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REPORT OF GRASS AND LEGUME INVESTIGATIONS
1959 CROP SEASON
BY WARREN C. WHITMAN, Botanist
1951 Grass Plots. The 1951 grass plots were not cut this year. Work with these plots has been terminated. Most of the plots have become badly mixed with crested wheatgrass. The Russian wildrye and the green stipagrass plots are an exception to this. Stands of these two grasses are still as good as the stands of crested wheatgrass. Lincoln bromegrass stands also remain in fairly good shape, although crested wheatgrass has infiltrated these stands to some extent.
The usefulness of the plots for comparative purposes is now largely over, and the work with them was terminated at the end of the 1958 season. The results of the studies with these plots are being summarized for publication.
Intermediate - pubescent wheatgrass plots. The 1959 hay yields from the intermediate and pubescent wheatgrass plots seeded in 1954 are given in Table 2. Table 3 gives the average yields of the varieties in this trial over the 5-year period, 1955-59. The 1959 yields given in Table 1 show the composition of the yield in terms of the seeded grass, other grass which invaded the plots, and weeds. These data indicate that there has been some deterioration in stand since 1958, with appreciable invasion of other grass, mainly crested wheatgrass, as well as broadleaved weeds. Up to the time of the 1958 clippings there had been no appreciable stand deterioration in these plots.
The data of Table 1 show that in the dry 1959 season pubescent wheatgrass, Ree wheatgrass (intermediate), and Nebraska 50 (intermediate) actually produced the highest grass yields, although North Dakota pubescent and North Dakota intermediate produced high plot yields. Weeds averaged from one-tenth to one-half the plot yields in the 1959 season.
The average plot production for all varieties in 1959 (Table 2) was 1439 lbs. per acre dry-weight. This is the lowest average yield since 1956. All varieties produced over half a ton, with most varieties producing approximately 3/4 ton per acre. Part of this plot yield was made up of weeds. In general the intermediate wheatgrass strains seem to be more productive than the pubescent wheatgrass strains, as shown by the average yields for the 5-year period. However, in the 1959 season pubescent wheatgrass had the highest yield of seeded grass of any of the strains (Table 1) additional data obtained over the next few years may change the picture in regard to pubescent wheatgrass in this trial. The results from the 1959 clippings show that North Dakota intermediate, M-2-10820 intermediate, and A-12496 intermediate have begun to show considerable stand deterioration.
Uniform Bromegrass Nursery. The hay yields from the 14 strains of bromegrass in the uniform bromegrass nursery are given in Table 3. The period of the trial covers from 1954-59. The plots were accidentally cut in 1956 before yield plots were harvested, so no data are available for that year.
The average yield for all varieties was 1252 lbs. per acre. This is slightly better than the average yield for all varieties of intermediate wheatgrass in the new variety trial of this species (Table 4). The range in yield was from 1452 lbs. per acre for commercial crested to 789 lbs. per acre for Turkish Fairway. Commercial crested, Nordan crested, and commercial Fairway produced about the same yield, the range here being only from 1425 to 1452 lbs. per acre.
The only variety which seemed to show low vigor and general lack of adaptation was Turkish Fairway. As previously indicated, part of the low vigor of the stands of this variety may have been due to poor seed.
New Station Grass and Mixture Trial. Table 6 gives the 1959 yields from the new Station trial seeded in the spring of 1958. A similar trial is being carried on at several of the branch stations and at the main station at Fargo. This trial was seeded on ground which had been in corn for one year followed by a year of fallow. Despite the relatively favorable type of seedbed the stands obtained have not been uniform, and some of the plots are not yet fully established. The generally high yields from this seeding as compared the results obtained from the other new seedings are a reflection of the year of row crop followed by a year of fallow which preceded the seeding.
While the results of the first year's yield harvest do not justify any conclusions, they do not seem to indicate the high vigor of young stands of intermediate wheatgrass. The mixtures of intermediate and alfalfa and intermediate wheatgrass alone are the high-yielding plots in the trial. The data of Table 6 show that alfalfa did not make much direct contribution to the yield of the intermediate-alfalfa plots, and the yield of these mixtures was about the same as the yield of the grass by itself. The production of about 1 ½ tons of hay per acre by the intermediate-alfalfa mixtures and intermediate alone is the highest production obtained from any of the plots in any of the trials during the dry 1959 season.
The average production of all grass and alfalfa mixtures was 2297 lbs. per acre. The average production of all straight grass plots was 2215 lbs. per acre. Thus the overall contribution of alfalfa to increased yields of the mixtures was relatively small in the 1959 season. However, the data do show that alfalfa did make up an appreciable portion of the yields from the mixtures with the various bromes and Russian wildrye.
Alfalfa Yield Plots. The alfalfa plots, including both the series seeded in 1952 and in 1954, winterkilled almost completely during the 1958-59 winter. The only variety which showed substantial survival was Medicago falcata. All plots of this yellow-flowered species showed almost complete survival. It s doubtful whether the cold had much actual effect on the killing of the alfalfa varieties, but the combination of dry soil, scanty snow cover, and deep freezing apparently was too severe even for such well-adapted varieties as Ladak and Cossack.
The alfalfa plots were plowed up in the summer of 1959, and a new trial will be seeded this coming year.
INFLUENCE OF NITROGEN FERTILIZER ON FORAGE PRODUCTION
OF OLD CRESTED WHEATGRASS STANDS
Plots Fertilized Every Year. Hay yields from plots fertilized every year with ammonium nitrate are given in Table 7. This trial was begun in 1955, and five years' data are available. The treatments include check, 25 lbs. nitrogen per acre, 50 lbs., and 100 lbs. In these trials the nitrogen fertilizer has been applied early in the spring.
In the 1959 season additional forage was produced on the fertilized plots, but apparently the 50 lbs. and the 100 lbs. rate were injurious because yields from these plots were lower than from the 25 lb. plots. The dry 1959 season was extremely unfavorable for grass response to fertilizer, and growth on the fertilized plots was very irregular. It should be pointed out that in each of the 5 years of the trial the spring period has been dry, and conditions have not been favorable for securing maximum utilization by the grass of the applied fertilizer nitrogen.
The results to date with these trials indicate that fertilization with 25 lbs. of nitrogen per acre annually would be profitable based on the extra yield of hay and prices of 10¢ per pound for nitrogen and 1¢ per pound for hay. The additional increments of nitrogen have been unprofitable, the average production of hay with 50 lbs. of nitrogen actually being less than the production with 25 lbs. the production with 100 lbs. of nitrogen has been only slightly better than production with 25 lbs.
The crude protein content (Nx6.25) of the crested wheatgrass hay samples from the check and fertilized plots is given in Table 8. In Table 9 the production of crude protein from the plots is given in pounds per acre. This evoluation involves both the protein content, as given in Table 8, and the plot production as given in Table 7. The data of Table 8 and Table 9 show that the applications of nitrogen fertilizer produced substantial increases in the protein content of the forage and in protein production per acre. Again the increase in protein obtained with the first 25 lbs. of nitrogen per acre is the most economical response and has resulted in an average increase from 100 lbs. crude protein per acre for the check, to 184 lbs. per acre for the plots receiving 25 lbs. of nitrogen.
Plots Fertilized Every Other Year. The hay yields from the plots fertilized every other year are given in Table 10. Those plots are fertilized in the spring, and the rates of application are the same as for the plots fertilized annually. Fertilizer was applied in the 1957 and in the 1959 seasons. The data obtained so far in this study indicate that there is very little carry-over from the 25 and the 50 lb. rates of fertilization, and only relatively little carry-over from the 100 lb. rate. Additional data will be needed before legitimate comparisons can be made between the practices of fertilizing annually and every other year. The indications so far are that results obtained from fertilizing every other year are not quite as good as the results obtained from fertilizing every year on the basis of the use of equal amounts of nitrogen over a 2-year period.
NITROGEN FERTILIZER ON TAME GRASS COMPARED WITH
GRASS ALONE AND GRASS ALFALFA MIXTURES
Hay clippings were made for the second consecutive year in the new trial to determine the value of three rates of nitrogen fertilization as contrasted to the value of using alfalfa as a source of nitrogen for tame grasses. Pasture-type clippings were made with a rotary lawn mower in this trial for the first time this year. The yields from the hay clippings are given in Table 11 and Table 12, and the pasture clipping yields in Table 13.
In this trial four grasses, Nordan crested wheatgrass, intermediate wheatgrass, Lincoln brome, and Russian wildrye, are grown alone, mixed with Ladak alfalfa, and in plots fertilized with 33 lbs. of nitrogen, 67 lbs., and 100 lbs. of nitrogen per acre. Fertilizer applications were made in the fall of 1958. Fertilizer was not applied in the fall of 1959, but will be applied early in the spring in 1960.
The hay yields from this trial, given in Table 11 show that alfalfa in the mixture resulted in increased yields of all four grasses this year, despite the dry season. With intermediate wheatgrass and Lincoln brome increases in yield obtained with the use of alfalfa in the grass mixture. In the case of Nordan crested and Russian wildrye production with the fertilizer was somewhat better than production with alfalfa. However, even here the 67 lb. rate on Nordan crested produced less than did the grass-alfalfa mixture.
In most cases amounts of nitrogen over 33 lbs. per acre did not produce additional increases in hay yields. Fertilizer applications in excess of 33 lbs. per acre were definitely uneconomical on the basis of increased returns, and it is questionable whether the 33 lb. rate was economical in the 1959 season.
The data on the pasture clippings given in Table 13 are interesting, although, they represent only one year's results. It is apparent that only small increases in yield were obtained with nitrogen fertilizer over the increases obtained with the use of alfalfa in the mixture. All rates of nitrogen fertilizer did increase yields over the check yields, but as in the case of the hay yields the increases were not economical on the basis of yield alone.
The data of Table 11 and Table 13 show that with the exception of Russian wildrye the hay yields of the grasses are substantially greater than are the yields from pasture clippings. With Russian wildrye hay yields are only slightly greater than pasture yields. A larger proportion of the total yield was obtained from the second clipping with Russian wildrye than was the case with the other grasses. With this grass the influence of the fertilizer was to increase the proportion of the yield produced in the first clipping.
SWEETCLOVER YIELD PLOTS
North Central Sweetclover Nursery
Data on the conditions of the sweetclover varieties and the yields from the plots are given in Table 14. In Table 15 the average yields for the period 1954-59 are given. It should be noted that in this latter summary table no data are given for 1956. The 1956 stands (seeded in 1955) were lost, and no yield data are available for that season. The 1959 nursery was seeded on summer fallow in the spring of 1958. Stands were rather thin and development slow. Part of the plots were in unsatisfactory condition in 1959 and were not harvested.
Cutting of the plots in the 1959 season was delayed somewhat in the hope that rain would be received to promote additional growth. Consequently bloom was well advanced for most varieties at the time of cutting. Evergreen, however, was only about 1/4-bloom when cut on July 20 (Table 14). It was necessary to cut this variety at that time in order to prevent excessive leaf loss. Madrid and common yellow were in full bloom when cut on July 1 and averaged about 24" in height. Goldtop was cut on July 9 at 3/4-bloom and averaged 38" in height, which is a height comparable to the heights attained by the white varieties.
As in the past the white varieties in general were higher producing than the yellow varieties. Spanish was the highest yielder, producing 2.06 tons per acre, with Evergreen next at 1.99 tons. The average yield of all varieties, 1.77 tons per acre, was very good considering the dryness of the season. This was the second highest average yield in the period 1954-59 (Table 15).
SUDANGRASS YIELD TRIAL
A small sudangrass yield trial was seeded on June 29, 1959 from seed supplied by Dr. Paul Sandal. The 13 varieties included in the trial were seeded in 20 foot rows spaced 3 ½ feet apart. Three replicates were seeded. The trial was seeded on summer fallow, and the rows were kept clean-cultivated until harvest. The height of the varieties at the time of cutting and the average yield for the three replicates is given in Table 16.
All varieties except sweet sudangrass were cut on August 29, at which time they were mainly fully headed, with many in late anthesis. Sweet sudangrass was not fully headed on August 29, so it was not cut until later. Sweet sudangrass was cut on September 15 when it was in mid-anthesis.
The varieties made an excellent growth during the season, but the late moisture was inadequate to promote maximum production. The average yield of all varieties was 1314 lbs. per acre (oven-dry weight). Piper seemed to be definitely better in over-all production than the other varieties, averaging 1825 lbs. per acre, as against 1493 lbs. for ND 77-11, the next highest producer.
SPRING GRAZING TRIAL
The pastures in the spring grazing trial were grazed for the fifth season this year. Yearling steers were on the pastures from May 8 to June 29, a period of 52 days. This year, as last year, the crested wheatgrass pastures were stocked with 6 steers each, while the crested-alfalfa pastures were stocked with 8 steers each.
Table 17 summarizes the pasture yields and forage utilization on the pastures in the 1959 season. This year Pasture 1 was fertilized with 50 lbs. of nitrogen (150 lbs. 33-0-3) on April 16. The fertilization resulted in increased yield on Pasture 1 as shown in Table 17. On the basis of past yields Pasture 1 would not be likely to yield more than Pasture 3, so that the increase in yield was at least 212 lbs. per acre. Additional animals were not available for use on the pasture, so the additional yield is reflected in the larger amount of forage left on the ground at the end of the grazing period.
The average production of the two crested wheatgrass pastures was 1046 lbs. per acre (dry-weight), and the grazing animals consumed an average of 713 lbs. of forage per acre, leaving on the ground at the end of the grazing period 206 lbs. of material per acre. This consumption represents an average utilization of 68.2 percent. Utilization was noticeably less heavy on Pasture 1 than on Pasture 3.
The production on the crested-alfalfa pastures averaged 1110 lbs. per acre. The animals consumed 870 lbs. of material per acre and left on the ground at the end of the grazing period 240 lbs. per acre. Utilization on these pastures was thus 78.4 percent. The two crested-alfalfa pastures were uniformly heavily grazed.
Considering the averages of both sets of pastures the crested alfalfa pastures produced 6 percent more forage than the crested wheatgrass pastures and carried a 33 percent heavier grazing load. If pasture 3 is considered alone in comparison with the two crested alfalfa pastures, the difference in production is 18 percent. The percentage of alfalfa in the crested-alfalfa pastures is now very low, but the influence of the alfalfa on yield is still apparent.
Table 18 summarizes the yield and forge consumption data for the 5-year period of the study. On the basis of the 5-year averages the crested-alfalfa pastures have produced 29.2 percent more forage than the straight crested wheatgrass pastures, and the yearling steers have consumed 29.6 percent more forage on the crested-alfalfa pastures than on straight crested pastures.
Table 19 summarizes the animal data obtained during the 1959 season in the spring grazing trial. This year the steers on the crested wheatgrass pastures gained an average of 138 lbs. per head during the 52 days on pasture, with an average daily gain per head of 2.64 lbs. The steers on the crested-alfalfa pastures gained an average of 113 lbs. in the 52-day period, with an average daily gain of 2.17 lbs. per head.
The average gains per acre this year were 103.2 lbs. for the crested pastures and 1125 lbs. for the crested-alfalfa pastures. The data given in Table 20 summarizing the results of the 5-year trial show that on the crested wheatgrass pastures the per acre gains were the best next to those of 1957 during the period. However the per acre gains on the crested-alfalfa pastures were the lowest in the past 3 years. The average results for the 5-year period clearly show the superiority of the crested-alfalfa pastures over the straight crested pastures in the production of lbs. of beef per acre. Over the 5-year-period of the trial the crested alfalfa pastures have produced 37.1 percent more beef per acre than the crested pastures.
PERSONAL ACTIVITIES
Twenty-eight (28) letters were written in the conduct of business relating to the Dickinson Station.
Radio programs and TV shows
Radio programs participated in since last January 1, are as follows:
January 8, 1959 Hay yields (recording)
March 19, 1959 Grass seeding (recording)
April 16, 1959 Nitrogen of grass
June 25, 1959 Intermediate wheatgrass
July 23, 1959 Range yields
August 20, 1959 Nitrogen on crested
November 9, 1959 Fertilizing grass
December 10, 1959 Spring grazing trial
TV programs since last January 1
March 16, 1959 KDIX with County Agent
July 20, 1959 KDIX with County Agent
Date Meeting Attendance Participation
2/6/59 Veterinarious Short Course 27 1 hr. on Poisonous plants
3/21/59 Sandhills Grazing Ass'n. 75 30 min. on range improvements
6/24/59 Dickinson Crops Field Day 250 Half day of tours
7/7/59 DSTC Conservation Class 40 1 hr. on grassland agriculture
7/10/59 Am. Society of Range Management 45 Results of field studies
7/10/59 N.S.F. Summer Institute Tour 75 1 hr. on grass in N. Dak.
10/30/59 Fertilizer Dealers Conference 130 20 min of grass fertilization
9/12/59 Livestock Research Roundup 1100 15 min. on grasses & fertilizers
1/27-30/59 American Society of Range Manage. Tulsa, Oklahoma 530 Attended sessions
2/3-4/59 Soil & Water Cons. seminars, Mandan & Minot 150 30 min. on fertilizing grass
3/3/59 Plant Science Seminar 31 1 hr. on poisonous plants
5/1/59 N. D. Acad. Of Science, Minot 60 15 min. paper on native grass yields
7/30-31/59 American Society of Range Management, Gunnison, Colorado 115 Attended sessions
11/19-20/59 GP-6 Range Research Committee, Denver, Colorado 13 Prepare range research project
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Q: How can I update Laravel from 8.78 to 8.79 without getting my other files deleted? I have just learned laravel and done half of my new project. I currently have laravel version 8.78.1 installed and I am facing an error that is due to a bug.
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The Arizona Court of Appeals has quashed a move that would have given away the state's right to the land in the Salt River.
In a unanimous decision, the judges ruled that a special commission used the wrong legal standards in determining the Salt River was not navigable at the time Arizona become a state.
That will determine who owns thousands of acres of land in the river.
And hanging in the balance are the rights of sand-and-gravel companies and others that have been using and mining the land for years because they bought it and assume ownership. But if a river is ruled navigable, that means the state owns the property.
When Arizona became a state in 1912, it was given title by the federal government to all navigable streams within its boundaries. That was ignored until 1985. when the state made a claim to the land.
Two years later, the Legislature approved a measure to allow those who presumed they owned the land to pay a fee of $25 per acre and obtain title to any land in question.
The Arizona Center for Law in the Public Interest filed suit and the state Court of Appeals, in its first ruling, concluded that law was an unconstitutional gift of public lands.
In response, lawmakers set up a commission in 1992 to determine which streams were navigable at statehood.
That law was altered two years later to restrict what the commission could consider and give the final decision to the Legislature.
In 1998, working with commission recommendations, lawmakers gave up any claim to land along six rivers. But in 2001, the appellate court voided that, concluding that the procedure used was flawed.
That sent the issue back to the Arizona Navigable Stream Adjudication Commission, which in 2005 issued their new ruling.
According to their report, the Salt River between the Granite Reef Dam and where it flows into the Gila River is "an erratic, unstable and undependable stream, characterized by periodic floods, sometimes extreme, followed by periods of drought when there is little or no water in the riverbed."
Specifically, they concluded that, even if Roosevelt Dam (built slightly before statehood) were not there, that there was no way that in 1912 the river could be considered navigable.
But appellate Judge Lawrence Winthrop, writing for the court, said the panel didn't get it right this time, either.
He said that there's no requirement that the commission presume the river was navigable, but that it couldn't presume to the contrary, either. That, he said, would require considering the condition of the river in 1912 in its "ordinary and natural condition."
Winthrop said although commissioners did consider the effect of Roosevelt Dam, there is no evidence they looked at all factors affecting the river's flow in 1912, including other dams, canals and man-made diversions.
The judge, in sending the issue back to the commission, acknowledged that that still leaves the question of what should be the test for the river's "natural" condition.
"The obvious answer is that it was in its natural condition before the Hohokam people arrived many centuries ago and developed canals and other diversions," Winthrop wrote.
But he conceded there is little, if any, historic data from that period.
The judge also said the diversions put in by the Hohokams largely disappeared due to non-use over the centuries and that, by the 1800s, the river had pretty much returned to its natural state before farming began in the Valley.
He said evidence from that period is the best test.
The new ruling will have implications beyond the Salt River.
Joy Herr-Cardillo, attorney for the Arizona Center for Law in the Public Interest, said the standards for determining navigability will also have to be used to make similar determinations for the Verde, San Pedro, Santa Cruz and Gila rivers.


