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Sam Kimber
Samuel Jackson Kimber
Born: 10 / 29 / 1852 at Philadelphia, PA (USA)
Died: 11 / 6 / 1925 at Philadelphia, PA (USA)
This article was written by David Nemec
Samuel Jackson Kimber's childhood might have been the stuff of a Dickens novel and his short but distinctive major-league pitching career the scaffolding for a film script. He was born in Philadelphia to Richard R. and Sarah (Jaret) Kimber on October 29, 1852.1 His father worked as a paper stainer but died suddenly the day before Sam's first birthday, on October 28, 1853, of a hemorrhage. Left to struggle as a single parent, Sarah Kimber appears to have died in 1859 of unknown causes, orphaning young Sam. He was soon thereafter placed in Girard College in Philadelphia, "a school for poor, orphaned or fatherless white boys who would live on campus."2 Kimber is registered as an "inmate" at the school in the 1860 US Census.3
Girard in the 1860s was a dreary station for a young boy, but it had one saving grace. Baseball was a popular sport among the inmates. Led by Lon Knight, an outfielder and pitcher who first began making a living at the diamond sport in the mid-1870s, Girard had produced an abundance of professional ballplayers by the end of the 19th century, and Kimber proved to be one of them although none might have predicted his success at the game during his years at the orphanage school. The circumstances that enabled him to leave Girard are unknown, as are his movements in the 1870s after he can be presumed to have struck out on his own at age 18 or so. But by the time he was 28, when the 1880 census was taken, he was working purportedly as a blacksmith and living with his wife, Sarah (Kelley) Kimber, like him a native of Philadelphia. They had a young son, William, born in June 1879. Kimber seems to have abandoned blacksmithing soon after the 1880 census and begun working as a laborer in Philadelphia. He nonetheless still found time to play baseball, albeit only at the sandlot or amateur level. Samuel Jr., the couple's second child, was born in 1881 and a daughter, Sadie, joined the family in 1888.
Kimber continued to hurl on his days off for a string of local amateur and semipro clubs in Philadelphia until he was past 30. If he had ever entertained professional aspirations, his time to explore them seemingly had come and gone. Moreover, thus far nothing has emerged to suggest that he cut much of a swath in Philadelphia amateur or semipro circles. He may in fact have been a virtual nonentity. Yet he suddenly appears to have tried to shave two years off his birth date –some sources have listed his birth year as 1854 — in an effort to appeal to one of the burgeoning number of professional teams in the Philadelphia area. The ruse succeeded in gaining him a pitching post with the powerful Merritt club of Camden, New Jersey, at age 28 (really 30) in 1883. What's more, he swiftly made the most of his chance, displaying talents in the box that heretofore had never received public mention. He went to the Brooklyn Greys of the Interstate Association in July when the Merritts disbanded while leading the IA by a comfortable margin. Kimber had been 14-3 with Camden and was subsequently 14-7 with Brooklyn, enabling him to finish the season a composite 28-10 with the two clubs, with a combined (retrospective) 1.27 earned-run average.
The 5-foot-10½, 165-pound right-hander accompanied Brooklyn when it joined the major-league American Association in 1884. The Brooklyns, known at the time as the Greys, are the distant predecessors of the present-day Los Angeles Dodgers franchise. Kimber started the franchise's first game as a major-league entity on May 1, 1884, working under manager George Taylor at Brooklyn's Washington Park. He lost egregiously to Washington rookie John Hamill in a 12-0 blowout. For Hamill, it was his best day; he finished his one and only big-league season with a 2-17 record. Kimber quickly turned himself around and emerged as the Brooklyn staff ace, winning 18 games for a team that finished ninth in a 12-franchise league with a 40-64 record. He missed his 19th win and a chance to finish with a .500 record for a poor second-division club when he lost his final start of the season to Cincinnati, 5-2, on October 13.
On October 4, 1884, Kimber achieved a famous first that has never been equaled. It was on his home ground in Brooklyn when he was caught by fellow rookie Jack Corcoran and held eighth-place Toledo hitless for 10 innings before the game was called by darkness with the score still 0-0 as his teammates managed just four hits off Toledo's kingpin, Tony Mullane.4 Kimber's achievement was not only the first extra-inning no-hitter in professional baseball history but through 2015 he remained the only hurler to fashion a major-league complete-game no-hitter of nine or more innings without being credited with a decision.
Brooklyn reserved Kimber for 1885 but then cast him adrift along with most of its regular 1884 cast when it bought out the disbanding Cleveland National League team in order to acquire the majority of its players deemed more desirable. In most times, his 18 wins and the monumental no-hitter as a rookie would almost certainly have earned him a shot with another major-league team, but the aftermath of the 1884 season was one of a kind. With the major leagues reduced from 28 franchises to just 16 after the rebel Union Association threw in the towel after just one season and the American Association cut its ranks from 12 teams to eight for 1885, major-league pitching jobs were reduced by 40 percent. Kimber thus began 1885 with the Virginia club of the Eastern League but was dropped in August with a 28-8 ledger. It was scarcely a month after he fashioned an 8-0 no-hit win against Alexandria, Virginia, on July 22 in which he was caught by his old Brooklyn batterymate Corcoran and registered just one strikeout. Kimber added icing to the cake by hammering a gigantic three-run homer over the distant center-field fence in Alexandria, the first man ever to accomplish that feat.5
After leaving the Virginias, Kimber joined the Newark club in the same loop and was 3-3 with the New Jersey entry when the 1885 Eastern League season ended. His final major-league game, in answer to an emergency summons from the pitching-depleted Providence Grays (who were already on the brink of folding even though the 1885 National League season had not yet closed), is best forgotten, as he lost 13-1 at Detroit to Wolverines lefty Lady Baldwin on September 29.
In light of what transpired over the remainder of Kimber's professional baseball career, one can reasonably surmise that his precipitous decline late in the 1885 campaign was the result of an injury, quite possibility to his arm, as he was never again a commanding pitcher. He began the 1886 season with Atlanta of the Southern League but was ineffective and finished the year with Williamsport of the Pennsylvania State Association. Kimber then pitched two more seasons in the lower minors before turning his offseason job driving a streetcar in Philadelphia into a full-time profession for a time. In his first season, spent mostly with Wheeling, West Virginia, of the Ohio State League, he experienced a climate of discontent in midsummer when members of the Nail Cities were publicly accused by local fans of playing to lose. The controversy was highlighted for several days in the Wheeling Register and quickly put to rest when Parson Nicholson, who had replaced the unpopular John Crogan as player-manager, published a letter in the July 29, 1887, edition of the Register avowing his club's honesty. The letter drew ardent support from his entire team, including Kimber.6
Kimber returned to Wheeling for the 1888 season. The Nail Cities were now in the Tri-State League under player-manager Al Buckenberger and had pennant aspirations (they ultimately finished second). After winning six of his first 10 starts Kimber was summarily released when Buckenberger suspected him of coveting the club's managerial post. Owing to a bizarre rule the Tri-State League legislated in the spring of 1888 (to the dismay of other minor-league circuits) that prohibited any other league from signing a player released by a Tri-State entry until the 1888 season closed, Kimber sat idle for several weeks at his home in Philadelphia.7 He hooked on later in the summer with Portland, Maine, of the New England League but dropped his professional aspirations entirely after losing four straight starts. Earlier, while still active in the game, Kimber had spent his winters working as a watchman (what we might now call a security guard) in various Philadelphia mills. He seems to have found steady work as a watchman with the railroad sometime in the first decade of the new century and worked as such for the remainder of his life.
Kimber died of bronchial pneumonia brought on by influenza, in Philadelphia on November 6, 1925, at age 73.
This biography appears in SABR's "No-Hitters" (2017), edited by Bill Nowlin.
1 Her surname is also found rendered as Jarett, and might today more typically be spelled Jarrett.
2 http://girardcollege.com/page.cfm?p=359.
3 He is listed as a laborer in the Philadelphia City Directory in 1882 and as late as 1890.
4 Sporting Life, October 11, 1884: 4.
5 Sporting Life, July 29, 1885: 2.
6 "The Bobbies Win," Wheeling Register, July 29, 1887: 4.
7 Sporting Life, August 29, 1888: 1; under pressure the Tri-State League lifted the ban on signing any of its released players before the 1888 season ended.

