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Pax Britannica – The 28th in Hong Kong
On 19th December 1875 the 28th North Gloucestershire Regiment, 973 strong, left Malta aboard the troopship HIMALAYA, bound for Hong Kong. Their leaving was much regretted as a farewell address published in The Malta Times shows:-
"The painful task of saying farewell to this gallant Corps, under the command of Lieut.-Colonel C.A.S. Dickins, is rendered doubly difficult by the fact that all its ranks are very highly esteemed by all those with whom they have here been brought into contact. We think we are quite correct in saying that during their stay here perfect good will has existed between them and the inhabitants all of whom, we doubt not, will now join us in wishing them every success and prosperity. The high state of discipline and order of this Regiment will be, no doubt, fully acknowledged by His Excellency, the General Commanding, and the British Army should, in our opinion, be proud of possessing a Regiment whose officers have proved to be so gentlemanly, upright, and soldierlike, and whose non-commissioned officers and rank and file are so renowned for their steady conduct."
The HIMALAYA arrived in Hong Kong on 31st January 1876, and for the next two years the officers and men of the 28th enjoyed another very pleasant posting. The delights of Chinese cuisine were particularly attractive, and sporting contests of shooting, athletics and cricket were enthusiastically supported. The co-operation between the British and the Chinese populations came to produce one of the world's great entrepots. One officer of the 28th wrote:-
"The city hall, the pier, the graceful Queen's Road, beginning with comfortable bungalow, substantial banks and shops, and ending westward in the picturesque habitations of the natives, the public gardens worthy of the Flower Empire, the shipping in the harbour, the busy warehouses on shore, the snug bungalows nesting in shrubs and trees and fast creeping up the slope behind the town, all testified to the fertilising influence of European enterprise.
"… Canton and Shanghai supplied out markets. The Chinese cooks would have satisfied Elagabalus. The "Happy Valley" enclosed our race-course. The cricket ground was close to our barracks. Our lives indeed seemed cast in pleasant places. I, for one, find my thoughts willingly recross the bridge of eight years' absence, and linger fondly among the scenes and memories of our Hongkong life."
Nevertheless, there was also some ambivalence about the delights of Hong Kong, especially to the military mind. As the curiosities swiftly palled, regimental sports seemed ever more appealing. Our anonymous officer continued:-
"The Chinese ladies with their deformed feet; the cook-shops, wherein a savoury mess, including puppy-dog and rat, was retailed for a penny; the fairy-like appearance of the native streets after dark, with the gaudily painted lanterns swinging from every door; the barbers plying their functions on the pavement; the chairs, whose fat occupants always seemed in inverse ratio to the bearers, gliding down the road; the stalwart Sikh policeman with baton of office; the dread emblem of civil authority, and of terror to evil-doers of native birth, the whipping-post, set up like a guillotine in a conspicuous part of the market-place. The shore boats, worked by female hands, each oarswoman, if a mother, having her young offspring strapped in a satchel behind her back. The huge junks, in shape like William the Norman's men-of-war, as depicted in the Bayeux tapestry, on his way to the conquest of England, with families of several generations resident on the elevated poop; all these and a hundred other sights, strange to our eyes, were to be seen every day, but failed to impress the military mind so as to make this foreign service attractive to most men; to counter-balance, in fact, the seven months tedium during which Hongkong is not a desirable place of residence. Besides, it has an evil reputation, begotten of early days of mismanagement and official contempt of all sanitary measures. The crowded cemeteries, with tomb-stones that record the death-roll of hundreds in one inscription, attest it. These gloomy witnesses of former great mortality cannot be shaken in their evidence."
After two years in Hong Kong, the 28th left for Singapore on 4th January 1878.
Picture: HMT HIMALAYA


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Soon-to-be voters sit down with McMorris Rodgers
Sat., March 31, 2018
By Amy Edelen amye@spokesman.com(509) 459-5581
Spokane Valley residents had several questions on budget reform, tariffs and health care for U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers on Friday afternoon during a town hall event.
The event, which was held at CenterPlace Regional Event Center, drew about 50 people.
An audience member asked McMorris Rodgers why the federal budget wasn't reviewed thoroughly before allocating excess money to departments that didn't need it.
McMorris Rodgers said she's been advocating for federal budget reform and that it shouldn't be subject to the filibuster in the Senate.
"We have got to get that budget done," she said. "The way we are doing it right now is just resulting in more mismanagement and more money being spent … your hard-earned money that you've saved and taxpayer dollars that are not being spent wisely."
Regarding President Donald Trump's plan to impose tariffs, McMorris Rodgers said she's concerned because Washington state is the most trade-dependent state in the country with 40 percent of its jobs depending on it. Eastern Washington farmers are nervous about the tariffs because they export 90 percent of their wheat to countries around the world, she said.
"I've spoken out against the across-the-board approach. I believe it should be targeted," she said, adding that China is the main focus with imposing tariffs. "We want to grow, manufacture and produce here in America and then sell around the world. I have been speaking out nationally, locally and speaking out to the president himself."
McMorris Rodgers also visited East Valley High School early Friday morning to speak with a group of students who will be first time-voters this year.
The question-and-answer session in the gymnasium touched on gun control and school safety. That event was closed to the media.
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Q: Evolutionary algorithm - Traveling Salesman I try to solve this problem using genetic algorithm and get difficult to choose the fitness function.
My problem is a little  differnt than the original Traveling Salesman Problem ,since the population and maybe also the win unit not neccesrly contain all the cities.
So , I have 2 value for each unit: the amount of cities he visit, the total time  and the order he visit the cities.
I tried 2-3 fitness function but they don't give good sulotion.
I need idea of good fitness function which take in account the amount of cities he visited and also the total time.
Thanks!

A: In addition to Peladao's suggestions of using a pareto approach or some kind of weighted sum there are two more possibilities that I'd like to mention for the sake of completeness.
First, you could prioritize your fitness functions. So that the individuals in the population are ranked by first goal, then second goal, then third goal. Therefore only if two individuals are equal in the first goal they will be compared by second goal. If there is a clear dominance in your goals this may be a feasible approach.
Second, you could define two of your goals as constraints that you penalize only when they exceed a certain threshold. This may be feasible when e.g. the amount of cities should not be in a certain range, e.g. [4;7], but doesn't matter if it's 4 or 5. This is similar to a weighted sum approach where the contribution of the individual goals to the combined fitness value differs by several orders of magnitude.
The pareto approach is the only one that treats all objectives with equal importance. It requires special algorithms suited for multiobjective optimization though, such as NSGA-II, SPEA2, AbYSS, PAES, MO-TS, ...
In any case, it would be good if you could show the 2-3 fitness functions that you tried. Maybe there were rather simple errors.

A: Multiple-objective fitness functions can be implemented using a Pareto optimal.
You could also use a weighted sum of different fitness values.
For a good and readable introduction into multiple-objective optimisation and GA: http://www.calresco.org/lucas/pmo.htm

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Published: April 17, 2009 at 4:02 pm
A retired opera star will be shoving his slippers back under his bed and donning the Otello garb instead for one last time this summer.
The performance will make internationally renowned singer Jon Andrew, 77, the oldest person ever to portray the lead character in Verdi's opera and will no doubt put him to the test as he has not sung a starring role in any performance since 1982.
Andrew keeps in excellent singing health by working as a voice coach and performing alongside his students in charity concerts in Bournemouth. It was at one of these concerts that David Norman, artistic director of touring company Candlelight Opera who are producing the opera, heard Andrew sing and approached him about rejoining the operatic world.
The last time Andrew sung the eponymous hero in Otello was in 1979. He will take on the role once more at the Royal Bath Hotel in Bournemouth on 14 June.
'I've got to be in better condition than if I was singing in Covent Garden,' says Andrew in The Times. 'My memory has to be able to do it without the prompt you would get there. I want to perform like a man of 40, not a man of 77. If it's not right up there I will disappear and go to Siberia.'
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A Dutch-Mauritian research team has discovered remains of the extinct dodo bird on the Indian ocean island, dating back about 2 000 to 3 000 years.
"This new find will allow for the first scientific research into and reconstruction of the world in which the dodo [Raphus cucullatus] lived, before Western man landed on Mauritius and wiped out the species," the researchers said.
The research team consisted of Dutch scientists Kenneth Rijsdijk (geologist), Frans Bunnik (palaeobotanist), Pieter Floore (archaeologist), Alan Grihault (a local dodo expert) and Christian Foo Kune, manager of the Mon Trasor et Mon Dasert (MTMD) sugar-cane plantation, which owns the area where the discovery was made.
Julian Hume, a British palaeontologist who is also a member of the research team, was able to more closely determine the bones' age and origin.
The fossil material was excavated in an area of Mauritius called Mare aux Songes, a low-lying swamp area in the dry south-eastern part of the island, on land owned by MTMD.
So far, approximately 7,2 square metres have been excavated and more than 700 bones have been recovered.
All the bones were found in one layer, and therefore suggest a mass grave.
The discovery yielded several dodo bones, including remains of dodo chicks and a very rare part of the bird's beak, only a few of which are known to exist.
In addition to the dodo remains, the find included bones of various other extinct bird species, indigenous giant tortoise species and a baby giant tortoise, as well as a large number of seeds and remains of partly extinct trees and plants.
Although some dodo bones were found in the 19th century in the Mare aux Songes, the site's geology and ecology have never been researched.
This type of study is necessary to reconstruct the area's landscape, wildlife and vegetation and to determine whether the animals may have perished en masse due to a natural disaster.
In addition, it will enable scientists to research how such a massive collection of bones, seeds and wood ended up in the swamp and how it has remained so well preserved.
Since dodo bones were discovered there in 1920, there have been no subsequent finds.
"Thanks to geological research, this mass grave was found. Julian Hume recently re-examined the material already found in the Mare aux Songes, and discovered some bones of dodo chicks as well," the researchers said.
In future research on this site, the research team expects to discover some more remains of dodo chicks.
In order to allow for an accurate, systematic study of the site, an international team is being assembled.
The study will be performed by local botanical specialists from Mauritius in close cooperation with leading European institutes, including the Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum Naturalis from Leiden in The Netherlands, the London Natural History Museum and TNO's Geological Survey of The Netherlands.
According to the Birds of Mauritius website, the dodo was a flightless member of the pigeon family native only to the island.
Fully grown dodos weighed about 23kg.
Around 1505, the Portuguese became the first Europeans to discover the island—and the dodo, which they quickly started killing for fresh meat.
By 1681, it had been driven to extinction by humans and the feral dogs, pigs, rats and monkeys introduced by Westerners.
The dodo was not the only Mauritian bird driven to extinction in recent centuries.
Of the 45 bird species originally found, only 21 still survive.
Two bird species closely related to the dodo have also become extinct: the Réunion solitaire (Raphus solitarius) by 1746, and the Rodrigues solitaire (Pezophaps solitaria) by 1790.
Reports of sightings of living dodos in the 1990s on Mauritius prompted expeditions to search for them. None were found.


