Critical attention for de Bodard came for her short fiction set in the Xuya universe. These include the Hugo- and Nebula-nominated novella On a Red Station, Drifting (Immersion Press, 2012), and the Nebula-winning short story "Immersion" (Clarkesworld 69, June 2012) — the former a science fictional take on Cao Xueqin's Dream of the Red Chamber, where intricate and treacherous family dynamics play out against the backdrop of an interstellar empire that is equally intricate and treacherous, the latter a powerful and angry meditation on colonialism and the loss of identity.
Which brings me (finally) to The House of Shattered Wings, an urban fantasy that has nothing to do with pre-Columbian Mesoamerica or far-future interstellar empires, but all the same manages to carry over many of the same themes from de Bodard's earlier work. The House of Shattered Wings is set in Paris, and as a (lapsed) French historian I have some familiarity with that city's topography and history, but this is not any Paris you or I may know. It's a post-apocalyptic city distorted by deadly magic and the presence of the Fallen. These are fallen angels: magical beings, both powerful and at risk (their potent body parts are worth a fortune on the black market), who have assembled themselves and their mortal allies into Great Houses headquartered across the city. An earlier war between the Houses has blasted Paris into ruin; an uneasy truce has been maintained since then.
It's an implicitly Christian angelology: the most powerful of the Fallen, Morningstar, the founder and former head of the House that bears his name, is soon revealed to be Lucifer himself. But it's not exclusively so: into this mixture comes Philippe (as we first know him), a Vietnamese man (or so we perceive him) brought from the French colonies to fight the Great War (as so many were taken from the colonies to fight in World War I), now scrabbling to survive on the streets of Paris. Captured and brought to House Morningstar after an encounter with a new Fallen, Philippe quickly finds himself at the centre of a mystery: House agents are turning up dead, Philippe is implicated, and the other Houses are blaming House Morningstar. But as it becomes clear, Philippe isn't exactly mortal—and the Fallen aren't the only supernatural beings at work in Paris.
So we have the murder mystery and ground-level, quotidian interaction with the divine (or at least angelic) that characterized the Acatl novels, the intrigue of On a Red Station, Drifting, and the colonialist critique of "Immersion." All to the good. The characters, beautifully and vividly drawn, and the intrigue, intricately and deviously plotted, come at some expense of setting. We see very little of Paris itself: most of the action takes place on the Île-de-la-Cité, where House Morningstar is headquartered; the Paris of The House of Shattered Wings is difficult to perceive, a blurred bokeh background in de Bodard's fast-lens camerawork. While reading this book I tried my best to place de Bodard's Paris in time: there are omnibuses but no Metro, yet de Bodard uses "nuked" to describe what happened to the city. This may be impossible to resolve; this may also be deliberate. In any event, this book seems to be the first volume of a series, so I hold out hope that I may get my wish for a clearer look at her ruined Paris in a future volume.
I received an electronic review copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley.


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The premium is the amount you pay monthly or annually for your pet insurance policy. However, this will not remain the same for the duration of coverage. Many factors come into play when your premium is determined. Those factors include: where you live, your pet's age, the co-pay and deductible you select, your pet's breed/species and the amount of medical coverage you select.
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I've been interested in World War II since listening to my uncle's tales from his experiences in the European Theater. I couldn't get enough of it, and when I finally decided on a profession, I became a history teacher.
My uncle was a sergeant in the 4th Armored in Patton's 3rd Army and fought in the font lines across Western Europe from D-Day+10 through the Battle of the Bulge, when he was sent home with a serious illness.
One of the terms I remember him saying was "draggin' wagon". At least that's what I thought I heard. You know, "draggin'"…like a tow truck. The wagon towed tanks and other heavy military vehicles during the latter part of the war.
I never questioned the name until years later, when I became a real WWII nerd, and started building armored vehicle models from the era.
So, many years later, I learned that the M26 tank transporter/tank recovery tractor was actually called the "Dragon Wagon" when I was searching for a large vehicle model to add to a diorama I was putting together.
M26 tractor prototype, front view.
"Dragon" was not a play on words for "dragging" or towing something. Had nothing to do with the vehicles purpose, but everything to do with the flames that would periodically burst forth from the trucks mighty exhaust.
The M25 was the original designation for what became known as the M26 in the latter part of the war. The trailer that was paired with the M26 was the M15 trailer. The Dragon Wagon replaced the smaller M19 truck/trailer combination built by the Diamond T company.
The new vehicle was built by the Pacific Car and Foundry Company, now known as PACCAR, Inc., which owns such famous truck brands as Kenworth and Peterbilt, as well as others. The trailers were built by Fruehauf.
As American tanks got bigger towards the end of the war, a new more powerful transporter was needed. The Dragon Wagon carried a seventeen liter 240 horsepower Hall-Scott engine with chain driven tandem axles and was capable of towing 80,000 lbs/40 tons, which was more than enough to carry the newer Sherman tanks.
Upgrades to the engine at the end of the war and in the Korean War allowed the vehicle to tow the heavier Pershing tanks that the US deployed at the very end of WWII.
The truck/trailer combination was approximately sixty-four feet long (truck 25'4"/trailer 38'5"). The truck was eleven feet high, and ten feet wide – a monster. What made it really unique was its modern design: the Dragon Wagon would look at home on today's battlefields with its sloped armor (front 19mm/sides and rear 6.4mm).
This differed greatly from previous military towing vehicles, which were not armored at all. Additionally, the M26 carried a .50 machine gun for self-defense.
The truck carried a crew of seven in a very hot, loud and uncomfortable cab. It's armor and machine gun along with the need for getting broken down tanks repaired meant that the crew had to be prepared to go right into the front line area under fire.
By all accounts, the M26 was able to sustain a moderate amount of damage and keep on truckin' – literally, and the engine was dependable in all weather conditions, but it was not an easy vehicle to drive.
The other six men were frequently not only mechanics, but guides for the driver on the very narrow roads covering most of Europe during the war years. The vehicle also served in the Pacific, notably on Okinawa.
M25 "Little Chicken". Photo: Rob Mitchell.
Production of the Dragon Wagon ceased in 1955. Two thousand one hundred Dragon Wagon's were built, in two variants, the M26, and the M26A1 (which was unarmored). Many of the vehicles went to private ownership, but they were not practical for anything but heavy vehicle towing in very limited areas (such as towing train cars).
Highway driving was out, as the truck had a top speed of only twenty-eight miles per hour. However, some of the trucks later went on to serve their country again, hauling parts of Saturn rockets for NASA during the Apollo Program.