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Jennifer Werts
Memorial services for JENNIFER WERTS, 28, will be held at 2pm on Tuesday, September 3, 2013 at the First Congregational Church with Reverend Matt Gordon officiating. Jennifer died on August 23, 2013 in South Dakota as the result of injuries sustained in a vehicle accident. Cremation has taken place. Those who wish may direct memorial contributions to an Educational Fund for her children. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Colyer Funeral Home and friends are invited to send condolences to the family at www.colyerfuneralhome.com Jennifer was born on December 20, 1984 in Lander, Wyoming. She moved to Torrington in 1985 where she attended school. She had worked as a waitress and bar tender in the Torrington area. Jennifer enjoyed walking her dogs and taking pictures at the Rawhide Scenic Area. She liked Kareoke. Jennifer loved her children; her nieces and nephews, and writing poetry. She is survived by her daughter, Taylar Evans and her son Remmington Evans both of Yoder, Wyoming; her parents, Tom and Stacy Werkele of Torrington, Wyoming; a brother, Tylen (Stacie) Werkele of Douglas, Wyoming; a sister Michele (Wayne) Schamel of Torrington; grandparents, Marvin and JoAnne Werkele of Torrington; grandmother, Roberta Werts of Olympia, Washington; two nephews Dillan and Kaden Werkele of Douglas, Wyoming and two nieces, Kadence and Ashlyn Schamel of Torrington. She was preceded in death by her grandfather, Richard Werts and grandmother, Barbara Cole.
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Q: Show values that doesn't matching between two columns oof 2 data frames in pandas I would like to see the non-matching values of two columns of 2 data frames, and also if possible doing like a distinct count of those values that way won't show them repeated
I got these colums from  2 data frames:
df1:

ID

M1
M1
M2
M2
M3
M4
M5
M5
M6
M6

df2:

ID

M1
M1
M2
M2
M3
M3

expected result:

Output:
M4
M5
M6

Thanks!

A: He needs what is not in df2
out = df1.loc[~df1.ID.isin(df2.ID)].unique()

A: You can check with isin with unique
out = df1.loc[~df1.ID.isin(df2.ID)].unique()

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Program provides Airmen with tools to overcome alcohol, drug dependence
By Airman Ashley J. Woolridge, 28th Bomb Wing Public Affairs / Published August 23, 2012
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Whether it's having a drink at a friend's house before driving or taking a sip of alcohol before you're 21, it only takes one bad decision to forever change a career or life,. As the Air Force continues to crack down on DUIs, it is ultimately an Airman's decision to drink responsibly. The consequences of drinking and driving include possible loss of rank and potentially their career. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Zachary Hada/Released)
36 people in the United States die every day and approximately 700 more are injured in motor vehicle crashes that involve an alcohol-impaired driver. Nearly 75 percent of fatal crashes occur from midnight to 3 a.m. and involve alcohol. Airmen should have a plan as to who will be their designated driver before going out and taking that first drink. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Zachary Hada/Released)
The consequences for driving under the influence are both numerous and significant. In addition to facing a court martial or Article 15, Airmen's driving privileges on base can be revoked, and it can cost offenders thousands in fines, court costs, and higher insurance rates. Ellsworth Airmen developed the SAFE-RIDE program to ensure Airmen have a safe back-up to drinking and driving. To use SAFE-RIDE call (605) 385-7433. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Zachary Hada/Released)
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ELLSWORTH AIR FORCE BASE, S.D. -- In moderation, alcohol can be an enjoyable part of adult social activities. However, when used incorrectly, alcohol consumption can quickly spiral out of control.
Airmen who find themselves in a tailspin due to an alcohol or drug dependency problem have a lifeline in the 28th Medical Operations Squadron's Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment program.
"The ADAPT program is designed to train people to deal with issues that may become problematic and lead to substance abuse issues," said Capt. Neal Kennington, 28th MDOS ADAPT program manager. "We want to help people take care of problems before there's a negative impact on their career or family life."
Staff Sgt. David VanHoose, 28th MDOS ADAPT NCO in charge, said the treatment process follows an established pattern.
"We do a one-on-one interview to get an initial assessment that allows us to gather basic information about their alcohol usage and how it affects them," VanHoose said. "Then, they complete the Substance Usage Assessment Tool test on the computer that delves further into their drinking habits and social background. We put the two together and come up with a diagnosis and treatment goes on from there."
Treatment through ADAPT is individualized and varies on a case-by-case basis, ranging from counseling and alcohol education, to a 28-day inpatient program in a local hospital and months of follow-up care.
VanHoose said Airmen dealing with an alcohol or drug issue can be directed to enroll in ADAPT by their commander or first sergeant, but they can also check in of their own volition. "There are certain stipulations to a self-enrollment," VanHoose said. "They can't be pending a urinalysis or any administrative action due to their substance usage."
Kennington said patients who enroll themselves in the program are in the minority, but oftentimes have a better success rate.
"People who are command-directed to come in and aren't open to it tend not to be open and receptive to the treatment," Kennington said. "Unfortunately, we usually see those people several times, because they continue to have problems. However, people with the most serious problems are those who are most open to the treatment, and want to turn their lives around."
Kennington said Airmen should not be afraid to check into the program.
"If anybody has problems as a result of drinking, coming to ADAPT can only help," Kennington said. "It's not a punishment process - you're not going to get in trouble for coming to us. Commanders love it when people come to ADAPT voluntarily and want to get help. Commanders thank their people for coming before there's a DUI (driving under the influence) or an arrest, and they have to deal with the fallout from that. I've seen it over and over again."
Although the program is mainly for active-duty Airmen, family members and civilian employees can also receive counseling. "We can do an initial assessment of civilians and GS (general schedule) employees," VanHoose explained.
Kennington, who is a clinical psychologist by trade, said the ADAPT staff works to keep Ellsworth Airmen in world-class shape.
"Alcohol and other substances have a huge impact on the well-being and readiness of active-duty Airmen," Kennington said. "If you have substance abuse or dependence problems, you're guaranteed to have some sort of problem in your personal life. That bleeds into work, and then we as a service aren't ready. We're here to make sure people are fit to fight."
In addition to the treatment they offer patients, the ADAPT staff also works hard to educate base personnel about the effects of alcohol and drug abuse through briefings during Right Start, the First Term Airmen Course and NCO Professional Enhancement.
Kennington and VanHoose added that they find helping people overcome their alcohol or substance abuse issues rewarding.
"I've seen families saved," Kennington said. "I've seen careers salvaged. It's fantastic to be a part of that."
VanHoose added that he thinks it's awesome getting to see somebody make huge changes in their life.
"Sometimes, you see people come in who have hit rock bottom," he said. "To help bring them up out of that is pretty amazing."
Airmen who are experiencing issues related to drugs or alcohol can find out more information, or enroll in ADAPT, by calling the 28th MDOS Mental Health Clinic at (605) 385-3656.


