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Cause of Hong Kong student's death remains unclear as car park owner releases CCTV footage
Kris Cheng
The investment trust which owns a car park where a local university student died after falling from height has released security camera footage from the night in question, but the circumstances around the incident remain unclear.
Chow Tsz-lok, a 22-year-old second-year Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) student, fell from the Sheung Tak car park's third floor onto the second floor in the early hours of Monday in Tseung Kwan O. He was left in critical condition for the rest of the week and died after suffering a cardiac arrest on Friday morning.
Two people make an appearance at 12:46am on the 3rd floor of the car park. Photo: Screenshot.
Police were conducting a dispersal operation of a protest nearby at the time.
On Wednesday, Link Real Estate Investment Trust released CCTV footage from six security cameras between around 11pm on Sunday and 2am on Monday. The videos did not capture the student falling.
Police estimated that Chow may have fallen between 12:45am and 1:15am on Monday.
A person appearing at 1:04am on 3rd floor of the car park. Photo: Screenshot.
There remain different versions over the cause of the incident including one claim from a first-aider, widely shared online, that Chow was fleeing from tear gas fired by the police – an account which the force denied. Police also denied rumours that Chow was fleeing from officers chasing after him.
There was no tear gas visible in the security camera footage.
A quick movement at 1:02am seen on 2nd floor of the car park. Photo: Screenshot.
An anonymous police source told Ming Pao that Chow entered the car park at 12:20am. The source said officers fired tear gas between 12:41am and 12:57am outside of the car park – after Chow entered. They said the claim that Chow had entered the facility to escape tear gas was unfounded.
The footage also did not appear to show police chasing Chow. A burst of light appearing around the time as Chow's fall was captured by the security camera on the second floor at 1:02am, but its cause remains unclear.
A group of riot police entering the car park's ground floor at 1:05am. Photo: Screenshot.
Riot police only appeared inside the car park at around 1:05am, according to the footage.
Meanwhile, Citizen News obtained a dashcam video from a driver near the carpark which appeared to show riot police leaving the car park at 11:28 pm on Sunday. It contradicted a previous claim from the police which said officers did not enter the car park until 1:05am on Monday. However, the video does not show whether the officers had anything to do with Chow's fall.
On Friday, hours after news broke of Chow's death, protests broke out in Central, Mong Kok and Kwun Tong.
Hundreds gathered at the HKUST and marched to the president's residence with a large banner reading "In memory of classmate Chow." They spray-painted protest slogans on the walls of the president's residence, including: "Liberate Hong Kong, the revolution of our times" and "Condemn police violence."
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Ар-деко́ (, , от  — Международная выставка современных декоративных и промышленных искусств) — стилевое течение в изобразительном и декоративном искусстве стран Западной Европы и Америки второй четверти XX века. Получило название от Международной выставки декоративного искусства и промышленности (Париж, 1925).

Впервые появилось в основном в архитектуре, моде и живописи во Франции в 1920-х годах и стало популярным в 1930—1940-е годы в международном масштабе. Этот эклектичный стиль представляет собой синтез искусства модерна и неоклассицизма. На стиль ар-деко также значительное влияние оказали такие художественные направления, как кубизм, конструктивизм и футуризм, сплетавшиеся с восточными, африканскими и другими экзотическими мотивами.

Для стиля характерны строгая закономерность, смелые геометрические линии, этнические геометрические узоры, оформление в полутонах, отсутствие ярких цветов в оформлении, при этом — пёстрые орнаменты, роскошь, шик, дорогие современные материалы (слоновая кость, крокодиловая кожа, алюминий, редкие породы дерева, серебро). В США, Нидерландах, Франции и некоторых других странах ар-деко постепенно эволюционировал в сторону функционализма.

Обзор
Международная выставка, прошедшая в 1925 году в Париже и официально называвшаяся «Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes», дала жизнь термину «ар-деко» . На этой выставке миру были показаны предметы роскоши французского производства, доказавшие, что Париж остался интернациональным центром стиля и после Первой мировой войны.

Само направление ар-деко существовало и до открытия выставки в 1925 — это было заметное течение в европейском искусстве 1920-х годов. Американских берегов оно достигло только к 1928 году, где в 1930-х оно преобразовалось в  — американизированное ответвление ар-деко, ставшее визитной карточкой этого десятилетия.

Париж оставался центром стиля ар-деко. В мебели его воплощал Жак-Эмиль Рульманн — самый известный из дизайнеров мебели той эпохи и, возможно, последний из классических парижских ébéniste (краснодеревщиков). Кроме того, характерны работы Жана-Жака Рато, продукция компании «Süe et Mare», ширмы Эйлин Грей, изделия из кованого металла Эдгара Брандта, металла и эмали швейцарца еврейского происхождения Жана Дюнана, стекло великого Рене Лалика и Мориса Марино, а также часы и ювелирные изделия Cartier.

Символом ар-деко в декоративно-прикладном искусстве стала скульптура из бронзы и слоновой кости. Вдохновляясь «Русскими сезонами» Дягилева, искусством Египта и Востока, а также технологическими достижениями «века машин», французские и немецкие мастера создали уникальный стиль в малой пластике 1920-х — 1930-х годов, который поднял статус декоративной скульптуры до уровня «высокого искусства». Классическими представителями ар-деко в скульптуре считаются Дмитрий Чипарус, Клер Жан Робер Колине, Поль Филипп (Франция), Фердинанд Прайсс, Отто Поэрцель (Германия), Бруно Зак, Дж. Лоренцль (Австрия).

Хотя термин ар-деко возник в 1925 году, он не был часто употребляемым до смены отношения к этой эпохе в 1960-х. Мастера стиля ар-деко не входили в некое единое сообщество. Движение считалось эклектичным, находившимся под влиянием нескольких источников.
 «Венский сецессион» раннего периода (Венские мастерские); функциональный индустриальный дизайн.
 Примитивное искусство Африки, Египта (находки амарнского искусства, гробницы Тутанхамона, 1922) и индейцев «доколумбовой» Америки.
 Древнегреческое искусство (период архаика) — наименее натуралистичное из всех.
 «Русские сезоны» Сергея Дягилева в Париже — эскизы костюмов и декораций работы Леона Бакста.
 Гранёные, кристаллические, фацеточные формы кубизма и футуризма.
 Колористическая палитра фовизма.
 Строгие формы неоклассицизма: Буле и Карла Шинкеля.
 Век джаза.
 Растительные и животные мотивы и формы; тропическая растительность; зиккураты; кристаллы; колористическая чёрно-белая гамма клавиш рояля, мотив Солнца.
 Гибкие и атлетичные формы женщин-спортсменок, которых стало очень много; острые углы коротких стрижек у представительниц клубной жизни — флэпперов.
 Технологические достижения «века машин» — такие как радио и небоскрёбы.

Мастера ар-деко любили использовать такие материалы, как алюминий, нержавеющая сталь, эмаль, инкрустации по дереву, кожа акулы и зебры. Активно применяли зигзагообразные и ступенчатые формы, широкие и энергичные кривые линии (в отличие от мягких текучих кривых модерна), мотивов шеврона и клавиш фортепьяно. Некоторые из этих декоративных мотивов стали повсеместными, например, узор клавиш, который встречался в дизайне дамской обуви, батарей отопления, лекционных залов Радио-сити и шпиля небоскреба Крайслер билдинг. В этом стиле охотно оформлялись интерьеры кинотеатров и океанских лайнеров, таких как «Иль де Франс» и «Нормандия». Ар-деко был роскошен, и считается, что эта роскошь — психологическая реакция на аскетизм и ограничения в годы Первой мировой войны.

Рождение стиля
Кульминацией развития стиля ар-деко стали высотные здания, выстроенные в городах Америки на рубеже 1920-30-х. Однако стилистически они были крайне разнообразны. Различны были и истоки этого стиля. И первые проявления стиля ар-деко исследователи отмечают ещё в искусстве и архитектуре 1900—1910-х. Так приемы стиля ар-деко заметны в целой череде памятников, созданных до выставки 1925 в Париже. Таковы постройки Л.Салливена и Ф. Л. Райта, ступообразные башни Э.Сааринена 1910-х и первые нью-йоркские небоскребы в стиле ар-деко — здания Барлай-Везье билдинг (, с 1923) и Радиатор билдинг (, 1924), а также известные работы Й.Хоффмана (дворец Стокле, 1905) и О.Перре (театр Елисейских полей, 1913) и др. Так черты раннего ар-деко заметны даже в деталировке дореволюционных зданий Москвы и Петербурга (например, дома Бассейного товарищества или торговой галереи «Новый пассаж»), в работах мастеров венской школы (начиная с церкви Ам Штайнхоф О.Вагнера, 1903) и в застройке Амстердама рубежа 1910-20-х (начиная со здания , 1913).

