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Franz Ferdinand: Spanners in the Works
Jon D'Auria
Franz Ferdinand's Nick McCarthy (left) and Alex Kapranos at an unnanounced show at Glasslands in Brooklyn, New York, on July 23, 2013. Photo by Frank White.
Franz Ferdinand's Alex Kapranos and Nick McCarthy discuss their utter disregard for technical playing, their penchant for quirky old gear, and how everything from Angus Young to Talking Heads to classical compositions informed the dual-guitar approach on their new album, Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action.
When a new band strikes it as big as Franz Ferdinand did in 2003 with their danceable post-punk radio hit "Take Me Out," hardcore guitarists can be dismissive, ignoring subtleties like the intro's deceptively simple tempo changes, or how brilliantly the lean, snarling dual guitar parts shift and slither within the relentless tide of the band's lockstep rhythm section.
Such attitudes don't hurt the feelings of Alex Kapranos and Nick McCarthy, Franz Ferdinand's guitarists, one bit. The two Scots are completely out of the guitar-ego loop. "I tend not to write parts to show off my skill or new techniques," Kapranos says. McCarthy is a bit more lighthearted about it, recounting how, while the band was tracking their latest album, Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action, he tried to master a fast picking technique. "I had to stop," he says. "I was laughing too much."
If kneejerk dismissiveness hurts anyone, it's players who could learn a thing or two from Kapranos and McCarthy about composition, mood, and sparseness. Both players have fresh perspectives on the art of guitar, though they stem from very different backgrounds. McCarthy's guitar work is informed by his training as a classical pianist and double bassist, while Kapranos playing is refreshingly naïve. In fact, he started playing guitar the year before Ferdinand made it big.
We recently spoke to the two guitarists about devising great parts, recording Right Thoughts, their meticulous miking techniques, and their fondness for offbeat gear from Harmony, Silvertone, Hagstrom, Hoyer, Selmer, and Traynor.
What was the writing process like for Right Thoughts?
Alex Kapranos: The majority of writing was done before the recording. We didn't go near the studio until we had songs that we could all play and we understood how they worked. That's quite different from our last LP [2009's Tonight], where we started off with grooves and beats upon which we wrote melodies and then lyrics. Nick and I write most of the music together, although sometimes Bob [Hardy, bassist] and I start with a lyrical idea that I'll work on with the guitar or piano. This is a very live album. Every song has a live performance of the four of us in a room together at the heart of it.
Nick McCarthy: Our playing is just writing music. It's not the specific instrument, but the whole thing. Our main goal is always to just write some good songs and then record them.
Did you have any specific visions for the overall sound of the new album?
Kapranos: One principle was the shedding of chords in favor of melody and countermelody. It's fine to use chords for the writing of the main melody, but when it comes to the final arrangement we'd lose the chords so that progressions were suggested by the melodies, rather than played out.
McCarthy: I think this album sounds very much like us. It's very honest and open, and it lets you get inside what we are and what we like/ That was the plan. It worked out for some reason, I think. It doesn't always, of course.
Kapranos: The new sounds came partly from trying new playing ideas, but mainly with the writing and arrangement. Nick and I spent a long time listening to records we liked—particularly classical music—to see how they were arranged. I know our music sounds nothing like that, but the principles are universal.
After you conferred on that more compositional approach, how did you go about writing the guitar parts?
McCarthy: I usually write on an old acoustic that I bought in Germany for 10 Deutsche marks, just because I like the history of it. I take it on tour sometimes or write on it when I have a few hours at home. I really like playing the piano as well, so I switch between the two. Then we usually electrify the whole thing and get rid of the chords and play single notes. That seems to work for us.
Kapranos: I usually write with an acoustic, too. I have an old Gibson, but my favorite is an old Harmony guitar conversion by Colfax Guitar Shop in Denver. They take old Kay, Stella, and Harmony guitars and re-brace them by hand. You're left with a low-budget guitar that sounds as rich as a Martin, but you're not afraid to leave it lying around, spill wine on it, or knock it over. When it comes to the final arrangement, I normally pick up one of my favorite electrics—an old '66 Tele or my '73 Tele Deluxe.
The Scots revisit the hit that started it all—"Take Me Out"—at the 2009 Glastonbury Festival.
Do you sit down and hash out guitar parts together?
Kapranos: Nick and I always interweave our parts. I think of them like a lattice—woven together, occasionally overlapping, but generally following distinct routes that make up the strong whole. I'd say neither of us plays "lead" or "rhythm," but we both play "rhythmic melody." We've always seen ourselves as a dance band as much as a rock 'n' roll band, so the rhythmic composition and playing is as important as the melody.
Tell us about the process of capturing your guitar tones in the studio.
Kapranos: We recorded a lot of it at Black Pudding, my studio in Scotland. Over the last few years I've spent a lot of time working on how to record a natural but powerful sound. I'm not a fan of close-miked cabs. I usually place the mic directly in front of the cone, but between one and four feet away, depending on where it will be in the mix. This creates what I think of as a 3D sound—the equivalent of adding shading or perspective to a picture. As I mentioned, most of the playing was live. We work better when we play the parts live rather than building up overdubs. It feels more alive that way. You get more precision from overdubs, but the overall effect is a little anodyne for my taste.
McCarthy: I've got two basic tones that I always go for in the studio. One is Angus Young's tone, and the other is a tone similar to what Talking Heads get. I like to keep it simple, so that I don't overthink anything. I always prefer simplicity.
McCarthy onstage with the Gibson SG Classic he fell in love with at a Chicago pawn shop. Photo by Frank White.
What gear did you use for the sessions?
McCarthy: I used a white Gibson SG that I found in a secondhand shop in Chicago and fell in love with. I also used an old Fender Stratocaster that I borrowed from a friend. Quite standard stuff really, nothing too exciting.
Kapranos: I have a small collection of guitars, some regulars—like Gibsons and Fenders—and a few oddities, like Silvertones, Hagstroms, and Hoyers. I really like Hoyers. They're an often-overlooked European brand with a distinct sound. I spent a lot of time researching cabs and speakers too. The way different magnets and construction can affect the tone and, particularly, the compression of the signal. I built up a few cabs with my friend [vocalist/guitarist for the Clientele] Alasdair MacLean in Scotland, using various Harmas and Webers for different sounds here and there. The best was a 4x12 with four very different ceramic and alnico magnets. It sounds very versatile, and you have a lot of control over the sound, depending on where you stick the mic. I've also picked up a few different amps over the years. I've always been a fan of old Selmers, but recently I bought a '60s Traynor head, which I totally love.
