djkardkreations: NBUS Challenge #6 Winner's Post!
NBUS Challenge #6 Winner's Post!
Hello, my friends, and Happy Sunday!
As promised, I am here to announce the winners of my NBUS Challenge #6! Even though it only ran for ten days, there were 375 AMAZING entries!
Thank you for your participation! All of your works of NBUS card art make for another incredible inspiration-filled Gallery which everyone can refer to forever via a link above. I am also working on adding each entry to a Pinterest Board for this challenge.
~~~~ and the winner of the set of Brushos is Cheryl W. of Paper Panacea!
This whole community warms my heart! In this day and age of instantosity, with mere flashes of photos, and the briefest of snappy commentaries, it is wonderful that the art of creating a greeting for someone to open, hold in their hands, and possibly keep forever continues through us. Long may we live!
Thank you to every single one of you, whether you are just starting your blogging journey to share your cards, or you use Flickr or Splitcoast or the like, or you remain in the background, but still leave encouraging comments as you visit blogs and soak up all the beauty and inspiration out there in the world! Thank you to those of you who own companies and work tirelessly to bring us NBUS, even if we sometimes curse you! Thank you to those of you who run company blogs and make such impressive card art, and to those of you who create and work on the super fun and challenging Challenges that keep us interested and keep our mojo juices flowing!! Mwah!
Mark your calendars for NBUS Challenge #7 to be held September 1-10, 2016! In the meantime, continue to challenge yourself to use your NBUS and talk about it when you blog which will keep you on track and encourage others to do the same! With our help, no products will languish before their time!
I'm going to take a bloggie break for a couple of weeks to get some rest and catch up on some things, although you may see me behind the curtain commenting and catching up with you. I've got several doctor appointments and tests coming up so I can get my various maladies to snap out of it and start behaving themselves. I want things to be on an even keel for my upcoming trip to England in July (color me pickled tink!) and I've got some detailed planning to do for that.
After blogging every day for ten days and being embraced by all your lovely comments, it will be odd to go straight to radio silence, but I'll be back before you know it!!
I don't have a card today, but I have something even better!
We sure enjoyed our time with these three well-behaved and handsome fellas!
Thanks for hosting this wonderful challenge Darnell! So much fun!
Thank you Darnell for this wonderful challenge and thank you random generator for landing on my number!! You certainly deserve a break but don't be gone too long ... I always look forward to reading your posts and starting my day with a smile!
A trip to England, how exciting.
I hope all your appointments go well and you are back soon.
Thank you so much for running this NBUS challenge, Darnell, and CONGRATULATIONS to all the lucky winners.
Enjoy your blogging break and GOOD LUCK with all those pesky doctors appointments - you HAVE to be in tip top condition for your trip in July!
As I wrote in my post for your challenge, I think you are the sweetter lady I've met since I make cards!!!! Your heart is as big as your art and generosity! This post shows it perfectly! Congrats to the winners too!!!! Take care and enjoy your planner time for that fantástico trip!
You deserve the time off, although we will miss you.
Hope your medical appointments all go ok and they can get you sorted.
Lovely photo of the boys with Duke.
Thank you Darnell, for this fun challenge! I found it admirable, yet shocking that you made cards and posted every day during the challenge, as well as commented on each person's entry! You are an inspiration, not only in your crafting, but also in your dedication!
Your challenge was very enjoyed, Darnell!
Wonderful photo of Henry, Duke and Adam, they are so sweet toghether!
Congratulations to the winners and I hope you enjoy your blogging break.
Congratulations to all the lucky winners !!
enjoy your little break with all your be loved ones!!!!
Hope you get a good rest and your health problems sorted out - and YOU'RE COMING TO ENGLAND!!!!!! Whereabouts in England? I'm in Hampshire, about half an hour from Heathrow Airport, and if you are likely to be passing this way it would be lovely to see you - or if you are going to be in London I can head into town and see you there.
