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Inequalities in the use of services provided by psychiatrists in Spain: A multilevel study
Kátia B. Rocha, Katherine Pérez, Maica Rodríguez-Sanz, Jordi Alonso, Carles Muntaner, Carme Borrell
Department of Public Health Sciences
Objective: The objective was to identify individual or contextual inequalities in visits to psychiatrists in Spain, a country with a regionalized health care system and variable integration of mental health and primary care. Methods: This cross-sectional study used data for the noninstitutionalized population from the 2006 Spanish Health Interview Survey (N=29,478). A score of 3 on the General Health Questionnaire represented a need for mental health care. The probability of having visited a psychiatrist in the previous four weeks was analyzed in relation to individual-level variables (age, social class, health insurance, and country of origin) and contextual socioeconomic variables (Gross Domestic Product; a measure of income equality; and characteristics of regional mental health systems, such as human resources, services, and organization). Multilevel logistic regression models were used. Results: A total of 161 individuals (.55% of the sample) reported a visit to a psychiatrist during the previous four weeks. Individuals age 65 and older and immigrants from low-income countries were less likely to report a visit. Visits to psychiatrists were more common in regions with higher rates of psychiatrists per hospital (odds ratio [OR]=1.47, 95% confidence interval [CI]=1.18-1.83), more human resources for mental health (OR=1.03, CI=1.01-1.06), and better integration of primary care and specialized mental health care (OR=1.90, CI=1.32-2.76). Conclusions: Individual and contextual inequalities in use of psychiatrists' services exist in Spain. Better coordination between primary and mental health care and greater availability of mental health resources were associated with greater use. Policies seeking better integration of care should be promoted.
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Rocha, K. B., Pérez, K., Rodríguez-Sanz, M., Alonso, J., Muntaner, C., & Borrell, C. (2013). Inequalities in the use of services provided by psychiatrists in Spain: A multilevel study. Psychiatric Services, 64(9), 901-907. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201100419
Inequalities in the use of services provided by psychiatrists in Spain : A multilevel study. / Rocha, Kátia B.; Pérez, Katherine; Rodríguez-Sanz, Maica et al.
In: Psychiatric Services, Vol. 64, No. 9, 01.09.2013, p. 901-907.
Rocha, KB, Pérez, K, Rodríguez-Sanz, M, Alonso, J, Muntaner, C & Borrell, C 2013, 'Inequalities in the use of services provided by psychiatrists in Spain: A multilevel study', Psychiatric Services, vol. 64, no. 9, pp. 901-907. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201100419
Rocha KB, Pérez K, Rodríguez-Sanz M, Alonso J, Muntaner C, Borrell C. Inequalities in the use of services provided by psychiatrists in Spain: A multilevel study. Psychiatric Services. 2013 Sep 1;64(9):901-907. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.201100419
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Features / The Daily Prophet
Ron Is Obi "Won-Won"
by Lis Fricker · Published August 7, 2020 · Updated July 25, 2021
When I suggested this piece at the MuggleNet staff meeting, I accidentally derailed the meeting for about five minutes because a lot of people have a lot of ideas about which Star Wars character Ron represents, ranging from Han Solo and R2D2 to Jar Jar Binks. But I contend Ron Weasley fills the same archetype that Obi-Wan Kenobi does: the wise old mentor archetype within the hero's journey, depicted below.
The wise old mentor appears at step two of the journey. They guide the hero through the transition from "normal person" to hero and teach the hero the skills that are needed to survive the rest of the steps in the new/special world. One example is when "Old Ben" Obi-Wan Kenobi guides Luke Skywalker off Tatooine and – on the way to rescue Princess Leia – introduces the future Jedi Master to the ways of the Force and of being a Jedi Knight.
Dumbledore is widely credited as the Obi-Wan of the Harry Potter series. But after examination of the series, the tasks reserved for that archetype are done mostly by Ron Weasley. And this isn't because of the theory that Ron is Dumbledore with a Time-Turner. It's much more practical: The person who does the most to explain the wizarding world to Harry is Ron Weasley.
Harry's first train journey to Hogwarts from platform nine and three-quarters is the departure to the special world. But it is Ron and his family, not Dumbledore, who usher Harry onto the train at King's Cross. It is Ron who sits next to Harry as they travel on the Hogwarts Express, accompanying Harry as he transitions from the Muggle world to the wizarding world: the point at which he transitions from a boy with broken glasses and a funny scar to a boy training to be a hero.
The train ride also signifies the second part of the archetype: relaying information to the hero that helps the hero live in their new reality. Obi-Wan taught Luke the basics of the Force and how to use a lightsaber. As they travel to Hogwarts, Ron introduces Harry to wizard snacks and candies, including Chocolate Frogs, an act which will later help the trio figure out Nicholas Flamel's identity. Ron also explains Quidditch and the House system, both of which play heavily into Harry's education.
Once at Hogwarts, Ron shows Harry many facets of wizarding society in their first year – from wizards chess to dragon reservations. This continues throughout the series from explaining the term "Mudblood" in Chamber of Secrets all the way to explaining Unbreakable Vows in Half-Blood Prince. But beyond lessons that help Harry at school, Ron shows Harry the wizarding world is larger than he previously imagined when he invites Harry to the Quidditch World Cup. Perhaps most importantly, Harry's friendship with Ron brings Harry to the Burrow wherein Harry learns about what it means to be part of a family.
You may say that most of these depictions of Ron come from knowledge one has gained by living in the magical world all their life – not necessarily wisdom like a sage-like character has. Yet there are a lot of moments in the books when Ron shows he has more than innate knowledge that could be ascribed to wit and wisdom. We see this in the confrontation with the troll in the girl's bathroom when Ron uses the Levitation Charm without any encouragement from the others, when Ron wins against the human-sized chess set, and when Ron suggests using Felix Felicis to get the memory from Slughorn.
Ron especially shines in Deathly Hallows. Ron is the one who suggests getting and using a basilisk fang from the Chamber of Secrets during the Battle of Hogwarts. In the first few books, Ron shows no interest in house-elf welfare. He only joins SPEW to keep Hermione off his back. But by the end of the series, he is actively caring about house-elves. It shows he is willing to grow as a person and admit previously held beliefs sometimes need to change.
Ron gains emotional intelligence as well. Ron understands in Goblet of Fire that his jealousy issues were the root of his anger at Harry being a Triwizard champion and gets over those emotions to help Harry survive the rest of the tournament. Hermione declared Ron had "the emotional range of a teaspoon" (OotP 459). But Ron grew to be more emotionally aware of himself and others in Deathly Hallows, especially after he realized the consequences of leaving. That growth helped him support Harry and Hermione, especially after the events at Malfoy Manor.
I presented these arguments to a two-time state champion debater, and he said he'd buy Ron is Obi-Wan or – as Lavendar Brown would call him – Obi "Won-Won." While we can derail staff meetings over the best character Ron represents in the Star Wars universe, I still say Ron is more like Obi-Wan than Jar Jar Binks.
What are your thoughts? Do you think there is another fictional character, Star Wars or otherwise, whom Ron embodies?
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OCI > Press Release, February 16, 2012, HHS Rejects Wisconsin's Request for a Transitional MLR Adjustment
Press Release, February 16, 2012, HHS Rejects Wisconsin's Request for a Transitional MLR Adjustment
Last Updated: February 16, 2012
HHS Rejects Wisconsin's Request for a Transitional MLR Adjustment
Madison, WI—Today, U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius formally rejected Wisconsin's request for an adjustment in the state's medical loss ratio standards. The 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) requires insurers to spend eighty to eighty-five percent of premiums on direct patient care beginning in 2011. Last year, Wisconsin applied for a waiver allowing the state to grant insurers a transition time frame to implement the new changes.
"The Obama administration's decision is puzzling. Four insurers have already exited Wisconsin, and consumers are being forced to transition to new coverage or a new insurer. We thought that a three-year transitional medical loss ratio—allowing insurers some time to adjust to changing market conditions—was prudent, and we could avoid any additional market exits. This rejection puts Wisconsin consumers at risk. We also expected the federal government to defer to our expertise on the Wisconsin marketplace, after all the states have been the primary regulator of insurance issues since at least the 1940's," Wisconsin Insurance Commissioner Nickel stated.
As required by PPACA, Wisconsin's application for a waiver demonstrated that we had concerns regarding the availability of agents to serve Wisconsin consumers, and that PPACA's loss ratio standard could result in insurers leaving the state. In responding to HHS's request for additional information, the state also highlighted concerns that some Wisconsin consumers live in counties that have both potentially concentrated health insurance markets and were "underserved" from a medical standpoint. A loss of a health insurer in these counties could lead not only to market disruption, but could impact the availability of medical care. A three-year transition would have allowed the Office of Commissioner of Insurance to better protect Wisconsin consumers in these and other counties.
However, the Department of Health and Human Services decided to ignore the threats to the Wisconsin market by ignoring the impact of insurer exits. In their rejection letter, HHS stated that "we do not believe that the exits by these four insurers supports the OCI's concern that immediate implementation of the 80 percent MLR standard could lead to market destabilization."
"We had hoped this decision would be made outside of politics, but it is clear that the Obama administration has at least one eye on the re-election campaign. Unfortunately, we are living in a new world with PPACA turning our long-standing understanding of federalism on its ear." said Nickel. "This kind of federal control of the Wisconsin health insurance market is exactly why the state joined the multi-state lawsuit against PPACA and why this law is doomed to fail."


