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New York Faces $2.3 Billion Budget Shortfall
The announcement came after Cuomo announced a $175 billion spending proposal for 2020 last month.
The Washington Free Beacon reports:
New York faces a $2.3 billion shortfall in revenue after December and January witnessed a steep drop in income tax collections, Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D.) and state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli announced on Monday. The announcement came after Cuomo announced a $175 billion spending proposal for 2020 last month.
Cuomo blamed the loss of revenue on the federal government, the Times Union reports. The governor suggested the rollback of the state and local tax deduction, known as SALT, contributed to the shortfall and was part of an effort to punish Democratic "high-tax" states.
DiNapoli also pointed to reports of people leaving the state and volatility on Wall Street as factors contributing to the shortfall.
Long Island-based economic analyst Marty Cantor disagreed with Cuomo's explanation for the deficit.
"The problems here are caused by the governor and his administration," Cantor said. "It's too expensive to live on Long Island and in New York state. Taxes are too high, people are leaving. It has nothing to do with Trump."
New York has the second highest combined state and local tax rate for high-income earners, and nearly half of the state's income tax revenue comes from the top 1 percent.
DiNapoli and Cuomo did not say if they would increase taxes to address the shortfall.
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Category Archives: Women
September 30, 2020 by Colltales
Little-Known Great Women
Who Challenged the World
A Brit who wrote the first book in English and an Italian grandmaster; a sailor disguised as a man and a round-the-world biker; a war photographer and the first female in space. Ground-breaking pioneers, these women beat the odds and inspired mankind.
Julian and Artemísia, Hannah and Annie, Dickie and Valentina, forged a new identity for women everywhere, one that's often been at odds with male-dominated institutions, and that only modern age could fully embrace. These were no tamed spirits.
Along the way, the mastery of intellect and mysticism, of great art and entrepreneurship, became one with what all that came after. Each generation that followed had more of their independence of thought, the courage to report, and dare to reach for the stars.
These were no followers either. What each carved on the fabric of their own age still stands now, be it as a spiritual path or pictorial record, a skill for subversion or example of non-conformity, the capture of the battlefield or a flight into the future.
But only six, you may ask, and why them, instead of, say, the other few billion? Well, shortlists keep things moving: room only for names, times, and the life that defined their accomplishments. Ultimately, though, it's our choice and we're running with it.
That won't settle the argument, but hope for a first female U.S. president got a boost Tuesday, and next week is International Women's Day. Both fitting brackets for a possible breakthrough year in equality, a battle these women fought and won, so now we know their names.
Great humans create entire epochs around their existence, not always acknowledged in time. Many would enlist their own mothers on this roll. Shortlists help to leave them out, or yours would be certainly here. It also beats having to rewrite so many well-known bios.
THE MYSTIC WRITER & THE PROTO-FEMINIST PAINTER
On its way to world domination, 14th century England struggled to survive the wreckage of the Dark Ages. The pestilence and ravaging left in its wake were the cause of much soul searching and exacerbated religiosity. Times were ripe for Julian of Norwich.
After surviving illness, she walked out of public life to become a religious recluse, an anchorite, living her remaining years in closed quarters to 'speak with god' full time. While others like her burned at a stake, Her Revelations of Divine Love is considered the first female-penned, English-language book.
Two hundred years after, Rome was at the center of the art and religious world, and artists were busy carving their reputations through the glorious Baroque style. Most were male, but Artemisia Gentileschi would defy gender conventions, even as she was long gone when she was recognized as a grandmaster.
Raped by her tutor, who her family successfully sued – not without enormous public shaming of Artemisia, during the trial – she became a rare female working artist whose talent, and tumultuous relationships, equaled that of established painters, such a Caravaggio, with whom she's often linked.
THE CROSS-DRESSED SAILOR & THE WORLD CYCLIST
There were few options for a woman to sail the world in the 18th century, and to become a soldier of the Royal Marines was hardly one of them. Hanna Snell managed to do both, even as she concealed her gender under the alias James Gray; heaven knows how she survived those long stretches at sea.
Remarkably, her bravery granted her full military pension, and her story, The Female Soldier, made her into a minor celebrity, no small feats for a woman at the time. Till the end, despite three (more)
* Beautiful Bandit
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Tagged Amelia Earhart, Anaïs Nin, Angela Davis, Annie Besant, Annie Londonderry, Artemisia Gentileschi, Atlas Obscura, Berta Caceres, Boudicca, Breonna Taylor, Brigitte Bardot, Carmen Miranda, Clarice Lispector, Dickey Chapelle, Dolores Duran, Elis Regina, Emily Davison, Emma de Mascheville, Eve Ensler, Fernanda Ferreira, Flama Savio, Frida Kahlo, George Sand, Gloria Steinem, Greta Thunberg, Hannah Snell, Helena Blavatsky, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Hyperallergic, Jane Goodall, Janis Joplin, Joan D'Arc, Julian of Norwich, Juliette Greco, Leila Diniz, Ligia Savio, Maira Baé Baladão Vieira, Malala Youzafzai, Margery Bohrer, Maria Baladão, Maria Eva, Marie Curie, Micheline's Blog, Molly Crabapple, Nina Simone, Paula Cave, Rosa Luxemburg, Rosa Parks, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sally Ride, Sandra Bland, Sarah Vaughan, Simone de Beauvoir, Sonia Braga, Susan B. Anthony, Susan Sontag, Valentina Tereshkova, Yoko Ono
January 19, 2018 by Colltales
Power to the Polls
Step Up For a New
Dawn in America
July 5, 2017 by Colltales
When Medieval Badass Ladies Had
to Crossdress to Survive the Times
It's unlikely that they've ever heard of each other. Or imagined they'll be featured together on an obscure blog post of the future. Yet, these remarkable women left a mark for their sheer independence and fiery personalities. (And for being luckier than doomed heroine Joana D'Arc).
Ching Shih ruled the Chinese waters. Caterina Sforza almost killed a pope. As a man, Catalina de Erauzo was a warrior. But like Chevalier d'Eon, she was actually a lady. These fab four may have had to kill or bed many men. Some did it both. But none owed their outstanding reputation to any of them, or had to take what they didn't choose.
Gender does say something about the foursome, but not all. Yes, they all led bloody lives, and many perished on their wake. But the odds they've faced for not being male, and having to conceal that fact, turned them into formidable characters who rose high above the fray.
Besides the ever present foes of women's right to independence, such as religious zealotry, class barriers, and society prejudice, they had to survive typical Middle Ages threats, such as the Inquisition and burning at the stake. No wonder they were all sharp fencers (swordswomen?).
They've achieved more than most, and their lives did rewrite the rules of was expected from women, then or at any time, regardless the body count. Theirs were partial paybacks for what many of their gender didn't live long enough to collect, despite earning and deserving it.
THE PIRATE WHO RULED CHINA'S SEAS
History books tell that Ching Shih was a prostitute before reaching command of the Red Flag Fleet. That she only climbed to the top through murdering the powerful pirate Zhèng Yi, who kidnapped her as a whore and made her his wife. Only to be betrayed, etc. History books were probably written by a man.
In fact, she expanded the fleet and redefined how it'd manage its riches, and did so out of a keen business and strategy acumen. And unlike most male pirates we've know of, she negotiated a pardon for her and her charges, who all retired with a comfortable keep. She died at the ripe age of 69.
THE HUSBAND & WOULD-BE POPE KILLER
Much briefer, if no less intense, was Caterina Sforza's life. Infamous too, thanks to no other but Machiavelli himself. He wrote Cesare Borgia-based 'The Prince,' so it's not hard to guess whose pope she had a rift with, and came out singed by history. Alexander VI, a.k.a. Rodrigo de Borgia, was Cesare's dad and his own patron.
She did bury a few husbands, but the anecdote that survived Sforza was that she exposed her pregnant belly to the sword of an enemy: Go ahead, she said, slay my baby. I can make more. Whether (more)
* The Flow
* First Ladies
* The Other Half of the Sky
Tagged Alexander VI, Alonso Diaz Ramírez de Guzmán, Atlas Obscura, Catalina Sforza, Caterina de Erauzo, Cesare Borgia, Charles Geneviève Louis Auguste André Tmothée d'Éon de Beaumont, Chevalier D'Eon, Ching Shih, Inquisition, Joana D'Arc, Luis XVI, Niccolò Machiavelli, OZY, Red Flag Fleet, Rodrigo de Borgia, The Prince, Urban VIII, Zhèng Yi
October 25, 2012 by Colltales
Binders Full of It
We Can't Just Run for Cover
When Ignorance Runs for Office
'If it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.' Rape pregnancy 'is something that God intended to happen.' 'You told me you'd have an abortion, and now we're getting too far along.' 'Evolution, embryology, the Big Bang theory — all of that is lies straight from the pit of hell.'
As everyone and Ann Romney now know, these statements have been uttered by two U.S. Senate candidates and two House reps, all identified with the 'family values' and anti-abortion rhetoric. The question is: how they all have even a shot at joining Congress?
First, the protagonists, please. Missouri Rep. Todd Akin, who made the incredibly ignorant and hurtful comment about rape, is Chairman of the House Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, and is in an absurdly tight contest against Democrat Senator Claire McCaskill. To show his class, he added another pearl to his biography by calling McCaskill 'one of those dogs.'
The author of the god's will statement on rape is Indiana Treasurer and GOP Senate candidate Richard Mourdock. The contention about abortion was professed privately by pro-life and family values champion Tennessee Rep. Scott DesJarlais, a then married physician, who pressured one of his patients turned into mistress to end her pregnancy, according to divorce court papers.
The 'pit of hell' quote comes from Georgia Rep. Paul Broun, also a physician, who's member of the House Committee on Science and Technology, and is running for reelection. Speaking to an enthralled church audience, he also said that the Earth is 'about 9,000 years old' and 'was created in six days as we (sic) know them.'
As for the answer to why they're contenders to such a cushioned job, it may require a painful soul-searching process from every American, with self-recriminating stops along the way, and plenty of room to elaborate sensible theories; from the failure of our education system to the Continue reading →
Tagged Claire McCaskill, CNN, Force, Gloria Steinen, Jessica Valenti, Luminous Intervention, Paul Broun, Richard Mourdock, Scott DesJarlais, The Nation, Todd Akin, Upsetting Rape Culture, Violence Against Women Act, Women's Liberation Front
July 11, 2012 by Colltales
Better Halves
Nadine Marries Herself, Lori's Sells Her
Soul & a Squid Did What to a Woman?
We were going for a full 'National Enquire' feel with that headline, but lost our verve halfway through it. It'd be redundant to take a bombastic stab at these already tabloid-ish 'human interest' stories. And yet, we're hopping you get as utterly enthralled by them as we've been since we've started writing them.
They're all true, by the way: Nadine's ceremony, Lori's eBay auction, and an 'aggregation of gametes' found inside the mount of the unidentified woman. As for the headline, we'd never do justice to the 'Ford to City: Drop Dead,' to invoke a legendary one, ran by the N.Y. Post in the 1970s.
Also, these vignettes about three women at the center of these events, who have attracted widespread media attention, bring to mind a post we've published not too long ago, about men. In other words, we're equal opportunity dissenters, or, if you'd prefer, 'si hay gobierno, soy contra,' which is an old saying most likely misattributed to Che Guevara.
Despite being different from each other, though, we think these stories somehow have something in common, besides their strangeness and, of course, the fact that they're all about women. We're just not about to insult your intelligence telling you exactly Continue reading →
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Q: Replace a character in char* for double value I have a char * and I need to replace a character for a double value (unknown number of digits). So I believe that I need to count the number of digits then make a realloc() and replace the characters. I'm just not sure how to count the number of digits and make this replacement.
For example:
char *c = strdup("a+b");
double d = 10;
//I'd like to replace 'a' for 10.
//then 'c' would be : 10+b.
//Next iteration I need to change the 'b' value then I get:
//c = 10 + 3

