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My life in art
Basquiat may have had no formal training, but his visceral work communicates with absolute clarity and urgency his own experience of life, writes Will Gompertz
Will Gompertz
Thu 12 Feb 2009 06.33 EST First published on Thu 12 Feb 2009 06.33 EST
Jean-Michel Basquiat's Notary from 1983. Photograph: Tony Shafrazi Gallery
I've just taken delivery of an extraordinary work of art. It's a contemporary homage to John Everett Millais's famous Ophelia. I think mine is way better than Millais's original, which, although technically brilliant, is a tad formal for my taste. Which isn't that surprising. Millais was a senior member of the art establishment – a serious and important man. The artist who painted my version has never had a job, and has absolutely no truck with all that establishment glad-handing. He's far more interested in chocolate ice cream and bedtime stories.
My Ophelia was painted by my seven-year-old son. By any adult standards it is rubbish. To me, it is a work of brilliance. What I see in the painting is my son: the intensity of some of the brushstrokes, the literalness of the interpretation, and the occasional flamboyant touch. Nobody else in the world could have made this painting. It came from him. His art teacher despairs, but then again his art teacher is trying to teach him to paint and not to communicate.
Art is a language, albeit visual. It is all very well learning to draw like Leonardo or paint like Raphael, but if you can't communicate anything more than technical ability, then your work is dead. Art has to have something to say. And, for me, the greatest visual orator of them all was a young New Yorker called Jean-Michel Basquiat. An artist who, while still only in his early 20s, produced a painting called Notary (1983), which to my eyes is one of the finest pictures made in the late 20th century.
Basquiat was born in 1960 in Brooklyn, New York. Part Haitian, part Puerto Rican, he fitted effortlessly into 1970s multicultural New York. Although he was a bright child who showed early artistic promise, he chose to leave school before graduating. Not because he found the work particularly difficult, but the call of the city was just too alluring. Basquiat's early artistic efforts were as a graffiti poet. He signed his semi-surreal musings, which were dotted throughout downtown Manhattan, SAMO – an abbreviation of Same Old, or Same Old Shit. By the late 70s Basquiat had achieved some kind of cult status amongst the East Village hipsters.
Basquiat was indeed cool. He didn't try to be: he just was. He had interests ranging from hip-hop, jazz, baseball and boxing through to French poetry, the drawings of Leonardo da Vinci and highbrow modernist art. It was the appreciation of the latter, and most likely his encounter with the art of American abstract expressionist painter Cy Twombly that gave Basquiat the confidence to go from graffiti to fine art.
By the early 80s Basquiat was gaining a significant reputation for his paintings. Not only were they highly individualistic – a mixture of words, crudely drawn cartoonish figures and daubs of coloured paint – they were paintings. That was pretty radical. At the time art had disappeared down an intellectual cul-de-sac, where abstract, minimalist sculptures, devoid of any discernable humanity, were very much the order of the day. Basquiat's art wasn't so much a new chapter; it was a whole new book.
And there's no better example of this than his stupendously elaborate Notary. His canvas isn't stretched across a frame, but stuck to three huge wood panels that might well have been sourced from a local skip. It is Basquiat's idea of a triptych: three interrelating stories spread across 13 demented, colourful feet. The effect is part cave painting, part graffiti, part improv jazz. It is a masterpiece. Basquiat didn't have any formal training, but he knew what he was doing. In Notary you can detect the influence of such modern masters as Miro, de Kooning and Rauchenberg. But far, far more importantly, you can see Basquiat.
Notary is totally raw. He makes no attempt to paint "properly", knowing that if he did, the demonstration of technique – something learned and therefore copied - would create a barrier to the pure communication of his thoughts and feelings. And yet there is so much to admire from a technical point of view. The way Basquiat controls colour demonstrates a virtuosity that stands comparison with the best. His use of African motifs relates not only to his own genealogy, but also to the works of Matisse and Picasso. And the text he throws onto the canvas, words like "salt" and "dehydrate", done in rough block capitals, seem knowingly cryptic.
In 1996 the artist Julian Schnabel made a movie biopic about Basquiat. It's a brilliant film, telling the story of how the artist achieved great fame in his early 20s, becoming friends with everybody from Madonna to Andy Warhol. It shows, too, the downside of living at the heart of the mid-80s Manhattan counter-culture, where heroin was often the plat du jour – and how, at the age of only 27, Basquiat was dead from a heroin overdose.
It was Schnabel's movie that gave me my first proper introduction to Basquiat. I had heard of him, but I was too ready to listen to friends and colleagues who dismissed him as "not a proper artist". By which they meant he wasn't following in the modernist tradition of the almost complete removal of the artist's personality from the artwork in the manner of say, Donald Judd or Richard Serra. But Basquiat understood the context in which he was operating. His was on a mission to breath life back into art: to save it from itself. Like the impressionists of the late 19th century, he wanted to paint expressively to counter the sterility and formal rigour of the existing art establishment.
The impressionists made real life their central subject. Basquiat made his life the central subject. My seven-year old son made his subject copying a classic painting. All shared the same ambition: the desire not to show off how skilful they might be, but to take their chance to communicate what it felt like to be them at that moment. The result – naive, loose, informal pictures – have something vital to say.
Jean-Michel Basquiat: the street-art inspiration for Massive Attack
Before he died in 1988, Basquiat made the great leap from graffiti to major galleries. Robert '3D' Del Naja of Massive Attack recalls how the raw beauty of the artist's work inspired his own paintings
Street art: Scribbles behind the wardrobe
Madonna, Basquiat and the New York 80s scene – in pictures
Art and money: the visual rap of an urban wild child
Forever young and miserable


Environmental group Rags Over the Arkansas River alleges that approval of the art project violates federal law.
These artists used recycled pine, driftwood and waste timber to create their pieces.
Some of NYC's oldest trees will get the appreciation they deserve with some creative lighting, poetry and more.
The controversial installation will cover sections of the Arkansas River with miles of silver fabric.
This talented illustrator uses recycled materials to draw attention to what is thrown away.
Photographed under a microscope, your favorite beverages become artistic, entrancing patterns of color and shape.
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Catch up on the environmental headlines from the week of Oct. 2-8, 2011.
One man's trash is another man's art. Take a look at six artists who have taken discarded items and turned them into upscale, high-dollar artwork.
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Catch up on the environmental headlines from the week of Aug. 14-20, 2011.
Here are 15 talented eco-artists who are redefining art's relationship with Mother Nature.
A young New Yorker buys, via Craigslist, an uninhabited 91-acre island in Lake Superior with plans to create a small, sustainable artist residency while keeping the rest of the land untouched.


An analysis of the reoccurring theme of fate in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
This paper examines Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare, which is set in Verona Italy, where two feuding families, the Montagues and the Capulets, produce a pair of star-crossed lovers. It looks at how within the play there are five events that drastically change the course of Romeo and Juliet's love: Romeo and Juliet's meeting; their marriage; the death of Tybalt and Romeo's banishment; Friar John being detained with the letter allowing Balthasar to inform Romeo of Juliet's death; and Romeo killing himself before Juliet awakens. It attempts to show how these events could be classified as the direct results of a character's action, an act of fate, or a combination of both.


