Members of the Foundation of the State Arboretum elected new directors and officers at the FOSA Annual Meeting Friday, June 20.
FOSA dedicated a bench to longtime volunteer and former FOSA president Jim Wyatt.
Three new directors were elected to the Board of Directors. They are Jolly de Give of Delaplane; Frank M. "Hank" Hartz of Oilville; and Elsie Wilson Thompson of Charlottesville. Steve Bauserman of Winchester, Joan Fine of Millwood, and David Look of Winchester were re-elected to the Board. Susie Chatfield-Taylor and Joe Metz will be going off the Board.
The slate of officers for the fiscal year are Bob Wever, president; Bob Lee, vice president; Donna Wilkins Downing, secretary; and Kathy Clark, treasurer. Sylvia Wilson is immediate past president.
Following the business meeting, FOSA hosted a dedication for a bench honoring Jim Wyatt, a past FOSA president and longtime volunteer. The bench is placed atop the highest point on the Arboretum grounds, at the northwest corner of the property. It has sweeping views of the grounds and the Blue Ridge Mountains to the east, and is shaded by a Chestnut Oak.
The REU program is supported by the National Science Foundation.
Approximately 30 undergraduate students, graduate students, and others are spending time at Blandy this summer to carry out ecological and environmental research. Ten of the undergraduates are here to participate in the Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program. The program, funded by the National Science Foundation, primarily admits college students from institutions where the student has little or no opportunity to conduct research. Students flock to Blandy for the REU program from all over the country, but this year midwesterners were particularly successful at gaining admission to the program, with two students joining us from schools in Iowa (Luther College and Buena Vista University) and one from Indiana (Earlham College). Students hail from other distant locations including University of Puerto Rico at Mayag�ez, University of North Georgia, and Canisius College in Buffalo, NY. Joining them are three students from schools occupying more familiar territory - Howard University, St. Mary's of Maryland, and the University of Virginia.
Eight graduate students working on master's and doctoral degrees at University of Virginia are performing research at Blandy this summer. They come to Blandy for several reasons. One big reason is that Blandy provides them access to biologically diverse organisms living in a variety of habitats - forests, meadows, and ponds - as well as excellent laboratory facilities. The draw of Blandy's people shouldn't be underestimated though. On a daily basis, students interact with members of the public, Blandy staff, and fellow scientists. As a result, living and working at Blandy allows students to develop strong social and professional networks.
The graduate students are tackling a variety of important issues. For example, Ariel Firebaugh will be investigating whether light pollution of the night sky impacts fireflies. Through a process known as bioluminescence, fireflies glow in the dark while flying in intricate patterns to attract potential mates. Ariel wants to know if artificial lighting of the night sky is disrupting firefly mating and decreasing their numbers. In a very different project, Brynn Cook is investigating if the presence of a distinct form of nitrogen (the isotope N-15) in native bees can be used to track where bees forage for pollen. Unlike honeybees, which beekeepers maintain in colonies to pollinate agricultural crops, little is known about native bees and the importance of pollen collected from crops as opposed to native plants. Because N-15 is more common in crops than native plants, studying its concentration in native bees may provide many answers and lead to improved strategies for conserving these bees.
Although many of the researchers at Blandy Experimental Farm are from the University of Virginia, Blandy plays an important role as a resource for students and faculty at other institutions from all over the country. Our most prominent national program is our long-running Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU), and about 90 percent of the students who have participated have come from institutions other than UVa. We also have a long tradition of supporting graduate research from other institutions by providing summer fellowships for students who are in residence at Blandy during the summer. Recent summer fellows have been from Virginia Tech, Virginia Commonwealth, the University of Maryland, and the University of Toronto.
Blandy also supports research from outside students and faculty on a shorter term basis. Many of these researchers use Blandy as one of many field sites in the region and visit Blandy briefly as they travel from site to site. Others are conducting studies at Blandy that require only one or a few visits during the field season. Blandy supports these researchers by providing overnight accommodations, access to field sites, and laboratory space. Because they come and go quickly, they aren't as visible as our resident researchers, but they connect Blandy with other new, exciting, and diverse research fields.
Last week a number of people asked me about the large basket-like structures hanging amid the Chinese chestnuts (Castanea mollissima) in the Arboretum. Those are insect traps set up by Smithsonian research entomologist, Dr. Robert Kula. He is interested in understanding which species of insects that historically were part of the community that interacted with American chestnut (Castanea dentata) have switched to Chinese chestnut. The American chestnut largely disappeared from the Appalachian forests in the early part of the 20th century due to the devastating chestnut blight, a disease that was introduced into the U.S. with Chinese chestnut. With its collection of both old American and Chinese chestnuts, the State Arboretum of Virginia is a perfect place to study potential shifts of insects from their native host to this new Asian host.
Several times this summer, Blandy will be visited by a crew of researchers from the College of William and Mary. Dr. Harmony Dagleish , Dr. Abigail Kula, and a group of undergraduate field technicians are following patches of common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca), their pollinators, and insect herbivores. Milkweeds are familiar species of fallow fields in our area and are the most important host plant for monarch caterpillars. Dr. Dagleish is interested in how the community of insects associated with milkweed combines to determine the growth or decline of milkweed populations.
Project Baseline is a collaborative effort among researchers at Fordham University, the University of Minnesota, and the University of California to create a collection of seeds from all over the country. This unique collection will serve as a resource for future researchers to understand how plants are responding to anticipated climate and other environmental changes over the next 50 years. Dr. Jenn Weber and her field technicians from Fordham will be visiting Blandy several times this summer to collect seed from many of the species growing wild here.
These are just a few examples of the type of research that visiting scientists are conducting at Blandy this year. Every year we get new requests, and we always do our best to accommodate. From its earliest days, Blandy has aspired to be a national resource, and these interactions with the broader scientific community increase our value to the University of Virginia. They create new discoveries, bring fresh new ideas and perspectives to Blandy, and inspire our own researchers.
On July 10, Grant Sizemore, from the American Bird Conservancy, will speak on threats to native birds, particularly from cats. We will see birds in a different context in a program co-sponsored by the Blue Ridge Wildlife Center. "Fly-by-Night Creatures: Up Close and Personal with Bats, Owls, and Swifts" will include an illustrated program, live bats and owls that are being rehabilitated, and chimney swifts overhead as they catch insects on the wing. July ends with "A Cook's Herb Garden" and "Introduction to Mindfulness."
August offers three new programs: a presentation by area poets who will bring to life the power and beauty of nature through written and spoken words; a workshop by Carrie Blair in which she will share tips and tools for identifying trees; and a program by National Capital Lyme and Tick-Borne Disease Association members that will bring us up to date on prevention, treatment, and research related to Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases.
Public programs this summer range from tastes and tours to ticks and trees. Check out the schedule and register now!
Candace Lutzow-Felling, Blandy's Director of Education, received a $203,108 award for her project, Developing Teacher-Leaders in Integrated Math and Science for Inclusive Classrooms. This project is a partnership between Blandy and six regional school divisions (Clarke, Fauquier, Frederick, Shenandoah, Warren, and Winchester) and two private schools (Riverfront Christian in Front Royal and Scared Heart Academy in Winchester). Three education faculty from UVa's Curry School of Education are serving as co-principal investigators on the project (Frackson Mumba, Robert Tai, and Michael Kennedy), a UVa Department of Mathematics professor is serving as a math advisor (Michael Hill), and all of Blandy's research faculty (David Carr, Kyle Haynes, and T'ai Roulston) are serving as science advisors to the project.
The purpose of this project is to help teachers learn ways to expand beyond the traditional discipline-bound methods of instruction and develop skills to explicitly link mathematics and science by experiencing and then developing hands-on, discovery-based lessons designed to reach all learners in their classrooms. Teachers from our partner school divisions and private schools will participate in an innovative, sustained professional development that will include two weeks this summer, June 16-20 & June 23-27; continued professional development during the 2014-15 school year; and a one-week follow-up professional development in summer 2015 which will include an all-expense paid overnight stay at beautiful Carter Hall in Millwood. Lord Fairfax Community College, Middletown Campus, is generously providing the classroom space for our summer professional development sessions.
The 35 grade 3 through 6 teachers participating in this project will not only gain skills in developing and teaching integrated math and science lessons designed to meet the diverse learning needs of all the students in their classrooms, but they will also gain new friendships and professional networks. Blandy's benefits are strengthened partnerships among our regional schools and school divisions, and our new partnerships with Curry School of Education and Department of Mathematics faculty, and with Lord Fairfax Community College.
The diverse community that comes to Blandy is helping us build a Community Forest.
For the past few years, school and civic groups have pitched in to plant trees in the grassy expanse near the front entrance, building the forest of the future. A previous grant from the Virginia Department of Forestry got the effort started. Now a new grant from the Tree Fund to Candace Lutzow-Felling, Blandy's Director of Education, and the Foundation of the State Arboretum will keep the effort going.
The grant-supported program will engage the entire 3rd grade of Clarke County Public Schools in an educational program on tree biology and forest ecology. The program will train Clarke County educators in outdoor teaching methods, teach students about tree adaptation and the ecological importance of forests, and give them the chance to continue planting the Community Forest at Blandy. It is very fitting that this work is sponsored by the Tree Fund. The first major planting in the Community Forest was carried out by 60 bicyclists in 2011 who came to Blandy as part of a fund-raising ride (the Stihl Tour des Trees) for the Tree Fund. In about 30 minutes, the traveling tree stewards planted 35 trees before heading out to continue their long bike ride.
The number of trees planted in that area by civic groups and students has risen to 272, with almost as many people involved as trees planted. That means lots of trees, lots of people learning about trees, and lots of people with both metaphorical and actual Blandy dirt under their fingernails. So as you enter Blandy, look to your left and see the spires of new trees poking out of their cages. There you will see the Community Forest; there you will see the work of the Rappahannock High School Horticulture Group, the Nysmith School for the Gifted, the Flint Hill School, the Master Naturalists, the Front Royal Tree Stewards, Saplings Inc., and the future handiwork of the entire Clarke County 3rd Grade.
Summer offers a time for outdoor exploration and fun, and Blandy Summer Nature Camps are a great way for kids to spend time outside in a safe and stimulating environment.
Three day camps are offered in July, and each meets Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to noon.
"Lost & Found: Natural Mysteries" meets July 7-11. The focus of this camp will be to investigate natural wonders such as animal migration, navigation, and communication. "Eagle Eyes & Dragonflies" will focus on flight in birds, bats, and insects, and will explore how objects ranging from pollen and seeds to kites and flying disks ride the wind.
Both of these camps include crafts, games, snacks, field investigations, and presentations by Blandy scientists.
"EcoExplorers," offered July 21-25, is for rising 5th-8th graders. Participants in this camp ask questions about the natural world, then work with adult leaders to answer these questions through observation and experimentation. Kids will collect and analyze data and present their results to parents, staff, and other campers on the final day.
For more information about summer nature camp, check out the Summer Camp brochure; to register online, go to our online payments page. Partial scholarships are available based on need; call 837-1758 Ext. 287 for more information.
The Blandy Book Club, newly formed as a way to read and discuss books on the environment, natural history, and outdoor-based personal reflection, had its inaugural meeting on May 22. We discussed Barbara Kingsolver's, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, while sampling local fare and desserts made from recipes in the book. We are off and running - or reading.
This group will meet on the fourth Thursday of the month from 1-2 p.m. in the Blandy library (skipping November and December). Participation is free and open to the public. For information, or to let us know you are interested, contact Steve Carroll (scarroll@virginia.edu; 540-837-1758 Ext. 287).
Our next three readings and meetings are A Sand County Almanac, by Aldo Leopold (June 26); Eaarth, by Bill McKibben (July 24); and The Botany of Desire, by Michael Pollan (August 28).
The accession books at the Arboretum are handwritten chronological records of the plant material which has been brought to the arboretum since the first director, Orland E. White, was appointed in 1927. The volumes are well worn from many years of use. The covers are frayed and the corners of pages inside are taped. The handwriting and the scientific names have changed over the years, but what has not changed is the wonderful story of the evolution of the Arboretum and all those who played a role in its development. Those of us who work on the grounds at Blandy have the privilege of using these books to research plant material identification and sources. We are continually amazed at what we have learned from them about the Arboretum, the people and industries who have helped to acquire plant material, and stories surrounding the plants themselves.
Because Dr. White was the director of Blandy Experimental Farm for so many years, perhaps it would be fitting to start with a brief story of who he was and what his goals were when he arrived at the farm. White was born in 1885 and graduated from South Dakota State University. He went on to Harvard's Bussey Institute to study plant genetics. In 1913 he became Brooklyn Botanical Gardens' Curator of Plants. He was chosen by Professor Rusby of Columbia University to assist with plant collection on the Mulford Expedition to the Amazon Basin in 1921. Rusby had to leave the expedition early for health reasons and White finished the eight-month expedition with an assistant. In 1926 Graham Blandy left 712 acres to the University of Virginia and, in 1927, UVa. hired Dr. White with a one-year contract to oversee the new property. From the beginning, White desired to establish an arboretum at Blandy to benefit both students and the whole country. For the next 28 years, Dr. White traveled extensively and corresponded with many horticultural institutions throughout the United States and the world in order to collect as many plant specimens for the new arboretum. Many of the magnificent trees and shrubs one sees at the Arboretum today are a testimony to Dr. White's dream.
The accession book entries contain very important information. First, a unique identifying number (the accession number) is entered followed by the plant's genus and species. The source of the plant material, date, and any other information which might be helpful was also included. Dr. White and his successors always added interesting tidbits on the places they visited and the people they met.
This winter as we researched plant material here at Blandy, we were amazed at the stories and history we uncovered in these accession books. Future articles will share some of what we found.
The University of Virginia recently awarded Blandy Administrative Assistant Carolyn Martin for 40 years of service to the University.
Every spring, University Human Resources recognizes employees marking employment milestones at UVa. As a group their time on Grounds amounts to 18,251 years of supporting students, faculty, and staff in myriad ways.
The festive event featured a red carpet welcome and each person's name was called as the employee walked across the stage.
Carolyn began working on grounds in Charlottesville in 1973. Carolyn isn't the only long-time UVa employee at Blandy. Arborist Bob Arnold and Building Superintendent Dennis Heflin have worked at Blandy 39 years and 27 years respectively, and Administrative Manager Judy Masi has worked at Blandy 21 years.
Be sure to congratulate Carolyn on her 40-year career the next time you stop by the main office.
Lindsay Cutchins was hired into the Environmental Educator position shared between Blandy's Education Programs and Public Programs.
It takes a special person to fulfill the duties of this position as it requires teaching and developing programs for both formal preK-12 education and more informal out-of-school youth programs, juggling schedules to make the switches from Education to Public Programs, and assisting both the Director of Education and Director of Public Programs.
Lindsay brings diverse environmental education knowledge and experience to her new position. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Geographic Sciences from James Madison University and has experience teaching a broad range of youth in a diversity of environmental education settings, including Georgia, North Carolina, Wyoming, and Virginia.
In addtition to her environmental science knowledge and teaching experience, Lindsay brings her joy of teaching and enthusiasm for learning to the job. We are thrilled to welcome her to our team.
Lindsay began working at Blandy in March just in time for our busy spring programs. She jumped right into the challenge, competently teaching water chemistry; floral structure; insect, bird, and mammal adaptations; soil types; and ecosystem functions. As the school season ends, Lindsay is transitioning to her Public Programs duties planning for both Summer Camp and winter Young Naturalist Programs.
When you see Lindsay around Blandy's grounds or leading a group of students and youth, please say hello and join us in welcoming Lindsay Cutchins to our Education Team.
Robin Arnold started as an Administrative Specialist for FOSA in May and comes with more than 15 years of non-profit administrative support experience. She is focused on Foundation membership, public program registrations, donation data entry, and overall FOSA support.
"I'm very excited about the work and mission of the Foundation of the State Arboretum of Virginia and getting to work in such lovely surroundings here at Blandy. It's like home already."
Robin and her husband Bob are from Wisconsin but lived for eighteen years in San Antonio, TX, where she was certified as a Master Gardener. She hopes to get certified in Virginia as well and is very interested in Virginia natives. The Arnolds live just outside Stephens City. Find Robin at her desk in the main office 1-5 p.m., Monday through Friday.


