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Rogue One trailer: "This is a rebellion, isn't it?"
Like we weren't going to link a Star Wars trailer.
Rogue One is the first of the Star Wars anthology films (it's subtitled "A Star Wars Story", which seems to be the new branding), and it follows Jyn Erso (Felicity Jones), who is tasked to steal the plans for the original Death Star—or, in other words, the events that lead directly to A New Hope. (I don't think it's going too far to suggest she'll be accompanied by a ragtag band of misfits.)
This is going to be largely unlike any Star Wars story we've seen before: despite the simplified piano version of John Williams's "Force theme" in the trailer, there seems to be little involvement of any of the saga's mystical themes, instead focusing on a classic military "on a mission" story. Think The Dirty Dozen or Guns of Navarone or Where Eagles Dare meets Star Wars. 1 It seems to be playing up Star Wars's sci-fi and action elements, and playing down the epic fantasy. And that's okay! The nice thing about having an anthology is it leaves room open for all sorts of different stories.
It's also the first time that we've ever really had a standalone Star Wars film—you can sort of count the original movie there, but it was always formulated as an "episode"—and while the name brand alone should be enough to propel it to success, it will be interesting to see how audiences react to characters who are presumably one-and-done. 2
Of course, there's the benefit of getting to use all the iconic original trilogy characters and settings: in the trailer, we see classic stormtroopers, AT-ATs, what looks to be the base on Yavin IV, and Star Destroyers. (The latter gave me a chill, I can tell you that.) But we also get new characters and fleshing out of corners of the universe that we haven't seen explored on the big screen before, and that's exciting.
There are already additional standalone movies in development, and it's hard to imagine anything with "Star Wars" in the title not doing well, especially after the success of The Force Awakens. But Lucasfilm is also being careful not to inundate us with Rogue One marketing, either: there was one previously released picture of some of the cast 3, and that was it. Kind of wacky to get your first real glimpse at a Star Wars movie only about half a year before it comes out, right? I like the "less is more" approach they're taking, and much as I doubt this will be the last we see before the film's release, well, I'd be okay if it were.
Regardless, we're destined to get Star Wars films every year from now until we loop back around to a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. Here's hoping they maintain what looks to be this level of quality for at least a while.
And if you haven't seen any of those, what are you still doing here? ↩
Though, of course, there are already rumors that Jones's character might be linked to The Force Awakens's Rey—her absentee mother, perhaps. I'm not sold: I think the anthology films are going to be linked to the main threads via plot and setting, but not quite so incestuously. ↩
A very diverse cast, to boot! Though it could use more women. At least the trailer itself passes the Bechdel test. ↩
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Russell Group Universities Produce Most UK Millionaires
LONDON, March 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
Russell Group universities dominate the establishments that have delivered the most UK millionaires, regardless of whether they came through state or private school education, according to the latest research in Skandia's Millionaire Monitor+ report.
Combining results from two waves of research (June 2011 and January 2012) with millionaires based in Britain, eight of the top ten universities are in the Russell Group, with just the University of St Andrews and Aston University from outside the group.
The University of London is ranked first, with almost one in 10 millionaires gaining a degree or higher from one of its colleges. Oxford is ranked second, significantly ahead of Cambridge in third. One in 13 attended Oxford, compared to one in 20 for Cambridge.
Top Ten Ranked by Attendance
In terms of cities that deliver the most money earning potential, Birmingham is in top spot, with both the University of Birmingham (ranked 6th) and Aston University (ranked 9th) appearing in the top ten.
If the top ten are ranked in terms of millionaires who came through the state school system, the University of Bristol moves into first place, with nine out of 10 having been to state school. The University of Glasgow is second, with the University of Manchester in third place. The bottom four (allowing for joint places in ranking of top attended) in terms of state school attendance are Cambridge (8th place), Oxford (9th place), Aston University (10th place) and the University of St Andrews (11th place).
Top Ten Attended Ranked by State School Attendance
Graham Bentley, Skandia UK's head of investment strategy comments:
"Having a private school education seems to have been influential in gaining a place at the Oxbridge universities according to this research, with almost half of the millionaires who gained a degree from Oxford or Cambridge having attended private schools.
"However, what's really interesting is the overall number who have gained places at top universities from the state school system and then gone on to have successful careers that have enabled them to earn a fortune. With so much focus on the cost of getting a degree, it's worth noting that having a degree can be a valuable tool in achieving financial success."
The Skandia Millionaire Monitor+ report is available to view and download free at http://www.skandia.co.uk/millionaire-monitor-plus.
Twitter: @Skandia
Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/SkandiaUK/featured
Skandia's second survey of millionaires is available to view and download free at http://www.skandia.co.uk. A link to this can be made in online editorial coverage. Called Millionaire Monitor+ it provides a snap-shot of the lifestyle and attitudes of very wealthy people across six countries: the UK, France, Italy, Hong Kong, Singapore and Dubai. The results featured in this press release are taken from UK results only.
About Skandia
Skandia offers long-term investment solutions. It is part of the wealth management business of Old Mutual plc, a leading long-term savings group with £272.6 billion of funds under management (30.09.2011).
This press release is for journalists only and should not be relied upon by financial advisers or customers.
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I am much more familiar with Commodores, IBM, and TRS 80's, but I came across an Apple IIe and I thought that I'd see if I could get it up and running. I need some help diagnosing why the computer does not load programs from diskette.
2) opened unit, verified connections of internal cards to cables and cable connections to disk drives, etc..
a) There is also what appears to be a SCSI card The card has a scsi cable that terminates with an end that has a female scsi port with a scsi number dial and a light (lights up).
c) there is a hayes modem card.
4) turned on comptuer - drive 1 lights up, spins, nothing happens. The drive keeps spining and the drive light stays on until I power off the computer. Drive 2 does nothing. I have swapped the cables and drives. I can make "drive 2 act like drive 1" if I switch things around. I believe that the cables therefore are OK. I have also swapped out the disk drive controller card with another same type card, same exact results.
6) By playing with key combinations, I was able to get to some kind of prompt when pressing [apple + solid apple + control + reset], but I don't know what I can do from this prompt.
I have about 25 programs on diskette, some appear to be bootable, I assume at least one of them works, but I was unable to get any program to start on this computer from disk.
How do I diagnose the condition of this computer?
Is there an internal diagnostic?
How do I get a program to run from diskette?
What's wrong typically when a disk drive spins but nothing happens?
I would be happy to send a set of digital pictures to anyone interested in helping.
If the drive doesn't start to spin until the machine shows Apple ][ then you've got the cable plugged in the right way around. If it spins as soon as power is applied then it might be backwards. I've done this before. . .
I also tend to load the disks upside-down from time to time, especially with vertically mounted drives.
Failing these easy solutions I'd guess that the drives might be misaligned or have dirty heads. . .
One thing that I do to ensure that nothing in the system is messing with functionality is to remove all cards but what I need. On your machine just pull everything but the drive controller and see what happens.
Maybe someone else here will remember, but is the drive controller supposed to be in a specific slot?
Good luck! Let us know when you figure it out.
The Apple ][ disk drives are nothing like regular floppy drives.
power (5 and 12 volt) and control signals.
Be sure to check the connection of the drive cable to the card to make sure all the pins are going into the cable connector.
The controller card should be plugged into Slot 6. Removing the other cards (with power OFF) is a good idea. One or more of the cards could be interferring with the drive controller.
Insert a bootable diskette into Drive 1 (and close the drive door).
When you power ON the computer with a bootable diskette in Drive 1 , the computer should Beep and spin the drive and try to boot the diskette. Usually, you will first here a clicking or clatter as the drive positions the head.
If the drive positions the head but then just spins and nothing else happens, you may not have a bootable diskette in the drive.
You should be able to stop the drive from spinning by pressing Control-Reset-- hold down Control and press Reset.
If you get the clatter and can stop the drive with a reset, the controller is probably okay. Try inserting another diskette. Type in PR#6 (and press RETURN). The drive should try to boot the diskette.
If you cannot get any of the diskettes to boot, try using a head cleaner diskette (paper diskette you squirt head cleaner on). Open only one side of the cleaner diskette and insert it with the open side facing down because that's where the head is. Boot the cleaner diskette and let it spin about 20 seconds. Stop the spinning with a reset and try booting some real diskettes.
With power OFF, try removing the controller card and prying up and resocketting each chip on the card. That should reestablish good contacts and may fix the problem.
If the problem persists, turn OFF the computer, remove the controller card, and try prying up and resocketting all of the chips on the motherboard.
Yet another possible fault is a loose or blown chip or blown capacitor on the circuit board inside the disk drive.
I have an Apple II that runs a spectra light lathe. I just got it. I can get the program to boot up but I do not know how to get a drive 2 or load any programs. Is there away to view disk or to get to dos? As of now I press P for programs but do not know of any to load.
Wow, nothing like a 4 year old thread.
So, what, exactly, do you want to do? If you only have the one floppy that is specific to the spectra light lathe, you aren't going to get very far. If you have more disks (like a DOS boot diskette, say) your chances are better.
I thought the basic info in msg. #4 was valuable enough to not be 'lost' again, so I stuck it for future reference when, inevitably, someone will ask the same Q a few years from now.
I have sure learned a lot since then.
yes. I got the system from a flea market, it was in the dirt. Frankly it was a miracle that it powered up at all. I cleaned it for a couple hours, I recall, before powering on. I still have the system. It's not pretty but it works.
after messing around a bit I got it to work. Is there a way of copying files from one disk drive toanother?
Not directly, the way you can with a DOS COPY command. If the file is BASIC, you can LOAD it, swap disks, then SAVE. If it's binary data (and will all fit in memory at once), and you know exact start address and length, you can BLOAD, swap, and BSAVE. Otherwise you have to use a disk copy utility of some sort.
the boot disk has a copy utility. dcopy I think it's called. I was just using it two days ago.
The A-II newsgroup had to be one of the nastiest of Usenet history. A war-zone.
Good to see you're still active.
My apple ][e looks great and it even boots like a charm. When I got it at the VCF last year, I had the one and only Trixter actually type some basic on it ("Docter Who Rocks!" on loop I think), It was great.
Wow... this is an old post, but hey... if you plug the drive cable in backwards on a 5.25" disk you most likely have blown the 74LS125 chip inside the drive itself.
I have docs and hardware but no software. Can anyone help ?
Yes. Do some reasearch first.
Nothing like a 9 year old thread. But, vintage threads for vintage computing. What better synergy is there?
You do know that Apple floppies are formatted differently than PC's. That has been an area of contention since the very beginning of the whole home computer system evolution. If you wish, I can look to see if I have any Apple, and or Mac formatted floppies.
One thing I want to reiterate is that most Mac computers can format and read floppy discs for either Apple, or Pc's making Mac computers even more universal than most people ever realized.


