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Loyola Law School ranked top 10 in the United States for Entertainment Law by Variety.
Loyola Law School has been ranked one of the top entertainment law schools by The Hollywood Reporter and Variety. The LLM Specialization in Entertainment & Media Law takes advantage of Loyola's prime location in downtown Los Angeles—the entertainment capital of the world—and offers students a broad spectrum of courses, taught by leading faculty and practitioners in the field.
Loyola's entertainment alumni network spans across the world and covers a broad spectrum of practice areas within the entertainment industry.
The LLM degree requires 24 total units of credit. The Entertainment & Media Law Specialization will be recognized upon the satisfactory completion of 18 units of coursework. This includes 9 units of required courses and 9 units of electives.

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Q: Computing matrix from its eigenvectors Could someone help me with solving this eigenvector question?
Thanks!

Complete the $2\times2$ matrix $A=\begin{bmatrix}x&y\\1&0\end{bmatrix}$ so that $A$ has eigenvectors $v_1=[3~1]^T$ and $v_2=[-2~1]^T$?

A: $Av_1 = \lambda_1 v_1\\
\begin{bmatrix} 3x + y\\3\end{bmatrix} = \lambda_1\begin{bmatrix} 3\\1\end{bmatrix}\\
\lambda_1 = 3\\
3x + y = 9$
Using similar logic we find that $\lambda_2 = -2$ and $-2x+ y = 4$
Leaving you with a system of two equations that you should be able to solve.
There is also a theorem that says that the trace of $A = \lambda_1+\lambda_2$ and the determinant of $A = \lambda_1\lambda_2$

A: Let $$D=\begin{bmatrix} 3 & 2 \\-2 & 1\end{bmatrix}$$ and let $$A=\begin{bmatrix} x & y \\ 1 & 0 \end{bmatrix}$$
Then $$B=D^{-1}AD= \frac{1}{5}\begin{bmatrix} 3(2+x)-y &  -2(2+x)+y \\ 3(3-x)-y  &  -2(3-x)-y \end{bmatrix}$$
Now set the off diagonal elements of $A$ as zero to make $B$ as adiagonal matrix, get
$y=2(2+x), y=3(3-x)  \implies x=1, y=6$, this gives
$$A=\begin{bmatrix} 1 & 6 \\ 1 & 0 \end{bmatrix}, B=\begin{bmatrix} 3 & 0 \\ 0 & -2 \end{bmatrix}$$

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Dick Grayson: Robin / Nightwing Appreciation 2020
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[QUOTE=Badou;5008199]I wouldn't get your hopes up for Dick's role in Death Metal.[/QUOTE]
I don't expect him to have anything more than a cameo. But potentially leading a five issue arc in Justice League is still a hell of a lot more than he's gotten in recent years. If it happens and plays out in a way that treats him as even semi-competent.
It looks like it might be progress. It might even actually be progress. But we'll see what's on the actual page.
[QUOTE]Anyway, surprised it hasn't been posted yet but in a podcast Snyder talked about his upcoming plans about Death Metal and his Nightwing pitch.
So as expected it is out of DC's continuity and it will be in their Black Label line. That felt like the most obvious place it was going to be or some original graphic novel type of thing.[/QUOTE]
Works for me. I feel like this is probably going to be the DickBats story Snyder didn't get the chance to tell and Dick will be wearing the Bat cowl, so I'm fine with it being out of continuity and self-contained.
I'd have rather seen Snyder on the regular Nightwing title, with Dick in the Nightwing costume and all the proper memories and names attached, just because Dick could use such a high profile writer. But I'm also hoping to see DC push deeper into the OGN, self-contained stuff that doesn't rely on main continuity, so it's cool.
Grayson - The Dark Heir
[QUOTE=K. Jones;5008387]I wouldn't either, but I did note in the solicits that Nightwing is headlining Justice League in that shadow-dropped announcement of another Five-Issue tie-in to Death Metal. It has Hawkgirl and what looks like Lobo on the cover. I'd be curious to see if Cyborg, Starfire and Azrael return for that book because you know, they work pretty well with Nightwing.
That's not Lobo, that's just Liam Sharp drawing Nightwing lmao. After Jon Snow, this is a bit of a downgrade, but I guess a Conan the Barbarian look isn't the worst possible choice for Dick. This "new" JL is looking like Dick and the stragglers of the various Leagues, so Kendra and Bobo so far, and would leave the door open to Vic, Kory, and anyone else in the JLO book.
BloodOps
[QUOTE=Digifiend;5006528]Shows don't cause comic pushes.
Arrow - we didn't suddenly get multiple Canaries in the comics.
Flash - Vibe has been totally AWOL in Rebirth, and I think the same goes for Elongated Man?
Legends of Tomorrow - this team doesn't exist in the comics at all.
Supergirl - when was the last time comics Kara interacted with Martian Manhunter? Also, her adoptive sister doesn't exist in the comics.
Superman & Lois - they have two sons, one of whom doesn't exist in the comics.
Swamp Thing - didn't get a comic at the time the show was released.[/QUOTE]
Big difference is that Slade and Dick have history, and a lot of it. The success of the show could easily lead to a push in the comics, or if they do a push it could be completely unrelated.
Or its just a few comic pages and that'll be the extent of Slade/Dick in this crossover.
AmiMizuno
True Slade can be Dick's archenemy. Like Slade was paid to kill DIck but it doesn't work out. In a sense, Slade without being paid decides to kill Dick himself.
[QUOTE=AmiMizuno;5008810]True Slade can be Dick's archenemy. Like Slade was paid to kill DIck but it doesn't work out. In a sense, Slade without being paid decides to kill Dick himself.[/QUOTE]
Things got personal between Slade and Dick in Post Crisis because when Dick went undercover to get rid of the mob from Bludhaven, he's also tasked to train Deathstroke's daughter Rose. He did, but also instilled some morals into her, which he didn't like, and as revenge, when he was in Villains United, dropped Chemo to nuke Bludhaven. Slade was also on board when hired by Talia to control Damian through the chip in his spine to kill Dick.
But that's only the latest of Slade's kids that affected by their relationship with Dick.
Before that, Slade respects Dick for old time's sake. When he was hired to kill Bludhaven good cop Amy Rossbach, he dropped by Dick's place to give him a fair chance to stop him. He asked what does it take to get Dick out of the way, and Dick challenged to kill him, which Slade didn't want to do if he doesn't have to.
On the other hand, Rebirth Slade was the one asking Dick to teach Rose some morals so she doesn't turn out like him.
In the show Titans, Slade promised to stop hunting Titans for his son's Jericho's death as long as Titans disbanded. Jericho died protecting Dick from Slade. In the comics, Jericho became Dick's friend and a Titans (before he turned evil but we don't talk about that).
In the comics, Slade's enmity with the Titans stemmed from his son Grant's death, but how it ended depends. In Rebirth, he promised he'll let go of Titans if Dick teaches Rose.
So which Slade do you want to use? The one who cares about his daughter's moral or not? How much he cares about his kids and how Dick relates to them (and he relates to all of them one way or another), determines how much he makes things personal with Dick.
[QUOTE=Badou;5008199]
Anyway, surprised it hasn't been posted yet but in a podcast Snyder talked about his upcoming plans about Death Metal and his Nightwing pitch.
[url]https://www.reddit.com/r/DCcomics/comments/h7sb4h/scott_snyder_on_word_balloon_talks_continuity/[/url]
[I]"Snyder's Nightwing has been pitched (with a high likelihood of it happening). Black Label. A mystery story that focuses on how different he is as a detective compared to Bruce, and how he's also a better one in certain ways. "The most empathetic character in the family". Shows his days as Robin, but shows the "possibilities" of where he could go later in life. The villain "is not a classic one". Members of the bat-family pop up a few times."[/I]
This is good. While I like Snyder for the most part, on his other part he can be controversial. Zero Year, Bruce's brother, The Court, and Haly's Circus. Experimenting in Black Label first is the right way to do, and omigosh have I not been suggesting they're doing it this way the past year instead of making controversial decisions in the mainline. Then, if it's successful and people like it, it can be applied in the mainline.
[QUOTE=Restingvoice;5008880]Things got personal between Slade and Dick in Post Crisis because when Dick went undercover to get rid of the mob from Bludhaven, he's also tasked to train Deathstroke's daughter Rose. He did, but also instilled some morals into her, which he didn't like, and as revenge, when he was in Villains United, dropped Chemo to nuke Bludhaven. Slade was also on board when hired by Talia to control Damian through the chip in his spine to kill Dick.
So which Slade do you want to use? The one who cares about his daughter's moral or not? How much he cares about his kids and how Dick relates to them (and he relates to all of them one way or another), determines how much he makes things personal with Dick.[/QUOTE]
I mean Why not have him not care about his kids. He had used Terra to get to the Titans. So that's why I feel like it wouldn't make sense.
[QUOTE=Restingvoice;5008882]This is good. While I like Snyder for the most part, on his other part he can be controversial. Zero Year, Bruce's brother, The Court, and Haly's Circus. Experimenting in Black Label first is the right way to do, and omigosh have I not been suggesting they're doing it this way the past year instead of making controversial decisions in the mainline. Then, if it's successful and people like it, it can be applied in the mainline.[/QUOTE]
Plus, a neutral continuity Black Label thing is something that can be revisited every couple of years as and when the writer wants - whereas for the most part, and perfectly correctly, once a writer leaves the monthly title they're gone.
It's a good point about continuity, too.
Lazurus33
Nightwing Annual 3 Preview
[url]https://comic-watch.com/news/sneak-peek-preview-dc-comics-nightwing-annual-3[/url]
Pohzee
Yup, if Johns's Three Joker's story can be fitted into continuity, I hope Snyder's Nightwing story can too.
Rac7d*
[QUOTE=Lazurus33;5009707]Nightwing Annual 3 Preview
[url]https://comic-watch.com/news/sneak-peek-preview-dc-comics-nightwing-annual-3[/url][/QUOTE]
We get stores that are hey this was eighteen months ago, but time and age stays irrelevant????
Also I can't belive its time for the next annual already
Digifiend
Wait, so the Ric era lasted [B]a year[/B] in-universe? Saying six months ago would've made sense.
I hope after this Dick gets a better team. Any hints of who the new creative team is?
Jackalope89
[QUOTE=Digifiend;5011503]Wait, so the Ric era lasted [B]a year[/B] in-universe? Saying six months ago would've made sense.[/QUOTE]
Honestly, 364 1/2 days too many.
qwazer07
Am I the only one who likes the annual? Everyone I know hates it. Twitter has been a cesspool the past days. Tumblr can't think for themselves. Feels bad man.