Lincoln Journal Star – The Nebraska Investment Finance Authority announced a new loan program Friday to help first-time homebuyers use a $8,000 federal tax credit to help with down payments and closing costs.
The program, called the Advance Buyer Credit Loan Program ABC mortgage, offers a second mortgage based on the expectation of the credit.
Buyers eligible for the tax credit typically file for a tax refund after completing the purchase of a home – a process that takes around three months, according to NIFA.
But many of these first-time purchasers need the dollars provided by the tax credit to pay a down payments and to pay closing costs.
The ABC mortgage allows them to do that by providing a second mortgage loan that advances a portion of the federal tax credit to the buyer at the time the regular NIFA first mortgage loan is closed. When the buyer receives the tax credit refund and uses the refund to repay the ABC mortgage within 120 days of home purchase, the buyer receives a one-half point rate reduction on the regular first mortgage loan.
If the borrower does not repay the ABC mortgage within 120 days, the ABC mortgage will be payable over 10 years, and both the first mortgage loan and the ABC mortgage will will continue to bear interest at their original rates.
The ABC mortgage is available only to first-time homebuyers, with certain income and purchase price restrictions, on FHA and some RD loans that are eligible for financing under NIFA's single-family mortgage program.
More information about the new loan product is available on the NIFA Web site (http://www.nifa.org) or at any NIFA participating lender in Nebraska.