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Q: Appending to an R List one by one Let's say I have data like:
> data[295:300,]
          Date sulfate nitrate ID
295 2003-10-22      NA      NA  1
296 2003-10-23      NA      NA  1
297 2003-10-24    3.47   0.363  1
298 2003-10-25      NA      NA  1
299 2003-10-26      NA      NA  1
300 2003-10-27      NA      NA  1

Now I would like to add all the nitrate values into a new list/vector. I'm using the following code:
i <- 1
my_list <- c()

for(val in data)
{
    my_list[i] <- val
    i <- i + 1
}

But this is what happens:
Warning message:
In x[i] <- val :
  number of items to replace is not a multiple of replacement length
> i
[1] 2
> x
[1] NA

Where am I going wrong? The data is part of a Coursera R Programming coursework. I can assure you that this is not an assignment/quiz. I have been trying to understand what is the best way append elements into a list with a loop? I have not proceeded to the lapply or sapply part of the coursework, so thinking about workarounds.
Thanks in advance.
If it's a duplicate question, please direct me to it.

A: As we mention in the comments, you are not looping over the rows of your data frame, but the columns (also sometimes variables). Hence, loop over data$nitrate.
i <- 1
my_list <- c()

for(val in data$nitrate)
{
    my_list[i] <- val
    i <- i + 1
}

Now, instead of looping over your values, a better way is to use that you want the new vector and the old data to have the same index, so loop over the index i. How do you tell R how many indexes there are? Here you have several choices again: 1:nrow(data), 1:length(data$nitrate) and several other ways. Below I have given you a few examples of how to extract from the data frame.
my_vector <- c()
for(i in 1:nrow(data)){
    my_vector[i] <- data$nitrate[i]    ## Version 1 of extracting from data.frame
    my_vector[i] <- data[i,"nitrate"]  ## Version 2: [row,column name]
    my_vector[i] <- data[i,3]          ## Version 3: [row,column number]
}

My suggestion: Rather than calling the collection a list, call it a vector, since that is what it is. Vectors and lists behave a little differently in R.

Of course, in reality you don't want to get the data out one by one. A much more efficient way of getting your data out is
my_vector2 <- data$nitrate

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Sir Alister...
Sir Alister McIntyre passes, PM pays tribute
SAT/PR,
Sir Alister Mcintyre (FILE)
The region has lost one of its foremost academics and statesmen.
Vice chancellor emeritus of the University of the West Indies (UWI), Sir Alister McIntyre, 87, passed away today in Jamaica.
He was born in Grenada and later graduated from the London School of Economics and Political Science with first class honours.
Sir Alister was a lecturer in economics at the Mona Campus in Jamaica, which has a building bearing his name. He served as vice chancellor of UWI from 1988 to 1998.
In 1974 he was appointed secretary-general of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).
He has been honoured many times, including the Order of CARICOM Community, the Order of Merit from Jamaica, Guyana's Cacique Crown of Honour and the Chancellor's 50th Anniversary Award.
Sir Alister leaves to mourn his wife Marjorie, children Arnold, Andrew, Helga and Nicholas.
Barbados' Prime Minister Mia Mottley was among those paying tribute to Sir Alister in the following statement:
I am deeply saddened to learn of the passing today of one of the Caribbean's most treasured scholars, Sir Alister McIntyre, a respected economist, educator, administrator and true champion of regional integration.
My association with Sir Alister, a child of Grenada but in every sense of the word, a son of the Caribbean, goes back to my days as a young politician when Sir Henry Forde introduced me to him as a key member of The West Indian Commission, which was led by Sir Shridath Ramphal.
It was just two weeks ago today that I last spoke with Sir Alister and his voice was as strong and his thoughts and statements as clear and balanced as I have always known him to be, having interacted with him with some frequency when I was Minister of Education and he was Vice Chancellor of the University of the West Indies, and since then.
I have no doubt that the region will miss immensely the depth of thought and analysis that this former economics lecturer, Director of the Institute of Social and Economic Studies of the UWI (since renamed in honour of Sir Arthur Lewis), Secretary General of CARICOM, Deputy Secretary General of UNCTAD, and Assistant Secretary General in the Office of the Director General for International Economic Cooperation at the United Nations brought to the affairs of the people of the Caribbean.
I also express deepest sympathies to the family and close friends of Sir Alister, who will always be remembered as one of the titans of a post-Independence Caribbean. (SAT/PR)


