I booked my return flights to Lima and Inca Trail trek with Llama Path back in January, but didn't fix up the rest of my Peru itinerary until a couple of months before my trip. I arranged my whole holiday around the Inca Trail, however, and to ensure that even if my trek was delayed, I would have the best chance of being able to go. Inca Trail trekkers are advised to travel to the city of Cusco — the erstwhile Inca capital — at least three days before their trek to acclimatise to the altitude (Cusco is at about 3,400 metres above sea level).
I decide to spend three full days in Cusco, plus a final night after my trek, and it is one of my favourite places of the trip. I take a morning flight from Lima with LATAM, which arrives about an hour late. Delays are common as Cusco is often very cloudy and weather conditions can make landing difficult or impossible. But when I arrive, it is gloriously sunny. Although the temperature is only about 16C, the altitude means that the sun is very strong, and while waiting for my taxi, I remove a couple of layers.
Cusco's historic city centre is relatively small and easy to explore on foot — there are a few narrow streets and steep, if short, inclines. Many of the main attractions are located within 15 minutes' walk of Plaza de Armas. Most of the hotels are there too, although, the artsy San Blas area, a short uphill walk from the Plaza, also has some good options.
Many of the museums and Incan sites are accessible only with a boleto turistico (tourist ticket), which costs 70 soles (about £16) for the pequeño or 130 soles (about £30) for the grande, which lasts 10 days and also includes four Sacred Valley sites. Annoyingly, not all of the places I want to visit in Cusco are included — there's a separate boleto religioso to visit the cathedral and other religious sites, for example. In the end, I figure that I will be seeing enough Incan sites and historical museums on the trip that I can skip the boleto turistico. Instead, I buy the religious ticket (the cathedral — actually three separate churches joined together — is grand inside; the San Blas and San Francisco churches have bell towers with nice city views). I also go to the impressive Qorikancha temple, located just south of the Plaza de Armas, and visit the concise but informative Museum of Pre-Columbian Art.
I also book a trip to the excellent Cusco planetarium. At dusk, we take a minibus from the city centre up into the hills to the small, family-run observatory, and learn about both Western and Inca astronomy (featuring 'dark constellations' in the Milky Way, such as the big, black llama) in the Southern Hemisphere. Outside, there is some light pollution from the city below, but the view of the stars is still so much clearer than in London and I can make out Scorpius — which I later spot on the Inca Trail — quite well. Through the telescopes, we get great views of Saturn's rings, the Moon's craters and a binary-star system.
Cusco is very photogenic and I am blessed with warm sunshine and blue skies, so I spend a lot of time wandering the streets and photographing the buildings. Many of the original Incan walls remain locking history deep inside them.
After my splurge at Central in Lima, I try to reduce my food budget in Cusco. I stick to Lonely Planet recommendations, for the most part. I have a tasty and very cheap pork sandwich at Cafe Ayllu, a huge and a delicious quarter rotisserie chicken and chips at Los Toldos. I also have my first lomo saltado (stir-fried beef with peppers and onion, served with the usual suite of carbs) at one of the many counters at the sprawling Mercado San Pedro.
I discover my favourite Peruvian criolla dish of the trip: ají de gallina, or shredded chicken and potatoes, served in a creamy chilli and peanut sauce, with a boiled egg and rice on the side. It is rich and comforting and I order it several more times. My favourite rendition in Cusco is at Pachapapa, a short uphill walk from the Plaza de Armas in a lively restaurant with lots of ambiance and outdoor seating. Riddled with guilt, I try an alpaca steak at Marcelo Batata, the night after my Inca Trail trek. It is tender, juicy and delicious. The chilcano (pisco, ginger ale, lime and bitters) at Marcelo Batata is pretty good too, although it can't top the meticulously mixed pisco sour I drink at the Museo del Pisco. At the latter, I chat with the friendly bar staff, watch their enviable mixology skills and listen to the live music.
I make coffee each morning in my Espro Ultralight Travel Press, but I also visit two good speciality coffee shops in Cusco. The first was recommended by Jess Eating East, among others. Named Cafe D'wasi, it's only a couple of blocks from the Plaza de Armas, and roasts its own coffee in the small roaster at the front of the shop. I have a good cortado (ordering a doble may have been a good call) and get a V60 pourover to take back to my hotel to drink cold in the morning at my 3:45 am Inca Trail wake-up call. This tastes great too, although I am not sure quite how engaged my palate is at this ungodly hour.
The second coffee shop is Monkey Coffee in San Blas. I have seen Monkey mentioned in a Google review of a brunch spot so when I come across their small cafe, I hurry on in (once I've realised that the door slides rather than swings open). Their single-origin coffee is available with several filter-coffee brew methods, and the barista and I agree on the Clever Dripper. The coffee is fruity and flavoursome when it arrives, and I enjoy the calm respite from the busy city, with a view of original Incan walls across the road.
For cheap souvenirs, try Mercado San Pedro or at any of the dozens of very similar souvenir shops throughout the city centre. There's a branch of Patagonia right on Plaza de Armas, in case you've forgotten any hiking kit (the prices are even higher than in Europe, so you may be better off seeking less official shops if you're on a budget). I pick up a slightly higher end, 100% baby alpaca chullo (traditional Peruvian hat) at Pure Alpaca and a couple of cheaper but colourful alpaca-mix (allegedly...) scarves in the market. My favourite shop in town is a boutique called Cocoliso, which sells expensive but beautifully soft knitted items in both vibrant and muted colours. They have very nice leather bags too.
An hour or so north of Cusco lies the Sacred Valley of the Incas, also known as the Urubamba Valley, the Urubamba River being a headwater of the Amazon. Even if you only have a few days to spend in Cusco, it's well worth allocating at least one to the Sacred Valley — and ideally two if you want to visit more of the Incan remains and other historical and geological attractions, like the Maras salt ponds.
Walk into any of the tourism agencies in downtown Cusco and they will offer at least one Sacred Valley tour variation. I book a one-day tour through my hotel. I don't know which tour company they use — it is well-organised and our guide is good, but I suspect they are much of a muchness. It costs $25 including a buffet lunch but excluding the aforementioned 70 soles pequeño boleto turistico (you can buy the 130 soles version if you're planning to visit some of the Cusco sights too).
After a pit stop at a small market, our first port of call is the Pisac archaeological park, a well-preserved Incan site set on a hilltop — probably with a defensive function. It's a short but steep hike up to the fort at the top, where there are wonderful views of the valley and of the terraces, which were used for growing crops like potatoes and quinoa. NB, we arrived around 10:30 am, along with many, many other groups. If you are travelling with anyone else, it may make more sense to organise your own tour with a taxi driver, who can take you to the places you want to visit and in a different order to the standard tourist route.
We drive on to Urubamba, a small town that runs alongside the 'sacred' river of the same name. We stop for a buffet lunch at an unmemorable tourist restaurant. Afterwards, I nap in our minibus — the filling meal and the warm afternoon sun have made me very sleepy. Before long, we are parking in Ollantaytambo, once an important Incan stronghold and now a small market town that makes a good base for stays in the Sacred Valley. It's also just a two-hour train ride to Aguas Calientes if you're planning a Machu Picchu day trip, and close to the starting point for our four-day Inca Trail hike.
The Incan remains at Ollantaytambo are impressive. You can climb up 250 steps to the top of the agricultural terraces to the Temple Hill fortress for views across the three valleys that meet here and Pinkullyuna Hill, just opposite, where it's possible to make out the remains of Incan storehouses and a giant carved head of the Incan god Viracocha. We have a little free time to explore — note, to preserve the site, no leaping is allowed — and then it is back to the minibus.
Our final stop is Chinchero, a rustic, hilltop town known for its weaving. There are some Incan remains here too but we are running late and don't have time to visit — or to photograph the stunning sunset. Instead, we watch a weaving demonstration and an explanation of how vibrant dye are sourced from natural products — cochineal bugs produce a rich scarlet colour, for instance. The demo is interesting and similar to one I saw in Teotitlán del Valle in Mexico. I must confess to being a tiny bit distracted by the very cute camelids sitting with us in the yard.


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CDC Director Threatens to Bring Back Restrictions
(NewsReady.com) – The COVID-19 infections are finally dropping across the country. As fewer people get sick, coronavirus restrictions are being lifted. However, the CDC is issuing threats.
On Wednesday, February 16, CDC Director Rochelle Walensky announced the agency will update its guidelines soon. She said the changes depend on hospital capacity, and went on to say experts want to "give people a break from things like mask-wearing," but adamant that people will need to keep wearing the face coverings if the infections increase again.
Biden's CDC Director Rochelle Walensky says mandatory masking may end BUT it will come back if cases rise again. pic.twitter.com/yvSRPwAZEy
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) February 16, 2022
For almost two years, the American people have dealt with changing CDC guidelines. First, the health agency said nobody has to wear masks. Then, they said everyone should wear cloth face coverings. Months later, they admitted the cloth masks don't work, and now the rules are set to change – again.
Americans don't need the CDC to tell them what to put on their faces at this stage of the game. As the country enters the third year of the pandemic, everyone is well-versed in the prevention measures and knows how to keep themselves safe. Ultimately, they don't need the heavy hand of the federal government forcing them to do anything or threatening them.

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package org.lwjgl.vulkan;

import javax.annotation.*;

import java.nio.*;

import org.lwjgl.*;
import org.lwjgl.system.*;

import static org.lwjgl.system.MemoryUtil.*;
import static org.lwjgl.system.MemoryStack.*;

/**
 * Import memory created on the same physical device from a file descriptor.
 *
 *
Description

 *
 *
Importing memory from a file descriptor transfers ownership of the file descriptor from the application to the Vulkan implementation. The application must not perform any operations on the file descriptor after a successful import. The imported memory object holds a reference to its payload.

 *
 *
Applications can import the same payload into multiple instances of Vulkan, into the same instance from which it was exported, and multiple times into a given Vulkan instance. In all cases, each import operation must create a distinct {@code VkDeviceMemory} object.

