-Mederos drove his semitrailer full of lumber down I-70 at speeds in excess of 85 mph, forcing other vehicles off the road before smashing into standstill traffic under a bridge near Colorado Mills Parkway in Lakewood. He passed and failed to use a runaway truck ramp, and was aware that he was losing his brakes, prosecutors said.
The crash sparked fires as the lumber on Aguilera-Mederos' truck ignited, with temperatures on the highway reaching more than 2,500 degrees, authorities said. That portion of the interstate remained closed for more than 24 hours.
"This is the result of the defendant pulling over near Berthoud Pass because his brakes were smoking away, but he chose to get back in that truck and keep driving," Wildeman told the jury.
Aguilera-Mederos testified this week that, as he descended into the metro area with his brakes failing, he attempted to hit the edge of a parked 18-wheeler's trailer to slow down, then tried to steer toward a space between the stopped traffic.
"But once I hit it, I was unable to control anything," he testified. "I thought, 'Dear God, don't let anything bad happen.' At the moment of my impact, I closed my eyes and I hugged the wheel."
In his closing argument, defense attorney James Colgan described Aguilera-Mederos as an inexperienced driver who became overwhelmed by the situation and made the best decisions he could. He discounted prosecutors' attempts to portray Aguilera-Mederos' actions as extreme indifference — a legal qualification for some of the charges — and said the driver was guilty of "frankly negligence at best."
"They would have you believe that we have a killer sitting in this courtroom," Colgan said. "They say he's a killer. He's not a killer. He's a flawed human being. Yes, he's made mistakes in his life, absolutely. But he is not a killer."
In fact, Colgan argued, Aguilera-Mederos was as traumatized by the events of that day as many of the others caught up in the crash.
"He was as much a victim of an accident in the sense that it came upon him without warning, without any kind of indication of what he could do," the defense attorney said, "and he was overwhelmed by the circumstances."
But Wildeman, the prosecutor, reminded the jury that, in the end, the trucker was "a lot more experienced than he wants you to believe," and that his bad decisions "took four members out of our community."
Denver Post reporter Kieran Nicholson contributed to this report.
Updated 6:30 p.m. Oct. 15, 2021 This story has been updated to correct the number of guilty counts.

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Fourteen-year-old Michael was playing football in gym class one day when he hurt his knee unexpectedly.
"I went for a catch and jumped, but the way I landed was all messed up. My whole knee collapsed," he says.
For the next few days, Michael had difficulty performing strenuous activities. When his pediatrician's X-ray revealed no apparent problems with his knee, Michael's mother Ana took him to see Randolph Cohen, MD, pediatric orthopaedic surgeon and pediatric sports medicine expert.
"We'd heard that Dr. Cohen had a great reputation for treating knee injuries, and when we met him for the first time, we also liked his way of putting us at ease," she says.
According to an MRI, Michael had torn his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) from the impact of his awkward landing on the football field. Dr. Cohen recommended surgical reconstruction and took the time to explain to Michael and his mother exactly how the procedure would be performed so they would have a clear picture of what to expect.
Throughout the operation at Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital, Dr. Cohen kept the parents informed. While Michael's parents waited for him to come out of surgery, Dr. Cohen made a point of visiting with them several times to give them updates on their son's condition. Louis, Michael's father, says those updates were very reassuring.
After the successful operation came several months of intense physical therapy to restore strength to the ACL. Fortunately, Michael had someone to mentor him at home. His father had undergone ACL surgery several years ago and knew exactly what Michael was going through. Together they talked about the importance of following the prescribed regimen for maximum benefit.
With encouragement from his father, Dr. Cohen and his physical therapists, Michael was able to persevere and regain full use of his knee in about four months.
Now that his injury is no longer an issue, Michael, now 15, says he is excited about exploring the limits of his potential in karate, a sport he has practiced for three years. Currently a blue belt, he is eager to pick up some new skills and advance to a higher level, using the intensity of focus that he acquired during his recovery from surgery.


Mar. 20, 2013 7:00 p.m.
B.C. Transit shelled out between 60 and 70 hours of overtime pay daily for more than a month to catch up to a backlog in bus repairs.
Greater Victoria transit service is now operating at service not seen since last October, when drivers and mechanics were banned from working overtime during labour negotiations.
"Our collective agreement with the union was signed Jan. 22, so our mechanics worked through most of February and into March," said Meribeth Burton, B.C. Transit spokeswoman.
Plus, there are now 42 mechanics employed by the Crown corporation in its two garages, she added.
B.C. Transit began issuing service delays on its website and on Twitter during negotiations, a practice that will continue thanks to updates at its communications centre, Burton said.