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Each of these people were perfect candidates for a career in hypnotism; but I want to talk a little about becoming a Certified Hypnotist as a second career for those nearing or in retirement.
I got into hypnotism and became certified after a 25 year career in advertising that included being a "Mad Man" in New York City and co-owning my own advertising agency in Providence, Rhode Island. And I think my story is typical of people who get into clinical hypnotism as a career.
I was too young when I "retired" from advertising to do nothing and hypnotism has been a wonderful, rewarding second career. It is also a career like no other. I help people make important life changes. I am definitely my own boss and the work is infinitely interesting. I know I will be studying, learning and growing in this profession for the rest of my life.
Three years ago I became a Board Certified Hypnotist with the National Guild of Hypnotists and last year I completed the training to be an Instructor of the National Guild of Hypnotists' Certification Program.
What's next for me is a Fall Certification Class. And beyond that? Who knows. So, if you are looking for something new, whether you are 20 something and just starting out or are eligible for social security and medicare at an age where some people are getting out the slippers and preparing for "retirement", I invite you to give me a call and we can look together to see whether becoming a Certified Hypnotist is right for you.
I still have one opening for my Fall Hypnotist Certification Class. So, please, if you are interested, call me at 401-374-1890. Remember there is a $200 discount for those who sign up before September 15th. If this spot goes before we talk, I will be happy to put you on a waiting list for Spring 2017. But if you think you can make the Fall Class, well, you know what to do.
What is Greater Rhode Island?
It is partially a state of mind where people know they can be as great as they want to be. But geographically it extends a 60-70 mile radius around Warwick Rhode Island where students may reasonably be expected to come to attend class to train as a Certified Hypnotist through the National Guild of Hypnotists and my courses. So, Greater Rhode Island is a state of mind and a commuter radius. My question to you is becoming a professional hypnotist worth the trip? And that is whether you are coming down from Boston, up from Waterford Connecticut or around the corner to class.