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Danielle Lima-Holland
His Excellency The President of the Republic of Cabo Verde Dr. Jorge Carlos Fonseca to Visit California
Press Release (ePRNews.com) - LOS ANGELES - Sep 17, 2018 - The Embassy and the Consulate General of Cabo Verde in the United States has the honor of formally announcing the upcoming visit of His Excellency Jorge Carlos de Almeida Fonseca, President of the Republic of Cabo Verde, and First Lady Ligia Fonseca to California Sept. 20-23, 2018.
The visit begins with Governor Edmund Gerald "Jerry" Brown Jr. in Sacramento on Friday, Sept. 21, where he'll be accompanied by the Minister of Defense and Foreign Affairs Luis Filipe Tavares, the Ambassador to Washington, D.C., Carlos Veiga, along with Consul General Herminio Moniz. President Fonseca is expected to address issues of common interests between Cabo Verde and the United States in a year when the two countries celebrate 200 years of their official relationship.
In addition to His Excellency's visit to the Californian Cabo Verdean Communities, Jorge Carlos Fonseca stated: "I consider this visit to the Cabo Verdean American Communities in California as an obligation. Our Constitution is clear when it gives equal voice to Cabo Verdeanos born in Cabo Verde or abroad. It is my role as President of the Republic to ensure enduring bonds for future generations to come."
I consider this visit to the Cabo Verdean American Communities in California as an obligation.
Dr. Jorge Carlos Fonseca
President of the Republic of Cabo Verde
This is the first time that a President of Cabo Verde will visit California, where there are sizable and thriving communities made up of various generations of Cabo Verdeans and Cabo Verdean American organizations throughout Northern and Southern California. Cabo Verdeans living in the United States continue to maintain strong ties with their roots despite the distance between the two countries. In Los Angeles, an enthusiastic Cabo Verdean community has joined efforts to honor His Excellency and the First Lady with a private event (Sept. 22) that will run from the afternoon and into the evening. The day's program will include interactive dialogues and a seated dinner as well as live entertainment featuring internationally acclaimed Cabo Verdean recording artists Maria DeBarros and Joao Pires Correia. The event is expected to be well attended.
The group that calls itself Cabo Verdean Strong CA had this to say: "The California Cabo Verdean communities are excited and look forward to this presidential visit. This is a well-deserved tribute and show of gratitude to the President and First Lady in recognition of their commitment to the vibrant future of our culture and ancestral homeland. President Fonseca and the First Lady embody the power of community with their generosity and dedication. It is our belief that Cabo Verdeanos across the globe has the capacity to mobilize our communities to achieve great things."
Wrapping up the U.S. visit, President Fonseca and his delegation will fly to New York on Sunday, Sept. 23, to participate at the 73rd Session of the United Nations General Assembly.
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Future of Fashion Styling: Is Artificial Intelligence Here to Hurt Or Help?
by Natalie Kimani
Every stylist can tell you about their 'dread shoot'. The fashion styling opportunity that they completely floundered because the merchandise just didn't work. Perhaps the looks didn't fit the client just right or their fashion future predictions just didn't resonate with the masses and critics alike. Hey, it happens. Fashion is far from static and with constantly shifting perceptions and human rudiments, some things are bound to be out of a stylist's control. But what if you could get a little help from the digital-sphere? With more fashion designers and brands turning to Artificial Intelligence (AI), could it be a viable option for stylists of the future? Or will it make the human stylist redundant?
2018 KiraKira trend [Image: Michael Halpern]
What could AI do for stylists?
Previously, the only option designers or brands had was to hire trend-analysis firms such as WGSN to do the manual research. That's months of combing through information to predict trends, which doesn't come cheap. Computers can do the same work in a fraction of the time. Using an algorithm, AI could easily go through a compilation of personal data and reveal to a stylist what people actually want or like. For instance, designer Tommy Hilfiger teamed up with the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) and IBM for a project that would work with AI tools. According to CB Insights, the 3D design tool would decipher, "real-time fashion industry trends, customer sentiment around Tommy Hilfiger products and runway images, and resurfacing themes in trending patterns, silhouettes, colours, and styles."
Gucci's Spring 2018 campaign. [Image Ignasi Monreal / Gucci]
With the speed at which trends come and go, being able to predict what the next wave will be could provide any fashion designer or stylist with an added advantage. By analysing different elements of information, they can provide data that minimizes risk but still inspires the artist in their next creative project. JASONGRECH, an Australian couture designer, partnered with IBM's cognitive tech – known as the Watson cognitive system – to help fashion his collection for Melbourne Fashion Week 2016. The algorithm helped this designer, whom typically designed in darker colours, make the timely shift to pastels.
Retails spaces are already embracing Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) such as Obsess VR to make shopping an immersive experience. But its platforms such as Wide Eyes Technologies, Cortexica, Thread Genius, ViSenze, and Sarafan that are tapping into hyper-personalization. That is, using visual recognition, product matching tech and attribute tagging to analyse shopper's habits and advice brands on anything from marketing strategies and customer preferred experience to product classification. Now, imagine a stylist with this kind of information. Coupled with the assessment they make in person, they'd be able to make offer more accurate style recommendations to their clients or project. They could also tap into the made-to-order demand that more customers are insisting on.
Gender Neutral fashion trend 2018 [Image: Tilly and William]
Why stylist may be against AI…
There is the worry that AI could be so efficient that it would replace the stylist altogether. Take for the example the success of Stitch Fix. The start-up has only been around for seven years now but it already has millions of users who use this fashion service to predict clothing items that they may be interested in. It can credit its success rate to its algorithm based on "keep-and-return" records. Through this data, they've gone a step further and even developed apparel and recommend new designs that they should add to their inventory. With access to such a diverse feedback model, they are able to make strategic decisions that increases the customer satisfaction rate significantly.
Then there are Digital stylists such as Epytom and Mode.ai that are designed to give stylist advice. Eventually, companies are aiming to create technology that allows consumers to scan their body's successfully at home to answer the plea for customization and solve the fit-issue. One service already attempting to do this is Metail.
Reason not to panic just yet…
Granted, these robots or systems are able to go through dense data and output recommendations in seconds. Nevertheless, they aren't able to process emotion the way humans can; and isn't fashion emotive? Additionally, its trend forecasting capabilities could accurately aid the business side fashion, but it may come up short on the creative angle. The individual creativity element is what prevents the repetition of concepts and is able to present diversity such as Avant-Garde.
Rihanna carrying a Jacquemus petite purse [Image: Vogue]
In an interview with The Observer, American fashion designer, Zac Posen, elaborated, "AI will not be able to synthesize the irrational surprises that only humans have. On a daily basis, a human brain processes so much experiences and influences that can lead to changes in taste and choices immediately and irrationally. That's something I don't believe AI or algorithms can be as quick or reactive yet." So, instead of these cognitive technologies coming in to replace the stylist, it can be argued that they are here to enhance and accelerate the creative process.
[Image: Stitch Fix/Digiday]
Even in the case of Stitch Fix, humans are still involved. Yes, it uses and algorithm but it was coded by the company's 85-person data team. Furthermore, they still have human stylists who, after the system has made a commendation, will make the final decision on the selection.
FIT's Graduating Seniors Present "The Future of Fashion" [Image: Hannah Lajba / Mark Von Holden / WWD]
For now, it seems that tech and human stylists can co-exist. However, who is to say that these machines or AI robots won't eventually be able to learn human expert judgement – especially in the emotion arena? While time will have to tell with this frontier, we can still appreciate the human intuition that guides fashion future predictions today. For a little stylist-inspiration, check out Fashion Institute of Technology's annual Future of Fashion show; where the graduating seniors from FIT present looks to editors, potential employers and buyers as their final projects. You can watch it here.
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A daughter, Henley Marie Manz, was born Sunday, July 29, 2018, to Taylor Renee and Spense Thomas Manz of Fostoria. Henley weighed 7 pounds, 12 ounces, and weighed 19 inches long.
Maternal grandparents are Greg and Nadine Schreiner of Fostoria. Paternal grandparents are Rob Man of Kenly, North Carolina, and Beverly Carter of Wilson, North Carolina. Paternal great-grandparents are Tom and Verdella Manz and Liz and Al Leibengood, all of Fostoria, and Linda Mangum of Nashville, North Carolina.