 *
 *
Valid Usage

 *
 *

 *
If {@code handleType} is not 0, it must be supported for import, as reported by {@link VkExternalImageFormatProperties} or {@link VkExternalBufferProperties}

 *
The memory from which {@code fd} was exported must have been created on the same underlying physical device as {@code device}

 *
If {@code handleType} is not 0, it must be {@link VK11#VK_EXTERNAL_MEMORY_HANDLE_TYPE_OPAQUE_FD_BIT EXTERNAL_MEMORY_HANDLE_TYPE_OPAQUE_FD_BIT} or {@link EXTExternalMemoryDmaBuf#VK_EXTERNAL_MEMORY_HANDLE_TYPE_DMA_BUF_BIT_EXT EXTERNAL_MEMORY_HANDLE_TYPE_DMA_BUF_BIT_EXT}

 *
If {@code handleType} is not 0, {@code fd} must be a valid handle of the type specified by {@code handleType}

 *
The memory represented by {@code fd} must have been created from a physical device and driver that is compatible with {@code device} and {@code handleType}, as described in External memory handle types compatibility

 *
{@code fd} must obey any requirements listed for {@code handleType} in external memory handle types compatibility

 *

 *
 *
Valid Usage (Implicit)

 *
 *

 *
{@code sType} must be {@link KHRExternalMemoryFd#VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_IMPORT_MEMORY_FD_INFO_KHR STRUCTURE_TYPE_IMPORT_MEMORY_FD_INFO_KHR}

 *
If {@code handleType} is not 0, {@code handleType} must be a valid {@code VkExternalMemoryHandleTypeFlagBits} value

 *

 *
 *
Layout

 *
 *

 * struct VkImportMemoryFdInfoKHR {
 *     VkStructureType {@link #sType};
 *     void const * {@link #pNext};
 *     VkExternalMemoryHandleTypeFlagBits {@link #handleType};
 *     int {@link #fd};
 * }

 */
public class VkImportMemoryFdInfoKHR extends Struct implements NativeResource {

    /** The struct size in bytes. */
    public static final int SIZEOF;

    /** The struct alignment in bytes. */
    public static final int ALIGNOF;

    /** The struct member offsets. */
    public static final int
        STYPE,
        PNEXT,
        HANDLETYPE,
        FD;

    static {
        Layout layout = __struct(
            __member(4),
            __member(POINTER_SIZE),
            __member(4),
            __member(4)
        );

        SIZEOF = layout.getSize();
        ALIGNOF = layout.getAlignment();

        STYPE = layout.offsetof(0);
        PNEXT = layout.offsetof(1);
        HANDLETYPE = layout.offsetof(2);
        FD = layout.offsetof(3);
    }

    /**
     * Creates a {@code VkImportMemoryFdInfoKHR} instance at the current position of the specified {@link ByteBuffer} container. Changes to the buffer's content will be
     * visible to the struct instance and vice versa.
     *
     *
The created instance holds a strong reference to the container object.

     */
    public VkImportMemoryFdInfoKHR(ByteBuffer container) {
        super(memAddress(container), __checkContainer(container, SIZEOF));
    }

    @Override
    public int sizeof() { return SIZEOF; }

    /** the type of this structure. */
    @NativeType("VkStructureType")
    public int sType() { return nsType(address()); }
    /** {@code NULL} or a pointer to a structure extending this structure. */
    @NativeType("void const *")
    public long pNext() { return npNext(address()); }
    /** a {@code VkExternalMemoryHandleTypeFlagBits} value specifying the handle type of {@code fd}. */
    @NativeType("VkExternalMemoryHandleTypeFlagBits")
    public int handleType() { return nhandleType(address()); }
    /** the external handle to import. */
    public int fd() { return nfd(address()); }

    /** Sets the specified value to the {@link #sType} field. */
    public VkImportMemoryFdInfoKHR sType(@NativeType("VkStructureType") int value) { nsType(address(), value); return this; }
    /** Sets the {@link KHRExternalMemoryFd#VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_IMPORT_MEMORY_FD_INFO_KHR STRUCTURE_TYPE_IMPORT_MEMORY_FD_INFO_KHR} value to the {@link #sType} field. */
    public VkImportMemoryFdInfoKHR sType$Default() { return sType(KHRExternalMemoryFd.VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_IMPORT_MEMORY_FD_INFO_KHR); }
    /** Sets the specified value to the {@link #pNext} field. */
    public VkImportMemoryFdInfoKHR pNext(@NativeType("void const *") long value) { npNext(address(), value); return this; }
    /** Sets the specified value to the {@link #handleType} field. */
    public VkImportMemoryFdInfoKHR handleType(@NativeType("VkExternalMemoryHandleTypeFlagBits") int value) { nhandleType(address(), value); return this; }
    /** Sets the specified value to the {@link #fd} field. */
    public VkImportMemoryFdInfoKHR fd(int value) { nfd(address(), value); return this; }

    /** Initializes this struct with the specified values. */
    public VkImportMemoryFdInfoKHR set(
        int sType,
        long pNext,
        int handleType,
        int fd
    ) {
        sType(sType);
        pNext(pNext);
        handleType(handleType);
        fd(fd);

        return this;
    }

    /**
     * Copies the specified struct data to this struct.
     *
     * @param src the source struct
     *
     * @return this struct
     */
    public VkImportMemoryFdInfoKHR set(VkImportMemoryFdInfoKHR src) {
        memCopy(src.address(), address(), SIZEOF);
        return this;
    }

    // -----------------------------------

    /** Returns a new {@code VkImportMemoryFdInfoKHR} instance allocated with {@link MemoryUtil#memAlloc memAlloc}. The instance must be explicitly freed. */
    public static VkImportMemoryFdInfoKHR malloc() {
        return wrap(VkImportMemoryFdInfoKHR.class, nmemAllocChecked(SIZEOF));
    }

    /** Returns a new {@code VkImportMemoryFdInfoKHR} instance allocated with {@link MemoryUtil#memCalloc memCalloc}. The instance must be explicitly freed. */
    public static VkImportMemoryFdInfoKHR calloc() {
        return wrap(VkImportMemoryFdInfoKHR.class, nmemCallocChecked(1, SIZEOF));
    }

    /** Returns a new {@code VkImportMemoryFdInfoKHR} instance allocated with {@link BufferUtils}. */
    public static VkImportMemoryFdInfoKHR create() {
        ByteBuffer container = BufferUtils.createByteBuffer(SIZEOF);
        return wrap(VkImportMemoryFdInfoKHR.class, memAddress(container), container);
    }

    /** Returns a new {@code VkImportMemoryFdInfoKHR} instance for the specified memory address. */
    public static VkImportMemoryFdInfoKHR create(long address) {
        return wrap(VkImportMemoryFdInfoKHR.class, address);
    }

    /** Like {@link #create(long) create}, but returns {@code null} if {@code address} is {@code NULL}. */
    @Nullable
    public static VkImportMemoryFdInfoKHR createSafe(long address) {
        return address == NULL ? null : wrap(VkImportMemoryFdInfoKHR.class, address);
    }

    /**
     * Returns a new {@link VkImportMemoryFdInfoKHR.Buffer} instance allocated with {@link MemoryUtil#memAlloc memAlloc}. The instance must be explicitly freed.
     *
     * @param capacity the buffer capacity
     */
    public static VkImportMemoryFdInfoKHR.Buffer malloc(int capacity) {
        return wrap(Buffer.class, nmemAllocChecked(__checkMalloc(capacity, SIZEOF)), capacity);
    }

    /**
     * Returns a new {@link VkImportMemoryFdInfoKHR.Buffer} instance allocated with {@link MemoryUtil#memCalloc memCalloc}. The instance must be explicitly freed.
     *
     * @param capacity the buffer capacity
     */
    public static VkImportMemoryFdInfoKHR.Buffer calloc(int capacity) {
        return wrap(Buffer.class, nmemCallocChecked(capacity, SIZEOF), capacity);
    }

    /**
     * Returns a new {@link VkImportMemoryFdInfoKHR.Buffer} instance allocated with {@link BufferUtils}.
     *
     * @param capacity the buffer capacity
     */
    public static VkImportMemoryFdInfoKHR.Buffer create(int capacity) {
        ByteBuffer container = __create(capacity, SIZEOF);
        return wrap(Buffer.class, memAddress(container), capacity, container);
    }

    /**
     * Create a {@link VkImportMemoryFdInfoKHR.Buffer} instance at the specified memory.
     *
     * @param address  the memory address
     * @param capacity the buffer capacity
     */
    public static VkImportMemoryFdInfoKHR.Buffer create(long address, int capacity) {
        return wrap(Buffer.class, address, capacity);
    }

    /** Like {@link #create(long, int) create}, but returns {@code null} if {@code address} is {@code NULL}. */
    @Nullable
    public static VkImportMemoryFdInfoKHR.Buffer createSafe(long address, int capacity) {
        return address == NULL ? null : wrap(Buffer.class, address, capacity);
    }