In addition to its unusual pickup configuration–a Tele Deluxe-style bridge pickup, a P-90 in the middle, and a single-coil in the neck position–Krapanos' custom Specimen Products T-style has a kaleidoscppic pickguard made from 600 emerald beetle wings infused with urethane resin. Photo by Frank White.
How does being producers influence your approach to playing guitar?
McCarthy: I think you become aware of how your parts work in the bigger picture and lose the preciousness of every little riff you come up with. Of course some riffs have to be pursued, though. Producing can be a head game as well, like if you forget to plug the microphone—which does happen.
Kapranos: I love tinkering around in my own time and working out sounds—but not during a session, because that kills the buzz. Working as a producer is a great way of killing off excesses of ego. You realize that your performance is part of the whole piece, rather than just being supported by the other performances. It's made me realize that the spontaneous and unconsidered performance is the best. It's the personality of the player that matters, and I'm no exception.
How have you evolved as guitarists over the years?
Kapranos: I've become more fluent and less heavy-handed. I guess just like someone learning a language, you learn to express yourself more naturally as the years go by. My tone has changed a bit, too. It all depends on the song, but I never use pedals and prefer to go straight into the amp now. I usually like something that is pretty percussive, with a good attack to it. There are a few meatier sounds that I use now that came out on the new album, too.
McCarthy: I used to be a bass player for ages, and now I've just about learned the top two strings on the guitar. I'm very proud of that. [Laughs.]
McCarthy and Kapranos demonstrate their knack for intertwining guitar parts and complementary vocal harmonies in this 2005 MTV Unplugged performance of "Walk Away."
How would you describe the guitar dynamic between you two?
McCarthy: I usually try to drown him out and pay off our sound engineer to turn him down a bit. He's okay overall as a guitarist, but he could do with a bit of practice [laughs]. But honestly, Alex is a very unconventional, rhythmic, aggressive, forward, and locked-in player.
Kapranos: It's very interdependent. He has quite a contrasting style to me, but we seem to fit together very well. We both tend to leave a fair amount of space in what we do, which is fortunate. Neither of us has particularly swollen egos when it comes to playing the guitar. I think that's because we're both writers first and players second. The playing is for the song, rather than the ego.
You two split vocal duties in the band. Has it always been natural for you to sing and play?
McCarthy: Well, I like singing, but Alex turned out to be the frontman. It seemed natural that way. Paul [Thomson, drums] sings a lot, as well. I love bands with a lot of singing. With multiple people singing, there are so many more melodies and harmonies to play with.
Kapranos: I was always terrible at lessons. I never lasted long with them, so I was never trained with singing and playing. I could always pick something up and work it out, though. I was a little self-conscious about singing in public at first until I realized that there is no need to fear. It took me a little while to get it down, but it started working over time.
Nick, you grew up playing piano and upright bass while studying classical music. How does that influence your guitar playing?
McCarthy: I learned how to analyze music through my studies at classical music school, and it comes in very handy all the time. Learning is fun, kids! I never thought so then, but now it helps me a lot.
McCarthy's Gibson SG Classic, Kapranos' 1973 Fender Telecaster Delxue, and Franz Ferdinand bassist Bob Hardy's vintage Rickenbacker chilling backstage before the band's July 23rd show in New York. Photo by Frank White.
Alex Kapranos' Gear
1973 Fender Telecaster Deluxe, 1966 Fender Telecaster
Carr Slant 6V, 1960s Traynor head driving 4x12 cab with alnico- and ceramic-magnet Weber and Harma speakers
Rotosound R11 Roto Reds (.011–.048)
Nick McCarthy's Gear
Gibson SG Classic, 1959 Hagstrom P46 Sweetone
Carr Slant 6V, Carr The Viceroy
When did you both begin playing guitar?
Kapranos: I actually first started playing guitar in 2002. Nick and I had a punch up at a party, and then Bob and I had talked about starting a band. I know it sounds weird, but the next day we did it.
McCarthy: My older brother started showing me how to play when I was 11 years old. He also showed me how to write a song. I couldn't believe it—I didn't realize you were allowed to write your own songs! I thought it was someone else who did that. I guess I've been doing it ever since.
Who are your biggest influences on guitar?
Kapranos: Andrew Conway. I know it sounds daft, but he was my best friend at school, and we learned at the same time. He's always been my biggest musical influence.
McCarthy: The Beatles, Jimmy Page and Led Zeppelin, Angus Young and AC/DC, David Bowie, and Run DMC would all have to be my biggest musical influences.
Did either of you ever think Franz Ferdinand would become so successful when you first began?
McCarthy: Of course not. But it felt good right from the beginning, and we knew that we had a good thing going. It's not every day you end up in a band where everyone has the same kind of ideas—there's usually always one spanner in the works.
Kapranos: You imagine that kind of thing when you're a kid in the same way you imagine a trip to the moon or climbing Everest. With this band I knew there was something good happening. I figured we'd sell at least 500 singles.
Franz Ferdinand's Alex Kapranos and Nick McCarthy debut their new song "Evil Eyes" at the 2013 Coachella festival.
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* It's big. Over twice-the-size-of-Texas big. The state of Rhode Island could fit into Alaska 425 times.
* In October 1867, US Secretary of State William H Seward offered Russia $7.2mm for the land, or 2c per acre. For some time, this was known by many as "Seward's Folly."
* The wild forget-me-not is the state flower, the willow ptarmigan the state bird, the Sitka spruce the state tree, the four-spot skimmer dragonfly is the state insect, and dog mushing the official state sport.
* Jade is the official gemstone. Gold was discovered in 1880.
* Nearly one-third of Alaska lies within the arctic circle.
* Alaska has the lowest population density in America. By contrast, it's coastline extends over 6,600 miles.
* 17 of the 20 highest peaks in the US are located in Alaska. At 20,230 feet above sea level, Mt. McKinley, located in Alaska's interior, is the highest point in North America.
* In 1915, the record high temperature in Alaska was set at 100F at Fort Yukon; the record low temp was -80F set at Prospect Creek Camp in 1971.