Значительную роль в становлении стиля сыграли сенсационные находки древнеегипетского искусства (в Амарне, гробницы Тутанхамона, 1922) и памятников цивилизаций «доколумбовой» Америки.

Streamline Moderne, Paquebot
Стилевым направлением, которое развивалось параллельно с ар-деко и близко к нему примыкало, было «Streamline Moderne» (название от  — «линия обтекания» — термина из области аэродинамики). В «стримлайн модерн» ощущается влияние промышленных штамповочных и аэродинамических технологий. В произведениях этого стиля появились очертания самолётов или револьверных пуль. Когда дизайн первого массового автомобиля фирмы Крайслер, «», оказался популярным, обтекаемые формы стали использоваться даже для точилок, зданий и холодильников.

Архитектура подчёркивала изогнутые или длинные горизонтальные линии, иногда дополнялась морскими элементами. В промышленном дизайне стиль использовался при создании железнодорожных локомотивах, автобусов, бытовой технике, телефонов и других устройств, чтобы подчеркнуть элегантность и современность.

Во Франции стиль получил название Paquebot, что означает «морской лайнер», вдохновлённый спуском лайнера «Normandie» в 1935 году. Большой зал лайнера был выполнен в стиле ар-деко с колоннами из кристаллов Лалика. Архитектура стиля появлялась на улицах Бельгии и Парижа (особенно на 3 boulevard Victor в XV округе Парижа). В стиле Paquebot работал один из основателей стиля ар-деко архитектор . К Выставке декоративно-прикладного искусства 1925 года он спроектировал один из павильонов, который стал прародителем стиля. Также он разрабатывал дизайн трёх лайнеров «Île-de-France» (1926), «L'Atlantique» (1930), «Normandie» (1935).

Построенное на  в Икселе (Брюссель, Бельгия) в 1938 году здание  в стиле paquebot выполнено по проекту  и выиграло в своё время конкурс для постройки Бельгийского Национального института Радиовещания (INR/NIR). В 2002 году здание обновили и открыли в нём культурный центр Le Flagey.

Автомобили
Всемирная выставка 1933 года в Чикаго (США) вывела стиль на широкую аудиторию. Новые автомобили заимствовали плавные линии лайнеров и самолётов, подчёркивая свои стиль и скорость. Решётки и ветровое стекло отодвинулись, автомобиль стал ниже и шире, плавные изгибы и горизонтальные линии подчёркивали скорость. Примеры включают  и  1934 года. Использовались и новые материалы: бакелитовый пластик, , стекло Vitrolight, нержавеющую сталь, эмаль, придающие вид нового и обтекаемого. Поздние примеры включают седан  1950 года и Hudson Commodore, которые были массивными автомобилями с особым стилем.

Затухание стиля
Ар-деко незаметно исчез после подъёма массового производства, когда к нему стали относиться как к кричащему, безвкусному и поддельно-роскошному. Окончательный конец этому стилю положили лишения Второй мировой войны. В колониальных странах, таких как Индия, ар-деко стал воротами к модернизму и не исчезал до 1960-х годов. Возрождение интереса к ар-деко в 1980-х годах было связано с графическим дизайном, а ассоциации ар-деко с лентами в стиле «фильм нуар» (film noir) и очарованием 1930-ми годами привели к тому, что его стали вновь использовать в ювелирном искусстве и моде.

Ар-деко и архитектура СССР

Ар-деко оказал заметное влияние на архитектуру 1930-х годов, явившись, наряду с постконструктивизмом и неоклассицизмом, одним из течений сталинской архитектуры. С сильным влиянием этого стиля был построен ряд станций Московского метрополитена: первая очередь (Сокольническая линия), несколько станций второй очереди (Замоскворецкая линия, например, станция «Аэропорт»). К советской версии ар-деко исследователи относят работы архитекторов В. Г. Гельфрейха, А. Я. Лангмана, Е. А. Левинсона, Б. М. Иофана, Д. Ф. Фридмана, В. А. Щуко.

Влияние
Ар-деко был столь популярен, что использовался в дизайне автомобилей, мебели, посуды, фарфора, текстиля, ювелирных изделий, часов, а также технических устройств — радио, телефонов и музыкальных автоматов. Сильное влияние ар-деко оказал на архитектуру, дизайн интерьера, промышленный дизайн, моду, графику и кинематограф. В 1930-е ар-деко широко использовался для проектирования вокзалов, океанских лайнеров и парков развлечений.

Музеи в России
19 декабря 2014 года на месте бывшей фармацевтической фабрики Фридриха Байера «Байер и Ко» на Лужнецкой набережной в Москве открылся Музей ар-деко, посвящённый стилям ар-деко и модерн. Музей основан на крупнейшей в мире частной коллекции предпринимателя и мецената Мкртича Окрояна, состоящей из предметов в стиле ар-деко. Среди экспонатов — скульптура из слоновой кости и бронзы, предметы мебели, декоративные панно, в том числе произведения Дмитрия Чипаруса, Пьера Бобо и Бруно Зака.

См. также
 Ревущие двадцатые
 Неомайяский стиль
 Греко-Деко

Примечания

Литература
 Bayer P. Art Deco Architecture. — London: Thames & Hudson Ltd, 1992.
 Benton C. Art Deco 1910—1939 / Benton C. Benton T., Wood G. — Bulfinch, 2003.
 Малинина Т. Г. Формула стиля. Ар Деко: истоки, региональные варианты, особенности эволюции. — М.: Пинакотека, 2005
 Искусство эпохи модернизма: стиль ар деко. 1910—1940-е годы. / Отв. ред. Т. Г. Малинина. — М.: Пинакотека. 2009
 Хайт В. Л. «Ар-деко: генезис и традиция» // Об архитектуре, её истории и проблемах. — М.: Едиториал УРСС, 2003
 Хилльер Б., Эскритт С. Стиль Ар Деко — М.: Искусство — XXI век, 2005.

Ссылки

 «Международная выставка современных декоративных и промышленных искусств» в Париже 1925 г.
 Стиль ар-деко: история возникновения

Всемирная выставка (1925)

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Q: Designing web service calls that read/write from database Apologies for the newbie web service question -
I am trying to create a webservice that has a list of methods to perform read/writes to a database. An example function will be of form  -
CreateNewEmployee(string username, string employeeid, string deptname)

I created a webservice in .net (asmx) that has the above mentioned webmethod. In that, I open the connection to the data base and do an insert in to the database and then close the connections. Is this the right way to design the web service call?
Should I instead be passing an object instead of multiple parameters?
Any pointers toward best practices when trying to create a webservice that writes data into a database?
To add some more information

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*We would like to have web services since it might be reused by many different applications within the organization (both web and desktop).
We are also planning to create an environment where users can use these web services to create data mashups.

Thanks,
Nate

A: Yes - pass objects vs large parameter sets.  Also, have you considered WCF if you're in a .Net environment?  If you look at how ADO.Net Data Services (formerly Astoria) works, it will put you in the right direction.

A: Quoting from the winning answer to this SO question:

Web Services are an absolutely horrible choice for data access.
It's a ton of overhead and complexity for almost zero benefit.

You can read the rest of the discussion there.
Edit: One excellent approach to having a common data access functionality that can be shared by multiple applications - web, desktop, service - is to create a Visual Studio project that compiles to a DLL. Each solution that wants to use the data access functionality references the DLL, which can deployed to the GAC or some other central location, or just added to the project's bin folder. Alternately, in order to be able to step through the data access code, the data access project can be added to a solution.
This is a very common practice in large enterprises, where many back office applications share common functionality. It is used not just for data access, but also for other services such as logging and authentication/authorization. Some divisions create a set of these DLLs, which they refer to as their "framework". It ensures that every application will have the same functionality and the same business logic, and that there is a single place for revisions to be made that will affect all of the applications. This is a similar benefit to using web services, but it avoids the overhead and performance hit of web services.