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Q: Datatables yadcf plugin filling select filters with data from server First of all I'm grateful for this amazing plugin.
I'm using yadcf version 0.8.8.beta.10.
I'm trying to fetch select filter data from server. But when table is initialized select data is taken from dom. If I hit filter button to call exFilterExternallyTriggered(table) or I press column sort button data in select filter is updated with data from server.
Heres javascript
var table = $('#' + table_id).DataTable({
            "scrollX": true,
            "processing": true,
            "serverSide": true,
            "fnDrawCallback": function( oSettings ) {
              fixDropDowns();
            },
            "order": [[ 15, "desc" ]],
            "ajax": {
                "url": "${createLink(action: 'DataTableAjaxHandler')}",
            },
            "columns": [
             {"data": "edit",
                "searchable": false,
                "sortable": false,
                },
            { "data": "subscriberId",
                "searchable": true,
                "sortable": true},
            { "data": "unitName",
                "searchable": true,
                "sortable": true},
            { "data": "networkType",
                "searchable": false,
                "sortable": true},
           .................................
            ],

            "sDom":"<'dt-toolbar'<'col-xs-18 col-sm-9 filterDiv'>r<'col-sm-3 col-xs-6 hidden-xs'l>>" +
            "t" +
            "<'dt-toolbar-footer'<'col-sm-6 col-xs-12 hidden-xs'i><'col-xs-12 col-sm-6'p>>",

            "autoWidth": true,
            "preDrawCallback": function () {
                // Initialize the responsive datatables helper once.
                if (!responsiveHelper_dt_basic) {
                    responsiveHelper_dt_basic = new ResponsiveDatatablesHelper($('#' + table_id), breakpointDefinition);
                }
            },
            "rowCallback": function (nRow) {
                responsiveHelper_dt_basic.createExpandIcon(nRow);
            },
            "drawCallback": function (oSettings) {
                responsiveHelper_dt_basic.respond();
            },
            "initComplete": function(){
                var filters = [
                        new Filter(1, "subscriberId", "${message(code: 'radioUnit.subscriberId.label')}"),
                        new Filter(2, "nameFilter", "${message(code: 'radioUnit.unitName.label')}"),
                        new Filter(3, "networkType", "${message(code: 'radioUnit.networkType.label')}"),
                ]

                initFilterInterface(this.api(), filters, "${message(code: 'filter.filterButton.text')}");

                setTimeout(function () {
                    yadcf.init(table, [
                    {
                        column_number: 1,
                        filter_type: "select",
                        filter_container_id: "subscriberId",
                        externally_triggered: true,
                        filter_reset_button_text: false
                    }, {
                        column_number: 2,
                        filter_container_id: "nameFilter",
                        externally_triggered: true,
                        filter_reset_button_text: false
                    }, {
                        column_number: 3,
                        filter_type: "text",
                        filter_container_id: "networkType",
                        externally_triggered: true,
                        filter_reset_button_text: false
                    }]);
                    }, 1000);

            }
        });

        new $.fn.dataTable.FixedColumns( table, {
            leftColumns: 2
        } );

Here's json that I got from server on datatables init:
{"draw":1,"recordsTotal":23,"recordsFiltered":19,
"yadcf_data_1":["somedata"],"yadcf_data_2"
:["someValue","test2","test2","test2"],"data":[...]}

Just after datatables init:
After init
After hitting filter button or sort column:
After hitting filter
Sorry for uploading photos to external site, because I don't have 10 rep points I can't use image tag.
As you can see from images after datatable init it uses dom, but after hitting filter it uses values I return from server. So for some kind of reason on first data load from server ignores yadcf_data_1, yadcf_data_2 values and uses DOM.
Maybe I'm doing it wrong. Is there a way too fill select from server when triggering search with external button?
And other question. Is it possible to use select2 search with ajax. Because I have quite few big tables and it would take a while to send all values from server to client.

A: You are welcome,
First of all there is no need to use the yadcf.init inside the setTimeout,
Your server should send something similar to the flowing (copy paste from showcase page)
aaData: [["Trident", "Internet Explorer 4.0", "Win 95+", "3/15/2015", "1"],…]
draw: "2"
recordsFiltered: 6
recordsTotal: 57
yadcf_data_0: ["KHTML", "Webkit", "Trident", "Misc", "Other browsers", "Tasman", "Presto", "Gecko"]
yadcf_data_1: ["Nintendo DS browser", "Netscape Browser 8", "All others", "Lynx", "Mozilla 1.6", "Mozilla 1.5",…]
yadcf_data_2: ["N800", "Win 95+ / Mac OS 8.6-9.2", "S60", "KDE 3.5", "Win XP SP2+", "KDE 3.3", "OSX.3", "KDE 3.1",…]
yadcf_data_4: ["134", "0"]

To the second question: are you referring to something similar to the following open issue? If you do, then you can provide an example that I requested
p.s
There is no need to use filter_reset_button_text: false because its default behavior when you set externally_triggered: true (which is actually better be set in the init function for the entire table and not per column, see example in showcase

if the above wont work I suggest to try a minimal setup of yadcf something like
yadcf.init(table, [
{
    column_number: 1,
    filter_container_id: "subscriberId"
}, {
    column_number: 2,
    filter_container_id: "nameFilter"
}, {
    column_number: 3,
    filter_type: "text",
    filter_container_id: "networkType",
}]);

That way you might pinpoint the problem (if still wont work you can provide a link to your web page)


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Thousand of factory workers protested the shoemaker scrap plans to cut orders from two local suppliers outside the headquarters of Nike Indonesia during a one-day strike Monday.
Workers said 14,000 jobs will be threatened if Nike reduces orders from producers PT Hardaya Aneka Shoes Industry and Nagasakti Paramashoes Industry.
Protesters wearing blue uniforms waved banners saying "Nike Lies" and "To Hell with Nike."
Nike could not immediately be reached for comment. A local newspaper, Bisnis, reported Saturday that Nike planned to cut orders from the two companies.
A representative of the workers said talks between the management and the workers were under way.
Agus Darsono, a floor supervisor at one of the two manufacturers, said around 10,000 people were expected to take part in the protest.
"We reject Nike's plans to cut production," he said over the din of chants from the crowd gathered at the Jakarta Stock Exchange where Nike has its offices.
Nike plans to reduce orders at Nagasakti Paramashoes Industry from 650,000 pairs per month to 200,000, he said. "That production cut could send us home."
He said Nike claims the factory no longer meets quality standards and is inefficent, "but the quality of our shoes is good. Workers have been trained at the factory in Vietnam," he said.


