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Just how does LED growth lamp work and why should you use it?
Energy-efficient LED grow lights are the lighting of the future of farming. They are not just economic in their usage yet they create better plants also, in comparison to all standard lights alternatives. In the messages listed below you can review how the LED expand lights work, just how they impact plant growth and also what advantages the LED lights have over the thus far most commonly made use of artifical illumination in agriculture-- HPS lamps.
WHAT ARE LEDS AND HOW DO THEY FUNCTION?
LEDs (Light Emitting Diode) are tiny electronic parts made of 2 various sorts of semiconductor material, one having a negative cost, called electrons, as well as the various other having a positive fee, called holes. When voltage is correctly used over an LED, electrical current beginnings to stream through it making electrons and openings begin to collide releasing energy in the form of photons, light quanta, in a procedure called recombination. The initial LEDs had relatively reduced light output and minimal options of shades while contemporary LEDs have high brightness and come in varieties of shades in noticeable, infrared and ultraviolet spooky array.
WHAT ARE LED GROW LIGHTING?
As recommended by their name, LED expand lights are luminaires utilizing LED chips in a modern and efficient way to create light for growing plants. LED grow lights be available in several shapes and sizes yet as the most necessary devices of LED grow lights LED chips have the majority of the effect on the top quality of the light, i.e. spectrum (colors) and photon change (" illumination") generated. Since LED expand light suppliers can select the LEDs they utilize in their lamps, it is important to understand which kind of LED grow light ideal fits the certain application. One of the benefits of LED expand lights compared to conventional lighting remedies is the capacity to match the light to the demands of plants.
WHAT IS THE RESULT OF LED GROW LIGHTING ON PLANTS?
Shade variants of the LED grow lights are straight attached to the intended objective-- different research studies have actually revealed that particular shades affect plant development, affecting origin and also blossom formation (blue as well as traffic signal spectra) which almost means that most of plant types will certainly finish a regular growth cycle if exposed to both blue and also red expand lights. Adding various other colors to the range, such as eco-friendly, far-red as well as deep-blue help this process by offering plants extra information regarding its setting and also general causing better plants (quicker growth, more secondary metabolite accumulation etc). A spectrum that contains all colors is called complete range and mainly resembles the sunlight. If it has high proportions of eco-friendly, the light will certainly show up white to human eyes and while not an essential variable for plant development, it does make the job around these lights much easier and also makes aesthetic examination of the plants possible.
HOW DO PLANTS REACT TO VARIOUS LIGHT COLORS?
UV: PROTECTIVE MEASURES to high light problems as well as excitement of insect repelling chemicals. Enhances pigment buildup in leaves, affects leaf as well as plant morphology.
Blue: Signal for absence of next-door neighbors, no need to contend for light. Promotes stomatal opening, stem elongation inhibition, thicker fallen leaves, orientation to light as well as photoperiodic flowering.
Green, Yellow, Orange: Signal of neighbors, competitors for light. Feedbacks opposite to blue light; stomatal closure, some color avoidance signs and symptoms, improved photosynthesis in deeper cell layers.
Red: Absence of next-door neighbors signal. Main part required for photosynthesis, stem prolongation inhibition, signal light.
Far-red: signal light; Signal of neighbors, competition for light. prolongation, blooming.
Light range (the mix of colors used to generate the light).
Light intensity (generally measured in micromoles, the quantity of photons projected onto the plants).
Photoperiod (number of hours a plant is exposed to light within a 24 hour period).
Light harmony (the degree to which the light is just as dispersed across the cover).
To put it simply, LED expand lights customers require to work out a tailor-made approach when elevating plants as a result of the truth that each plant varieties has different requirements. In sensible terms this means performing tests prior to going to huge scale production. (Learn more: 8 Tips for Setting Up Effective Plant Trials with LED).
A choice to that is buying the LED grow lights from companies that are committed to research and also supply this data to their consumers.
DISCOVER REVOLUTIONARY ADVANTAGES OF LED GROW LIGHTING.
In its beginning, LED modern technology was viewed as instead not practical and also cost-inefficient. With the cutting edge developments LED expand lights manufacturing has actually come to be cost-effective. Furthermore, the series of offered LED chip types promoted the advancement of a more effective plant farming industry. When established side-by-side with the traditional HPS (high-pressure-sodium) systems, LEDs win in terms of energy performance, the top quality of plants cultivated along with environmental kindness.
LEDs are straightforward yet powerful, energy-efficient plant development lamps in comparison to the predominantly utilized HPS lights that are slowly being viewed as large yet much less robust. HPS lamps have a much shorter lifetime that makes them extra expensive in the future. The warm released by HPS lights is in some cases great as well as efficient in greenhouse settings yet makes them practically pointless for vertical farms or development chambers. LEDs are faster changing, more small (smaller in size), and also are regarded as even more advantageous for the environment. On top of that, LED grow lights release much less incandescent heat which influences the moisture and nourishment demands of plants. The percentage of warmth that is discharged is sent out upwards and away from plants unlike with HPS where the warmth goes straight onto them increasing the leaf surface area temperature and in some cases burning the plants.
Fundamentally, the innovative benefits of LEDs in contrast to the traditional HPS lights are:.
Economic power usage-- led grow light guide grow lights use up 50% of the energy that HPS systems make use of and some professionals expect also a greater LEDs effectiveness in the future.
Longer life expectancy-- LEDs have a longer lifetime in comparison to the HPS lights; for the comparison's purpose, the HPS lamps can last for 1 year while the LEDs may last even up to 8 years.
Smaller sized areas benefit-- as the LED grow lamps can be established more detailed to the plants, the expanding space does not require to be very high or vast.
Power efficiency-- with LED grow lights it is possible to maximize the range by concentrating power on wavelengths (shades) that are most advantageous for every application as well as plant. Furthermore, lowered warmth manufacturing permits placing LED fixtures closer to plants making sure less light is lost in other places.
Fire security-- as LEDs do not become hot in contrast to the traditional HPS lights they are more secure to make use of.
Dimming-- while the majority of HPS lights utilize the complete light intensity, LED grow lights can lower even with a remote or through an application as well as consequently are much easier to take care of, aside from consuming much less power.
. Even more environment security-- as a result of the truth that less warm is sent out and that UV light can be added in LED lights, there is much less chance for bacteria and mold and mildew formation which consequently means much less chemicals and much less environment contamination.