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I run what I call 'Poverty Simulations' where up to 120 participants 'step into' the role of a family member living in a slum. As director I 'step into' the role of slum lord and I have a loan shark, charity worker and shop keepers as 'cast members'. I have some short video clips showing the process I use at www.simex.org.nz <http://www.simex.org.nz>  . We all then 'step out of role' and have a debrief/reflection at the end.
I have taken corporate groups who have experienced virtually the same simulation, run by a companion charity in Hong Kong, and facilitated them taking action in the real world within their spheres of influence. I have a new 2.5 minute overview video at www.Act4Good.org <http://www.Act4Good.org>  , together with client feedback videos, including Microsoft staff who built a computer laboratory in a remote village in Nepal.
Despite the above simulations being a 'set piece' enactment, the debrief connects them with real world actions. I am also about to start running more organic and customised 'simulations' or enactments with smaller groups. Being new to Psychodrama and Sociodrama last year, I am about to start training this year.
Simulation and improv are both fine, but it is not psychodrama as I think of it - as you say Shelly.
The idea of role training may include simulation but even then we want access to the surplus reality.  And the word "simulation" takes us away from the here and now, being there.
Seems relevant - we go beyond the "gross facts"  to experience, theatrical truth.  Amazing really!
. I want to present some time on how drama---conscious (and a bit spontaneous and unconscious) enactment, not just scripted and memorized drama---and indeed, drama may be a misleading term---really is related to so many things! Educational drama (enactment, as I say, may be a better term), applied improvisation, drama therapy, psycho- or sociodrama, axiodrama, live action role playing (LARP), Boal's work, Playback Theatre, etc..   Please as a respected colleague recognize that you are invited to add to this list.
What we're talking about is simulations, as they do in military exercises, which reveal hundreds of glitches not anticipated by theory. We need to draw attention to this dynamic---try it out---as it is the "laboratory" for complex activities that may prevent major catastrophe in the long run.
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The initiative will commence in Mackay, Queensland early next year. Facebook reports that in Australia more than one million small businesses have a Facebook page and nearly 200 million people around the world are connected to a business in Australia.


The workshops for SEMANTiCS 2014 will be held before the core programme. All workshops are located at University of Leipzig's Paulinum from September 1 to September 3.
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State of Minnesota doles out $25 million for launch of pre-K program
Office of the Governor
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Cash for kiddies. The KMSP-TV story on the state's dole out for pre-kindergarten says, "Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton and Education Commissioner Brenda Casselius have announced the 74 school districts and charter schools that will receive state funding for preschool this year. The state passed a scaled-back voluntary pre-K program this year that aims to improve early childhood education in impoverished school districts. Nearly 60 percent of the school districts that applied for the funding were rejected. The governor said the high number of rejections highlights the need to increase funding, which has been a top legislative priority of his for several years now."
For the Forum News Service Don Davis writes, "Minnesota taxpayers will fund free pre-kindergarten for 3,302 4-year-olds this fall — but it's still a far cry from what Gov. Mark Dayton would like. Dayton and state education officials on Monday announced what districts will receive money to start the programs. Those in the area include Duluth — which will get about $409,000 to serve 66 kids — as well as Grand Rapids, Greenway and Cook County. The $25 million legislators approved earlier this year means slightly more than a fifth of the state's school districts will provide free pre-kindergarten."
All "reasonable" means: Libor Jany writes in the Star Tribune: "Minneapolis police officers will be trained to exhaust all reasonable means in defusing potentially violent encounters before resorting to force, under new department rules unveiled Monday. The guideline changes … are designed to mend broken public trust in the wake of high-profile police shootings of unarmed black men, department officials said."
Today in Second Amendment rights. The Forum folks also report, "A Polk County Sheriff's deputy suffered injuries from breaking glass when a man fired at a helicopter the deputy was riding in Monday morning, authorities said. Charges are pending against a Clearbrook, Minn., man, who reportedly shot twice at the helicopter with a high-powered rifle in the far northwest Minnesota county. … The shots were fired at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection helicopter about 10 a.m. while it flew over an area in rural Clearwater County where suspected drug activity was thought to be occurring, the release said."
Needs more 'splainin'. In the PiPress, Maya Beckstrom reports, "Caroline Amplatz, who donated $50 million to help build the University of Minnesota's children's hospital, dissolved her charitable foundation last month and gave the remaining $1.77 million to a new medical device company started by her father, Kurt Amplatz. Her decision triggered an investigation by the office of Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson. The office has asked Amplatz to retrieve the foundation's assets pending a review into the legality of giving money intended for charitable purposes to a private company. On Thursday, Amplatz said in an email that she returned the funds to the foundation's bank account to comply with a mandatory waiting period."
The AP story says, "Her wealth comes from the medical inventions of her father, Kurt Amplatz, who founded AGA Medical with his daughter's then husband, Franck Gougeon. After her divorce, Amplatz gave money as an individual donor and through her foundation, which she established in 2008. She said she is dissolving the foundation now because it 'interferes' with her goals. 'It didn't benefit me and it slowed down my philanthropy,' Amplatz said. 'It required accounting and lawyers and board meetings and the funds weren't invested the way I wanted them to be.'"
Wisconsin. Where the dead are rehired. Doug Schneider for the Green Bay Press-Gazette says: "Brown County fired Robert Welsing Jr. from his public works job last year when he was alive. But now that he has died, the county might reinstate him. Lawmakers on Monday will begin the rare process of considering reinstatement of an employee who can no longer work. It's a move that some say is about helping Welsing's family claim death benefits and possibly some back pay, and others say is simply about enabling them to clear his name. … Welsing, a 55-year-old Suamico resident, was earning almost $67,000 per year as a highway superintendent when he was let go in August 2015 by county officials who said he used excessive profanity, interfered with an investigation into complaints against him, and allegedly falsified time cards." Just wondering, but at what point does it become "excessive" profanity?
Red meat for the Trumpists. An MPR story says, "Violent crime in Hennepin County is up 6 percent so far in 2016 compared to 2015, an 'alarming trend,' Hennepin County Sheriff Rich Stanek said Monday as he appealed for the public's help. Mid-year statistics show countywide increases in rape (11 percent), business robbery (22 percent) and aggravated assault (11 percent) in 2016 compared to the same period last year."
Protecting and serving … in the dressing rooms. Caroline Grueskin of the Bismarck Tribune reports, "Authorities say the deputy U.S. marshal accused of peeping on a 16-year-old girl at Target recorded young girls at several other stores in Bismarck. … A complaint filed in the case alleges the 29-year-old law enforcement officer used a cellphone camera to record under the doors of changing rooms at numerous clothing stores, including several at the Kirkwood Mall. The 19 victims identified by their initials in the complaint range in age from 12 to 33 years old."
More ching for juice. John Myers of the Duluth News Tribune says, "Duluth-based Allete Inc. last week reported strong second-quarter earnings and revealed that its Minnesota Power division will seek a general rate increase in coming months, the first general increase in nearly seven years. Allete reported second quarter 2016 earnings of 50 cents per share on net income of $24.8 million and operating revenue of $314.8 million. That's up from last year's 46 cents per share on net income of $22.5 million and operating revenue of $323.3 million. Officials said the slow recovery of taconite iron ore production has weighed on electronic sales."
Solar juice. Carolyn Lange of the Forum News Service reports, "On a 100-acre field where crops grew last year near Paynesville, thousands of metal posts are being pounded into the ground, tracker motors assembled and torque tubes put in place in preparation for the installation of solar panels that will start producing power this fall. … With a total capacity of 150 megawatts of direct current power, the Aurora solar project will be the largest — and the first utility-scale distributed solar plant — in the state, according to Enel Green Power North America, which owns the project and has a long-term contract to sell the solar power to Xcel Energy."
Speaking of cranking it up. Paul Huttner at MPR says, "Get ready for another surge in 'water vapor' over Minnesota and the upper Midwest Tuesday. When winds blow a wetter air mass north into Minnesota, meteorologists call it 'moisture advection.' You might have other names for this phenomenon, some of which may be 4-letter words. Dew points surge toward the 70 degree mark over southern Minnesota Tuesday afternoon and evening. You'll feel the sticky factor rising tomorrow. … Big storms should blow along the front Wednesday night. I can see a few severe storms, and the potential for multi-inch rains returns."
Always tough PR when the whistleblower sues you. In the Strib, Erin Adler writes, "A Dakota County Technical College (DCTC) employee says he was let go after reporting the athletic department for treating men's and women's teams unequally and mismanaging department funds. Cameron Stoltz, the Rosemount college's former athletic coordinator, filed a whistleblower lawsuit against the college and Minnesota State, formerly known as the Minnesota State Colleges and University (MnSCU) system. … Stoltz alleged that men's teams at DCTC had better facilities and bigger budgets than women's teams and that the school failed to appoint a coordinator to supervise compliance with Title IX, the federal law prohibiting sex discrimination in education."