April 29. We are a bit sad to be leaving the Mowani Mountain Camp today, because it ranks right near the top of all the places we've stayed in the world (and we've stayed at some pretty spectacular places). After breakfast at the hotel, we drive to visit the nearby attractions and geological sites of Twyfelfontein rock engravings (recently declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site), Burnt Mountain and the Organ Pipes.
Twyfelfontein: Strewn over a hillside among flat-topped mountains of red sandstone, Twyfelfontein's boulders and slabs of red sandstone hold some 2,500 prehistoric engravings that depict wildlife, animal spoor and abstract motifs. It is perhaps the largest and finest collection of petroglyphs in Africa. The engravings show animals such as elephant, giraffe, kudu, lion, rhinoceros, springbok, zebra, and ostrich that once used to drink from a spring at the bottom of the hill. In some cases footprints were engraved instead of hooves or paws. The abstract motifs feature mainly circles. Stone tools and other artifacts found at Twyfelfontein suggest that hunter-gatherers occupied the site over a period of perhaps 7,000 years. These days a local guide accompanies visitors to visit the rock art. The engravings lie along two circular routes, one an hour's climb and the other 40 minutes longer. Twyfelfontein is one of Namibia's key National Monuments and has recently become a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Because my knee has bothered me off and on, I decide not to do the full climb, but got enough of a taste to satisfy me. Carol did the full hike, and enjoyed it.
Organ Pipes: The Organ Pipes are another geological curiosity in the area consisting of a mass of perpendicular dolerite columns that intruded the surrounding rocks also about 125 million years ago and have been exposed in a ravine due to river erosion.
We then drive south via the Herero markets near the town of Uis on the way to Swakopmund. We stop along the way for a picnic lunch, to see a chameleon one of the guides spotted along the way and to walk on the beach and photograph a shipwreck, arriving in Swakopmund around 5PM.
Swakopmund resembles a small, German coastal resort nestled between the desert and the sea. It boasts a charming combination of German colonial architecture blended with good hotels, shops, restaurants, museums, craft centers, galleries and cafés. Swakopmund had its beginnings as a landing station in 1892 when the German Reich erected the first building, a barracks for troops on the site. The advent of World War I halted developments and the town sank into decline until half a century later when infrastructures improved and an asphalt road opened between Windhoek and Swakopmund..
A timeless classic forming part of Swakopmund's architectural culture is the grand Hansa Hotel, dating back to 1905. Conveniently located in the center of town, the Hansa Hotel is within easy walking distance to the waterfront, shops, cafes, the aquarium, Crystal Gallery and other attractions. Carol and I have a lovely suite at the hotel. After acouple hours of relaxing/showering/email/blogging, we walk to a seafood restaurant housed in an old boat. Dinner is okay, but not up to the level of what we've been getting. And the same might be said of the overall day. But the not every day can be fabulous.
We are told that we probably will not have wifi for the next three days, so there will be a bit of a drought on the blog.
Boppp, I can't imagine you with out wifi for three days!


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Q: XML Schema: Can I make some of an attribute's values be required but still allow other values? (Note: I cannot change structure of the XML I receive. I am only able to change how I validate it.)
Let's say I can get XML like this:
<Address Field="Street" Value="123 Main"/>
<Address Field="StreetPartTwo" Value="Unit B"/>
<Address Field="State" Value="CO"/>
<Address Field="Zip" Value="80020"/>
<Address Field="SomeOtherCrazyValue" Value="Foo"/>

I need to create an XSD schema that validates that "Street", "State" and "Zip" must be present. But I don't care if either "StreetPartTwo" and/or "SomeOtherCrazyValue" happen to be present too.
If I knew that only the three I care about could be included (and that each would only be included once), I could do something like this:
<xs:element name="Address" type="addressType" maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="3"/>

<xs:complexType name="addressType">
  <xs:attribute name="Field" use="required">
    <xs:simpleType>
      <xs:restriction base="xs:string">
        <xs:enumeration value="Street"/>
        <xs:enumeration value="State"/>
        <xs:enumeration value="Zip"/>
      </xs:restriction>
    </xs:simpleType>
  </xs:attribute>
</xs:complexType>

But this won't work with my case because I may also receive those other Address elements (that also have "Field" attributes) that I don't care about.
Any ideas how I can ensure the stuff I care about is present but let the other stuff in too?
TIA!
Sean

A: You cannot do the validation you seek, with just XML Schema.
According to the "XML Schema Part 1: Structures" specification ...

When two or more particles contained directly or indirectly in the {particles} of a model group have identically named element declarations
  as their {term}, the type definitions of those declarations must be the
  same.

It's not to say that you cannot build a schema that will validate a correct document. What it means is, you cannot build a schema that will fail to validate on some incorrect documents. And when I say "incorrect", I mean documents that violate the constraints you stated in English.
For example, suppose you have a document that includes three Street elements, like this:
<Address Field="Street" Value="123 Main"/>
<Address Field="Street" Value="456 Main"/>
<Address Field="Street" Value="789 Main"/>
<Address Field="SomeOtherCrazyValue" Value="Foo"/>

According to your schema, that document is a valid address.  It's possible to add a xs:unique constraint to your schema so that it would reject such broken documents. But even with a xs:unique, validating against such a schema would declare that some other incorrect documents are valid - for example a document with three <Address> elements, each of which has a unique Field attribute, but none of which has Field="Zip".
In fact it is not possible to produce a W3C XML Schema that formally codifies your stated constraints.  The <xs:all> element almost gets you threre, but it applies only to elements, not to attributes.  And, it cannot be used with an extension, so you can't say, in W3C XML Schema, "all these elements in any order, plus any other ones".

In order to perform the validation you seek, your options are:

*

*rely on something other than XML Schema,

*perform validation in multiple steps, using XML Schema for the first step, and something else for the second step.

For the first option,  I think you could use Relax NG to do it.  The downside of that is, it's not a standard and as far as I can tell, it is neither widely supported nor growing.  It would be like learning Gaelic in order to express a thought. There's nothing wrong with Gaelic, but it's sort of a linguistic cul-de-sac, and I think RelaxNG is, too.
For the second option, an approach would be to validate against your schema as the first step, and then, as the second step:
A. apply an XSL transform which would convert <Address> elements into elements named for the value of their Field attribute.  The output of that transform would look like this:
<root>
  <Street Value="101 Bellavista Drive"/>
  <State  Value="Confusion"/>
  <Zip    Value="10101"/>
</root>

B. validate the output of that transform against a different schema, which looks something like this:
<xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
           elementFormDefault="qualified">
  <xs:element name="root">
    <xs:complexType>
      <xs:all>
        <xs:element maxOccurs="1" minOccurs="1" ref="Street" />
        <xs:element maxOccurs="1" minOccurs="1" ref="State" />
        <xs:element maxOccurs="1" minOccurs="1" ref="Zip" />
      </xs:all>
    </xs:complexType>
  </xs:element>

  <xs:element name="Street">
    <xs:complexType>
      <xs:attribute name="Value" use="required" type="xs:string"/>
    </xs:complexType>
  </xs:element>
  <xs:element name="State">
    <xs:complexType>
      <xs:attribute name="Value" use="required" type="xs:string"/>
    </xs:complexType>
  </xs:element>
  <xs:element name="Zip">
    <xs:complexType>
      <xs:attribute name="Value" use="required" type="xs:string"/>
    </xs:complexType>
  </xs:element>

</xs:schema>

You would need to extend that schema to handle other elements like <SomeOtherCrazyValue> in the output of the transform.  Or you could structure the xsl transform to just not emit elements that are not one of {State,Street,Zip}.
Just to be clear, I understand that you cannot change the XML that you receive. This approach wouldn't require that.  It just uses a funky 2-step validation approach.  Once the 2nd validation step completes, you could discard the result of the transform.

EDIT - Actually, Sean, thinking about this again, you could just use step B.  Suppose your XSL transform just Removes from the document only <Address> elements that do not have State, Street or Zip for the Field attribute value.   In other words, there would be no <Address Field="SomeOtherCrazyValue"...>.    The result of that transform could be validated with your schema, using a maxOccurs="3", minOccurs="3", and an xs:unique.