Aqueduct, ninth race. Grade 3. Purse: $100,000. Mile-and-an-eighth, 3-year-olds and up. Post: 5:15 p.m.
LOWDOWN: Inherit the Gold, a 5-year-old New York-bred gelding, meets open stakes company for the first time but should be up to the task after winning four straight by daylight margins over the inner dirt track, including a pair of state-bred stakes. Inherit the Gold is 5-for-6, with a second, going two turns in his career.
Gulfstream Park, 10th race. Grade 3. Purse: $150,000. Mile-and-an-eighth, fillies and mares. Post: 5:36 p.m.
LOWDOWN: Unrivaled Belle, making her first start since winning the Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic, is the class of this field, but Bill Mott's horses aren't cranked up comiing off a layoff (see To Honor and Serve and Drosselmeyer). We'll try to beat the Belle with Awesome Maria, a top-class filly who's stretching out off a handy score in the Grade 3 Sabin going a mile over this track in her first start of the year.
Gulfstream Park, 11th race. Grade 2. Purse: $300,000. Mile-and-an-eighth, 3-year-old fillies. Post: 6:11 p.m.
LOWDOWN: R Heat Lightning, one of 2010's top 2-year-old fillies, looked better than ever romping to a 71⁄4-length score over this track in the Grade 2 Davona Dale making her second start of 2011. Stretching from a mile to two turns should help her chances.
LAST WEEK: Twice Over was ninth as the 2-1 favorite in the Dubai World Cup. At Gulfstream Park, Musketier (9-5) ran second in the MacDiarmida paying $3.20 to place, $2.40 to show. At Fair Ground, Elite Alex (7-2) was fourth in the Louisiana Derby.