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20 Megapixel camera phone technology announced : Helping Smartphone and Mobile Internet Device manufacturers shape the future of the mobile market with innovative devices, Texas Instruments Incorporated announced the new OMAP 4 mobile applications platform. The OMAP 4 platform delivers new, stunning, multimedia-rich user experiences such as 1080p video record and playback, 20 megapixel imaging and approximately a week of audio play time. The new platform provides significant improvements in performance and play time compared to today's most popular Smartphones, with 10x faster Web page loading times, more than 7x higher computing performance, 6x higher video resolution, 10x better graphics performance and 6x longer audio playtime.
At the heart of the OMAP 4 platform is a powerful system-on-chip that includes the perfect balance of power efficiency and high performance. The OMAP 4 processor balances processing across four main engines: a programmable multimedia engine based on TI's C64x DSP and power-efficient, multi-format hardware accelerators; general-purpose processing based on the dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 MPCoreTM supporting symmetric multiprocessing and capable of speeds of more than 1GHz per core; a high-performance programmable graphics engine; and an Image Signal Processor for unparalleled video and imaging performance. The OMAP 4 platform also includes a comprehensive software suite, power management technology and other supporting components, providing the foundation necessary to create devices with mobile computing performance at low power.
"For the past decade, TI has focused on providing an optimal balance of high performance and low power consumption in our OMAP product line to address our customers' needs to quickly and easily address new market trends," said Greg Delagi, senior vice president and head of TI's Wireless Business Unit. "The OMAP 4 platform will enable a new class of mobile devices that will redefine the boundaries of Smartphones and MIDs." The OMAP 4 platform, built in 45-nanometer process technology, enables mobile phone manufacturers to address the expected applications of tomorrow's Smartphones, while also providing headroom and programmability to support applications that have yet to be imagined.
The new platform will support popular leading mobile operating systems and is validated for real-world use cases, taking into account the many elements of the mobile consumer's experience to simplify application creation and help handset manufacturers get to market quickly. TI's OMAP 4 platform and development tools are expected to sample in the second half of 2009, with production expected by the second half of 2010. These new products are intended for high-volume wireless OEMs and ODMs and are not available through distributors.


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Q: Internal Server Erro when trying to connect MySQL database My site has been working for 3 years perfectly and I have not made any change recently, neither to the site or database. But today it suddenly shows "Internal Server Error". I have been testing and it only fails when trying to connect to database (MySQL). Database is accessible from MySQLWorkbench or even from another site. I also have been tested with different databases. Site fails when trying to connect:
$conn = new mysqli($servername, $username, $password, $dbname);

I also have been testing with this:
$conn = mysqli_connect($servername, $username, $password, $dbname);

Also, I changed to PDO:
$mysql_connect_str = "mysql:host=$dbhost;dbname=$dbname; charset=utf8";
$dbConnection = new PDO($mysql_connect_str, $dbuser, $dbpass);

But none of those worked. There's not even need to execute a query or insert; only one of those lines is enough to fail and show Internal Server Error. Unfortunately I can't access to logfile since I'm working in a shared hosting. Can you please help me?


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IFI Horrorthon 2018 Review - NIGHTMARE CINEMA
Anthology of five horror tales.
Review by Eric Hillis
Directed by: Alejandro Brugués, Joe Dante, Mick Garris, Ryûhei Kitamura, David Slade
Starring: Mickey Rourke, Richard Chamberlain, Adam Godley, Annabeth Gish, Sarah Elizabeth Withers
Every circle of friends has that one member who enthusiastically ensures that everyone stays in touch and organises the various get-togethers. In the milieu of horror filmmakers, that role is filled by Mick Garris, a renaissance man who has written, directed and produced movies as well as penning novels and serving as a journalist. A couple of decades ago, Garris began hosting dinners for his friends in the world of horror movie directing, and this led to the 2005 TV anthology series Masters of Horror, which saw instalments directed by such genre legends as John Carpenter, Dario Argento and George A. Romero.
Garris has roped in four of his filmmaking friends for his latest project, anthology film Nightmare Cinema, which he apparently hopes to expand into an ongoing series. Mickey Rourke plays the creepy projectionist of The Rialto, a mysterious cinema that draws strangers in off the street before forcing them to watch short horror movies that star themselves in the lead roles. As anthology hooks go, it's a pretty clever one.
Juan of the Dead director Alejandro Brugués kicks things off in thrilling fashion with 'The Thing in the Woods', which plays a lot like a spoof of the last 20 minutes of an '80s slasher movie. Hot pants clad Samantha (Sarah Elizabeth Withers) is stalked through the woods by a killer dressed in welding garb (how did nobody think of that one before?) who offs her friends in hilarious fashion. There are some clever gags of the Zucker Brothers variety, best of all one which sees a dying victim plucking a series of knives from a counter in a pathetic attempt to fend off his attacker. Just when we think it's over, Brugués pulls a genuinely clever twist regarding the motivations of the killer. This short alone makes Nightmare Cinema a recommend.
Sadly, the anthology never reaches such heights again. The second story comes from the closest the directing roster has to a household name. Gremlins director Joe Dante's 'Mirare' concerns a young woman, Anna (Zarah Mahler), whose face has bore a scar that has made her self-conscious since childhood. Her boyfriend claims that "looks aren't everything," but then offers to pay for plastic surgery to remove the scar. Anna goes under the knife of Dr. Leneer (a sinister turn from Richard Chamberlain) and awakens to find he may have removed more than just her scar. Dante's segment tackles an interesting issue regarding body image, but it never really explores it in satisfying fashion.
'Mashit', from Ryûhei Kitamura (Versus), is the film's lowlight, a thrown together story of demonic possession in a Catholic girls' school. The bare bones plot is merely an excuse for a gory but haphazardly assembled set-piece which sees a nun forced to lop off the heads of her possessed pupils. Kitamura's segment suffers heavily from atrocious SyFy Channel style CG and the most unconvincing greenscreen backdrops since The Room.
I'm not sure how Garris distributed his budget across the five segments. Kitamura appears to have drawn the short straw, while David Slade (30 Days of Night) seems to have been gifted the bulk of the budget for his segment, 'This Way to Egress', by far the slickest of the five in terms of production value. Shot in crisp black and white, as with his recent Black Mirror episode, Slade's segment mines nightmarish, surreal imagery as a woman (Elizabeth Reaser) suffering depression finds herself in a bizarre form of purgatory. The production design and make-up effects create a sickening vision of the world as seen through someone in the throes of existential angst, with people and surfaces covered in a gooey crud, and voices sounding horrifically altered. 'The Thing in the Woods' may be the most enjoyable segment, but 'This Way to Egress' is the most accomplished.
Nightmare Cinema ends on a whimper as Garris takes over the directing reins himself for 'Dead', in which a young boy begins seeing visions of the deceased while recuperating in hospital after an attack which left his parents dead. While doctors attempt to keep the boy in the realm of the living, his mother (Annabeth Gish) is beckoning him to join her on the other side. Like Dante's segment, this boasts an interesting premise, but Garris never finds the means to explore it in depth.
If you're a horror fan, you know what you're getting with an anthology movie. There's usually a couple of standout stories, a couple of mediocre segments, and one genuine stinker. Nightmare Cinema continues the trend.
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The award-winning Restoration is one of Rose Tremain's most popular works, and showcases her remarkable talent for capturing historical settings and personalities. Set during the English Restoration in the decadent court of King Charles II, the novel weaves a story of corrupted innocence, betrayal, love and hope against a fascinating historical backdrop. Written in the first person, the fortunes of the fallible but charismatic courtier Robert Merivel are utterly compelling. Restoration lyrically evokes the rich tapestry of seventeenth-century London life.
Rupert Degas can be heard reading True History of the Kelly Gang, PS I Love You, If You Could See Me Now, Lord Loss, Demon Thief, Slawter and The Saga of Darren Shan. He is also the voice of Pantalaimon in Philip Pullman's Northern Lights. He has lent his voice to numerous cartoons, including Mr Bean, Robotboy and Bob the Builder and has performed in over thirty radio productions, including The Gemini Apes, The Glittering Prizes and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. He spent eighteen months in the West End performing in the comedy Stones in his Pockets. He has also read A Wild Sheep Chase and The Wind-up Bird Chronicle for Naxos AudioBooks.
There is a heartstopping passage in Restoration, at our hero and narrator Robert Merivel's wedding feast. He describes how, as his father-in-law plays an air of intense melancholy on his viola da gamba, he is overcome with an unhappiness so profound he has to run outside and weep. This epiphany is described to the strains of that very piece, John Dowland's Flow my Tears, one of the most powerful uses of music I have ever heard on an audio production. The period is the 1660s, and we follow the rise, fall and redemption of the troubled physician Merivel, made palpably likeable by Degas's performance. He becomes a favourite of Charles II, gains and loses wealth, works at the "new Bedlam" in the Fens and returns to London for the plague and the great fire, finally buttressing his sadness with a sense that he can be "useful".
The restoration of the English monarchy, in the person of Charles II, forms the background for Tremain's historical fiction, which follows the life of the profligate courtier Robert Merivel. Initially favoured by Charles, Merivel goes from triumph to despair – as does the restored king himself. Rupert Degas captures Merivel's character perfectly – his self-important foolishness during his time in the limelight and his bumbling nature during his lowest lows. When combined with Tremain's amazing eye for detail, the story shows great promise. The abridgement, however, breaks the flow to an extent that it loses much of its power.