There are two petitions currently being considered by the Scottish and Welsh governments regarding the adverse effects and difficulties at times impossibility of withdrawing from anti depressants.
The antidepressant study was positive, in the same way as Smith and Glass was for psychotherapy, wasn't it?
I just wasn't sure where the irony was.


EA announced a demo for their violent shooters Bulletstorm. EA has also announced the release date for this demo which is 25 January, yes this month only. It is to available for both Xbox 360 and PS3 via the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live.
In Demo, players can play in the Echo mode and there you have to kill with style racking up as many points as possible. Furthermore, you can try out 45 special moves in the demo. Some options can also be unlocked, which are in the Anarchy mode in the final version.
Bulletstorm will release on the PC, Xbox 360 and PS3 on 25th of February 2011.


We were enlisted by Aeroportos de Moçambique (ADM) for the design and supervision ofrehabilitation and improvement works on the airside facilities at Maputo International Airport. Over thepast two decades, Mozambique has experienced some of the largest economic growth in Africa, partlydue to the reconstruction and development of its infrastructure. Maputo International Airport is thecountry's largest airport and is crucial to the country's continuing growth.
The project was carried out over three years from 2013 to 2016. The airside pavements at MaputoInternational Airport were in need of repair and maintenance, and the client had also planned todevelop a new dedicated cargo apron along with expansion of the aviation fuel hydrant system. Theseworks all needed to be carried out while minimising disruptions to ongoing operations.
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Communication | Regular issue | Vol 63, No. 1, 2004, pp. 1 - 4
Published online: 14th November, 2003
■ Benzodioxole Chemistry. 5. Dramatic Substituent Effect in the Reaction of Carbonyl-bridged Cyclic Carbonates with Methoxide Ion
William S. Grove and Ernest A. Harrison Jr.*
*Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, York Campus, 1031 Edgecomb Avenue, York, Pennsylvania 17403, U.S.A.
Benzodioxolediones (2c-e) undergo high-yield conversion to cyclopentenones (3c-e) in K2CO3/MeOH at room temperature, while analogs (2a) and (2b) yield exclusively cyclohexadiene carboxylates (1a and 1b) under these conditions. Isolation of intermediate 6(R,R'=Me R"=Ph) from the reaction of 2c with K2CO3/MeOH at 5-10 °C suggests that 3 is formed in a process triggered by attack of OMe(-) at the ester carbonyl of 2.
■ Improvement in the Regioselectivity in the Ruthenium-catalyzed Metathesis Reaction of 2-Azabicyclo[2.2.1]hept-5-en-3-one (ABH) with Allyltrimethylsilane
Minoru Ishikura,* Miyako Hasunuma, and Makoto Saijo
2-Azabicyclo[2.2.1]hept-5-en-3-one (ABH) (1) with N-trialkylsilyl group was subjected to a ring-opening cross-metathesis reaction with allyl-trimethylsilane in the presence of a ruthenium catalyst, allowing the predominate formation of rel-(3R,5S)-3-(4,4,-dimethyl-4-silapentyl)-5-ethylpyrrolidin-2-one (5) over rel-(3R,5S)-5-(4,4,-dimethyl-4-silapentyl)-3-ethylpyrrolidin-2-one (6).
Communication | Regular issue | Vol 63, No. 1, 2004, pp. 9 - 16
■ New Synthesis and Biologically Active Molecular Design of Deazapteridine-Steroid Hybrid Compounds
Tomohisa Nagamatsu,* Hiroki Yamada, and Kazuyuki Shiromoto
*Faculty of Pharmaceutical Science, Okayama University, 1-1-1 Tsushima-naka, Okayama 700-8530, Japan
This paper describes a facile and general synthesis of a new class of the hybrid compounds (4, 5 and 16), possessing 5-deazapteridine and steroid in the same ring system, by condensation of 6-(monosubstituted amino)uracils (9) or 6-(monosubstituted amino)-2-phenylpyrimidin-4(3H)-ones (14) with 2-hydroxy-methyleneandrostanolone (10) or 2-hydroxymethylenetestosterone (15) under heating in the presence of p-toluenesulfonic acid monohydrate and their potential unti-coccidiosis activities.
Communication | Regular issue | Vol 63, No. 1, 2004, pp. 17 - 22
Published online: 21st November, 2003
■ Synthesis of Optically Active Tetrahydro-3-benzazepine-2-carboxylic Acid Derivatives via the Ring Expansion Reaction of Isoquinolines and Enzymatic Resolution
Yuji Koseki, Hidefumi Ozawa, Katsuaki Kitahara, Ichiro Kato, Hiroto Sato, Haruhiko Fukaya, and Tatsuo Nagasaka*
*School of Pharmacy, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Science, 1432-1 Horinouchi, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0392, Japan
The facial approach to 3-benzazepine-2-carboxylic acid derivatives (1) via the ring expansion reactions of 10b-hydroxymethyloxazoloisoquinolines (3) to 3-benzazepines (2) is described. Utilizing enzymatic resolution, the synthesis of (-)-(S)-N-Cbz-3-benzazepine-2-carboxylic acid (1b) was achieved.
Paper | Regular issue | Vol 63, No. 1, 2004, pp. 23 - 28
Published online: 31st October, 2003
■ Synthesis of N-Allyl and N-Propadienylacridones Using Phase-Transfer Catalysis
Lisbet Xuárez, Roland F. Pellón,* Norma D'Accorso, Verónica Montesano, and Mirtha Fasio
*Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Pabellón 2, 1428 Buenos Aires, Argentina
A convenient procedure for the synthesis of N-allyl substituted acridones under phase-transfer catalysis is reported using allyl bromide as alkylating agent. When propargyl bromide was used, in the same reaction conditions, no propynylacridone was detected in the reaction and only propadienylacridone was obtained in moderate yield.
■ Bipyrrole Derivatives as New DNA-Minor Groove Binders
Mikimasa Tanada, Yoshihiro Shibata, Minoru Maeda, and Shigeki Sasaki*
*Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
Small molecules with capability of binding with DNA or RNA would have broad application as probes in genomic studies, and also as potential candidates for new therapeutic agents. In this study, we synthesized dithioamido-bipyrrole derivatives as new binding molecules to the duplex DNA. It has been revealed from the competitive binding experiments with the known intercalater, ethidum bromide, and the minor groove binder Hoechst 33258 that the dithioamido-bipyrrole derivatives with alkyl chains with medium length bind the duplex DNA in a similar manner with the minor groove binder. As ionic interactions are not included in the binding with the duplex DNA, the new dithioamido-bipyrrole skeleton may provide an interesting motif for DNA binding.
Published online: 4th November, 2003
■ Indium-mediated Reductive Inter-molecular Coupling Reaction of 2-Nitroaniline with Aromatic Aldehydes to Benzimidazoles
Byeong Hyo Kim,* Rongbi Han, Ji Sook Kim, Young Moo Jun, Woonphil Baik, and Byung Min Lee
*Department of Chemistry, Kwangwoon University, 447-1, Wolgye-Dong Nowon-ku, Seoul, 139-701, Korea
2-Nitroaniline and aromatic aldehydes were coupled to give benzimidazoles in high yields in the presence of 2-bromo-2-nitropropane and indium at room temperature.
■ Synthesis and Structural Studies of (2-Oxo-2,3-dihydroimidazo[1,2-a]pyridin-3-yl)acetic Acids
Anton V. Dolzhenko,* Nina V. Kolotova, Vladislav O. Kozminykh, Wai-Keung Chui,* Paul W. S. Heng, and Viktor N. Khrustalev
*Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Science, National University of Singapore, 18 Science Drive 4, Singapore 117543, Singapore
(2-Oxo-2,3-dihydroimidazo[1,2-a]pyridin-3-yl)acetic acids (4a-c, 9a-c) were prepared from 2-aminopyridines by acylation with maleic or citraconic anhydrides and followed by Michael addition. Formation of 3-methyl substituted derivatives (9a-c) from citraconic anhydride was found to be regioselective. The molecular conformations of the products in the solution and in the crystal form were discussed based on 1H NMR spectral and X-Ray data.
■ Preparation and Structure of Diexo-Oxanorbornane-fused 1,3-Heterocycles
