It is Gretchen Mol's time to steal the show of the Boardwalk Empire Premiere. The premiere of the hot show of HBO has been held on September 3, in New York City.
The beauty expert then used Foundation of YSL and he has used the shade B30. He has paired the foundation with High Coverage Concealer from Laura Mercier. He has used #3 of High Coverage Concealer. He has avoided oils and played with Natural Lighting Powder of KohGenDo.
Martin has been successful in bringing those rosy cheeks of Mol. He has said, "I used Nars Sculpting Powder in Olympia and Tarte Amazonian Clay Blush in Dazzled." He has given the finishing touch to Mol's sultry look by perfectly blending Lip Balm from By Terry and Audacious Lipstick in Grace from Nars.


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#include "includes.h"

DWORD
VmwDeployMakeRootCACert(
    PCSTR pszHostname,
    PCSTR pszDomain,
    PCSTR pszUsername,
    PCSTR pszPassword,
    PSTR* ppszCert
    )
{
    DWORD    dwError = 0;
    PSTR     pszServername = "localhost";
    PVMCA_SERVER_CONTEXT pBinding = NULL;
    PSTR     pszPassPhrase = NULL;
    PVMCA_KEY pPrivateKey = NULL;
    PVMCA_KEY pPublicKey = NULL;
    PVMCA_PKCS_10_REQ_DATA pCertRequest = NULL;
    PVMCA_CSR pCSR = NULL;
    PVMCA_CERTIFICATE pCert = NULL;
    PSTR  pszCert = NULL;
    time_t tmNotBefore = time(NULL) - VMW_DEFAULT_ROOTCERT_PREDATE;
    time_t tmNotAfter = tmNotBefore + VMW_DEFAULT_CERT_VALIDITY;
    VMCA_KEY_USAGE_FLAG  keyUsageFlag = ( VMCA_KEY_USAGE_FLAG_KEY_CERT_SIGN |
                                          VMCA_KEY_USAGE_FLAG_KEY_CRL_SIGN);
    PCSTR  pszCountry = VMW_DEFAULT_COUNTRY_CODE;
    PSTR   pszDomainDN = NULL;
    PSTR   pszDN = NULL;

    if (IsNullOrEmptyString(pszHostname) ||
        IsNullOrEmptyString(pszUsername) ||
        !pszPassword)
    {
        dwError = ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER;
        BAIL_ON_DEPLOY_ERROR(dwError);
    }

    dwError = VMCAOpenServerA(
                    pszServername,
                    pszUsername,
                    pszDomain,
                    pszPassword,
                    0,
                    NULL,
                    &pBinding);
    BAIL_ON_DEPLOY_ERROR(dwError);

    dwError = VMCACreatePrivateKey(
                    pszPassPhrase,
                    VMW_KEY_SIZE,
                    &pPrivateKey,
                    &pPublicKey );
    BAIL_ON_DEPLOY_ERROR(dwError);

    dwError = VMCAAllocatePKCS10Data(&pCertRequest);
    BAIL_ON_DEPLOY_ERROR(dwError);

    dwError = VmwDeployGetDomainDN(pszDomain, &pszDomainDN);
    BAIL_ON_DEPLOY_ERROR(dwError);

    dwError = VmwDeployAllocateStringPrintf(&pszDN, "CA,%s", pszDomainDN);
    BAIL_ON_DEPLOY_ERROR(dwError);

    dwError = VMCAInitPKCS10DataA(
                  pszDN,
                  pszHostname,
                  NULL,
                  NULL,
                  pszCountry,
                  NULL,
                  NULL,
                  pCertRequest);
    BAIL_ON_DEPLOY_ERROR(dwError);

    dwError = VMCASetKeyUsageConstraints(pCertRequest, keyUsageFlag);
    BAIL_ON_DEPLOY_ERROR(dwError);

    dwError = VMCACreateSelfSignedCertificate(
                    pCertRequest,
                    pPrivateKey,
                    pszPassPhrase,
                    tmNotBefore,
                    tmNotAfter,
                    &pCert);
    BAIL_ON_DEPLOY_ERROR(dwError);

    dwError = VMCAAddRootCertificateH(
                    pBinding,
                    pszServername,
                    pCert,
                    pszPassPhrase,
                    pPrivateKey);
    BAIL_ON_DEPLOY_ERROR(dwError);

    dwError = VmwDeployAllocateStringA(pCert, &pszCert);
    BAIL_ON_DEPLOY_ERROR(dwError);

    *ppszCert = pszCert;

cleanup:

    if (pCSR)
    {
        VMCAFreeCSR(pCSR);
    }
    if (pCertRequest)
    {
        VMCAFreePKCS10Data(pCertRequest);
    }
    if (pBinding)
    {
        VMCACloseServer(pBinding);
    }
    if (pPrivateKey)
    {
        VMCAFreeKey(pPrivateKey);
    }
    if (pPublicKey)
    {
        VMCAFreeKey(pPublicKey);
    }
    if (pCert)
    {
        VMCAFreeCertificate(pCert);
    }
    if (pszDomainDN)
    {
        VmwDeployFreeMemory(pszDomainDN);
    }
    if (pszDN)
    {
        VmwDeployFreeMemory(pszDN);
    }

    return dwError;

error:

    *ppszCert = NULL;

    goto cleanup;
}

DWORD
VmwDeployGetRootCACert(
    PCSTR pszServername,
    PCSTR pszDomain,
    PCSTR pszUsername,
    PCSTR pszPassword,
    PSTR* ppszCert
    )
{
    DWORD    dwError = 0;
    PVMCA_SERVER_CONTEXT pBinding = NULL;
    PVMCA_CERTIFICATE pCert = NULL;
    PSTR      pszCert = NULL;

    if (IsNullOrEmptyString(pszServername) ||
        IsNullOrEmptyString(pszUsername) ||
        !pszPassword)
    {
        dwError = ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER;
        BAIL_ON_DEPLOY_ERROR(dwError);
    }

    dwError = VMCAOpenServerA(
                    pszServername,
                    pszUsername,
                    pszDomain,
                    pszPassword,
                    0,
                    NULL,
                    &pBinding);
    BAIL_ON_DEPLOY_ERROR(dwError);

    dwError = VMCAGetRootCACertificateH(
                    pBinding,
                    pszServername,
                    &pCert);
    BAIL_ON_DEPLOY_ERROR(dwError);

    dwError = VmwDeployAllocateStringA(pCert, &pszCert);
    BAIL_ON_DEPLOY_ERROR(dwError);

    *ppszCert = pszCert;

cleanup:

    if (pBinding)
    {
        VMCACloseServer(pBinding);
    }

    return dwError;

error:

    *ppszCert = NULL;

    goto cleanup;
}

DWORD
VmwDeployCreateMachineSSLCert(
    PCSTR pszServername,
    PCSTR pszDomain,
    PCSTR pszUsername,
    PCSTR pszPassword,
    PCSTR pszHostname,
    PSTR* ppszPrivateKey,
    PSTR* ppszCert
    )
{
    DWORD dwError = 0;
    PCSTR pszOrganization = NULL;
    PCSTR pszState = NULL;
    PCSTR pszCountry = VMW_DEFAULT_COUNTRY;
    PCSTR pszEmail = NULL;
    PCSTR pszOU = NULL;
    PVMCA_SERVER_CONTEXT pBinding = NULL;
    PVMCA_PKCS_10_REQ_DATA pCertRequest = NULL;
    PSTR pszPassPhrase = NULL;
    PVMCA_KEY pPrivateKey = NULL;
    PVMCA_KEY pPublicKey = NULL;
    PVMCA_CSR pCSR = NULL;
    PVMCA_CERTIFICATE pCert = NULL;
    PSTR      pszCert = NULL;
    PSTR      pszPrivateKey = NULL;
    time_t tmNotBefore = time(NULL);
    time_t tmNotAfter = tmNotBefore + VMW_DEFAULT_CERT_VALIDITY;

    if (IsNullOrEmptyString(pszServername) ||
        IsNullOrEmptyString(pszUsername) ||
        !pszPassword ||
        IsNullOrEmptyString(pszHostname))
    {
        dwError = ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER;
        BAIL_ON_DEPLOY_ERROR(dwError);
    }

    dwError = VMCAOpenServerA(
                    pszServername,
                    pszUsername,
                    pszDomain,
                    pszPassword,
                    0,
                    NULL,
                    &pBinding);
    BAIL_ON_DEPLOY_ERROR(dwError);

    dwError = VMCACreatePrivateKey(
                    pszPassPhrase,
                    VMW_KEY_SIZE,
                    &pPrivateKey,
                    &pPublicKey );
    BAIL_ON_DEPLOY_ERROR(dwError);

    dwError = VMCAAllocatePKCS10Data(&pCertRequest);
    BAIL_ON_DEPLOY_ERROR(dwError);

    dwError = VMCAInitPKCS10DataA(
                    pszHostname,
                    pszOrganization,
                    pszOU,
                    pszState,
                    pszCountry,
                    pszEmail,
                    VmwDeployIsIPAddress(pszHostname) ? pszHostname : NULL,
                    pCertRequest);
    BAIL_ON_DEPLOY_ERROR(dwError);

    dwError = VMCACreateSigningRequest(
                    pCertRequest,
                    pPrivateKey,
                    pszPassPhrase,
                    &pCSR);
    BAIL_ON_DEPLOY_ERROR(dwError);

    dwError = VMCAGetSignedCertificateFromCSRH(
                    pBinding,
                    pszServername,
                    pCSR,
                    tmNotBefore,
                    tmNotAfter,
                    &pCert);
    BAIL_ON_DEPLOY_ERROR(dwError);

    dwError = VmwDeployAllocateStringA(pCert, &pszCert);
    BAIL_ON_DEPLOY_ERROR(dwError);

    dwError = VmwDeployAllocateStringA(pPrivateKey, &pszPrivateKey);
    BAIL_ON_DEPLOY_ERROR(dwError);