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Today, the city feels not that different but there have already been a few wtf moments, like the halt of a Luzhkov-backed construction project on Borovitskaya Ploschad'. This was later overturned by the Kremlin, but the sense of the city's cleansing of Luzhkov — or Baturin, as he's jocularly known — was unmistakeable.
And then he laughed and laughed?
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This is great news, but it does seem worth noting that they're not being permitted to conduct a gay pride march. It's a slightly less controversial rally against the alleged actions of an airline. I don't think this erases the significance of the official permission, but it possibly diminishes the achievement. I'll be interested to see if "gayer" public activism is sanctioned in the months to come.
I couldn't agree more. But this is still unprecedented, as is the fact that Sledstvenny Kommitet is using Nemtsov and Zhirinovsky's accusations against Luzhkov — which were found to be libelous in court — to launch an investigation into Luzhkov's dealings. I mean, WTF? Land of extremes much?
I would absolutely love it if Putin's advisors were able to grasp that gay rights is an issue that could immediately and forever change people's perceptions of Putin around the world. It's soooo obvious. There is almost no downside except amongst those Russians who are homophobes (a tiny minority of Nationalists and knuckleheads who have no power and don't vote). The upside is awesome. Rebranding Putin as someone with a modern sensibility and a degree of open mindedness.
The one quality which so often gets lost in translation is Putin's ability to poke fun at himself. Putin will never be questioned about his toughness or intelligence. Thus, the embrace of such an issue would throw everyone off balance and infuriate his critics.
Then Putin should invite the leading gays in Russia to a luncheon the day before the parade. The impact of such a bold and unprecedented move would do more to rebrand the "new" Russia then 20 Ketchum PR agencies could ever hope to do.
I wish his website had a contact address. There are lots of great ideas every day that would completely change international perception of Russia for very little investment, and this is one of them.
q...I would absolutely love it if Putin's advisors were able to grasp that gay rights is an issue that could immediately and forever change people's perceptions of Putin around the world. .


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Party pics: Manifest's 6th Anniversary Party
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Happy birthday, Manifest! Hard to believe that it's been six years since the Chinatown club, headed up by young entrepreneur Brandon Reid, opened its doors on Hotel Street, promising a haven for the eclectic, artistic and intelligent. Over time, it's also evolved into a banging hip-hop club and espresso bar, with one of the best whiskey selections in town and a full range of stiff, top-quality cocktails made by award-winning bartenders. Manifest's success appears to be a result of being good at many things, and not just one.
Saturday's anniversary party was themed "Casablanca," and at least a few guests came dressed in '40s attire. The party started at 7 p.m. with live music by The Bentos, an acoustic performance by Matt Melendez, comedians Ray Lamay & Easten, and later on in the night, #Superhandsome DJs SSSolution, Jon C and Delve. Here's to six saucy years, and many more!
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Jamie Carragher takes on trampoline challenge in 'I'm Game' for Rainbow Laces
Luke Strong is a five-time national trampoline champion and World Championship silver medallist, but coaching Jamie Carragher could be his biggest challenge yet! Find out what happened when they met up with Sky Sports' Mark McAdam for a new 'I'm Game' episode for Rainbow Laces…
By Jon Holmes and Mark McAdam
Saturday 12 December 2020 07:08, UK
Find out what happened when Jamie Carragher took on a trampolining challenge set by one of Britain's top gymnasts Luke Strong in a special new episode of 'I'm Game' for Rainbow Laces, hosted by Mark McAdam
He's used to being rated out of 10 for his performances on the pitch - but how would Jamie Carragher score in a trampoline challenge?
In a special new episode of the 'I'm Game' series, the Liverpool legend and Sky Sports pundit travels across the city and outside of his comfort zone for a tutorial at the city's Trampoline Academy.
His coach for the day is Luke Strong, one of Britain's leading gymnasts and a World Championship silver medallist, who sets Carragher three challenges that will test his aerial abilities like never before.
Image: Luke shows Carra how it's done on the tumble track at the Liverpool Trampoline Academy
It's all in support of Stonewall's Rainbow Laces campaign, currently receiving its annual activation across sport, supported by Sky Sports as a member of TeamPride.
Earlier this year, and for the first time publicly, Luke spoke about being bisexual and how he found a supportive environment in gymnastics, having endured instances of anti-LGBT bullying during his schooldays.
Image: Luke is one of Britain's most successful gymnasts, bringing home medals from both the World Championships and European Championships
"I shared my story in the hope that younger kids growing up who are getting abuse at school and getting nasty messages can see that it gets better and you're not always going to be stuck in that situation," explains the 27-year-old.
"If it helps one person, then it's worth putting it out there and telling everyone."
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Image: Luke opens up about his experiences of being an out bi man in elite gymnastics
For Carra's 'I'm Game' challenge, Luke sets three tasks...
1. Double Mini-Trampoline
2. Tumble Track
3. Ten-Bounce Trampoline Routine
Despite Carra's initial concerns - "I think you've got the wrong fella!" - he limbers up and agrees to give it a go...
Image: Luke ensures that Carra has done his stretches before taking on his three-part trampoline challenge
Meanwhile, in between the challenges, Carra and host Mark McAdam sit down for a socially-distanced chat on the mats with Luke to learn more about how he became a gymnast despite growing up in a football-mad city like Liverpool.
Luke admits he always felt disconnected from football, as it was something where he didn't think he would fit in. Instead, he fell into a different friendship group and consequently into trampolining, where he excelled. "When I was a kid, I didn't get into the sport thinking that it was ever going to lead to anything. I don't think anyone does that.
"I turned up, enjoyed it, and I'm still here 16 years later."
I came out 10 years ago to friends and family and they've been so supportive... I feel lucky because I know not everybody has that experience when they come out.
Luke Strong
Carra asks Luke what he makes of the ongoing conversation about the lack of LGBT+ representation in men's professional football. What would it mean for a gay or bi male player to come out publicly?
"No one should ever feel the pressure to say who they are to anyone - it's your business and nobody's else's," says Luke.
"It's a difficult one because for so many people, a footballer coming out would be so helpful. A lot of people in the community feel that football is a sport for straight people."
Image: Luke, Carra and host Mark McAdam take a break to chat through some of the talking points in sport raised by Rainbow Laces
Luke says he has received some derogatory comments in the past on social media, adding that being bi still carries a degree of stigma and is often misunderstood, even within the LGBT+ community itself.
However, by raising awareness around inclusion such as through the Rainbow Laces campaign, he believes the situation is improving and that he found his chat with Carra "refreshing".
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Carra is hopeful that young players today in the men's game who are gay or bi will find their football spaces much more accepting compared to his heyday in the 1990s and 2000s.
"When I grew up, there wasn't anyone gay or bisexual at school - it wasn't something you spoke about," he says.
"Times have changed in the last 10 or 15 years. As you get older, wiser, more mature, you understand things a lot more as well.
"A lot of it is education, and understanding what people go through and what they're feeling."
It's the fifth year of Sky Sports' support for Rainbow Laces as a member of TeamPride - on Rainbow Laces Day and beyond, LGBT+ people and allies are speaking up for inclusion in sport
With Carra having learned a lot about trampolining, all that's left is for judge Luke to deliver his assessment - and there's an extra twist that might just help to boost Carra's final score…
Watch more episodes of 'I'm Game' featuring Jamie Redknapp, Tom Allen, Judge Rinder and more guests on digital and On Demand.
Sky Sports is a member of TeamPride which supports Stonewall's Rainbow Laces campaign. If you'd like to help inspire others in sport by sharing your own story of being LGBT+ or an ally, please contact us here.


