All photographs were made on 120-roll film with my favourite camera, a rather antiquated Hasselblad 500CM. Small prints (8"x8") were specially made for this website on glossy RC-paper to fit my A4-scanner, scanned at 60 dpi and digitally compressed to a reasonable file size. The resulting images are really only a poor substitute for a fine print on baryta paper. Fine details and subtle modulations of tone, especially of high and low values, are inevitably lost in the process.
Essentially, the zone system is a method of (pre)visualizing the finished print and planning film exposure and development accordingly. Once the time-consuming calibration procedures are completed, the photographer will be able to apply the method quickly and almost intuitively to guide his vision in a confident and precise manner.
This page is not intended as a tutorial on the zone system. If you are not familiar with the basic concepts of the zone system, you are advised to read Ansel Adam's classic The Negative, still the best book available.
This page merely sums up my own (limited) experience with the zone system as I understand it.
If we make a series of exposures of a uniformly lit lightly textured surface from 5 stops less to 5 stops more than the reading of a reflected-light exposure meter set at the 'correct' exposure index, develop the film 'normally' and print the resulting negatives on #2 paper with 'optimum' exposure time, we get 11 different prints ranging from the deepest possible black to the pure white of the paper base. The shortest possible exposure that will print through the filmbase plus fog giving the deepest possible black is considered as optimum. This optimum clearly depends on the enlarger settings, film, paper(grade) and even the paper developer used.
The grey-values of these 11 test prints will thus fall within 11 different so called zones, numbered from 0 to X.
The bar is intended to give an impression of what the zones look like (adjust the contrast and brightness settings of your monitor until the zones I and IX differ slightly from pure black and pure white respectively). The central zone, V, ought to look like the well-known Kodak grey-card. Zone III has the darkest tone still displaying full shadow details, whereas zone VII has the lightest possible but still fully detailed grey.
By systematically adjusting exposure index and developing times until a satisfying series of testprints is attained, normal development and effective filmspeed are established.
zone VIII: 1.2 for condenser enlargers and 1.3 for diffusion enlargers.
Furthermore, by using different combinations of developer dilutions and developing times, the shape of the density curve can be fine-tuned to personal preferences and film characteristics.
Film densities of large and medium sized negatives can be measured by covering the objective lens of a spotmeter by the negative and pointing the meter at an (overcast) sky. A difference of one stop corresponds to a density difference of log2=0.3.
With the different zones in mind you can place the luminance of an important subject area in a particular zone and thereby determine the exposure setting of the camera. Luminances of other subject areas now fall on different zones. By scanning the different subject areas with a spotmeter you are able to interpret the different luminances as grey-values of the finished print. Most photographers start by placing important shadow areas in zone II or III and then look where important light areas will fall. If a subject's contrast is too low or too high for a normal scale, expansion or contraction by extended or reduced development respectively is called for.
It is important to realize that by expansion or contraction the low values are little affected (resulting in a small change in effective film speed), while the light values are affected in a pronounced way. A shift of one zone in print value around zone VIII by extended development or reduced development is called N+1-development or N-1-development respectively.
Most films even allow N+2 and N-2 development, resulting in a two zone shift in the high values. Becoming fluent with the zone system mainly consists of acquiring the ability to visualize subject values within these different modes or tonalities.
Firstly, as a method of previsualizing the most expressive image, firmly based on the principles of sensitometry, there's really no way around the zone system. On closer inspection, accomplished photographers who profess they can do without it, comply unwittingly with the principles of the zone system.
Secondly, by exposing and developing according to an exact previsualization the negative itself becomes the prime bearer of the intended photographic expression, resulting in a print of superior quality on 'normal' paper grades.
I use two film magazines with my Hasselblad: one loaded with APX25 (my favourite film) for 'normal' subjects requiring Normal or N+1-development. Nearly all of the images on this site were visualized either in N- or N+1-mode. After normal development, I cut loose the N+1-negatives for selenium-intensification, reaching an effective N+1-density. The second magazine is reserved for special film, like Konica 750 (infrared), Agfaortho (landscapes) or FP4 (portraits), or compensating development of APX25. But even then unexpected lighting conditions may result in difficult-to-print negatives. In most cases however, I get the previsualized print on normal (#2 or #3) paper, using two-bath development for a fine-tuning of the contrast, without having to resort to extreme paper grades.
For normal development of APX25: expose at 20 ASA and develop in Rodinal 1+50 for 6 min. at 20 �C, 15 sec. agitation per min. This will result in a density of 0.6 for zone V and 1.2 for zone VIII, which is excellent for a codensor-type enlarger.
Unfortunately, the beautiful Agfa-flms have disappeared from the market as a result of the so-called digital revolution. Luckily, I am a slow shooter and have left quite a few filmrolls in my freezer. The next best film seems to be Ilford PanF, distinctively less sharp and more grainy, but with a beautiful tonal range. Tests indicate that for N-development this film should be exposed at 25 ASA and developed in Rodinal 1+50 for 7.5 min. at 20 �C, 15 sec. agitation per min.