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Q: Matlab simulate(MDL) python equivalent I am trying to simulate a stochastic differential equation (SDE) model. I've used the sdeint package (Ito method) in order to generate the timestep solutions for my model.
Now I am looking for a python alternative to the matlab [Paths,Times,Z] = simulate(MDL) method (only interested in the first two outputs: paths and times).
Python code:
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
import sdeint

# the drift and diffusion functions are defined elsewhere in my code
F = lambda x, t: drift(x, t)
G = lambda x, t: diffusion(x, t)

t = np.linspace(0, 20, nPeriods)
x0 = np.array([0.006, 5.05, 0.07, 29.78]) # initial condition

SDE = sdeint.itoint(F, G, x0, t)

Matlab inspiration:
SDE = sde(F,G,'StartState', x0);
[S,T] = simulate(SDE, nPeriods, 'DeltaTime', dt);

Thanks in advance.


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Q: How to show/hide google chart's tooltip programatically? Is there any way to show/hide (open/close) google chart tooltip programatically? My tooltip is html enabled, trigger by 'selection'. I am trying to add a close icon to the tooltip.

A: You can show it using setSelection() method, for example:
var options = {
    ....
    tooltip: { trigger: 'selection' }
    ...
}

chart.setSelection([{row:0, column:1}]);

See example at jsbin.
And hide it using empty object:
chart.setSelection([{}]);

See example at jsbin.


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7th Circuit says brewer's antitrust claims can move forward
7th Circuit says brewer's antitrust claims…
By Amanda Robert
September 6, 2019, 2:57 pm CDT
Image from Shutterstock.
The Chicago-based 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals partially revived a small Wisconsin brewer's lawsuit against the two largest American breweries for conspiring to monopolize the sale of beer in Ontario, Canada.
In its Thursday opinion, the 7th Circuit held that the act of state doctrine—which says that the actions of one nation may not be questioned in the courts of another nation—does not completely bar Mountain Crest's antitrust claims against Anheuser-Busch and Molson Coors. Courthouse News Service has coverage.
Brewers in Ontario can distribute beer through the Liquor Control Board of Ontario, the government owned-retailer—which typically only allows sales of six packs of beer and does not charge listing fees to suppliers, Courthouse News Service reports. They can also distribute through Brewers Retail Inc., known as The Beer Store. It is owned by Anheuser-Busch and Molson Coors and does charge listing fees.
The 7th Circuit pointed out that the dispute between Mountain Crest and Anheuser-Busch and Molson Coors largely centers on two agreements: the first in 2000 between BRI and the LCBO and the second in 2015 among Anheuser-Busch, Molson Coors, BRI, the LCBO and the government of Ontario.
"Among other things, Anheuser-Busch and Molson Coors carried on a group boycott to force the LCBO to enter the agreement in 2000 to ensure that BRI, an entity Anheuser-Busch and Molson Coors control, was the only retailer in Ontario selling beer in packages larger than six containers," according to the opinion. "Mountain Crest further claimed the conspiracy extended into 2014 and 2015 when Anheuser-Busch and Molson Coors used a variety of tactics to continue the retail arrangement between BRI and the LCBO, including a threat to bring expropriation litigation under the North American Free Trade Agreement."
Mountain Crest argued that these agreements and BRI's policy of promoting sales of the two larger breweries in its stores "inhibited its ability to compete in the Ontario beer market."
Judge Kenneth Ripple wrote in the opinion that "to the extent that Mountain Crest seeks relief under [the Sherman Act] predicated solely on the six-pack rule, the act of state doctrine clearly precludes the action."
However, he said Mountain Crest "sets forth facts that, if accepted by a trier of fact, might demonstrate that the defendants took concerted action to bring about the Ontario legislation.
"Holding Anheuser-Busch and Molson Coors liable for their antecedent and allegedly deliberate acts to bring about the six-pack rule and requiring them to pay damages to Mountain Crest would not, on its face, invalidate Ontario's chosen regulatory scheme."


Appliance servicers and repairers service and repair domestic and commercial appliances. They are employed by repair shops, appliance service companies and repair departments of retail and wholesale establishments, or they may be self-employed.
This is not a large occupation in Nova Scotia so job opportunities may not be that frequent. With a large percent of workers being 55 years of age and older, retirements are expected to be a key contributor to employment opportunities over the coming years. Appliance Servicers and Repairers most commonly work full-time hours.
The median employment income for 70% of Appliance Servicers and Repairers who worked full-time, year-round in 2015 was $44,685. Across all occupations in Nova Scotia, 59% of those who worked full-time year round had a median employment income of $43,600.
Repair small electrical appliances, such as lawn and garden equipment and power tools.
Consult customer or refer to work order to establish nature of the appliance malfunction.
Observe operation of appliance and conduct voltage, resistance and other tests using electrical test equipment.
Refer to schematic drawings or product manuals and replace or repair parts or components using hand tools and soldering equipment.
Prepare estimates and written accounts of work performed.
Repair major electrical or gas appliances, such as domestic and commercial dishwashing equipment, stoves, laundry equipment and refrigerators in customer's home, in customer's place of business or in repair shop.
Diagnose faults by checking controls, condensers, timer sequences, fans and other components using test equipment such as meters and gauges to measure resistance, current, voltage, pressure, temperature, flue gases and flow rates.
Refer to schematic diagrams or product manuals and disassemble appliance using hand tools.
Use shop equipment and specialized diagnostic and programming apparatus to repair, adjust and reprogram appliances.
Replace components and subcomponents and reassemble appliance using hand tools and soldering and brazing equipment.
This work requires an understanding of the principles of electricity and a mechanical aptitude. You should be able to follow instructions and perform detailed work. Patience and the ability to be methodical are required when testing motors and equipment. Analytical skills are required to determine what is causing equipment to malfunction and decide on the necessary repairs. You should also have good motor coordination, physical strength, and stamina.
Major appliance repairers/technicians require some high school education and completion of a college program in appliance repair or completion of a three- or four-year apprenticeship program in appliance repair.
Appliance service technician, or appliance serviceperson, trade certification is available, but voluntary, in Nova Scotia.
A provincial gas fitter licence, or gas appliance technician certificate, may be required for gas appliance service technicians.
Red Seal Endorsement (RSE) is also available to qualified appliance service technicians upon successful completion of the interprovincial Red Seal examination.
This instructional program class includes any program that prepares individuals to apply technical knowledge and skills to repair, install, and service major gas, electric, and consumer appliances such as stoves, microwaves, refrigerators, dryers, water heaters, washers, dishwashers, and commercial units such as ice makers and coffee makers.