Inside Skepticon – How Do We Look? Like a Million Bucks!
Last time we checked in at the Skepticon ranch (our brand is the Lazy X!), we were fighting over speaker choices. The next order of business is to pick a theme, and brainstorm ideas for fundraising.
Skepticon's themes aren't really about the talks. We don't try to get speakers whose topics fit the theme, though if we do find someone who can talk about a related subject, it gives them a boost in priority. The Skepticon theme is all about … the artwork! (Insert glitter flourish here.) Skepticon 7 had an outer space theme. SK8 had an 8-bit skater theme. S-K9 had a dogs and cats (9 lives!) theme.
So where does that leave us for SK10? You'll have to wait for the answer when we unveil our new website look. But I can say that we're not going with Skepticon Perfect 10, InTENse, ConTENder, Enligh10, TENtacle, Pre10tious, or TEN-Forward. Nor will we be X-ray, X-ylophone, or X-rated. But we think you'll love the new look!
The two things that do encourage donations are the matching challenges and desperation. Skepticon is fortunate to have multiple generous donors who together put up several thousand dollars per year to use as matching funds. And every year (so far), our awesome attendees have come through for us. Not that we aren't a big bundle of nerves waiting to see if we're going to have a conference or anything.
If we're still short of funds after exhausting our matching challenges, we unleash our secret weapon. That's right, begging is not just for getting speakers. Early Skepticons featured a good amount of begging, and again our attendees stepped up their game to awesome. But things have actually gone pretty well for us in the past few years.
This brings us to the last piece of our fundraising plan, the Dino Club! Do you want to be amazebanannas just like the other Dino Clubbers? (Wait, that sounds bad. Make that "Dino Club-ateers".) Sign up to send us your $ every month, and you can! You really have no idea how much help the Dino Club is for Skepticon. We could not do this without their support, and we are very grateful!
P.S. Your donations are what make Skepticon 10 possible, so you are the ones who look like a million bucks to us (or at least about 30 grand!) And if you really want to lighten our stress levels, please donate to our legal defense fund!
Inside Skepticon – Speaker Fight!
Anyway, what I'm really saying is that we get together and argue over which speakers to invite this year. Everyone brings their list, and polishes their elevator pitches. (Or … just kinda wings it.) Typically, upwards of 100 names are thrown out, making this one of the longest meetings of the year.
Each organizer or volunteer starts with their top pick, and then we go around again and again until we run out of names, or until we get dizzy and fall off. Several of us may have independently come up with the same person, which boosts that speaker's status. Many other picks get shot down quickly, and that can be rough on the one making the suggestion.
All during the year we also get speaker recommendations in our emails, twitters, and faceboxes. Some are good, some are less helpful, and some are decidedly … odd. We just got another in that last category a few days ago. Claiming to have a speaker on a topic that skeptics have overlooked, the email contained a barrage of links to what appears to be another Sovereign Citizen variant.
So, yeah, we try to check out our speaker candidates before inviting them. We look for talks they have given in the past, to see if they know their stuff and can speak to a crowd. We look to see if their topics are things that we're excited to hear about, that they contribute to a good variety of viewpoints, that their values don't clash with ours, and that they like dinosaurs.
That last one is really the only deal breaker for us.
Back at the meeting, we decide which candidates to put ahead of others in the order that we extend invitations. This isn't necessarily according to who we most want to appear. Some speakers book up far in advance, and we try to put them closer to the front so we have a better shot at them being available for Skepticon.
When it's all over, Lauren takes it from there. She reaches out to the speakers in the order we decided, and gains their trust. Slowly, over the course of days or weeks, she lures them into our trap. Her patience is legendary, as is her tracking skill. If you receive an email from Lauren saying "Hey, wanna come speak at Skepticon? <3" your only hope is to say yes.
P.S. Your donations are what make Skepticon 10 possible, so you are the the ones we fight for! And if you really want to lighten our stress levels, please donate to our legal defense fund!
We give all of the organizers and volunteers homework at the year's first meeting to come back with an armload of speaker suggestions for the second meeting, and fight over which ones are the best. More about that next time. The first meeting also decides the balance between speakers, workshops, and panels, and that gives us a target number of speakers to invite.
In recent years we've challenged ourselves to bring a wider range of viewpoints to our stage. (Once we even had a white Christian gentleman, and we let him use the bathrooms and everything.) We look for speakers from many different backgrounds, often giving us perspectives that we've never heard before. We figure, what good does it do be a conference where you hear the same things year after year?
The Speakers role is responsible for recruiting event speakers, arranging their travel and rooms, and seeing that they have everything (legal, ethical, and within budget) they need for a comfortable and successful Skepticon.
For main stage speakers, we arrange and pay for their travel and hotel rooms, feed them, water them, and expose them to sunlight regularly. We make sure that they get to and from the airport safely (except Rebecca Watson, who we seem to abandon in the airport on a regular basis – sorry Rebecca!). We see that their rooms are reserved and meet their needs, double-check their talk's technical requirements, and make up a small gift bag of swag to say thank you.
Hey, what could go wrong? Oh, let me tell you. I've seen a lot, just in the few years I've been closely involved. No, I'm not going to give names, but we've dodged bullets and learned lessons aplenty. One speaker was becoming abusively demanding toward the organizers. We decided that we did not have time or energy enough to tolerate that and cut them loose. And we're feeling very good about that decision – just because they've waived their honorarium doesn't mean they can be abusive.
We learned a hard lesson when we didn't take the time to check a late addition to the program, and things went decidedly wrong. We won't let that happen again. A different speaker simply never showed up at the conference, and we had to scramble for a replacement. Fortunately they were okay, but our lesson was to check in with speakers sooner and more consistently.
Travel, especially by plane, can be surprisingly difficult to arrange. We need to have the legal names of our speakers in order to buy tickets, and some need to keep their legal identities private. That takes some care, and we haven't been perfect at it. Flights into Springfield are limited, and often require connections at inconvenient times. We try to send our speakers several flight options to choose from, only for them to need a change at the last minute.
The Speakers role is a major year-round effort, but it has been worth the work every time. Come see how it all turns out this year in November, won't you?
P.S. Your donations are what make Skepticon 10 possible, so you are the the ones we want to hear from! And if you really want to lighten our stress levels, please donate to our legal defense fund!
Inside Skepticon – First Meeting of the Year!
Subtitled: A Committee, a Plan, a Canal, Paeettimmoca!
Planning by committee can make it so hard to get what you hoped for in the end. On the other hand, doing it all yourself is a recipe for utter disaster. There's just too much work, and too many skills needed to run a conference like Skepticon. And we have a bunch of incredible people with amazing skills. But everyone doing the work needs to know what everybody else is doing to make the pieces fit. So, we have meetings. Yay!
We have big boisterous meetings in February with lots of ideas. We have small, intimate meetings with bleary-eyed survivors in August. We have OMFSM-it's-two-weeks-before-the-conference-and-we-have-to-finish-The-Things-™! meetings in late-early Octvember. We have meetings during the conference, and we get together for breakfast on the Monday after Skepticon to write down what went right, what went wrong, and how we can fix the latter, without screwing up the former, next year.
That first meeting of the year, though, is one to look forward to. Everyone is excited. Heck, everyone is there, and that's enough of a miracle. Every idea is the bestest one we've ever heard of! Everything has that new Skepticon smell! Exclamation points are rampant! And this is the year that everything is going to go perfectly!
So what gets discussed at the first meeting? The division reports are pretty brief, since not much has happened other than signing the venue contract, so we quickly launch into the open discussion part of the meeting. We try to make the big structural decisions for the year. How many speakers do we want, versus how many panels or workshops? What topics do we think are going to be interesting nine months from now? How can we improve our community activities? Who has theme ideas? And everyone gets homework for next meeting.
I can't tell you how we answered these questions, because spoilers. But we have a plan, and it's the bestest evar, and you will be very excited! Save the dates November 10th – 12th for us.
P.S. Your donations are what make Skepticon 10 possible, so you are the bestest evar, too! And if you really want to lighten our stress levels, please donate to our legal defense fund!