I've never been good with change my entire life. Whether it be changing schools in elementary school, changing schools in high school, different jobs, etc. I've just never, ever been good with change. The anxiety, the uncomfortability just never sat well with me, until I started to lean on God more in my life.
One specific instance of change that gave me peace was choosing to attend my current church, and leaving my old church. The church I was raised in. It was not an easy decision to make, but once I did, I entered with more peace than I've ever entered any major change in my life. And thus came career changes as well, still with peace– a once foreign feeling to me in times of transition and change.
Due to an unfortunate series of circumstances, my family and I just found out we'd have to move out of our house for a year, possibly longer, due to some maintenance that needs to take place. Upon hearing this I became anxious. I quickly thought about the affects such a large change would take in my life, even if just for a year. All my routines and comfortabilities now need to be reestablished. Not being in the home that I was raised in, that my grandfather planted three beautiful oak trees on when he owned the house, put a knot in my stomach.


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Phillip John Donahue (21 de diciembre de 1935, Cleveland, Ohio) es un presentador de televisión y productor estadounidense, principalmente reconocido por haber creado y conducido el programa televisivo The Phil Donahue Show, también conocido simplemente como Donahue, el primer programa de variedades televisivo con entrevistas e invitados. El programa estuvo 26 años en antena en todo Estados Unidos, y fue precedido por tres años en la televisión local de Dayton, Ohio, antes de su desaparición en 1996. En ese mismo programa Donahue conoció a Marlo Thomas en una entrevista quien sería más tarde su segunda esposa.

El programa generalmente estaba dividido en los aspectos que habitualmente eran objeto de controvesia entre liberales y conservadores en los Estados Unidos, con temas como el aborto, protección a los consumidores,... (su invitado más famoso fue Ralph Nader, el cual compaginó su candidatura a la Presidencia de Estados Unidos en las elecciones de 2000 con la defensa de los derechos humanos y las protestas a la guerra). Donahue también fue presentador de un espectáculo televisivo en la cadena MSNBC durante los años 2002-2003.

Enlaces externos

 Body of War
 Entrevista con Phil Donahue en "Body of War" en IFC.com
 Donahue, Phil ubicado en Museum of Broadcast Communications
 Entrevista con Phil Donahue en el estado de los medios de comunicación en Democracy Now!
  en Archive of American Television
 Phil Donahue Interview en The Hour con George Stroumboulopoulos

Periodistas de Estados Unidos
Presentadores de televisión de Estados Unidos
Ganadores del premio Daytime Emmy
Alumnado de la Universidad de Notre Dame
Nacidos en Cleveland

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Despite the number of studies showing more women joining the workplace is good both for the bottom lines of corporations as well as for the country's economy as a whole, the overall representation of women in organisations has been inching up at a snail's
Prosenjit Datta New Delhi Print Edition: October 6, 2019
Business Today Editor Prosenjit Datta
Over the past five years that I have been overseeing Business Today's Most Powerful Women special issue, the number of women making it to the long list has been increasing - and also becoming more broad-based in terms of sectors from which they hail. Every year, in fact, we see a number of new names shattering the glass ceiling and making it to the C-suites and boardrooms of different companies and sectors. Even five years ago, the number of women achievers from finance and banking dominated the list. Today, apart from finance, the list has many representatives from FMCG, media and entertainment, durables, manufacturing as well as a number of service sectors.
All this - along with the number of women's issues being debated in publications and legislature - could lull you into thinking that we are moving closer to gender equality in the workplace. Nothing could be further from the truth. Despite the number of studies showing more women joining the workplace is good both for the bottom lines of corporations as well as for the country's economy as a whole, the overall representation of women in organisations has been inching up at a snail's pace, bar in a few enlightened firms.
At a broad level, studies show that when the economy hits a recession, women's representation in the workplace actually drops steeply, both in blue-collar and white-collar jobs. And despite multiple laws passed by the government or HR policies formulated by corporations, gender- representation disparity and gender-pay disparity are not coming down at an appreciable pace.
What could be the issues? I think there are too many to list comprehensively here, but let me just touch on a few that are big deterrents. One, the majority of the firms, despite best efforts of HR, do not actually have very women-friendly - especially married women-friendly - policies. There is also a bias - sometimes conscious and sometimes unconscious - that women will not be able to devote as many hours, and are perhaps not as wedded to an organisation as a man can be. There is a real perception that women will not be able to put in the same long hours or agree to drop everything and travel at a moment's notice as men can.
Then there are support issues. The very fact is that there is not enough of a support system - creches, day cares, babysitters, food and grocery delivery and laundry systems - that work smoothly and aid a woman in the workplace. (And, of course, the gender roles at home which presuppose that all these are things that wives, not husbands, need to worry about.)
Finally, there is culture - most offices seem to equate long hours with productivity and output.
In my admittedly limited experience in different workplaces at a single industry, what I found is that whenever workplaces focussed on clear deliverables, outcomes and output and not on hours spent in the workplace, women have outperformed men at tasks. But focus on the wrong measures like hours spent in office, and you find that the gender- representation and gender-pay gap dramatically increase.
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The "No Interrupting!" song is just the ticket to easily learn this rule, as demonstrated in this great video.
Enjoying some music and movement while learning this lesson, these kids will surely remember how disrupting it is to interrupt.


