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Lane Mendelsohn
Our Commitment to Our Team Wins Awards Again, But This Year It Carries Extra Meaning
On Wednesday, April 21st, we were part of an online awards celebration with the Tampa Bay Business Journal celebrating the Best Places to Work. We were all thrilled when Vantagepoint AI was recognized as #4 in Large Workplace category.
We've moved up the ranks over the years starting in a category for small companies with a handful of employees. Our recognition this year alongside many national firms doing business in the Tampa Bay Area is a milestone for us.
And, I have to say, this year's win is also especially meaningful to me. COVID-19's impact on our community and the challenge of maintaining our company culture while our team was deployed to working from home required some creativity, ingenuity and innovation. That my team was able to flourish in the midst of unusual conditions speaks volumes about our Vantagepoint family bond and our exceptional leadership team.
This year's rankings, based on employee surveys, were especially close. Tampa Bay is an up and coming, dynamic market in the country; the competition for all-star talent is fierce. As a business owner, I'm honored to be recognized for our care of our team and our culture alongside some of the titans of business in our country. I'm so proud of my team, their exuberance for changing lives, and their commitment to our traders.
It's such a unique time we are all walking through. My team is working from their homes, the awards ceremony was virtual…and still, it means so much to us.
We all consider it an honor to serve our traders and be a resource for them to help create the life they want with our software.
Our New Cybersecurity Sector Has Sparked Interest in VantagePoint
A few weeks ago, we announced our newest sector of 54 stocks in the Cybersecurity Sector. We've had extremely positive feedback about our insight into an emerging area of the market, our dedication to our traders, and our free eBook. (if you haven't claimed your free copy, you can here.)
One online outlet was so interested, they contacted me about not only our Cybersecurity Sector but about VantagePoint as a whole.
I realized you might not be very familiar with us either so I wanted to share the interview!
Here's a link to our discussion.
We're constantly working to find ways to help our traders gain more insight from our software so that they can trade smarter, fix timing problems, spot trends, find global opportunities, and trade with confidence.
We are committed to seeing our traders succeed!
If you're ready to learn more, join us for a free LIVE training (we don't give replays and we keep our class size manageable so we can interact with you.)
Or we can accommodate your schedule by setting up a personal training just for you – if you'd prefer that just email me at lane.mendelsohn@vantagepointsoftware.com with your phone, your time zone, and the best times to reach out to you.
If you're interested in learning more about VantagePoint, don't miss out on one of our online, interactive, complimentary classes; you can sign up here. I'm looking forward to welcoming you into the Vantagepoint family soon!
Vantagepoint AI Named a Top Privately-held Small Business in Florida
Privately held businesses in Florida have been recognized by Inc. magazine and I'm happy to say Vantagepoint AI is recognized as a top business in the region!
The Inc. 5000 Regional list for Florida which we appear in represents a unique look at the most successful companies within Florida's economy's most dynamic segment—independent small businesses.
According to Scott Omelianuk, the Editor-In-Chief of Inc. magazine, "the companies on this list demonstrate just how much the small-business sector impacts Florida's economy across every single industry, these businesses have posted revenue and growth rates that are beyond impressive, further proving the tenacity of their founders and CEOs."
I'm so proud of what my father created and that our company continues to be recognized as a leading, small, privately-owned business in Florida; but what makes me even more proud is hearing from our traders about how VantagePoint has changed their lives.
My Recent Interview with CMT's Technically Speaking
Many people search for years to find their true passion. I was lucky, I knew what mine was at 5 years old. I loved the markets and learning how I could analyze them. Many people would think my interest in the markets was because my dad is a titan of the Fintech industry; but it was more that as my interest in the markets grew, my father exposed me to many additional aspects of the markets. Analysis and charts were definitely my passion.
At 13 years old, I was certified by the Charted Market Technician® (CMT®) Association which was (and still is) a huge honor. CMT® designation marks the highest education within the discipline and is the preeminent designation for practitioners of technical analysis worldwide.
I was delighted to be featured in CMT's monthly magazine, Technically Speaking.
Please tell us what you do professionally.
I am the President of VantagePoint AI, a trading software company that applies artificial intelligence (specifically neural networks), which my father founded in 1979. As President, I oversee all aspects of the company, including R&D, sales, and customer support. I really enjoy collaborating with our Research and Development team.
Before COVID 19, our company sponsored several trading conferences each year for our customers where they were able to share knowledge and benefit from interacting with professional traders who have become experts with our software. We've been recognized as one of the best places to work both locally, statewide, and nationally for over 10 years. This past year, I was singled out by Fortune Magazine as Leader of the Year for leading and growing our team, and for building and maintaining a phenomenal company culture.
How did you get there? School, internships, strategic plan or just luck, parents got you a job?
My path has been a little unconventional. In the early 1980s, my father would read Stocks and Commodities Magazine and Futures Magazine to me, kind of as bedtime stories. In that way my father was already educating me about the financial markets and about the financial industry. Even though I was just a little kid, he ignited the passion in me about the financial markets and technical analysis like some dads do with their kids involving football and baseball. For me, it was all about the financial markets and to an extent still is.
At six years old, my dad gave me my first "professional" job. Looking back on it now, it was the beginning of my career; that job was more than just the task that he had asked me to perform — I was "our facilities manager." It was a fancy title for janitor, but I had a responsibility. I was taking out the trash, cleaning the restroom and vacuuming. This exposed me to the organization and the handful of employees of my father's company. After school I was a fly on the wall in the office. I watched how things were done and listened in on conversations – and through osmosis I was learning both about entrepreneurship, trading and the financial markets all at once.
At seven years old, I was promoted. My father gave me the important task of formatting floppy disks. Initially I got paid five cents per disk but did such a great job that later on my compensation per disk was increased. My father opened an IRA account for me when I was very young, so I was able to fund my account starting at a very young age.
By high school, I was even more involved in the company daily. Fortunately, as fate would have it, the principal of my high school in Florida had been a commodities trader and broker in Chicago years earlier, still traded and knew of my father's reputation in the industry. He told my father that I could be excused from attending school anytime to accompany my father on trips to financial industry events.
My father has been a member of the CMT Association since the 1980s. He encouraged me to join as well. So, in 1993 at just 13 years old, I became a member of the CMT Association.
In 1995, at fifteen, I developed our company's first website. I got very excited about the Internet and HTML programming. I realized that having a website would be a tremendous benefit to our company in promoting our trading software.
So, I can literally say I started at the bottom of the company and worked my way In 2018, I was promoted to President. This was a tremendous milestone in my life and an honor to hold the position that my father had held since 1979.
Who was an early mentor in your career?
My father, Louis Mendelsohn, has been my lifelong mentor – not only in my career but also, in my personal life. He has shown me how to be an ethical business owner. He's shown me how to become financially successful while putting integrity and high ethics over making money. He has shown me by example how to be a great father to my own children and he has shown me how to be a caring husband and a true friend.
What book/author was most influential in helping you understand TA?
When I was 13 or so, my father handed me a book and said, "This is something that you could read and understand — it will make sense to you and you'll enjoy it." That book was The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham.
Another book I have a lot of familiarity with is the 2004 edition of John Murphy's Intermarket Analysis – Profiting from Global Market Relationships. I've known John since I was a teenager.
What do you like to do when you are not looking at markets?
Many people are surprised to find that my lifestyle juxtaposes high-tech, technology, artificial intelligence and technical analysis with nature and agriculture. I own a 75-acre cattle ranch adjacent to my parents' property. I enjoy tractor work, working with my hands, buying, and selling cattle, and involving my daughters in agriculture as well.
I find I relax (both mentally and physically) when I'm "working" the ranch, it gives me time to think, relax, and decompress, with nothing but the sounds of nature all around. So, having the ranch as a hobby has been a phenomenal way to counterbalance everything I do in the office.
My greatest joy is my family; not only providing for them financially but also providing experiences for them. Being able to travel all over the world has given my kids the opportunity to expand their horizons. It gives me tremendous satisfaction that we can create such wonderful memories together as a family. That "investment" is priceless.
What brought you to the CMT Association?
As I mentioned, I became a member of the CMT Association in 1993 when I was only 13 years old on the encouragement from my father. That allowed him to bring me to member-only conferences on technical analysis around the country. When I attended those conferences, it afforded me great father-son time. It also allowed me to be a fly on the wall, listening to conversations and panel discussions, and interacting with industry professionals and leaders.
What it the most useful benefit of membership for you?
The most beneficial aspect of being a member of the CMT Association has been the friendships and relationships I've developed over the decades as a result of attending the CMT Association annual conferences.
I can remember many CMT Association meetings from the past, like those on Marco Island and the Saddlebrook resort in Florida, as well as other conferences in Chicago and New Orleans. In the evenings, my father would take me out for dinner with a couple of other colleagues. Being able to listen to their stories and talk about how technical analysis has evolved since the advent of personal computers and trading software, was just as important as the meetings. These experiences were a significant part of my formative years and of great value to me.
As an adult, I'm able to appreciate even more than before how gracious these people were with me. I'd like to take this opportunity to thank everybody who respected me, even though I was just a kid. It's something that I am very appreciative and thankful for. To have had people like John Murphy, John Bollinger, Michael Kahn, Stephen Poser, Jake Bernstein, Larry Williams, Darrell Jobman and Jack Schwager, to name just a few titans in the industry as my role models during my formative years is incredible.
The art of technical analysis is vital to helping traders succeed. Our goal is to help traders of all skill levels enjoy the benefits of our groundbreaking technical analysis processes in a way that is easy, fast, and helpful.
Simply put, I love seeing the tool we have to offer empowering traders daily!
Even With All The Uncertainty, We Emerged With a Year of Excellence
I just received notification that Vantagepoint AI has been recognized by Corporate Vision as the Most Innovative AI-Driven Trading Technology Firm in the U.S. That pretty much summed up the year for me! Despite all the uncertainty, I'm so proud how our company has excelled throughout what could have been an extremely challenging year.
We've been recognized as a top company by FORTUNE magazine, Florida Trend, the Business Observer and Inc. 5000.
We were named a Most Innovative company by Corporate Vision, CIO Views, and Acquisitions International.
VantagePoint software was named the Best AI Trading Software by the Worldwide Finance Awards and the Most Powerful AI Trading Software by A.I. International.
Our workplace culture was acknowledged by Great Place to Work, the Tampa Bay Business Journal, the Tampa Bay Times.
Our company's growth has been recognized by Inc. Magazine and Tampa Bay Business Journal's Fast 50.
And — we were able to increase our donations to Shriners Hospitals for Children and The Children's Cancer Center.
It's wonderful to be recognized by so many organizations for the hard work my team does and our dedication to our core values.
But, this is the feedback that carries the most weight for us:
"I have been a VP customer for 7 years now. From the very beginning the customer support and coaching team have been top notch. You have been very proactive in reaching out to me to ensure I continue to be successful. When I have a question, I always receive a timely and high quality answer. Great product and great people." – Steve F.
"Your software really gives me an expansive view of the flow of the markets. My trading and bottom line have improved with the help of Vantagepoint. The customer service is tops, your staff go out of their way to help." – William M.
"You have an amazing group of people providing cutting edge software products to traders across the globe. No other product even comes close to what you provide. I tell other people, if they're looking for an edge in the markets you can provide it!" – Eric
"I know I've got the best tools now to help me succeed…and that's exciting! The more I learn the software and what it does and how it helps me, the happier I am that I'm part of the Vantagepoint Family." – Brian G.
"Thanks again for all you do! Vantage Point Software has been a real shot in the arm!" – Robert M.
Every bit of feedback we get from traders is invaluable to us; seeing our "family" succeed is the best award we could ask for.
As we close out the year, we hope you find many silver linings too.
Vantagepoint A.I. Named #7 of 100 Top Small Business Workplaces in the United States By FORTUNE® Magazine
Our dedication to workplace culture has landed us in the national spotlight.
Vantagepoint AI was named in the top 10 of small businesses in the United States for our dedication to our core values, creating an inclusive workplace culture, and our respect for team members by FORTUNE Magazine.
When surveyed by a third party,
99% say Vantagepoint is a great place to work
(compared with 59% at typical US companies)
100% say they are treated fairly, respected, and are proud of the company's role in the community
100% say they are encouraged to balance their work and personal life
98% say they felt welcomed when they joined the company
For us, our core values are concrete guiding principles we embody in our work together, engage with our traders, and conduct business with other companies. It's an honor to be recognized, but more than that – it's an affirmation these principles matter.
This anonymous survey response speaks for the team, "We are constantly celebrated for our achievements. The teamwork here is amazing and I feel like I can be honest with management and they actually listen. I love working here and this is a place I can actually picture having a longtime career."
That response is music to my ears! Empowering traders for over 40 years, the Vantagepoint AI team is passionate about helping people find financial freedom using data-driven forecasts created by artificial intelligence, cutting-edge technology, and patented intermarket analysis.
Vantagepoint AI Is On The Inc. 5000 List
We have been notified that Vantagepoint AI has been included in the Inc. 5000 list!
Inc. magazine analyzes company data to recognize the fastest-growing privately held businesses in the United States.
You may not know this, but Vantagepoint AI was the first company in the world to give independent traders the power of artificial intelligence for their home computers. My father's work essentially created the FinTech industry for independent traders and we've been empowering traders for over 40 years since.
In his letter to me about joining the list, Inc.'s Editor-In-Chief, Scott Omelianuk said, "Our annual Inc. 5000 list is the most prestigious ranking of the nation's fastest-growing private companies. The list represents a unique look at the most successful companies within the American economy's most dynamic segment—its independent small businesses."
It's such an honor to be part of an elite group of companies that has included titans like Microsoft, Timberland, Intuit, Oracle, and Patagonia.
Equally gratifying is leading a team that has produced almost 60% growth for our company. My entire team's dedication to our core values and using those as our touchstone for how we do business has ensured that we grow without losing the personal touch and integrity for which Vantagepoint is highly regarded.
I hope you'll join me in celebrating this very meaningful milestone in our company's history and our journey into the future.
In Unusual Times, Vantagepoint Stands Out
Right on the heels of being nationally certified as a Great Place to Work, we have also been recognized by Florida Trend Magazine as one of the Top 100 Best Companies to Work for in the entire state of Florida. And honored as one of the top 20 mid-sized companies, the only one in our geographic area.
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Many companies struggled with the COVID shut down and they have endured great difficulty trying to deploy their teams remotely to continue day-to-day business operations. I am so proud of my team – our transition was exceptionally smooth.
As a team, we are able to be agile, responsive, and unwavering as we create seamless continuity for our customers and for those searching for a way to trade smarter in these unpredictable markets. We've welcomed more new traders to our Vantagepoint family than in the history of the company over 40 years.
Thank you for your part in our success – we will work diligently to continue to meet your needs and to ensure that our Vantagepoint home team is working in the best possible atmosphere that we can provide. I am so grateful that my team and my family are all safe and healthy!
This is the third year we've been recognized as a Best Company to Work for in Florida by Florida Trend and we are committed to being on the list again next year and for years to come.
If you're interested in learning more about VantagePoint, attend one of our online, interactive, complimentary classes; you can sign up here. I hope you'll be joining the Vantagepoint family soon!
Nationally Certified, We Truly Are A Great Place to Work
I'm very happy to share some good news with you — we've been nationally certified again by Great Place to Work, the leading authority in the world on workplace culture!
Our team continues to grow but we are committed to growing without losing sight of our core values. In fact, we even have a team member on staff dedicated to supporting our culture and our core values.
We place a high value on our culture; we recognize that it's vital to our success. We care deeply about our team – their health, their passion for what we do, and for their families too. We also strive to create a positive, upbeat atmosphere where people can feel innovative, valued, and respected.
It means so much to me that our team, when they were surveyed, reported to the third-party agency that they are exceedingly happy here at Vantagepoint.
I'm heartened to know that my team trusts me to lead them, especially through these turbulent times. Research shows when a team has a deep level of trust, they are more productive, drive better business results, and make a difference to customers – for us it's far more than that.
As word gets out, more and more institutions are recognizing our unique team and the service we provide to traders. It's a huge honor to be recognized at the national level and we will continue to be a force and an example of an inclusionary workplace culture.