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Common Name: Myrtle
Myrtus communis is an evergreen shrub that can grow up to 4.50 metres tall.
It is harvested from the wild for local use as a food, medicine and source of materials.
Trees and Shrubs Hardy in Great Britain. Vol 1 - 4 and Supplement.
Bean. W.
A classic with a wealth of information on the plants, but poor on pictures.
Flora Europaea
An immense work in 6 volumes (including the index). The standard reference flora for Europe, it is very terse though and with very little extra information. Not for the casual reader.
S. Europe to W. Asia.
Scrub, avoiding calcareous soils[
Edibility Rating
Habit Evergreen Shrub
Growth Rate Medium
Pollinators Bees
Succeeds in any reasonably good soil so long as it is well-drained[
]. Prefers a moderately fertile well-drained neutral to alkaline loam in a sunny position[
Encyclopaedia of Herbs and their Uses.
Bown. D.
Dorling Kindersley, London.
0-7513-020-31
A very well presented and informative book on herbs from around the globe. Plenty in it for both the casual reader and the serious student. Just one main quibble is the silly way of having two separate entries for each plant.
]. Succeeds in dry soils.
A very ornamental plant[
], when fully dormant it is hardy to between -10 and -15°c[
Shrubs.
Phillips. R. & Rix. M.
Excellent photographs and a terse description of 1,900 species and cultivars.
], so long as it is sheltered from cold drying winds[
], though it does withstand quite considerable maritime exposure[
Plants for a Future
Ken Fern
Notes from observations, tasting etc at Plants For A Future and on field trips.
]. The young growth in spring can be damaged by late frosts. This species does not succeed outdoors in the colder parts of Britain[
Shrubs for the Milder Counties.
Arnold-Forster.
Trees and shrubs that grow well in Cornwall and other mild areas of Britain. Fairly good, a standard reference book.
A moderately fast-growing plant when young but soon slowing with age[
Climbers and Wall Shrubs.
Davis. B.
Viking.
Contains information on 2,000 species and cultivars, giving details of cultivation requirements. The text is terse but informative.
There are a number of named varieties[
Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants.
Facciola. S.
Kampong Publications
0-9628087-0-9
Excellent. Contains a very wide range of conventional and unconventional food plants (including tropical) and where they can be obtained (mainly N. American nurseries but also research institutes and a lot of other nurseries from around the world.
]. 'Tarentina' with narrow small leaves is hardier than the type and is especially wind-resistant[
Ornamental Shrubs, Climbers and Bamboos.
Thomas. G. S.
Contains a wide range of plants with a brief description, mainly of their ornamental value but also usually of cultivation details and varieties.
], 'Microphylla' is a dwarf form and 'Leucocarpa' has white berries[
Myrtle is often cultivated in the Mediterranean[
Encyclopaedia of Medicinal Plants.
Chiej. R.
Covers plants growing in Europe. Also gives other interesting information on the plants. Good photographs.
], where the plant is regarded as a symbol of love and peace[
Flowers of the Mediterranean.
Polunin. O. and Huxley. A.
Hogarth Press
A very readable pocket flora that is well illustrated. Gives some information on plant uses.
] and is much prized for use in wedding bouquets[
]. The foliage is strongly aromatic[
The plant is cultivated commercially in N. africa as a source of an essential oil[
The National Non-Food Crops Centre Crop Database
http://www.nnfcc.co.uk/crops/pd.cfm
An excellent on-line information source, with information on over 100 species (as of 2006) of plants being investigated as bio-crops.
Any pruning is best carried out in the spring[
Plants in this genus are notably resistant to honey fungus[
Fruit - raw or cooked[
Sturtevant's Edible Plants of the World.
Hedrick. U. P.
Lots of entries, quite a lot of information in most entries and references.
Tanaka's Cyclopedia of Edible Plants of the World.
Tanaka. T. & Nakao S.
Keigaku Publishing; Tokyo
The most comprehensive list of edible plants I've come across. Only the briefest entry for each species, though, and some of the entries are more than a little dubious. Not for the casual reader.
]. The fruit has an aromatic flavour[
Scented Flora of the World.
Genders. R.
Robert Hale. London.
An excellent, comprehensive book on scented plants giving a few other plant uses and brief cultivation details. There are no illustrations.
], it can be eaten fresh when ripe or can be dried and is then used as an aromatic food flavouring, especially in the Middle East[
Dictionary of Economic Plants.
Uphof. J. C. Th.
An excellent and very comprehensive guide but it only gives very short descriptions of the uses without any details of how to utilize the plants. Not for the casual reader.
]. It can also be made into an acid drink[
Herbs of Greece.
Niebuhr. A. D.
Herb Society of America.
A pleasant little book about Greek herbs.
]. The fruit is about 8mm in diameter[
The leaves are used as a flavouring in cooked savoury dishes[
The dried fruits and flower buds are used to flavour sauces, syrups etc[
An essential oil from the leaves and twigs is used as a condiment, especially when mixed with other spices[
In Italy the flower buds are eaten[
]. The flowers have a sweet flavour and are used in salads[
The leaves are aromatic, balsamic, haemostatic and tonic[
]. Recent research has revealed a substance in the plant that has an antibiotic action[
]. The active ingredients in myrtle are rapidly absorbed and give a violet-like scent to the urine within 15 minutes[
]. The leaves are used in the treatment of cardiac diseases, hypertension, diabetes, digestive diseases and allergy[
Antileishmanial potential of medicinal plant extracts from the North-West of Morocco
Abdelhakim Bouyahya; Abdeslam Et-Touys; Nadia Dakka; Hajiba
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bjbas.2017.06.003
]. The plant is taken internally in the treatment of urinary infections, digestive problems, vaginal discharge, bronchial congestion, sinusitis and dry coughs[
The Encyclopedia of Medicinal Plants
Chevallier. A.
Dorling Kindersley. London
An excellent guide to over 500 of the more well known medicinal herbs from around the world.
]. In India it is considered to be useful in the treatment of cerebral affections, especially epilepsy[
Glossary of Indian Medicinal Plants (Including the Supplement).
Chopra. R. N., Nayar. S. L. and Chopra. I. C.
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi.
Very terse details of medicinal uses of plants with a wide range of references and details of research into the plants chemistry. Not for the casual reader.
Externally, the plant is used in the treatment of acne (the essential oil is normally used here), wounds, gum infections and haemorrhoids[
]. The leaves are picked as required and used fresh or dried[
An essential oil obtained from the plant is antiseptic[
]. It contains the substance myrtol - this is used as a remedy for gingivitis[
]. The oil is used as a local application in the treatment of rheumatism[
The fruit is carminative[
]. It is used in the treatment of dysentery, diarrhoea, haemorrhoids, internal ulceration and rheumatism[
The leaves have shown antibacterial antioxidant, antigenotoxic and hypoglycemic activities[
The plant is very tolerant of regular clipping[
] and can be grown as a hedge in the milder parts of Britain[
The Milder Garden.
Taylor. J.
A good book on plants that you didn't know could be grown outdoors in Britain.
An essential oil from the bark, leaves and flowers is used in perfumery, soaps and skin-care products[
Lilies - Their Culture and Management.
Woodcock. and Coutts.
A classic, but dated. Deals with the genus Lilium.
]. It has a warm, woody odour[
]. An average yield of 10g of oil is obtained from 100 kilos of leaves[
A perfumed water, known as 'eau d'ange', is obtained from the flowers[
A high quality charcoal is made from the wood[
Wood - hard, elastic, very fine grained. Used for walking sticks, tool handles, furniture etc[
Pre-soak the seed for 24 hours in warm water and then sow it in late winter in a greenhouse. Prick out the seedlings into individual pots as soon as they are large enough to handle and grow them on in the greenhouse for at least their first winter. Plant them out into their permanent positions in late spring or early summer, after the last expected frosts[
Cuttings of half-ripe wood, 7 - 10cm with a heel, mid summer in a frame. Pot up in the autumn and overwinter in a cold frame. Plant out in late spring. High percentage[
Propagation of Trees, Shrubs and Conifers.
Sheat. W. G.
MacMillan and Co
A bit dated but a good book on propagation techniques with specific details for a wide range of plants.
Cuttings of mature wood of the current seasons growth, 7 - 12cm with a heel, late autumn in a shaded and frost free frame. Plant out in late spring or early autumn. High percentage[
Layering.
Cite as: Temperate Plants Database, Ken Fern. temperate.theferns.info. 2023-01-27. <temperate.theferns.info/plant/Myrtus+communis>
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Q: Fixing the width of a subplot in matplotlib I'm trying to fix the width of one of the subplots to a fixed value. The issue comes from the fact that I'm combining ax.imshow() and ax.plot in the same column of plots and I'd like my plots to have the same width so that they line up on both sides, since they should share the x axis. to complicate things, the ax.imshow() also has a colorbar, which I introduced with ax.figure.colorbar() and that needs to be ignored when talking about the width of the plot. So far the only way I managed to make it work is by inserting values for ax.set_aspect() manually, but it takes a long time to get it right by trial and error.
I won't bore you with the details, especially because the code is a bit too long, but I'll include it here for completeness, hoping that it won't cause too much confusion. You won't be able to run it yourself unfortunately, since I'm only including the plotting part of the code.
Thanks in advance for your help.

df_spec = pd.read_csv(path + spec_name, header=spec_header, skipfooter=3)
df_spec['EPOCH_yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss.sssZ'] = pd.to_datetime(df_spec['EPOCH_yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss.sssZ'], format = '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%fZ')

dates_list = df_spec['EPOCH_yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss.sssZ'].to_list()
x_lims_ = [dates_list[0].timestamp(), dates_list[-1].timestamp()]
x_lims = list(map(dt.datetime.fromtimestamp, x_lims_))
x_lims = mdates.date2num(x_lims)

y_lims0 = np.linspace(1075, 13825, 100)
y_lims1 = np.linspace(20, 1040, 100)
y_lims2 = np.linspace(4, 245, 100)

