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Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi: After the fall of the Galactic Empire, lawlessness has spread throughout the galaxy. Some flashing lights sequences or patterns may affect photosensitive viewers.
Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Amazon Prime, Amazon Instant
Adventure, Drama, Family: From Philip Pullman's fantasy trilogy comes this compelling HBO series that follows a young girl's adventure in a parallel world.
Action, Adventure, Drama: Marvel Studios' "WandaVision" blends the style of classic sitcoms with the Marvel Cinematic Universe in which Wanda Maximoff and Vision - two super-powered beings living their ideal suburban lives - begin to suspect that everything is not as it seems.
Action, Adventure, Drama: Muscled Norseman, sultry maidens, pillaging, plundering and pagan warriors. It's a bloody good history lesson.
Amazon Prime, Amazon Instant, Google Play
Action, Adventure, Fantasy: A sword-wielding slayer, scorned by society, following a moral compass all his own. But not even a Witcher can fight destiny.
Action, Adventure, Drama: Killing Eve centers on two women: Eve is a bored, whip-smart, pay-grade security services operative whose desk-bound job doesn't fulfill her fantasies of being a spy. Villanelle is a mercurial, talented killer who clings to the luxuries her violent job affords her. Killing Eve topples the typical spy-action thriller as these two women, equally obsessed with each other, go head to head in an epic game of cat and mouse.
Action, Adventure, Comedy: As kids, they were superheroes. Now they're super dysfunctional. And they've got eight days to stave off the end of the world.
Action, Adventure, Animated: A clever boy and his magical dog travel through a strange land. But vampires and tricksters won't leave them alone!
Google Play, NOW TV
Action, Adventure, Drama: Summers span decades. Winters can last a lifetime. And the struggle for the Iron Throne begins. Based on the bestselling book series by George R.R. Martin and created by David Benioff and D.B. Weiss.
Google Play, Chili, Amazon Instant, NOW TV
Action, Adventure, Drama: They're going boldly where no one has gone before. Until a mighty empire rises up to end their mission forever.
Amazon Instant, Google Play, Netflix
Action, Adventure, Drama: Separated in childhood. Raised as enemies. Now they must reunite – in order to defeat the world's mightiest empire.
Action, Adventure, Crime: A bow and arrow and a chip on his shoulder. In this wealthy superhero's hands, they're all he needs to fight crime.
Google Play, Amazon Instant, Amazon Prime
Adventure, Drama: Battles, treasure, intrigue! It's high adventure -- with lots of lowdown thievery. You've entered pirate waters, matey!
Action, Adventure, Animated: A group of magical guardians called the Crystal Gems teach a boy to use his special abilities as a human-Gem hybrid to help them protect humanity.
Adventure, Animated, Comedy: One is a dazzling scientist; the other, his dimwitted progeny. The result is a match made in mayhem.
Amazon Instant, Google Play, All 4, Netflix
Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir
Action, Adventure, Animated: As teenagers, she's in love with him but he's oblivious. As superheroes, he's in love with her but she's just annoyed.
Disney+, Google Play, Netflix
Action, Adventure, Drama: Now that the existence of super heroes and aliens has become public knowledge, the world is trying to come to grips with this new reality. Agent Phil Coulson is back in action and now has his eye on a mysterious group called The Rising Tide. In order to track this unknown enemy, he has assembled a small, highly select group of agents from the law-enforcement organization known as S.H.I.E.L.D. The team has a mission: To investigate the new, the strange and the unknown around the globe, protecting the ordinary from the extraordinary.
Google Play, Disney+
Adventure, Comedy, Crime: She's itching for a big adventure. He's waiting for a chance to kill her. Road trips don't get more awkward than this.
All 4, Netflix
Action, Adventure, Crime: Shemar Moore defends LA's mean streets as newly-promoted SWAT sergeant Daniel 'Hondo' Harrelson.
NOW TV, Google Play, Amazon Instant, Amazon Prime
Action, Adventure, Animated: Welcome to the world of The Avatar, where some humans have the power to manipulate earth, air, fire or water, and others will stop at nothing to take that power away. Able to bend all four elements, the Avatar must maintain peace. Though Avatar Aang fought for balance between the four nations and successfully ended the Hundred Years War, Avatar Korra has plenty of new challenges ahead of her. With new villains like the Red Lotus hot on her trail, Korra must focus on her element bending abilities to conquer all the evil threatening Earth. Was opening the portal between Spirit and Man a good idea? Watch The Legend Of Korra to find out!
Google Play, Amazon Instant, Amazon Prime, NOW TV
Action, Adventure, Crime: Kate Kane seeks justice for Gotham City as Batwoman.
Action, Adventure, Animated: Primal features a caveman at the dawn of evolution. A dinosaur on the brink of extinction. Bonded by tragedy, this unlikely friendship becomes the only hope of survival in a violent, primordial world.
Google Play, All 4
Action, Adventure, Crime: Magnum P.I. is a modern take on the classic series centering on Thomas Magnum, a decorated former Navy SEAL who, upon returning home from Afghanistan, repurposes his military skills to become a private investigator. A charming rogue, an American hero and a die-hard Detroit Tigers fan, Magnum lives in a guest cottage on Robin's Nest, the luxurious estate where he works as a security consultant to supplement his P.I. business. The "majordomo" of the property is Juliet Higgins, a beautiful and commanding disavowed MI:6 agent whose second job is to keep Magnum in line, with the help of her two Dobermans. When Magnum needs back-up on a job, he turns to his trusted buddies and fellow POW survivors, Theodore "TC" Calvin, a former Marine chopper pilot who runs Island Hoppers, a helicopter tour business, and Orville "Rick" Wright, a former Marine door-gunner-turned-impresario of Oahu's coolest nightclub and the most connected man on the island. Suspicious of Magnum's casual attitude and presence at his crime scenes, Detective Gordon Katsumoto finds that he and Magnum are more alike than either of them care to admit. One of Magnum's biggest supporters is Teuila "Kumu" Tuileta, the unofficial "House Mom" and cultural curator of Robin's Nest. With keys to a vintage Ferrari in one hand, aviator sunglasses in the other, and an Old Düsseldorf longneck chilling in the fridge, Thomas Magnum is back on the case!
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Q: OnPause and OnStop() called immediately after starting activity I have an activity that needs to turn screen on(if offed) when it is started.
So in onCreate, I have:
this.getWindow().setFlags(
            WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_KEEP_SCREEN_ON
                    | WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_SHOW_WHEN_LOCKED
                    | WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_TURN_SCREEN_ON,
            WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_KEEP_SCREEN_ON
                    | WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_SHOW_WHEN_LOCKED
                    | WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_TURN_SCREEN_ON);

Using this with help of wakelock in broadcasr receiver , I am able to cause my activity to display whenever it is started from broadcast receiver.
But problem is very strange, activity lifecycle calls in this manner, onPause() and onResume immediately after starting activity

*

*onCreate

*onStart

*onResume

*onPause

*onStop

*onStart

*onResume

So the problem is on start and on resume calling twice, with on stop also calling, I want to implement some logic in onStop() but, with such behavior app will not work correctly.
Edit
I found problem is only due to flag FLAG_SHOW_WHEN_LOCKED. and when device is locked. and it only happens when device is locked before activity is starting.
P.S I am using alarm manager with broadcast receiver, and then starts activity from broadcast receiver.

A: *

*Let us understand why the lifecycle methods are called multiple times.
Here is an important code comment documented in ActivityThread, which is responsible for executing the activities of the application process.

We accomplish this by going through the normal startup (because
  activities expect to go through onResume() the first time they run,
  before their window is displayed), and then pausing it.