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Il Teatro Machiavelli è un teatro sito in Catania presso il Palazzo San Giuliano.

Storia

Fu inaugurato il 30 settembre 1864 in un locale seminterrato del palazzo dei marchesi di San Giuliano in via Ogninella (oggi via Euplio Reina), già nel 1861 trasformato in un teatro dall'attore ed impresario teatrale Angelo Grasso che vi fondò l'Opira di Don Ancilu. Il nome "Machiavelli" col quale venne ribattezzato, venne suggerito al fondatore da un padre gesuita. Sorto come teatro per l'Opera dei pupi, costruito in legno, era lungo 50 metri e illuminato a gas,  ed aveva due palchetti a destra e due a sinistra, un loggiato angusto e una platea per 600 spettatori. Alla morte del fondatore avvenuta nel 1888, la moglie Francesca Tudisco fece chiudere il teatro.

Le attività del Machiavelli -nel frattempo ricostruito in muratura - ripresero nel 1891 con compagnie di attori dialettali siciliani e la sua gestione fu assunta qualche tempo dopo da Giovanni Grasso, figlio del fondatore, che riprese l'Opera dei pupi. Nel 1897 Grasso abbandonò l'attività di puparo e iniziò quella di attore drammatico con la fondazione di una propria compagnia teatrale che debuttò con I mafiusi de la Vicaria di Rizzotto e proseguì con altri drammi quali Malìa di Capuana, Cavalleria rusticana di Verga e Otello di Shakespeare. Al Machiavelli, oltre allo stesso Grasso, mossero i loro primi passi sul palcoscenico attori e attrici quali Mimì Aguglia, Desdemona Balistrieri, Marinella Bragaglia, Salvatore Lo Turco, Totò Majorana, Angelo Musco, Attilio Rapisarda e Carmelina Tria. Al teatro dei Grasso vi debuttò inoltre il commediografo belpassese Nino Martoglio.

Nel 1903 il teatro venne distrutto da un incendio; riaperto successivamente, nel 1906 la gestione venne affidata a Domenico (Micio) Grasso, fratello minore di Giovanni. Chiuse definitivamente nel 1912.

Il teatro oggi

Dopo la sua chiusura, lo scantinato che fu sede del Teatro Machiavelli dal 1933 ospitò i magazzini UPIM. Dopo diversi decenni rimase chiuso.

I locali dello storico teatro catanese sono stati recuperati e riadibiti alla loro funzione teatrale nel 2010 grazie all'intervento dell'Università degli Studi di Catania, che ne è proprietaria; il Teatro Machiavelli viene riaperto al pubblico il 17 ottobre 2014 e da allora fino al 2020 è stato gestito dall'Associazione di Promozione Sociale Ingresso Libero fondata nel 2009 dal regista Lamberto Puggelli.

