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Q: Azure Mobile Services Sync Context: Adding custom parameters I am using Azure Mobile Services to provide data to a Windows Universal app and Azure API Management as a proxy for API usage and analytics purposes. This is working great.
Now I was asked to provide offline functionality to the application so I started using Azure Mobile Services Synchronization Context in order to implement this using SQLite as the local store.
Azure API Management requires me to send my subscription key as part of my query string. I have been doing this using the 'parameters' dictionary provided by the IMobileServiceTable.InsertAsync method and this was working fine as well.
Now the offline implementation requires me to use IMobileServiceSyncTable.InsertAsync method instead, which doesn't provide an overload with the 'parameters' dictionary. The MobileServiceSyncContextExtensions.PushAsync method does not seem to provide a way to add custom parameters to the query string either.
Does anyone know of a way to include custom parameters when using the Mobile Services Synchronization Context in order to send the subscription key of the Azure API Management service?

A: I've found the way to do this.
I implemented the following HTTP Message Handler:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Text;

class AzureApiManagementHandler : DelegatingHandler
{

    string _subscriptionKey;

    public AzureApiManagementHandler(string subscriptionKey)
    {
        _subscriptionKey = subscriptionKey;
    }

    protected override System.Threading.Tasks.Task<HttpResponseMessage> SendAsync(HttpRequestMessage request, System.Threading.CancellationToken cancellationToken)
    {
        var baseUri = new UriBuilder(request.RequestUri);
        string queryToAppend = string.Format("subscription-key={0}", _subscriptionKey);

        if (baseUri.Query != null && baseUri.Query.Length > 1)
            baseUri.Query = baseUri.Query.Substring(1) + "&" + queryToAppend;
        else
            baseUri.Query = queryToAppend;

        request.RequestUri = baseUri.Uri;
        return base.SendAsync(request, cancellationToken);
    }
}

And then I passed it to the Mobile Services client in the constructor:
    public static MobileServiceClient MobileService = new MobileServiceClient(
         "https://yoursubdomainhere.azure-api.net",
         "yourapikeyhere",
         new AzureApiManagementHandler("yoursubscriptionkeyhere")
    );

I hope this is useful for anyone facing the same problem.


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Q: Target multiple elements, each of which possess the same class So I want to basically do
table.mobile, td.mobile, tr.mobile {
    some css
}

is there a way to do this without having to specify each element's class?
So something like
(table, td, tr).mobile {
    some css
}

A: you can use
.mobile
{
// put css that are common to all element with class called mobile
}

A: Not yet. CSS selectors level 4 specifies :matches() but browsers don't support it yet.
Firefox and Chrome currently support experimental prefixed pseudo-classes :-moz-any and :-webkit-any so for those browsers, you can write

:-moz-any(table, tr, td).mobile {
  display:inline-block;
  border-width: 1px;
  border-style:solid;
  padding:3px
}
:-webkit-any(table, tr, td).mobile {
  display:inline-block;
  border-width: 1px;
  border-style:solid;
  padding:3px
}
table { border-color:blue; }
tr { border-color:green; }
td { border-color:red; }
p { border-color:black; }

  borders

no border

A:

*.mobile{
background:#00496d;
color:#fff;
}

TEXT
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Try It Once *.your Classname Or .Classname is possible to Work for your requirement.