Sorakaya Pulusu is a wonderful South Indian recipe,popular in Andhra Pradesh. The main ingredient is Bottlegourd cooked in sweet, spicy and tangy (tamarind) sauce. I learnt this recipe from my mom who used to make quiet regularly for our lunchboxes. And this takes me back to India, home and mom again, Love you Mom.
This Curry has great combination of flavours of sweet,spicy and tangy.Sorakaya Pulusu goes well with Mudda Pappu, Rice and papads.
Peel the Bottle gourd and chop into small pieces.
Boil Sorakaya pieces along with onions,chillies,water in a pressure cooker for about 2-3 whistles.
Once the pressure cooker comes to off, cook on low flame and mash the pieces with a masher or with a round laddle.
Now add salt, turmeric powder,chilli powder, tamarind juice , jaggery and cook uncovered till the mixture comes together.
In another cooking vessel Heat oil add garlic.
Add curry leaves,red chillies and hing and cook for another 2 seconds.
Now add the above cooked Sorakaya mixture and mix well and cook for 2 mintues on medium flame.
Take cooked Toor dal in a vessel add salt.
we call it sorakaya bajji...mudda pappu neyyi...yum yumm!
looks so yummy..my fav one..
love to follow your blog..
Sorakaya pulusu chala bagundi sravs.. Yummy !!
This is a wonderful bottle gourd preparation and as I am hosting this month's veggie/ fruit a month- bottle gourd event, I will be delighted if you can send this across to me. Thanks.
Yum yum, super tempting curry,love to have with a bowl of rice.
Hi dear, the curry looks tasty.Good way to eat the gourd.
Yum yum,mouthwatering here, wat a super tempting curry..
delicious pulusu, never tried this..
What a lovely tangy dish.
Thats a really delicious curry..Love the recipe and clicks..
this bottle gourd recipe looks fantastic, will try this sometime..looks inviting !!
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02 Apr 2019 | Network update from European University Association (EUA)
Academic freedom in Turkey: EUA calls for exoneration of academics facing prison
EUA is gravely concerned by recent reports that a court of appeals in Turkey has upheld prison sentences for academics who signed the 2016 Academics for Peace petition "We Will not be a Party to this Crime", which addressed the situation in south eastern Turkey.
In late February, Professor Füsun Üstel of the University of Galatasaray in Istanbul was the first to lose her appeal of a 15-month prison sentence. This could set a precedent for dozens of other academics who filed similar appeals.Many of the signatories who were charged received suspended sentences for five years during which they must refrain from committing further "crimes".
EUA has followed these developments within its broader monitoring of the situation of universities and their members in Turkey. On several occasions, the Association has spoken out against measures the Turkish government took after the attempted coup in July 2016. That occasion notably sparked the forced resignation, suspension and arrest of thousands of public servants, including academics and higher education administrators.
EUA has condemned this strong pressure exerted on university autonomy and academic freedom in Turkey. More recently, the re-election of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in June 2018 was followed only weeks later by a new wave of dismissals of state employees, including university personnel.
EUA expresses its steadfast support for the Turkish higher education community and calls for the immediate exoneration of the sentenced academics, like Professor Üstel, and the suspension of any ongoing trials. Irrespective of the content of the 2016 Academics for Peace petition, EUA maintains that freedom of expression is a core value, also for universities, and calls on the Turkish government to respect and protect this fundamental principle. The Association will continue to monitor the evolution of the situation and its impact on the university sector.
This release was first published 28 March by the European University Association.
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Q: smooth transition at animation end -css I have an animation that goes from right to left. the animation suddenly rewinds every time it ends. I want this transition to be soft.
Here is demo: https://codesandbox.io/s/exciting-hill-jz7n75?file=/src/style.css
here is html:
import "./style.css";
import GroupNft1 from "./assets/11.png";
import GroupNft2 from "./assets/22.png";
import GroupNft3 from "./assets/33.png";

export default function App() {
  const LeftToRight = () => {
    return (

    );
  };
  return (

        <LeftToRight />

  );
}

and here is css:
.left-animation {
  position: relative;
  display: flex;
  gap: 12px;
  animation-name: leftToRightMove;
  animation-iteration-count: infinite;
  animation-direction: alternate;
  -webkit-animation: leftToRightMove 3s linear infinite; /* Chrome, Safari, Opera */
  animation: leftToRightMove 3s linear infinite;
  animation-iteration-count: infinite;
  animation-timing-function: linear;
  transition: 3s ease-in-out;
}

.left-animation img {
  display: inline-block;
}

@keyframes leftToRightMove {
  from {
    transform: translateX(-100%);
  }
  to {
    transform: translateX(10%);
  }
}

@keyframes rightToLeftMove {
  from {
    transform: translateX(10%);
  }
  to {
    transform: translateX(-100%);
  }
}

After 3 seconds, when the animation ends, my problem starts at the point where the head turns.
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Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs were a frat rock band led by Domingo "Sam" Samudio that became famous during the mid 1960s for their lovably goofy songs. As a live act, they were known for their comical onstage routines and ancient Egyptian-themed costumes, and they often hauled their gear around in a 1952 Packard hearse while touring.
The band's origins date to 1963 when Samudio joined a Louisiana-based group known as Andy & The Nightriders led by Andy Anderson. After Anderson left later that year, Samudio became the lead singer and renamed the band Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs. At that time, The Pharaohs consisted of David A. Martin (ca. 1937 - August 2, 1987), Jerry Patterson, and Ray Stinnett, with Butch Gibson joining shortly thereafter. In late 1965, all The Pharaohs members left the band over disagreements and were replaced by Billy Bennett, Frankie Carabetta, Tony "Butch" Gerace, and Andy Kuha. At the height of their fame, Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs toured the world and opened for such top acts as The Beach Boys, James Brown, Sonny & Cher, and Peter & Gordon.
Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs debuted on the Pop/Rock charts in early 1965 with the raucous party rocker, "Wooly Bully," which shot up to #2 on the Billboard 100 and went on to sell over 3 million copies. This smash was followed later that year by two Top 40 hits, "Ju Ju Hand" and "Ring Dang Doo," and "Red Hot" in early 1966. The band had another smash hit in 1966 with "Lil' Red Riding Hood" which went gold shortly thereafter. Two more Top 40 hits followed later that year, "The Hair On My Chinny Chin Chin" and "How Do You Catch A Girl." Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs' string of mostly novelty hits, which continued through 1968, also included "Oh That's Good, No That's Bad" (1967), "Black Sheep" (1967), and their cover of The Coasters' "Yakety Yak" (1967).
Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs also had a live Revue that featured an all-female trio, Fran Curcio, Lorraine Gennaro, and Jane Anderson. Known as The Shamettes, they served as backup singers and also acted as the band's sidekicks. After "Lil' Red Riding Hood" became a hit, they were called upon to record an answer song, "(Hey There) Big Bad Wolf."
Samudio went on to record solo in 1970 and released an album the following year titled "Sam, Hard And Heavy," which featured The Dixie Flyers and famed guitarist Duane Allman and won a Grammy Award for Best Album Notes. He recorded several other albums over the years and, during the early 1980s, collaborated with Freddy Fender and Ry Cooder on the soundtrack to the 1982 movie, "The Border."
Domingo Samudio discusses how he got the stage name Sam The Sham, the band's transition from R&B to novelty, the true meaning of "Wooly Bully," and other topics in an interview with Gary James on classicbands.com.