Right after onResume, the activity window is attached to the window manager and onAttachedtoWindow is invoked. If the screen is on, the activity window will get focus and onWindowFocusChanged is invoked with true parameter. From docs:

Keep in mind that onResume is not the best indicator that your
  activity is visible to the user; a system window such as the keyguard
  may be in front. Use onWindowFocusChanged(boolean) to know for certain
  that your activity is visible to the user

In the reported issue, the screen if off. Hence activity window will not get focus, which results in activity's onPause method getting called followed by onStop method, as the activity window is not visible.
Since WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_TURN_SCREEN_ON flag is set on activity window, the window manager service turns on the screen using power manager api. Following is the WindowManagerService code:
public int relayoutWindow(...) {
    ...
    toBeDisplayed = !win.isVisibleLw();
    ...
    if (toBeDisplayed) {
        ...
        if ((win.mAttrs.flags
            & WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_TURN_SCREEN_ON) != 0) {
            if (DEBUG_VISIBILITY) Slog.v(TAG,
                "Relayout window turning screen on: " + win);
                win.mTurnOnScreen = true;
            }
        ...
        if (mTurnOnScreen) {
            if (DEBUG_VISIBILITY) Slog.v(TAG, "Turning screen on after layout!");
            mPowerManager.wakeUp(SystemClock.uptimeMillis());
            mTurnOnScreen = false;
        }
        ...
}

After the screen turns on onStart and onPause are called again.
Hence : onCreate - onStart - onResume - onPause - onStop - onStart - onPause.
This can be verified by locking the device and starting the activity using adb command or eclipse.

*

*Ideal Solution
If you start a task in onCreate you need to stop it in onDestory (if the task is still pending). Similarly for onStart it would be onStop and for onResume it would be onPause.

*

*Workaround
If you can't follow the above protocol, you can check the status of activity window focus using hasWindowFocus in onPause method. Normally the activity window focus status will be true in onPause. In scenarios like screen is off or screen is on with keyguard displayed, the activity window focus will be false in onPause.
boolean mFocusDuringOnPause;

public void onPause() {
    super.onPause;

    mFocusDuringOnPause = hasWindowFocus();
}

public void onStop() {
    super.onStop();

    if(mFocusDuringOnPause) {
        // normal scenario
    } else {
        // activity was started when screen was off / screen was on with keygaurd displayed
    }
}

A: Add android:configChanges="keyboardHidden|orientation|screenSize" to you Activity in your Manifest. This may solve your problem.

A: The workaround by Manish Mulimani worked for me, except I first check for the window focus and then call through to the super.onPause():
public void onPause() {
    mFocusDuringOnPause = hasWindowFocus();
    super.onPause();
}

public void onStop() {
    super.onStop();
    if (mFocusDuringOnPause) {
        // normal scenario
    } else {
        // activity was started when screen was off or screen was on with keyguard displayed
    }
}

A: You said you want to implement some logic in onStop() but with such behavior app will not work correctly. you didn't show us what exactly you have inside onStop() but I think your logic probably restarts the activity..
 in that case  you Can implement your logic in onStop like that:
@Override
protected void onStop(){
    super.onStop();

         //implement your code only if !STATE_OFF - to prevent infinite loop onResume <-> onStop  while screen is off
        DisplayManager dm = (DisplayManager) this.getSystemService(Context.DISPLAY_SERVICE);
        for (Display display : dm.getDisplays()){
               if(display.getState() != Display.STATE_OFF){

                 //implement your code only if device is not in "locked"  state
                KeyguardManager myKM = (KeyguardManager) this.getSystemService(Context.KEYGUARD_SERVICE);
                if( !myKM.inKeyguardRestrictedInputMode())
                    //If needed you can call finish() (call onDestroy()) and your logic will restart your activity only once.
                    finish();
                    // implement your logic here (your logic probably restarts the activity)
                }
            }
        }
    }

*other solution that may help you will be to avoid onStop() and use onWindowFocusChanged with bool hasFocus
  /**
  * Called when the current {@link Window} of the activity gains or loses
  * focus.  This is the best indicator of whether this activity is visible
  * to the user.
  */
    @Override
       public void onWindowFocusChanged(boolean hasFocus){
         super.onWindowFocusChanged(hasFocus);
         if( ! hasFocus  ){
         }
         else{
         }
       }

A: I've noticed there is activity attribute in the AndroidManifest.xml called android:showOnLockScreen="true|false"
for example:
   <activity android:name="AlarmAlertFullScreen"
                android:excludeFromRecents="true"
                android:theme="@style/AlarmAlertFullScreenTheme"
                android:showOnLockScreen="true"
                android:screenOrientation="nosensor"
                android:configChanges="orientation|screenSize|keyboardHidden|keyboard|navigation"/>

I searched the web for its documentation but no luck, but from its name it should work as the Window flag WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_SHOW_WHEN_LOCKED do.

the only document I've found

Specify that an Activity should be shown over the lock screen and, in
  a multiuser   environment, across all users' windows [boolean]

Edit
can you please try to call your flag code before calling super.onCreate(...)
public class BaseActivity extends Activity {

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle bundle) {
    this.getWindow().setFlags(
            WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_KEEP_SCREEN_ON
                    | WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_SHOW_WHEN_LOCKED
                    | WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_TURN_SCREEN_ON,
            WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_KEEP_SCREEN_ON
                    | WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_SHOW_WHEN_LOCKED
                    | WindowManager.LayoutParams.FLAG_TURN_SCREEN_ON);
        //then call super
        super.onCreate(bundle);
.
.
.
  }
}

A: Try this. I have used this and it works fine
PowerManager pm = (PowerManager) getSystemService(Context.POWER_SERVICE);

        _wakeLock = pm.newWakeLock(PowerManager.FULL_WAKE_LOCK | PowerManager.SCREEN_BRIGHT_WAKE_LOCK | PowerManager.ACQUIRE_CAUSES_WAKEUP,
            POWER_SERVICE);
    _wakeLock.acquire();