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Gabriel Leis Veiga (born 7 May 1950) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a defender, and later worked as a manager.

Playing career

Leis was born in Santiago de Compostela, the capital of the autonomous community of Galicia, and began his career with SD Compostela. He later joined Pontevedra, being part of the team that was promoted as 1975–76 Tercera División group winners. He played 36 matches in the Segunda División the following season, before Pontevedra were relegated to the brand new Segunda División B. They suffered relegation again, back to the Tercera División, in 1980–81, and went on to win their group for the next two seasons, without achieving promotion. Leis left in 1983 to join Lalín, with whom he won a fourth Tercera División group in 1984–85, and endured another Segunda División B relegation a year later.

Managerial career

After his retirement, Leis returned to Compostela as a coach. He took over as first team manager in March 1998 after the departure of Fernando Vázquez, with the club in the La Liga relegation play-off places. Leis guided them to victory in five of their remaining 11 matches, but they still finished the season in 17th, and faced a relegation play-off against Villarreal. A 0–0 draw at El Madrigal was followed by a 1–1 draw at home at San Lázaro, meaning Compostela lost on away goals and were relegated to the Segunda División after four years in the top flight.

Leis was replaced by Antonio Maceda ahead of the new season, but Macedo lasted just nine games before departing in October with Compostela 13th in the Segunda División table. After Pichi Lucas acted as interim manager for three games, Leis returned as manager in late November. He was in charge for 15 matches, winning six, but despite improving the club's league position to 8th he left his position in March 1999. Compostela would total five managers that season, with Zoran Marić and Andoni Goikoetxea both taking the reins after Leis's departure.

For the 2003–04 season Compostela, who had by now slipped into Segunda División B, appointed Pichi Lucas as their permanent manager, but he departed in January with the club second from bottom. After one match with Franck Passi in interim charge, Leis took over for his third spell as manager. Compostela won just five of their remaining 18 matches, and were relegated to the Tercera División in 19th place. Financial problems, which had meant players refused to play one of their matches against Conquense due to unpaid wages, also led to Compostela being demoted another step to Regional Preferente de Galicia, and Leis left the club.

Leis returned to management in January 2008, taking over at San Isidro in Segunda División B. He won only one of his 10 matches in charge, and lost eight, before departing in March with the club bottom of the table. The rest of the season was no better, and they were relegated in last place.

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Pontevedra
Tercera División: 1975–76, 1981–82, 1982–83

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Blackalicious' Gift of Gab Dead at 50 – Report
Aleia Woods Published: June 25, 2021
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Gift of Gab from the rap duo Blackalicious has died at age 50.
According to an Instagram post shared on Gab's page on Friday (June 25), the quick-witted Sacramento, Calif. rapper, born Timothy J. Parker, passed away last week.
"My Brother," the message from Chief Xcel, DJ and one-half of Blackalicious, writes in the caption. "It is with much sadness and a heavy heart I announce the passing of my friend and brother of 34 years, Timothy Jerome Parker aka The Gift of Gab. He returned peacefully to the essence on June 18, 2021."
Xcel went on to share memories of meeting Gift of Gab in 1987 at John F. Kennedy High in Sacramento, and tells the story of how they formed their hip-hop relationship.
A rep for Blackalicious told Rolling Stone today that Gift of Gab died of natural causes.
Quannum Projects, a rap collective that Gab was a part of and also a founding member, released a statement on the late rhymer's passing as well.
"It is with heavy hearts and great sadness that we announce the passing of our dear brother, Timothy J. Parker a.k.a. 'The Gift of Gab,'" the statement reads, according to Rolling Stone. "Tim peacefully departed this earth to be with our ancestors on Friday, June 18, 2021. He is survived by two brothers, one sister, many nieces and nephews, countless friends, and fans across the globe. We ask that the family's privacy is respected as we mourn the tremendous loss of our dear brother."
Prior to his death, Gab had been suffering from kidney failure and had to attend dialysis weekly. He reportedly received a new kidney early last year and the rapper launched a GoFundMe to raise funds for himself that would assist with his expenses after receiving the new kidney.
"Peace All!!," the crowdfunding page reads. "This is Gift of Gab from Blackalicious. For the past 7 years I have been on dialysis because of kidney failure. I've still been doing shows and recording but it has been a challenge. About a month ago I was informed by the Mayo Clinic in Arizona that I will be receiving a kidney transplant before March!!!!!! I am reaching out to my fans and people in general with this go fund me because once I get the transplant it's going to be costly."
The message continues: "I will have to pay to put myself up in a hotel close to the clinic for up to 6 weeks. I need to bring a caregiver out, rent a car, buy food, and not to mention I can't work for six weeks and bills and rent at home don't stop. Reaching out to all to help me get thru this."
Gift of Gab added that anyone who donated would receive a free copy of his album, Offering. The GoFundMe, which was created in January of 2020, surpassed its goal of $30,000 and raised $31,588.
Blackalicious dropped their debut album, Nia, in 1999. Years later, in 2002, they delivered Blazing Arrow. In 2006, the duo dropped The Craft. Their final album as a group, Imani Vol. 1, came out in 2015.
The rap unit spoke with XXL about their last LP around the time it was released. "Well it's been a three-year process, you know," Gift of Gab explained. "We began working on this record I would say in late 2011 and 2012. To me, this is one of the most focused records that we've ever done in terms of just going in and working and creating without any hiatuses or any 'waiting for the inspiration' or doing it in spurts. I think this was one of the most focused records we did."
R.I.P Gift of Gab.
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Q: How to append single row to a cassandra table using pyspark? I want to insert a new row into a Cassandra table which is already exists. I'm using pyspark_cassandra.
spark version - 1.4.1
scala version - 2.10.6
cassandra version - 2.2.3
python version - 2.7.6
Python Script -
from pyspark.conf import SparkConf
from pyspark_cassandra import CassandraSparkContext,Row
import pyspark_cassandra