    // -----------------------------------

    /** Deprecated for removal in 3.4.0. Use {@link #malloc(MemoryStack)} instead. */
    @Deprecated public static VkImportMemoryFdInfoKHR mallocStack() { return malloc(stackGet()); }
    /** Deprecated for removal in 3.4.0. Use {@link #calloc(MemoryStack)} instead. */
    @Deprecated public static VkImportMemoryFdInfoKHR callocStack() { return calloc(stackGet()); }
    /** Deprecated for removal in 3.4.0. Use {@link #malloc(MemoryStack)} instead. */
    @Deprecated public static VkImportMemoryFdInfoKHR mallocStack(MemoryStack stack) { return malloc(stack); }
    /** Deprecated for removal in 3.4.0. Use {@link #calloc(MemoryStack)} instead. */
    @Deprecated public static VkImportMemoryFdInfoKHR callocStack(MemoryStack stack) { return calloc(stack); }
    /** Deprecated for removal in 3.4.0. Use {@link #malloc(int, MemoryStack)} instead. */
    @Deprecated public static VkImportMemoryFdInfoKHR.Buffer mallocStack(int capacity) { return malloc(capacity, stackGet()); }
    /** Deprecated for removal in 3.4.0. Use {@link #calloc(int, MemoryStack)} instead. */
    @Deprecated public static VkImportMemoryFdInfoKHR.Buffer callocStack(int capacity) { return calloc(capacity, stackGet()); }
    /** Deprecated for removal in 3.4.0. Use {@link #malloc(int, MemoryStack)} instead. */
    @Deprecated public static VkImportMemoryFdInfoKHR.Buffer mallocStack(int capacity, MemoryStack stack) { return malloc(capacity, stack); }
    /** Deprecated for removal in 3.4.0. Use {@link #calloc(int, MemoryStack)} instead. */
    @Deprecated public static VkImportMemoryFdInfoKHR.Buffer callocStack(int capacity, MemoryStack stack) { return calloc(capacity, stack); }

    /**
     * Returns a new {@code VkImportMemoryFdInfoKHR} instance allocated on the specified {@link MemoryStack}.
     *
     * @param stack the stack from which to allocate
     */
    public static VkImportMemoryFdInfoKHR malloc(MemoryStack stack) {
        return wrap(VkImportMemoryFdInfoKHR.class, stack.nmalloc(ALIGNOF, SIZEOF));
    }

    /**
     * Returns a new {@code VkImportMemoryFdInfoKHR} instance allocated on the specified {@link MemoryStack} and initializes all its bits to zero.
     *
     * @param stack the stack from which to allocate
     */
    public static VkImportMemoryFdInfoKHR calloc(MemoryStack stack) {
        return wrap(VkImportMemoryFdInfoKHR.class, stack.ncalloc(ALIGNOF, 1, SIZEOF));
    }

    /**
     * Returns a new {@link VkImportMemoryFdInfoKHR.Buffer} instance allocated on the specified {@link MemoryStack}.
     *
     * @param stack    the stack from which to allocate
     * @param capacity the buffer capacity
     */
    public static VkImportMemoryFdInfoKHR.Buffer malloc(int capacity, MemoryStack stack) {
        return wrap(Buffer.class, stack.nmalloc(ALIGNOF, capacity * SIZEOF), capacity);
    }

    /**
     * Returns a new {@link VkImportMemoryFdInfoKHR.Buffer} instance allocated on the specified {@link MemoryStack} and initializes all its bits to zero.
     *
     * @param stack    the stack from which to allocate
     * @param capacity the buffer capacity
     */
    public static VkImportMemoryFdInfoKHR.Buffer calloc(int capacity, MemoryStack stack) {
        return wrap(Buffer.class, stack.ncalloc(ALIGNOF, capacity, SIZEOF), capacity);
    }

    // -----------------------------------

    /** Unsafe version of {@link #sType}. */
    public static int nsType(long struct) { return UNSAFE.getInt(null, struct + VkImportMemoryFdInfoKHR.STYPE); }
    /** Unsafe version of {@link #pNext}. */
    public static long npNext(long struct) { return memGetAddress(struct + VkImportMemoryFdInfoKHR.PNEXT); }
    /** Unsafe version of {@link #handleType}. */
    public static int nhandleType(long struct) { return UNSAFE.getInt(null, struct + VkImportMemoryFdInfoKHR.HANDLETYPE); }
    /** Unsafe version of {@link #fd}. */
    public static int nfd(long struct) { return UNSAFE.getInt(null, struct + VkImportMemoryFdInfoKHR.FD); }

    /** Unsafe version of {@link #sType(int) sType}. */
    public static void nsType(long struct, int value) { UNSAFE.putInt(null, struct + VkImportMemoryFdInfoKHR.STYPE, value); }
    /** Unsafe version of {@link #pNext(long) pNext}. */
    public static void npNext(long struct, long value) { memPutAddress(struct + VkImportMemoryFdInfoKHR.PNEXT, value); }
    /** Unsafe version of {@link #handleType(int) handleType}. */
    public static void nhandleType(long struct, int value) { UNSAFE.putInt(null, struct + VkImportMemoryFdInfoKHR.HANDLETYPE, value); }
    /** Unsafe version of {@link #fd(int) fd}. */
    public static void nfd(long struct, int value) { UNSAFE.putInt(null, struct + VkImportMemoryFdInfoKHR.FD, value); }

    // -----------------------------------

    /** An array of {@link VkImportMemoryFdInfoKHR} structs. */
    public static class Buffer extends StructBuffer<VkImportMemoryFdInfoKHR, Buffer> implements NativeResource {

        private static final VkImportMemoryFdInfoKHR ELEMENT_FACTORY = VkImportMemoryFdInfoKHR.create(-1L);

        /**
         * Creates a new {@code VkImportMemoryFdInfoKHR.Buffer} instance backed by the specified container.
         *
         * Changes to the container's content will be visible to the struct buffer instance and vice versa. The two buffers' position, limit, and mark values
         * will be independent. The new buffer's position will be zero, its capacity and its limit will be the number of bytes remaining in this buffer divided
         * by {@link VkImportMemoryFdInfoKHR#SIZEOF}, and its mark will be undefined.
         *
         *
The created buffer instance holds a strong reference to the container object.

         */
        public Buffer(ByteBuffer container) {
            super(container, container.remaining() / SIZEOF);
        }

        public Buffer(long address, int cap) {
            super(address, null, -1, 0, cap, cap);
        }

        Buffer(long address, @Nullable ByteBuffer container, int mark, int pos, int lim, int cap) {
            super(address, container, mark, pos, lim, cap);
        }

        @Override
        protected Buffer self() {
            return this;
        }

        @Override
        protected VkImportMemoryFdInfoKHR getElementFactory() {
            return ELEMENT_FACTORY;
        }

        /** @return the value of the {@link VkImportMemoryFdInfoKHR#sType} field. */
        @NativeType("VkStructureType")
        public int sType() { return VkImportMemoryFdInfoKHR.nsType(address()); }
        /** @return the value of the {@link VkImportMemoryFdInfoKHR#pNext} field. */
        @NativeType("void const *")
        public long pNext() { return VkImportMemoryFdInfoKHR.npNext(address()); }
        /** @return the value of the {@link VkImportMemoryFdInfoKHR#handleType} field. */
        @NativeType("VkExternalMemoryHandleTypeFlagBits")
        public int handleType() { return VkImportMemoryFdInfoKHR.nhandleType(address()); }
        /** @return the value of the {@link VkImportMemoryFdInfoKHR#fd} field. */
        public int fd() { return VkImportMemoryFdInfoKHR.nfd(address()); }

        /** Sets the specified value to the {@link VkImportMemoryFdInfoKHR#sType} field. */
        public VkImportMemoryFdInfoKHR.Buffer sType(@NativeType("VkStructureType") int value) { VkImportMemoryFdInfoKHR.nsType(address(), value); return this; }
        /** Sets the {@link KHRExternalMemoryFd#VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_IMPORT_MEMORY_FD_INFO_KHR STRUCTURE_TYPE_IMPORT_MEMORY_FD_INFO_KHR} value to the {@link VkImportMemoryFdInfoKHR#sType} field. */
        public VkImportMemoryFdInfoKHR.Buffer sType$Default() { return sType(KHRExternalMemoryFd.VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_IMPORT_MEMORY_FD_INFO_KHR); }
        /** Sets the specified value to the {@link VkImportMemoryFdInfoKHR#pNext} field. */
        public VkImportMemoryFdInfoKHR.Buffer pNext(@NativeType("void const *") long value) { VkImportMemoryFdInfoKHR.npNext(address(), value); return this; }
        /** Sets the specified value to the {@link VkImportMemoryFdInfoKHR#handleType} field. */
        public VkImportMemoryFdInfoKHR.Buffer handleType(@NativeType("VkExternalMemoryHandleTypeFlagBits") int value) { VkImportMemoryFdInfoKHR.nhandleType(address(), value); return this; }
        /** Sets the specified value to the {@link VkImportMemoryFdInfoKHR#fd} field. */
        public VkImportMemoryFdInfoKHR.Buffer fd(int value) { VkImportMemoryFdInfoKHR.nfd(address(), value); return this; }

    }

}

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Q: Question on the Gell-Mann Low equation Question on the Gell-Mann Low Equation.
In this paper, http://arxiv.org/abs/1205.3365, page 21, the author argues that if $t\to\infty(1-i\epsilon)$, all the terms in equation (193),
$$
\mathrm e^{-iH(t+t_0)}|0\rangle=\mathrm e^{-iE_0(t+t_0)}|\Omega\rangle\langle\Omega|0\rangle+\sum_{n\neq 0}^\infty\mathrm e^{-iE_n(t+t_0)}|n_I\rangle\langle n_i|0\rangle
$$
go to zero, except the first term.
Can anyone explain this to me?

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Africa Miranda, is an American actress, singer, producer, author and model of Cape Verdean descent. She is best known for many beauty culture-related television programs and social media programs such as "Facebook Watch" and "#TravelFly Solo Weekend".

Personal life
Africa Miranda was born in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. She later grew up in Montgomery, Alabama.

Career
In 2004, she made film debut with the short film All the Women I've Loved by playing the role "India Piahno". In 2012, she made the television debut with the serial The Game and played the role "Denise". In the same year, she acted in the feature film What to Expect When You're Expecting, where she made the role "Adina".

In early 2015, she used the live-streaming app "Periscope" to shared beauty tips on the "do's and don'ts" of booking auditions. This program later received large fan following and she became a Finalist in Periscoper of the Year at the 8th Annual Shorty Awards. Then in November 2016, she launched her own skincare line "Beauty by African Miranda".