A: Use WakeLocker class. It have methods to wake screen on

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Airbnb for Superyachts? These New Apps Want to Revolutionize How You Charter Your Boat
by Carolina Malaspina
It began with taxis. Then it happened with hotels. And now it's the time of superyachts. A smartphone charter app that offers speed and convenience at the best possible price. Sounds good, right? Companies like Yotha are keen on making chartering easier and lead the transformation in the luxury yachting industry.
The aim is to make yacht chartering faster, simpler and more straightforward. Visitors start by taking 360-degree virtual tours and browsing pictures. They then pre-select a yacht, negotiate the charter price directly with the owner or their agent, and complete the reservation with an online transaction. Guests even benefit from luxury concierge partners and other perks to make the journey smoother.
Apps Vs Traditional Brokers
Can yacht charter platforms compete with traditional superyacht brokerage houses?
Boutique firms such as SuperYachtsMonaco do not think so and the reason comes down to basic economics. Managing Director of the company, Jim Evans says "If a company is offering the handle of yacht charters at a vastly reduced commission rate, then they are operating on the slimmest of profit margins and cannot offer the kind of comprehensive customer service that is required."
Face-to-face client service is king in the world of superyachts, not to mention brokers' in-depth knowledge of the yacht, its crew, and their reputation. It's this fully bespoke tailoring of a yacht to a client's exacting requirements that has justified the standard industry commissions of 15 percent to the broker and an additional 5 percent to the central agent, compared to apps reduced commission of 8 percent if a yacht is booked directly through the platform, or 4 percent if the booking is made through a broker.
Successful Partnership
It is easy to understand that hailing a $10 taxi ride with Uber is not comparable to a booking a $500,000 yacht charter on your iPhone, but there is certainly an argument to be made for revolutionizing the methods of traditional superyacht brokerage houses—or, in fact, uniting the two.
Dubbed the "Airbnb for boats," new charter platform Borrow A Boat teamed up with central agency Ocean Independence in June 2019 to launch its sub-brand Borrow A Boat Plus. The move means that Ocean Independence's 100-strong fleet of luxury superyachts is now available for charter through Borrow A Boat Plus around the world, alongside the platform's existing portfolio of 17,000 vessels.
The agency understands that working with a technology leader is essential and the secret is keeping the best of both. The app reaches a wider, younger audience whilst delivering a top-level service, expert advice, diverse knowledge, and financial security.
A flexible and accessible approach that embraces a new generation of digitally-minded charterers does seem to be the preferred method, and with 236 years of history and experience under its belt Camper & Nicholsons, the oldest superyacht brokerage firm in the world is aiming to do just that.
In early June 2019, C&N announced a technology merger with Hong Kong-based NowBoat. "We interpreted the changes in the market and tried to organize the company with new tools and a new strategy to approach the market without losing our experience, human contact, and human touch," says Paolo Casanis, C&N's Chief Executive.
By taking NowBoat's digital know-how in-house, C&N is using it to create an advanced platform that will distill yacht intelligence (including fuel usage, marina logs, staff profiles, and search history), speed up operations, improve the process of new enquiries, and to get in touch with a new generation of owners. Importantly, its focus is on furthering the digital experience for both clients and brokers.
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Questions to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs relating to Overseas Development will begin not later than 3.20 p.m.
Questions to the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission will begin not later than 3.10 p.m.
Questions to the Right honourable Member for Selby, as representing the Church Commissioners, will start not later than 3.10 p.m.
*1 Mr Harry Cohen (Leyton): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what study he has made of the impact upon United Kingdom competitiveness of entry into a single currency; and if he will make a statement.
*2 Mr David Winnick (Walsall North): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, on what Government committees he currently sits.
*3 Mr Anthony Steen (South Hams): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many statistical forms and surveys will be abolished as a result of the Government's deregulation initiative.
*4 Mr Gerry Sutcliffe (Bradford South): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the progress of the Skills Audit.
*5 Margaret Hodge (Barking): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what proportion of public budgets are currently administered by non-departmental public bodies.
*6 Mr Harry Greenway (Ealing North): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many staff are currently employed in his office and at what cost; and if he will make a statement.
*7 Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South East): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans he has to increase the representation of small businesses on the Deregulation Task Force.
*8 Mr Tony Banks (Newham North West): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what actions he is taking to promote greater openness in central government.
*9 Mr Simon Hughes (Southwark and Bermondsey): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what responsibility he has for the co-ordination and presentation of Government policy on standards in public life.
*10 Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list the occasions on which he has met Mr Ian Greer to discuss the presentation of Government policy.
*11 Mr Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the effects of the Government's deregulation policies on safety at work.
*12 Mr John Wilkinson (Ruislip-Northwood): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list the EU directives and regulations implemented in parliamentary session 1995--96 which have contributed to a diminution of the regulatory burdens of small businesses in Britain.
*13 Mr Dennis Skinner (Bolsover): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what discussions he has had with other Ministers regarding deregulation.
*14 Mr Jon Owen Jones (Cardiff Central): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what representations he has received relating to Government policy on the late payment of debts.
*15 Mr Brian David Jenkins (South East Staffordshire): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what has been the change since 1992 in the proportion of public budgets administered by non-departmental public bodies.
*16 Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody (Crewe and Nantwich): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on non-departmental public bodies.
*17 Mr John Evans (St Helens North): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many people are currently employed in the Civil Service.
*18 Mr Nick Ainger (Pembroke): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the presentation of Government policy with particular reference to the impact of late payment of debt on British companies' competitiveness.
*19 Mr David Hanson (Delyn): To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what new initiatives he plans to take to increase the openness of central government.
*20 Mr William O'Brien (Normanton): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if he will make a statement on the responses received to the consultation paper published by his Department on Propriety and Accountability issues in Public Bodies.
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*22 Mr George Foulkes (Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley): To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, how many people are currently employed in the Civil Service.
*23 Mr Nick Ainger (Pembroke): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support his Department has given to Pakistan in the last two financial years.
*24 Mr William O'Brien (Normanton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assistance Her Majesty's Government has provided to encourage employers in developing countries which export food and goods to the United Kingdom to pay wages at levels which would help to eradicate poverty; and if he will make a statement.
*25 Mr Jim Cunningham (Coventry South East): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans the Government has to send emergency aid to Zaire.
*26 Mr David Rendel (Newbury): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what plans he has to raise the proportion of Britain's gross domestic product allocated to overseas aid.
*27 Mr Jim Callaghan (Heywood and Middleton): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what actions he is planning to take in response to the current humanitarian crisis in eastern Zaire; and if he will make a statement.
*28 Mr Brian David Jenkins (South East Staffordshire): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with development non governmental organisations regarding the forthcoming World Food Summit; and if he will make a statement.
*29 Mr Denis MacShane (Rotherham): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent proposals he has made to eliminate child labour in developing countries.
*30 Mr Hugh Bayley (York): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, who will represent the United Kingdom at The World Food Summit in Rome.
*31 Mr John Marshall (Hendon South): To ask the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission, how many accountants are employed by the National Audit Office.
*32 Mr Paul Flynn (Newport West): To ask the Right honourable Member for Selby, as representing the Church Commissioners, what is his current assessment of the value of the Church's investments.
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*34 Mr Harry Greenway (Ealing North): To ask the Right honourable Member for Selby, as representing the Church Commissioners, what estimate he has made of the number of clergy who will leave the Church of England on the issue of the ordination of women priests; and what estimate he has made of the costs.
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*1 EDUCATION BILL: Second Reading.
That this House believes that the Education Bill is not an acceptable and effective measure unless it focuses on clauses related to the improvement of discipline, baseline assessment and targets in schools, the regulation of supply teachers, inspection of local education authorities, careers guidance and the merger of the School Curriculum and Assessment Authority and the National Council for Vocational Qualifications; adds clauses to reduce infant class sizes to a maximum of 30, to introduce a General Teaching Council to promote and regulate the teaching profession and to establish the means to ensure that every 11 year old without a special educational need reaches level 4 in national reading tests; and removes those divisive proposals which reduce parental choice, extend the taxpayers' subsidy of private schools and undermine the efficient planning of school places.