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The January Transfer Window ! Saints Hits And Misses
Thursday, 3rd Dec 2020 11:00
With the January Transfer window looming take a look at Saints dabbling's over the past years in the Premier League and decide who were the good signings and who were the flops, see if you agree with our opinions and give your thoughts below.
We start our review back in January 2003, the first season that transfer windows were brought into force.
Saints made 2 signings on the final day of the first January transfer window, Danny Higginbotham & David Prutton.
Danny Higginbotham arrived from Derby County for £1.5 million, the then 25 year old had a decent career for Saints in his 3 1/2 seasons with the club, starting 84 League games plus another 10 as sub, in truth his problem here was his versatility, he could play at full back as well as in the centre of defence and he found that he was often pressed into emergency roles and the emergence of Michael Svensson and Claus Lundekvam as the preferred choice did not help, when Harry Redknapp arrived he preferred to play the likes of Andreas Jakobson & loanee Callum Davenport in the centre of defence, neither were a patch on Higginbotham who went on to have a succesful career in the Premier League after leaving St Mary's .
Verdict - Hit, good value at £1.5 million but could have been much better given the chance.
There were high hopes for David Prutton when he arrived from Nottingham Forest, but he never quite reached the heights that we all hoped for, at times he could be brilliant, at others frustrating, he left the club in August 2007 having started only 65 League games plus another 17 as sub in 4 1/2 seasons, barely half the number of games he could have played in.
It would be hard to classify him as a hit, but then again just as hard to call him a miss, but at £2.5 million a substantial sum for Saints in 2003, it has to veer towards the latter I'm afraid, his commitment was always there, but truthfully it didn't happen often enough, although there were mitigating circumstances .
Verdict - Tough call but for the transfer fee and the fact he left on a free transfer still aged only 26 it has to be Miss.
In January 2004 Saints made a couple of signings, Paul Smith & Stephen Crainey.
Paul Smith was a keeper signed for £500,000 as back up, he would play just six games in the Premier League, one of them as a 6th minute sub for Antti Niemi, for a grand total 14 League appearances and 2 more as sub, we sold him to Nottingham Forest in August for what we paid for him.
Verdict - Never let anyone down. but was never going to be first choice, from this perspective he isn't a miss, he did the job he came for so a hit.
January 2005 was truly the silliest season ever for Saints in the transfer window, with Harry Redknapp in charge it was never going to be any different and always end in tears.
Harry's son Jamie Redknapp came on a free transfer and was a crock - Miss
Nigel Quashie came from Pompey for £2.1 million, he at least had a bit of fight in him, but we sold him a year later for half the price. - Miss
Olivier Bernard cost £400,000 , never convincing and left in August on a free - Miss
Callum Davenport came on loan, played 5 games plus 2 as sub, disaster - Miss
Henri Camara also came on loan, scored 3 goals in his first 3 games then just 1in the next 10, but that is still a good ration so - Hit
We now fast forward 8 years to our next January transfer window in the premier League.
The only signing in January 2013, despite much boasting from our then Chairman was Vegard Forren at £3.5 million , report ably Forren's agent had pulled in a favour at Liverpool that his client could train at Liverpool for a week during the winter shutdown in Norway. Once Forren was booked into hishotel in Liverpool, the agent touted him to Nicola Cortese that Forren was being looked at by Liverpool and they were about to sign him, but he could be snatched if we were quick.
Cortese took the bait and paid the £3.5 million, Forren would never play a single first team game for the club and would be sold back to Molde six months later at a loss - Miss
In 2014 as Saints chased a top 10 place, the fans clamoured for a January signing, what we didn't know in the January was that Nicola Cortese was on the way out, he was talking the talk, but couldn't walk the walk as he didn't have the money coming in to the club either through sponsorship & merchandising or from the owner, so no signings in this January, strangely despite claims back then Cortese has not been headhunted for a club at any level since,strange eh !
2015 saw no new signings other than Filip Duricic a forward from Benfica, who would start only 3 games plus another 6 off the bench before going back to Benfica - Miss
The other signing made a little more impact Eljero Elia came on loan from Werder Bremen and scored two goals to give Saints victory at Newcastle United in one of his first games for the club, he would start 9 Premier League games plus another 7 as sub, it was s surprise that we didn't take up our option to buy him in the summer - Hit
January 2016 saw Charlie Austin come in for £4 million from QPR and his last minute goal after coming on as a sub at Old Trafford on his debut, gave us 2 extra points that ultimately moved us up to 6th and therefore he repaid half his fee with one header.
His reputation dropped in his last season with a section of the crowd getting on his back, but 16 goals in 34 starts plus another 37 as sub is still a healthy return and he scored some vital goals, his 85th minute winner against Arsenal in Ralph Hasenhuttl's first home game as Saints manager would be his last for the club, but he did his job in difficult times, he deserves more respect than he gets from some - Hit
2017 saw a very popular player arrive for £14.6 million, Manolo Gabbiadini was an instant hit , in his first 4 games for the club he scored in 3 Premier League game (4 goals ) plus 2 goals at Wembley in the League cup final, giving him instant hero status.
But in the remaining games of the season he would not score again and in the other 22 starts plus 26 as sub he would make he would score just 6 more goals one of which was a penalty.
Overall his goal scoring stats in the Premier League are worse than Charlie Austin's but he did have a knack of scoring some vital goals to help us escape relegation in 2017/18, not least at Burnley and Swansea away to give us points that ultimately kept us up.
In normal circumstances if we took away those first 4 games then his goal scoring record was appalling for us, and given we made a near £6 million loss on his transfer just under 2 years ago, there are grounds for making him a miss, but the truth is our style of play never suited him and of those last 6 Premier League goals everyone counted and were the difference between an extra point or 2.
So from that perspective although his reputation is bigger than his stats bear out, he is still a hit.
Now to perhaps the biggest January mistake of all, 2018 saw Guido Carrillo arrive for £20 million or thereabouts , in truth it is hard to make this anything other than a miss, but in mitigation I will say he played in a side that was awful and he was not the worst player in it, he didn't get much of a chance and he did have a couple of good games in which he contributed notably West Brom away and Burnley, 4 points that kept us up, so although he has to be a miss, he was a gamble to keep us up that season, we stayed up so from that perspective the gamble paid off and staying in the Premier League paid his transfer fee. But it still has to be a miss !
Two years ago Ralph Hasenhuttl's first January window brought no new signings, a sign that Saints had learnt their lesson and were not panic buying.
Back in January this year the only new signing was Kyle Walker Peters, on loan from Spurs he seemed to struggle to get in the team pre lockdown and initially it was thought that he would not be signed in the summer, but come the restart after being left out for the first game he prospered and was signed so Hit
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TimSaint added 11:29 - Dec 3
Prutton deserves Massive Miss status - his red card v Arsenal and subsequent pushing of the ref got him a 10 match ban, just when we needed him for our survival bid that ultimately failed !!
Farlow added 17:29 - Dec 3
I,m surprised theres no mention of Dani Osvaldo who was a disaster.
NewburySaint added 10:27 - Dec 4
My top 3 misses:
1) Charlie Austin-you say he deserves more respect but if you know of him like I do he deserves no respect at all. Was never go to fit in at Saints....unless Redknapp came back to manage us.
2) Forren-have placed him ahead / worse than no.3 simply because he didn't play for us.
3) Carillon-for obvious reasons, although may have been slightly unlucky in the situation he came to us in the fact how bad we were at the time, although he didn't look great either.
But the worst of the lot has to be Davenport, just simply 1 of the worst players to pull on the red & white of SFC.
As for Gabbiadini, if he had been played in the correct manner after his initial burst, then after coming back from injury, he would have been an at least a 15 goal a season striker with the finishing ability he had.
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Well, after a piss-poor Xmas period so far for the U's, culminating in the Roots Hall horror show on Boxing Day, let's hope the U's have burned off those festive calories and are raring to go. They'll certainly have to be at their best against a Cheltenham side aiming to force their way into the automatic promotion places. In other news, we now finally have confirmation that there will be a trade deal in place with the EU once Brexit arrives in 2021. It remains to be seen whether it's a good deal or not, and more to the point, who for, but at least it's not the economic uncertainty of no-deal.
A little earlier than usual, but as we approach the end of what has been a most difficult year for everyone, I'll keep the introductory editorial brief, as I'm sure you will all be very busy in the coming days rescuing what you can from this pandemic-ravaged festive period. I simply wish you all peace on earth, goodwill to all (yes, even our South Essex cousins), and here's to a happy, prosperous and most importantly healthy 2021 for us all.
Welcome to our last match before Christmas. With South Essex going into Tier 3, by the time we take to the pitch at Roots Hall, it'll be another behind-closed-doors match. With the Tier 3 boundary creeping inexorably closer, one wonders how long the JobServe will hold out and still be able to allow fans to attend. Robbie is doing all he can to make it possible for supporters to attend, and I confess I'm seriously considering our January 2nd match against Tranmere. In other news, I'm relieved to read that the FA will not take disciplinary action against Colchester United after a shameful minority chose to boo players and officials taking the knee, in the words of the EFL "as they highlight the inequality and injustice experienced by the Black Community". I noticed a tiny minority chose to boo at our mid-week match at the Abbey Stadium, but I was pleased to hear they were immediately drowned out by the remainder of the 2,000 cheering and applauding. I admit I'm a little anxious about today…
As I've been providing updates on the ongoing US presidential election, it is worth mentioning that the Electoral College votes have now been cast, which formally confirms Biden as the new President-elect. Normally a formality, as the losing candidate has usually long-since conceded defeat, but these are far from normal times, and America has far from a normal lame-duck President. Still, at least the threat of members of the Electoral College ignoring the popular vote in favour of an outcome demanded by Trump has failed to materialise. In the UK, new Covid tiers were announced this week, with London going into Tier 3. Colchester stays in Tier 2, but only just, with as far north east as Maldon, Braintree and Chelmsford also moving into Tier 3 – and as if you need reminding, Tier 3 means no supporters at matches.
Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat…hence I'm a bit late today, following the inevitable Christmas tree hunt – the decorating will have to wait until later I reckon. In the news, despite my confident assurance several weeks ago that Trump appeared to be grudgingly starting to accept that he had lost the US presidency election, he's since doubled-down on his baseless accusations of election fraud – without obviously providing a single shred of evidence to back it up (and how could he, there isn't any). His latest apoplectic tirade, just today, follows the Supreme Court telling Texas just where they can stick their egregious lawsuit demanding that Biden's victories in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin and Georgia be thrown out in favour of Trump. From a global perspective, it is deeply troubling that no less than 126 republican congressional representatives signed an amicus brief supporting the challenge. Trump will leave the White House in January, but they will stay at the heart of the US government, and I don't think that's good news for democracy, nor even the rest of the world. Ho hum…
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As per the given time, Akshay Kumar shared 1st glimpse of Kesari on his twitter account. This glimpse shows an ultimate feel of that real fight between 21 Sikhs and 10,000 Afghans. Akshay as Havildar Ishar Singh holds a red heated sword and ready to fight with crowd of enemies.
Official First Look Poster of Akshay Kumar's Kesri is out and it gives us the glimpse of bravery.
Here is another big update Kesari team has shared with this 'Glimpse of Kesari – Part1', Kesari Trailer is coming on 21st February i.e. next Thursday. Team will share some glimpses for making the environment hot and then on 21st Kesari trailer will be launched.
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excellent new single by Suede 'Attitude' check out the video with John Hurt. Went into the Top 40 at No 15. They are on this weeks Top of The Pops beating off Coral and Blur! Suede haven't been in the top twenty since 1999 when She's in fashion was their last big hit.