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Q: How to deactivate scaled image preliminary smoothing? I've got a Grid with some scale transform applied; the Grid contains an image:
<Grid Background="Black">
    <Grid.LayoutTransform>
        <ScaleTransform ScaleX="5.7" ScaleY="3.7"/>
    </Grid.LayoutTransform>
    <Image Source="rw.bmp" VerticalAlignment="Top"/>
</Grid>

The image is 2 by 1 pixels, one pixel red and one white:

I expect to get such a rendered image (stretched):

but I actually get this one (again stretched):

You can see that the actual rendered image is somehow kind of smoothed before stretch, instead of being smoothed after stretch.
Is there a way to get the image as in the expected example?

Edit: tried different values of RenderOptions.BitmapScalingMode. The closest to what I need is "NearestNeighbor", which gives the following:

A: I'm not positive, but could you somehow use RenderOptions.BitmapScalingMode with this?


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Why Office Workers Love Their Roof Decks So Much
The major landlord in Dumbo unveils lavish green spaces in the sky, affirming a top real-estate lure
By Stephen Koepp - July 19, 2017
An alcove in the new roofdeck area atop Dumbo's 45 Main St., with views of the Manhattan Bridge (Images courtesy of Two Trees Management)
What is it about office roof decks? They've become a top amenity in the real-estate business, one of the key lures for building owners seeking new corporate tenants. In Brooklyn, they've sprouted on rooftops from Sunset Park's Industry City to the converted factories of Williamsburg. Two Trees Management, the major landlord in Dumbo, today unveiled large, landscaped roof spaces on its three largest office buildings, housing hundreds of commercial office tenants.
Office workers love their rooftops, and companies competing for workers are happy to indulge them. The corporate motivation may be more than altruistic, since studies have shown that workers who have access to green spaces are more productive than those who don't, according to a scientific insight called "attention restoration theory." In a study reported in Harvard Business Review, subjects who were shown a roof with a green space felt intellectually rejuvenated, compared with subjects who looked at a concrete roof. Said one of the researchers: "People who saw the roof with the grassy, flowering meadow made significantly fewer omission errors, and they had more-consistent levels of attention overall and fewer momentary lapses."
A long gathering table at 20 Jay St. has a big industrial water tower for a backdrop
The migration to the rooftop may be driven by the evolution of offices, where fewer employees have personal spaces and work flows into common areas and conference rooms. Workers seeking privacy or a place for an al-fresco meeting can bring their laptops up to the roof with them and stay connected via WiFi. "It's not just a place to go eat lunch anymore," a leasing director in Washington, D.C., told MarketWatch.
Millennials, in particular, feel drawn to the roof. In their personal lives, the choice of a party space is often dictated by who has the most accessible rooftop. Since millennials have been drawn to urban areas, the backyard is usually no longer an option for outdoor social space. Young workers feel a similar instinct on the job. "The millennials for some reason really love rooftops," said Jake Dobkin, vice president of strategy and expansion for DNAinfo and Gothamist, at a recent real-estate conference in Brooklyn. ("The two other things they really love," he added, "are clean bathrooms and fast elevators.") But the overall trend is not limited to offices, millennials or New York City. Rooftop mania has gripped any place with tight space and a inspiring view, from Los Angeles to Boston.
In Dumbo, Two Trees introduced rooftop "amenity spaces" at its three anchor office buidings in the neighborhood, at 45 Main St., 55 Washington St., and 20 Jay St. The spaces were designed by James Corner Field Operations, the firm that created the native-greenery landscape of Manhattan's High Line. The large spaces, ranging from 8,500 sq. ft. to 11,000 sq. ft., include outdoor conference spaces, picnic and dining areas, lots of plantings, and spaces for video screenings and outdoor yoga.
Not just potted plants: a mix of greenery on the rooftop of 20 Jay St.
The rooftops, with views of Manhattan as well as the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges, will "allow for intermingling socially and professionally while enjoying some of the city's most inspiring views," said Jed Walentas, principal of Two Trees Management, in making the announcement. Added Lisa Switkin of the James Corner firm: "Our design goal was to provide unique, lively gathering areas within lush settings in the center of a thriving urban environment."
The landscaping goes well beyond a few perfunctory annuals and potted plants. At 45 Main, the announcement said, the plantings include "a mix of serviceberry, grey birch, flowering dogwoods, hydrangea and witch hazel."
While the lavish roof amenities may be a hot new trend in real estate, the lure of the roof may be much more deeply rooted. As the lyrics go for the 1962 hit Up on the Roof, "On the roof, the only place I know/ Where you just have to wish to make it so."
Steve Koepp is the editor of The Bridge. Previously, he was editorial director of Time Inc. Books, executive editor of Fortune and deputy managing editor of Time.
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Behold the New Giant of Dumbo, called Front & York
The Blossoming of Bed-Stuy: Is Gentrification Racist?