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Why Being a Middle Manager Is So Exhausting
Eric M. Anicich
Jacob B. Hirsh
We often think of power in organizations as either something you have (as a leader), or something you don't (as a follower). But middle managers must constantly oscillate between situations in which they have either low or high power. This can be cognitively and emotionally exhausting. By better understanding how this power oscillation plays out, both middle managers and executives can find ways to ease the burden. These strategies include simplifying reporting structures and creating "transition scripts" to aid in communication.
There is no shortage of advice for how to navigate power dynamics within organizations — from managing toxic or exceptionally gifted subordinates to dealing with unpredictable and narcissistic bosses. Researchers have devoted entire careers to systematically cataloging the many ways in which those who have power differ from those who lack power with respect to their motivations, behaviors, biases, etc. (a sampling of these findings can be found here, here, here, and here).
The problem is that most of these recommendations tend to focus on the experience of leading or following in isolation, while neglecting the unique challenges inherent in having to do both. Despite our fascination with the extreme ends of the power distribution, the reality is that most employees possess a middling amount of power and must repeatedly alternate between interacting with higher and lower power colleagues. This experience is particularly prominent among middle managers, a group who are defined by their intermediate power levels within an organization.
In a forthcoming paper in the Academy of Management Review, we present a theory of power that moves beyond a static comparison of high and low power actors to consider the full spectrum of organizational power dynamics. From a research perspective, our paper draws from and integrates findings from neuropsychology and the social hierarchy literature to make predictions about the cognitive, emotional, and behavioral effects of power. It updates and extends past academic work, which has been fixated on theorizing and testing the effects of either having or lacking power in isolation. In other words, our framework has something to say not only about the extreme power states experienced by your company's CEO or new cohort of interns, but also the more complicated relationship to power that characterizes day-to-day life for many middle managers.
Middle managers have a complicated relationship with power because power is activated and experienced in the context of interpersonal relationships. When interacting with our superiors, we naturally adopt a more deferential low-power behavioral style. When interacting with subordinates, on the other hand, we adopt a more assertive high-power behavioral style. Failure to conform to these role-based expectations can lead to social conflicts and confusion, so people are very good at learning how to play the part that is expected of them.
Middle managers, however, are expected to play very different roles when moving from one interaction to the next, alternating between relatively high and relatively low power interaction styles. By virtue of their structural positions, they are simultaneously the "victims and the carriers of change" within an organization, receiving strategy prescriptions from their bosses above and having to implement those strategies with the people who work beneath them. As a result, middle managers often find themselves stuck in between various stakeholder groups, which can produce "relentless and conflicting demands."
According to Arizona State's Blake Ashforth and colleagues, these types of micro role transitions in the workplace can produce exactly the type of role conflict that we propose middle managers are disproportionately likely to experience. In many cases, the norms and expectations associated with being a leader (e.g., assertiveness) are incompatible with the norms and expectations associated with being a subordinate (e.g., deference). This becomes problematic when one is called upon to play both roles at work because humans are notoriously inefficient when it comes to task switching, as evidenced, for example, by research showing mood spillover effects from work to home and vice versa. Simply put, it is psychologically challenging to disengage from a task that requires one mindset and engage in another task that requires a very different mindset.
This vertical code-switching, as we call it, can take a toll, according to a wide body of research. On the emotional side, conflicting roles lead to increased feelings of stress and anxiety, reflecting the tension between incompatible social expectations. Physically, the high stress levels that accompany such conflicts are risk factors for a large number of health problems, from hypertension to heart disease. As if that weren't enough, conflicting roles can disrupt cognitive performance and the ability to focus on a task without getting distracted. In a large-scale epidemiological study involving survey responses from 21,859 full-time employees across a wide range of industries, for instance, researchers from Columbia University and the University of Toronto observed that employees in mid-level organizational positions had higher rates of depression and anxiety than employees who occupied positions nearer either end of the hierarchy, findings that can be added to the long list of reasons why middle managers are so unhappy.
There are some ways to ease the burden however. Here are our recommendations:
Simplify the reporting structure to reduce upward and downward interactions. This may include eliminating unnecessary meetings that force employees to interact across role boundaries, or structuring workflow to minimize frequent shifts in relative power.
Conduct a network audit to determine how employees across role boundaries connect to each other in person, via email, etc., and what implications this network structure has for feelings of power.
Help middle managers see their various role-based identities as integrated, as opposed to segmented, through effective onboarding and training. This may be achieved by directly tying the responsibilities of middle managers to the broader organizational mission, thus helping middle managers to re-frame their self-identity from "sometimes a supervisor and sometimes a subordinate" to "a middle manager who is important to this company." Keep in mind that some middle managers are inherently comfortable switching between high and low-power mindsets, while others will need help to view the seemingly incompatible aspects of their jobs as parts of a coherent identity.
Don't micromanage your middle managers. This creates unnecessary role switching from their perspective. It is better to provide your strategic input to middle management and then allow them the freedom to implement those strategies with a high-power mindset.
It may be especially challenging to negotiate vertical role transitions in hierarchical organizational cultures. Thus, embracing more egalitarian organizational cultures and structures may minimize these challenges, effectively reducing the behavioral discrepancies between high- and low-power roles.
Try sticking to a script. The burden associated with vertical code-switching may be reduced when employees develop an effective role transition script, which is an established routine for moving from one role to another. With enough practice, middle managers can develop effective strategies for switching between high and low power roles without feeling the lingering effects of their previous interactions.
Some people may believe that they will just be "passing through" middle management on their inevitable march to the executive suite. The reality, however, is that most companies need effective middle managers over the long haul. Google infamously tried to eliminate their engineering managers only to learn that managers mattered — a lot. Other researchers have similarly found that middle managers can make a big difference to organizational performance. Ethan Mollick at Wharton, for example, recently conducted a large-scale analysis of the computer game industry and determined that the behavior of middle managers accounted for 22.3% of the variance in revenue. The Boston Consulting Group reached a similar conclusion, calling middle managers a "neglected but critical group" after surveying thousands of employees about the drivers of success at their firms.
All of this suggests that it is critical to understand the unique psychological pressures that are faced by middle managers, along with strategies for easing the burdens that come along with their structural positions.
Eric M. Anicich is an Assistant Professor in the Management and Organization Department at the University of Southern California's Marshall School of Business. His research focuses on the forms and functions of social hierarchy within groups.
Jacob B. Hirsh is an Assistant Professor of Organizational Behaviour and Human Resource Management at the University of Toronto. His research explores the cognitive and affective dynamics of personality, motivation, and decision-making.
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You are here: home Articles Archive Geophysics Hybrid Ground Motion Simulation for the 2013 ML 6.4 Ruisui, Taiwan Earthquake
Hybrid Ground Motion Simulation for the 2013 ML 6.4 Ruisui, Taiwan Earthquake
Author(s): Yi-Ying Wen, Yin-Tung Yen, Strong Wen, Shiann-Jong Lee, Chun-Hsiang Kuo, and Yen-Yu Lin
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2015.10.30.01(TEM)
Keywords: 2013 Ruisui earthquake Hybrid ground motion simulation
The 2013 ML 6.4 Ruisui earthquake struck a seismic gap around the northern part of the Longitudinal Valley where rare earthquakes have occurred for at least two decades. Seismic data with different frequency bands connote a diverse scale of source characteristics. The slip model derived by a previous study using long-period seismic data provided us with the preliminary earthquake source properties in low-frequency energy radiation. However, the high-frequency part of the seismic energy needs to be considered for the strong motions in the comprehensive frequency band. As a case study, we carried out broadband strong motion simulations through the hybrid scheme, which simulated waveforms combining the low-frequency motions (frequency-wavenumber integration method) and high-frequency motions (empirical Green's function method) to reveal the strong ground motion and source characteristics of the 2013 Ruisui earthquake. The results show that even though the local structure is complicated this hybrid simulation can effectively rebuild the overall broadband strong ground motion characteristics for the 2013 Ruisui earthquake. Additional study issues are required to better understand the nature of localized high peak ground acceleration and the related seismic hazards for future earthquakes.
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Q: Weird ouput on updating json dictionary in python I have such a json dictionary:
nxt = {"name": names[a], "profile_id": indata["profile_id"], "firstname": firstnames[a], "middlename": middlenames[a], "lastname": lastnames[a],
       "e_mail": e_mails[a], "phone_number": phone_numbers[a], "location": locations[a], "sex": genders[a],
       "user_id": indata["user_id"], "updated_by": indata["username"]}

I want to update the dictionary:
cpnxt = nxt
del cpnxt['profile_id'], cpnxt['user_id'], cpnxt['updated_by']
nxt.update({"jsondata": cpnxt})
data.append(nxt)

I expect to get such an output:
nxt = {'e_mail': '', 'firstname': 'John', 'jsondata': "{'phone_number': '', 'firstname': 'John', 'middl...ame': 'John Smith', 'e_mail': '', 'location': ''}", 'lastname': 'Smith', 'location': '', 'middlename': '', 'name': 'John Smith', 'phone_number': '', 'sex': 'M'}