Ferenc Miklós, Iván Kanizsai, Steffen Thomas, Erich Kleinpeter, Reijo Sillanpää, and Géza Stájer*
*Institute of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Szeged, H-6720 Szeged, Eötvös u. 6, Hungary
Via the reaction of diexo-oxanorbornanedicarboxylic anhydride with toluene, the diexo-aroylcarboxylic acid (3a) was prepared, which exists partly as the tautomeric lactol (3b). With bifunctional reagents, 3a yields fused hetero-cycles containing three–six rings. Thus, alkylenediamines result in imidazole- and 1,3-diazepine-fused oxygen-bridged isoindolones (6a,b), alkanolamines form the oxazole- and 1,3-oxazine-fused oxanorbornene derivatives (7a-c), and o-phenylenediamine undergoes cyclization to furnish the condensed benzimidazole (8). The reaction of 3a with diexo-aminonorbornanecarbohydrazide yields a pyrimido-pyridazine containing six condensed rings (9). In a similar reaction with diendo-aminonorbornenecarbohydrazide, cyclopentadiene cleaves off to give the tricyclic retro Diels-Alder product (10). The structures, and particulary the configurations at the oxanorbornane ring systems and the position of the aryl substituent, were established by means of 1D- and 2D-NMR spectroscopy and, for 3b and 7c, also by X-Ray measurements.
■ Synthetic Studies on Isoquinoline Derivatives with Multidrug Resistance (MDR) Modulating Activity
Chen Ma,* Su-Dong Cho, J. R. Falck, and Dong-Soo Shin
*School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, China
Tetrahydropyridazino-1,4-oxazinoisoquinoline derivatives with
multidrug resistance (MDR) modulating activity were designed and synthesized.
A key step for cyclization of 1,4-oxazine ring was developed using K2CO3 and
CH3CN in one-pot. Among prepared compounds, 2-(4-fluorobenzyl)-9,10-
dimethoxy-12-methyl-6,7,11b,12-tetrahydropyridazino[4',5',5,6][1,4]oxazine-
[3,4,-a]isoquinolin-1(2H)-one (1f) exhibited significant MDR reversing activity
and low toxicity, which might be as potential MDR agent.
Note | Regular issue | Vol 63, No. 1, 2004, pp. 87 - 93
■ One-Pot Synthesis of Tetra-substituted Imidazoles on Silica Gel under Microwave Irradiation
Yu Xu, Yan-Zhi Liu, Lei Rui, Lei Liu, and Qing-Xiang Guo*
*Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, 96 Jinzhai Road, Hefei 230026, China
A new procedure for synthesis of tetra-substituted imidazoles was developed. A series of imidazole derivatives including six new compounds were synthesized by this procedure via condensation of benzoin, aromatic aldehyde, amine and ammonium acetate in the presence of silica gel under solvent-free microwave irradiation.
Note | Regular issue | Vol 63, No. 1, 2004, pp. 95 - 105
■ Synthesis of 2-Substituted 3,4-Dihydroquinazoline Derivatives via Regioselective Addition of a Carbon Nucleophile to a Carbodiimide
Bum Hoon Lee, Jae Yeol Lee,* Bong Young Chung, and Yong Sup Lee*
*Division of Life Sciences, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, P.O. Box 131, Cheongryang, Seoul 131-650, Korea
Synthesis of 2-alkyl or phenyl-substituted 3,4-dihydroquinazoline derivatives (6) is described via regioselective carbon nucleophilic addition (RMgBr and RM) to a carbodiimide (4) followed by intramolecular conjugate addition.
Note | Regular issue | Vol 63, No. 1, 2004, pp. 107 - 113
■ Terpenoid Metabolites of the Marine Octocoral Eunicea laciniata
Kelly I. Marville, William F. Reynolds, R. Lynn Sealy, and Winston F. Tinto*
*Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry, Department of Biological & Chemical Sciences, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, P.O. Box 64, Bridgetown, Barbados
A chemical investigation of the Caribbean marine octocoral Eunicea laciniata collected along the south coast of Barbados afforded a new cubitane diterpenoid (1), a new steroidal glycoside (3), along with two known diterpenes. Their structures were determined by 1D and 2D NMR spectral experiments.
■ Two New Bicoumarins from Clausena excavata
Yuko Takemura, Kinuko Kanao, Asami Konoshima, Motoharu Ju-ichi,* Chihiro Ito, Hiroshi Furukawa, Harukuni Tokuda, and Hoyoku Nishino
*Faculty of Pharmacy, Meijo University, 150 Yagoto, Tempaku-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 468-8503, Japan
Two novel type bicoumarins, named cladimarins A (1) and B (4), were isolated from the branch of Clausena excavata (Rutaceae) collected in Indonesia. The structures were elucidated on the basis of spectroscopical data especially by using HMBC method. Naturally occurring bicoumarin, connected two coumarin moieties by acetal ring as in 1 and by ester bond as in 4, is rare type. Inhibitory effects of new bicoumarins on EBV-EA activation induced by TPA in Raji cells were also demonstrated.
■ Three New Lycoctonine-Type C19-Diterpenoid Alkaloids from Delphinium giraldii
Xian-Li Zhou, Qiao-Hong Chen, and Feng-Peng Wang*
*Department of Chemistry of Medicinal Natural Products, West China College of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, No. 17, Duan 3, Remin Nan Road, Chengdu 610041, China
From the roots of Delphinium giraldii, three new lycoctonine-type C19-diterpenoid alkaloids, giraldine D (1), giraldine E (2) and giraldine F (3), have been isolated. The structures of 1~3 were established by spectroscopic evidence including 2D NMR spectroscopy.
■ A New Resveratrol Hexamer from Upuna borneensis
Tetsuro Ito,* Toshiyuki Tanaka, Zulfiqar Ali, Yukihiro Akao, Yoshinori Nozawa, Yoshikazu Takahashi, Ryuichi Sawa, Ken-ichi Nakaya, Jin Murata, Dedy Darnaedi, and Munekazu Iinuma
*Gifu Prefectrual Institute of Health and Environmental Sciences, 1-1 Nakafudogaoka, Kakamigahara, Gifu 504-0838, Japan
A new resveratrol hexamer, upunaphenol A, was isolated from an acetone soluble part of stem of Upuna borneensis (Dipterocarpaceae). The structure, which has twelve asymmetric carbon atoms on the partial structures of a dibenzobicyclo[3.2.1]octadiene ring and four dihydrobenzofuran rings, was determined by spectral analysis including 1D and 2D NMR spectral experiments. Resveratrol and four known resveratrol oligomers, ampelopsin F, isoampelopsin F, vaticanols C and B, were also isolated. Upunaphenol A was found to suppress cell growth in HL60 cells through induction of apoptosis with IC50 at 9.2 μM.
■ Preparation and Optical Resolution of a New Helical Lactone Carrying the 2,8-Dioxabicyclo[3.3.0]octane Ring System
Makoto Yamaye,* Yusuke Ikeda, Namiko Cho(Toh), Yoshinori Miura, Tetsutaro Yoshinaga, Katsuya Mukae, and Toshiaki Tsuru
*Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu Kyoritsu University, 1-8 Jiyugaoka, Yahatanishiku, Kitakyushu 807-8585, Japan
A new overcrowded lactone (3) carrying the 2,8-dioxabicyclo[3.3.0]octane ring system was prepared by a simple treatment of tetraol (1) (prepared from 2,7-dihydroxynaphthalene and glyoxal) with 3,5-xylenol, and readily resolved into its enantiomers having a specific rotation of >800° (absolute value). A preliminary experiment demonstrated that 3 would be a promising resolving agent.
Review | Regular issue | Vol 63, No. 1, 2004, pp. 145 - 173
■ Structural Revision in Pyrazole Chemistry
Devinder Kumar* and Shiv P. Singh*
*Department of Applied Chemistry, Guru Jambheshwar University, Hisar-125001, Haryana, India
Reaction of several heteroarylhydrazines with β-diketones has been incorrectly reported to generate triazepines or diazepines. It has now been firmly established that these reactions lead to the formation of pyrazoles. Further, many workers have reported the formation of pyrazoles in the reaction of heteroarylhydrazines with trifluoromethyl 1,3-diketones, whereas the actual products were found to be 5-hydroxy-5-trifluoromethyl-4,5-dihydro-1H-pyrazoles. It was also established that with a trifluoromethyl β-diketone and hydrazines, the location of the CF3 group at position 3 or 5 of pyrazoles depends on the nature of the hydrazine. Erroneous reports concerning the structure of the products obtained by the reaction of dehydroacetic acid with hydrazines have also been revised.