Born in Moscow in 1937, Igor Frolov has enjoyed an international career as a solo violinist, having completed his studies in the class of David Oistrakh. It was Oistrakh who originally encouraged him to pursue a combined career as a composer, though he was already fifty-two before Frolov ventured into that field with a series of violin 'encore' pieces. Often looking towards virtuosity in the performer, they are lightweight scores, frequently using jazz as the influence. He has also arranged many works for violin and piano, Kern's Smoke Gets in Your Eyes and Scott Joplin's The Easy Winners featured on this disc. The release concludes with an extensive and exceedingly attractive Concert Fantasy on themes from Gershwin's Porgy and Bess. Between we have a mad virtuoso dash through an adaptation of a Kreisler study played at twice the original speed; an attractive Spanish Fantasy; the spicy Piece in Blues Style and a seductive adaptation of Love Song. Fourteen tracks in total that provide relaxing and pleasing music, superbly played by Nicolas Koeckert and Kristina Miller, a fabulous young partnership, Nicolas bristles with technique that makes light of Frolov's demands, and Kristina is every bit as outstanding, sharing the honours in a perfectly weighted duo. I look forward with great anticipation to their further releases - they are very special. Sound quality from Bayerischer Rundfunk could not be improved upon.
Most of the Igor Alexandrovich Frolov pieces for violin and piano are arrangements of songs by American composers who were popular in the 1930s and 1940s. There are a couple of pieces by the Brazilian bossa nova-influenced composer Herminio de Almeida, a Spanish Fantasy, an arrangement of a Joplin rag, and an arrangement of a waltz by the Swedish composer Serge Gais. Also included are a chromatically-accompanied version of the Kreutzer Etude No.2 (misidentified as the Kreisler Etude No.1 in the notes) and a piece in blues style that Frolov wrote while he was on tour in the United States.
What I find remarkable about this recording, besides the fantastic violin playing by both Koeckerts and the excellent piano playing by Miller, is the amount of nostalgic passion that Frolov puts into his arrangements. He had to come by his American popular music in Russia by seeing foreign films and quickly writing down what he heard when he got home. Recordings of jazz were very hard to come by in the Soviet Union, and since he was born there in 1937, he had to work extremely hard to pursue his interest in American popular music.
I love his music for two violins. His arrangement for two violins and piano of Jerome Kern's 'Smoke Gets in Your Eyes' is particularly gorgeous and exceptionally interesting, and his Scherzo-Souvenir, written for a competition in one of the music schools in Moscow, must have raised many eyebrows and might have even gotten a few kids in trouble. I can imagine young violinists sneaking off in a corner practice room to play it—kind of like sneaking cigarettes in the washroom.
The Divertissement for two violins from 1979 begins like an upside-down version of the Bach Concerto for Two Violins, but then it slips into a jazz dialog, alternating styles constantly between pseudo-baroque music and hot jazz. The Koeckerts play it tastefully with their tongues planted firmly in their cheeks, bringing to mind the good-natured musical humor of Jack Benny.
The most substantial piece on the recording (lengthwise, that is) is a great Concert Fantasy on themes from Gershwin's Porgy and Bess for violin and piano. It was written in 1991 in the 19th Century tradition of virtuoso opera fantasies, but it has harmonic material from the jazz corner of the 20th Century, and the tunes are by Gershwin. I can't help thinking how much Jascha Heifetz would have enjoyed playing this piece. I imagine that he would also love this recording. I certainly do.


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By Wole Mosadomi & Joseph Erunke
The National Examinations Council, NECO, yesterday released the Senior Secondary School Examination, SSCE, results with a 2.3 per cent increase in the number of candidates who scored five credits and above, including English and Mathematics.
The Registrar and Chief Executive of NECO, Prof Godswill Obioma, announced the results at the council's headquarters in Minna.
The registrar said no fewer than I,221,447 candidates registered for the examination, made up of 665,830 males and 555,617 females.
Obioma said the number of candidates that sat for the examination was 1,209,992,796 males, representing 55.53 per cent and 550,126 females, representing 45.46 percent.
According to him, the number of candidates with special needs that sat for the examination was 160, saying: "Number of candidates who made credit and above in English language is 973,331, representing 82.68 per cent. Number of candidates who made credit and above in Mathematics is 1,060,100, representing 90.08 per cent.
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"Number of candidates who made five credits and above including English and Mathematics is 984,101 representing 73.89 per cent; compared to 2019 June/July SSCE figures of 829,787, there is an increase of 2.3 per cent. Number of candidates who made five credits and above irrespective of English Language is 1,112,041, representing 91.91 per cent; compared to 2019 June/July SSCE figures of 1,04,989, an increase of 2.01 per cent.
"Number of candidates involved in various forms of malpractice in 2020 is 33,470, representing 2.61 per cent, and 40,630, representing 3.53 per cent of such cases, were recorded in 2019.
"The council has a long tradition for zero tolerance for malpractice. 12 schools – four in Adamawa, two in Kaduna State, two in Katsina, one in Taraba and one in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, were recommended for de-recognition for two years for their involvement in mass cheating. While 24 Supervisors were blacklisted for various offences ranging from poor supervision, aiding abetting and connivance with non-candidates to write answers on chalkboard."
Meanwhile, owing to the #EndSARS protest that prevented a total of 233,000 candidates from taking the examination in some states, the management of NECO has pledged to accommodate such candidates in the external examination slated for Monday 1st February 2021 to Wednesday 3rd March 2021.
The Registrar assured that candidates who missed their examinations during the EndSARs protest will be given the opportunity to write their papers which include all or either Chemistry (practical), Economics, Commerce, Technical Drawing, Further Mathematics and Food & Nutrition.
The states affected according to him include; FCT, Abia, Enugu, Edo, Rivers, Ondo, Osun, Ekiti, Lagos, Oyo, Kano and Ogun states.
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We have also been working on a number of projects with more tangible play installations, such as Tug o'War over the internet and interactive play for people with Profound Multiple and Intellectual Disabilities.
The setup consists of a pair of rope pulling boxes, connected to each other via the internet. When you pull the rope, the other person immediately feels this through their own rope: touch at a distance! This interface is used in a collaborative game in which two people control the same egg-catching basket from one side each, moving it left and right to catch as many eggs as possible. A user study showed that social presence is enhanced by rope interface, but only if player actually feels the other's "touch" as force feedback on the rope.
Play for people with PIMD
People with Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities suffer from severe intellectual and physical disabilities. This limits them from participating in many active and engaging activities. The BLOX project uses technology to offer new physical and playful interactive experiences for these people, in which they should be able to take initiative in play. We carried out a user study with 9 participants, 10 sessions with the ball each. Although many participants did not show a clear difference or clearly positive reaction to the ball, some participants were more active or alert or showed more signs enjoyment when playing with ball, compared to watching TV.
Arm & hand training
Tangible interactive games are used for repetitive training of upper limbs in the therapy of children with Cerebral Palsy (CP). Four games were created that trigger different kinds of to-be-trained movements in a motivating and entertaining way. A physical quiz game was especially successful as children kept on playing the game making the proper movements without additional encouragement or instructions of the therapists or researchers.


Chronic Sinusitis and Fibromyalgia: Is There a Link?
Nobody really knows for sure what causes fibromyalgia. Researchers are still trying to learn more about the condition every day. Though exact causes of fibro arent clear, we do know that certain health conditions and fibro often seem to go hand in hand. One of the most common conditions that seems to occur more frequently in fibromyalgia patients is chronic sinusitis. If life isnt already uncomfortable enough with fibromyalgia, sinus pain and pressure can make you feel even more miserable. But they might not be as unrelated as they seem. Read on to see more about the connection between fibromyalgia and sinusitis.
Acute sinusitis is more than just allergies or a stuffy nose. It is actually an inflammation of your sinuses and nasal passages. Some of the most common symptoms of sinusitis include sinus pressure and pain, headaches (particularly by the eyes or the bridge of the nose), reduced sense of smell or taste, and nasal congestion or drainage. Other symptoms of sinusitis may include ear pain, sore throat, nausea, bad breath, or irritability.


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Some unexpected writing yesterday, 100 words worth to be exact.
I happened to catch a tweet directing me to a Tuesday Tales challenge on the Glitter Word blog. The challenge was to write a one hundred or less word piece of flash fiction inspired by the image below and including the word Twist.
It happened to be lunch time and I was taking a break from my day job so I noodled around for ten or fifteen minutes and wrote a story called Aftermath.
This was the first time I've taken part in this type of challenge and I really enjoyed it – it was a nice to be able to take a quick creative break in the middle of the day and the one hundred word limit forced me to keep the writing focused.
The Tuesday Tales challenge takes place every week so I'll be dropping back next week to see if Ethel the Muse has anything to say about next week's photo.
You can find my story, along with the other entries here.


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Ateleopodidae är en familj av fiskar. Ateleopodidae ingår i ordningen Ateleopodiformes, klassen strålfeniga fiskar, fylumet ryggsträngsdjur och riket djur. Enligt Catalogue of Life omfattar familjen Ateleopodidae 13 arter.