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I have to say, a one hour commute on the MTA does wonders for a day dreamer. Not that I'm trying to compliment the MTA or anything - I hate the MTA. But I got seriously lost in my head today. I've really been trying to define happiness for myself in order to pursue it better.
And then I came to an impasse when trying to figure out what provides real happiness within one's self - the people in our lives or the achievements in our lives? I feel that both of these things depend inherently on external elements - so that just can't be right. But then any act of meditation just feels too elusive and laborious... dam it.
Maybe the MTA just makes me sad.


My wife started feeling strange during our vacation. That is to say, she didn't feel anything. Those annoying quirks of the first trimester had disappeared.
A quick visit to the doctor suggested nothing was wrong, but just to be sure, she went to the ultrasound technician. It was a Friday morning, my brother's birthday, when she called and told me the news.
I knew something was wrong before she spoke. She never calls.
We had thought she was at 11 weeks, but the technician told her (quite coldly) that the fetus had stopped growing at week six. We had no child.
Truthfully, I didn't know how to feel.
A failed pregnancy is surely a shared hurt, but with one key distinction: men are more spectators than participants. That dissonance results in confusion about what to do, say, or feel, which for some, I'm sure, comes off as callousness or distance.
I can only speak from observation, but women who have been through the terrible loss of miscarriage experience at least some physical pain. In contrast, a man's suffering is mostly theoretical—I had no tangible reference for what had happened.
And all of this was exacerbated by the overwhelming sense that the pain was not "ours" but "hers." People wouldn't ask how I was doing, but rather, how my wife was feeling. And why not? The miscarriage happened to her—not me. Why should they be worried about me?


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HomeEventsMultiscale Biomechanics and Tribology of Inorganic and Organic Systems in Memory of Professor Sergey Grigor'evich Psakhie
Multiscale Biomechanics and Tribology of Inorganic and Organic Systems in Memory of Professor Sergey Grigor'evich Psakhie
Events > 2019 > October > Multiscale Biomechanics and Tribology of Inorganic and Organic Systems in Memory of Professor Sergey Grigor'evich Psakhie
Took place on 02.10.2019
Institute of Strength Physics and Materials Science, Tomsk, Russia
Georg-Peter Ostermeyer
Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany
Valentin Popov
Technische Universität Berlin, Germany
Evgeny Shilko
Institute of Strength Physics and Materials Sciences SB RAS, Tomsk, Russia
The International Workshop "Multiscale Biomechanics and Tribology of Inorganic and Organic Systems" will be held as part of the International Interdisciplinary Symposium "Hierarchical Materials: Development and Applications for New Technologies and Reliable Structures" on October 2, 2019 in Tomsk, Russia.
This Workshop is dedicated to the memory of Sergey Grigor'evich Psakhie. He passed away on December 22, 2018 – unexpectedly, full of energy and with many plans for the future of the Institute of Strength Physics and Materials Science which he had been heading since 2002.
Sergey Psakhie was a remarkable person and the great scientist. He was a visionary, a theoretician and practitioner all in one person. He used his empathy and expertise to help other people find and develop their talents and did his best to support them. People who had the chance to get to know him on a personal level found in him a constant source of inspiration. He was an exciting contributor to professional discussions, a real analyst and philosopher. His death came as an enormous, incredible loss for science, for the institute and for all his colleagues and friends across the globe.
With this upcoming workshop, we wish to celebrate the remarkably diverse field of Sergey Psakhie's scientific interests and projects, and discuss ways in which they can be continued in the future. In his last years, Sergey Psakhie developed a particular interest in the biomedical applications of materials science and tribology. For example, he led several highly successful projects on the bioactive properties of low-dimensional metal oxide nanoparticles, with applications including wound healing, tumor suppression and antibiotic properties. Shortly before his untimely death, he initiated a further interdisciplinary project on "Active Bio Contact Mechanics", with the goal of developing non-invasive methods of stabilizing and regenerating natural joints and cartillage, as an alternative to surgical intervention. For this reason, biomedical applications of materials science and tribology form the focus of the workshop.
However, medical applications were the tip of the iceberg of Sergey Psakhie's research interests. They included various topics in nanotechnology, but also geotribology and earthquake dynamics; classical materials science and fracture mechanics; computer simulation methods, including the Method of Cellular Automata and Molecular Dynamics methods for the simulation of soft matter – hard matter interactions; various technological developments in aerospace and other branches, including nondestructive testing and additive manufacturing. These and other topics, which are too numerous to be listed here, are also welcomed at the workshop.
The Workshop aims to continue and further develop the studies initiated and supported by Prof. Sergey Psakhie in the fields of active biocontact mechanics, mechanics and tribology of organic and inorganic media, biological effects of nanomaterials and low-dimensional structures, nanoscale effects within the interfaces of hard matter–soft matter, new additive manufacturing methods and non-stationary metallurgy, biotechnology and related topics.
I –Active bio contact mechanics and nanobioengineering
Contact mechanics of cartilage
Models for wear and mechanically induced growth of bones and cartilage
Lubrication of natural joints
Contact mechanics of porous fluid-filled media
Transport of nutrition in cartilage
Biomolecular mechanisms of cell and tissue growth
Interaction between nanomaterials and bio-objects
Hierarchical nanomaterials for biomedical applications
II – Mechanics and tribology of organic and inorganic media
Tribology of ductile and brittle materials
Physics of soft matter and hard matter – soft matter interfaces
Adhesion of biomatter and selective adsorption of biomolecules
Physics of nanoconfined matter
Particle and discrete element methods
Geomechanics and earthquakes
Hierarchically organized structures in molecular biology
Hierarchical organization of geodynamic objects
Numerical simulation methods for multi-scale and multi-field problems
New hierarchically organized materials in mechanical engineering and related technological achievements
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In movies and novels alike, much is made of the stage of sleep known as rapid eye movement (REM), since this is the phase of slumber in which dreams (good, bad, exotic) occur. Among the medical community, there is an increased appreciation for what is called "slow-wave" sleep, (also known as deep or delta-wave sleep), because this fourth stage of sleep can be difficult to attain. If one is awakened during the first three stages of sleep, they must repeat these stages again before reaching fourth stage or "delta-wave," sleep.
Once this latter stage is reached, muscles are relaxed, blood pressure drops, and the pulse and breathing are slower. According to the Sleep Research Center, other benefits to the body are accrued during slow-wave sleep, including: an increase of blood supply to the body; a decrease in body temperature thus preserving energy; a lowering of metabolic activity enabling tissue repair and growth; an increase of natural immune-system modulators; and a period in which the growth hormone secretions reach their peak, thus stimulating body growth and development.
A team of researchers has found that the peptide hormone ghrelin, bound to the growth hormone secretagogue (GHS) receptor, has a distinct positive action on stage four sleep and nocturnal hormone secretion. Their findings suggest that, in addition to its influence on growth hormone secretion, food intake, and weight gain, ghrelin is a sleep-promoting factor. This new role for the peptide appears to be complementary in function to its established function in the regulation of energy balance and obesity.
Previous rat studies offered conflicting data on sleep following ghrelin administration. In one study, a decrease of REM sleep was found after administration of ghrelin to rats. In another study, ghrelin was given to two different strains of mice, intact animals and those with nonfunctional growth hormone-releasing hormone receptors. Only in mice with intact growth hormone-releasing hormone receptors did NREM sleep increase after administration of the peptide.
Prior to this research, the influence of ghrelin on human sleep was unknown. A team of German researchers selected a protocol that followed previous studies on the sleep-endocrine effects of the peptide, including growth hormone-releasing hormone, GHRP-6, hexarelin, and vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP). They investigated the effects of the systematic administration of ghrelin on sleep EEG and of GH, ACTH, cortisol, and leptin in healthy male subjects. The authors of "Ghrelin Promotes Slow-Wave Sleep in Humans" are J. C. Weikel, A. Wichniak, M. Ising, H. Brunner, E. Friess, K. Held, S. Mathias, D. A. Schmid, M. Uhr, and A. Steiger, all from the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany. Their findings appear in the February 2003 edition of the American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism.
Subjects in this study were healthy male volunteers, all free of alcohol, tobacco, and caffeine abuse. The sleep-endocrine studies consisted of two sessions, separated by one week in which a placebo (saline) or ghrelin was administered according to a double-blind, randomized schedule. The experimental sessions consisted of two successive nights in the sleep laboratory. The first night allowed adaptation to the laboratory setting. On the second night, a dose of ghrelin or placebo was administered as a bolus injection through an indwelling intravenous catheter, which permitted administration of the testing drug and repeated blood collection in the adjacent laboratory without disturbing the study subject.
All subjects were reclining at 8:00 PM. Injections of ghrelin or placebo were given hourly between 10:00 PM and 1:00 AM. Blood samples were collected every 30 minutes between 8:00 and 10:00 PM, and every 20 minutes between 10:00 PM and 7:00 AM. The subjects were not allowed to sleep until the lights were turned off at 11:00 PM. Polysomnographic recordings were obtained from 11:00 PM to 7:00 AM, and consisted of two EEGs, vertical and horizontal electroculograms, and electromyogram. A hormone analysis was conducted with the drawn blood samples.
On the night of ghrelin administration, the time spent in slow-wave or stage IV sleep increased significantly compared with the placebo night. Separate inspections of the three sleep-time segments showed significant increases of slow-wave sleep during the first and second thirds of the night but not during the last third. REM sleep showed a significant decrease only during the second third of the night. Intermittent wakefulness appeared to decrease, although it did not reach a level of significance. All other sleep continuity and sleep architecture variables remained unchanged.
This study finds that the body's endocrine system may offer a means for the body to obtain deep sleep, that which contributes to the body's overall health. These findings could have important implications for long-term health, since the pursuit of a "good night's sleep" is an obsession for many Americans.
Source: February 2003 edition of the American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism.