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By Thor Olavsrud
Enterprise workloads are shifting to cloud and hosting environments in ever greater numbers and attacks that have historically targeted on-premises environments are following them, according to a new report.
But while attacks on cloud environments have increased significantly in frequency and are becoming as diverse as those targeting on-premises data centers, the data also reveal that the cloud is not inherently less secure than traditional on-premises environments.
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"Cloud deployments are no less secure than your own data centers," says Stephen Coty, chief security evangelist at Alert Logic, a provider of managed security services for on-premises data centers as well as hosting and cloud service providers. "That's what the numbers are really showing across the board."
Alert Logic this week released its Spring 2014 Cloud Security Report, the latest in a series of cloud security reports it began releasing in early 2012.
The Spring 2014 report is based on a combination of real-world security incidents captured in customer environments secured via Alert Logic's intrusion detection system (IDS) and honeypot data gathered using low-interaction software to emulate a vulnerable OS. The report draws from 232,364 verified security incidents (validated by a team of Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC)-certified security analysts) that were identified from more than one billion events observed between April 1 and September 30, 2013.
Alert Logic says the customer set includes 2,212 organizations across multiple industries, located primarily in North America and Western Europe. Of those customers, 80 percent use cloud hosting provider (CHP) environments, while 20 percent represent on-premises data centers.
Attacks Have Increased Across All Incident Types
Alert Logic found that with a single exception, attacks have increased across all incident types malware/botnet, brute force, vulnerability scan, Web app attack, recon and app attack in both on-premises and CHP environments.
In CHP environments, brute force attacks (exploit attempts enumerating a large number of combinations in hopes of finding a weakness) increased from 30 percent of customers in the 2013 report to 44 percent of customers in the current report. Vulnerability scans (automated vulnerability discovery in applications, services or protocol implementations) increased from 27 percent to 44 percent in the same period.
The sole exception to the increases was app attacks (exploit attempts against applications or services not running over HTTP) in on-premises environments, which were experienced by 19 percent of on-premises customers in 2013 and 16 percent in 2014. On the CHP side, app attacks increased from 3 percent of customers to 4 percent of customers over the same period.
Coty notes that while brute force attacks and vulnerability scans have historically been far more likely to target on-premises environments, the data show that they are now occurring at near-equivalent rates in both CHP and on-premises environments. Likewise, malware/botnet attacks, which are the most prevalent form of incident for on-premises data centers (affecting 56 percent of customers), are on the rise in CHP environments; they now affect 11 percent of customers.
Most Prevalent Incident Types Vary Between On-Premises and Cloud
Still, the most prevalent types of incident do vary between on-premises environments and CHP environments. The top three incident classes for on-premises data centers were malware/botnet (affecting 56 percent of customers), brute force (49 percent of customers) and vulnerability scans (40 percent of customers). For CHPs, the most common incidents were brute force (44 percent), vulnerability scans (44 percent) and web application attacks (44 percent).
"Our intelligence suggests that the observed increase in cloud attacks is correlated to the growth of cloud adoption in the enterprise," Coty says. "As more enterprise workloads have moved into the cloud and hosted infrastructures, some traditional on-premises threats have followed them. This reinforces the necessity for enterprise-grade security solutions specifically designed to protect cloud environments."
"The number one thing you need to really understand in a cloud environment is that security in the cloud is a shared responsibility," Coty says. "The service provider is responsible for the foundation. They're even responsible for some level of perimeter security, hardening the hypervisor, giving you root access to your instance. But other than that, you as a consumer are 100 percent responsible for what happens in that environment. The better you understand the shared model between you and your service provider, the better you'll be able to secure your environment. That really applies to all service providers."
Honeypots in European Clouds Attract the Most Flies
Alert Logic's cloud honeypots also told an interesting story. The company deployed its honeypots in public cloud infrastructures around the world in an effort to observe the types and frequencies of attacks, as well as how they vary geographically. Alert Logic found that honeypots in European clouds experienced the highest number of attacks four times more than honeypots in U.S. clouds and twice as many as honeypots in Asian clouds.
The incident attack types against European honeypots were tremendously varied. They included: MS-SQL Server (13 percent), MySQL (13 percent), HTTP (13 percent), RPC (13 percent), FTP (13 percent) and MS-DS (35 percent).
"The attacks in Europe were probably more diverse than anywhere else in the world," Coty says. "Outside of attacks on Microsoft Directory Services, everything was about 13 percent across the board."
Coty attributes the number and variety of attacks in Europe to Eastern European malware "factories," primarily in Russia, testing their efforts locally before deploying worldwide.
"The Eastern European guys who write a lot of this code test it in their own backyard," Coty says. "It originates from Europe. Once they've successfully deployed one place in Europe, they just go all over the globe now."
In Asia, the story is different. Attacks on MS-DS represent 85 percent of incidents there, particularly attacks on port 445. Coty attributes this to the plethora of pirated (and unpatched) Microsoft software in China and some other Asian countries. Port 445 supports direct hosted "NetBIOS-less" SMB traffic and file-sharing in Windows environments and, if not locked down appropriately, it is an easy target for accessing files and infecting systems.
Attacks on U.S. honeypots included MS-SQL Server (12 percent), MySQL (13 percent), HTTP (23 percent) and MS-DS (51 percent).
Alert Logic also notes that 14 percent of the malware collected through its honeypot network was not detectable by 51 percent of the world's top antivirus vendors. That's not because it was zero-day malware, Coty notes. Instead, much of the malware that was missed was repackaged variants of older malware like Zeus and Conficker.
Security in Depth Is Key in Cloud
"The threat diversity for the cloud has increased to rival that of on-premises environments," Alert Logic says in the report. "And new threats uncovered by our honeypot research demonstrate how top antivirus software vendors cannot be solely relied upon to detect attacks. The continued focus by hackers on infiltrating IT infrastructure underscores the importance of adopting the right security procedures and tools, and of continuously evaluating and adjusting those procedures and tools as attackers find new ways to thwart defense."
Coty says that much as with on-premises data centers, security in depth is the key. He says a cloud security solution should address:
Network. Firewall, intrusion detection and vulnerability scanning to provide detection and protection, while also lending visibility into security health.
Compute. Antivirus, log management and file integrity management to protect against known attacks, provide compliance and security visibility into activity within an environment and to help you understand when files have been altered (maliciously or accidentally).
Application. A web application firewall to protect against the largest threat vector in the cloud: web application attacks. Encryption technologies should be ubiquitous for data in-flight protection, and some companies select encryption for data-at-rest when necessary, assuming applications can support it.
Application Stack. Security Information Event Management (SIEM) can address the big data security challenge by collecting and analyzing all data sets. When deployed with the right correlation and analytics, this can deliver real-time insights into events, incidents and threats across a cloud environment.
This story, "Cloud Attacks Are Following Enterprise Workloads" was originally published by CIO.
Thor Olavsrud covers data analytics, business intelligence, and data science for CIO.com.