Ateleopodidae är enda familjen i ordningen Ateleopodiformes.

Kladogram enligt Catalogue of Life:

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I start my very first open source project with DO 4.0. I have several questions about your new amazing Product.
Concerning Entity: why do i have a protected OnGetValue, but OnSetValue is private/sealed? why is GetValue / SetValue private/sealed?
Will you provide a Guid Key Generator or should i program my own?
i get an Domain.Build Error, that this key already exists.
> Should i use Persistent oder Entity as base class for my own classes?
You must use Entity. Persistent is "common base" - i.e. a Structure is also derived from it.
**> why do i have a protected OnGetValue, but OnSetValue is private/sealed?
True, they are sealed in Entity. We did this to prevent the logic they contain to be modified, but didn't provide an alternative for now. You actually can implement OnXxx-like code right in property getter or setter now, and this is what we recommend. Real OnXxx events must be used to implement some common logic, such as version change on property change.
> Will you provide a Guid Key Generator or should i program my own?
It must work - just declare Guid key.
AFAIK [PairTo] must be applied @ one side of relationship only.


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German Stands Up for Greek Wine - The Best from Greece
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German Stands Up for Greek Wine
Posted on: 28/Mar/2012 Amidst Europe's Economic Woes, One German Stands Up for Greek Wine
On a windy plain 20 miles outside of Athens, grape vines vie for space with suburban sprawl. Dimitrios Georgas shows me that his vines are about to bear fruit.
"They are ready. If we have some sun for two or three days – then pop," he said.
Georgas' family has been growing wine here for generations. His winery produces only about 50,000 bottles worth a year — reds, whites, and retsina — a Greek wine with pine resin added.
All of Georgas' products are certified organic. He said his wines, and Greek wines in general, are special, kind of like the Greeks themselves.
"We are different because we think in a way, we act in a way, we drink in a way, we dance in a way. As long as we're not afraid to communicate this quality to the outside world, to be authentic, we've got advantages."
It's been a hard time for Greeks and for the Greek economy. The European Union continues to wrangle over the final details of a second bailout for Greece. The country needs more money, not to mention some forgiveness from private banks, if it hopes to keep from defaulting. Greece has already agreed to strict austerity measures. The crisis generated a lot of resentment between Greece and its richer euro-zone partners — especially Germany.
But not all Germans are down on Greece. One German named Markus Stolz is making a living here. Stolz spent years in London as a derivatives trader, but his passion was wine. Stolz's wife is Greek, and they always dreamed of moving back to Greece.
Eight years ago, they did. Stolz said he started sampling Greek wines and he liked what he tasted.
"I also saw that with Greek wines, the quality was getting better and better year after year, and I wanted to do something professionally with wines, but didn't know what to do," he said. "I began to look at the export figures for Greek wines, and I thought there is something very, very wrong here."
Stolz found that the vast majority of Greek wine was consumed in Greece. So three years ago, just before the Greek economic crisis hit, Stolz decided to give up high finance and set up shop as a Greek wine exporter.
He started by contacting wine merchants in his native Germany, and in Britain, where he had lived.
"I wrote about 100 letters, introducing myself, saying I will help you come together with Greek wineries, and the interest I received back was literally less than zero."
Stolz persisted. He started a blog on Greek wine, and he used Facebook and Twitter to spread the word. Stolz even got invited to the US to be on Internet wine critic Gary Vaynerchuk's web show.
Soon the Germans, among others, started to listen. So Stolz organized tastings in Germany. But last year, attitudes started to change, as Greeks and Germans began blaming each other for the euro zone debt troubles.
"I'll give you an example," said Stolz. "I had been working on a German wine merchant for one-and-a-half years, trying to get an appointment for Greek wines. I finally met him in November. We sat down, we tried the wines, he loved the wines. But before we broke off he said — OK, Markus, you just have to tell me — how can I sell a Greek wine to a German now?"
The current bad blood between Germans and Greeks started to play out online, Stolz said.
"There had been lots of calls by Greeks who would send me emails or call me up and say Markus, you have to make a political stance on your blog and tell the Germans off. At the same time, the same day sometimes, I'd get calls or emails from Germans saying Markus, you have to tell the Greeks off."
Stolz said tries not to get too depressed about it; and from a business point of view, the American market is more promising anyway.
He said he thinks Greek wine-makers, and the government, should be marketing Greek wine in a big way right now, not to mention olive oil and cheese — two other fantastic products Greece could find more markets for.
And he's trying to get more winemakers here to think about exporting, especially now that the Greek domestic market has been squeezed hard by the debt crisis.
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I have a device which uses 2 DSP56F805. Recently I can't load program onto one DSP. When I debug. Codewarrior mentions: CCSProtocolPlugin: Failed to erase flash. I don't know why and I don't know if my DSP has a damage. Has anyone ever met this problem? How can I check my DSP?


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Huge number of Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar issues make this a chore to read through. Always be sure to tidy things like that up as much as possible prior to submitting to the drafts forums. It looks lazy, and it really hampers one's enjoyment.
That being said, the base idea is pretty interesting. I'd focus on strengthening tone, providing a little more detail (specifically, some idea of what -1 is perceived to say may suffice). I'd try to hold off on the [DATA EXPUNGED] until the end- you could switch it up so that it's consumed during an incident, as prior to it happening, they wouldn't let someone (possibly) destroy an SCP through consumption.
I'd cut the current addenda, and focus on strengthening the remainder of the article, to serve as a buildup to the 'reveal', and its consequences. Good luck!
Thanks for the help. although I couldn't find the spelling and grammar mistakes you were talking about. I ran it through Word, Open office and Grammarly as well as re-read it myself a few times and I still couldn't find them. Maybe it's my phrasing or the punctuation. Could you give me one or two examples, please?


One Hit Wonder group from 1969- Sonny Charles and The Checkmates, produced by Phil Spector, "Black Pearl"
This could be my favorite song of the week. Bobby Womack who makes it into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this Spring. It is easy to see how the Rolling Stones covered this song...."It's All Over Now"
This is by request, and I think you need to turn it up loud and proud.