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1957 Ferrari 335 Sport Scaglietti May Fetch $34m at Artcurial Paris
By Tony Piff on January 18, 2016 in News
Artcurial expects the ex-Bardinon 1957 Ferrari 335 Sport Scaglietti (chassis 0674) to sell for $30m–$34m when it comes to market in Paris on February 5. The car has significant U.S. racing history.
Gaston Andrey raced 0674 more than any other driver. Andrey's son Rogér has provided period photographs of his father in the car, featured in the gallery below. During the 1958 season, Andrey won the Road America 500 in this car driving for NART, and placed 2nd at Thompson Speedway, 3rd at the Watkins Glen Grand Prix and 4th at Nassau Speed Week. Read more about this car's extensive history here.
View all the consignments here. View the digital catalog here.
Written by Tony Piff
Tony has long trumpeted the virtues of collecting Japanese cars. His daily driver is a 1970 Toyota Hilux — the one with the turn signals on top of the fenders. His popular "Rising Sun" column keeps a pulse on the J-tin market.
John O'Steen says:
Seeing 0674 being auctioned brings back some special memories. It's fun seeing more about it's history than I had known plus some great photos. The ownership history isn't quite correct however. I purchased 0674 from John "Buck" Fulp in May, 1969 for $2,000. He had gotten it from Luigi Chinetti as part of the package when he purchased two 330P's to race in the USRRC series. Fulp told me he drove it around town a few times but not on a track. It had the pontoon fenders then. I sold it to Robert Dusek several months later for $4,375 to help fund the purchase of an ex Bruce Jennings EP Speedster for my start in SCCA National racing. It was the first and most significant of several cars that I sold too soon (as I'm sure most of your readers have done).

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We produced a documentary on Parental Alienation, the effects of it on all members of the family and what can be done about it.
Parental alienation (or Hostile Aggressive Parenting) is a group of behaviors that are damaging to children's mental and emotional well-being, and can interfere with a relationship of a child and either parent. These behaviors most often accompany high conflict marriages, separation or divorce. These behaviors whether verbal or non-verbal, cause a child to be mentally manipulated or bullied into believing a loving parent is the cause of all their problems, and/or the enemy, to be feared, hated, disrespected and/or avoided. Parental alienation and hostile aggressive parenting deprive children of their right to be loved by and showing love for both of their parents. The destructive actions by an alienating parent or other third person (like another family member, or even a well-meaning mental health care worker) can become abusive to the child – as the alienating behaviors are disturbing, confusing and often frightening, to the child, and can rob the child of their sense of security and safety leading to maladaptive emotional or psychiatric reactions. Most people do not know about Parental Alienation and Hostile Aggressive Parenting until they experience it. Parental Alienation Awareness is put forth to help raise awareness about the growth in the problem of targeting children and their relationship in healthy and loving parent/child bond. We need your help to protect the innocent…the children.