She joined with the Bravo TV's reality television series The New Atlanta, which made her turning point in the career. After the show, she was named as the first ever Brand Ambassador for international hair care company called "Creme of Nature". She appeared as the model of Argan Oil from Morocco campaign. She is also the co-creator of the live concept show 'The Lipstick Junkies' and 'The Hairnista Chronicles'.

In 2018, Facebook contacted Miranda to create a weekly lifestyle show for "Facebook Watch". In 2019, she released the book Step Up, Step Out, And Shine. Meanwhile, she made collaborative work with Parlour Magazine for many beauty culture works. In June 2019, she worked as the co-host of "#TravelFly Solo Weekend" in Morocco for Parlour Magazine. Then in August 2019, she was invited as a featured guest for "WanderRoam" in Thailand.

Filmography

References

External links
 IMDb

Living people
American film actresses
Cape Verdean people
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century American women

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Q: Are both the HTML Tidy check and the SGML Parser check necessary for XHTML compliance? If I want to be XHTML strict and my headers are as follows:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC
          "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
          "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">

If I pass the HTML Tidy check is the SGML Parser check also necessary given that I want to be XHTML compliant?  (I have no real reason for this, I'm just being fussy until I have a reason to be less fussy.)  When I look at the "Cleanup" suggested output from the Firefox plug-in validator, it gives the following code that is missing the closing part of the <input> tag.
<form method="post" action="set_anonymous">
    <input type="submit" value="Be anonymous">
</form>

Does this kind of "cleaned up" code suggest I am using the validator improperly?

A: Have you tried going the other way? XHTML documents are plain XML files and their schema is defined in a dtd file.
That means any xml validator can tell you if your document is valid or not.
This is how you can validate if a document is proper:
Download XMLstarlet.
Go to XHTML dtd page and download these files:

*

*xhtml1-strict.dtd

*xhtml-lat1.ent

*xhtml-special.ent

*xhtml-symbol.ent
put them all in one folder. Inside that folder, put your XHTML document (let's call it test.xhtml) and run the following command:
xml val -e -d xhtml1-strict.dtd test.xhtml

If your response is "test.xhtml - valid", you've got a valid document.
If not, the -e flag will tell you what went wrong.


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Vandals Spray Paintballs at Mural of U.S. Presidents at Mama Ayesha's Restaurant
The manager says the damage is "personal"
Published at 6:13 pm on August 5, 2015
The famous mural of 11 U.S. presidents on the side of a Middle Eastern restaurant in Northwest D.C. was vandalized early Wednesday by someone who fired paint pellets at the crotch of each leader.
Mama Ayesha's Manager Amir Abu-El-Hawa, arrived to work Wednesday and found red stains on the bodies of each president painted on the side of the 1967 Calvert St. NW restaurant.
"It's sad. My family has worked hard for this restaurant -- blood, sweat and tears over the past 55 years," he said.
Award-winning artist Karlisima Rodas created the mural over the course of three years.
"I'm just so devastated," she said. "I was on the scaffold for three years."
Rodas said it cost $25,000 to fund the project. She finished it a few years ago. DC covered half the cost with grant money and Mama Ayesha's paid the other half.
"We worked hard. This mural is not just for us. It's for the city," Abu-El-Hawa said. "Why would you want to ruin something that's so nice?"
The mural was created to honor the restaurant's founder, Mama Ayesha Abraham. It features each of the presidents since President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Paint was splattered on each president, but the image of Mama Ayesha at the center was left untouched.
The mural has been damaged by graffiti before, but never to this extent, Abu-El-Hawa said. An attempt to scrub off the paint smeared the mural.
He said he hopes surveillance video of the area will help investigators find the vandal.
The restaurant is now fundraising to meet a $6,000 goal to clean the mural without damaging it.


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Turkish textile worker union urges gov't to implement incentives for textile
The incentives should include the one-year suspension of the collection of social security premiums for workers, reduce energy prices by 50 percent, and decrease the tax rates on wages, the union said in a full-page newspaper announcement. The government in return, should ask only that during the incentive implementation period, there be no lay offs in the sector, the union also said in the announcement..
The Turkish economy, in particular the textile sector, one of the country's leading industries, is facing a major contraction stemming mainly from a decline in both domestic and foreign demand as the ongoing global financial crisis continues. The government recently revised its 2009 growth target to 3.6 percent contraction from its previous 4 percent growth forecast, and has been harshly criticized for delaying taking the necessary measures to curb the affects the mounting global economic crisis..
The announcement also urged the government to resolve the difficulties textile companies encounter when securing credit from the Turkish banking sector, adding that interest rates asked for trade loans were the highest in the world..
Both Turkish government and real sector representatives have been critical of Turkish banks for a long time, saying they were not helpful enough to support economy, despite their firm balance sheets, thanks to their strong capital adequacy ratios…The union also said other incentives should also be taken in a bid to boost domestic demand, including one-time bonus payments to pensioners and civil servants equal to their monthly salary. "SPAN lang=EN-US>Increasing the amount and period of unemployment wages could also be considered as another measure to boost slowing demand, it said.
Source:Hurriyet
Newer Importers criticise new apparel monitoring moves
Older Pakistan textile exports decline sharply


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William (Willy) Nwadinobi Okpara (ur. 7 maja 1968 w Lagos) – piłkarz nigeryjski grający na pozycji bramkarza.

Kariera klubowa
Okpara pochodzi z Lagos, byłej stolicy kraju. Piłkarską karierę zaczynał w tamtejszym klubie ACB Lagos. Do pierwszego zespołu trafił w wieku 19 lat w 1987 roku. W nigeryjskiej ekstraklasie zadebiutował jednak rok później, w 1988 roku i stał się pierwszym bramkarzem klubu, a w całym sezonie zagrał w 29 ligowych meczach. W 1989 roku zagrał ich 27, a na początku 1990 do zespołu dołączył Alloy Agu i Okpara został rezerwowym bramkarzem, jednak zaraz potem odszedł z klubu.

Nowym klubem Okpary został południowoafrykański Orlando Pirates. William od razu stał się pierwszym bramkarzem tego klubu i do końca sezonu zagrał w 10 ligowych meczach. Przez kolejne lata stawał się czołowym bramkarzem ligi RPA. W sezonie 1990/1991 zagrał w 27 meczach, a w 1991/1992 w 34. W tym samym sezonie wywalczył ze swoim klubem trofeum zwane Castle Challenge. W sezonie 1992/1993 do swoich osiągnięć Okpara mógł dopisać kolejne – Charity Cup. W lidze rozegrał 25 meczów. W sezonie 1993/1994 Okpara nie osiągnął znaczących sukcesów z Orlando Pirates, ale w 1994/1995 był wyróżniającą się postacią tego klubu. W sezonie tym wywalczył z klubem z Johannesburga najważniejsze trofeum w Afryce – wygrał Afrykańską Ligę Mistrzów. Sam był jednym z głównych bohaterów dwumeczu finałowego z ASEC Mimosas. Mecze zakończyły się rezultatami 2:2 oraz 1:0 dla "Piratów". W sezonie 1995/1996 brał udział w meczu o Superpuchar Afryki, w którym Orlando Pirates pokonało algierski JS Kabylie 1:0. Wygrał też mniej znaczący Bob Save Super Bowl. W sezonie 1996/1997 Okpara wystąpił w 27 ligowych meczach, a ze swoim zespołem zajął 3. miejsce w lidze oraz zdobył Charity Cup. W sezonie 1997/1998 wystąpił w aż 36 meczach i ponownie zajął ze swoim klubem 3. miejsce. Kolejne sukcesy dla Orlando i Okpary przyszły w sezonie 1998/1999, gdy "Piraci" zdobyli 2 mniej znaczące trofea – Vodacom Challenge oraz Charity Cup, a w lidze po raz trzeci z rzędu zajęli 3. pozycję. W sezonie 1999/2000 swoimi 39 meczami William przyczynił się do wywalczenia przez Orlando wicemistrzostwa RPA. Sezon 2000/2001 był również bardzo udany dla klubu Okpary, gdyż po raz pierwszy w historii wywalczył on mistrzostwo kraju, a do tego sukcesu dołożył kolejny Charity Cup. Okpara przez pół sezonu leczył kontuzję, toteż wystąpił tylko w 19 meczach. W sezonie 2001/2002 klub z Joahnnesburga zajął 3. miejsce w lidze, a Okpara zagrał w 34 meczach. Były to jednak, jak się później okazało, ostatnie występy Williamsa w karierze. Na początku sezonu 2002/2003 stracił miejsce w składzie i nie rozgrywając ani jednego meczu zdecydował się zakończyć piłkarską karierę.

Kariera reprezentacyjna
Karierę reprezentacyjną Okpara rozpoczynał już w 1987 roku jako zawodnik reprezentacji Nigerii U-20. Pojechał z nią wówczas na Młodzieżowe Mistrzostwa Świata do Chile. Tam jednak Nigeria furory nie zrobiła i odpadła już po fazie grupowej.

W pierwszej reprezentacji William zadebiutował 11 grudnia 1996 roku w towarzyskim meczu z Czechami rozegranym w ramach Pucharu Hassana w Casablance, przegranym przez Nigerię 1:2.

W 1998 roku Okpara został powołany przez Borę Milutinovicia do kadry na Mistrzostwa Świata we Francji, gdzie miał być zmiennikiem dla Petera Rufaia. Jeszcze przed samymi finałami toczył się bój o miano pierwszego bramkarza, z którego zwycięsko wyszedł właśnie Rufai, a drugi konkurent Okpary, Ike Shorunmu doznał kontuzji i nie pojechał do Francji. W Mistrzostwach Świata Okpara nie zagrał jednak ani razu, a jego rodacy odpadli w 1/8 finału po porażce 1:4 z Danią.

Kariera trenerska
Po zakończeniu kariery piłkarskiej Okpara został trenerem bramkarzy w zespole Orlando Pirates.