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Visiting Roosevelt Campobello & St. Croix Island
by Grant June 24, 2016
written by Grant June 24, 2016
Making a point to visit all of the National Parks sites takes quite a bit of doing and has taken us to some out of the way places, like Downeast Maine to visit St. Croix Island International Historic Site and Roosevelt Campobello International Park. Visiting these two international parks required driving to the far northeast corner of the United States and across the border to Canada.
Rugged Canadian coast
I really want to tag this blog post as an international trip… Does it count if you drove over to another country and then visited an international park? What about if it's the second international park you have visited in the past two days? How about if you have better Canadian cell phone service at your American campsite than you have AT&T? Does that count as an international trip? I think it does.
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Our visit to this part of the world has been a study in contrasts. For example: how is it we have better cell phone coverage on a Canadian island than we do on mainland US? Why is it the "park rangers" at the Roosevelt Campobello International Park wear suits and ties? Is that specific to that particular site or that all of Canada's parks? Are all American tourists grilled so thoroughly by steely-eyed Canadian customs or just us?
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Where to Stay Near Campobello
We thought briefly about staying on Campobello Island in Canada but chose to avoid any hassles with taking our kitty across the border and back again. While it is supposedly not that hard, we didn't want to take any chances.
We instead chose the centrally-located and very pleasant and aptly-named Hilltop Campground in Robbinston, ME. There's not much here but at least there are a couple of decent towns nearby. From the hill, we could see the water.
Bonnie enjoying the warmth of a campfire at our campground.
The campground itself is nice, even if it could use a little love in the bathroom department. The sites are a good size and almost have a view of the water. What it lacks in refinement, the owners, Marshall and Donna, more than make up for in hospitality and we certainly enjoyed spending a happy hour with them.
Nights get pretty cool this far north and this close to the sea. We purchased some firewood and finally had a campfire, with the mandatory s'mores as well. For a lot of camping newbies, you would think we would just bring plenty of firewood with us, but most places ban outside wood because it spreads tree diseases.
Were we to return here, we would certainly stay in this campground again.
St. Croix Island International Historic Site
St. Croix Island IHS is just up the road from the campground.
The site tells the story of the first French settlement in the New World, predating Jamestown by three years. The settlers abandoned the island after one year following a winter of privation and disease and they relocated to a larger island in what is now Canada.
St. Croix Island was a brutal first attempt at settling this area by the French.
There was a small visitor center and an interpretive walk, but not much else. The island itself is not quite off-limits but the Park Service does not operate tours there, so you are stuck on the shore looking at the island in the distance.
Honestly, you could easily visit this site in less than an hour and see everything you wanted to see.
The Easternmost Point of the United States
We decided on our way to Campobello to stop at Quoddy Head State Park. Located just south of Lubec, this park is home to the West Quoddy Head Lighthouse, the easternmost point in the continental US.
The West Quoddy Head Lighthouse marks the easternmost point in the United States.
We didn't spend a ton of time here but the novelty of the location was cool. It was actually the second of the four corners of the US we had been to… the first being Key West.
Getting to Campobello
One thing to note about going to Campobello: it requires crossing into Canada. That means you need a passport (or a passport card, as we recommend). You can cross with an enhanced driver's license but we always recommend having a passport or card when crossing a border.
Also, do yourself a huge favor and leave any weapons at your hotel or camper. We were grilled by Canadian customs about if we had a weapon with us. I did have a pocket knife in my daypack but nothing else to worry about.
Roosevelt Campobello International Park
Campobello Island was once the site of several resort hotels where the wealthy of New York and New England would go to escape the heat of the summer. It was here James Roosevelt and his wife, Sara, brought their young son Franklin and continued coming here every summer while he was growing up.
Campobello was the summer home of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
Franklin later returned to Campobello with Eleanor to a cottage which was a wedding gift from his mother. He continued coming to Campobello with his family until he contracted and became symptomatic with polio. He returned a few times as president, leading up to the war, and each time he did, he had to sail upon a US Navy destroyer so he would have communications.
The house is a large seaside cottage, which almost looks barn-like, with a great view of the water. It was certainly less ostentatious than Roosevelt's Hyde Park, NY home but still fairly large, with many rooms for servants and guests.
One major difference between the Canadian park service and the National Park Service was the tour of the home. There were no guided tours of the home, instead, various interpreters were posted about the house and allowed visitors to explore the house on their own.
Raccoon Beach on Campobello Island
The best part of the park, for me at least, was the five-mile hike we took along the coast. It took us just above the very rugged coast and then through a very pretty forest. It was worth the trip into Canada just for the hike!
On Campobello Island, we stopped at Jocie's Porch, for lunch. It's a great coffee shop with an outstanding view of the bay, along with some very tasty sandwiches. The menu is very limited, but we knew we wanted something light since we were planning on taking a hike following lunch.
Street art in Lubec with the Mullholland Point Light (in Canada) in the distance.
On the way back, we stopped into the Lubec Brewing Company for a couple of beers and a bite and were pleasantly surprised to find both tasty beer and pretty good food. It made for a nice snack on the way back to the campground.
Final Thoughts on Downeast Maine
We really enjoyed our visit here. It was quite pretty, cool and not crowded at all. There is not a ton to do but there but it is a good place to slow down and relax a bit. We think a couple of days to enjoy the area is more than sufficient unless you just want to spend more time.
If relaxing is your game, you could do far worse than this area.
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Nicolae Steinhardt (Nicu-Aurelian Steinhardt, *12 de julio de 1912 - †29 de marzo de 1989), fue un escritor rumano ortodoxo ermitaño y padre confesor.

Biografía

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Steinhardt nació en Pantelimon, una comuna rumana perteneciente al distrito de Ilfov, cerca de Bucarest, era hijo de padre judío y madre rumana. Su padre era un ingeniero, arquitecto y participante condecorado de la Primera guerra mundial, gracias a su actuación en la Batalla de Mărăşti. Debido al linaje por parte de su padre, iba a ser víctima de la discriminación antisemita durante la época fascista de los gobiernos rumanos en la segunda guerra mundial.

Entre 1919 y 1929, fue a la escuela primaria Spiru Haret y luego a la universidad de Bucarest, donde, pese a sus antecedentes, un sacerdote le enseñó la religión cristiana. Su talento para la literatura fue notado por primera vez cuando se unió al círculo literario Sburătorul.

Carrera temprana y la Segunda Guerra Mundial

En 1934 se licenció en la Escuela de Derecho y Literatura de la Universidad de Bucarest. Publicó su primer volumen, la novela paródica ''În genul lui Cioran, Noica, Eliade...'' (En la forma de Cioran, Noica, Eliade…) bajo el seudónimo Antisthius, uno de los caractères de La Bruyère. En 1936 recibió su Ph.D en Derecho Constitucional, y entre 1937 y 1938 viajó a Suiza, Alemania, Francia e Inglaterra.

En 1938 trabajó como editor de la Revista Fundaţiilor Regale (una revista literaria patrocinada por el gobierno). Perdió su empleo entre 1940 y 1944 durante la limpieza étnica bajo el régimen de la Guardia de Hierro y de Ion Antonescu. A pesar de sus problemas con Antonescu, Steinhardt lo perdona, e incluso lo admira por haber salvado la vida de cientos de miles de judíos (que según él se produjeron después de un debate cara a cara de éste con Hitler en Berchtesgaden)

Persecuciones comunistas y encarcelamento

En 1944 volvió a la Revista Fundaţiilor Regale, y continuó en su puesto de trabajo hasta 1948, cuando el rey Miguel I fue obligado a abdicar por el Partido Comunista de Rumania.

Desde 1948 hasta 1959 fue testigo de un nuevo período de privación, esta vez por la Rumania comunista cuando los intelectuales no comunistas fueron considerados Enemigos del pueblo. En 1959, durante el juicio sin garantías de su excolega de la escuela Constantin Noica, Steinhardt se negó a participar como testigo en su contra, motivo por el cual se le acusó de delitos de conspiración contra el orden social. Fue incluido en el grupo de intelectuales místicos de la Guardia de hierro, y condenado a trece años de trabajos forzados en el Gulag y a su permanencia en las cárceles. Cumplió su pena en Jilava, Gherla, Auid y otras prisiones comunistas.

En la cárcel, fue bautizado cristiano ortodoxo el 15 de marzo de 1960, por su compañero de condena Mina Dobzeu, un conocido ermitaño procedente de Besarabia, teniendo como padrino a Emmanuel Vidraşcu, antiguo jefe de personal y adjuntante de Antonescu. Testigos del hecho fueron Alexandru Paleologu, dos sacerdotes católicos latinos, dos sacerdotes católicos orientales y un pastor protestante. Steinhardt se referiría a este hecho más tarde, diciendo que su bautismo tuvo un carácter ecuménico, este episodio sería la base para su trabajo más célebre y conocido, el Diario de la felicidad.

Últimos años

Después de su liberación en 1964, se destaca por tener una notable y exitosa actividad como traductor y editor. Sus primeras obras literarias celebradas Între viaţă şi cărţi ("Entre la vida y los Libros"), e Incertitudini literare ("Las incertidumbres literarias") se publicaron en 1976 y 1980, respectivamente.

Un nuevo capítulo en la vida de Steinhardt se inició en 1980, después de ser aceptado en el Monasterio de Rohia. Trabajó como bibliotecario del monasterio, mientras que, al mismo tiempo, se dedicaba a la escritura. Durante este tiempo, su fama como consejero y padre confesor había aumentado, atrayendo decenas de visitantes semanales a Rohia.

Murió en el hospital de la ciudad de Baia Mare. Su funeral fue celebrado bajo la vigilancia de la Securitatea Statului, con la asistencia de muchos de sus amigos íntimos y admiradores.

El Diario de la Felicidad
La primera edición del Diario de la felicidad fue confiscada por la Securitatea en 1972 y restituido en 1975, después de intervención de censura. Mientras tanto, el orador ha terminado de escribir una segunda versión del mismo libro, que es a su vez confiscada en 1984. Al final, Steinhardt ha editado varias versiones, una de las cuales ha llegado a Monica Lovinescu y Virgil Ierunca en París; Monica Lovinescu emite más tarde el libro en una serie de episodios radiofónicos, a través de Radio Europa Libre.

El libro es considerado actualmente como parte de la lista estándar de escritos para ser leídos en la literatura rumana.

Obras
Debido a razones políticas, la mayor parte de su obra ha sido publicada después de la muerte de Steinhardt en su versión censurada (después de la Revolución rumana de 1989).