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Karauli-Dholpur Parliamentary Constituency 2014, Karauli-Dholpur Lok sabha Constituency Details, Political News Karauli-Dholpur , Rajasthan Lok Sabha Elections 2014 News Updates, Rajasthan Parliamentary Constituency details 2014,Karauli-Dholpur MP Issues:
The parliamentary constituency of Karauli-Dholpur is one of the 25 of the state of Rajasthan which was formed post the implementation of the 2008 delimitation of parliamentary constituencies. The total number of electorates in the Karauli Dholpur Lok Sabha Constituency (constituency number 10) according to Election Commission of India 2009 reports are 1,303,196 of which 710,265 are males and 592,931 are females. It has eight Vidhan Sabha segments and is reserved for the SC category.
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The town of Karauli is the administrative center of Karauli district and covers an area of about 674 sq. km. It is situated at an average elevation of 275 meters. According to the census data of 2011, this town has a population of over 66,179 of which 53% are males and 19% under the age of 6. Karauli has an average literacy rate of 53%, with 65% of the males and 41% of the females being literate. National Highway NH-11B connects this city to an extensive road network.
Dholpur is the administrative headquarters of Dholpur District, located in the eastern corner of Rajasthan. Formerly the seat of the Dholpur princely state, the town is home to over 126,142 people. With a child population of 13.6%, it has a sex ratio of 862 females per 1000 males. The average literacy rate is 76.56%. Agriculture is the primary economic activity here.Hindi is the official language of both Karauli and Dholpur. Several educational institutions are located in this region.


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Those fish look creepy, Leif!
Hey Leif, have you seen any Carcharodon carcharias (Jaws!) off New Jersey deep water wrecks?!
[QUOTE="Like a cod but faster swimmer. We catch them on deep water wrecks off New Jersey and off New Hampshire in December. Good to eat too.
We have them. Several are spotted every year and one large specimen was tracked this summer close to shore this summer.
I was wreck fishing Wednesday. We caught many Porgies/Scup.
I bet if there was a thread about fishing, you would stop disappearing!
This is my time of year for fishing. Stephen King books are piling up next to my bed. You're exactly right.
You never know when to "Lief".
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It's an 'old school' feeling King story, back to his fascination with cars and engines. What's disappointing about it is the way he rounds it off, it feels very rushed, like suddenly he got tired of it or didn't know how to finish it. Just a few seconds with a magnifying glass and the car is destroyed/defeated? Not only could you see that it had to do with the magnifying glass miles (sorry) away, but it was far too easy. Also some of it didn't make sense, like Pete saying toward the end 'I think it can't move' - it was a CAR! There were more mistakes, but in translation it's always hard to say if it's King or the translator making the mistakes.
It was also disappointing you didn't get to see/know more about the alien in the car (there was a creature in the car, as evidenced by a large handprint).
I enjoy all the bits about people getting eaten by the car though and as always his description of characters, places and situations is very vivid.
Basically after Night Shift and Skeleton Crew a lot of the short stories often disappoint me somewhat. Especially in Night Shift every story is brilliant and Skeleton Crew, why less so, still has classics like Gramma and The Raft. So maybe the bar was very high in the beginning.