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Over the next six months we'll be looking at some of the most fascinating recordings to be found down in the Czech Radio basement. Czech - and previously Czechoslovak - Radio has been archiving its material since way back in the 1920s, and has built up one of the richest radio archives in the world, surviving war, invasion and even a German aerial torpedo in May 1945. We start the series with our very earliest recording, the first Czechoslovak President, Tomas Garrigue Masaryk, talking 79 years ago, on 28th October 1928. President Masaryk was born
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A large black 12-cylinder Tatra T 80 from early 1930s that was once the personal car of first Czechoslovak president Tomas Garrigue Masaryk was hidden under a pile of tyres during the Second World War. It was later featured in the collections of the National Technical Museum in Prague, and has just gone on display at the Chrome Jewels exhibition in Vienna.
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Surrounded by railway sidings and industrial estates, it's easy to get the impression that Kolin is simply a town travellers pass through on the way from the Czech capital to the nearby tourist-friendly Kutna Hora. Nevertheless, anyone who gets off the train in Kolin and takes the trouble to walk the short distance past the factories and business parks to the city centre will find that it is a place worth visiting.
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During the enforced nationalisation of the hard-line 1950s, one class who came in for particular persecution were the 'kulaks' or wealthier, propertied farmers. As part of their efforts to destroy them, the Communists are believed to have displaced over 4,000 such farming families. Now - a full 50 or more years later - there are moves to bring to justice some of those responsible for what has even been described as genocide.
New Radio Prague feature unearths Czech Radio gems
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Starting next Thursday, our colleague David Vaughan will be introducing new series entitled From the Archives. As the name suggest he'll be dusting off some of the many unique recordings to be found in the archives of the Czech Radio. I asked David what drew him to explore the archives in the first place.
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This Spaceteam review was made after playing the game eight times.
Spaceteam is a real-time cooperative card game in which you and your teammates must work together to fix your spaceship. The game was designed by Tim Hutchings, Mathew Sisson and it's published by Timber & Bolt.
Spaceteam is all about matching icons, images, and names while also listening for instructions from your teammates. If you know that about the game, you can be up and running in a few minutes.
There are two decks of cards in this game: the Tool deck and the Malfunction deck. The Tool deck has 24 cards that players will be using to resolve the malfunctions and anomalies found in the Malfunction deck. The Malfunction deck includes cards that show you what needs to be repaired, anomalies that need to be resolved, and six Systems Go cards that let you know how close you are to winning.
To set up the game, the Tool cards will be evenly dealt out to all players. You'll make the Malfunction deck based on the number of players and the difficulty level you want to play, mixing in a certain amount of Malfunction cards and Anomaly cards and then shuffling in the Systems Go cards. You'll then deal out an equal amount of Malfunction cards to each player. Once you're ready to play, the timer starts, then everyone flips their Malfunction decks and starts to resolve their cards one at a time.
Each Malfunction card will tell you what you will need to fix it. You'll need those Tool cards, but you might not have them in your hand. You'll need to scream out to your teammates the names of the cards you need to completely fix those malfunctions. If you do need someone else's tool, it will need to be passed around the table until someone sitting next to you can give it to you (no passing across the table!). Once you resolve a malfunction, you'll pick up the tools that were used and move on to the next card.
Anomaly cards will have you or your group perform an action. These actions include switching seats, switching hands, and moving cards from one deck to another, among other things. Once you do what your Anomaly card says, you move on to the next card in the deck.
When you come upon a Systems Go in your deck, you place it in the middle of the table and read aloud the caption on the card. The six Systems Go cards each show you a part of the ship that has been fixed, so when you get all six down onto the table, you win!
One thing that makes Spaceteam a bit different than other match-the-icon type games is that you reuse your cards. This is actually really cool because you have to listen to your teammates so you can quickly pass the tools you used to resolve a malfunction so they can resolve theirs.
Many groups will love the Anomaly cards since they add a bit more chaos and hilarity to the game. This was also a creative way to make the game more challenging.
The plastic cards, though a bit slippery, are nice. The artwork looks great on them and they're extremely easy to shuffle.
You're not going to find too many other games that are this easy to learn and teach.
Spaceteam isn't too tough to beat at any difficulty level; well, it hasn't been for my groups. Once you get used to the cards, you can clear out those malfunctions pretty quickly. We even had one game at the highest difficulty level where three of the Systems Go cards were at the bottom of the decks and we still won. It's especially easy at lower player counts since you won't have to pass your cards too far.
There isn't a ton of replay value here. I see this as a card game a lot of people will play five or six times and then put it on the shelf for a while.
I'm not a fan of sand timers in games like this. Unless someone is watching the timer, it's easy to miss when time's up. You'll definitely want to use a timer on your phone or one of the official timers from the publisher.
I wouldn't play Spaceteam over other small real-time cooperative games like 5-Minute Dungeon and FUSE, but some people I've played it with have absolutely loved it. They've liked that it's quick, silly, and requires a lot of communication to beat. I've enjoyed those things about it, too, but it just seemed to be a bit too easy after a couple of games.
Even though I'm not a huge fan of it, I think Spaceteam would be great for some groups. It could work very well as a game for older kids or for families, or even as a team building exercise for businesses. Plus, some gaming groups, especially those with five or six players, might find it to be a solid five-minute filler that they can pull out from time to time.
I recommend checking out the free app (links below) to see if it's a game for your group before you buy the physical copy.
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Q: Implementing NSFetchedResultsSectionInfo I have fairly large amount of data which I would like to partition into the custom sections,  for sections based on some keypath and some other sections on some other conditions. So I came up with idea to subclass NSFetchedResultsController. This subclass of NSFetchedResultsController should provide the flexibility of returning the sections in its method -(NSArray*)sections which returns an array of id<NSFetchedResultsSectionInfo>. If I could implement by own class that conforms to the protocol and then pass the custom array of the objects in sections method of fetchedResultsController, I think I could accomplish my task.
Is there a way to implement NSFetchedResultsSectionInfo in your own class and then return the custom array of such object in the fetchedResultsController subclass? Or is there some library to accomplish this?
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Let me describe what I am trying to achieve. I have Contacts model as NSManagedObject subclass. This entity has a attribute called state which can be unknown, known and unidentified. Now, I want these contacts to be sectioned in such a way that all the unknown contact appear in a single section, also the unidentified contacts should be in another different section. Now, all other known contacts should be in the different sections according to the name of contact. How can this be done ?
My table view should be populated as;
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A: NSFetchedResultsController already implements this.
NSArray* sectionsArray = self.fetchedResultsController.sections;

To implement the special sections follow the principles in the Apple sample code DateSectionTitles. The pattern is as follows:

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*Create a new transient attribute sectionIdentifier. Like in the sample code, also include the primitiveSectionIdentifier attribute in your managed object subclass. This is the attribute that you use for sectionNameKeyPath in your FRC.