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Read more about switching to a system of phylogenetic classification and how classification factored into the history of evolutionary thought.
Using trees to understand plants: The work of Chelsea Specht, a research profile.
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L'album, qui présente les meilleures titres du groupe ainsi que des inédits, s'est classé  au Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums et  au Billboard 200.

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Tous les titres sont produits par RZA, sauf mention contraire.

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Album du Wu-Tang Clan
Compilation musicale sortie en 2004
Album produit par RZA
Album publié par Sony Music Entertainment


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Iran: Breaking Free From The Chains of Sanctions.
Europe's business and political leaders, hungry for trade and investment, greet Iran's President with open arms. On today's episode of Loud & Clear, host Brian Becker is joined by Iranian-American author and activist Mazda Majidi to talk about the…
Will There Be An "Extremist" U.S. Election Outcome In 2016?
On today's special episode of Loud & Clear, host Brian Becker discusses the U.S. election primaries and the surge of Bernie Sanders in the polls less than one week before the Iowa Caucuses. On the right, Donald Trump and Ted Cruz continue to expand…
Five years after Egypt's uprising: The Arab Spring's place in history.
On today's special episode of Loud & Clear, host Brian Becker takes a look at the impact of the Arab Spring five years after the start of the Egyptian Revolution that began on January 25, 2011.
He is joined for a full hour round table discussion by…
Texas politicians to women: "We own your bodies"
On today's episode of Loud & Clear, host Brian Becker is joined by Ana Rodriguez DeFrates, of the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health. She rips Texan politicians who are depriving millions of women in Texas access to abortion services….
Why Israel Prefers ISIL To Iran.
On today's episode of Loud & Clear, host Brian Becker analyses whether the peace talks that are due to start in Geneva next week to end Syria's nearly five year old civil war could be delayed. He is joined by political analyst Daniel Patrick Welch to…
Jesse Jackson : What we witnessed in Flint was a "crime scene".
Jesse Jackson and the researchers from the Flint Water Study join host Brian Becker on today's episode of Loud & Clear. Residents forced to drink water contaminated by lead and other pollutants. Children are sick, their lives affected perhaps…
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr: The Forgotten Legacy.
On today's episode of Loud & Clear marking the celebration of Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday, host Brian Becker is joined by scholar, historian and civil rights activist Dr. Anthony Monteiro. The two discuss why much of Dr. King's legacy including…
A smarter nuclear bomb is coming under Obama's watch?
On today's episode of Loud & Clear, host Brian Becker is joined by Hans Kristensen, the director of the Nuclear Information Project at the Federation of American Scientists. They discuss the impact of a decision by the Obama Administration to create…
"The GOP "Debate": Promoting Hatred Against Muslims, Immigrants and Latinos"
On today's episode of Loud & Clear, host Brian Becker looks ahead to the Republican debate happening tonight in North Charleston, South Carolina. With Donald Trump still leading in polls among Republican voters, Becker analyzes how profound…
Is there a road to peace in Syria?
On today's episode of Loud & Clear, host Brian Becker is joined by Danny Makki of the Syrian Youth Movement. A bomb blast, thought to be the work of ISIL, rocks a tourist area in Istanbul, Turkey and UN humanitarian trucks enter the besieged Syrian…
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This CEO thinks we'll all be eating maggots within years
Lucy Dean
Yahoo Finance AU 13 November 2019
Deep Fried Insects For Sale A Street Market Stall In Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Image: Getty
Olympia Yarger likens maggots to sushi. As the CEO of maggot-farming start-up, Goterra, Yarger also eats the bugs she farms and believes more Australians soon will as well.
Related story: Why this CEO is making a big bet on sustainable food
Related story: Edible insects market worth $7.96 billion by 2030
Related story: 11 bugs that you can eat and what they taste like
Goterra is a waste-reducing firm that uses waste like food scraps to feed larvae, which are then used as feed for cattle. But the firm has another reason to produce bugs: human consumption.
"I remember the 80's and sushi was like, 'What, raw fish? Gross!'" Yarger told Yahoo Finance.
"I think culturally, we're always willing to be challenged in the right circumstances. And so you'll see these little breakaway segments of people who are either environmentally propelled to try something different or they're just up for something new because they're a foodie."
The challenge for the industry is in how it overcomes the "cultural connotations of gross", Yarger added.
While she loves steak, she says that logically a piece of steak is just "bleeding flesh".
But eating steak has become normalised and is not considered anything close to "gross".
In fact, to Yarger, 'gross' isn't even a real thing. If anything, it's a cultural belief – insects are eaten widely across south-east Asia, where they're cooked up with garlic, chilli, shallots and sauces and considered delicious.
And according to the CSIRO, eating bugs is also good for you. Crickets, for example, can be up to 60 per cent protein.
The United Nations also predicts the edible insect sector will be worth AU$1.5 billion by 2023 as they can be farmed with a relatively small water and land footprint compared to other protein sources like cows.
The Insect Protein Association Australia, of which Yarger is president, has a mission of promoting a forum for collaboration within the industry, and believes that Australia is "well placed for a thriving insect farming sector".
How do we get over our squeamishness?
Dig in, or nah? Image: Getty
"I think what's really important is to stop pretending that they're anything but bugs. So we see a lot of people saying, 'Grind them up and put them in a muffin, or make them a flour and turn them into a pancake'."
But the fact is, even if it's in a decadent chocolate cake, it's a bug.
"It's just important to embrace the bug," Yarger said.
"Like with any new food, trying it is part of it. The job for the industry, I think to be fair, is that it has to become more available and so we need more farmers to farm them, so that you can buy them and they start to be more prevalent.
"And the more prevalent they are, the more available they are, the more usual they become. And then from there it's just sushi, just for 2019."
Seasoning helps too. Mexican flavours are great, Yarger said, noting that there are other seasonings outside of rosemary and garlic.
She said crickets can be "absolutely divine" when cooked up in frittatas or with sweet chilli, lime and coriander flavours.
"To be fair, humans are really notoriously bad for changing their food habits. We eat the same things, whether we think we do or not, we eat the same things over and over again. And so [the shift to bugs] will happen."
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Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five was an influential American hip-hop group formed in the South Bronx of New York City in 1978. Composed of one DJ (Grandmaster Flash) and five rappers (Melle Mel, Kidd Creole, Cowboy, Mr. Ness/Scorpio, and Rahiem), the group's use of turntablism, break-beat deejaying, was a significant force in the early development of hip-hop music.
The group rose to fame in the early 1980s with their first successful single "Freedom" and later on with their magnum opus "The Message", which is often cited as among the most influential hip hop songs. However, in 1983, relations between Grandmaster Flash and Melle Mel began straining and the group disbanded. A reunion was organized in 1987, and they released a new album, which received lukewarm reviews. Afterward, the sextet disbanded permanently.
Overall, the group was active for five years and released two studio albums. In 2007, they became the first rap group ever to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
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I have to admit that when I first heard of Internet-based virtual worlds like Second Life some years ago, I didn't rush out to sign-up and create an Avatar. Given that I've never even found the time to play a video game on a computer that I've had for three years, it certainly wasn't high on my list. And, when Web of Change alumni Darren Barefoot created the satirical site Get a First Life, I was laughing pretty hard.
However, the last few months has started to make me re-think my position. Not entirely, but a bit. Last fall I started working with the team at one of Canada's most established independent online news sites -- rabble.ca -- to help them explore a strategy (and a new look) for the next five years. One of the newer visionaries at rabble.ca (and there are many) is Wayne McPhail, a founder of the rabble podcast network. Not happy to sit back and just produce a number of quality podcasts, Wayne has continued to blaze a trail for rabble -- this time right into Second Life.
Engineer a fully functioning podcast chair for Second Life. It highlights the three latest rabble radio shows with links to the archives, the main rpn page and rabble.ca.
Below are a number of photos that Wayne has taken throughout the process.
I must admit: the process is fascinating! And though I'm not quite ready to take the plunge myself, several of my non-profit tech colleagues have hopped right in. And, as I work through the design and strategy challenges around the upcoming re-launch of rabble.ca, I'm forced to think about the opportunities around Second Life and how to integrate it into a Web site & online strategy.