Sukcesy
 Afrykańska Liga Mistrzów: 1995
 Superpuchar Afryki: 1996
 Mistrzostwo RPA: 2001
 Charity Cup: 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001
 Vodacom Challenge: 1999
 Castle Challenge: 1992
 Członek kadry na MŚ: 1998
 Udział w MMŚ: 1987

Linki zewnętrzne

Reprezentanci Nigerii w piłce nożnej
Nigeryjscy trenerzy piłkarscy
Piłkarze ACB Lagos FC
Piłkarze Orlando Pirates
Uczestnicy Mistrzostw Świata w Piłce Nożnej 1998
Urodzeni w 1968
Ludzie urodzeni w Lagos


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Q: MySQL Trigger & Stored Procedure Replication Ok,I'm running a setup with a single master and a number of slaves. All writes go through the master and are replicated down to the slaves which are used strictly for reads.
Now I have a stored procedure (not function) which is called by a trigger on an insert. According to the MySQL docs, for replication triggers log the call to the trigger while stored procedures actually log the result of the stored procedure.
So my question is, when my trigger gets fired, will it replicate both the trigger and the results of the procedure that the trigger calls (resulting in the procedure effectively being run twice)? Or will it simply replicate the trigger have the slaves re-run the stored procedure on their own?
Thanks

A: In MySQL 5.0 (and MySQL 5.1 with statement based binary logging), only the calling query is logged, so in your case, the INSERT would be logged.
On the slave, the INSERT will be executed and then the trigger will be re-run on the slave.  So the trigger needs to exist on the slave, and assuming it does, then it will be executed in exactly the same way as the master.
In MySQL 5.1, there is row-based binary logging, which will log only the rows being changed, so the trigger would not be re-fired on the slave, but all rows that changed would still be propagated.

A: In addition to Harrison's excellent answer:

*

*Assuming the databases are in sync (schema, data, same version) to start with, it should just work

*If it doesn't, then it may be that you're using something non deterministic in your queries or trigger. Fix that.

*Regardless of how you use replication, you need to have monitoring to check that the slaves are always in sync. Without any monitoring, they will become out of sync (subtly) and you won't notice. MySQL has no automatic built-in feature for checking this or fixing it.


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Seven Themes
The young architect Niall McLaughlin identifies seven themes underlying his work: the use of light, the history of place; materials and making determining the architecture, buildings as metabolisms or ecosystems; building space in the landscape, landscape providing metaphors for buildings, and collaboration. This last he says is a way of "ambushing his own imagination" and "a route into originality".
Each of the themes is discussed in relation to one or more of his projects, each solution unique and innovative: small wonder that early in his career he received the accolade of Young Architect of the Year.
Born in Geneva, McLaughlin was raised in Ireland. After his architectural training at University College, Dublin (1979 - 1984) he worked for Scott Tallon Walker in Dublin and London, and in 1991 set up his own practice in London while teaching at Oxford Brookes University and later at the Bartlett School of Architecture.
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Strategy launch puts fresh focus on adult mental health
27 October 2017 | Follow
A new mental health strategy aimed at improving mental health care for adults in local communities was launched at a special event on Thursday 19 October 2017.
The South Ayrshire Adult Community Mental Health Strategy 2017-2022 was launched at the Citadel in Ayr by Stewart Donnelly, Employee Director for Ayrshire and Arran NHS Board and Chair of South Ayrshire Health and Social Care Partnership Integration Joint Board.
The strategy's main focus is on offering support which is designed and delivered in ways that:
Offers flexible, tailored, and coordinated support to those receiving services
Prevents escalation of need and supports people to remain at home
Promotes recovery, well-being, and self-management
Minimises the potential for social stigma associated with mental health issues
Offers choice in the way that services are managed and control by those who receive them
Is safe, and ensures the safety of vulnerable members of society
Addresses carers' needs
Launching the strategy, Stewart Donnelly, said: "The strategy has been developed with involvement from staff, carers, service-users and the third and voluntary sectors. Our priority is to ensure we provide effective support for people to maintain and recover good mental health in ways that take account of their personal circumstances.
"Through engagement, we have identified what we were doing well and what needed to be improved. This strategy sets out how we will achieve our shared goals into the future."
More than 50 people attended the event, including service-users, and representatives from the independent and third sector providers. National organisations such as See Me and Choose Life also attended, with See Me launching their anti-stigma' Pass the Badge' campaign in South Ayrshire.


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Dan Campbell has second-best odds to win Coach of the Year award
After the Lions' 5-1 run, head coach Dan Campbell now has the second-best odds to win Coach of the year.
By Jeremy Reisman@DetroitOnLion Dec 13, 2022, 6:39pm EST
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The Detroit Lions are 5-1 in their last six games and on the verge of an unthinkable playoff run. Though they still likely need to go 4-0 in the final stretch of the season to make the postseason, that is still a ridiculously good position to be in considering the team's 1-6 start to the season.
As we pointed out, the Lions have been getting a lot of national attention for their recent run, and apparently, coach Dan Campbell is turning just as many heads. Because a look at the latest odds to win the AP Coach of the Year award at the end of the season shows Campbell with the second-best odds, only trailing heavy favorite Nick Sirianni, coach of the 12-1 Philadelphia Eagles.
Back in the preseason, we toyed with the idea of Campbell as a Coach of the Year candidate. Despite entering the year with long-shot odds for the awards, bettors wagered heavily on the Lions coach, moving the line in some sportsbooks from 60-to-1 to 25-to-1.
That shift led our own Mike Payton to pen a checklist of things Campbell would need to do to be a real candidate to win the award. Let's go down that list now, and see how he's done:
Finish with a winning record: If the Lions go 3-1 down the stretch, that's a checkmark.
Make the playoffs: This may require a 4-0 finish, but 3-1 could also get them in.
Signature wins: I think a home victory over the 10-2 Vikings counts, and let's not overlook their road victory over the 7-2 Giants.
Keep being Dan Campbell: Well, that's never going to stop. And if the reaction to his appearance on The Pat McAfee show on Tuesday is any sign, he's still a big draw for national attention.
Here's a look at where the Coach of the Year odds stand after Week 14 according to DraftKings Sportsbook:
Nick Sirianni: 1/4
Dan Campbell: 9/1
Robert Saleh: 12/1
Mike McDaniel: 20/1
Kevin O'Connell: 20/1
Mike McCarthy: 22/1
Pete Carroll: 30/1
Kyle Shanahan: 35/1
Brian Daboll: 35/1


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KSR-2 (Korean Sounding Rocket-2) is a South Korean sounding rocket designed by KARI.

Spec
 Payload: 150 kg
 Apogee: 160 km
 Thrust: 86 kN
 Weight: 2000 kg
 Diameter: 0.42 m
 Length: 11.04 m
 Launch: July 9, 1997 (1st)/June 11, 1998 (2nd)

See also
 KARI KSR-1
 KARI KSR-3
 KSLV-I
 KSLV-II

General references
KSR-II on Encyclopedia Astronautica

References

Sounding rockets of South Korea


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Q: KML to google maps I have a KMZ file containing an animation for google earth.
the KMZ contains KML with  and a series of PNGs to overlay in a latlng boundary.
I want to 'port' this to google map api, but some tags (timespan importantly) are unsupported.
What is the most painless way to start accomplishing this task?

A: You might try taking a look at geoxml. It supports a different KML subset to GGeoXml. Unfortunately, there doesn't appear to be any documentation for it, so you'd have to just try it and see what happens. Although the project has an open source licence, the source code doesn't actually appear to be available, so you can't add the tags you need if they turn out not to be supported.