*Devise a scheme that sorts correctly. Put all the sorting and computing logic into the class implementation file's custom getter for sectionIdentifier. For example you could simply use two characters that sort before the capital letter "A" which presumably would be the first of your regular section headers. You could also make it into a number, say 1 and 2 for your first two sections, and 3+ for the first letters in the alphabet.

*Decode your scheme in titleForHeaderInSection to display the desired content.
I recently did this for a client who had a non-standard coding scheme for a large list of contacts indicating some marketing segmentation. The data for the section identifier was also pulled from several different attributes.


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Nils-Åke Sandell (5 February 1927 – 29 May 1992) was a Swedish football player and manager.

Club career
Sandell started his playing career in his birth city Lund at local club Lunds BK. After a brief period at IFK Malmö he returned to Lund before moving to Malmö FF in the 1952 season. After spending 4 years in Malmö Sandell had quite a reputation for being a goalscorer and tried his luck in Italy and SPAL 1907. After his period in Italy Sandell returned to Malmö FF and played one last season there in 1958.

International career
He played a crucial role in Sweden's triumph at the 1952–55 Nordic Football Championship, being the top goal scorer of the tournament with 10 goals in 8 caps, and he was also part of Sweden's squad for the football tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics, but he did not play in any matches.

Managerial career
After returning from Italy and playing for a couple of games during the 1958 season Sandell were asked to become manager of the club. He managed the club from 1959 to 1963 winning no titles. Sandells manager career continued throughout regional clubs in Skåne and finished his career at IFK Malmö, nearly managing to promote them to Allsvenskan in 1980.

Honours
Sweden

 Summer Olympics bronze medal: 1952
 Nordic Football Championship: 1952–1955

Individual

 Nordic Football Championship top scorer: 1952–1955

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Toto Set To Cover Weezer's 'Hash Pipe'
Toto has announced plans to cover "Hash Pipe," one of the best known songs by the band Weezer.
It comes just days after Stryker and Klein, Djs at the Los Angeles radio station KROQ, speculated on an afternoon show the idea of Toto covering a Weezer song.
Toto guitarist Steve Lukather responded to their request on Twitter. ""Hey @KROQ and @TedStryker, we heard you talking about us on the radio. Let's talk… soon. (DM us)"
No formal release date for the cover of the single has been announced, but it is expected to come out in the next few weeks.
Lukather said that after listening to different songs by Weezer, he and Toto lead singer Joseph Williams finally settled on "Hash Pipe."
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As Darren Aronofsky's ambitious retelling of the biblical tale of Noah opens in America this weekend, Russell Crowe continues his world tour, premiering the film in cities on every continent. This Saturday alone he'll attend three premieres: in Dublin, Edinburgh and Cardiff. Meanwhile, Emma Watson was photographed this week greeting fans as in New York she attended David Letterman's chat show to talk about the movie. The film hits UK and Irish cinemas next week. Watch a smartly dressed Emma Watson greeting over-eager fans outside 'Letterman' studios.
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Q: Override robot framework keyword Is it possible to override a "native" keyword in robot framework? To extend it with my own functionality.
Library    BuiltIn

*** Keywords ***
My Keyword
    Sleep   5 seconds

Sleep
    [Arguments]    ${TIME}
    Sleep   ${TIME}
    Log     Sleeping...

Here I would like a log output together with my sleep but I'm getting this error:

>> Maximum limit of started keywords exceeded.

A: The problem is that your sleep is calling your sleep in a recursive loop.
I'm not sure why you're doing that. I'm guessing you want the inner sleep to be the built-in version of the keyword. If that is the case, you need to explicitly tell robot you want to use the built-in version:
*** Keywords ***
Sleep
    [Arguments]  ${time}
    BuiltIn.Sleep  ${time}
    log  Sleeping...