But I get such an output:
nxt = {'e_mail': '', 'firstname': 'John', 'jsondata': {'e_mail': '', 'firstname': 'John', 'jsondata': {'e_mail': '', 'firstname': 'John', 'jsondata': {'e_mail': '', 'firstname': 'John', 'jsondata': {'e_mail': '', 'firstname': 'John', 'jsondata': {'e_mail': '', 'firstname': 'John', 'jsondata': {...}, 'lastname': 'Smith', 'location': '', 'middlename': '', 'name': 'John Smith', 'phone_number': '', 'sex': 'M'}, 'lastname': 'Smith', 'location': '', 'middlename': '', 'name': 'John Smith', 'phone_number': '', 'sex': 'M'}, 'lastname': 'Smith', 'location': '', 'middlename': '', 'name': 'John Smith', 'phone_number': '', 'sex': 'M'}, 'lastname': 'Smith', 'location': '', 'middlename': '', 'name': 'John Smith', 'phone_number': '', 'sex': 'M'}, 'lastname': 'Smith', 'location': '', 'middlename': '', 'name': 'John Smith', 'phone_number': '', 'sex': 'M'}, 'lastname': 'Smith', 'location': '', 'middlename': '', 'name': 'John Smith', 'phone_number': '', 'sex': 'M'}

This is really annoying. I couldn't become aware of where I have done the mistake.
How should I fix this annoying problem?

A: Assignment creates a new reference to the same object, not a copy. If you wanted to alter a dictionary but preserve a copy, create a copy explicitly:
cpnxt = nxt.copy()

This creates a shallow copy; a new dictionary, with the keys and values copied across unaltered. You can alter what keys are in that new copy, but if you altered the values (say, append to a list, or made changes to the nxt['jsondata'] nested dictionary) you'll still see those changes shared.
In your case, you only deleted keys, and replaced the value of another key, so a shallow copy should suffice. If you need a deep copy, where values are recursively copied too, use the copy.deepcopy() function.