A: table,tr,th.mobile{
    some css
}

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August 16, 2021 September 7, 2021 100lakesin100daysLeave a Comment on Rain Lake to Canoe Lake – Day One
Rain Lake to Canoe Lake – Day One
It's been a strange summer for canoe tripping. I don't think a single one of my trips has happened when or how I originally planned them. When I first started booking permits back in March I was supposed to be on Basin Lake in May, Hilly Lake in June, looping out from Rain Lake in July and up to North River in August.
Tom Thomson in July
So far, I'm batting 0 for 4 in terms of fulfilling March Drew's tripping dreams. Basin Lake in May turned into Basin Lake in June thanks to the COVID lockdowns. Hilly Lake in June and North River in August didn't happen at all, although I did end up getting to Parkside Bay, Tom Thomson and Joe Lake on some family trips instead. Finally, July's Rain Lake loop turned into my most recent trip, a four day August zig zag that started at Rain Lake and ended at Canoe Lake.
In other words, I'm going to stop making plans in March.
But enough about my poor planning, let's talk about a canoe trip. (Editor: Isn't that kind of saying the same thing, Drew?)
This trip was meant to be my big trip for the summer. Originally, it was going to be a six day loop out of the North River area with a buddy. Unfortunately, that buddy wrecked his knee a few weeks ago and thought that grinding it across a week's worth of uneven portages might not be the best rehab decision. This meant that my early August trip was now going to be a solo paddle, and it also meant looking at a new route as the one we had planned was one I preferred to do with someone.
Not promising.
The thing about the Park immediately after the August long weekend is that it's busy. Like, open up the reservation system and be greeted by a sea of red triangle icons and a laughing emoji waving its finger at you busy. When I went to book my new route it ended up being not as much about where I wanted to go as what I could get.
Enter Rain Lake.
Rain Lake is an access point lake on the Park's west side. You get to it by way of a winding gravel road out of Kearney. (Kearney is the small town that is the jumping off point for three of the Park's highway 11 access points). It's a long lake. About five kilometers from the access point (at the west end), to the portage over to Sawyer (at the east end). Three of those kilometers are along a narrow section that could easily be confused with a river. The lake opens up for the last couple of kilometers, but it never loses that narrow vibe. Basically, it looks like Rain Lake has a tail. Or, as a friend of mine once put it, like whoever was designing the lake sneezed.
Rain Lake
More Rain Lake!
I've paddled through Rain a few times. I would say my opinion of it is neutral. It seems like a nice enough spot. I don't think I'd want to stay there, but I can't fault anyone who does. However, as a starting point for a trip, and in particular as a starting point for this trip, it worked well. You can branch off in three directions from Rain, which means that odds are you can find at least a couple of open sites within a reasonable day's travel from the access point. From there you can build a pretty solid trip through some beautiful lakes, which is exactly what I did.
My final route ended up as a three night trip and took me through Islet, Misty and Brule Lakes before heading down to Canoe Lake courtesy of Potter's Creek (and a whole lot of swearing). It was a portage heavy trip, which was fine because it would also be the inaugural trip for my brand new solo canoe, a sub 30 pound beauty from Backcountry Custom Canoes. Portages become a lot less daunting when the canoe you're carrying weighs less than a Corgi (they become more daunting when you realize that despite having an extremely light canoe you're going to to have to double carry anyway, but we'll get to that).
Eyes closed, ready to go!
I arrived at the Rain Lake access point a little after 11 in the morning on the Tuesday following the August long weekend. The parking lot was jammed. It looked like people had started off trying to park their cars in an orderly fashion but at some point everyone just collectively decided to play 52 pickup with their pickups. There were vehicles scattered everywhere, including a few that were double parked so badly the cars behind them would have to sprout gadget wheels to get out. Fortunately, I didn't have to worry about parking. My lovely and patient wife had agreed to go an hour and a half out of her way and drop me off at the access point. She helped me unload, reminded me my hammock tent effectively turns me into a piñata for bears, and drove away.
Starting out on Rain
Once she was gone, I loaded up the canoe and pushed off. This was my first time paddling my new boat fully loaded and I thought it might take a few minutes to get comfortable. Well, I can't speak for how the boat felt about everything, but I was comfortable right away. It handled like a dream. It helped that the conditions were absolutely perfect. The sun was high and shining, but not too hot. There was just enough of a breeze to keep the air cool, and that breeze was coming from the west, which meant I had a very slight tailwind. It felt like I was flying down that first river-like segment on my way to the Little McCraney portage. But I wasn't. Canoes don't fly. Yet.
Start of Rain to McCraney
I pulled up to the P1695 over to Little McCraney at the same time that another group was finishing their carry. We chatted briefly and they told me that apart from a couple of muddy splotches, the portage was great. And they were right! The only thing remotely challenging about this carry is the distance. Otherwise, it's a wide, flat cart trail. You can't really ask for better. In fact, I'd go as far as to say that there isn't a single ten foot stretch of that portage that would be considered remotely difficult. How can I be so sure? I walked the damn thing three times.
Double carrying sucks.
Along the Rain to McCraney Portage
So, my plan for this trip had been to single carry. I always single carry and I figured with my new, super light canoe, the whole single carrying thing would be a breeze. What I didn't figure on was my inability to load my canoe pack in such a way that it didn't stick up above my head, bang against the canoe's seat directly behind my shoulders and unbalance the entire damn thing. The main culprit here gear wise was my new aerial tent, which remains the most comfortable tent I have ever slept in, but which comes with a set of very solid spreader bars that make its packed shape longer end to end than my other tents. For the life of me I couldn't figure out how to get it in my pack without those spreader bars smacking into the canoe when it was on my shoulders (of course, I figured out exactly how to do this the day after I finished the trip. I was so focused on getting the tent into the pack it didn't occur to me to strap it to the outside of the bag).
So I decided to double carry the route. The upside to this was that this meant that I was carrying relatively little weight on either of the loaded trips across the portage. The downside was that it tripled my portage distance. And on a portage heavy trip, that's a pain in the … well, legs, mostly.
Little McCraney Lake
Once I was done getting to know the Rain/Little McCraney portage in intimate detail, it was time to head south. Little McCraney connects to McCraney by a short river. That was a really pretty paddle. There's just enough widening and narrowing in the river to keep things interesting, and at one point I got to watch a heron fly upriver towards me. This was unusual in that herons usually treat me like a prom date; they notice me heading in their direction and take off. Having one approach me head on was a cool change of pace. (I love herons. I think they're my favourite wildlife sighting. Every time I look at one all I can think is "you used to be a dinosaur" and for a moment I'm 13 year old me watching Jurassic Park for the first time again).
Little McCraney Narrows
Field of Stumps on McCraney
The river eventually opens up into McCraney Lake. The view south as I paddled out of the narrows was very pretty, but I wouldn't want to have to go that direction in a headwind. McCraney is a big lake. It runs about 4 KM north to south. Paddling its length on a windy day would be a challenge. Fortunately for me, it wasn't a windy day and I wasn't paddling its length. My next portage was the P65 over to Way Lake, a tiny puddle of a lake accessible from McCraney's north east corner. I paddled across the top of McCraney, pausing to admire a field of gnarled and sun bleached stumps along the north shore, and quickly made my to the Way Lake portage.
Way Lake leads to Wee Lake which leads to Weed Lake. Way and Wee are tiny little things. They're connected to each other by a low maintenance P570 that has an unwelcome amount of uphill coming from the Way direction. It was on this portage that I experienced the real downside of double carrying. Climbing a hill or picking your way through a mess of brambles and branches is bad enough. Knowing that you're going to be doing it all over again in about 20 minutes is downright demoralizing.
Way Lake
WEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! Lake
The P635 between Wee and Weed was better. Not as hilly and despite being a bit longer felt like it went faster. I really liked Weed Lake. It earns its name. You start off with a short, creek-y bit that does indeed have a few weeds around the edges. The creek exits into a lily pad choked bay, followed by a nice stretch of open water before you get back into the lilies and, eventually, the portage over to Islet.
Coming into Weed Lake
Getting started on Weed. It's a gateway lake.
The wind had picked up a bit, giving me a nice tailwind as I paddled through Weed. I stopped in the middle of the lake and took a minute to just listen. I could hear the wind through the trees and lap of the water against the canoe. In the distance, a loon called. On shore, I could see pine trees bent by the wind, growing in graceful curves away from the prevailing breeze. It was beautiful. I remember thinking that it was this exact moment that was the reason I was out there. One of those perfect moments where it's just you and the Park.
Man, I love those moments.
Anyways, much like Star Trek: The Next Generation, all good things must end (I've used this line before. I don't care). Eventually I shook myself out of my reverie and paddled the rest of the way out of Weed Lake.
Once I was across the P45 between Weed and Islet (pausing to admire the canoe runway leading into the portage on the Weed side), it was time to find a home for the night. I knew which site I wanted. There's one island site on Islet, and it's awesome. I also knew that there were other trips booked for Islet for the night, and it was getting late in the afternoon, so I figured it would very likely be taken. I spent most of the paddle coming out of portage bay mentally preparing myself to hate whoever was on the site, then I rounded the final point leading into Islet proper and discovered that … the site was free!
Empty Islet Site!
Either I was the first one on the lake or I'd wanted the site so badly I'd Thanos'd the other trips. Whichever it was, I was a happy man.
One of the best things about that site is that it's got some perfect hammock trees on the eastern end. The last time I was there, I'd set up my regular hammock for an afternoon's worth of relaxing. This time around I set up my Aerial tent for what would turn out to be one of the best night's sleeps I've ever had on a trip.
Once I had my gear set up I spent some time doing … well, not much. I went for a swim, met my site's resident snapping turtle (This was my third turtle landlord this summer. In 20 years we're going to look back at 2021 and be like "oh, that was when the turtles started to take over". Then we'll go back to toiling in their turtle mines) and ate some dinner.
Out for a paddle on Islet
After dinner, I paddled across to the south shore and checked out the empty sites that dotted the shoreline. The three that were across from the site were varying degrees of bad. I wouldn't stay on two of them if you paid me (sites 3 and 5 according to my Campsite Report Archive). The fourth site, so the second southernmost site, was better, but average at best. Of the sites I saw, the only one that came close to matching my island site was the northernmost site along the east shore. This one doesn't look like much from the water. In fact, it looks kind of crappy. But that crappy veneer is hiding a really big, really nicely set up site behind its pines. There's tons of space, a well built fire pit area, a good beach-y swimming spot and a nice, if semi-obstructed, view out to Islet. If I couldn't get the island site this would easily be my second choice (one thing, on the map this shows up as a hike-in site, but there's a campsite sign clearly designed for canoeists. I don't know if that means it's available for both hikers and canoeists, or if it's just there to taunt people from the water).
Islet Lake – Site 4 from the water
Inside the sneaky good site.
Fortunately, for this night at least, I didn't have to settle for the silver medal. Once I was done exploring, I hopped back in my canoe and headed back to the island. I spent the rest of the night watching the sun set, reading and generally enjoying being smack in the middle of nowhere. I retreated to my tent around 9:30, pleasantly tired and wanting to get a good night's sleep before the next day's challenge: a short on the map, long in reality, hop across to Misty Lake by way of Cranebill Lake and the longest portage of the trip.
Either this is a posed shot or a chipmunk got ahold of my camera.
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Related Campsite Reports:
Islet Lake – Site 2
Categories BackcountryTags Canoe Trip, Islet Lake, Little McCraney, McCraney Lake, Rain Lake, Way Lake, Wee Lake, Weed Lake
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Федеральний автобан A44 (A44, )  – німецька федеральна автомагістраль, яка пролягає від бельгійського кордону біля Аахена через Крефельд, Дюссельдорф, Ессен, Дортмунд до Касселя. Розширення автомагістралі A4 біля Айзенаху будується.

Маршрут A44 виник із злиття різних ділянок автомагістралі, які спочатку планувалося з'єднати, але не всі ділянки були завершені. Таким чином, автомагістраль у багатьох місцях переривається і складається з п'яти окремих ділянок. Деякі прогалини мають бути усунені протягом наступних кількох років, так що після завершення будівництва A44 складатиметься з трьох секцій, що ведуть від Ахена до Менхенгладбаха, від Менхенгладбаха до Ессена та від Дортмунда до Айзенаха.

Найдовша та найважливіша ділянка для національного руху пролягає між Дортмундом і Касселем і була запланована ще в період націонал-соціалізму як сполучення між Рурським регіоном та Верхньою Сілезією за дещо іншим маршрутом. Коротка ділянка між бельгійським кордоном і розв'язкою автомагістралі Аахен є частиною європейського маршруту 40, тоді як маршрут від Дортмунда до Касселя також утворює європейський маршрут 331.

Маршрут

Аахен–Менхенгладбах
Автобан починається на німецько-бельгійському кордоні в Ліхтенбуші в місті Ахен, де він утворює продовження бельгійської A3. Він проходить на схід повз Аахен у північному, пізніше північно-східному напрямку та перетинає A4 (Герлен-Кельн-Ольпе) на перехресті Аахен, який веде на кілька кілометрів на захід до голландського кордону. У самому хресті A544 також розгалужується на Європаплац в Ахені. A44 тепер пролягає повз деякі передмістя Аахена через рівнину Юліх-Цюльпіхер Берде.

Менхенгладбах-Ратінген
Друга ділянка A44 починається на північний схід від Менхенгладбаха. Незабаром після цього вона вперше перетинає A52 на перехресті Neersen на його західній ділянці між Рурмондом і Дюссельдорфом. Потім він проходить на північ, потім на схід, повз Вілліх і Крефельд. A57 (Гох-Кельн) з'єднаний з розв'язкою Меербуш, а A44 утворює північну частину кільця автомагістралі навколо Дюссельдорфа на схід від розв'язки. Він проходить через два тунелі, побудовані для захисту ландшафту, і перетинає Рейн по мосту аеропорту. Будівництво цієї ділянки довгий час було суперечливим, оскільки прорізаний природний заповідник Ilvericher Altrheinschlinge.

Хайлігенхаус-Ессен
За кілька кілометрів на схід від Ратінгена, A44 знову починається біля Гайлігенгауса в горбистому ландшафті Нідерберзької землі. У Фельберті, після тунелю Бірт, A535 розгалужується до Вупперталя, а автобан слідує відносно вузькій комбінації кривих зі сходу на північ, перетинаючи район Купфердре в Ессені, перетинаючи річку Рур на мосту Теодора-Хойсса і закінчуючись на північ від міст у Гейзінгені. Ділянка між Фельбертом і Ессеном була створена шляхом модернізації B227, яка вже була розширена, щоб нагадувати автомагістраль.На завершальному етапі A44 буде направлено далі в район міста Ессен на A52, що створить третю точку сполучення між двома автомагістралями.