By 1990, Charlotte sat abuzz over the Hornets, a two-year-old NBA franchise that played its home games at the new Charlotte Coliseum. That venue, a 24,000-seat crown jewel that sat just off I-77 and the Billy Graham Parkway, was also a prime venue for the college game.
Prime enough for the Atlantic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, which returned to the Queen City after a 20-year hiatus.
The new Coliseum hosted eight ACC Tournaments, including three that featured Duke and North Carolina teams that would go on to win national championships. Considering the arena was nicknamed the "The Hive," perhaps it was only fitting that the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets also found Charlotte to their liking.
It came as no major surprise when Coach Bobby Cremins' team emerged victorious at the 1990 ACC Tournament. A veteran squad that featured All-America junior sharpshooter Dennis Scott and senior leader Brian Oliver felt it was due ACC Tournament success after faltering in the opening round each of the previous three seasons. Throw in the addition of electric freshman point guard Kenny Anderson, and the pieces were finally in place.
But Georgia Tech prevailed again in 1993, this time with a team that entered the tournament as a No. 6 seed playing anything but consistent basketball. The Yellow Jackets defeated defending national champion Duke in the opening round and turned back eventual 1993 national champion North Carolina in the title game.
It may not have been predicted, but it deserves due note. The ACC has held 54 men's basketball tournaments. Schools from outside the state of North Carolina have won the championship just eight times.
Carolyn Cremins tried not give in to superstition. But by day two of the 1990 ACC Tournament, the wife of Georgia Tech's coach began to believe in omens.
She found a penny in the parking lot when she arrived for Friday night's quarterfinal game against NC State. She found another beneath her seat when she arrived for Saturday's semifinal meeting with Duke.
"And they were both face up," she said.
If the Yellow Jackets had luck on their side, tangible things were working as well.
Tech, seeded third in the competitive tournament field, saw Scott, Oliver and Anderson combine for 62 points in a 76-67 win over NC State.
Lethal Weapon IIIThe Tech trio – dubbed "Lethal Weapon III" for good reason – keyed an 83-72 win over second-seeded Duke to set up a championship meeting with Virginia. Scott and Oliver each tallied 31 points against the Blue Devils.
Fifth-seeded Virginia, which outlasted UNC in overtime in the quarterfinals and clipped Clemson 69-66 in the semis, joined the Yellow Jackets in making history. It marked the first time an ACC championship game had not featured at least one team from the state of North Carolina.
Both the Blue Devils and Tar Heels would find a measure of redemption in the NCAA Tournament. Duke reached the title game before falling to UNLV. UNC secured its 20-win season while reaching the Sweet 16, upsetting top-seeded Oklahoma on Fox's last-second basket in the second round of the Midwest Regional.
But first came the 1990 ACC Tournament championship game. It marked a curtain call for veteran Virginia coach Terry Holland, who had announced the 1990 season would be his last. Holland, sporting a flat-top haircut and appearing loose and relaxed, insisted throughout the weekend that his 16th tournament didn't feel much different than his first.
But Krzyzewski, among others, was happy the Cavaliers' championship game appearance would allow Holland to at receive at least some of his due.
"With all that's been going on, I don't think there's been enough written and said about this being Terry's last time," Krzyzewski said.
Holland coached his Virginia teams to 326 wins, eight 20-win seasons and 13 postseason tournaments. Two of his squads reached the Final Four. But the 1990 ACC Tournament offered no storybook ending.
Instead, the championship game began in magical fashion for Tech's Oliver, who threw up two wild bank shots in the opening minutes that found their mark and left the Yellow Jackets feeling as if they were indeed destiny's team.
The Yellow Jackets finished the day shooting just a shade above 40 percent and lost the rebounding battle. But Tech sank 10 shots from 3-point range and limited Virginia to a 34 percent shooting day in a 70-61 win. The Yellow Jackets used the victory as a springboard to a 28-win season and the program's first appearance in the Final Four.
Oliver, voted tournament MVP, leaped atop the scorer's table at game's end and saluted Tech's cheering section. For Bobby Cremins, the win meant cause for reflection.
The ACC Tournament had last been played at Charlotte in 1970, Cremins' senior year at South Carolina. The Gamecocks, seeded first in the tournament field, saw their national championship hopes ended with a double-overtime loss to NC State in the title game.
Cremins lost the ball in closing seconds of the second overtime, resulting in the Wolfpack's go-ahead basket and leaving him devastated at game's end. Even though he coached Georgia Tech to the 1985 ACC Tournament championship in Atlanta, the 1990 title in Charlotte finally offered a sense of closure.
And Carolyn Cremins felt fortune had smiled one more time. As she left her hotel room on Sunday morning, she had discovered a third lucky penny.
"Face up (again)," she reported, then paused for a moment of thought.
The roller coaster ride that carried Georgia Tech into the 1993 ACC Tournament almost defied description.
The Yellow Jackets were a team that had beaten a No. 1-ranked Duke team and lost by 17 points to College of Charleston. Tech arrived in Charlotte with a 16-10 overall record, and an 8-8 conference mark that summed up the ebb and flow of an unpredictable season.
Almost from the start, it became apparent that the 1993 ACC Tournament would play out in unpredictable, if not bizarre fashion.
Friday's quarterfinal round ended with only No. 1 North Carolina left standing among the tournament's top four seeds. Seventh-seeded Clemson upset second-seeded Florida State, and No. 5 Virginia edged No. 4 Wake Forest.
The final game of the evening pitted the sixth-seeded Yellow Jackets against third-seeded Duke. It evolved into a hard-fought, close contest in which Tech sophomore James Forrest refused to be denied.
Forrest, a 6-foot-8, 240-pound forward, connected on an eye-opening 13 of 15 shots from the floor, including the go-ahead basket in the closing moments. The Yellow Jackets hung on for a 69-66 win when Blue Devil freshman Chris Collins' 3-point shot from NBA range rimmed out at the buzzer.
A late winter storm dumped to close to a foot of snow on the area surrounding the Charlotte Coliseum on Saturday, triggering a power outage that held up the first semifinal game between North Carolina and Virginia for 28 minutes.
That wasn't all that proved a departure from expected form.
Forrest was at it again in Saturday's second semifinal game, muscling in 26 points in Tech's 69-61 win over Clemson. He got help from guard Drew Barry, who tied an ACC Tournament record by handing out 13 assists.
1993 CelebrationGeorgia Tech would be matched against North Carolina, which defeated Virginia by 18 points and had beaten the Yellow Jackets twice during the regular season by double-digit margins.
With higher tournament seeds falling at every turn, some felt the top-seeded Tar Heels were walking a well-cleared path to their third tournament title in five years. Junior center Eric Montross begged to differ.
Montross' words moved a step closer to proving prophetic on Sunday afternoon, when UNC starting point guard Derrick Phelps did not suit up for the championship game. Phelps had suffered a lower back injury in the closing minutes of the semifinal win over Virginia.
With Phelps absent and Forrest still carrying the Yellow Jackets' fortunes on his broad shoulders, Georgia Tech built a 41-37 halftime lead in the title game.
The Tar Heels rallied in the second half and built a five-point lead of their own but couldn't pull away from the determined Yellow Jackets.
With Forrest (27 points, 10 rebounds) showing the way, Tech forged ahead down the stretch. The final buzzer found the Yellow Jackets on top 77-75, a margin narrowed to two when North Carolina's Donald Williams threw in a 3-point shot at the buzzer.
Tar Heel coach Dean Smith brushed aside questions concerning his junior guard's absence.
"There's no asterisk saying, `Carolina didn't have Derrick Phelps,' " Smith said.
Phelps would return later in the week and play a key role in North Carolina's national title march. But ACC Tournament Championship Sunday belonged to James Forrest and Georgia Tech. Forrest, who failed to make even third-team All-ACC, was the unanimous choice in Everett Case Award balloting.
"I definitely came in there looking for some respect because I thought I was overlooked," Forrest said.
There would be no overlooking Tech when it came to the NCAA Tournament field. Though the Yellow Jackets likely would have been an at-large selection after winning their first two ACC Tournament games, the championship win over North Carolina clinched an automatic berth.
Even a disappointing loss to Southern in the opening round couldn't change the fact that, for three days in Charlotte, Georgia Tech had reached its full potential by playing like one of college basketball's best.


The Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges Natural Resources Management Plan is a high level strategic and business plan for the region. The purpose of the strategic plan is to provide the overall direction for all stakeholders, on the types of actions needed to address the 'big' natural resources issues.
Because it is a high level plan, it doesn't provide the detail to guide action at a local scale. A more detailed level of local planning now links the strategic plan to on-ground action.
target action at the best possible point of intervention in the system.
developing projects to address those issues.
An 'issue' is a planning term used to refer to one slice of a broader system which needs attention. In local-level planning, a system includes social, economic and biophysical components. A system can be broken down into issues in many ways.
Local-level planning is about describing an issue within a system, and mapping it so that it makes it possible to clearly see the cause and effect relationships, without getting bogged down in complexity. Systems are complicated, and therefore will always have multiple issues, with some that may overlap.
Based on the information collected during a regional planning process and a range of projects that the board has undertaken, an initial list of issues has been developed. This list is just a starting point. Issues will be added over time as they become apparent, and as issues are addressed by projects, they will drop off the list.
Issues lists can be seen under each regional conceptual model.


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Q: What is the correct way to tell whether putIfAbsent modified a ConcurrentHashMap? I'm using putIfAbsent to add values to a ConcurrentHashMap if they do not already exist as an atomic operations.
That all seems fine, but I could really do with being able to tell whether a new object was actually added.
The best idea I have is to check if the return value from putIfAbsent is null, that looks like it should work so long as we never put null values into the map (which ConcurrentHashMap doesn't allow anyway) but I was wondering if there was something I missed. Or is that the correct way to do it?

A: The best way to use the CHM in this case is as such:
Object o = concurrentMap.get(key);

if(o == null){
   Object ret = concurrentMap.putIfAbsent(key, value);
   if(ret == null){
      o = ret;
   }
}
return o;

The get calls are non-blocking, so you want to leverage the non-blocking calls as much as you can. Continuously calling putIfAbsent can slow down performance if many are being invoked.