Food allergies are caused by a reaction of the body's immune system to food proteins. There are several types of allergic reactions, depending on the immune players involved (i.e. IgE and/or cell-mediated: e.g. T-cells, mast cells, IgG, etc), and they give rise to different clinical manifestations.
The IgE-mediated reactions are the commonly described food allergies. However, other less well understood and often more delayed reactions also exist. These are often collectively referred to as non-IgE- or cell-mediated allergies.
Genetic and acquired immune disorders, increased passage of proteins through the gut wall (increased intestinal permeability, "leaky gut"), the airways or skin predispose to the development of allergies. The immune, nervous and endocrine (hormonal) systems interact extensively in the intestinal wall and throughout the body, explaining the multidirectional integration of immune, pain and psychological reactions. The organisms resident in and on our bodies (microbiome: bacteria, fungi, viruses, protozoa, archaea) are increasingly shown to communicate with our own organ systems and control mechanisms. All these factors play a role in the development and maintenance of allergies and also determine the balance between food tolerance and allergy.
The exact sequences of food protein structures responsible for allergies are increasingly recognized, allowing prediction of allergic reactions and cross-reactions, for example between food and pollen.
Exercise, stress, alcohol, antibiotic use and certain painkillers can induce allergic reactions in at-risk individuals. Reduced vitamin D, zinc and other micronutrients also appear to favor the development of allergies. Changes in lifestyle, hygiene, habitat and nutrition over the last decades are increasingly likely to have substantially contributed to the currently experienced increase in allergies.
Geographic differences: the most frequent allergies differ according to eating habits and lifestyle.
Self-reported food allergies are six times more common than those confirmed by testing. Most food allergies present in early childhood, but adults can develop new food allergies, especially allergies to fruit and vegetables. The natural history varies with the individual food allergy, however many allergies eventually fade away in later childhood, e.g. by school age. The food allergies most likely to resolve include soy, wheat, egg and cow's milk, although the last two are recently becoming more persistent into adulthood. Food allergies that typically persist include fish, peanut, shellfish and tree nuts. Overall, the frequency of food and other allergies is increasing.
Allergies to almost any food component have been reported.
The following constitute 90% of the most common so-called IgE-mediated allergies in the developed Western world: Milk, peanut, egg, soy, wheat, tree nut (including, but not limited to: walnut, almond, hazelnut, cashew, pistachio, and Brazil nuts), fish, seafood (crustaceans and shellfish), vegetables (e.g. carrot, celery, tomato, bean, mustard), and meat (e.g. beef, pork).
Besides specific allergies to one type of food, cross-allergies, i.e. allergies to either different classes of food or affecting different organs (e.g. skin, intestines or airways), are common. Important cross-allergies are latex-fruit allergy and pollen-associated allergies (e.g. oral allergy syndrome or pollen food syndrome).
Allergic reactions involving the alimentary tract can result in a wide range of symptoms, stretching from harmless tingling in the mouth to life-threatening shock reactions, and from lasting a few hours to many days.
At least 30% of sufferers will have symptoms resembling functional gastrointestinal disorders, such as irritable bowel syndrome, functional diarrhea or functional dyspepsia, with nausea, vomiting, bloating, abdominal cramps and pain, diarrhea, swallowing problems or reflux. Tingling, swelling, itching of the mouth, lips, tongue and throat are frequent allergic signs relating to the oral allergy syndrome (see Latex fruit and allergy cross-reactions), which is the commonest food allergy in teenagers and adults. Other possible manifestations of food allergies are skin reactions, such as itching (urticaria), rash, hives, edema or swelling, and respiratory problems, such as runny nose, sneezing, sinusitis, difficulty in breathing, cough and asthma or bronchitis. Nervous system reactions, such as tiredness, chronic fatigue, loss of ability to concentrate, migraine headaches and psychiatric disturbances, and musculoskeletal symptoms, including joint and muscle pain, are increasingly recognized. At the extreme end of the spectrum life-threatening anaphylactic shock can ensue. These reactions are most common in adolescents with co-existing asthma and with peanut allergies.
In infants, food protein-induced inflammation of the colon (proctitis, colitis or enteropathy) can be a serious disease, related predominantly to cow's milk and soy allergy. Characteristic symptoms and signs are protracted diarrhea, vomiting, bloody stools, pain, and malabsorption.
A careful history and observation of food-related reactions are most important.
What is the time lag between eating and development of symptoms?
What types of symptoms ensue?
What amount of food is required to cause reaction?
Does the reaction occur with every ingestion of the food?
Does the reaction only occur under certain circumstances, e.g. exercise or stress?
When did the last reaction occur?
Are there other known allergies, e.g. hay fever, asthma, eczema?
Do other family members have asthma?
The following tests can be helpful in determining sensitization (reaction of immune system), but are inaccurate in the diagnosis of food allergies.
A negative test excludes an allergy with a certainty of approximately 90% (sensitivity). However, a positive test confirms a specific allergy only in 50% of cases. The quality and standardization of tests differs widely and these tests only apply to IgE mediated allergies. The use of these tests together with a careful medical history can lead to accurate diagnosis in approximately 70% of patients. Strong reactions to skin testing may occur in highly sensitive individuals.
Serum-specific IgE blood levels can be measured, for example using the radio-allergo-sorbent-test (CAP RAST). However, IgE produced in the intestines in response to ingested food may not lead to raised blood IgE levels. Similar to the skin tests, a negative test excludes an allergy with a certainty of approximately 90% (sensitivity), but a positive test is more difficult to interpret. However, newer tests may allow a better predictability of positive results in egg, fish, milk protein, peanut and tree nut allergies. Threshold values are being defined for clinical use. IgE-independent measures, such as ECP and EPX in the blood or stool can be helpful in supporting a suspected diagnosis of food allergy.
These newer tests measure the expression of particular activation markers on specific cells involved in IgE-mediated allergies (basophils). They have been validated in various food allergies and complement the above conventional tests. The exciting promise of these tests, however, is that they can discriminate between sensitization (a laboratory phenomenon demonstrated by IgE and skin tests) and clinical allergy. Further testing is required to confirm the place of BAT tests in clinical practice.
A useful but cumbersome form of testing is the double-blind, placebo-controlled food challenge by a specialist. Increasing doses of the suspected food or a placebo are given at intervals and the patient is observed for signs of food allergy. As these challenges carry a small risk of severe reactions (anaphylaxis), they should be performed under adequate medical supervision. Food challenge testing does not reliably distinguish between intolerances and allergies and tests are not well standardized. Open food provocation tests carry similar risks, but are less conclusive.
Sequential elimination of specific food groups from the diet may allow identification of the offending food. Standardized elimination diets are available, with stepwise introduction of new foods every 2-3 days and documentation of food reactions and symptoms using a food diary. Such diets are best performed under the guidance of an experienced dietician.
New endoscopic allergy testing is being pioneered, but is not validated enough for clinical use. If the above tests do not lead to a clear diagnosis, exclusion of other diseases is warranted.
Important questions are: which food causes symptoms (allergens)? What is the timing, duration, severity, type and reproducibility of symptoms? Are there known risk factors (e.g. exercise), family history, co-existing medical problems including other allergic diseases?
Permanent exclusion of even small amounts of the recognized component(s) from the diet is still the cornerstone of allergy management for prevention of occurrence and escalation of symptoms (see Tests above). An elimination diet is often difficult, depending on the food component(s), frequently requiring expert dietary advice and a great deal of personal motivation and discipline. Careful reading of food, drug and in some cases household and cosmetic product labels is advised. Advice on food substitution from an experienced dietician is crucial in the case of fruit or vegetable allergies to prevent deficiencies.
If symptoms persist there is some evidence that certain types of anti-allergic medication may be helpful. These include cromoglycate, ketotifen (mast cell stabilizers), antihistamines and probiotics. There is currently insufficient evidence to support the use of steroids or more novel agents, except in the case of eosinophilic intestinal disease. Allergic reactions to food may be very severe, even life-threatening. Medical diagnosis and management advice are important.
Emergency treatment injectors (adrenaline, e.g. Epipen™) should be carried in case of severe allergic reactions, especially those involving the airways.
Antihistamines can be used for acute treatment in less severe allergies. Steroid treatments have a slower onset and are sometimes used in chronic allergies. Immunotherapy for some allergies, especially the pollen-associated food allergies, may be successful in a subset of individuals, however even then the effect is often not long-term. New data show ingestion of small amounts of allergen in egg or milk allergy may in the long term diminish allergic reactions. Sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT) and epicutaneous immunotherapy (EPIT) are two relevant methods showing promise in the desensitization of allergies, but research is needed to define optimal doses and administration protocols. Other treatments in development include vaccination, anti IgE and other antibodies, toleragen peptides, recombinant epitopes for hyposensitization, anti-mast cell drugs, as well as molecular modification of the offending food protein.
current evidence does not support a role for maternal dietary restriction of highly allergenic foods during pregnancy or lactation in the reduction of allergies.
There is evidence that exclusive breastfeeding for at least 4 months and up to 6 months, compared with feeding formula made with intact cow milk protein, prevents or delays the occurrence of atopic dermatitis, cow milk allergy, and wheezing in early childhood. At present, there are insufficient data to document a protective effect of any dietary intervention beyond 4 to 6 months of age for the development of atopic disease.
Processing may alter the allergenic properties of food proteins.
Extensive heating decreases the allergenicity of egg white proteins and the majority (50–85%) of egg allergic patients are tolerant to heated egg products. Milk pasteurization may increase allergenicity. Heating of food by microwave or cooking will eliminate or reduce allergic reactions to many foods, but not peanuts, tree nuts or mustard. Roasting may increase peanut allergenicity. Heating wheat at high temperature or acid hydrolysis may induce allergenicity.
In oral allergy syndrome peeling of the fruit or eating freshly picked or unripe fruit may reduce allergic reactions.
In highly allergic individuals inhalation of the food allergen may be sufficient for even strong allergic reactions. Examples are flour, egg white or crustaceans.
Immunotherapy ('allergy shots') of hay fever may reduce the intensity of associated food allergies.
Seek medical treatment if a severe food allergy requiring use of the emergency injector occurs, as usually a second, delayed reaction can occur 4 to 12 hours after the first reaction.
Intestinal malabsorption (e.g. lactose or fructose) and slow clearing of intestinal content may predispose to food allergy.
Food allergies and food intolerances (reactions to food not mediated by immune system) may co-exist. If conscientious exclusion of one type of food does not result in major symptom relief, consider having other intolerances or allergies excluded.
Skin prick and blood IgE tests correlate incompletely with intestinal allergic reactions. These results therefore never exclude food allergies. They can, however, provide some useful guidance.
Although currently not accepted by most allergy specialists, food IgG4 blood tests have been shown to result in significant and useful symptom improvements in some patients with functional bowel disorders, when identified foods were excluded from the diet.
Food additive allergies are rare, but may be severe (e.g tartrazine, monosodium glutamate, "natural food additives"). This can be suspected if symptoms occur after food or beverages some, but not all of the time, suggesting the reaction only occurs in the presence of the additive.
Food allergies and anaphylaxis may be provoked by exercise, which do not occur otherwise. This is especially common with wheat allergy.