A: I have the same problem like you but overcome with a trick.
Request XML
<request>
    <url>Abcd</url>
    <base-url>XXXXX/</base-url>
    <args src="url">
        <arg name="languageCode">NL</arg>
        <arg name="version">1</arg>
        <arg name="offerId">10</arg>
        <arg name="rewardId">1234</arg>
    </args>
</request>

Now use a xslt and convert it,
XSLT code
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:output method="xml" version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"
indent="yes" />
<xsl:template match="@* | node()">
<xsl:copy>
<xsl:apply-templates select="@* | node()" />
</xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="arg">
<xsl:element name="{@name}">
<xsl:apply-templates />
</xsl:element>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

The XML become
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<request>

    <url>abcd</url>
    <base-url>XXXXXXX</base-url>
    <args src="url">
        <languageCode>NL</languageCode>
        <version>1</version>
        <offerId>10</offerId>
        <rewardId>1234</rewardId>
    </args>
</request>

Now apply XSD
<xs:schema attributeFormDefault="unqualified" elementFormDefault="qualified" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
  <xs:element name="request">
    <xs:complexType>
      <xs:sequence>
        <xs:element type="xs:string" name="url"/>
        <xs:element type="xs:string" name="base-url"/>
        <xs:element name="args" maxOccurs="unbounded" minOccurs="0">
          <xs:complexType mixed="true">
            <xs:sequence>
              <xs:element type="xs:string" name="languageCode" minOccurs="0"/>
              <xs:element type="xs:string" name="version" minOccurs="0"/>
              <xs:element type="xs:string" name="offerId" minOccurs="1"/>
              <xs:element type="xs:string" name="rewardId" minOccurs="1"/>
            </xs:sequence>
            <xs:attribute type="xs:string" name="src" use="optional"/>
          </xs:complexType>
        </xs:element>
      </xs:sequence>
    </xs:complexType>
  </xs:element>
</xs:schema>


After an exhilarating evening of Yiddish music on Marietta Square (words that I am confident no one thought would ever be uttered until Etz Chaim finally did it) with our Scholar-in-Residence, Dr. Hankus Netsky, Dr. Netsky worked with our Religious School students on Sunday. He taught them niggunim, melodies without words, as well as a few Yiddish tunes. Zev came home with one of the niggunim in his head to share with Amy.
Harry is Amy's grandfather who immigrated to Canada from the old country as a teenager. He died before Amy and I met, so Zev and I only know him through pictures and stories. He was not particularly religious; he spoke Yiddish, learned English, but never learned to write either. He worked as a used car salesman for most of his life and used to stash his cash in coffee cans under the mattress. There are a multitude of comical stories about his somewhat unusual eating habits. Our daughter Haley is named for him.
At first, Amy thought that Zev was being cute. Then, Zev began to sing the niggun: and it was indeed the very same melody Amy's Zaida had sung for her as a little girl, as promised.
After this story, I think I finally understand what that line really means.


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Josef Zotter, of Zotter Schokoladen Manufaktur GmbH, has been named as the 2019 winner of the European Candy Kettle Club Award.
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The European Candy Kettle Club has named the 2019 winner of the European Candy Kettle Award — Austria-based Zotter Schokoladen Manufaktur GmbH, which is run by Josef Zotter.
The family business is famous for unusual chocolate creations, such as their newest creation "Bread Break," a chocolate flavored with old bread spirit. They also are known for hand-scooped quality, organic, Fairtrade and sustainably-produced chocolates.
Thee company uses 200 tons of cocoa beans and 150 tons of cocoa butter, which are processed into 646 tons of chocolate each year, and they have about 200 employees.
And Zotter's Choco Shop Theatre — where visitors can observe the production live, experience how chocolate is made from the bean onwards and try, at various tasting stations, intermediate products such as milling powder and the finished bars — has 270,000 visitors every year.
The company's products are sold worldwide, with a focus on German-speaking countries, including Austria, Germany and Switzerland.
Zotter will be honored during a ceremony in the fall at his production facility in Austria.
The ECKC award was founded in 1973 by the French chocolatier Guy Urbain, and Don Gussow, founder of the American Candy Kettle Association as well as Candy Industry Magazine. Its purpose is to support the development of great and innovative sweets and confectionery all over Europe and its members include 30 European machinery and ingredient suppliers.
To win the award the companies have to have outstanding product quality, development in production, research and technology, performance in sales and marketing as well as international cooperation.
The club's members include industry representatives from major supplier companies, including: Aasted/Denmark, Bosch/Germany, Bühler/Switzerland, Chr. Hansen/Denmark, Confitech/Italy, Duyvis Wiener/Netherlands, Hänsel Processing/Germany, Sollich/Germany, Tanis Confectionery/Netherlands, Winkler & Dünnebier/Germany.
And the list of winners, which dates back to 1973, includes some of the most important names in the European sweets and confectionery industry such as: Ferrero/Italy, Lindt & Sprüngli/Switzerland, Fazer/Finland, Katjes/Germany, Loacker/Italy, Krupskaya/Russia, Valor/Spain, Colian/Poland and Valrhona/France.
For the full list of winners and more information about the award, the club members and the events visit the ECKC website.
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"Our film staff has been collecting reviews for each week's new theatrical releases since the fall of 1999, and, as a result, we have a nearly complete database of films from the past decade: certainly every major release from 2000-09, and virtually all minor releases, including obscure titles that barely made an appearance on the big screen.
As a result, the various lists below represent the best the decade had to offer -- at least in the eyes of top professional film critics. Below, we look at the best movies from the past ten years."


On our site CKEditor is embedded in locations with different z-index values. It is difficult to manage the different baseFloatZIndex values for each editor. We have to keep various css declarations and baseFloatZIndex values in sync.
It would be ideal for CKEditor to dynamically determine the correct z-index of a popup element on the fly whenever it is displayed.
One approach would be to just walk up the tree looking for a parent node with a z-index value that has position (fixed, relative, absolute). Since CKEditor based popups are attached to the document.body directly, you would need to traverse the editor's ancestors to find the earliest element with z-index that has position. The baseFloatZIndex would then just be a single z-index greater.
I'm personally always worried with requests like "CKEditor should search the DOM" because I'm worried with performance (sure that searching the DOM is faster nowadays but still).
On one hand CKEditor could scan the document on page load and set the highest baseFloatZIndex but on the other hand - what if someone's application displays e.g. editor and some alert above it? How can editor know that it should not cover it?
I personally that the way you are doing it now is the way it should be done: "We have to keep various css declarations and baseFloatZIndex values in sync."
I have talked this issue through with my colleagues but we don't see editor being responsible for that. I'm sorry but we are not going to implement this feature.
Editor provides hooks (configuration option in this case) which can be used by application authors. I understand that this can be hard with multi-layer pages but CKEditor can't just assume it has to be on top. There might be cases where such behaviour is not desired.
Is there anyway to change the baseFloatZIndex after the editor has been initialized? This would help in cases where the editor is moved from one part of the DOM to another with a different z-index.
Have you tried accessing and changing this property directly e.g. CKEDITOR.instances.editor1.config.baseFloatZIndex = 200;? This is one of these config properties which can be changed once CKEditor was initialized.