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Bob Hoskins leaves us
Remembered for "Pennies from heaven" and "Who framed Roger Rabbit?"
He suffered from Parkinson's disease
A magnificent actor leaves us
He was always the consummate performer, that actor's actor who did not have particular ambitions beyond acting because he was so competent at it to begin with. Robert William "Bob" Hoskins, Jr. (born 26 December 1942) was an Englishman who could play your average working stiff with gusto, adding just the right amount of idiosyncrasy, reserve and mystery, even, to the roles he took on. But what ... more >
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"Roger Rabbit" actor suffering from illness
British actor Bob Hoskins, famous for his role in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" has had to hang up his actor's shoes due to Parkinson's disease, his agent said yesterday. "Bob Hoskins would like to announce that he will retire after a diagnosis of Parkinson's disease made last fall," said his agent in a statement. Aged 69, the London thespian had been appearing in British television series ... more >
Film noir-styled thriller captures the imagination
Adrien Brody, Ben Affleck and Diane Lane
Directed by Allen Coulter
Allen Coulter's Hollywoodland features wordly characters played by even wordlier stars (Adrien Brody, Diane Lane, Ben Affleck and Bob Hoskins) who live in the fantastic land of Hollywood and get entangled in a crime intrigue. Hollywoodland is set up like a film noir and reminds of Billy Wilder's Double Indemnity or even Sunset Boulevard, with its jaded and disturbed characters turning to each ... more >
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The new-to-shelves Shredded Blend is available in three meat-and-rice blends -- beef, chicken, and lamb -- and Purina claims it's one of its most palatable blends ever. I can't say I'd argue with that assessment.
I recently gave this blend of hard kibble and tender strips a whirl with my Lab and pointer, and they were nuts about it. This blend just might be the answer for your harder keepers or for those traveling dogs that get too antsy to eat on the road. Also new, and following the holistic approach many dog nutrition companies are promoting today, is the Selects line.
Available in puppy, dog, and senior dog blends, the all-natural formulas do away with corn, animal by-products, artificial colors, flavors, and preservatives, while adding in things like sweet potatoes, blueberry pomace, barley, and brown rice to improve antioxidant availability and great taste.
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I Tried to Make Piracy Work for My Film – but Pirates Don't Work for Anyone
By Richard Schenkman
In 2007, I made a tiny, speculative science-fiction film called The Man from Earth. Scripted by the late, great writer Jerome Bixby, it tells the story of a history professor who reveals to his colleagues that he is a 14,000-year-old Cro-Magnon who has walked the Earth for millennia.
I had been dreaming of making the film for a decade, from the moment I first read Bixby's fascinating script – but even I was astonished by the reception our micro-budgeted indie received upon its release. In rapid time, global user reviews catapulted The Man from Earth into the top 100 science-fiction films of all-time on IMDB. It remains there to this day, currently sitting at spot No. 75. None of us involved with the project, which was made for less than $200,000, could have ever dreamed it would so powerfully connect with so many people.
Richard Schenkman (left) and John Billingsley on the set of The Man from Earth
The only problem is that very few of those people who connected with the film actually paid to watch it.
The Man from Earth did not reach its adoring audience through theatrical screenings or DVD sales. It was largely spread via the pirate ecosystem, which at the time, mostly involved torrent sites. The movie was a word-of-mouth "hit" that most of its legions of worldwide fans watched for free.
This year, we released our sequel to The Man from Earth– called The Man from Earth: Holocene – into a digital landscape where the advent of streaming and harmful streaming devices like the "fully-loaded Kodi box" have made piracy even easier than it was 10 years ago. Already, Holocene has been illegally downloaded nearly one million times, and that statistic doesn't factor the number of times it has been illegally streamed – which is roughly three times as likely as a download.
But this time around, my producing partner Eric Wilkinson and I had a plan to get out in front of the piracy. Rather than wait for the film to be illegally shared by someone else, we put our own version of Holocene up on piracy channels – with a special message that asked viewers to, if they liked what they saw, visit our website and make a donation to support our work.
If each one of the illegal downloaders (to say nothing of the streamers) had donated just one dollar, we would have already broken even on Holocene and been well on the road toward making our next film. Alas, most people aren't willing – or able – to pay even that much. At the time of this writing, we've received around 7,000 donations for Holocene – which I am deeply grateful for, but also saddened by, given the hundreds of thousands more viewers who chose not to donate at all.
Richard Schenkman (left) and Sterling Knight on the set of The Man from Earth: Holocene
What's more, I learned through this experiment that there are people who don't merely pirate a film, but who are willing to take full advantage of producers like us – who, remember, are offering our movie for free – for their own profit. I'm talking about Green Ray, a Russian "distribution company" that created a dubbed version of Holocene and offered it on their website. Not only did they do so without any permission, but they removed my donation preface and replaced it with an advertisement so they could monetize it.
I had explained in our donation message that we were happy to share the movie with the whole world, asking only that if people liked it, and if they could afford to do so, that they make some kind of donation. The one thing we asked people to do was not share the movie for free without this message. That's it. All we wanted to do was to continue giving people the chance to donate to our film if they wanted to – and these guys couldn't even show enough respect or gratitude to honor that simple request.
"Are you planning to share your revenue with us, the filmmakers?" I wrote in an email to one of Green Ray's principals, Evgeny Ovcharenko. "If not, the very, very least you could have done would have been to leave my message in place so that the tens (or is it hundreds?) of thousands of people who will see your dubbed version of the film would understand that if they want to see more of this kind of entertainment, they need to pay for it." Thus far, there has been no response.
It's especially heartbreaking because this illegal, dubbed version was made with a strong attention to detail and professionalism. The people behind it obviously used a legitimate recording studio to lay down the Russian audio, and their voice actors are highly skilled. Clearly, there is an audience in Russia who cares about seeing a high-quality version of our movie. Perhaps this same audience would have even been willing to pay the actual filmmakers behind the movie to watch it. Now, we will never know.
People who choose to pirate a movie, whether they are a criminal operation like Green Ray or just a regular individual internet user, fail to grasp (or willfully ignore) that while it may be free for them to watch that movie, it certainly wasn't free to make. The lion's share of films that get released aren't studio blockbusters, but super low-budget projects from independent filmmakers who struggled just to get their films produced in the first place – and who are very lucky if they break even on them.
The original Man from Earth was pirated in part because it wasn't legitimately available in many countries around the world where an eager audience desired it. Piracy brought the film to an audience of millions, and while I'm grateful for that audience, they need to understand that we all have a stake in the survival of indie film, and that movies like The Man from Earth and Holocene simply won't continue to be made if there is no financial support for the people who make them. We need to educate our audience to understand that we are the same as them: working people who love cinema.
Piracy poses an existential threat to all of us.
Images courtesy of Richard Schenkman
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Letter: What did he say?
We are fortunate to have a newspaper in Glenwood Springs that keeps us abreast of local issues. We appreciate having facts from which to make decisions, especially concerning election choices.
I am writing hoping to remind everyone that climate change will not go away if we ignore it. The issues of energy use and regulation should be included in the review of any and every candidate's positions.
John Stroud, Wednesday before last, wrote regarding Mike Johnston that Johnston "touched on water issues, energy development and the environment." What did he say?
These issues, more than any others, will determine my vote. I would appreciate reporting that makes clear a candidate's stance, or lack thereof, on these issues vital to our future.


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Romanian SFT: To Be Translated
By Rachel Cordasco January 29, 2021 2 commentsRomanian SFT Month, spotlightRomania, Romanian, Romanian SFT Month
This page just scratches the surface of all the Romanian speculative fiction that needs to be translated into English. If you have a story/novel/collection/anthology to suggest, include it in the comments. In the Year 4000 or A Voyage to Venus (1898) by Victor Anestin "Set in the 4th millennium when two scientists build a
Romanian SFT: Mircea Eliade
By Rachel Cordasco January 27, 2021 Romanian SFT Month, spotlightMircea Eliade, Romania, Romanian, Romanian SFT Month
Mircea Eliade (1907-1986) Eliade was a historian of (comparative) religion and the author of some of the most important works in the field. He studied at the University of Calcutta from 1928-1931, and from 1956-1986, Eliade was Professor of the History of Religion at the University of Chicago. Considered a "mainstream" writer who wrote science
Romanian SFT: Collections (Colin, Coman, Săsărman, Teodorescu, Purluca)
By Rachel Cordasco January 25, 2021 Romanian SFT Month, spotlightRomania, Romanian, Romanian SFT Month
Legends from Vamland by Vladimir Colin, translated/edited by Luiza Carol (Center for Romanian Studies, 2001). "Legends from Vamland is a beautiful story about the human struggle with fear. In telling his tale, the author blends together Romanian legends and myths with those of cultures from around the world. …The work is intended as one
Romanian SFT: Novels
Nostalgia by Mircea Cărtărescu, translated by Julian Semilian (New Directions, 2005). read an excerpt here "Mircea Cărtărescu, born in 1956, is one of Romania's leading novelists and poets. This translation of his 1989 novel Nostalgia, writes Andrei Codrescu, 'introduces to English a writer who has always had a place reserved for him in a
Romanian SFT: Anthologies (Part IV)
Galaxy 42: Collected Stories, eds. Daniel Timariu and Cristian Vicol (Galaxy 42 Magazine, 2020). "Love According to 'Ticks'" by Danut Ungureanu "God of Tears" by Milos Dumbraci "The Fifth Season" by Teodora Matei "The Ritual" by Cristian Vicol "The Source Code of Humanity" by Boris Velimirovici "Bug" by Alex Lamba "Bodies to Let" by Daniel
Romanian SFT: Anthologies (Part III)
The Phantom Church and Other Stories from Romania, edited by Georgiana Farnoaga (University of Pittsburgh Press, 1997). "The escape into the realm of fantasy revived an old literary genre, the fantastic tale, favored by a Romanian literature rooted in the magic and myth of folklore. In the superreality it created, political satire, protest, and
Romanian SFT: Review of TWELVE: A Romanian Science-Fiction Anthology
By Rachel Cordasco January 8, 2021 Romanian SFT Month, spotlightRomania, Romanian, Romanian SFT Month
selected and introduced by Cornel Robu Sedona Publishing House (Timişoara, Romania) 1995 more information about the anthology here Stories included (in order of original Romanian publication): "Igor's Mannequin" (1938) by Victor Papilian, tr by Virgil Stanciu "Tristan's Last Avatar"/ "The Last Avatar of Tristan the Old" (1966) by Vladimir Colin, tr by Mihaela
Romanian SFT: Anthologies (Part I)
By Rachel Cordasco January 4, 2021 Romanian SFT Month, spotlightanthologies, Romania, Romanian, Romanian SFT Month
Romanian SF anthology: Nemira '94: Short Stories, eds. Romulus Bărbulescu, George Anania, N. Lee Wood, and Norman Spinrad; translated by Cezar Ionescu, Gabriel Stoian and Pia Luttmann (Editură Nemira, 1994). "If it is true that we live together through the crisis that precedes our transition to a new form of existence; if it is
Romanian SFT: An Overview
OVERVIEW Anglophone readers might think that Romanian speculative fiction in English is rare, but they're wrong. In fact, if you start looking for it, you'll find it everywhere. Granted a number of the books, collections, and anthologies are either out of print or difficult to get in some Anglophone countries, but the more that we
Fiction: "Lipstick" by Michael Haulică
By Rachel Cordasco November 27, 2020 FictionAdriana Mosoiu, Michael Haulică, Romania, Romanian
This is an updated and edited version of Romanian sf author Michael Haulică's story "Lipstick," originally translated by Adriana Mosoiu (2003). Before we get to the story, though, read this brief piece from Dark Wolf's Fantasy Reviews on Haulică and the story's previous publications: "I am certain that plenty of Romanian writers can make an