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Schliemann: The Scholar
Schliemann's formal education ended when he was fourteen. Much later, in 1866, he enrolled at the Sorbonne in Paris, taking courses in French language and literature, linguistics, Greek philosophy, literature, and archaeology. Immersed in the world of learning, he tried to fill the gaps in his education by participating in the city's intellectual and social life, making friends with well-known scholars, such as the philosopher and historian Ernest Renan, and Émile Egger, professor of Greek at the Sorbonne.
Schliemann was a polyglot and a prolific writer, recording his experiences and opinions in his diaries, often in the language of the country being visited. These diaries now stand as evidence of his linguistic capabilities. Ithâque, le Péloponnnèse, Troie, published in French in 1869, was his first book on Homeric sites, earning him a doctorate from the University of Rostock in Germany. The meticulously prepared results at Troy (1874, 1875), Mycenae (1878), Orchomenos (1881), and Tiryns (1885) were swiftly published by leading houses in three languages—English, French, and German. Schliemann's books were abundantly illustrated, unlike other contemporary works, also featuring contributions by specialist scholars. Schliemann was a pioneer in using photography to record his field work. He received honorary degrees, awards, and memberships from numerous institutions, societies, and associations thanks to his discoveries.
Schliemann attended several lecture courses as a mature student at the Sorbonne. He participated in the intellectual and social life of Paris and made friends with many well-known French professors and intellectuals, including the philosopher and writer Ernest Renan.
Heinrich Schliemann in Paris
Ernest Renan, ca.1876-84
Antoine-Samuel Adam-Salomon, photographer. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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Letter from Ernest Renan to Heinrich Schliemann, March 28, 1871 (page 1 of 2). Schliemann had asked Renan's opinion on a language topic and Renan wrote back:
"...but in the numbers that you have indicated to me, there is nothing that can lead me directly or indirectly to the Phoenician alphabet. ..
Here is my view; because I esteem you and value our friendship I can only be sincere."
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Letter from Ernest Renan to Heinrich Schliemann, March 28, 1871 (page 2 of 2).
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"He learned to speak and write both ancient and modern Greek. He also learned Arabic, memorizing the entire Koran. To prove his perfection in Arabic, he went to Mecca, put on a Turkish costume, tucked a prayer rug under his arm, and entered the Kaaba, the Mohammedan Holy of Holies, reciting the Koran. As an additional precaution he had himself circumcised, for if he had been caught and identified as an infidel, he would certainly have been killed."
Andromache S. Melas, "My Most Unforgettable Character,"Reader's Digest, June 1950
Heinrich Schliemann wearing an oriental outfit, ca. 1858
Heinrich Schliemann's "Language Exercise Book."
This large bound volume (Sprachübungen is written on the spine) includes exercises (grammar, vocabulary, spelling) in Greek, Arabic, Swedish, Italian, and other languages, as well as letters, miscellaneous notes, and some of Schliemann's Russian passports.
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Schliemann's method of learning foreign languages quickly and accurately found its way into print. Two examples from the ASCSA Archives:
Methode Schliemann. Spanisch. (Stuttgart: Verlag von Wilhelm Violet [1885?])
Methode Schliemann. Englisch. (Stuttgart: Verlag von Wilhelm Viole, Revised edition 1885)
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Schliemann penned his first book, the travel memoir, La Chine et le Japon au Temps present, in 1867.
Copy autographed by Heinrich Schliemann, presented to his friend Demetrios N. Vernardakis. Vernardakis (1833-1907) was a prolific writer and professor of history at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
ASCSA, Gennadius Library
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Preliminary draft, written in Spanish, of La Chine et le Japon
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Schliemann's Ithâque, le Péloponnnèse, Troie, published in Paris in 1869, was his first work on Homeric sites, which (in a German edition published the same year) earned him a doctorate from the University of Rostock in Germany.
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The Ph.D. diploma that was awarded to Schliemann by the University of Rostock
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Schliemann published the results of his excavations immediately in multiple languages. Here, three editions of the Troy excavation results, carefully translated and richly illustrated with photos, drawings, and maps
ASCSA Archives, Carl Blegen Papers, Heinrich Schliemann Papers
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Cover of the Atlas des Antiquités Troyennes (Leipzig, 1874) containing photographs of the Trojan finds. Schliemann was a pioneer in using photography to record his field work.
ASCSA Archives, Heinrich Schlieman Papers
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Editions of Mycenae (New York, 1878), (London, 1878), (Paris, 1879) and Mycenae and Tiryns (London, 1885)
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Schliemann lecturing on his Mycenean discoveries to the Society of Antiquarians in 1877 at Burlington House, London
The Illustrated London News, March 31, 1877
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Schliemann was awarded many honors, degrees, and memberships. The ASCSA holds 29 of these certificates, which were discovered in the basement of a house owned by one of his grandchildren. Issued by renowned institutions, personages, and societies, such credentials show the extent of his international fame.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art [New York], 1887
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Diploma awarded to Schliemann by the German Kaiser Wilhelm, Wiesbaden, 1881
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Schliemann himself compiled the catalogue of the treasures from Mycenae, on the occasion of their display.
Catalogue des Trésors de Mycènes au Musée d' Athènes (Leipzig, 1882)
ASCSA, Blegen Library
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Schliemann in the company of visiting scholars at the Second Troy Conference, 1890: Left to right, standing: Rudolf Virchow, Wilhelm Grempler, Halil Bey, Heinrich Schliemann, Edith Calvert, Wilhelm Dörpfeld, Madame Babin, Charles L. H. Babin, Friedrich von Duhn, and Carl Humann. Left to right, seated: Frank Calvert, Osman Hamdi Bey, Charles Waldstein
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Q&A: Hot Chip on One Life Stand, Recording With Peter Gabriel, and How Kebab Fat Ruined Their Studio
by Max Willens
Ever since Hot Chip got home from its seemingly never-ending world tours in support of Made in the Dark, the English quintet has been laying groundwork for their next five years. Guitarist Al Doyle and synth player Felix Martin built their own recording studio. Vocalist and synth player Joe Goddard co-founded his own record label, Greco Roman. Co-vocalist and piano player Alexis Taylor got married and became a father.
That last thing, paternity, isn't much like the others, but Taylor's not the first member of the group to tie the knot. There are more married men in Hot Chip than bachelors now, and their new album, the boldly poppy, strangely grown up One Life Stand, reviewed in this week's Voice here, is the first to reflect that. We recently sat down with Joe, Al, and bassist Owen Clarke to talk about the new studio, collaborating with Peter Gabriel, and how the wives and kids affect their touring schedule.
I read that you wanted One Life Stand to be a big, upfront pop record. But given the band's status, isn't a big, upfront pop record the only natural thing for you to do at this point?
Al Doyle, guitarist: The Hot Chip project is basically a pop project. It kind of always has been, to a greater or lesser extent. So [the record] always was going to be [poppy].
The interview made it seem like you thought of this as a new, bold change of direction.
Al: I think I was just trying to get people excited. It was nine months down the line, and if you tell people you're doing something weird, the label will freak out, and they'll call the management, and they'll call me. [laughs]
Your past albums have been informed by specific things. The Warning was, in part, a straighter and more aggressive reaction to people calling you guys goofs after Coming on Strong. Some songs on Made in the Dark were things you'd been touring and playing live for a while, and you tried to capture that on tape. Is there any sort of similar thing on this record, something that informs a block of songs?
Joe Goddard, vocalist and synth player: There's not much that defines this record, really. It's just kind of a collection of tracks that we made together. But we wanted to make something concise, direct, quite simple. Apart from that, nothing was really explicit between Alexis and myself while we were writing. We didn't say, "We have to write songs about relationships," it's kind of unspoken. But a lot of the songs turned out to be about love, and our families, which I guess is what everyone writes songs about. But the only other thing we wanted for the album, sonically, [was] to have kind of a spine of instruments throughout. So there's real piano on a lot of the tracks, which we haven't done much of in the past.
Also, steel drums. Was that for practical reasons? Touring logistics, for example?
Joe: With the steel drums, we really love those sounds. Alexis really wanted to use a live piano, and steel drums are just a fantastic instrument. But it was also because we thought it would give the album a kind of cohesion. The last record-and we're proud of that record-didn't have a sonic signature to it. Sonically, in terms of tempo, mood, it's all over the place.
This is the first record you've made since your studio was beset by catastrophe.
Al: [laughs]
Is that your studio?
Al: Yeah, mine and Felix's. We had a terrible time of it. [laughs] What happened was, there's a kebab shop that backs up on the studio, and they were pouring fat down the sink, and then it all built up in the pipes, and then the pipes burst. And there's this weird dead space on one end of the studio, and so we didn't realize initially that it was building up, until all of a sudden it spilled over and got everywhere.
Eewwwwww…
Al: Yeah, it was really bad.
But on the positive side, you maybe got to rebuild the space in a better way.
Al: Yeah, it gave us a real kick up the ass. We started it again, from the ground up, and basically built the studio purely to make the Hot Chip record. We have a particular way of working, and so we wanted to have things set up so any time we had an idea, we could just go for it. The keyboards were plugged in all the time, we knew where everything was, we could get down to recording very quickly. It just felt very comfortable.
Air recently got their studio, Atlas, opened up finally, and they've said that they mostly want it to be for them. Do you plan on letting other bands use this studio, or even producing other bands' records there?
Al: Loads of people have been in since that time, actually. That's already starting.
With you producing and participating, though? Or is more like you'd just turn the lights on and start charging people?
Al: Oh, definitely producing. We don't let people go in there by themselves. [laughs] It's too weird and dangerous! We have to be there.
Can't have them stealing your amps.
Al: No, it's not that. I'd just be afraid for them. The building's very odd. It's this old factory that's been derelict for many years. There's no light in many parts of the building, and it's very labyrinthine. I have to be there to hold people's hands, otherwise they'd find themselves in people's offices, or trapped behind cupboards and stuff.
This is also the first record where you've had guests helping on songs; Charles Hayward plays drums on "Slush." I know this is one of those questions that artists don't like, but is this something you're going to start doing more of?
Joe: We just choose these artists to come work with us in quite a practical way. We need a drummer to come play on a song; we'll call a drummer. If we need someone to play steel pans, we'll call this great guy, Bravo, to come play them for us. I'm sure that will happen again in the future.
In terms of getting collaborations going with other people, we've already started doing that. We did that collaboration with Robert Wyatt and Peter Gabriel.
Tell me about working with Peter Gabriel.
Al: That was a fantastic day. We went to his studio, Real World-
Joe: It's this old mill that he turned into a studio, and it's massive, an amazing place. And he's got all these studios there, I think Sade was recording when we got there, and he's got a shed out the back that's his own personal space.
Al: It's a big shed.
Joe: He's got amazing keyboards all around, and this engineer who's worked with him for years, this guy called Dickie, who's an amazing guy. He comes into the studio every morning before Peter does, and when he sees Peter coming up the path, he hits record. Because Peter Gabriel often comes in and starts playing on a keyboard, and he often feels like the first thing he plays when he comes in in the morning is the best thing he does, because it's kind of fresh and not thought about too much, and the engineer always knows to record that. And [Peter's] got lists up on the wall of hundreds of songs they're working on for a new record. And in the toilet, there's The Rough Guide to World Music [laughs] which I thought was good.
We had a great day. He's an amazing musician, someone we all admire, and we did a cover of the Vampire Weekend song, "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa" with him singing and us producing.
So we were all playing drums, Al played bass, Alexis played the piano and keyboards, and Peter Gabriel played keyboards as well. He's an incredibly humble man. He would sit down and play some amazing things on one of his synthesizers, then look up and go, "Was any of that any good?" [laughs] It was all very cool.
Owen Clark, bassist: Such a nice guy, too. And you'd get sit down, talking, and then he'd start singing, and it would sound like Peter Gabriel. [laughs] It's an obvious thing, but he'd make this incredible noise that we'd all recognize. It really knocked us out.
Sounds like a dream come true.
Al: Yeah, it was. In answer to your question, though, we've really enjoyed working with other people in the studio lately, especially vocalists who can do weird things with their voice. We were working with this woman, Janine Rostrand, who's going to have an album out on DFA under the name Planningtorock, and she's really fun. We had another day with Bravo, the guy who did steel drums on the record, where we recorded a song he'd written in the '70s, with Alexis doing vocals. And he also brought in these back-up singers, where one of the guys was from Senegal, and he'd open up his mouth and this like, classic Youssou N'Dour-style voice would just blow us away. So yeah, in the future, I think working with just a really kick-ass vocalist would be fun to do.
That song "Slush" seems to be a song about what the consequences of settling down and maturing. With people in the group getting married and having babies, do you see those things affecting your working or touring schedule at all?
Joe: Yeah. We're going to just tour a little bit less, and keep the tours a little bit shorter. We've had a good time being settled a bit more in London this year, making the record and doing this family stuff, nesting. We're still going to be on tour most of the year next year.
So it's not going to be like Radiohead, where the wives and the kids all come too?
Joe: We've toured, in the past, with bands that have brought kids along, and it was pretty great. But it would be really expensive, just on a practical level, so expensive for us to do that.
Yeah, you can't all cram into one hotel room anymore.
Al: Yeah, and besides, no matter how nice you make it, there's still traveling around, and not really an ideal situation. For us, we're trying to work out a situation where we can work from home on production projects, or maybe have our own music projects that are studio-based, which we won't have to tour as much. I don't know if that's a viable aim, but we're going to have a go anyway.
So there was never any plan to turn the wives into hypemen, or have Alexis's wife play cowbell or something?
[laughs all around]
Al: I don't think that would suit our wives.
Owen: Alexis's wife did merch for a little while, but that's not exactly the most fun job in the world.
Joe: Last year, Owen had a girlfriend-she was from Brazil- who played bongos for us when we played Glastonbury last year.
Joe: She's a really beautiful girl, and BBC's Radio One filmed it, and they showed her 70 percent of the time. I'd be singing, and they'd have like, a half-second shot of me, and then back to the beautiful lady playing the bongos! [laughs]
In April, you're coming to the U.S. with the xx, who are kind of hanging on for dear life right now. One of their members quit, people are all over them in a very unpleasant way. Do you think Hot Chip would have survived scrutiny like that after the release of your debut album?
Joe: We've had different members over the years. We've had different drummers. This girl called Emma Smith, she played violin on this record, she's an amazing violinist, and she's played keyboards in the band, and we had our friend Scott.
Owen: He was our hypeman on glockenspiel.
Joe: [laughs] And anyway, the group's fairly settled now, and if one of us decided to leave, I don't know what would happen. Maybe that would be a moment where we'd all decide to give it a rest.
Owen: We have been quite lucky in that we've never had that sort of attention. Things sort of built.
Al: Back when we were coming up, the Arctic Monkeys came up a little bit after, and watching what happened to them, they were younger than us, and it just seemed really crazy. I think we probably could've coped with it, but we didn't want that, we didn't court it, and let's be honest, it would never have happened to us anyway! [laughs]
But we've been very lucky, in that every step it's been a bit more, and we felt we were ready to do what we had to do next. And for those bands, it doesn't matter how competent you are or good you are. If you were playing tiny shows, and then all of a sudden you're massive and you're playing a lot of big shows, it's just an issue of not having that experience of doing it. And throughout our career, we felt good about every step.
It seems like, every year, there's one band that gets set upon and eviscerated by the press. Do you have any thoughts on that?
Joe: Yeah. It seems like a crazy herding thing, the way the press kind of jumps. Like Al said, this happens to young kids, and being told that everything they do is incredible can be bad creatively, and really difficult to deal with personally. The other side of that is, I used to work at a major label, just for 18 months, and it was crazy to me how many bands came through the doors, and how such a tiny percentage of them ever had a career. I think that would be the most difficult thing: if you were told for 15 months or 18 months that you're going to be massive, and then no one buys your record, and you get dropped and you go back to working in a supermarket. How do you recover from that? It's a difficult thing to deal with. The whole way through our career, it was just about building something that was going to last for a while. And we've had a career-being in the band professionally for five years now, which is not that long-but I feel like we're doing alright. That's a lot longer than some people last.
You guys are about three weeks away from beginning rehearsals for your upcoming tours, and I'm wondering if there's a song each of you is particularly excited about working together into its live incarnation.
Joe: I'm most looking forward to "Hand Me Down Your Love." That relentless, hammering aspect is going to work really well live, something that we can turn into a relentless, Motown-esque, driving thing. It's going to build a lot of tension, the chorus is gonna really explode and sound lovely.
Al: I'm looking forward to "I Feel Better," because I get to manipulate Joe's voice on that one and he can't stop me [laughs].
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Following last year's research on the European identity, the body is the focus at the third edition of "Fotografia Europea". The photo show based in Reggio Emilia chose to carry out a close study of the body, in its "human, all too human" aspects. The catalogue of the exhibition opens with the work of five European artists, who have been selected for their historical value: Raoul Hausmann, "anti-photographer" and photomontage enthusiast; Wols, a leading figure of Informal Art but not as well-known as a photographer; Paolo Gioli, an artist famous for his incessant experimenting; Jorge Molder, a photographer who developed an interest in shadows; Pierre et Gilles, the French duo who's made a name for their glossy images and here presents an original project, in which disturbing human shapes are being deformed by mirrors. Moving from such an historical premise, the volume goes on to examine the work of some Italian photographers, whose projects have focused – with different styles and methodologies – on the human body, and compares it to the work of three renowned artists: Edward Steichen, Bettina Rheims and Luigi Ghirri. Finally, the book presents a collection of works by other European photographers, such as: Erwin Olaf, Aneta Grzeszykowska, Ann-Sofi Sidén and Antoine D'Agata. Keeping the layout already used in last year's catalogue, "Fotografia Europea 2008" also includes a selection of short essays by scholars and critics, such as Umberto Galimberti, Vitaliano Trevisan, Walter Siti, Giovanni De Luna, Ruggero Pierantoni, Nicola Dusi, as well as an interview with sociologist Derrick De Kerckhove.