OF OIL ROYALTIES RIDERWASHINGTON - Democratic lawmakers have pledged to roll back a change won by the oil industry in the way royalties are collected for oil pumped on federal lands.
At a Capitol Hill news conference, Democrats attacked Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, for slipping into an emergency spending bill a measure temporarily blocking the Interior Department from implementing its new rules.
That action could cost the government $66 million in new royalty income annually.
Referring to the deed as ''a robbery of the taxpayer,'' Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., said: ''The getaway car was not driven by Bonnie and Clyde, it was driven by Kay Bailey Hutchison and (Rep.) Robert Livingston,'' the Louisiana Republican who chairs the House Appropriations Committee.


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Analysis: What healthcare providers need to know about short-term limited-duration health insurance products going into 2020
Chad Mulvany, FHFMA
The Trump administration is encouraging consumers on the Obamacare individual market to seek help from private brokers, who are permitted to sell short-term health plans that critics deride as "junk," according to The Washington Post.
Under the ACA, all health insurance plans must cover 10 essential health benefits, but short-term health plans do not have to cover those services, according to the Post.
The rule allowing the sale of such plans was finalized late last year, just weeks before open enrollment, so this is the first year they are widely available, according to the Post.
The Washington Post is reporting that, "The Trump administration is encouraging consumers on the Obamacare individual market to seek help from private brokers, who are permitted to sell short-term health plans that critics deride as 'junk' because they don't protect people with preexisting conditions, or cover costly services such as hospital care, in many cases. Consumers looking at their health insurance options on the website for the federal marketplace, called healthcare.gov, may be redirected to other enrollment sites, some of which allow consumers to click a tab entitled 'short-term plans' and see a list of those plans, often with significantly cheaper premiums. The rule allowing the sale of such plans was finalized late last year, just weeks before open enrollment, so this is the first year they are widely available.
"Under the ACA, all health insurance plans must cover 10 essential health benefits, including maternity and newborn care, prescription drugs, emergency room services and mental health. Short-term health plans do not have to cover those services, can discriminate against those with preexisting conditions and set caps on how much they are willing to pay, which is prohibited for Obamacare plans. Brokers often make higher commissions on short-term plans, health policy experts said, which gives them an incentive to sell them. They are supposed to present ACA-compliant plans to consumers, but can provide other options, including short-term plans. Some brokers make clear that such plans are not as comprehensive as ACA plans, but experiences differ."
This is something providers will need to be aware this of going into 2020. The impact will be limited given there are approximately 10 to 11 million people enrolled on the exchanges at any given time. However, for those impacted, it will pose a significant challenge to the patient and provider. The hospital will be stuck between the patient, who may have thought they bought comprehensive coverage, and the plan that's making limited payments based on the product sold to their member. These cases could exacerbate the risk of hospital medical accounts receivable resolution practices being scrutinized as reporters will inevitably highlight instances where consumers, either knowingly or unknowingly, bought one of these policies and then needed care that exceeded the relatively thin benefit these plans provide. As one CFO recently commented, "This isn't our mess, but it is our problem."
Obviously, prevention is the best policy here.
The Kaiser Family Foundation has a good primer on short-term plans that can be used to help educate consumers.
Also, it's another reason to make sure that it's easy for patients to access hospitals' patient financial assistance policies as recommended by HFMA's Dollars & Sense, which is a compilation of industry-consensus recommendations and best practices for meeting consumers' rising expectations, helping consumers make better healthcare decisions and improving the patient financial experience.
is director, healthcare finance policy, strategy and development, HFMA's Washington, D.C., office.
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countries. Can you name them without looking it up ?
Which one won titles in the most countries ?
Trapattoni! Who knew about Benfica?
five? Or did he never win the league at Real?
Trap, I should have known, but I too had forgotten about Benfica.
Happel, probably would have guessed that one eventually.
Nope. Lots of other honors, but not La Liga.
But I think the key is to look outside of the big European leagues.
need to take a non-European league into account (3 in Europe, 2 in Asia).
winning team at least for the majority of the season.
Was the Paulista League important then?
Was it the National League?
- No, not by any stretch of imagination.
the State championships in Brazil, pre-Brasileirao?
the Uruguayan league in 1962 and Serie A in 1955.
Not only is wikipedia wrong, it is also inconsistent!
still has undisputed four titles in four leagues, unlike Guttmann.
have had them in first place to stay (is there a way of checking that?).
Brasileirao at the time. It's the Uruguayan title that's a bit more iffy.
Penarol, but didn't finish it.
Spanish wikipedia says that he led Penarol to the title in 1962.
After the 1962 European Cup Final, Guttmann approached the Benfica board of directors and asked for a pay rise. However, despite the success he had brought the club, he was turned down. On leaving Benfica, he allegedly cursed the club, declaring, "Not in a hundred years from now will Benfica ever be European champions".
Benfica have gone on to lose all eight of their subsequent European finals, including five European Cup finals (1963, 1965, 1968, 1988, and 1990), and three UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League finals (1983, 2013 and 2014). Before the 1990 final, played in Vienna (city where Guttmann was buried), Eusébio prayed at his grave and asked for the (alleged) curse to be broken."
table), and Milan subsequently won the title (much as Peñarol did in 1962).
Guttmann wasn't the easiest of persons.
He obviously cursed the wrong team.