That this House declines to give a Second Reading to the Education Bill which will increase a selective system where there is a more exclusive education for the few and an inferior education for the majority; promotes the failing, divisive, two-tier policy of grant maintained status; will require the expansion of the similarly divisive Assisted Places Scheme; fails to replace the bureaucratic nursery voucher scheme with measures to introduce high quality early years education for all three and four year olds whose parents want it; and fails to address the need for increased investment in education and the introduction of measures to raise achievement for all.
After Second Reading of the Education Bill, to move, That the Bill be committed to a Special Standing Committee.
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The Speaker will put the Question necessary to dispose of proceedings on the above Motion not later than one and a half hours after their commencement, pursuant to Standing Order No. 14B(1).
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The Flight Portfolio
Orringer, Julie
Field, Steven
It's 1940, and France has fallen to the Nazis, leaving the country divided between occupied France in the north, and so-called "Free France," with its government at the spa town of Vichy, in the south. The Vichy government is headed by Marshall Phillippe Petain, a collaborationist puppet of the Germans running a collaborationist puppet state. But unlike the north, the south is still technically unoccupied, and people fleeing the Nazis from all over Europe make their way there in the hope of finding a way off the European continent, and so a kind of black market in emigration develops, centered in the port city of Marseille.
Among the groups working out of Marseille is the Emergency Rescue Committee, an organization set up by the journalist and editor Varian Fry and his friends, and with the support of Eleanor Roosevelt. The ERC has sent Fry to Marseille with a list of names of people to be assisted to emigrate, and the list is a Who's Who of the European cultural elite: artists, writers, philosophers, and the like, many of whom are Jewish and/or have opposed the Nazis and are thus wanted by the Gestapo. It is Fry's job to shelter them, get them fake transit visas, and ultimately smuggle them out, usually to neutral Spain or Portugal, or even directly to the States. The Vichy government, which has an agreement with Germany to surrender any identified fugitives, knows this is going on, and together with their German allies, is always hot on the trail of these now stateless refugees, and thus hot on Fry's trail also.
The Flight Portfolio is based on several of the thirteen months Fry spent in Marseille as the representative of the ERC. Along with his staff, he "brings in" (and successfully gets out) Marc Chagall and his wife, Franz Werfel and Alma Mahler Gropius Werfel, Max Ernst, Lion Feuchtwanger, a young Hannah Arendt ("Name?" "Johanna Arendt. My friends know me as Hannah"), and others. All the while, he and his staff are but one step ahead of the agents of Vichy and the Gestapo. And during this time, Chagall has been compiling the flight portfolio, a collection of artworks which testify to the humanitarian crisis in Europe, to be smuggled out as a warning to the free world.
Complicating the issue—and a major part of the story line—is the fact that Fry, whose wife Eileen had stayed behind in New York City, has reconnected with a Harvard classmate named Elliot Grant with whom he had been romantically involved as an undergraduate. Grant has come to Marseille to be with Gregor Katznelson, a fellow Columbia University professor who has returned to Europe to find his son Tobias who has disappeared. Tobias is a brilliant young Berlin physicist and is wanted at all costs by the Gestapo for his scientific acumen and his value to weapons development. Gregor is desperate to secure his safe passage to New York. Fry promises Grant that he will get Katznelson's son to safety. When the elder Katznelson returns to the United States, Fry and Grant resume their relationship, and Varian finds himself becoming increasingly emotionally involved with Grant and distanced from Eileen, although he still loves her. Ultimately Tobias shows up in Marseille; but there is another fugitive, a world-renowned and respected artist, who has been waiting, is in immediate danger, and needs to get out of Europe. And only one can leave on the waiting ship.
Seven and a Half Lessons about the Brain
Barrett, Lisa Feldman
Primary Category: Literature / Nonfiction
Genre: Essay
Cross-Cultural Issues
This engaging and informative book describes the latest scientific understanding of the brain, primarily in humans, but also in other animals. The author, a leading brain researcher, writes clearly and often with humor.
As Barrett explores the deep history of brains, she emphasizes that as much as some humans may prize thinking, the brain's central task is not thinking but monitoring and guiding—day and night—the many systems of the body. Brains of all creatures manage a "budget" for various factors such as water, salt, glucose, blood gases, etc., to create an on-going fitness against any future threats.
Our brains and bodies are interlinked, interactive, and unified, not the "triune" brain Carl Sagan popularized in 1977. All animal brains have similar neurons, and all mammals share a "single manufacturing plan" for brain development after birth. Babies' brains develop according to their genes and in response to their environment, especially to their caregivers. Human brains have flexible networks much like the global air-travel system and can vary from person to person and, individually, over time because of brain plasticity.
Our individual brains influence—even create—our perceptions and relate to brains of other people through family, language, gesture, culture, and more. Barrett concludes, "Social reality is a superpower that emerges from an ensemble of human brains. It gives us the possibility to chart our own destiny and even influence the evolution of our species" (p. 123).
Faith, Reason, and the Plague in Seventeenth-Century Tuscany
Cipolla, Carlo
Teagarden, J. Russell
Genre: Treatise
Carlo Cipolla chronicles the 1630 bubonic plague outbreak in Northern Italy. At various places in the text, he refers to his compact volume as an "essay," a "tale," and a "book." Readers during the 2020 coronavirus pandemic could call it a "prologue," a "warning," or a "horror story foretold."
The plague ravaged much of Northern Italy from 1630 to 1631. Cipolla focuses on a particular village, Monte Lupo, because "so exceptionally rich is the documentation of [its] story that it allows the historian to recapture emotions, attitudes, and behavior of common people." The documentation led him to uncommon detail "on the relationship between Faith and Reason, Church and State at a social level" (p. ix).
Reading like an historical essay, Cipolla first sets up the tensions arising between the Church and State Church during the plague epidemic. The "scientific revolution" had advanced enough by 1630 that regional Health Magistrates acted based on experience rather than faith. Most clergy and their followers still "preferred to believe rather than observe…[and] had not the slightest doubt: processions and similar ceremonies were the only way to placate divine wrath and put an end to the scourge" (p. 7). But, the divide between Church and State in this case is not so clear as that, Cipolla notes, because some of the senior Health Magistrates served as high-ranking church leaders themselves.
Cipolla points to public health measures taken in Northern Italy before the 1630 plague outbreak that might have, ironically, heightened tensions, even though they were born from the terror and suffering epidemics caused during the previous two centuries. The changes that resulted were, in Cipolla's view, "a strange mixture of brilliant intuition, sound common sense, and absurd prejudice" (p. 12). However rational these measures seemed, "they caused great misery and severe privations [through] the segregation of entire families in their homes, the separation of kindred in the horror of the pesthouses, the closing of markets and trade, the consequent lack of work and wide-spread unemployment, the burning of furnishings and goods" (p. 13). By the time the plague took hold in 1630, necessary public health measures were already unpopular.
Cipolla uses the walled-village Monte Lupo as his case study. Around 150 families lived inside its walls when the plague struck during the summer of 1630. He details how Health Magistrates struggled to gain control of the outbreak while facing open rebellion fueled by "ignorance, egoism, avarice, and bullying" (p. 14). He names and profiles key figures and describes various events.
The central event in Cipolla's tale is a "procession" in Monte Lupo featuring a crucifix people believed had "miraculous properties" (p. 41). The Health Magistracy took aggressive actions to prevent and then stop the procession. Alas, Cipolla reports: "All this was in vain. It was like preaching to the wind: the church was soon packed with men and women, boys and girls, who had come to gaze at and adore the crucifix," (p. 47). Festivities carried into the evening and on to a neighboring town (San Miniatello). Mayhem, illness, and death ensued.
The last death in Monte Lupo occurred on August 11. Cipolla follows the subsequent investigations searching for people encouraging exposure to a lethal, contagious disease, and for people who became infected and died as a result. He reflects on the juxtaposition of epidemiological methods used to stop the epidemic and the fight religious leaders and followers waged against them. He muses about "emotions, attitudes, and behavior of all segments of a society in a period distant in many ways from our own" (p. 85). Written in 1977, the objects of his musing were only four decades distant from becoming evident again.
Thornber, Karen
Bruell , MS, Lucy
Narrative as Method
Karen Thornber is the Harry Tuchman Levin Professor in Literature and Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at Harvard. In this expansive nearly 700 page book, she draws on work from global literature to explore the many ways societies view illness, stigma and healing. She defines global literature as "narratives that grapple with challenges and crises that have global implications or counterparts globally, whether at present, in the past, or likely in the future" (p.10).
The book is divided into three sections: Shattering Stigmas, in which she looks at Leprosy, AIDS, and Alzheimer's disease; Humanizing Healthcare; and Prioritizing Partnerships. Among the topics she addresses are patient-focused care as an imperative, the need to advance partnerships in caregiving, and support that extends beyond family and friends to the patient's relationships with health professionals. Healing, she notes, involves "changing the circumstances that exacerbate or even trigger a health condition, enabling the individual to obtain long-term wellbeing liberated from as much distress, if not disease, as possible." (P331).
Thornber has selected literature that addresses the illness experience and the need to reduce suffering and promote healing, which she places within three interwoven frameworks: "Societies/communities, healthcare settings, and families/ friendships" (p.583). She looks at both positive approaches to care as well as the negative impact of suffering, whether from stigma, inaccessibility to care, or dehumanized care. The book considers literary works from Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and Oceania, many that will be new to readers.
House on Fire: The Fight to Eradicate Smallpox
Foege, William
Zander, Devon
Genre: Memoir
House on Fire: The Fight to Eradicate Smallpox is a memoir written by William H. Foege, the physician best known for developing the strategy of ring-vaccination in the eradication of smallpox. Concisely put by New Scientist, his book is "a mixture of memoir, dry public health guide, and riveting tale of an all-consuming mission."