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Wilbur the pig is scared of the end of the season, because he knows that come that time, he will end up on the dinner table. He hatches a plan with...
Coraline (2009)
A young girl discovers an idealized parallel universe behind a secret door in her new home, unaware that it contains a sinister secret.
Hounddog (2007)
A drama set in the American South, where a precocious, troubled girl finds a safe haven in the music and movement of Elvis Presley.
Viena and the Fantomes (2020)
In the 80s, a roadie named Viena travels with the Fantomes, a post punk band on tour through the American west. When the band has the possibility of...
Very Good Girls (2013)
Two New York City girls make a pact to lose their virginity during their first summer out of high school. When they both fall for the same street...
Now Is Good (2012)
A girl dying of leukemia compiles a list of things she'd like to do before passing away. Topping the list is her desire to lose her virginity.
Effie Gray (2014)
A look at the mysterious relationship between Victorian art critic John Ruskin and his teenage bride Effie Gray.
The Last of Robin Hood (2013)
Errol Flynn, the swashbuckling Hollywood star and notorious ladies man, flouted convention all his life, but never more brazenly than in his last...
The Benefactor (2015)
A newly married couple are forced to navigate the all-consuming interest of a powerful, mysterious, and possessive philanthropist.
Celia (2012)
A doctor is forced into an uncomfortable decision when her patient turns out to be the daughter of an old friend.
Please Stand By (2018)
A young autistic woman runs away from her caregiver in order to boldly go and deliver her 500-page Star Trek script to a writing competition in...
Father Xmas (2001)
On Christmas Eve in 1968 six-year-old army brat Clairee simultaneously learns the hard truth about Santa Claus and the realities of war. Her bullying...
Zygote (2017)
The two remaining crew members of a mining operation in the Arctic Circle fight to survive against an alien creature.
Sweetness in the Belly (2019)
Orphaned in Africa as a child, Lilly escapes to England as a refugee, fleeing civil war in Ethiopia. Lost in this cold new world, Lilly embraces the...
Ray Ferrier is a divorced dockworker and less-than-perfect father. Soon after his ex-wife and her new husband drop off his teenage son and young...
The Cat in the Hat (2003)
During a rainy day, and while their mother is out, Conrad and Sally, and their pet fish, are visited by the mischievous Cat in the Hat. Fun soon...
Cutlass (2007)
When Robin's daughter Lacy wants to buy an expensive guitar, Robin reminisces about the days when she was a teenager, asking her dad for her first...
Hide and Seek (2005)
David Callaway tries to piece together his life in the wake of his wife's suicide and has been left to raise his nine-year-old daughter, Emily on his...
Dreamer: Inspired By a True Story (2005)
Ben Crane believes that a severely injured racehorse deserves another chance. He and his daughter Cale adopt the mare and save it from being...
The Runaways (2010)
Joan Jett and Cherie Currie, two rebellious teenagers from Southern California, become the frontwomen for the Runaways -- the now-legendary group...
After his father, an assassin, is brutally murdered, Nick Gant vows revenge on Division, the covert government agency that dabbles in psychic warfare...
Uptown Girls (2003)
Molly Gunn, the freewheeling daughter of a deceased rock legend, is forced to get a job when her manager steals her money. As nanny for precocious...
Night Moves (2014)
The story about three radical environmentalists coming together to execute the most intense protest of their lives: the explosion of a hydroelectric...
Yellowbird (2014)
Yellowbird lives in the ruins of an old house. He lacks the confidence to leave his home, no matter how much Bug, his labybird friend, tries to...
Brimstone (2016)
In the menacing inferno of the old North-American West, Liz is a genuine survivor who is hunted by a vengeful preacher for a crime she didn't...
The Escape (2016)
After the controversial disappearance of their Chief Medical Officer, a shadowy bio genetics company is under siege by the FBI for secretly cloning...
Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch (2005)
Now, we find the rowdy extraterrestrial getting used to life with his new ʻohana. However, a malfunction in the ultimate creation of Dr. Jumba soon...
Man on Fire (2004)
Jaded ex-CIA operative John Creasy reluctantly accepts a job as the bodyguard for a 10-year-old girl in Mexico City. They clash at first, but...
Oats Studios: Volume 1 (2021)
A compilation of shorts, diverse experimental content and more weird stuff spread directly from the devious mind of the South African film director...
The Nightingale (1970)
The lives of two French sisters are torn apart by the onset of World War II.
Coraline: Creepy Coraline (2009)
Stars: Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher, Henry Selick
The Equalizer 3 (2023)
Third film in The Equalizer franchise.
In the Realms of the Unreal (2004)
In the Realms of the Unreal is a documentary about the reclusive Chicago-based artist Henry Darger. Henry Darger was so reclusive that when he died...
The Motel Life (2012)
A pair of working-class brothers flee their Reno Motel after getting involved in a fatal hit-and-run accident.
Every Secret Thing (2014)
One clear summer day in a Baltimore suburb, a baby goes missing from her front porch. Two young girls serve seven years for the crime and are...
American Pastoral (2016)
Set in postwar America, a man watches his seemingly perfect life fall apart as his daughter's new political affiliation threatens to destroy their...
Penn & Teller: Try This at Home (2020)
A special for these unique times. Filmed entirely at the homes of Penn & Teller and their friends around the world, Penn & Teller: Try This at Home...
I Am Sam (2001)
Sam, a neurodivergent man, has a daughter with a homeless woman who abandons them when they leave the hospital, leaving Sam to raise Lucy on his own....
Winged Creatures (2008)
A psychotic man opens fire in a diner, murdering numerous people before killing himself. The survivors struggle in different ways following this...
The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009)
Forks, Washington resident Bella Swan is reeling from the departure of her vampire love, Edward Cullen, and finds comfort in her friendship with...
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010)
Bella once again finds herself surrounded by danger as Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire continues her...
When their daughter is kidnapped by experienced nappers, the Jennings turn the tables on this seemingly foolproof plan.
Coraline: The Making of 'Coraline' (2009)
A look at the complexities and intricacies of making the 2009 stop motion animation film Coraline.
Nine Lives (2005)
Captives of the very relationships that define and sustain them, nine women resiliently meet the travails and disappointments of life.
Hansel and Gretel is a 2002 film adaptation of the Brothers Grimm children's story. It stars Jacob Smith and Taylor Momsen as the eponymous...
Kim Possible: A Sitch In Time (2003)
Kim and Ron start out a new school year, only to find out that Ron's family is moving to Norway. This puts a strain on their partnership, just as Dr....
Los Angeles, 1969. TV star Rick Dalton, a struggling actor specializing in westerns, and stuntman Cliff Booth, his best friend, try to survive in a...
Vengeance Is Mine: Reinventing "Man on Fire" (2005)
A documentary on the making of the 2004 film, Man on Fire, mixing movie clips, behind the scenes shots, and interviews of cast and crew. The program...
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (2012)
After the birth of Renesmee, the Cullens gather other vampire clans in order to protect the child from a false allegation that puts the family in...
Ocean's Eight (2018)
Debbie Ocean, a criminal mastermind, gathers a crew of female thieves to pull off the heist of the century at New York's annual Met Gala.
Sweet Home Alabama (2002)
New York fashion designer, Melanie Carmichael suddenly finds herself engaged to the city's most eligible bachelor. But her past holds many...
Tomcats (2001)
College buddies chip in and promise that the group's last unmarried man will collect a cash pot. Seven years later, the kitty is worth $500,000 --...


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Q: Convert String to java.util.Date I am storing the dates in a SQLite database in this format:
d-MMM-yyyy,HH:mm:ss aaa

When I retrieve the date with that format I am get every thing fine
except the hour.  The hour is always 00. Here is my output:
String date--->29-Apr-2010,13:00:14 PM
After convrting Date--->1272479414000--Thu Apr 29 00:00:14 GMT+05:30 2010

Here is the code:
    Date lScheduledDate = CalendarObj.getTime();
    DateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("d-MMM-yyyy,HH:mm:ss aaa");
    SomeClassObj.setTime(formatter.format(lScheduledDate));

    String lNextDate = SomeClassObj.getTime();
    DateFormat lFormatter = new SimpleDateFormat("d-MMM-yyyy,HH:mm:ss aaa");
    Date lNextDate = (Date)lFormatter.parse(lNextDate);
    System.out.println("output here"+lNextDate);

What am I doing wrong?

A: I think your date format does not make sense. There is no 13:00 PM. Remove the "aaa" at the end of your format or turn the HH into hh.
Nevertheless, this works fine for me:
String testDate = "29-Apr-2010,13:00:14 PM";
DateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("d-MMM-yyyy,HH:mm:ss aaa");
Date date = formatter.parse(testDate);
System.out.println(date);

It prints "Thu Apr 29 13:00:14 CEST 2010".

A: It sounds like you may want to use something like SimpleDateFormat.
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/text/SimpleDateFormat.html
You declare your date format and then call the parse method with your string.
private static final DateFormat DF = new SimpleDateFormat(...);
Date myDate = DF.parse("1234");

And as Guillaume says, set the timezone!

A: You should set a TimeZone in your DateFormat, otherwise it will use the default one (depending on the settings of the computer).

A: java.time
While in 2010, java.util.Date was the class we all used (toghether with DateFormat and Calendar), those classes were always poorly designed and are now long outdated. Today one would use java.time, the modern Java date and time API.
        DateTimeFormatter formatter = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("d-MMM-yyyy,HH:mm:ss");

        String dateTimeStringFromSqlite = "29-Apr-2010,13:00:14";
        LocalDateTime dateTime = LocalDateTime.parse(dateTimeStringFromSqlite, formatter);
        System.out.println("output here: " + dateTime);

Output is:

output here: 2010-04-29T13:00:14

What went wrong in your code?
The combination of uppercase HH and aaa in your format pattern strings does not make much sense since HH is for hour of day, rendering the AM/PM marker from aaa superfluous. It should not do any harm, though, and I have been unable to reproduce the exact results you reported. In any case, your comment is to the point no matter if one uses the old-fashioned SimpleDateFormat or the modern DateTimeFormatter:

'aaa' should not be used, if you use 'aaa' then specify 'hh'

Lowercase hh is for hour within AM or PM, from 01 through 12, so would require an AM/PM marker.
Other tips

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*In your database, since I understand that SQLite hasn't got a built-in datetime type, use the standard ISO 8601 format and store time in UTC, for example 2010-04-29T07:30:14Z (the modern Instant class parses and formats such strings as its default, that is, without any explicit formatter).

*Don't use an offset such as GMT+05:30 for time zone. Prefer a real time zone, for example Asia/Colombo, Asia/Kolkata or America/New_York.

*If you wanted to use the outdated DateFormat, its parse method returns a Date, so you don't need the cast in Date lNextDate = (Date)lFormatter.parse(lNextDate);.

Question: Can I use java.time on Android?
Yes, java.time works nicely on older and newer Android devices. It just requires at least Java 6.

*

*In Java 8 and later and on newer Android devices (from API level 26) the modern API comes built-in.

*In Java 6 and 7 get the ThreeTen Backport, the backport of the modern classes (ThreeTen for JSR 310; see the links at the bottom).

*On (older) Android use the Android edition of ThreeTen Backport. It's called ThreeTenABP. And make sure you import the date and time classes from org.threeten.bp with subpackages.

Links

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*Oracle tutorial: Date Time explaining how to use java.time.

*Java Specification Request (JSR) 310, where java.time was first described.

*ThreeTen Backport project, the backport of java.time to Java 6 and 7 (ThreeTen for JSR-310).

*ThreeTenABP, Android edition of ThreeTen Backport

*Question: How to use ThreeTenABP in Android Project, with a very thorough explanation.