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George Clooney, Jane Austen, Nicholas Sparks and Some Zombies Walk Into a Multiplex
Our reviews of "Hail, Caesar!," "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" and "The Choice."
Sean Collier, Lauren Davidson,
Photo Credit: Alison Rosa. © 2015 Universal Studios.
One should forgive even the most reliable of filmmakers for the occasional misstep. There are bad films by Alfred Hitchcock, sleepy performances by Marlon Brando and (at least a couple dozen) dull scripts by Woody Allen. It happens. No one bats 1.000, right?
Yet the recent work of writers Joel and Ethan Coen has been so remarkably good that any new project from the duo carries with it the expectation of quality. Since 2007, they have co-written and co-directed the simply unforgettable "No Country for Old Men," the genuinely hilarious "Burn After Reading," the brilliant "A Serious Man," the beautiful "True Grit" and the vastly underrated "Inside Llewyn Davis." In that time, they also contributed the scripts to two other very fine films, Angelina Jolie's "Unbroken" and Steven Spielberg's "Bridge of Spies."
So it's bewildering that their first true comedy since "Burn After Reading," the old-Hollywood farce "Hail, Caesar!," misses the mark as widely as it does. To be clear, it is by no means a bad film. But it is not nearly as clever or as funny as the Coens want it to be (or, in all likelihood, believe that it is).
The film follows fictional studio bigwig Eddie Mannix (Josh Brolin) as he deals with a series of on- and off-set dilemmas. The largest concerns the sudden disappearance — is it a bender or a kidnapping? — of star Baird Whitlock (George Clooney), who's nearly done with a sword-and-sandals epic. While the (real) film's marketing would have you believe that's the sole storyline, it's not; Mannix also contends with an inconveniently pregnant starlet, an uncoachable Western star, a pair of gossip columnists and more — including the military-industrial executive that wants to give him a job that'll whisk him away from Hollywood nonsense.
The list of talent — also including Channing Tatum, Scarlett Johansson, Tilda Swinton, Ralph Fiennes, Frances McDormand, Jonah Hill and many more — easily prevent "Hail, Caesar!" from becoming dull or trying. But the humor rarely hits, and the film's insistent focus on Mannix, easily the least compelling of the major characters (particularly after a head-scratching early scene involving his rough treatment of a young actress), also prevent it from succeeding. It may not be the worst film in the Coens' catalog, and I wouldn't even go so far as to say it's not worth seeing. But "Hail, Caesar!" must be considered a significant disappointment.
In brief — because I can't believe I've already wasted 111 minutes of my life on this utter failure of a motion picture — do all you can to avoid "The Choice," the latest adaptation of a romance novel by "The Notebook" author Nicholas Sparks. While lead actress Teresa Palmer is occasionally likable as med student Gabby Holland, ho-hum leading man Benjamin Parker is a non-entity as veterinarian Travis Parker. If "The Choice" is notable for anything, it's for one of the most bizarre, ill-advised story structures I've ever encountered: A full, three-act movie takes place. Then, after everything works out, the story lurches forward seven years to get to the film's actual subject matter, which is dealt with in about 25 minutes. It's a movie that only seems to arrive at a point as an afterthought. "The Choice" won't just make you hate love stories, it may make you reject love altogether.
The press screening of "Hail, Caesar!" occurred at the same time as the preview of "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies," also out today. Lauren Davidson, my fellow PM associate editor, attended the latter film in my stead; her thoughts follow. — SC
Although I enjoy both "Pride and Prejudice" and zombies quite a bit as separate entities, I can't understand why someone thought the two were in want of one another. The book version of "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" is a straight retelling of Jane Austen's original story with the undead popping up at rather inconvenient times; in the movie, thankfully, the plot veers off halfway through, providing an entertaining and unexpected second act. The film version stars Lily James, worthy of the role of Elizabeth Bennett, and Sam Riley, who gives a steely portrayal of Mr. Darcy. It opens by explaining a plague has struck England — and the dead have decided to rise. Therefore, well-bred young ladies must have a thorough knowledge of drawing, singing and the arts of combat. The "unmentionables," as they're often called in the book, are fast, vicious and everywhere. They're overtaking London, and it's there their story intertwines with the Bennetts. One delightful part of the first half involves the Bennetts' cousin, Mr. Collins, who visits the home with the intention of taking one of the sisters as a bride — Matt Smith beautifully overplays the bumbling character. While the concept still confounds me a bit, the movie entertained. — LD
The Montage
In honor of the late David Bowie, Row House Cinema is showing the '80s fantasy hit "Labyrinth," in which Bowie starred as Jareth the Goblin King, as part of its "Tight Pants Week." A Bowie costume contest and karaoke session set for Saturday is sold out, but they'll repeat the costume contest at a 7 p.m. Wednesday show. The rest of the tight pants lineup showing at the Lawrenceville theater includes "Road House," "Purple Rain" and "Saturday Night Fever" … As part of the Sen. John Heinz History Center's "From Slavery to Freedom" Film Series, the documentary "The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords" will be shown at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Homewood branch of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. Steel Cinema has the details here … Show the kids how you amused yourself on the weekend before iPads (or even video games) were an option at 10 a.m. this Saturday morning at the The Oaks Theater. They'll show a collection of Saturday Morning Cartoons; breakfast, courtesy of Panera Bread, is included. Details here. — SC
This article appears in the February 2016 issue of Sean Collier's Popcorn for Dinner.
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Manitowoc enhances training programmes in Central America
Manitowoc Cranes has expanded its Spanish-language Crane Care training programmes in Central America and the Caribbean, focusing on enhancing aftermarket service quality in the region. Unlike training sessions offered in the past, where trainees had to travel to the US and attend classes in English, courses now give technicians who don't speak English the chance to be trained in their native language and to avoid high travel expenses.
Henkel India wins Frost & Sullivan Sustainability Award
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As part of a major railway construction project in the North of England, the Scottish contractor Weldex used two Liebherr crawler cranes to complete a central construction phase. Recently both crawler cranes performed a tandem hoist for a 560-tonne arched bridge over the River Irwell in Manchester. The new railway bridge will link the city's Piccadilly and Victoria stations.
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As always, Jean Ann shares links about things we want to know about. This provocative short video shows how pipelines are as much an issue in the Peruvian Amazon as here.
Stephanie Boyd, a Canadian filmmaker and storyteller, has lived in Peru for nearly 20 years. This year the Amazon rivers near her have seen 13 pipeline spills, leaving entire communities without drinking water or fish protein. She's trained local radio producers in filmmaking, and together they're working to tell this story.
Stephanie was a storyteller for the arts event at the 12th World Social Forum, held for six days last August in Montreal, the first time in a Northern country. The WSF is the largest civil society gathering to find solutions to current problems. Started in 2001 in Brasil, tens of thousands of people take part in over a thousand activities on various themes. It creates a plural, diversified and decentralized context in which organizations and movements can build another world.
Why should we in Canada care about the Amazon? The world's largest source of biodiversity, with 20% of our planet's fresh water, the Amazon is crucial in mitigating the effects of climate change. Scientists say the Amazon's destruction will affect the grainbelts of North America. And of course, we're struggling with all kinds of questions around pipelines, too. Again, here's her three-minute video.
If you can, consider donating to her campaign soon to finish the full documenary about the pipelines and people of the Amazon and share it with Indigenous communities in Canada.