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The SAGE Handbook of Social Media Research Methods
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Luke Sloan
Anabel Quan-Haase
Publisher:SAGE Publications Ltd
Publication year:2016
Online pub date: December 12, 2017
Discipline: Media, Communication & Cultural Studies
Subject:Social Media, Communication Research Methods (general)
DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781473983847
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The SAGE Handbook of Social Media Research Methods offers a step-by-step guide to overcoming the challenges inherent in research projects that deal with 'big and broad data', from the formulation of research questions through to the interpretation of findings. The handbook includes chapters on specific social media platforms such as Twitter, Sina Weibo and Instagram, as well as a series of critical chapters. The holistic approach is organised into the following sections: Conceptualising & Designing Social Media Research Collection & Storage Qualitative Approaches to Social Media Data Quantitative Approaches to Social Media Data Diverse Approaches to Social Media Data Analytical Tools Social Media Platforms This handbook is the single most comprehensive resource for any scholar or graduate student embarking on a social media project.
Notes on the Editors and Contributors
Chapter 1: Introduction to the Handbook of Social Media Research Methods: Goals, Challenges and Innovations
Part I: CONCEPTUALISING & DESIGNING SOCIAL MEDIA RESEARCH
Chapter 2: What is Social Media and What Questions Can Social Media Research Help Us Answer?
Chapter 3: Big Data – Hype or Revolution?
Chapter 4: Building Interdisciplinary Social Media Research Teams: Motivations, Challenges, and Policy Frameworks
Chapter 5: Social Media Users' Views on the Ethics of Social Media Research
Chapter 6: The Role of Online Reputation Management, Trolling, and Personality Traits in the Crafting of the Virtual Self on Social Media
Chapter 7: Social Science 'Lite'? Deriving Demographic Proxies from Twitter
Part II: COLLECTION & STORAGE
Chapter 8: Think Before You Collect: Setting Up a Data Collection Approach for Social Media Studies
Chapter 9: Overview – The Social Media Data Processing Pipeline
Chapter 10: The Role of APIs in Data Sampling from Social Media
Chapter 11: Data Storage, Curation and Preservation
Chapter 12: Using Social Media in Data Collection: Designing Studies with the Qualitative E-Research Framework
Part III: QUALITATIVE APPROACHES TO SOCIAL MEDIA DATA
Chapter 13: Small Data, Thick Data: Thickening Strategies for Trace-based Social Media Research
Chapter 14: Visuality in Social Media: Researching Images, Circulations and Practices
Chapter 15: Coding of Non-Text Data
Chapter 16: Twitter as Method: Using Twitter as a Tool to Conduct Research
Chapter 17: Small Stories Research: A Narrative Paradigm for the Analysis of Social Media
Part IV: QUANTITATIVE APPROACHES TO SOCIAL MEDIA DATA
Chapter 18: Geospatial Analysis
Chapter 19: Pragmatics of Network Centrality
Chapter 20: Predictive Analytics with Social Media Data
Chapter 21: Deception Detection and Rumor Debunking for Social Media
Part V: DIVERSE APPROACHES TO SOCIAL MEDIA DATA
Chapter 22: From Site-specificity to Hyper-locality: Performances of Place in Social Media
Chapter 23: Analyzing Social Media Data and Other Data Sources: A Methodological Overview
Chapter 24: Listening to Social Rhythms: Exploring Logged Interactional Data Through Sonification
Chapter 25: Innovative Social Location-aware Services for Mobile Phones
Part VI: RESEARCH AND ANALYTICAL TOOLS
Chapter 26: COSMOS: The Collaborative On-line Social Media Observatory
Chapter 27: Social Lab: An 'Open Source Facebook'
Chapter 28: R for Social Media Analysis
Chapter 29: GATE: An Open-source NLP Toolkit for Mining Social Media
Chapter 30: A How-to for Using Netlytic to Collect and Analyze Social Media Data: A Case Study of the Use of Twitter During the 2014 Euromaidan Revolution in Ukraine
Chapter 31: Theme Detection in Social Media
Chapter 32: Sentiment Analysis
Part VII: SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS
Chapter 33: The Ontology of Tweets: Mixed-Method Approaches to the Study of Twitter
Chapter 34: Instagram
Chapter 35: Weibo
Chapter 36: Foursquare
Chapter 37: Facebook as a Research Tool in the Social and Computer Sciences
Chapter 38: Big Data and Political Science: The Case of VKontakte and the 2014 Euromaidan Revolution in Ukraine
Chapter 39: A Retrospective on State of the Art Social Media Research Methods: Ethical Decisions, Big-small Data Rivalries and the Spectre of the 6Vs
Sloan, L., & Quan-Haase, A. (2016). The SAGE Handbook of social media research methods. SAGE Publications Ltd, https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781473983847
Sloan, Luke, and Anabel Quan-Haase The SAGE Handbook of Social Media Research Methods. 55 City Road, London: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781473983847.
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Since 1925, the University of Arkansas' Rice Research and Extension Center (RREC) has conducted research on rice and rotation crops such as soybean and wheat. Each year, several hundred acres of rice, soybean and wheat are produced for seed and processed at their seed drying, cleaning and bagging facility. This new processing facility will aid the RREC in these research efforts.
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Madrid, April 12: Gianluigi Buffon's distinguished Champions League career potentially ended in ignominy on Wednesday night as he was sent off before Juventus went down to a heart-breaking aggregate defeat at Real Madrid.
Mario Mandzukic's first-half brace stunned the Santiago Bernabeu before a dreadful error from Keylor Navas saw Blaise Matuidi wipe out what remained of Madrid's commanding 3-0 first-leg advantage.
But English referee Michael Oliver penalised Medhi Benatia for a foul on Madrid forward Lucas Vazquez inside the Juve area and their 40-year-old captain flew into a rage.
Oliver sent off Buffon for his protests, meaning the goalkeeping great could only watch on as Cristiano Ronaldo slammed the decisive penalty past substitute Wojciech Szczesny.
If this is Buffon bowing out at the top level of European football – he has publicly pondered the prospect of retirement at the end of this season – it was a cruel way to go.
Instant parallels were drawn between the veteran's departure and the playing farewell of Madrid head coach Zinedine Zidane, who infamously headbutted Marco Materazzi to be red carded in the 2006 World Cup final before Buffon's Italy beat France on penalties.
Indeed, some words from Buffon in an interview with Sky Sport Italia, now make for awkward reading.
"Of course I have objectives, but there are no certainties," he said on the topic of retirement.
"Maybe I could even end my career with a headbutt like Zidane did. I could nut somebody -- who knows.
"I need to search deep within myself and work out how I feel. You can never say never, though."
To be clear, Buffon certainly did not headbutt Oliver. But, still… careful what you wish for, Gigi.
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Ex-Tottenham star backs Chelsea to win the Premier League this season.
Gareth Bale has backed Chelsea to win the Premier League title this season. After a five-year drought, it seems the general consensus in ...
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Gareth Bale has backed Chelsea to win the Premier League title this season. After a five-year drought, it seems the general consensus in the game agrees after Chelsea's summer spending.
As for Bale? Well he seems to be somewhat deluded as far as his take on the Premier League in general. Ever since he has move to La Liga, he has been caught up in all the hype that surrounds the "Galatico" mentality there and has claimed last season, It's the strongest league in the world which is total nonsense. At least here, there are four or five teams that could realistically challenge for the title each season!
However, back on point and speaking after the international games this week, Bale was asked of the Premier League this time around and who he believes will win it. He responded by saying:
'I feel Chelsea will win (the title) this year. They're very strong, so I reckon they'll win this year.'
It's one thing to talk about it, another to get out there and do it, but so far, Chelsea have made an impressive start. Three wins from three games sees us sit at the top of the table alongside Swansea who we will face at Stamford Bridge on Saturday.
Can Chelsea pick up another three points to take us clear at the top heading towards Manchester City next weekend? According to Bale and many pundits alike, Yes we can!