A: #include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>

int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
  const char* s = "a+b";
  double d = 10.23142;

  //determine the string length needed for printing d
  size_t n = snprintf(NULL, 0, "%g", d);
  // old string length + n - 1 for replaced b +  1 for '\0'
  char* new_s = malloc( strlen(s) + n - 1 + 1);

  //write the double
  sprintf(new_s, "%g", d);

  //skip the first byte (where b is) at the source and the double's length at the destination
  strcpy(new_s + n, s + 1);

  printf("%s\n", new_s); //prints 10.2314+b

  free(new_s);
  return 0;
}

It's easy to make an off-by-one error in this kind of pointer arithmetic, so something like gcc's mudflap or AddressSanitizer are really useful in checking to make sure the program doesn't go into undefined behavior in some place.
Better yet, if you can, use C++ and you won't have to worry about this kind of stuff:
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
  string s = "a+b";
  double d = 10.23142;

  s.replace(0,1,to_string(d));
  cout<<s<<endl;

  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

A: The problem with realloc is that you may not necessarily get back the same address, so technically you may not so much replace the character as create a new string.
You could measure the size of double by printing it into a static buffer, and taking strlen:
char buf[32];
sprintf(buf, "%f", dbl);
size_t Len = strlen(buf);

Demo
Now you can allocate more space, move the content to the back, and then copy characters from buf into reallocated space.