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This article taken from the IoM Family History Society Journal vol 2 no. 3 was prompted by an earlier article by Miss McHardy who was worried about the deterioration of the memorials.
One of the projects of our society has been to share in a survey of Lezayre churchyard and individual members have interested themselves in their local graveyards.
"On November 1st 1979 I returned to check my list. Two obelisks in front of the chapel wore easily read, and my earlier notes of the inscriptions wars correct but to my dismay I found that the gravestones at the side of the chapel had become less easy to read".
The very existence of these stones alerts our society to something they may not have suspected before, viz. that not every burial on the island is to be found in the books either of one or other of the parochial records or of the Borough Cemetery at Douglas. We knew of the Quaker Burial ground in Maughold. Could other chapels on the island besides Peel have graves in their grounds?
"In Peel, on Thursday May 13th the Committee inspected a place of burial in Atholl St. belonging to the Wesleyan Methodists in which there appear to have been, between the years 1845 and 1866 nineteen interments, none since 1866. The Trustees in whom the Property is invested signified that they had no wish to extend the use of the Burial Place - the contrary rather; and that in the first instance it was done only in the necessity of the case before the new Parochial Burial Ground was provided".
It also says,- "The Graveyard at the Church in Peel and likewise that within the walls of the old Cathedral should be absolutely closed without delay". When one considers that the "necessity" had arisen in 1845, 25 years before, one can only wonder how the Parish really did dispose of its dead for nearly a whole generation. And whether other parishes had like crises in the mid-19th century and how they faced them.
"The first stone at the front of the chapel has the following inscription. "The Reverend Lancelot Railton, born it Barnard Castle on 23rd June 1811, died at Peel 10th Nov.1864. Margaret Railton, born at Edinburgh on Oct 10th 1814, died at Peel 10th Nov 1864. Erected by many friends in memory of a faithful pastor and his devoted wife whose remains together await the resurrection of the blessed. In the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints." (At the foot of this stone is the name of the mason, Wm Corran).
"The second stone has the following inscription: "Jane Crellin, age 48 yrs died August 30th 1851, the wife of John Moore of Ballalig, also Jane Moore daughter of the above, age 20 years, who died on Oct 18th 1864. Also John Moore, husband and father of the above who died March 2nd 1884, aged 85 years.
Grave 1. Erected to the memory of Mary the beloved wife e of Capt. William Norman, late of H.M. 69th Regiment, who departed this life March 1st 1852.
Grave 2........ Joseph Watson Stubbs.... who departed this life on May 21st 1851, age 6 months.
Grave 3. In memory of Joseph Stubbs Esq, MD, who departed this life on May 30th 1858. He was much respected and died in this town(?) where he preached(?)... on this space of soil ...of his profession.
Grave.4. .......Thomas King in memory of his father John King of Peel, who departed this life on the 4th day of April 1857 age 68 yrs.
Grave 5. This stone is almost smooth-...... Nathaniel Pickels aged 19 yrs....... 1851.
Grave 6. This stone is broken and not easy to read. Henry John Ollason age 70 yrs ?1856? Peter Ollason..... Teacher ... Wesleyan Sunday School... died May 6th 18?1.
There are two other gravestones around the corner of the school-room under the window. They are both very thickly moss-covered. The farthest one is the grave of Alfred John Kermode, age 2 yrs, who died on Dec 23rd 1852, and Francis Cowley age 9 months, who died on April 24th 1862.
I found it impossible to read anything on the other stone."
117 Douglas St:-. Joseph Stubbs, 46 yrs, surgeon, born England. Sarah Stubbs, wife age 46 yrs, born England, John Porilius, visitor, 31 yrs, born England.
Bridge Sts- Joseph King, grocer, age 63 yrs, born Peel. Anne King, wife, age 58 yrs, born Andreas.
This does not account for all of the 19 interments recorded in 1869. Of the 14 names, two, Sarah Stubbs and John Moore died in 1876 and 1894 respectively so that there must be seven others unrecorded. There is, of course, one gravestone which can tell us nothing of the grave's inmates. The fact that the 1869 report implies that burials started in 1845 suggests that it is the earlier ones that elude us.
The-greatest human interest naturally surrounds the grave of the Railtons. He had been minister of the Chapel since 1861, and. the contemporary newspaper reads-.
'His last public service was on October 31st, when he appeared in his usual health. The visits of Mrs Railton to the sick were very frequent, and no case of distress reached her ear, and required assistance, without finding her willing and ready to hasten to the abode of sorrow. It was on one of these missions of mercy that she was infected with fever and laid prostrate, also communicating the disease to her husband. All that medical skill and untiring kindness of friends could accomplish was cheerfully performed, but without success, and each died in great peace - Mr Railton on the 9th aged 53, and his wife the day following, aged 50 years." She was the sister of the Rev. George Scott, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, and one of their sons, J.S. Railton, was to become a distinguished Commissioner of the Salvation Army.
Local tradition has added that they died of cholera. Yet was this really so? There is no name given to the cause of Death. It is simply said that Mrs Railton was "infected with fever", which was communicated to her husband. Nor does the newspaper that carries this account anywhere suggest a cholera epidemic. In fact, it carries 13 death notices for the period Oct 27. to Nov 14, including the Railtons, and of these 7 had been off the island. And there been an epidemic we should have expected more than 6 deaths on the island to be recorded in a fortnight. And would there have been "a large assemblage in Atholl St. for the funeral?"
"There was no cholera in the Island in 1864. The outbreak before that date was in 1849 at Creagneish and Port St.Mary, nowhere else. The next outbreak (brought into Peel by a fishing-boat, the Annie from Ireland) was in October 1866. There were only a few cases and only in Peel. There is often some reason in rumours. In those days Typhoid Fever and its like was often called "English Cholera", but I doubt if this disease would have been the cause of death of the husband and wife at about the came time, and I very much doubt if the wife could have seriously been thought the cause of infecting her husband and, if she had, he would not have died at the time he did. The cause of their illness was almost certainly typhus Fever which in those days was usually called just "fever" (There was an outbreak of Typhus Fever in 1837, 1853 and 1866). But it was always a common cause of death in nurses and doctors, and nearly always called simply "fever". Scarlet Fever killed many people about this period but it was almost always differentiated as Scarlet Fever.