Дортмунд-Кассель
На схід від Дортмунда, на перехресті Дортмунд/Унна, починається найдовший відрізок A44 як продовження B1, який схожий на автобан. Після з'єднання з A1 (Путтгарден–Саарбрюккен) він продовжується в східному напрямку, повз Унну на південь Хаарстранг, перехід між рівнинним Мюнстерландом на півночі та гірським Зауерландом на півдні. Автобан пролягає вздовж цієї мальовничої лінії через Верль, де A445 (Гамм-Арнсберг) представляє сполучення з Гохзауерландом, Зостом і Гезеке до підйому на плато Падерборн. A33, що йде з Білефельда, закінчується на перехресті Вюнненберг-Хаарен.

Ліхтенау-Вальдкапель
Ділянку нової лінії між Касселем і Вомменом біля Айзенаха вже завершено, що веде від Хессіш-Ліхтенау через Вереталь до Вальдкапеля. У цьому районі автомагістраль проходить загалом через чотири тунельні споруди, щоб пройти під кількома хребтами біля Хессіш-Ліхтенау та обійти Вереталь у вузькому місці (біля Кюхена). Ділянки від Helsa до Hessisch Lichtenau і від Waldkappel до Wommen наразі (червень 2021) все ще будуються.

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Australian Stock Exchange Wants Oversight of Blockchain Trading System
The Australian subsidiary of market operator Chi-X called on the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to investigate the possible effects of blockchain tech on trading activities.
On Oct 30. Reuters reported that the stock exchange Chi-X Australia is concerned that a new blockchain system is implemented by the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX).
Clearing House Electronic Subregister System (CHESS) will be replaced by ASX with a new blockchain platform for its registry, clearing and settlement activities.
Michael Somes, the general counsel of Chi-X, said that the blockchain system will render already present problems worse:
"There's a substantial moat around the ASX clearing and settlement business… And the CHESS replacement project is perhaps making it bigger. […] It would be very difficult for the competition to bridge that moat – I'm not saying it won't happen… but it needs to be regulated as if it won't."
Michael Somes further added that there should be a legislative framework allowing the ACCC to intervene.
Chi-X Australia is ASX's sole competitor and its only client, that is relying entirely on ASX for clearing services.
Blockchain and stock exchanges
On Oct. 16 cryptonewspoint reported that Binance, the Cryptocurrency Exchange, has launched a dedicated exchange-traded product (ETP) for Binance Coin (BNB) on a Swiss Stock Exchange. Binance confirmed that the BNB ETP would trade on the SIX SWISS Exchange from October 15.
Moreover, Iconic, a German startup is attempting to list a Bitcoin (BTC) derivative product on the Frankfurt and Luxembourg stock exchanges.
On October 29, according to Handelsblatt, a German Business News Daily, Iconic has filed a prospectus for regulated trading of a Bitcoin exchange-traded note (ETN), which could become available as soon as the beginning of December 2019.
Source: Reuters.com
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Funny Names Part II
April 25, 2014 at 5:00 am by Ben Moss
I've written on weird and funny names before, though in a largely different context. Last time was when Adolf Lu Hitler announced his campaign for state assembly in Meghalaya, India. Now, the topic has returned to the news. You may or may not have heard of Stephen McLaughlin, a new Canadian father whose online escapades have been compared to Sir Edmund Hillary climbing Everest. So what did he do?
He is the first man ever to submit naming rights for his newborn child to the will of random internet voters. By his own testimony, when he found that namemydaughter.com was available as a domain name, he knew it was a sign that the experiment was meant to be. Believe it or not, Stephen seems to have approached this about as reasonably as one could. Not what I expect from the man who came up with this idea in the first place. For one thing, he did not completely yield to the will of the voters. The winning name was "Cthulhu All-Spark McLaughlin," but Stephen named his daughter "Amelia Savannah Joy McLaughlin," drawing from the second-place first name and middle names in the top 10.
For another, Stephen did edit down the list online. According to an "ask me anything" Reddit post, his preference was to leave all options intact, but when several STIs appeared in contention, he removed them like any good father would.
So, here's the question: how seriously should we take the naming process? I think we all have a good funny name story. In my family, one has been circulated for quite a while now, about a young girl whose name was pronounced "Ledasha," with a long A, but was spelled "Le—a." In her own words, "the dash isn't silent." Older generations have probably heard about someone named "Dick Hertz" or "Harry Cox." Is it really damaging to be one of those people, or should we just say that it's enough to let adults change their names in court?
Some have taken serious positions on this kind of thing. Adolf Lu Hitler might have a political career in India, but, in 2010, when a New Jersey couple tried to give their son the same name, it didn't fly. They were deemed unfit parents, and they lost custody.
On whether or not the law should be involved, I won't comment. My intuition, however, is that unless you've got some philosophy about abusive names (like in Johnny Cash's song, "A Boy Named Sue"), it's best to try and err on the side of banality. Le—a and Harry Cox were given no advantage by having legendarily funny names, but one can see pretty clearly some disadvantages of their naming. I would enumerate these, but I'm assuming you can guess.
And, to tell you the truth, something still bothers me about Stephen McLaughlin's project. It reminds me of someone I knew in high school, whose middle name was "Danger." Literally. You know, as in, "Danger is my middle name." I think the rest of us might get to take comfort in knowing that our names are not gimmicks. I can't tell you anything metaphysical about the significance of names, but there's a difference, to me, a good difference, between the parents who make every effort to choose the right name for their sons and daughters, and those who treat the whole thing as a practical joke. It shows a certain consciousness in the former that is lacked in the latter. At least those parents know that it is possible for a name to preface an entire life in tone.
Ben "The Business" Moss wrote this article.
This is a Daily Nexus online exclusive.
The views expressed on the Opinion page do not necessarily reflect those of the Daily Nexus or UCSB. Opinions are submitted primarily by students.


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wear make-up, though most of us wore gobs. I did.
Mascara, eyeliner, shadow, lipstick, blush.
but never talked to Ruth. Never sat with her.
Even I knew better than that.
an inch laid end to end.
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of us? I don't remember her last name.
non-binary gender, but we did. It was weird.
polyester skirt or messed with your face.
Wendy Vardaman is the author of Reliquary of Debt (LitFest Press 2015) and Obstructed View, co-editor of Local Ground(s) — Midwest Poetics and Echolocations, Poets Map Madison, and founding co-editor of Cowfeather Press. She is one of Madison, Wisconsin's two Poets Laureates (2012-2015). Follow her on Twitter: @wendylvardaman. Click here for her Tumblr blog: live art(s) art live(s).


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For Part II of this month's Swap & Style with Katrina, we styled up my bright yellow floral blouse from ModCloth! I wore it on a warm day in sunny southern California, while Katrina cleverly styled it for fall with tights and layers.
Photos and details after the jump.
I wanted to keep my outfit simple and carefree for summer, so I paired the blouse with striped high-waisted shorts, a simple daisy necklace, and black peep toe wedges. Katrina also paired it with shorts, but added a cozy sweater and tights for fall in Seattle! Don't forget to visit her blog for additional photos and details of what she's wearing.
Hope you enjoyed this month's Swap & Style!
I can't wait to see what Katrina will send me next. How do you style summery pieces for fall?


