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Elliot Richardson is the Co-Founder and President of the Small Business Advocacy Council, an organization laser-focused on improving the economic environment for small businesses in the State of Illinois. The SBAC strives to empower the small business community by bringing business owners, professionals and entrepreneurs together to speak with a unified, and strong voice.
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Elliot has been involved in community service since his college days at Bradley University. Presently, Elliot serves on the Board of Directors for Childserv, a large and successful organization focused on helping at-risk children. Elliot is co-chair of the resource development committee of this organization. Elliot is also on the board of Youth Conservation Corp., a dynamic non-profit which provides training in the construction industry to at-risk children.
Elliot formerly served on the Board of Directors for Youth Communications, an organization that empowers children by teaching them crucial writing skills. He also served on the Editorial Board of the Chicago Bar Association and on the executive committee of the Young Lawyers Section of the CBA. Elliot also served on the board of the YMCA Alliance Board.
Elliot received his law degree from the University of Dayton. In law school, he was the member of the Public Interest Law Organization and received the University of Dayton School of Law Pro Bono Publico Service Award. Elliot graduated from Bradley University with a degree in sociology and criminal justice. He obtained a minor in history.
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Resourceful Friend's LLC, Co-founder
Anjel Brown is determined and focused to bring wealth to her family and community by building a structured portfolio of an array of businesses that will add value to her family and community Anjel graduated from Sunshine Enterprise / New Covenant Community Business Academy in 2019 and completed a finance course with New Covenant.
Anjel is the Co-Founder of Resourceful Friend's LLC, a small business that provides the preferred professional residential and commercial cleaning services to the Chicagoland and surrounding suburbs. Their vision is to create an atmosphere that is conducive to everyone that enters into it. Their target is schools, churches, hospitals and nursing homes. The spread of germs and diseases is controlled by properly applying disinfects. Resourceful Friend's uses green cleaning products which improve the indoor air quality, reduce airborne dust and chemical gasses. Resourceful Friend's cleaning service is just one of the many services that they will be offering. They will offer services such as a food pantry, additional resources for low-income families, non-profit transitional housing, a 6-month job readiness program which will equip the individual with life skills that will assist them; and a male mentorship program targeting boys ages 8- 15. Resourceful Friend's will be built upon a strong foundation; By displaying a professional ethical standard we will change lives and promoting quality relationships. Anjel Brown is highly engaged and focused to bring the vision of Resourceful Friend's to full fruition. She believes through hard work, dedication and perseverance you can reach any goal that you set your mind to. She believes that the sky is not the limit but that it is limitless.
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The company designs, sells and installs home theaters, home automation, surround sound, video walls and custom audio & video solutions in homes, bars, restaurants, board rooms and amenities spaces.
After attending the University of Pittsburgh, David started his career in supply chain management in the airline food industry while studying accounting at night at DePaul University. David worked as a CPA for Deloitte and then as the controller at a small hedge fund. David is a licensed electrical contractor – low voltage in the City of Chicago.
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ProVisors, Vice President, Leadership and Member Development
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Paul S. Detlefs
The Traction Group, EOS® Implementer
Paul Detlefs has spent over 40 years advising small and mid-sized businesses and their owners, working with over 200 companies over that time. After 24 years at Andersen Consulting/Accenture, in 2002 he founded The Prestwick Group, a consulting and advisory firm focused on small and mid-sized businesses and their owners. He spends almost all of his time now as a Professional Implementer of EOS®, the Entrepreneurial Operating System, serving as a teacher, facilitator and coach for his clients.
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Bill Maloney is a Senior Vice President & Division Manager in the Emerging Middle Market group at 5/3 Bank in the Chicagoland region, where he manages a team focused on helping business owners achieve their financial goals. With more than 14 years of experience in the banking industry, Bill understands the challenges businesses face and helps them to better understand how to adapt, evolve and embrace opportunities for growth.
A lifelong Chicagoan he currently resides on the Northwest Side of Chicago with his wife and son. In his free time, Bill enjoys spending time with his family & friends, cooking and playing golf.
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Danielle is the founder and owner of L.T. Consultants, LLC, a brand management consultancy on Chicago's South Side. Danielle's consulting journey began in 2005 as a sole proprietor, when she said goodbye to punching the corporate clock and began assisting clients in Northwest Indiana, Illinois, Nevada, and Georgia. In 2021, L.T. Consultants, LLC, gained their MBE/WBE/BEP minority certifications through the City of Chicago and the State of Illinois.
Today, Danielle continues to assist her clients with breaking barriers in their industries, and she successfully launched C.H.I.C.A.G.O Outreach Initiative. C.H.I.C.A.G.O Outreach is geared towards collaboration with network partners for community outreach focusing on youth mentorship, senior advocacy, and entrepreneurship.
Danielle also sits on the Executive Board for Building Strong Millennials (501c3), whose efforts focus on education, economic development, and civic engagement, and sits on the Board of Directors for SBAC (Small Business Advocacy Council of Illinois) a non-partisan, member driven organization that promotes the success of small business through political advocacy, support services and educational programs.
Even with these commitments, Danielle still finds time to volunteer with local churches for outreach and has been a lifelong volunteer with Gift of Hope. Needless to say, this driven entrepreneur is doing her part not only as a business owner but as a community advocate.
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Sherry holds an MBA from Northern Illinois University and a BA from North Central College in Political Science. On her free time, Sherry enjoys travelling, hiking, and cooking. Although Sherry does not have kids of her own, she loves the role of Aunt to her niece and seven nephews who keep her busy on the weekends.
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Q: Android phonegap send push notification using Google Cloud Messaging using php I have developed the android application in cordova 3.4 now I want to get the automatic notification to their mobile. For this I refer websites as below

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*http://devgirl.org/2013/07/17/tutorial-implement-push-notifications-in-your-phonegap-application/

*http://devgirl.org/2012/10/25/tutorial-android-push-notifications-with-phonegap/

*https://github.com/hollyschinsky/PushNotificationSample30/tree/master/platforms/android
I read all above links then did all stuff they told like create project on google cloud messaging , get the project id , create server key (In textbox I given my private server IP) then API Key, I also have registration id device and I wrote code in php for sending push notification to my device but it is giving me "unauthorised Error 404"
my code is as below
    define( 'API_ACCESS_KEY', 'my api key' );

    //$registrationIds = array( $_GET['id'] );
    $registrationIds = array($id);
    //var_dump($registrationIds);die;
    //prep the bundle
    $msg = array
    (
            'message'       => 'New Jobs is updated',
            'title'         => 'get the job in cad',
            'subtitle'      => 'get the job in cad',
            'tickerText'    => 'Ticker text here...Ticker text here...Ticker text here',
            'vibrate'   => 1,
            'sound'     => 1
    );

    $fields = array
    (
            'registration_ids'  => $registrationIds,
            'data'              => $msg
    );

    $headers = array
    (
            'Authorization: key=' . API_ACCESS_KEY,
            'Content-Type: application/json'
    );

    $ch = curl_init();
    curl_setopt( $ch,CURLOPT_URL, 'https://android.googleapis.com/gcm/send' );
    curl_setopt( $ch,CURLOPT_POST, true );
    curl_setopt( $ch,CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $headers );
    curl_setopt( $ch,CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true );
    curl_setopt( $ch,CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, false );
    curl_setopt( $ch,CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, json_encode( $fields ) );
    $result = curl_exec($ch );
    curl_close( $ch );

    echo $result;

I just hit url and send the registration id of device to the my php page but this page give me the error unauthorised Error 401.
Que.1. Is this possible to send the push notification from php which is hosted on private server?
Que.2 Is device registration id compulsory for sending push notification to those user they installed the apps?
Please anybody help me how to solve this above error and if anybody have another solution then tell me. I tried from yesterday but not achieve my goal so please help me.

A: Here is the GCM code and its working properly with my device though its in CI framework but hope you can use it. It is compulsory to add device_id for the push and also the passphrase you'll get for the site. just try it.
function sendNotification($device_id,$message) {
        /*echo $device_id;
        echo "<br>";
        echo $message;*/

        // note: you have to specify API key in config before
        $this->load->library('gcm');
        // simple adding message. You can also add message in the data,
        // but if you specified it with setMesage() already
        // then setMessage's messages will have bigger priority
        $msg = $this->gcm->setMessage($message);
        //var_dump($message);

        // add recepient or few
        $this->gcm->addRecepient($device_id);
        //var_dump($device_id);
        // set additional data
        //$this->gcm->setData($params);
        // also you can add time to live
        $this->gcm->setTtl(500);
        // and unset in further
        //$this->gcm->setTtl(false);

        // set group for messages if needed
        //$this->gcm->setGroup('Test');
        // or set to default
        //$this->gcm->setGroup(false);
        // send
        return $this->gcm->send();
    }

Hope it'll solve your problem.