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Do I need to have a computer science or IT background to apply to the program?
No. There are no degree prerequisites for admission to the program. Two core courses require competencies that may be demonstrated prior to taking those specific classes, but CISAT admits students from a wide array of backgrounds looking to transition into studying information systems and technology.
What is the cost of tuition/fees?
Any awarded fellowship fund will be directly applied to tuition, reducing the net cost incurred by the student.
Yes. The Information Systems & Technology program offers aid in the form of fellowships, which are competitive and merit-based and reduce the total cost of tuition.
Am I eligible for financial aid if I am an international student?
Yes. The Information Systems & Technology program offers aid for both domestic and international students in the form of fellowships, which are competitive and merit based and reduce the total cost of tuition.
No. While a 3.0 GPA or higher (out of 4.0) is a good baseline to assess overall competitiveness, rather than examine overall GPA, we look mainly at performance levels in courses that are most relevant in the Information Systems & Technology program.
Do I have to provide GRE or GMAT scores in order to be admitted?
We accept either test, as long as you have taken the exam within the past five years from the time you apply to the program.
Can I be considered for a waiver of the GRE/GMAT requirement?
Yes. CISAT will consider waiving this requirement for applicants to the MS program with three or more years of related professional work experience. We will also consider waiving this requirement for applicants to the PhD program with eight or more years of related professional experience. Applicants should ensure the resume included with the application has clear start/end months and years for all positions held and job titles, and contains a detailed description of duties for each position. Applicants should also notify the Office of Admissions of their request for a GRE/GMAT waiver consideration (via email) upon submission of the online application.
Is there a minimum GRE or GMAT score required to apply?
No minimum score on the GRE or GMAT is required for admission. A GRE score of 300 or a GMAT score of 600 are a good baseline measure for competitiveness, but standardized test scores are only one element of the application package and are considered within the context of all other application materials. A competitive score on the quantitative reasoning section of the exam may be an important factor in admission decisions, but we assess the overall strength of the applicant's full application.
Claremont Graduate University (CGU) accepts applications on a rolling basis and operates on a priority deadline cycle. Applicants are strongly encouraged to submit complete applications by the priority dates in order to assure maximum consideration for both admission and fellowships. Official versions of all required application materials must be received before the priority deadline for your application to be to be reviewed. After the passing of the priority deadline, CISAT will move to rolling admissions and applications will be accepted on a space-available basis until the final deadline.
I don't have any work experience; can I apply?
While an internship or post-graduate work experience may strengthen an application, students without work experience are strongly encouraged to apply.
How long does it take to complete the Information Systems & Technology program?
The time required to complete the MS program is 12 to 18 months for full-time students (3 courses per semester), and 18 to 36 months for part-time students (1 or 2 courses per semester). The time required to complete the PhD program can range from 60 to 84 months, depending on course enrollment and time required to complete the dissertation.
Can I pursue the degree part-time?
Yes. Many students in our program are working professionals who study part-time. There is no difference between part-time or full-time students except for the number of classes the student chooses to enroll in per semester.
Am I allowed to transfer in units?
Students cannot transfer any units into the MS program. Doctoral students may transfer up to 24 approved graduate units into the PhD program.
No. An internship is not required, but is strongly recommended during the summer or while in the program after your first semester, especially for students with limited work experience. The Office of Career Development works closely with students to help prepare them for their internship searches. Internships can be non-credit or taken as a field study, which may apply toward the practicum requirement upon prior approval.
Are there teaching or research assistant opportunities?
There are limited positions to work with professors as research or teaching assistants, and competition for them is strong. Once admitted (after the first semester), students may have the ability to secure teaching or research assistantships that provide a stipend to students in the form of paycheck. Such positions are awarded to top-performing students by faculty members based on student performance, as well as comprehension of the subject (for TA positions) or research interests and abilities (for RA positions).
Do I need to take courses in programming and databases prior to enrolling in classes?
No. These competencies are only required prior to enrolling in Software Development & Programming (for the programming competency) and by week eight of the Databases & Big Data course (for the databases competency).
How can I meet the programming competency requirement?
Prior to enrollment in Software Development & Programming, students are expected to demonstrate competency in an object-oriented programming language, such as Java, Python, C++, VB.net, or Ruby.
How can I meet the databases competency requirement?
Students with limited knowledge of relational databases and SQL are expected to complete a series of self-paced mini-courses offered by Stanford University. At minimum, completing the following mini-courses is required: (1) Data Models: Introduction & Relational Databases; (2) Querying Relational Databases: Relational Algebra; (3) Querying Relational Databases: SQL; and (4) Database Design: Relational Design Theory.
What can I do with a degree in Information Systems & Technology?
What are some companies at which CISAT alumni have gotten jobs?


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/*global describe it */

const chai = require('chai');
const chaiaspromised = require('chai-as-promised');
const expect = chai.expect;

chai.use(chaiaspromised);

const Sequelize = require('sequelize');
const Actions = require('../../database/models/actions.js');

describe('Action model', function () {
  it('should be a thing', function () {
    expect(Actions).to.be.ok;
  });
  it('should have the correct fields', function () {
    Actions.sync({force: true}).then(function () {
      expect(Actions.create({
        healTarget: 'hello',
        hurtTarget: 'world',
        user: 'boo'
      })).to.eventually.be.a('object');
    });
  });
});


: For that indicator, The World Economic Forum provides data for India from 2006 to 2017. The average value for India during that period was 4.36 points with a minumum of 4.21 points in 2014 and a maximum of 4.59 points in 2017. See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.


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package leap.lang.el.spel;

import java.util.Map;

import leap.lang.New;

import org.junit.Test;

public class SpelBinaryOperationTest extends SpelTestCase {

	@Test
	public void testStringAdd() {
		assertEquals("1" + "2",eval("'1' + '2'"));
		assertEquals(3L,eval("'1' + 2"));
		assertEquals(3L,eval("1 + '2'"));
	}

	@Test
	public void testNullAdd() {
		assertEquals(new Long(0), eval("a + b"));
	}

	@Test
	public void testCharEq() {
		Map<String, Object> vars = New.hashMap("c",new Character('s'));
		assertEquals(Boolean.TRUE,eval("c == 's'", vars));
	}
}


Breakup is one word when it's a noun (e.g., it was a bad breakup) or an adjective (I'm writing a breakup song). It's two words (break up) when it functions as a verb (I think we should break up). Some publishers use the hyphenated break-up in place of the one-word form.


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Source: Center Len plans to sign with Raptors
Center Alex Len plans to sign with Toronto Raptors, source says
Free-agent center Alex Len plans to sign a one-year deal with the Toronto Raptors, a source told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.
The deal is for $2.3 million, the source said.
Len is the second free-agent center added by the Raptors after the team lost both Serge Ibaka and Marc Gasol in free agency, to the LA Clippers and Los Angeles Lakers, respectively.
Raptors sign Baynes, Boucher to 2-year deals
Sources: Lakers, Marc Gasol agree to 2-year deal
Source: Ibaka plans to sign deal with Clippers
On Sunday, the Raptors agreed to a two-year, $14.3 million deal with center Aron Baynes with a team option for the second year, his agent, Daniel Moldovan, told ESPN's Bobby Marks.
Len, 27, averaged 8.0 points and 4.8 rebounds in 55 games for the Atlanta Hawks and Sacramento Kings last season. He has career averages of 8.0 points, 6.3 rebounds and 1.0 blocks in 467 games over seven seasons.