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...that the Unified Earth Government is headed by a president?
...that the United Nations Space Command acted as humanity's military government during the Human-Covenant War?
...that a design seed was a piece of Forerunner technology capable of constructing entire starships out of locally-obtained resources?
...that the C-12 shaped charge can blow through three meters of Titanium-A battleplate?
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Covenant (formerly)
Minas is a Jiralhanae chieftain who formerly served within the Covenant military. He was assigned with tracking down Atriox and his Banished during the Human-Covenant War. However, Minas would instead join the renegade faction. In midst of a conflict on the Ark in the summer of 2559, Minas was sent to lead a mission to the Anodyne Spirit, the Forerunner Keyship that had once served as the centerpiece of High Charity.[1]
1.1 The hunt for Atriox
1.2 The Banished
1.3 The raid on Anodyne Spirit
4 List of appearances
Biography[edit]
The hunt for Atriox[edit]
Sometime after Atriox first rebelled from the Covenant, Chieftain Minas had been tasked by the High Council with hunting down and destroying the Banished, and bringing the rogue Jiralhanae to justice. Despite failing to see the wisdom in wasting time and resources searching for such an insignificant rebelling faction, Minas followed the orders of the councilors without question. He would lead a legion in a protracted campaign, chasing the Banished as they raided world after world. Eventually, Minas came face-to-face with Atriox and had a brief opportunity to strike a fatal blow to both the warmaster himself and the rebellion that he led.[1]
However, as Minas prepared to deliver the death blow, Atriox told him that everyone must die for something. It is a cost that no one can escape, so someone might as well die for something that they truly believe in—something that they are willing to give their life for. At that moment, Minas decided that he could no longer endure the lies and hypocrisy that he sensed from the Prophets and the High Council. He resolved to die on his own terms. And so, Minas enlisted with the very faction he was sent to destroy.[1]
The Banished[edit]
Chieftain Minas served the Banished even after the Covenant's war with the humans came to a close. At some point after the Great Schism, he made his way to Warial, one of the moons of the Jiralhanae homeworld Doisac. Here he found Choros in the brimstone-dockyards of Ividar Rux, repairing damaged warships. Minas learned that the younger Jiralhanae had worked closely with the Prophets aboard the Forerunner Dreadnought until their lies were revealed for all to see. Recruiting Choros into the Banished, the two of them would serve together for years to come, even being selected by Atriox to accompany him to the Ark in 2558.[1]
While the Banished continued to battle the crew of the UNSC Spirit of Fire for control of the installation, Atriox decided that he must return to the galaxy to deal with an unknown situation. To do so, he would need a Forerunner slipspace flake to open a portal to a facility rumored to be hidden on Reach, a human colony that had been glassed by the Covenant nearly seven years earlier.[2] Thankfully, the Anodyne Spirit—the keyship that the Prophet of Truth had used to reach the Ark—had been found in an uncontested region that the Banished had dubbed Mahsko. Like all Forerunner starships, its slipspace drive was powered by one of these crystals. And so, Atriox assembled a strike force to infiltrate the Keyship and retrieve the crystal. Minas was assigned to lead the expedition.[1]
The raid on Anodyne Spirit[edit]
Main article: Raid on Anodyne Spirit
In June or July 2559, three Phantoms approached the Keyship. It stood among a Forerunner city atop a massive basalt column that rose out of the sea. Minas rode in one dropship with Choros and a third of the strike force while Blademaster Okro 'Vagaduun and Captain Zeretus rode in the other two with their own teams. As the leader of this mission, Minas had each Phantom approach the vessel from a different angle to eliminate the possibility that they could all be destroyed in a single blast, assuming the Keyship's defenses were still active. When its weapons were deemed inactive, he had his Phantom's pilot—Bomarus—approach the vessel's central crux and tell other two dropships to do the same. The pilots stayed with their ships as the three strike teams regrouped at the designated access port. Minas set the Kig-Yar Itka to work opening the port. The weaponsmith had an unusual talent for hacking Forerunner devices.[1]
As the Kig-Yar weaponsmith worked his magic, Minas thought about the previous occasions when a team of armed warriors had forced their way into the Anodyne Spirit. The first time had been during the conflict between the San'Shyuum Reformists and Stoics. The former had broken into the Keyship and used it to escape their homeworld. The second time had been toward the end of the violent war between the San'Shyuum and the Sangheili that ultimately resulted in the formation of the Covenant. Desperate to find a way to combat the seemingly unbeatable Keyship, a team of Sangheili managed to infiltrate the vessel and slaughter a sizable portion of its crew. This event was partly responsible for the eventual truce between the two species. Minas considered the possibility that he might be staring at the very same access point used in both pivotal events.[1]
Itka informed the Chieftain that he was encountering both old and new security measures similar to those used by the Covenant. However, the Kig-Yar bypassed these easily and the access port rumbled open to reveal a dark interior. The strike force cautiously entered the Keyship, finding themselves in a long, empty corridor that went on for over a kilometer. As they trudged on through the darkness, they came to the conclusion that the ship was indeed abandoned. However, 'Vagaduun warned that they should not become too comfortable; the vessel still held many secrets, many of them likely very dangerous. Minas noted that while there may not be any living being aboard, the Forerunners were the masters of autonomous machines. Choros, who had served the Prophets for some time aboard this very vessel, led them deeper in the darkness until they came upon a wall with several doorways. The young Captain led them through the fourth doorway from the left. The force followed a small, dimly-lit corridor into an expansive chamber that held vaulting walkways, all meeting at a lift in the center of the room. Hundreds of transport cylinders sat waiting at the lift to be used to launch personnel up toward the bow of the vessel. Minas found a cylinder that could accommodate all three strike teams. Using a special code from records recently found amidst the debris field of High Charity, Itka activated the lift and the strike force soared upward.[1]
The lift stopped suddenly and the door opened to reveal a vast arcade filled with overgrown flora. Various catwalks arched through the air, connecting delicate platforms and once-opulent common spaces. Flocks of exotic birds could be seen flying among the dense, unchecked foliage that climbed all the way up to the chamber's distant ceilings. Minas led the strike force off of the lift as Choros explained the purpose of the chamber to 'Vagaduun.[1]
Just then, the young Captain was knocked to the floor by a plasma blast, his armor taking the brunt of the damage. Everyone else dove for the nearest cover and Minas dragged the stunned Choros behind a nearby stone barrier while under fire by plasma bolts and carbine rounds. The Chieftain realized that they were under assault by distinctly Covenant weapons; Sentinels were not the ones attacking them. Rousing Choros and ordering him to follow, Minas dashed for the veritable jungle ahead of them. As they moved, he glimpsed a trio of silhouettes firing on them from a rafter high above. Choros raised his weapon to return fire and Minas did the same with his pulse carbine, forcing their attackers to seek cover. He could hear Zeretus yelling in the distance, followed by the crash of his gravity hammer and the surprisingly Jiralhanae-like cry of Zeretus' victim. Choros finished off their three attackers with a shot from his skewer and the two of them pushed deeper into the arcade. The neared a doorway through which they could see a group of Covenant Jiralhanae who launched a salvo of plasma right back at them. Taking cover on either side of the portico, Choros and Minas shared their disbelief that members of the Covenant were still occupying the Keyship after all this time. Putting their shock aside, the two experienced warriors silently signaled to each other their next move. Simultaneously, they wheeled around their cover, unleashing a torrent of plasma at their assailants. Only two Jiralhanae survived and tried to flee out of the overgrown portico. Okro 'Vagaduun emerged from the shadows to decapitate one Jiralhanae and drive his sword into the back of the other in a single elegant motion.[1]
Noticing that the weapons fire had ceased throughout the arcade, the remaining Banished troops regrouped to discuss what had happened. Minas asked Choros and 'Vagaduun what they thought. The Jiralhane Captain theorized that these Covenant had been ordered by the High Prophet to stay behind and protect the ship from intruders. They must have never given up their duty, living off of the vast stores of supplies the ship held. Zeretus joined them, the face of his hammer filled with bits of armor and flesh. After discussing the situation a bit further, Minas refocused them on the task at hand and had Choros continue to lead the group to where the crystal was held—the Adytum.[1]
As they continued on, Minas contacted Bomarus back at the Phantoms, informing him to be wary as they now knew there were enemies aboard and telling him to prepare for a swift extraction. Fifteen Banished warriors had been lost in the firefight, mostly Kig-Yar and Unggoy. Leaving the arcade, the group came to a walkway that ended in three doorways. Choros led them through the rightmost door into a narrow transparent hallway suspended within the largest interior chamber yet. As they filed through the dimly-lit corridor, Minas could make out innumerable receptacles sitting in the gloomy depths below. They held specimens that would have been used to reseed worlds with life after the Halo Array's activation. Taken aback by the shear magnificence and power of the Forerunners and their technology, Minas admitted to himself that it was no wonder the Covenant had considered them gods. The corridor terminated at a well-lit circular balcony that held a small lift leading to the Keyship's drive controls—and the Adytum—suspended in the darkness hundreds of meters above them. Examining the lift platform, Minas realized that it was far too small to transport their entire force in a single trip, meaning that they would need to split up. Zeretus observed that the top of the lift would make for a perfect ambush location, with the Covenant loyalists knowing that the entire Banished force could not fit on the lift. Minas agreed but knew that they had no other choice. His team would ascend first and send the lift back for the next team when they knew the upper platform was clear.[1]
Minas, Choros, and the remainder of his team stepped onto the lift and Itka activated its anti-gravity systems. As the platform gently accelerated upwards, Minas put a hand on Choros's shoulder saying, "We do this together, brother." His captain responded with a confident "Together." Minas resolved himself, knowing that if they died, it would be for a greater purpose. Before the lift came to a stop, his remaining warriors readied themselves to launch a fusillade of spikes and plasma bolts at whatever enemies surely awaited them. However, they only found an empty balcony much like the one they had just left. A single sealed door sat on the far wall of the balcony. The strike team stepped off of the lift and it immediately began its trip back to the lower balcony. Minas considered the possibility that they had destroyed all of the remaining Covenant during their skirmish in the arcade. Choros informed them that the sealed door led to the Adytum, their destination. Itka worked the door controls and the team took position, preparing for the ambush that surely must be waiting for them inside the last chamber.[1]
In a few seconds, the door slid open to reveal a room equally devoid of Covenant. The well-lit spherical chamber was filled by tiered platforms lining its rounded walls. Each platform held terminals presumably used to perform all manner of duties. At the center of the room was the Adytum, an oblong bronze monolith that fell just short of touching both the floor and ceiling. Terminals and interfaces covered its exterior, accessible from the platforms resting along the room's walls. Choros and Itka immediately began the process of extracting the shards they sought from within the Adytum. Minas was beginning to believe that the threat had actually passed when the distinctive sound of impulse drives filled the room. Peering outside, the Chieftain was shocked to see two Covenant Phantom dropships approaching their position. Okro 'Vagaduun, nearing the top of the lift with his team, noticed it too and contacted Minas, assuring him that they would be there to assist. As the two dropships stopped at the platform and began offloading Jiralhanae and Kig-Yar troops, Minas contacted Zeretus and hold him to stay where he was and secure the bottom of the lift so that they could escape swiftly. Two more Phantoms could be seen approaching the platform as well. He then told Choros to hurry Itka along with the extraction of the crystal shards because they had Covenant incoming. Meanwhile, Minas had the rest of his team prepare to defend the chamber.[1]
The first of the Covenant to enter the room was a team of Kig-Yar. Before they could process what they were seeing in the room, they were all cut down by a Banished barrage. Infuriated by the violent attack, the Covenant Jiralhanae charged into the room. The first few were easily dealt with, but as more and more streamed into the room it started to look bleak for Minas and his crew. Three Banished Jiralhanae dropped after being pierced by superheated spikes while two of the enemies lunged at Minas himself. Too close to use his pulse carbine efficiently, he smashed the weapon into the face of the first Jiralhanae, irreparably crumpling both the rifle and the head of the assailant. Moving around his fallen companion, the second attacker found Minas's shoulder lowered and forcibly planted into his midsection. The Chieftain could feel some of his attacker's bones breaking as he lifted him into the air and forced the twin bayonets of the Covenant soldier's own spiker into his throat. With a kick, Minas sent the bloody and limp warrior tumbling to the ground. He retrieved a plasma rifle from the floor and looked around to find that the fight within the Adytum chamber had slowed. He could only see two of his men still standing—Burekos and Sopruuz—and scavenging for weapons after the costly brawl. Minas could not see Choros or Itka in the room that was now filled with a haze of ballistic smoke and plasma gas.[1]
He called out for Choros and eventually found him kneeling beside the body of Itka, who had been pinned to the wall by a series of hot spikes. The captain seemed to be paying homage to his lost companion. Minas was momentarily pleased that he would not have to perform a similar ritual for Choros. Looking out of the door at the lift platform, he could see 'Vagaduun and his Sangheili warriors battling the enemy Phantoms and ground troops. As he looked on, one of the dropships was struck by a Ravager blast, sending the vehicle careening into the murky depths below. Choros came up to him carrying a small onyx box and informed him that they had successfully retrieved the crystal. He opened the case to reveal three shards, each glowing with an intense blue light. However, the captain was more focused on the bodies of his fallen companions that littered the floor. Hoping to gain some wisdom, Choros asked Minas what it was that Atriox had told him when they first met. The Chieftain relayed what Atriox had said, telling his captain that everyone should die on their own terms for something that they truly believe in. He contemplated this until Minas closed the onyx case and pushed it back to Choros, telling him that they must hurry back to the lift before the blademaster's forces were overrun. Choros handed the case back to Minas, insisting that he be the one to deliver it to Atriox. Then, they ventured out onto the platform to regroup with the Sangheili.[1]
By this time, only two enemy Phantoms remained and many of 'Vagaduun's men had fallen. The blademaster stood defiantly in the open, unleashing a torrent of plasma from the rifles he held in each hand. As Minas and his men made their way back to the lift, they could see six more dropships approaching in the hazy distance. Minas was stunned that so many Covenant remained on the Keyship. Choros used his skewer to eliminate one of the two Phantoms that were still assaulting the balcony. The team reached the lift platform and Choros began working at the controls. Just then, Minas heard a noise behind him. He turned to find a massive Jiralhanae carrying an immense gravity hammer. With a single swing, the bodies of Burekos and Sopruuz were flung from the platform. Minas fired his rifle at the Jiralhanae with little effect. The last three Sangheili warriors ignited their energy swords and lunged at the creature, prepared to sacrifice themselves so that the others could escape with the crystal. 'Vagaduun pulled Minas onto the lift just as Choros stepped off of it. Minas and the blademaster urged him to come back to the lift so that they could leave, but Choros refused. He realized that the incoming Phantoms would easily track the lift's descent and pick them off. Minas and 'Vagaduun would need a distraction. Before the Chieftain could respond, Choros slammed his fist onto lift's release, sending the two of them speeding back to the clerestory below.[1]
As the platform above quickly shrank from their sight range, Minas and "Vagaduun could see plasma fire being exchanged between the six dropships and whatever Banished forces were still alive. At the bottom, Zeretus was shocked that only the two of them had returned. Contemplating the selfless sacrifices of Choros and the other warriors they had lost, Minas and the remaining strike team immediately rushed back the way they had came and out of the Anodyne Spirit.[1] Presumably, Minas and the rest of the strike force made it back to their Phantoms without incident and delivered the crystal to Atriox, who would use the shards return to the galaxy in October 2559.[3]
During the mission to the Anodyne Spirit, Chieftain Minas equipped himself with a pulse carbine until he smashed it to pieces against the face of an attacking Covenant Jiralhanae.[1]
"Minas" is a traditionally Greek given name. This deviates from the usual Latin-like names used by most Jiralhanae.
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^ Halo: Shadows of Reach, chapter 3
^ Halo: Shadows of Reach, chapter 21
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2013 Fashion is soaking the 2012 which has just begun and demonstrating industry trends that never sleeps and is always looking beyond, to bring us ever new and surprising innovative proposals. A clear example of this is the Prada clothing presents for the winter season 2013.
The gateway of the brand offered a few tantalizing trends for winter and others less so. A segment clearly opted for functionality, shelter and comfort of women, while another, dropped the coat to raise its game design.
In this first part we saw a segment that is operated primarily black in color, combined with all kinds of accessories in blazers, blouses and skirts, which give more sophistication to the image. They can see clothes that are warm, where long skirts often are accompanied with pants, to strengthen the protection against the cold.
Then, pointing to a large segment sets printed in bright colors and many geometric designs, bringing the share of "joy" in the dull days of winter, but at the same time we can see that the pants of the line going to the ankle, so what would be best to go with boots.
Finally here's what I mentioned at the beginning: of wool or linen tops, pants covered with a thin and long skirt. Perhaps the idea is interesting but not a tendency to look down the streets without wearing a good coat on top.