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I have been using this game since I picked it up from one of the teachers during my first year of training.
For this game, the class needs to be ability grouped. Each group has to stand up and call out the answer to differentiated questions. If they are the first to answer correctly they get to shoot someone on their team. They have to sit down. This continues until there is only one person left in that group (they sit down waiting for the final).
The next group does the same and so on until there are 5/6 children who have won a round. The final can take then place.
The overall winner can get a prize / house points etc.
This game can be a general mental maths game or a subject specific one. It can also involve a lot of strategy... who is the best person to get out in their group?
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Q: R: subset columns entries in "df A" to columns entries in "df B" and eliminate if true match I'm a R beginner and having difficulty with the following pretty simple problem;
I have two data frames ( All_df, Bad_df)  and want to generate a third such that
All_df – Bad_df  =  Good_df
> All_df
Row# Originator Recipient  Date          Time
4    1          6          2000-05-16   16:15:00
7    2          7          2000-05-16   16:25:00
22   2          4          2000-07-04   18:05:00
25   2          9          2000-08-07   05:23:00
10   3          2          2000-06-17   18:07:00
13   4          8          2000-06-21   06:49:00

> Bad_df
Row# Originator    Recipient       Date     Time
4    2             6         2000-05-16 16:15:00
7    2             7         2000-05-16 16:25:00
22   6             4         2000-07-04 18:05:00
25   12            9         2000-08-07 05:23:00
10   30            2         2000-06-17 18:07:00
13   32            8         2000-06-21 06:49:00

I want to generate Good_df  similar to this:

> Good_df
Row#    Originator Recipient       Date     Time
4        1         6               2000-05-16   16:15:00
10       3         2               2000-06-17   18:07:00
13       4         8               2000-06-21   06:49:00

Essentially I need a function which searches All_df$ Originator for values that appear     in Bad_df$ Originator, eliminating any matches before returning the remaining values to the Good_df.
I have tried
Good_df <-subset(All_df, Originator %in% Bad_df$Originator)

however nrows of each df looks a little off!
> nrow(All_df)
[1] 26,032
> nrow(Bad_df)
[1] 1,452
> nrow(Good_df)
[1] 12,395

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

A: Quite intuitively,
Good_df <-subset(All_df, Originator %in% Bad_df$Originator)

gives you the subset of All_df for bad originators. What you want is to negate your filter to get the subset of good (or non-bad) originators, using the ! operator:
Good_df <-subset(All_df, ! Originator %in% Bad_df$Originator)

If you are uncomfortable with the precedency rule, you can add a set of parenthesis:
Good_df <-subset(All_df, !(Originator %in% Bad_df$Originator))


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Jump-starting budget reform in Seattle schools
A parent's critical analysis of budget reporting has helped the Seattle school board consider administrative costs in analyzing where to make cuts next year.
Dick Lilly
/ November 5, 2009
Rainier Beach High School Principal Robert Gary Jr. (left) and Seattle schools Superintendent Maria Goodloe-Johnson
Some of the 110 or so coaches in Seattle Public Schools may find themselves back in the classroom next fall in order to help the district close an estimated $17 million budget gap for the 2010-2011 school year.
Pause a moment: We'ꀙre not talking about athletic coaches. These 'ꀜcoaches'ꀝ are the topnotch teachers the district has assigned to help other teachers become better teachers of reading and math in our schools. About a quarter of them are in the central office and also work on curriculum, according to Duggan Harmon, the district'ꀙs executive director of finance. The rest are out in the schools helping teachers improve their skills. Using subject-matter coaches this way has become a major district approach to 'ꀜprofessional development'ꀝ over the past decade, a key tool to boost student achievement.
But compared with increasing class sizes and other ways to cut spending, how important are the coaches, wondered School Board President Michael DeBell at a Thursday meeting of the board'ꀙs audit and finance committee. 'ꀜIf we have to make cuts, it makes sense to get these people back in the classroom,'ꀝ DeBell said.
'ꀜAre we getting what we want out of our professional development, which is really expensive?'ꀝ he asked. Teacher coaches are a $12 million item among the programs the district uses to help teachers teach better.
DeBell'ꀙs idea wasn'ꀙt the board'ꀙs position, said audit and finance chairman Steve Sundquist, but ideas like that will need to be discussed as the board develops next year'ꀙs spending plan.
Teacher coaching was caught in the spotlight earlier in the meeting as Harmon, the finance officer, presented the district'ꀙs response to a study of district administrative costs by parent and former business analyst Meg Diaz. Diaz'ꀙs report, first publicized in Crosscut Oct. 26, showed that district officials routinely minimized administrative costs in the annual budgets presented to the board. Among personnel that could be considered administrative because they perform supervisory functions are academic coaches.
Harmon proposed solving that problem by declaring that henceforth coaches would be considered teachers. Until now they have been "miscoded" as supervisory instead of teaching, he wrote in a PowerPoint presentation to the committee.
Diaz'ꀙs study was also one of the factors in getting district staff to revise a budget category called 'ꀜcore administration'ꀝ (about $15 million this year), which understated administrative costs by $30 million. Other administrators in teaching support, nutrition, transportation, and buildings — which the district included directly in those programs but not in central administration in the budgets presented to the board — will now be included in central administration. The use of 'ꀜcore administration,'ꀝ which includes little more than the superintendent'ꀙs office and school board support to minimize apparent administrative costs, has been a practice for a least a decade and did not originate with new Superintendent Maria Goodloe-Johnson. From now on the budget will be shown 'ꀜin a form consistent with the reporting structure required by [the state Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction]," according to a procedure introduced by Goodloe-Johnson on Oct. 21. The total budgets in both cases are the same, $556 million this year.
Whether the OSPI format provides a clearer look at where the money is going is frequently debated. If you'ꀙre looking for the cost of a particular activity from top to bottom, the district'ꀙs approach is probably clearer and closer to general accounting methods, said Eric Sonnett, the district'ꀙs budget manager, after the meeting.
'ꀜI think getting the budgets (district and OSPI) to match is a good first step,'ꀝ Diaz said after listening to the committee discussion. 'ꀜBut the issue is spending.'ꀝ
And in that, too, Diaz may already have an influence. By shining a brighter light on where administrative dollars are spent, she seems to have jump-started the board'ꀙs analysis of next year'ꀙs budget. Among other compliment from board members, Peter Maier said 'ꀜMs. Diaz'ꀙs work has brought to light something that certainly has needed examination.'ꀝ
Dick Lilly is a former Seattle Times reporter who covered Seattle neighborhoods, City Hall and public schools during 14-years with the paper.