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Ancient lights: Stargazing in Sussex
In a field surrounded by woods, dozens of amateur astronomers participated in a Star Party
Ancient lights: Stargazing in Sussex In a field surrounded by woods, dozens of amateur astronomers participated in a Star Party Check out this story on delmarvanow.com: http://www.delmarvanow.com/story/life/outdoors/2015/05/17/stargazing-sussex/27507037/
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Peer into primordial galaxies
Delaware Space Sciences Foundation's Jeffrey Geidel adjusts his telescope at Trap Pond State Park Thursday night, May 14 in Laurel. Staff photo by Joe Lamberti
A group of campers set up in Trap Pond State Park for a "Star Party" Thursday night, May 14 in Laurel. Staff photo by Joe Lamberti
Berlin resident Ryan Goodwin reviews images from his telescope at Trap Pond State Park Thursday night, May 14 in Laurel. Staff photo by Joe Lamberti
Russ Lederman of Ocean Pines peers at the Sombrero Galaxy through his ten-foot-tall telescope at Trap Pond State Park Thursday night, May 14 in Laurel. Staff photo by Joe Lamberti
Berlin resident Ryan Goodwin sits with his camera-mounted telescope as he stargazes with a group of people at Trap Pond State Park Thursday night, May 14 in Laurel. Staff photo by Joe Lamberti
Delaware Space Sciences Foundation's Jeffrey Geidel adjusts his telescope at Trap Pond State Park Thursday night in Laurel.(Photo: Staff photo by Joe Lamberti)Buy Photo
Light that left the galaxy Messier 82 more than 12 million years ago fell on a field in Sussex County on May 14.
It dripped through the hazy night, reflecting off mirrors and through glass lenses, ending a journey in the eyes of stargazers at Trap Pond State Park in Laurel.
In a field surrounded by woods, in one of the darkest parts of Delmarva, dozens of amateur astronomers participated in a Star Party put on by the Delmarva Stargazers. It was four days of camping and staring up at the night sky.
Tents were set up, scattered around the fields individually, some in small groups. At 10:30 p.m. the camp was full of quiet life, amateur astronomers adjusting their telescopes, hoping what little clouds were there would dissipate, and the night would soon become even darker.
Russ Lederman of Ocean Pines set up his telescope on the east end of the field. It was behemoth, 20 inches wide and 10 feet tall. The mirror alone weighs 52 pounds.
He moved the telescope so it was pointed at Messier 82 and moved a ladder along with it, so he could reach the eyepiece about 8 feet off the ground. While others nearby set up cameras, Lederman didn't have any plans to photograph the sky, he just wanted to see the particles of light.
"I'm purely visual, I like to look and absorb the photons," he said. "Those photons have left that object 12.5 million years ago and right now they're stimulating my retina and I'm forming a mental image of it. It's like a connection for me."
Even through a powerful telescope, massive galaxies look like specks on the horizon. The light has been hurdling toward Earth at 186,000 miles per second since before human evolution began.
"Some of the stars you're seeing right now might not even be there anymore. The light's burnt out," Berlin resident Ryan Goodwin said. "The further away the distance, the further back in time you're looking. You think you can't time travel, but with astronomy you can."
Goodwin set up a closed-off viewing area with Jeff Geidel of Millsboro, and as the night got darker the two planned to photograph the stars by taking long-exposure shots of the sky. Using a camera they can capture more light and see even more detail.
From January through March of 2014, Goodwin was out as much as possible photographing the Messier 82 as one of its stars exploded in a supernova.
"That's it. That was the only opportunity to get any pictures of that event," he said.
Then he paused and made a more poignant observation.
A group of campers set up in Trap Pond State Park for a Star Party on Thursday night in Laurel. (Photo: Staff photo by Joe Lamberti)
"That's how we're all here, because we're all part of stardust from a supernova," Goodwin said, referencing theories about where the material that created our bodies originally came from.
Amateur astronomy is its own unique subculture of night owls. Goodwin will be up until dawn watching the stars over the weekend. Because of pain from a permanent disability, Geidel has trouble sleeping. That's why he started the hobby, and has since worked to encourage young people to take part in amateur astronomy through the Delmarva Space Sciences Foundation.
"We need more kids nowadays to get into astronomy, and also all the space sciences," he said.
The astronomers slept during the day, but didn't miss a minute of the night sky over the weekend.
"All these people out here have a drive to see what's out there, because we're all part of the same reality. We're part of the universe. We kind of forget it as we go through daily traffic jams and such," Lederman said. "We're on a globe, and the globe is in space, and space is part of the universe. We like to see what's up there."
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A vital new weapon for dealing with recalcitrant fires.
It can also be used with charcoal barbecues.
The BLOW POKER is a very simple and useful cross between an ordinary poker and a bellows. It is a polished brass or brushed steel tube about 3 feet long and one inch in diameter. One end has a mouthpiece like a trumpet's through which you blow. The air comes out of the other end which is put near the fire and gets it to burn up – similar to a bellows but using your own puff. The 'fire' end also has a solid point, so it can be used just as well instead of a poker.
PLEASE NOTE WE ARE ONLY ABLE TO SHIP BLOWPOKERS TO UK MAINLAND ADDRESSES.


