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We are proud to announce our next show-betta competition in Duisburg, Germany 2010!
During our show with Joep van Esch as our main judge, show betta splendens bred by many national and international breeders will be judged, shown at the EHBBC stand and auctioned. The fish at the 15th International EHBBC Show-Betta Competition will be judged by an experienced team of judges by a knock-out system according to the new Bettas4all standard. The Bettas4all standard is expected soon to be online.
With daily auctions all visitors will have the chance to purchase many different betta of breeders quality. The winning fish of the competition will be available starting Saturday.
At our stand the club members will be there to inform you about keeping, maintaining and breeding siamese fighting fish.
Take the city train 903 starting at Duisburg main station or Dinslaken to the station "Landschaftspark", from there walk into Emscherstraße (ca. 5 minutes), entry Emscherstraße.
Exit the A42 at Duisburg-Neumühl, turn right into the B8, direction Obermeiderich, until Emscherstraße (please follow the signs "Landschaftspark"). Free parking available.
The entry form is available to download below, please fill it out completely (except box numbers). All informations regarding entry fees for your fish, shipping adress etc. will be also there on the form. In case you want to sell extra fish in the auction and don't want to enter them into the competition, please note that in the special section on the form.
Auction profit splitting: 70% breeder and 30% EHBBC or 90% assistants and 10% EHBBC.
In case you send fish the package has to contain the following: Fish (please make sure that color, fin form and class is written on the bag), copy of entry form, bags to return the fish, entry fees, postage rate and adress to return the fish and heat packs (if you want to have your fish returned).
• If you chose to send your fish they have to arrive latest Sept. 24th 2010 (at: Bernd Roque y Montoya, Rosenweiher 1, 25548 Kellinghusen, Germany). Or you bring them in person the show on Wed. 29th, benching starts at 15:00 (until about 18:00).
i don't think i can come due to my schedule, maybe next year !
if I understand correctly, you will be there :D - I am happy to see you there! Will you also register fish for the show?
that is good for you, but a bit sad for us of course because you will not come to Duisburg because of this.
Good luck with your lines!!
Gilles said he would be there saturday and sunday.
Gilles - totally looking forward to meet you!!
j essaye d en faire mais la photo c est pas mon fort en plsu ils sont plutot nerveux .
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More Missouri legislative races could be competitive this year thanks to a new map
Republicans are in no danger of losing their legislative majorities in Missouri. Yet despite tough political headwinds, Democrats hope a new map that created more competitive districts will help them pick up seats
By: Jason Hancock - October 25, 2022 10:32 am
The Missouri House chamber (photo courtesy of Tim Bommel/Missouri House Communications).
Republicans have had super majorities in both chambers of the Missouri legislature for the past decade. And every election cycle, Democrats vow to begin crawling out of the legislative wilderness.
This year is no different. But a new legislative map — drawn by a bipartisan redistricting commission — has created more potentially competitive districts, giving Democrats renewed hope that they can finally begin to turn the tide.
Republicans, who have been particularly skilled at winning tough legislative races in Missouri over the last generation, are also optimistic that they can navigate the new map and maintain — or even expand — their huge majorities.
All 163 House seats are on the ballot this year, along with 17 of the Senate's 34 seats.
Democrats start off with a huge deficit: There are more than 100 House races where either the Republican is unopposed or is heavily favored to win. Meanwhile in the Senate, Republicans are either running unopposed or are heavily favored in 14 races.
Fundraising is one area Democratic candidates are excited about, with the party's candidates largely pulling in more cash than their GOP rivals. But the state Republican Party apparatus is more than making up the difference.
The House Republican Campaign Committee, for example, recently reported nearly $1.3 million cash on hand compared to only $63,000 for its Democratic counterpart. On the Senate side, the pro-GOP Missouri Senate Campaign Committee reported $513,000 cash on hand, compared to $462,000 for the pro-Democrat Majority Forward.
And while Democrats are hopeful, they face increasingly tough electoral headwinds, with the national party's woes heading into the midterms compounded by Missouri's continued drift toward Republicans.
With all that in mind, here are 12 of the most hotly contested legislative races heading into the Nov. 8 election.
Senate District 24
This St. Louis County seat was won by Democratic Sen. Jill Schupp by 24 percentage points in 2018.
But Schupp is barred from running again because of term limits, and the newly drawn seat is more favorable to the GOP.
Republicans recruited Dr. George Hruza of Des Peres to carry the party's banner into the only Senate race considered competitive this year. So far, he's donated more than $900,000 to his own campaign. And as of last week, his campaign had dropped $525,000 on radio and television ads.
St. Louis Democrat Tracy McCreery, a four-term state representative, has thus far led in all the public polling and enters the campaign's homestretch with $350,000 cash on hand in her campaign and another $329,000 in a political action committee supporting her.
As of last week, she had spent $455,000 on radio and television ads.
In the district just north of Kansas City in Platte County where 52% of voters supported Joe Biden in 2020, Republican Tom Hutsler is facing off against Democrat Jamie Johnson.
Hutsler, a businessman from Parkville, reported nearly $30,000 cash on hand heading into October, compared to $34,000 cash on hand for Johnson, an urban planner from Kansas City.
Democratic Rep. Ashley Aune captured this previously GOP-held seat in the Kansas City northland in 2020 by a little over 1,500 votes.
Now Aune, who owns a marketing agency in Kansas City, is hoping to hold onto the seat in a rematch with her Republican opponent, Eric Holmes, an army veteran from Kansas City.
Aune enjoys a cash advantage over Holmes, reporting $73,000 on hand heading into October compared to $42,000 for the Republican.
Democrat Mark Ellebracht has represented a version of this Clay County-based district for six years, with his margin of victory growing in each subsequent election.
But the redrawn district poses a threat to the Democratic incumbent, as evidenced by the fact that Ellebrecht and his GOP opponent — Republican Bill Allen — received nearly identical vote totals during the August primary where they were both running unopposed.
Ellebrecht, an attorney from Liberty, enjoys a massive fundraising advantage, with $58,000 cash on hand heading into October compared to only $33 for Allen, a Navy veteran from Kansas City.
Democrat Rory Rowland ran three times without a GOP opponent in this Independence-based district that twice supported Donald Trump for president.
But Rowland gave up his seat this year after he was elected mayor of Independence, giving the GOP a potential pick up in Jackson County.
Republicans have nominated David Martin, a truck driver from Kansas City who reported $5,141 cash on hand. Democrats picked Aaron Crossley, a social worker from Independence who reported $50,000 cash on hand.
Republican Rep. Rick Roeber barely won this seat in 2020 after his adult children accused him of physically and sexually abusing them when they were young. And just a few months into Roeber's first term, the Missouri House voted unanimously to expel him from office because of the abuse allegations.
Now, Republicans are hoping to hold onto the Jackson County-based district that includes Lee's Summit.
The GOP nominee, J.C. Crossley of Lee's Summit, reported $13,000 cash on hand for the campaign's homestretch. The Democrat, Kemp Strickler, reported $77,000 cash on hand.
Republican Rep. Chuck Basye won this Boone County seat four times by wide margins.
But Basye can't run again because of term limits. And the redrawn district pulled in a swath of west Columbia that made the seat much more competitive and a potential pick up for Democrats.
Republican businessman John Martin of Columbia reported $42,000 cash on hand heading into October, compared to $18,000 for Democrat Adrian Plank, a union carpenter from Columbia
Republican state Rep. David Gregory, who ran unopposed in 2016 and cruised to easy re-election victories in 2018 and 2020 in this St. Louis County district, gave up the seat to run for state auditor.
Running to replace him in a district that supported Joe Biden in 2020 is Republican Brad Christ and Democrat Leslie Derrington, both of St. Louis.
Christ reported $44,000 cash on hand as of October, while Derrington had $17,500.
Democrat Deb Lavender of St. Louis is hoping to reclaim a seat in the Missouri House that she gave up to run for the state Senate two years ago, facing off with Republican Ryan Higgins of Valley Park.
The incumbent, Democratic Rep. Trish Gunby of Ballwin, gave up the seat to run for Congress. She won the seat in a special election in 2019 then squeaked out a win in 2020 by 400 votes.
Lavender has a commanding lead in campaign fundraising, reporting $120,000 cash on hand heading into October compared to $24,000 for Higgins.
House District 105
In another rematch from 2020, Republican Rep. Adam Schwadron is once again facing off with Democrat Cindy Berne to represent the St. Charles County district.
Schwadron, a business owner from St. Charles, won the seat two years ago by only 600 votes. He reported $26,000 cash on hand in his October report.
Berne, a horticulturist from St. Charles, reported $53,000 cash on hand.
The Republican incumbent, Curtis Trent, gave up the Springfield-based seat to run for state Senate.
Business owner Melanie Stinnett is hoping to hold onto the seat for Republicans. She reported $68,000 cash on hand for the campaign's homestretch.
Non-profit CEO and Missouri State University professor Amy Blansit is the Democratic nominee. She has $21,000 cash on hand.
Democratic Rep. Betsy Fogle knocked off an incumbent Republican in 2020 by just 76 votes.
This year, Fogle is hoping to hang on to the Springfield-based district, reporting $122,733 cash on hand. Republicans nominated A.J.Exner, who works for a genetic testing company. He reported $19,623 cash on hand heading into October.
by Jason Hancock, Missouri Independent
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Q: How to get the Cartesian product of a variable number of lists while filtering the values to limit memory usage? I am attempting to get the cartesian product of a variable number of lists. The lists will be 1 million rows each so using itertools.product would not be a good idea.
As a result of the massive memory usage, I need to filter as I get each permutation.
Here's what I have so far:

responses = [[0, 812734, 44659745], [1, 814487, 44733839], [2, 816185, 44807932]], [[0, 280868, 7035251], [1, 283740, 7063931], [2, 286561, 7092611]]

budget = 51750000

best_response = [0., 0.]