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Collegamenti esterni

Teatri di Catania

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Long Time No See Bro! Gaming in Turkey Journey Continues, someone said Crytek? As we talked last, it seems nearly 1 month past. Lets briefly talk about what we did so far and give some information from Turkish Gaming Business. While we were working around and updating our fronts, we have a new client, Crytek. Crytek has an MMOFPS game Warface in several countries and Turkey is one of them. They are here nearly 3 years and with its ultimate graphics and content, players love to play Warface. However, in 3 years their field organizations didn't hit their goals so they wanted to start to work on the field more deeply with internet cafes. That's the point we are entering, our field organization side is very strong because we are working good strategical partners in Turkey.
We will manage field part of Warface and making monthly tournaments around Turkey with more than 300 internet cafe visits and game client download. Warface has a big client, so its hard to download for some regions in Turkey. It's the best way to reach internet cafes and share a client with owners to publish the game more users. At the end of this field organizations, we will hit 2500 internet cafe visits with 35 Warface Tournaments and more than 10.000 client download in 7 months. Its long journey but when you think support of cafes to your game, it is a must. And summer season is the best timing.
One another work is increasing digital marketing side of our client Karanlık Işık. First, we made a deep QA to their website and client, launcher, in game. After we sent our suggestions and digital marketing team recommendations, Karanlık Işık team worked hard and fixed the problem asap. Then its time to increase KPI's according to our target. We are now starting a new Google campaign with new banners and landing page. We will also support these with SEO and Facebook campaigns. In the summer season, we hope we will be in the field with Karanlık Işık too but not decided yet when to start.


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"The Grandmaster" have a scent of white flowers.
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Location: Kobe-City, Japan
Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2013 12:21 am Post subject: "The Grandmaster" have a scent of white flowers.
This movie review is only a part of my impression. I write it in English a little. Probably, you will be hard to read this.
Why I love to"The Grand master"?
1970-80's time,I don't like Jackie Chen's or other Kung-Fu action movie.
They are idlers and weaklings at the beginning. They don't try hard. They are inspired only after their family or Master die. And they stack pursuit of knowledge and challenge a mighty enemy soon.
Their battle wears many damages at first, demonstrates great power at the end, and always wins(or After wins to die).
I and my family thought that all of those movies were the same patterns. Then if I watch a Kung-Fu action movie, I need not watch other movies. And It was very violent, the woman,child, and animal were also knocked, and they were killed.
I didn't want to watch those scenes.
However, "The Grand master" differs from other old Kung-Fu action movies!!
There isn't the smell of men's sweat in it. There is a scent of the white plum flowers or other little flowers in it.
It isn't a sanguinary battle, We need not see the cruel & bloody sight, Only one is a despicable man.
Tony's"Ip Man" and an old Northern Kung-Fu Hero's Kung-Fu battle like Tango of two mens.("Happy Together"?)
Tony's"Ip Man" and Zhang Ziyi's first Kung-Fu battle like a modern dance.
Other north China people and south China people show them spirit of the citizens of Kung-Fu.
They are not a famous hero, but they discipline him(her)self many years. They adviced Tony's"Ip Man", Why? For their pride, they advised Tony's"Ip Man" about Northern Kung-Fu technic.
And sensible Tony's"Ip Man" protected the pride of an old Kung-Fu Hero.
Tony's"Ip Man" is a gentleman who respects every women(and his wife).His wife"Cheung Wing-sing" worried to he have an affair, but he praise the beautiful Kung-fu fantasy only. It isn't the general love affair.
Tony's"Ip Man" dreamed to climb the high mountain. South China's Foshan city have many river, but the land is flat, and there isn't the high mountain.
This"High mountain" isn't a simple geographical meaning, It is an impregnable opponent. Tony's"Ip Man" haven't himself's sect. Foshan Wing Chun haven't religious precepts. As a martial arts student(researcher), he had a free viewpoint.
But Freedom always comes together with loneliness.
Tony's "Ip Man" don't kill every rival,(Of course He don't kill soldiers of Empire of Japan!), Only to supress the rival's actions.
I love to read the novel about great swordsmen...Japanese or Chinese. Tony's "Ip Man" like some Japanese great but unknown swordsmen.
Some time, his smile like a curious and naughty boy. But don't despise him! Tony's"Ip Man" has confidence in his ability.
This time, Wong Kar-wai is possessed of a concept"the persona and the shadow" and symmetry.
An old northern Kung-Fu Hero(Father of Zhang Ziyi) have an elder sworn brother. He(Zhao Benshan) is a boss of Northern assassins. Father of Zhang Ziyi is The persona, his elder sworn brother is the shadow.
Ip man is a fair hero, But Chang Chen is one of Northern assassins. They meet to Zhang Ziyi other time, but she loves Ip man, she don't know Chang Chen's everything.1960's, Ip Man comes to Hongkong and open a small Wing Chun school and tearched young HongKong ordinary worker and people. Chang Chen don't open Kung-fu school, but he tearch some young barbers(Maybe they were downtown thug or Former Soldiers at war).
Yes, Ip man is The persona, Chang Chen is The shadow.
Zhang Ziyi have an elder sworn brother"Ma-san", but he He is proud to a degree. He killed to him master=Zhang Ziyi's father. Zhang Ziyi's father tearched Xingyiquan to elder sworn brother"Ma-san", But he tearched to his daughter Zhang Ziyi other Kung-fu technic...Baguazhang 64hand. Zhang Ziyi is the flont, "Ma-san"is the shadow.
Ip man's wife "Cheung Wing-sing" is his best life-partner, but she don't study Kung-Fu. Chinese Civil War broke up their relationship forever. Ip Man goes HongKong, And "Cheung Wing-sing" can't live HongKong. And Zhang Ziyi is a best Kung-Fu partner for Ip Man. They can understand to Kung-Fu. Under lost his wife, Ip Man meet again Zhang Ziyi. Ip Man listened to song of Cantonese opera at Chinese style cafe with Zhang Ziyi, this song "Elegant love dream" is young "Cheung Wing-sing" loves. But Zhang Ziyi don't interested this song. Because she is a Northern chinese, not Cantonese... "Cheung Wing-sing" is The persona, Zhang Ziyi is the shadow for Ip Man.
Ip Man can watch himself, watch the world(At the age of 16, Ip moved to Hong Kong and attended school at St. Stephen's College. Ip short stay to Japan's Kobe-city, because his older brother have a trading company at Kobe. Ip man knew Eastern and Eestern civilization & culture), and watch his ordinary students. But Zhang Ziyi because of she need to revenge his father, she can't tearch other peoples. she to make a vow. "don't married, haven't her baby,and don't tearch Kung-Fu.(To tell the truth, I can't understand her vow. If she can revenge, after revenge she can break loose from religious precepts Kung-Fu school? Why No?) Ip Man is The persona, Zhang Ziyi is the shadow.
All of person's history is a never ending story, but Wong Kar-wai loves use the Buddhist remains to forcibly end his movie's story.
At"The mood of Love" Tony need to go the Buddhist remains in Cambodia called "Angkor Watt". This time, Wong Kar-wai select an old Buddhist temple "Fengguo Temple"'s Daxiongbao Hall located in Northern chinese Liaoning, Yixian.
Inside of Daxiongbao Hall, The flont of Many Buddharupa to continue lighting a little fire lamp. This lamp's fire like The grand master give "the spirit Kung-Fu and technic" to his students, and Chinese tradition. And All the gestures of the Buddharupa's hand are different, like many Kung-Fu Fighters...
the persona and the shadow,(Samurai and Ninja?)
the interacting principles of Yin and Yang,
the positive and negative [male and female] principles,
All of Meeting someone is the beginning of parting,and the beginning ofreunion.
...The Japanese can understand such Eastern philosophy,too.
Have you come across Eastern philosophy?
And I hope to all Tony fans of world to know it. Yes,The Imperial Japanese Army commandeered Ip Man's big house. And Japanese Army hope to requisition Ip Man to their Martial arts leader. And During Japan-China War, one of his daughters was killed in starvation. However,it is not for Japan-China War that Ip Man left the hometown"Foshan".
Yes, Ip Man is one of the Chinese patriot, After Japan-China War, He working at The police organization of the Kuomintang(Chinese Nationalist Party)government, for "Foshan"'s maintenance of public peace about 3 years.
However, after around 1948, the Kuomintang army were defeated by the Chinese Communist Party forces. Many Chinese martial artists ran away to Taiwan or Hong Kong or Macao. The Chinese martial artists who didn't escape was executed by the Communist. For safe of his family and himself, at1949, Ip Man and his elder daughter escaped to Macao, and HongKong.
Ip Man kept in touch with his wife and children. He intended to let his family emigrate to Hong Kong. 1950,Ip Man's wife and sons came to HongKong, get HongKong identification papers, and come back to Foshan City. However 1951's 1st January, China and England blockaded the border and forbade peoples coming and going. Ip Man and wife was divided from that time.
Then,The Imperial Japanese Army couldn't divided Ip Man and his family, The Chinese Communist Party, Indeed, took Ip's family property and sent him out of "Foshan".
However, This time, Every Chinese filmmaker can't draw this part of Chinese history like that. Now, always Many Chinese movie's the villain's role is The Imperial Japanese Army. Yes, I understand it. I hate to The Imperial Japanese Army's immorality act too. After the World War II, many(I'm afraid it isn't all Japanese) Japanese contrited to the war of the past,and We made up their mind to keep peace.
Probably, "The Grand Master" Ip Man hope to keep peace of the world too.
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Many thanks for sharing your personal impresssion/view with us, nancix**
Seems you studied / concentrated on "The Grandmaster" very intensive ...and knowledge of eastern philosophy/culture and history might be very helpful to comprehend
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An Audio Guide to Ancient Rome
The Pyramid of Cestius
Episode 32, Sep 26, 2020, 10:12 PM
The Pyramid of Cestius was built during the reign of the emperor Augustus, probably between 18 and 12 BCE. It's surface is white Carrara marble and the tip is exactly 100 Roman feet (30 meters) high.
At the time of its construction, Ancient Rome was heavily influenced by Egyptian architecture after the conquest of Egypt by Augustus in 30BCE. Obelisks and other monuments where being imported from this new province to decorate Rome's buildings, piazzas and its major sporting venues. Despite this fashion, only two pyramids are known to have been built in Rome and the only one left standing is the Pyramid of Cestius.
Caius Cestius was a tribune, a plebian and member of the religious corporation of the Septemviri Epulonum. The epulones formed one of the four core religious organizations of ancient Roman priests. The Epulones were tasked with arranging feasts and public banquets at festivals and games, duties that had originally belonged to the pontiffs.
In his will, Cestius asked his heirs to construct a tomb in the form of a pyramid and, if that wasn't an odd challenge enough, he required that the project be completed within 330 days.
On the east and west sides, about halfway up, is the inscription recording the names and titles of Cestius, and below, on the east side only, more text that tells the circumstances of the erection of the monument.
Note that access to the interior of the pyramid is limited to just a couple of days each month and will require you booking tickets in advance that said, it is worth travelling to see this quite remarkable monument even if you don't go inside.
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Labyrinthos Caves
Cretean quarry suggests real-life site for ancient Greek myth of the man-eating Minotaur in his labyrinth.
A map drawn in 1812 depicts the network of tunnels and caves forming the mythical labyrinth. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/236...
Ancient Greek myth tells the tale of King Minos constructing an elaborate maze to contain the ghastly product of his wife's adulterous bestiality: the flesh-eating, bull-man hybrid known as the Minotaur. Until very recently, this story was thought to have little basis in real events, though some archaeologists had claimed that the ruins of Knossos display a slight resemblance to the legendary labyrinth.
Mikonos, Greece
Terrace of the Lions
Replicas of Apollo's leonine stone guard cats still line a sacred row in Greece.
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Abandoned Bogomils Graveyard
This field of half-buried stone crosses was the burial place of a sect of heretical gnostics.
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Pittaki Street
150 or so scrounged-up lamps, chandeliers, and lanterns light up this alley in central Athens.
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However, a team of researchers has excavated an overlooked series of chambers and tunnels snaking beneath a quarry at Gortyn, a mere 20 miles distance from the former palace at Knossos, and pronounced it to be the primary candidate for the mythical labyrinth. For more than two-and-a-half miles the Labyrinthos Caves, as locals call them, take visitors on a disorienting trip through a series of intertwining passageways interspersed with widened rooms – on such is the eerily named "Altar Chamber" - and dead ends.
While there is a limit to which the precise history of these caves will be discovered, explorers have tried for centuries to unravel its mysteries. The first foreign traveler to visit Gortyn was in 1415, who wrote of his experiences,
"There is to the east a first corridor of two hundred steps. Another one with a northern direction seems to be endless. At least that's what the locals claim. We observe many galleries, entangling one another and all of which seem to come back to the point where they begin…"
This account suggests he fared better in the tunnels than the next visitor, Englishman Bernard Randolph, who in 1680 spent an hour in the passages and advanced no more than 100 meters, as measured by the ball of yarn he'd used to mark his trail. Randolph's report merely stated that he saw lots of bats.
Labyrinthos Caves have also been associated with their share of modern day gore, though of a different nature than that wrought by the Minotaur. Louis XVI sent spies to the caves for clandestine purposes, and the Nazis used them for an ammunition dump during the Second World War.
Regardless of whether they were once the home and battlefield of a grotesque Grecian lovechild, the Labyrinthos Caves have already earned their spot on the short list of history buffs, or really anyone looking to explore dark, dank, occult underground passageways in the company of bats and the dust of the ages.
Precise location has not yet been disclosed to the public, though it is said to occupy a large area beneath the quarry at Gortyn, on the Greek isle of Crete.
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A minotaur, a labyrinth, and a dubious restoration pull in visitors from around the world.
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Psichro, Greece
Dikteon Cave
According to myth, Zeus himself was hidden in this cave to escape being eaten by his dad.
Lasithi, Greece
Windmills of Lasithi Plateau
This little Grecian plateau is home to thousands of rustic, white-sailed windmills.
Akhali Atoni, Georgia
New Athos Cave
The second largest in the world, this massive underground void has its own subway.
Marble Falls Township, Texas
Dead Man's Hole
Civil War dumping ground for the bodies of terrorized Union sympathizers.
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Walhalla, South Carolina
Stumphouse Tunnel
An unfinished rail tunnel that has since been used to house cheese and bats.
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Nevada City, California
Old Stonehouse Brewery
A watering hole where the options for seating include a bar, patio, or subterranean cave.