What kind of sly tricks and crafty machinations are wielded to spot, engage and recruit the ultimate recruiter? According to one of our more eagerly anticipated Hire18 speakers, turns out it's mostly a matter of having a solid product.
As the days wend ever closer to our annual Hiring Success 18 conference – register here! – we asked our own Head of People, Sarah Wilson, about the complications that come from recruiting recruiters.
As quick as you can, Sarah, don't think too much: How does one go from growing up in a remote series of airbase-adjacent Canadian towns to department-head in Silicon Valley?
It's American Thanksgiving, and having celebrated the harvest-time holiday on its proper, seasonally accurate Canadian date back in October, Sarah's taking full advantage of the silence to redact entries on a long yellow legal-pad of a to-do list.
Having come on board three months ago as Head of People, it's a long list, but more than daunting and ominous, Sarah says after her last job at Indigo, "Canada's Biggest Bookstore", where she was a manager more than anything else, she was excited to get out of the boardroom and back to the sandbox.
Par for the course in a startup, you might say. And you'd be right. But in HR Tech, in 2017 – and contrary to the knee-jerk denials of those uninformed on the topic – there is a real sense of pushing up on a frontier, racing towards an inexorable horizon and having a say what the beach will look like when you get there.
These are the kinds of terms you hear thrown around in social media circles, endeavours spoken of in post-Bezos terms, tech sectors far more hip than, ugh, "HR". But from the time CVs were stacked and sorted in filing cabinets – been there done that – to storing names in a computer and tracking applicants over an internal spreadsheet – check, check – the technology has reached a level where an entire industry is likely to have a new baseline, and having always been an early adapter, even when the tech was multicolored sticky tabs, Sarah knew the jumping ship and sailing down to the Bay Area was a move that would allow her to make a big contribution to how the next-level recruiting cards get shuffled.
Which is true, and makes a lot of sense when considering what would have led Sarah to defect from her old job to grow a company at the leading edge of a revolution. Fine, a revolution confined to HR, but those working in and watching it happen realize how momentous a time it is. Which ruins one of the more interesting enquiries one might have for Sarah Wilson, mainly, how did the master recruiter get recruited? For someone who can identify a dud candidate sometimes in a manner of seconds, a high priestess in the dark arts of gently saying no, what kind of squirly juju would have to be executed, what kind of cauldron-churning sorcery would it take to lure her in? Or, more crassly, how many sacks of money did Santa leave on your doorstep this year?
Far from becoming the HR head for a digital HR company being a bit of a Luddite thing to do, Sarah is confident that as much time as the SmartRecruiters Talent Acquisition System will save — in fact, it may be the first product touted as s time-saving device that doesn't end up taking up more of your time — there will always be room for the human touch. And as the dialectics of our culture-at-large continue to sway from full digital embrace back to a noble analog past, Sarah's confident a fully AI Head of People is still a ways off.
"Pretty sure I'm safe at least until I want to retire," she smiles.


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ACC Issues Economic Profile Of American Chemistry
By Chemical Processing Staff
The American Chemistry Council (ACC) issues its 2016 edition of the Guide to the Business of Chemistry, a detailed economic profile of the chemistry industry and its contributions to the U.S. and world economies. American chemistry is the global leader in production, providing over 15% of the world's chemicals and representing 14% of all U.S. exports, according to ACC. It is also reportedly one of America's largest manufacturing industries, a $797 billion enterprise providing 810,000 high-paying jobs. For every one chemistry industry job, 6.3 others are generated in other sectors of the economy, according to ACC, including construction, transportation and agriculture, totaling nearly 6 million chemistry-dependent jobs.
"2016 has so far proven to be another year of robust and sustained growth for the American chemical industry," says lead author, ACC Chief Economist Kevin Swift. "Growth is happening despite economic challenges, and compared to producers in other parts of the world, American chemical manufacturers are greatly advantaged with access to cheaper and more abundant feedstock and energy, resulting in significant capital investment in American chemistry – nearly $44 billion in 2015."
Prepared annually by ACC's Economics and Statistics Department, The Guide to the Business of Chemistry divides the $797 billion business into more than 30 categories of production, ranging from inorganic chemicals to plastic resins; from adhesives and sealants to oilfield chemicals; and from fertilizers to pharmaceuticals and consumer products. Within each segment the report highlights distinct characteristics, including growth dynamics, markets, new developments and other issues affecting each sector.
Individual sections of the guide cover topics including financial performance, U.S. and global trade, innovation, capital investment, employment, environmental, health and safety statistics, energy and distribution. Charts and graphs help illustrate data and provide comparisons for the past ten years.
For more information, visit: www.americanchemistry.com
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"It is vital that the parish develop a culture of vocations to invite youth, young adults, and adults to consider the calls to marriage, the priesthood, the permanent diaconate, and consecrated life."
Program of Priestly Formation in the United States of America, Sixth Edition, 50c
The Vocation Ministry in our parishes seeks to develop a culture of vocations in our parishes by helping each person know the Lord, believe that He has a plan for his or her life, and discover and have the courage to follow that plan. We do this by praying for vocations, raising awareness about vocations, and inviting all people, especially children and young people, to opportunities to consider their vocation. While promoting all of the Church's vocations, we have a particular focus on the diocesan priesthood. We use resources from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Archdiocesan Vocation Office, Vianney Vocations, and vocationministry.com. Here are some of the upcoming opportunities we will use for our ministry:
November 5-11, 2022: National Vocations Awareness Week
November 21, 2023: World Day of Cloistered Life
February 2, 2023 (February 4/5, 2023) World Day of Prayer for Consecrated Life
February 5-12, 2023 National Marriage Week
February 12, 2023: World Marriage Day
April 30, 2023: World Day of Prayer for Vocations
May 7, 2023: Religious Brothers Day
May 20 (2017): Fr. Will's Priesthood Ordination Anniversary
May 21 (1994): Fr. Scott's Priesthood Ordination Anniversary
June 16, 2023: Feast of the Sacred Heart: World Day of Prayer for the Sanctification of Priests
September 14 (2002): Deacon Paul's Diaconate Ordination Anniversary
September 25, 2022: Priesthood Sunday
Prayers for Vocations
"Vocation" means "call." As Catholics, we believe God calls individuals to fulfill certain roles in the Church, both for their own holiness, and the good of the entire Body of Christ.
Holiness is Our Common Goal
Holiness is everyone's primary vocation. Holiness means trying to be like Jesus. It means being a "whole" person: striving for virtue, avoiding sin, and living a life of love.
After the decision to follow Christ and seriously pursue holiness, your vocation is the most important decision in life.
Most people are called to marriage—to wholeheartedly love their spouses and to joyfully welcome children. The purpose of marriage is for a man and woman to help each other get to heaven, and to teach their children to do the same. Like any vocation, marriage must be discerned, not assumed.
Both men and women can join religious orders such as the Franciscans, Dominicans, Benedictines, etc. The life and work of religious orders varies greatly—some are primarily devoted to prayer; others work actively in schools, hospitals, orphanages, etc. Common to all religious orders are the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
Priests bring Jesus to people and people to Jesus through preaching and the sacraments. Priests are very active as they counsel people, teach classes, prepare homilies, administer parishes, and much more. Many surveys show that priests are among the happiest people in the world! Deacons, too, share in the sacrament of Holy Orders.
Dedicated Single Life
Some people serve God as single people, without marrying or making special vows. While not a "vocation" in a strict theological sense, single people "contribute greatly to the good of the human family" (CCC 2231). "Some live their situation in the spirit of the Beatitudes, serving God and neighbor in exemplary fashion" (CCC 1658). There are many single people who serve the Church with incredible generosity.
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"The best thing for us is not what we consider best, but what the Lord wants of us."
"We need to find God and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is a friend of silence."
"Vocations aren't the result of planning, but an encounter with God that changes your life."
"Our concern must be to know God's will. We must enter that path: if God wants, when God wants, how God wants."