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Florence Pugh to star in adaptation of psychological thriller The Wonder
Production is due to begin in Ireland in August.
Florence Pugh has signed up to star in the adaptation of psychological thriller The Wonder.
The 25-year-old actress will front the upcoming project, which is based on Emma Donoghue's 2016 novel and is set to be directed by Sebastián Lelio, according to Deadline.
Set in 1859, Pugh plays English nurse Lib Wright, who travels to a tiny village in Ireland to investigate claims of a miracle – an 11-year-old girl Anna O'Donnell, who has survived for months without food. Tourists flock to see the medical marvel, and a journalist is also covering the story.
Lib is forced to uncover the perplexing truth about Anna, but when her condition worsens under her watch, the nurse is forced to rethink her beliefs.
Donoghue previously penned thriller Room, which she adapted into a Hollywood movie in 2015 starring Brie Larson, who won an Oscar for her portrayal of an imprisoned mother holed up in a basement with her young son.
Ed Guiney and Tessa Ross are serving as producers on The Wonder, and Alice Birch penned the script.
Production is set to start this August in Ireland.
Pugh will next be seen in the delayed Marvel blockbuster Black Widow, and recently finished filming Olivia Wilde's thriller Don't Worry Darling, alongside Harry Styles and Chris Pine.
The British actress will also be shooting A Good Person, directed by her boyfriend Zach Braff, towards the end of the year.


Creon is the king of Thebes, along with Antigone and Ismene's uncle. He is a tragic hero who is filled with pride, does not listen to what others have to say, and unreasonable. As a result of being crowned king after his brother's death he feels he can do anything he wishes and tell others to do what he wants.