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MonCherie 'No Santa'
Rising Singer, MonCherie, Brings Caribbean Heat to the Upcoming Holiday Season with Release of 'No Santa'
New Caribbean R&B/Pop singer, MonCherie, has been building anticipation for the release of the official music video for her first single, 'No Santa.' Now, the wait is finally over, and the tune which adds a sexy, Caribbean twist to Christmas songs, has been unveiled for the world to see.
"No Santa" brings a different flavor to the holiday season, which generally centers around children, toys, knitted sweaters and of course, Santa Claus. With playful lyrics and high octane beats, the track is sure to be a crowd pleaser. Not to mention, the video will showcase MonCherie's vocal abilities and feature some of the hottest dance moves.
"People are always talking about Santa Claus, gifts, Charlie Brown Christmas CD's and a bunch of kid stuff," MonCherie said. "We decided, we don't want Santa, we want to have fun and party. Therefore, our goal with the song is to give people something with a unique spin that is fun and that they can dance to."
Born and raised in Castries, St. Lucia, MonCherie always believed she was destined for stardom. At the tender age of five, she picked up a microphone for the first time and immediately gained the adoration of those she came in contact with, especially on her native island of St. Lucia. She went on to represent her country in numerous pageants, including an island -wide pageant in St. Martin, where she was awarded best promotional speech and Ms. Congeniality.
The country adored her presence, burning passion for music, and positive outlook on life. Now, she wants to share with the world some of what has made her so beloved on her island. This starts with her music. She has already built a loyal fan-base across the Caribbean, and as a current New Jersey resident, fans in the states are also eager for her material.
"I am so excited to share my music with the fans," she said. "It has been a long road for me, and I have endured many trials and tribulations. I have experienced working with people who did not have my best interest at heart. Now, I am confident that I have a great support system around me, and people who want me to succeed."
"No Santa" is the first of a plethora of tracks MonCherie has under her belt, and in 2014 more songs are to follow. And not all of them are party tracks. An aspiring St. Lucian ambassador for music and tourism, MonCherie wants to share a wide range of her experiences and messages. She wants to inspire , and she also wants to empower women worldwide.
"I don't consider myself a role model per se', but I want to show people that anything is possible. It doesn't matter where you come from, who your parents are, or what you have been through. Only you can stand in the way of your success."
The official video for 'No Santa' is now available for view and can be seen on-line at Moncheriemusic.com and YouTube
It can also be seen on MTV.com and Vh1.com. The song is available on iTunes.
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Q: Looping through a dataframe and adding values directly into the dataframe I have a csv with three columns:
df.sample(5)