*Wikipedia article: ISO 8601


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Dear Killer Whale Trainers:
—a pony tail can look like a fish, so from here forward we ask that you refrain from wearing them…
thanks, the Management
had that dream again
—the one about the duplex Penthouse that I'm fated to buy and boy is it gorgeous…wraparound views of the ocean…
Helping Johnny Remember
Bronx: Not Racist, Just Picky
A few weeks ago the Times reported on two mostly-white Bronx communities that are accused of plotting to keep black families out, but inside the developments many think the charges are "baloney." They say their co-op boards are picky, but according to Richard Ardisson, a firefighter who lives in Silver Beach Gardens, "That's what keeps it nice. Everybody's got a good job. No one wants garbage in here."
The Fair Housing Justice Center—the group that's suing the communities—sent two couples, one black one white, to inquire about purchasing homes in the two communities on Long Island Sound. In a federal lawsuit, It accuses a broker for Silver Beach Gardens and Edgewater Park of warmly receiving the white couple, while turning the black couple away. Allegedly she told the pair the communities were "Archie Bunker territory."
via Bronx Communities Not Racist, Just Picky | Gothamist
Who is the Cutest?
what is this – you feed me minced?!? You ever catch a minced fish?
Anthrax Case Formally Closed By FBI:
Dear Dick Cheney, Rudy Guilliani & others:
Who constantly remind us that we were *SAVED* from 'further' attacks;
PLEASE explain this to me—WHY, OH WHY did no one ever come to justice over this act of terrorism on American soil? Now they rest the case, and brush it under the carpet of your scurrilous claims! SHAME ON YOU!
Flaming Pablum: Gil Picks Up the Pieces
By this stage of the proceedings, pretty much everyone's heard Gil Scott-Heron's anthem, "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised." By 2010, it almost sounds quaint and lends itself to volumes of tasteless, smarmy commentary ("…but will it be available on Netflix?"), but you have to remember how incendiary it must have sounded upon its release in the early 1970s. Alongside the equally rabble-rousing Last Poets, Scott-Heron laid down the foundation for the conscious hip hop of Grandmaster Flash's "The Message," the entire militant oeuvre of Public Enemy and virtually everything beyond in that genre. But to pigeon-hole him as simply the "godfather of hip-hop" (as he's often called) almost does him a disservice. That song speaks beyond genre parameter. Forget your "Anarchy in the U.K." and "Kick Out the Jams," "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" is insurgent art that is as real as it gets.
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via Gil Picks Up the Pieces | Flaming Pablum
Love is Love: Universal
What we do — it's just sharing the thoughts that many people have. You go to see a movie, and you sit up and cry — it's because something is happening in there that just done happen to you or somebody you know. It's the same thing with what I do. Don't matter if you're gay or straight, black or white, you still have the same problem. It's love. It's universal.
— B.B. King (2006)
"hence," "thence," and "whence."
Björk+McQueen = Alarm Call
February 9, 2010 by dakrólak
T-SHIRT WAR!! (stop-motion video)
Super Bowl Sorrows
accidentally deleted 'Lost' on the DVR and won't be watching it on this the worst day for TV ever…
≅ White Satin Boobies ∩ Plantation
"You can be up to your boobies in white satin, with gardenias in your hair and no sugar cane for miles, but you can still be working on a plantation."
Don't Laugh
Is wondering what a tummy tuck would cost for my cat, I won't even wonder aloud if it is done—if male breast reduction is becoming common in the UK, I'm sure someone is tucking kitty tummies.
Fool of Me
Me'Shell Ndegéocello: Fool Of Me
I remember when you filled my heart with joy
Was I blind to the truth just there to fill the space
'Cause now you have no interest in anything that I have to say
And I have allowed you to make me feel
I feel so dumb
What kind of fool am I that you so easily set me aside


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Check out this gorgeous all brick ranch home. Fresh paint - newer appliances, roof, etc. this house is conveniently located just off of Lafayette Rd. halfway between post and downtown. Excellent starter home.
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day 111: I was feeling completely wiped out yesterday afternoon and not capable of moving or thinking but (since they don't have an off switch) I was still in charge of watching after Paul and Amelia. My solution when I am feeling totally beat down is usually to put them in a stroller and go for a walk, since pushing the stroller is generally less exhausting than chasing them around the house or reading them mountains of books (which I'd already done a lot of earlier in the day). We went on a walk at one of my new favorite spots. It smells like wildflowers and is incredibly peaceful and quiet. Quite refreshing. But I still went to take a nap as soon as Ben got home.
day 109: I haven't been feeling all that well this week, and I had two days in a row of lame last minute picture taking at night (oops) Here's the one from Tuesday… taken right before bed with my crummy phone camera. Lovely right?
Ben's birthday was in the end of March. I didn't get around to making his cake in time for the birthday since I was sick the day before (boo) but I did get the cake done in the same week (yay). What I didn't accomplish that week however was blogging about the cake.
Back in 2006 I went through a bit of a career crisis, I wasn't happy with the job I had but I didn't know what I wanted to do instead. One of my favorite shows was "Ace of Cakes" and it pretty much seemed like the most awesome job ever to make cool cake for a living, so I decided to take a class. I spent a lot of money on professional baking equipment and tools and taking classes to learn to become a professional baker/decorator. I must say it was a LOT more work than I ever imagined and even compared to being a photographer it was a LOT of time on your feet. I just wasn't cut out for it. What I did discover was that I love baking as a hobby and I jump at every chance I get to whip up a fabulous cake. This time (since I have this new and sadly neglected blog longing for post content) I set out to write a long tutorial-esque post about how to make one of these cakes, taking photos all the way. What I realized in the process however is that #1 these are actually not my recipes to give away and the person who came up with them probably wouldn't want me to share them (sorry) and #2 there are WAY to many steps and complicated nuances to making a cake like this that the blog post would be about a mile long by them time I was finished with it. That and your cake would probably still not come out just right because I've been practicing these ever since I learned them in class I'm *still* not 100% perfect at it.
Well it is called buttercream, what did you expect? I love love love making buttercream. At first I was scared of it because it's such a temperamental icing to make. If you get the temperature or speed wrong the whole thing turns to a curdled mess, but once you get the hang of it there is nothing more satisfying than a batch of perfectly made and fluffy delicious icing. The kind I make is called Italian meringue and it involves boiling sugar and pouring it over whipped egg whites, finished off with (of course) a hearty dose of delicious butter. YUM!!
Once all the components are ready you just stack up the cake, lining the edge of each layer with a thin ribbon of buttercream to hold in the filling, and then ice and *voila*… cake! Delicious.
Happy belated birthday Ben… I love you!
day 108: if there's one thing that's guaranteed to make my kids happy it's going outside. They stand in the dining room, faces pressed up against the sliding glass door yelling "outside! outside" while staring longingly at the sky. It's kind of heartbreaking actually since we don't have a yard. This afternoon while they were napping I surprised them by cleaning off the patio (formerly home to lots of random trashy debris; like peanut shells, milk carton tops and dirt) so that they could go outside and play after dinner. It's only a few square feet of space but at least it's got the wide open sky above. They kept pointing up and yelling "MOON!" so I think it was worth it 🙂 They also liked to watch me blow bubbles (or bubbas as they call them). It was quite a pleasant evening.
day 106: this face is HILARIOUS. Apparently Charlotte makes it a lot, but what's so funny is that so does Amelia. She makes it all . the . time… and she has since she was a little baby. So we kept referring to it as Charlotte's "Amelia face" although I'm pretty sure that Amelia never applied for a trademark for it (maybe she should have, she could have made a lot of money on it)… it's usually accompanied by lots of sniffing, and in my mind at least by a French laugh (hoh hoh hoh)… don't you love it?!


Watch Video: A Laughing Taimur Ali Khan Greets Cameras & We Can't Help But Smile!
Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor Khan's darling baby, Taimur is a bundle of limitless joy for many. The apple of the Kapoor and Khan family's eye, who recently returned from his London vacation with parents, was spotted in Mumbai with his nanny. Paparazzi managed to make a small video of the little champ and guess what? He laughed in response to his name and his musical laughter will make your day.
In the video, Taimur, on hearing the paparazzi calling his name, starts repeating his name as well. As he continues to hear his name, he breaks into an infectious laugh. The li'l star that he is, he looked really happy and comfortable in front of all the cameras.
While Kareena intends to keep her baby boy away from cameras at such a young age, looks like Taimur has taken quite well to them.