optimal = get_optimal(responses, budget, best_response)

def get_optimal(responses, budget, best_response):
    if not responses:
        yield ()
    else:
        for response in responses[0]:
            for cross in get_optimal(responses[1:], budget, best_response):

                value = (response,)+cross

                if len(value) == len() and sum([x[2] for x in value]) < budget and sum([x[1] for x in value]) > sum(best_response):

                    yield [x[2] for x in value]

Output: ()
Desired Output: (44659745, 7063931)

Any help would be appreciated!

A: The itertools.product function you ruled out already does what you say you want. It lazily produces each value from the Cartesian product of its inputs, without storing all the product values in memory at the same time. (I suspect your issue isn't actually memory complexity though.)
Thus, the direct answer to your question is that you want:
result = max((prod for prod in itertools.product(*responses)
                   if sum(item[2] for item in prod) < budget),
             key=lambda prod: sum(item[1] for item in prod))

This might be too slow, but that's not directly the fault of itertools.product or running out of memory. Rather, it's a problem with your algorithm, as you're just trying to process too many possible solutions overall. Memory issues would be caused by handling too many things all at once, this code handles each potential solution one at a time. Generating all the product values and testing each one to see if it's within budget is very costly in time (but not in memory).
A better algorithm would keep the budget in mind while generating the products, so as to avoid the need to test any combinations of items that are too costly. We can also avoid using any items from any list if they're fully dominated by one of the other items (the other item is more valuable and no more costly).
def get_optimal(responses, budget):
    if not responses:                           # base case
        return []

    sorted_by_cost = sorted(responses[0], key=lambda item: item[2])
    prev_value = float('-inf')
    best_combination = None
    best_combined_value =  float('-inf')

    for ID, value, cost in sorted_by_cost:
        if cost > budget:                       # stop searching if we're over budget
            break

        if value < prev_value:                  # skip dominated items in our list
            continue
        prev_value = value

        sub_combination = get_optimal(responses[1:], budget-cost)         # recurse

        if sub_combination is None: # stop if the recursion failed to find a solution
            break

        comb_value = value + sum(item[2] for item in sub_combination)
        if comb_value > best_combined_value:
            best_combination = [(ID, value, cost)] + sub_combination
            best_combined_value = comb_value

    return best_combination         # this may be None, if we never found a solution

There might be further algorithmic tricks that would improve performance even more, but there's a good chance this is good enough.

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Current Research and Scholarly Interests My laboratory, the Center for Interdisciplinary Brain Sciences Research (CIBSR), focuses on multi-level scientific study of individuals with typical and atypical brain structure and function. Data are obtained from genetic analyses, structural and functional neuroimaging studies, assessment of endocrinological status, neurobehavioral assessment, and analysis of pertinent environmental factors. Our overarching focus is to model how brain disorders arise and to develop disease-specific treatments.
Johannes Reiter
Assistant Professor of Radiology (Canary Center) and, by courtesy, of Biomedical Data Science
Current Research and Scholarly Interests My research focuses on the stochastic biological processes underlying cancer evolution with the goal to improve diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of tumors. I develop computational methods and design mathematical models to generate novel hypotheses and explain observations on a mechanistic level.
Geoffrey Riley
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Bio Eben Rosenthal is a surgeon-scientist and academic leader. He is currently serving as the John and Ann Doerr Medical Director of the Stanford Cancer Center, a position he has held since July 2015. He works collaboratively with the Stanford Cancer Institute and Stanford Health Care leaders to set the strategy for the clinical delivery of cancer care across Stanford Medicine and growing cancer networks.
Before coming to Stanford, he learned his surgical skills in otolaryngology from the University of Michigan and traveled west for further training in facial plastic and reconstructive surgery at the Oregon Health and Science University. He joined the faculty at University of Alabama at Birmingham where he started as an Assistant Professor of Surgery within the Division of Otolaryngology. In 2012, Dr. Rosenthal became Division Director of Otolaryngology ? Head and Neck Surgery and the holder of the John S. Odess Endowed Chair at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He moved to Stanford in 2015 to become the Ann and John Doerr Medical Director of the Stanford Cancer Center.
Dr. Rosenthal is certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology and is a Diplomat of the American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. He specializes in the treatment and reconstruction of head and neck cancer patients. He has a strong interest in development of new strategies to surgically repair complex head and neck defects to improve functional and cosmetic outcomes.
He has published over 160 peer-reviewed scientific manuscripts, authored many book chapters and published a book on optical imaging in cancer. He is on the editorial board of Head & Neck and The Laryngoscope and is also a charter member of the NIH Developmental Therapeutics Study Section. Dr. Rosenthal has performed preclinical and clinical research on the role of targeted therapies for use to treat cancer alone and in combination with conventional therapy. He has served as principal investigator on several early phase investigator-initiated and industry sponsored clinical trials in molecular oncology. He has received grant funding from the American Cancer Society, NIH/NCI and NIH/NIDCR to study the role of targeted therapy and novel imaging strategies in cancer.
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One of the first orders of business was to designate "pigeon rock." In Arabic the word for bathroom is "hammaamm" and the word for pigeon is "hamaam". Yeah, great fun at dinner parties. So a large three-story rock a ways off from camp was designated the pigeon rock and I called the right side as the girl's side.
As the day came to an end, we all watched the sun set over the desolate scene. There was no sound of cars or horns or donkeys or birds or even the wind. Just silence.
Our guides prepared dinner for us, with fresh fruit, baladi bread, a vegetable stew and rice, and chicken bits for the carnivores. I don't know if they laced the vegetables with chocolate, or the day's excitement just altered my senses, but the rice and vegetables were some of the best I've ever had.
As the night enclosed around us, the stars above came out in abundance. I've been fortunate enough to see the Northern Lights from an observatory in Manitoba, Canada, however even then I did not see the number of stars that blanketed the White Desert sky.
Ben volunteered to go bring him back to camp, so I waited now for both of them to return. Ben returned, said he'd spoken to Ron who had just gotten a little turned around, and he'd be heading back soon. So I waited some more, watching as the bobbing flashlight started to get smaller and smaller.
Enemy camp? Did everyone fail to tell me we were camping in "enemy" territory? It was too late to argue the lunacy of that statement, so I just led him back to our non-enemy camp. We made it through the rest of the night without any more fox squabbles or wayward wanderings.
We awoke the next morning just before sunrise, so we grabbed our cameras and set out to explore and find different views of the sunrise over the White Desert (once you get home and review all the photos, you realize how many practically-identical shots you took, over and over).
I did enjoy examining all the various animal tracks that surrounded our camp. Some obvious fox tracks, but then other not-so-obvious ones that someone suggested might be scarab tracks and who knows who else.
There was a bit of an issue with our guides sleeping in late that morning, so much so that the policeman (we never did get his name, he was less than chatty with us) eventually had to wake them up. They did provide hot tea and toasted bread with jam for breakfast and then packed up all the gear and we headed out. We stopped only once or twice on the way back to Bawiti.
Before we headed home however, we did want to put some more air in the tires and get gas. So our ever-professional guides led us into town to the gas station, and would have made it had their car not run out of gas itself a few blocks away. The perfect cap to a weekend with guides who continually proved their unpreparedness. You could say we got what we paid for, because if our memory is correct, it cost us about $60 each for the two nights, guides, and food, however based on my experience in Egypt so far, this is about what I would expect from anyone. And the bottom line is that we had a phenomenal time (and it helps to go into most situations with an open mind and low expectations).
We did get gas and air, and checked out at the Desert Police Station as we left. You could almost hear the sigh of relief that the American Dips were safe and sound and Obama would be happy. Then we headed out for the long dusty ride home.
Again, I didn't spot any wildlife scampering around the desert, however I did see several dust devils (little sand tornadoes just wandering across the ground), which was always amusing, and one or two bemusing signs as well.
We were quiet on the way home; each of us digesting our weekend of adventures and misadventures (it's a fine line in Egypt). But I think it will remain one of the most-unusual, most-amazing, and most-beautiful trips we'll take in all of Eygpt. At least until the next time.