conf = SparkConf().setAppName("PySpark Cassandra Test").setMaster("spark://0.0.0.0:7077").set("spark.cassandra.connection.host","http://127.0.0.1")

sc = CassandraSparkContext(conf=conf)
rdd = sc.parallelize([{
    "id": 101,
    "name": "ketan",
    }
])

rdd.saveToCassandra("users","temp")

Command to run above script -
sudo /usr/local/spark/bin/spark-submit --jars /path/to/pyspark-cassandra-assembly-<version>.jar \
--driver-class-path /path/to/pyspark-cassandra-assembly-<version>.jar \
--py-files /path/to/pyspark-cassandra-assembly-<version>.jar \
--conf spark.cassandra.connection.host=your,cassandra,node,names \
--master spark://spark-master:7077 \
yourscript.py

I got stuck because of below error -
Traceback (most recent call last):

File "/home/yourscript.py", line 13, in <module>
    rdd.saveToCassandra("users","temp")
  File "/usr/local/spark/pyspark-cassandra-master/target/scala-2.10/pyspark-cassandra-assembly-0.3.5.jar/pyspark_cassandra/rdd.py", line 83, in saveToCassandra
  File "/usr/local/spark/pyspark-cassandra-master/target/scala-2.10/pyspark-cassandra-assembly-0.3.5.jar/pyspark_cassandra/util.py", line 93, in helper
  File "/usr/local/spark/python/lib/py4j-0.10.4-src.zip/py4j/java_gateway.py", line 1133, in __call__
  File "/usr/local/spark/python/lib/py4j-0.10.4-src.zip/py4j/protocol.py", line 319, in get_return_value
py4j.protocol.Py4JJavaError: An error occurred while calling o26.newInstance.
: java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: scala.reflect.api.JavaUniverse.runtimeMirror(Ljava/lang/ClassLoader;)Lscala/reflect/api/JavaMirrors$JavaMirror;
    at com.datastax.spark.connector.types.TypeConverter$.<init>(TypeConverter.scala:116)
    at com.datastax.spark.connector.types.TypeConverter$.<clinit>(TypeConverter.scala)
    at pyspark_cassandra.PythonHelper.<init>(PythonHelper.scala:36)
    at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:62)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45)
    at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:423)
    at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Class.java:442)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
    at py4j.reflection.MethodInvoker.invoke(MethodInvoker.java:244)
    at py4j.reflection.ReflectionEngine.invoke(ReflectionEngine.java:357)
    at py4j.Gateway.invoke(Gateway.java:280)
    at py4j.commands.AbstractCommand.invokeMethod(AbstractCommand.java:132)
    at py4j.commands.CallCommand.execute(CallCommand.java:79)
    at py4j.GatewayConnection.run(GatewayConnection.java:214)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)