    *ppszPrivateKey = pszPrivateKey;
    *ppszCert = pszCert;

cleanup:

    if (pCSR)
    {
        VMCAFreeCSR(pCSR);
    }
    if (pCertRequest)
    {
        VMCAFreePKCS10Data(pCertRequest);
    }
    if (pBinding)
    {
        VMCACloseServer(pBinding);
    }
    if (pPrivateKey)
    {
        VMCAFreeKey(pPrivateKey);
    }
    if (pPublicKey)
    {
        VMCAFreeKey(pPublicKey);
    }
    if (pCert)
    {
        VMCAFreeCertificate(pCert);
    }

    return dwError;

error:

    *ppszPrivateKey = NULL;
    *ppszCert = NULL;

    if (pszPrivateKey)
    {
        VmwDeployFreeMemory(pszPrivateKey);
    }
    if (pszCert)
    {
        VmwDeployFreeMemory(pszCert);
    }

    goto cleanup;
}

DWORD
VmwDeployAddTrustedRoot(
    PCSTR pszServername,
    PCSTR pszCACert
    )
{
    DWORD dwError = 0;
    PCSTR pszHostname = "localhost";
    PVECS_STORE pStore = NULL;

    if (IsNullOrEmptyString(pszServername) || IsNullOrEmptyString(pszCACert))
    {
        dwError = ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER;
        BAIL_ON_DEPLOY_ERROR(dwError);
    }

    dwError = VecsCreateCertStoreA(
                    pszHostname,
                    TRUSTED_ROOTS_STORE_NAME,
                    NULL,
                    &pStore);
    if (dwError == ERROR_ALREADY_EXISTS)
    {
        dwError = VecsOpenCertStoreA(
                      pszHostname,
                      TRUSTED_ROOTS_STORE_NAME,
                      NULL,
                      &pStore);
    }
    BAIL_ON_DEPLOY_ERROR(dwError);

    dwError =  VecsAddEntryA(
                pStore,
                CERT_ENTRY_TYPE_TRUSTED_CERT,
                pszServername,
                pszCACert,
                NULL,
                NULL,
                0);
    BAIL_ON_DEPLOY_ERROR(dwError);

cleanup:

    if (pStore)
    {
        VecsCloseCertStore(pStore);
    }

    return dwError;

error:

    goto cleanup;
}

DWORD
VmwDeployGetDomainDN(
    PCSTR pszDomain,
    PSTR* ppszDomainDN
    )
{
    DWORD dwError = 0;
    const char* pszDelim = ".";
    const char* pszPrefix = "DC=";
    size_t len_prefix = sizeof("DC=")-1;
    const char* pszCommaDelim = ",";
    size_t len_comma_delim = sizeof(",")-1;
    size_t len = 0;
    PSTR  pszDomainDN = NULL;
    PCSTR pszReadCursor = pszDomain;
    PSTR  pszWriteCursor = NULL;

    while (!IsNullOrEmptyString(pszReadCursor))
    {
        size_t len_name = strcspn(pszReadCursor, pszDelim);

        if (len_name > 0)
        {
            if (len > 0)
            {
                len += len_comma_delim;
            }
            len += len_prefix;
            len += len_name;
        }

        pszReadCursor += len_name;

        if (!IsNullOrEmptyString(pszReadCursor))
        {
            size_t len_delim = strspn(pszReadCursor, pszDelim);

            pszReadCursor += len_delim;
        }
    }

    if (!len)
    {
        dwError = ERROR_INVALID_DOMAINNAME;
        BAIL_ON_DEPLOY_ERROR(dwError);
    }

    dwError = VmwDeployAllocateMemory(len+1, (PVOID*)&pszDomainDN);
    BAIL_ON_DEPLOY_ERROR(dwError);

    pszReadCursor  = pszDomain;
    pszWriteCursor = pszDomainDN;

    while (!IsNullOrEmptyString(pszReadCursor))
    {
        size_t len_name = strcspn(pszReadCursor, pszDelim);

        if (len_name > 0)
        {
            if (pszWriteCursor > pszDomainDN)
            {
                memcpy(pszWriteCursor, pszCommaDelim, len_comma_delim);
                pszWriteCursor += len_comma_delim;
            }

            memcpy(pszWriteCursor, pszPrefix, len_prefix);
            pszWriteCursor += len_prefix;

            memcpy(pszWriteCursor, pszReadCursor, len_name);

            pszReadCursor += len_name;
            pszWriteCursor += len_name;
        }

        if (!IsNullOrEmptyString(pszReadCursor))
        {
            size_t len_delim = strspn(pszReadCursor, pszDelim);

            pszReadCursor += len_delim;
        }
    }

    *ppszDomainDN = pszDomainDN;

cleanup:

    return dwError;

error:

    *ppszDomainDN = NULL;