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Each challenge is overseen or authenticated by our independent adjudicators.
Time's Up! Which team has done the best? Who will be crowned as the Countdown Champions?
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Wellnesshealthy livingdepressionsuicide
The Dangerous Consequence Of Suicide Reporting
Lindsay Holmes
Senior Wellness & Travel Editor, HuffPost
Sep 4, 2014, 03:54 PM EDT | Updated Sep 8, 2014
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 04: Robin Williams arrives at the Happy Feet 2 Australian Premiere at Hoyts Cinema on December 4, 2011 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images)
Communing over a celebrity's death can feel crucial to our own understanding of what happened and an important jump start to the healing process. You don't have to look any further than the recent tragic passing of Robin Williams at the age of 63: News articles and social media updates about the adored actor and his mental health flooded the media landscape.
Now, a new study suggests there can also be a dangerous consequence to the reports if a celebrity's death was the result of suicide.
Researchers from Chung-Ang University investigated the nature of celebrity suicide media coverage and found that the number of suicide-related articles increased 80 times the normal amount in the week following prominent South Korean entertainer Choi Jin-sil's suicide in 2008. Researchers also discovered that 37 percent of those news articles didn't comply with the World Health Organization's recommended guidelines for suicide stories, and as a result, had potential to cause a subsequent copycat effect -- also known as suicide contagion.
This new research isn't the first time suicide reactions and reporting have been under scrutiny. Following Williams' death, many took to social media to share heartfelt condolences and memories of the beloved actor. But many of these well-meaning public expressions of grief, like The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences' "Genie, you're free," tweet, can also unintentionally promote suicide contagion.
"These stories, unfortunately with a celebrity, are going to get repeated," Madelyn Gould, Ph.D., a professor of psychiatry at Columbia University, previously told HuffPost Healthy Living. "We know from our research and other research that the more there are such stories, the greater the likelihood that there will be some vulnerable person who ... gets the message that suicide is the only way out."
In 1989, the CDC composed recommended guidelines for news organizations to help minimize the risk overexposure to suicidal behaviors or other factors that may influence those with suicidal tendencies. Overly sensational coverage, glorification of suicide and details on the methods used are strongly discouraged in order to promote responsible reporting when it comes to the sensitive subject. The World Health Organization, whose guidelines were examined in the study, and the National Institute for Mental Health all have similar recommendations when it comes to publishing stories on suicide-related incidents and deaths.
The guidelines not only serve as a list of triggers to avoid, but as a powerful suggestion of ways to help those who may be at risk or suffering. The CDC recommends that coverage also address the problem of suicide by providing information on common risk factors, how to receive support or how to identify someone who may be at risk. And as suicide rates continue to grow, experts say it's more important than ever for media outlets to encourage conversations about mental health -- but only while being mindful of the guidelines.
"A quarter of the population suffers from mental health issues that could potentially drive suicidal thoughts," Christine Moutier, chief medical officer at the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, told the Washington Post last month. "This is a very important issue, from a public health standpoint, and one we need to bring to light."
CLARIFICATION: Language has been updated to reflect that while the research was conducted last month, the actress's death occurred in 2008.
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I'm a baby-boomer. American-born Mom was the child of Polish Jews scrapping by through the Great Depression in the land of plenty. They lost everything. Nothing went to waste ever again. We barely threw a garbage bag out once a week.
Mom was a true-blue American tomboy, loving baseball. Mom's spirit of "I'll do it myself" and her determination never to complain, especially about America, were her declarations of independence. She married a German Jewish immigrant in the 1940s. He spoke only German. Mom cut the grass on hot summer days after watching father do it in a suit and tie. Mom spoke English and a smattering of Yiddish. I can't explain how they hooked up, but they thrived on mutual respect and love.
Mom's kitchen smelled of fresh cooking and cigarettes. Holiday radio music played in the background when she cooked in the dark, early-morning hours for Shabbat between Thanksgivings and springtimes. It was deep winter cold, icy and windy Chicago. The kitchen window was frosted from the hothouse steam, and we drew hearts, wrote our names on the panes, and laughed together.
Some chicken pieces were plunked into a large pot bubbling atop the gas stove. Adding fresh vegetables and marrowbones, Mom concocted the greatest pharmaceutically curing and greasy chicken soup (next to my wife's). Some quarters were roasted in a flat pan – never broiled or BBQed.
By ten at night, the soup cooled down, and the pot was stuffed into the icebox (but that's another story). By seven A.M. Friday, out came the pot, with a good inch of fat congealed on top that you get only from fresh chickens. Christmas holiday music was playing on the radio, interrupted only with news about the Korean War or the Cold War with Russia. A frying pan was making sizzling sounds by the time I made it down to the kitchen. Mom scooped off the fresh chicken fat, plopping each yellowish schmaltzy spoonful into a fry pan smeared with Crisco before the advent of non-stick pots and pans. The crackling frying fat smelled fantastic, and its sounds kept to the beat of the music.
Crisco was a cheap, white, Proctor & Gamble vegetable shortening introduced in 1911. Its ingenious marketing tag proclaimed that the "Hebrew race has been waiting 4,000 years" for Crisco. The frying fat separated into crunchy popcorn-like morsels now called grebenese. Mom mixed it with her fried onions, sprinkled with salt and pepper, to create the original comfort food. Grebenese was hot and ready to eat.
Okay – the radio music. Live disc jockeys introduced songs, naming the writers and performers, while loading vinyl records onto players. Jews loved the holiday season music because it was inspirational, and the writers were often children of the Tribe: "Let It Snow," "Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire," "White Christmas," and that one about Rudolf, though it was unlikely that any Jew had seen a live reindeer. For Mom, the music was decorous, not religious, personifying freedom and the American spirit.
"Somewhere over the Rainbow" is about Jewish survival and the founding of Israel. Lyrics by Yip Harburg (Isidore Hochberg), who also wrote "April in Paris" and "Brother Can You Spare a Dime," was born to Russian Jewish immigrants. Yip grew up in a Yiddish-speaking Orthodox Jewish home in New York.
Harold Arlen (Hyman Arluck), a cantor's son, wrote the score. "The two men reached deep into their immigrant Jewish consciousness – framed by the pogroms of the past and the Holocaust about to happen – and wrote an unforgettable melody set to near prophetic words." Read the lyrics in a Jewish context. They are about not wizards of Oz, but Jewish survival.
Jews heard of a land "once in a lullaby," but it was not America. It was Israel. The lullaby is the story of the exodus from Egypt, annually read the first night of Passover. It is the most observed precept among Jews. A decade after the publication of "Somewhere over the Rainbow," the exile was over with the rebirth of the modern, defensible State of Israel. Dreams Mom dared to dream really do come true.


Nikki Finke reports that Jungle Book: Origins will hit theaters October 21, 2016, against an untitled Jason Blum project from Universal. Other films set to open around the same time include Juan Antonio Bayona's A Monster Calls (October 14) and Skull Island (November 4).
As the title suggests, Jungle Book: Origins is intended to launch a franchise. Warner Bros. shouldn't want for source material — Rudyard Kipling has published lots of stories about Mowgli and his world, some more famous than others.
Steve and Callie Kloves wrote the script for Jungle Book: Origins. (You may recognize his name from the Harry Potter films.) Specifics are being kept under wraps for now, but Serkis' film is described as being darker than the rival project being developed by Jon Favreau at Disney.
The picture is reportedly faithful to the source material with a "true-to-life" approach to animal behavior and an interest in "life and death issues." In other words, don't expect any friendly singing bears.
Serkis boarded the project earlier this year after Alejandro González Iñárritu dropped out. It'll be his feature directing debut, though he's served as a second unit director on Peter Jackson's Hobbit movies. No stars have been announced for Jungle Book: Origins.


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Q: Can someone tell me why this shell script isn't working the way I want it to ssh hostname ps aux| egrep '.*python' | grep -v 'grep'| awk '{print $2}'| xargs kill -KILL

When I run this I get the error message "kill: No such process"
But when I run this:
ssh hostname ps aux| egrep '.*python' | grep -v 'grep' |awk '{print $2}'| xargs echo

It correctly prints the pid. And also
ps aux| egrep '.*python' | grep -v 'grep'| awk '{print $2}' | xargs kill -KILL

works correctly on the localhost.

A: Your command is only running ps aux on the remote host, everything else gets executed locally.
change it to

ssh hostname "ps aux| egrep '.*python' | grep -v 'grep'| awk '{print \$2}'| xargs kill -KILL"

The usage of the quotes sends the entire command over to the remote host. And then you have to add the \ in front of the $2 because youre inside double quotes, and those single quotes are just characters at that point

A: As the others have pointed out, you can't just run a piped command through ssh without putting the command sequence in quotation marks.
But there's an even easier way to do what you want:
ssh hostname pkill python

The pkill command will handle all of the process grepping for you.

A: It can't work that way, the output from ssh is processed on your local machine. So the call to kill will try to terminate a process on your machine, not on the remote machine.
You can try to use the expect tool to solve the problem.

A: It's because only first command (ps aux) is being provided to ssh as args. Try to use quotes:
ssh hostname "ps aux| egrep '.*python' | grep -v 'grep'| awk '{print $2}'| xargs kill -KILL"
In this case "ps aux| egrep '.*python' | grep -v 'grep'| awk '{print $2}'| xargs kill -KILL" would be passed to ssh command as 2nd argument


Does anyone here know how to use photoshop???
I have a program kinda like it.
I'm a Graphic Designer, that good enough for you? LOL What do you need?
How to have colored brushes in Photoshop?
Where can you get photoshop fonts?
How to make someone look slimmer on photoshop?
how long does it take to learn how to use photoshop?
How to blend photos in Photoshop CS2?