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Archive for April 22, 2012
VOTD : Raavan Re-cut – If Vikram was in double role!
Posted: April 22, 2012 by moifightclub in bollywood, Simbly South, songs & videos, video, VOTD
Tags: Abhishek Bachchan, Raavan, Vikram, VOTD
It was suppose to be Vikram's big bollywood debut. But what actually happened? Well, we all know the story. The general feedback was that the Tamil version was better than the Hindi one. In the Tamil version, Vikram played Beera, the same role which was played by Abhishek Bachchan in the Hindi version. And a film buff cut a very cool video – put Vikram in double role. Watch the video.
And he has a cut a new trailer of the film in the same way
TDP + I & B = KLPD?
Posted: April 22, 2012 by moifightclub in bollywood, film, News
Tags: I & B Ministry, Sony Tv, The Dirty Picture
If you are baffled by the equation in the header, let me dissect it one by one.
TDP – The Dirty Picture
I & B – Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
KLPD – That's easy. And if not, google. One should know it.
So what really happened?
Last year's one of the biggest hits, The Dirty Picture was suppose to be aired today on Sony TV at 12 and 8pm. Since the film was rated Adult, there was a petition against the film to stop its telecast. But the Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court cleared its screening after the film went through 56 cuts. The PTI report which was carried in TOI is here.
Then last night (21st april) at about 11pm, the I & B Ministry sent a notice and asked Sony to stop the telecast. Print Ads were out in the newspapers today. Promos were running. All of a sudden it was a KLPD. Nobody knows exactly why.
What's baffling is the way the notice was sent in last minute. Also, once the Court has cleared it, can the Ministry stop it? Am not sure how does it work. If someone knows, please do enlighten us in the comments.
And this comes at a time when the Censor Board is really trying to push the envelope and is in favour of a new rating system. With new members on board, there's an approach to give more freedom to the filmmakers. It's like one step forward and two backwards.
This can happen only in this country – the lead actress gets the National Award for the film but the film isn't allowed to be telecast. May be because the government has better Dirty Pictures to offer, like this one.
First Look : Ashim Ahluwalia's Miss Lovely (Stills + Official Synopsis)
Posted: April 22, 2012 by moifightclub in cinema, film, Film Festival, first look, Indie, News, pics, Story / Plot / Synopsis
Tags: Anil George., Ashim Ahluwalia, Cannes, first look, Miss Lovely, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Niharika Singh, pics, stills, synopsis, Un Certain Regard
What we know – Ashim Ahluwalia's debut feature Miss Lovely is going to Cannes in Un Certain Regard section this year. The film is set in Bombay's B/C grade film industry and it stars Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Niharika Singh and Anil George.
What we don't know – what does the film look like? No stills/clips/trailer available on the net so far. What's it all about?
And so we have got it all. The official synopsis and some stills from the film.
OFFICIAL SYNOPSIS
Bombay, 1988. Vicky and Sonu are brothers and partners in crime. They produce "C" grade films in the lower depths of Bollywood – lurid horror films, erotic bandit pictures, sleazy social dramas. From a humid one-hour hotel, amidst spilled whisky and bouts of womanizing, Vicky churns out illicit titles like "Dolly Darling" and "Lady James Bond" for India's small-town picture houses. He leaves the donkey-work to Sonu, his withdrawn, dim-witted younger sibling, who often cleans up after him.
Returning exhausted from a sales trip peddling erotic reels in the hinterland, Sonu encounters a mysterious girl on the train and is drawn to her fragile beauty. She's only just arrived in Bombay and her vulnerability soothes his own sense of despair. Her name is Pinky and she appears to be a struggling actress.
Vicky dismisses the girl as a gullible piece of flesh but Sonu is desperate, bewitched by Pinky's silent radiance. He knows that only she can save him; make his emptiness disappear.
As the seasons change, Sonu begins to resent his hard-edged brother. He no longer wants toslave for Vicky's lawless operation and decides to make a film of his own, with Pinky in the lead. A double debut – producer and star. It's a reckless, nihilistic venture with no story and no crew in place. But he has a title – the film will be called 'Miss Lovely' and Sonu will do whatever it takes to make it.
But nothing is what it seems in this garish underworld of shifting alliances, double dealing, and quivering flesh. Out on the streets three years later, Sonu realizes that his whole world has turned upside down.
A baroque tale of betrayal and doomed love, the animal instincts of the struggling actress prove to be the most cutthroat of all. As paranoia and violence spiral out of control, brother turns on brother, and blood spills like water. Sonu, now alone and abandoned, aimlessly wanders the streets, junkyards and film studios, aching for one last glimpse of Pinky.
Click here to read an interview of Ashim on the making of Miss Lovely.


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Cohort 8
Dr Céire Costello, Blizard Institute
Lecturer in Medical Statistics
Céire is a NIHR postdoctoral research fellow based at the School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol. She has a background in Physiology and Neuroimmunology having gained a BA(hons) in Physiology and a PhD from Trinity College Dublin. Recently Céire has completed a MSc in Medical Statistics at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
Céire's principal areas of research are in infectious diseases and the use of statistical methods. Since joining the University of Bristol in 2007 she has been working on a programme of research involving Primary Care Antibiotic use and the development of Antimicrobial Resistant infections in the community (PCAAR).
In addition to conducting primary care research Céire is a statistician with the Bristol Randomised Trials Collaboration (BRTC), a UKCRC registered trials unit based at Bristol. She has a particular interest in investigating the diagnostic potential of metabolomics.
http://www.blizard.qmul.ac.uk/pctu
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Cohort 10


Soooooooo, if you really want these details, I will give you a little.
I desired to play guitar when I was about 7 or 8 years old. My mother took me to a music store and at that time, they didn't make guitars for little people. However, they thought a nice big accordion would be great. Not so much. Two weeks later-bye bye. No more oom pa pa oom pa pa. Fast forward to when I was about 12, I wanted to play trumpet. My dad said no. At 16 I saw my first concert, Dokken and Krokus. Guitarist George Lynch was too cool to say the least. During the time I ran away for a week, I went to Southgate Mall that had a music store. On the music store walls they had guitars :-) I returned home after my plans to live on a farm up north were foiled. I begged, pleaded, and somehow convinced my mom to let me get a guitar. Well, I got one and my dad was not happy. Whatever.
Faster forward, literally it seems, and I still have that guitar. It is cracked, mutilated, chipped, painted, scalloped, rusty and dusty. And no, I do not play that one anymore.
Over the years I have come to love playing acoustic guitar. I enjoy the fact you can take them just about anywhere and not have to be plugged in to enjoy them. I still love electric and I am currently revisiting that with my lastest band lineup for Returning Forward.
That's all for now. Maybe I'll add more to this page in the future. If there is something you would like to know specifically, email me and I will try to answer as best and as timely as I can.