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Blog Tour: Aru Shah and the Tree of Wishes by Roshani Chokshi | Review
April 29, 2020 April 30, 2020 by Leelynn @ Sometimes Leelynn Reads
Hey mersquad coven!
Thanks so much to Rock Star Book Tour for hosting this tour and for allowing me to be on this tour!
Aru Shah and the Tree of Wishes
by Roshani Chokshi
Series: Pandava Quartet #3
Publisher: Rick Riordan Presents
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Best-selling author Rick Riordan presents the third book in the Hindu-based, best-selling Pandava series by Roshani Chokshi, in which Aru and her cohorts, Mini, Brynne, and Aiden—and now a pair of twins—each search the Otherworld for Kalpavriksha, the wish-granting tree.
War between the devas and the demons is imminent, and the Otherworld is on high alert. When intelligence from the human world reveals that the Sleeper is holding a powerful clairvoyant and her sister captive, 14-year-old Aru and her friends launch a search-and-rescue mission. The captives, a pair of twins, turn out to be the newest Pandava sisters, though, according to a prophecy, one sister is not true.
During the celebration of Holi, the heavenly attendants stage a massage PR rebranding campaign to convince everyone that the Pandavas are to be trusted. As much as Aru relishes the attention, she fears that she is destined to bring destruction to her sisters, as the Sleeper has predicted. Aru believes that the only way to prove her reputation is to find the Kalpavriksha, the wish-granting tree that came out of the Ocean of Milk when it was churned. If she can reach it before the Sleeper, perhaps she can turn everything around with one wish.
Careful what you wish for, Aru . . .
Roshani Chokshi (www.roshanichokshi.com) is the author of the instant New York Times best-selling books in the Pandava series, Aru Shah and the End of Time, and its sequel, Aru Shah and the Song of Death. She also wrote the New York Times best-selling YA books The Star-Touched Queen and The Gilded Wolves. She studied fairy tales in college, and she has a pet luck dragon that looks suspiciously like a Great Pyrenees dog. The Pandava novels were inspired by the stories her grandmother told her as well as Roshani's all-consuming love for Sailor Moon. She lives in the south and says "y'all," but she doesn't really have a Southern accent. Her Twitter handle is @roshani_chokshi.
Disclaimer: I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Thank you to Rock Star Book Tours and Rick Riordan Presents for this free copy. All quotes in this review are taken from the Advanced Reader Copy and may change in final publication.
Ahhhh I freaking fell in LOVE with this story and I'm so upset with myself for not picking up this series earlier! Seriously it's like I get scared to read from authors that seriously inspire me because I don't know what I'm going to do after the story is done. What a weird feeling, but it happens more often than you would think.
Anyway, I already knew that Chokshi was one of my favorite authors and I loved her writing from The Star-Touched Queen, so I already KNEW that I was going to be obsessed with Aru Shah, and I was freaking right! The banter was on point, the story was amazing, all of the characters were just absolutely loveable and strong and I couldn't help but want to hug them and then smack them for being silly all at the same time. This was just amazing. I'm honestly really glad that this story is in existence because it allows people like me, who have never had the pleasure of learning about Hindu myths and legends, to finally get ourselves educated on the greatness that is this culture. I'm just in love with the myths behind this story, and I find myself looking up the characters and falling more in love with them. Thank you so much Roshani Chokshi for doing this, and for allowing someone like me to appreciate and learn more about the stories that you grew up on.
"I'm the daughter of the god of thunder and lightning. Electricity is practically my thing."
"Yesterday you stuck a fork in the toaster," pointed out Aiden.
"It was just for a second, and it was holding my breakfast prisoner."
See what I mean about the banter?
I could see myself being immersed in this group and rolling my eyes at the interactions between Aru and Aiden and the rest of the group. I just felt so warm and happy and so invested in this journey that I'm still not over the fact that this book is over. Thank goodness there is one more book, but then I still need more Aru Shah in my life!
Stay tuned for my more thorough reviews on this novel, and the first two books in May.
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2 thoughts on "Blog Tour: Aru Shah and the Tree of Wishes by Roshani Chokshi | Review"
Mere says:
I AM READY FOR THIS BOOOOOOOKKKK
evelynreads1 says:
Great review! I can't wait to pick this one up!
(www,evelynreads.com)