When the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency called for volunteers to interact with St. Louis grade schoolers and teach them about geography through the GeoPlunge program, Engility employees leapt at the opportunity. GeoPlunge is designed to teach geographic literacy—where you are in the world and how you can get to other places.
As a kid, my family had the full-series of Encyclopedia Britannica Aa-Zz, and I read the entire thing. On family car trips I was the "navigator," and our Rand McNally maps were my go-to guide. I would always research where we were headed, the best travel routes, and state details like their capitals, flowers, birds, flags, statehood dates, etc. I know, quite the nerd.
Later in life as a private pilot, navigating with the use of VFR sectional charts and then land navigation as a U.S. Air Force Security Forces officer, I always enjoyed having a map in my pocket — so I guess I've always been enamored by maps. Who made these? How long did they take? Who updates them? Fascinating.
I'm continually surprised about how little individuals, ranging from young adults to my father, understand the world around them. For instance, when I was stationed in South Korea, my sister would tell her friends I was stationed in NORTH Korea — not knowing the difference. In a day and age when SIRI or WAZE provides directions, I find it a little sad that the ability to look at a map prior to departing your house to a destination is becoming an archaic custom. When I ask someone, "Where's Iowa?" I get responses as varied as, "It's near Texas, right?" or "Somewhere near Minnesota".
By working with these fourth-graders, NGA is giving us a chance to make a difference in how these kids approach the world around them. When directions are delivered to your phone, you don't get that sense of place and relative position to others. In return, the NGA and Engility are developing the geospatial intelligence specialists of the future.
I was born and raised in Warsaw, IN, and have lived all over the world the last 20 years, moving every two years. That kind of travel has made me appreciate where I, my family, my community, and my nation fit into the bigger picture. I moved to St. Louis in October of 2014, and I'm delighted to interact with others in my city and provide them with the tools that have served me so well.
We start volunteering in the classrooms on October 8. I'll be leading the effort every Monday morning during the course of the program. As a former substitute teacher, I look forward to the interaction with the youth of our nation interested in learning more about geography.
Stay tuned; I plan to share my experiences in an upcoming blog and update you on how the students have applied what they learned. In the meantime, Engility wanted in on the fun, so we sponsored the official merch. Check out the cool GeoPlunge tee shirts…who says being a nerd doesn't pay off?
Find your fit at Engility by visiting www.engility.com/careers.
I am a strategic communications and multimedia specialist with experience developing new business marketing strategies, sustaining complex change management operations, and leading public affairs campaigns within the commercial and U.S. federal government sectors. A retired U.S. Air Force Special Forces officer, I am part of Engility's St. Louis team where I work to put effective mobile apps into the hands of DoD users. My heart for STEM has led me to implement first-ever, academia-focused outreach efforts, establishing collaboration and delivery of mobile apps from a 501(c)3 non-profit organization providing free coding classes to military veterans.


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The Basque Country chairs the Vanguard network of the EU where the future trends of the industry are set
It takes the chair of the Vanguard Network, which comprises the 20 leading European Union regions in industrial policies. The Basque Country will be informed of industrial developments and thus be able to detect new market niches in advance. Representatives of the Department of Economic Development and SPRI have become key figures during the almost two years this initiative has been in place.
The Basque Country has just taken the chair of the Vanguard network, which comprises the 20 leading European Union regions in industrial policies. This is the forum where the future trends of the industry are forged, such as the fourth industrial revolution embodied in the so-called industry 4.0, in which the Basque Country is adopting an active promotion strategy.
By participating in the Vanguard Network, the Basque Country will be informed of industrial developments and thus detect new market niches and the implementation of new technologies in advance. The Basque Country is one of the twenty European regions which, from the so-called "Vanguard Initiative", are contributing knowledge and expertise to the European Commission with regard to the community objective of a European Industrial Renaissance, which is currently focusing on the field of Advanced Manufacturing.
In fact, during the first year of this initiative, representatives of the Basque Government Delegation in Brussels and of the Department of Economic Development and Competitiveness of the Basque Country, through the SPRI Group, have become key elements in assisting the EC when defining the strategic guidelines for smart specialization.
The Vanguard Initiative is a new form of collaborative work at European level which proposes new ways to mobilize and align resources on the basis of regional smart specialization principles and cluster-based interregional cooperation. The presence of the Basque Country in the initiative has occurred at a time in which the guidelines of the Basque Government coincide with the EU strategy of aligning cluster policy with regional strategy (RIS3). Thus, the aim is the productive transformation of our economy to build new competitive advantages so as to create employment and well-being in the medium and long term.
The Vanguard Initiative was launched on the occasion of the High-Level Conference "Regions as motors of new growth by smart specialization" on 8 November 2013 at the European Parliament, in the broader context of discussing European industrial Renaissance and has specially focused on the field of Advanced Manufacturing, ADMA.
The Vanguard Initiative also aims at promoting the internationalization of industrial clusters, taking advantage of the interregional network effect with those regions where there is a political will to work in a coordinated way towards the innovation of the EU, regions which are committed to the internationalization of their clusters with global potential already identified by their RIS3.
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A five-man panel of Judges of the Supreme Court has issued a judgment upholding the nullification of the primaries of the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State.
On January 7, 2019, a Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, nullified the primaries conducted by the two factions of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State. In the judgment, the court also restrained the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from presenting Tonye Cole, Magnus Abe and other candidates of the APC in the 2019 governorship election in the state.
At the hearing presided by Justice Mohammed Dattijo on Friday, the Supreme Court dismissed the suit, and upheld the judgment of the Federal High Court.


Michael Schumacher emerged from his coma yesterday. However, we have discovered that the driving ace first showed signs of life last Saturday night.
Apparently, he reached out from his hospital bed to turn the volume down on the BBC's coverage of England vs Italy.
We understand that Schumacher's family have been keeping some sort of noise going in his room, just in case he could hear.
"He's listened to stuff on Radio 4, like the Shipping Forecast, Woman's Hour and even Gardener's Question Time, for hours on end." A nurse told us.