A: <?php
$register_keys = array("YOUR_REGISTRY_KEYS")
$google_api_key = "YOUR_API_KEY";
$registatoin_ids = $register_keys;
$message = array("price" => $message);
// Set POST variables
$url = 'https://android.googleapis.com/gcm/send';
$fields = array(
'registration_ids' => $registatoin_ids,
'data' => $message,
);
$headers = array(
'Authorization: key=' .$google_api_key,
'Content-Type: application/json'
);
// Open connection
$ch = curl_init();
// Set the url, number of POST vars, POST data
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $headers);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);

// Disabling SSL Certificate support temporarly
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, false);

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, json_encode($fields));

// Execute post
$result = curl_exec($ch);
if ($result === FALSE) {
die('Curl failed: ' . curl_error($ch));
}
//print_r($result);
// Close connection
curl_close($ch);
?>

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I like pears and I like any type apart from those expensive ones - cannot remember the name - I really dislike them, and cannot understand why they are so expensive.
Pears also go very well with a lot of savoury dishes and I use them regularly in cooking.
Not my fruit of choice. I find they can be super bland, well the supermarket ones can be.
Honestly, i've had some that were so bland, it was like chewing an old leather sofa cushion.
yes they are AJ -agreed -some ripen and some just do not! I treat them like an apple if they do not but they are not juicy like they used to be when you buy them.
I love pears when they're crisp. I'll eat pears in both sweet and savoury dishes but most often these days will just enjoy eating it in it's purest form. My favourite pears are definitely the nashi and beurre bosc varieties - especially paired with some stinky cheese !
I don't see a big variety of pears at the local grocery store. I used to enjoy the Bartlett pears, but don't see many of those around, so now I buy the William pears. Pears just don't taste delicious and full of juice like they used to. The ones at the store seem very hard, with little taste, so I haven't bought any for a while. Maybe I'll give the new seasons ones a try. They are in season, so they should taste better.
They are nice at the moment Lluxi. I like to leave mine in a bowl to ripen for a while. They are picked while hard because they are so difficult to transport . A ripe pears is a delicate and delicious thing.
I have bought some today, Annfi !!! See what they taste like.
I have only had Bosc pears. I like them but do not have them often.
I just like the soft ones, that are a very light green.
I use to stew them, and have with some custard.
Yes, I like them. They can be tasteless so I stick to the Williams and Buerre Bosc as they seem pretty reliable.
I do enjoy pears, though they do not seem as flavoursome as the ones we would get when I was a child. Being in North Qld, many of the pears here sem to have been kept in a cold room for too long, so they cannot ripen naturally! I like my pears to be firm but juicy!! I also enjoy using them in cooking, or just stewed by themselves simply with sugar and cloves.
I love pears, and like to slice them and heat them in the oven until they begin to brown, sweet! I like them to be ripe, and don't mind any variety, when they're ripe, I love all of them!
No, I've never been keen on pears, I've never liked the texture.
Yes. I don't know what it's called, but it's the brown one - fifth one from the left. That's my favourite kind of pear. To be fair, I haven't tried many varieties.
Yes I like pears. I like their shape and think they look beautiful in a display. I keep most fruit and tomatoes out of the fridge so that their flavour improves, and like to make an attractive arrangement. I wonder if those who find fruit tasteless eat them too early or too cold?
I have some very tasty yellow ones with a delicate blush at the moment that were a pretty shade of green when I bought them and not great to eat. I love Buerre Bosh , the brown ones- sorry, probably misspelled. They look like they should be in a classic still life painting- I intend to do one some time. I like their flavour as well.
Pears are so versatile with sweet or savoury, raw or cooked , juiced or as a sauce. I believe that they have something that is very good for our skin and nails, Silica maybe? I know they are helpfull to keep bowels regular.
Can you jump up out of bed as soon as you wake up?
When and where did you last have an Asian meal out?


See one or all of the murals that are part of the growing Chesapeake Country Mural Trail in Dorchester County, Maryland! The murals highlight bits of Dorchester's culture and history along the Michener Chesapeake Country Scenic Byway. The murals described below were created by Michael Rosato, a nationally known muralist who lives here in Dorchester County. Read the interesting story of how Michael became a muralist and what drew him to Dorchester. The murals were funded by the Maryland Heritage Areas Authority and the Federal Highway Administration.
An unused train caboose owned by Powell Real Estate became the canvas for a richly textured depiction of Canada geese seeming to break out of the caboose, with a view of the marsh behind them. Canada geese are a frequent sight in Dorchester County, especially during spring and fall migration. Mural created by Michael Rosato.
"As the days of summer shortened he would tell his boys, 'Some day now,' and each morning he would test the wind, and he could guess within two days of when the great birds would come sailing in, their raucous voices filling the air with protest as they argued where to land, and when they finally agreed upon his marsh he would run out as if to embrace them, for they shared this sanctuary with him, and like the deer, they were safe from his gun so long as they stayed here." (Chesapeake, p. 148, The Marsh).
J.M. Clayton's Seafood is the oldest continuously operating crab factory in the world, so a mural on the side of the building just had to include a crab. But what will catch your eye first is a stunning great blue heron about to chow down on his own private crab feast. Mural created by Michael Rosato.
LOCATION: You'll get a good view of the mural from the drawbridge over Cambridge Creek (near Maryland Avenue and Academy Street). For a closeup view, go to J.M. Clayton's at 108 Commerce St., Cambridge, MD and walk around the back of the building.
The side of the Vienna Community Center was transformed into something of a timeline of local history, beginning with Native American culture and continuing through the time of colonial settlers. The mural is located in Vienna, Maryland, a town established more than 300 years ago on the banks of the Nanticoke River. The river and a waterfront park are just a few hundred feet from the mural. Captain John Smith explored waterways in this area in the early 1600s. Mural created by Michael Rosato.
This mural is not inspired by specific passages in the Chesapeake text—it is inspired by the whole story. The vignettes in this mural span the history of Vienna from the early Indians through to the early modern period. This mirrors the historic sweep of the story of Chesapeake.
Native Americans: A Nanticoke Indian aims his bow and arrow at a duck from his canoe on the river. A typical Indian village is visible on the far shore in the background.
Nanticoke-European Contact: Captain John Smith approaches the Chief of the Nanticoke Indians on the shore of the river. Smith's shallop and crew are visible in the background.
Colonial Period: Two surveyors look over plans for Vienna town layout. In the middle background, boatbuilders are busy working on the hull of a boat. In the far background, boats are moored on the river.
Civil War Period: Governor of Maryland Holliday Hicks is seen stumping on a platform in the center of town. Around him, horses and carts carry goods to and from the ferry, depicting the brisk trade in farm goods, fur and tobacco of that period.
Early Modern Period: This scene shows a sloop moored at the dock, unloading supplies and taking on a cargo of seafood. In the middle background you see the steam engine of the period crossing the Nanticoke. In the far background is visible the power plant that brought electricity to the area.
Historic East New Market is home to two murals across the street from each other at the small town's main intersection. One is on the Mason building; the other is on the municipal building. Both murals capture a sense of the business and commerce of the area. One shows trading between Native Americans and settlers; the other shows a train, a nod to the important role railroading played in this area. Murals created by Michael Rosato.
This mural honoring local watermen graces the outside of the Dorchester County Visitor Center facing the Choptank River. The 33-foot by 11-foot mural, which shows three watermen harvesting oysters, is visible from the Malkus Bridge for people driving into Cambridge. Get a close-up view from the elevated walkway near the main entrance or by strolling from the Visitor Center parking lot down the curving boardwalk toward the water, and then turn around for a look. Be sure to stop in the Visitor Center for information about the area, exhibits, restrooms, and more. The Visitor Center is open daily, 8:30am-5pm, except major holidays.
"We have observed Thy day with prayers and have sought Thy blessing upon our families. Now we ask Thee guide this boat to where the arsters sleep awaiting our coming. Lord, make the harvest a rich one. St. Peter, guardian of fishermen, protect us. St. Partick, who crossed the sea, watch over this boat. St. Andrew, who fished the Sea of Galilee, guide us to our catch.
The mural highlights Cambridge's rich African-American history, culture and heritage, particularly in the community around Pine Street, which is one of the oldest African-American communities in the country that dates back to the mid-1800s. The 11-foot-by-48-foot mural was created by artist Michael Rosato.
LOCATION: Near the corner of Maryland Avenue and Route 50 in Cambridge, MD 21613.
Located on the side of a downtown Cambridge building by Cannery Way, a brick courtyard where events are occasionally held, this mural was created by local artists Willy Schlossbach and Jen Wagner. A combination of mosaic and paint, the mural traces Cambridge's history from Native American times to more recent times.
Jimmie & Sook's Raw Bar and Grill in downtown Cambridge commissioned a mural to fill the entire wall of its main dining room with a vibrant celebration of the water, boats, sea creatures, and more. The mural was created by folk artist Danny Doughty when he lived in Cambridge.
Another work by folk artist Danny Doughty, the mural on the inside wall depicts vibrant Eastern Shore scenery. The mural is in the space shared by Honey Bee Trading Post and Fishing Creek Barber Shop in downtown Cambridge.
This mural of the U.S. flag was painted by nationally known artist Scott LoBaido of New York. He dedicated himself to painting the flag on one veterans' post in each state — and for Maryland, he chose the American Legion Post 243 in Hurlock. He painted it as a gift to those who have served.
Located on a large wall of the Cambridge Premier Cinemas, this captures the movie classic "Wizard of Oz" with Dorothy and friends on the Yellow Brick Road.