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What you've said in those last few lines is so true Rosalind - it is because we are all so different, be it in our choice of clothes, music or people, that we are an interesting species. If we were all the same we might as well be robots. That's what I think about groups of people who wear brands like they are a uniform - there is nothing unique or personal about it.
I laughed when I read the line about body con dresses and neon - I am not a fan either - but then when you said that some people might be repulsed by crocheted cardigans and jumble sale buys I thought "yep, that's me". I know that a lot of people think that never wearing an outfit that doesn't include at least one charity shopped item is weird but that's just the way I dress!
This dress you are wearing reminds me of some kind of seventies witch! But the colour is beautiful and it really does suit you, though I've no idea of when you would actually wear it! As to scrap booking, it's something I've been meaning to do for a while as I've collected all the magazines but just haven't quite got around to buying a book to stick them in yet! Maybe that should be my project for the last few weeks of August! It sounds very relaxing and therapeutic though - especially when done in front of a comedy series! I think mine would have to be The Thick Of It.
I suppose taste, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder!
I so agree with you. We are all different which makes the world a far more interesting and colourful place to live in. I do wonder at times what it would be like if we all dressed and looked the same. Perhaps a bit like doctors at a hospital. More uniformed rather than individual, and that is why I adore flirting with fashion and celebrating my inner style.
You pull off the cape flawlessly. And I am in accordance with you, if we all had the same stance on what is considered "beautiful" or "chic" this world would be awash in gray.
I couldn't agree with you more. Especially on the jeggings front, even leggings for that matter, I've never been a fan.
I love the sound of your dads suit, isn't it incredible that he once saw that as something 'cool and stylish'. My parents were the same, my mum loved her garish neon oversized blouses with shoulder pads in the 80's and still sticks up for them when we mock her on her previous wardrobe choices. I guess 'bad taste' is such a personal thing that what one person loves another will well and truly hate.
I'd love to see your collection of scrapbooks, I have boxes of torn up magazines and old images (never a Vogue, they stay intact in all of their glory) that I really must do something with. I'm saving them for the future when I need inspiration for upcoming shoots (here's hoping I'll be a successful stylist).
I think this blue number is amazing, but you're right, a bit hard to wear for the most part. An article of clothing's wearability doesn't quite decide whether or not it's bad taste or not though, because goodness knows most really high end fashion designs are totally unwearable but considered in good taste (at the time).
I agree that things would be dull if we all had the same taste in fashion. I often enjoy seeing people rock styles that I'd never have the guts to, and it's fun like that.
But I also agree on the jeggings... big NO right there.
Great post! i think bad taste is often determined by whats "popular". Which is a shame in most cases.
Lovely photos as usual! Love your hair!
Love this post! Looks like a goddess!
Please show us these vintage photos you're talking about! it would be great!
me encantaron las imagenes, me recuerdan a un viaje a brasil y unas imagenes de una virgen que vi alla.
What you said in the last few words cannot be more true. For me there is no thing as Bad taste, but there are different type of people!
In the pictures you look like a ninfa, just beautiful.
These photos are so beautiful. Especially the ones with the hood on.
"style should be about celebrating the individual. " That is insanely true. This post is awesome and the pictures are lovely. The third on is very Lady of the Lake to me.
I do exactly the same, I enjoy collecting some of my favorite articles, pictures and photo shoots. I have shoes boxes full of family photo's and all my little keep-sake's! But like you, my scissors never reach vogue!
I am glad we are different too. Countless amounts of times I've heard people say 'We are all the same'.
These pics are totally INCREDIBLE!!!! Like holy unbelievable!!! The ones in the water are breath taking too!!! U look like a mermaid!
Yes, it is a bit star-trecky, but it looks so beautiful on you I could never consider it ugly.
georgeous outfit!! amazing photos!! great blog!!
I am a regular reader, longtime lurker, and first time commentor on your blog. I love the way you write, and of course your style is incredible. I especially love the posts where you describe all your outfits in detail, as if they were people with their own personalities...please don't stop doing that!
I couldn't agree more. I think that's why I'm so drawn to blogs and so bored by fashion magazines. I also find it so important to see style presented from a range of age groups - I am in l'age after all, but it must be said that style seems to be associated with youth whereas in reality - style is absolutely everywhere. I love the blue caftan - just don't use the stove!
I loved reading your thoughts on the evolution of bad taste. I never thought about it, but you are obviously right. Our tastes change, so naturally the opposites of that change as well.
Beautiful shots as always especially the fourth shot.
What you say is one hundred percent true, one man's treasure is another man's gold! Everyone has different opinions, and that makes the world a more interesting place!
I absolutely love this post, I was wondering if I could link to it on my blog?
your fascinating... I just found your blog and your style really caught my eye!
What a twit I am! I read your post and forgot to leave a comment so please forgive the lateness.
I do agree, Roz, what the majority perceive as bad taste is constantly evolving. In the Eighties most of us (I'm a year younger than your Mum) regarded the previous decade as being the worst known to man, probably as it was so recent and therefore so passe. Nowadays it's the late 1990's, all those bodywarmers, combat trousers and Chinese prints, which no doubt everyone will be embracing again in ten years time.
Thank goodness we aren't all the same or I wouldn't be able to snap up 1970's dresses for pennies at jumble sales.
Eek, hello Roz. The world of blogger is very confusing and even more scary to come onto your blog and see all your lovely posts and well set out blog. Mine is a mess, I feel silly and lonely in my odd world with one post. Your pictures were all very summery and lovely. I miss you. Caitlin.
Beautiful pictures!! love love that dress!
Amen, my beauty in blue.
You look like a fairy..so pretty ;) great photoshoot!!!
Very true about 'style celebrating the individual'. It's just a shame that people get judged so harshly on their sartorial tastes. Another insightful blog.
These photographs are beautiful! There seems an air of pre raphaelite to them !
Also love your story of your mum and dad. I love looking back at photos of my mum in the 80s and seeing her wear things that she has now passed to me .
Beautiful words, Rosalind. And as much as I love looking at your pictures - it is reading your thoughts that I especially enjoy and look forward too.
And I definitely think you're right. Bad taste - or just taste in general - really is in the eye of the beholder. Funnily enough, one changes his opinion on a certain style or item in the course of time. But that is the great thing about fashion - it gives you the opportunity to slip into rolls and just be whoever you want to be in that moment, even if you might look back in a couple of years and just be horrified.
On a side note: That location was just ideal to showcase the dress.
I completely agree! I think everyone has their own style and preferences...and what I think wonderful I'm sure others will think horrid!


You can pre-save and pre-order Composure (pre-order can be found here.) Catch Real Friends performing all summer long on the Journeys Right Foot stage and the Vans Warped Tour. Tickets and tour information can be found on Vanswarpedtour.com.
In other news, Panic! At The Disco released a new single, "King Of The Clouds." The latest single will be on the group's upcoming album Pray For The Wicked set to release June 22, 2018 via. Fueled By Ramen. The Maine tweeted a video stating after the Vans Warped Tour, the group will be ending the Lovely, Little, Lonely era.
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The Hunna announced a tour across the United States. The tour kicks off September 24, 2018 in San Francisco, CA and wraps up in Denver, CO on October 13, 2018.
State Champs will be on the Vans Warped Tour 2018 performing on the Journey's Left Foot Stage. For tickets and tour information visit vanswarpedtour.com.
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Neck Deep made an announcement via. Twitter in regards to new music. The group stated that after the tour with Don Broco that the group will be moving forward from the "Peace And The Panic" era and will be working on new music.
The shows with @DONBROCO will be the conclusion of The Peace & The Panic chapter. We'll be hibernating after them to work on a new album, but no idea how long that'll take!
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Symposia Facilitate Dialogue on Innovative Research
Attendance for the 3rd Biennial International Symposium on Ocular Regeneration and the 5th Biennial International Symposium on AMD continues to climb each year, reflecting the high caliber of these meetings and the value they bring to their respective fields. Both events sparked great discussions and drew rave reviews from attendees, participants, and sponsors alike.... Read more about Symposia Facilitate Dialogue on Innovative Research
Michael Young, PhD, established STEM program for local high schoolers
The Harvard Ophthalmology Ocular Regenerative Medicine Institute expanded its educational offerings last summer when Michael Young, PhD, developed a STEM program to provide internships and learning opportunities in regenerative ophthalmology to interested students at Revere High School. Through this program, faculty from Schepens Eye Research Institute of Massachusetts Eye and Ear give lectures on current research at Schepens and Mass. Eye and Ear, and...
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Investigators Share Research and Potential Applications for Eye Diseases at Ocular Regeneration Symposium
The second Biennial International Symposium on Ocular Regeneration brought together leaders in the fields of ophthalmology, genetics, stem cell biology, neuroregeneration, and neuroremodeling who aim to accelerate cures for blinding diseases. The event, held October 20, 2016 in Boston, MA, drew nearly 200 researchers, clinicians, trainees, and industry representatives from around the world.
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Scientists and Clinicians Discuss Regenerative Medicine and Philosophical Riddles at First Symposium on Ocular Regeneration
Demetrios Vavvas, MD, PhD, Pawan Sinha, PhD, Michael Young, PhD, and Joan W. Miller, MD, FARVO
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New Grant for Retinal Tissue Engineering Awarded by the Bertarelli Program in Translational Neuroscience and Neuroengineering
OCTOBER 24, 2014 (Boston, MA): The Bertarelli Program in Translational Neuroscience and Neuroengineering a collaborative program between Harvard Medical School and the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland, has announced a new set of grants worth $3.6 million for five...
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Researchers Regrow Human Corneas: First Known Tissue Grown from a Human Stem Cell
Limbal stem cells -- identified with a new marker -- could reverse a leading cause of blindness
BOSTON (July 2, 2014) -- Boston researchers have identified a way to enhance regrowth of human corneal tissue to restore vision, using a molecule known as ABCB5 that acts as a marker for hard-to-find limbal stem cells. This work, a collaboration between the Massachusetts Eye and Ear/Schepens Eye Research Institute (Mass. Eye and Ear), Boston Children's Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital and the VA Boston Healthcare System, provides...
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Each week brings new projects, emails, documents, and task lists. How much of that is totally different from the work you've done? Odds are, maybe not much. Many of our day-to-day tasks are variations on something we have done hundreds of times before.
Do not reinvent the wheel each time you start something fresh. Use templates–as starting point for 17, standardized documents with formatting and text. As soon as you save a version of the template, simply add, remove, or alter any data for that unique document, and you are going to have the work.
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That is only one advantage: Using a template means you are less likely to leave out crucial info, too. For instance, if you need to send freelance authors a contributor agreement, modifying a standard contract template (rather than writing a new contract every time) ensures you won't depart out the crucial clause about possessing the content as soon as you've paid for this.
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Imagine you're creating a template of your resume. You'd want to record details about your duties and accomplishments, so you are going to have all the info you want to apply for any job.
Some applications will automatically fill in these variables for you (more on this in a bit). But if you have to fill in the information on your own, include some text that's obvious and simple to search for so it is possible to locate text that has to be changed without much work.