    if (pszDomainDN)
    {
        VmwDeployFreeMemory(pszDomainDN);
    }

    goto cleanup;
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


I don't know about you but whenever I hear about a "topic" (for lack of a better term) I've never heard of before, it seems that this new "topic follows me wherever I go. For example, shortly before Christmas my daughter was diagnosed with an illness that I had never heard of before. What happens next, within two weeks three other children I know get the same illness.
The same goes for the latest new "topic" in my life. While on campus last week I heard some students talking about quinoa. I had never heard of quinoa but a couple of days later the quinoa follows me to a conference and what appears in my inbox this morning….more QUINOA. I am taking this as a sign that my Meatless Monday post today should be on quinoa.
Check out this post from mythineats.com.
Quinoa is known as a superfood, some people relate it to grain but it is actually a seed that comes from a plant most closely related to spinach. It is grown in the Andes mountains of South America. The ancient Incas considered this plant sacred and called it "chisaya mama" which means 'Mother of All Grains'. Quinoa grains are about the same size as millet, but flattened, with a pointed, oval shape. The color ranges from pale yellow through red and brown to black.
Quinoa is a great source of iron, manganese, potassium, riboflavin, copper, phosphorous, tryptophan, B6, niacin and thiamine. One cup of cooked quinoa has only 220 calories. It also has 5 grams of fiber and 8 grams of protein.
Quinoa is stocked with life-sustaining nutrients all across the board, including all eight essential amino acids. There are other highly beneficial compounds, vitamins and minerals.
It is not surprising that it is being recommended for people who want to lose weight, for people who suffer from migraine, heart disease and atherosclerosis, for people with gluten sensitivity, for vegans, and basically for everyone who wants to eat healthy.
Quinoa by itself is rather bland, I like to add olive oil, bullion, and if you like spicy food as I do some chili pepper as it boils. Quinoa is fun to cook with and you can add anything you like to it, from veggies to poultry, or you could make it as a cereal with milk and cinnamon, you can incorporate it into dessert, it's a chameleon.
Ok, so my veggie loving friends…can I buy quinoa at a restaurant? I would rather have someone prepare this for me so that I know what its supposed to taste like before I try to make it on my own. I definitely want my first quinoa experience to be a positive one.
I am certainly open-minded to different types of diets, but I am Southern to my soul! This is apparent by my strong affection for smothered pork chops and sweet tea. I have however learned a great deal about eating healthier for my body and the environment through the Meatless Monday movement.
While researching topics for today's post I came across a website titled The Southern Vegan. I immediately thought "a vegan after my own heart." After reading some of the posts I decided to contact the author, Amanda, to find out more about her story. Amanda was generous to share her story with me and I look forward to continuing our conversation about how this "southern girl" has made the transition.
And now….an interview with a vegan.
How/why did you become a vegan?
In college, I was hospitalized due to an excruciating pain in my lower abdomen. After weeks of testing, hospitalization and a few visits with a nutritionist, I was told I could not digest animal protein properly, causing infections, fatigue, malnutrition, problems with my internal organs and a host of other issues. The only solution I was given was a complete transition to a vegan diet with no exceptions or time for a soft transition. When many people read my story, they automatically assume I was either incredibly overweight or unhealthy, hence the need for a drastic and immediate change in my diet. On the contrary, I have always been a healthy weight and very active. However, I had no idea what I was putting my body through on a daily basis because of food I was consuming.
Since your vegan journey began out of necessity did you have a hard time coming to grips with the fact that you had to change your eating habits?
Prior to my hospitalization, I didn't really understand what eating vegan was and I certainly didn't understand why anyone would ever choose to limit his or her diet in such a drastic way. I questioned the protein source and malnutrition of any vegetarian or vegan in which I came in contact. I was raised most of life in South Carolina, eating throughout my childhood as most do their entire lives…meals filled with meat, processed foods and vegetables. Even the vegetables I consumed growing up were cooked in cheese or butter. I believed that foods derived from an animal were necessary to a healthy diet. When I was told the vegan diet was necessary for me to live a healthy life, I was ignorant to what I would eat, how I would get enough nutrients, and certainly how I would survive inSouth Carolinanot eating anything from an animal.
I wish I could say the transition to a vegan diet was a painless and easy process for me, but it was quite the opposite. I struggled for months, if not years, on grasping the new lifestyle. At first, I felt restricted and lost. What you put into your body is the one thing you can control each day and I felt I had lost complete control. I wandered around the grocery store aimlessly, desperately searching for food to fill the void I felt inside. I had no friends or family living locally that were interested or educated on the vegan lifestyle. Most were just as I was before my sudden change in lifestyle, ignorant and misinformed about veganism.
One day I decided I had to take it upon myself to better my education on veganism and what the health benefits to eating a plant-based diet were. I was hoping that if I understood veganism better, mealtime would be easier for me. I began reading as many books and scientific studies as I could. When this educational process began, I was shocked at the facts. I could not believe how wrong my perception of "healthy" was. Educating myself on the facts of a healthy, plant-based diet was the key to an easier transition.
Any advice for people who are considering a vegan lifestyle?
Educate yourself and try it! I'm a big believer that if our society knew the scientific facts about health, nutrition and disease, many of them would choose to make a change to their diet. I know that I certainly would have made changes to my diet had I understood what I was doing to my body with the food I was consuming. Additionally, I think the best way to learn anything is through your own personal experience. Try the vegan lifestyle for a few months or even just for 30 days. You will see drastic improvements in how you feel, your attitude, your skin, your digestion, your energy level and a host of other great changes. This is not to say the transition will be easy for everyone, especially if your diet was anything like mine prior to my transition. My recommendation for those people is, for the first week or several weeks, keep your meals as similar to what you eat now as possible. You can find vegan alternatives to virtually anything and most of them taste great! This should make the transition easier. Once you get past the initial transition, try to focus on eating more whole fruits, veggies, nuts, beans, etc. This is where you will see the most health benefits.
I am a true believer that we can learn a great deal from hearing about someone else's journey. If you have a meatless journey of your own that you'd like to share…or if you have questions for Amanda please email them to Shannan.george@life.edu. We'd love to share them with other readers. Also be sure to visit The Southern Vegan for great tips and recipes.


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Lifestyle World
The Best New Photography Gear Of The Year
December 26, 2020 December 26, 2020 Kaleem Naqvi	0 Comments	new photography gear
new photography gear No cameras made a bigger splash this year than Canon's full-frame mirrorless bodies. The follow-ups to the original Canon R line brought a bevy of long-awaited new features, including 45 megapixels of resolution in the R5, and dual card slots for redundant backups as you shoot.
Canon R5 and R6
No cameras made a bigger splash this year than Canon's full-frame mirrorless bodies. The follow-ups to the original Canon R line brought a bevy of long-awaited new features, including 45 megapixels of resolution in the R5, and dual card slots for redundant backups as you shoot.
I've been shooting with an R5 since summer and I've been consistently impressed with just about everything it offers, from image quality and autofocus tracking, down to the design and feel. Some early controversies regarding thermal performance and limited UHD video recording made for splashy headlines, but both the R5 and R6 have performed exceptionally in the real world. Now the biggest problem is that it's hard to find them in stock.
Smartphone camera hardware has been advancing in small jumps recently, with manufacturers relying more and more on processing power and AI to improve overall imaging performance.
This year, however, Apple gave its flagship iPhone an improved camera module with a main sensor that's 50 percent larger than its siblings. Combined with Apple's new ProRAW format, the 12 Pro Max is the most versatile smartphone camera around, even if it lacks the super-long-range zoom promises from other manufacturers like Samsung. Apple also added sensor-based image stabilization, which it claims is actually more effective than the lens-based "optical" system.
GoPro Hero9 Black
If you haven't used a GoPro since the Hero6, you're really missing out on how great the company's HyperSmooth technology really is. The Hero9 employs HyperSmooth 3.0, which is extremely adept at removing the bumps and shakes from even the most intense footage.
Battery life has improved by a third over the previous model, and there's now a full-color screen on the front of the device for easier selfie-style shooting. Tie that all up with a 5K sensor inside, and the Hero9 still offers plenty of incentive for stepping up from your smartphone camera.
Sony A7S III
By sticking with its 12-megapixel resolution, Sony's latest A7S model is a monster in low-light. It finally offers a flip-out display and captures 4K 10-bit footage at up to 120 fps. The electronic viewfinder got a huge resolution upgrade to 9.44 million dots, and—like the Canon mirrorless bodies—it has two card slots built-in. It's easily one of the best video-shooting mirrorless cameras around at the moment.
Canon RF 800mm f/11 IS STM
It's not often you'd see a lens with a relatively tiny maximum aperture like f/11 on a best-of list, but Canon did some truly clever work on its line of affordable ultra-telephoto primes. At just $899, you get a true 800mm telephoto lens—the f/5.6 L version of the lens will set you back just shy of $13,000.
The small aperture is a downside in some situations, but if you're out in the field shooting sports or nature at midday, you'll probably never miss the extra speed. The f/11 also weighs in under three pounds, while the f/5.6 pro version weighs 9.9 pounds.
Olympus 150-400mm f/4.5 TC1.25x zoom lens
Built for Micro Four Thirds cameras, this beastly telephoto zoom has a natural zoom range equal to a 300-800mm model on a full-frame body. As the name suggests, however, there's a 1.25x teleconverter built right into the lens which makes it perform like a 380-1000mm zoom when engaged.
That's a huge amount of reach. Because the image stabilization is capable of combating up to 4.5 stops of shake, you can shoot it without a tripod, an impressive feat for a lens this long.
Nikon Nikkor Z 14-24mm f/2.8 S
This is a truly classic focal range for Nikon's wide-angle zoom and the new Z version built for mirrorless cameras is a worthy update. The front element makes it simple to attach filters, which is key for landscape work and can be difficult with ultra-wides with building front elements. It's built incredibly tough and shows impressive edge-to-edge sharpness, especially when you consider the extreme angle of view.
Fujifilm X-S10
While most of the exciting action in the camera world happened in the high-end gear this year, Fujifilm's X-S10 offers much of what you'll get in its higher-end X-T4 for just under $1,000.
You get the Fujifilm color science in a body that weighs 16.4 ounces. It's weather-sealed and includes sensor-shift images stabilization like the higher-end models. It's one of the most capable mid-level cameras we've seen in some time.
Hasselblad 907x 50C
On the opposite end of the spectrum from the Fujifilm, Hasselblad's curious camera costs $6,499. All that cash gets you a 50-megapixel medium format sensor attached to a super-compact body equipped with an X-series lens mount.
It has autofocus, but it really feels like using an old Pentax SWC, which was primarily designed for street photography and zone focusing. It's a truly weird camera that takes some getting used to, but once you find the groove, it creates some beautiful images with excellent dimensionality thanks to the large sensor.
Originally published at Popular science
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redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