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BOOK OF THE MONTH: BLACK WIDOW BITCHES BY VICTOR CASS
Women who stepped up
Were measured as citizens
Of the nation, not as women…
This was a people's war,
And everyone was in it.
---Colonel Oveta Culp Hobby
First Director of the Women's Army Corps, WWII
Golden Foothills Press
This quote from more than 60 years ago is so apropos today. Women have always had a role in wars, but usually behind the scenes in medical units or where they weren't at risk of being captured. But earlier this year, women were finally approved for combat duty, specifically in the infantry, which is why Victor Cass' new novel seems to be pulled right from the headlines, and maybe a little prophetic too.
BLACKWIDOW BITCHES is a political thriller about the first all-female combat infantry unit of paratroopers; Not only soldiers but airborne soldiers!
Be warned! This is a big book—846 pages!—about terrorism and war. It's raw, horrific, with "blood-soaked" images of war. There are also race issues, gang issues, bullying, hazing, etc. Doesn't matter that this book is about a female troop; we are talking war and nothing is pretty.
However, the female soldiers of BLACK WIDOW BITCHES are heroic. You have the Latina West Point grad; an African-American Chicago socialite; a mousy ultra-religious White girl; and a dirt-poor hick running away from an abusive dad. This "fearsome foursome" is the heart of the book. Through them readers will see the transformation of wayward girls to women to warriors. And leading our Black Widow Bitches, is a conflicted and disgraced Latino officer, who agrees to save his career by training them. But he soon learns to value them for their dedication, their tenacity, and their stead-fast courage.
From sea to shining sea and all around the world, our Black Widows will fight and die for justice. The war on terrorism is on and these women are in it.
BLACKWIDOW BITCHES is a real page turner. HReaders will be thrilled with its fast-pace and the authenticity of the dialogue and setting. It helps a lot when the author is a military historian and a veteran police officer. This novel could be real; this could happen; may yet happen. And soon there may be Black Widow Bitches everywhere. Amen to that!
BOOK SUMMARY: The current "War on Terrorism" spirals out of control and engulfs much of the globe. Iconic cities and countries have been reduced to smoldering ruins of hopelessness across Europe and much of the free world, as brutal, rampaging terrorists unite across national, ethnic, and political lines to establish a Caliphate and crush millions of innocent resisters.
Opposed to a draft, the U.S. President asks each American family to send one volunteer to fight. A daring woman Army general, Jennifer Reed, proposes a bold move: training women for full-fledged combat in elite, all-women military units. Despite tremendous odds, her plan is grudgingly accepted, and the history-shattering 135th Airborne Division—the "Black Widows"—are born.
But will enough women volunteer? Can the Black Widows stand up to an enemy whose viciousness and brutality has no precedent? And, most important of all, who will train these women to become the hardened warriors they'll need to be? No self-respecting man, since the rejection of women in combat runs deep in the American military culture.
A convicted criminal—court-martialed Captain Elias Marin, a decorated, airborne infantry war veteran who dared to disobey in battle—steps forward. Having no family and few options, he takes on the task to avoid the shame of imprisonment and to try to redeem himself. Full of doubts and with a history of PTSD-related anxiety attacks, the demoted Second Lieutenant Marin tackles the challenge of preparing the young women for combat…and winning their respect and trust, for they know he was plucked from prison because few other officers wanted to train them.
At once embodying and defying stereotypes, the volunteer women infantry are a motley bunch, who make us laugh, weep, and marvel as they step out of the civilian world and morph from various stages of ability and grit, to unforeseen levels of readiness. They come from all over America in answer to the President's call. Prime among them are Marin's "Fearsome Foursome":
Araceli "Arcie" Martinez, from South El Monte, CA, a grieving Latina whose Marine brother was killed in the war; Janice Moore, a wealthy African-American from Chicago; Perle Floyd, a religious virgin from Spokane, WA; and Laura Smalls, a poor, white girl from Birmingham, AL, with a failed but doting father, and a very abusive romantic relationship. They battle themselves, their private demons, as well as the sexist soldiers who taunt them.
This grippingly realistic novel follows the "Fearsome Foursome" throughout their rigorous training, where Marin, fearless female leaders, and male officers who support their vision, struggle together against inevitable death, incredible odds, and disappointment. From their eventual baptism of fire to even deadlier combat, the women realize they are living on borrowed time. Above all, how will these women reconcile their sense of humanity with the barbarism and horror of war?
Check out this interview with the author, by clicking here.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Victor Cass is the author of the novels Love, Death, and Other War Stories (2005) and Telenovela (2009), which was a "Top 10 Best Reviewed Books" on Living La Vida Latina.com. He is also the author of the nonfiction book, Pasadena Police Department: A Photohistory, 1877-2000 (2001). His poetry has appeared in Altadena Poetry Review: Anthology 2015 and Spectrum 3 Anthology: Love Love Love. His stories, essays, and other nonfiction have appeared in Arroyo Monthly Magazine, Pasadena Weekly, Pasadena Star-News, If & When Literary Journal, Mexican War Journal, and other publications. He lives in Pasadena, CA. Though Victor has never served in the military, he holds a Master of Arts degree in Military History, with a specialty in Land Warfare, from the American Military University in Manassas, VA. He has researched military history as an avocation for over 30 years. Visit him at www.victorcass.com.
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'Naatu Naatu' beats out songs from Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga to win India's first-ever Golden Globe
"It's not only a win for 'RRR' but a win for the people back home, a win for the country itself," the actor told NextShark
Photo by Christopher Polk/Billboard via Getty Images
The unprecedented success of the action-packed Indian blockbuster "RRR" is something that N. T. Rama Rao Jr. "never" anticipated.
When NextShark caught up with the Telugu actor, he was strutting down the red carpet of the Golden Globes in support of the film, which was nominated for both Best Non-English Language Picture and Best Song.
When asked about how "RRR" was able to garner international acclaim, Rama Rao pointed to three main factors.
"The major reason[s] 'RRR' was able to do what it has done is purely because of the emotional portion of 'RRR,' the extravaganza action of 'RRR,' and of course the 'Naatu Naatu' song," Rama Rao said.
The "Naatu Naatu" song Rama Rao is referring to is the film's dazzling dance number, which was awarded Best Song over performances from pop icons like Rihanna, Taylor Swift and Lady Gaga later that evening.
With this victory, team "RRR" secured India's first-ever Golden Globe award.
"I think everyone back home is proud, the country is proud today. It's not only a win for 'RRR' but a win for the people back home, a win for the country itself," Rama Rao said.
Set in the 1920s, the film centers around the fictional partnership between historical revolutionaries Komaram Bateem (Rama Rao) and Alluri Sitarama Raju (Ram Chiran), who band together to rise up against their British oppressors.