Such a cute couple. Love the purple backdrop shots!
Carmen, these are fantastic! Love them. What an adorable, happy couple!
MESLER!!!!!!! Your pictures are gorgeous, I love them! You look so pretty! I am sooo happy for you both! Can't wait to see you SO SOON!
I absolutely love all of the pictures under that beautiful tree!
our dear friend matt is getting married tomorrow to one of the sweetest people i know, miss kinsey. can't wait for to see these two tie the knot! we are so happy for you guys and love you dearly!
that polka dot dress and those red shoes...too fabulous! really sweet pictures.
Thank you so much for everything...the day in Yellow Springs, the amazing photography, and for working so hard to get these up so fast!
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wonderful! these make me so jealous- my high school group just took a (cold) girls' trip to chicago and i couldn't work it in :( that first black and white is awesome! can't wait to (finally) meet you tuesday!
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Locating the heart of Wes Anderson films
Feb 6, 2017 at 12:01 AM Sep 22, 2018 at 3:11 AM
By Tolly Moseley
Editor's note: This article was originally published March 21, 2014
This week on "Statesman Shots," I endorsed something that I was originally all set to dislike: Wes Anderson's latest movie, "The Grand Budapest Hotel."
Perhaps "dislike" is too strong a word. "Left cold" is more accurate. Because I do enjoy my time with Wes Anderson work, you see. It's just that time and time again, I'll leave a viewing of the UT Austin grad's latest saying, "well that was cute!" I'm not being flip, either; if there's one thing we can all agree on about Anderson's visual style, it's that it's incredibly cute: the make-believe camp of "Moonrise Kingdom," the wallpapered train of "The Darjeeling Limited," the everything of "Fantastic Mr. Fox." His hyper-attention to visual detail, often rendered in a nostalgic, storybook-like, and yes twee way, prompt our eye rolls even while they hopelessly charm us, his films becoming a pastiche of themselves with each successive release. Hence "Saturday Night Live"'s lovingly spot-on send-up of the Anderson canon last fall, complete with Futura font, dollhouse set, and a collection of defense "tools" (slingshot, tiny felt flag, ship in a bottle) rattled off by characters cast in the most adorable horror film ever.
But you know this already. You may also know the conflicting emotions Anderson prompts in some viewers, addicted as we are to the sugar high of his silver screen confections, and ultimately left hungering for more nourishment.
Which brings me to the sentiment I shared on "Shots": that I left "The Grand Budapest Hotel" feeling real feelings, and was pleasantly surprised to have done so.
Oh, it's just as beautiful as all of Anderson's other work. The titular, fictional hotel is chiefly shot during its heyday in the late 1930s, where a dandy-ish Gustave H (Ralph Fiennes) reigns with a benevolent, perfumed hand. The walls are swathed in pinks and cream, the staff parades around in Prince-approved purple, and wide shots of the exterior were literally created using a nine-foot tall model. If you watched this movie on silent, you'd still have plenty to swoon over.
As other critics have noted, the gloss of this hotel just barely covers a war-looming pallor of the Europe outside its doors. It's enough to make all Anderson's cuteness seem, well, futile, placing the plot's hijinks in a tradition of other films and stories ("Catch 22," for example) whose zaniness bely a surrounding darkness.
But cuteness persists! I won't spoil the plot for you, but I will say (as I did on the show) that there's a jail break in which artisanal, fondant-iced cakes play a crucial role. Only in Anderson Land.
A particularly Andersonian theme is that of membership, like the ragtag gang members of "Bottle Rocket" or Max Fisher's affinity for his beloved private school in "Rushmore." Maybe that's one reason folks I've spoken to are saying they haven't loved an Anderson film this much since "Rushmore," as both imbue their main characters with a longing to belong. Anderson also loves families, either real ones ("The Royal Tenenbaums") or the ones we create ourselves ("The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou"), and in "The Grand Budapest Hotel," Gustave H's de facto hotel family provides, in a very real sense, not just membership but protection for his new lobby boy, Zero (Tony Revolori). Sorry to be annoying for the second time and tell you I won't spoil the plot for you, but there's a reason Zero shows up at Grand Budapest, and it has to do with his actual family. It isn't good.
Is this, then, the beating heart of Anderson's movies? Family?
Maybe. It's a loose theory, but one supported by the actions of Anderson himself: he doesn't cast actors, he collects them. All throughout "Grand Budapest," it's: Hello, Bill Murray! Nice to see you again, Adrien Brody! C'mere, Jason Schwartzman – a noogie for you. (Can you imagine a Thanksgiving dinner with all these people? It would be the most deadpan affair ever, albeit around a perfectly-set table with little hand-stitched napkins and a ukulele playing in the background.)
But back to Gustave H: the central plot of "The Grand Budapest Hotel" involves an inheritance in the form of a valuable painting that he receives from an elderly hotel guest – one of many he's cozied up to over the years – and said guest's nefarious family, who want to prize it away from him. What unfolds is essentially a buddy movie-slash-heist, and while the chase scenes are a total delight, what really makes this movie irresistible is the character of Gustave himself, a relic ensconced in starched shirts and Old World manners. Like Max Fisher, he is a character fundamentally into life, whether he's prancing around the hotel or languishing in a jail cell. And while there's lots of play death in "The Grand Budapest Hotel," there's consequential death, too, making Gustave's zest for everyday rituals all the more tender.
You'd be hard-pressed to find a character more charming than this man, for whom even prison can't stop good service ("You — with the very large scar on your face?," he offers a fellow inmate a bowl of gruel, "come now, try it. It's actually quite warm and nourishing this morning. It needs a dash of salt.") But it's a testament to both Anderson and Fiennes that Gustave H goes further than charm. By the time the lights go out, he's moved you, too.


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The words bandied about by the government and the U.S. media surely must give those of us that can still think for ourselves a great deal of pause. It appears that just about everyone that opposes U.S. intervention in any country becomes an "insurgent". Those that actually attack our troops in foreign countries automatically become "terrorists". It doesn't matter what pretext we storm into a country with U.S. troops with, those that oppose us are automatically dumped in the same category.
This is a deliberate attempt by the U.S. government, with mainstream media help, to frame the conflicts we find ourselves in. Just like in a debate we frame our ideas and opinions to score points with the judges and to back our opponents into a tightly weaved box. Our government does the same thing with describing those that differ with them. Rome described all peoples that didn't belong to the Roman Empire as "barbarians". America seems to have learned this lesson well. It worked so well for Rome, many people to this day believe that these civilizations, even those that were well advanced, were barbarians. Language is that powerful.
Weasel corporate media operatives strain to erase the stain of racism from the Tea Party "movement" – largely a media creation – while white nationalist leaders hide the hoods and nooses in the darker recesses of their bunkers. Yet the data seem to show that racism is what gives the Tea Party mass appeal (45 percent approval) among whites.
Sometimes, and not often enough, insights, understandings and new ideas just pop into your mind, unbidden. How? I have no idea but as the brain apparently operates somewhere on the quantum level, figuring out how it happens I suspect is and always will be impossible. And somehow, watching television interferes with this process, specifically the bit (or is it bits?) of the brain that can distinguish between fantasy and reality.


TRIAL PRACTICE ACTING GIG FALL 2014!
RIVERWALK THEATRE is looking for actors who are interested in playing the plaintiff, the defendant, and the witnesses in mock civil trials for the MSU College of Law Trial Practice Institute. This semester's case is a wrongful death case arising from the death of Lindsey Marie Bofus who died tragically when she ran into the street in a panic upon being accosted by a young man, who allegedly harassed, intimidated and bullied her at a summer camp they both were attending. There are 4 trials, all using the same case study over 2 days. We are looking for a total of 12 actors --2 actors to play the plaintiff, 2 actors to play the defendant, (one for each trial day) and 8 other actors to play the witnesses for both parties in all 4 trials. There is a small stipend for the gig – up to $200, depending on the role and the number of trials in which you testify.
· Orientation (Date to be determined . It will be a Sunday or weekday evening between Sept 15 and 29) from approximately 10 am to 12 pm for a coaching session with the class professors.
1. Julie Timmers: (2 young women, early 20's) A one-time friend of Duframe—was with Lindsey at the time of her death. Julie was traumatized by seeing Lindsey killed. Julie is known as the brightest woman in the Summer Camp. She holds herself out as very intelligent and comes across as such. She is trustworthy—quite religious and a devout Baptist. Her demeanor is calm. While Julie is listed as a Plaintiff's witness, and was a friend of Lindsey's and sympathic to her situation, she actually provides support to both sides in the case so she should not come across as favoring one side or the other.
The parts of H. Tweed and William Bofus have been cast.
1. Andrew Duframe, DEFENDANT (2 male actors, early 20's): Duframe is a real "ladies' man". He fancies himself as the guy all the girls want to be with. He has had success with women. He is cocky and tends to think of himself as humorous. He wants to go into business and eventually lead a Forbes 500 firm. He is frightened at the prospect that this case will ruin his career. He can be seen as a potential candidate to fly off the handle and strike a significant other.
2. Bill Johnson: (2-male actors, early 20's) A follower. In spite of his lack of personal knowledge of the relationship between Duframe and Lindsey, he willingly bought into Duframe's version of the events. He is bright, but immature. Thinks of himself as funny—but no one else does. He is a devoted friend of Andrew Duframe and will offer testimony that will support Duframe's defense.
The part of J. McTavish has been cast.
IF INTERESTED, PLEASE CONTACT TOM FERRIS AT tjferris49@gmail.com ON OR BEFORE FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2014.