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I aint' feelin' the love Review
SHOW Nightmare Creatures INFO
Nightmare Creatures Info
kalisto/Activision
I aint' feelin' the love
It's dark, it's raining, it's foggy… it's London of course! Home of Jack the Ripper and other fine gentlemen, and now the home of Nightmare Creatures. What could be more mysterious than London in the early 19th century? This ancient incarnation of London is just seeping with atmosphere, a perfect locale to freak you out – and that's exactly what Nightmare Creatures does.
After being destroyed some 150 years ago, the evil Brotherhood of Hectate is making a comeback. Adam Crowley is picking up where his dead predecessors left off, by creating mutant sicknesses to spread throughout London. The result? Untamed monsters running throughout the city causing mayhem. Your job, of course, is to clear the city of them. You can choose either Father Ignatius Blackward, a priest who fights with a staff, or Nadia F., a fencer. Beginning is simple: once you've picked your character, you're all squared up and ready to go.
This game, like I've said, is oozing with atmosphere. London, in the fog, at night, is a perfect setting for any game that aspires to be frightening. Whether you're traveling the streets wading in a sewer with water pouring in, the sense is fear and suspense in Nightmare Creatures is only surpassed by Resident Evil. That said, the graphics for the levels are pretty darn good. The textures look surprisingly realistic, and the various nooks and crannies are well modeled. On the other hand, the characters themselves seem to have fairly low polygon counts. This results in blocky looking characters. Don't get me wrong, you can still tell when you rip a werewolf's head off, but were not talking about amazing looking enemies. The music and sound aren't obtrusive and just add to the atmosphere of the game, with spooky background noise and disturbing growls.
As for the in game action, it's all here with a dynamic camera that works surprisingly well. The camera moves much more than Tomb Raider, performing zoom outs and other tricks to make the game look more like a fighting game. It does it surprisingly well, it was rare when I encountered a point where the camera obstructed my view. For the actual fighting scenes, there are quite a few combos for each character – combos that if used appropriately can cause some serious damage. The combos are revealed only as you progress throughout the game, which is a refreshing change – you'll always have a new maneuver to attempt. Unfortunately, it's not really necessary to use more than 4 or 5 of the 20-odd combos for each character. Still, the game is pretty fun. Besides a few frustrating levels, you'll get your dose of blood curdling ass-whoopin'.
This game received a "Mature" rating from the ESRB, and it earned it well! You can break off any limb of any monster – a gore engine unsurpassed in any game. After turning on the "berzerker" power up, you'll literally be a walking chainsaw. With a stroke of your sword (or staff) you'll send legs, arms, heads, and torsos flying across the level. It's a beautiful sight.
Nightmare Creatures is a fun game that is comically gory. Despite a few frustrating levels and a couple of blocky characters, it's a jolly diversion and a chilling ride. Grab your weapon and steel your nerve, there are monsters out there.
+ Spooky atmosphere
+ Fighting is fun
- Occasionally Frustrating
- Some blocky characters


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The Puppet Master: Everything you need to know about Dota 2's rumored next hero
March 31, 2022 #Guides
Unused voice lines, speculation, rumors—Puppet Master isn't even a hero in Dota 2, yet he's been one of the most speculated about characters ever.
Puppet Master is one of the iconic characters of Heroes of Newerth that fans have wanted to make a debut in Dota 2 for years. Originally a unique addition to HoN, Puppet Master is one of the few legacy characters from Dota 2's forebears to not make it into the game.
A devious Intelligence hero, the HoN Puppet Master could control, bind, and otherwise manipulate enemy heroes. A control-caster unit with physical damage, Puppet Master could lock down opponents and generally cause havoc for opposing players.
But who exactly is Puppet Master, what are his abilities, and why do people think they'll be in Dota 2?
Puppet Master in HoN
In HoN, Puppet Master was a carry/disabler with great initiation (Image via S2 Games)
In HoN, Puppet Master's lore describes him as a daemon of the Hellbourne (the Dire for Dota fans). A smirking, gibbering madman whose puppets are "offenses to life -- either false things imbued with stolen life, or living things twisted to his will."
But what does that mean in-game? Well, Puppet Master is an incredible disabler, a crowd control master. His Q and W, Puppeteer's Hold and Puppet Show, are both great CC abilities. The Q is a scaling bind that works by dragging players back if they move away from their original location. And W is a 'forced attack,' effectively a taunt, except it forces the affected opponent to attack the nearest unit. Priority is on enemy heroes and units. But if none are in range, it can be used to force heroes to attack their own allies.
You might already be seeing some good combo potential, and you're right. And the more cynical among you can probably see some great potential for griefing as well (Imagine support Puppet Master screwing up his carry's farm by forcing him to attack the nearest unit). But in HoN, Puppet Master is a carry in his own right, thanks to his E, Whiplash. A basic attack empowering ability, it grants every fourth attack bonus Critical Strike and Splash Damage. So Puppet Master is a carry who can lock you down and force you to fight him.
This is balanced with an only average stat line. And while Puppet Master is a ranged hero, the range isn't anything to write home about. The real selling point of the hero, as with most, is his Ultimate.
Puppet Master's Ultimate
Puppet Master's Ultimate, Voodoo Puppet, targets an enemy and spawns an attackable puppet linked to them. Damage dealt to the puppet is transferred to the enemy as well as any debuffs and stuns. This might sound familiar to players of League of Legends, as it's very similar to an ability from the champion Illaoi.
Overall, you have a dangerous carry disabler, who also has great initiation and a way to facilitate nuking one of the enemy team. Great, but that's HoN… and that game only has three more months of being online. So why do people think Puppet Master is even going to head to Dota 2 next?
Why do people think Puppet Master will be in Dota 2?
Some think that Anessix from Dota: Underlords could be Dota 2's version of Puppet Master (Image via Valve)
Well, one of the reasons for fans thinking Puppet Master will head to Dota 2 is the aforementioned impending closure of HoN. With the game ceasing operations in June 20th, 2022, some have speculated this will be the push Valve needs to swoop in and secure the assets from that game. They'll certainly have an easier time 'borrowing' ideas and hero concepts from a game that isn't actively being played.
But beyond speculation, there's evidence in voice lines and other data-mined information from Dota 2 that Puppet Master is already in development. AngerMania, a Dota 2 lore content creator, put out a video in 2020 that seemed to hint that Puppet Master was in the works. In fact, almost every hero since 2019 has had some kind of reference to strings, puppets, manipulation, or other hints about Puppet Master in their unused voice lines.
"Wait, I don't see any strings?"
Unusued Mars Voiceline
AngerMania goes on to suggest that Puppet Master could even be someone we've already been introduced to in Dota: Underlords. In Underlords, the Underlord Anessix is described as a "demonic puppet master." Which lines up almost exactly with Puppet Master's HoN lore that describes them as a daemon.
Even more convincing is the source for AngerMania's information. The original Reddit thread contained data-mining info from the game reporting potentially 19 new heroes. And right at the top is a series of files prefixed with puppet_master.
Given this info, first posted in 2020, has now had some some verifiable proof of authenticity (It's confirmed that the Valkyrie, Squirrel, and Primal Beast heroes mentioned are Dawnbreaker, Hoodwink, and Primal Beast), it's reasonable to assume that Puppet Master is on the way.
What would Puppet Master be like in Dota 2
Moving on to the realm of pure speculation, it seems like the Puppet Master could go in several directions. The data-mined info suggests that a stun, a bind with strings that pull you back, and bonus AoE damage. It's all the fun stuff from the HoN Puppet Master. We even have prospective names as the abilities. Puppeteer's Hold looks like it will be called "Pull the Strings."
All this points to a direct port of HoN's Puppet Master. But other details hint at a character that can control and command puppets, as well as a voodoo element being added. There's a lot of potential abilities, and not all of them line-up with what we know about Puppet Master already.
Whatever the case, there's huge amounts of evidence that Puppet Master is in the works for Dota 2. But exactly what form the hero will take on remains to be seen.
#Dota 2#HoN#Puppet Master#valve


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The Japan External Trade Organization(JETRO) has released an updated report on the status of the Animation Industry.
JETRO's 2005 report is an update of the 2004 report. The changes going on in Japanese Animation industry are quite profound. Here is some excerpts from the 2005 with a list of the sources for some of the data in the report listed below.
The anime market sales in Japan declined from a high of 213.5 billion yen in 2002, to 191.2 billion yen in 2003(a 10.4% drop).
There are about 430 anime production studios in Japan, with 264(over 60%) of them concentrated in greater Tokyo - 70 of these are in the Suginami district of Tokyo.
Earlier this year, the Japan Digital Contents & an independent government agency gathered 500 million yen each to start an investment financing fund for content production in animation.
A typical 30-minute TV episode costs 10 million yen to produce, however some cost as little as 5 million yen to produce.
Most TV series do not recoup their production costs through TV broadcasting and rely on other revenue sources (DVDs, licensing, toys, etc...) to make up the shortfall and profit.
Employees in many smaller animation studios are not paid monthly salaries. Many also don't have guaranteed stable incomes.
Almost all of the animation broadcast in South Korea used to be from Japan. South Korea now produces 30% to 40% of the animation on television in their country.
Wao Corporation is behind the opening of Japan's first vocational graduate school. It is scheduled to open in April 2006 in Suginami.
The 2.5 billion yen used in the production of Spirited Away was invested bythese businesses: Studio Ghibli, Tokuma Shoten Publishing, Nippon Television Network Dentsu, Tohokushinsha Film, and a few others.
Feature-length anime movies released in theaters have dropped in revenue for several consecutive years. Box office revenue has dropped 53% between 2001 and 2003, from a high of 53.3 billion yen in 2001, to 33.7 billion yen in 2003.
The number of TV anime programs continue to grow each year. In 2003, there were 2,850 episodes of anime broadcast in Japan, up from 2,748 in 2002. This was the second consecutive annual rise. Over Sixty percent of TV anime is broadcast in the evening after six p.m.
Sales of anime DVDs/videos were 92.59 billion yen in 2004. This however was a 5.5% decrease from 2003. The sales of animation DVDs/videos in Japan was 80% Japanese anime and 20% imported animation.
In 2004, the anime market was estimated to be worth 20 billion yen according to the Nomura Research Institute. The numbers were based on the amount of DVDs sold.
METI issued a report in January of 2004 estimating on sales internationally that 60% of the anime shown worldwide is made in Japan.