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Ideally located in the central of Hanoi Old Quarter, Little Charm Hanoi Hostel offer the swimming pool with elegant and unique accommodation and restaurant which was designed in Italian style with free wifi access for all the building.
Our indoor swimming pool opens year round for free for the guest. Our Little Charm restaurant and bar open the whole day with mainly Italian and Vietnamese food which are served in a luxury atmosphere. Coffee Lounges and Common area are the great chill out places for all the guest to meeting new friends.
Strategically located, our hostel is very nearby the main attraction in Hanoi, only a few steps to Hoan Kiem Lake, Ngoc Son temple and Thang Long Water Puppet, just 1 minute to the night market and Bia Hoi Corner. Noi Bai International airport is far from this property about 22 Km. The airport shuttles are provided with surcharge.
All the dormitory room are equipped fully and comfortably facilities with nice style and has air-conditioning, soundproofing and private curtain which certainly bring the best stay in Hanoi. Each bed has personal reading light, one small multi-function locker which could be used as a table work right on your bed. The big lockers for luggage and the door are both operated by the automated swiper card which absolutely ensure safety to bring peace of mind and satisfaction for the guest.
The breakfast is served at the lobby of the hostel which is a combination of buffer drink, fruit, and A La Cart menu that is a great start for your holiday.
The friendly and enthusiastic staff with 24 hours service are always willing to assist the guest with the travel information, bike rental, luggage storage, laundry services.
We all welcome you to our hostel!
Staffs are so nice and humorous . The location is good. The room and the bathroom are very clean. Because our plan is to go to Sapa first and back to Hanoi. The hostel is very kind to let us to deposit our big luggage. Next time if I travel to Hanoi, I will choose this hostel again.
The beds were very comfortable and the rooms and bathrooms were very clean. The pool is smaller than it looks online but as fine and the food was okay. Great location and staff were wonderful.


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Home/Latest News/Claim for injury at Oxegen Music Festival Dismissed
Claim for injury at Oxegen Music Festival Dismissed
Ms. Justice Irvine delivered judgment in the case of Mark Ponisi v MCD Productions Limited recently in the High Court in Dublin. Mr. Ponisi sought damages for personal injuries suffered while attending the 2011 Oxegen Music Festival at Punchestown racecourse, which was organised and managed by the Defendant company. He was standing in a muddy and boggy area of grass listening to the band Kings of Leon when he was knocked from behind into the mud and kicked and trampled by the crowd, causing him to fracture his left ankle. He claimed that the weather had been unseasonably wet and evidence given by a friend described the level of mud as shocking. His engineer criticised the underfoot conditions and claimed that the Defendant had taken insufficient steps to identify hazardous areas and improve the quality of the ground by using a mesh floor or crushed stone. The Defendant gave evidence of numerous site inspections in conjunction with the planning officer and fire officer. Plastic matting, woodchip or straw was provided in areas of heavy traffic, but the Defendant claimed that it was not practical or safe to cover the entire area with matting as this would have created an alternative slipping hazard given the gradient of the ground.
Judge Irvine was satisfied that the ground conditions were muddy and slippery but did not accept that they were as bad as claimed by the Plaintiff. She was also satisfied that while the Plaintiff had been knocked over by one or two festival goers, there had not been any crowd surge as claimed. She held that the Defendant did all that could be reasonably expected of it prior to and during the festival to protect those attending from injury due to poor ground conditions. She dismissed the Plaintiff's claim in its entirety.
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Q: Trouble calling columns from an excel file I am trying to call an excel file and run it into my function to output an array of calculated velocities given time, angle, and radius in MATLAB
This is my code so far:
function [vR,vTheta,v] = temp_func(time,radius,theta)
vR = (radius(2:1:end) - radius(1:1:end-1))./((time(2:1:end) - time(1:1:end-1)))
vTheta = (theta(2:1:end)*(pi./180) - theta(1:1:end-1)*(pi./180))./((time(2:1:end) - time(1:1:end-1)))
v = ((vR(1:1:end)).^2.+(vTheta(1:1:end)).^2).^(1/2)

end

This code works if I were to call something like temp_func([0 1 2], [0 1 3], [0 0 180]).
However, I need to call the columns in a 1083x3 excel file (called GPSdata) and I am unsure how directly call for this matrix. I've tried temp_func(GPSdata(1:end,1),GPSdata(1:end,2),GPSdata(1:end,3))
To call the first, second, and third columns respectively. But I get this error:
Error using  ()
Subscripting into a table using one subscript (as in t(i)) is not supported. Specify a row subscript and a variable
subscript, as in t(rows,vars). To select variables, use t(:,i) or for one variable t.(i). To select rows, use t(i,:).


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Лусіану Хав'єр Кунья або просто Лусіану (,  27 лютого 1979, Іраті, штат Парана, Бразилія) — бразильський футболіст, нападник.

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На професіональному рівні дебютував у складі «Іраті» в Лізі Паранаенсе. У серпні 2003 року перейшов до івано-франківського «Спартака». Проте вже незабаром став гравцем «Алахуеленсе» з Коста-Рики. У 2004 році повернувся до складу івано-франківців. З 2006 по 2007 рік виступав у клубі «Дібба аль-Фуджайра». 8 березня 2007 року повернувся до Бразилії, де став гравцем «Гоянії». Наступний сезон провів у клубі «Пальмаш Футебол-і-Регаташ» у Лізі Токантіненше.