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Anthropology and African Studies
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African Music Archives
Jahn Library for African Literatures
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Anthropology of Music Lecture Series and Master Class
Departmental Library
Academic Staff: University Professors
Erasmus / Incoming Students
Research Projects Archive
Mainzer Beiträge zur Afrikaforschung
11.-12. July 2019 // Dark Ethnography
26.-29. June 2019 // Anthropology of Music – Acoustemology
6.-8. Sept. 2018 // Different shades of white
22.-24. Feb. 2018 // Care in Crisis
Online Archive: African Independence Days
Archive: West African Settlement History
Prof. Dr. Drotbohm
Prof. Dr. Krings
Prof. Dr. Lentz
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Nassenstein
Prof. Dr. Markus Verne
Dr. Jan Beek
Yorck Beese, M.A.
Dr. Anna-Maria Brandstetter
Alexandra Dick, M.A.
Dr. Hauke Dorsch
Cornelia Günauer, M.A.
Dr. Christoph Günther
Christopher Hohl, M.A.
Daniel Jákli, M.A.
Dr. Cassis Kilian
Dr. Katrin Langewiesche
Dr. Sabine Littig
Theresa Mentrup, M.A.
Dr. Konstanze N'Guessan
Andrea Noll
Dr. Anja Oed
Dr. Simone Pfeifer
Tom Simmert, M.A.
PD Dr. Holger Tröbs
Dr. Nanneke Winters
Studying at the ifeas
Mainz University
Visiting scholar (funded by the DAAD)
Dr. Senayon Olaoluwa
University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Senayon Olaoluwa is a senior research fellow at the Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. He received his Ph.D. on the politics of exile in second generation Anglophone African poetry from the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, in 2009. He was a DAAD fellow from 29th September to 30th November at ifeas. Hosted by Matthias Krings, Olaoluwa worked on a research article entitled "Hierarchies of Struggle: Gender and Nationalist Cosmopolitanism in Ije (The Journey)". The work was also the last con-tent chapter of a monograph he tentatively titled Cosmopolitanism Contrary: Reading Nollywood. The project is an exploration of a particular strand of cosmopolitanism represented in Nollywood: it is not necessarily determined by the ingredients of elitism, wealth, desire for pleasure, high formal education and voluntarism; rather a lack of some or all of these could inspire in certain Africans cosmopolitan bids to the global North.
Visiting scholar (funded by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation)
July 2017 – September 2017
Dr. Ibrahima Wane
Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal
Ibrahima Wane started his research project on Senegalese music of the 1960s to 90s at the African Music Archives. Further research stays at the AMA and co-operative projects with Hauke Dorsch as part of his Alexander von Humboldt scholarship will follow in 2018 and 19. Wane studied Modern Languages at and received his Ph.D. from the Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar, Senegal. Since 2006, he is Maître-Assistant for oral African literatures at the Department of Modern Languages.
Visiting scholar (funded by the ifeas)
Dr. Baholy Malala Ravonison
Université d'Antananarivo, Madagascar
Baholy Malala Ravonison teaches at the department of anthropology, Université d'Antananarivo, Madagascar. She received her Ph.D. in anthropology in December 2013 with a thesis on "Cultes royaux et antsa (chants) Sakalava du Nord-Ouest de Madagascar. Religion et art, société et politique". She visited the ifeas in the context of the workshop "Reading Poetic Texts", which was held from 8th to 10th October in order to contribute a lecture on "Malagasy Society Through Traditional Songs" and engage in the debates. After the workshop, she spent another ten days to profit from the extended library collections, both on an-thropology and on African literature. Her stay was hosted by Markus Verne.
Visiting scholar (funded by the JGU Mainz and the Sulzmann Stiftung)
Dr. Simeon Wiehler
University of Rwanda
Simeon Wiehler is Dean of the School of Social, Political and Administrative Sciences at the University of Rwanda. In June 2017, he was hosted by Anna-Maria Brandstetter to deepen the ongoing cooperation between the UR and the JGU. The research fellowship was made possible by the Foundation for the Promo-tion of Cooperation in Teaching and Research with Partner Institutions (JGU Mainz). Simeon Wiehler is the editor of The Rwanda Journal Social Sciences Series and lectures in social statistics, research methods, sociological theories and critical sociology at the University of Rwanda's Huye Campus. His research interests range from the theory-driven analysis of delocalisation in Africa (the cascading social impact of rapid cultural change), to the implications of gendered land rights on GBV and intra-household disputes, street child policy in Rwanda, Uganda and the East African region, to the challenges of introducing non-traditional agricultural and horticultural crops to small-holder farmers. Simeon Wiehler received his Ph.D. in Development Sociology from Cornell University in New York, USA, and has worked in Africa as a NGO volunteer, technical advisor, consultant and educator since 1983.
Visiting scholar (funded by the DFG Research Group 1939 'Un/doing differences')
Dr. Andrew Apter
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Andrew Apter is Professor of History and Anthropology at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he directed the James S. Coleman African Studies Center. His books include Black Critics and Kings: The Hermeneutics of Power in Yoruba Society (1992); The Pan-African Nation: Oil and the Spectacle of Culture in Nigeria (2005) which received the 2007 Amaury Talbot Prize awarded by the Royal Anthropological Institute; and Beyond Words: Discourse and Critical Agency in Africa (2007). He also co-edited Activating the Past: History and Memory in the Black Atlantic World (2010) with Lauren Derby. Continuing the themes of his latest book, Oduduwa's Chain: Locations of Culture in the Yoruba-Atlantic (2017), he is currently working on "History in the Dungeon: Atlantic Slavery and the Spirits of Capitalism," a project that focuses on slave forts and castles and restores enslaved Africans (and their hyper-alienated labour power) to the historically repressed epicenters of capitalist modernity. As host of the ifeas and invited by the research unit Un/doing Differences Andrew Apter gave a guest lecture on "FESTAC 77 and the critique of racial capital" and discussed his work in an interdisciplinary Ph.D. workshop.
Visiting scholar (funded by the DAAD and the Sulzmann Stiftung)
October 2016 – December 2017
Pedzisai Maedza
University of Cape Town, South Africa
Pedzisai Maedza is a Canon Collins scholar at the Drama Department of the University of Cape Town, South Africa. His research stay at ifeas was hosted by Carola Lentz on a DAAD doctoral fellowship which was supplemented by a scholarship from the Sulzmann Stiftung (ifeas) in the second half of 2017. He is working on a doctoral thesis titled "Chains of Memory in the Postcolony: Performing and Remembering the Namibian Genocide". This research is an interdisciplinary project at the intersection of performance, memory and genocide studies. It investigates the performance representations of collective remembering of genocide in Namibia (1904–1908). In the context of his Ph.D. project, Pedzisai Maedza published two articles in 2017: The Kaiser's Concubines: Re-Membering African Women in Eugenics and Genocide. Philologie im Netz (PhiN), Beiheft 13, 159–81 (http://web.fu-berlin.de/phin/beiheft13/b13i.htm ); 'Mai VaDhikondo': echoes of the requiems from the killing fields. Social Dynamics 43 (2), 215–29. Furthermore, his prize-winning M.A. thesis was published as a book: Performing Asylum: Theatre of Testimony in South Africa. African Studies Centre Leiden, African Studies Collection, vol. 66.
February 2016 – August 2017
Dr. Solomon Waliaula
Maasai Mara University Kenya
Solomon Waliaula is senior lecturer at the Department of Languages, Linguistics, Communication and Journalism, School of Arts and Social Science, Maasai Mara University Kenya. He received his Ph.D. on Kenyan radio soccer commentary as oral performance in literature from the Moi University in 2011, with a DAAD "sandwich research" fellowship at the JGU Mainz between October 2010 and March 2011, hosted by Matthias Krings. Until August 2017 he was an Alexander von Humboldt post-doctoral fellow at the de-partment, hosted by Matthias Krings, where he worked on the project "Electronic sport media audiences and their performances in Eldoret, Kenya". The study explores a cultural practice that has evolved in the context of audience reception of European football in Kenya.
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Events from the year 1829 in Ireland.

Events
13 April – the Roman Catholic Relief Act, granting Catholic Emancipation, becomes law, thanks to Daniel O'Connell and the Catholic Association. Roman Catholics are eligible to sit in the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and in the judiciary. However, Forty Shilling Freeholders are disenfranchised by raising the value of the property qualification to vote in county constituencies to ten pounds.
12 July – Orange Institution parades in Belfast are banned, leading to demonstrations and serious rioting in Belfast. This spreads to County Armagh and County Tyrone, lasting several days and resulting in at least 20 deaths.
New Roman Catholic Newry Cathedral opened.
Congregational Union of Ireland founded.

Arts and literature
Irish sculptor John Hogan in Rome carves the first version of The Dead Christ.
Gerald Griffin's novel The Collegians is published.

Births
7 January – James Hinks, dog breeder (died 1878).
16 February – Matthew Cooke, economic entomologist in California (died 1887).
26 March – Thomas Kingsmill Abbott, scholar and educator (died 1913).
6 May – Margaret Anna Cusack, religious sister (died 1899).
10 May – John Joseph Hogan, first Bishop of the Dioceses of Saint Joseph, Missouri and Kansas City, Missouri (died 1913).
15 May – Alexander Martin Sullivan, journalist, politician and lawyer (died 1884).
29 May – Thomas Henry Burke, Permanent Under Secretary at the Irish Office, assassinated in the Phoenix Park Murders (died 1882).
3 August – Henry Benedict Medlicott, geologist (died 1905).
5 August – William Coffey, soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross for gallantry in 1855 at Sebastopol, the Crimea (died 1875).
20 November – Charles Graham Halpine, journalist, editor and author (died 1868).
29 December – Ulick Joseph Bourke, scholar and writer who founded the Gaelic Union (died 1887).
Full date unknown
Garrett Byrne, Irish nationalist and MP (died 1897).
William Henry Lynn, architect (died 1915).

Deaths
28 January (hanged in Edinburgh) – William Burke, murderer (born 1792).
14 March – Francis Johnston, architect (born 1760).
21 April – William Edgeworth, civil engineer (born 1794?).
June – James Magauran, Roman Catholic Bishop of Ardagh and Clonmacnoise (born 1769/71).
8 October – Patrick Kelly, Roman Catholic Bishop of Waterford and Lismore (born 1779).
December – St George Daly, lawyer (born 1758).
Jeremiah Joseph Callanan, poet and teacher (born 1795).