Though a brief read, House on Fire is comprehensive on each of these fronts. Foege walks us through his life, starting first with his upbringing in Washington state and ending with his role in India as part of the smallpox eradication team there. Notably, the book's narrative ends before Foege's tenure as CDC Director in the late 1970s and early 1980s, focusing explicitly on his involvement in combating smallpox. Using his career in public health as a framework, he details how he became involved in global health and how each deployment around the world, whether for the CDC, WHO, or Peace Corps, added to his understanding of contagious disease and of how to better approach smallpox containment. Ever the epidemiologist, Foege does not shy away from including graphs and charts to emphasize his points, especially as they relate to public health data collection. He takes the reader behind the scenes of conferences, regular meetings, and everyday discussions to show the collaboration necessary for global health work, the planning needed, and the good-natured humor and guile it often requires. At times, his interactions seem like a who's who of American public health: throughout his career, he works with D.A. Henderson, Alexander Langmuir, David Sencer (who also writes the book's foreword), and Don Francis.
Outside of his own history, Foege acknowledges that in order to understand smallpox and to understand the mission of eradication it is necessary to understand the disease's complex history. He begins the book with the history of smallpox and details the development of the vaccine from its crude precursor, variolation, to Edward Jenner's early version derived from cowpox. As he progresses through his story, he notes important historical moments in the battle against smallpox: the development of the jet injector and bifurcated needle as ways to better administer the vaccine, the elimination of the virus first from countries and then whole continents, and, most poignantly, the final cases of smallpox ever recorded.
Though the book necessitates some level of public health knowledge, or at least a comfort with viral disease and baseline public health interventions, it consolidates its role as a basic public health guide at the appendix. In the last pages, Foege reflects on what to do if there were ever a bioterror attack with smallpox, complete with a diagram on how to administer the smallpox vaccine.
The City We Became
Jemisin, N.K.
McClelland, Spencer
This is the first in an intended trilogy of speculative fiction (read: what we used to struggle to label as sci-fi or fantasy). by author N.K. Jemisin. It tells the story of a world where cities can come alive, not in the corporeal sense, and not in this universe, but in a way that intersects nonetheless with our reality. The trouble is, not all cities distinguish themselves enough to be born, and those that do often are interrupted in the process and suffer a stillbirth. We are plopped down in New York City at the moment of its intended birth, in a struggle between the city, its six human avatars (one for each borough, and one for the city as a whole) and the otherworldly force that is trying to destroy it.
Which Country Has the World's Best Health Care?
Emanuel, Ezekiel
The author, Ezekiel J. Emanuel, says his book title "is a terrible question" (p. 1), because "it is not possible to select the best health care system overall." However, he continues, "it is possible and reasonable to make judgments about better and worse systems" (p. 351), such as considering "which country has the best consumer choice,…the most innovative health care system,…or best addresses the needs of chronically ill patients" (p. 7). And, that's what he does.
Emanuel and his research partners compare eleven, high-income countries: United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Norway, France, Switzerland, Canada, Australia, Taiwan, and China. They examine eight content areas: history; coverage; financing; payment; the delivery of care; prescription drug regulation; human resources; and future challenges. These content areas serve as the subject headings for the chapters covering each country. In the penultimate chapter, "Who's the Best?," Emanuel assesses and judges each content area across countries. (Spoiler alert: the United States does not fare well.) The concluding chapter is built around "six lessons for improving the US health care system" (p. 385), followed by a coda where Emanuel considers how his findings relate to the coronavirus pandemic.
Funeral Mass
PK, Page
Last Updated: Nov-16-2020
Ratzan, Richard M.
Primary Category: Literature / Poetry
Genre: Collection (Poems)
"Funeral Mass" is a 23- line poem consisting of 11 couplets and one single line (line 8) - all in free verse, unrhymed. It describes a church funeral service for an infant with both parents and family/friends in supportive attendance. Its primary focus is the contrast between the parents' reactions to this death and the behavior of the officiating priests representatives of a Christian denomination, most likely the Roman Catholic Church, since the priests are wearing stoles "embroidered by nuns".
P. K. Page was a Canadian poet and painter who had an intense interest in the mundane aspects of life which, through her microscopic observation and terse but rich style, converted into lapidary poetic gems.
Murthy, Vivek
Thomas, Shawn
Genre: Longform journalism
Since the first surgeon general was sworn into office in the 19th century, the Office of the Surgeon General has positioned itself as the leading voice on public health matters in the United States. In recent history, the office has had its highest profile campaigns rallying against issues such as tobacco use, obesity, and HIV/AIDS. Considering the combination of prevalence, morbidity, and mortality associated with these health issues, there is no doubt that any effort to stem the tide was a worthwhile endeavor.
When Dr. Vivek Murthy became the surgeon general in 2014, his office continued the historical campaigns against these health issues. At the same time, Dr. Murthy began investigating a looming epidemic within our borders: loneliness and social isolation.
It may be hard to convince the average person that loneliness is a problem of similar scale as tobacco use, obesity, or AIDS. There is no question that loneliness is unpleasant, even if it only lasts for a few moments. But the notion that one's state of mind can predispose to disease or premature death somehow feels like a stretch. Addressing this skepticism, Dr. Murthy writes in his book about Dr. Julianne Holt-Lunstad, a psychologist at Brigham Young University who also faced a great deal of cynicism surrounding her research into the effect of social relationships on "everything from our behavior to our cellular function." She had a breakthrough in 2010 when she published a massive study analyzing the health outcomes of over 300,000 participants, categorized by their degree of social connectedness. She found that social isolation was significantly linked to premature death, representing a risk nearly as serious as pack-per-day smoking, and more serious than obesity, alcohol use, and lack of exercise. Dr. Holt-Lunstad's research spurred further studies which linked loneliness to heart disease, stroke, and depression, amongst other diseases.
These findings are hard to ignore, especially in light of the ongoing opioid addiction crisis and rises in teenage depression and suicide, all of which have been linked to loneliness and social isolation. In Together, Dr. Murthy weaves together scientific research, personal anecdotes, and current events to create a manifesto for tackling the next great public health crisis.
Scales to Scalpels: Doctors Who Practice the Healing Arts of Music and Medicine
Wong, Lisa
This is a quick and personal history of the Longwood Symphony Orchestra (LSO), a group of Boston area musicians who, in their working lives, are medical personnel. The first of its kind, there are now several such orchestras across the US and scattered throughout the world, notably in Europe. Lisa Wong, a pediatrician and violinist, tells her own history of medicine and music, including her involvement with the Longwood Symphony Orchestra over some 28 years. Other stories of individual doctor/musicians are threaded throughout the book, giving us a personal look at their interdisciplinary enterprise. While their medical specialties, ages, and backgrounds vary widely, while playing in the orchestra and, various professional ranks aside, they accept the direction of the conductor. While Wong mentions antecedents of medicine and music in ancient times, she chooses Dr. Albert Schweitzer as a patron saint for the LSO.
For Wong and her fellow doctors, there are links between music and healing. Music helps keep doctors (and patients) healthy by calming the heartbeat, relaxing muscles, and lifting the mind (p. 86). Music therapy (the psychotherapeutic use of music) and music medicine (the more general uses of music, often in medical settings) can assist in patient care. For example, a dementia patient named Ruth reawakened upon hearing music. Some patients choose to listen to music in the final days of their lives (p. 184).
For many doctors, music was an early pursuit. Neurological studies suggest that musical training helps develop "structural brain plasticity" that may show benefits in education and training. By contrast, however, sometimes musicians (doctors or not) develop overuse injuries and need specific physical therapy.
Music has applications in mental health, hospitals in general, and community partners. The LSO has partnered with some 40 nonprofits in the Boston area. In one example, they helped grow the Asian bone marrow registry from 3,000 to 11,000 people (p. 225). An LSO concert raised $30,000 for the Mattapan Community Health Center in South Boston.
Lisa Wong was president of the organization for 20 years. She writes, "Music goes a long way to heal entire communities. Social justice and social welfare are important determinants of health. Programs that look beyond the music are truly 'Healing the Community through Music'" (p. 249).
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I recently have had the opportunity to breakfast with my friends at my favorite Ann Arbor restaurant: Cafe Zola.
Ann Arbor has such a wonderful selection of places to eat, that choosing one as my favorite was difficult-- but Zola's is the place where I return again and again.
My favorite is Hediye's breakfast-- a fantastic combination of eggs scrambled with asparagus, mushrooms, scallions, carmelized onions, herbs and havarti cheese, on a Zingerman's bagel. ( If that doesn't sound like a heavenly breakfast to you, check out the menu-- there is something there for everyone.) Served with a slice of tomato and some olives, it makes the perfect meal.
And keep an eye out for a small feisty woman, smiling and greeting her customers-- and you might just meet Hediye.
I have also enjoyed the time I have spent by myself, at one of the bar seats, with a latte and the New York Times. It's a great place to watch the movers and shakers of Ann Arbor meet each other, and even occasionally make a deal.
I love the European feel of Zola's, and it's not uncommon to watch friends meet and celebrate events known only to each other, with a nice glass of champagne (sold by the glass) at breakfast.
Zola's is also one of the most romantic dinner destinations, but more about that in a later post!
Once I overheard a customer ask one of the barristas how she was doing with her French instruction, before her term in France. She commented that Zola's was a perfect place to work, as the language spoken in the kitchen, was French.
Bon appetit-- see you there?
The roasted vegetable salad is my favorite for lunch. I also love Cafe Zola. Enjoying your posts.