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Interview (2nd): Mike Drummond-Editor In Chief, Inventors Digest Magazine on Got Invention Radio
Mike Drummond, Editor In Chief of Inventors Digest Magazine www.inventorsdigest.com Mike Drummond supervises content development and marketing of Inventors Digest, the nation's longest-running print and web publication for the inventing industry. Mike was a Pulitzer Prize finalist as part of a team that investigated the national residential mortgage crisis. More recently, he earned a national integrated marketing award for a web-video and print campaign with nonprofit partner the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance.
Since assuming leadership of the magazine, Mike has reshaped the editorial focus to explore the intersection of business and innovation. He says his main mission is to help inventors succeed in getting their innovations to market. To that end he has created new sections to appeal to specific audiences, including youth, intellectual property professionals, women entrepreneurs, designers, marketers, licensors, engineers, prototypers and others in the product-development food chain. Along the way he has kept the magazine entertaining and lively, and has landed a wide array of luminaries on the cover such as Jay Leno, Ben Stiller, James Dyson, Sally Ride, Joan Lunden, Dean Kamen and Cal Ripkin Jr. Mike also has been successful in forging partnerships with corporations and nonprofits.
In 2011, in partnership with the National Inventors Hall of Fame and U.S. Senators, he was the leading force to move National Inventors Month to May – an initiative that better aligns the month with the school calendar as well as the annual inventor Hall of Fame ceremony. Contact him at mike.drummond@inventorsdigest.com
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Himalayan Voices: An Introduction to Modern Nepali Literature
Parashu Pradhān (b. 1943)
Michael James Hutt
Parashu Pradhan (b. 1943) Parashu Pradhan was born in Bhojpur district and gained an M.A. in Nepali literature and politics. He began to write short stories in 1962 and has also published two novels. Pradhan's main themes are social contradictions and human relations, and he is admired for the poetic and symbolistic quality of his prose. Recently, he has begun to include foreigners, particularly Americans, in his stories, but he has been accused of trying to depict a society of which he has little knowledge. Pradhan remains a significant and original Nepali writer, however, and is perhaps somewhat underrated by his peers. Pradhan's stories are collected in six volumes: Vakrarekha (Curved Line, 1968), Pheri Akraman (Another Attack , 1968), Yauta Arko Dantyakathd (Another Folktale, 1971), Asambaddh (Disjointed, 1975), Samudramd Aslaune Surya (The Setting Sun on the Sea, 1978), and Parashu Pradhdnkd Pratimdhi Kathdharu (Representative Stories of Parashu Pradhan, 1984). THE TELEGRAM ON THE TABLE (TKBALMATHIKO TYAS AKASHVAN1) Once more he read the telegram that lay on the table. Or rather, his eyes went along its lines once again. He suddenly felt happy, although he knew that he was very tired. All day he had been out relating the entire history of the country to tourists and answering their multicolored questions. Now it seemed that some life had returned to his flagging ambitions. He smiled. A tragedy like this should have made him weep. But none of it touched him at all. It. felt as ordinary as his everyday life: getting up at dawn, hurriedly rinsing out his mouth, pulling on jacket 284 I'ARASHU PRADHAN 285 and trousers, tying a knot in his tie, then smiling at strange faces as if he knew them well. A few days before he had met a friend, one of his best friends from his village, who had also corne to the city and become trapped in some menial job. This friend knew about his tragic event and had uttered words of sympathy: "I am very sorry, Krishna. You have my heartfelt sympathy." But this sympathy had not touched him at all. It had seemed meant for someone else. To observe convention, he had smiled nonetheless and simply said, "Thank you." That telegram had been lying there for weeks. He always came home from the hotel in the middle of the night, and he was always tired like this. He would have been caught by a pair of blue eyes or immersed in Western music. His eyes always shone when he looked at the telegram. Perhaps he had needed to receive it before he could really achieve what he aimed for. Now that he had received it, perhaps he was happy. Very, very happy indeed. He had always tried to speak English since he was a child. He had dreamed in English and considered English his all. It had brought him a new wave of happiness. Now he explained the culture and customs in his own way:how the kumariwas chosen, how the kumariwas worshipped, what the horse festival was like.1 He thought of the foreigners staring straight at him and of Judiths and Jennies amazed by his words. His life was most enjoyable. Often he dreamed of New York skyscrapers and awoke from his dreams amazed by the Goddess of Liberty there. Or else he would imagine lying beside the ocean, playing a tape of Nepali folk songs. Sometimes he dreamed sentimentally; then he became practical again. For it was quite certain that one day Krishna would follow a tourist girl far across the skies. Unfamiliar voices were calling him from distant lands. "Come to us just once," they seemed to be saying. "We will be your guides. We will welcome you. We love you." But then there was that telegram, which he would rather not have received. It took him back to earlier times and forced him to think about things he would prefer not. to consider. The person it concerned had never meant much to him. He had never felt the need to pay much attention to her. He still lived in the city, just as he had ten years before, trying to make his seedling dreams grow. The telegram should have made him weep, but it didn't. He should have felt regret, but he didn't. He should have fasted for a while, but he didn't. That telegram should 1. The human is the so-called living goddess of Kathrnandu. The horse f'eslival (ghodejatra...