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Israel's unified system guards against various threats
The IAF's aerial defense operation managed to create a new formation that controls the three systems combined.
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The successful tests on Tuesday of Israel's different missile defense systems mark a new phase in Israel's aerial defense against incoming missile threats from Iran, Hezbollah and Hamas.
While the test might be mostly remembered as the first time that the improved Iron Dome system – which is usually activated against short-range missiles – intercepted a cruise missile, its real significance is the way the Israeli air defense system combines between the three levels of its multi-layered defense operation.
The operation consisted of the Arrow system, which is used against long-range missiles; the second is David's Sling, which is used against medium-range missiles; and the Iron Dome, which is designed to shoot down short-range rockets.
In this recent test, which was planned for over a year and included a series of tests before the live-fire interceptions, the IAF's aerial defense operation managed to create a new formation that controls the three systems combined. For example, one of the interceptions was by a David's Sling missile, which received a signal from the Arrow system.
A senior officer in the Israeli Air Defense Command told The Jerusalem Post that the intention of this new formation is to have more than one option of response to the different aerial threats that Israel is facing.
"We have here a comprehensive system," he said.
"We don't always succeed [to intercept] in one shot. This is why we have the 'shoot-look-shoot, and we have more than one air defense system to prevent different threats.
"David's Sling, for instance, is better at intercepting in higher altitudes, and also in this series of tests it was highly successful in intercepting cruise missiles," the official added.
When asked when this system – that just passed its tests successfully – will become operation ready in the IDF, the source said that it will "happen in the short term."
"We just finished the development phase, and within weeks – or a few months – after we finish training our soldiers, we could declare that it is fully operational," he said.
"We call it now IOC – initial operational capability. This is in contrast to FOC – final operational capability – and that might take a while."
David's Sling became operational in April 2017 and was used for operative purposes only once – in July 2018. It was when two SS-21 Tochka tactical ballistic missiles were launched from Syria toward Mount Hermon. The system then failed to intercept the missiles.
The senior source said that since then the system underwent major improvements and became more precise.
"The system wasn't developed enough yet back then. But we learned it, improved it, and advanced it.
"The system we are using now is completely different and improved – both on software and hardware. And we also learned a lot about it since then," he said.
The source hinted that this series of tests is also a signal to those who send threats to Israel.
"We are in a leaning race against our enemy. There is an enemy who sits far away, and there is the proxy of this enemy who is closer. There are enemies who use cruise missiles, or rockets, or mortars, or long-range ballistic missiles. And it's my job to make sure that we are prepared for all these scenarios.
"Some of them are concrete threats, and they are relevant as we speak tonight," he said.
One unique thing that the source stressed is that a large portion of the aerial defense formation is being manned by women.
"Some 50% of our recruitment cycle are women. We are a completely egalitarian formation," he said.
"These are young women who volunteer to be combat warriors.
"We have officers and warriors here. One of them is Noy, who intercepted a missile in the test," he said.
"We have women as battery commanders and as deputy battalion commanders – we are a girl power," he said.
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Food Standards allows a user to create and view Food Premise Inspections. The app can dynamically translate between English and Welsh with one click. The user can create new inspections, recording information such as the name of the premises, the date of the inspection, samples taken and the signature of the recipient. Records are uploaded to a remote database from which records can also be downloaded and viewed.


security team has allocated CVE-2013-1431 for this vulnerability.
• turn off "Encryption required (TLS/SSL)" (require-encryption).
submodule directly can take the patch from the git commit.
vulnerable; the upcoming 0.17.4 release will fix this vulnerability.


The Francis House is an experience like no other. Admire the French Second Empire architecture surrounded by grounds reminiscent of the French countryside with citrus trees and an owner-tended herb garden. Relax by the pool on a sunny day and enjoy an espresso. Rejuvenate in the infrared sauna and salt room. Or join in a game of bar billiards. Whatever you desire, our inn will put you in a wine country state of mind.
Thank you for noting our Adults Only property is not appropriate for those traveling with children or pets.
California's original Wine Country, Napa Valley is full of natural beauty, delightful culinary experiences and exciting adventures. Ideally located in friendly, walkable Calistoga, The Francis House is two blocks from Main Street, Lincoln Avenue. You are steps away from local shops, restaurants, tasting rooms, spas and mud baths. On Saturday mornings, you'll also find the Calistoga Farmers Market bringing fresh produce from all over the valley.
Venture out and explore all that Napa Valley has to offer. Soar above it all in a hot air balloon. Relax and rejuvenate in Calistoga's legendary hot springs spas. Bicycle through the scenic vineyards, or hike the area's meandering mountains. Visit the local crafts and art galleries. Indulge in farm-to-table meals as you make friends and memories. In fact, you may need more than a couple of days.
Your stay, your way! The Francis House's skilled hospitality staff is delighted to create a custom itinerary just for you.


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José Luis Vilson
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José Luis Vilson is a math educator for a middle school in the Inwood / Washington Heights neighborhood of New York, NY. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in computer science from Syracuse University and a master's degree in mathematics education from the City College of New York. He's also a committed writer, activist, web designer, and father.
His first solo project, This Is Not A Test: A New Narrative on Race, Class, and the Future of Education, was published by Haymarket Books in the Spring of 2014, which was endorsed by American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten, NYU professor Diane Ravitch, and Philadelphia principal and White House Champion of Change Chris Lehmann. He was also recently inducted into the Math for America Master Fellowship, cohort 2014.
He currently serves as a board member on the Board of Directors for the Center for Teaching Quality and the president emeritus of the Latino Alumni Network of Syracuse University. He writes regularly for Edutopia and Progressive Magazine, and has contributed to The New York Times, CNN.com, Education Week, Huffington Post, and El Diario / La Prensa NY. He has also been featured at PBS, Mashable, Idealist, Chalkbeat NY, TakePart, Manhattan Times, and the Fusion. He co-authored the book Teaching 2030: What We Must Do For Our Students and Public Schools … Now and In The Future with Dr. Barnett Berry and 11 other accomplished teachers, and profiled in two other books:Teacherpreneurs (Berry, Byrd, Weider; 2013) and Teaching with Heart (Scribner, Intrator; 2014).
He was named one of GOOD Inc.'s GOOD100 in 2013 of leaders changing their worlds and an Aspen Ideas Scholar in 2013. He has also spoken at TEDxNYED, Education Writers Association Annual Conference, Netroots Nation, and the Save Our Schools March. His blog, TheJoseVilson.com, is well-regarded, named one of the top 25 Education Blogs by Scholastic, Education World, and University of Southern California Rossier School of Education's Teach 100.
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The Brazilian Association of Photovoltaic Solar Energy (ABSOLAR) has signed an agreement with the Brazilian Agency for Export and Investment Promotion (Apex-Brazil) to partner on attracting more foreign investment into the domestic solar industry.
Rodrigo Sauaia, Absolar executive director, told PV Tech that the partnership is a way for the Brazilian PV sector to increase its presence nationally and to present investment opportunities to major international investors.
He said it will also give more visibility to opportunities available in the Brazilian PV market for manufacturers, project developers, international financing institutions, multinational banks and development banks among others.
He said the development of the sector will be focused on local markets with local demand created by both large-scale PV auctions with large-scale PV projects and also small-scale distributed generation coming from net-metering systems. He also cited self-consumption and, in a few cases, selling electricity to the free market as possibilities.
David Barioni Neto, president of Apex-Brazil, said: "The partnership is important because we need the private sector to develop in Brazil. The country needs to become increasingly attractive. Foreign direct investment is critical [.] to develop the chain of solar energy and to diversify energy sources."
industry. Meanwhile, the Brazilian Government's Energy Research Agency (EPE) has registered649solarprojects totalling20.9GW capacityforitssecondReserveEnergyAuction, which scheduled for 13 November this year.


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Where Does The Manure Go?
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We've all seen it. Heck, we contribute to it. Over the course of a horse show weekend, the manure dump pile on the show grounds can grow alarmingly in size.
Horses poop a lot. It is what it is. But have you ever wondered where all that poop goes, after the horses are loaded into the trailer and the venue falls empty and quiet?
Some horse show circuits are coming up with creative and innovative ways to put that poo to good use.
In 2017, the Helsinki International Horse Show in Finland began delivering all manure from the show grounds to a nearby power plant, where it's turned into energy. The manure generates enough energy to actually produce the electricity needed to run the show.
Similarly, the manure leftover from the Capital Challenge horse show in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, is picked up and composted at the Prince George's County yard waste composting facility. More than 50,000 tons of Earth material, from leaf litter, to grass, to food waste, is processed every year at this regional center.
After careful composting, which can take a matter of months, this Earth material (including the horse manure) matures into a dark "hummus-like material" which the facility sells to a network of retailers in Maryland as a soil amendment. All money made from the compost material goes back to the county government to alleviate some of the cost of the composting operation.
"A lot of it is used in mulch that's used in the local parks and given away at special giveaways," said Oliver Kennedy, one of the founders of the Capital Challenge horse show.
At the Winter Equestrian Festival in Wellington, Fla., where thousands of horses spend several weeks competing, manure is composted and turned into soil, pellets and even stall bedding by a private company, Wellington Agricultural Services.
The company hauls away manure from the show grounds and private farms around Palm Beach to Department of Environmental Protection approved sites, including the Solid Waste Authority, which uses the manure to power electricity at its energy plant, said Jose Gomez, the owner of Wellington Agricultural.
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Other sites include local composting facilities.
"We're committed to changing these old practices that have been around for the last 30 years and educating farm owners on proper manure management," Jose explained.
Wellington Agricultural also works with a company called Waste To Energy Canada to offer personal-sized compost machines, or "digesters" as Jose described them, which can compost household-sized waste in a matter of 24 hours.
"It can take in any recyclable material besides glass and plastic and turn it into biofuel, which can be used as mulch or compost around the property, or hauled away," Jose said. "For equestrian farms, it's something to consider. Whatever they're spending on hauling away waste, they can replace that line item by selling the compost or reusing it."
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