The Smithsonian's Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden has announced that artist Charline von Heyl's critically acclaimed exhibition, "Snake Eyes," has been extended through April 21. The exhibition, which was organized in collaboration with the Deichtorhallen in Hamburg, Germany, is the artist's largest U.S. museum survey exhibition to date, comprising more than 30 large-scale works that highlight von Heyl's innovative artistic development. The three-month extension allows visitors who may have missed the exhibition due to the government shutdown the opportunity to experience these works in person, deemed "a first class retrospective" by The New York Times and described as "exultant" by The Washington Post.


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Q: Why is only one dataframe formatted correctly? I'm working on a personal project and came across something that I didn't understand the outcome of. My aim was to split my list-type column into individual columns (each column having one element of the list) and I was able to do that successfully. However, one way of implementing it doesn't give the result I want, despite the code being the exact(??) same. I have two files football_tweets.py and analyseFiles.py
this is my code for football_tweets.py:
class TweetAnalyser():

    #data = []

    def createDataFrame(self, tweets):
        ##this fucntion creats the dataframe

        df = pd.DataFrame(data=[tweet.full_text for tweet in tweets], columns=['tweets'])

        df['id'] = np.array([tweet.id for tweet in tweets])
        df['retweets'] = np.array([tweet.retweet_count for tweet in tweets])
        df['likes'] = np.array([tweet.favorite_count for tweet in tweets])
        df['created_at'] = np.array([tweet.created_at for tweet in tweets])
        df['emoji_code'] = np.array([tweet_analyser.check_emoji(tweet) for tweet in df['tweets']])
        df['tweet_sentiment'] = np.array([tweet_analyser.analyse_sentiment(tweet) for tweet in df['tweets']])
        return df

    def check_emoji(self, tweet):
        #function to convert emoji symbol/char into its unicode

        ##translate and check emoji here
        emoji_list = []
        data = regex.findall(r'\X', tweet)
        senti_df = pd.read_csv('new_sentiment_data.csv')
        for word in data:
            if any(char in emoji.UNICODE_EMOJI for char in word):
                #translate word to unicdoe code
                ##append unicode code to list
                try:
                    uni_code = f'U+{ord(word):X}'
                    emoji_list.append(uni_code)

                except TypeError:
                    pass

        return emoji_list

(there are more functions, but these are the only ones necessary for the question)
I ran the code as follows:
if __name__ == '__main__':

    twitter_client = TwitterClient('Arsenal')
    tweet_analyser = TweetAnalyser()

    api = twitter_client.get_twitter_client_api()

    tweets = twitter_client.get_user_tweets(1212442388981002240, 1236413003127566337)

    df = tweet_analyser.createDataFrame(tweets)

    df.to_csv('tweet_file.csv')
    new_df = pd.DataFrame(df.emoji_code.values.tolist()).add_prefix('emoji_')
    print(new_df)

and I received the EXPECTED result:
     emoji_0  emoji_1  emoji_2 emoji_3 emoji_4 emoji_5
0    U+1F60D     None     None    None    None    None
1    U+1F3B6  U+1F4A7     None    None    None    None
2    U+1F4AC  U+1F454  U+1F447    None    None    None
3    U+1F3C6     None     None    None    None    None
4    U+1F602  U+1F454     None    None    None    None
..       ...      ...      ...     ...     ...     ...
373   U+270A     None     None    None    None    None

I then tried this same solution in a separate file, analyseFiles.py as follows and received this result after printing:
def analyse_emoji():

    df = pd.read_csv('tweet_file.csv')
    senti_df = pd.read_csv('new_sentiment_data.csv')
    new_df = pd.DataFrame(df.emoji_code.values.tolist()).add_prefix('emoji_')
    print(new_df)

emoji_0
0                          ['U+1F60D']
1               ['U+1F3B6', 'U+1F4A7']
2    ['U+1F4AC', 'U+1F454', 'U+1F447']
3                          ['U+1F3C6']
4               ['U+1F602', 'U+1F454']
..                                 ...
373                         ['U+270A']

Why did the second implementation not give me the expected result despite the code being the same? Is there a concept that I need to learn/brush up on? tweet_file.csv is where I have stored the dataframe and I'm calling it in the second solution rather than the first, where I create it. Is that where the problem occurs?
***edit ***
print(df) from football_tweets.py:
tweets  ...  tweet_sentiment
0    The crucial moment.\n\n @LacazetteAlex\n\n#AR...  ...         0.000000
1     "...so fresh, so clean..."\n\n#ARSWHU https...  ...         0.333333
2     "I'm really happy with the result because bi...  ...         0.600000
3    Your man of the match today...\n\n @Bernd_Len...  ...         0.000000
4    Just another day on the touchline \n\n @m8ar...  ...         0.000000
..                                                 ...  ...              ...
369                Let's keep this going! ✊\n\n#ARSMUN  ...         0.000000

print(df) from analyseFiles.py:
0             0  ...        0.000000
1             1  ...        0.333333
2             2  ...        0.600000
3             3  ...        0.000000
4             4  ...        0.000000
..          ...  ...             ...
373         373  ...        0.000000

This may be where the problem occurs.

A: What I was trying to explore in my comments was how the 'lists' were loaded from the csv.
If I make a dataframe with list elements:
In [314]: df = pd.DataFrame([None,None], columns=['data'])
In [315]: df['data']=[[1,2,3], [4,5]]
In [316]: df
Out[316]:
        data
0  [1, 2, 3]
1     [4, 5]
In [317]: df['data'][1]
Out[317]: [4, 5]
In [318]: type(_)
Out[318]: list
In [319]: df.to_csv?
In [320]: df.to_csv('test.csv', index=False)
In [321]: cat test.csv
data
"[1, 2, 3]"
"[4, 5]"

The csv contains quoted string display of the lists; csv is a 2d format, and can't handle (directly) the implied third dimension of those lists.
When loaded, the dataframe contains strings, not lists.  The strings look just like lists, but look more carefully:
In [322]: df1 = pd.read_csv('test.csv')
In [323]: df1
Out[323]:
        data
0  [1, 2, 3]
1     [4, 5]
In [324]: df1['data'][1]
Out[324]: '[4, 5]'


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Q: why $("#iframeID").contentWindow.FunctionFromIFrameNode(); is not working?
$("#iframeID").contentWindow.FunctionFromIFrameNode();

is throwing error, but it is working when define the element index as follows

$("#iframeID")[0].contentWindow.FunctionFromIFrameNode();

Can somebody explain the internal?

A: I assume you are using jQuery. $ is a factory function that returns a set of DOM elements that matches the selector passed to it ($ can be called in other ways). jQuery defines very useful methods on this returned object. contents() is one of such. Even if only one element matches the selector in the document, $ still returns an object with the value of property 0 a reference to the selected DOM element.
The returned jQuery object looks like this
var returnedObject = {
  0: DOM element,
  1: DOM element,
  length: 2,
  selector: "Selector passed to $",
  context: 2nd argument passed to $ or Document object
}

You can reference the first DOM element, for example, using
returnedObject[0].
$('#iframeID') returns a set of DOM elements that matches the selector. The returned set is an array-like object that has index properties like arrays (0, 1,....).
$("#iframeID").contentWindow.FunctionFromIFrameNode()
This would not work because you are trying to access a property contentWindow that is not defined on the set of DOM elements returned by $.
$("#iframeID")[0].contentWindow.FunctionFromIFrameNode()
This would work because you are accessing the first DOM element in the set of DOM elements returned by $. This DOM element has a contentWindow defined on it.