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What a wonderful few days I had up visiting my mom. It was a short visit but very relaxed and enjoyable. She is doing remarkably well and getting around much better than she was a few weeks ago when I was there. That is a wonderful thing!
On this trip the hubby came along and we brought the dogs. We booked in at the Historic Condon Hotel. It is an old hotel from when Condon was just a young village and has been completely renovated. It is beautiful and so full of charm! Add pet friendly and you have a winner. They have even added a dog run out back! Honestly I could just move right in and stay!
While there I did a great deal of organizing and cleaning out of cupboards and closets for mom. When going through stuff we found lots of old photos. These are of my mom with her best friend and a few of her beaus from her early years before meeting my dad. Of course I believe my dad to have been the handsomest of all of them!
In sorting out, I came across these darling kits she had bought from Mary Maxim. Now I am a serious yarn snob I admit, but the cuteness of these was too much to resist. I knit up the little candy corn baby and started the penguin. I had to bring the penguin home to compete as I did not have time to finish it. I think these are really just the cutest things ever and of course then went a bit mad and ordered a few more kits and a book of holiday clothing for these wee little ones. My goal is to make my mom an outfit for every season for her wee baby. She got such joy out of the candy corn one.
Although my career has been in long term care and I am aware of the aging process; it is entirely different when it is your own parent. It has been so difficult to watch this progression with my mom. In the past year we have seen an increase in her declining health and ability to care for herself. We are blessed as she does have little to no symptoms of memory loss, just what would be expected at her age in a natural aging process. The two things that I mourn the most for her and for myself are the loss of her ability to do the things she loves. She can hardly knit anymore as she cannot read patterns or see well enough. She also can no longer sew. Growing up she was never without her knitting or sitting at the sewing machine making garments for all of us; of course that was when she wasn't keeping 8 hungry mouths filled. It's just damn hard and a journey we must all face.
I woke the other morning to a gorgeous overcast day. There was a nice nip in the air and I opened the doors and windows to let all that lovely Autumn air into the house. I added some lovely scent to the diffuser my mom sent home with me and made a delicious salted caramel latte with my Nespresso machine. Now this is the life!
I just really wasn't up to heading out the door to sales Saturday morning, but I eventually did just that. It was a pretty sad day for pickins. Found some clothing that will be great additions to my wardrobe and a few odds and ends of this and that. I did find a lovely watercolor to add to my others.
On the back it states that it is the old Piscalini barn east of Cambria and is signed by the artist. I think it is lovely! I may eventually upgrade the frame, but I rather like the character that these old frames add.
Remember the discussion from a few weeks ago about the ability to keep an Orchid reblooming? I had stated that I was going to attempt a repotting of mine. Well I did a week ago and so far so good. I didn't even wait for it to stop blooming but just took the plunge and plopped it into a large pot gently putting all the growing roots, that were wildly escaping the too small pot, back down inside the pot and into the soil. I think I may have just had success with this repotting project. During the summer I did a mass repotting of most all my plants. I had not bothered until my dear friend Mia brought over her plants for me to housesit while she moved and they were all in large roomy pots. Put me to shame entirely! They have loved the extra room and are all growing heartily.
I think that I have had too much time on my hands as for the past month, I have been shopping the IG destash again and with a vengeance. I love getting so much squishy and lovely mail, but I seriously do not need any more fabric….yarn yes…but fabric no…lol. But nonetheless when I arrived back from my mom's all these lovelies were in my mailbox. But one of the benefits of having daughters who are also crafty is that they are always happy to take things off my hands.
But best of all was a package from my dear friend Roni (the author of the several amazing books with one being The Longest Trail….you all much check it out!!). She had asked me if I would have any desire for these sweet little ones and I said "oh my stars would I?" Aren't they just the sweetest. I do not recognize the make of the two larger ones and will do some investigating, but the little chicken girl is a Hummel. I am totally smitten by all three!
I have been so thoroughly enjoying my Autumn decor this year after not having it out for the past several years. I am a homebody through and through and enjoy every bit of creating a cozy and homey abode. I enjoy having my collections out on display so that I can see them and enjoy each and every one. Each item brings me joy and many evoke such sweet memories of my own childhood, while others memories of being a young mother and time with my own babies. My home is indeed my sanctuary. I know many crave a minimalistic home to thrive, but my nest must be full of treasures; sweet bits and bobs that fill me with joy and make my spirit and soul soar.
On the subject of nesting and what makes us thrive, I find that I am in a minority when it comes to preferring silence when at home. I am not referring to talking with the spouse, but to having any type of background noise; be it TV or music. There are times when I prefer some piano or classical music that is not overpowering, but instead soothing and non intrusive. I cannot bear a loud tv blasting away all hours of the day and night. In fact most of my adult life I have not had TV; well in childhood we didn't really have TV to speak of either as we were far to busy to be spending time sitting in the house in front of a TV set. I have always preferred the solitude of silence. But when it come to scent, I am all on board. I utilize essential oils, scentsy burners, and candles. However, even with scent I like something that is not overpowering. Currently I am diffusing fennel or sweet birch essential oils, lighting pumpkin spice candles, and have maple in my scentsy burners. The house smells delightful! I also avoid perfume but am never without my essential oil bracelets and lava necklace. Again my favorite scents currently are fennel and sweet birch. I love how essential oils are not overpowering.
All this running around this past month has been hard on my babies. I have made a habit of walking them daily when I am home and they love that. I had gotten so lazy and out of the habit of the daily walk with the summer heat. I honestly cannot imagine a life without a boxer…or two. They have such personalities and bring such joy into my life.
I was up early this morning as usual and busy doing the last little things I want to accomplish before heading back to work. Having this month off was amazing!! I am so happy I scheduled a break between going from the last job to this one. I am excited to start and have a stack of decor that will go into my office. That is always my first order of business; creating my own space. I must be in an organized environment and surrounded by bits and bobs that I love. And oh how lovely this office is! I will share pics of course when it is set up. I have one day at work then off to training for 2 days at their corporate headquarters.
But now I must away and complete some homework and run a few last minute errands.


Lately I've been spending a lot of time (and money) at Starbucks. I spend most of my day scavenging LinkedIn for jobs and editing cover letter after cover letter, so I like to get out of my house and embrace the application process over a caffeinated beverage. After reading a recent Times Union Article about some new projects in Downtown Albany I felt inspired to step out of the Starbucks bubble and try out something a bit more local.
I knew I was going to be in Downtown since I had to go to my dad's office, so I packed up my laptop and headphones with the intention of checking out Stacks Espresso Bar. In the article I learned that Stacks had just recently opened a new location on Broadway, but has an alternate location on Lark Street which had been open for some time. After leaving my Dad's office I put Stacks in my GPS which first brought me to the location on Lark. I struggled to find parking and ultimately decided to try the newer location.
When I got to the new Broadway location I once again struggled to park. Parking Downtown is sometimes tricky but I really wanted to go to this coffee shop. It took a few trips up and down the one way streets, and a lot of digging for quarters to put in the meter, but finally I made it.
Walking into Stacks I had no expectations since I had never been to this area of Albany but I was pleasantly surprised. There were quite a few young people dressed in business casual, clearly on a break from the office, and a young woman working on her laptop. Immediately I was surprised how bright it was inside especially considering it was quite the gloomy day. Brightness of a location is a really underrated quality of a place and something that's kind of rare to find in a coffee shop. But I really loved the light and clean look of the place.
I ordered an 8oz. latte with french toast flavoring. It was $4.05 including tax, which is definitely not much cheaper than Starbucks, but I rationalized that I was supporting local business so it was totally worth it. The way Stacks is set up, there aren't any tables to sit at but rather a bar going around the perimeter of the building (hence the "espresso bar" in the name, I'm guessing). When my drink was ready there was plenty of space to stand along the bar, but no free stools to sit on. I had wanted to do some work on my laptop so I was kind of disappointed to have to stand, but I made do, and it wasn't long before I could sit down.
My coffee tastes have certainly grown since my first introduction to this caffeinated gift in high school, where my friends who worked at Dunkin Donuts snuck me free iced coffees. Today I still live for a good Dunkin iced but have acquired tastes for more than just that. Local shops usually offer some different styles or flavors of coffee, which is great if you're looking to try new things. It's definitely easier to grab a coffee at a coffee chain, and with the apps and rewards it sometimes seems like the better option. But there is something special about going to a local coffee shop. I'm going to make it a goal to try as many coffee shops as a I can in the next few months, because if I'm going to continue to feed my addiction, I might as well invest in my community at the same time.