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Consumer Recycling Education and Outreach Grant Program EPA 02/15/2023
Applications Due: February 15, 2023. The EPA is seeking applications proposing projects that inform the public about new or existing residential or community recycling programs; provide information about the recycled materials that are accepted as part of a residential or community recycling program that provides for the separate collection of residential solid waste from recycled material; and increases collection rates and decreases contamination in residential and community recycling programs. Projects will improve consumer recycling education with the goal of achieving separate collection of recycled material across the nation, maximizing the efficient reuse of materials, and identifying strategies that otherwise result in an increase in volume of recyclable materials. The EPA also recognizes and encourages applications that demonstrate evidence-based messaging and strategies associated with effective communication campaigns designed to increase prevention, reuse, repair, remanufacture, recycling, anaerobic digestion, and composting in communities and/or decrease contamination in the recycling stream. This approach to community-informed messaging goes beyond education only by emphasizing researching the audience, building trust, and reducing audience barriers while emphasizing benefits for desired action.
In addition, the EPA is seeking applications for recycling education and outreach projects that address environmental justice concerns and focus predominantly on addressing the disproportionate and adverse human health, environmental, climate-related and other cumulative impacts, as well as the accompanying economic challenges of such impacts, resulting from industrial, governmental, commercial and/or other actions that have affected and/or currently affect people/communities of color, low income, tribal, and indigenous populations, and if applicable, other vulnerable populations, such as the elderly, children, and those with pre-existing medical conditions. Apply here.
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The US Environmental Protection Agency, as part of its Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program, is seeking initial applications proposing the creation of a National Center for Sustainable Water Infrastructure Modeling Research that facilitates technology transfer of open source water infrastructure models and shares green infrastructure tools and research advancements with local communities and stakeholders.
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Fiscal Year 2014 Source Reduction Assistance Grant Program (USEPA) EPA
The EPA is funding SRA grants and/or cooperative agreements to fund projects supporting pollution prevention/source reduction and resource conservation. The five goals of the grant program are: 1. Reduce the generation of GHG (Greenhouse Gas) emissions to mitigate climate change; 2. Reduce the manufacture and use of hazardous substances to improve human and ecological health; 3. Reduce the use of water and conserve other natural resources to protect ecosystems; 4. Create business efficiencies that derive economic benefits and improve environmental performance while addressing goals 1, 2, or 3; and 5. Institutionalize and integrate pollution prevention practices by way of technical services, policies, and initiatives while addressing goals 1, 2 or 3.
GHG Emissions Reduction, Hazardous Waste Reduction, Water Conservation, Business Efficiency, Sustainble Business, Pollution Prevention $10,000-$147,000 Northwest, Southwest, Northeast, Southesat, National, Alaska Link
Building the Capacity of Tribes to Address the Health Impacts of Climate Change EPA
Deadline passed as of July 15, 2016. Deadline for 2016 unkown. This notice announces the availability of funds and solicits proposals to enable tribal climate change and health impacts curriculum development and training, web communications, and outreach.
Curriculum Development, Climate Impacts, Training, Outreach, Climate Education, Capacity Building $600,000 total funding available National Link
Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving Cooperative Agreement Program EPA
Deadline: 6/1/2021. The Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving (CPS) Cooperative Agreement Program provides financial assistance to eligible organizations working on or planning to work on projects to address local environmental and/or public health issues in their communities, using EPA's "Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem-Solving Model." The CPS Program assists recipients in building collaborative partnerships to help them understand and address environmental and public health concerns in their communities.
Environmental Justice, Environmental Health, public health, collaboration up to $120,000 National, Northwest, Northeast, Southwest, Southeast, Midwest, Alaska Link
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The US Environmental Protection Agency, as part of its Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program, is seeking applications to conduct research on and demonstration of human and ecological impacts of treated wastewater applications (reclaimed water and wastewater reuse), and water conservation practices including the use of non-traditional water sources as well as more comprehensive long-term management and availability of water resources.
Resesarch, Wastewater, water quality, Water Conservation Up to $750,000 Northwest, Southwest, Northeast, Southeast, National, Alaska Link
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Deadline Passed 12/03/2019. Deadline Unknown for 2020. The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), as amended by the Brownfields Utilization, Investment, and Local Development (BUILD) Act (P.L. 115-141), requires the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to publish guidance for grants to assess and clean up brownfield sites. EPA's Brownfields Program provides funds to empower states, communities, tribes, and nonprofit organizations to prevent, inventory, assess, clean up, and reuse brownfield sites. This guidance provides information on applying for Assessment Grants.
Health up to $600,000 Northwest, Southwest, Midwest, Northeast, Southeast, National Link
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Deadline passed as of August 11, 2016. Deadline for 2017 unknown. EPA's Office of Water supports the National Tribal Water Council (NTWC), composed of tribal governmental representatives, to increase communications, promote sharing of technical information and best management practices for Indian country, raise awareness of tribes on priority water issues, and facilitate tribal input on actions to protect water quality and provide safe drinking water in tribal communities. EPA supports the efforts of the National Tribal Water Council through a multi-year cooperative agreement to a recipient who manages and supports the operations of the Council, and assists in developing and completing products in coordination with the NTWC. Eligible recipients interested in managing the NTWC under this cooperative agreement may apply by submitting applications to EPA for this competitive process.
intertribal, water health, water rights, water management Total award $1,100,000. National Link
Science for Sustainable and Healthy Tribes EPA
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as part of its Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program, is seeking applications proposing research on science for sustainable and healthy tribes. This solicitation is focused on research to develop sustainable solutions to environmental problems that affect tribes. The objectives of the awards to be made under this solicitation are to improve understanding of: 1) the health impacts of climate change on tribal populations; and 2) the health impacts of indoor air pollution exposures that derive from or are directly affecting traditional tribal life-ways and cultural practices. In both cases, projects should focus on impacts to vulnerable sub-populations of the Tribal communities. Proposals should also consider sustainable, culturally appropriate and acceptable pollution prevention, and adaptation/mitigation strategies.
Tribal Health, Adaptation, Mitigation The total funding available is $6 million; individual projects may be funded for up to $920,000 Northwest, Southwest, Midwest, Northeast, Southeast, National, Alaska Link
Environmental Justice Small Grants Program EPA
Deadline extended: 6/1/2021. The EJSG program awards grants that support community-driven projects designed to engage, educate, and empower communities to better understand local environmental and public health issues and develop strategies for addressing those issues, building consensus in the community, and setting community priorities. The EJSG program will award approximately $2.8 million nationwide for this competitive opportunity. EPA anticipates awarding approximately 56 grants ( about 5 per EPA region) of up to $50,000 each. These grants are for one-year projects. This opportunity places special emphasis on projects focusing on COVID-19 impacts, as well as climate and disaster resiliency. Additionally, EPA is emphasizing projects addressing diesel pollution in underserved communities living near ports and railyards as part of EPA's Ports Initiative. Finally, to promote equitable accessibility to EPA grant funding and to assist small entities, approximately half of the total available funding under this announcement is intended to be reserved for small non-profit organizations as defined in the announcement.
community-based organizations, underserved communities, environmental issues, health issues, environmental justice up to $50,000 United States Link
Tribal Clean Air Act EPA
Deadline passed. Most recent deadline: 2/19/2021. EPA Region 9 anticipates awarding approximately 30 grants to federally-recognized tribes within the Region 9 geographic area for funding tribal air pollution control programs, air quality education and assessment projects, and the development of tribal air program capacity.
clean air, air pollution, education It is expected that the awards will range from $50,000 to $120,000. Pacific Southwest Link
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Deadline passed. Most recent deadline: April 28, 2022. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), as part of its Science to Achieve Results (STAR) program, is seeking applications proposing community-engaged research that will address the drivers and environmental impacts of energy transitions in underserved communities. For purposes of this competition and the evaluation of applications, "underserved communities" refers to populations sharing a particular characteristic, as well as geographic communities, that have been systematically denied a full opportunity to participate in aspects of economic, social, and civic life, including people of color, low income, rural, tribal, indigenous, and other populations that may be disproportionately impacted by environmental harms and risks. Learn more and apply here.
Energy transitions, community-engaged research, underserved communities, environmental justice Up to a total of $1,125,000 per regular award, and up to a total of $650,000 per early career award, including direct and indirect costs, with a maximum duration of four years. National Link