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Q: Entity Framework: Create an entity, attach child entities, do some stuff then persist entities... how? I have a a function that I want to return a new entity with some child entities already attached. What I dont want to do is create them in the database first. I just want to create an new instance of the entity, create some new child entities and add them to the parent entity before returning the parent entity in the function.
I started with this code;
    public BusinessEntities.Event CreateEventWithDefaultActions(EventType eventType)
    {
        Facades.Event eventFacade = new Facades.Event();
        IList<BusinessEntities.DefaultAction> defaultActions;

        // new event
        BusinessEntities.Event skeletonEvent = new BusinessEntities.Event();
        skeletonEvent.EventType = eventType;

        // load the default actions
        defaultActions = eventFacade.LoadDefaultActionTypes(eventType);

        // create a new action and attach to the event
        foreach (BusinessEntities.DefaultAction defaultAction in defaultActions)
        {
            BusinessEntities.Action action = new BusinessEntities.Action();

            if(!defaultAction.ActionTypeReference.IsLoaded)
                defaultAction.ActionTypeReference.Load();

            action.ActionType = defaultAction.ActionType;
            skeletonEvent.Actions.Attach(action);  // exception thrown
        }

        return skeletonEvent;
    }

Essentially, I am creating a new Event entity, which can have associated Action entities - then trying to load some actions based on their type and attach the Action entities to the Event entitiy. When the line of code skeletonEvent.Actions.Attach(action); is executed the following exception is thrown;
Attach is not a valid operation when the source object associated with this related end is in an added, deleted, or detached state. Objects loaded using the NoTracking merge option are always detached.
Where are am I going wrong?

A: Perhaps you should try using Add method instead of Attach. Attach should be used when both entities are tracked by object context. You may have to add Event object to the ObjectContext using AddObject (or generated AddToEvent) method.

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In celebration of the classic Disney film The Lion King coming out of the Disney vault, I went to the Walt Disney World Resort to be immersed into the magical world in which Timon, Simba, and Pumbaa live. During my trip, most of my time was spent at Disney's Animal Kingdom, and one of my favorite things that I did while exploring the theme park was watching the interactive production of Festival of the Lion King.
During the performance, the film beautifully came to life. There was music, dancing, and all of our favorite Lion King characters. One of my favorite parts of the performance was when a dancer came out onto the stage and spun a wheel of real fire. He did many tricks with the fire and even breathed a little bit of fire. It was incredible.
Another great part of the performance was the flying butterflies. The actors flew above the audience while doing spins and twirls. I noticed that Simba had to blink a couple of times because he couldn't believe what he was seeing.
The day that I came to see the Festival of the Lion was a magical day for everyone in the audience. There was a special guest in the audience that nobody knew was there until he was brought onto the stage. The master of ceremonies came into the audience and brought the special guest onto the stage and then introduced to everyone that it was Ernie Sabella the voice of Pumbaa! When she announced that he was there, a quiet gasp came across the audience, and everyone got out their cameras to capture the moment. Then Ernie Sabella surprised everyone by talking with his iconic Pumbaa voice – it was a surreal moment.
The show continued to captivate guests with beautiful music and dancing. At the end of the show, children were invited onto the stage to use musical instruments and do a small parade around the stage.
When your family comes to the Walt Disney World, make plans to see the Festival of the Lion King. It is guaranteed to be one of your favorite parts of the trip and will bring the story of the Lion King to life for your children. Don't miss getting your copy of the Lion King on August 29th or digitally download it tonight using Disney Movies Anywhere. Share your love for the film on social media using the hashtag #LionKingBluRay.