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Hooded Pilgrims Ave Maria limited edition numbered lithograph from 1990 Fantasia boxed set
Walt Disney Studios Original and Limited Edition Art
Fantasia Original and Limited Edition Art (1940)
Art In Stock In the Gallery and Ready for Gifting, Limited Edition Lithographs, Studio Art
This Hooded Pilgrims Ave Maria limited edition numbered lithograph from 1990 Fantasia boxed set is from a rare sold out edition, and was created for the wonderful sequence in the original film. Add Hooded Pilgrims to your collection today!
About the Fantasia box set:
On November 13, 1940, Walt Disney's FANTASIA premiered at the Broadway Theatre in New York. To celebrate the film's re-release in 1990 for its 50th anniversary, the Disney Art Program created this boxed portfolio of 50 images of conceptual art that inspired Walt and his artist during the making of this animated masterpiece.
The portfolio was designed and its production supervised by Patrick Dooley. Mr. Dooley also worked with David Cleghorn and Esther Ewert with research and review of the film's original artwork to select images representing each of Fantasia's eight major movements.
The pieces in this collection where printed on Mohawk Superfine 80-lb. cover in four-color process and duotone. The prints are faithful reproductions of the original art.
Each of the 50 images were reproduced on 22 lithographs. They are placed in protective folders with an introductory essay and narrative explaining the scene, artist and original medium.
This Hooded Pilgrims image is from the edition number #99 of 500.
Fantasia is a 1940 American animated film produced by Walt Disney and released by Walt Disney Productions. With story direction by Joe Grant and Dick Huemer, and production supervision by Ben Sharpsteen, it is the third Disney animated feature film. The film consists of eight animated segments set to pieces of classical music conducted by Leopold Stokowski, seven of which are performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra. Music critic and composer Deems Taylor acts as the film's Master of Ceremonies, providing a live-action introduction to each animated segment.
Disney settled on the film's concept as work neared completion on The Sorcerer's Apprentice, an elaborate Silly Symphonies short designed as a comeback role for Mickey Mouse, who had declined in popularity. As production costs grew higher than what it could earn, Disney decided to include the short in a feature-length film with other segments set to classical pieces. The soundtrack was recorded using multiple audio channels and reproduced with Fantasound, a pioneering sound reproduction system that made Fantasia the first commercial film shown in stereophonic sound.
Fantasia was first released as a theatrical roadshow held in thirteen U.S. cities from November 13, 1940. While acclaimed by critics, it was unable to make a profit due to World War II cutting off distribution to the European market, the film's high production costs, and the expense of leasing theaters and installing the Fantasound equipment for the roadshow presentations. The film was subsequently reissued multiple times with its original footage and audio being deleted, modified, or restored in each version. Fantasia is the 23rd highest-grossing film of all time in the U.S. when adjusted for inflation. The Fantasia franchise has grown to include video games, Disneyland attractions, and a live concert. A sequel, Fantasia 2000, co-produced by Roy E. Disney, was released in 1999. Fantasia has grown in reputation over the years and is now widely acclaimed; in 1998 the American Film Institute ranked it as the 58th greatest American film in their 100 Years...100 Movies and the fifth greatest animated film in their 10 Top 10 list.
Tags: Ave Maria, disney's fantasia, fantasia, Fantasia boxed set, Fantasia concept art, Hooded Pilgrims
Snow White: The Evil Queen Transforms Disney Villains Original storybook illustration
Tarzan Original Concept Art Used in the Disney Feature


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Князь Юрий Никитич Трубецкой (ум. 1634) — боярин и конюший Лжедмитрия II. После эмиграции в Литву и перехода в католичество принял имя Юрий Вигунд Иероним.

Происхождение
По мужской линии Юрий Никитич Трубецкой был потомком в 10-м колене великого князя литовского Гедимина. Но ещё в начале XVI веке Трубецкие со своим удельным княжеством на службу к государю всея Руси Ивану III Васильевичу. Прадед Юрия Никитича — Семён Иванович был внуком Юрия Михайловича удельного князя и основателя младшей ветви Трубецких.

Юрий Никитич Трубецкой был старшим сыном воеводы и боярина князя Никиты Романовича Косого Трубецкого (ум. 1608). Ряд исследователей называют имя жены Никиты Романовича — Евдокия Михайловна (умерла в 1629 году). Но не уточняют кем она приходилась Юрию матерью или мачехой.

Год рождения Юрия Никитича не известен, но исходя из того, что его отец Никита Романович начал службу в 1570 году, а первые известия о службе Юрия относятся к началу 1590-х годов вероятно, что он родился в 1570-е годы.

Биография

Стольник и рында
М. Г. Спиридов утверждал, что Юрия Никитич впервые упомянут при царском дворе в чине стольника, но Разрядная книга за 1591 год это не подтверждает. Юрий Никитич упомянут 22 октября 7100 года (то есть в ноябре 1591 года), когда он заместничал с князем Андреем Ивановичем Ногтёвым-Суздальским, а его сын Даниил Андреевич Ногтёв-Суздальский «бил челом» на боярина князя Никиту Романовича Трубецкого, отца Юрия. «А судил их боярин князь Иван Васильевич Сицкой да розрядной дьяк Неудача Ховралев, а записывал подьячей».

В 1593 году к царю Фёдору Иоанновичу прибыли послы императора. Состоялось несколько встреч , на третьей Юрий Никитич в чине стольника «смотрел в большой стол» .

В 1595 году стольник, «смотрел в большой стол» во время обеда у царя Фёдора Иоанновича в честь германских послов.

В октябре 1596 года (3 октября 7105 года) Фёдор Иоаннович принимал литовского посла Яна Радиловича Голубицкого в Грановитой палате. На этой встрече царя окружали «в белом платье» несколько рынд. Первым рындой назван Юрий Никитич, вторым Замятня Иванович Сабуров, третьим Пётр Григорьевич Сабуров, а четвёртым Василий Савинович Плещеев

В середине мая 1597 года (2 мая 7105 или 5 мая 7105 года) или 1 июня 1597 года (22 мая 7105 года) царь Фёдор Иоаннович принимал посла императора Рудольфа II — бургграфа Доны и думного советник Юрия Каля. Был устроен пышный приём. Посла принимали в Грановитой палате. Царя окружали рынды в белом платье. Первым рындой был назначен князь Юрий Никитич, вторым князь Иван Семёнович Куракин, третьим князь Фёдор Иванович Лыков, четвёртым князь Борис Михайлович Лыков. Но князь Иван Семёнович Куракин, назначенный вторым рындой, «бил челом, в отечестве о счете» на князя Юрия Трубецкого, а сам съ. Царь поддержал в местническом споре князя Ю. Н. Трубецкого, а князя И. С. Куракина «посадил в подклет» «на два дня», а вторым рындой назначил князя Ивана Андреевича Хованскогов.

В июле 1597 года (19 июля 7105), Фёдор Иоаннович вторично принимал императорского посла бургграф Доны Авраама II. Состав рынд во главе с Юрием Трубецким был прежним.

В августе 1597 года (4 августа 7105 года) в Золотой палате Фёдор Иоаннович принимал «мутнянского  старца», принёсшего царю мощи святого Фёдора Стратилата. На этом приёме состав рынд во главе с Юрием Трубецким был прежним.

В январе 1598 года Фёдор Иоаннович умер. В феврале 1598 года новым царём на соборе был избран Борис Годунов. Но перед коронацией Борис Годунов узнал о том, что крымский хан Газы II Гирей вои главе 7-тысячного войска идёт на Россию. Борис Годунов в мае 1598 года собрав войско совершил через Серпухов поход к Оке, чтобы там встретить крымских татар. В этом походе участвовало много представителей знати. В Серпуховском походе Юрий Никитич был рындой «у большова государева саадака». А его отец, боярин князь Никита Романович Трубецкой, был оставлен в Москве при юном царевиче Фёдоре Борисовиче среди тех бояр и окольничих, что должны были «оберегать город» если хан прорвётся к Москве. Летом 1598 года Борису Годунову прибыли послы крымского хана и возобновили мирный договор.

Венчавшийся на царство 1 сентября 1598 года Борис Годунов стремился укрепить международные отношения. Он пригласил в Россию, сына прежнего шведского короля Эрика XIV принца-изгнаника Густава (1568—1607). В конце августа 1599 года (19 августа 7107) в Золотой палате был торжественный приём царевича. Царя Бориса Годунова окружали «рынды в белом платье» Первым рындой был князь Юрий Никитич, вторым князь Иван Андреевич Хованский, третьим князь Борис Михайлович Лыков, четвёртым князь Василий Петрович Тростенской. Затем по царскому поручению «с питьём ездил от государя, после стола,» к шведскому королевичу.

В начале 1601 года (февраль 7109 года) литовских послов принимал в Грановитой палате царевич Фёдор, так как Борис Годунов заболел. «Смотревшим в большой стол» назван князь Юрий Трубецкой

В октябре 1601 года (18 октября 7110 года) в Грановитой палате принимали датских послов. Первым рындой был князь Юрий Никитич, вторым Замятня Иванович Сабуров, третьим Степан Афанасьевич Вельяминов, четвёртым Федор Тулупов Вельяминов.

В октябре 1602 года (28 сентября 7111) в Золотой палате давали торжественный приём датского принца Иоганна (1583—1602), жениха царевны Ксении Годуновой. На этом приёме князь Юрий Николаевич Трубецкой был назначен вторым рындой, а первым князь Иван Михайлович Катырев-Ростовский, третьим князь Иван Андреевич Хованский, четвертым князь Борис Михайлович Лыков. Но князь Ю. Н. Трубецкой «бил челом, в отечестве,» на князя Ивана Михайловича Катырева-Ростовского, назначенного первым рындой. «И дядя князь Юрьев, боярин князь Тимофей Романович Трубецкой, сказал перед государем: мочно быть племеннику моему со князем Иваном Катыревым». Во время обеда в честь датского принца Грановитой палате, он вместе с князем Василием Ивановичем Курлятевым «смотрел в большой стол».