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Fashion platform Zilingo acquires Sri Lankan SaaS startup nCinga for $15.5M
TechCrunch 17 December 2019
Singapore's fashion startup Zilingo has acquired Sri Lanka's SaaS startup nCinga in a $15.5 cash and stock deal, the two said today.
Founded in 2014, nCinga offers an IoT platform to enable real-time production monitoring on factory floors and data analytics tools. Its acquisition is one of Sri Lanka's largest tech exits in recent times, the two said.
Zilingo, which has built several pieces of supply chain -- manufacturing, logistics, payments, etc. for retailers and brands, said it will deploy the Sri Lankan startup's Manufacturing Execution System (MES) software across its network of 6,000 factories and 75,000 businesses.
Ankiti Bose, co-founder and chief executive of Zilingo, said nCinga's product has helped the startup "drastically improve" efficiency and drive insights by digitizing the shop floor. "Their work has been crucial to our mission of creating a transparent, sustainable, economically viable and socially responsible apparel supply chain," she said.
Zilingo "has long" been a client of nCinga, she said.
Retailers continue to struggle with meeting consumer demand for fast, responsibly produced products due to inefficiencies and information asymmetry, said Zilingo, which is steps away from becoming the latest Southeast Asian unicorn. The acquisition will enable it to help customers in the United States, Europe and Australia, where brands traditionally lack transparency over supply chain and manufacturing processes, it said.
Zilingo will also help to expand the reach of nCinga's software to core fashion manufacturing markets, such as Bangladesh, India, Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand and Turkey. In a statement, nCinga chief executive Imal Kalutotage said the startup "hopes to do great things together."
The announcement today comes weeks after Zilingo said it planned to invest $100 million to expand its supply chain in the U.S.
It's unclear how much capital nCinga had raised prior to today's announcement. According to Crunchbase, nCinga's last financing was its seed round five years ago.


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Q: In a PowerShell script using 1passsword cli, how can I automate the login with no user action, filling in the password automatically I'm working on a PowerShell script with the 1Password CLIv2. I need it to login automatically.
The command I'm using is:
Invoke-Expression $(op signin)

Right now it stops here:
PS C:\Users\MyDirectory\Downloads> .\Test.ps1
Enter the password for my@email.com at domain.1password.com:

I need to throw in the password automatically and let the script continue.

A: Ok. I came across something that cleared this up.
Make one script file (test.ps1) containing this:
$wshell = New-Object -ComObject wscript.shell;
$wshell.AppActivate('Your Title')
Sleep 4
$wshell.SendKeys('password1234')
$wshell.SendKeys('~')
Then make another script file(test2.ps1) containing whatever you need the password for and whatever you want to accomplish:
Invoke-Expression $(op signin)
Then put this into the PS prompt:
.\Test.ps1; .\Test2.ps1
And Bob's your uncle, you're done.

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Q: What I'm doing wrong in following array manipulation in foreach loop? I've an array titled $photos as follows:
Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [fileURL] => https://www.filepicker.io/api/file/UYUkZVHERGufB0enRbJo
            [filename] => IMG_0004.JPG
        )

    [1] => Array
        (
            [fileURL] => https://www.filepicker.io/api/file/WZeQAR4zRJaPyW6hDcza
            [filename] => IMG_0003.JPG
        )

)

Now I want to create a new array titled $values as follows :
 Array
(
    [vshare] => Array
        (
            [IMG_0003.JPG] => Array
                (
                    [0] => https://www.filepicker.io/api/file/RqAN2jZ7ScC8eOx6ckUE
                )

            [IMG_0004.JPG] => Array
                (
                    [0] => https://www.filepicker.io/api/file/XdwtFsu6RLaoZurZXPug
                )

        )

)

For this I tried following code :
$values = array();
        foreach($photos as $photo ) {
          $values['vshare'][$photo->filename] = array($photo->fileURL);
        }

Then I got following wrong output when I print_r($values):
Array
(
    [vshare] => Array
        (
            [] => Array
                (
                    [0] =>
                )

        )

)

Can someone please correct the mistake I'm making in my code?
Thanks.

A: -> is operator for objects, as expleined in this question.
Try:
$values = array();
foreach($photos as $photo ) {
    $values['vshare'][$photo['filename']] = array($photo['fileURL']);
}

A: <?php

$values = array();
foreach($photos as $photo ) {
   $values['vshare'][$photo['filename']][0] = $photo['fileURL'];
}

A: you should try this code
$values = array();
foreach($photos as $photo) {
    $values['vshare'][$photo['filename']] = array(0 => $photo['fileURL']);
}

Works fine for me.


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package org.apache.isis.objectstore.jdo.datanucleus.typeconverters;

import org.datanucleus.store.types.converters.TypeConverter;

import org.apache.isis.applib.value.Markup;

public class IsisMarkupConverter implements TypeConverter<Markup, String>{

    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;

    @Override
    public String toDatastoreType(final Markup memberValue) {
        return memberValue != null
                ? memberValue.asString()
                : null;
    }

    @Override
    public Markup toMemberType(final String datastoreValue) {
        return datastoreValue != null
                ? new Markup(datastoreValue)
                : null;
    }

}

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Taipei Cinese partecipò ai XVIII Giochi olimpici invernali, svoltisi a Nagano, Giappone, dal 7 al 22 febbraio 1998, con una delegazione di 7 atleti impegnati in tre discipline.

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Information technology (IT) can be defined in various ways, but is broadly considered to encompass the use of computers and telecommunications equipment to store, retrieve, transmit and manipulate data. The term is commonly used as a synonym for computers and computer networks, but it also encompasses other information distribution technologies such as television and telephones.
Humans have been storing, retrieving, manipulating and communicating information since the Sumerians in Mesopotamia developed writing in about 3000 BC, but the term "information technology" in its modern sense first appeared in a 1958 article published in the Harvard Business Review; authors Leavitt and Whisler commented that "the new technology does not yet have a single established name. We shall call it information technology (IT)." Based on the storage and processing technology employed, it is possible to distinguish four distinct phases of IT development: pre-mechanical (3000 BC – 1450 AD), mechanical (1450–1840), electromechanical (1840–1940) and electronic. This article focuses on the latter of those periods, which began in about 1940.