@plt.FuncFormatter
def fake_log(x, pos):
    'The two args are the value and tick position'
    return round(10**x) #r'$10^{%.2f}$' % (x)

df_spec = df_spec.set_index('EPOCH_yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss.sssZ')
df_spec = df_spec[df_spec.columns[::-1]].T

df_spec0 = df_spec.iloc[353:-1, :]
df_spec1 = df_spec.iloc[95:353, :]
df_spec2 = df_spec.iloc[0:95, :]

date_format = mdates.DateFormatter('%H:%M:%S')
locator = mdates.HourLocator([4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9])

fig, ax = plt.subplots(6, 1, figsize=(15,20))

for a in ax:
    a.set_anchor('W')

for a in ax:
    a.patch.set_facecolor('black')

im = ax[0].imshow(df_spec0, norm=colors.LogNorm(), cmap=cm.inferno, extent = [x_lims[0], x_lims[1],  np.log10(y_lims0[0]), np.log10(y_lims0[-1])], aspect='auto')

ax[0].figure.colorbar(im, ax=ax[0])
ax[0].xaxis.set(major_formatter=date_format, major_locator=locator)
ax[0].tick_params(bottom = False)
ax[0].set_xticks([])
ax[0].yaxis.set_major_formatter(fake_log)
ax[0].yaxis.set_major_locator(MaxNLocator(5))
ax[0].set_yticks(np.log10(np.array([2000, 5000, 10000])))

im = ax[1].imshow(df_spec1, norm=colors.LogNorm(), cmap=cm.inferno, extent = [x_lims[0], x_lims[1],  np.log10(y_lims1[0]), np.log10(y_lims1[-1])], aspect='auto')

ax[1].figure.colorbar(im, ax=ax[1])
ax[1].xaxis.set(major_formatter=date_format, major_locator=locator)
ax[1].tick_params(bottom = False)
ax[1].set_xticks([])
ax[1].yaxis.set_major_formatter(fake_log)
ax[1].yaxis.set_major_locator(MaxNLocator(5))
ax[1].set_yticks(np.log10(np.array([20, 50, 100, 200, 500, 1000])))

im = ax[2].imshow(df_spec2, norm=colors.LogNorm(), cmap=cm.inferno, extent = [x_lims[0], x_lims[1],  np.log10(y_lims2[0]), np.log10(y_lims2[-1])], aspect='auto')

ax[2].figure.colorbar(im, ax=ax[2])
ax[2].xaxis.set(major_formatter=date_format, major_locator=locator)
ax[2].tick_params(bottom = False)
ax[2].set_xticks([])
ax[2].yaxis.set_major_formatter(fake_log)
ax[2].yaxis.set_major_locator(MaxNLocator(5))
ax[2].set_yticks(np.log10(np.array([10, 20, 50, 100, 200])))

#second set of images

df1 = pd.read_csv(path + f1_name, header=f1_header, skipfooter=3)
df1['EPOCH_yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss.sssZ'] = pd.to_datetime(df1['EPOCH_yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss.sssZ'], format = '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%fZ')

df2 = pd.read_csv(path + f2_name, header=f2_header, skipfooter=3)
df2['EPOCH_yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss.sssZ'] = pd.to_datetime(df2['EPOCH_yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss.sssZ'], format = '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%fZ')

df3 = pd.read_csv(path + f3_name, header=f3_header, skipfooter=3)
df3['EPOCH_yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss.sssZ'] = pd.to_datetime(df3['EPOCH_yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss.sssZ'], format = '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%fZ')

i1, i2, i3 = 1, 1, 1
energies1 = [27, 40, 66, 108, 181, 310, 517]
energies2 = list(reversed(list(np.array([6, 7, 9, 13, 18, 27, 41, 65, 103, 164, 264, 426, 689, 1113])*1e-3)))
energies3 = list(reversed([0.137, 0.2, 0.29, 0.43, 0.64, 0.92, 1.34, 1.95, 2.85, 4.16, 6.08, 6.87, 12.97, 18.9, 27]))

#fig, ax = plt.subplots(3, 1, figsize=(10,10))
while i1 < 8 :
    ax[5].plot(df1.iloc[:, 0], df1.iloc[:, i1], c=cm.rainbow([50*i1]))
    ax[5].vlines(arrival_time(energies1[i1-1]), 0,0.3, color=cm.rainbow([50*i1]), label = str(energies1[i1-1]) + ' keV')
    ax[5].set_xlim(df3.iloc[0, 0], df3.iloc[-1, 0])
    ax[5].set_yscale("log")
    plt.gcf().autofmt_xdate()
    i1 += 1

while i2 < 15 :
    ax[3].plot(df2.iloc[:, 0], df2.iloc[:, i2], c=cm.rainbow([20*i2]), label = str(round(energies2[i2-1]*1e3)) + ' eV')
    ax[3].vlines(arrival_time(energies2[i2-1]), 0,4e8, color=cm.rainbow([20*i2]))
    ax[3].set_xlim(df3.iloc[0, 0], df3.iloc[-1, 0])
    ax[3].set_yscale("log")
    i2 += 1

while i3 < 15 :
    ax[4].plot(df3.iloc[:, 0], df3.iloc[:, i3], c=cm.rainbow([20*i3]), label = str(round(energies3[i3-1]*1e3)) + ' eV')
    ax[4].vlines(arrival_time(energies3[i3-1]), 0,1e5, color=cm.rainbow([20*i3]))
    ax[4].set_xlim(df3.iloc[0, 0], df3.iloc[-1, 0])
    ax[4].set_yscale("log")
    i3 += 1

fig.tight_layout()

# bigger aspect ratio means shorter plot (and viceversa)
ax[3].set_aspect(0.00574) # 2002-04-25: 0.00646
ax[4].set_aspect(0.004899) # 2002-04-25: 0.00684
ax[5].set_aspect(0.006865) # 2002-04-25: 0.01415

ax[4].set_ylim(None, 8e4)
ax[3].set_ylim(top=3e8)
ax[5].set_ylim(top=0.2)
ax[3].legend(loc='upper left', bbox_to_anchor=(1, 1),fontsize = 11)
ax[4].legend(loc='upper left', bbox_to_anchor=(1, 1),fontsize = 11)
ax[5].legend(loc='upper left', bbox_to_anchor=(1, 1),fontsize = 11)
ax[5].set_xlabel('UT', fontsize = 20)
ax[1].set_ylabel('Frequency [kHz]', fontsize = 20)
ax[4].set_ylabel('Eletrons $cm^{-2} ster^{-1} s^{-1} eV^{-1}$', fontsize = 20)
plt.show()

plt.savefig(path + "Spec_Plot_2002_04_25", bbox_inches='tight')

A: You may want to try layout='compressed':
fig, axs = plt.subplots(2, 1, sharex=True, figsize=(10, 4),
                        layout='compressed')

x = np.arange(10)
y = np.random.randn(10)

axs[0].plot(x, y)

im = axs[1].imshow(np.random.randn(10, 10), extent=[0, 10, 0, 10])
fig.colorbar(im, ax=axs[1], shrink=0.5)

plt.show()

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from itertools import islice
from operator import attrgetter

from indico.modules.events import Event
from indico.modules.events.agreements.util import get_agreement_definitions
from indico.web.http_api import HTTPAPIHook
from indico.web.http_api.responses import HTTPAPIError

@HTTPAPIHook.register
class AgreementExportHook(HTTPAPIHook):
    TYPES = ('agreements',)
    RE = r'(?P<agreement_type>[^/]+)/(?P<event_id>\w+)'
    MAX_RECORDS = {}
    GUEST_ALLOWED = False
    VALID_FORMATS = ('json', 'jsonp', 'xml')

    def _getParams(self):
        super()._getParams()
        type_ = self._pathParams['agreement_type']
        try:
            self._definition = get_agreement_definitions()[type_]
        except KeyError:
            raise HTTPAPIError('No such agreement type', 404)
        self.event = Event.get(self._pathParams['event_id'], is_deleted=False)
        if self.event is None:
            raise HTTPAPIError('No such event', 404)

    def _has_access(self, user):
        return self._definition.can_access_api(user, self.event)

    def export_agreements(self, user):
        sent_agreements = {a.identifier: a for a in self.event.agreements.filter_by(type=self._definition.name)}
        for person in islice(sorted(self._definition.get_people(self.event).values(),
                                    key=attrgetter('name', 'identifier')),
                             self._offset, self._offset + self._limit):
            agreement = sent_agreements.get(person.identifier)
            data = {
                'event_id': self.event.id,
                'identifier': person.identifier,
                'sent': agreement is not None,
                'accepted': None if (not agreement or agreement.pending) else agreement.accepted,
            }
            self._definition.extend_api_data(self.event, person, agreement, data)
            yield data