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Light and fluffy, these Strawberry Chocolate Chip Waffles make the perfect breakfast-in-bed dish for your Valentine! Loaded with fresh strawberries and mini chocolate chips, these strawberry chocolate chip waffles are effortless to make. Best of all, it sends your loved ones a sweet message – I love you!
Last week, I made Light & Fluffy Lemon Blueberry Waffles and decided to try a new flavor for this coming week as Valentine's Day is this week. What better way is there to show some love first thing in the morning!
Filled with fresh strawberries and mini chocolate chips inside and on top, these strawberry chocolate chip waffles will do just that! Best tasting, sweet and delicious, these waffles burst with both of our two favorite flavors – strawberry and chocolate.
So I thought why not combine them in waffles for breakfast?
This simple recipe is worth taking out your waffle iron and using it to make these scrumptious waffles. And what better way to show your love with fresh tasting waffles!
I used an organic Buttermilk Pancake & Waffle mix to save time from measuring all the dry ingredients. Then I added in only a few strawberries along with 1 tablespoon of semi-sweet mini chocolate chips, an egg and some milk.
Simply mash a few strawberries with a fork and stir them into the batter. Then toss in 1 tablespoon of mini chocolate chips.
Turn on your waffle iron, set the setting to medium-high, and spray lightly with cooking spray. Then pour about 1/4 cup to 1/3 cup of the batter (depending on the size you prefer) and close the lid. Waffles should be cooked until golden brown, about 2 to 3 minutes.
Serve these strawberry chocolate chip waffles with fresh strawberries and a sprinkle of mini chocolate chips on top!
Give it your own flair! And personalize these waffles with your Valentine's favorite toppings, such as syrup, powdered sugar, Nutella, peanut butter, strawberry jam, and a little chocolate heart next to it!
Don't forget to Pin it to your Breakfast Board!
Looking for some ideas for possibly a Valentine's Dinner?
Light and fluffy, these Strawberry Chocolate Chip Waffles make the perfect breakfast for your loved ones! Filled with fresh strawberries and mini chocolate chips, these strawberry chocolate chip waffles are effortless to make. Best of all, they're sweet and chocolatey delicious!
Preheat your waffle iron to medium-high, and lightly spray with cooking spray.
In a small bowl, lightly mix buttermilk panack / waffle mix, egg, vanilla extract, milk and oil. Do not over mix. Set it aside.
Using a fork, mash 4 to 5 strawberries and toss them into the batter, including the juice. Here is where you can adjust and add in more strawberries if you like, but the consistency will change, and may need to be ajusted, adding in a little more buttermilk pancake mix into the batter.
Then toss in one tablespoon of mini chocolate chips and give it stir to combine into the batter. Set it aside for a minute or two.
When waffle iron is ready, use a small ladle or a large spoon to pour some batter (about ¼ cup to ⅓ cup) into the waffle iron and close the top, depending on the size desired.
Wait for it to ring, or for the light to pop up for your attention that the waffle is ready!
Remove and transfer to a serving plate. Then again, lightly spray with cooking spray the waffle iron each time you make a waffle, to prevent from sticking.
Top each waffle with sliced strawberries and sprinkle a few mini chocolate chips. Serve immediately. You can also serve with whipped cream and your favorite maple syrup.
Juicy strawberries can make these waffles a little soggy if they are under cooked. So make sure you cook them to a golden crispy texture.
Also, keep in mind, If you decide to add in more strawberries into the batter, making the batter a little more thinner, add in some more pancake mix to get the right consistency.
Are you cooking or baking with us? If you make this delicious recipe, let us know!
Snap a photo and hashtag it on Instagram @2sistersrecipes, and leave a comment here and on Pinterest if you like.
Thank you! My 3 little angels love them too! Have a great week Susan!


I like going to museums. The prehistoric period and the Early Middle Ages are particularly interesting to me because the artifacts of the time are rougher and each piece handmade. What attracts me the most are all the small irregularities and deviations that appear due to the procedures in the making. I give a lot of attention to forged artifacts. Weapons have a specific usage and for this reason they are made with accuracy. So I prefer a forged gate or a window grill. I also like medieval chests, which were used not only for storing possessions but also as suitcases for traveling, or as a bench or a chair at home. Not all of them were made carelessly and without a special attention; some chests are masterpieces. They are adorned with carved wood and skillfully forged framework.
However, the early chests and those which were used for traveling or owned by less wealthy people are simpler. They are more practical and less elaborate. I don't know why, but I like the simpler chests more. Maybe because they seem real and true. And they also have a very long history and have had many owners. The owners were born, got married, had their ups and downs, and died. The chests remained and were passed on to new owners. The wood is badly damaged and it turned dark; the iron rusted many times and rubbed the rust off again. These chests tell us about craftsmen that made them and about many generations that the chests were bequeathed to in wills. When I set myself upon making my own chest, I stumbled upon many hidden traps. They opened my eyes and taught me to appreciate old masters and their skills even more. I also learned that the pieces of furniture must have cost a small fortune and were unattainable for many people.


Save game no longer works in release 396. Presumably trying to pickle a C++ SWIG object ref.
The next error causes a crash.
SaveLoad.patch (6.9 KB) - added by beliar 9 years ago.
these should be removed and reinitialized after serializing/deserializing (and instead of the layer we should store the layer id instead).
The same is already implemented for the NPC's so we can gather some inspiration there.
I have looked into this and got the saving working, loading does not work correctly though. The game seems to have problems accessing the state member.
I'll attach a patch that solves the save issues. I can't find a fix for loading though. Maybe someone else will have better luck.
The game is crashing when I try to load a game that was saved on the second map. Can anyone verify?
The patch fixes saving, loading does work, however the Footlocker can't be opened when loading.
Beliar's patch seems to have been applied. The animated container is still buggy -- after loading game you can't open the footlocker. It throws an exception.
Saving and loading works for me. No segfault happens here either. If no one has problems with saving and loading this ticket can be set to fixed.
Game crashes when loading a save that was saved when on another map than the start map.
(In ) Ticket #200: Patch by Beliar.


Critic Reviews of "London Road"
Once Rufus Norris's film gets going, it quickly reveals itself as a vibrant, almost revolutionary work.
What starts out like a documentary soon morphs into something quite odd but strangely compelling, a social commentary of sorts about everyday people confronting a shocking and monstrous reality close to home.
All in all, a brilliant piece of work.
The film is adapted from a stage play, and it shows in every frame.
London Road is a commanding, at times hypnotic experience.
"London Road" comes across as no more than tabloid karaoke.
...a haunting piece of work that is often all too real.
It's an experiment you're unlikely to see the likes of again, and a surprisingly upbeat take on a terrible tale, sweetening the despair without diminishing its power.
London Road emerges as a marvellous, uplifting exercise, brimming with humanity and sensitivity towards its subject matter.
Rarely does a town unite to tell its story in such circumstances, so it's a shame London Road fails to delve as deeply as it surely could have.
An undoubted oddity that some will find penetrating and others irritating.
This is not a conventional docudramoada but one that anyone that loves the variety of film genres (AKA: film nut) should do themselves a favor and see "London Road."


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The Tibetan Buddhist canon is a loosely defined collection of sacred texts recognized by various schools of Tibetan Buddhism, comprising the Kangyur or Kanjur ('Translation of the Word') and the Tengyur or Tanjur ('Translation of Treatises').

Tibetan Buddhist canon

In addition to earlier foundational Buddhist texts from early Buddhist schools, mostly the Sarvastivada and Mahayana texts, the Tibetan canon includes Tantric texts. The last category is not always sharply distinguished from the others: the Tantra division sometimes includes material usually not thought of as Tantric in other traditions, such as the Heart Sutra and even versions of material found in the Pali Canon.

The Tibetans did not have a formally arranged Mahayana canon, and so devised their own scheme with two broad categories: the "Words of the Buddha" and later the commentaries; the Kangyur and Tengyur respectively. The Tengyur underwent a final compilation in the 14th century by Bu-ston (1290–1364). There is no proof that Bu-ston also took part in the collection and edition of the Tsal pa Kangyur, although he consecrated a copy of this Kangyur 1351 when he visited  (Eimer 1992:178).

According to sakya mchog ldan (1428-1507), Bu-soon edited a Kanjur; however, it is not known which one. "The Kangyur usually takes up a hundred or a hundred and eight volumes, the Tengyur two hundred and twenty-five, and the two together contain 4,569 works."

Kangyur or "Translated Words" consists of works in about 108 volumes supposed to have been spoken by the Buddha himself. All texts presumably once had a Sanskrit original, although in many cases the Tibetan text was translated from Chinese or some other language.
Tengyur or "Translated Treatises" contains commentaries, treatises and abhidharma works (both Mahayana and non-Mahayana), in all, around 3,626 texts in 224 volumes.

The Kangyur is divided into sections on Vinaya, Perfection of Wisdom sutras, other sutras (75% Mahayana, 25% Hinayana), and tantras. It includes texts on the Vinaya, monastic discipline, metaphysics, and the tantras. Some describe the prajñāpāramitā philosophy, others extol the virtues of the various bodhisattvas, while others expound the Trikāya and the Ālaya-Vijñāna doctrines.

When the term Kangyur was first used is unknown. Collections of canonical Buddhist texts existed already in the time of Trisong Detsen, the sixth king of Tibet, who ruled from 755 until 797 CE, in Spiti.

The exact number of texts in the Kangyur is not fixed. Each editor takes responsibility for removing texts they consider spurious, and adding new translations. Currently there are about 12 available versions of the Kangyur. These include the Derge, Lhasa, Narthang, Cone, Peking, Urga, Phudrak, and Stog Palace versions, each named for the physical location where it was printed. In addition, some canonical texts have been found in Tabo Monastery and Dunhuang which provide earlier exemplars of texts found in the Kangyur. All extant Kangyur appear to stem from the Old Narthang Monastery Kangyur. The stemma of the Kangyur have been well researched, by Helmut Eimer in particular.

Bön Kangyur

The Tibetan Bön religion also has its canon literature divided into two sections called the Kangyur and Tengyur, said to have been translated from foreign languages, but the number and contents of the collection are not yet fully known. Apparently, Bön began to take on a literary form about the time Buddhism entered Tibet. The Bön Kangyur contains the revelations of Tonpa Shenrab (Wylie: gShen rab), the traditional founder of Bön. A version was published in 1993-1997.