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These books are comprised of entries from Whalen's Journals from two key periods in his life: the mid to late 1950s following the public recognition of the Beats, and the early 1970s after his return from Japan and decision to live in a Zen monastery; with introductory essay.
PHILIP WHALEN was born in Portland, Oregon on October 20, 1923. He roomed with future poets Gary Snyder and Lew Welch's at Reed College in Oregon. Whalen did not pursue a career in poetry, but fell into it after Snyder asked him to take part in the famous Six Gallery poetry reading in 1955. Like Snyder and Kerouac, Whalen took Buddhism very seriously, and also like them he found spiritual enlightenment as a fire lookout in the Cascade Mountains in the Pacific Northwest. Whalen published many highly respected works of poetry, as well as two novels, You Didn't Even Try and Imaginary Speeches for a Brazen Head. He was ordained as a Zen monk in 1973. He lived as a Buddhist in San Francisco until he died on June 26, 2002.


"What's an animal shelter?" asked Angie.
"It's like an orphanage for dogs and cats," Betsy replied.
"So, are the dogs and cats at an animal shelter like us?" asked Angie.
"Then we can all be their mommies and daddies!" Jason chimed in, jumping onto Betsy's bed.
"We can walk!" retorted Rachel.
"You think walking ten blocks would be easy?!" snapped Betsy. "Besides, that's not even half of it! Our new mommies and daddies wouldn't have Ms. Harquin constantly waiting for them to do something bad so she can scold them!" All the orphans looked at Betsy in silence. At least some of them hated to admit it, but they all knew she was right.
The whole group had gone quiet in unison. Angie was the first to speak up after the silent spell was over.
"So, can we still try it?" she asked. Betsy looked around the room at all of the eager little faces, each with his or her own reason to coax her into trying to get a dog to keep at the orphanage. Angie, the littlest, needed someone to comfort and protect her. Jason needed something to remind him of the little terrier he had lost along with his parents. Rachel needed someone to mess around with when the other orphans were too worn out. And Betsy had to admit that having a dog would cheer her up, too. But how were they going to pull this off? Betsy knew she'd have to think of something soon.


Two confirmed cases of the measles in Massachusetts have been identified as a resident of Framingham and a resident of Spencer who works in Framingham.
In addition to Trader Joe's supermarket, state public health officials Tuesday afternoon identified Samba Steak & Sushi restaurant in Framingham as the second location where the public was exposed to a confirmed case of the measles on President's Day weekend. Health officials have identified three Framingham exposure locations so far: Trader Joe's, Samba restaurant, and Bose Corporation headquarters, where the Spencer resident works.
A public health alert from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health Tuesday afternoon warned that people may have been exposed between the hours of 5:30 and 9 p.m. at Samba Steak & Sushi along Route 9 on Saturday, Feb. 15. The restaurant is a little more than a mile from the Trader Joe's, also located on Route 9, which was identified yesterday as a location where the public was exposed.
The Framingham resident went to Trader Joe's on both Feb. 15 and 16 "for a significant amount of time,'' said Roberto Santamaria, the deputy director at the Framingham Health Department, in an interview Tuesday afternoon. Health officials are warning residents to be wary of potential exposure if they shopped at Trader Joe's from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on both days.
The Framingham resident also visited Samba restaurant for dinner on Feb. 15, but Santamaria said the "minimal'' exposure was limited to restaurant employees who came into direct contact with the infected individual.
State health officials notified Framingham Health Department of the confirmed cases on Friday, Feb. 21. That same day, the Framingham health department became aware that public exposures had occurred the previous weekend at Trader Joe's and Samba Steak & Sushi, and health officials notified managers of both businesses where they displayed physical notices.
Santamaria said that the Spencer resident only went to work at Bose Corporation in Framingham during the four days he or she was infectious, which limits the public's exposure to this individual.
Vaccination against the measles, usually given in the two-shot MMR vaccine, is only effective at preventing the measles up to 72 hours after an individual is exposed, said Dr. Greg Wallace, an infectious disease expert at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in a phone interview Tuesday.
Vaccination clinics were held at Trader Joe's on Feb. 22 and Feb. 24. The Framingham health department held a vaccination clinic at Samba restaurant Tuesday evening at 5 p.m.
The measles is a highly contagious disease, but as previously reported, most people in the United States are immune to the measles because they either have had the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine, or they were born before 1957 and have developed immunity over their lifetime.
Since the public exposure occurred more than nine days ago, this is the time when those exposed to the measles might start to display symptoms such as fever, cough, runny nose, and red eyes.
At this point, it's really about tracing the locations of the potential exposure to the measles and containing confirmed cases so that more exposures do not occur, said Dr. Wallace.


In retaliation, she vandalizes his customized four-wheel drive vehicle by keying the sides, carving her name into its leather seats, smashing the headlights with a Louisville Slugger baseball bat and slashing all four tires.
All of these actions are part of her hopes that this will make him "think before he cheats" again.
In other scenes, the "husband/boyfriend" (portrayed by actor Tabb Shoup) is seen kissing another woman.
As the video progresses Underwood takes the stage to sing as various objects behind her, such as lamps, are seen exploding.
"In my heart, I knew it wasn't right," she told UK's NOW Magazine. I feel like it was more of a publicity stunt." [From In Touch, print edition, May 28, 2012] I looked up what Carrie said about the relationship at the time, and she admitted that they broke up over text message.
She also said that the media made more out of it than it was.
It received a nomination for the Grammy Award for Song of the Year as well.Although the song is about a tale of revenge, according to Carrie Underwood, while she had been cheated on before, "I wouldn't recommend doing any property damage, though.I'm a 'let it go, move on' kind of person." In the beginning of the video Underwood is seen leaving a parking lot brandishing a Louisville Slugger, having just vandalized her husband/boyfriend's truck for cheating on her.So that may be affecting Carrie's view of her relationship with Chace quite a bit."Before He Cheats" is a song written by Chris Tompkins and Josh Kear and the third wide-release single from Carrie Underwood's debut studio album, Some Hearts (2005). The song tells the story of a woman taking revenge on her potentially unfaithful boyfriend/husband.
So low is such a carbon-14 level that no one had detected natural carbon-14 until Libby, guided by his own predictions, set out specifically to measure it.
She is the women that has closets upon closets of shoes and clothing that of course where given to her by her adoring male counter part(s).
Knowles ailesi birleşti ve bir süre sonra kızlar Columbia Records ile sözleşme imzaladı. Albüm, grubun; Yılın En İyi R&B/Soul Albümü, En İyi Yeni R&B/Soul veya Rap Sanatçısı ve "No, No, No" ile En İyi R&B/Soul Single'ı dallarında üç Soul Train Lady of Soul Ödülü almasına yol açtı.