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On the Rapture of Jersey Shore
A commonly held belief states that the monotheistic God at the core of Christianity, Islam and Judaism are all the same deity, that Allah, Jehovah and Jesus, Sr. are just one dude who uses a number of noms de plume. I wonder if there is any greater proof of the validity of this belief than MTV's latest entry into the annals of television history: Jersey Shore. For Muslims, this is Allah's reward for observing the Eid al-Adha, the Feast of Sacrifice. For the Jews, it's a fitting Hanukkah present, as merely a single hour's worth of programming can entertain and baffle for at least eight nights (G-d was even so nice as to grace us with two episodes at once). And it is God's most loving Christmas gift since, well, Christ.
Jersey Shore represents MTV's attempt to create a large-scale proof of Schrödinger's Cat: by stuffing eight juiced, plastic stereotypes into a single gaudy home, can we determine that they'll have died from Axe body spray inhalation without opening the door?
It's also an interesting social experiment: had any other race or ethnicity (species may be a more appropriate term) been exclusively mined for the rough coating the diamonds, one might accuse MTV of racism and exploitation. But these people, oh these people. That they are white does not set the ethnicity back so much as jut every other race forward. With only a few seasons, Jersey Shore could at last destroy white supremacy, allowing for a racial equality that could lead to world peace.
For the Italian-Americans who comprise the cast of Jersey Shore not only fail to take offense at the slur "guido," they embrace its stereotypical tropes and posit the term as a lifestyle choice. I am reminded of John "King of the 'Burbs" Brown, semifinalist (he certainly won my heart) of VH1's similarly incisive look at the disintegration of the core human values of white people, The (White) Rapper Show, whose unfulfilled manta "Ghetto revival" swirls about the back of my throat to this day, a bitter aftertaste of empty dreams.
Jersey Shore's first two episodes announce the arrival of a deadly, otherworldly force, not unlike the clarion call preceding the opening of the Ark of the Covenant. Cameras document these eight spray-tanned, fake-breasted, 'roided-up freaks of nature as they look to this mystical house on the shore as the promised land, a land where the Rohypnol falls like rain. Their names flash upon the screen but, like a Robert Altman film, we do not immediately discern them in the foggy haze of all the hair gel, body sprays and sweat mist. They each detail their goals for the summer, though they might as well have been in the same room because everyone wants the same thing: to get drunk and laid.
Upon entering the house, the guidos come together, less a family than a herd. The building itself resembles a 21st century update of the House of Usher, its swanky but uncomfortable, "un-housebroken" look and feel an eerie reflection of its residents shiny vapidity. Appropriately, the house has no pool but does have a shallow, frothing jacuzzi. In another show, it would be a character unto itself, but true humans are overshadowed by the dramatis personae occupying this house. Reality shows tend to spin their wheels for a few weeks stripping the detritus before clear-cut crazies can be identified, but I'm already picking favorites.
Meet Jenni. Sorry, JWOWW. Sadly, she did not earn her nickname through being a dynamic World of Warcraft player, but that's neither here nor there. When she steps out of her car the first time, young Vinny (sadly present only to bitch and pout [and get pinkeye] in these first episodes) is so terrified by this subtly racist, animated Barbie doll that he runs back in the house to claim the only single bed to avoid her. JWOWW casually mentions that she has a boyfriend but that she will not restrict herself when she reaches the Mecca of douchebags, because what happens in Jersey is broadcast to millions of home viewers shall be quickly forgotten as her brain is half silicone STAYS in Jersey. Jersey Shore breaks the mold for reality casting, but if we use now-outdated forms of typecasting, JWOWW plays into the role of resident Narcissus, an admittedly redundant and meaningless classification when faced with a cast so self-absorbed that one cops to owning his own tanning booth. She may also be onto the Next Big Thing when she approaches the camera in the second episode and defiantly proclaims, "I feel like eating ham and drinking water" to fight the temptation of cheating on her boyfriend. The message may seem cryptic, but it's one of the purest expressions of hope and dedication I've ever heard, a statement equal to the entire momentum of the Obama candidacy in its refusal to be daunted and its willingness to dream.
Nicole (a.k.a. Snooki) is clearly the drunken hotmess. She drinks 'till she passes out on the first night and worries that she's given the wrong impression, at which point she decides to pout about going home. A prolonged segment involves her stumbling around the empty house -- the rest hit the baywalk of Seaside Heights like Viking raiders -- marveling at a quacking duck toy and consistently failing to realize that it is a novelty phone, even after she answers. The length that the show's producers allotted to this scene, combined with its unchanging nature, reminds me of the work of long-take maestro Bela Tarr, albeit if he suffered some sort of stroke. To my relief, her desire to leave the show was merely the perfunctory Dramatic Moment that must occur in all first episodes of reality programs, and she's in for the long haul. Her commitment pays off immediately, as she brings home a "friend" from a party so wasted he cannot watch the sunset, no...rise with her; when he vomits (set to bellyachingly hysterical metal), she comments in a voiceover that this random dope isn't paying attention to her.
And now I come to Mike, my favorite, a term I use with the caution of a parent describing a child, more so, even -- every parent has a favorite child; if they assured you they don't, it isn't you. Mike takes to calling himself "The Situation," a reference to his abs that allows him to go a-wooing merely by asking women "Do you love the Situation?" and lifting his shirt as he raises his voice to indicate that his sentence is a question. I am fully aware of reality television editing techniques (for a fantastic crash course in the subject, check out this amusing but ingenious segment by good ol' Charlie Brooker), but even if producers cut out all the failed attempts, Mike's strategy is astonishingly, tragically effective. Also, in certain lights, he looks somewhat like a beardless Mac from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (though not as much as DJ Pauly D looks like Gael Garcia Bernal if his head were half-crushed in a vice).
His abs meet their match, however, in the jubilant fist-pumping of Ronnie, the first test-tube baby formed entirely of human growth hormones. To take from The Dark Knight, the resultant clash of testosterone is what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object. At the center stands Sammi "Sweetheart," the most human of the group, an qualifier so relative I expect to see a bonus Physics credit when I check my grades after finals. Ronnie and Mike's pissing contest establishes an epic struggle in the name of love (or at least love-making), the likes of which hasn't been seen on television since the subtle play for Dawn's hand in the original Office. In one stunning moment, Ronnie tells Mike with Machiavellian menace that his "hands are gonna be in your Kool-Aid tonight," a borderline Shakespearean moment recalling Iago, the Bard's most sinister villain.
When Bruce Springsteen released his first album back in 1973, he set in motion a career that would chart the totality of the American way of life through the filter of his life on the Jersey shore. Had he started today, however, I imagine that he would not even have bothered. Springsteen is the poet laureate of the "average Joe," but a picture is worth a thousand words, and Jersey Shore allows America 24 glimpses into its future per second.
Jersey Shore is a revelation, every bit as searing as The Wire in its exposé of a subculture we all vaguely know and fear but do not understand. Where The Wire laid bare the sociopolitical constraints affecting the citizens and the officials of our decaying urban centers, though, Jersey Shore further enshrouds the enigma of the guido's life in an elliptical fog. Watching these people makes all other actions, including breathing, seem secondary. We could solve the global energy crisis just by running sponges through their hair. We could unite the Middle East in joint hatred of these buffoons, though none of us would come any closer to understanding these eight people and what they represent. But one image sticks in my mind, perhaps the ultimate summation of the "guido" lifestyle so proudly displayed by these characters: the cast assembles at the dinner table to eat some sub-Italian cuisine* (there is a shitting bottle of ketchup, for God's sake), a table littered with bottled soda drinks and crap food, its center adorned by a propped-up copy of the Holy Bible. Somewhere in New York, Martin Scorsese is retiring.