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Home Inspiration Decoration & Design Ideas 50 Unique Homes Boasting Awe-Inspiring Panoramas
50 Unique Homes Boasting Awe-Inspiring Panoramas
By Ada Teicu
February 19, 2021 | 9 min read
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Site-specific architecture has blessed home owners with the thrill of enjoying wonderful views of their surroundings while living comfortably in modern dream homes. A home without a view relies on its own interior design to compose a cozy living space, but those residences boasting fabulous panoramas surprise the essence of modern living.
Whether exposing glittering ocean waters or visually exploring bustling city life, homes with views provoke their inhabitants to look beyond their walls and live in the moment. Soothing or energizing, panoramic views make up for more then half of an awe-inspiring collection of living spaces. The way architects and designers capture the surrounding landscape becomes the defining trait of each home. Enjoy our list of 50 dream homes with stunning panoramas!
Illustrious architects of Stefan Antoni Olmesdahl Truen Architects (SAOTA) design magnificent edifices, re-imagining the potential of a luxurious lifestyle on the emerging African architectural landscape. With fabulous views to support its architectural grandeur, La Grande Vue Residence in Cape Town combines the fabulous nature of a panoramic experience with the lightness of apartment living.
9010 Hopen Place by Whipple Russell Architects is a fabulous 4,000 square foot property right above the coveted "Bird Streets" area in Los Angeles. Uninterrupted views of the city below can be enjoyed from all public and private spaces thanks to the interior courtyard opening to the sky.
The inspiring result of a collaboration between the aforementioned SAOTA and OKHA Interiors, this luxurious three-level penthouse overlooks the city from the 11th floor of a building in the Sandton area of Johannesburg, South Africa. It was meant to "showcase the evolution of 21st Century urban living" while incorporating the latest technologies, making it not only an awe-inspiring residence, but also a smart home.
Leave it to Vancouver to offer amazing living platforms overlooking the city! This Fairmont Pacific Rim penthouse apartment brings an Oriental vibe through colors while visually opening the living spaces to extensive panoramas.
Some modern penthouses are nothing short of perfection, combining comfort and luxury in expansive spaces above our constantly evolving cities, others explore the whimsical effects of water views. For example, the contemporary Royal Penthouse II by Coco Republic Interior Design boasts a terrace capturing the undulating beach line below, promising an ever-changing natural serenity.
Clifton View 7 Apartment by Antoni Associates is another stunning home in Cape Town, a double-level apartment overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. Boulders below offer the raw nature of the surroundings at the owner's feet, while fantastic views of the Clifton beaches and the Twelve Apostles mountain range fill up the interiors with their dramatic natural language.
SAOTA's Kloof 151 project brings forth the astounding marriage between contemporary living and natural surroundings. Large covered terraces offer inspiring panoramas of Clifton beach from across the swimming pool.
Since SAOTA builds such incredible homes in stunning places, they're part of our list with a handful of designs, like the South African Head Road 1816 residence. Located in Cape Town's Fresnaye neighborhood, this massive modern residence is home to a young family who can now enjoy generous ocean views from inside their dream home.
If you're looking for a way to combine chic building materials and natural surroundings, you might just stumble upon a stunning setting where a contemporary residence can creatively become part of the scenery. Take House Lombardo as example: an imposing residence right above Lake Lugano in Switzerland. Philipp Architekten designed this home with a 270 degree panoramic view over the lake and, according to the architects, "under favorable weather conditions you can even spot Milan".
The Australian River House by MCK Architects sits above Sydney's Lane Cove river, on a "steep and awkwardly shaped" site. This inconvenience turned out to be inspiring and result in the construction of a geometrically challenging modern home with fabulous views.
Carpinteria Foothills Residence overlooks the coastal landscape of California. This modern hillside residence designed by Neumann Mendro Andrulaitis Architects is placed in an idyllic setting punctuated by mature oak trees, gathering views from both the main house and the guest house placed on a lower terrace.
Coral Gables House gathers views of the Biscayne Bay from its privileged location in Coral Gables. Touzet Studio created the luxurious seaside home with its social areas oriented towards the views, so inhabitants can remember how blessed they are every time they look out the window.
The owners of some of the best homes with views decided to share their properties with others – it's the case of the stunning Villa Kishti in Auntie Dol Bay, Anguilla, Caribbean. This luxurious holiday retreat designed by Frank Alfred Hamilton and Cecconi Simone can be rented, just don't expect it to be cheap.
First Crescent Villa is another one of SAOTA's masterpieces built by the studio in South Africa. With an outdoor skylight, the magnificent private residence opens up to its surroundings, flooding indoor and outdoor spaces with a commanding 270 degree view of Lions Head, Camps Bay and the Atlantic Ocean.
Wohnhaus Am Walensee is an impressive residential project overlooking the Churfirsten mountains and one of Switzerland's largest lakes that also names the house – Walensee. Austrian studio K_M Architektur took advantage of the unique natural setting and designed a fascinating wood and glass home that visually explores the slowly changing surroundings.
If you have $30,000,000 to spend on a staggering property, check out this luxury estate located at 188 Long Neck Point Road, Darien, Connecticut. The elegant 17-room residence built in 1897 offers Noroton Bay panoramas and distant views of Manhattan's skyline.
The Birdview Residence in Malibu is the result of a collaboration between Doug Burdge and Tim Clarke. Its name describes a residence overlooking beautiful beach panoramas and the immensity of the nearby ocean.
Inspired by the carefree camping feeling, this modern Beach House by Crosson, Clarke, Carnachan Architects boasts a design adapted to its coastal location. Opening its interiors to the relaxing atmosphere outside, interior spaces are exposed to the calm breeze and visually connected to the holiday-inspiring surroundings.
With views that could keep you still for hours and an interior design that screams luxury, we might not even notice that this home by Vertice Arquitectos bears a name that is at least boring: Beach House E-03. The contemporary Peruvian residence is located in Palillos Beach, 72 miles south of Lima and boasts unobstructed sea views – enough to consider it a dream home.
Living in an opulent penthouse on the 77th Floor of the Trump World Tower might as well mean you're living in heaven. Designed by Mark Cunningham and Michael Gilmore, Apartment 77B boasts vistas of the East River from inside a sophisticated collection of living spaces.
Panoramic windows offer the inhabitants of the Beck Residence by Horst Architects the opportunity to enjoy panoramas of its location: Corona del Mar, Newport Beach, California. Frameless glass walls ensure uninterrupted water and city views, complementing the serene atmosphere inside.
Generous interiors matched with inspiring panoramas make for unforgettable dream homes. This luxury Mallorcan villa overlooks a dramatic scenery from behind floor-to-ceiling windows and the spacious outdoor terraces.
One floor is all you need when living in the city, but what if even one single floor could revive your reams of living above the city, let's say … on the 16th floor of a circular tower in Darling Point, Sydney? Gathering views of the harbor and Opera House, this One Floor Apartment by Stanic Harding Architecture maximizes the potential of its privileged location, leaving us in awe.
A minimalist interior design scheme allows the views to rush inside this sculptural residence known as Openhouse. Designed by XTEN Architecture, this dramatic apartment in the Hollywood Hills considers an astounding perspective over the city, leaving the interiors seamlessly connected to the outdoors.
Villa O in Cap Ferrat is not only a modern and luxurious place that can be rented, it also provides panoramic views over the peninsula while jasmine, rosemary and jacaranda trees sway in the breeze spreading their perfume across the large terraces.
Nestled between rocks on Spain's Wild Coast and overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, this spectacular modern home effortlessly breaths in the dramatic landscape while ingeniously becoming part of it through the extensive use of glazing.
Croatia holds an impressive collection of intriguing locations and the Golden Rays Villa takes advantage of Adriatic Sea views from the town of Primošten. The classy resort sits within a rocky hillside landscape that accentuates its potential for relaxation by visually enhancing the vacation experience.
Promising incredible moments in solitude or alongside loved ones, this property designed by architect Victor Cañas and located in the province of Guanacaste, Costa Rica, sits atop a dramatic cliff and gathers views of the Pacific Ocean and its vividly green coastline.
The Indian Ocean and lush tropical mountain greenery lining its beaches provide the perfect setting for a welcoming luxury resort like the Banyan Tree Seychelles. Guests get to enjoy magnificent views of the south-western coastline of Mahé Island from inside one of the 60 Creole-style villas.
Victoria 73 House is yet another of SAOTA's masterpieces overlooking stunning views. Placed on the Eastern shores of the Atlantic, the residential project naturally blends in with its surroundings. Day beds by the infinity pool invite owners and their guests to relax and enjoy unforgettable ocean views. Anyone could get used to this seductive lifestyle.
From inside the Rabanua House, waves crushing on the boulders of Coquimbo Region, Chile, offer a constant visual and auditive spectacle. Defined by transparency, this home pictured above was designed by DX Arquitectos to take advantage of the views and adapt to the site so that the home breaths together with the ocean.
This luxury Mallorca Villa was imagined by interior designer Julia Palmer as a simple and functional modern home with fantastic views over the Mallorcan oceanside. Soft colors accentuate the Mediterranean style, while the water itself soothes the viewer.
Elegantly exposing its contemporary silhouette above the water line in the town of Lagos, Algarve, Portugal, the Colunata House by Mario Martins curves around its pool overlooking the large expanses of water. I can only imagine the parties that must take place here…
With expansive views of the bay, Casaprima on the hillside of Corossol in St. Barts can be rented for an unforgettable vacation. With three bedrooms and a terrace where I for one would definitely enjoy, this holiday retreat can turn a bad year into a good one almost instantly.
Clearhouse by Stuart Parr Design is an almost transparent dream home on the lake in Shelter Island, New York, USA. Floor-to-ceiling windows on an elevated structure gather views from all sides, composing a unique living environment.
Perfectly adapted to its tropical environment, Casa Mecano by Robles Arquitectos sits tall and proud on Costa Rica's Península de Osa. It feels like the surroundings of this sustainable home contribute to its overall appearance. Architects designed the roof to be reminiscent of a sail, encouraging the owners to manipulate its inclination according to the amount of sunlight needed.
Within a stunning naturally rolling topography, the solitary Casa 115 in Mallorca overlooks the bay of Sant Vicenç in Pollença, Spain. Imagined as a platform for the surroundings, the home designed by Miquel Lacomba generates a sequence of unequaled panoramas.
Spectacular landscapes make for amazing dream home settings. The Fall House in Big Sur, California sits tall as to prove that a rough environment with a 250-foot drop to the Pacific Ocean is the perfect vacation retreat, boasting a clear glass facade overlooking the ocean.
If you think living above the city is awesome, then you should check out Villa Beyond in Phuket, Thailand – an astounding modern retreat with fabulous views of the wild. Enjoying this untamed place from behind glass walls, across the infinity pool and way beyond the waters of the Andaman Sea and green vistas of Bang Tao, Villa Beyond stays true to its name
With "a concept evolved from the idea of a family group camping," Waikopua House on the Waiheke Island in New Zealand was designed by Daniel Marshall Architects. A perfectly manicured laws spreads out into the sea, overlooking the water glittering in the sun.
The Ecomo Home by Pietro Russo combines the power of a fascinating natural landscape with the comfort of a modern lifestyle into a compact secluded dream home in Franschhoek, South Africa.
This House on Krk Island by DVA Arhitekta flows down to the beach from its blessed location on the water, gathering views of the waterline, mountains and sky meeting in the distance. Built as a holiday retreat on Croatia's coastline, the simple stone-cladded vacation home places the spotlight on its inspiring surroundings.
Cedar shingles cover up this astounding home in the Cap-à-l'Aigle region of Charlevoix, Quebec, Canada, mixing colors and textures on a calming natural background. The Malbaie VI Marée Basse designed by Mu Architecture captures panoramas of the surrounding mountainscape and the St. Lawrence River from a collection of different vantage points.
Dressed in Kabony wood, the Summer House Vestfold 2 by Jarmund / Vigsnæs AS Architects MNAL lies in the middle of a rocky landscape surrounded by water on the coast of Vestfold in the southern part of Norway – a simply stunning environment where modern life seems upgraded by the panoramas.
Can you imagine the views from above West Hollywood in Los Angeles, California? The owners of the Porter Residence designed by Abramson Teiger Architects enjoy city lights at night from their elegant home. Across the infinity pool, the city of Los Angeles sparkles bright as if trying to accentuate the feeling of being alive and differentiate itself from the constantly changing sky.
This waterfront vacation house in California has direct access to not one but two beaches, easy to reach via stairs from the bright green lawn. Exposed to fantastic views and sunsets of Point Dume, the luxurious Malibu residence boasts 80 feet of glass walls drawing the panoramas inside.
Imagine owning a penthouse on the 50th Floor of the Ritz-Carlton residences in L.A. – did you feel a shiver down your spine? With west and south-facing views of downtown Los Angeles, this modern Penthouse from Fendi Casa defines urban luxury with its interior design and stunning city views.
Perched above the Sunset Strip, 1232 Sunset Plaza in California was designed by Belzberg Architects as a luxurious dream home with tailored floor-to-ceiling windows exposing the sophisticated interiors to an ever-changing city panorama.
An incredible five-story penthouse in Tribeca showcases how top floor properties in the Big Apple are more than your usual luxury residence – they provide a spectacular, undeniably interesting collection of views of the city that never sleeps.
The last of our collection of 50 homes with the best views on Freshome is the Benelong Crescent Apartments building that lusciously slides down the hill in one of Sydney's eastern suburb – Bellevue Hill. With a shape reminiscent of a luxurious yacht, this project designed by Australian studio Luigi Rosselli Architects offers a striking panorama over the rooftops from each floor of the apartment building.
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In my businesses, artistic pursuits and relationships I have realized that knowing my value and creating value is at the heart of fulfillment, happiness and revenue generation.
After many successes and failures as an entrepreneur, and after a ton of reading and research, I have come to view and define value as different from purpose, vision and mission. There absolutely must be a purpose, a vision and a mission to everything that we do and any endeavor we undertake. Purpose is the "why," and the vision and mission are the "what" and "how" or an articulation of the direction that we are headed and positive future we are working towards.
True value runs far deeper than our every day talents, knowledge and skills. It is the source within each one of us where all creation emerges. True value flows from and through us making who we are intrinsically and characteristically unique.
We cannot truly value anything in life, if we first don't value our self. When we value our self, we create a demand for what we have to offer. Think of what makes each precious stone more valuable than the next. Theoretically, they are all made of the same basic material, as we all are, a varying composition and arrangement of electrons.
Our view of the stone is what gives it value. Our perception or experience of the stones' rarity, popularity, durability, tone and saturation is what makes it valuable. Bright, more vivid colors with a medium tone are most sought after. Therefore they command the highest price and admiration.
When we communicate from a place of value, we naturally show others the attributes that make us stand out, that demonstrate our rarity, vividness and quality.
Value is the, "why you?" Why should people choose you, why should they listen to you, why should you be the one that fulfills the purpose and accomplishes the vision and mission?
At times, it is hard to believe that there is something unique about each one of us. Especially, when we consider that there are more than seven billion people out there, hundreds of millions of great ideas and concepts, unfathomable genius, and humbling stories of triumph.
As far as we know, across the Universe – an expanse so vast that it is comprehended and measured in light years, the earth is the only place with human life. And, you and I are a part of humanity, each with a completely distinct gait, character, belief, perspective and life experience. The fact that you and I are here is, in and of itself, a phenomenon. When I look at life from this perspective, I am humbled by the diversity, and I immediately feel gratitude for existence, specifically my own existence. I see the value of our time, the depth of our connection, and the totally unique formation of my being.
When we are steeped in our own worth, when we source vision, thought, and action from our heart, when we communicate from our own journey and set of experiences, we naturally attract that which upholds and reinforces that value – loyal, paying clients and customers, trustworthy and reciprocal partners, efficient and dedicated vendors. When everything we do is rooted in value, we experience fulfillment in all areas of our life and we experience the difference we are making – the blessing and inspiration of our presence.
This is why before creating business goals, a logo, messaging, a digital presence, products/services and promotions, know your value. All, infused with your value, will act as a magnet.
Let's ground these assertions in business practice, with what branders call the value proposition – the benefit people receive from your presence, the rationale for people to choose you and your product or service above all others, and the reason you are different from anyone else out there. The value proposition is not the product or service, itself, but the solution that your product or service provides.
A value proposition enables you to create a thriving revenue model, make good decisions, distinguish sound advice from opinion, know when to spend money and how, know who to partner or work with and why, and build a highly functioning and motivated team in a flourishing culture. Doesn't that type of clarity sound so good? For me, it was a game changer. No more waffling. No more insecurity about my decisions.
There is also a value statement or set of value statements that includes the value proposition, and further articulates you or your company's core beliefs, guiding principles, and philosophy.
Clear articulation of both will support us in creating our own market, understanding potential competitors and the context for delivering our value, crafting our brand identity and messaging, and in creating a business and promotional strategy.
Traditionally, companies articulate their value proposition and statement after identifying who their target audience is or after analyzing their competitors. In my experience, a distinguishing success factor amongst entrepreneurs remains constant – the individuals and companies that built their brand and business from their value and what they were passionate about, consistently had the most satisfied customers, truly enjoyed what they were doing, made the most money, and had active yet balanced lifestyles. Defining the target audience and competitors was indeed a critical and important piece of the overall strategy, but it played specifically for how the individual or company decided to go to market, communicate about the product or service, and allocate company resources. It does not, however, account for personal passion and fulfillment.
Brand and marketing strategists are seeing an overall shift towards honesty and meaning in commerce and marketing. Over the next five years, probably less, we will see the rise of many niche concepts created from life experience and personal passion, delivered to a specific target audience with similar life experience and interest as well as appealing to the masses because of their unique quality, utility, meaning and/or story.
We will and already do see that promotions and marketing tools are more about building relationship and engaging people's passions and interests than they are about "telling" or cramming information and catchy slogans down the consumer's throats. Since this is the case, we must cultivate and focus on our own value before we can expect to have any genuine relationship with our customers. That is why branding is really the practice of knowing our self, and from their recognizing our own value.
I am in no way diminishing the importance of the customers' needs, preferences and inputs when creating a strategy. What I am advocating for is becoming steeped in your value as a strong foundation for building a brand and business.