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Hadiqa Kiani Enjoying Vacations At Murree Hills
Celebrity, Entertainment By Bakhtawar Sheikh
Hadiqa Kiani is a Pakistani singer, lyricist and philanthropist. She has won several local and global awards and has also appeared in the world's highest scenes, including the Royal Albert Hall and the Kennedy Center. Hadiqa Kiani's singing in Pashto was critically acclaimed. Some Pakhtoons even call them "Hadiqa Pathani". Kanii brought samples of the Pashtun culture that had been captured in Pakistan. Young ladies wore Pashto-style clothes imitating Kanii's appearance on Celebrity Street, and more and more standard performers began singing and speaking dialect nearby. The deep meaning of melody is that it breaks the barriers of Pakistani music. Kiani is a Punjabi who sang Pashto and hires an audience from Pakistan's Pashto community and people from all over the world. Kiani's "Janan" is sought after by many singers around the world, and Chinese artist Hou Wei performed best at the 2014 South Asia Expo.
In 2006, Hadiqa Kiani was awarded the Tamgha-e-Imtiaz, Pakistan's most recognized civil affairs award, for his contributions to the field of music. In 2010 she was selected as the Goodwill Representative of the United Nations Development Program, making her the Chief Lady of Pakistan's UN Goodwill Envoy.
In 2016, Hadiqa was named one of Pakistan's "Most Powerful and Influential Women of Pakistan " by the country's Jang Group of Newspapers, which is the main content of their "Skill" version. In 2016, Kiani was named one of the "Most powerful and influential Women of Pakistan" by the major newsgroup "Jang Group of Newspapers", the main content of their "skill" version. After the 2005 earthquake, Hadiqa Kiani adopted a son from the Edhi Foundation and now lives with her.
Recently Hadiqa Kiani shared some beautiful pictures on her Instagram account while on vacation with her cute son Murree.
Mother and son spend some time together.
Hadiqa also went trekking during his trip to Murree.
Hadiqa visited a local shop for dinner and recommended this place in Murree.
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/// IKA-Werke in Staufen opens new €1.5 million Application Center – 400 m² of the latest technology
IKA-Werke in Staufen opens new €1.5 million Application Center – 400 m² of the latest technology
IKA-Werke Staufen GmbH & Co. KG has established even more customer proximity and service with its new "Application Center." Here, processes that revolve around stirring, shaking, dispersing, grinding, heating, analyzing and distilling are tested. In addition, it also expands the possibilities for customers to test their own devices and to develop new models.
"When it comes to the development of new devices, IKA has always worked closely with its customers," says René Stiegelmann, the owner and managing director of IKA. "The Application Center now offers even more space and possibilities to test and improve upon lab devices and processes."
The Application Center spans approx. 400 m² and is equipped with very modern technology.
A lab with an adjacent conference room enables customers and prospective buyers to work on samples in collaboration with IKA specialists. Whether it's for correct sample preparation or for testing a new production process, "the customer would like to ensure that the process actually works before he invests in devices and machines," explains Daniela Dockweiler, head of the Application Center. "We provide the devices and, aided by a computer, document the experiments."
With the extensive range of products IKA has to offer, most customer-specific processes can be accomplished.
Two accessible safety fume hoods are available under which the first steps of the pilot plant can take place.
IKA product managers and renowned guest speakers are scheduled to participate in a future series of seminars.
At the heart of the Application Center, lie devices in varying stages of development. Throughout the 210-m² space, you will find devices being tested for the ability to meet daily work demands. Even after the products are introduced, IKA continuously tests them under realistic lab conditions. "That is basically our elk test," says Dockweiler. "New fields of application for our devices constantly arise in the industry and in research, so we want to ensure that said devices meet our quality standards, even under these conditions."
Finally, our lab team of eight tests initial designs and ideas from its own development department and carries out feasibility studies in the R&D lab.
A total of 1.5 million euros went into the renovation and the equipment for the Application Center.
The use of lighting and open air design provide for a very modern environment while ensuring safe working conditions without drafts. The climatization guarantees a consistent lab temperature of 22 degrees – a requirement for reproducible experiments. For its test series, the Application Center is connected to automated storage facilities. The modern fume hoods offer safe working conditions, even with difficult samples.
This marks a new era of customer proximity for IKA. The application database on the website and the large showroom in Staufen are said to have already greatly facilitated the process of choosing the right devices.
"Now we are able to not only showcase the devices, but can also show how they master each customer's specific applications in actuality," raves Dockweiler. "It's a test run de luxe, so to speak." In connection with the supply of so-called pilots, which are machines that fall between the lab and the industry scale, IKA is able to advise and accompany its customers with the original idea, through the lab stage, then into production.
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Gwendolyn VanSant and Randy Weinstein lead a discussion during an OLLI class at the Mason Library in Great Barrington, where a new exhibit, 'W. E. B. Du Bois: Global Citizen Rooted in the Berkshires,' is housed until Friday, March 15.
Great Barrington — It reads like a who's who of American history. The list of important people W. E. B. Du Bois corresponded with includes presidents Eisenhower and Kennedy, former Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev, German novelist Thomas Mann, former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt, American novelist William Faulkner and perhaps the most famous scientist of all time, Albert Einstein.
These documents and some rarely seen photographs are on display until the middle of March at the Mason Library. Du Bois, the legendary scholar and civil rights leader, was born and raised in Great Barrington.
The exhibit, titled "W. E. B. Du Bois: Global Citizen Rooted in the Berkshires," was put together by Randy Weinstein, who runs the Du Bois Center at Great Barrington, with the help of the other Du Bois Center—the one at UMass Amherst, where many of Du Bois' papers are kept. The exhibit is part of the months-long celebration of the 150th anniversary of Du Bois' birth.
Weinstein's enthusiasm is infectious, as when he discourses on the letters housed in two glassed-in cases in the foyer of the Mason Library. On NAACP stationery, Du Bois got into a back-and-forth with Eleanor Roosevelt, just after her husband's death, on a variety of subjects that were ahead of the curve, including nuclear disarmament.
Indeed, at the height of the McCarthy anti-communist era, Du Bois saw his passport revoked after being indicted by the Justice Department, ostensibly for failure to register as a foreign agent as a consequence of his opposition to nuclear weapons. When his passport was finally returned to him, Du Bois received a personal letter from President Eisenhower.
"It basically said, 'Dear fellow citizen, now that you've got your passport back, you'd better behave,'" Weinstein said, adding that the president was not being tongue-in-cheek but rather dead serious.
There is the famous 1949 letter from prominent intellectuals and "peace-seeking leaders," as Weinstein calls them, warning of the possibility of nuclear annihilation. Mann and Einstein were among the signatories. The following year, Du Bois founded the Peace Information Center, which is what ultimately got him in trouble with the Justice Department.
There is also a letter from a prominent leader of a communist nation, which feeds into Du Bois' controversial embrace of communism late in his life—a fact that angers local veterans groups when efforts are made to honor Du Bois in his hometown.
After the return of his passport, in 1958, Du Bois traveled the world and met a number of world dignitaries, including Mao and Khrushchev. The Soviet leader later wrote a letter to Du Bois' wife praising him on his 95th birthday, only a few months before Du Bois' death in Ghana.
At 93 years of age, Du Bois sent an unsolicited letter of advice to President John F. Kennedy, urging the president to, among other things, put out a "new Emancipation Proclamation," and offering a number of executive actions Kennedy could take in pursuit of that goal.
Also of interest is a gripping exchange with Faulkner, the Nobel Prize-winning titan of Southern literature. There had been talk of a debate between the two men in the wake of the lynching of Emmett Till and the riots at the University of Alabama against the court-ordered admission of Autherine Lucy, who was the first black student in the school's history.
There is an eloquent five-page response from Du Bois to the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi, the legendary spiritual leader and pacifist who led the charge for independence against British rule over India.
There are various photographs lining the wall of the front portion of the Mason Library, along with Du Bois' diploma from the former Great Barrington High School, later renamed Searles High School.
The exhibit and related material are also the subject of an OLLI class led by Weinstein and VanSant. The exhibit runs through Friday, March 15. The W. E. B. Du Bois Legacy Festival runs through Friday, March 1.
Last week there was a staged reading at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center of Beyond The Veil by Emily Devoti. The play depicts a fictitious meeting between Du Bois and Edith Wharton at the Mount, Wharton's home, in 1910.
Click here to see the remainder of the W. E. B. Du Bois Legacy Festival program.
What happen to the DuBois mural on the Carr Hardware wall?
It was nice, and it was whitewashed (no pun intended).
You know what they say about assuming… I am downtown all the time, and I have seen Sophie's great murals.
As far as the mural I asked about, one day it was just gone, and I was not aware of wall repairs. So, thank you for answering my question.
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Three venerable brands try some fresh ingredients
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Can an elephant change its spots? Sometimes it feels easier to start a new brand than to change an old one-even if the old one seems ready for the bone yard. But how do franchisors who want to keep a valuable (but tired) nameplate breathe new life into it, attracting new customers while retaining the faithful--and convince its franchisees not only to have faith after years of malaise, but that change is what they need? Franchise UPDATE spoke with three franchisors who knew they had a good thing going-and figured out a way to make it fly once again.
Dairy Queen: Restoring the pride
As people approach 65, they think of retirement. As Dairy Queen neared that venerable plateau, thoughts at headquarters turned to a corporate makeover. The changes had been coming for more than a decade, arguably for several, says Michael Keller, chief brand officer and part of the new team brought in to rejuvenate what he called "a tired old brand with incredible equity." One of the unique things about Dairy Queen, despite its age, says Keller, is the "incredible passion consumers have for the brand and its product." That was the good news. The bad news, he says, is that the brand "was suffering from lack of focus and lack of relevance to consumer trends and behavior and was not addressing competitors' activity." The challenge, then, was to maintain its loyal base and bring the dowdy brand quickly into the 21st century. For example, the new Grill & Chill concept is branded under the DQ name and logo, not Dairy Queen's. This preserves the name and heritage, but connotes a shift to the more extensive menu and upgraded look and feel. The first DQ Grill & Chill opened in Chattanooga in December 2001 to test and tweak the concept.
The changes began in early 2001 when 39-year-old CFO Chuck Mooty was promoted to CEO. Mooty, who started with the company in 1986, began thinking very differently about the brand and the business, says Keller. One key change: hiring senior executives from outside the company, including Keller. This past January, several changes at the top created a management team populated mostly by 40-somethings.