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Q: JAVA - How to play audio sound represented as float[] or double[] I read an audio file in bytes, then i do FFT (as low-pass-filter) on the audio byte[], so the output of the FFT is a double[] (of Real and Imaginary).
Now i wanna play the result to hear the sound.
I use SourceDataLine if i will play a byte[].
So the problem, is how can i play the double[] ??
Thanks,
Samer Samy

A: I think the best approach would be to convert it back to byte[].
You could do this using a ByteArrayOutputStream and a DataOutputStream.
The ByteArrayOutputStream one allow retreive the content of the stream as a byte array and the DataOutputStream allow you to write double to the stream.

A: To expand on @Lynch's answer, which apparently wasn't clear enough for the OP:
byteStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
dataStream = new DataOutputStream( byteStream );

// write each element of your double[] to dataStream

dataStream.close();
byteStream.close();

byte[] audioBytes = byteStream.toByteArray();


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Grain exports from Ukraine from the beginning of the current marketing year (July-June) to October 30 totaled about 11.53 million tons, the press service of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food announced in a statement.
Ukraine exported 6.374 million tons of wheat, 3.206 million tons of barley, and 1.811 million tons of corn. Exports of other grains totaled 138,000 tons.
In addition, 355,000 tons of grains were loaded onto ships. Taking these into account, the volumes of the grain that was exported and the gran that was prepared for export is 11.885 million tons, including 6.571 million tons of wheat, 3.245 million tons of barley, and 1.93 million tons of corn.
As reported, according to data from the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food, grain exports from Ukraine totaled 32.4 million tons in the 2013/2014 marketing year, which is 42.1% more than the exports in the previous marketing year. Ukraine harvested a record of nearly 63 million tons of grain in 2013.
According to forecasts by the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food, the 2014 harvest of grain and leguminous crops could reach 64 million tons net of the Crimea and the loss of crops in the Donbass.
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Sony's new 13-inch VAIO Z ultramobile uses Thunderbolt to bring the power
Sony has unveiled its new 13-inch VAIO Z laptop, an ultramobile along the lines of the Macbook Air — but this one's got a twist. In a clever use case for the blazing data transfer speeds Thunderbolt supports, the laptop gets around the general lack of graphics and processing power in the ultramobile field by providing a Power Media Dock featuring an AMD Radeon 6650M GPU with 1GB RAM.
That means that this laptop, when tethered to its dock via Thunderbolt, is a more capable gaming machine than many of Apple's desktops. With 8GB of RAM and a 2.7GHz Intel Core i7 processor, Apple fanboys might hope the move puts pressure on the company to beef up the comparatively weak specs in the Macbook Air product line — which tops out at 2GB of memory and a 1.86Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo processor.
According to Sony, the VAIO Z will be available from the end of July.
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BDA writes, "It's common practice to combine a smart phone with a digital camera, but how do you combine a great smart phone with a great digital camera when your brands may speak to very different categories?"
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China's Xiaomi is readying its next-gen budget smartphone, reportedly set for April launch
Popular Chinese smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi is holding an event to celebrate its anniversary in early April, where it is speculated that a new device will be released.
Signs are pointing to a second generation of its budget Android smartphone, the Redmi (previously known as the Hongmi in China). All smartphones imported to China must be certified to use wireless networks, and a Sina Weibo posting today (via Engadget ) noted that a smartphone submitted by Xiaomi has been listed on radio communication device regulator TENAA's website , with the red Android buttons pointing to the fact that this is the Redmi.
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The second-generation Redmi is said to feature a 5.5-inch 1280x720p display, run on Android 4.2.2 and come equipped with 1GB of RAM. It is also said to have a 13-megapixel rear camera and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera.
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One of my best friends got married.
And I got to be the photographer. I love photography of all kinds, but weddings send my heart aflutter in a different way from other types of sessions (except cows). Emily and I were roommates at UW-River Falls and instantly became close friends. She stood in our wedding four years ago, and when Tom popped the question I was over the moon with happiness for them both. Naturally, I jumped at the chance to be part of their big day not just as a bridesmaid, but also behind the camera.
I wasn't quite sure how I was going to simultaneously be present as a bridesmaid and the photographer, but good ol' COVID took care of a lot of those uncertainties for all of us. Emily and Tom had everything ready to go for an August wedding at a nearby venue, but when everything was upended earlier this spring by the 'rona they took the opportunity to have a much smaller and more intimate wedding at their home in the forests of northern Minnesota. Here's a peek from their engagement session last fall!
You never know what kind of curveballs Mother Nature will throw at you in the Upper Midwest in June, but she held out and gave us nearly perfect weather (it inevitably rained that night, but Minnesota's gonna Minnesota). I headed to the hotel and started snapping away as Emily got ready for their 1:00 ceremony with a few of her closest friends, and then we took off for the water.
Tom's reaction was priceless.
Emily wanted me to get a reaction of Tom seeing her coming down the aisle with her father, as he's a pretty even-tempered kind of guy who doesn't show emotions all that much - and they didn't do a first look. They were married under an arbor by Tom's former boss (a drag-racing chaplain who absolutely rocks) with tulle, lilacs, and other greenery handpicked from the woods around their home by Emily's grandmas. Because it was a small wedding, the family involvement was second-to-none, even by the littlest guest - Tom and Emily's son, Liam, who is nearly 11 months old. He brought lots of cuteness.
Even though the wedding day they originally had in mind was not to be, Tom and Emily didn't let a pandemic stand between them and beginning the rest of their lives together. Plan B turned out better than any of us could have dreamed. I think you'll agree.
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Биография
Выходец из бедной рыбацкой семьи куршей.

Брал частные уроки у преподавателей Рижского политехнического института, а также учился в Строительной академии в Берлине.

С 1864 года работал в Риге как строитель. Участвовал в застройке территорий, вводимых в хозяйственный оборот после сноса городских валов (1857—1863). Очень быстро, за несколько лет, сделал состояние.

Принадлежащие Морбергу проекты относят к стилю эпохи Возрождения.

Был дважды женат, первая жена (брак заключен в 1874 году) — дочь пастора Курляндии Анна. В 1881 году Морберг был вынужден развестись вследствие открывшейся душевной болезни жены, но пожизненно выплачивал бывшей жене содержание. Вторая жена — Августа Хартман.

Увлекался коневодством, в своей конюшне имел лошадей редкой породы.

Похоронен на Большом кладбище в Риге.

Известные постройки
Здания на бульваре Калпака д. 5, бульваре Аспазияс д. 12 и д. 10.

Участник строительства рижского отеля «Рим» (архитектор Я. Бауманис), владельцем которого являлся впоследствии (в годы Великой Отечественной войны здание было разрушено и позднее воссоздано).

Адреса в Риге
Жил с семьей в доме 12 на бульваре Зигфрида Анны Мейеровица.

Интересным памятником архитектуры является также дача Кристапа Морберга — дом № 52/54 на проспекте Дзинтару в Юрмале.

Память
Все своё имущество после смерти Морберг завещал Латвийскому университету. В 1934 году был основан Фонд Кристапа Морберга, из средств Фонда выплачиваются стипендии нуждающимся студентам Латвийского университета, Латвийской Академии художеств и Латвийской консерватории.