Fin d'épisode. Fin de télévision.
*Speaking of sub-Italian cuisine, let us for a moment contemplate the grand cosmic irony of Domino's Pizza, who has done its best to ruin a classic staple of Italian food, pulling its ads from the show because they felt it denigrated Italians. You and Olive Garden should be washing this show's feet, Domino's.
Labels: Jersey Shore, MTV, Reality TV
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Santa Cruz Bronson CC XX1 AXS RSV MX - 2022
If in doubt, take a Bronson out. You know what's hard about choosing what model of Santa Cruz suits you? It's having to narrow down what kind of riding you want to do. But what if you don't want to be pinned down by labels? What if you want to just be a mountain biker in the broadest sense of the word? What if you want to choose how you ride rather than what to ride? If this sounds familiar, then try a Bronson. Our demo crew have a saying, 'If in doubt, take a Bronson out'. The 150mm-travel bike can go deep on any landing and the VPP suspension design makes sure that there's no wasted energy when heading back up for another go. If you value style at speed or want to have fun feeling fast, then mixed wheels (29" up front, 27.5" out back) show that the spectrum is a loop, not opposite points on a scale. The larger front wheel provides more traction and stability that'll make you feel more confident squaring off the turns and diving for the inside lines. But a 27.5-inch tire in the rear means this bike still loves getting up on the back wheel and into the air. From flat out on the trail to fully flat over a table, each generation of Bronson rider redefines expectations of what a mountain biker is. Wheel Size: - Size X-Small: 27.5-inch - Sizes Small – X-Large: 29-inch front / 27.5-inch rear
Santa Cruz Tallboy C XT - 2022
If ever there was a gravity riders' XC bike, the Tallboy is it. The new 120mm Tallboy takes a leap further into what short-travel bikes really are capable of. With kick-ass lower-link VPP suspension, a streamlined design, the typical Santa Cruz refinement, and rather radical geometry, the Tallboy is back to being a genre-bending folk hero. Sure, 10mm more travel might only seem like one small step. But, coupled with a lower link-driven VPP suspension design, this is one giant leap for the Tallboy. It's the kind of bike that makes you sprint while going up, along, over, or down because of the maximum efficiency of the VPP design and responsive, lightweight chassis. But, because it shares the same engineering principles as our longest travel bikes, the progressive lower link-mounted shock feels equally at home doing cross-country as it does in extreme-country. Paired with a 130mm fork the new Tallboy becomes ever more appealing to riders who like to open it up. And, the geometry: that's a big part of what's going on... Established theory suggests shorter-travel bikes get ridden more slowly, therefore require steeper and more conservative geometries. In reality though, when was the last time you ever throttled back on a fun trail because you weren't on a bigger bike? ...caution to the wind and all that. So, we've done the same here and mimicked our longer travel geometry to create a bike with a 65.5-degree head-angle, generous front center, and short-offset fork, something rarely seen on a bike of this ilk. And, the radical thinking doesn't stop there. The Tallboy's short-short 430mm chainstays have +/- 10mm of rear axle adjustment to ensure riders of all sizes and styles feel equally at home. Match that to a relatively low BB (335mm and 37.5mm drop), and you've got a combo that's ready to haul into every pocket turn and launch out the other side.
Santa Cruz Nomad C S - 2022
More travel than a white van Big-mountain riding is a nomadic existence: meeting friends in far-flung car parks; pinpointing trails you're not sure are even rideable; sending the ones you know are. Shiny new bling gets battered, shattered, and bruised. That's life. That's how it should be. That's why the Nomad exists. Probably the most abused bike in our line up, every Nomad has a story to tell. But, each Nomad we've made keeps coming back for more. It's not Stockholm Syndrome, it's called sealed bearings in all pivots, a lower link grease port, shuttle guards, and free bearing replacements. Why scrap a frame when a simple bearing service can make one last a lifetime? That's our stance on sustainability at least, and it's why our carbon fiber doesn't just mean lighter, it means tough as hell backed up by a lifetime warranty and crash replacement support. There's no time for puzzling when on a road trip, either. That's why we chose 27.5 wheels as the go-to for the widest variety of riding styles and rider sizes. When peeling your bike out of the van at a new spot, your only question should be: "Is this a full-face or a half-lid kinda ride?" The 64-degree head angle and 77-degree seat angle puts you in the sweet spot when winching up to the top of a big drop-in. Meanwhile, proportional chainstay lengths mean handling is never compromised, regardless of frame size. And, when we say big travel, we're not talking about your Transit's odometer. We're talking 170mm of 38mm diameter fork and 170mm of VPP rear suspension compatible with both coil and air shocks. The details are completed by a neat mud flap to protect the rear shock, plus tidy cable routing within the frame and swingarm and rubberized DT protectors that shrug off strikes. So, van-lifers, unite. The Nomad is the kind of bike you need never worry about all summer long. Sorry we can't say the same for the locked public washrooms and parking tickets.
Santa Cruz Bronson C S MX - 2022
Santa Cruz 5010 C S - 2022
Get creative with your surroundings. The 5010 turns obstacles into features. Its nimble, poppy feel makes even the most mundane rides feel like they're loaded with features to hop, skip, and jump over. It's the kind of bike that makes new trails feel as familiar as the back of your hand. 27.5 is the fun-sized wheel size. Smaller wheels provide an ideal balance between toughness and weight saving making them the most fleet-footed (or quick fingered) whether launching logs or weaving through stumps. With its quick and agile character, the 5010 has become a go-to plaything for progressive riders the world over and the only contender on any backyard trails. It's a bike that goes harder than its vital stats may suggest. A 140mm-travel fork is paired with 130mm at the rear, the lower-link VPP configuration of which leaves you feeling there's a lot more travel at hand. And, you can choose how out of hand you want to get, as this pocket rocket fits all sizes and types of rear shocks. It's no handful, either. The relatively slack head angle makes it predictable to steer, the relatively low BB height turns like it's on tracks, and the short chainstays make this plaything easy to pick up and throw around. No matter how much of a big kid you are, the bike grows with you. We've tailored the geometry so frame size is matched to size-specific chainstay lengths and super-low standover heights make it feel (almost) like that BMX you had as a kid. Okay, perhaps that's a bit nostalgic, but the 5010's certainly a perfect gateway to the highs only proper mountain biking can offer. The 5010's balance and poise can turn any rider from cautious neophyte into a full-fledged flyer. The legendary Santa Cruz fit, finish, and quality construction make this pocket rocket tougher than a Tonka toy. Fun and games are guaranteed, and the frame and linkages come with a lifetime warranty. So don't be afraid. Roll up your sleeves, and go get creative.
Santa Cruz Tallboy C S - 2022
Santa Cruz Blur C S - 2022
Each weekend, at race venues the world over, there is one rider who gets hoisted upon the shoulders of the crowd and carried to the podium. Or at least leaves with a water bottle as their prize. And between each of those races, innumerable wannabes are putting in the hours on the rollers and in the gym all because they want to feel what it's like to take the win. They know that to beat the pack every advantage needs to be acquired. That's where the Blur fits in. We tapped into everything we've learned from years of making the highest quality carbon full-suspension bikes so that we could put as little (weight) as possible into the Blur frame. The trim frame and super-efficient Superlight suspension will be the key to translating your input into competition-beating performances. But the Blur isn't just for the short track. Two water bottle mounts within the front triangle should keep chuggers happy. And the high-quality fit, finish, and carbon construction promises multi-day racers a worry-free existence—meaning there's no fiddly proprietary parts that could leave you stranded in a Cape Epic or Breck Epic campsite. The carbon frame, while being light, is made to go the distance and as always the legendary Santa Cruz lifetime warranty and Rider Support team have got your back. The Blur isn't guaranteed to make you a race winner, but being the lightest, full-suspension carbon XC bike we've ever made (Approx 23lb as complete. Blur frame is 289g lighter than the previous model), it might be the difference between claiming first place...or just crossing the line.
Santa Cruz Bronson C R MX - 2022
Santa Cruz 5010 C R - 2022