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Charities Facilities Management Group
2018 Budget update: business rates relief and gift aid scheme rules
05 November 2018 By Annette McGill
The government has announced a number of tax changes in the 2018 budget which may benefit charities.
Charities with shops could benefit from the new a business rates Retail Discount scheme. The scheme applies to occupied retail properties with a rateable value of less than £51,000. It applies for the next two years - 2019-20 and 2020-21.
This includes charity shops - but the premises must be wholly or mainly used for retail purposes.
The value of discount will be one third of the bill, and must be applied after mandatory reliefs and other discretionary reliefs funded by section 31 grants have been applied.
The Government has published guidance to authorities about the operation and delivery of the policy.
Retail gift aid scheme rules relaxed
The government also announced that it would relax the rules on the retail gift aid scheme from April 2019. Charities operating the retail gift aid scheme are currently required to issue letters to donors each year. This requirement will be relaxed to every three years where the total donations in a tax year are less than £20.
Charity trading limits raised
At present, a charity does not pay tax on profits that it makes from charitable trading when such trading is part of its primary purpose. If the trading does not relate to its primary purpose, the profits are also exempt from tax 'if its turnover is below the small trading tax exemption limits'.
The government plans to increase the upper limit for trading that charities can carry out without incurring a tax liability from £5,000 to £8,000 where turnover is under £20,000, and from £50,000 to £80,000 where turnover exceeds £200,000.
Help for village halls
The budget also included a number of measures which will benefit particular charity sectors. The government announced it would make available up to £8 million to help with the cost of repairs and alterations to village halls, miners' welfare facilities and armed forces organisations' facilities. The government also announced £10m funding for supporting veterans with mental health needs and extra funding for Air Ambulances. The government will also provide £1.7m for educational projects in schools to mark the upcoming 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camps.
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En criptografia X.509 és un estàndard ITU-T per a una infraestructura de clau pública (PKI) per a inici de sessió única (SSO) i Privilegi d'Administració de la Infraestructura (PMI). X.509 especifica, entre altres coses, els formats estàndard per a certificats de clau pública, les llistes de revocació de certificats, els certificats d'atributs, i un algorisme de ruta de certificació de validació.

X.509 va ser publicat oficialment el 1988 i començat conjuntament amb l'estàndard X.500 i assumieix un sistema jeràrquic estricte d'autoritats certificants (ACs) per emissió de certificats. Això contrasta amb models de xarxes de confiança, com PGP, on qualsevol node de la xarxa (no només les ACs) poden signar claus públiques, i conseqüentment avalar la validesa de certificats de claus d'altres. La versió 3 de X.509 inclou la flexibilitat de suportar altres tecnologies com ponts i malles. Es pot utilitzar en una web de confiança peer to peer (p2p) del tipus OpenPGP, però des de 2004 gairebé no s'utilitza.

Vegeu també
 Autoritat de certificació
 Certificat digital
 Signatura digital
 Clau pública

Enllaços externs
 SeSeLe , Assistent per a certificats X.509 i Autoritat de certificació (CA) autosignats.

Criptografia
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1.) Erica (aka @ericaagran) got her sweat on down in Kissimmee!
2.) Lauren (@laur_russell_) took advantage of our Indian Summer by heading to the beach…on the first day of fall.
3.) @justeskemper sent us all a little reminder.
4.) Jeff the Chef (@makeitlikeaman) left us all in a puddle of drool. Yum!!
5.) Ola of @Jadoreledecor made us, let's face it, just hate our current apartment.
6.) Briana of @pantrygrubs did breakfast the right way at Orange with a Peel!
7.) @SassyConfetti (aka Alex) has hearts in her eyes walking around D.C.
8.) Mary (@marymangia) got us in the mood for tacos. But then again, aren't we always?
9.) Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, right? Stacy at @Pastrypants has us sharing that sentiment!
10.) @wheresshegoing shows us a glimpse of the real Puerto Rico.