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Cesar Millan has agreed to help one Ohio family whose bull terrier is a terror. Adrienne Fragatos is Frankie's owner. The dog lives with her and her folks in Cleveland but has made their lives hell. "I am terrified of Frankie," Adrienne said. Adrienne's mother says "90 percent of the time" the dog can be sweet but "then she turns and you don't know what she is going to do." The dog has bitten Adrienne more than 20 times, leaving her with cuts and scars all over her body.


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Койольша́уки (  — «Золотые колокольчики») — в мифологии ацтеков богиня Луны и (по некоторым версиям) Млечного Пути. Изображалась с золотыми бубенчиками или шарами на щеках.

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Старшая дочь богини Коатликуэ, которую та родила от обсидианового ножа, и сестра 400 богов южного звёздного неба Сенцонуицнауа. Владеет магической силой, способной нанести колоссальный вред.

Когда Коатликуэ забеременела от шара из перьев колибри, Койольшауки сочла её опозоренной и убедила братьев убить мать, чтобы смыть оскорбление. Однако Уицилопочтли выпрыгнул из чрева матери в полном воинском облачении и убил сестру, а братьев обратил в бегство и многих перебил. Пылающим змеем Шиукоатлем он отрубил Койольшауки голову, которая упала к подножью храма Коатепек, где скрывалась Коатликуэ. Затем он забросил отрубленную голову высоко в небо, где та стала луной (таким образом, Коатликуэ могла каждую ночь видеть на небе лицо своей дочери). Тело сестры Уицилопочтли расчленил и бросил в глубокое ущелье.

Считается, что в мифе о смерти Койольшауки отражено представление о солнце, олицетворяемом Уицилопочтли, которое разгоняет ночную тьму. Койольшауки можно считать ацтекской ипостасью лунного божества Мецтли, обычно изображаемого мужчиной. Как правило, её представляли в виде воительницы — с обнажённой грудью, но со шлемом на голове и со змеями (или верёвками) на руках и вокруг талии, либо в виде отрубленной головы. Там, на круглом камне в основании лестницы Главного храма Теночтитлана, Койольшауки изображена распростёртой ничком, с отсечёнными от тела конечностями и головой и черепом, привязанным к поясу.

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Литература

 Женщины в легендах и мифах/ Пер. с англ. О. Перфильева. — М., «Крон-Пресс», 1998. — 592 с. С. 479—480.