  company            username     esg_company
320 CIBC             NaN         Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
206 Bank of Baroda   NaN         Bank of Baroda
820 Halliburton      halliburton Halliburton Company
112 Luzhou Lao Jiao  NaN         Lu Zhou Lao Jiao Co.Ltd
144 Rabobank         NaN         Rabobank Nederland N.V.

Right now I am :

*

*looping through each company in the company column

*getting the instagram username (chromedriver/selenium)

*appending to a list of usernames

*turning list into column
from selenium import webdriver
import pandas as pd

## defining companies
companies = df['company']

## creating blank list to house company usernames
username_list = []

## looping though each company
for company in companies:
    do some stuff here with chromedriver and selenium to get the username from instagram
    ig_handle = username from instagram
    username_list.append(ig_handle)

df['username'] = username_list

This list is rather long, and I would like to do it differently since any error means that the list length and the dataframe length aren't the same. I want to:

*

*loop through the dataframe

*if the username column is blank add ig_handle directly into the dataframe in the proper spot (where the company being searched matches the value in the company column)

I'm not sure if this is possible, any help appreciated!

A: Looping over row by row is a very bad idea. Especially, with large data sets. It will take forever and a day to complete.
It is better to use the apply() method to add a new column which process some data via a function/method.
Another thing to note is that you would typically join the data sets with a common id.  This way you can merge() or join() into a single dataframe before modifying.
I created an example by using your sample data and showed both the apply() and join() methods:
import pandas as pd
import io
pd.set_option('display.max_colwidth', 9999)
pd.set_option("display.expand_frame_repr", False)
pd.set_option("display.precision", 5)

## Create test data
data_csv_str = '''id,name,location,description
320,CIBC,null,Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
206,Bank of Baroda,null,Bank of Baroda
820,Halliburton,halliburton,Halliburton Company
112,Luzhou Lao Jiao,null,Lu Zhou Lao Jiao Co.Ltd
144,Rabobank,null,Rabobank Nederland N.V.
'''
df_data = pd.read_csv(io.StringIO(data_csv_str), sep=',', index_col=0)
print(df_data)
'''
                name     location                         description
id
320             CIBC          NaN  Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
206   Bank of Baroda          NaN                      Bank of Baroda
820      Halliburton  halliburton                 Halliburton Company
112  Luzhou Lao Jiao          NaN             Lu Zhou Lao Jiao Co.Ltd
144         Rabobank          NaN             Rabobank Nederland N.V.
'''

## Create the instagram user data
data_ig_csv_str = '''id,ig_username
320,bubba
206,carla
555,charles
'''
df_ig_usernames = pd.read_csv(io.StringIO(data_ig_csv_str), sep=',', index_col=0)
print(df_ig_usernames)
'''
    ig_username
id
320       bubba
206       carla
555     charles
'''

## Join the two dataframes
df_merged = df_data.join(df_ig_usernames)
print(df_merged)
'''
                name     location                         description ig_username
id
320             CIBC          NaN  Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce       bubba
206   Bank of Baroda          NaN                      Bank of Baroda       carla
820      Halliburton  halliburton                 Halliburton Company         NaN
112  Luzhou Lao Jiao          NaN             Lu Zhou Lao Jiao Co.Ltd         NaN
144         Rabobank          NaN             Rabobank Nederland N.V.         NaN
'''

## Create method/function to process and modify data
def myDataProcess(row):
    rowIndex = row.name
    name = row['name']
    abbrev_name = name[0:3]
    ig_name = row['ig_username']
    s = '%s_%s_%s' % (rowIndex, abbrev_name, ig_name)
    return s

## Apply the changes (via method) as new column
df_applied = df_merged
df_applied['id_nameAbbrev_ig'] = df_merged.apply(myDataProcess, axis=1)
print(df_applied)
'''
                name     location                         description ig_username id_nameAbbrev_ig
id
320             CIBC          NaN  Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce       bubba    320_CIB_bubba
206   Bank of Baroda          NaN                      Bank of Baroda       carla    206_Ban_carla
820      Halliburton  halliburton                 Halliburton Company         NaN      820_Hal_nan
112  Luzhou Lao Jiao          NaN             Lu Zhou Lao Jiao Co.Ltd         NaN      112_Luz_nan
144         Rabobank          NaN             Rabobank Nederland N.V.         NaN      144_Rab_nan
'''