Чашник становится воеводой
В начале (феврале или с весны) 1603 года (7111 году) отправлен первым воеводою Большого полка в Мценск.

В 1603 году (в сентябре 7112 года) чашник, подавал Государю в Большой стол питьё при приёме персидского посла Лачин-бека посланного Аббасом I.

В феврале 1604 года «смотрел в большой стол» во время царского обеда . М. Г. Спиридов утверждал, что весной 1604 года на обеде в честь отъезда персидского посла Юрий Никитич одновременно был рындой и «смотрел» в Большой государев стол. В 1605 году (7113 году) стольники князья Юрий Никитич Трубецкой и Роман Фёдорович Троекуров «смотрели в большой стол» во время царского обеда в Золотой палате в честь английского посла, . М. Г. Спиридов утверждал, что в 1605 году, при представлении Государю цесарского и английского послов был рындой и первым «смотрел в большой стол». В 1605 году первый воевода Большого полка в Камаричах.

После того как в июне 1605 года Лжедмитрий I стал царём позиции отца Юрия Никитича — Никиты Романовича в думе укрепились. В  1606 году (7114 году) Ю. Н. Трубецкой первый рында в белом платье при Лжедмитрии I во время приёмов сандомирского воеводы Ежи (Юрия) Мнишека и польского посольства под руководством Николая Олесницкого и Александра Гонсевского. Также Юрий Никитич потом послам от царя «со столом ездил». На состоявшейся 8 мая 1606 года (7114 года) свадьбе Лжедмитрия I с Мариной Юрьевной Мнишек Юрий Никитич был первым рындой в белом платье. Среди двух десятка вельмож ходивших с Лжедмитрием I в баню Юрий Никитич назван третьим царским мовником (после князей Михайла Васильевича Скопина-Шуйского и Ивана Михайловича Катырева-Ростовского).

В мае 1606 года Лжедмитрий I был убит. Новым царём стал Василий Иванович Шуйский. Но часть регионов отказалось ему подчинятся. В северских землях недовольных возглавил Иван Болотников. Летом 1606 года против Болотникова был направлено войско. Против тех бунтовщиков, что находились в Ельце царь Василий послал полк под командованием Ивана Михайловича Воротынского, Передовой полк — под командованием окольничего Михаила Борисовича Шеина. А на Северщину царь Василий отправил три полка: послал Большой полк под командованием князя Юрия Никитича Трубецкого и Михаила Александровича Нагого Передовой полк — под командованием князей боярина Бориса Михайловича Лыкова и Якова Петровича Борятинского и Сторожевой полк- во главе с князьями Григорием Петровичем Ромодановским и Романом Ивановичем Гагариным. В битве под Кромами царская рать Трубецкого и Нагого потерпела поражение от повстанческой армии под командованием Ивана Болотникова и Юрия Беззубцева. Главные воеводы князь Ю. Н. Трубецкой и боярин М. А. Нагой с остатками полков отступили в Орёл, а оттуда в Москву. Видя их отход от Кром, от Ельца отступил и Ивана Михайлович Воротынский. Во время похода царского брата Ивана Шуйского на Калугу Юрий Никитич назван среди воевод и бояр которые должены был идти «на сход»

В январе 1608 году, при бракосочетании царя Василия Шуйского с княжною Буйносовой, Юрий Никитич был пятым в свадебном поезде. На свадьбе Юрй Никитич смотрел большой стол. В этом же году после неудачных боёв под Москвой послан с войском  из Москвы на реку Незнань, против Лжедмитрия II. Летом 1608 года воевода Большого полка Михаил Скопин-Шуйский обнаружил в своём войске «шатание» (заговор). Стольники князья Юрий Никитич Трубецкой, Иван Михайлович Катырев-Ростовский и Иван Фёдорович Троекуров попытались со своими людьми перейти на сторону Лжедмитрия II, но были схвачены. Войско вернулось в Москву, а оттуда лидеров заговорщиков отправили в ссылку. Князей пощадили за знатность: Ю. Н. Трубецкой был сослан в Тотьму, И. М. Катырев-Ростовский в Сибирь, И. Ф. Троекуров в Нижний Новгород, а их сторонников казнили Л. Е. Морозова считала, что причиной данного поступка Ю. Н. Трубецкого могло быть, то что при дворе Василия Шуйском он оставался стольником. Быстро выдвинуться при престарелом царе у Юрия Никитича не было возможности (после поражения под Кромами Юрия Никитича не судили, но и важных постов ему не доверяли лишь в боях под Коломенским ему и Владимиру Владимировичу Мосальскому-Кольцову поручили второстепенный Сторожевой полк). В 1608 году умер отец Юрия — Никита Романович.

Боярин
В Тотемской ссылке Юрий Никитич оставался недолго и оттуда перебрался в Тушинский лагерь. Лжедмитрий II назначил князя Юрия Трубецкого боярином и конюшим, то есть руководителем Конюшенного приказа.

В январе 1610 года после распада Тушинского лагеря и бегства Лжедмитрия II в Калугу, тушинские бояре отправили к польскому королю Сигизмунду III Вазе под Смоленск посольство под руководством боярина Михаила Глебовича Салтыкова. Туда входил и Ю.Н Трубецкой. В феврале 1610 года тушинское посольство заключило с польским королём договор об избрании его старшего сына Владислава на русский царский трон. Польский король Сигизмунд Ваза утвердил за князем Ю. Н. Трубецким тушинское боярство. Под Смоленском М. Г. Салтыков и Ю. Н. Трубецкой принесли присягу на верность польскому королевичу Владиславу Вазе, как новому русскому царю. От Владислава Юрий Никитич получил в качестве поместья села Шахово, Ушаково, Михайловское и окрестные погосты в Ярославском уезде, ранее принадлежавшие Иван Михайлович Глинскому, а затем Михаилу Молчанову. После этого Юрий Никитич вернулся в Москву и стали сотрудничать с новым боярским правительством («Семибоярщиной»): по утверждению Л. Е. Морозовой был рядовым боярином в Думе.

Белокуров С.А указывает, что в марте — апреле 1610 года был на службе Василия Шуйского. В марте 1610 (18 марта 7118 года) царь Василий Иванович Шуйский принимал в Грановитой палате шведского воеводу Якоба Делагарди с товарищами. Юрий Никитич указан чашником который «смотрел большой стол». 18 апреля 1610 (8 апреля 7118) года Василий Шуйский в честь «Великого дня» пригласил в Золотую палату к столу бояр Ивана Михайловича Воротынского, Бориса Михайловича Лыков-Оболенского и окольничего Семёна Васильевича Головина. На этом обеде Юрий Никитич чашником «смотрел большой стол».

В 1610 (7119 году) князя боярина Юрия Никитича Трубецкого, Иван Александрович Колтовского вместе с «литовскими людьми»(6 рот) Христофора Высичинского был направлен под Серпухов, чтобы принять присягу Владиславу. Присяга прошла успешно.
В декабре 1610 года служилым татарским мурзой Петром Урусовым был убит Лжедмитрий II. В январе 1611 года московское боярское правительство отправило в Калугу делегацию под руководством князя Ю. Н. Трубецкого, назначенного новым калужским воеводой. Он должен был убедить бывших тушинцев поцеловать крест на верность польскому королевичу Владиславу Вазе. Согласно официальным документам, большинство тушинцев признало власть королевича Владислава. Однако в Новом летописце утверждалось, что бывшие тушинцы согласились принести присягу королевичу Владиславу только тогда, когда тот приедет в Москву. Калужане взяли князя Юрия Никитича Трубецкого в плен, из которого он с большим трудом смог бежать. Также известны два письма (январь-февраль 1611) калужского воеводы князя Ю. Н. Трубецкого гетману Яну Сапеге. В этих письмах оповещает, что Калуга и уезд принесли «3 января» присягу Владиславу и поэтому просил не разорять эти земли, а воевать те которые не признают Владислава свои царём. Но поляки Я.Сапеги не доверяя русским старались брать города (Перемышль, Алексин, Белев, Одоев, Воротынск и др.) под свой контроль. А уже это привело к тому, что февраля — начале марта 1611 года начались прямые столкновения между польскими и русскими отрядами в регионе. Это способствовало тому что в Калуге пришли к власти сторонники первого ополчения. Одним из лидеров первого ополчения был двоюродный брат Юрия Никитича — Дмитрий Тимофеевич Трубецкой.