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How to Partner With the Taliban
Robert Pape / Foreign Policy | 27 August 2019
With the Trump administration apparently close to announcing a peace deal with the Taliban, it is now time for a major consideration of U.S. strategy for Afghanistan. Virtually everyone agrees that Americans should seek to maintain current liberal political gains and prevent a future sanctuary for international terrorists in the country. The question is: What is the best plan to achieve America's core security aims over the long haul?
Three options are now imaginable. The first is to maintain U.S. ground forces in Afghanistan indefinitely at, near, or even above today's current levels of 14,000, a position favored by many in the U.S. Defense Department, think tanks such as the American Enterprise Institute, and prominent media commentators.
The second is a negotiated complete withdrawal of all U.S. ground forces from Afghanistan in 2020, supported by Trump administration officials who favor negotiated promises from the Taliban; the New York Times editorial board, which would pass the buck to regional players like Pakistan, Russia, Iran, India, and China; and "offshore" balancers, who believe a complete withdrawal would allow for more counterbalancing against potential regional hegemons like China in Asia.
The least discussed option is also the most promising. An "over-the-horizon" counterterrorism strategy would rely on cooperation with local partners and selective interventions of air power, U.S. special operations forces, and intelligence, economic, and political support from regional bases outside Afghanistan for the narrow purpose of counterterrorism. This is ultimately the only plan that is realistic about what can be achieved in such a heavily challenged area as Afghanistan and remains true to America's core security interests. It is a realistic solution to end an endless war.
The over-the-horizon strategy is a true middle-ground approach between a permanent U.S. ground presence in Afghanistan and a complete negotiated withdrawal. It shifts America's military commitment outside Afghanistan without abandoning the commitment altogether and so does not simply trust the Taliban or regional players to carry the water for America's interests or rhetorically signal a possible future return. It is in fact a more active variant of an offshore balancing strategy, which I and others have recommended for years. This active variant should be maintained so long as international terrorism remains a live threat in Afghanistan.
The over-the-horizon strategy comes with a caveat: The United States must be willing to work with the Taliban, not simply negotiate a settlement and leave. Many people will find a working alliance with the Taliban distasteful, but it is the best strategy to meet America's core security interests in Afghanistan for many years to come.
Perpetual U.S. troop presence is a losing game
Today, after 18 years of failure, there are no serious proponents of using U.S. troops to build a stable democracy in Afghanistan. However, the strategic trends are worse than that.
America's long commitment to stationing ground forces in Afghanistan is not simply failing to create a stable democracy—it is galvanizing vast portions of the country against the United States. In January, the U.S. Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction estimated that, as of October 2018, the Taliban controlled or contested 46 percent of Afghanistan's districts, while independent military analysts put Taliban-controlled or -contested districts at 65 percent; all agree the Taliban have increased recruitment from non-Pashtun populations that resisted the group in the past.
Even if U.S. troops can slow these territorial losses, the future is bleak, particularly when we understand the core reasons why the United States is in a losing game and what it would take to truly reverse course.
Multiple factors combine to undermine the objective of using U.S. ground forces to create a stable territorial status quo between areas held by the Taliban and those governed by the current Afghan government in Kabul.
First, after $780 billion in U.S. military spending and economic assistance, the Afghan government in Kabul remains weak, ineffective, and corrupt. Indeed, the Afghan people's view of the legitimacy of their government has been in persistent decline for well over a decade, becoming worse even during the years of peak U.S. presence in Afghanistan from 2010 to 2013, when about 100,000 U.S. ground forces were in the country.
Second, the Afghan people's concerns for their security have persistently grown for well over a decade, worsening even during the peak troop years of 2010-2013. The United States and its Western allies have never committed enough troops to create the security conditions for Kabul to enforce stable rule across the country and the U.S. hope of substituting Afghan for U.S. and Western forces has also failed to contain the Taliban. No surprise many Afghans are flocking to alternatives.
With military victory nowhere in sight, maintaining a small Western ground presence in Afghanistan risks potential disaster. According to U.S. intelligence, the most that today's 14,000 U.S. troops and 7,000 other NATO forces can achieve is a stalemate with the Taliban. But a stalemate is not progress, nor does it ensure that the gradual growth of Taliban-controlled territory will not continue. Even if current troop levels can prevent further territorial losses over the next year or two—a big if—the fundamentals and outlook are dismal.
Deploying massive U.S. ground forces to rectify this situation is unimaginable. As we discovered from 2010 to 2013, 100,000 U.S. ground forces were not enough. Does anyone seriously think the United States would send even more?
As a result, a long established principle of Afghan politics has kicked in: As Afghans come to see that the Taliban are winning the long war, more and more are choosing to bandwagon with the ultimate winner in the near term in order to profit from the spoils of victory later. The tide of Afghan support may well accelerate in favor of the Taliban and against the Afghan government. The consequences of continuing to fight a losing game with a small contingent of Western military forces seem clear: more pain, declining prospects of success, and the specter of catastrophic surprises to U.S. detriment.
The risks of a negotiated complete withdrawal
Negotiating a complete withdrawal with the Taliban or regional players is also a prescription for tragedy. To be sure, the Taliban have reportedly promised to work with the Afghan government, avoid score-settling with rival factions, recognize the importance of liberal reforms, and fight against international terrorists, while regional players too may agree to such promises.
This plan has a fundamental flaw: Once U.S. troops withdraw, who will enforce it? Given the Afghan government's dependence on U.S. military forces for its security, the agreement could well collapse the moment U.S. forces leave the country. What would be the consequences?
If U.S. forces withdraw, the near-term risks include: 1) The entire NATO mission to provide direct military support to the Afghan government will collapse because the NATO mission is critically dependent on U.S. forces, which make up the largest contingent; 2) about 50 percent of the Afghan state budget and 90 percent of funds for its military and police will rapidly fade away because the international donors who pay these costs could well judge that Washington no longer sees significant security interests in the country; 3) as the center crumbles, parochial warlords will seize power locally and fight among themselves for control over urban areas and local resources; and 4) as internal violence escalates, the Taliban will lose interest in abiding by the terms of the agreement, civilian casualties will grow, and any gains in liberal norms made over the past two decades will be lost.
These risks are real. They would mean the sure end of the liberal dream to bring democracy to Afghanistan anytime soon. They would also be borne mainly by the Afghan people, so the United States would face moral responsibility for the human costs of walking away from a nation-building mission it conceived.
Still, all these risks for the Afghan government and people loom as predictable realities as the Taliban's trajectory of success inexorably continues. Even staunch opponents of "precipitous withdrawal" do not predict that keeping a small contingent of ground forces in Afghanistan will put the United States on a path for success. They admit: "Winning may not be an available option." So the United States and NATO will remain in a losing game—with outcomes incrementally worse and more tenuous year by year—and all the negative consequences for the Afghan government and people will still come due when the balloon finally bursts.
The all-too-real risk with a complete withdrawal is that another international terrorist group bent on attacking the United States or its Western allies will use Afghanistan as a base to plan, organize, and execute future attacks. This has happened before. Although the Taliban have never tried to launch or inspire terrorist attacks against the United States or the West, they did allow, in the 1990s, al Qaeda to establish its main basis of operations in Afghanistan and plan 9/11 and other anti-American attacks.
Today, the Islamic State-Khorasan, IS-K for short, has already sought to establish a sanctuary for itself in Afghanistan, particularly in the southeastern province of Nangarhar and the northwestern province of Jowzjan.
IS-K uses suicide attacks—the most deadly form of terrorism—and in 2018 surpassed the Taliban in the use of this tactic in Afghanistan, according to data from the Chicago Project on Security and Threats, which tracks suicide attacks around the world.
Unlike the Taliban, whose ambitions are limited to Afghanistan, IS-K, like its parent organization, harbors international ambitions. Khorasan, the historical territorial unit from which IS-K derives its name, encompasses not only Afghanistan but large segments of Central Asia and Persia as well. The group's stated goals include raising "the banner of al-Uqab above Jerusalem and the White House" and inspiring lone-wolf attacks in the West—both promoted in IS-K video propaganda. There is already evidence of IS-K's efforts to attack the West. In September 2018, then-U.K. Defense Secretary Gavin Williamson reported that IS-K fighters in Afghanistan were in direct communication and planning efforts with terrorist cells in the U.K. There have also been reports of IS-K efforts to mount attacks against the U.S. homeland.
In short, the rise of IS-K in Afghanistan presents a serious threat to the security of America, not only a problem in Afghanistan, and demonstrates the unacceptable risks associated with the "negotiated withdrawal" plan.
A realistic solution
Fortunately, there is a third option: over-the-horizon counterterrorism strategy. This approach would remove U.S. combat troops from Afghanistan in the near term while countering threats from international terrorist groups by establishing long-term partners inside Afghanistan and relying on regional bases in U.S.-friendly neighboring countries from which to intervene with air power and special operations forces on a limited basis as necessary.
With an over-the-horizon strategy, America's aim is to work as partners with any legitimate Afghan authority, including the existing Afghan government but also the Taliban. In the near term, the role of U.S. forces at regional bases would be limited to providing air power, small numbers of special operations forces, and political, intelligence, and economic support to these Afghan partners. These regional bases could also serve as launching pads for future deployments of air, naval, and even ground forces, should the security of the United States call for it.
A lasting U.S. security strategy must be built around America's core national security interests and against threats that Americans will be ready to fight and die for. Since 9/11, Americans have demonstrated again and again—in routing al Qaeda's forces in Afghanistan, in eliminating the Islamic State as a territorial entity in Iraq and Syria—that they are prepared to defeat international terrorist groups that target the United States.
Vast majorities of Republicans and Democrats have persistently seen terrorism as a critical threat. The American public clearly has serious doubts about fighting an endless war to create a stable democracy, end all violence, or broker a new government in a country far from U.S. shores. But the United States has the stomach to defeat terrorists trying to attack it.
In Afghanistan, America's vital interest is thus to prevent international terrorists from gaining political and military control of any of the country's approximately 400 districts or uncontested control of a significant part of a district. Such control would allow small groups of international terrorists—even as small as 50 to 100 individuals—to prepare, plan, organize, and execute attacks effectively unimpeded by counterpressure.
No strategy in Afghanistan could stop all terrorism because it is virtually impossible to prevent an encrypted message from a single person in Afghanistan from inspiring or activating an operative in the West. However, denying terrorists sanctuary large enough for a cohesive contingent of operatives to train, plan, and orchestrate attacks does make protracted campaigns of terrorism vastly more difficult. Not surprisingly, al Qaeda in Afghanistan in the 1990s, the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria from 2013 to 2018, and numerous groups waging campaigns of terrorism have relied on sanctuaries where hundreds (or thousands) of recruits, fighters, and leaders could operate in a protected environment.
Denying terrorists sanctuary involves more than leadership decapitation and killing identified members of the militant group. Militant leaders and operatives are often readily replaceable. The United States has killed the leader of IS-K with airstrikes four times—in July 2016, April 2017, July 2017, and August 2018. Each time, a new leader soon took over. Rather, effective denial of sanctuary requires rolling back territorial control. This involves U.S. intelligence, surveillance, and kinetic operations often in combination with reliable ground partners who also receive significant political, economic, logistic, and intelligence support. Most important, effective denial of sanctuary requires a persistent, protracted commitment—one that, for the United States, could be over-the-horizon strategy.
How ready are the Taliban to accept a working relationship with the United States, to cooperate tacitly or otherwise on a common purpose to deny sanctuary to international terrorists in Afghanistan with a U.S. over-the-horizon strategy? We cannot tell for sure because the over-the-horizon approach has not been widely discussed in public by the United States, the Taliban, or other parties. However, we can determine something about the Taliban's attitudes from their interests, past statements, and behavior.
The Taliban's strong interest has long been to protect their status as the top governing organization in Afghanistan. The group's appeal in February 2018 for the United States to start peace talks shows it is against the U.S. occupation—not against U.S. values as an existential threat that must be destroyed:
[T]he Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan undertakes legitimate efforts for the independence of our homeland. Having a sovereign country free from any foreign occupation is our natural and human right. … [W]e have no agenda of playing any destructive role in any other country and we have practically proven over the past seventeen years that we have not interfered in any other country. Likewise we will not allow anyone else to use Afghan territory against any other country. … Our preference is to solve the Afghan issue through peaceful dialogues. America must end her occupation and must accept all our legitimate rights including the right to form a government consistent with the beliefs of our people.
Since 2015—for four years—there has been a compelling reason to think that the Taliban have their own political motives for resisting and combating international terrorist groups.
That reason is IS-K. From the beginning, IS-K and the Taliban have been bitter enemies, and they attack each other at every opportunity. Clashes between IS-K and the Taliban began in early 2015. By the end of June 2015, IS-K fighters had managed to secure substantial territory for the first time and had beheaded numerous Taliban commanders. IS-K posted execution videos of the killings, just as Islamic State central has done in Syria and Iraq. When the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) pledged support to IS-K in August 2015, the Taliban fought the IMU in Zabul province and eliminated its presence there by the end of the year. At about the same time, the Taliban managed to drive out IS-K members from Farah province.
In 2016, IS-K was largely confined to Nangarhar and suffered numerous territorial setbacks at the hands of both Afghan government forces and Taliban fighters, who managed to capture a number of districts controlled by IS-K. In October 2016, IS-K expanded its presence to Jowzjan in the north of Afghanistan. Between January 2017 and October 2018, at least 207 violent confrontations between IS-K and the Taliban have been documented in these two provinces. By mid-2018, the Taliban decisively defeated the Islamic State in Darzab, a district of Jowzjan, with more than 200 Islamic State fighters surrendering to the Afghan government to prevent capture by the Taliban.
Why are the Taliban opposed to IS-K? The answer is a clash of goals. The Taliban's interest is in regaining domestic power, which overrides any feelings of Islamic solidarity with an international terrorist group like IS-K.
In June 2015, when clashes between IS-K and Taliban forces had started to break out, the Taliban sent a letter to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the Islamic State leader in Syria, urging an end to IS-K as an independent entity in Afghanistan. The Taliban called for "one flag, one leadership" in the battle against the Afghan government and the U.S. occupation. The Taliban view IS-K as a direct competitor for domestic political power and control of the local population. When the Taliban control a district, they provide social services, justice, and governance to the population but also levy taxes and tolls. Hence, IS-K threatens the popular support and revenue of the Taliban.
Further, memory of the consequences for harboring al Qaeda run deep. For the Taliban to tolerate IS-K's presence would threaten their domestic ambitions and court future military interventions should IS-K make good on its promise to attack the West. The Taliban have nationalist goals, focused on control of Afghanistan. The Taliban's nationalist ambitions are not lost on IS-K, whose propaganda labels the Taliban as "filthy nationalists" and declares the Taliban to be "infidels." As a report by West Point's Combating Terrorism Center concludes, "ISK's message delegitimizes and threatens autonomous groups with limited goals such as the Afghan Taliban."
The threat posed to the Taliban by IS-K explains why they have already tacitly cooperated with the United States against IS-K. In June 2018, the Taliban agreed and remained faithful to a negotiated cease-fire during major Islamic holidays, an agreement that allowed the United States and Afghan government forces to concentrate on a major air and ground offensive that successfully routed the Islamic State from multiple districts in its eastern stronghold in Nangarhar. Today, IS-K has been rolled back as a territorial unit in Afghanistan thanks to multiprong attacks by the United States, Afghan government, and Taliban forces.
Thus, the Taliban are demonstrating by deeds, not merely words, that they are not an international terrorist group and that they want to rid Afghanistan of international terrorist groups, not harbor them. In effect, the Taliban are now aligned with the highest security priority of the United States and its allies.
Implementing an over-the-horizon strategy
America should not simply trust that the Taliban will always oppose a sanctuary for international terrorist groups. However, the current alignment of interests and tacit cooperation between the United States and the Taliban creates an excellent basis for the transition to an over-the-horizon strategy.
Such a strategy would provide critical power to secure American interests in Afghanistan should the withdrawal of U.S. forces lead to an escalation in the civil war between the existing Afghan government and the Taliban. If these two forces are focused on destroying the other, U.S. over-the-horizon capabilities are crucial to prevent international terrorists from exploiting the civil war, by providing direct military support to either or both sides so long as they devote significant effort against international terrorists and by providing the means for more assertive intervention if necessary. While the strategy would not require first brokering a new lasting and unitary Afghan government, it would offer diplomatic and economic tools to encourage civil peace, limit violence, discourage human rights abuses, and coordinate equitable international and counterterrorism policies with regional players.
An over-the-horizon strategy to deny sanctuary to international terrorists in Afghanistan is feasible. The United States has already established a number of bases in neighboring Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan and air bases in Qatar and the Indian Ocean. In addition, the United States and its allies also have powerful surveillance capabilities and the wherewithal to provide targeted support to in-country partners. The United States should immediately proceed to improve coordination and intelligence support to the Taliban as a meaningful transition to an improved working relationship.
Over-the-horizon has a track record of success. Since 2001, the United States has relied on this strategy to topple the Taliban and kick al Qaeda out of Afghanistan, weaken and fragment al Qaeda in Pakistan, reduce al-Shabab's territorial control in Somalia, and again to eliminate the Islamic State's operational sanctuaries in Iraq and Syria from 2014 to 2018. In the cases of al Qaeda in Afghanistan and the Islamic State, the United States delayed before adopting this strategy until after international terrorists controlled major areas. It should not delay in Afghanistan.