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//
//  Created by hezhonglin on 16/11/4.
//  Copyright © 2016年 TsinHzl. All rights reserved.
//

#import "ZLPGameNewsViewController.h"
#import "ZLPSelection.h"
#import "NSString+Size.h"
#import "ZLPGameNews.h"
#import "ZLPGameNewsCell.h"
#import "ZLPDetailNewsController.h"
#import "MBProgressHUD+ZL.h"

#import <AFNetworking.h>
#import <MJExtension.h>

static NSString * const ZLPGameNewsCellID = @"ZLPGameNewsCellID";

@interface ZLPGameNewsViewController ()

@property(nonatomic, assign)NSInteger pageIndex;
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@implementation ZLPGameNewsViewController

#pragma mark - 懒加载
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}

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    NSString *urlStr = @"";
    if (self.selection.topicId.length > 0) {
        urlStr = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"http://i.play.163.com//user/article/list//%@/%@/20",self.selection.topicId,@(self.pageIndex)];
    }else {
        urlStr = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"http://i.play.163.com/user/article/list/%@/20",@(self.pageIndex)];
    }

    __weak typeof(self) weakSelf = self;

    [[AFHTTPSessionManager manager] GET:urlStr parameters:nil progress:nil success:^(NSURLSessionDataTask * _Nonnull task, id  _Nullable responseObject) {
        ZLPHideAnimation;
        [responseObject writeToFile:[NSString cachePathWithFileName:@"gameNews"] atomically:YES];
        NSArray *gameNews = [ZLPGameNews mj_objectArrayWithKeyValuesArray:responseObject[@"info"]];
        [weakSelf.gameNewss addObjectsFromArray:gameNews];
        [weakSelf.tableView reloadData];
        ZLLog(@"ZLPGameNewsViewController---loadData--success");
    } failure:^(NSURLSessionDataTask * _Nullable task, NSError * _Nonnull error) {
        ZLPHideAnimation;
        [MBProgressHUD zl_showError:@"网络差,请重试"];
    }];

}
//设置外部属性
-(void)setSelection:(ZLPSelection *)selection {
    self.navigationItem.title = selection.topicName;
    _selection = selection;
}

#pragma mark - Table view data source

- (NSInteger)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView numberOfRowsInSection:(NSInteger)section {
//#warning Incomplete implementation, return the number of rows
    return self.gameNewss.count;
}

- (UITableViewCell *)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
    ZLPGameNewsCell *cell = [tableView dequeueReusableCellWithIdentifier:ZLPGameNewsCellID];
    ZLPGameNews *gameNews = self.gameNewss[indexPath.row];
    cell.gameNews = gameNews;
    return cell;
}

- (CGFloat)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView heightForRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
    ZLPGameNews *gameNews = self.gameNewss[indexPath.row];
    return gameNews.row_height;
}

- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView didSelectRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
    ZLPGameNews *gameNews = self.gameNewss[indexPath.row];
    ZLPDetailNewsController *detailVc = [[ZLPDetailNewsController alloc] init];
    detailVc.newsId = gameNews.docid;
    [self.navigationController pushViewController:detailVc animated:YES];
}
@end

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It's the bandana that'll remind you of Canada's natural wintertime beauty, and exactly what "up north" truly means.
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We are fortunate to be apart of a community with so many wonderful practitioners who are dedicated to serving + supporting families — beginning preconception, continuing in pregnancy, and then through all phases of postpartum + parenthood. listed below are various local resources who provide a range of physical + mental health services, as well as parental guidance.
we only endorse practitioners with whom we have worked + can personally attest to the quality/efficacy of their services + care. if you reach out to one of our resources directly, please mention that happy baby referred you!
Diana is a Los Angeles birth & lifestyle photographer and birth Doula. She specialize in fine, artsy and colorful portraiture and she is very passionate about supporting moms during their journey through parenthood.
She was born and raised in Verona, Italy where from an early age on the studies of ballet, theatre and contemporary dance whet her appetite for visual beauty. After completing a BA in Film's Studies and a Master's Degree in Digital Imaging in London, she moved to California where she started working in the Visual Effects Industry as a Visual Effects Compositor on movies, such as Sin City, Memoirs of a Geisha and the Marvel Superheros.
Her next adventure and true love began on the day her daughter was born, as she realized there is no more beautiful journey than being a mom. Seven years later, her heart has expanded twice more thanks to the births of her two sons.
Khefri Riley can help you and your precious baby have a great start with gentle care and support. Her registry of postpartum doulas includes the most dedicated professionals, sharing their own unique areas of expertise with high standards of care to the families they serve.
A postpartum doula is there to help a new family in those first days and weeks after bringing home a new baby. Research shows that moms, dads and babies have an easier time with this transition if a good support team is in place. We help to "mother the mother". Our doulas take a family centered, community oriented approach to caregiving and consider the physical, emotional, and practical needs of the entire family to ensure a worry and stress-free start.
Khefri Riley is available at happy baby for private mommy coaching, birth-hypno doula services, birth and postpartum consults, and education in the areas of newborn care, birth prep, breastfeeding, and prenatal yoga prep.
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Khefri is available for appointments at happy baby on Wednesdays. Call the studio to book your lactation appointment.
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Q: How do I animate an NSColor change? NSAnimation won't let me animate NSColor changes. How do I do this?