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Sofia Samatar, A Stranger in Olondria
August 22, 2015 Books, Speculative FictionFantasy, Sofia SamatarWesley
I haven't posted to this blog in ages. I want to start writing again about the books I read: I don't feel like I've been thinking about any of them as much as I should, and as a result I've increasingly gone for books with less in them to think about. Writing blog posts helps me get my thoughts in order.
I'm out of practice again and I expect for some time my writing will be terrible. One reason I haven't blogged in a while is that everything I wrote seemed clumsy and pompous. Maybe before I can write well again I'll just have to work through a clumsy pompous phase.
I'll start by finishing book reviews I left half-written months ago. Like this one:
Sofia Samatar's A Stranger in Olondria was the best fantasy novel I read in 2014, and maybe the best fantasy novel of 2013, period. It's among a few books that restored my interest in SF and fantasy at a time when I'd nearly given up on the genres.
Stranger is a secondary-world fantasy about Jevick of Tyom, a young merchant who travels to a foreign country whose language and literature he loves. When the ghost of a fellow islander turns up to dictate her memoirs he's caught between two religious factions with different ideas about people who can speak with ghosts, and discovers how little he knows the place.
I've seen reviews of Stranger complain the early chapters aren't heavy on plot. This isn't wrong, but it misses the point: Stranger just isn't doing what these reviewers expected. The first couple of chapters are first-person immersive fantasy written as memoir, and you might expect that approach to continue through the end of the book, but this novel isn't satisfied with a single genre or voice. Here's a paragraph from the chapter when Jevick first sees the Olondrian city of Bain:
I loved the book markets under the swinging trees, the vast array of books on tables, in boxes, stacked on the ground, and the grand old villas converted into bookshops. I loved the Old City also, which is called the "Quarter of Sighs," with its barred windows and brooding fortified towers, and I loved to watch the canal winding below the streets and bridges and the stealthy boats among the shadows of trees.
This is literary travel writing about an imaginary place. Jevick builds an impressionistic portrait of Bain from the specific details a charmed foreign tourist would notice, "selling" Bain to the reader as in a travel article. Later Jevick wakes after a wild night and sees only Bain's tawdry side, the opposite of the details he noticed before. When the haunting begins Stranger conveys Jevick's confusion with fragmented present tense excerpts from his diary. Stranger is an anthology of different kinds of fantasy writing, slipping into whatever style suits the story in that moment.
At the time I read it this was just what I needed. See, SF fandom has this obsession with "transparent prose." Prose, in this theory, is a clear, clean window through which the reader "sees" a story. The text disappears; the content flows pure and undistorted from the writer's brain to the reader's. Which makes no sense, because the prose is what the content is made of. I like good straightforward prose, but most "transparent prose" novels are devoid of personality or voice. They erase their narrators and points of view, posing as stories told by nobody. I've given up on popular, much-recommended SF and fantasy novels because they read like neutral Wikipedia summaries of themselves. A Stranger in Olondria restored my enthusiasm for the genres by moving through several styles of writing and doing them all brilliantly.
Those same reviews seemed to feel that Stranger picked up halfway through, and I think that's because after Olondria's religious squabbles ensnare Jevick his story enters more familiar territory, resembling the quest fantasies whose heroes learn their world (and teach it to the readers) by traveling it. Jevick gets one take on Olondria from its religious authorities, and another from the cultists interested in his newfound abilities as a medium, and the people and places he encounters as he travels deepen and complicate both sides of the argument. Stranger travels through other genres along the way–history, folktales, poetry. The climax of the novel is the story of Jissavet, Jevick's ghost. Jevick and Jissavet both write memoirs but their voices are nothing alike. This is partly characterization but also partly structural: Jissavet speaks extemporaneously. She orders her story thematically as well as chronologically, letting one memory remind her of another as people do when recollecting aloud.
It's a book about books that itself samples many kinds of books. And in saying that I may have just put some people off. Since the audience for novels inevitably consists of people who love books, it's tempting for stories about books to get overly sentimental. Books change readers' lives, dude; create worlds in which they escape their miseries. These stories ascribe near-magical powers and omniscient wisdom to our favorite pulped-wood products, sometimes flat-out declaring that books are better than people. I've felt this myself sometimes; that's probably true of anybody who loves books.
A Stranger in Olondria is a novel, so you know it's going to come down on the pro-book side. But the story it tells is more complicated. Jevick's books haven't fully prepared him for life and his story is partly about learning to love them wisely. I won't get too far into this topic; there's a review at Asking the Wrong Questions that goes deeper than I can manage. But Stranger's argument for the value of literacy is more specific and more interesting than most "Books Rule!" stories.
One of the few books I managed to review in the last couple of years was Barbara Hanawalt's The Ties That Bound, a social history of medieval British peasant communities. Hanawalt resorted to combing through accident reports to reconstruct these peoples' lives. There aren't many primary sources on medieval peasants; they weren't always literate and didn't leave many letters or diaries. Their families knew their stories, and maybe passed them down for a few generations, but it's hard to get the wider world to care about great-grandpa William's misadventure with the haywain. So the pre-mass-literacy Europeans we know best are the upper classes, those famous and influential enough to be written about. The closer you get to the present the less true that is. The spread of mass literacy meant that more and more people, and more and more kinds of people, sent letters and kept diaries. Our view of 13th-century peasants is almost entirely from the outside, but we can learn more about the point of view of, for example, 19th-century mill workers.
What's most relevant to Stranger is that literacy doesn't just preserve the voices of people overlooked by history. It preserves the voices of people no one, even their peers, thought worth listening to in the first place. The stories that survive through oral tradition do so because a community actively chose to pass them along, and the criteria it uses to make those choices aren't necessarily good. Every family has relatives they don't talk about and every community has people they've decided don't matter. Jissavet is desperate for Jevick to write her book because the illness she died of made her an outcast. In life no one would listen to her. And maybe no one wants to listen to her now, but writing, unlike speech, can survive without anyone actively paying attention. Barring accident or active censorship, the words will still be there if and when someone wants to listen.
When Jevick returns home, he decides to become a kind of teacher called a tchavi. Traditionally these teachers lived on mountains, making prospective students struggle to reach them like gurus out of New Yorker cartoons. Jevick instead comes into town, teaching anyone who wants to write.
Books are as close as we can get to long-distance mind-to-mind communication. They fulfill their potential when they give minds of all kinds the chance to connect. And writing can communicate across time: if no one wants to hear it now, it will (assuming at least one copy survives) still be waiting, unchanged, for a more receptive audience.
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package org.apereo.cas.support.openid.authentication.handler.support;

import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
import org.apereo.cas.authentication.AbstractAuthenticationHandler;
import org.apereo.cas.authentication.AuthenticationHandlerExecutionResult;
import org.apereo.cas.authentication.BasicCredentialMetaData;
import org.apereo.cas.authentication.Credential;
import org.apereo.cas.authentication.DefaultAuthenticationHandlerExecutionResult;
import org.apereo.cas.authentication.principal.Principal;
import org.apereo.cas.authentication.principal.PrincipalFactory;
import org.apereo.cas.services.ServicesManager;
import org.apereo.cas.support.openid.authentication.principal.OpenIdCredential;
import org.apereo.cas.ticket.TicketGrantingTicket;
import org.apereo.cas.ticket.registry.TicketRegistry;

import javax.security.auth.login.FailedLoginException;
import java.security.GeneralSecurityException;

/**
 * Ensures that the OpenId provided matches with the existing
 * TicketGrantingTicket. Otherwise, fail authentication.
 *
 * @author Scott Battaglia
 * @since 3.1
 */
@Slf4j
public class OpenIdCredentialsAuthenticationHandler extends AbstractAuthenticationHandler {

    private final TicketRegistry ticketRegistry;

    public OpenIdCredentialsAuthenticationHandler(final String name, final ServicesManager servicesManager, final PrincipalFactory principalFactory,
                                                  final TicketRegistry ticketRegistry) {
        super(name, servicesManager, principalFactory, null);
        this.ticketRegistry = ticketRegistry;
    }