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This loco is in 5205 condition with outside steampipes, but a straight footplate.
4247 was built at Swindon Works in 1916 at a cost of £2,918. During its career with the GWR and, later, British Railways the locomotive was based in South Wales, but also worked out of St Blazey shed in the 1950s.
BR motive power depot allocations since 1948.
January 1948 Ebbw Junction
December 1952 St Blazey
December 1957 Ebbw Junction
April 1961 Aberbeeg
July 1962 Tondu
Whilst at Ebbw Junction in 1958 it spent a number of months in store.
It was withdrawn in 1964 from Tondu shed and was sent for scrap to Barry. It was rescued from there by the 4247 Preservation Society in 1985.
The locomotive was based at Chinnor in the late 1990s for restoration but never ran there.
After extensive restoration, the engine returned to steam in 2001, and since then has worked on several heritage railways. Following an agreement with the Bodmin & Wenford Railway Trust, 4247 is now based permanently at Bodmin.
In early 2017 the locomotive was out of service following the failure of a firebox side stay. It was then decided that while the boiler was off the frames any repair work which would be required at the next overhaul would be undertaken early to avoid another boiler lift in the near future.
In March 2018 the locomotive was able to make test runs on the Bodmin & Wenford Railway.
In December 2018 the Bodmin & Wenford Railway reported that the locomotive had been taken out of service for repairs which are expected to take a few months.
Bodmin & Wenford Railway Operational 4247 Preservation Society
4247 in Woodham's scrapyard at Barry – March 1965
4247 in Woodhams scrapyard at Barry – August 1975
4247 at Bodmin Parkway on the Bodmin & Wenford Railway – September 2006
4247 at Bodmin Parkway – January 2013
4247 in the works at Bodmin on the Bodmin & Wenford Railway – April 2018
4247 on the Bodmin Wentford Railway
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Supermarine Air Yacht
A three-engined luxury flying boat with an unlucky career.
The Supermarine Air Yacht G-AASE on its beaching trolley
The Supermarine Aviation Works Air Yacht was designed by the 'Father of the Spitfire' RJ Mitchell.
It was a three engine, high wing monoplane with a flying boat hull, stabilised laterally by extended hull sponsons and thereby resembling the German Dornier Wal design.
It was built at the Supermarine Aviation Works at Woolston for the Hon. AE Guinness (a member of the Guinness brewing dynasty). Guinness intended on using it for pleasure cruises around the Mediterranean, replacing his Supermarine Solent flying boat and it was based on a monoplane version of a 1927 design to meet the requirements of specification R4/27 for a reconnaissance flying boat for the Royal Air Force.
The prototype (G-AASE) was furnished and equipped to a luxury standard. Sadly however, when it first flew in 1931, it was found that the aircraft's maximum speed and performance was well below requirements.
Initially powered by three Armstrong Siddeley Jaguar engines (these were later replaced by the more powerful Armstrong Siddeley Panther IIAs), performance following the loss of one engine remained marginal and the aircraft failed to maintain the necessary altitude required for safe flight.
The aircraft contained an individual cabin for its owner (complete with toilet, bath and bed) plus seating for 5 additional guests. It featured a galley with full-cooking facilities beneath the wing, deep-pile carpets and settees, plus the luxury of electric lighting throughout. The aircrew meanwhile, were accommodated outside in an open cockpit within the upper nose of the aircraft.
Guinness decided not to proceed with his order, opting for the SARO Cloud instead. After a period of storage, an American eccentric aviation and motorboat enthusiast (Mrs June James) purchased the Air Yacht in October 1932.
Mrs James came as a 'bit of a shock' for Supermarine, who were more used to dealing with pragmatic, long-winded negotiations with national governments. She could not understand that having seen the aircraft and decided to purchase it that she could not simply take it with her there and then. It took Chief Test Pilot Henri Biard some time to explain that the aircraft was being serviced at the time and that not only that the tide was out. She would have none of it and could not understand why the 12-ton aircraft could not be simply lifted out of the workshops by the Supermarine engineers and placed in the water ready for take-off!
Christened 'Windward III, the aircraft eventually left Woolston later that month, bound for a direct flight tp Egypt.
This was the first 'cruise' for the aircraft and it was not an resounding success. After landing at Cherbourg in worsening weather and after spending three hours on a very rough mooring, Mrs James and her passengers were taken to a suitable hotel ashore.
Eventually and upon reaching Naples in January 1933, the aircraft suffered an accident during take-off near Capri, resulting in a broken wing. Whilst thankfully there were no serious casualties, the aircraft was salvaged and finally beached. It never flew again and was sold for scrap a year later.
Powerplant Three 525 hp Armstrong Siddeley Panther IIA engines
Span 92 ft 0 in
Maximum Weight 23,348 lb
Capacity Four crew and six passengers
Maximum Speed 117.5 mph
Number built
1 Sole example G-AASE
None Destroyed in accident
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Bob's Blog - Live from Lewisville: Who Is Shaneil Jenkins?
Training camp is filled with managing expectations. There are guys who we expected a lot from who we have barely seen yet. There are guys we didn't expect anything from who emerge. You would like to think it always will balance out at zero, but the good teams find gems in the trash and still nail their top picks often enough. The bad teams chase their tails.
We hope the Cowboys are the former, not a bad team again.
Regardless, this camp has had a few gems, but they have been largely disguised in the footnotes around another Dak Prescott praise piece. That is fine. This is a quarterbacks league, and if you found one in the compensatory picks after Round 4, that is a pretty neat trick.
But what about the others? I try to take careful notes every time a player flashes. And the one that keeps getting notes among the anonymous types? No. 69. Nice.
"While West Virginia possesses a good number of quality prospects, a small-school player from Shepherd might have made the biggest impression on scouts.
"Shepherd defensive end Shaneil Jenkins -- 6-foot-2 7/8, 281 pounds -- ran the 40-yard dash in 4.78 and 4.86 seconds. He had a 20-yard short shuttle time of 4.5 seconds. He did the three-cone drill in 7.25 seconds. He performed 24 reps of 225 pounds on the bench press. Jenkins is described as looking the part; he's got a great physique. He was very impressive in his pro-day workout, showing quickness.
"Only four teams showed up at Shepherd's pro day on March 31, so Jenkins took it upon himself to perform a workout in front of a larger audience of NFL scouts at West Virginia's pro day, and it might have earned him a low-round draft slot. He should at least be a priority free-agent pickup for a team following the NFL draft."
Huge production from a Division II school. Something like 28 sacks in three seasons. Ignored, and then signed as a rookie free agent.
We have heard this story before. It happens.
But then the team that signed him, (Denver), cut him just a week into camp. Whoa. Why? How the heck does a player who has something get cut one week into camp when rosters are at 90? That is usually reserved for guys who just don't want to play football anymore or are proven to have no business in an NFL camp -- let alone on a roster.
So, the Cowboys bring in "Bronco" (That is his new nickname. Aren't pro athletes clever?) and those of us who are cynical for a living have a bar down on the ground, because what can you possibly find on Aug. 3 when there are 2,880 players already in camps across the league?
Now, imagine my surprise when this guy has basically done everything we hoped Nebraska's Maliek Collins was going to do in this camp as the third-round pick? Collins hasn't made an impression yet as he returns from injury. Meanwhile, Jenkins looks the part of a Day 2 pick. Instead, he goes undrafted and has been cut once already.
I have no idea why Denver didn't need him. In fact, when they cut him, he was replaced by another defensive end, so the premise that they are fine there can't be right. Is he not a scheme fit? Is he not a defensive end?
Now we are getting warmer.
It appears he is a perfect 3-technique prospect. Obviously, you always want to find the "under tackle" in this scheme. The Cowboys already paid Tyrone Crawford a ton of money and drafted Collins, too, so there isn't much of a vacancy here. They are trying him elsewhere, but the plays I am about to show you are pretty much all 3-tech stuff. He played more snaps on defense against Miami than any other Cowboy, so the coaches are looking hard at him.
Putting these clips together, I have arrived at the following conclusion: I am not cutting him.
Tackle-end stunt -- look at the closing speed of this big fella as Jared Goff gets sacked for the first time in his NFL career.
These next two clips are simply showing you his quickness traits. He doesn't make plays, but look at the first nose across the line.
He is jumping the snap!
This time, David Irving is first across, but Jenkins cleans up. He is really good against the run as a backside pursuit man.
But the big flash is going to be in pass rush. Get your 3-tech isolated with a guard and watch him eat. Look at this pressure. Great stuff from an undrafted guy who was cut this month.
This is my favorite play because he is being double-teamed. He doesn't make a play here, but look at this dude flash into the backfield as both the guard and tackle face each other and wonder how he just bulled through them.
Now, on to Miami. Like Dak, can he do it again?
How about another stunt -- this time a tackle/tackle -- and he goes in for the strip sack. This is so impressive.
Another angle. Look at that rip move to get under the guard. Then, he is able to control his body and get back to make the play. Nice footwork, big man.
Here, he stays home and eats up the running back for a tackle for loss. Strong at the point of attack.
And one more, as he gets down the line and gets in on another tackle. Big and active body.
Look, I am not saying they have found Warren Sapp, but I love this kid. I think they wish he popped more at defensive end -- and maybe he can give them something there -- but his real value looks to be inside. I say you can't have too many of those.
There are numbers to consider here because Tyrone Crawford and Maliek Collins are making the squad. Cedric Thornton is the other tackle with Jack Crawford -- who actually is your starting defensive end during all the suspensions -- while Terrell McClain is behind him, too. They may only want to keep four and earlier in camp, people were talking Rodney Coe, too.
But Jenkins is impressing the heck out of me and if they need to make cuts now, this kid from Shepherd University is on my 53-man roster.