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Stage: Ronnie James Dio Stage
It is very early in the morning and still dark outside. Next to two enormous heaps of luggage on trolleys which can barely hold, we find a unusual group. Some of them sip coffee; others drink the last bits of luke beer and tell lame jokes. This is the band Korpiklaani and they are waiting for their plane to catch after a long and exhausting tour.
The first for your eyes to meet is Hittavainen; the enthusiast violinist of the band, who fell asleep at the table with his head resting on his arms and with a cup filled with an unknown substance next to him. Not far off stands bass player Jarkko, flipping through a catalog in search of a fine red wine to buy at the tax-free shop. The other band members are more likely to buy cigarettes and beer though. Jonne, vocalist and lead guitar player, looks pale and not too well. As usual, he is recovering from the flue that he always seems to catch when on tour. Despite his bad shape, he still pulls off hilarious stories to Matson, the drummer, who is even now drumming with his hands on the edge of the table. Guitar player Cane, who suffers from a slight hangover, laughs and turns to look at accordion player Juho, the junior of the band. Juho does not notice, he seems to be totally occupied by his own thoughts.
Passengers walking by, turn their head to watch the unusual looking group. A single fan recognizes them and runs to them for autographs and some mobile phone pictures, which are granted friendly.
Most people however, are unaware that they just passed Korpiklaani, the Finnish folk-metal band that started in 1993 under the name of Shaman, and changed their name in 2002 to Korpiklaani (Clan of the wilderness).
Their music consists of metal with a happy folky base. So does their choice of instruments, they use a mixture of electric guitars and drums as well as violin, woodwinds, jouhikko, djembé, and the typical Finnish folk instrument: the accordion. They reject synthesizers (of course), and use only genuine instruments.
To most people their music is so cheerful and lively that they cannot resist dancing, laughing and feeling happy. Maybe that is why fans call it 'beer-metal' (it certainly has the same effect as beer), but it could be also due to the many songs about this all-time favorite drink of Korpiklaani.
The first Korpiklaani albums contained merely English lyrics, but nowadays most lyrics are in Finnish. These lyrics are often written in the Kalevala-style (a special metre, from the Finnish national epic) and tell about nature, history, partying and the already mentioned beer of course!
At first Korpiklaani was just another unknown Finnish band. Nowadays they are widely appreciated for their unique and cheerful music. But it was a hard road to travel. In the beginning they were happy if they got a gig set, any gig... even for just some beer and travelling costs. They could not afford a proper place to sleep after a gig; often they had to spend the rest of the night stuffed together in a small room in a crappy and cheap hotel. They slept on the plain floor or in the bathtub. If they were lucky they could stay at some friend´s home. Their instruments were not of any quality, and if one got broken, there was no replacement. Of course they all had a job, because they had to make a living. It was hard to combine a job with a band; gig planning was really tough, and the band members always suffered a severe lack of time and money. But... these friends had a lot of fun together, and loved to play.
Some milestones came by: the first gigs abroad, the first time headliner at a small festival, a bigger festival, a big festival. Another milestone, the first time at WOA in 2006, and this summer they occupied the Party stage in Wacken again, at the 20th Wacken Anniversary! Things grow slowly in the right direction for this band with its original sound.
In 2009 one of the big wishes, the first US-tour, came true.and in 2010 another US-tour and the first South-America Tour, the Vodka Revolution Tour took place.
In many ways the hard days are over. Still it is not all sunshine. It is hard to go on stage if you are terribly ill and have high fever, if there is a family crisis, if you have a severe hangover, or if you have not slept at all because the damn hotel was closed, and you had to sit on your instrument cases all night to prevent them from being stolen.
Once the nightliner broke down in the middle of a crowded highway, hundreds of kilometers from the venue, and it was too dangerous to leave the bus for some fresh air. The reparation took so many hours, that the band members had to be rushed at the venue in a dazzling speed by taxis, to arrive in the last minute before the gig.
These poor souls have to endure a lot, sometimes they froze almost to death in nightliners with a broken heating, other times they almost suffocated from heat. Things got lost, broken and stolen. Fingers got cut by guitar strings, voices got lost by flue. The waiting is endless, the nerves go sky high and worst of all, sometimes they are even out of beer!
Busses, people and instruments might break, but the show must go on. On stage Korpiklaani has an endless energy; being on stage and playing is sheer fun for these guys. The teamwork is excellent: if someone gets in trouble, it is fluently taken over by another band member.
These Finns not only do love to play, they also love their audience; one of the greatest things a band can have is a cheering and happy crowd, loyal fans that show up whenever they can, and heartwarming feedback.
The huge support boosts the gigs, and makes fully up for all exhaustion during touring.
These Korpiklaani guys play because they really like to, they write songs because they cannot resist it, and they enter the studio because it would be waste not to do anything with the endless stream of songs. Therefore they released two albums under the name of Shaman, and as Korpiklaani already seven full length albums. There seems no end to Korpiklaani's victory march yet. Despite the amount of countries visited, many fans are still waiting for Korpiklaani to visit their country, Korpiklaani loves to play everywhere, as long as their very tight schedule allows it.
....But this story is partly in the past now, because Korpiklaani had a recent line-up change. Hittavainen left because of health issues. He was a great band member and still is a great violin player who composed among others Pellonpekko, one of the liveliest and famous songs the band plays on stage.
So, a new violin player had to be found. On a chilly morning the band of Korpiklaani left their wooden cabins with the rising sun to hunt. They traded the smoky scent of last night´s fire for the dense and dark forest, looking for game. They were just tracking down young doe, when suddenly an unearthly sound broke through the silence of the early morning. The Band members froze to the ground. It was only after a minute they heard Jonne utter: ´Darn me if that ain´t a violin!´. Juho chuckled and waved the others to follow him as they made their way towards the gentle melody. They soon arrived at a sunstrewn clearing where in front of an old shack an angelic young man sat with a violin on his shoulder playing, as they only just recognized it, 'Spirit of the forest'. The enchanting music stopped abruptly as the young man' s eyes widened with surprise when these five men approached him.
Korpiklaani greeted the young man and asked who he was and why he was playing here in the forest, where none could hear him elict these heavenly tones from such a simple instrument. Hours of talking went by, they learned his name was Teemu and that he had lived alone in the forest as long as he could remember. When he was a boy he visited the local markets every now and then to play with other boys his age, and to sneak fruit from the stalls. In one of these adventures he encountered an old grey lady, who in a creaky voice spoke to him: 'This instrument is for you, it will be your future'. Teemu never forgot the old lady and he mastered violin quicker than a bird learns to fly. The violin however never brought him the great fortune he had hoped for. His dream to become one of the great violinists of his time was forfeit and though he enjoyed playing, he did no more than playing at local pubs from time to time to have some coin to spare.
When Teemu finished speaking, the band members shared a long glance. Jonne scraped his throat: 'How would you like to come with us? We have a band but lack a violin player, we would be honored if you'd join us…'. Teemu stared in the distance, he did not know what to say. Would his dream to become famous come true? After a long moment he grinned and answered: 'Hell yeah! I'd love to!'
And so, unfortunately that is not exactly what happened. Jonne found Teemu through the internet. But all the same Korpiklaani is very happy to have him on board!
In 2011 their seventh album "Ukon Wacka" was released. KORPIKLAANI took things even further: seven-string guitars, mandoline, mandola and jouhikko are just a few of the instruments that were used on "Ukon Wacka". The album title refers to "a pagan sacrificial feast from ancient times, on which a special made beer richly flowed. As can be expected from the title, this album has an ancient and very folky feel and is totally in Finnish", frontman Jonne explains. One title doesn`t seem very Finnish though: the drinking anthem "Tequila" which is dedicated to all South American fans of the band. "Ukon Wacka" also features a guest appearance by famous Finnish singer Tuomari Nurmio! All in all a joyous affair in the traditional and beloved KORPIKLAANI vein, "Ukon Wacka" boasts ten party tracks that make you wanna raise that drinking horn up high! Also make sure to grab a limited edition copy of "Ukon Wacka" to check out the brilliant MOTÖRHEAD cover version bonus track "Iron Fist"! Believe Jonne when he says: "A big folky feast for all!"
After releasing their eight album "Manala" band went through some line-up changes again. Tuomas Rounakari is playing the fiddle nowadays and Sami Perttula shows you how to play accordion. Be sure to check them out live!
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Sorry I'm a little behind with responding to comments here. Had a ton of things to do when I got home from work yesterday, errands, housework...then sat in front of the tv (I will catch up though!).
Last two eps were pretty good. I liked the conclusion to Eye of the Gorgon. I'm glad that Maria's dad hadn't totally turned to stone and that they were able to get him back to his old self. I felt so bad for her when she went to talk to Bea (the elderly woman), she seemed so desperate trying to get through to the woman so she could help her. And you could tell how upset she was when she yelled at Sarah Jane that she wishes she'd never met her and gotten involved in all this (glad they apologized and made up though :)). Was a bit frightened at the prospect of Sarah Jane becoming the new "host" (or whatever it was) to the Gorgon. I'm glad they were able to free the nuns from the hold the Gorgon had on them and shut down that opening to the other dimension. And the ending where they gave the talisman back to Bea to help her become more like her old self was so touching - especially when she slipped it over her head and she heard her late husband's voice tell her that he loved her. That was a very nice touch. I was a bit confused after that, though. Did she die?
As for part 1 of the second ep, Warriors of Kudlak... interesting premise so far. What exactly did they want the children for? Was it to actually be warriors to them on their ship or was it to eat them? I thought they wanted to eat them but my memory is a little fuzzy at this point.
Can I say again how much Clyde cracks me up? He was so cute with his insistence on helping Luke perfect all the different slang expressions. And in his excitement over the whole game. *hugs Clyde* Speaking of which, Luke cracked me up in his attempts to learn all the slang. His butchering of phrases reminded me so much of Teal'c on early Stargate SG-1 (with the "undomesticated equines could not remove me" and etc.). Heh. Adorable. :) Of course they end the episode at a tense moment. How are they going to get out of this? Looking forward to finding out.
Cool ep of Dr. Who too. I loved the Doctor's explanation to Donna about how they could read everything in English and understand the natives in English. And of course they try out Latin phrases on innocent passers-by, like that salesman (or whatever he was) - and it turned out they thought they were speaking Celtic. Heh.
I find the Doctor's relationship with Donna pretty interesting so far. They had quite a bit of tension throughout most of the episode, especially when Donna kept pleading with him to try changing things to spare the city of the fallout from Vesuvius. I liked how it kind of tied into the Doctor's past, with Gallifrey (I know I spelled it wrong, lol) having been reduced to flames and him losing everyone.
I liked the family they met there. I pretty much thought something was up with the daughter. I was a little puzzled by the "sisterhood" though and exactly what they were doing. They were worshiping some beings that dwelt within Vesuvius? Was that it? That something allowed them to see into the future or something to that effect? I was surprised when the daughter and that elder(?) who had visited the family knew of the Doctor.
Getting back to the tension between him and Donna, I liked how they appeared to resolve things at the end. I liked how she did convince him to go back and at least save that family. Was glad that he'd at least transported them a good distance away from the destruction and told them what would happen.
Looking forward to next week's ep.
I'll most likely be MIA tomorrow. Going with suzotchka and a few of her friends to see Patrick Stewart in Macbeth on Broadway. I'm pretty excited about it. Should be fun and will take my mind off a ton of crazy RL stuff.
Hope everyone enjoys the rest of the weekend.