During the harvest season ("vendemmia" into Italian) the wide range of grapes grown in the Italian vineyards becomes visible.
SENTIERI DI VINO (wine trails) discovers the less known D.o.c. and D.o.c.g. wines as well as the autochthonous grape varieties.


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FMD Outbreaks in Masvingo, Manicaland Province Lead to Death of Cattle
ZIMBABWE - Dr Unesu Hildah Ushewokunze-Obatolu, Principal Director at the Department of Livestock and Veterinary Services in Harare has reported eleven outbreaks of foot and mouth disease in Masvingo and Manicaland Province.
The outbreaks were first observed on 21 July and confirmed on 25 July after two tests - antibody detection ELISA and virus isolation - were conducted at the Central Veterinary laboratory and Botswana Vaccine Institute, respectively. While the first test resulted positive, results for the latter remain pending.
The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) received an immediate notification last week, 16 July. It has been determined that the affected population consists of cattle of varying age groups sharing the same grazing and watering points.
A total of 14,967 animals were found to be susceptible, out of which 1094 cases were reported. A total of 49 deaths took place.
The OIE reports that the outbreaks are occurring in FMD vaccination zones of the south-eastern lowveld which lies close to a national park (Gonarezhou) and wildlife conservancies. Routine vaccinations in these areas are now long overdue.
Mixing of cattle and buffaloes is being exacerbated by the shortage of grazing pastures. All the infected districts have been placed under quarantine with veterinary check-points also manned by police personnel placed at strategic areas to prevent cattle movement.
Inspections and community education campaigns are currently on-going.
Contact with infected animals at grazing/watering and contact with wild species have been narrowed down as the primary sources of the outbreaks.
Several control measures have been put in place by the OIE along with the Zimbabwean veterinary authorities.
The following map shows the locations of outbreaks:
Find out more information on foot and mouth disease by clicking here.
Health and Treatment, Policy and Regulatory, Biosecurity, General, Farmer/Worker Health & Safety, Diagnostics