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Franz Wisner, left, in Egypt on his trip around the world with his brother.
Franz Wisner has no idea what to label his profession. Writer? International travel addict? Profession dumpee? He is the New York Times bestselling author of Honeymoon With My Brother, a memoir of the two-year, 53-country honeymoon he took with his younger brother after being left at the altar by his fiancee; and the recently released How the World Makes Love, a look at dating, marriage, sex, and romance around the planet.
Honeymoon With My Brother is the true story a man who thought he had it all- a high profile career and the fiancée of his dreams. Suddenly, his life turned upside down. Just days before they were to be married, his fiancée called off the wedding. Luckily, his large support network of family and friends wouldn't let him succumb to his misery. They decided Franz should have the wedding reception and a honeymoon anyway. There just wouldn't be a bride at present for either and his travel companion would be his brother, Kurt.
During the "honeymoon," Franz reconnected with his brother and began to look at his life with newfound perspective. The brothers decided to leave their old lives behind them. They quit their jobs, sold all their possessions, and traveled around the world, visiting 53 countries over the next two years. In Honeymoon With My Brother, Franz recounts this remarkable journey, during which he turned his heartbreak into an opportunity to learn about himself, the world, and the brother he hardly knew.
Franz and his honeymooning brother have appeared on Oprah, The Today Show, CNN, and Fox News, among others. He has also penned essays for NPR, Redbook, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Toronto Globe and Mail, and Coast Magazine.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel received Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on January 30, in Berlin, for an "exchange of views" on the "conflict in Ukraine," "the peace process and the implementation of the Minsk armistice" (Bundeslanzlerin.de, January 27, 30). Those code words are widely used in Western Europe to avoid designating that conflict as a state-on-state aggression and Russia as the aggressor. Yet, the assault of Russia's proxy forces on the Ukrainian-held town of Avdiivka (under way since January 29) brought some clarity in Berlin. It also caused Poroshenko to cut short his visit.
Nevertheless, the Berlin meeting indicated a reassessment of the situation on Merkel's part (and even by several Social-Democrat leaders—see below), which had become apparent well before the Avdiivka battle. Berlin seems to understand more clearly that Russia is fueling hostilities in Ukraine's east while pressing for a negotiated outcome that Western leaders could neither politically accept nor politically sell.
Negotiations in the "Normandy" format (Russia, Germany, France, Ukraine) have not been held since the October 2016 Berlin summit. That meeting supposedly authorized the drafting of a "road map" for political settlement in the Minsk Contact Group. But that process is also destined to fail as long as it seeks to empower the Donetsk and Luhansk "people's republics" against Kyiv. This is how the Minsk process has been structured from the outset, under the Normandy format's supervision. Both Minsk and Normandy, however, failed to overcome Kyiv's skillful defense of its interests. No further meetings are currently planned in the Normandy format at any level. The Normandy format can now be regarded as frozen (unlike the simmering conflict on the ground).
First, this meeting's bilateral format precluded a Moscow-Berlin-Paris common position against Kyiv (as was often the case in the Normandy group's meetings). Given the absence of the Russian side and Berlin's own apparent reassessment of the situation, Chancellor Merkel was clearly more receptive to Ukrainian concerns at this meeting.
Second, Merkel no longer asked Ukraine to accept the holding of "elections" in the Russian-controlled Donbas, preparatory to negotiating a "special status" for that territory. These are the declared political goals of the Minsk armistice and of the "Normandy" negotiations, which (if implemented) would legitimize Russia's control of the territory and the local authorities.
And third, Merkel declared, "We have just realized, yet again, that the ceasefire does not exist." This was not simply a reaction to Russia's proxy assault on Avdiivka (see above), but—as Merkel's wording made clear—a recognition that Russia's military commitments under the Minsk documents remain unfulfilled and unenforceable. This, in turn, vindicates Ukraine's political line of defense: namely, that Russia's breaches of the military and security clauses make it impossible for Ukraine to deliver on the political clauses of the Minsk armistice ("elections" and "special status" for Russia's proxies).
While functionally moribund, the Normandy format is not dead and will never be declared as such, regardless of what it may or may not deliver. Chancellor Merkel briefly remarked in the press conference that "Negotiations and resolution [of the conflict] are only possible in the Normandy format." This remark could well be seen as diplomatic ritual, but it takes on a new significance with the inauguration of Donald Trump's presidency in the United States (January 20). European governments may want to keep the Normandy format afloat—even if barely—to hedge against a bilateral US-Russia understanding that would sideline the Europeans.
Meanwhile, the Germans and French themselves do not seem keen to invoke the Normandy format publicly. President François Hollande and Chancellor Merkel did not mention it when meeting in Berlin, three days before Poroshenko's visit (Bundeskanzlerin.de, January 27). The German and French ministers of foreign affairs, Sigmar Gabriel and Jean-Marc Ayrault, respectively, did not mention the Normandy format either when meeting in Paris, two days before Poroshenko's Berlin visit (Auswaertiges-amt.de, January 28). Thus, no coordination seems to have taken place between the Normandy group's German and French members, ahead of Poroshenko's visit to Berlin. A German-Ukrainian bilateral relationship is more important and certainly more beneficial to Ukraine than the counterproductive Normandy group.
The reassessment of Russia's conduct (see above) has further solidified Merkel's support for continuing with the European Union's economic sanctions until Russia changes its policy. While she remains the coagulating factor in Germany and in the EU on this issue, some other key policy makers are firming up their support for sanctions on their own accord. Even French President Hollande, the sanctions dove in the Normandy forum, has told US Donald Trump in their introductory phone call that "Sanctions can only be lifted when the Minsk agreements are fully implemented"—even while "continuing and intensifying dialogue with Russia" (Elysee.fr, January 28).
Support for sanctions seems to grow in Germany's Social-Democrat Party, which is undergoing a leadership reshuffle. The SDP's most popular figure, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, has resigned as foreign affairs minister (January 27) and is resigning his party membership, having been designated to become president of Germany, a symbolic post without policymaking attributes. His debilitating influence on German policy overall is receding. Steinmeier (and others in the SPD) had hinted all along at easing the sanctions through understandings with Russia at Ukraine's expense. The new foreign affairs minister, Sigmar Gabriel (also SPD), had shared that position until recently. But, in his maiden visit abroad as Germany's top diplomat, Gabriel declared in Paris that "implementing the Minsk peace process is the only way that sanctions can be lifted" (Agence France Presse, January 28). The former ambiguity seems to be no longer there. According to Poroshenko's readout of his meeting with Gabriel in Berlin, the new minister supports prolonging the existing EU sanctions on Russia, both Crimea-related and those related to Moscow's intervention in the Donbas (Ukrinform. January 30).
Gabriel has ceded his post as SPD chairman to Martin Schulz, hitherto the president of the European Parliament, now the SPD's candidate for chancellor in Germany's upcoming parliamentary elections (September 2017). Schulz has maintained a firm position on sanctions (and on other Russia-related issues) all along. In his maiden interview as chancellor-candidate Schultz declared, "We cannot lift the sanctions as long as the Minsk agreements are not fully implemented" (Deutsche Welle, February 1). Prior to SPD's leadership reshuffle, the twin issues of sanctions on Russia and the "conflict in Ukraine" were expected to play a divisive role in Germany's parliamentary election campaign. The SPD was ready to call for easing the sanctions, positioning itself as a Russia-friendly party against Merkel's Christian-Democrats. Following its leadership reshuffle, however, the SPD seems headed for broad consensus with Merkel's party regarding policy toward Russia and Ukraine. Some influential Social-Democrats are finally becoming aware of Russia's disinformation campaign targeting German society, including parts of SPD's own electorate.
German-Ukrainian bilateral relations were reviewed by Merkel and Poroshenko in an unusually positive vein on the German side. Merkel praised Ukraine's recent advances on internal reforms, resumption of economic growth, and the rise of German exports to Ukraine by 17 percent in the first three quarters of 2016. Merkel assessed that Ukraine is qualified to receive the next loan tranches from the International Monetary Fund (Bundeskanzlerin.de, January 30). For his part, Poroshenko called for jointly resisting "the Kremlin's hybrid propaganda that targets Ukraine, Germany, the European Union as a whole, and the United States" (Ukrinform, January 30).
Merkel cannot be said to have undergone anything like a full epiphany on Russia. One issue deeply damaging to Ukraine is the Nord Stream Two gas pipeline project, which Merkel supports not only against Ukraine's interests but also against the EU's energy market legislation and supply diversification policy. Even so, Ukraine will remain a net beneficiary of its relationship with Germany, as long as the latter does not return to negotiations with Russia over Ukraine. The now-moribund Normandy format had provided a multilateral cover for what was basically a German-Russian process. Berlin now apparently understands the failure of that attempt.
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Throwback Thursday: Honda CR-X, massive fun on a budget
Travis Chang
This edition of our regular Throwback Thursday series is about a certain small Honda hatchback which will be celebrating its 35th birthday – the Honda CR-X – an 80's icon that stands in the same league with the Sony Walkman, Knight Rider, and most importantly, Michael Jackson.
In essence, the existence of the CR-X echoes the first-generation Honda Civic. The original Civic hatchback became a hit among car buyers during the 1970's oil crisis which rendered large, fuel-guzzling vehicles unsustainable. A decade later in 1983, the CR-X showed up – in line with the directions from the Civic's playbook.
The CR-X was marketed as a two-door hatchback for the US market with a 2+2 layout for the European demographic. Ideally, we would've preferred it to be just a two-seater considering the rear seats in most 2+2 seater coupes are as useful as solar-powered torchlights. At launch, two variants were offered – the standard DX and the HF ("high fuel efficiency"). The base DX received a smaller 1.3-litre petrol engine while the 1.5-litre mill powered the HF.
A year later, Honda revised the CR-X by offering two powerful engine options along a new range-topper, the Si. The CR-X Si's 1.5-litre engine had 91 hp at its disposal and was also the sole engine with a fuel injection system. At that point, none of the engine choices made more than 100 hp.
The CR-X's modest engine performance was not a deal breaker as the CR-X's light footprint was the car's primary weapon. Having a kerb weight of not more than 900 kg not only ensured the then sought after "pocket rocket attributes" but also good fuel economy figures.
Later on, the facelifted model somehow turned the CR-X into an even more serious set of wheels in the sports compact segment with the goods to back that the drive – a 130 hp 1.6-litre DOHC engine that was impregnated into the Si model. The handling department also received a huge boost courtesy of independent double-wishbone suspension on all four corners. Mated with a five-speed manual, the 1988 CR-X Si was capable of completing the century sprint in roughly 8.5 seconds.
In 1989, the CR-X sold outside of America was offered with Honda's famed VTEC engine, the B16A SIR-V. The first-generation VTEC screamer was a 1.6-litre naturally-aspirated petrol engine with an output of 160 hp.
After production ended in 1991, the CR-X's replacements failed to live up to its predecessor's blazing trail. Its immediate replacement, the del Sol, vanished just after five years. Its spiritual successor, the hybrid-powered CR-Z, was commissioned in 2010 but eventually ran out of steam before its demise in 2016.
Determined to have the last word, last year Honda revived its sporty compact aspirations via the Urban EV concept. Its concept dimensions and the fuel-efficient powertrain clearly pays homage to the original Civic. Should the concept go into production, we could finally be looking at a worthy successor for the CR-X's legacy.
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Q: Finding remainder in Taylor Series This is my question with context (I posted earlier but needed to change it!)
Calculate: $$\int_0^\frac{1}{2} e^{-x^2} \,dx$$
by using a Taylor approximation of $e^{−x^2}$ up to the term in $x^4$. Then I need to estimate the error, using the correct remainder term, and tell whether the answer will be correct to 2 decimal places.
The first part I did fine:
$\int_0^\frac{1}{2} T_4(x) \,dx=\int_0^\frac{1}{2} 1-x^2+\frac{x^4}{2!} \,dx$
Which gives $\frac{443}{960}$. But then I am not sure how to go about estimating the error? I have the formula:
$$R_n(x)=\frac{f^{n+1}(z)}{(n+1)!}(x-a)^{n+1}$$
If anyone can help show me how to do the remainder part, this would be much appreciated!

A: The next term in the expansion of the integrand is $-\frac{x^6}{3!}$  Since it is an alternating series, the remainder is $\le \int_0^\frac{1}{2} max\frac{x^6}{3!}dx=\frac{2^{-7}}{3!}=0.00130208333$.