References

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Lorraine Things To Do
12 Best Things To Do In Metz, France
updated on August 3, 2020 February 29, 2020
Home Blog Regions Lorraine 12 Best Things To Do In Metz, France
by Christine Rogador
Metz is the capital of the Lorraine region of France, close to the borders of Germany and Luxembourg. Its name is pronounced as 'Mess' and is a city with a long history.
This is seen in the city's top attractions, from the intricate architecture of its churches to the Gallo-Roman ruins. Metz also takes pride in its vast green spaces and is known as a garden city.
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For the past years, Metz is often listed as one of the best European cities to visit.
If you're headed this way for a day trip from any French major cities such as Paris or Strasbourg, it's best to know how you'd make the most of your stay.
Read on to get a few ideas on the best things to do in Metz, France.
Things you'll find in this article
1. Metz Cathedral
2. Eglise Saint-Maximin
3. Eglise Saint-Pierre-aux-Nonnains
4. Musée de la Cour d'Or
5. Centre Pompidou-Metz
6. Place Saint-Louis
7. Chapelle des Templiers
8. See a show at the Théâtre
9. Avenue Foch
10. Porte des Allemands
11. Temple Neuf & Jardin d'Amour
12. Shop at the Marché Couvert
Officially known as Cathédrale St-Étienne, this is one of the tallest cathedrals in France. It is quite unmissable as its right in the middle of the old town.
This Cathedral is among the best places to see in Metz, if only for its incredible stained glass windows.
Built in 1220, the cathedral took 300 years to be completed and a few decades more to be consecrated in 1552. Cathédrale St-Étienne has one of the highest naves in the world, as well as a massive breadth of stained glass windows.
These windows could easily be a showcase of various art and design periods – from the Renaissance to Postmodernist.
Said to be the largest in the world, the stained glass windows of Ketz Cathedral are also nicknamed 'the lanterns of God'.
The 12th century Eglise Saint-Maximin looks so unassuming on the outside, but a step inside is literally breathtaking. The bright and colorful stained glass windows easily catch your eyes.
These 24 windows are the masterwork of Surrealist artist Jean Cocteau. Intricate, colorful and whimsical – the eclectic designs and scenes depicted in each window showcase outstanding craftsmanship.
A visit to Eglise Saint-Maximin has to be one of the best things to do in Metz, an experience you won't easily forget.
The church is in a quaint neighborhood called Quartier Outre-Seille, located south of the German Gate, which is another Metz attraction.
Constructed in the 14th century as a Roman Basilica, the Eglise Saint-Pierre-aux-Nonnains is one of the oldest in Metz. It was later on used for the Benedictine Abbey then as a part of the town's defenses.
Today, the church is one of the top attractions in Metz, a must-visit for those into ancient history. It is now a cultural center and a venue for concerts as well as exhibitions.
Eglise Saint-Pierre is located in a lovely old neighborhood that's also worth exploring.
Housed in a building that was named after the palace of Merovignan Kings, Musée de la Cour d'Or is another unmissable Metz attraction.
This is the city's renowned Art and History Museum, home to extensive antiquities, medieval and fine arts collections.
The museum is located in the historic center of Metz, home to artifacts that go as far back as the Bronze Age. Anyone can spend hours or even an entire day here, as there's just a lot to see.
Some of the highlights of this museum's impressive collection include ancient bath remains, Merovingian tombs, religious art, and various paintings from the 16th to 20th centuries.
A museum dedicated to the city of Metz' collection of contemporary art, the Centre Pompidou is another must-visit in Metz.
Designed by architect Shigeru Ba, this building is known for its roof structure that was inspired by a Chinese hat.
Comprised of an auditorium, a theatre, and three galleries, this museum is a branch of the equally impressive Pompidou art center in Paris.
Being in Place Saint-Louis simply takes you back, as you take in the scenery comprised of medieval architecture and well-preserved Renaissance houses.
If you're looking for a place to visit in Metz that has that old-world atmosphere, then this is the place for you.
Charming and picturesque, Place Saint-Louis is a lovely introduction to the city's long history.
These days, it is a favorite gathering place among locals and tourists alike.
During the holiday season, the place is a literal feast for the senses as it hosts the annual Christmas market.
Constructed from 1180 to 1220, this historic monument has a unique octagonal shape – the only one of its kind in the Lorraine region.
The name translates to 'Chapel of the Knights Templar' and located close to the Eglise Saint-Pierre-aux-Nonnains in Quartier Citadelle.
This Metz attraction is also a rare monument that showcases the shift between Romanesque and Gothic architecture.
Located on Place de la Comédie, seeing a show at the Théâtre is one of the best things to do at night in Metz.
Officially called the Metz's Opéra-Théâtre, it can accommodate 750 per show and hosts four seasonal productions every year.
It is the oldest, still functioning theater in France, situated in a Neoclassical square that in itself is a lovely place to walk around before or after seeing a show.
One simply doesn't get enough of the architectural marvels in Metz. There's just a lot to see, such as the picturesque Avenue Foch.
A walk through this avenue in the Quartier Impérial is definitely one of the best activities to do in Metz.
You'd surely stop every few steps or so to admire faux-medieval castles, Art Deco structures, and grandiose French mansions.
This is a unique place that puts together a variety of architectural styles. It was a collaborative work of architects who wanted to experiment with different styles, completed at the turn of the 20th century.
Avenue Foch is also home to numerous restaurants and hotels, and hands down one of the trendiest places to visit in Metz.
The historic Porte des Allemands or the German Gate is a beautiful example of a brilliantly preserved fortification.
This bridge castle and city gate is situated over the River Moselle, and dates back to the middle ages.
Porte des Allemands features 13th-century towers and 15th-century gun bastions.
This stunning Metz attraction monument was named for the Teutonic Knights who also built the Malbork Castle in Poland snd the BranCastle in Romania.
Not too far from Metz's Opéra-Théâtr are two of the best places to see in Metz.
Regarded as a historic monument since 1930, Temple Neuf overlooks the river Moselle. This Protestant church was built in 1901 and one of the prime examples of Romanesque Revival architecture.
Just behind the Temple Neuf is the picturesque Jardin d'Amour, which is located at the tip of Place de la Comédie. It is a lovely place to walk around in after exploring old churches and historic monuments.
Stay here until late afternoon and view the sunset reflected on the surrounding river.
A visit to any place in France isn't complete without a day or even a few hours at the market.
Wandering around the Marché Couvert is always a fun thing to do in Metz on weekends, where you can stock on delicious food and cooking ingredients.
Comprised of around forty shops, this covered market is where you'll find a variety of goodies to eat on the go or bring back home.
From fresh produce to freshly baked bread and pastries, gourmet ingredients and sweet treats — Marché Couvert doesn't disappoint.
This lively place is housed in a building that dates back to the 18th century. It was originally a bishop's palace, later on, repurposed as one of the best places to visit in Metz.
Christine Rogador
Hi, I'm Christine – a full-time traveler and career woman. Although I'm from the Philippines, my location independent career took me to over 40 countries for the past 8 years. I also lived in 3 continents – from the Caribbean, South East Asia to Africa. France remains special to me, however. From architecture, history, and arts – France is truly an amazing place.
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Public Outrage Over "Fascism and Apartheid" in Israel
Straightaway after Netanyahu was again empowered as Israeli prime minister on Dec. 29, the most extremist regime in Jewish state history swung into action in pursuit of what's shaping up to be a reign of terror as long as it's in charge.
Last week, Israeli soldiers demolished homes, water tanks and olive orchards in two West Bank Palestinian villages ahead of ethnically cleansing residents entirely from their own land.
Israeli activist, Guy Butavia, denounced the action, saying:
"They come (unannounced) and demolish your house."
"It's winter. It's cold. What's next?" Where are they going to sleep?"
Where will they go? How will they get by since becoming homeless?
Yet Israel's extremist Supreme Court upheld the lawless expulsion from their own land — in support of exclusive Jewish development and use.
Over the weekend, thousands of Israelis protested in Tel Aviv against Netanyahu regime "fascism and apartheid."
Banners denounced the "crime minister."
An attorney among protesters said the following:
"My grandparents came to Israel to build here something amazing."
What brought them here "is disappearing" with virtual abolition of the rule of law.
In response to large-scale protests in Tel Aviv, including display of Palestinian flags and banners, Netanyahu slammed what he falsely called "wild incitement (sic)."
Last week, the Netanyahu regime's justice minister, Yariv Levin, announced an extrajudicial overhaul of Israel's judicial and legal system.
Over the weekend, former Israeli Supreme Court president, Aharon Barak, warned of "a clear and tangible danger" it represents if enacted into law, what's highly likely by the most extremist Knesset in Jewish state history, saying:
"If these plans (are) realized, (they'll be) no balances."
"We'll have only one (ruling) branch" with no checks and balances, adding:
"A court ruling that protects citizens, that protects you and me as citizens, can be canceled by the same majority that passed it in the first place."
"Every single member of society will be harmed."
"One's rights, one's human dignity, one's right to life, body, property, freedom, movement – our daily life will be harmed."
In response to Barak's warning, Levin defied reality as follows, claiming:
"I consider my reform as the rightest and best (sic)."
And saying that he's "strengthening the Supreme Court (sic) (and) restoring democracy" ignored that the latter doesn't exist and never did throughout Jewish state history — just a fantasy version.
Levin also introduced a so-called "derogation clause."
If enacted into law, it'll let the extremist Knesset majority override Supreme Court rulings, what alone will destroy the rule of law.
And the following draconian actions were ordered:
The regime's Arab-hating, right-wing extremist, Itmar Ben-Gvir, empowered as security minister, banned the display of Palestinian flags in public, ranting:
"I directed Israel police to enforce the prohibition of flying any PLO flag that shows identification with a terrorist organization (sic) from the public sphere and to stop any incitement (sic) against the state of Israel."
And in retaliation against the Palestinian Authority's call for the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to rule on Israel's control over Occupied West Bank Territories, the Netanyahu regime withheld nearly $40 million in Palestinian tax revenues — funds it intends for exclusive Jewish use.
On Sunday, Netanyahu unjustifiably justified his action, falsely accusing Palestinians of "an extreme anti-Israel" call for an ICJ ruling.
Separately, his regime extrajudicially revoked unrestricted travel permission for PA prime minister, Riad Malki.
It's unclear to what extent the restriction applies to other PA officials.
Netanyahu regime war minister, Yoav Gallant, denied three senior PA officials the right to enter Israel.
And in Occupied East Jerusalem, Ben Gvir ordered Israeli police to halt a meeting of Palestinian parents about second-class education given their children — falsely claiming it was unlawfully funded by the PA.
What's guaranteed in the US by the Constitution's First Amendment is banned across the board in Israel for Palestinians.
They're denied the right of speech, press and academic freedom, unrestricted free exercise of religion, as well as public assembly and right to petition for redress of legitimate grievances.
That's how the scourge of apartheid operates.
With the most extremist ever regime empowered in Israel, it's highly likely to exceed the lawless worst of its predecessors going forward — a Nakba in new form.