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Q: Change screen LWJGL window appers on I have two monitors; when creating a LWJGL window:
Display.setDisplayMode(new DisplayMode(width, height));
Display.setFullscreen(fullScreen);
Display.setVSyncEnabled(vSync);
Display.setTitle(title);
Display.create();

It always appears on my left screen. Is there a parameter to set to change which screen it appears on, something like:
Display.setScreen(1);

A: I'm not familiar with opengl or lwjgl. By checking the API, I'd suggest invoking the static method Display.getAvailableDisplayModes() and trying the modes in the array and finding an appropriate display mode you would use:
  DisplayMode[] displayModes = Display.getAvailableDisplayModes();

  Display.setDisplayMode(displayModes[0]); // try different entries here.
  Display.setFullscreen(fullScreen);
  Display.setVSyncEnabled(vSync);
  Display.setTitle(title);
  Display.create();

A: Ok. Not the best solution ever, but it may work. I found a method in Display called setLocation(x, y);. This changed the position of the created display. So, after finding the screen's x and y, you should be able to use this to move the window. Thanks Juvanis, I will try to implement finding the screen's positions.


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Database can be explained as a just single file, which is used to store data properly and which gives us facility to retrieve data properly. And a system that manages that database is called Database Management System a.k.a. DBMS, Oracle, SQL Server, DB2, MySQL are few to name. Each DBMS presents data differently, may have different look or feature but in essence they are all same. I mainly work on SQL Server, MySQL and Oracle… out of which I felt that MySQL has been improved lot and main advantage is its open source and free. And advantage of SQL Server is very user friendly, great user community and being MSFT product it can be easily integrated with .NET (of course sometimes I only think of my self ) … and Oracle is an industry giant which requires little more effort to learn but perhaps the most stable one.