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we're going to be looking at a different kind of bubble.
2002, and now we're going to be talking of the perfect storm.
it was more an excessive leverage bubble.
and what causes these leverage bubbles?
Globally, we'll talk about here of global imbalances, and we'll see what that means.
also a lax of regulation, typically in the banking sector and in the credit market.
to illustrate that I put the following chart here.
it's a formula which I use, which is the Fed model.
and I do earnings yield less the bond yield.
And that's the blue line here.
On the right hand scale.
So when this blue line is low, typically look at 2000.
We see that it's roughly 0.5 on the right hand scale.
So this means that either The earnings yield is low, or the bond yield is high.
it can be either that the equity market is expensive or the bond here is high.
So when the blue line is low, equities are expensive.
Is high particularly when you see the periods after the crisis, 2010 to 2012.
Here we typically have a high earning yield and a low bond yield.
So here equities are cheap and bonds are expensive.
So this kind of model can actually be used.
It's actually a model which.
and what we see here is that the model worked pretty well.
it did, we saw that on the previous video.
And it worked well for 2000.
equities are somewhat expensive vis a vis bonds.
market being too expensive vis a vis the bond market.
was a bubble in the housing market.
And we're going to see then what caused this bubble.
measuring the evolution of the housing market in the US.
And you see here the staggering rise to the peak of 2006, 2007.
And you see that this red line is increasing by far more Look here.
whereas the evolution of the consumer price index is way below that.
we know that leverage is used, is very present in the housing market.
So this is the main culprit here.
indeed these are refered to as the global savings glut.
typically develop markets And emerging markets having excess savings.
And this created some imbalances.
Indeed here, you see some numbers.
a current account deficit of 87 billion US.
And by 2003, they were running a large surplus.
So indeed, the emerging markets were a net debtor in, in the 90s.
And it became a net.
Lender in the year 2000.
was going through a period of excessive indebtedness.
And this excessive indebtedness Typically was to be seen in the household sector.
tight correlation between the evolution of consumption in the US, and the world GDP.
You see here this two line.
the blue line is the, on the same scale, it's the World GDP.
consumer is doing for finding out what the world economy will be doing.
The problem is that when we look at the US consumer.
the car he was driving was bought on credit.
And you see here the debt outstanding in the U.S.
peaked in 2007 at close to 100%.
is actually in the hands of the household, in forms of debt.
We see also that the savings rate, was actually very close to zero.
On some measures, it's even, was even negative.
just before the birthing of the crisis in 2007.
It's quite funny actually to think of a savings rates which can be negative.
Just think of that for For one minute.
debt rises, and we have emerging markets which had had the crisis.
reducing their consumption and on increasing their savings.
that the public sectors have had different evolutions.
in within the G20 countries.
is above the green line which is a stable and folly.
The green refers to emerging markets, the red line to develop markets.
And you will see here that even in a public sector.
falling or stable debt in emerging markets.
fundamental's in emerging market's than in developed markets and we'll see how.
That explains the problems we've had with the financial crisis.
in terms of microeconomic variables Then develop markets.
More savings, lower debt, and current account surpluses.
which created a major problem in the US in the next few years.