17/04/06 15:15:33 INFO SparkContext: Invoking stop() from shutdown hook
17/04/06 15:15:33 INFO SparkUI: Stopped Spark web UI at http://192.168.195.119:4040
17/04/06 15:15:33 INFO MapOutputTrackerMasterEndpoint: MapOutputTrackerMasterEndpoint stopped!
17/04/06 15:15:33 INFO MemoryStore: MemoryStore cleared
17/04/06 15:15:33 INFO BlockManager: BlockManager stopped
17/04/06 15:15:33 INFO BlockManagerMaster: BlockManagerMaster stopped
17/04/06 15:15:33 INFO OutputCommitCoordinator$OutputCommitCoordinatorEndpoint: OutputCommitCoordinator stopped!
17/04/06 15:15:33 INFO SparkContext: Successfully stopped SparkContext
17/04/06 15:15:33 INFO ShutdownHookManager: Shutdown hook called
17/04/06 15:15:33 INFO ShutdownHookManager: Deleting directory /tmp/spark-3d6cd846-4e37-47d4-b1e0-d9e68a7d34b3/pyspark-c2b7061a-44f2-4e1c-bf90-ea30b81c3c7d
17/04/06 15:15:33 INFO ShutdownHookManager: Deleting directory /tmp/spark-3d6cd846-4e37-47d4-b1e0-d9e68a7d34b3

I tried to execute above code on pyspark shell and it is working fine for me. Data get inserted into a Cassandra table but while doing in python script I stuck at this point.
Am I missing some more configuration or else?

A: This is a Scala Version mismatch error. Some components are using Scala 2.10 and others are using 2.11.
See the Spark Cassandra Connector Faq for more details.
The solution is to make sure all of your libraries are using the same version of Scala.

A: Try to run with following command
spark-submit --packages anguenot/pyspark-cassandra:2.4.0 yourscript.py

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""" Helper structures (point-with-erorrs) for (T)Graphs
- These objects are *NOT*  for math!
"""
# =============================================================================
__version__ = "$Revision$"
__author__  = "Vanya BELYAEV Ivan.Belyaev@itep.ru"
__date__    = "2011-06-07"
__all__     = (
    'AsymErrors'         ,
    'ValWithErrors'      ,
    'ValWithMultiErrors' ,
    'VAE'                , ## shortcut for ValWithErrors
    'VME'                , ## shortcut for ValWithMultiErrors
    )
# =============================================================================
from   ostap.core.ostap_types import num_types, sized_types, sequence_types
from   ostap.core.core        import VE
import math
# =============================================================================
# logging
# =============================================================================
from ostap.logger.logger import getLogger
if '__main__' ==  __name__ : logger = getLogger( 'ostap.utils.valerrors' )
else                       : logger = getLogger( __name__                )
# =============================================================================
logger.debug ( "Helper structures (point-with-errors) for (T)Graphs")
# =============================================================================
#  @class AsymErrors
#  Asymmetric errors
class AsymErrors (object) :
    """Asymmetric Errors
    """
    __slots__ = ( '__positive' , '__negative' )
    ##
    def __init__ ( self , negative = 0 , positive = 0 ) :

        assert isinstance ( negative , num_types ) , "Invalid type of 'negative'"
        assert isinstance ( positive , num_types ) , "Invalid type of 'positive'"

        pos = float ( positive )
        neg = float ( negative )

        if   neg <= 0 <= pos       : self.__negative , self.__positive =  neg , pos
        elif pos <= 0 <= neg       : self.__negative , self.__positive =  pos , neg
        elif 0 <= neg and 0 <= pos : self.__negative , self.__positive = -neg , pos
        else :
            raise TypeError ( "Invalid setting of errors: %s/%s" % ( negative , positive ) )

    @property
    def negative ( self ) :
        """'negative' : get the negative (low) error"""
        return self.__negative
    @property
    def positive ( self ) :
        """'positive' : get the positive (high) error"""
        return self.__positive

    ## picklings/unpickling
    def __getstate__ ( self ) :
        return self.__negative, self.__positive
    def __setstate__ ( self , state ) :
        self.__negative = state [ 0 ]
        self.__positive = state [ 1 ]

    ## update (via quadratic sum) with another AsymErrors object
    def __iadd__ ( self , other ) :
        """update (via quadratic sum) with another AsymErrors object"""
        if not isinstance ( other , AsymErrors ) : return NotImplemented
        neg = other.negative
        pos = other.positive
        if   neg and self.__negative : self.__negative = -math.hypot ( self.__negative , neg )
        elif neg                     : self.__negative =  neg
        if   pos and self.__positive : self.__positive =  math.hypot ( self.__positive , pos )
        elif pos                     : self.__positive =  pos
        ##
        return self

    ## Quadratic sum of two AsymErrors object
    def __add__ ( self , other ) :
        """Quandratic sum of two AsymErrors object"""
        if not isinstance ( other , AsymErrors ) : return NotImplemented
        result = AsymErrors ( self.__negative , slef.__positive )
        result += other
        return result