25 апреля 1611 года Юрий Никитич получил от Я. Сапеги лист по которой «из московской казны» должен был получить 300 рублей на покупку коней и «всякой рухляди» пока он не сможет вернуть назад вотчины и поместья
В октябре 1611 года, вместе со своим тестем, боярином Михаилом Глебовичем Салтыковым, возглавил посольство от временного правительства Семибоярщины в Речь Посполитую. Послы должны просить польского короля Сигизмунда III Вазу прислать новые войска и отпустить королевича Владислава в Москву.

В Речи Посполитой
В Россию князь Юрий Никитич Трубецкой уже не вернулся и вместе со своей семьёй остался в Польше. Перейдя на службу к польскому королю Сигизмунду Вазе, отказался от православия и перешёл в римско-католическую веру под именем Юрия-Вигунда-Иеронима. .

В 1617-1618 году сопровождал польского королевича Владислава Вазу во время его неудачной военной кампании против Русского государства.

21 января 1621 года король Речи Посполитой Сигизмунд III Ваза привилеем пожаловал князю Юрию Трубецкому в удельное владение его старинную родовую вотчину — город Трубчевск с «половиной Трубчевских земель».Юрий Трубецкой как князь и думный боярин по привилею получал в уезде «волости со всеми деревнями», которые принадлежали его отцу Никите Романовичу (а потом достались Юрию и его брату Алексею), «дядьке» Фёдору Михайловичу. За эту землю Юрий Трубецкой должен был вставлять отряд в 15 человек с мушкетами и своим коштом.

В 1634 году после смерти князя Юрия Никитича Трубецкого Трубчевское княжество разделили между собой его сыновья Пётр и Александр Трубецкие.

Семья
Женат на дочери воеводы и боярина Михаила Глебовича Салтыкова, от брака с которой имел двух сыновей:

 Князь Пётр Юрьевич Трубецкой (ум. 1644) в малолетстве увезён отцом в Речь Посполиту управлял вместе с братом Трубческом (владел половиной) участвовал в Смоленской войне Подкоморий и маршалок стародубский, камергер польского двора, был женат на княжне , от брака с которой имел единственного сына — Юрия.
 Внук, князь Юрий Петрович Трубецкой (ум. 1679) — в 1657 году перешёл из польского в русское подданство, став стольником, боярином и воеводой. От него происходили все Трубецкие с XVIII века.
 князь Александр Юрьевич Трубецкой — в малолетстве увезён отцом в Речь Посполитую управлял вместе с братом Трубческом (владел половиной) участвовал в Смоленской войне. Умер бездетным.

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 Богуславский В. В. Славянская энциклопедия. Киевская Русь — Московия : в 2 т. — : Олма-Пресс, 2005.