It appears that most people are willing to grant that a health care worker who has serious moral objections to a procedure should not be compelled to perform it or assist directly with it. However, many people find it more difficult to understand why some health care workers object to even indirect forms of involvement: why they might refuse to help patients obtain a morally controversial service or procedure by referring them to a more willing colleague.
This reasoning is based on unexamined faith-assumptions shared by Committee members about moral complicity and culpability. It is implied that all reasonable people will accept those faith-assumptions and the conclusions that flow from them. In fact, reasonable people who work from different moral premises reach different moral conclusions.
It appears that the ACOG Committee is working from what might be called the Absolutionist Premise: that someone who merely arranges for an act is absolved of moral responsibility, because only someone who actually does an act is morally responsible for it. Alternatively, the ACOG may admit that some moral responsibility is incurred by referral or by otherwise facilitating a procedure, but that the degree of responsibility is sufficiently diminished in such cases that it is of no real significance. Call this the Dismissive Premise.
The Absolutionist Premise is illustrated by the opinion of Newsweek columnist Jonathan Alter. In the weeks following the terrorist attacks on the United States in September, 2001, Alter argued that it was time to think about torturing terrorist suspects who might have information about plans for such horrendous crimes. He acknowledged that physical torture is "contrary to American values," but argued that torture is appropriate in some circumstances.
He proposed a novel 'compromise:' that the United States turn terrorist suspects who won't talk over to "less squeamish allies,"2 a practice known as "extraordinary rendition." The allies would then do what Americans would not, without compromising American values.
What was of concern to Mr. Arar, the Canadian public and the Canadian government was whether or not Canadian officials had caused or contributed to what happened to Mr. Arar, even though his deportation to Syria was effected by the United States, and Syrian officials imprisoned and tortured him. The key issue was whether or not Canada was complicit in torture.
The Arar Inquiry, the concerns raised by the Globe and Mail story about Afghan detainees and the alarm raised about physician complicity in torture make sense only on the presumption that one can be morally responsible for acts actually committed by another person. The Absolutionist Premise does not provide a plausible starting point for moral reasoning.
The Dismissive Premise is more promising. Granted that one can be morally responsible for acts actually committed by another, there may be differences of opinion about what kind of action or omission incurs such responsibility. These differences need not be thoroughly canvassed in this paper. It is sufficient to ask if the kind of action involved in referral can have that effect. That is: if a physician refers or otherwise helps a patient to obtain what be believes to be an immoral procedure, is he a culpable participant in the provision of the procedure?
(3) an action which could automatically cause an execution to be carried out on a condemned prisoner.
Among the actions identified by the AMA as "participation" in executions are prescribing or administering tranquillizers or other drugs as part of the procedure, directly or indirectly monitoring vital signs, rendering technical advice or consulting with the executioners, and even (except at the request of the condemned, or in a non-professional capacity) attending or observing an execution. The attention paid to what others might consider insignificant detail is exemplified in the provision that permits physicians to certify death, providing that death has been pronounced by someone else, and by restrictions on the donation of organs by the deceased.
While referral is not mentioned in the AMA policy on capital punishment, nor in the Canadian or American policies on torture, one cannot imagine that either the AMA or CMA would agree that physicians who refuse to participate in torture or executions have the duty to refer the state "in a timely manner" to other practitioners.21 In fact, it is likely that both the CMA and AMA would censure a physician who did so voluntarily, on the grounds that such conduct would make him complicit in a gravely immoral act.
In any case, it is reasonable to hold that the kind of action involved in referral is the same kind of action that is defined as "participation" in the AMA policies on capital punishment and torture. The model provided by the AMA policy indicates that, in principle, at least, it is not unreasonable for physicians to refuse to refer patients for procedures to which they object for reasons of conscience, on the grounds that referral would make them complicit in a wrongful act.
The point here, of course, is not that capital punishment or torture are morally equivalent to artificial reproduction, contraception or other controversial medical procedures. The point is that, when professional associations are convinced that an act is seriously wrong – even if it is legal – one finds them willing to refuse all forms of direct and indirect participation in order to avoid moral complicity in the act. This is precisely the position taken by many conscientious objectors in health care.
Having considered the problem of complicity, it is now worth asking why the subject of complicity in wrongful acts is not only of grave concern to ethical physicians, medical journals, and professional associations, but why it can so thoroughly arouse the public, the media, and politicians: why commissions of inquiry will so meticulously investigate the possibility of complicity, producing hundreds upon hundreds of pages of detailed analysis of the evidence taken, at no little cost to the public purse.
A jaded few will respond that reports of scandal will always sell newspapers, that scandal always energizes the self-righteous (both the religious and the politically-correct varieties) and that scandal is one of the traditional weapons used against opponents by politicians of all stripes. There is some truth to this, but, going deeper into it, why is complicity in wrongdoing scandalous?
The answer must be that there is something about complicity in wrongdoing that triggers an almost instinctive reaction in people, something about it that touches some peculiar, deep and almost universal sense of abhorrence. One says "almost" instinctive and "almost" universal because, of course, there have always been exceptions: Eichmanns, Pol Pots, Rwandan machete men, for example. And the degree of sensitivity varies from person to person, from subject to subject, and from one culture to another. Nonetheless, complicity in wrongdoing can be a source of scandal, a political weapon and the subject for public inquiries only because it has some real and profound significance.
But whichever view one takes of "dirty hands," all of these expressions convey an uncomfortable sense that something is felt to be soiled by complicity in wrongdoing. What is that something? And what is the nature of that cloying grime?
The answer suggested by the Project is that the "something" is not a "thing" at all, but the human person, and that the sense of uncleanness or taint associated with complicity in wrongdoing is the natural response of the human person to something fundamentally opposed to his nature and dignity.
2. Alter, Jonathon, "Time to Think About Torture." Newsweek, 5 November, 2001, p. 45.
20. Canadian Medical Association Policy resolution BD80-03-99 – Treatment of prisoners. Status: Approved, 1979-Dec-08. Last Reviewed, 2004-Feb-28: Still relevant.