Imagine that you'd like to know if a person's weight is related to their systolic blood pressure. Does it increase or decrease with weight?
To understand and explore the linear relationships between two or more sets of numbers, Excel provides tools to analyze the variance (i.e., covariance) and relationships (i.e., co-relation) between two or more sets of numbers.
Here is an example of correlation analysis in Excel using QI Macros add-in.
Two variables can be positively correlated (more of one means more of another) or negatively correlated (more of one means less of another). In this case, Systolic vs systolic is 1 (perfectly correlated). Systolic vs Weight is 0.804464 (a strong positive correlation). If the correlation is greater than 0.80 (or less than -0.80), there is a strong relationship.


Contractor bonds are generally required by California state law and are really just a line of credit to protect a contractor's specific clients and the public. For more information and details about contractor bonds and they type and what you're required to have, call on the professionals at California Contractors Insurance. We're a company which specializes in the types of contractor bonds and/or contractors insurance needed for the peace of mind protection your business needs and requires to comply Madeline law. These assurances allow you to work a job site focusing solely on what you do best, and not worrying about other entanglements.
At California Contractors Insurance, we have a stable of contractors insurance agents who excel and specialize with the types of insurance (or in this case, contractor bonds) necessary to work as an independent contractor in Madeline CA 96119. Local, state and federal law sets certain requirements and criteria to be met and these types of financial obligations can be difficult to understand. So let our experts help you with the type of contractor bonds or contractor insurance you need to do what you do best. Each of our contractor bonds experts is highly skilled, trained and certified, so you know we'll work tirelessly for you.
A contractor bond in Madeline is a type of a surety bond that is meant to cover the contractor, the customer and the state bond releasing agency. In essence, the contractor bond is a kind of performance bond that supplies legal and monetary cover for the three entities discussed.
This bond is meant to apply throughout the construction project's duration. A contractor is required by law to protect a contractors' bond from the state's licensing agency, and it usually serves to ensure that the contractor stays within the required laws that ensure professionalism.
As stated, the contractor bond in Madeline CA will cover 3 entities that have an interest in the job: the contractor, the customer and the state agency that provided the bond.
As for the contractor in Madeline, the bond is meant to make sure that they remain within the confines of ethics and professionalism throughout the life of the job. If there are unethical decisions that will impact any concerned party, the aggrieved party can file for compensation against the bond. The aggrieved party, in this case, could be the customer, the agency that provided the bond or both.
Efficiency bonds are a typical requirement for specific state or federal jobs which can be rather sensitive due to their public nature.
Besides requiring that the contractor follow particular requirements referring to the job, the contractor bonds also ensure that the contractor will pay all their employees, providers and subcontractors.
The majority of states require that upon getting licensed, the contractors will also need to get a surety bond against a premium. The bond will put conditions on the contractor, and the conditions will be in line with the state and federal laws that cover construction tasks. The bond will also specify actions that are considered as violations of the laws on constructions.
Thus, if the contractor is in violation of the bond, then a claim will be made against the premium that was paid to secure the bond. This is why it is better viewed as a line of credit instead of a kind of insurance.
In case the contractor violates the contract, investigations will be done by the surety agency. If they conclude that the claim is genuine, then the plaintiff will be compensated up to the full amount of the bond.
Therefore, the contractor will be required to repay the surety for the amount that it has extended to the complainant. The contractor will, therefore, bear the monetary burden of the breach of contract. The contractor stays accountable for their commitments despite the fact that it is the surety who covers the claims.
Contractor bonds therefore are put in place to make sure that the contractor fulfills all ethical procedures and requirements. It also ensures that professionalism is kept at all times throughout the life of the job.
This bond protects the client, as well as making the procedure of construction transparent. While it puts the burden on the contractor, it also ensures that only legally expert contractors remain in business, extracting unwanted competitors from cowboy contractors.
Madeline is a city in Lassen County, California with a total population of approximately 90. Madeline, which uses the 530 area code, is located at 41.07506, -120.528 at an elevation of 4,258 feet. There are over 36 households and on average there are 2.5 people in each household with a median age of 54. The average income in the area is $18,750.


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Q: Google PubSub and auto-scaling Compute Engine instances (Python) In my scenario I'm scheduling tasks using PubSub. This is up to 2.000 PubSub messages that are than consumed by a Python script that runs inside a Docker Container within Google Compute Engine. That script consumes the PubSub messages.
The processing of each message is about 30seconds to 5min. Therefore the acknowledgement deadline is 600sec (10min).
from google.cloud import pubsub_v1
from google.cloud.pubsub_v1.subscriber.message import Message

def handle_message(message: Message):
    # do your stuff here (max. 600sec)
    message.ack()
    return

def receive_messages(project, subscription_name):

    subscriber = pubsub_v1.SubscriberClient()
    subscription_path = subscriber.subscription_path(project, subscription_name)

    flow_control = pubsub_v1.types.FlowControl(max_messages=5)
    subscription = subscriber.subscribe(subscription_path, flow_control=flow_control)

    future = subscription.open(handle_message)

    # Blocks the thread while messages are coming in through the stream. Any
    # exceptions that crop up on the thread will be set on the future.
    # The subscriber is non-blocking, so we must keep the main thread from
    # exiting to allow it to process messages in the background.
    try:
        future.result()
    except Exception as e:
        # do some logging
        raise

Because I'm working on so many PubSub messages, I'm creating a template for a Compute Engine that uses auto-scaling in either of these two ways:
gcloud compute instance-groups managed create my-worker-group \
  --zone=europe-west3-a \
  --template=my-worker-template \
  --size=0

gcloud beta compute instance-groups managed set-autoscaling my-worker-group \
  --zone=europe-west3-a \
  --max-num-replicas=50 \
  --min-num-replicas=0 \
  --target-cpu-utilization=0.4

gcloud beta compute instance-groups managed set-autoscaling my-worker-group \
  --zone=europe-west3-a \
  --max-num-replicas=50 \
  --min-num-replicas=0 \
  --update-stackdriver-metric=pubsub.googleapis.com/subscription/num_undelivered_messages \
  --stackdriver-metric-filter="resource.type = pubsub_subscription AND resource.label.subscription_id = my-pubsub-subscription" \
  --stackdriver-metric-single-instance-assignment=10

So far, so good. Option one scales up to about 8 instances while the second option will start the maximum number of instances. Now I figured out that some strange things happen and this is why I'm posting here. Maybe you can help me out?!
Message duplicates: It seems that the PubSub service in each instance (Python script inside the docker container within compute engine) reads a batch of messages (~10) in somewhat like a buffer and gives them to my code. Looks like all instances that spin up at the same time will read all the same messages (the first 10 of 2.000) and will start working on the same stuff. In my logs I see that most messages are processed 3 times by different machines. I was expecting that PubSub knows if some subscriber buffered 10 messages so that another subscriber will buffer 10 different messages and not the same ones.
Acknowledgement deadline: Because of the buffering the messages that come in the end of the buffer (let's say message 8 or 9) had to wait in the buffer until the preceding messages (messages 1 to 7) have been processed. The sum of that waiting time plus its own processing time may run into the timeout of 600sec.
Load-Balancing: Because each machine buffers so many messages, the load is consumed by just a few instances while other instances are completely idle. This happens for the scaling-option two that uses the PubSub stackdriver metric.
People told me that I need to implement a manual synchronization service using Cloud SQL or something else in which each instance indicates on which message it is working, so that other instances won't start the same. But I feel that can't be true - because then I don't get the idea what PubSub is all about.

Update: I found a nice explanation by Gregor Hohpe, co-author of the book Enterprise Integration Patterns from 2015. Actually my observation was wrong, but the observed side effects are real.