Юрий Никитич
Конюшие (Русское государство)
Стольники (Русское государство)
Полковые воеводы
Воеводы Калуги
Персоналии:Смутное время
Московские бояре
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China's Oldest Known Dynasty
At one time, the Xia Dynasty (2205 – 1783 BC) was a myth as the Yellow Emperor still is. Then in 1959 AD, scientists excavated the city "Yanshi", which contained large palaces, making some archaeologists think that Yanshi was the capital of the Xia Dynasty. Source: Hanna Shakeri
Chinese archaeologists recently found a large-scale building foundation in the Erlitou Ruins of Yanshi in Henan Province, which belongs to the later period of Xia Dynasty. The discovery, the first of its kind, causes great concern because it was founded at the key moment when the Xia Dynasty was replaced by the Shang Dynasty (1783 BC – 1123 BC)," said Dr. Xu Hong, head of the Erlitou Archaeological Team under the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. "Was it built by people of the Xia or the Shang? Further excavation will help discover the final resolution….
Chinese language with English subtitles
"The discovery of the Yin Ruins astounded the world in the 20th century," Dr. Xu Hong said. "We believe the Erlitou Ruins will lead the study of Chinese ancient civilization to a new stage in the 21st century." Source: China.org
Who knows? Maybe archaeologists will discover that the myth of the Yellow Emperor, who tradition says ruled China from 2697 – 2597 BC, is true.
Discover Qin Shi Huangdi, the Emperor who made China
His latest novel is the multiple-award winning Running with the Enemy.
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The "Vanishing" Street Art of Chinese Calligraphy
Chinese calligraphy is not vanishing. What I'm talking about is demonstrated in the videos included with this post. In China, many artists use sidewalks as a canvas and a brush with water to paint the beauty of calligraphy. As the water evaporates, the art vanishes.
In fact, calligraphy is more popular than ever. After the Cultural Revolution, many people turned to calligraphy in the hope of finding solace in the calm repetition of its exercises. Then, in 1981, the authorities took the lead in setting up a Chinese Calligraphers' Association, the first such nationwide body ever to be established in the country. Source: Fathom.com, The British Museum
Both a language and an art, Chinese calligraphy has been traced back more than 4,000 years to the crude form called "Jia Gu Wen" found on turtle shells from the Shang Dynasty.
Calligraphy first bloomed as an art during the Han Dynasty but by the time of the Tang Dynasty, it had declined as an art. Source: Chinese Calligraphy History
It would be difficult to talk about Chinese art without understanding Chinese calligraphy and its artistic inspiration. A painting has to convey an object, but a well-written character conveys only its beauty through line and structure.
In Shanghai on sidewalks, or Beijing at The Summer Palace, I've watched men with long handled brushes, as seen in the first video, using water for ink and concrete for paper. With grace, they exhibit the skills of a Rembrandt breathing life into the characters.
America's so called street artists should copy the Chinese that practice calligraphy and trade in their cans of spray paint for brushes and water, which would save US taxpayers much money.
Lin Yutang writes in My Country and My People that Western art is more sensual, more passionate, fuller of the artist's ego, while the Chinese artist and art-lover contemplates a dragonfly, a frog, a grasshopper or a piece of jagged rock—more in harmony with nature.
Owing to the use of writing calligraphy with a brush, which is more subtle and more responsive than the pen, calligraphy as art is equal to Chinese painting.
Through calligraphy, the scholar is trained to appreciate, as regards line, qualities like force, suppleness, reserved strength, exquisite tenderness, swiftness, neatness, massiveness, ruggedness, and restraint or freedom.
Maybe this helps explain why the Chinese are not as warlike as Christian and Islamic cultures.
This revised and edited post first appeared on July 3, 2010 as Caressing Nature with Chinese Calligraphy
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New Year's Recap
There's much about China that I did not know when we started this journey on January 28, 2010.
We visited China's early dynasties (the Xia, Shang and Zhou) before Qin Shi Huangdi became the first emperor and unified China.
Then we visited the Han, Tang, Sung, Ming and Qing Dynasties while learning of the chaos and anarchy between the dynasties.
We met Confucius and Wu Zetian, China's only woman emperor during the Tang Dynasty.
We discovered China's music, art and opera while meeting one of China's national treasures, Mao Wei-Tao.
Learning about the 19th century Opium Wars started by the British and French opened my eyes to evils I had not known of.
What shocked me most was how the West forced China to allow Christian missionaries into China along with opium.
One reader challenged me in a comment saying that couldn't be true then didn't respond when I provided links to the evidence that missionaries and opium were included in the same treaty, which forced the emperor to accept against his will.
Then I sat spellbound as I joined Mao and the Communists on the Long March where more than 80,000 started out and about 6,000 survived — the only choice was to fight or die.
Along the way, I learned that Sun Yat-sen was the father of China's republic and how Chiang Kai-shek started the Civil War in 1925 when he ordered his army to slaughter the Chinese Communists.
I didn't know that the Communist and Nationalist Parties were the two political parties of China's first republic and how it was the US supported Nationalists that fired the first shot that shattered Sun Yat-sen's dream for China.
After the Communists won the Civil War in 1949, I saw the suffering and death from Mao's mistakes during the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution that ended in 1976.
Then we learned how Deng Xiaoping saved China from the Revolutionary Maoists and launched the Capitalist Revolution, which led to the Tiananmen Square incident then China's Sexual Revolution.
And there was my continued attempt to explain China's Collective Culture. One comment basically said, "Yea, sure!" as if there were no such thing as cultural differences such as this.
We also were introduced to other Blogs about China such as the China Law Blog.
Of course, with more than a thousand posts in a year, what I have mentioned here is but a small part of the 2010 journey of China.
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History's Meaning of the Mandate of Heaven – Part 1/5
China was the last of the great civilizations to develop independently in the old world — a thousand years after the first civilization in Iraq.
However, the Chinese concept of civilization differed completely from that of the West. For the Chinese, the goal was a moral order on earth sustained by virtue, ritual and reverence of ancestors.
These ancient ideas permeated all aspects of Chinese life even to this day.
Even the Communist revolution to the crushing of the so-called democracy movement in 1989, played out against these deeper forces, which have shaped China for thousands of years.
The discovery of the origins of Chinese history took place in 1899, when a Chinese scholar found a few (dragon) bones with engravings on them.
His search for the source of the bones took him to the site of the ancient capital of the Shang Dynasty (1766 – 1122 B.C.).
Chinese civilization first arose on the banks of the unpredictable Yellow River, which has destroyed cities and killed millions.
Along the banks of this river, unlike Western civilizations, the source of political power did not lie in control of nature but in control of the past.
In the strange markings on the dragon bones, the Chinese scholar found the beginning of the I-Ching, the great Chinese book of wisdom.
Then there was Confucius.
The teachings of Confucius (551 – 470 B.C.) were the ideal of Chinese government for two thousand years, and Confucius was not concerned with God or the afterlife or heaven as those in the West were and still are today.
Instead, Confucius wanted to build a just and stable society. He believed that goodness was most important, and if people were taught goodness, they would regulate themselves.
For the rulers, to ignore this meant risking losing the Mandate of Heaven, which even the Communist Party that rules China today has discovered.
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Running toward the Tang Dynasty (618 – 906 AD) – Part 1/4
If we were to compare Chinese civilization to an amusement ride, it would be a roller coaster.
As each dynasty ended, there was usually a period of chaos, war and anarchy among rival factions.
After the collapse of China's last Dynasty, the Qing, between 1911 and 1949, chaos, anarchy, warlords, rebellion and World War II tore at the fabric of China. See The Roots of Madness
Then Communist China was born, which eventually led to China's Capitalist Revolution.
The Xia Dynasty (about 2205 – 1766 BC) ended with the reign of a tyrannical emperor, who lived an extravagant life. When patriotic ministers attempted giving him good advice, he killed them. Then the people rose in rebellion.
The Shang Dynasty (1766 – 1122 BC) ended in similar circumstances when the last emperor lived a luxurious life and tortured both his ministers and people. Another rebellion led by the chief of the Zhou tribe brought down the Shang.
The Zhou Dynasty (1122 – 221 BC) was divided between the Eastern and Western Zhou Dynasties, which fell apart during the Spring and Autumn (770 – 475 BC) Period and the Warring States Period (476 – 221 BC) when the Zhou Emperor didn't have the power to control the nobles, who fought amongst themselves again leading to chaos and anarchy.
The short Qin Dynasty (221 to 207 BC) unified all China ending the Warring States Period.
However, Qin Shi Huangdi, China's first emperor, was brutal and soon after his death, the Qin Dynasty was swept aside to be replaced by the Han Dynasty.
The Han Dynasty (207 BC to 220 AD) was divided into the Western and Eastern Han. Near the end of the Han, the last two emperors were weak. The rule of law broke down again and life was hard.
The Han ended with another rebellion leading to the Three Kingdom's Period (220 – 280 AD), which meant more chaos and anarchy before China would be unified again under one emperor.
With the end of the Three Kingdoms Period, the Jin Dynasty (265 – 420 AD) ruled until the final emperors were too weak to control the warlords, which led to chaos and anarchy.
The Jin Dynasty was followed by four successive southern dynasties (420 – 589 AD) and five northern dynasties (386 – 581 AD) followed by the Sui Dynasty that lasted for 38 years when the last emperor of the Sui yielded the throne to the Emperor Gaozu of the Tang Dynasty.
The early Tang emperors built an empire that pushed China's boundaries to their farthest existence and a culture whose achievements would profoundly influence all Asia.
A thriving economy with complex international ties created one of the richest, strongest and most sophisticated states in world history.
The western capital of Chan-an, which had been the first capital of the Zhou, Qin and Han Dynasties, had a population of a million inside the city walls.
Continued in the Tang Dynasty – Part 2
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How did you come to work on this project in India ?
Dominique Colin : Rohena Gera, the director, wanted to work with a French cinematographer for her first film. I was lucky that she chose me, mainly because she was familiar with my work with Cédric Klapisch. It was a rare opportunity for me to get to know Bombay and its cinematic savoir-faire, a world that I had never experienced in a real way.
The film is profoundly anchored in Bombay and describes contemporary Indian society. It is a universe in which the caste system is slowly evolving into a class system, and in which social divisions are still hard to overcome. Nonetheless, the screenplay is full of nuance, and Rohena wanted to provide a modern point of view, one that went beyond the flamboyant style for which Indian cinema is known abroad.
Is that why the image was intentionally done in a European style ?
DC : Yes, for sure. She wanted to make a clean break with Indian cinema. Besides, this film might appeal to Europeans more than to Indians ! In any case, the film was first launched without any French money or assistance, and then gradually found partners as we were making it. So, this is primarily an Indian film, which was directed in a European style.
What did you take away from your experience in India ?
DC : As you know, Indian crews are often pretty massive. It was out of the question to shoot Sir in such conditions. So, we insisted on having as few people on the crew as possible. Despite that, even though we shot the film almost entirely with the camera on the shoulder, we immediately found ourselves with two grips. As for the gaffers : in India, the entire team is supplied by the renter of lighting equipment, and they come with the equipment in function of what you chose, no matter the project. Since the film was almost entirely shot in a real apartment (located in a luxury building nearing the end of construction), once we'd done the pre-lighting, there wasn't much left for the five sparks to do !
Other than that, the crews in India really give you the experience of old-time work. They've also got a really sophisticated cinema culture. I felt that from the first days on shooting : when you ask the gaffer for something, you have the effect you requested a few minutes later, but it's even better than what you'd imagined. In fact, the main challenge was not to overly-systematize the sole set. Because we shot the film in nearly-chronological order, I insisted that we regularly set up and break down, so that things would change a bit throughout the film and would give each scene its own specificity.
Another thing is the responsiveness of the technicians. It's pretty surprising when you come from a set in France, where everything is everything is prepared and regulated by security considerations. For example, I remember that I noted, during scouting, that there was a passageway in the building under construction that would let us get to the roof for a couple of takes. Of course, when shooting began, we realized that the workers had blocked off the passageway. Far from worrying about the situation, the grips jerry-rigged an outdoor lift on cables and pullies that allowed us to get to the roof and get the takes we wanted.
What lighting equipment did you have available ?
DC : The equipment is really the same as here, and you've got a broad choice to select from. When you go visit some of the renters, you feel like you're in a hangar four times the size of Transpalux ! We had a small budget on this film, so I had to settle on a simple list. Nonetheless, I was able to use a few SkyPanels that came in handy for adjusting the lighting inside in function of the day or night outside of the windows that I had to manage. Furthermore, because the building was built next to a shantytown, it was important to me that we see what was outside of this "ivory tower". A large terrace also allowed me to light a bit from outdoors, which wasn't a luxury on some of the scenes. A funny story : we weren't the only ones shooting in that building, and, just one floor below, another Indian movie in the purest Bollywood style was being shot. One day, out of curiosity, I went to see the apartment they were using as their set, which was flooded by (at the very least) 30kW of HMI light ! That's when I understood why Rohena wanted to make a more European-style movie !
What equipment did you choose to film this story ?
DC : The film is entirely based on human relationships that change throughout the film. That's why I decided to work with nuance and in the instant. I found that digital cinematography lends itself well to that type of approach. With my own Sony FS5 camera in hand, I was able to be completely autonomous on this film, meaning very light and very mobile. This camera is remarkably pleasant on the shoulder, and I used it on occasion with a Helix stabiliser. This stabiliser doesn't need an exoskeleton to be operated and you get the same height and almost the same feeling with it as though you were carrying it on your shoulder.
In order to keep the configuration as light as possible, I almost entirely shot the film with my Veydra series, especially manufactured for the Sony camera. Three lenses (25-35-50mm), very compact but very well-manufactured, and which give me a pleasant, neutral, and well-defined image.
What was your workflow ?
DC : I shot most of the film in RAW, except for the few outdoor daytime sequences, which had to be shot in ProRes, essentially for budgetary reasons. On location, besides the focus-puller, I just had one other Indian assistant camera operator and a DIT who was in charge of saving the images and who made the dailies in a rudimentary way using two LUTs I'd summarily prepared. I can't say the dailies were faithful to what we did later in colour grading, but I feel at ease using the technique of blindly filming (as though using a film camera) without trying to obtain a definitive result instantaneously. By basing myself on the rendering of the FS5's viewfinder, approximative though it may be, I have enough to go on to adjust things on set.
What about in postproduction ?
DC : Colour timing lasted for two weeks and was done with my old friend Lionel Kopp (he and Dominique founded Les Trois Lumières lab in the 1990s), and we always work in the same way : a quick go-through to fix the densities and perfect the lighting on spliced scenes, and then we go over again a few more times to refine things, without ever pausing too long on one scene – otherwise, we might get lost or make the wrong decision.