    ## tuple-like
    def __len__ ( self ) : return 2
    ## get the error by index
    #  0 : negative error
    #  1 : positive error
    def __getitem__ ( self , index ) :
        """ get the error by index
        - 0 : negative error
        - 1 : positive error
        """
        if not 0 <= index <2 : raise IndexError("Invalid index %s!" % index )
        return self.__negative if 0 == index else self.__positive

    def __str__ ( self ) :
        return  "( -/%.5g +/%.5g )" % ( self.__negative , self.__positive )
    ##def __repr__ ( self ) :
    ##    return  "AsymErrors( negative=%+.6g, positive=%+.6g )" % ( self.__negative , self.__positive )

# =============================================================================
## @class ValWithErrors
#  Value with asymmetric error
class ValWithErrors(object) :
    """Value with asymmetric error"""
    __slots__ = (  '__value' , '__errors' )
    ##
    def __init__  ( self , value = 0 , *errors ) :

        if   isinstance ( value , ValWithMultiErrors ) :
            self.__value    = value.value
            self.__errors   = AsymErrors ( value.neg_error , value.pos_error )
        elif isinstance ( value , ValWithErrors ) :
            self.__value    = value.value
            self.__errors   = value.errors
        elif isinstance ( value , VE ) :
            if 0 <= value.cov2() : error = value.error ()
            else                 : error = 0
            self.__value  = float      ( value   )
            self.__errors = AsymErrors ( -error , error )

        elif isinstance ( value , sized_types )        and \
                 3 == len ( value )                    and \
                 all ( isinstance ( v  , num_types ) for v in value ) :

            self.__value  = float      (  value [ 0  ] )
            self.__errors = AsymErrors ( *value [ 1: ] )

        elif isinstance ( value , sized_types )        and \
                 2 == len ( value )                    and \
                 isinstance ( value[0] , num_types   ) and \
                 isinstance ( value[1] , sized_types ) and \
                 2 == len ( value[1] )                 and \
                 all ( isinstance ( v  , num_types ) for v in value[1] ) :

            self.__value  = float      (  value [ 0 ] )
            self.__errors = AsymErrors ( *value [ 1 ] )

        elif isinstance ( value , num_types ) :

            self.__value  = float      ( value   )
            self.__errors = AsymErrors ()

        else  : raise TypeError ( "Invalid 'value' %s" % str ( value ) )

        nerrs = len ( errors )
        if   not errors : pass
        elif 1 == nerrs and isinstance ( errors [ 0 ] , AsymErrors  ) :
            self.__errors += errors [ 0 ]
        elif 1 == nerrs and isinstance ( errors [ 0 ] , sized_types ) \
                 and 2 == len ( errors [ 0] ) \
                 and all ( isinstance ( v  , num_types ) for v in errors [ 0 ]  ) :
            self.__errors += AsymErrors ( *errors[0] )
        elif 2 == nerrs  and all ( isinstance ( v  , num_types ) for v in errors ) :
            self.__errors += AsymErrors ( *errors )
        else            : raise TypeError ( "Invalid 'errors' %s" % str ( errors ) )

    @property
    def value ( self ) :
        """'value' : the value """
        return self.__value
    @property
    def errors ( self ) :
        """'errors' : the asymmetric errors"""
        return self.__errors

    @property
    def neg_error ( self ) :
        """'neg_error' : the negative (low) error"""
        return self.__errors.negative
    @property
    def pos_error ( self ) :
        """'pos_error' : the positive (high) error"""
        return self.__errors.positive

    ## conversion to float
    def __float__ ( self ) :
        """conversion to float"""
        return self.__value

    ## picklings/unpickling
    def __getstate__ ( self ) :
        return self.__value, self.__errors
    def __setstate__ ( self , state ) :
        self.__value  = state [ 0 ]
        self.__errors = state [ 1 ]

    def __str__ ( self ) :
        return  "( %.5g -/%.5g +/%.5g )" % \
               ( self.__value , abs ( self.neg_error ) , self.pos_error )
    ## def __repr__ ( self ) :
    ##    return  "ValWithErrors(%+.6g, ( %+.6g , %+.6g ))" % \
    ##           ( self.__value , self.neg_error, self.pos_error )

# ===========================================================================
## decode error data into the flat list of errors
def flat_errors ( *items ) :
    """decode error data into the flat list of errors"""
    flat = []
    for item in items :
        even = ( 0 == len ( flat ) % 2 )
        if   isinstance ( item , num_types ) :
            ## trivial case
            flat.append ( float ( item ) )
        elif even and isinstance ( item , AsymErrors  ) :
            flat.append ( item.negative )
            flat.append ( item.positive )
        elif even and isinstance ( item , sized_types ) and all ( isinstance ( v , num_types ) for v in item  ) :
            ee = AsymErrors ( *item )
            flat.append ( ee.negative )
            flat.append ( ee.positive )
        elif even and isinstance ( item , sequence_types ) :
            ## recursion
            for e in flat_errors ( *item ) : flat.append ( e )
        else : raise TypeError ( "Invalid 'items' %s" % str ( items ) )
    ##
    assert 0 == len ( flat ) % 2 , "Invalid 'items' %s" % str ( items )
    return tuple ( flat )