Google Cloud Pub/Sub API actually implements both the
  Publish-Subscribe Channel and the Competing Consumers patterns. At the
  heart of the Cloud Pub/Sub is a classic Publish-Subscribe Channel,
  which delivers a single message published to it to multiple
  subscribers. One advantage of this pattern is that adding subscribers
  is side-effect free, which is one reason a Publish-Subscribe Channel
  is sometimes considered more loosely coupled than a Point-to-Point
  Channel, which delivers a message to exactly one subscriber. Adding
  consumers to a Point-to-Point Channel results in Competing Consumers
  and thus has a strong side effect.

The side effects I observed are about the message buffering and message flow control in each of the subscribers (who subscribed to the same subscription, point-to-point == competing consumers). The current version of the Python Client Lib wraps the PubSub REST API (and RPCs). If that wrapper is used, there is no control on:

*

*How many containers are started on one VM; Multiple containers may be started if the CPU is not yet fully utilized

*How many messages are pulled from the subscription at once (buffering); no control at all

*How many threads, for processing the pulled messages, are started inside on container; flow_control(max_messages) has no effect if the value is below a fixed value.

The side effects we observed are:

*

*One consumer pulls a high number of messages at once (approximately 100 to 1.000) and queues them in its client buffer. Therefore all other VM's that are started according to the auto-scaling rule, do not receive any message, because all messages are in the queue of the first few VM's

*Messages are re-delivered either to the same VM or any other VM (or docker container) if it runs into the acknowledgement deadline. Therefore you need to modify the acknowledgement deadline while processing the message. The deadline counter starts when the processing starts.

*Assuming that the processing of the message is a long running task (for instance machine learning), you may

*

*Acknowledge the message upfront, but this will cause the VM to be shut down by the auto-scaling rule if there is no further message waiting. The rule does not care if the CPU utilization is still strong and the processing has not yet been finished.

*Acknowledge the message after processing. In this case you need to modify the acknowledgement deadline of that specific message while processing that message. There must not be one single code block that breaks the deadline since the last modification.

Possible solutions that haven't been looked into:

*

*Using the Java Client Library since it comes with better controls on pulling and consuming messages

*Using the underlying API calls and classes of the Python Client Library

*Building a synchronization storage that orchestrates the competing consumers

A: I think there are two main ways you can deal with this.
1) Instead of pushing to your worker processes directly, push to a load balancer.
or
2) Have your worker processes pull the requests rather than pushing them to the workers.
See the "Load Balancing" section under "Push and Pull delivery" in
https://cloud.google.com/pubsub/docs/subscriber

A: There are lots of config options for the Python client library: https://googleapis.github.io/google-cloud-python/latest/pubsub/subscriber/api/client.html#google.cloud.pubsub_v1.subscriber.client.Client.subscribe
In particular, you want to look at flow_control and scheduler. Important quote:

The flow_control argument can be used to control the rate of at which
  messages are pulled. The settings are relatively conservative by
  default to prevent "message hoarding" - a situation where the client
  pulls a large number of messages but can not process them fast enough
  leading it to "starve" other clients of messages. Increasing these
  settings may lead to faster throughput for messages that do not take a
  long time to process.

Also, you can control ack_deadline_seconds of a Subscription: https://cloud.google.com/pubsub/docs/reference/rpc/google.pubsub.v1#google.pubsub.v1.Subscription

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A new Glasgow black cab has been unveiled that harnesses renewable energy to get hundreds of miles to the balloon. Our latest public art project sees some mighty fine spraying from Rogue-One bringing the world's most eco friendly taxi to life. You'll find it floating down Mitchell Street in Glasgow, at the Argyle Street end.
Next project coming to a wall near you soon. If you live near that wall.


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Q: Z-index not working divs are side by side not on top I am working on a layout and i have to divs they are showing as side by side instead of one on top of the other, navbox should sit above right-side.  I have set the z-index for navbox but makes no difference.
I have made a fiddle http://jsfiddle.net/JGesg/
here is the css for the divs,
#navbox
{
    background: red;
    width:70px;
    height:50px;
    z-index:50;
    top:0;
    float:right;
    -moz-border-radius: 10px;
    border-radius: 10px;
    padding-top: 5px;
}

#right-side{
    top:5%;
    width:20%;
    height:90%;
    float:right;
    padding:0.2%;
    background-color: green;
    -moz-border-radius: 10px;
    border-radius: 10px;
}

A: Place the div #navbox inside the div #right-side

A: HTML code:

you have problems because you don't declarate the position and the px for numbers of positions
#navbox
{
    position:relative;
    background: red;
    width:70px;
    height:50px;
    z-index:50;
    top:5px;
    left:5px;
    -moz-border-radius: 10px;
    border-radius: 10px;
    padding: 5px;
}

#right-side{
    position:relative;
    top:0px;
    width:20%;
    height:90%;
    float:right;
    padding:0.2%;
    background-color: green;
    -moz-border-radius: 10px;
    border-radius: 10px;
}

i hope this can help you


To rent an apartment would become relevant to people especially in requiring an immediate or temporary house. You surely need to stay somewhere cozy or nice for that but it also tells you to think about the rates, accessibility, or any important factor. While searching rooms, you better stick with smart considerations for your benefit. It helps to uncover objectives you find useful at judging affordable apartments in Chino CA.
Those who continue observing objectives shall receive advantages. One has to really determine each aspect until you become happy with which rental to end up with. You may be forced to take the apartment you never really love. In fact, various alternatives can be found after searching carefully. It could be possible that the first one you picked has many cons. Thus, conducting comparisons is a wise move.
You observe the entire space present first. Others naturally go for something affordable but maybe the disadvantage is it lacks giving you comfort since it has such a tiny space. Some examples that are very spacious could be too expensive perhaps so you better balance it right wherein your budget gets spent well. More importantly, you should still have some comfort.
Anything you consider usable and damaged must become inspected. Satisfaction could be lacking whenever some components available are damaged. You might like knowing that various products or furniture were around but having issues for those cannot be worth it. That explains why you should inspect things out to remain fully aware.
A trusted owner is beneficial by the way since having them is great. Dealing with anybody you find untrustworthy could become a reason that you fall into a trap. You should establish research to discover some details regarding them. Going for apartments that are handled by people you hardly trust shall be dangerous. Find those who are nice and easy to communicate.
Take note of your own safety. You must feel safe too like living somewhere far from where danger usually occurs. Take a look at its environment perhaps if ever hazards are around. Health deserves to be taken care of properly as you hardly feel at home if your safety is never assured on where you currently live.
Determine how much to pay for that rental is to prepare ahead. Rates that are hardly explained are a bad sign since dealers might trick you there. Go for options that will really be realistic enough for you to pay because not being responsible for paying bills will put a burden on your part. All accounts have to become managed accordingly to avoid any danger.
Sources for electricity or water deserve in being searched. There possibly is a pleasant environment around yet issues naturally occur afterward. You need that for sure and acquiring access becomes expected. Take note that energy stays really significant because you better depend on lights, conditioning systems, and more. Experiencing convenience is something you aim for.
A common protocol shall be to familiarize every place like emergency exit, food establishments, or shortcuts. Some would get lost easily especially newcomers. Thus, you spend time exploring the location for your benefit.
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January meeting and dues increase | Southern Oklahoma Sportsman's Club, Inc.
Our first meeting of 2016 will take place tomorrow, January 12th, at the Davis Public Library. Please remember that all members must renew their memberships at this meeting in order to keep using the range. The combination to the gate lock will be changed shortly after this meeting.
Also, annual membership dues have been raised to $60 as of this year. If necessary, you can still purchase work days for $48 each, though.
Do you have a 2016 Bullseye schedule? I saw one for 2013 on your website. Will SOSC host the state championships or regional?
Hi Linda – We don't have a Bullseye schedule right now, since we also don't have a Bullseye match director. All our Bullseye matches are on hold until we find someone to take over running them.


I too have the 'flickering issue'.. It happened this morning - I was using the Surface no problem - I went catch a flight and went thru security screening, I went to the flight lounge, turned on my Surface - and Flickergate occurred..
Apparently airport security is not harmful to laptops, however the coincidence that it happened to occur in that 5 minute period is jut too much to ignore.