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Q: Unable to access tomcat 8.0 home page from remote machine even after enabling port 8080 I have just Tomcat 8.30 (not Apache server) installed on windows server 2008 R2.
I am able to ping that machine both with IP address and machine name but not able to browse apache tomcat home page deployed on that machine.
I have already done the following things:
1) I have enabled TCP port 8080 on the server host machine.
2) I have added address="0.0.0.0" in Connector string in server.xml file.
3) I completely disabled all firewalls and tried but that was also of no use.
4) I changed LAN setting in IE to include the IP details of host machine under "Exceptions" tab but that also didn't work out.
The error that I am getting is:
"Network Error (tcp_error)
A communication error occurred: "Operation timed out"
 The Web Server may be down, too busy, or experiencing other problems preventing it from responding to requests. You may wish to try again at a later time.
For assistance, contact your network support team. "
The machine where the Tomcat is installed is x.x.x.199 and the machine from where I am browsing tomcat home  is x.x.x.184
Please help
Thanks in advance :)


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Combo 310 Unique for Reason is now available.
Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2015 8:27 pm Combo 310 Unique for Reason is now available.
The Combo 310 Unique is now available for Reason for only $/€29! Featuring brand new, high quality stereo strings samples, and all the other voices from JP's own 310U, recorded both direct and miked, with the main 310U features, including the percussion select, largely intact. A basic delay and phaser effect are also included, plus a wealth of dual manual Combinators, plus plenty of Jarre-inspired presets.
... can it replicate the Oxygene 7 laser harp sound, though?
The Oxygene 7 lead wasn't done the 310U, afaict, or at least, not on an unmodified one: it clearly has an amp attack envelope. If it is 310, and it does sound 310ish, then either the percussion circuits are modified, or it might be processed in PT and an envelope added post recording. My guess though is it's a 310U like percussion sound (i.e, on Octave 4) recreated on other synth.
Whether that's correct or not, that said, on the Combo 310U I did add the ability to increase the amp env attack, so ironically using Combo 310U's Equinoxe 4 Lead patch, which is Octave 4, and plus a bit of attack time gets in you a right ballpark.
So basically, if Oxygene 7 used a 310U for the lead, then yes, Combo 310U can replicate it!
You know, you should do a vsti version out of this. You'd have significantly more customers.
It's one bit of gear that a lot of would be em musicians out there lust after.
Wow! I just found out about this today! And went straight to buy it. Nice work! And the interface is gorgeous. I stopped working on my Reaktor version last year, as I started a new job with much less time to spend in any other things.
BUT, also today the great event we have waited for 10 years happened: Reaktor 6 was released! I may start working in my Reaktor version again. But I don't want to compete with a commercial version, as it will be unfair for the developer anyway, so I may keep it for myself for the time being.
The intro in Oxygene 7 is one preset tab of the Eminent 310, Octave 4'. Listen here I believe Radek mentioned this somewhere. The sound example is just my Reaktor oscillator through an All Pass and a 1-Pole low pass filter to smooth the waveform (with a bit of reverb), which basically is the way the 310 did it, or any other string machine anyhow: just one pulse oscillator through a different set of filters to create the different registers. The Combo 310 Unique has the preset. Rise the reverb tab a little in sample mode and it is exactly the same.
Good to hear there is a lot of interest in the old beloved Eminent still. I would have given anything to play with the real thing. But here in the States, I still have to find one.
This is your first post? I thought you had posted here before. I mean look at the join date!
I didn't even remember I HAD an account here!
Good to hear from you! I miss KVR and making music.
To answer directly a couple of points.
Yes, that's true we can't phase sync these types of samples; but in practice when it comes to ensembles, I feel most people would be hard pressed to tell the difference, due the action of the ensemble itself. I've got that 310U sitting behind me right now, and I doubt I could tell the difference to a percentage significantly better than just guessing if the test were blind enough between that and the samples.
Phase-locking is required in organs to prevent phase-cancelling. But phase cancelling doesn't really occur when running through an ensemble because of the way the delay lines operate, it's frequency-modulated over three offset channels. I won't say it has no impact at all, but I've never noticed phase-cancelling with any ensemble samples in the past.
To an extent samples actually make the ensemble effect smoother. If you imagine that in the original machines all the notes are modulated at the end: the two LFOs are actually still fairly obvious, repeating roughly once every 2 seconds. In samples, certainly where the samples are per-note, that fixed modulation is now also per note, as it won't start in exactly the same place. So playing multiple notes now actually adds some useful overlap in the modulation, so action of the modulation itself is far less obvious.
So in one sense, yes, it's not identical to a real ensemble, but in another sense it's just as valid an approach with useful advantages of its own. If it had been technically possible back in 1972, it would likely would have been two LFOs per note to further mask the modulation effect. But then these were cheap, portable home or gigging organs, not Novachords .
For non-ensemble organ tones, however, it's different as without phase-locking there can be some issues with certain voicing combinations causing phase-cancelling which results in certain harmonics being "lost". But in practice even then it rarely troubles me using samples. Indeed, no-one ever complains about running multi-oscillator synthesizers without phase sync and exactly the same effect occurring! (Or maybe they do, I tend to avoid KVR and Gearslutz ). There's a world of difference between what may occasionally be noticeable when soloed, and minor issues that might remain audible in a mix; things like a bit of AC noise and the odd phase-cancelled harmonic simply gets masked.
And I miss our long chats on making the best string ensemble in the world!
If it had been technically possible back in 1972, it would likely would have been two LFOs per note to further mask the modulation effect.
Yeah that certainly would be interesting to hear implemented.
I was not able to play with it more, as I just clean installed Windows 10 in my music machine. I'm extremely jealous of the interface, not just because I like it, but because I was planning to do something similar for Reaktor, using the same kind of organ tabs, instead of the ones on the 310.
I never liked the sound of the Freeman ensemble, sounds too synthy.
And there is not much of a difference when comparing the Freeman and the Eminent actually, with the 2 different approaches to the chorus.
The harmonics of each note is really where the crafting is at, and what "makes" an instrument.
An example very close to home is the Eminent 310, that's what sets it apart from the ARP Solina String Ensemble.
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Pope Francis greets residents of the Varginha slum during his visit in Rio de Janeiro today. He is visiting the slum on the fourth day of his week-long visit for World Youth Day. Photograph: Pilar Olivares/Reuters.
Pope Francis issued the first social manifesto of his young pontificate today, telling slum dwellers that the world's rich must do much more to wipe out vast inequalities between the haves and the have-nots.
History's first Latin American pope, who has rallied the Church on behalf of the poor and who lives more austerely than predecessors, called for a "culture solidarity" to replace the "selfishness and individualism" prevailing in modern society.
"No one can remain insensitive to the inequalities that persist in the world," he told residents of Manguinhos, a sprawling shantytown, or favela, of ramshackle brick dwellings that until recently was overrun by violence and controlled by drug lords.
His speech, under rains that have persisted throughout most of his first trip abroad as pope, comes halfway through a week long visit around World Youth Day, a gathering of young Catholics that is expected to attract more than a million faithful to Rio de Janeiro and nearby sites.
Despite the downpours and unusually chilly weather, tens of thousands of rapturous Brazilians and foreign visitors have turned out to welcome the pope. The World Youth Day events are an effort by the Vatican to inspire Catholics at a time when rival denominations, secularism and sexual and financial scandals continue to lead some to abandon the Church.
Brazil, home to the world's biggest population of Catholics with over 120 million faithful, is an apt locale for the pope to remind the world of inequality. A recent decade of economic growth in the country raised incomes for many, but tens of millions of Brazilians still live in poverty or with little more than the basics to get by.
In Manguinhos, Francis, an Argentine known for frequent outings into the slums near Buenos Aires even as a Cardinal, smiled and visibly enjoyed the close contact allowed with some of the residents there. He called for more efforts to end poverty and said the authorities must do more than just crack down on the drug trade to ensure opportunities for those at the bottom of the economic ladder.
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Q: How many ways can I show integer-linear dependence of $n$ vectors with bounded coefficients? Suppose I have $n$ vectors $(v_1, v_2, \cdots, v_n)$, lets say they are in $\Bbb{R}^2$ for concreteness but they could be in any vector space $V$ where $\dim V < n$.  I'm wondering if there is a combinatorics answer to how many integer combinations sum to zero given a bound on the coefficients.
$$0 = k_1 v_1 + k_2 v_2 + \cdots+ k_n v_n
\\ N\ge k_1 + k_2 + \cdots + k_n \\ k_i \in \Bbb{N}
$$
In other words, what is the size of the solution set of such $k_i$? My experience tells me that the intersection of combinatorics, linear algebra, and discrete math is just plain hard. But maybe someone has an idea of how to calculate this??

A: Your solution space is the set of integer points in what's called a polytope, which is a bounded set of points in space that satisfy a set of linear equations and inequalities. You have already given the set of equations and inequalities. If you want to count the number of integer point solutions, look up the software LattE https://www.math.ucdavis.edu/~latte/software.php for example that efficiently counts the number of integer points in a polytope in fixed dimension, faster than brute force, using generating rational functions to express the set of integer points.