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Cinderella is a hard rock band most known during the 1980s. They were formed in Philadelphia in 1982 by vocalist Tom Keifer and bassist Eric Brittingham. The initial lineup of Cinderella featured Tony Destra on drums and Michael Schermick on guitar. In 1985 Schermick and Destra left Cinderella to join Britny Fox (another PA-based hard rock band). They were replaced by guitarist Jeff LaBar and drummer Jim Drnec. It was this lineup that recorded their first album, Night Songs (although the drums were played by session drummer Jody Cortez).
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Issue: October 1992. Featuring: Kiss. Also Included Damn Yankees, Faith No More, Hardline, Joe Satriani, Motorhead, Rhino Bucket, Rollins Band, Saigon Kick, Steelheart, TNT, Suicidal Tendencies, Napalm Death, Scorn and Much More.
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Screamer Magazine July 1993
Issue: July 1993. Featuring: Alice In Chains and Anthrax. Also Included Infectious Grooves, In Living Colour, Enuff Znuff, Pigface, Kreator, Nuclear Assault, Dismember, T-Ride, Arcade and Much More.
Issue: November 1992. Featuring: Megadeath. Also Included Alice In Chains, Bad 4 Good, Bang Tango, Blues Saraceno, Firehouse, Tora Tora, Warrant, Testament, Decide, Exodus and Much More.
Issue: August 1991. Featuring: Metallica. Also Included Anthrax, Chrissy Steele, Havana Black, Noisy Mama, Primus, Saraya, Vicious Rumors, No Alibi and Much More.
Issue: April 1991. Featuring: Mr. Big. Also Included Agony Column, Bang Gang, Beggers & Thieves, Dangerous Toys, Kane Roberts, Scorpions, Tad, Trixter, White Lion and Much More.
Issue: April 1990. Featuring: Alice Cooper. Also Included Aerosmith, Anthrax, Babylon A.D., Cats in Boots, Hericane Alice, Johny Crash, Love Hate, Sweet F.A. and Much More.
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'That Metal Show' Welcomes Mötley Crüe Guitarist Mick Mars To The Show For The First Time
VH1 Classic's centerpiece in original programming "That Metal Show" returns this week with a Mötley Crüe debut, legendary guitarist Mick Mars comes by the acclaimed hard rock and heavy metal talk show hosted by Eddie Trunk, Don Jamieson, and Jim Florentine. Mick updates the hosts on the upcoming farewell Mötley Crüe tour, his health, writing… Read more »
Cinderella at Pacific Amphitheatre on 8/3/2012
Cinderella at Pacific Amphitheatre, Costa Mesa, CA on 8/3/2012


The H2HC 2017 Badge is a small USB HID injector based on the ATTiny85. After it was worked out that the ATTiny85 could be used to BitBang USB (it does not have a native USB interface) many projects based on this chip have appeared. One of them being the HIDIOT by Steve Lord from rawhex which was recently funded on Kickstarter and has been widely sold. While the HIDIOT is designed to be a dev board with enough space to add bits and pieces, the H2HC badge is solely aimed at being small. The design is based on the Wattuino Nanite 85 board from Watterott Electronics, which is also the team who manufactured the badges.
The badge consists of two pieces: a base plate with a lanyard interface, a 2.54mm to 1.27mm pinhead adapter and a USB socket. The USB socket is solely there to actually hold the small USB stick. The USB stick itself contains only the ATTiny85, a few capacitors, resistors and a blue LED. The LED is directly connected to the VCC pin and as such is on when the device is connected to a working USB socket. It cannot be programmed / controlled.
The controller is pre-programmed with the Micronucleous bootloader. As such it can be directly programmed via USB with the Arduino IDE. To start the bootloader one simply has to press and hold the reset button for a short period of time while inserting it into a USB slot. If you have issues detecting it, give Google a try. A few different specific platforms seem to have very specific issues with the "bit-banged" USB.
Being small and able to emulate USB HID devices it can be used to automate / script basic attacks against various platforms. It is import to remember that keyboard strokes are highly dependent on localization settings of the target machine!