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from elasticsearch import Elasticsearch
from id_getter import get_ids_with_response_status
import time
import sys

if __name__ == '__main__':
    es = Elasticsearch(['http://localhost:9200'])
    print "Starting to extract responses from Elasticsearch"

    filename = sys.argv[1]

    with open(str(filename), 'w') as output_file:
        status = 200

        start_time = time.clock()

        ids_list = get_ids_with_response_status(str(status))

	total_num_docs = es.count(index="gor", body={"query": {"match_all": {}}})['count']
	filtered_num = es.count(index="gor", body={"query": {"bool": {"must": { "match": { "Resp_Status": str(status) }}}}})['count']

	output_file.write("\n")
	output_file.write("Total number of docs(auctions) in the index is: " + str(total_num_docs))
        output_file.write("\n")
	output_file.write("Number of docs(auctions) that has 200 and non octet-stream response body is: " + str(filtered_num))
	output_file.write("\n")
	output_file.write("Responses...\n")
        for doc_id in ids_list:
            #extracted_output = es.get(index="gor", id=str(doc_id), doc_type="RequestResponse", fields="Resp_Body")
            extracted_competingIds = es.get(index="gor", id=str(doc_id), doc_type="RequestResponse", fields="Resp_Competing-Placements")
	    extracted_winningId = es.get(index="gor", id=str(doc_id), doc_type="RequestResponse", fields="Resp_Winning-Placement")
	    #if 'fields' in extracted_output.keys():
	        #if type(extracted_output['fields']['Resp_Body'][0]) == unicode:
		    #write_body = repr(extracted_output['fields']['Resp_Body'][0])
		#else:
		    #write_body = str(extracted_output['fields']['Resp_Body'][0])

            if 'fields' in extracted_competingIds.keys():
		output_file.write("\n")
		output_file.write("\n")
		output_file.write("COMPETING PLACEMENTS: " + str(extracted_competingIds['fields']['Resp_Competing-Placements'][0]))
		output_file.write("\n")
		output_file.write("WINNING PLACEMENT: " + str(extracted_winningId['fields']['Resp_Winning-Placement'][0]))
		output_file.write("\n")
		output_file.write("--------------------------------------------Next Response----------------------------------------------------------")

    print "...Done"
    print "It took ---  %s seconds --- " % (time.clock() - start_time)

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Lets Rock Radio
An artist who has received Ivor Novello, Grammy and BASCAP awards along with a flotilla of gold and platinum records, really needs no introduction.
Musical success is seldom measured in time spans of more than a few years so the fact that by the time Midge's single "If I Was" went to number one in 1985 he had already crammed several musical lifetimes into a 10-year professional career speaks volumes – Slik, The Rich Kids, Thin Lizzy, Visage, Ultravox and of course the most famous one off group in musical history Band Aid had be then all had the guiding hand of his musical navigation.
Ultravox was a major influence on the new romantic and electro-pop movements of the early 80s and many an open-minded studio and bedroom experimentalist since, Their successful trademark was combining Midge's powerful guitar riffs with sweeping synthesiser motifs, enigmatic imagery and state-of-the-art visuals.
Throughout the first half of the 80s, they brilliantly combined the responsibilities of top 10 chartmakers and innovative style-makers.
Then came November 25, 1984, a historic day for Midge and all of pop music, as 36 artists by the collective name Band Aid gathered at SARM Studios in West London under Ure's production.
They recorded "Do They Know It's Christmas?" a song he had just written with Bob Geldof as the industry's heartfelt and eloquent contribution to Ethiopian famine relief. 600,000 copies sold in its first week in the UK alone was only the beginning: 800,000 more were bought in the second week, more than three million world-wide, and the unstoppable emotion engendered by the project led to Live Aid, the summer 1985 global concert that, all exaggeration aside, spoke for a generation.
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Put two skillets in the oven, empty, at 450 degrees. In a bowl, combine the asparagus and 1/2 teaspoon of olive oil. Add salt and pepper for flavor. Brush the 1 teaspoon of olive oil on both sides of the salmon and then sprinkle the salmon lightly with salt and pepper. Now take the skillets out of the oven and put the fish with the skin side down in the skillet. Put the asparagus in the other skillet. Put the skillets back in the oven to let the fish and asparagus bake for 12 minutes. You can tell it is ready when the fish flakes easily and the asparagus is crisp, yet tender. For added flavor and garnish, sprinkle the fish with lemon peel and add parsley.
This recipe has less than 300 calories per serving and will feed four.
Heat oil in a skillet over medium heat on the stove top. Add the pepper and garlic and let it cook for a minute, being sure to stir consistently. Next, add the tomatoes and cook the mixture for about two minutes, continuing to stir. Now add the asparagus, wine, and salt and cook it for three minutes without covering. Add the tips of the asparagus and cook it uncovered for about a minute. Now add the butter and stir the mixture until it is melted. While this part of the preparation is happening, boil the pasta until it is ready. Drain it and return it to the pan and mix into the asparagus mixture. Your recipe of linguini with fresh vegetables smells delicious and is ready to serve!
This recipe has less than 200 calories per serving! You will even be able to eat a salad on the side without spoiling your diet.
Make a marinade off chicken broth, lemon peel, thyme, pepper, and lemon juice. Put the chicken in a sealable bag and place the marinade into the sealed bag with the chicken. Let the mixture marinade into the chicken for one or two hours. When you have waited for one to two hours, drain the chicken, but hold onto the marinade. Next grill the chicken on the rack of an uncovered grill for 12 to 15 minutes. The chicken should no longer be pink. Be sure to brush the marinade onto the chicken while it is grilling, turning the chicken halfway through. Any leftover marinade can now be disposed of. Finally, add the lemon halves to the grill for about three minutes. Now your chicken is ready to be served with the fresh thyme if desired. Enjoy this delicious low-calorie dinner!