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Environment Carbon Capture Storage
Carbon capture and storage (CCS): the way forward
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is broadly recognised as having the potential to play a key role in meeting climate change targets, delivering low carbon heat and power, decarbonising industry and, more recently, its ability to facilitate the net removal of CO2 from the atmosphere. However, despite this broad consensus and its technical maturity, CCS has not yet been deployed on a scale commensurate with the ambitions articulated a decade ago. Thus, in this paper we review the current state-of-the-art of CO2 capture, transport, utilisation and storage from a multi-scale perspective, moving from the global to molecular scales. In light of the COP21 commitments to limit warming to less than 2 °C, we extend the remit of this study to include the key negative emissions technologies (NETs) of bioenergy with CCS (BECCS), and direct air capture (DAC). Cognisant of the non-technical barriers to deploying CCS, we reflect on recent experience from the UK's CCS commercialisation programme and consider the commercial and political barriers to the large-scale deployment of CCS. In all areas, we focus on identifying and clearly articulating the key research challenges that could usefully be addressed in the coming decade.
Broader context
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is recognised as being vital to least cost pathways for climate change mitigation, and in particular the negative emissions technologies (NETs) that are key to limiting warming to "well below" 2C. However, it has not yet been deployed on the scale understood to be required, owing to a variety of technical, economic and commercial challenges. This paper provides a state-of-the-art update of each of these areas, and provides a perspective on how to the discipline forward, highlighting key research challenges that should be addressed over the course of the next decade. Importantly, this perspective balances scientific, policy and commercial priorities.
This paper is the third installment in a series of publications over several years in Energy & Environmental Science.1,2 The first (published in 2010) provided an introduction to CO2 capture technologies, with an overview of solvent-based chemisorption (amines and ionic liquids), carbonate looping, oxy-fuel combustion technologies, CO2 conversion and utilisation (CCU) and multi-scale process engineering of CCS.1 The second installment presented an update on developments in amine scrubbing, ionic liquids, oxy-combustion and calcium looping. New topics added in this second paper include chemical looping combustion, low temperature adsorbents, direct air capture technologies, flexible CCS operation, CO2 transport and storage, and a historical overview of the UK and EU CCS policy and legislation.2
Distinct from the previous installments, this third paper sets out to comprehensively review the state-of-the-art developments in CCS, whilst also providing a holistic perspective on the role of CCS technologies in mitigating anthropogenic climate change. We first discuss the current status of CCS development and highlight key CCS technologies that are near commercialisation phase (Section 2). Then in Section 3 we contextualise CCS technology by considering its representation and utilisation in integrated assessment models (IAMs), challenging the view that it is a "bridging technology", likely to be relevant for only a few decades. We then go on to quantify and qualify the role and value of CCS at a more granular level by evaluating the way in which CCS interacts with national scale electricity systems. This in turn helps us address the question of what service CCS provides to the electricity system, with whom is CCS competing and what technologies does CCS complement.
We then move on to consider the utility of CCS in decarbonising the industrial sector, with a focus on the key emitters – the production of iron and steel, cement and oil refining and petrochemicals. Throughout, we aim to challenge the perception that industrial CCS is uniquely costly, showing that, for example, the cost of decarbonising the refining sector is essentially "lost in the noise" of market fluctuations of the end use sectors.
Section 4 of the paper considers key post-combustion CCS technologies in detail. The purpose of this paper is not to enumerate the panoply of technologies that are available for capturing CO2. Rather, we focus on solid- and liquid-phase sorbents, and attempt to specify key research questions that need to be address in these areas. We then select three particularly promising alternative technologies for CCS in Section 5: chemical looping combustion, membranes and ionic liquids.
It is well known that the thermophysical and kinetic properties of the sorbents used for CO2 capture dictate both the capital and operating cost of the processes in which they are used. For this reason, there is a concerted effort to rationally design new sorbent materials, with the bulk of the effort in the development of liquid sorbents, where available theories are more readily applied. Thus, we present an assessment of SAFT-based approaches to model and design new materials in Section 6, with a focus on how efforts at the molecular and process scales might be linked.
Before CO2 can be safely and reliably sequestered, it must be transported from source to sink. Whilst the majority of studies assume pipeline transport, ship and rail transport are potential alternatives; these other transport options are discussed in Section 7. Similarly, despite the fact that CO2 transport by pipeline is exceptionally mature, the impact of capturing CO2 from a diverse set of power and industrial sources on the quality of CO2 being transported is sufficiently important to warrant careful consideration.
The typical fate of CO2 is to be sequestered, either in a saline aquifer or, potentially, used for enhanced oil recovery (EOR). The various challenges of operation, monitoring and verification of CO2 storage are discussed in Section 8, whereas Section 9 discusses CO2-EOR. A potential alternative to the storage of CO2 is its re-use – the valorisation of CO2 to produce marketable compounds. The argument is sometimes made that this can both contribute to climate change mitigation and provide an attractive revenue stream. Section 10 discusses the potential for CO2 conversion and utilisation (CCU), also its merits and challenges are presented and considered.
In light of the global commitment achieved in Paris in December, 2015,3 we have extended this paper to include key negative emissions technologies (Section 12); bioenergy with CCS (BECCS) and direct air capture of CO2 (DAC). These areas are of particular importance owing to their potential importance and their controversy.
Despite the fact that there are currently 37 CCS projects at various stages in the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Asia-Pacific,4 CCS continues to languish as an "orphan technology".† With decades of technical experience across the entire value chain, it is clear that it is not a lack of technical expertise that is inhibiting the commercial deployment of CCS technology. Thus, we have devoted a section of this paper to consider "what needs to happen" from a commercial perspective (Section 13), drawing upon experience developed as part of the UK's most recent CCS commercialisation programme.5 Having provided this perspective from the private sector, we then complement this with an international analysis of the political economy of CCS (Section 14). Section 15 then concludes with a proposed approach to evaluate the utility of a "novel technology" and feasibility of particular targets by identifying limitations that might prove to be showstoppers.
2 Current status of CCS development
Carbon capture and storage is expected to play an important role in meeting the global warming targets set by the IPCC6 and at COP21.3 There is a suite of technologies being developed for the capture, transport, storage and utilisation of CO2. Typically, technology development will progress in a series of scale-up steps: (i) bench or laboratory scale, (ii) pilot-scale, (iii) demonstration scale, and lastly (iv) commercial scale.7Fig. 1 summarises the current development progress of different CCS technologies on the TRL scale.‡ As illustrated by Fig. 1, there is congestion of technologies at the TRL 3, TRL 6 and TRL 7 development phases. The progression of a technology beyond TRL 3 requires further research funding, whereas advancing technologies beyond TRL 5 and TRL 7 needs significant financial investment and/or commercial interest (e.g., in the case of polymeric membranes). Further detailed discussion on the technical development of the individual CCS technologies is presented in the following sections of this paper. Here in this section, we highlight the key CCS technologies that have reached (or close to reaching) the commercial phase of development.
Current development progress of carbon capture, storage and utilisation technologies in terms of technology readiness level (TRL). BECCS = bioenergy with CCS, IGCC = integrated gasification combined cycle, EGR = enhanced gas recovery, EOR = enhanced oil recovery, NG = natural gas. Note: CO2 utilisation (non-EOR) reflects a wide range of technologies, most of which have been demonstrated conceptually at the lab scale. The list of technologies is not intended to be exhaustive.
CO2 capture
Chemical absorption (e.g., using aqueous amine solutions) has been used to remove CO2 from natural gas for decades,11 thus, it is considered to have a TRL of 9. This technology has been utilised in two commercial-scale post-combustion capture facilities in coal-fired power plants, Boundary Dam12,13 and Petra Nova.14,15 Recent developments in polymeric membranes have enabled the technology to successfully achieve demonstration scale (TRL 7). The Polaris membrane is now available commercially and has been used for CO2 separation from syngas.16 Air Products are licensing a polymeric membrane developed at NTNU, which can be applied to coal-fired power plants and other combustion processes (still under development).17 Thus, The first "commercial-ready" direct air capture (DAC) plant recently opened in Hinwil, Switzerland on May 2017,18 with the support of cost contributions from the Swiss Federal Office of Energy. The plant supplies 900 tonnes of CO2 annually to a nearby greenhouse.19 Capture technologies that have also reached TRL 7 (demonstration) (e.g., oxy-combustion coal power plants, adsorption) could also potentially reached commercial status in the near future. In contrast to post-combustion capture, integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) with CCS has been less successful with the Kemper County IGCC Project being suspended recently.20 Southern Company's decision to halt the project came after encountering a series of problems, these include failure to meet the delivery deadline, severe technical issues and being majorly over budget.21,22
CO2 transport
The technologies for CO2 transport are well established. There are >6500 km of CO2 pipelines worldwide (both on-shore and off-shore), most of which are associated with EOR operation in the United States.23 The technology for CO2 transport with ships is also relatively mature.24 As these transport technologies are currently being used in commercial applications, all have a TRL of 9.
CO2 storage
As many commercial-scale CCS projects already use CO2-enhanced oil recovery (EOR), 13 of the 17 operating commercial-scale CCS projects, there is a significant amount of existing experience and knowledge, which has enabled CO2-EOR to reach TRL 9. Similarly, saline formations have been used for CO2 storage at commercial-scale project, including Sleipner CO2 Storage, Snøhvit CO2 Storage and Quest (on-shore and off-shore). In contrast, CO2 storage by enhanced gas recovery (EGR)25 and storage in depleted oil and gas fields have not reached operation at commercial-scale, thus, both are still at the demonstration phase (TRL 7). Ocean storage and mineral storage are still in the early phases of development.
CO2 utilisation
There are a number of facilities that utilise CO2 for various applications. These commercial CO2 utilisation processes are TRL 9 as they are mature technologies. Most are in the food and beverage industry and some in chemical production (e.g., urea, methanol).26 Several projects utilise CO2 for mineral carbonation, for example, Searles Valley plant (US). In Saga City, Japan, CO2 capture from waste incineration is utilised for the cultivation of crops and algae.27 The CO2 for each project is mainly sourced from industrial processes (e.g., fertiliser production, ammonia production, ethylene glycol plants), but some projects capture the CO2 from power plant flue gas.26
Commercial-scale CCS projects
Deployment of large scale CCS projects has been slow. Of the 37 major large scale CCS projects, 17 of these are in operation, 4 in construction and the remainder are in varying stages of development.4 As shown in Fig. 2 and 3, the majority of the commercial large-scale CCS projects are located in the United States. In terms of the project life cycle (i.e., identify, evaluate, define, execute and operate), the US also has the greatest proportion of projects in operation. For all but one of these projects, enhanced oil recovery is the primary storage for the captured CO2. Furthermore, the projects in the US have the largest CO2 capture capacity compared with projects in the rest of the world: Century Plant captures 8.4 MtCO2 per year, whereas Shute Creek Gas Processing Facility capture 7 MtCO2 per year.4
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Fig. 2 The CO2 capture capacity of commercial-scale CCS projects worldwide. The number labelled on each proportion of capture capacity corresponds to the number of projects. Data from the Global CCS Institute.4
Commercial-scale integrated CCS projects around the world. Circle size is proportional to the CO2 capture capacity of the project and the colour indicates the lifecycle of the project. Data from the Global CCS Institute.4
Although China has the second highest number of projects, only one of these is in the execute phase (Yanchang Integrated CCS Demonstration), and most are in early stages of development (e.g., pre-feasibility, FEED studies). The CO2 capture capacity of the projects in China range between 0.4–2 MtCO2 per year. Europe has the third highest number of large-scale projects, with two operational projects in Norway: the Sleipner CO2 Storage Project captures 1 MtCO2 per year, and Snøhvit CO2 Storage Project 0.7 MtCO2 per year. Of the five projects in Canada, three are in operation: (i) Great Plains Synfuel Plant and Weyburn-Midale Project (3 MtCO2 per year), (ii) Boundary Dam CCS Project (1 MtCO2 per year), and (iii) Quest (∼1 MtCO2 per year). There are also operating CCS projects in Brazil, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates with CO2 capture capacities ranging from 0.8–1 MtCO2 per year. A fundamental requirement for the success of CCS projects in all of these projects is the availability of safe geological storage for the capture CO2. Furthermore, other factors that can help bring CCS projects into operation phase include secure financial funding, as well as supportive policy and legislative frameworks.