# =============================================================================
## @class ValWithMultiErrors
#  Value with multiple asymmetric error
class ValWithMultiErrors(object) :
    """Value with multiple asymmetric error"""
    __slots__ = (  '__value' , '__errors' )
    ##
    def __init__  ( self , value = 0 , *errors ) :

        self.__errors = []
        if   isinstance ( value , ValWithMultiErrors ) :

            self.__value   = value.value
            self.__errors += list ( value.errors )

        elif   isinstance ( value , ValWithErrors ) :

            self.__value   = value.value
            self.__errors  .append ( value.errors )

        elif isinstance ( value , VE ) :

            if 0 <= value.cov2() : error = value.error ()
            else                 : error = 0

            self.__value   = float ( value )
            self.__errors  .append ( AsymErrors ( -error , error ) )

        elif isinstance ( value , sized_types )        and \
                 3 == len ( value )                    and \
                 all ( isinstance ( v  , num_types ) for v in value ) :

            self.__value  = float      (  value [ 0  ] )
            self.__errors .append ( AsymErrors ( *value [ 1: ] ) )

        elif isinstance ( value , sized_types )        and \
                 2 == len ( value )                    and \
                 isinstance ( value[0] , num_types   ) and \
                 isinstance ( value[1] , sized_types ) and \
                 2 == len ( value[1] )                 and \
                 all ( isinstance ( v  , num_types ) for v in value[1] ) :

            self.__value  = float      (  value [ 0 ] )
            self.__errors .append ( AsymErrors ( *value [ 1 ] ) )

        elif isinstance ( value , num_types )  : self.__value  = float ( value )

        else  : raise TypeError ( "Invalid 'value' %s" % str ( value ) )

        ## decore errors parameters
        errs = flat_errors ( *errors )
        ## convert flat list into the list of AsymErrors
        es   = ( AsymErrors (  errs[i] , errs[i+1] ) for i in range ( 0 , len ( errs ) , 2 ) )
        ## loop over additional errors
        for ee in es  : self.__errors.append ( ee )

        ## ensure that the list of errors is not empty
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        ## make it immutable
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    @property
    def value ( self ) :
        """'value' : the value """
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    @property
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        """'errors' : the list of asymmetric errors"""
        return self.__errors
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        """'nerrors' : numer of associated asymmetrical errors (pairs)"""
        return len ( self.__errors )

    ## conversion to float
    def __float__ ( self ) :
        """conversion to float"""
        return self.__value

    ## picklings/unpickling
    def __getstate__ ( self ) :
        return self.__value, self.__errors
    def __setstate__ ( self , state ) :
        self.__value  = state [ 0 ]
        self.__errors = state [ 1 ]

    @property
    def neg_error ( self ) :
        """'neg_error' : the effective (sum squared) negative (low)error """
        return math.sqrt ( sum ( e.negative**2 for e in self.__errors ) )
    @property
    def pos_error ( self ) :
        """'pos_error' : the effective (sum squared) positive (high) error"""
        return math.sqrt ( sum ( e.positive**2 for e in self.__errors ) )

    def __str__ ( self ) :

        fragments = [ '( %.5g' % self.__value ]
        for e in self.__errors :
            fragments += [  '-/%.5g +/%.5g' % ( e.negative , e.positive ) ]
        fragments.append ( " )" )
        return  ''.join ( fragments )

    ## def __repr__ ( self ) :

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    ##     fragments.append ( errors )
    ##     fragments.append ( " ] )" )