On Sunday, Haaretz editors discussed what likely was the first of more widespread protests to follow against the extremist Netanyahu regime.
"An array of protest groups" were involved, including Palestinians and Jews.
"(P)rotesters were divided, roughly, into two groups."
"On one side, the left that's proud to declare itself the left, waving the banner of civil equality and Jewish-Palestinian cooperation."
"This camp, composed of Jews and Arabs, is not deterred by Palestinian flags and sees the fight against the occupation as (an existential) struggle."
"The other camp is the 'anyone but Bibi' camp…who see the struggle against Netanyahu and changes to the legal system led by justice minister Yariv Levin as secondary to the fight against the occupation, or independent of the struggle for civil equality between Jews and Arabs."
As long as any territory from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea remains illegally occupied, Israeli democracy exists in fantasy form alone, the real thing banned.
"There are many reasons to oppose the Netanyahu (regime) – all of them good ones," Haaretz editors stressed.
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Jacob's Pillow 2017
Schedule for 85th Season in Becket
By: Pillow - Dec 14th, 2016
Following the critical acclaim and record-breaking attendance of Festival 2016, Jacob's Pillow Dance announces its 85th Anniversary Season of exciting programming featuring world premieres, commissions, site-specific work, international artists, live music, and Pillow-exclusive engagements. Running June 21-August 27, Festival 2017 marks a notable moment in the history of the organization, with the first season programmed by Jacob's Pillow Director Pamela Tatge who joined the organization in April of 2016.
Flexn at Jacob's Pillow
The Arts and Black Lives Matter
By: Charles Giuliano - Aug 21st, 2016
More than a dance company the appearance by Flexn, with its related panels and talk back, proved to be an aesthetic and political movment illustrating through inventive dance why Black Lives Matter.
Dorrance Dance at Jacob's Pillow
Tapping Into New Possibilities
By: Charles Giuliano - Aug 12th, 2016
Based on last year's collaboration with Toshi Reagon's band Big Lovely yesterday's performance of Dorrance Dance was, for us, the most anticipated of the Jacob's Pillow season. Michelle Dorrance is celebrated for pushing the limits of the indigenous, vernacular art form of tap dancing. Collaborating with the musician and inventor Nicholas Van Young there seemed too much emphasis on sound at the sacrifice of dance.
Compagnie Herve Koubi
Conflating Sufi and Bach at Jacob's Pillow
At the end of the hour long piece Ce que le jour doit à la nuit (What the Day Owes the Night) choreographed by Herve Koubi the cycle of a single day finds closure in gradual darkening signifying night.
Twist's Symphonie Fantastique at HERE
O'Riley's Liszt and Anniversaries Galore
By: Susan Hall - Apr 06th, 2018
It's Berlioz. It's puppets. It's a supershow. The twentieth anniversary production of Basil Twist's remarkable Symphonie Fantastique is at the ever enterprising and surprising HERE in New York. Christopher O'Riley performs Liszt's piano transcription of Berlioz's love letter/nightmare. Twist performs his magic in an aquarium filled with 1,000 gallons of water.
Pilobolus at Jacob's Pillow
Taking Nature Back Inside
By: Charles Giuliano - Jun 29th, 2018
Recalling seeing Pilobolus over the years one readily recognized its DNA but with the realization of how it has evolved and remained fresh. Just when you think that you know what Pilobolus is about, with a tool kit and vetted skill set, they do something different. You are challenged to revise and update assumptions as an audience or critic.
Celebrating Jerome Robbins Centennial
Stars of American Ballet at Pillow
It has been a summer of celebrating Centennials for Leonard Bernstein and his collaborator, Jerome Robbins. The Jacob's Pillow season ended with Stars of American Ballet. They offered a tribute of five Robbins dances curated by New York City Ballet principal Daniel Ulbricht.
Leonard Bernstein's Fancy Free
Boston Ballet and BSO Collaborate
The summer long centenary celebration continued last night at Tanglewood with an All Bernstein Program conducted by Andris Nelsons. It featured Fancy Free a 1944 collaboration with choreographe Jerome Robbins for Fancy Free. That theme was expanded into their musical On the Town. The dance was performed in collaboration with Boston Ballet.
Houston Ballet
Once in a Blue Moon Visit to Jacob's Pillow
It's been 40 years since the renowned and well traveled Houston Ballet has visited Jacob's Pillow. The company if noted for its depth in superbly trained principal dancers. There are many individual stars in its firmament. On a hot and steamy night they presented four works, three by artistic director, Stanton Welch AM, one a world premiere, and another by perennial Pillow favorite Trey McIntyre.
Mark Morris at Mostly Mozart
Dancing Against the Current
By: Paul J. Pelkonen - Aug 15th, 2018
Mostly Mozart presents the Mark Morris Dance Group, accompanied by three excellent chamber and vocal music performances.
Limon Dance Company
Celebrating Its 70th Year at Jacob's Pillow.
"A gesture, be it a leap, turn, run, fall, or walk, is only as beautiful, as powerful, as eloquent as its inner source. . . Purify, magnify, and make noble that source. You stand naked and revealed. Who are you? What are you? Who, what do you want to be? What is your spiritual caliber?" José Limón. This past week Jacob's Pillow celebrated the 70th anniversary of the company he founded.
Hubbard Street Celebrates 40 Years
Diverse Program at Jacob's Pillow
By: Charles Giuliano - Aug 03rd, 2018
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago celebrated its 40th anniversary with yet another visit to Jacob's Pillow. At two and a half hours, with works by four choreographers, it was one of the longest, most diverse and best received programs of the Pillow season.
Roland K. Brown/EVIDENCE
With Music of Arturo O'Farrill at Jacob's Pillow
By: Charles Giuliano - Jul 28th, 2018
New Conversations (live music world premiere) choreography, Roland K. Brown with music by Arturo O'Farrill & Resist was developed during a residency of the Roland K. Brown/Evidence company at Jacob's Pillow. It was founded in 1985 and this was their first Pillow peformance in more than a decade.
Dorrance Dance at Jacob's Pillow
An All Star World Premiere
By: Charles Giuliano - Jul 21st, 2018
For the past few years the annual appearance of Dorrance Dance has been a highlight of the Jacob's Pillow season. This time the tap company featured an all star, world premiere of the playful All Good Things Come to an End . The second half of the program featured a recent piece Myelination (2017). It was yet again a glorious evening of tap dancing.
Intersectionality of Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui
Elevated Threat Level of Fractus V at Jacob's Pillow
The week of performances by the Belgian based company Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui/ Eastman featured a single work Fractus V (2015). In the spirit of intersectionality which informs the cutting edge of performance art it conflates the dance and musical traditions of its diverse members.
Four Quartets Danced at Bard
Tamowitz, Saariaho and Marden Capture the Still Point
By: Susan Hall - Jul 09th, 2018
Bard's Summerscape, ever brave, captures extraordinary moments in poet T.S. Eliot's masterwork, Four Quartets. The words the poet so clearly relishes in his own reading now dance before our eyes like searing moments at the still point. Choreographer Pam Tanowitz, composer Kaija Saariaho and painter Brice Marden join forces at the Fisher Center in Annandale.
Batsheva — The Young Ensemble at Jacob's Pillow
Audience Insulted by Naharin's Virus
With a combination of theatre of nihilism, taunts and insults the audience at Jacob's Pillow endured a riveting performance by Israel's Batsheva — The Young Ensemble. There was a single, hour long piece "Naharin's Virus" (2001). It was choreographed by soon to retire artistic director Ohad Naharin. Like an ersatz Stockholm Syndrome experience the audience perhaps too politely thanked their tormentors for the assault on their sense.
Wendy Whelan Duet at Jacob's Pillow
Some of a Thousand Words with Brian Brooks
After 30 years with Balanchine's New York City Ballet, and a repertoire of some 50 works, Wendy Whelan has extended her career as a solo artist in collaboration with several choreograher partners. She premiered this direction at Jacob's Pillow in 2013. She has now returned with Some of a Thousand Words partnering with Brian Brooks.
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
Perennial Jacob's Pillow Favorites
Returing to Jacob's Pillow for the twelth time Hubbard Street Dance Chicago presented a complex, varied and demanding evening of dance.
No Beast So Fierce Adapts Richard III
Chicago's Oracle Productions
By: Nancy S. Bishop - Oct 14th, 2015
The number of characters played by the cast of eight has by necessity been reduced to 14 from the 35 to 40 in Shakespeare's version. Cramming all of Richard III into 90 minutes means eliminating some nuances and character motivations.
In Your Arms at Old Globe
World Premiere of Musical in San Diego
By: Jack Lyons - Oct 03rd, 2015
"In Your Arms" is the brain-child of brilliant choreographer/director Christopher Gattelli and Broadway producer Jennifer Manocherian. It is having its world premiere at Old Globe in San Diego.
Tanz im August, Berlin, Germany 2015
Dance in August ended 4 September
By: Angelika Jansen - Sep 08th, 2015
The 27th International Dance Festival was scheduled from 13 August to 4 September. The Artistic Director, Virve Soutinen, invited international dance companies, dancers and choreographers from more than 20 countries to present a fascinating survey of contemporary dance world-wide.
The Sarasota Ballet Debut at Jacob's Pillow
Three Variations on Classical Dance
For their Jacob's Pillow debut The Sarasota Ballet presented three of the 123 ballets they perform. The company is best know for its commitment to the work of the British choreographer Sir Frederick Ashton.
Cuba's Malpaso Dance Company at Jacob's Pillow
With Arturo O'Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble
With the easing of decades long embargo we anticipate dramatic changes in the arts and culture of Cuba. With mixed results we got a glimpse of that with the Jacob's Pillow debut of Malpaso Dance Company with Arturo O'Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble.
Alonzo King LINES Ballet at Jacob's Pillow
Conflating Classical Tradition and Contemporary Dance
The premise of choreographer Alonzo King is to base his company in the training and disciple of classical dance with a bold move into post modern dissolution of traditional gender hierarchies. Listening to Bach we are surprised to see very different choreography that extends to the present the innovations of the neo classicism of George Ballanchine.
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Q: Regular expressions in c++ STL Is there any native library in STL which is tested and works without any extra compiler options?
I tried to use <regex>, but the compiler outputs this:
In file included from /usr/include/c++/4.3/regex:40, from main.cpp:5:
/usr/include/c++/4.3/c++0x_warning.h:36:2: error: #error This file requires compiler and library support for the upcoming ISO C++ standard, C++0x. This support is currently experimental, and must be enabled with the -std=c++0x or -std=gnu++0x compiler options.

A: I'm pretty sure that regular expression support was added in C++0x, so there are no STL things that support it until then. If you don't want to use c++0x, you could use Boost instead, but that's not in the STL.

A: You could try using Boost.Regex instead of the c++0x headers.
Also the STL is not the same thing as the standard library. It used to stand for "Standard Template Library" back when that was an offering of SGI. The standard library did not adopt everything int the STL (rope and slist) and covers much more ground than the STL did (iostreams, all the tr1, tr2, and c++0x headers).

A: G++ 4.3 (and presumably later versions as well) is just being careful about the header files for maximum standards conformance.
If you're programming in C++98 (the current standard that's been around for a while), then regular expression support was added in tech report 1, and the and the header files are in a special tr1 directory, and the contents are in a special namespace std::tr1.
In the new C++0x standard, the regular expression support has been merged into the standard library, so it can be found in the header regex and namespace std.
G++ makes sure that you use the right version for the --std= version you specified on the command line, even though internally they're both the same implementation.
So to make regex work without switching to --std=c++0x, just
#include <tr1/regex>