 În genul ... Tinerilor ("En la Forma de… la juventud") publicado en 1934;
 Între viaţă şi cărţi ("Entre la vida y los libros") - publicado en 1976;
 Incertitudini literare ("Las incertidumbres literarias") - publicado en 1980;
 Geo Bogza - Un poeta al Efectelor, Exaltării, Grandiosului, Solemnităţii, Exuberanţei şi Patetismului ("Geo Bogza - Un poeta de efectos, exaltaciones, solemnidad y exuberancia del patetismo") - publicado en 1982;
 Critică la persoana întâi ("Crítica a la primera persona") - publicado en 1983;
 Escale în timp şi spaţiu ("Adornos en tiempo y espacio") - publicado en 1987;
 Prin alţii spre sine ("Hacia sí mismo a través de otros") - publicado en 1988;

Póstumas
 Jurnalul fericirii ("Diario de la Felicidad") - publicado en 1991;
 Monologul polifonic ("Monólogo polifónico") - publicado en 1991;
 Dăruind vei dobândi ("A través de dar se debe recibir") - publicado en 1992;
 Primejdia mărturisirii ("El peligro de confesar") - publicado en 1993;
 Drumul către iubire ("El Camino de Amor") - publicado en 1999;
 Împărtăşirii Taina;
 Călătoria unui fiu risipitor;
 Primejdia mărturisirii;
 Drumul către isihie;
 Ispita lecturii;
 N. Steinhardt răspunde la 365 de întrebări adresate de Zaharia Sângeorzan;
 Între luminosa;
 Dumnezeu în atención spui că nu crezi ... (Scrisori către Virgil Ierunca);
 Eu însumi şi alţi cîţiva;
 Eseu romanţat asupra unei neizbînzi;
 Timpul Smochinelor

Ediciones en español

Enlaces externos
 NicolaeSteinhardt.com
 Autobiografía de Nicolae Steinhardt
 Fotografías
 Galería de fotos
 Entrevistas

Steinhardt, Nicolae
Escritores de Rumania del siglo XX
Religiosos ortodoxos de Rumania
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Israeli forces on Monday struck targets across the Gaza Strip, including the offices of Hamas' supreme leader, in response to a surprise rocket attack from the Palestinian territory, as the military bolstered its troops and rocket-defence systems in anticipation of a new round of heavy fighting with the Islamic militant group.
Israel opened public bomb shelters in most major cities and civil defence authorities canceled sports events and public transportation in southern Israel. The Israeli army said air raid sirens wailed in southern Israel late Monday night, with one rocket fired into the country, but it provided no further details.
The barrage began as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House.
Netanyahu cut short the high-profile visit to Washington due to the attack, which prompted the military to deploy troops along Israel's southern border.
There were no immediate reports of casualties. In both blasts, Israel fired warning shots to evacuate the buildings. But the airstrike on the multistory building was so powerful it sent debris flying onto the roof of The Associated Press bureau, located on the 11th floor of a nearby highrise.
Anticipating a strong Israeli response, Gaza's Hamas leaders were believed to have gone underground. Witnesses reported seeing Hamas evacuating its personnel from government premises. Hamas also announced that its Gaza chief, Yehiya Sinwar, had cancelled a scheduled public speech.
In Gaza, Hamas has come under rare public criticism for the harsh conditions in the territory. An Israel-Egyptian blockade, combined with sanctions by the rival Palestinian Authority and mismanagement by the Hamas government have fuelled an economic crisis. Political analysts say the territory's residents have little desire for another war with Israel.


Foxes look for food all year round.
Through most months of the year foxes are looking for food and all the more reason to protect your poultry.
Popular belief is that foxes only come out at night to hunt under the cover of darkness. They are nocturnal animals aren't they? Well during winter time this is largely true, give or take a few hours at dawn and dusk. But during the summer months, with young cubs to feed and fewer hours of darkness, there is pressure on Mrs Fox to supply food for cubs to eat. More food means more hunting and during the long summer days there is little time for rest so we see more foxes out looking for food during the daytime.
Fox cubs can sometimes be seen playing with food together but this is all a 'game' rather than actual hunting. Very occasionally cubs can be seen hunting with the vixen but normally, they are solitary hunters, just like adult foxes which can form groups but are solitary hunters.
Whilst it is possible to shoot foxes to protect chickens, invariably this simply creates a short term vacuum that is filled by another fox looking to create his own territory. Shooting the foxes that visits your field would only invite more to the party as they took up the new territory and potentially these foxes might find a way in to your run before learning not to go near the electric fence.
A fox that has touched an effective electric fence avoids it – so for me is a safe bet. Since they are territorial, there are few new foxes coming into the area to supplant the existing fox. Should that fox be shot, a different fox will inhabit that territory as nature will fill that area. This fox will not be accustomed to an Electric Net.
When an electric fence or electric poultry net that is commonly used, a fox receives a shock which causes a muscle spasm that feels unpleasant and cannot kill him. Life goes on, but young cubs that haven't learnt about the fence may try to get in for a snack and if the fence isn't robust.


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J. T. (Todd) Scott, AIA, Seattle, Washington
Todd is a licensed architect who specializes in historic preservation and downtown revitalization. His preservation experience includes stints with Oklahoma City, as historic preservation officer, and with King County, Washington, where he currently provides assistance to historic property owners and local officials in that county and 23 suburban and rural communities. He has been involved in the rehabilitation of many buildings in small downtowns as the state architect for Oklahoma Main Street and for DesignWorks, an arts-based design charrette program. He has participated in a dozen design assessment teams with the AIA's Center for Communities by Design; several as team leader. Todd also served as community development director and assistant city manager for the city of Astoria, Oregon. He has presented at numerous state, regional, and national conferences on topics ranging from sustainability in design to mounting grass roots campaigns for endangered buildings. Todd has served on the boards of various non-profit agencies including heritage organizations, community development corporations, urban renewal authorities, and architectural foundations. He also currently edits The Alliance Review, the quarterly publication of the National Alliance of Preservation Commissions.
Wayne Feiden, FAICP, Northampton, Massachusetts
Wayne Feiden is Director of Planning and Sustainability for Northampton, MA and a part-time Lecturer of Practice at the University of Massachusetts. He led Northampton to earn the nation's first 5-STAR Community rating for sustainability and the highest "Commonwealth Capital" score, the former Massachusetts scoring of municipal sustainability efforts, as well as "Bicycle-Friendly," "Pedestrian-Friendly", "APA Great Streets," and "National Historic Trust Distinctive Communities" designations. In this role, he has helped address transportation, amenities, land use and other aspects of downtown revitalization. Wayne's areas of interest include downtown and urban revitalization, multi-modal transportation, open space preservation, sustainability and resiliency, and assessing sustainability.
Wayne has also led or served on 25 design assessment teams as well as other assessment efforts from Vermont to Haiti. He has authored American Planning Association PAS Reports on Local Agency Planning Management (in press), Assessing Sustainability, Planning Issues of Onsite and Decentralized Wastewater, and Performance Guarantees. Wayne's German Marshall Fund fellowship (Northern Ireland, England and Denmark), Fulbright Specialist fellowships (South Africa and New Zealand), and Eisenhower Fellowship (Hungary) all focused on urban revitalization and sustainability.
Wayne is a fellow of the American Institute of Certified Planners. His other awards include honorary member of Western Mass AIA, professional planner and advocacy planner awards from APA-MA, and American Trails Advocacy Award.
Mario Campos, FAIA, ASLA Seattle, Washington
Mario Campos, a senior partner of Jones & Jones, has directed the design of large multi-disciplinary projects focusing on the integration of landscape architecture, architecture, urban design and planning to promote community development and environmental conservation. His approach to planning and architecture emerges from strong regional, cultural, and traditional sources, closely rooted to the land, the environment, and the community. Based in his own multi-cultural heritage, education and professional practice, Campos' projects visibly reflect their roots and inspiration in indigenous community and cultural values, as well as a profound respect for the environment. His design and planning work is continually evolving in manifesting a "landscape culture" and "a culture of place."
Campos' practice is rooted in a deep commitment to nature, culture and community. Through broadly inclusive design processes, combined with pragmatism, he has successfully interwoven cultural and environmental values to achieve an authentic sense of place, and to empower communities to express their identity and heritage through design. In so doing, he has helped to establish and lead today's practice of culturally and environmentally sensitive design. Campos has also shared his knowledge and commitments through active engagement and professional leadership as a speaker at professional organizations and universities, and as advisor to educational and civic groups. His professional experience includes planning and design of cultural and public facilities including zoological and botanical gardens, museums, public places, parks, and cultural centers. Campos' design leadership, expressed in his exemplary projects worldwide and knowledge-sharing, continues to advance interdisciplinary, culturally sensitive, and environmentally responsible practice.
Ed Starkie, Portland, Oregon
Mr. Starkie has experience in real estate that includes moving complex projects from conception and feasibility analysis to financing and development strategies. A particular career focus has been the economic structure of vital urban places, of downtowns and neighborhoods that are pedestrian and transit oriented environments. Mr. Starkie is a financial advisor for private and public development who brings a unique, pragmatic approach that results in projects that are feasible, profitable, and contribute to community livability. Mr. Starkie also has also served on the faculty of the University of Oregon Urban Architecture Program and team-teaches urban design at the Portland State University Nohad Toulan School of Urban Planning.
Richelle (Shelly) Patton, Decatur, Georgia
Shelly has been in the affordable housing development field since 1994 and has been involved in the development or preservation of over 9,000 housing units. In her current position at Tapestry Development Group, she provides development consulting to owners and housing authorities, with a specialty in HUD's Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) program. Prior to co-founding Tapestry, she worked in affordable housing and community development in Atlanta, overseeing the development of 20 rental housing developments. Her expertise includes multi-layered financing and fostering collaboration between public and private sectors to develop mixed-income housing. She serves as Subject Matter Expert in efforts with state and federal agencies to create new and creative financing programs and policies for affordable housing development. She has served as a speaker and trainer to a variety of stakeholder groups in the affordable housing field. She is active with several trade associations to advocate for sound public policies that support affordable housing. She is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the National Housing & Rehabilitation Association and serves as Vice Chair of the RAD Committee of the Georgia Association of Housing and Redevelopment Authorities. She founded and is on the Advisory Board of the Women's Affordable Housing Network, an Atlanta-based effort to support women in the industry. She was named as one of the top 12 Young Leaders in Affordable Housing in the nation by Affordable Housing Finance magazine. She has received a POW! Award from the online publication Womenetics for serving as a model of a purposeful business woman. She is a graduate of the Leadership Atlanta Class of 2010. She earned a B.A. degree from the University of California, Los Angeles and a Master of City Planning degree from Georgia Tech. She completed an Executive Education program at Harvard Business School. She serves on various committees at her church. She lives in Decatur with her husband David and sons Benjamin and Samuel and enjoys staying involved in the life of her former foster son Eric.
Carolina Carvajal, ASLA Boston, Massachusetts
Carolina Carvajal is a registered landscape architect with CRJA-IBI Group. Since joining CRJA-IBI Group in 2011, Mrs. Carvajal has been a key team member on projects in the U.S. and abroad, and has developed particular expertise in community outreach and engagement. She has worked on dozens of projects in the Northeast United States, Mexico, and other regions. Her work has focused on sustainability, connectivity, revitalization of brownfields, open space and streetscape design, housing and mobility hubs. Carolina is an Honors graduate of the landscape architecture program at the University of Connecticut. She is a native of Colombia. She is fluent in Spanish and conversant in Portuguese.
Renee Piechocki, Pittsburgh, PA
Renee Piechocki is an artist and public art consultant. She is the founding director of Pittsburgh's Office of Public Art, a partnership of the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council and the City of Pittsburgh Department of City Planning, which provides technical assistance and educational programs to the public and private sectors in the Pittsburgh region. Previous positions include Facilitator of Americans for the Arts' Public Art Network (2000-2004); studio manager for Vito Acconci and Acconci Studio (1998-2000); and public art project manager for the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (1994-1998). Recent consulting projects include a public art plans for Lancaster, Pennsylvania (2016), the Cross Charlotte Trail in Charlotte, North Carolina (2016), and Laramie, Wyoming (2015); the development of a public art strategy for the Rose F. Kennedy Greenway in Boston, Massachusetts (2012); and developing public art guidelines and procedures for the City of Charleston, West Virginia (2012). Select public art related publications include "Beyond the Ribbon Cutting: Education and Programming Strategies for Public Art Projects and Programs" in Public Art by the Book, edited by Barbara Goldstein; Pittsburgh Art in Public Places: Downtown Walking Tour and Pittsburgh Art in Public Places: Oakland Walking Tour; Add Value Add Art, a resource guide about public art for private developers that was created for the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh. and Artist Residencies in the Public Realm, a resource guide for community collaborations. She is part of the collaboration Two Girls Working with artist Tiffany Ludwig. For ten years, they produced Trappings, a social practice project that investigated how women define and present power in their lives. The project was presented as a national, traveling exhibition; the book Trappings: Stories of Women, Power and Clothing published by Rutgers University Press; and several public art installations. The Trappings archive is housed at the Schlesinger Library of the Radcliffe Institute at Harvard University. Renee Piechocki was born in Queens, New York and grew up in Long Island. She received her BA in Studio Art and Honors Program from Hunter College of the City University of New York.