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IABM Engineering Student Awards winners revealed
The IABM has today announced the 10 recipients of its 2013 IABM Engineering Student Awards. The awards programme, sponsored by the Association, recognises high-achieving college students in the fields of broadcast engineering or media technology and offers each winner full financial support for attendance at IBC2013.
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The winners are Zoe Wyeth, University of Salford; Julian Theis, RheinMain University of Applied Sciences; Adam Plowden and Amy Tinker, Kingston University; Pierre Hamme-Gerome and Antonin Morel, Université de Valenciennes; Kathryn Savage, Southampton Solent University; Lennard Bredenkamp, HTWK Leipzig; and Evgenii Smirnov and Anna Nikolaeva, St. Petersburg State University of Film and Television. Each winner will receive funding to cover travel, accommodation, and daily expenses for a five-day trip to Amsterdam and registration to attend the IBC2013 conference and exhibition.
"Winning an IABM Engineering Student Award not only has provided me with the fantastic opportunity to attend IBC, but also has given me confidence in myself as a graduate broadcast engineer," said Zoe Wyeth. "I hope to leave the conference knowing more about cutting-edge broadcast technology, having new contacts and friends within the industry, and having had an enjoyable week in Amsterdam!"
The Awards are part of the IABM's global training initiative programme, created to help increase the industry's available pool of skilled broadcast engineers and technical staff. This year's winners were selected based on a 500-word essay explaining how they would be able to benefit from attending IBC2013.
"The Awards are designed to showcase the broadcast and media technology industry to some of the brightest and best students from around the world," said Roger Crumpton, a founding director and trustee of the IABM Educational Foundation which funds the programme. "While the individual winners gain a significant personal benefit, the awards programme itself promotes the sector and encourages others to gain the knowledge and skills necessary to pursue the exciting career opportunities available. In this sense, the programme benefits not only the 10 winners named today, but the field as a whole."
Picture: Last year's Award winners at IBC2012
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Speeding Driver jailed for Killing Childhood Sweethearts
"she would be paid 10 times the insured amount."
Arti Dhir, aged 55, and Kaval Raijada, aged 30, of West London, face calls to be extradited to India following accusations that they arranged for their adopted Indian son to be murdered.
Indian authorities believe that the couple arranged for their 11-year-old son to be killed for a £150,000 insurance pay-out.
Both Dhir and Raijada deny the allegations.
In February 2017, Gopal Sejani had been abducted by two men on motorbikes before he was stabbed and left on a road in Gujarat. He died of his injuries later that month.
Britain has rejected requests to extradite the couple to face trial in India on human rights grounds.
But the Indian government has been granted leave to appeal the decision.
Dhir and Raijada had travelled to Keshod, Gujarat to adopt an orphan in 2015.
According to court documents, they had placed a newspaper advert, promising that they would take an adopted child to live in London.
This led to them meeting Gopal, who was living with his older sister and her husband Harsukh Kardani.
They agreed to his adoption because they believed the boy would have a better life in the UK.
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However, Indian police say that the couple immediately took out an insurance policy in Gopal's name. The policy would payout after 10 years, or in the event of his death.
Dhir made two payments of £15,000, allegedly knowing that the claim would pay them £150,000.
Superintendent Saurab Singh of Junagadh Police told the BBC:
"After a few days she took out an insurance policy in his name.
"It was a huge amount and she paid two premiums, knowing very well that in the event of Gopal's death, she would be paid 10 times the insured amount."
The couple returned to the UK but Gopal remained in Gujarat while visa documents were arranged for him.
On February 8, 2017, the adopted Indian son was kidnapped, stabbed and left on a road by two men on motorbikes. Mr Kardani tried to defend Gopal and was also attacked.
Both were taken to hospital where they died later that month.
Indian authorities have alleged that there have been two unsuccessful murder attempts on the boy in the past. The insurance policy never paid out.
Indian police arrested a man who they said was a friend of Dhir and Raijada. The suspect is one of four people arrested in India for their alleged involvement.
Dhir and Raijada face six charges in India, including conspiracy to murder and kidnapping.
In June 2017, the couple were arrested following a request from the Indian government.
However, on July 2, 2019, a judge at Westminister Magistrates' Court refused their extradition on human rights grounds.
Senior District Judge Emma Arbuthnot found sufficient evidence to justify their extradition but ruled that it would against the couple's human rights as the sentence for double murder in Gujarat is life without parole.
She went on to say that the "irreducible sentence" would be "inhuman and degrading".
The couple remain on bail pending an appeal which is set to be heard in early 2020.
Superintendent Singh said:
"We are trying our best. This is a very serious offence that has taken place in India."
"We want the two accused to be brought here to face trial in an Indian court as per the Indian laws, and for this, we are trying our best to assist the UK court."
Even if the appeal is unsuccessful, the chief magistrate explained that it was "not impossible" that Dhir and Raijada could be prosecuted in the UK, if there was evidence that an agreement to murder was made in the UK.
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Press 'X' to start the game and use the arrow keys to control the vehicle.
This game is not endorsed by Lucasfilm Ltd., Twentieth Century Fox or Disney and is intended for entertainment purposes only.
But you are right - I should probably name it "X" in the game as well.


Jonathan Touboul is a new associate professor in the Department of Mathematics. He is also associated to the Neuroscience program, and member of the Volen National Center for Complex Systems. His research deals with mathematical equations modeling the behavior of neurons and networks of the brain. He is also interested in understanding how the brain is interconnected and if or how these interconnection patterns play a role information processing, learning and memory.
Prior to joining Brandeis, Jonathan Touboul led for a research team at Collège de France in Paris, within the Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Biology. He received his PhD in Mathematics from École Polytechnique (Paris) and spent some time as a postdoc at Pittsburgh University with Bard Ermentrout and at the Rockefeller University with Marcelo Magnasco.
At Brandeis, he intends to pursue his researches in models of large-scale neural networks, learning, memory and synchronized oscillations in Parkinson's disease.


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The shooting of the second season of "Chilling Adventures of Sabrina" is already underway.
Kiernan Shipka, who plays the title role in the Netflix series, revealed the news in an interview with Bloody Disgusting.
"We went straight into the second season from the first and it's been really so exceptionally fun to film, especially given the fact that I feel like we're already in such a rhythm from coming out of the first season that to jump right into the second one was really, really fun and just a great opportunity to keep the momentum going.
"We definitely… Sabrina definitely changes and shifts a lot. Her growth is very evident and the second season definitely has a different spin on it than the first season. They're very different from each other," Shipka said.
Described as an empowered young woman, Sabrina Spellman, is just beginning her dark education as a sorceress, even as she tries to maintain a normal life as a sophomore at Baxter High.
Intelligent, compassionate, and brave to the point of recklessness, Sabrina is all that stands between "us and the forces of darkness that threaten our world".
Without giving spoilers, Shipka said the season one finale takes certain turns and certain decisions by Sabrina helps her make informed choices in the second season.
"The finale of the first season sets up a lot. It goes in a different direction. We see more different characters. It deals with a different side of things," she added.
Like its first installment, season two will also have 10 episodes.
"Chilling Adventures of Sabrina" started streaming on Netflix from October 26.
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René Joseph Marie Delacroix (* 27. August 1900 in Paris; † 11. Juni 1976 in Draveil) war ein französischer Filmregisseur.

Delacroix arbeitete zunächst als Distributor und Regieassistent für die Studios Gaumont und Étoile Films. Anfang der 1930er Jahre ging er zu Abbé Aloysius Vachets FiatFilm, um eigene Filme zu drehen. Sein erster Spielfilm, Adieu les copains, entstand 1934. Er drehte ein halbes Dutzend weiterer Filme, die kaum Beachtung fanden; erfolgreich wurde erst der Film Notre-Dame de la Mouise, der 1939 entstand. Als die kanadische Renaissance Films Distribution 1944 Personal in Frankreich suchte, wechselten er, Abbé Vachet und andere Mitarbeiter von FiatFilm dorthin.

1947 gründete Delacroix in Frankreich die Union catholique du cinéma. Mit Le gros Bill drehte er 1949 einen der ersten Spielfilme in Québec. Drei Monate später produzierte er in Frankreich Docteur Louise (1951), einen Film, der sich im Sinne der katholischen Kirche gegen die Abtreibung wandte. Sein nächster Film, Le rossignol et les cloches (mit dem Sänger Gérard Barbeau) war ein Misserfolg und wurde von der Kritik verrissen.