Footnotes

Further reading

External links
 Resources for Kanjur & Tanjur Studies ~ Universität Wien
 The Tibetan Buddhist Resource Center
 Kangyur @Rigpawiki
 Tibetan Canon
 84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha
 An Account of the Various Editions of Kangyur and the Results of Their Collation
 Csoma, Analysis of the Dulva, part of the Kangyur, Asiatic Researches, Calcutta, 1836, vol. 20-1, pp. 41-93 (en ligne).

Tripiṭaka
Tibetan Buddhist texts


Blue flag with two white chakras, one above the other. The change from one chakra to two for a Rear-Admiral was made in 1979, so this is how old this flag is, presumably. Previously the two- chakras flag was used for Vice-Admirals.


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Q: Unable to launch uiautomatorviewer in mac os high sierra Need help!
I have the problem, I can't run uiautomatorviewer on mac os high sierra
My path:
export ANDROID_HOME=/Users/XXX/Library/Android/sdk
export JAVA_HOME=$(/usr/libexec/java_home)
export PATH=${JAVA_HOME}/bin:$PATH
export PATH=${PATH}:${ANDROID_HOME}/tools/bin
export PATH=${PATH}:${ANDROID_HOME}/platforms-tools
export PATH=${PATH}:${ANDROID_HOME}/build-tools/27.0.1
export PATH=${PATH}:${JAVA_HOME}

Get Error:
Djava.ext.dirs=/Users/mu/Library/Android/sdk/tools/lib/x86_64:/Users/mu/Library/Android/sdk/tools/lib is not supported.  Use -classpath instead.
Error: Could not create the Java Virtual Machine.
Error: A fatal exception has occurred. Program will exit.

Thank you.
Hi, thank you for your help,
When i used sdkmanager – -list, I Get this:
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/xml/bind/annotation/XmlSchema at com.android.repository.api.SchemaModule$SchemaModuleVersion.<init>
(SchemaModule.java:156) at com.android.repository.api.SchemaModule.<init>
(SchemaModule.java:75) at com.android.sdklib.repository.AndroidSdkHandler.
<clinit>(AndroidSdkHandler.java:81) ................................... –

And then I try to start uiautomatorviewer and I  have this:
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Djava.ext.dirs=/Users/mu/Library/Android/sdk/tools/lib/x86_64:/Users/mu/Lib
rary/Android/sdk/tools/lib is not supported.  Use -classpath instead.
Error: Could not create the Java Virtual Machine.
Error: A fatal exception has occurred. Program will exit.

A: Make sure the java path set correctly. To verify the java Environment Variables have been set correctly use this cmd: java -version
If the path is correct, still getting the same error then try to increase vm heap option. If you are using Terminal, run command
open -e /Applications/Android\ Studio.app/Contents/bin/studio.vmoptions

edit your studio.vmoptions file
-Xms1024m
-Xmx1024m
-XX:MaxPermSize=1024m
-XX:ReservedCodeCacheSize=200m
-XX:+UseCompressedOops

and restarted Android Studio. Should work fine
If not also verify that Android Environment Variables have been set correctly. Use this command: sdkmanager – -list
By the way please find the below steps to set Android Studio:
Step 1: Download and Install latest version of Java 8 (JDK)
Step 2: Setup Java Environment Variables.
Step 3: Download and Install Android Studio.
Step 4: Install additional Android SDK tools(If not present).
Step 5: Setup Android Environment Variables :
ANDROID_HOME - (/YOUR_PATH_TO/android-sdk)
Ex : export ANDROID_HOME=/Users/username/Library/Android/sdk
In Android SDK folder, there are three specific folders that you need to add to the Path variable
platforms-tools: folder (path – /YOUR_PATH_TO/android-sdk/platform-tools)
tools :folder (path – /YOUR_PATH_TO/android-sdk/tools)
bin : folder inside tools (path– /YOUR_PATH_TO/android-sdk/tools/bin)
Hope this helped.


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Q: Combine different Excel files in Power BI I have two Excel files, 'PROJECTS' and 'PAYMENTS'.

Is it possible to combine them in Power BI (the 'Project_no' should be as a common field)?
I tried this way:
Get Data => More => Folder => Combine & Transform Data

But got the following error message:

What I did wrong?

A: Load in the two tables, then when you're in the Model tab, select Manage Relationships then select New.
Choose the two tables and the columns that connects them, then determine the Cardinality (is it 1:1 or 1 to many, etc.) and you should be able to interact with the two tables as if they were one. No coding needed.


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HomeSportsBasketballThe Team That Couldn't Finish Finds A Way At 'Cuse
The Team That Couldn't Finish Finds A Way At 'Cuse
February 20, 2014 Marly Morgus Basketball, Sports, Winter
They were the team that doesn't finish. They were the team that came closer and closer: a free throw there, a bad foul there, and they lost it. It didn't matter who it was-Notre Dame, Virginia, Georgia Tech, Syracuse-all games lost after BC showed signs of an upset, or even just signs of life.
The Eagles just couldn't close. Didn't finish. Choked. Whatever you call it, it made for a lot of heartbreaking losses.
Last night was set up for a similar story. BC leapt out to an early lead, but C.J. Fair almost single-handedly pulled the Orange back into contention before it got out of hand, scoring eight of Syracuse's first 10 points.
Fair slowed down, but by no means relented, leading the Orange in scoring with 20 points in what turned out to be Syracuse's lowest-scoring two halves of the season. In regulation time, the teams put up 50 points each, tying BC's season low, and surpassing Syracuse's by only one.
Syracuse's 2-3 zone was doing its job, limiting scoring chances so that BC had to rely on 3-point chances.
In the first half, that was enough. Syracuse entered the first break with a relatively comfortable margin of eight points after BC made just four of 12 3- pointers amounting to just 12 points, which made up the majority of the Eagles' scoring in the half.
In the second half, though-the period in which Syracuse has beaten down and tired out opponents all year-the Eagles pulled through and hit seven of 10 from behind the arc, quickly catch- ing up to the Orange and bringing their total 3-point percentage to 50 percent for the game, while Syracuse hit just 16.7 percent.
They tied the game, just like they have against formidable competitors so many times, but with BC's track record, even a lead was no guarantee of a win.
This is the team that doesn't finish. A 24-11 run was exciting, but tying the score up with eight minutes remaining isn't enough.
There were so many times that the Eagles could have lost it. Moments of brilliance to get ahead were quickly followed by blunders. For instance, with just more than three minutes remaining, Ryan Anderson broke up a pass in the Syracuse offensive end that was intercepted by Patrick Heckmann, who quickly brought it down for two to put the Eagles on top. Over the next few seconds, though, the Orange tied it up once again.
BC was close to letting it all slip away when a controversial call came with just seconds left in overtime. Up by one, Lonnie Jackson got in the way of a pass from Tyler Ennis that flew out of bounds. Upon first look, it appeared that Jackson had failed to make contact with the ball as it went over his fingertips, but it was ruled a Syracuse ball, giving the Orange a chance for the lead.
It was Syracuse, this time, that couldn't finish. The team that had won its last two ACC matches by just three points, pulling through in the clutch with last minute plays, couldn't pull it together this time. The Orange faltered, giving up the ball two more times and allowing the Eagles to scrape away with the lead and the win, finally pulling off the upset after coming so close against so many teams.
Through eight lead changes, five ties, and Syracuse's largest cushion of 13 points, a combination of Olivier Hanlan's 20 points, Anderson's game-high 14 rebounds, and calm, smart play down the stretch, the Eagles finally pulled it off.
"We've been up eight in a lot of games this year, down the stretch, and we've had an emotional season," head coach Steve Donahue told ESPN. "We lost one of our colleagues in Dick Kelley and just the emotion of this game-I'm speechless. I'm so happy for our guys and all the adversity we've faced this year-obviously a huge win for our program."
It was the first time that BC knocked off a No. 1 team since 2009 when the Eagles upset North Carolina and fin- ished the season with a 22-12 (9-7 ACC) record. This BC season has a different story-the wins aren't coming easily and they aren't coming often, but the Eagles return to Boston with the big- gest upset of the college season under their belt.
About Marly Morgus 46 Articles
Marly Morgus was the Associate Sports Editor of The Heights in 2014. She's going to France and will only return to America if Grant Hedrick and Chase Rettig are given contracts in the Arena Football League.
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Chinese biotech: Buy the dip?
Kate Lin, CAIA | 07 Sep 2021Text size |
The Chinese leadership has a list of goals to achieve as part of its development master plan and the biotech sector is in its sights. It wants to create 'truly innovative' drug developers, make public health resources accessible and affordable, and protect proprietary research data.
With the Chinese government turning to biotech, Morningstar looks at two names that could benefit.
Beijing eyes biotech sector
In guidelines released by the Center for Drug Evaluation, China's drug regulator, biotech companies were asked to stick to a "clinical value-oriented approach" for future clinical trials.
Jay Lee, equity analyst at Morningstar, reads the document as the regulator's way of calling for better use of national resources—moving from heavy investment in "me-too" projects to original research and development of oncology drugs. The former are follow-on products that relate to already known drugs. A majority of the prospective launches by Chinese biotech firms belong to this bucket.
Lee, who covers the Chinese biotech sector at Morningstar, believes that the policy tone echoes the broader push for "common prosperity"—a term most recently used in a speech by President Xi Jinping's calling for more action to look after those in need.
Drug research and development relies on national resources, ranging from beneficial tax breaks and access to the hospital network for drug distribution. The authorities now want more social value for the resources granted to privately-owned drug researchers.
Earlier this month, the country's ruling party also said it plans to actively work on law enforcement in medical services in order to respond to people's growing need for a better life.
WuXi Biologics offers diversified exposure
Several biotech names fell after the draft guidelines were published. After rising over 200% in 2020, WuXi Biologics fell 30% in less than two months from its 28 June peak of US$145.6.
The firm is a contract development and manufacturing company (CDMOs). It partners with pharmaceutical companies manufactures drugs at a lower cost. Investors were concerned that the tighter rules will cap the profitability of WuXi Biologics and other CDMOs.
"WuXi's current projects are filled with developing less innovative biosimilar drugs for clients. At the moment, the timing for their clients to drop biosimilar drugs and move onto innovative projects still depends on the clarity of rules and individual company's pipeline," said Lee.
"For now, there lacks the details and concrete plans that would suspend the tax break offered to the likes of WuXi or pull resources out of their existing projects."
Shares in WuXi Biologics held up fairly well against other Chinese biotech names. The stock is up 13% year-to-date despite the July correction, far better than biotech names like Innovent Biologics and Shanghai Junshi Biosciences.
Instead of a capital exodus from the entire space, Lee sees investors moving into WuXi from beaten-up names like Innovent and Junshi.
"Investors continue to view WuXi as a diversified way to enjoy exposure to China's biotech industry, without being exposed to the volatility of individual biotech stocks, which arises from the binary outcomes of clinical trials, drug approvals, and coverage decisions," Lee says.
Beyond WuXi
Other diversified options include US-listed I-Mab Biopharma, one of Lee's high conviction names.
I-Mab's pipeline is more innovative than most Chinese biotech companies covered, he says.
"Its in-house assets have demonstrated clearer signs of differentiation in design and early clinical trial results. Additionally, its in-licensing strategy for the China market has generally focused on smaller, uncrowded spaces rather than huge crowded markets."
According to Lee, I-Mab has a reputation for forward-looking and cutting-edge partnerships and projects. It's portfolio of drugs includes differentiated candidates with global potential, including cancer cell inhibitors.
The stock is trading at a 50% discount to its US$95 fair value estimate.
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Buying opportunities amid the selloff in China
Kate Lin, CAIA is a Data Journalist for Morningstar Asia, and is based in Hong Kong