Birmingham have handed Orebro SK midfielder Alejandro Bedoya a week-long trial at the club.
The 23-year-old USA international has been linked with Rangers in the past but Birmingham will take first look.
Bedoya looks likely to run down his current contract with Swedish side Orebro and said: 'I am happy and grateful for this opportunity and it will increase my experience, motivation and confidence for the future.
Bedoya, a central midfield player, earned his first international start against Brazil last August after narrowly missing out on USA's World Cup 2010 squad.


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Kingdom Hearts Sealed PS2 Game Available For Auction At Heritage
by Joshua Nelson
Heritage Auctions, an auction house based in Dallas, Texas, that primarily deals in auctions pertaining to comics, video games, trading cards, and other such collectibles, has put a sealed, graded copy of Kingdom Hearts for the Sony PlayStation 2 console up for auction! Directed by Tetsuya Nomura and produced by Shinji Hashimoto, this game spawned one of the most elaborate crossover video game series in gaming history by blending intellectual properties from Final Fantasy Square Enix (then simply Squaresoft) with properties from Disney. Prospective bidders have until Tuesday, August 24th at 7:50 PM Central Time (or 8:50 PM Eastern Time) to place a bid on a wonderfully preserved copy of this game.
The front cover of the box for Kingdom Hearts, the Final Fantasy/Disney crossover game for the PS2, created by Squaresoft. Currently available on auction at Heritage Auctions' website.
Kingdom Hearts is about a young boy named Sora, who travels across various worlds to find his friends, Riku and Kairi after their own world was consumed by darkness. Early on in his journey, he meets Donald Duck and Goofy, who are trying to reunite with the king of their realm (two guesses as to who that is!).
Some additional details about this item, according to its description from its auction listing on Heritage Auctions' website, are as follows:
Kingdom Hearts – Wata 9.6 A++ Sealed [Sony Security Label], PS2 Squaresoft 2002 USA. First game in the Kingdom Hearts series. Collaboration between Square and Disney using characters and elements from Disney animations and the Final Fantasy series. Music composed by Yoko Shimomura.
The back cover of the box for Kingdom Hearts, the Final Fantasy/Disney crossover game for the PS2, created by Squaresoft. Currently available on auction at Heritage Auctions' website.
If you wish to bid on this copy of Kingdom Hearts, please kindly remember that you have until Tuesday, August 24th at 7:50 PM Central Time (or 8:50 PM Eastern Time) to do so. You can find this item's auction listing on Heritage Auctions' website by clicking here. Good luck!
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Josh Nelson is a Magic: The Gathering deckbuilding savant, a self-proclaimed scholar of all things Sweeney Todd, and, of course, a writer for Bleeding Cool. In their downtime, Josh can be found painting models, playing Magic, or possibly preaching about the horrors and merits of anthropophagy. You can find them on Twitter at @Burning_Inquiry for all your burning inquiries.
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Marc Sondheimer é um produtor estadunidense da Pixar. Venceu o Oscar de melhor curta-metragem de animação na edição de 2017 pelo trabalho na obra Piper, ao lado de Alan Barillaro.

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China issued more than 193,000 work permits to foreigners in a little more than nine months, between 1 April 2017 and and 12 January 2018, including nearly 43,000 in Shanghai, the country's highest. The other four top regions for permits were Guangdong (33,000), Beijing (21,200), Jiangsu (17,612) and Zhejiang (16,405).
"Big cities like Shanghai have an open social atmosphere, more regional preferential policies and chances for developing new careers that are favoured by foreigners," said Zhang Jianguo, head of the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs.
However, Mr Zhang said the numbers in some second- and third-tier cities that are potential economic powerhouses are also on the rise, such as Chengdu in Sichuan province and Wuhan in Hubei. "More incentives aimed at attracting top expatriates are being introduced by local governments, which will influence the flow of talent," he said.
Based on the data collected, the A-type work permit for high-end personnel accounts for 11pc of all permits nationally, he said.
The administration introduced a new system of work permits nationwide on 1 April. Before that, foreigners could apply for one of two types of work permits: an employment licence for foreigners issued by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security or a foreign expert work permit from the administration.
Mr Zhang said the unification eliminates overlapping application hurdles and improves communication, aiming to better serve overseas talent coming to work in China.
The administration also contributed to the formulation of the new regulation on issuing R visas that took effect on 1 Jan 2018. Under the new rules, foreign experts who are determined to have skills that are in urgent demand would be allowed to stay in China for up to 180 days at a time, with multiple entries on a visa valid from five to 10 years.
It gives such workers a chance to experience China without going through the normal approval process.
Applications can be made online without any paperwork and are free. The policies would also apply to the expat's spouse and children.
The determination of whether an expat qualifies as having top talent is now jointly conducted by three departments: the administration, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Public Security.
The administration is also testing a digital card that combines multiple functions to simplify the daily needs of foreigners, such as payment for transport, water and electricity. The card would undergo a test period before it is introduced nationally.