During Lent, let us find concrete ways to overcome our indifference.
In Lent 2015 (starting on February 18th) we'll organize a global fast for climate justice. Catholics from more than 40 countries will fast during each of the 40 days, joining the Fast For The Climate interfaith effort and the Green Anglicans Carbon Fast. We fast and pray for bold action to solve the climate change crisis (see the facts and Catholic Teachings on climate change).
Lent is the time when we remember the 40 days that Jesus spent fasting in the desert, and we are invited to reflect, repent, fast, and listen to God. Following Pope Francis' invitation above, this Lent let's commit to overcome our indifference to the climate change crisis and its victims. Let's pray and fast for the renewal of our relationship with creation and with our brothers and sisters in poverty who are already suffering the impacts of climate change. And, besides standing in solidarity with the victims, we urge our political leaders to commit to ambitious climate action to solve this urgent crisis and keep the global temperature increase below 1.5 degree Celsius (relative to pre-industrial levels).
50 confirmed countries so far! See the map (by NCR) and the list of dates and details by country.
Prayers about creation stewardship: here and here.
"Paenitemini" Apostolic Constitution of Pope Paul VI on fasting and abstinence.
Catholic Teachings on Climate Change and Creation Stewardship.
Important reminder: if you're going to take part in the Fast (by "fasting" we mean refraining from food during a whole day, or at least one meal) please make sure you drink lots of fluids, and if you feed dizzy, weak or light-headed – eat something straight away. You shouldn't take part in the Fast if you're pregnant, under-12, diabetic or suffer from an eating disorder. If you have any doubts, check with your doctor first.


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import java.io.DataInput;
import java.io.DataOutput;
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 * Represents a directive from the {@link org.apache.hadoop.mapred.JobTracker}
 * to the {@link org.apache.hadoop.mapred.TaskTracker} to reinitialize itself.
 *
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class ReinitTrackerAction extends TaskTrackerAction {

  public ReinitTrackerAction() {
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  public void write(DataOutput out) throws IOException {
    super.write(out);
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  public void readFields(DataInput in) throws IOException {
    super.readFields(in);
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I often get asked how I managed to put the Postcards team together. I'm going to start doing a weekly feature that tells the story behind building Postcards, one creator at a time.
I'm not shy about voicing my opinions when it comes to Phil Hester – he is one of the greatest writers working in comics today. I put him up there with Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman, and Grant Morrison – and if we're talking writer/illustrator, he's number one. I can go on for hours listing and debating the reasons why you (yes, you, and I don't care who you are or what your tastes are) don't share this opinion but I won't. Not here. This weekly feature is about networking and celebration, after all.
Phil Hester was the first guy I got in touch with after securing a couple of good friends, before New York Comic Con. Other creators love Phil; he was certainly a good name to throw out with any pitch.
Phil wrote a five page short for Western Tales of Terror #2. I wasn't really editing the book at that point, when we first started with issue two I was doing submissions and Greg Matiasevich was editing the book. As a result, I missed my opportunity to work with Phil. I didn't even see his story until Stakal's art came in and I needed to make a lettering script for Jaco.
I was a fan of Phil's work before reading this story – the Coffin and the Wretch were both fantastic pieces of literature and his artwork on Green Arrow was still fresh in my mind. But that story made me fall in love with Phil – it made me track down anything else he's worked on. I realized something – Phil Hester is a great writer, that's true, but he's the master of short sequential stories. It's almost as if he finds a different level of confidence with shorts – where he can be as poetic as he wants to be without feeling like he needs to write specifically for the direct market crowd. What he produces is magical; the best five pages you'll read in any anthology, and because of that, Phil Hester had to be in Postcards.
When I was organizing the signing schedule for San Diego last year, Phil was the first one to respond to my group email. Despite all my talk of being professional and trying to keep a level head - I turned into a bumbling idiot – the gushing fan. I just saw an opportunity to tell Phil how much I love and appreciate his work and I took that opportunity. Maybe used too many words to do it but, you know - we all have our moments of weakness.
He sat at the table for San Diego – I saw him sketch. He's a gentleman, fans of his were coming to his table to see him and on several occasions he already knew their names, as if he's seen them at other shows and kept in contact with them.
I really didn't exchange many emails with him between San Diego and late January when I pitched him Postcards. I wrote him, told him what the book was about, and told him a couple of people who were in it. He responded within minutes saying the project sounds great and, if his schedule permits, he's in.
I did a jig like you wouldn't believe. Jigged some more when I realized he'll be illustrating his own story. I wrote him to tell him how I'd like to structure the business end of the book to which he told me not to worry about that now – the story comes first. I've adopted that philosophy ever since.
I got his story in – James and I flipped for it.
Got some pages in – we flipped again.
Recently I sent out an email talking about options and plans and best case scenarios. I was saying how I want the best for this book – that everyone involved is putting in such amazing work and how proud I am and how I want this book to receive all the accolades, press, and sales that it rightfully deserves.


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Terms of delivery and return and tax
Products ordered by the Customer will be delivered in Metropolitan France or in the following areas :
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Europe (Zone B) < 100EUR 22 EUR Express 2 to 5 days
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The Seller undertakes to make his best efforts to deliver the products ordered by the Customer within the time specified above.
Deliveries occur within a maximum of thirty days from the confirmation of the order and its payment.
Delivery consists of the transfer to the Customer of physical possession or control of the Product. Except in the special case or unavailability of one or more Products, the Products ordered will be delivered according to the available stock.
If the Products ordered have not been delivered on the indicative date of delivery, or failing this, at the latest 30 days after the conclusion of the contract for any cause other than force majeure or the fact of the Customer, the sale may be solved at the written request of the Customer under the conditions laid down in Articles L 216-2, L 216-3 and L241-4 of the Consumer Code.
The sums paid by the Customer will then be returned to him no later than fourteen days following the date of termination of the contract, excluding any compensation or deductions.
Deliveries are made by an independent carrier, to the address mentioned by the Customer when ordering and to which the carrier can easily access.
When the Customer has himself chosen to use a carrier that he chooses himself, the delivery is deemed made upon delivery of Products ordered by the Seller to the carrier who accepted them without reservation. The Customer acknowledges that it is the carrier who is responsible for the delivery and has no recourse against the Seller in the event of failure to deliver the goods transported.
In the event of particular request of the Customer concerning the conditions of packing or transport of the ordered products, duly accepted in writing by the Seller, the related costs will be the object of an additional specific invoicing, on estimate previously accepted in writing by the Customer.
The Customer is required to check the condition of the packaging and the conformity of the delivered Product and to issue, if necessary, any reservation on the carrier's delivery note.
The Customer shall, at his expense, return the goods in question by registered mail acknowledgment of receipt. After appraisal, the Seller reserves the right to refund or exchange said merchandise.
The transfer of the risks of loss and deterioration relating thereto, will only be realized when the Customer physically takes possession of the Products.
The Products therefore travel at the Seller's risk unless the Customer has himself chosen the carrier. As such, the risks are transferred at the time of delivery of the goods to the carrier.
With regard to the Products marketed on the website, non-professional Clients have the right to withdraw and return the Product (s) for fourteen clear days from the date of delivery thereof, in accordance with the provisions of Article L.221-18 of the Consumer Code.
The Customer can exercise his signed right of withdrawal by sending a registered letter with unambiguous acknowledgment of receipt to the following address: Optique Distribution 97 rue de paris 92100 Boulogne
In accordance with the provisions of Article L.221-23 of the Consumer Code,the Customer must return his Product no later than fourteen days after the communication of his decision to retract.
The costs of returning the Products are the responsibility of the Customer. The transport of returned Products is the responsibility of the Customer.
The return of the Product will result in a refund equal to the total amount paid by the Customer, ie the purchase price of the Product (s) and shipping costs.
In accordance with Article L.221-24 of the Consumer Code, the exchange (subject to availability) or refund will be made no later than fourteen days from the date on which Optique Distribution will be informed. the Customer's decision to retract. Optique Distribution may defer reimbursement until recovery of the goods or until the Customer has provided proof of the shipment of these goods, the date chosen being the date of the first of these facts.
Returns of Products are to be made in their original condition and complete (packaging, accessories, instructions ...) allowing their re-marketing in new condition, accompanied by the invoice, by registered mail with acknowledgment of receipt.
Damaged, soiled or incomplete products are not taken back.
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