A: You can use blendedColorWithFraction:ofColor:. In your animation method (whichever method is handling the animation's current value [if you don't have one, simply make one]):
NSColor *startColor = [NSColor redColor];
NSColor *targetColor = [NSColor blueColor];

float progress = [animation currentValue];
NSColor *currentColor = [startColor blendedColorWithFraction:progress ofColor:targetColor];

Edit:
What you can do is create a subclass of NSAnimation. Your subclass just needs to override the setCurrentProgress: method to determine how far along the animation you are. You can configure the rest of the animation exactly the same way. The protocol may be overkill in this scenario but it gives your subclassed animation a dedicated way to give the NSColor back to the class instance that created the animation.
@protocol MyAnimationTarget
- (void) setColorOfSomething:(NSColor *);
@end

@interface MyAnimation : NSAnimation
@property id<MyAnimationTarget> target;
@property NSColor *color1;
@property NSColor *color2;
@end

@implementation MyAnimation
@synthesize target = _target;
@synthesize color1 = _color1;
@synthesize color2 = _color2;

- (void) setCurrentProgress:(NSAnimationProgress) d
{
    [super setCurrentProgress:d];
    NSColor *currentColor = [self.color1 blendedColorWithFraction:d ofColor:self.color2];
    [self.target setColorOfSomething:currentColor];
}

@end

In your other code:
MyAnimation *myAnim = [[MyAnimation alloc] init];
myAnim.target = self; // assuming self has a setColorOfSomething: method
myAnim.color1 = [NSColor redColor];
myAnim.color2 = [NSColor blueColor];
// set up other animation stuff
[myAnim startAnimation];

A: Just a suggestion. Maybe you can use fade in and fade out like the following:
begin animation
obj.alpha = 0.0;
commit animation

begin animator
obj.color = newColor;
obj.alpha = 1.0;
commit animation


Oh thank goodness, Spring is slowly, but surely creeping up.
I am actually writing this on a patio, after having been holed up in the grey, rain and snow of Vancouver, Canada for the last three months.
Today, I put away the skis and pulled out the badminton net and started to de-clutter my office and the rest of the house.
I also started to go over the websites and the digital channels that I run myself and some of Spake Media's clients.
1. Updates and Security Patches: go into your site and see if there is any updates you need to make to plug-ins (if you're on something like WordPress) and your website. For instance, I see that Spake's site has a notice to update to WordPress 3.8.1.
2. Outdated images: check your Facebook presence. Does your personal page or organization's Facebook page still have a Merry Christmas message? (mine still does, so don't feel bad). Probably a good time to add something new. Also check the content sliders on your homepage for old events and outdated announcements.
3. Time for a new blog post? I for one was pretty slammed since January, and while I love having the freedom to write whatever I want on my company's website, it can get out of date pretty quick. So crack a nice fresh bottle of Sauvignon Blanc, get out on the patio and write an interesting blog post about whatever you think would be helpful to your members or customers.
4. Search your organization's name on Google. Check to make sure your site indexing correctly, with the proper title and descriptions. And more importantly, make sure you are still the top search result. If not, get on the line with someone who knows search engine optimization and get that valuable ranking back up. While you're at it, search your personal name.
5. Got any old social media accounts? Totally fine to have inactive accounts. As someone who has worked in the digital world for more than a decade I have a graveyard of old Tumblr, Instagram, Google + and even MySpace accounts. Just make sure none of these old accounts are linked into current websites.
6. When's the last time you changed your passwords? I mean all of them. If you haven't in a while or never have, do it. With so much integrated data and cross-talking digital channels, if a bad guy gets a hold of one account, it can reverberate across many – especially if they all have the same password.
Pick a favorite number + Pick a favorite activity + Pick some punctuation. So for instance: 14Fencing!! (just in case anyone is wondering, I have never fenced in my life). Then just vary the number and punctuation for the next few times you change, reset or start new accounts.
Happy Spring! There is no time better for a digital de-cluttering! Any other ideas for a Spring Digital De-Cluttering?


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If you look up 'tea' in the first cookery book that comes to hand you will probably find that it is unmentioned; or at most you will find a few lines of sketchy instructions which give no ruling on several ofthe most important points.
This is curious, not only because tea is one of the main stays ofcivilization in this country, as well as in Eire, Australia and New Zealand, but because the best manner of making it is the subject of violent disputes.
First of all, one should use Indian or Ceylonese tea. China teahas virtues which are not to be despised nowadays — it is economical, and one can drink it without milk — but there is not much stimulation in it. One does not feel wiser, braver or more optimistic after drinking it. Anyone who has used that comforting phrase 'a nice cup oftea' invariably means Indian tea. Secondly, tea should be made in small quantities — that is, in a teapot. Tea out of an urn is always tasteless, while army tea, made ina cauldron, tastes of grease and whitewash. The teapot should be madeof china or earthenware. Silver or Britanniaware teapots produceinferior tea and enamel pots are worse; though curiously enough apewter teapot (a rarity nowadays) is not so bad. Thirdly, the pot should be warmed beforehand. This is better done by placing it on the hob than by the usual method of swilling it outwith hot water. Fourthly, the tea should be strong. For a pot holding a quart, ifyou are going to fill it nearly to the brim, six heaped teaspoonswould be about right. In a time of rationing, this is not an idea thatcan be realized on every day of the week, but I maintain that onestrong cup of tea is better than twenty weak ones. All true tea loversnot only like their tea strong, but like it a little stronger witheach year that passes — a fact which is recognized in the extra rationissued to old-age pensioners. Fifthly, the tea should be put straight into the pot. No strainers, muslin bags or other devices to imprison the tea. In some countries teapots are fitted with little dangling baskets under the spout to catch the stray leaves, which are supposed to be harmful. Actually one can swallow tea-leaves in considerable quantities without ill effect, and if the tea is not loose in the potit never infuses properly. Sixthly, one should take the teapot to the kettle and not the other way about. The water should be actually boiling at the moment of impact, which means that one should keep it on the flame while one pours. Some people add that one should only use water that has been freshly brought to the boil, but I have never noticed that it makes any difference. Seventhly, after making the tea, one should stir it, or better, give the pot a good shake, afterwards allowing the leaves to settle. Eighthly, one should drink out of a good breakfast cup — that is, the cylindrical type of cup, not the flat, shallow type. The breakfastcup holds more, and with the other kind one's tea is always half cold — before one has well started on it. Ninthly, one should pour the cream off the milk before using itfor tea. Milk that is too creamy always gives tea a sickly taste. Tenthly, one should pour tea into the cup first. This is one ofthe most controversial points of all; indeed in every family in Britain there are probably two schools of thought on the subject. The milk-first school can bring forward some fairly strong arguments, but I maintain that my own argument is unanswerable. This is that, by putting the tea in first and stirring as one pours, one can exactlyregulate the amount of milk whereas one is liable to put in too muchmilk if one does it the other way round.
Lastly, tea — unless one is drinking it in the Russian style — should be drunk WITHOUT SUGAR. I know very well that I am in aminority here. But still, how can you call yourself a true tea-lover ifyou destroy the flavour of your tea by putting sugar in it? It would be equally reasonable to put in pepper or salt. Tea is meant to bebitter, just as beer is meant to be bitter. If you sweeten it, you areno longer tasting the tea, you are merely tasting the sugar; you couldmake a very similar drink by dissolving sugar in plain hot water.
These are not the only controversial points to arise in connexion with tea drinking, but they are sufficient to show how subtilized the whole business has become. There is also the mysterious social etiquette surrounding the teapot (why is it considered vulgar to drink out of your saucer, for instance?) and much might be written about the subsidiary uses of tealeaves, such as telling fortunes, predicting the arrival of visitors, feeding rabbits, healing burns and sweeping thecarpet. It is worth paying attention to such details as warming the pot and using water that is really boiling, so as to make quite sureof wringing out of one's ration the twenty good, strong cups of thattwo ounces, properly handled, ought to represent.