    ##     return  ''.join ( fragments )

## shortcut
VAE = ValWithErrors

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For a long time my favorite "mech" has been Battletech's Marauder. Granted, the Marauder design is a relicensing of the Glaug battle pod from Macross, but I first encountered in the novel Decision at Thunder Rift and it's stuck as my favorite "mech" design since. So when one of my friends decided to start up a tabletop mech game I decided that would have to get a proper miniature. The problem was then that it was difficult to find a proper Marauder due to the legal issues that sometimes come with copyright infringement. There are models out there but they were either more expensive than I was willing to spend or made out of metal which really intimidated me at the time. So I did some looking around and picked up the Nightshade from CAV: Strike Operations. It's basically a Marauder clone.
This is the finished product. My character in the game is a hacker using the call sign Null, hence the symbol on the side of the walker. I was very pleased with the sculpt and quality of the miniature. However, while I was pleased with it as my first attempt at painting, there were some major mistakes with the paint job and I think that I'll eventually "upgrade" to another model that's a bit closer to Marauder.
My first mistake was priming the miniature. It's necessary to prime metal miniatures but this miniature was made from "Bones" plastic which can be painted on directly. I've painted several miniatures made from Bones since this one. Something else that may have been a mistake was using Krylon's CoverMax as a spray-on primer. It came on clumpy and obscured many of the fine details of the sculpt. It did leave the model with a cool sort of cast iron roughness that I appreciate. I'm not sure what exactly went wrong with the priming (but something clearly went wrong). I've seen a lot of painters recommend CoverMax as an alternative to more expensive brands of spray on primers but it could be that I just went too cheap. It could also be that the humidity was off, something that commonly screws up spray on primers. It being my first attempt my technique was also bad. To be honest, the whole experience put me off spray on primers and I've had a lot more success with easier to control paint on primer.
For my final step I lathered the painted miniature in Minwax Polyshades Antique Walnut Satin. This was a take on DIP method of varnishing miniatures – the miniature was too large to actually dip. I decided to take this route because this method is relatively cheap and results in very durable miniatures. I tend to be rough on my miniatures in tabletop and want them to be able to hold up. This did leave the Nightshade miniature tacky to the touch for about a week before it fully dried. I'll talk more about this pros and cons of this method later – but I'm a big fan so far primarily because I'm out for rough and tumble miniatures. Also, I'm developing a dislike for spray on anything because I've had bad luck.
Thanks for the advice! I still have that can of primer so I'll give it a try once it warms up. Until then, I've been having good luck with gesso now that I've thinned it…but it takes a long time to dry and I'm often impatient since my painting time is limited.
I'd say definitely try it again under optimal conditions. And one thing I did forget to mention in my previous comment was that it is vital to wash miniatures before priming / painting. It took me MONTHS to figure out why the first coat of paint/primer wasn't sticking to the plastic/metal, especially the Bones miniatures.
It was only after I started washing my miniatures with warm water, liquid or dishwashing soap and a toothbrush (then letting them dry thoroughly) that I realised how easy it is to prime and apply the first coats of paint.
I have started washing them recently…but I honestly can't remember if I washed that first one. Probably not considering all the problems I've had with it! Thanks for tip.


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Sanjay Singh informed that the party has planned to launch around 10 thousand Tiranga Shakhas in the next six months. In these shakhas will be taught how the saffron party is dividing the whole society. Shakhas will impart the lesson of unity and nationality. He said that BJP is indulging in the politics of hatred and division. If the situation continues, the country will lose its identity of Sarva Dharma Sambhav. If the country must be protected, the people should be aware of the constitution. They must know what the country is known for. People must know the truth of the policies of the BJP, which they are running just to rule.
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A few days ago, I finished reading "The Wild Trees" by Richard Preston with maps and illustrations by Andrew Joslin.
If you love plants in general, and trees in particular (or a true story of people doing extraordinary things) get yourself a copy of this book and read it.
Until recently, the tallest redwoods were thought to be virtually impossible to ascend, and the canopies at the tops of these magnificent trees had never been explored. This book unfolds the story of Steve Sillet, Marie Antoine, and a tiny group of botanists and amateur naturalists who found an unexplored world at over 350 feet above California in the tops of the largest and tallest organisms in the world, the coastal redwoods, Sequoia sempervirens.
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"The Wild Trees" was copyrighted in 2007 by Richard Preston, and was published by Random House / New York.
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Are you really allowed to use those twist on joint cover things on the US?
What is used in Europe?
With a good inch or so of bare wire sticking out either end. Shocked me good a couple times because I never saw one with some kind of cover/box on them. After grabbing one accidentally while doing a cable run in an adjacent cable tray I went and got a small mirror I could use to look around before rooting about in cramped ceiling spaces.
I'm afraid that entire mill is a violation of every safety code known to man.
They don't make 'em like the used to. Sometimes, that's a good thing.
I can't speak for Europe, I'm in England!
Very true, but in the factory, it seemed the more we we idiot proofed things, the better people became at being idiots!
Don't have the link but if you like that press check out the "Chinese manpower punch press" on Youtube-very impressive indeed!
Wire nuts work very well-when used properly. Obviously there are too many violations in that pic to even know where to start though I suspect the wire nuts are used to allow quick repairs when the wire wears out!
Sorry about that. From over here it was hard to see where you were standing. (Grin) I looked up the junction box and found this.
Seems like a good way to do things. In the US we use boxes made from either plastic or metal and the wires come in and are clamped. Once inside it is OK to fasten them together with wire nuts. The boxes must have a cover, or be closed with a device such as a switch and cover,or a light fixture.
Rules are similar but not the same for industry. (The boxes have to be made from tougher stuff, but wire nuts are still used. Many people chose not to use them inside machines that vibrate.
Most people in England don't consider themselves part of Europe, even though we are... And here on the Isle of Wight, we don't consider ourselves to be part of England!
I like the terminal blocks, very logical and impossible to over-stuff when used correctly.


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