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Kings Home Game on 12/22 vs. EDM Postponed, NHL & NHLPA agree to continue 2021-22 regular season
Insiders, some news from a leaguewide perspective that does not impact tonight's game in Washington, but will impact was what the final scheduled Kings home game before the holiday break.
The Kings and Oilers game, scheduled for STAPLES Center on Wednesday, December 22 has been postponed, along with 11 other games around the NHL. All games postponed were games scheduled between a team based in the United States and a team based in Canada, due to "concern about cross-border travel" and the "fluid nature of federal travel restrictions". All games cancelled fell between 12/20 and 12/23, the start of the league's holiday break.
The game between the Kings and Golden Knights, scheduled for December 23 in Vegas, is still on as scheduled.
Regarding the NHL and NHLPA deciding to continue the 2021-22 regular season –
We will continue to play the 2021-22 regular-season schedule. Although there has been a recent increase in positive COVID test results among Players, coaches and hockey staff, there have been a low number of positive cases that have resulted in concerning symptoms or serious illness. Therefore, the NHLPA's and NHL's medical experts have determined that, with virtually all Players and Club hockey staff fully vaccinated, the need to temporarily shut down individual teams should continue to be made on a case-by-case basis. The effects of recently introduced enhanced prevention and detection measures will be evaluated daily. The NHL and NHLPA, along with their medical experts, will be monitoring not only the number and pattern of positive COVID results, but also the depth of Club line-ups so as to ensure both the health and safety of the Players and the integrity of League competition.
Regarding a decision on NHL players playing in the 2022 Olympics in Beijing –
Given the disruption to the NHL's regular-season schedule caused by recent COVID-related events – 27 games had been postponed as of Saturday and at least 12 more will be postponed through Dec. 23 – and the continued uncertainty caused by the ongoing COVID pandemic, the NHL and NHLPA are actively discussing the matter of NHL Player participation in the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, and expect to be in a position to announce a final determination in the coming days.
Kings and Capitals are still a go, around 90 minutes from now. Game Thread to follow!
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Aisha Visram envisions a day when her accomplishments aren't as big of a deal as they were last week. "A woman
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Worst Manchester City Signings Ever
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3. Roque Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz was worth £17.5 million on a four-year deal. The move to Manchester City reunited Santa Cruz with his former manager at Blackburn, Mark Hughes. He scored his first league goals for Manchester City, a brace in a 4–3 home victory against Sunderland on 19 December, a game which proved to be Mark Hughes' last game at the club. Santa Cruz's appearances, however, were limited when Roberto Mancini took over as manager, due to a succession of injuries coupled with a lack of form.
Brilliant in Blackburn he was miserable in Manchester, scoring just three goals in 20 appearances. Was long forgotten before he was eventually released in 2013.
2. Jo
Jo arrived at the Etihad for a club-record £19m in July 2008, having scored 44 times in 77 matches for Russian giants CSKA Mosco. Reflecting now, all things considered, he might be the worst pound-for-pound Manchester City signing of all time. He would make 41 appearances for City with an awful return of just six goals.
Loan spells at Everton and Galatasaray were also a washout and after three painful years, he returned to his homeland to play for Internacional.
1. Lee Bradbury
Manchester City signed Bradbury for a club record fee of £3m in July 1997 fighting off several other suitors for his signature.
He was a powerful, grafting centre-forward with a rocket of a shot – while an imposing debut away at Burnley had many Blues believing he could be the man to fire them to promotion from the old First Division.
He wasn't to do so and several months later Bradbury succumbed flopped quite spectacularly. His time at City was an unmitigated disaster despite a relatively respectable 10 league goals in 36 appearances as the Blues were relegated into the third tier for the first time in their history.
Chairman Francis Lee said of the deal: "I was on holiday in Portugal when we signed Bradbury and 'd never seen him play."
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Le Palazzo Capodilista est un rare témoignage de l'architecture résidentielle médiévale et l'un des plus grands palais de Padoue. Construit au début du  autour de la tour défensive existante (du ), il conserve la plupart des souvenirs historiques de l'ancienne famille Capodilista (à partir de 1785 Emo Capodilista) dont les descendants possédaient l'édifice jusqu'au début des années 2000.

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Le noyau principal, le palais-forteresse le plus ancien, est celui caractérisé par les remparts et la tour, haute de plus de . Ouverte à l'origine par six portiques élancés de style padouan « géants » reposant sur d'imposants piliers à base de pierre. Les anciennes fenêtres à meneaux sont encore reconnaissables dans le mur de briques. La chapelle décorée entre les  demeure une relique de l'époque médiévale, avec des fresques d'époque, un ciboire et un retable de style lombard. Le décor étoilé des voûtes du portique est gothique.

La grande collection d'art des Emo Capodilista, déjà exposée dans le bâtiment, enrichit une partie des expositions des Musées Civiques des Eremitani.