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Junk Bonds Are Tanking and Icahn Says Meltdown `Just Beginning'. (video) A day after a prominent Wall Street firm shocked investors by freezing withdrawals from a credit mutual fund, things only got nastier in the junk-bond market. Prices on the high-risk securities sank to levels not seen in six years and, to add to the growing sense of alarm, billionaire investor Carl Icahn said the selloff is only starting. "The meltdown in High Yield is just beginning," Icahn, who's been betting against the high-yield market, wrote on his verified Twitter account Friday. Icahn's comments come as junk-bond investors, already stung by the worst losses since 2008, are the most nervous they've been in three years after Third Avenue Management took the rare step of freezing withdrawals from a $788 million credit mutual fund. The risk premium on the Markit CDX North American High Yield Index, a credit-default swaps benchmark tied to the debt of 100 speculative-grade companies, rose 36 basis points to 514.52 basis points, the highest since December 2012. BlackRock's iShares iBoxx High Yield Corporate Bond ETF, the largest fund of its kind, fell to the lowest levels since 2009.
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China Steel Output Slumps to a One-Year Low as Prices Collapse. Steelmakers in China reined in production last month as prices collapsed and the onset of winter in the largest producer curbed demand already hurt by a cooling economy. Crude steel output fell 1.6 percent to 63.32 million metric tons from a year earlier, according to data from the statistics bureau released Saturday. So far this year, production has dropped 2.2 percent to 738.38 million tons. China makes about half of the world's steel.
Third Avenue's Now-Frozen Fund Called Liquidity Fears a 'Myth'. (video) Third Avenue Management LLC rattled credit markets this week when it said that a lack of liquidity had forced it to halt redemptions in its junk-bond mutual fund. Not so long ago, the fund was telling investors that concerns about illiquidity in these markets were a "myth." The firm's Third Avenue Focused Credit Fund, with investments in high-yield debt and bank loans, keeps excess cash on hand, lead manager Thomas Lapointe wrote in a 2012 investor commentary reviewed by Bloomberg News. The fund would also remain small enough -- with assets under $3 billion -- to stay nimble in building and liquidating positions, he wrote. The fund had $3.5 billion in assets in the quarter ended June 2014, according to data compiled by Bloomberg, before falling back below $3 billion in assets by the end of that year.
Leveraged ETFs Face SEC Squeeze in Plan to Rein in Derivatives. U.S. regulators have declared war on the $32 billion leveraged ETF industry. A proposal issued Friday by the Securities and Exchange Commission could handicap a product that has drawn warnings from BlackRock Inc.'s Laurence Fink and Wall Street's brokerage regulator, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. Built like mutual funds, leveraged exchange traded funds managed by companies such as ProShare Advisors LLC and Direxion use derivatives that produce daily gains or losses that can be three times greater than an index they track, such as the Standard & Poor's 500 Index. If eventually approved as a final rule, the SEC's plan might render some of those strategies unworkable by capping the leverage such funds can derive from derivatives at 150 percent of their net assets. It would also force them to hold a lot more cash to cover potential losses.
Cruz Soars to Front of the Pack in Iowa Poll; Trump Support Stays Flat. Bloomberg Politics/Des Moines Register Iowa survey also brings no joy to Ben Carson or Jeb Bush.
5 Things to Know About the Paris Climate Deal.
Ahead of the Fed: Tectonic Shifts in Bonds, Oil and the Dollar. Investors fear the implications of a selloff in high-yield just days before the Federal Reserve is expected to raise interest rates. The Federal Reserve is once again facing unsettled markets as it prepares to raise interest rates for the first time in nine years, as investors grapple with a deepening slump in junk bonds and plunging energy prices.
Congress Seen Likely to Lift U.S. Oil-Export Ban. Move not yet certain, but would be part of broader deal on spending and tax legislation.
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Had bearish commentary on (KMI).
MarketWatch.com:
Why the junk bond selloff is getting very scary. High-yield bonds have led previous big reversals in S&P 500.
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'A turning point for the world': Obama praises global climate change pact in White House address. (video) President Obama hailed the approval of a far-reaching global climate accord to limit greenhouse gas emissions adopted Saturday in Paris, in a statement from the White House Cabinet Room Saturday afternoon. Praising the pact as a 'turning point for the world,' Obama commended leaders from more than 190 countries for working together "to show what is possible when the world stands as one."
The price of wearable craze: Personal health data hacks. Your personal health information is about 10 times more valuable than a stolen credit card number on the black market.
ISIS Releases New Apocalyptic Video Depicting "Final" Battle With "Crusaders" In Syria.
Emerging Market Vulnerability - The Most Likely For Disruption From Fed Liftoff. (graph)
December 16, 2015 - When The End Of The Bubble Begins. (graph)
Tear Gas, Water Cannons Deployed In Germany As Leftists, Neo-Nazis, Police Clash. (pic)
The Eerie Echo Of 2007: It Really Is Bear Stearns, All Over Again.
World Leaders Just Agreed To A "Historic" Climate Accord... Which Is Non-Binding And Has No Enforcement Language.
Market Panics As "China's Warren Buffett" Detained In "Richter Scale 9 Event".
Living A Lie. (graph) When you are up to your eyeballs in debt, you don't own anything. You are living a lie.
Is This What Happens On Monday? (graph)
Carl Icahn Warns "Meltdown In High Yield Is Just Beginning". (graph)
This Is How America Has Changed Since The Last Fed Rate Hike. (graph)
White House Unable To Explain How Gun Control Will Stop Mass Shootings. (video)
3 Signs We've Reached 'The Top' In The Financial System.
Kinder Morgan(KMI) - Poster Boy For Bubble Finance.
Has NYC Real Estate Peaked? Manhattan Vacancies Hit 9-Year High.
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Australian Media Throws Up All Over 'Stellar' Jobs Report, Again.
Putin Orders Military To "Immediately Destroy" Any Threat To Russian Forces.
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Climate Envoys Prepare Broadest Deal Yet Limiting Pollution
ding: Risk - That Is All.
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Bomb threats forced evacuations in malls across three states on Saturday.
The Fed's rate hike could cause chaos in markets — and investors may not be ready.
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Now it's every man for himself in the mining sector.
A new ICE report says ISIS has access to machines that print Syrian passports.
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Some experts think the housing bubble is back.
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A North Korean Economy in Tatters
Unlike China's leaders, who linked market-oriented reforms to the Communist Party's survival, Kim Jong Il and his North Korean cohorts see economic openness as a threat to their power and have in recent years intensified state control over the economy.
After severe famines killed perhaps one million people in the mid-1990s, the government tolerated a limited amount of market reform, including the proliferation of farmers' markets and the tilling of private plots. But in 2005, Pyongyang reversed course and began reestablishing the state's dominance over food distribution. Officials have even slapped new restrictions on the operation of marketplaces in recent years.
Due to bad floods in 2007, food shortages last year were likely the worst experienced since the 1990s. The World Food Program (WFP) says it has launched a program to feed 6.2 million people in North Korea, or more than a quarter of the population. Yet in March, North Korea, without explanation, rejected all food aid from the United States, its largest official donor, and kicked five aid groups distributing the food out of the country. The step is potentially disastrous for the North Korean people. The WFP figures that last year's harvest, though slightly improved on 2007's, still fell about a third short of the population's needs.
Marcus Noland, an expert on the North Korean economy at the Peterson Institute for International Economics in Washington, believes that efforts to roll back reform have intensified in the past six months. Kim Jong Il was quoted saying in a January editorial, North Korea "should launch a general offensive dynamically, sounding the advance for opening the gate to a great, prosperous and powerful nation."
North Korea watchers speculate that Kim Jong Il, who likely suffered a stroke last year, is maneuvering to install his son, Kim Jong Un, as his successor, and that Pyongyang's May nuclear test, recent war threats and anticipated long-range missile launch are all part of an effort to build support for the Kims, especially among the country's powerful military brass. Economic policy, Noland says, has become tied up in the succession as well. "Today inside North Korea, all officials have an incentive to demonstrate how committed they are to orthodoxy," he says. "As a consequence, there is an internal dynamic that encourages retrograde behavior."
Labels: north korea; economy; china; food shortage; Kim Jong Il; Kim Jong Un; 150 day
Kim Jong-il boxed in, or just up to his old tricks?
At home he is idolized as a "great man with clairvoyant wisdom." Elsewhere, North Korean leader Kim Jong-il looks like a cornered man who has a dangerous infatuation with atomic bombs. Will he give up years of rhetorical war and launch the real thing? Or will he just give up -- to save himself and his exhausted economy? Neither is likely, according to diplomats, analysts and officials.
Kim's government is not so much feeling threatened as playing a well-practiced game of who-blinks-first, rolling out the nuclear threat to win another set of concessions from a world struggling to deal with a leader who has little else to bargain with.
Pyongyang's punishment for May's nuclear test includes the threat of renewed, and painful, exclusion from the global banking system and humiliating checks of its ships on the high seas for weapons -- its one major export.
Kim is unlikely to abandon years of bankrolling the military -- at the expense of the rest of the population -- to ensure its protection of him and, more recently, for his son to take over the family dynasty which began with Kim's father.The government's plan is to nurture the image of his son as heir apparent.
"What they are saying is 'leave us alone'," said Balbina Hwang, a Washington-based former aide to the U.S. chief negotiator with the reclusive North, referring to the risk-filled process of securing support to anoint third son Kim Jong-un. "They want the next year or two off."
Labels: north korea; successor; Kim Jong Un; Kim Jong Il; nuclear
18-year-old North Korean refugee finds fresh start in Alaska
Grace Jo and what is left of her family escaped from North Korea to China for the first time when she was just 7 years old. In her 18 years of life, Grace has experienced loss, deprivation, incarceration and little schooling.
Today, at the end of a long journey, she lives in Fairbanks. Her family was drawn here by the Rev. Young Sung, a local Korean-American minister who hopes they will get a new start in the U.S. after years of struggle.
Grace asked to be interviewed because she wants people to know what it is like to live in North Korea, its poor conditions and its oppressive, totalitarian government.
"Americans don't know why the refugees come, why North Koreans want to search for freedom and come to America or South Korea," Grace said.
From ages 9 to 11, Grace lived with an underground associate pastor of a Christian church and his family. All that time she had to stay indoors, so as not to be arrested by Chinese authorities.
Grace has escaped by riding atop a railroad car, moved about to live with strangers numerous times, has been interrogated for days and incarcerated for months in a brutal prison in China, has been arrested several times over and crossed and re-crossed borders in the dark of night.
Grace's father was arrested for trying to provide food for his family during a time of starvation and died in a North Korea prison from brutal beatings and starvation, she said. An older sister disappeared while taking beans to market and is believed to have been kidnapped and sold into the sex trade in China. A 5-year-old brother either starved to death or was taken elsewhere — the family has not been able to find him and still holds out hope. Another brother drowned as a young boy.
[For full story]
P.S. – And if you'd like to give a few bucks to purchase a copy of a drawing Grace made that shows a scene of her life in a North Korean prison, here's the link.
Labels: north korea; refugee; china; christian; missionary
Kim Jong Il's successor ("envelope please") ... Paek Se Bong!
Although it's gone unnoticed by foreign analysts, Kim Jong Il's successor is actually: Paek Se Bong.
But who is Paek Se Bong? Ah, that's the problem. Paek is a mystery person. Search the archives of the North's official Korean Central News Agency and the name comes up only twice, the first time when Paek was originally appointed to the commission in 2003. If Paek had not been re-elected April 9 this year the original reference could have been forgotten as a historical anomaly — but here we have evidence that Paek, after six years of invisibility, is very much with us.
The name evidently is a pseudonym — understandable to many North Koreans as shorthand for the "Three Peaks of Mt. Paektu," a term the regime uses to associate Kim, his father and his mother with a high mountain on the Chinese border that is sacred in both ancient Korean mythology and communist propaganda.
Paek Se Bong, then, is a code term for one or more Kim family members being groomed to take over as next-generation head of the dynasty.
[Excerpt of an article by Bradley K. Martin, veteran Asia correspondent]
Labels: north korea; Kim Jong Il;
Indicators of Kim Jong Il's poor health
The Dong-a Ilbo highlights the fact that North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has been wearing comfortable sneakers instead of his normal formal dark shoes (complete with lifts) since reportedly suffering a stroke last year.
Since Kim is only 5-feet-2 (158 centimeters), he has been known to wear lifts in his shoes from a young age. Whenever he meets outside visitors, including at the 2007 inter-Korean summit, Kim wears formal dark high-heeled shoes.
However, since his alleged stroke last year, his high-heeled shoes or any shoes with hard soles and heels have now all but disappeared.
In the first photo of Kim released after his illness on November 2 last year, it showed him wearing sneakers. In a photo released by Pyongyang on May 24 this year, just a day ahead of the North's second nuclear test, Kim was seen wearing sharper shoe-shaped sneakers. In a photo released June 14, Kim is seen visiting a military unit and again wearing sneaker style shoes, unlike those worn by his aides.
Interestingly, Kim also wears a thick jacket despite the early hot summer weather, another indicator that his health has decreased.
Labels: north korea; kim jong il; health
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Q: When is a linear map conformal I was trying to find out when a linear map is conformal (i.e. angle preserving) when I came across this.
These notes state that a linear map is angle preserving if and only if it is multiplication by a constant. But although I don't see where there is any mistake in the proofs it seems clear to me that rotations (which are not multiplication by a constant) also preserve angles.

Please could someone clarify to me when a linear map on $\mathbb R^n$
  or $\mathbb C^n$ is conformal (=angle preserving)?