One early goal was "to restore some pride to our collective system and do it in a way that unified our system," says Keller. "Unfortunately, we have a fairly fragmented system. Rather than competing as 5,500-store system in North America, we tended to compete as a number of small markets and systems."
By the end of 2001, a relatively new management team was in place. "We started putting changes in place that would serve as a blueprint for 2002 to 2005," says Keller. "We needed to make changes in almost every aspect." Yet some of the hardest years lay ahead. "2002 and 2003 were brutal for the fast food industry," with the industry going into negative comps for about a year and a half, he recalls. But by the second half of 2003, DQ started going positive in terms of comps, with some stores showing double-digit improvements. DQ sustained the upward trend through 2004, finishing up 10 percent on the year, second only to Starbucks in the QSR category, says Keller. So far in 2005 comps are up 8 to 9 percent, with 22 months of continuous rise, the majority being double-digit positive, he reports. Important factors in its makeover, says Keller, were the company's willingness to restructure, and "to reach outside the company for new talent-and inside the company for talent that may have been hidden before." And to reach out to the franchisees, early and often. In times of fundamental change, the franchisor's role is to provide leadership, he says, and to listen to the voice of its franchisees. "I could not get anything done without the full support of the North American franchisee leadership. Before we sell a thing to consumers, we have to sell the idea to the franchisees." Keller, who came on board in August 2001, says one of the most exciting things at DQ has been the improvement in the relationship with franchisee leadership, and by extension, with the franchisees at large. "The relationship has dramatically and radically changed," he says, with increased mutual respect, trust, and communication. "Get corporate and franchisee leadership aligned and you're on your way." There is no formula for turning around a 5,500-unit, 60-yearold ship, says Keller, but he does offer some advice:
Challenge all your current assumptions; have no sacred cows; leave no area of the business without review. "You're forced to ask yourself some pretty tough questions," he says.
Take an outward focus. "We were so inwardly focused for so long," he says. Management's attention was more on infighting and mechanics than on "what our consumers and competitors were doing to us. It's amazing what happens when you shift outwardly."
Plan strategically for the long term, with horizons of three, five, and 10 years. (Patience is also recommended.)
A final word to anyone about to embark on the road to rebranding: "It's massive. It has to be exhaustive, it has to be continuous, and it has to be done in concert with franchisee leadership or it will go nowhere," says Keller. And it's not for the faint of heart. "You're going to sweat, bleed, and cry on the way there," he says. But it sure beats the alternative.
Mazzio's: Beyond the pie
In 1961 Ken Selby opened The Pizza Parlor in Tulsa. Five years later he opened a second location and renamed the restaurants Ken's Pizza. By the mid-1970s, that concept began to lose some steam, and in 1979 the first Mazzio's Pizza stores were added. 1994 saw the addition of Zio's Italian Kitchen, a casual dining restaurant with a full bar. Business remained good for the Mazzio's brand-until about five years ago. "We were about 20 years in when we said we needed to retool," says Dave Poth, vice president of marketing and sales for Mazzio's Italian Eatery, the company's newest concept. "Our restaurants needed a fresh look; our concept needed a freshening. We no longer wanted to be perceived as a pizza place."
At the time, Mazzio's was a $140 million brand with about 200 stores, about two thirds franchised. This left it too small to add another brand, and much too large to give up its goodwill and brand recognition. The plan was to change all its Mazzio's units, building on its name to target the fast casual customer.
Fortunately, Mazzio's had an up-market "big brother" in Zio's, which Poth jokingly described as a very expensive test kitchen. "It gave us the experience and confidence to do other things that we incorporated into our concept," says Poth.
Mazzio's worked with IdeaStudio Design Group, a Tulsa marketing and communications firm, to complete its "image alignment" process, designed to reveal how a company's own ideas about its brand line up with consumer perceptions, expectations, and experience. They gathered input from three groups- franchisees, consumers, and company employees-to learn the answers to such questions as: How do you perceive Mazzio's? What do you think we do best? What are your expectations of us? Are we credible in terms our statements and claims?
Image alignment, says Poth, brings the input from all three groups into a single concise summary, with an action plan. The result? "Get together with Mazzio's," a slogan that reflects the fact that all types of groups-soccer teams, church groups, and families-come to eat at Mazzio's (or call for pickup or delivery). "Alignment is such a key word," says Poth. "If we don't see the same world it's going to be ugly." And at the very least, he adds, the company will reach agreement that the direction it chose was the right thing to do.
From 1998 to 2002, Mazzio's stopped selling franchises until its new direction became clear and its sales numbers improved. But improvement was slow in coming. "In 2002 and most of 2003, we really had a heck of a time of it," says Poth. But starting in May 2003 the brand started to see sales growth, which has continued in every period since, a 24-month run.
Mazzio's started with a new menu, then remodeling, and then rebranding. The changes began in company-owned stores, with the first new model opening in September 2003 in Stillwater, Okla. Poth says that store has enjoyed a fairly steady 20 percent growth, and broke a sales record this spring. Another remodel, in Broken Arrow, Okla., doing well before the makeover, jumped to the sixth highest sales in the system and after about 15 months is still growing at 10 percent. Before the rebranding effort, same-store sales growth was in the two- and three-percentage range system-wide, says Poth. The new stores, about 15 so far, he says are reporting growth upward of 20 percent. System-wide, same-store sales rose 10.3 percent in 2004, and have continued at a 5.6 percent growth rate in 2005.
"Now what we're excited about is franchisees are starting to do the same," says Poth. "After they saw us do it-and rightfully so, we should blaze that trail-now they're starting their remodels and reimages and are enjoying the same benefits we've been seeing." The first franchisee-owned new store will open this summer in Wichita Falls, Texas, a new location for Mazzio's.
The new Mazzio's appears to be working as planned: "Nowhere are we less than where we were before we started the remodel and reimage at those locations," says Poth. And while conversions, remodeling, and reimaging helped boost growth, they are not the sole reason, he adds.
Mazzio's also benefited from changes in the service format, from the economy turning, and from being more aggressive in getting its operations up to speed, boosting customer satisfaction ratings from 38 ("not so good," says Poth) to 60 and above.
"It's never one thing, but it's a combination of things that we're excited about in the new era we're facing. The new image is a part of it but these operational changes are a key part as well."
Hardee's: The one thing
By January 2001, Hardee's had been experiencing sales losses on a same-store basis for the better part of 10 years, says Brad Haley, executive vice president of marketing. The franchise had maintained its strength at breakfast, but was losing ground on the lunch and dinner parts of the day, he says.
One major reason might be termed an identity crisis. The menu, which offered four items in 1960 (charbroiled hamburgers and cheeseburgers, soft drinks, and coffee), had ballooned to include hamburgers, chicken sandwiches, fried chicken, roast beef, hot dogs, hand-dipped ice cream, and more. "It was like six or seven fast-food chains had decided to brand under one roof," says Haley.
In January 2003, after two years of R&D, the company announced it was changing all its restaurants to focus on "Thickburgers." The changes included eliminating about 40 lunch and dinner items. "Trying to be all things to all people just does not work," said CEO Andrew Puzder at the time.
"We knew we had to do something different," says Haley, as the company charged ahead into the largest, most competitive QSR segment. The new charbroiled, 100 percent Angus beef "Thickburgers" would be larger and more expensive than fast-food burgers but priced below a comparable item served at a sit-down restaurant; and served with the speed and convenience of fast food- or as close to it as possible, says Haley.
While part of the new burgers' hoped-for appeal was size, the goal was to offer food with the quality of a casual restaurant. "I don't know if we started this thought process in the industry, but we certainly are a part of offering better quality fast food," he says. "We used to think there was a glass price ceiling in the industry that led us to constantly engineer the food to the $2.99 price point. The paradigm shifted when we showed we could get $5 for a really good burger." Franchisees were brought in very early in the process. They had been through a lot, says Haley, including years of sales decline. At the first meeting, he asked them: "Are you willing to make radical, revolutionary changes to get this brand turned around again?" The response, he says, was a unanimous yes.
A few months later, in early 2002, the group met again to talk about Thickburgers. The FAC was very supportive, says Haley, their chief concern being to test the idea thoroughly before rolling it out systemwide. Hence, the one-year period until the Thickburger announcement in January 2003. During that time, he says, "We shared almost monthly results from the test markets with the franchisees," and management made several regional tours to share results face to face.
In fiscal 2005, ending Jan. 31, Hardee's reported its first annual operating profit in six years. FY05 operating income increased $31.6 million over the previous year to $5.3 million (following operating losses of $10.5 million in FY03 and $76.9 million in FY02.) On a two-year cumulative basis through February this year, same-store sales were up approximately 13 percent with 21 consecutive months of increases. And for January, Hardee's reported higher unit volume than for any one period since 1994. Of Hardee's 2,034 restaurants (down from about 2,200 in Jan. 2003), about 1,300 are U.S. franchises.
After racking up initial success with the Thickburger, Hardee's began looking at other areas on its menu and in April, announced its Hand-Scooped Ice Cream Shakes & Malts. The shakes, made with real ice cream and milk and blended to order, are priced a dollar or more higher than the old shakes.
One challenge, says Haley, was making the product as "operationally friendly" as possible for franchisees. "We think we found a way to do that," he says. By May, with about 75 percent of the units offering the new shakes, sales had doubled and tripled, says Haley, with the hot weather still ahead. Look for ads by the end of June or early July. Hardee's has remodeled 90 to 95 percent of its units over the last several years and has started building its next-generation restaurants. They will look more like a casual dining than a fast-food environment, says Haley. The first few will open this summer to research consumer reaction before full roll-out.
And who are its future customers? Hardee's, traditionally a family restaurant, is focusing its marketing eye on 18- to 34-year-old males. These "young hungry guys are the most frequent and most devoted hamburger consumers in the country, true burger lovers," says Haley. That explains the recent Paris Hilton car wash ad, and the comparisons of its other ads with beer commercials: both target the same demographic. "The ads will be edgy, attention-getting, and in some cases we'll use attractive women, like beer advertisers do," says Haley. Can their targeted audience down enough burgers and drink enough shakes to rejuvenate Wilber Hardee's germ of an idea? Will tomorrow's leaders be today's eaters for the new Hardee's? If Hardee's bet the franchise on the Thickburger, it seems to be paying off: they had to do something to stem the tide. "After 10 years of decline, it's safe to say we were running out of time," says Haley. Today, they're running ahead.
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Q: Get CLR Type of Segments in an InvocationExpressionSyntax I've extracted all InvocationExpressionSyntax's from a parsed C# script with results like:
1. System.IO.Directory.GetDirectories(@"c:\").First()
2. Math.Sin(3).ToString()
3. value.Substring(0, 1)