The International Office is pleased to conduct the award ceremony for the 12th Japanese Language Essay Contest.
This competition is actually held under the auspice of 香川県国際交流連絡協議会 (approximately, Kagawa Prefecture Group of Associations with an interest in international affairs).
The secretariat for this loose amalgamation of associations is the Kagawa University International Office.
This is by virtue of the fact that, Kagawa University is host to the most number of international students in the prefecture.
The ceremony saw 6 students winning the awards.
We congratulate them, and wish them the best of luck in continuing their studies of the Japanese language.


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Q: HTML5 Canvas - Changing a square into a circle On an HTML5 canvas I can't find a method to make colored circles. I've been consulting this as a reference.
Here is my current attempt

var c = document.getElementById("myCanvas");
var ctx = c.getContext("2d");
ctx.fillRect(20, 20, 100, 100);
ctx.lineJoin = "round";
ctx.lineWidth = "cornerRadius";
<canvas id="myCanvas" width="300" height="150" style="border:1px solid #d3d3d3;">

(Also on jsFiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/kvnm21r1/1/)
I've tried using the canvas arc method, which creates a circle, but doesn't color it.
I can't use the border-radius property, because ctx is not an element.
Is there any way, I can transform my squares into circles?
Thanks in advance.

A: You can use quadratic curves to "round-out" the straight lines of your square until they form a circle.

// change sideCount to the # of poly sides desired
//
var sideCount = 4;

var canvas = document.getElementById("canvas");
var ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");
ctx.lineWidth = 2;
ctx.fillStyle = randomColor();

var PI2 = Math.PI * 2;
var cx = 150;
var cy = 150;
var radius = 100;

var xx = function (a) {
  return (cx + radius * Math.cos(a));
}
var yy = function (a) {
  return (cy + radius * Math.sin(a));
}
var lerp = function (a, b, x) {
  return (a + x * (b - a));
}

var sides = [];
for (var i = 0; i < sideCount; i++) {
  sides.push(makeSide(i, sideCount));
}

var percent = 0;
var percentDirection = 0.50;

$("#toShape").click(function () {
  percentDirection = -0.50;
})

$("#toCircle").click(function () {
  percentDirection = 0.50;
})

animate();

// functions

function animate() {
  requestAnimationFrame(animate);
  drawSides(percent);
  percent += percentDirection;
  if (percent > 100) {
    percent = 100;
  }
  if (percent < 0) {
    percent = 0;
  }
}

function drawSides(pct, color) {
  ctx.clearRect(0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height);
  if (pct == 100) {
    ctx.beginPath();
    ctx.arc(cx, cy, radius, 0, PI2);
    ctx.closePath();
    ctx.fill();
  } else {
    ctx.beginPath();
    ctx.moveTo(sides[0].x0, sides[0].y0);
    for (var i = 0; i < sideCount; i++) {
      var side = sides[i];
      var cpx = lerp(side.midX, side.cpX, pct / 100);
      var cpy = lerp(side.midY, side.cpY, pct / 100);
      ctx.quadraticCurveTo(cpx, cpy, side.x2, side.y2);
    }
    ctx.fill();
  }
}

function makeSide(n, sideCount) {
  var sweep = PI2 / sideCount;
  var sAngle = sweep * (n - 1);
  var eAngle = sweep * n;

  var x0 = xx(sAngle);
  var y0 = yy(sAngle);
  var x1 = xx((eAngle + sAngle) / 2);
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  var y2 = yy(eAngle);

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  var dy = y2 - y1;
  var a = Math.atan2(dy, dx);
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  var midY = lerp(y0, y2, 0.50);
  var cpX = 2 * x1 - x0 / 2 - x2 / 2;
  var cpY = 2 * y1 - y0 / 2 - y2 / 2;

  return ({
    x0: x0,
    y0: y0,
    x2: x2,
    y2: y2,
    midX: midX,
    midY: midY,
    cpX: cpX,
    cpY: cpY,
    color: randomColor()
  });
}

function randomColor() {
  return ('#' + Math.floor(Math.random() * 16777215).toString(16));
}
body{ background-color: ivory; }
canvas{border:1px solid red;}
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.9.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<button id="toShape">Animate to Shape</button>
<button id="toCircle">Animate to Circle</button><br>
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A: JSfiddle with a circle
To draw a circle you'll need to draw an arc and have a starting angle and an ending angle. So you'll have to use Pi and define a radius.
var canvas = document.getElementById('myCanvas');
var context = canvas.getContext('2d');
var centerX = canvas.width / 2;
var centerY = canvas.height / 2;
var radius = 70;

context.beginPath();
context.arc(centerX, centerY, radius, 0, 2 * Math.PI, false);
context.fillStyle = 'green';
context.fill();
context.lineWidth = 5;
context.strokeStyle = '#003300';
context.stroke();

A: Avoid w3schools.com whenever possible. Refer to sites like MDN instead.

var canvas = document.getElementById('myCanvas');
var ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");
ctx.beginPath();
var radius = 50; // Arc radius
var startAngle = 0; // Starting point on circle
var endAngle = Math.PI*2; // End point on circle
ctx.arc(150, 75, radius, startAngle, endAngle, true);
ctx.fill();
<canvas id="myCanvas" width="300" height="150" style="border:1px solid #d3d3d3;">