Литература

Ссылки
 Krsitaps Morbergs
 Студенческое общежитие преобразуют в четырехзвездочную гостиницу в Латвии
 Фотография витража в квартире Кристапа Морберга

Примечания

Архитекторы Риги
Похороненные на Большом кладбище
Учившиеся в Риге
Меценаты Латвии


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Q: Spring Boot App not run in IntelliJ I have a problem with my simple web-application running.
Here's my log:
Error starting ApplicationContext. To display the auto-configuration report re-run your application with 'debug' enabled.
2017-05-05 00:08:51.168 ERROR 5228 --- [  restartedMain] o.s.boot.SpringApplication               : Application startup failed

org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'entityManagerFactory' defined in class path resource [org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/orm/jpa/HibernateJpaAutoConfiguration.class]: Invocation of init method failed; nested exception is java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: javax.persistence.Table.indexes()[Ljavax/persistence/Index;
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.initializeBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1628) ~[spring-beans-4.3.8.RELEASE.jar:4.3.8.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:555) ~[spring-beans-4.3.8.RELEASE.jar:4.3.8.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:483) ~[spring-beans-4.3.8.RELEASE.jar:4.3.8.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:306) ~[spring-beans-4.3.8.RELEASE.jar:4.3.8.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingletonBeanRegistry.java:230) ~[spring-beans-4.3.8.RELEASE.jar:4.3.8.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:302) ~[spring-beans-4.3.8.RELEASE.jar:4.3.8.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:197) ~[spring-beans-4.3.8.RELEASE.jar:4.3.8.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.getBean(AbstractApplicationContext.java:1081) ~[spring-context-4.3.8.RELEASE.jar:4.3.8.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.finishBeanFactoryInitialization(AbstractApplicationContext.java:856) ~[spring-context-4.3.8.RELEASE.jar:4.3.8.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:542) ~[spring-context-4.3.8.RELEASE.jar:4.3.8.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.refresh(EmbeddedWebApplicationContext.java:122) ~[spring-boot-1.5.3.RELEASE.jar:1.5.3.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.refresh(SpringApplication.java:737) [spring-boot-1.5.3.RELEASE.jar:1.5.3.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.refreshContext(SpringApplication.java:370) [spring-boot-1.5.3.RELEASE.jar:1.5.3.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:314) [spring-boot-1.5.3.RELEASE.jar:1.5.3.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:1162) [spring-boot-1.5.3.RELEASE.jar:1.5.3.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:1151) [spring-boot-1.5.3.RELEASE.jar:1.5.3.RELEASE]
at pl.cinema.CinemaApplication.main(CinemaApplication.java:9) [classes/:na]
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) ~[na:1.8.0_111]
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62) ~[na:1.8.0_111]
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) ~[na:1.8.0_111]
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498) ~[na:1.8.0_111]
at org.springframework.boot.devtools.restart.RestartLauncher.run(RestartLauncher.java:49) [spring-boot-devtools-1.5.3.RELEASE.jar:1.5.3.RELEASE]
Caused by: java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: javax.persistence.Table.indexes()[Ljavax/persistence/Index;
at org.hibernate.cfg.annotations.EntityBinder.processComplementaryTableDefinitions(EntityBinder.java:1100) ~[hibernate-core-5.0.12.Final.jar:5.0.12.Final]
at org.hibernate.cfg.AnnotationBinder.bindClass(AnnotationBinder.java:772) ~[hibernate-core-5.0.12.Final.jar:5.0.12.Final]
at org.hibernate.boot.model.source.internal.annotations.AnnotationMetadataSourceProcessorImpl.processEntityHierarchies(AnnotationMetadataSourceProcessorImpl.java:245) ~[hibernate-core-5.0.12.Final.jar:5.0.12.Final]
at org.hibernate.boot.model.process.spi.MetadataBuildingProcess$1.processEntityHierarchies(MetadataBuildingProcess.java:222) ~[hibernate-core-5.0.12.Final.jar:5.0.12.Final]
at org.hibernate.boot.model.process.spi.MetadataBuildingProcess.complete(MetadataBuildingProcess.java:265) ~[hibernate-core-5.0.12.Final.jar:5.0.12.Final]
at org.hibernate.jpa.boot.internal.EntityManagerFactoryBuilderImpl.metadata(EntityManagerFactoryBuilderImpl.java:847) ~[hibernate-entitymanager-5.0.12.Final.jar:5.0.12.Final]
at org.hibernate.jpa.boot.internal.EntityManagerFactoryBuilderImpl.build(EntityManagerFactoryBuilderImpl.java:874) ~[hibernate-entitymanager-5.0.12.Final.jar:5.0.12.Final]
at org.springframework.orm.jpa.vendor.SpringHibernateJpaPersistenceProvider.createContainerEntityManagerFactory(SpringHibernateJpaPersistenceProvider.java:60) ~[spring-orm-4.3.8.RELEASE.jar:4.3.8.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.orm.jpa.LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean.createNativeEntityManagerFactory(LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean.java:353) ~[spring-orm-4.3.8.RELEASE.jar:4.3.8.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.orm.jpa.AbstractEntityManagerFactoryBean.buildNativeEntityManagerFactory(AbstractEntityManagerFactoryBean.java:370) ~[spring-orm-4.3.8.RELEASE.jar:4.3.8.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.orm.jpa.AbstractEntityManagerFactoryBean.afterPropertiesSet(AbstractEntityManagerFactoryBean.java:359) ~[spring-orm-4.3.8.RELEASE.jar:4.3.8.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.invokeInitMethods(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1687) ~[spring-beans-4.3.8.RELEASE.jar:4.3.8.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.initializeBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1624) ~[spring-beans-4.3.8.RELEASE.jar:4.3.8.RELEASE]
... 21 common frames omitted

Here is pom.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
        4.0.0
<groupId>pl.cinema</groupId>
<artifactId>cinema</artifactId>
<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
<packaging>jar</packaging>

<name>cinema</name>
<description>CinemaWeb for Spring Boot</description>

<parent>
    <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
    <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
    <version>1.5.3.RELEASE</version>
    <relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
</parent>

<properties>
    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
    <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
    <java.version>1.8</java.version>
</properties>

<dependencies>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-actuator</artifactId>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-jpa</artifactId>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-thymeleaf</artifactId>
    </dependency>

    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
    </dependency>

    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-beans</artifactId>
        <version>4.3.8.RELEASE</version>
    </dependency>

    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.hibernate.javax.persistence</groupId>
        <artifactId>hibernate-jpa-2.1-api</artifactId>
        <version>1.0.0.Final</version>
    </dependency>

    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-boot-devtools</artifactId>
        <scope>runtime</scope>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>mysql</groupId>
        <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
        <scope>runtime</scope>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
        <scope>test</scope>
    </dependency>
</dependencies>

<build>
    <plugins>
        <plugin>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
        </plugin>
    </plugins>
</build>

`
I think something is about dependencies, but I don't know exactly what could it be.
App was created with help of Spring Initializr.
I need Your help!
Thank you!


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// Copyright 2000-2018 JetBrains s.r.o. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
package org.jetbrains.plugins.gradle.execution.test.runner.events;

import com.intellij.execution.process.ProcessOutputTypes;
import com.intellij.execution.testframework.sm.runner.SMTestProxy;
import com.intellij.execution.testframework.sm.runner.events.TestOutputEvent;
import com.intellij.openapi.externalSystem.model.task.event.ExternalSystemMessageEvent;
import com.intellij.openapi.externalSystem.model.task.event.ExternalSystemProgressEvent;
import com.intellij.openapi.externalSystem.model.task.event.TestOperationDescriptor;
import com.intellij.openapi.util.Key;
import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
import org.jetbrains.plugins.gradle.execution.test.runner.GradleTestsExecutionConsole;

/**
 * @author Vladislav.Soroka
 */
public class OnOutputEvent extends AbstractTestEvent {

  private static final String OUT = "StdOut";
  private static final String ERR = "StdErr";

  public OnOutputEvent(GradleTestsExecutionConsole executionConsole) {
    super(executionConsole);
  }

  @Override
  public void process(@NotNull final TestEventXmlView eventXml) throws TestEventXmlView.XmlParserException {
    final String testId = eventXml.getTestId();
    final String destinationString = eventXml.getTestEventTestDescription();
    final String output = decode(eventXml.getTestEventTest());

    Key destination = OUT.equals(destinationString) ? ProcessOutputTypes.STDOUT : ProcessOutputTypes.STDERR;
    doProcess(testId, output, destination);
  }