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Come join Derby Reach Brae Island Parks Association and Metro Vancouver Regional Parks for their fall celebration: Heritage Apple Day held in Derby Reach Regional Park on October 5 2019. The first Heritage Apple Day was held in 2006. 2019 will be the 14th year of the celebration.
This annual event celebrates and spreads the knowledge of heritage apples and the role apples and orchards played in the early settlement of the Fort Langley area. You can see the remnants of the first settlers' apple trees planted in 1890's still standing within the park. According to historic accounts from William Markow and Sharon Meneely, they were mainly "Northern Spy" variety with a cross of "King" variety, as well one of the oldest varieties of apple trees in the park called "Wolf River".


We have a breaking new scientific discovery, it's a cure for the common sock! Science has come a long way since the plain, white sock, so get ready to clear our your sock drawer and discover a whole new walk of life. No need to use a microscope to see why these knee highs are revolutionary, they have great chemistry! AND these toddler knee high socks have non-slip silicone padding to help keep your little one on their feet.


If you have left a job on anything less than friendly terms-you were fired, laid-off, or asked to resign, you quit over a salary dispute, or you felt you had to quit because of how you were being treated by your employer-you will definitely want to consult an employment attorney. Your attorney will be able to tell you whether your rights were violated when you were laid off, or whether you have a case for unlawful termination even though technically you resigned. In order to get the most out of the initial consultation with the lawyer, it is a good idea to gather copies of the following documents into a folder to show the attorney. Be sure to make two copies-one for you to keep for yourself and one to leave at the law office should the attorney decide to take your case or wish to review them further.
The company's employee manual or handbook.
Any employment contract or agreement you may have had with the employer.
Any pre-employment screening documents, such as drug test results, background check, and letters of reference.
Payroll records, including records of paid leave accrued and used.
Records of any in-house grievance proceedings in which you were involved.
Names and addresses of co-workers who had similar employment problems, who have information about your situation, witnessed the events involved in why you are seeing the attorney, or who might be willing to testify on your behalf.
A diary or log, if you kept one, or a written chronology of events, with dates of particularly important employment problems and meetings. Be as thorough as possible. The attorney may ask you questions to further flesh out this chronology, but it will be of great value during the consultation.
Performance evaluations and results of drug tests, employment tests, training completed, or other records of your job performance.
Memoranda or correspondence, including printouts of e-mail messages, that relate to your termination or grievance.
Your financial and credit information.
Salary information from your current job and/or unemployment compensation records.
Information about your post-termination job search, including companies to which you have sent applications and where you have had interviews.


DURHAM, NC (WECT) - Hurricane Florence survivors eligible for housing from FEMA have been housed, according to a news release from the relief agency.
"We are now shifting to the next phase, which is working with occupants on implementing their permanent housing plan," the news release reads.
New Hanover County has 42 units licensed to Florence survivors, and Pender County has 228, according to a FEMA spokesperson.
Total households in 13 designated counties is around 650.
More than $1.2 billion in state and federal resources was approved for Florence recovery.