A: $||L\mathbf v||=\lambda ||\mathbb v||$ does not mean that $L$ isn't a rotation. All it says is that every vector of unit length become length $\lambda$. It doesn't say anything about what $L$ does to the direction of any single vector.

A: At each $x $ in $\mathbf{R}^2$, $Df(x)$, i.e. the derivative of $f$ at $x$, is a matrix from $R^2$ to $C^2$. For $f$ to be conformal, at each $x$ this matrix has to be angle-preserving, thus, by the argument found in the link below, it has to be a multiple of an orthogonal matrix. But, notice that this will vary as $x$ changes.
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Scientists fear new threat to butterflies from Bt corn
For a collection of articles and submissions on the current EPA reregistration of BT crops: http://www.biotech-info.net/Bt_rereg.html
Reuters - USA: September 14, 2001
http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/12403/story.htm
WASHINGTON - Four experts on biotech crops and monarch butterflies have urged the Environmental Protection Agency to renew Bt corn registrations for only one year and to investigate a new risk the plant may pose to the orange-and-black butterflies.
The four scientists at Iowa State University, Cornell University and the University of Minnesota were among more than a dozen others who recently authored papers for the National Academies of Science on the risk to monarch caterpillars of windblown pollen from genetically engineered Bt corn.
Bt corn is a variety engineered to produce the pesticide Bacillus thurigiensis, which protects growing corn plants from destructive pests. The scientific papers showed little, if any, risk from Bt corn pollen eaten by the butterflies, but questioned whether there was danger from a plant tissue known as corn anther.
The Environmental Protection Agency is mulling the proposed renewal of several Bt corn and cotton registrations that expire on Sept. 30. The varieties were first approved by the EPA six years ago.
But some of the same research scientists told the EPA that a licensing decision now would be "premature" because more studies are needed to determine the risk for caterpillars that eat Bt pollen and corn anther.
"The presence of anthers on milk weeds is of considerable importance because of the higher concentrations of Bt toxins that they contain," said John Losey, an entomologist at Cornell University.
Losey, along with John Obrycki and Laura Jesse of Iowa State University and Karen Oberhauser of the University of Minnesota, urged the EPA to take a closer look at the risk of corn anthers.
Unpublished field studies conducted in Iowa cornfields last summer showed a 50 percent lower survival rate for monarch caterpillars which ate a mixture of Bt pollen and anther, the scientists said in a letter to the EPA, dated Sept. 11.
"We urge, at the very least, that the registrations of Bt corn be limited to one year," they said. In the meantime, the agency should require new research on the risk of corn anthers and review all data again next year, the scientists said.
The biotech industry has pressed for renewal of the EPA registrations, contending that the benefits of Bt crops far outweigh any risks.
The set of National Academies of Science papers found there was less than a 2 percent chance of a monarch caterpillar being exposed to Bt corn pollen.
The risk is low because the plants shed pollen during a brief 10-day period, which must coincide with the dates when the monarch larvae are present, according to the authors. Reducing the risk, too, is the fact that only 19 percent of U.S. corn fields were planted with Bt varieties this year.


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The first thing you need to do is select a game mode. In singleplayer mode, there are two different gameplay types: real-time strategy and turn-based strategy. In multiplayer mode, you can join forces with friends and compete against one another.
Once you select your game mode, the next step is choosing a difficulty setting. The default difficulty setting for Vex 4 is medium. Difficulty levels range from easy to expert and will adjust how many shots the enemy takes before it dies and how much health it has remaining. You can also adjust the difficulty of your own shots in order to make them more or less powerful.
The third step is choosing your units. You can choose between two different types of units: humans or aliens. Humans consist of tanks, soldiers, anti-aircraft defense turrets, and marines; while aliens consist of UFOs, spaceships, asteroids, and crab creatures (the equivalent to tanks). Units that damage buildings cost less energy than units that don't; but both have their strengths in different scenarios as well as weaknesses against each other so make sure to think about which units would work best for you! Additionally, each unit has its own strengths—for example marines are great for defending against UFOs.
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Q: Printout of html page in iPhone Application I am getting the text in html format in my iPhone application. I need to take the printout of the page but I don't want that tags are also shown in the print out in simple text.
How can this be done in my iPhone application to have the print functionality which prints the html document directly but not the html tags?

A: Here, you can use the following function to pring the html page in iPhone app.
(1) This method in the controller where to print html.
- (IBAction) btnPrint_Clicked:(id)sender
{
    NSString *htmlData = @"Your HTML Text";
    [appDelegate.myWebView loadHTMLString:htmlData baseURL:nil];

    [appDelegate printWebPage:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"Employee - %@ %@",[dicEmployeeData valueForKey:@"firstname"],[dicEmployeeData valueForKey:@"lastname"]]];
}

(2) This method in the appDelegate class and also import MyPrintPageRenderer.h
#import "MyPrintPageRenderer.h".

- (void) printWebPage:(NSString *)title
{
    printController = [UIPrintInteractionController sharedPrintController];
    if(!printController){
        NSLog(@"Couldn't get shared UIPrintInteractionController!");
        return;
    }

    UIPrintInteractionCompletionHandler completionHandler =
    ^(UIPrintInteractionController *printController, BOOL completed, NSError *error) {
        if(!completed && error){
            NSLog(@"FAILED! due to error in domain %@ with error code %u", error.domain, error.code);
        }
    };

    // Obtain a printInfo so that we can set our printing defaults.
    UIPrintInfo *printInfo = [UIPrintInfo printInfo];
    // This application produces General content that contains color.
    printInfo.outputType = UIPrintInfoOutputGeneral;
    // We'll use the URL as the job name
    printInfo.jobName = title;
    // Set duplex so that it is available if the printer supports it. We
    // are performing portrait printing so we want to duplex along the long edge.
    printInfo.duplex = UIPrintInfoDuplexLongEdge;
    // Use this printInfo for this print job.
    printController.printInfo = printInfo;

    // Be sure the page range controls are present for documents of > 1 page.
    printController.showsPageRange = YES;

    // This code uses a custom UIPrintPageRenderer so that it can draw a header and footer.
    MyPrintPageRenderer *myRenderer = [[MyPrintPageRenderer alloc] init];
    // The MyPrintPageRenderer class provides a jobtitle that it will label each page with.
    myRenderer.jobTitle = printInfo.jobName;
    // To draw the content of each page, a UIViewPrintFormatter is used.
    UIViewPrintFormatter *viewFormatter = [myWebView viewPrintFormatter];

#if SIMPLE_LAYOUT
    /*
     For the simple layout we simply set the header and footer height to the height of the
     text box containing the text content, plus some padding.

     To do a layout that takes into account the paper size, we need to do that
     at a point where we know that size. The numberOfPages method of the UIPrintPageRenderer
     gets the paper size and can perform any calculations related to deciding header and
     footer size based on the paper size. We'll do that when we aren't doing the simple
     layout.
     */
    UIFont *font = [UIFont fontWithName:@"Helvetica" size:HEADER_FOOTER_TEXT_HEIGHT];
    CGSize titleSize = [myRenderer.jobTitle sizeWithFont:font];
    myRenderer.headerHeight = myRenderer.footerHeight = titleSize.height + HEADER_FOOTER_MARGIN_PADDING;
#endif
    [myRenderer addPrintFormatter:viewFormatter startingAtPageAtIndex:0];
    // Set our custom renderer as the printPageRenderer for the print job.
    printController.printPageRenderer = myRenderer;
    [myRenderer release];

    // The method we use presenting the printing UI depends on the type of
    // UI idiom that is currently executing. Once we invoke one of these methods
    // to present the printing UI, our application's direct involvement in printing
    // is complete. Our custom printPageRenderer will have its methods invoked at the
    // appropriate time by UIKit.

    if (UI_USER_INTERFACE_IDIOM() == UIUserInterfaceIdiomPad)
    {
        if(orientationStyle == 1)
            [printController presentFromRect:CGRectMake(510, 150, 0, 0) inView:self.window animated:YES completionHandler:completionHandler];
        else
            [printController presentFromRect:CGRectMake(770, 165, 0, 0) inView:self.window animated:YES completionHandler:completionHandler];
    }
    else
        [printController presentAnimated:YES completionHandler:completionHandler];  // iPhone
}

(3) Here you also need to add one class file for the print functionality:
MyPrintPageRenderer.h File
#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
#import <UIKit/UIKit.h>

/*
  Setting SIMPLE_LAYOUT to 1 uses a layout that involves less application code and
  produces a layout where the web view content has margins that are relative to
  the imageable area of the paper.