  @Override
  public void process(@NotNull ExternalSystemProgressEvent<? extends TestOperationDescriptor> testEvent) {
    if (!(testEvent instanceof ExternalSystemMessageEvent)) {
      return;
    }
    TestOperationDescriptor testDescriptor = testEvent.getDescriptor();

    final String testId = testEvent.getEventId();
    final String description = ((ExternalSystemMessageEvent)testEvent).getDescription();

    if (description == null) {
      doProcess(testId, "", ProcessOutputTypes.STDERR);
    } else if (description.startsWith(OUT)) {
      doProcess(testId, description.substring(OUT.length()), ProcessOutputTypes.STDOUT);
    } else if (description.startsWith(ERR)) {
      doProcess(testId, description.substring(ERR.length()), ProcessOutputTypes.STDERR);
    }
  }

  private void doProcess(String testId, String output, @NotNull Key type) {
    SMTestProxy testProxy = findTestProxy(testId);
    if (testProxy == null) return;

    testProxy.addOutput(output, type);
    getExecutionConsole().getEventPublisher().onTestOutput(testProxy, new TestOutputEvent(testProxy.getName(), output, type == ProcessOutputTypes.STDOUT));
  }
}

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Schools encouraged to reflect on lessons of Parihaka
July 2015 Education Annette Scullion Facing invasion in 1881, Parihaka leaders Tohu Kākahi and Te Whiti o Rongomai drew on the Gospel and their faith to 'fight' violence with peace….
Mt Taranaki overlooking Parihaka community. Photo: Emily Benefield, Caritas.
Annette Scullion
Facing invasion in 1881, Parihaka leaders Tohu Kākahi and Te Whiti o Rongomai drew on the Gospel and their faith to 'fight' violence with peace. Their vision and courage preceded 20th century non-violent movements such as those led by Mahatma Ghandi and Martin Luther King.
The story of Parihaka in Aotearoa New Zealand's history is the subject of a new education resource. Parihaka o neherā, o nāianei: Parihaka – past and present was launched by Bishop Charles Drennan, Parihaka community leader Dr Ruakere Hond and Caritas at the Catholic Education Convention, 10 June 2015.
The 26-page booklet for students, teachers and whānau was produced by Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand at Bishop Charles' request.
Bishop Charles said, 'The people of Parihaka encountered grave injustice. Unresolved tensions remain with people who have grown up in the region, and yet remain reluctant to accept anything but the sanitised settler account of history.
'However, I am confident with increased knowledge and dialogue, a greater level of understanding and respect will emerge.
'For those of us who belong to the Catholic Diocese of Palmerston North, of which Taranaki is a part, this story is of particular significance.'
Dr Ruakere Hond spoke of his vibrant Parihaka community today which shares a history of resilience and peaceful resistance stretching back 150 years. 'Perhaps it is wrong to make assumptions that everyone knows about Parihaka and shares aspirations for peace,' he said.
'The Parihaka story has two key starting foundations. Its teachings and principles are found in the Bible; and in Parihaka we have a focus on providing sanctuary and safety for refugees.
'The story of Parihaka, recognised by Caritas, is an opportunity for our tamariki to learn about it in schools. Parihaka is not just a history lesson. It is a legacy of principles with seeds to develop in this generation an understanding about conflict resolution and peace, love and caring.
'We hope students and teachers throughout Aotearoa will be inspired to investigate the history of their own area after learning about Parihaka's non-violent struggle for peace and self-governance.
'Being encouraged to learn about the Māori account of history in an area and forming relationships with local Māori can also widen their perspective,' Dr Hond said.
The new resource, suitable for students in Years 1 to 13, can be downloaded from www.caritas.org.nz/schools/parihaka-schools-resource or ordered from caritas@caritas.org.nz or ph (04) 496-1742.
+Charles E Drennan, Bishop of Palmerston North, provided the foreword for Parihaka o nehera, o naianei: Parihaka – past and present, as follows.
'Turn the other cheek' is a directive that comes from Jesus himself (cf. Mt 5:39; Lk 6:29). It is a 'hard ask'. In the face of injustice what often first comes to mind is retaliation.
The people of Parihaka encountered grave injustice. Hostile colonial forces invaded their streets, fields and homes on 5 November 1881. How did they respond? That's what you will learn about with this resource. Inspired by Scripture and prophetic courage, they decided to 'fight' violence not with more violence but with peace. They turned their cheek, and sang in their streets and offered bread to the invaders. Only faith in God can explain such a conciliatory response. The story of the peaceful resistance of the people of Parihaka is a treasure in the history of Aotearoa New Zealand. For those of us who belong to the Catholic Diocese of Palmerston North, of which Taranaki is a part, this story is of particular significance.
Indeed, we are humbled to learn that the descendants of Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King, among others, now recognise that Tohu Kākahi and Te Whiti o Rongomai – their vision and the actions they inspired in others – are recognised as forerunners in the great tradition of non-violent resistance found across our globe.
Parihaka is not a museum. It is very much a living community of people who continue to strive to uphold the values of their tūpuna: caring for their land and people, and working peacefully with determination for a future that will sustain and nurture their mokopuna and the wider community.
I invite each of you – students, teachers and whānau – to explore this spiritual story not just with your head but your heart too: kia rangona a taringa, a ngākau hoki. In this way the spirit of Taranaki will be enriched. Indeed, up and down our beautiful country we can be prompted to know our story and learn from it too.
Together let us ponder the words Tohu and Te Whiti chose to place before their people as a guide, the words of the Angel announcing the birth of Jesus (cf. Lk 2:14).
He honore, he kororia ki te Atua i runga rawa,
he maungarongo ki te whenua,
he whakaaro pai ki nga tangata katoa.
Honour and glory to God above,
peace unto the land,
and goodwill to all people.


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Q: update manager keeps crashing but apt-get and aptitude is working Since December last year i already got problems with the update manager it keeps crashing right from starting it, i already sended the crash report multiple times and searching the internet and this forum for fixes but nothing worked.
The apt-get and aptitude is working fine in the terminal.

A: Thanks to this topic I was able to fix the problem I already have for months
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-manager/+question/213929
This is what I did:
Delete all the *pyc in:
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/__pycache__

and then:
sudo apt-get install --reinstall python3-gi

A: There are many reasons this could happen. I spent several hours searching forums for an answer. The thing that worked for me is this:
Change the download source in System Settings -> Software & Updates -> Ubuntu Software.
Fixed it for me.


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How do you turn prickly pears into candy?
Dennis Lee
Photo: Bildagentur-online / Contributor (Getty Images)
Ever have prickly pear gummies? They're good. If you haven't, imagine a chewy fruit candy with a taste that some people describe as watermelon, others like strawberries, dusted in granulated sugar like gumdrops.
Our local grocery store carries fresh prickly pear fruit (also called tuna in Spanish) on a regular basis and we get some now and then to snack on at home. The flesh of the fruit is a bright red and will stain your fingertips as you're eating it.
Atlas Obscura details the process by which the Arizona company Cheri's Desert Harvest turns this fruit into delicious gummy candy.
Prickly pear harvest season is in August. Lynette Alvarez, 17, and her aunt, Nellie Botello, wake up at 4 a.m. to get started picking the fruit in order to avoid the scorching red-hot afternoon sun. They use kitchen tongs to pluck the fruit from the cactus and must wear protective gear for their legs and feet, as rattlesnakes pose a constant danger. By 9 a.m., their entire group of pickers will have harvested up to two whole tons of the fruit, which will be pressed for its juice later. The barrel cactus from which the fruit is picked was nearly wiped out due to the demand for its pears, but it's now sustainable.
When the fruit is brought to the processing facility, the company's founder, Cheri Romanoski, processes them in a steamer. The fruit is then juiced using a wine press, then filtered twice and frozen. Once the summer picking season is over, the juicing equipment is swapped out for candy making equipment. Cheri's typically makes up to 800 pounds a day. While the prickly pear candy is the most popular flavor, it also produces two other flavors, pomegranate and margarita (using tequila, triple sec, and lime).
Once the candy is set, it's cut with a guitar string cutter, dusted with sugar to prevent sticking, and packaged. Candy making has always been a really interesting process to me, so this is definitely worth taking the time to read, especially if you're in the mood for sweets.
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