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New 2018 Audi A1 Sportback: pricing and specification details
Prices for the new Audi A1 begin at £18,450 with deliveries starting at the end of November
Audi has confirmed the new A1 Sportback will be priced from £18,450 for the base SE model, climbing to £23,180 for the range-topping S-Line. On sale now, first deliveries will begin at the end of November.
The only engine offered from launch is a 116bhp 1.0-litre three-cylinder turbo, badged 30 TFSI. It can be paired with a six-speed manual or seven speed S Tronic automatic, both are front-wheel drive as standard.
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Later own the line a less powerful 94bhp 1.0-litre turbo will arrive (badged 25 TFSI) alongside a 148bhp 1.5-litre turbo (35 TFSI) and flagship 197bhp 2.0-litre turbo (40 TFSI).
Only SE and S-Line trim levels are available but every model comes with a multifunction steering wheel and fully digital instrument cluster as standard. Optional kit includes wireless phone charging, a Bang & Olufsen stereo and Audi's MMI navigation plus system, which bundles social media access, live traffic updates and Google Earth into the infotainment set-up.
The new A1 is only available as a five-door Sportback, and is based on the same platform as the VW Polo and SEAT Ibiza. It's longer, wider and lower than the old model and will be produced by SEAT at the Spanish brand's factory in Martorell. The second-generation A1 comes in at 4,030mm long, 1,740mm wide and 1,410mm tall; that's 50mm lower than its Polo sister car.
Audi has looked at one of its most iconic models for design inspiration for the new supermini; the car's single-frame grille and three air inlets below the bonnet are derived from the Audi Sport Quattro from the eighties. New full-LED headlamps have been added for the first time, available on all A1 models as standard, while alloy wheels up to 18 inches in diameter are also available.
Much has changed inside, too; the button-heavy dash and pop-up screen from the outgoing A1 have been ditched in favour of a slick MMI touchscreen infotainment system, adapted from the range-topping A8 luxury saloon.
Only flagship A1s get the largest 10.1-inch display; entry and mid-spec cars use an 8.8-inch screen. Apple CarPlay and Android Auto are available on all A1 models as standard.
Elsewhere, Audi says practicality has been greatly improved. Boot space has increased by 65 litres to 335 litres, and folding the rear bench frees up a total of 1,090 litres. Because the A1 has grown in length and width, Audi says there's now more space for those inside, too.
A raft of safety kit such as lane departure warning, adaptive cruise control and a reversing camera makes its debut on the new A1. Standard features include lane departure warning, and Audi's pre sense front, which uses radar technology to detect vehicles, pedestrians or cyclists in poor conditions, and can automatically initiate an emergency stop should it recognise a potential hazard.
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Amazon Bans Foreign Sales of Seeds — Is U.S. Going to Solve the Mystery with Unsolicited Seed Packages?
Amazon has banned foreign sales of seeds into the United States effective immediately, The Wall Street Street Journal reported citing an e-mail to international sellers it had seen.
The move comes after thousands of suspicious packages postmarked mainly from China arrived at American households this summer. U.S. government officials raised concerns about the ease with unknown seeds can occur on e-commerce sites and enter the country, creating potential threats to U.S. agriculture.
Amazon also updated its policy in line with the new rules, saying that importing seeds into the U.S., or the sale of seeds within the country by non-US residents, is no longer allowed.
The e-commerce giant's spokesperson confirmed the news, highlighting that sellers who do not follow the new guidelines will be subject to action, including account suspension.
The policy amendment comes after the U.S. Agricultural Department, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Postal Service have started an investigation into the mysterious seed shipments.
During the summer, thousands of U.S. families received seeds they did not order in their mailboxes. Most were postmarked from China. Besides, the package was labeled as jewelry, toys, or other goods. Canada and the United Kingdom have also reported a similar issue in recent months.
The U.S. authorities have said they are working closely with Beijing to determine who is sending the seed package and prevent future shipments. According to the Chinese Foreign Ministry, the mailing labels were forged. Beijing had asked Washington to send back packages for an internal investigation.
Agriculture officials have been concerned that seeds could potentially transmit invasive species, weeds, pests, or unknown diseases that might harm the nation's agriculture.
Osama El-Lissy from the USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service said that the agency had received more than 20,000 reports from seed recipients and collected some 9,000 packages. The USDA has assessed more than 2,500 of those, Mr. El-Lissy noted.
The authorities identified several seeds of noxious weeds, called dodder and water spinach. The researchers also identified some diseases known to occur in China. They also found a few pests, including an immature wasp and a larval seed beetle.
The USDA collects seed packages from across the country and sends them for an inspection to botanists to determine their species and whether they are on a federal list of noxious weeds. If this is the case, the samples go to a Maryland laboratory for DNA testing. Mr. El-Lissy confirmed that the findings to date had not caused any significant concern.
What do you think? Do you agree or disagree with the new Amazon ban?
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I'm in the middle of working on this page. Should have it done over the next few days. Then just a general page on German cyclemotors to do (ie those not covered with their own page) and I'll move on to French machines.
The German company Sachs was founded in 1895 to manufacture bicycle parts. The brochure below is from 1901.
The 1902 picture below explains about the Fichtel & Sachs hub.
The company built up an excellent reputation supplying bicycle and motorcycle manufacturers with the various parts they made, such as their world-famous Torpedo coaster hub.
As you can see in the 1929 booklet above, they'd made 25 million Torpedo coaster hubs by this time.
By the end of the 1920s, they saw a potential for cheap motorized lightweight motorcycles. There were 12.5 million cyclists in Germany alone.
With their distribution network already established, it obviously made good sense for them to tool up for an engine that could be fitted to a bicycle. Fritz Gockerell sold them some patents; but rather than a front-mounted engine like his Rekord or the NSU Motosulm, which a purchaser could fit to their own bicycle, Sachs followed the example of Villiers in Great Britain and developed an engine that motorcycle/ bicycle manufacturers would fit themselves so they could badge the machine as their own product.
They produced their first motorcycle engine in 1930, a 74cc engine that could be fitted centrally. This gave it the appearance of a conventional motorcycle, which meant that the manufacturers could ask a higher price for their product. The image above shows a 1935 Batavus with the 74cc engine. (Batavus is a Dutch company).
By 1932 they had added a 98cc version to their range. The photo above is of the 98cc 'Model 1932' engine, as it was known, sported by my 1935 Triumph. Although the Triumph is a pedal-start, some of the 98cc engines had a kickstart, such as the one fitted into Sachs own very handsome motorcycle, illustrated below.
Nobody, as far as I know, has yet issued a definitive figure of how many manufacturers used this proprietary engine: I've seen an estimate of 30 German companies and 33 foreign manufacturers. In addition, Fichtel & Sachs made stationary engines and outboard motors.
The prospect above is for the 1936 Fichtel & Sachs outboard motor.
Up to 1945 Fichtel & Sachs made around 750,000 of the 98cc engines. And between 1945 and 1950 another 50,000 or so were made. In 1950 a slightly modified version replaced the original; it was known as the 'Model 1950.' You can see an example of this engine below in one of my French motorcycles. But I've mainly focused in this page on the pre-war models, such as the the 1936 Phanomen range pictured in the gaudy brochure below.
In 1937, Fichtel & Sachs introduced a cycle-attachment engine called the Saxonette. It fitted on the nearside of the rear-wheel similar in style to the postwar Victoria FM 38, although Sachs' engine was 60cc. It did not sell very well. Because of the War, production ended in 1939.
It is similar to the Saxonette engine that you can still buy new. (See the sections below for more details of both the pre-war and modern versions).
My baby Triumph illustrates how each German motorcycle/ bicycle manufacturer of the thirties could easily use the Fichtel & Sachs engine to add a lightweight machine to their model range.
This Triumph is quite unique. Without an idea of scale, at first glance you might assume it to be a 1920's flat-tank Triumph. It quite surprised me at first how much it drove like one.
Obviously it's a lightweight, so it's very much easier to manage than an old flat-tank; but the high ride-height and throttle lever are similar, and the two-speed 98cc Fichtel & Sachs engine definitely chugs along doing an excellent impersonation of a twenties motorcycle.
The engine that came with the bike had not run for 12 years. But it had been restored at some stage in its life and it was not too difficult to get it going again.
I've not managed to locate any brochures illustrating this precise model, with the flat tank; it's very rare even in Germany.
These brochures are for the 1938 Triumph (above) and 1936 Triumph 98cc models.
When the Fenton Zip sidecar is fitted, the size of the Triumph can be even more confusing to work out.
The Zip is a juvenile sidecar, manufactured by the Yorkshire company in 1931.
As well as the Triumph with the earlier 'Model 1932' engine, I have a motorcycle with the later 'Model 1950' engine. It's a 1951 French Narcisse.
These two photos show it before restoration.
I located another Model 1950 engine in France that had an exhaust system with it. Of course, the exhaust wasn't for a tandem version of the Sachs 98cc engine, but we managed to adapt it with some extra tubing. We made a good engine out of the two.
It has lots of interesting design features, but my favourite is the petrol tank, which is an integral part of the machine.
The Narcisse company were based at 24 rue Alphonse Helbronner, St Ouen, Paris.
German companies that used the Fichtel & Sachs 74cc or 98cc engine in the 1930s included Adler, Batavus, Bauer, Bastert, Blucher, Brennabor, BSW, Diamant, Durkopp, Elfa, Esweco, Excelsior, Express, Fels, Goricke, Hercules, HMW, Meister, Miele, National/Hainsberg, Panther, Phanomen, Reform, Sachs, Sparta, Torpedo, Triumph, Urania, Victoria, Wanderer.
I'll add to this list if I come across any more.
By the way, you might wonder if I'm a bit off the track covering these motorcycles in what is essentially a Cyclemaster Museum. I must admit I have an interest in pre-war German bikes with Fichtel & Sachs engines, so I don't need much excuse to research them and write up their history.
But the Cyclemaster was a German invention, developed by engineers working on a small DKW engine.
They obviously knew how the popularity and success of the Fichtel & Sachs 74cc and 98cc engines in the 1930s revolutionized transport in Germany. Just as autocycles in Great Britain were a 'bridge' between bicycles and motorcycles, the Sachs-powered pedal-assisted machines enabled ordinary working-class people to get motorized. This engine is not dissimilar to a cycle-attachment engine, as the lightweight motorcycles were essentially beefed-up bicycles, the ancestors of mopeds; they were simply factory-fitted rather than sold directly to the public.
The developers would also have observed how the equally successful NSU Quick 98cc replaced the less-than-successful NSU Motosulm cycle-attachment unit in 1935. And they would have known of the difficulties of the Saxonette cycle-attachment engine.
The Cyclemaster engine would undoubtedly have been designed with the success of the Fichtel & Sachs engine in mind, but using the concept of the Saxonette.
The partnership of Hercules and Sachs began as early as 1905, when Ernst Sachs invented the torpedo brake hub which provided a revolution in bicycle manufacture – and in bicycle sales.
Hercules sold motorcycles fitted with a variety of manufacturer's engines. The photo above is from 1930.
When Sachs introduced the 74cc engine, the two companies again combined to provide all the necessary post-sales requirements such as dealer-training and customer service.
Although (as we've discussed in other pages) cycle-attachment engines had been manufactured pre-war, the Saxonette 'help-motor' was a very refined version. As it was put on the market in 1938 it was essentially the first of what we could describe as the post-war style of cyclemotor. The rear-mounted engine was built around the Sachs Torpedo hub, similar to the BSA Winged Wheel.
Anker-Werke, Assmann, Bauer & Co., Bismarck AG, Brennabor-Werke, Brüsselbach, Dürkopp-Werke, Exelsior-Werke, Göricke, Gritzner-Kayser, Hainsberger Metallwerke, Hercules, Meister, Miele & Cie, Panther, Patria-WKC, Presto, Rixe & Co., Torpedo, Urania-Fahrradwerke, Victoria, Walther & Co., Wanderer-Werke AG.
The bicycle factories supplied their own petrol tanks; but it was also possible to buy the engine/wheel direct from Saxonette and fit it to your own bicycle with a 26″ wheel.
Some companies provided a wide range of colours for their bicycles fitted with the Saxonette.
However, despite Fichtel & Sachs excellent reputation – they were renowned for extensive and continuous testing of their products – the new 60cc engine had many problems and not many were sold. A circular was issued to customers in August 1938 to explain some of the issues.
The engine had been tested by the factory under full load. However the engine was less likely to be ridden by purchasers under full load, so the plug was likely to oil up. Bosch developed a new spark plug for it, the W95T1.
As it was fitted to a variety of frames, the factory could not test the engine with them all; the ignition cable could rub against some frames, become porous and short-circuit. A protective tube was issued.
Carburettor seals, nozzles, petrol pipes and filters were inefficient.
The carburettor required cleaning and basic maintenance.
People had problems with the twist grips. It had a pressure point to avoid the speed exceeding 25 kph (the speed that the factory deemed safe on a bicycle).
Customers were generally not sufficiently technically-minded to deal with these issues themselves, and this caused real problems for dealers selling the Saxonette.
If war had not interrupted its manufacture, it's possible that Sachs would have redeveloped their engines and might have dominated the cycle-attachment market in the same way as they did with lightweight motorcycle engines.
The illustration above shows the Hercules Gents bicycle fitted with the 60cc Saxonette engine; a Ladies/Gents version is illustrated below.
After the War, Hercules/Sachs were ideally set up for distribution abroad, and most Sachs engined mopeds used the Hercules name. Interestingly, Great Britain already had a well-established bicycle manufacturing company called Hercules, that was not connected to the German marque.
When The British Hercules company introduced their own moped in 1954 – they claimed it to be Britain's first home-built moped – they had to change its name from the 'Hercules Grey Wolf' (the name used when it was launched) to 'Her-cu-Motor.' You can see a picture of my original Grey Wolf below; it uses a JAP engine.
When the postwar German Hercules R200 Scooter was sold in Great Britain, it was also rebadged as a Prior, with the model name Viscount. It had been developed by the German Triumph company (TWN).
The Prior Viscount had a Sachs 200 engine, which was also fitted to the Messerschmitt (the Viscount below is a 1959 model).
The Prior name was also used for some exported Hercules/Sachs mopeds.
And what about the competition? There were not many German companies pre-war who produced their own 98cc engines in the face of competition from Fichtel & Sachs and NSU.
The 98cc NSU Quick (above) sold very well – 253,000 were made between 1935 and 1953.
DKW deserve a section of their own as, of course, the Cyclemaster was originally designed by DKW engineers and the wartime developments of the DKW 2-stroke engine were impounded by the Allies. In Britain, their 125cc engine became the BSA Bantam's engine, and the 200cc designs became the engine fitted to the Ariel Arrow and Leader.
The 97cc DKW RT 100 (above and below) was technically advanced like DKW's other 2-stroke engines. It had a 3-speed gearbox and top speed of 60 kph. It was introduced in 1934 and replaced by the RT125 in 1939.
Motorenwerke Rasmussen was created by J. S. Rasmussen in 1906, in Zschopau, Germany. The first motorcycle was not made until 1921 and the name DKW was established the following year. Eventually DKW would become one of the world's largest motorcycle manufacturers.
By the end of the twenties their annual production level was around 65,000 engines: they rivaled Fichtel & Sachs for the supply of proprietary engines to German motorcycle manufacturers.
In the 1930s, DKW designed a 118cc cyclemotor engine, which they had developed from an engine they fitted to a childs toy car.
But by this time, they could observe NSU's Motosulm. Fichtel & Sachs already dominated the market supplying 98cc engines to manufacturers; and JLO competed too. As a result, both large manufacturers and small assembly plants offered dozens of 98cc motorcycles to the public. The time was not right to market either a cycle-attachment engine or an engine under 100cc, so DKW focussed on 'proper' motorcycles with kick-starts and larger engine capacities.
in 1932, DKW merged with Audi, Horch and Wanderer and became Auto Union; in the 1950s Victoria and Express joined and the new company was called Zweirad-Union. In 1965 they were absorbed by Sachs.
Sachs still make cycle-attachment engines! Here's a typical Saxonette/ Spartamet cycle with a modern Sachs engine.
This one is in Holland, and it is interesting to browse the details on its sales/ import papers.