Of course even doctors themselves mixed up Typhoid and Typhus, even as late as 1880. But the important point in the Railton case is that the "fever" was contracted from a sick person with the disease. This makes the diagnosis of Typhus much more likely."
In 1804 the Rev. Samuel Haining came to the Island to the independent Chapel in Atholl St, Douglas, where he christened his family: James (Feb 1809), Thomas (Apl 1810), John (Aug 1811), Jane and Samuel (twins July 1813), Isabella (Aug 1816), -Anna (Jan.1819), Arbuthnot, a dau. (Jan 1821), Alexander and Charles Johnston (twins, July 1822), William (June 1827). Several were also buried there: Thomas (1848), Jane (1850), Alexander (1852). Samuel and his wife Jane are buried in St. George's, she in 1843, he 1846 aged 67. In St. George's lies also a retired minister, 'Rev. Edward Parsons, for 48 years the faithful pastor of the assembling in Salem Chapel, Leeds, Yorkshire,' His grave is located, near the gate, in front of Hillary's tomb.
1st. That the ground around the chapel should be appropriated to the purposes of interment.
2nd. That the graves should be each six and a half feet by three feet.
3rd. That the graves should be sold at one pound sterling each.
'No. 2 of Lot 2nd to Mr. George Quayle, Mason, Peel. 15th May, 1845.
'No. 4 of Lot 2nd to Mr. John King grocer, Peel. September, 29th 1845. Paid 11.
1.May 15th, 1845. Margaret Quayle, daughter of Thomas and -- Holsey, and wife of Geo Quayle, Mason, who died of consumption May 13th, 1845, aged 37. She lies in the second grave from the North Wall in the second lot of ground from the East Wall.
2. On the 11th March 1849, aged 5 months Alfred Teare, son of Thomas Kermode of Peel. In the first grave from the North Wall, and second lot of ground from the East Wall.
3. On the 3rd July, 1849, aged -- Nathaniel Pickles,shopkeeper of Peel, From Colne in Lancashire: 'In the -- grave.
4. On the 6th May, 1851, aged 22 years Joseph Walton Stubbs of Peel, Medical student. In the -- grave.
5. On the -- May, 1851, aged 9 months , Joseph Walton, son of the above. In the--- grave.
6. On the 22nd August, 1851, aged 40. Jane Moore, wife of Jno. Moore, dyer of St. Johns, German. In the-- grave.
7. On the 6th March' 1852, aged 56, Mary Norman, wife of Cpt. William Norman, of St. John's, German. In the -- grave.
8. On the 24th-May, 1856, aged 50 years, Joseph Stubbs M.D . of Peel in the grave immediately at the foot of his son's.
9. On Tuesday, September 2nd, 1856, aged 6 years and 2 months, Henry John, son of the Rev. Jno. Livingstone, in the grave to the left of Mrs. Cpt. Norman's.
10. April 7th, 1857, ---- John King.
13. May 25th, 1861, Anne King, aged 68 Years. Wife of John King who is interred in the same grave.
14. 21st April, 1862, aged 10 months and 24 days, Francis Cowley, son of Thomas Kermode of Peel. In the grave with the other sons. John E. Pater.
15. On the 21st October, 1864. Jane Moore daughter of Mrs. John Moore of Ballaslig, Parish of German, aged 20 years. In the grave with her mother Mrs. Moore. Interred by Rev. L. Railton. Entered in this book by Rev. H. Sharp.
16. 8th March, 1865 aged 48 years, George Quayle of Ballacraine, late of Peel. Henry: Sharp.
18. On the 12th November, 1864, Aged 53 years. The Rev. Lancelot Railton, Wesleyan Minister, the first superintendent of Peel Circuit since the division of the Ramsey and Peel Circuit, who died on the 9th November 1864.
19. On the same day, aged 50, Margaret, wife of the above,who died on the 10th November, 1864. The last 2 entries made by me, Geo. Barlow, Wesleyan Minister.
20. On the 6th March, 1884 aged 85 years, John Moore of Ballaslig, German. J. Fielden.
After recording the last entry, the Rev. J. Fielden seemingly made the book the Minutes of the Chapel Trustees, and so it continued till full in 1953.
With the single exception of Nos. 18 and 19 all are recorded in Chronological Order.- Yet it is hard to avoid the impression that the interments there were rarely written up at the time but were entered as afterthoughts. The graves hardly bulked large in the Trustee's concerns. They seem to have held no special meetings after 1845, and there is internal evidence of perfunctory record-keeping. Entry No. 1 bears the signature of a minister as do those from 14 onwards. Entries 2 to 6 have been made by the same hand, but are unsigned. While the recorder seems to have wanted to locate the graves from No. 3 onwards, spaces would be left for numbers that were never decided on. No. 7 is in a new hands Nos. 8 and 9 again locate graves. Entries l0 to 12 are mere dates and names. 13, 14 and 15 again give location, but 16 to 20 do not.
The other side is between the other end of the Gild Room and the garden wall of the Manse. Here are six well-marked graves, five of whom (numbered l to 5 in Miss McHardy's report) can be identified with interments numbered 7, 4/5, 8, l0/13 and 3 respectively. But her grave No. 6 turns out to contain not two people called Ollason, but the 6 year old son of the Rev. John Livingstone, buried September, 1856, and Peter Ollason, Wesleyan Day School teacher (not Sunday School), who died March 6th, 1871, aged 21 years. There is no record in the Interments of his burial.
There are other points at which Miss McHardy's deciphering can be filled out or amended. Her No. 5 grave is that of Nathaniel Pickels, Ironmonger of Peel, from Colne in Lancashire. The date is July 3rd, 1849,and his age 68 years.
Another correction concerns Miss McHardy's graves on this site that she numbers 2 and 3. They reveal a sad piece of family history in the medical family of Stubbs. Miss McHardy found three generations of them living in Peel in the 1851 census, the grandfather Joseph Stubbs, with his wife Sarah at 117 Douglas Street, and his son Joseph Walton at 110 Douglas Street, with his wife Rachel and their 6 months old child, also called Joseph Elton Stubbs. Yet in the first week of May in the same year, the 22 year old Rachel saw both her husband and her 9 month old son buried in the same grave. Five years later the doctor, only 50 years old was buried in the adjacent grave, whose stone also commemorated his wife Sarah, who lived until 1876.
We do not know how many lie there, is Sarah Stubbs indeed buried with her husband or merely commemorated on his monument?-- It seems as if there are 21 without her. They share 12 family names, of which only four are Manx. is it then a resting place for expatriates in some special way? The average age of those that were buried there and whose ages are recorded, was about 35, for six of them were children.
From the Internment Register, we can confidently answer Miss Hardy's question about who were the 19 buried there before 1869. These are all recorded. But we are left with questions concerning the years after 1869. Why is there no registration of Thomas Ollason's burial? And were there any other interments equally overlooked?
There is still work to be done. The Isle of Man Methodist Historical Society recently visited the graves under Miss McHardy's guidance, and with the Interment Register's information in hand. Certainly, the work of deciphering the stones in the light of up to date information is needed. Probably, Peel members who are themselves Methodists might be responsible for a survey of these unusual Manx monumental inscriptions?
Nathaniel Pickels was a LP and also in 1848 Steward of Peel Chapel.