Thank you for your reply. First thing first - directly from FXBlue faq site - No trading platform is capable of providing your actual historic account equity at a particular date in the past. On any site such as ours, calculations of historic floating P/L (and therefore equity) are done by calculating the open positions at that time and then using a historic price feed to work out the gain/loss on the open position. This is generally a very good approximation, but the figure will nevertheless not be 100% accurate. Saying this, if we had something to hide, we never open a clear discussion with all clients and future one´s, and promptly put at disposal all statistics ( for instance if you import our statistics to Myfxbook the Max DD is less then one presented at FXBlue ) - Nevertheless we have our own statistics in real time and the one that we present to our clients are accurate - Hope this DD question is completely clarified, and yes the peak drawdown calculations on FXBlue is useless and might lead to misinterpretations.
Regarding our trading, thank you for your words and opinions, we are good listeners, although the calculation is not so simple, as the sequence may not only be related to the current cycle, can be related to higher/lower timeframes cycles. We have stress tested our systems to the exhaustion, even in the worst market scenarios, and we continue to do that every single day in order we protect our clients and future one´s.
September is over and our trading continue the improvements into the accounts. The month return was 2.5%, putting the 2018 annual results at 55.6%.
We have made a major update with great news on our website. We are now offering our services also through Darwinex. Please visit us for more info.
Our trading journey continues and achieving positive results. October ends with +4.70% placing our 2018 yearly returns to 63.1%.
Just wanted to take a look at the fx blue account but it needs a pin code.. ? Where can i get it?
All history since inception is presented at our website, verified by Darwinex, as we have completely changed since october the mainframe of our structure. (although the pin code was sent to you via email).
Yes me to please. Perhaps you can just post it here?
Sorry for late answer. The pincode for fxblue is 238600 although is imperative to say that since October we have completely changed the mainframe of our structure so the complete results can be seen at our website (verified by Darwinex). We have closed the month with modest gains of 0.9% although the current Drawdown is at -1.71%. It is what it is, market is changing and system cycles are adapting to it.
Some investors enter this month and are not happy, many even stop at once the management, trading is a marathon, not a sprint.
Martingale trading at it's finest. In other words it is a ticking bomb.
Here is how one of their accounts has ended at Darwinex, but I am wondering how the Mt Cook PAMM ended or is going currently?
As Onikami has stated trading is a marathon not a sprint. This includes learning from losses to come back with better strategies and performance. Stay positive OniKami, looking forward to your return.


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MSM Ignores Hunter Biden Buds' $130 Million Taxpayer Cookie Jar Raid
On Thursday, the Washington Examiner reported that an investment firm central to Hunter Biden's financial dealings received more than $130 million in federal bailout loans while Joe Biden was vice president.
Devon Archer (far left) is pictured with Joe and Hunter Biden. (Screenshot from Twitter)
Rosemont Capital - named after former Secretary of State John Kerry's 90-acre Heinz family estate outside of Fox Chapel, Pennsylvania - was founded by Hunter Biden, Christopher Heinz, and longtime friend Devon Archer.
According to the report, Rosemont was one of just 177 firms to participate in Obama's 2009 Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility (TALF), which issued billions of dollars in favorable loans to investors who agreed to buy bonds from struggling banks, including college and auto loans.
The Federal Reserve funded as much as 90% of the investments. If the bonds were profitable, the borrowers benefited. If not, the department agreed to take over the depreciated assets with no repercussions for the borrowers.
Under the terms for the program, any U.S. company looking to invest in select categories of bonds was eligible to apply for the loans. However, the Treasury Department and Federal Reserve maintained the "right to reject a borrower for any reason," and the internal selection process was criticized by some lawmakers as opaque and open to corruption.
One of the firms that benefited was Rosemont Capital, a company led by Hunter Biden's business partners, Chris Heinz and Devon Archer. The firm received the loans at a crucial time for Hunter Biden. The younger Biden had stepped down from his lobbying business in late 2008, reportedly due to pressure on his father's vice presidential campaign. -Washington Examiner
And while the Examiner reviewed "federal banking and corporate records" for their report, the MSM is completely silent about this obvious graft.
CNN, NBC, MSNBC, ABC, CBS and FOX have all been radio silent on this report.
Imagine if an investment firm established by Trump Jr., Nicholas Pompeo and a college roommate received a similar government handout?
"This is a great example of the suspicion of many Americans that these bailouts were used to benefit connected insiders while ordinary Americans went broke," said Tom Anderson, director of the Government Integrity Project at the National Legal and Policy Center, an organization that was critical of TALF at the time.
Who else got handouts?
According to the report, "In April 2011, Rolling Stone reported that millions in TALF loans had been issued to the wife of Morgan Stanley Chairman John Mack, Miami Dolphins owner H. Wayne Huizenga, and Wall Street titan John Paulson, dubbing the program "welfare for the rich.""
"Our jaws are literally dropping as we're reading this," said Bernie Sanders aide, Warren Gunnels. "Every one of these transactions is outrageous."


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First Aularian to hold a position as judge in the European Courts in Luxembourg
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Tamara Perisin speaking at a recent conference
Tamara Perisin has been appointed a judge at the EU General Court. She is the first Aularian to hold a position as judge in the European Courts in Luxembourg.
Tamara came to the Hall as a Chevening Scholar in 2002 and took the Magister Juris Degree in European and Comparative Law in 2003. She is a qualifed lawyer, holds a Jean Monnet Chair at the University of Zagreb, and was recently a visiting Professor at Harvard. She is an internationally renowned scholar, and has written extensively on the EU internal market, constitutionalism, and international trade law.
As a judge of the EU General Court she will hear and decide cases on competition law, trade law, and international sanctions. Fellow Aularian and MJuris graduate Michal Bobek is currently serving as an Advocate General at the Court of Justice.
Her former tutor, Derrick Wyatt, comments "This appointment is a well-deserved accolade for an outstanding lawyer and scholar. As a university professor she has championed international cooperation, and developed innovative law courses at Zagreb, such as that on the Global Effects of EU law. She joins the ranks of distinguished and high-achieving Aularian women I and the college are so proud to celebrate."