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Prince Freeman house [Long Point Settlement No. 29].
The Universalist movement in Provincetown, which reached its architectural apogee with the building of the Unitarian Universalist Meeting House, legendarily got its foothold on Long Point. One day, the sisters Silvia Freeman (b 1807) and Elizabeth Freeman (b 1809) pulled from the flotsam and jetsam a copy — presumably tossed or lost overboard — of The Life of Rev. John Murray, Late Minister of the Reconciliation, and Senior Pastor of the Universalists, Congregated in Boston. "The girls did not tell of their prize, but they dried the book, read it, believed its teachings and became the first Universalists in the community," Nancy W. Paine Smith wrote in The Provincetown Book. "The secret could not long be kept. They showed the book to their father and mother, to cousins and neighbors on the Point and to friends on T'other Side. Out of the discussion and agitation which followed grew the Christian Union Society."
Silvia and Elizabeth's brother, Capt. Prince Freeman (1822-1909), was the first child born on Long Point but scarcely the first Prince Freeman. His father — for whom this house is named — was Prince Freeman (1775-1847), a Provincetown native. And his grandfather was also Prince Freeman (b 1738), a native of Eastham. Captain Freeman's boyhood home was moved to 49 Commercial Street. The Prince Freeman Apartments stand next door, at 51 Commercial Street.
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The giveaway winner is (drumroll)…………..
Congratulations! Email me for more information and I'll also have to ask you for some info: shabbychicrussell@gmail.com!
The moment we've all been waiting for… the giveaway items! I'm just as excited to give this stuff away as you probably are to possibly receive them. So here it is!
This giveaway ends November 23rd so please make sure you enter to have a chance at winning these prizes. There will be one winner and is open to US and UK residents ONLY. So happy to be able to give back to my followers and email subscribers.
The Giveaway Details are important to follow and are on a separate blog post, if you don't follow the rules explained in the giveaway details post you will not be able to win! I hope you are just as excited as I am, and comment down below the thing you are most excited for to possibly win!
Why am I doing a giveaway?
• I really wanted to give back to the subscribers and followers of my blog! I appreciate everyone who reads my blog and I'm glad to give back to those amazing people!
When does the giveaway start and end?
• The giveaway will start as soon as my next blog post (WHICH WILL BE LATER TODAY). I am doing 3 blog posts in one day today— the next blog post that will be posted is going to be at 7PM New York Eastern Time (EDT). This is the start of the giveaway.
• The giveaway ends on November 23rd (Thanksgiving Day) and ONE winner will be chosen. That winner has one week to comment on the post so I can give them details on what to do next. IF THE WINNER DOES NOT CLAIM THE GIVEAWAY IN ONE WEEKS TIME, I WILL HAVE TO CHOOSE SOMEONE ELSE.
Is there an underlying message for why I chose Thanksgiving?
•Yes! I'm giving thanks to you guys for supporting my blog!
• It will be open for subscribers that reside in the US and UK!
• I will be posting the official list of what is in the giveaway and pictures of the giveaway items within a week!
• The LauraLee Los Angeles Cat's Pajamas eyeshadow palette!
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Make sure you follow the rules of the giveaway otherwise you won't be able to win. Contacting me via email/inbox about the giveaway will automatically disqualify you.
If you have any questions about the giveaway, comment down below!
P.S. I will be posting a picture of the giveaway items on Instagram right after I post them on the blog. Keep a lookout for this post because I might make it another additional entry! Can't wait!