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Q: How to create a test double for model that has internal constructor? using c#, xunit and nsubstitute I have a method that calls azure API to list blobs from a given container. Then I have some business logic (mostly based on their names) and then this method deletes some of the blobs.
So there is a call to BlobContainerClient.GetBlobs
Now I want to create some unit test, to be sure that my code really do what I want it to do (with xunit and nsubstitute).
While I can mock the call to GetBlobs without any problems (it is declared virtual), what is the best way to build the fake list of BlobItem's?
BlobItem class has an internal constructor, and its Name property is neither abstract or virtual.
So far:

*

*I think this library is not designed for allowing to test easily, I might open a ticket in github

*I implemented a hacky solution using reflection, but if we start to have this kind of code all around it is going to be messy
private static T CreateBlobItemStub<T>(string name, params object[] args)
{
    var type = typeof(T);
    var instance = type.Assembly.CreateInstance(
        type.FullName, false, BindingFlags.Instance | BindingFlags.NonPublic, null, args, null, null);
    type.GetProperty("Name").SetMethod.Invoke(instance, new object[] { name });
    return (T)instance;
}

*Maybe there is some library that does it better? if so please can you advise

*Any other advice?
Thanks !

A: A factory exists to create instances designed for mocking purposes: BlobsModelFactory

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There have been plenty of empty seats at Guaranteed Rate Field this season. The White Sox have yet to have a sellout crowd. Associated Press
Jim O'Donnell
Updated 6/16/2022 6:43 AM
WITH THE 2022 MLB SEASON now in its long run up the backstretch, two words appear to concisely capture the mood of more committed White Sox fans:
Wary and weary.
Far too much needless drama has plagued the Slouch Sliders.
They are no fun to watch, not even as a gaper's block on the Dan Ryan.
Much evidence suggests they don't just play dumb -- they are dumb.
They also have more "soft tissue" injuries than a startup stretching class at a weight-loss camp.
A TEAM ADORNED with high hopes two months ago now instead is banking on descents by the Twins and the Guardians and a timely slew of late-summer wins to skulk into the postseason.
Most crushingly, an ego-driven chairman continues to undermine key baseball ops people and unwaveringly support a crust-laden manager. Back in his law school days, that snoozy field boss appears to have focused primarily on "The Art of Terse."
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Through 30 home dates, the team has yet to sell out.
That includes a Memorial Day weekend twofer vs. the Cubs.
Plus longer 35th Street series against such Grade-A prime as the Yankees and the Dodgers
They are 17th of the 30 big-league teams in attendance, averaging 23,678.
Maybe the Chicago MLB mainstream isn't so seasonally vulnerable after all.
Take a team that should be streaking toward a long autumn run, proactively gum it up from Jerry Reinsdorf on down and suddenly a whole lot of alternatives to daily angst drop into view.
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Stray Rantings on the Aoki Signing
Posted on January 20, 2015 by paulier55
The Giants finalized their deal with Nori Aoki yesterday, and the specifics were exactly as reported. Aoki will get $4 million in 2015 and then the team holds a $5.5 million option on him for 2016, so this could essentially turn into a two-year deal if Aoki performs well. I wrote about the signing for Bay Sports Net over the weekend, and the more I think about the signing, the more I like it. So as a follow up, here are a couple of stray thoughts on the newest Giant, because my opinion on the matter is in such high demand.
In that BSN write-up, I had linked to an article that Jeff Sullivan wrote for Fangraphs lauding the signing. Well, here it is again. In the article, Sullivan mentions that in a world where Nick Markakis gets a four-year, $44 million deal, nabbing Aoki for just one year, at a piddling $4 million, is a steal. And he's absolutely right. Here's what both Aoki and Markakis have slashed over the past three seasons:
Aoki 2012-2014: .287/.353/.387
Markakis 2012-2014: .279/.342/.396
Markakis will be 31 in 2015; Aoki will be 33. Markakis spent those three seasons at Camden Yards, a pretty neutral park that sways a little towards hitters. Aoki spent 2012 and 2013 in hitter-friendly Miller Park before going to the more pitcher-friendly Kauffman Stadium last season. Neither of these guys are great fielders, but neither could really be considered altogether poor, either. You can probably still make the argument that Markakis is the better player, but does he look like a player who is worth $40 million more than Aoki?
Of course not. The fact that the Braves made an idiotic signing doesn't mean Aoki is some kind of Hall-of-Famer, obviously, but it underlines yet again why the Giants have been so successful this decade. They spend their big money on retaining stars like Buster Posey or good regulars like Angel Pagan, and then sign solid complimentary players for below-market prices. In 2010, instead of blowing a lot of money on Adam Laroche or some other free agent first baseman, they took a chance on Aubrey Huff and it paid off. Last year, they signed Mike Morse for dirt cheap in lieu of a more expensive name and then watched him knock in the game-winning run in Game Seven of the World Series. Now they get Aoki when teams like the Mets are handing away draft picks for the honor of signing Michael Cuddyer.
These relatively minor signings aren't too sexy to those knee-jerk, drunken fans who want a star imported every season, but it illustrates how the Giants have been generally wise over the past few seasons about how they're spending their money. Getting burned by a Barry Zito contract certainly has a way of forcing a major league front office to rethink things.
I also thought this move gave some interesting insight into how the gears turn in the Giants' front office. There had been a lot of talk over the past month or so about the Giants being in talks with Ben Zobrist. Those talks for Zobrist appeared to be gaining serious steam at one point and Mike Krukow was even singing his praises like a Zorilla Bay invasion was a foregone conclusion. Then, out of nowhere, the A's came in and stole the utility man out from everybody's nose. This right after Giants assistant GM Bobby Evans made some nebulous comments about being "realistic" in acquiring Zobrist.
Rumor has it that the Rays wanted both Kyle Crick and Andrew Susac for Zorilla. Crick and Susac rate as two of the top five prospects in the Giants' system. Crick has an electric arm and could be a solid major league starter if he irons out his control problems, or a knockout reliever at worst. Susac could start in the major leagues right now and be an above average regular, but he's stuck behind Posey. If the Giants balked at that price, it's totally understandable.
Here's what the Giants almost certainly concluded: Zobrist is a free agent after this season, so if they want him that much, why trade away two of their best prospects when they could just wait a year and sign him without giving anybody away? After the A's got him, it made the decision to sign a one-year stopgap like Aoki even easier, because the A's almost certainly won't re-sign Zobrist and the Giants could potentially have him next season if they want him badly enough.
So the Giants' 2015 lineup is more or less set, and it projects to look like this:
CF Pagan
2B Panik
C Posey
RF Pence
1B Belt
3B McGehee
LF Aoki
SS Crawford
Or something. Count me as one who still wants to see Brandon Belt hitting third, and I really think Pagan should be hitting down more in the order and Aoki leading off. Hell, here's the batting order if one Paul Rice were manager:
Util Brock Holt (whom the Giants have traded for because he's awesome and he's a living Arrested Development reference. Make it happen, Sabes!)