Gratien Gélinas beauftragte ihn 1952 mit der Verfilmung seines Stücks Tit-Coq. Der Film wurde einer der größten Erfolge dieser Zeit in Kanada. 1953 drehte er das Melodram Cœur de maman. Danach kehrte er nach Frankreich zurück, wo er sich der Leitung der Union catholique du cinéma widmete. 1959 entstand als sein letzter Film Le tombeur.

Quellen
Le Gens du Cinema - René Delacroix
Le cinéma au Québec - René Delacroix
Cinéma francais - René Delacroix

Filmregisseur
Franzose
Geboren 1900
Gestorben 1976
Mann


text:
"""Tests for storm optimizer."""

from __future__ import absolute_import
from __future__ import division
from __future__ import print_function

import tensorflow.compat.v1 as tf
from tensorflow.compat.v1 import test

from storm_optimizer.storm_optimizer import StormOptimizer

class StormOptimizerTest(test.TestCase):

  def testRunsMinimize(self):
    storm = StormOptimizer()
    w = tf.Variable([3.0])
    loss = tf.square(w)
    update_op = storm.minimize(loss, var_list=[w])

    if not tf.executing_eagerly():
      self.evaluate(tf.initializers.global_variables())
      for _ in range(3):
        self.evaluate(update_op)

if __name__ == '__main__':
  test.main()

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


Surely the situation rings. You go out with your camera, go down the street or take a break and think, "I take the tripod? Bah, it's a lot of rubbish, it's not worth it for the photos I'm going to make." But later .. They miss it. Well, because the light is gone and you are forced to take slow shots as you like, or because the eye tells you to take a picture below the tenth of a second to get moving objects. And what are you doing then?
The answer is a little ingenuity, this valuable weapon of the photographer. Without the great stability that gives us an authentic tripod, we can gain additional stability points with a little skill and little or no money. And the best part is that you can take them anywhere, anytime. That sounds good, right? Well, read on!
And that is something basic. Whenever we record with the camera in hand and at a compromising speed, controlling our breathing can greatly improve the result. And we often use the metaphor "shoot with the camera", right? Well, all we have to do is follow the same advice that professional shooters follow, as they are common in archery, firearms or telephoto lenses.
We will have deep inspirations and slow processes, at least three, before we take our picture. This will relax our body. Then we make another inspiration, we put the camera in the eye and we breathe out very slowly. We take these seconds for the recording, and just in the last two seconds after exhaling, when our lungs are almost empty and our muscles are showing less tension, we gently squeeze the shutter release, being careful not to move the camera down. If you get used to taking the photo with this method, we can get stable photos at a speed we previously considered freehand.
The most basic thing we can do if we need extra stability and do not have a tripod on hand is to find a way to set three points for supporting our camera in our environment. The most intuitive is when you fix two supports with our own arms. With the third, we will straighten the body and keep an eye on the viewfinder. In this way, though far from the stability of a tripod of truth, we can largely avoid the inevitable motion of a camera held to the pulse.
As I show in the example picture, we can do this by looking for a wall where we can lean sideways by lowering the weight of the body and supporting the arms, or on a surface that is not quite horizontal.
Attentive to this technique because it is usually not taught anywhere, but it is very useful for being fast, versatile and effective. Although not as sturdy as a tripod, it allows similar behavior to wearing a monopod. In fact, it's about building a monopod with our own body, in a second and without the help of anything else.
For this we kneel with the right leg on the floor and the left raised. From experience, I recommend not directing both in the direction the body is looking, as this is a less stable posture. It is better if the legs are cross-shaped and the rib cage is at an intermediate angle between the two knees, directing the left shoulder towards the photograph.
Then we firmly support the left elbow on the left knee and form a single vertical structure. In it, we will support the body of the camera on our left palm, which is relaxed and aligned with the vertical, so that its vertical movement is completely restricted. The remaining rotation is blocked by supporting the camera against our eye. This is the most stable position possible if we only have our body and have little time to prepare the shot. Something unfortunately very common.
This option has the opposite effect: restricting vertical movement, but not down but up. For this we only need a small rope, it does not have to be very thick or strong, which is tied to the body of our camera. It must have the right length to reach from the level of our eyes to the ground, and it is very helpful that there is a small solid and heavy piece at the bottom of the ground.
In the body it can be attached as an extension in the side hook for the strap, in the tripod shoe or, as some prefer, on the same shoulder strap of the camera. Personally, I prefer the shoe because it is in the center of gravity of the camera.
If we need to use this technique to achieve more stability, we will tie one end of the rope to the body and drop the other with the weight down to the ground and stand firmly on it. Then we tighten the rope, restricting the movement of the camera, while the upward tension remains soft but constant. If we support it against our eye, it will be restricted in all its movements.
A classic in the pocket of a home improvement photographer. The bag full of vegetables provides a malleable surface on which the camera can point to the desired position. By resting it on a surface and not holding it in the hand, the exposure times that can be achieved in this way are a few seconds longer. However, it does require an initial surface on which to hold the bag, some time to form the bag for our purpose, and a frame that normally needs to be run in Live View.
About utilities and tips to accomplish this, we have a special article which a rice bag is used as a tripod to achieve stability. I just want to mention that the bag can of course be filled with what we want. They can be any kind of legumes, small stones, earth … The lenses, for example, show a good balance between weight, price and formability. There is rice that does not recommend it because it ultimately releases strength.
And you, leave us your fifth trick to make an impromptu tripod when you need it most?


The cars are a 1963 400 Superamerica Coupe Aerodinamico, a 1966 275 GTS and a 1973 365 GTS/4 Daytona Spider.
"Our annual Quail Lodge sale is one of the most anticipated on the global collector car calendar, and this year there are two very large milestones to celebrate," Jakob Greisen, head of Bonhams' U.S. Motoring department, said in a news release. "Our 20th anniversary in Carmel and Ferrari's 70th anniversary as a brand.
The 1963 Superamerica on the auction docket is a long-wheelbase Series II model with Pininfarina coachwork and is the 15th of only 18 such vehicles produced. It has matching component numbers and covered headlights and was a Cavallino Classic Platinum award winner.
The 1966 275 GTS also is a Pininfarina car with matching numbers.
The 1972 Daytona Spider has bodywork by Scaglietti, also was a Platinum winner at Ferrari Club of America judging and was restored by the late Wayne Obry and his Motion Products company. Bonhams notes that only 121 such Spiders were built.
Earlier, Bonhams announced the Quail auction docket would include a historic 1963 Jaguar E-type Lightweight raced at Le Mans by Briggs Cunningham's team.