  Setting SIMPLE_LAYOUT to 0 uses a layout that involves more computation and setup
  and produces a layout where the webview content is inset 1/2 from the edge of the
  paper (assuming it can be without being clipped). See the comments in
  MyPrintPageRenderer.m immediately after #if !SIMPLE_LAYOUT.
*/
#define SIMPLE_LAYOUT 1

// The point size to use for the height of the text in the
// header and footer.
#define HEADER_FOOTER_TEXT_HEIGHT     10

// The left edge of text in the header will be offset from the left
// edge of the imageable area of the paper by HEADER_LEFT_TEXT_INSET.
#define HEADER_LEFT_TEXT_INSET        20

// The header and footer will be inset this much from the edge of the
// imageable area just to avoid butting up right against the edge that
// will be clipped.
#define HEADER_FOOTER_MARGIN_PADDING  5

// The right edge of text in the footer will be offset from the right
// edge of the imageable area of the paper by FOOTER_RIGHT_TEXT_INSET.
#define FOOTER_RIGHT_TEXT_INSET       20

#if !SIMPLE_LAYOUT

// The header and footer content will be no closer than this distance
// from the web page content on the printed page.
#define MIN_HEADER_FOOTER_DISTANCE_FROM_CONTENT 10

// Enforce a minimum 1/2 inch margin on all sides.
#define MIN_MARGIN 36

#endif

@interface MyPrintPageRenderer : UIPrintPageRenderer {
  NSRange pageRange;
  NSString *jobTitle;
}

@property (readwrite, retain) NSString *jobTitle;

@end

MyPrintPageRenderer.m File
#import "MyPrintPageRenderer.h"
#import <CoreGraphics/CoreGraphics.h>

@implementation MyPrintPageRenderer

@synthesize jobTitle;

#if !SIMPLE_LAYOUT
/*
 For the case where we are not doing SIMPLE_LAYOUT, this code does the following:
 1) Makes the minimum margin for the content of the content portion of the printout (i.e.
    the webpage) at least 1/4" away from the edge of the paper. If the hardware margins
    of the paper are greater than that, then the hardware margins will force the content
    margins to be as large as they allow.
 2) Because this format is relative to the edge of the sheet rather than the imageable area, we
    need to compute these values once we know the paper size and printableRect. This is known
    in the numberOfPages method and that is the reason this code overrides that method.
 3) Since the header and footer heights of a UIPrintFormatter plays a part in determining height of
    of the content area, this code computes those heights, taking into account that we want
    the minimum 1/4" margin on the content.
 4) This code also enforces a minimum distance (MIN_HEADER_FOOTER_DISTANCE_FROM_CONTENT)
    between the header and footer and the content area.
 5) Note that the insets used for the contentInsets property of a UIPrintFormatter are relative
    to the imageable area of the paper being printed upon. The header and footer height are also
    imposed relative to the edge of the top and bottom hardware margin.
*/

// Compute an edge inset to produce the minimum margin
// based on the imageable area margin of the edge.
static inline CGFloat EdgeInset(CGFloat imageableAreaMargin)
{
  /*
    Since the offsets specified to a print formatter are relative
    to printRect and we want our edges to be at least MIN_MARGIN
    from the edge of the sheet of paper, here we compute the necessary
    offset to achieve our margin. If the imageable area margin is
    larger than our MIN_MARGIN, we return an offset of zero which means
    that the imageable area margin will be used.
  */
  CGFloat val = MIN_MARGIN - imageableAreaMargin;
  return val > 0 ? val : 0;
}

// Compute a height for the header or footer, based on the margin for the edge
// in question and the height of the text being drawn.
static CGFloat HeaderFooterHeight(CGFloat imageableAreaMargin, CGFloat textHeight)
{
  /*
    Make the header and footer height provide for a minimum margin of MIN_MARGIN. We
    want the content to appear at least MIN_HEADER_FOOTER_DISTANCE_FROM_CONTENT from
    the header/footer text. If that requires a margin > MIN_MARGIN then we'll use that.
    Remember, the header/footer height returned needs to be relative to the edge of
    the imageable area.
  */
  CGFloat headerFooterHeight = imageableAreaMargin + textHeight +
        MIN_HEADER_FOOTER_DISTANCE_FROM_CONTENT + HEADER_FOOTER_MARGIN_PADDING;
  if(headerFooterHeight < MIN_MARGIN)
    headerFooterHeight = MIN_MARGIN - imageableAreaMargin;
  else {
    headerFooterHeight -= imageableAreaMargin;
  }

  return headerFooterHeight;
}

/*  Override numberOfPages so we can compute the values for our UIPrintFormatter based on the
    paper used for the print job. When this is called, self.paperRect and self.printableRect
    reflect the paper size and imageable area of the destination paper.
*/
- (NSInteger)numberOfPages
{
  // We only have one formatter so obtain it so we can set its paramters.
  UIPrintFormatter *myFormatter = (UIPrintFormatter *)[self.printFormatters objectAtIndex:0];

  // Compute insets so that margins are 1/2 inch from edge of sheet, or at
  // the edge of the imageable area if it is larger than that. The EdgeInset
  // function takes a margin for the edge being calculated.
  CGFloat leftInset = EdgeInset(self.printableRect.origin.x);
  CGFloat rightInset = EdgeInset(self.paperRect.size.width - CGRectGetMaxX(self.printableRect));

  // Top inset is only used if we want a different inset for the first page and we don't.
  // The bottom inset is never used by a viewFormatter.
  myFormatter.contentInsets = UIEdgeInsetsMake(0, leftInset, 0, rightInset);

  // Now compute what we want for the header size and footer size. These determine the
  // size and placement of the content height.

  // First compute the
  UIFont *font = [UIFont fontWithName:@"Helvetica" size:HEADER_FOOTER_TEXT_HEIGHT];
  // We'll use the same title height for the header and footer. This is the minimum height
  // the footer can be.
  CGFloat titleHeight = [self.jobTitle sizeWithFont:font].height;

  /*
    We want to calculate these heights so that the content top and bottom
    edges are a minimum distance from the edge of the sheet and are inset at least
    MIN_HEADER_FOOTER_DISTANCE_FROM_CONTENT from the header and footer.
  */
  self.headerHeight = HeaderFooterHeight(CGRectGetMinY(self.printableRect), titleHeight);
  self.footerHeight = HeaderFooterHeight(self.paperRect.size.height - CGRectGetMaxY(self.printableRect), titleHeight);

  // Just to be sure, never allow the content to go past our minimum margins for the content area.
  myFormatter.maximumContentWidth = self.paperRect.size.width - 2*MIN_MARGIN;
  myFormatter.maximumContentHeight = self.paperRect.size.height - 2*MIN_MARGIN;

  /*
      Let the superclass calculate the total number of pages. Since this UIPrintPageRenderer only uses a UIPrintFormatter,
      the superclass knows the number of pages based on the formatter metrics and the paper/printable rects.

      Note that since this code only uses a single print formatter we could just as easily use myFormatter.pageCount
      to obtain the total number of pages. But it would be more complex than that if we had multiple printformatters
      for our job so we're using a more general approach here for illustration and it is correct for 1 or more formatters.
   */
  return [super numberOfPages];
}

#endif

/*
 Our pages don't have any intrinsic notion of page
 number; our footer will number the pages so that users
 know the order. So for us, we will always render the first
 page printed as page 1, even if the range is n-m.
 So we track which page in the range is the first index
 as well as the total length of our range.
*/
- (void)prepareForDrawingPages:(NSRange)range
{
  pageRange = range;
  [super prepareForDrawingPages:range];
}

- (void)drawHeaderForPageAtIndex:(NSInteger)pageIndex inRect:(CGRect)headerRect
{
  if(self.jobTitle){
    UIFont *font = [UIFont fontWithName:@"Helvetica" size:HEADER_FOOTER_TEXT_HEIGHT];
    // Position the title starting from the left and inset slightly from the left edge of the imageable area.
    CGFloat startX = CGRectGetMinX(headerRect) + HEADER_LEFT_TEXT_INSET;
    // The header will always be a fixed amount inset from edge of the the imageable area of the paper.
    // The point passed to drawAtPoint is at the top-left of the text that will be drawn, hence
    // the starting point is the y coordinate of the top of the imageable area rect plus any padding.
    CGFloat startY = self.printableRect.origin.y + HEADER_FOOTER_MARGIN_PADDING;
    CGPoint startPoint = CGPointMake(startX, startY);
    [self.jobTitle drawAtPoint:startPoint withFont: font];
  }
}

- (void)drawFooterForPageAtIndex:(NSInteger)pageIndex inRect:(CGRect)footerRect
{
  NSString *localizedPageNumberString = NSLocalizedString(@"Page %d of %d", @"Localized Page Count String");
  // Compute the page numbers so that the first page in the range being
  // printed is always page 1 of N, where N is the total number of pages.
  NSString *pageNumberString = [NSString stringWithFormat:localizedPageNumberString,
                  pageIndex+1 - pageRange.location, pageRange.length];
  UIFont *font = [UIFont fontWithName:@"Helvetica" size:HEADER_FOOTER_TEXT_HEIGHT];
  CGSize pageNumSize = [pageNumberString sizeWithFont:font];
  // Position the page number string so that it ends inset by FOOTER_RIGHT_TEXT_INSET from the right edge
  // of the imageable area.
  CGFloat startX = CGRectGetMaxX(footerRect) - pageNumSize.width - FOOTER_RIGHT_TEXT_INSET;
  // The footer will always be a fixed amount inset from the bottom edge of the imageable area of the paper.
  // The point passed to drawAtPoint is the top-left of the text that will be drawn, hence
  // the height needs to be subtracted from the starting point.
  CGFloat startY = CGRectGetMaxY(self.printableRect) - pageNumSize.height - HEADER_FOOTER_MARGIN_PADDING;
  CGPoint startPoint = CGPointMake(startX, startY);

  [pageNumberString drawAtPoint:startPoint withFont: font];
}

@end

Let me know if you need more help. It will pring the html document as you required.

A: I'm going to make a few assumptions, because you're not very clear in your question. You are trying to print an HTML document, but there are parts of the document that you do not want to print. Is that correct?
If so, one option is to use something like ElementParser to parse the document and remove the parts you don't want.


text:
La base aérienne de Starokostiantyniv est une base située près de la ville de Starokostiantyniv, dans l'oblast de  Khmelnytskyï, en Ukraine.

Histoire
C'est la base d'attache de la 7e brigade d'aviation tactique (Petro Franko), qui vole sur Soukhoï Su-24M, Aero L-39 Albatros et Aero L-39M (ces deux derniers comme avions d'entraînement).

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Situation

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