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Winners of the 2016 Folk/Roots Jack Richardson London Music Award, Broomsticks & Hammers continues and builds on the folk/roots tradition of taking songs grounded in stories of the human condition and treating these stories with great musicianship and exciting band dynamics. On record, the songs shine through alongside the band's keen ear for thoughtful and sometimes quirky musical treatments. Live, the force of a seven-piece unit comes to the fore as the band traverses folk, rock, country, and even a little jazz and blues with ease.


Techna and UHN's Technology Development and Commercialization office are pleased to announce that UHN has exclusively licensed a new artificial intelligence (AI) technology for automated treatment planning to RaySearch Laboratories AB, a global leader in radiation therapy treatment planning systems, for incorporation into the RayStation® platform which is currently used in over 2,600 clinics in more than 65 countries.
The license gives RaySearch the ability to integrate deep learning algorithms from Princess Margaret Cancer Centre's AI automated planning technology platform into the RaySearch's RayStation® treatment planning system. The AI automated planning technology will be built into RayStation's® extensive module for automated treatment planning across a multiple of treatment sites, enabling rapid adoption from their clinical customers.
Princess Margaret has been developing AI technologies to automate radiation therapy processes over the last several years. AutoPlanning, developed by Physicist Dr. Tom Purdie and Researcher Dr. Chris McIntosh at the Princess Margaret provides a fundamentally different paradigm for generating radiation therapy treatment plans compared with both current manual and automated methods. Conventional methods have focused on learning a few treatment parameters, whereas AutoPlanning learns to model the shape and intensity of the radiation treatment as it is related to the patient's images, reducing planning times from multiple hours or longer to minutes while requiring minimal upfront preparation or user interaction.


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Dennis Wright Film producer
Intro Film producer
Occupations Film producer
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Dennis Wright (19 December 1919 – August 1993) was an English football goalkeeper who played for Mansfield Town.
A native of Boythorpe near Chesterfield, Wright initially joined Mansfield in March 1939, shortly before the outbreak of World War II. However, due to the hostilities, he had to wait until 1946 before he made his debut for the club in a competitive game. During the war years, Wright served in the British Army, and was stationed in Northern Ireland most of that time. He guested for Glenavon during the war, and also turned out for Nottingham Forest during the wartime competition.
After the war had ended, he returned to Mansfield, and made his debut on 12 October 1946 against Leyton Orient. He remained Mansfield's first-choice goalkeeper for the next decade, and played a total of 399 first-team matches for the club, which was a club record at the time of his retirement from the game in 1957. He died in 1993, aged 73.
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Interview with Katarina Sylvan
Katarina Sylvan, b.1989, is a Stockholm based artist working in the fields of sculpture and installation. She received a BA in Fine Art from Konstfack University in Stockholm in 2014 and will continue her studies at the master's programme in sculpture at the Royal College of Art in London in 2017.
Watching stuff and reading stuff and listening to stuff and looking at stuff.
We learned that you also write, what is the relationship between written and visual language to you?
I guess art is often ascribed rebus-like qualities. You try to solve the puzzle and figure out the one meaning behind it or the artist's message. I'm very jealous of music and cinema for having the privilege of creating modes rather than sums of symbols and try to mimic how they "work". The same with literary forms. Something is documentary, something is poetic, something else is a hard boiled crime novel. But I try to make use of that visual obstacle, make rebuses without answers!
Text in art has certain connotations, which is weird, a text can contain anything. I was shying away from written language for a long time since I didn't want to be "that guy who works with text". As I started to look at things in a scenographic way text seeped back in again, often taking the form of a script. So, if a text works best as a text, I won't try and turn it in to something else for the sake of it. It'd just become an illustration of the text and I'm no illustrator. It's also easier to hide in a text since it works on other levels. Text is sneaky.
In your works, there are many objects that you utilize perpetually, such as bricks, patterns of squares, fabric and fan. What do they mean and represent?
They've all ended up in my repertoire for different reasons and shift positions and function in new works, like building bricks in my universe with it's own laws of logic.
The fans originally came from the South Korean phenomenon "fan death". Being into animism at the time I found the fans to look like very serious, very silly little priests. I imagined filling up a room with fans and daring people to hang out there. But I soon realized that I haven't even been to South Korea and therefore didn't know what the hell I was talking about so I dropped the idea. I have many rules for what I can and can't talk about. But the fans stayed.
About the bricks and grids, the short version; apart from trying to focus on my art, I work as a painter in a theatre. Fake bricks are a classic go-to stock scenery so awkward bricks equal an awkward set. Bricks and grids are empty and never-ending, even I get frustrated and want to tag something on them! But emptiness is scary, so I let the emptiness stay too.
What is the one thing you can't live without in your studio, and why?
My Lady Di coffee mug, because it's my Lady Di coffee mug.
Are you working on any new projects these days?
Yes! I've gotten the chance to invite whoever I want to put together a group exhibition in Frankfurt. "How to Disappear Completely and Never be Found" is the framework, also the title of a very dated survival guide on how to disappear. I'm also working towards a solo show where I will try to reverse the process, starting with visual elements from film noir and hard boiled crime fiction and letting them set the rules for a story, hopefully creating an abstract erotic thriller in the end. I'm always trying to be more brave and honest. For example, I have this gig where I really need to play all the instruments myself and another one where I just have to put on a silly hat and hold a speech for the crowd. I thought performance artist was the least likely profession for me but here we go, come watch me make a fool out of myself in the near future!
Do you have any bad habits, and do they affect your work?
I'm a perfect human being and everything I touch turns to gold. NOT.
Can you tell us your art making process?
I get obsessed, I think think think, then BOOM - a vision of a scenery arises. I don't have to force anything, it just comes. The original idea stays pretty solid throughout the process but the work always adjusts to the exhibition space. I'm no perfectionist or the kind of artist who can sit and doodle in the studio and let the stuff develop itself. I go there to perform a task and work fast while I'm there. It does have the downside of producing a lot of crap, but I want my works to have a certain temperature and energy and I think slowing down would just ruin my vibe. Being slow stresses me out.
For more of Katarina Henriksson's work: http://www.katarinahenriksson.se/


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