Bankruptcy Information | Cash and Bank Accounts in Bankruptcy: Pay Attention!
Cash and Bank Accounts in Bankruptcy: Pay Attention!
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21 Jan Cash and Bank Accounts in Bankruptcy: Pay Attention!
Cash and bank accounts (checking, savings, CDs) are property of your bankruptcy estate. You must provide your bankruptcy attorney with exact bank balances as of the date of your bankruptcy filing for all bank accounts. You can obtain this information over the Internet by logging into your account or by calling the bank. Knowing these balances is vitally important to being able to keep all the property to which you are entitled.
When you calculate your balances, you should be aware that although you may have written checks against this account, until those checks clear, they do not reduce the balance in your account. The actual balance in your account is the balance that you must list on your bankruptcy schedules. For example, if your check register shows $37 in your account because you have written several checks the day before you filed, then $37 is not the balance of your account. The balance of your account will include all funds as of the day of your filing, regardless of whether checks are outstanding. Put simply, your balance is what your bank says it is.
In some cases bank balances are not very important. However, as a general rule, it is a good idea to have your bank balances as low as possible. You can do this by paying all of your normal monthly bills (utility bills, car payments, mortgage payments, and any other normal monthly expenses such as groceries). You are allowed to keep a certain amount of property. The property you are allowed to keep is provided for in the exemption statute applicable to your case. (That may be the Bankruptcy Code or your state's statute, depending where you live.) The higher your bank balances, the fewer exemptions you will have left for other property such as tax refunds and vehicles. Note that I said you should pay normal monthly bills. This does not mean you should pay your mortgage ahead six months or pay your mom back for that money she loaned you. If in doubt about what you should pay, you should contact your bankruptcy attorney.
Important: Simply withdrawing the cash does not help the situation. Withdrawing cash just means that we must list money that was in your bank account as "cash" on your schedules. The money needs to be spent on legitimate, normal living expenses as discussed above. Furthermore, lying on your bankruptcy schedules is a big "no no." Lying to the court can lead to a denial of your discharge and, more importantly, it's a felony. Losing your discharge and going to prison would be a bad outcome to your bankruptcy case.
Think of your property exemptions as a valuable commodity. Exemptions are important and deserve your full attention. Carefully planning on how you will use your exemptions is important in almost any bankruptcy case.


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Sherwood Fleming – Blues Blues Blues | Album Review
Sherwood Fleming – Blues Blues Blues
Dynaflow Records
www.dynaflowrecords.com
Sherwood Fleming's story reads like something from the 1950s or '60s rather than 2015. He grew up picking cotton near Lula, Mississippi, on land owned by a man called Limping Jesus. In the 1950s, he moved to California, recorded a few songs for labels such as Modern Records and Highland without any (financial) success, despite the likes of Larry Davis covering his songs, and he then gave up on music. Fast forward to 2014, and Dynaflow Records track Fleming down and coax the now nearly-80 year old to play a few gigs and record a new LP. Most blues fans are familiar with the tales of the re-discoveries of the likes of Son House or Mississippi John Hurt, but it comes as something of a surprise that such events are still happening today. Dynaflow, and in particular label boss Eddie Stout, are to be roundly congratulated. The result is a little gem of an album.
The 12 songs on Blues Blues Blues include four Fleming originals, together with some choice lesser-known classic covers. The two most familiar songs are probably Ike Turner's "Bold Soul Brother (Bold Soul Sister)" and "My Time After Awhile", covered by everybody but perhaps most famously by Buddy Guy.
Fleming's muscular voice remains supple and powerful, reflecting the influence of both Howlin' Wolf (on songs like "Gotta Hold On" and "Non Support Blues") and Otis Redding (on the glorious 60s-style soul of Sandra Rhodes' "Lay It On The Line"). He is also unafraid to hurry a vocal line, or to hang it off the rhythm slightly, providing an emotionally powerful impact on tracks such as "Good Woman". His most moving moment however comes in the closing track, an achingly beautiful a capella version of Mahalia Jackson's "Trouble Of The World", on which he sounds as old as Methuselah but still sings with a powerful undercurrent of hope and belief. There is also a surprisingly effective rap on "History", a furious and articulate rant against racial abuse.
While Fleming's voice is voice is fine fettle, Stout's choice of some of Austin's leading musicians as the backing band is inspired. Featuring the Fabulous Thunderbirds' Johnny Moeller on guitar and Jason Moeller on drums, together with Nick Connolly on piano/organ, Kaz Kazanoff on saxophone and Burly Manor on bass (Stevie Fulton also adds guitar to "Bold Soul Brother (Bold Soul Sister)" and "Gotta Hold On"), the band absolutely tears it up. Inviting famous musicians to contribute to albums always carries a slight risk. They may over-play and try to make everything about them. Or they may under-play to such an extent that their contribution is lost in the mix. The musicians on Blues Blues Blues however play with such authority and passion and such an irresistibly greasy "tight-but-loose" groove that the album sounds like a band at the top of their game rather than a collection of random musicians. Johnny Moeller in particular adds myriad top drawer (and left field) fills and solos without ever overwhelming the main attraction while Kazanoff's warm and emotional sax is typically tasteful and supportive.
When an album is titled Blues Blues Blues, and the track "Blues Blues" even has the nerve to open with the line "I woke up this morning", then the listener usually has a pretty fair idea what to expect. In this case, you have one of the better traditional electric blues albums of the year, served up with a healthy infusion of soul and a dash of gospel. Warmly recommended.
CategoriesAlbum Reviews TagsBues Blues Blues, Burly Manor, Dynaflow, Dynaflow Records, Jason Moeller, Johnny Moeller, Kaz Kazanoff, Moeller Brothers, Nick Connolly, Rhys Williams, Sherwood Fleming, Stevie Fulton, Texas Blues, traditional electric blues
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Keep pealin' that onion, please, VivianLea.
Good to see you again 😉 Glad you're on the journey – that's the most important part. So many just bumble their way through life. Most, I would say. So on we go! 😀 Aloha, VL.
I have always enjoyed sharing in yer adventures Viv! With each passing year i find myself yearning to be in such places in order to refresh my heart and soul. I seek out the quiet places where Mother Nature whispers to me soothing sounds that caress my inner self, reaffirming that i am one with our land. It's always good to see where yer adventures take you Viv with wee snapshots of yer day and keep showing me what is around that bend. Keep sharing my friend!
Perfectly amazing. Exactly how I feel about life.


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Q: C++ weird thing anyone can explain me, why this parts of code are acting differently?
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while {} runs only 1time but do {} while 5times. Whats is the difference? Before while {} c is intialized to 1.
Thanks an advice

A: You have a semicolon after your first while:
while((c = fread(buf, sizeof(char), 1, f)) != 0);

This in effect makes it an empty loop, which may well execute the same amount of times as the other loop, but its body doesn't include any statements. The following if, though, is not part of that loop anymore, so it only executes once.

A: In the first section, using the while loop, you check for EOF or successful read before executing the inner statements.
In the second section, using the do-while loop, you don't check for EOF before executing the if statement.