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Lamm owners- still in love with your amps/preamps? | What's Best Audio and Video Forum. The Best High End Audio Forum on the planet!
Lamm owners- still in love with your amps/preamps?
Has anyone here compared the SET Lamms with KR Audio SET?
I bought the M 1.1 as the best sounding amp I know to be able to drive the infamous Apogee Scintilla (linear 1 ohm impedance over the whole frequency range!) and the M 1.1 drives the amp murdering Scinnies with ease while sounding excellent.
Has anyone directly compared the M 1.1 with the M 1.2? I heard or read somewhere that the M 1.1 has better parts and sounds better than the M 1.2. Is that true or rumour?
On my very easy to drive Apogee Studio Grand (linear 6 ohm impedance, about 87dB per watt in 3 meters, dipole!) I prefer my KR Audio amps. KR Audio Kronzilla SX with 50 SET watts and VA350 with 30 SET watts per channel.
I have to admit that I have never heard Lamms SET amps, though.
I didn't say my M 1.1 are better than M 1.2. I said I heard or read that somewhere.
I would love to directly compare the M 1.1 with the M 1.2 to find out which one sounds better (to me).
But that most probably will never happen. In central Europe, Lamms aren't that widespread.
The M 1.1 was easily the best amp I heard on the dreaded 1 Ohm Apogee Scintilla (don't know if Ypsilon amps would be able to drive the Scintillas but they "could" even sound better if they don't break on that load).
On easier speakers, I prefer my KR Audio amps over the M 1.1, though.
And then again, I have never heard the Lamm SET amps. I guess they are even a lot better sounding than the M 1.x (and M 2.x) on suitable speakers.
I hope that JackD201 chimes in soon as according to Steve he is in the fortunate position to compare them all.
Hi Cristoph I can only give generalities between the ML2.1 Lamm SET and the Kronzilla DX IIs that we have here. It's very apples to oranges since there aren't many speakers the 18 wpc ML2.1 can perform at its best with. Having also had other KR models here like the 855, 900, 910 as well as the other Lamms like the push pull ML1.1, and both hybrids I would say that in general Lamm has more transient "pop" and a touch more definition while the KRs have a touch more weight and body. I'm not very good at descriptions really and that's the reason I lean very heavily on demonstration. Personally, I think both appeal to a broad swath of listeners because neither get in your face and have a good sense of flow. I do think that they sometimes push different buttons in different listeners. While say another brand we carry the all solid state, high switch speed, very accurate CH Precision line keeps you alert and in a state of visual immersion and the KR's being very tactile in the lower midrange where I'm sure you have experienced the feeling of the hair on your arms vibrating sympathetically keeps one "swoony" and blissful, the Lamm's are in between with more of a tug at the gut especially whith sweet sustained tones and vibratos. To be candid, that is the reason we carry all three. We also carry a modestly priced line from Germany called Valvet that in turn falls in between the Lamm and KR house sounds.
In a few months time we will have the 200wpc 842VD based KR amp and that should be easier to compare with the M2.1 Lamm Hybrid at least with my speakers. I'll try and chime in then. I wish I could have been of more help.
I also think that KR is very underrated. IMO Marek Gencev their chief designer is very talented and has really brought the original designs of Riccardo (RIP friend) to new and greater heights. Ricacardo would have been proud of his one time protege.
I, too think, that KR Audio is absolutely great gear.
its great the lamms can drive scintillas wow!... so flexible thats what i love about them !!!
The M 1.1 drive the Scinnies with ease, that means they drive ANY speaker you can imagine.
After you do have the M 1.2 and not the M 2.2, I take it the M 1.2 sounds better in your ears, right?
The only speaker I owned that the M1.1 could not drive is the Stax F81. The M1.1 simply shut off every time I hooked them up to the Stax F81.
Thanks for your first hand comparison.
So it comes down to personal taste and/or system synergy?
Is your "new" M 1.2 able to drive the Stax F81 without shutting off?
What tubes are you M 1.x owners using in your amps and how long do they work before you need to change them?
On your first question, if you are asking if the different sound character i hear between the M1.1 and M1.2 is due to my preference or system synergy, the answer is no. The description is what I heard using both amps to drive Magnepan 1.6, original WATT, WATT/PUPPY 5, Spica TC50, Yamaha NS 1, Metaphor 2, and Crosby Quad 63. I believe what I described are the inherent sonic signatures of the two amps.
I have not tried the M1.2 on the Stax F81 yet.
The tube I use in both the M1.1 and M1.2 is CV2492 made by Mullard. I started using the CV2492 about halfway through my ownership of the M1.1. I just transferred the tubes from the M1.1 to the M1.2 the moment I took delivery of the M1.2. I'm still using the same tubes up to now. Don't use my experience to gauge the life of the tubes. My tubes last longer because I rotate amps in and out of the chain.
Late to the party but chiming in. I've owned several single ended triode amplifiers. 45s, 2A3s, 300bs, but since getting the Lamm ML2.1 I stopped SET amp rolling. I haven't looked back since.
Welcome to the party Nephilim and don't forget about Lamm preamps, special magic there!
So true David. I still use the LL2 Deluxe as a pre amp.
In this case a very late thank you for your experience.
Is the Mullard CV2492 still your king tube or did you find another one that pleases you even better?


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Codeception templates allow creating a customized setup and configuration for your project. An abstract class for installation template. Each init template should extend it and implement a setup method. Use it to build a custom setup class which can be started with codecept init command.
Create an Actor class and generate actions for it. Requires a suite config as array in 3rd parameter.
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Q: In iOS what is the best practice to make font size work well with all device sizes? With UIKit, is there a recommended way to make font size work well with all device sizes other than having to customize/hard code the font sizes for each specific device?

A: You could set a maximum and minimum font scale in the storyboard or in your view controller. Depending on your audience it's best not to go below 8 or 9pt font size. Also make sure your FontSizeToFitWidth is set to true so it will auto shrink.

A: Super general question but rather than ignore it I'll try to answer what I think you're asking:
Generally speaking, I try to find the happy medium, a font size that'll look ok for all devices (iPhone, iPod Touch etc. iPad is obviously a different animal). If you are looking to launch something for both iPhone and iPad then I would suggest looking at this answer. It has some details as to how you can create different storyboards for different devices in your AppDelegate.swift


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Medical museum is a hidden gem in the city
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Director of the Cape Medical Museum, Kholiwe Dubula, in one of its rooms showing the old equipment.
If you blink you might miss the Cape Medical Museum in Green Point, but the museum hopes to change that.
The museum, which is on the doorstep of the V&A Waterfront and run by the provincial government, was started by a group of professional doctors in 1981 and opened officially in June 1986.
The museum was originally the home of the superintendent of the City Hospital for Infectious Diseases.
"You can see that this house was not a part of the hospital because in each room there is a fireplace. The building is more than 100 years old," said museum director, Kholiwe Dubula.
Zahid Badroodien is a junior doctor who joined the museum management committee recently. He said he had been "pleasantly surprised" to discover it and he wants others to have the same experience.
"What we have here is a collection of the development, progress and improvement of medicine in Cape Town. Not only Cape Town but South Africa because essentially 100 years ago Cape Town was the doorway to the rest of South Africa. It's sad for me that Cape Town with two medical faculties and hundreds of doctors don't know about this facility.
"It's under-appreciated and under-supported."
He said it was important to preserve this pocket of history for future generations, so that they understood the importance of science, maths, medicine and a culture of caring for others.
"That's what this building embodies. You are stepping into a 100-year-old building, it is basically a time machine with things left unchanged.
"It is inspiring because it excites you. If you have a passion for the undiscovered, want to learn more and think you want to study medicine, come to the museum."
Ms Dubula said children were very excited when they visited the museum.
"We are encouraged to teach, exhibit, tell stories. We always make sure that we give this to the people and invite the schools."
The museum programme includes the history of medicine, the history of the museum itself and the history of traditional and Khoisan medicine.
MsDubulaencouraged residents to become Friends of the Museum – there are 21 at the moment and Dr Badroodien is one of them.
"We need to ask the community for support," he said. "Come and support us and become a friend of the museum.
"We need to recognise, appreciate and Africanise the museum so that it celebrates the roots of where medicine started on the continent. Not just to say here is what the British or Dutch brought us but this is what our Khoi, Xhosa and Zulu have brought to the development of medicine. That is the way forward now."
Two weeks ago, the museum was the venue for a Junior Doctors' Association of South Africa gathering, and the museum hosts other general events.
"We want people to come on board and tell us how we can improve the museum and bring their friends.
"That way we can get word about the museum out. Gone are the days you must drive to the V&A Waterfront and see the signs but miss it," said Dr Badroodien.
Email Capemedicalmuseum@gmail.com or call 0214185663 for more information.
Zahid Badroodien and Kholiwe Dubula are on the management committee of the Cape Medical Museum in Green Point and want to encourage more people to visit.
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For this example we will use the following (made up) example file format.
First we start with the imports and some small helper functions.
We also define some simple helper types for Point, Triangle and Color.
""" Example implementation of how to use GSTPy with a custom geometry format"""
The TIN representation is rather simple. It has a name, a color, a list of vertices and a list of triangles.
It also has a method to get a GSTPy.GeometryBuilder instance from the tin data.
Finally it has a method to read/write a TIN from/to a file.
""" encodes the TIN representation in a GSTPy.GeometryBuilder"""
""" reads a TIN from tin_file """
""" writes the TIN to tin_file """
TinReader is used to retrieve a TIN representation from GSTPy.NetworkInterface.get_feature_custom_format().
""" Get TIN representation from GSTPy get_feature_custom format"""
GSTPy.RawPoint3 has x,y,z as floats.
The v1,v2,v3 values in GSTPy.IdxTriangle reference those indices.
GSTPy.IdxTriangle has v1,v3,v3 as integers.
third, second and fourth add_point call (in that order).
Here we see it all used in action.
See below for the the output of the .tin files.