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Boxing is a sport that only incorporates the use of your arms but your legs are just as important to get out of harm's way. It may seem simple to only use your fists when fighting an opponent, but there are many different styles and moves that make up the sport of boxing.
You may have heard the saying "styles make fights" and that couldn't be any truer, but the top pound-for-pound fighters can adapt to almost any style. If you want to actually learn how to box, I recommend the How To Box In 10 Days Online Course.
These types of fighters embody the whole science of boxing. They use their smarts in the ring to maintain a safe distance between themselves and their opponents, and they pick their spots to attack.
They may lack punching power although that's not always the case, or they're just weary of getting hit and prefer to fight defensively.
The ability to control the pace of a fight to their advantage is their strong-point and generally, this kind of style would be favored against others. Great footwork, reflexes, timing and ring smarts are attributes of a pure boxer/counterpuncher.
Examples of Great Pure Boxers / Counterpunchers are: Floyd Mayweather, Pernell Whitaker and Ivan Calderon.
Floyd Mayweather ducks De La Hoya's right hand.
A boxer puncher is similar to a pure boxer in the sense that they have the ability to box, but they also have good punching power which they will utilize. They can break opponents down slowly or can even knock out their opponents with a single well placed shot.
They're well rounded fighters with a good technique but can rely on their punching power too much sometimes, which can put them in danger of losing a fight.
Examples of Great Boxer Punchers are: Miguel Cotto, Nonito Donaire and Juan Manual Marquez.
Perhaps one of the most exciting styles to watch is that of a brawler/slugger. They can generally lack one or more of the following: Great footwork, defensive abilities, ring smarts and speed.
However, they make up for it by using pure aggression and relentless pressure to break down their opponent. Often, their defensive flaws and aggression leaves them open for counterpunches, so the ability to take a good deal of punishment is essential.
There are two stances which a fighter can adopt. The common Orthodox stance which your left foot is your lead or the Southpaw stance which is the opposite, where your right foot is in front. Southpaws are usually left handed although this isn't always true, it just depends on what stance the fighter feels natural with.
How a fighter decides to stand or keep their hands depends heavily on their style. Pure boxers/counterpunchers sometimes would keep their hands low to lure their opponents to throw a punch and miss, then they would quickly strike the opening. Brawlers tend to keep their hands up to cover their face because they usually don't have the reflexes to avoid punches with their feet or body movement.
1) Jab – The most important punch in boxing is the jab. It's a punch that is throw with the lead hand from a stance positive. It's the weakest punch but the most effective as it allows you to set up power punches and also to keep your opponent at bay. Some fighters have very strong jabs which stuns their opponents while others have a pawing jab, which does nothing more than gauging distance.
2) Cross – A cross is a straight punch thrown from the back hand from a stance position. Of all the power punches, this is the most effective from a distance because it travels in a straight line which means that it'll hit the target quicker. The 'one two' is a classic combination of a jab followed by a cross.
3) Hook – The hook is a semi-circular punch that is aimed to land at your opponents side. It's a punch that can generate a lot of power and increases the chance of a knock down or knock out because sometimes your opponent cannot see the punch coming (often referred to as their blindside).
4) Uppercut – An uppercut punch rises from the bottom and is usually used when your opponent puts their head too low or in front of their lead foot. It's also a risky punch because if you miss, you'll be off balance and leave yourself open to counter punches.
5) Overhand – The overhand is a punch thrown with your back hand and travels over your head in a looping fashion. It's a wide and dangerous punch that requires good timing to land because it's easier to see this punch coming from a distance.
"To hit and not get hit" is the name of the game.
Footwork – An outside fighter relies of their footwork to avoid punches. They need quick feet to bounce in to attack and then bounce out to defend. It's an effective and safe way of defending but requires a lot of energy.
Slipping – To slip a punch you need to have good reflexes. It involves you turning your hips and shoulders slightly to avoid a punch coming towards you.
Bobbing and Weaving – Moving your head sideways and bending your knees to evade incoming punches and then popping back up in a position to punch is referred to as the bob and weave technique.
Blocking and Parrying – To effectively block punches, you need take punches on your shoulders, arms. Keeping your hands up to slap punches away is called parrying, which requires good reflexes.
Clinching / Holding – This form of defensive is not pretty to watch, but at times is necessary, especially when you're hurt or dazed. Clinching involves getting in close to your opponent and then tie up their arms so that they can't throw any punches.
It's a temporary defence as the referee would break up a clinch to resume fighting, but gives you precious time to recover. However, some fighters may not be hurt but would clinch as part of their strategy or style.


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