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Fox Exec Confirms Progress Still Being Made on 24 Revival
Last May, FOX opted not to move forward with two 24 spinoffs that had been in the early stages of development for the network but that doesn't appear to have been the end of the story for all things 24. At last week's Television Critics Association winter press tour FOX Entertainment President Michael Thorn suggested that a 24 reboot is in development with The Resident showrunner Todd Harthan and according to former 24 showrunner Howard Gordon, Fox is very interested.
Speaking with Deadline, Gordon said that there are active talks about a new incarnation of 24 with the network, but the story has to be right.
"Fox certainly wants to do it, and we're talking," Gordon said. "When I say talking, what it will be. The big headline being it has to be worth doing. We can't do it to just do it. We want to find the right story. Todd Harthan who is running The Resident is working on it. I'm a friend of the court."
Thorn himself echoed those sentiments.
"We continue to talk about 24," Thorn told Deadline last week. "There is nothing that is ready to announce on either front but if there is a way to do another 24, we would be thrilled to do it. But it has got to feel special and worthy of doing as opposed to just another season.
At this point, there's no real information about what a new take on 24 would even look like, though Deadline reports that some sources have suggested that the general idea is a revival that would star Kiefer Sutherland. That is an interesting thought, especially as Sutherland previously told the BBC that he had moved on from 24.
"24 is definitely over now for me," Sutherland told the BBC. "It's one of the greatest gifts I've ever been given as an actor, but it's moving on without me, I want to do other things."
"I want to do more television," he continued. "My experience of 24 was unbelievable, but the main benefit was that it was nice to do something that people actually watched, and that they enjoyed. There are some movies I've made people might have enjoyed, but there were nine of them watching. And so 24 was so refreshing – the most significant thing was that it was accessible to a lot of people and to know they enjoyed it was so rewarding for me. I don't think there's a better medium than television out there at the moment. So think I want to do more of it and look for projects where I can repeat my experience."
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Who was Thaddeus S. C. Lowe?
Southern California certainly owes a debt of gratitude to Thaddeus S. C. Lowe for his wonderful foresight and development of our area.
Before he became a California resident, this New Hampshire native served as a civilian in the Civil War as the Chief Aeronaut of the Union Army Balloon Corps for Abraham Lincoln. Upon leaving military service Lowe produced artificial ice, which allowed meat and produce companies to freeze their products and make them available to more consumers who lived further away.
Gas heating and lighting were next on the agenda and he excelled in those fields as well, earning the Franklin Institute's highest honor, the Cresson Gold Medal. By the end of the 1880's, more than 70 percent of all the homes in the United States were either heated or illuminated by Lowe gas. All of this was done with no more than a fourth grade education.
By 1888 Mr. and Mrs. Lowe and three of their ten children moved to Southern California where retirement kept him busier than ever. He built a huge home on South Orange Grove Avenue in Pasadena, founded the Lowe Gas Works, Citizen's Bank, Citizen's Ice Company, and the California Construction Company, bought and refurbished the Pasadena Grand Opera House, and built the Mount Lowe Incline Railway and Observatory.
Thaddeus Lowe wanted to be remembered for being a giving man who was always ahead of his time, and, indeed, he was. He lost his home and most of his businesses as well as control of the Mount Lowe Railway by the late 1890's, but was ever the dreamer of starting a new company or venture up until the time of his death, January 16th, 1913.
While Lowe longed to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery, he couldn't because he had served the Union Army as a civilian. This was one of his greatest disappointments, but is perhaps one of our greatest blessings; to have the man that changed our local mountains forever be buried in the shadow of them for all of us to honor at Mountain View in Altadena.
By 1902 Henry Huntington and the Pacific Electric took over the Mount Lowe Incline Railway. Fares were lowered, through service into Rubio Canyon became more frequent and track was standardized, but not even Huntington could make Mount Lowe profitable.
Echo Mountain House had burned to the ground in 1900 and had been underinsured, so it would never be rebuilt. In 1905, the smaller hotel on Echo Mountain, the Chalet, burned down along with the winding station (which later became the power house) and several other smaller buildings. It was almost at though Mother Nature was trying to reclaim her lovely mountains.
While the Pacific Electric continued to try to make the Mount Lowe route more profitable, it became more and more apparent that it was financially the worst route of all. Thaddeus Lowe frequented the line after Huntington had taken over and tried to give advice, secretly hoping to one day regain control of his beloved mountain railway, to no avail. Even after both Lowe and Huntington had passed away, the Mount Lowe route was a consistent financial loser up until the time Mount Lowe Tavern burned in 1936.
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