I also have the SemanticModel object and have searched and experimented in various ways to do the following:

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*Iterate from the last to the first invocation call and determine which CLR type it belongs to. As an example, Math.Sin(3).ToString() should tell me that the method is ToString while the type is Double. In the next iteration the method would be Sin and the Type would be Math.

*In order to do the above, I have a hard-coded list of types List<Type> Allowed. I now want to extract the CLR Type of each segment of the InvocationExpressionSyntax and see if it is included in the whitelist.

The objective is to white-list types and calls to a small subset that end-users can utilize. Example, Math.XXX is ok, Directory.XXX is not.
I have searched around and experimented quite a bit but have not figured out how to extract a Type object against each expression. Expected types of course are MethodInfo, PropertyInfo and Class.
Any pointers would be appreciated.

A: Have you considered using the NDepend code querying model?
https://www.ndepend.com/features/cqlinq#CQL
https://www.ndepend.com/docs/cqlinq-features
https://www.ndepend.com/docs/cqlinq-syntax
For example you can write the code query:
let blackListedMethodNames = new [] {
  "System.IO.Directory.XXX",
  ...
}.ToHashSet()

let blackListedMethods =
Methods.Where(m => blackListedMethodNames.Contains(m.FullName)).ToHashSet()

from m in Application.Methods.UsingAny(blackListedMethods )
select new { m,
             blackListedMethodsCalled = m.MethodsCalled.Intersect(blackListedMethods ) }

for example:

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1. Cut the beef into cubes and marinate for 30 minutes.
2. To make the sauce, heat up a wok and add butter, onion and garlic and fry until fragrant. Add the black peppercorns and chilli powder followed by the water, ketchup, oyster sauce and Worcestershire sauce.
3. Cook for 10 minutes then add the golden syrup. Separately, mix the oil and flour and add to the sauce to thicken.
4. Blanch onion and capsicum and stir-fry until tender.
5. Heat up a wok, add oil and fry the garlic until golden brown. Add beef and remaining 6. ingredients. Cook for a few minutes (until beef is to your liking) and toss to mix through.
6. To serve, mix the sauce into the beef and vegetables.
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Q: Why function size always increase when refreshing it using memory profiler python? I am using a python memory profiler and at top of every function, I am using @profile on top of function to analyze the memory consumption of the function.But every time I refresh the same page the size of my function always increases.Why is it so I don't know.
I tried using python garbage collector but that has no impact.An example of this i am pasting here.
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    27     83.2 MiB     83.2 MiB   @login_required
    28                             @profile
    29                             def app_user_detail(request, slug=None):
    30     83.3 MiB      0.1 MiB       university_obj = Universities.objects.using('cms').filter(deleted=0, status=1, verified=1)
    31     83.3 MiB      0.0 MiB       ids = [4, 5]
    32     83.3 MiB      0.0 MiB       master_user_types = MasterUserTypes.objects.using("cms").filter(~Q(id__in=ids)).all()
    33     83.3 MiB      0.0 MiB       gc.isenabled()
    34     83.3 MiB      0.0 MiB       gc.collect()
    35     83.3 MiB      0.0 MiB       return render(request, 'templates/news_managment/news_dashboard_detail.html',
    36     89.0 MiB      5.7 MiB                     {'slug': slug, 'university_obj': university_obj, 'master_user_types': master_user_types})

Suppose,i have 89.0 Mib right now for this function but when i refresh it the size will increase.I am running the django project on localhost


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Hayes is a town in the London Borough of Hillingdon, West London. It is a suburban development situated 13 miles (21 km) west of Charing Cross. Hayes was developed in the late 19th and 20th centuries as an industrial locality to which residential districts were later added to house factory workers. Its development is typical of the Second Industrial Revolution - the creation of new light engineering industries on the edge of existing cities. It has a diverse population.
Until the end of the 19th century, Hayes (West London), was primarily an agricultural and brickmaking area. However, because of its location on the Grand Junction Canal (later called the Grand Union) and the Great Western Railway it had a number of advantages as an industrial location in the late 19th century. It was because of this proximity that the Hayes Development Company offered sites on the north side of the railway, adjacent to the canal.
Hayes has always been very involved in the industry, both locally and internationally, and is (or was) the home of EMI, Nestle, HJ Heinz Company, and businesses include recent Fairey Aviation (later merged with Westland) and HMV.
One occupant was the beginning of the Gramophone Company, later His Master's Voice, and more recently EMI. Only files from EMI and some factory buildings at the beginning of reinforced concrete, including one (1912) by Evan Williams, Owen, later knighted, remain.
It was here in the Central Research Laboratories (commonly called "CRL"), developed by Isaac Schoenberg (1934) all electronic television system 405-line (called the EMI-Marconi system used by the BBC from 1936 until the closure of Crystal Palace 405-line transmissions in 1985).
Alan Blumlein conducted research in binaural and stereo gramophone recording. "Trains at Hayes Station" (1935) and "Walking & Talking" are two notable films Blumlein shot to demonstrate stereo sound on the film. These films are held in Hayes EMI archive.
In 1939, together with companies Cossor AC electrical and Pye, a 60-MHz radar was developed, and from 1941 to 1943 the H2S radar system.
In 1990, the reference laboratory has generated the second technique: Sensaura 3D sound. The echo of Blumlein early stereo recordings, the Sensaura engineers made some of their first recordings at Hayes Station 3D.
In the First World War aircraft factories EMI product. Richard Fairey was posted there shortly before founding his own company, Fairey Aviation, which crossed the railway. Need an airfield to test his plane, he got a seat in the southeastern part of what is now Heathrow Airport, which was supported by the Ministry of Aviation in late World War II, who renamed it, Heathrow, which would be the largest airport in Britain.
Nestlé set up its dark chocolate and instant coffee works on the canal, next to the railroad east of the station and it has been for many years the headquarters of British society.
In front of the other side of the channel Nestlé Aeolian Company and its subsidiaries manufactured player pianos and rolls away just before the First World War until the Great Depression. That, and increasingly complex music industry Gramophone lead to its collapse, and its facilities were later exploited by the wall, meat processor and producer of ice cream.
Since the early 1970 to 2003 McAlpine Helicopters Limited and Operation Support Services Limited (subsequently renamed the McAlpine Aviation Services Limited), operated from two aircraft hangars specially constructed Swallowfield Way industrial area. As this company works on land already owned by Sir Robert McAlpine group of countries on the other side of the Grand Union Canal called Stockley Park (also owned by the group) and its buildings have been deliberately placed to allow safe passage for helicopters at the heliport in case of emergency - fortunately it has never been used.
Since the development of industry has been highlighted in Hayes, and the provision of adequate housing does not begin until after the First World War with the creation of garden suburb modest dwelling.
Hayes ... is one of the most confusing I've beaten. The population seems to consist entirely of clerics attending tin-roofed chapels and Sunday to bolt the rest of the doors themselves.
The man known as "the father of English music", William Byrd lived in Harlington in the 1540s and a primary school in the area bears his name.


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