    @Override
    public AuthenticationHandlerExecutionResult authenticate(final Credential credential) throws GeneralSecurityException {
        final OpenIdCredential c = (OpenIdCredential) credential;

        final TicketGrantingTicket t = this.ticketRegistry.getTicket(c.getTicketGrantingTicketId(),
                        TicketGrantingTicket.class);

        if (t == null || t.isExpired()) {
            throw new FailedLoginException("TGT is null or expired.");
        }
        final Principal principal = t.getAuthentication().getPrincipal();
        if (!principal.getId().equals(c.getUsername())) {
            throw new FailedLoginException("Principal ID mismatch");
        }
        return new DefaultAuthenticationHandlerExecutionResult(this, new BasicCredentialMetaData(c), principal);
    }

    @Override
    public boolean supports(final Credential credential) {
        return credential instanceof OpenIdCredential;
    }

}

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Yet another trailer of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is out for our enjoyment. I guess with the huge delay in the release of the film they needed to continue peaking the audiences' interest by giving us trailers to remind us how good they expect the movie to be when finally over. Of course, fans everywhere are already getting more excited especially since they actually put in new clips in the new trailer that wasn't on the previous numerous trailers. If you haven't seen the new trailer what you'll see will be Voldemort's attack on Muggles in the real world, Harry and Ron's girl issues (Harry with Gunny Weasly and Ron with Hermione), and more. Enough to further peak any fan's interest.
For those that are getting really tired of the long wait despite the trailers that have come out to distract us from the fact that this movie should have been out by November last year, there's a very little bit of good news. The movie release has actually been move up – but only by two days. So now the final release is set to be on July 15th, a Wednesday.
Late or not, lots of trailers or not, what we can be sure about is that come summer it will be hitting the box office big time. And though this trailer may be the last one, or not, what with the release still 3 months away, we can be sure that fans all over the world will be tuned in for the latest news on the latest Harry Potter movie. Let's just hope it doesn't suffer from a leak like Wolverine did!
I saw the trailer.I will wait to see this movie to comment about it.I like the others Harry Potter`s movies.


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package com.epam.dziashko.aliaksei.materialdemo.data;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Random;

public class Data {

    private static final String URL_FORMAT = "http://robohash.org/terminator-%d.png";

    private static final String URL_FORMAT_CATS = "http://placekitten.com/%d0/%d0";

    public static String getImageUrl() {
        Random random = new Random();
        return String.format(URL_FORMAT, random.nextInt(50));
    }

    public static ArrayList<String> getImageList(int size) {
        ArrayList<String> list = new ArrayList<String>(size);
        for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
            list.add(getImageUrl());
        }
        return list;
    }

    public static ArrayList<String> getKittiesList(int size) {
        ArrayList<String> list = new ArrayList<String>(size);
        for (int i = 0; i < size; i++) {
            list.add(getRandomKittyUrl());
        }
        return list;
    }

    private static String getRandomKittyUrl() {
        Random random = new Random();
        return String.format(URL_FORMAT_CATS, random.nextInt((50 - 20) + 1) + 20, random.nextInt((50 - 20) + 1) + 20);
    }
}


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Q: Convert large csv Blob to Pandas dataframe in App service I work for a retail organization. We are developing a control tool which will retrieve transactional data and displays 3 sites which are performing closely similar to a test site which we have chosen based on a chosen parameter(example :sales). This is currently working fine when the code is developed in R Shiny, connected to the On Prem database and executed from personal laptops. The requirement is to host this tool on Azure so others can access it easily.
We will be rewriting this tool using python and are planning to retrieve the csv data (which we have already ingested) from a datalake gen1.
Panda dataframe can only be created from local files and not directly from storage. This means we have to download the csv from the datalake, convert it to a pandas dataframe and then execute our python algorithms. When the files are downloaded to local storage, this would occupy disk storage on the app service which is limited to 250GB. The files can be are fairly large (>5GB) and there can be multiple of them. We will also have multiple users accessing this tool. I would think that the disk storage will get filled up fairly quickly.
Is there any way to automatically clear of the temp storage at regular intervals automatically? Should this be managed in the code itself after each execution.

A: First of all there is no such thing "Convert large csv Blob to Pandas dataframe".
Python Pandas module allows us to read any CSV file, transform the data and save it at any desired location.
What you are asking can be achieved using Azure Function.
Refer this SO thread to create a Azure function and read a blob file using it.
Use the below code to read that file using Pandas:
# Import pandas
import pandas as pd

# reading csv file
dataframe = pd.read_csv(<variable_in_which_you_read_the_CSV_file>)

Do the required transformation on this dataframe and upload the file to Azure Storage.
Refer Upload blobs to a container given code sample for uploading part.


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You'll Want Early Access to This PC Game About Cats Waking Up Without Humans on a Maine Island
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Each cat is different and each one possesses different skills and abilities to help you in completing your missions around Peace Island.
Peace Island is a remote island in Maine. One day the cats wake up to find that all the humans are gone. Which, as a cat owner, I think my cat would be fine with.
The cats work together and must ultimately decide if the humans are worth bringing back.
The island is open play which means you and your furry four-legged self have a ton to explore. It's totally immersive with realistic Maine island weather and explorable buildings that all serve a purpose to the gameplay. There's no one way to play or complete the game either. In fact, there are at least three different possible endings.
This is an indie game through and through. A side project by a couple of Mainers that began in 2017. The game is not done yet but people are welcome to take advantage of early access once available so they get real-time gameplay feedback on improvements. In this early version, you have access to three cats out of the nine. All but one section of the world is accessible. The developers anticipate the game will still take one to two more years to complete and during this time updates will be released.
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Q: Left Click on Bing Maps and WPF doesnt work properly I'm creating a WPF application that use the Bing Maps. I put it in a page control that at the same time is called from an iframe control. At the begining it displayed the Map and I can zoom in and out without a problem.
The thing is, that when I click the Map with the left button of my mouse what it does is to go down a little bit of the current location and a zoom in is done automatically instead of holding the point where the click was done to do a kind of drag and drop. Just like Google Maps does.
Here is my XAML code:
<Grid x:Name="LayoutRoot">
    <TextBlock Text="News page" FontSize="32" />

    <m:Map CredentialsProvider="..."
           Center="25.6732109,-100.309201" ZoomLevel="12" Mode="Road"/>

</Grid>

I'm using the following assembly reference: xmlns:m="clr-namespace:Microsoft.Maps.MapControl.WPF;assembly=Microsoft.Maps.MapControl.WPF"
Does any one know how can I fix it?
Regards!

A: If you use the mouse up or down events on the Map control this will work fine. The map itself doesn't expose a Click event of it's own, but you don't need that if you use the mouse up/down events.

A: I had the same problem. The solution was to add a MouseDown Event to the map:
<m:Map
    CredentialsProvider="<your Credentials>"
    Center="{Binding Center, Mode=TwoWay}"
    ZoomLevel="10"
    MouseDown="Map_MouseDown">
</m:Map>

In the code behind you can add:
private void Map_MouseDown(object sender, MouseButtonEventArgs e)
{
    e.Handled = true;
}

This handles the event and no further processing is done. After this moving and draging the Map worked as usual maps do.