Keep in mind that manager Rice would lose control of the team in two weeks and most likely get choked Sprewell-style by Jake Peavy after pulling him from a game early. So perhaps it's better off if we just go with whatever Bochy has in mind.
Still, Aoki's extreme-contact ability and willingness to work the count combine to make him kind of the prototypical leadoff hitter. Plus, when Pagan batted fifth for a stretch of 45 games in 2012, he hit .314/.362/402. He can more than hold his own in a more traditional "run-producer" spot in the lineup. It would just be a shame if Aoki's skills weren't utilized to their full potential.
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Michigan can meet almost one-third of its electricity needs from in-state renewable energy sources by 2030 – at virtually no increase in cost to consumers.
That's according to a Union of Concerned Scientists report released on Wednesday.
Sam Gomberg is an energy analyst at the Union of Concerned Scientists and author of the report.
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Thread: What is your favorite book?
Watching an episode of a PBS series called the Great American Read and I don't really have a favorite over all them there a probably favorites in different categories.
Best Sci-fi series would be Foundation by Asimov.
Best Sci-fi comedy would be Hitchhikers guide to the Galaxy.
Best stand alone Sci-fi book would I, Jedi.
Best non fiction would be Demon Haunted World: Science As A Candle In The Dark.
What your favorites?
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Non-fic: Douglas Hofstadter's Metamagical Themas.
Fic: Larry Niven's Protector
Can't pick one. I can't even narrow it down to a few. I have widely eclectic tastes in fiction, I don't read much nonfiction.
For poetry, I'd pick The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran.
Fiction: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.
Fantasy: I listed 3, then six then thought of six more. I can't pick. Maybe, The Last Unicorn. But only for today.
Non-Fiction: Cosmos.
Pop Science: Chaos by James Gleick (I know, I know. You'd think I'd pick Brain Green's Elegant Universe.)
Hard(ish) Science: Six Easy Pieces/Six Not So Easy Pieces
Poly-Sci: How to Make War
History: Same problem as Fantasy. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire was the last thing I reread and if I am rereading that one it must be a favorite.
Edit - What no Sci-Fi? Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy for sure.
swampyankee
Literary fiction: Moby Dick
SF/F: Hyperion
Non-fiction (technical): Art of Computer Programming
Non-fiction (non-technical) Battle Cry of Freedom
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How do things fly? This explains it all.
Actually they can't: "Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible." - Lord Kelvin, president, Royal Society, 1895.
Yeah, no way I could choose one.
And of course, there could be a complementary list of stuff you hate (that will get you burned at the stake).
I tried to read Asimov's Foundation. After ten chapters, I concluded the whole book was going to be one long preamble to a story that never got started. Couldn't finish it.
Tried to read Herbert's Dune abut six times. Feel asleep by Chapter 3 every time.
: runs away :
CJSF
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it is tough to choose, but "historically" I've told people who insist I pick one, it'd be Candide, by Voltaire. I'm partial to the Penguin Classics translation by John Butt (yes) from 1950. Other translations that I've read over the years don't seem to have the same kind of humor.
"The sun is a quagmire
It's not made of fire
Forget what you've been told in the past
Electrons are free
(Plasma!) Fourth state of matter
Not gas, not liquid, not solid"
-They Might Be Giants, "Why Does The Sun Really Shine?"
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I've thought, along the lines of Fahrenheit 451 (spoiler alert), that if I was to become a book, it would probably be Alice in Wonderland.
publiusr
I'd be the instruction manual to an old land-line phone.
Misplaced and no one looking for it anyway
WaxRubiks
I loved Catch 22..
re-read HHGTG a few times.
For some reason I really liked Darkness at Noon, by Arthur Koestler.
difficult to really say.....I wish I read more. Recently bought The Wasp Factory to read again....
2020-Feb-11, 12:02 AM #12
One of my favorite science books of all times was Jupiter, by Isaac Asimov (1975 edition). It thrilled me with details and equations and good stuff like that.
ozduck
Another one who couldn't pick a favourite one. Even with the threat of an unexpected visit from the Spanish Inquisition. It all depends on what mood I am in.
agingjb
SF: Titan, Wizard, Demon (John Varley)
Poetry: Four Quartets (T.S.Eliot)
Classic Fiction: Middlemarch (George Eliot)
Fantasy/Comedy: The Diskworld series (Terry Pratchett)
2020-Feb-15, 06:15 PM #15
If I had to pick one--it would be THE DREAM MACHINES
Months later and I am still good with The Last Unicorn. Hmm.
I could change history to SPQR by Mary Beard... or is that The Storm Before the Storm by Mike Duncan. Or The Defense of Duffer's Drift... Oh, geeze, that one is fantasy and military history. Naw, I stick with what I said the first time.
Thoth101
I enjoy all David Ickes books. They really taught me a lot about the world and how it works.
Non-fiction: Blood Horses by John Jeremiah Sullivan, and Lost in the Cosmos by Walker Percy
Fiction: Play it As it Lays by Joan Didion
The dictionary, it's got everything in it...
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Fiction: The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant - Stephen Donaldson
Non-fiction: Code Complete - Steve McDonnell
Favorite dictionaries: Origins by Eric Partridge, and Fowler's Modern Usage by, uh, Fowler
Originally Posted by Sp1ke
I like Donaldson. He has elegantly crafted worlds destroyed by "What the Hell Heroes". Most of his books are like watching a train wreck. I know. I have them all and I've read them several times. It slightly traumatic. It's like watching a tra... I think I said that before. Beautiful scenery, though. With a train wreck...
Started reading Thomas Covenant, but That Scene just made the character irredeemable to me.
That is the point. He has several opportunities to redeem himself and can't or won't. He is irredeemable. (But the other characters aren't.) He starts with a horrible, incurable, intractable disease and his life merges with it. He is on a trajectory of doom from the start. He doesn't get better, even when he tries. He is opposite of "better lucky than good". He is not unlucky, he's the definition of being bad at everything. He can't even get punished properly and he is aware of it all.
It's a good thing they didn't print that on the cover, because they wouldn't have sold a book.
My late, lamented and usually quite discerning friend Brian was very much into the first trilogy of Thomas Covenant, but I found them an unrelenting grind--both because of the ghastly protagonist, and because of Donaldson's writing style. So I greatly enjoyed Nick Lowe's concept of "Clench Racing" when it was first published, back when there were only two trilogies:
This is a social and competitive sport, that can be played over and over with renewed pleasure. Playing equipment currently on the market restricts the number of players to six, but the manufacturers may yet issue the series of proposed supplements to raise the maximum eventually to nine.
The rules are simple. Each player takes a different volume of The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, and at the word "go" all open their books at random and start leafing through, scanning the pages. The winner is the first player to find the word "clench". It's a fast, exciting game – sixty seconds is unusually drawn-out – and can be varied, if players get too good, with other favourite Donaldson words like wince, flinch, gag, rasp, exigency, mendacity, articulate, macerate, mien, limn, vertigo, cynosure.... It's a great way to get thrown out of bookshops. Good racing!
A Man Rides Through and The Mirror of Her Dreams are much better.
The Gap series is much worse. It's like someone who didn't know how humans interact tried to describe them interacting. It's very ugly.
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