Thanks for another great challenge Darnelle and congrats to all the winners. I hope you enjoy your break and make sure to get sll your maladies under control. England wow you lucky duck, are you going to that stamping get together with Loll and others??? I'm happy to carry your bags for you if you like.:) whatever reason your going make sure to enjoy.
Many thanks to you Darnell for another wonderful challenge. Congratulations to the lucky winners.
I think you deserve a rest and hope that you get all the medical problems sorted out soon so that you can enjoy your visit to England. You'll be coming at the right time.
Thanks again for hosting this great challenge, Darnell - I'll have to go shopping to make sure I've got some NBUS for Sept!!!! Enjoy the rest and enjoy getting ready for your trip!!!
Thanks for hosting this challenge, Darnell, and for always pushing us to use our NBUS. Congrats to all the lucky winners!
Wow, dear friend Darnell what an amazing post!!!
Huge congrats to all the winners, but most of all to your tenacity at sharing with us all posting ten days straight and running such a group of prizes. September's duly marked on my calendar now..
May your Drs all get into cahoots and have you back on an even keel medically speaking.
Well done on your three handsome laddies too, with such big smiles. What fun to have them visit, eh!!!
Congrats to the winners and to you for such an amazing event!! I'm looking forward to seeing you come July!
And thank you so much, again, Sweet Darnell, for hosting this fabulous challenge!
It was fun, Darnell! Thanks so much for the inspiration! I wish I had felt better so I could have visited more during the event. Congrats to the lucky winners and I hope you enjoy your break! Your grandsons are nice looking young men!
What an awesome turnout for 10 days! There is lots of NBUS out there huh? ;) -- You enjoy your well deserved break!!
Congratulations to all the lucky winners! Thank you for another fun (and very successful) challenge! Hope all the doctor's appointments will bring the desired results! Mwah!
Congratulations to the winners!! I think everyone who participates is a winner for getting their NBUS unnubbed! But prizes sure are fun. I hope you get everything back on track Ms. Darnell and take as long as you need in order to do so! You've more than earned it! Finally what a handsome trio! Thank you for sharing that photo!! Hugs!
Congrats! Love the challenge. THose are handsome guys!!
Thank you, Darnell, for your generous spirit, joyful outlook on life, and your kind words that you share with each of us on our card posts! Enjoy your break, and show those "maladies" the front door!! Take care, friend!
Cheering and applauding the winners; I'm especially excited to see my sweet friend Leigh on the list! THANK YOU for being the hostess with the mostest yet again; love the NBUS challenges! This one was extra special, as I had the opportunity to share my 'new' guest designer, my niece! Tickled pink at all the comments she received for the princess she coloured. Sending hugs and prayers that all your maladies will just go away, leaving you healthy to plan your trip to England (how cool is that!!). Thank you for sharing the photo of your three grandsons *grin*...handsomeness abounds! Looking forward to your return...and will be missing you immensely in the meantime!
You are such a sweetheart and a cheerleader to all of us Darnell. You take your well deserved break and feel better SOON!! MWAH!!
Thank you friend for more merriment and the big boot! to get those NBUS out of hiding!!
Your boys are growing so fast! looks like you are in Grandma heaven!
I'm SO excited that you randomly selected my entry for those Brushos! THANK YOU SO MUCH, DARNELL! Your NBUS challenges are so much fun and play such an important role in getting us all to use the Schtuff we buy for crafting. I appreciate your NBUS, your wit, your support, your creativity and your presence in blogland. Enjoy your break. I think we're all happy to wait and encourage you to take all the time you need. Thank you again, and have a great week. I'll send you an email with my address.
Bravo! An other wonderful NBUS challenge Darnell.
Enjoy you time away, as best as one can, while having test done.....yes you must be in good health to cross the pond.
Congrats all! Thanks, again, Darnell, for organizing all the fun!!
Thank you dear Darnell for all your hard work, all your kind comments and most importantly for being a friend to all.
Prayers that all and any tests go well. Hope Kevin is mending.
Now that's one of my favorite pictures you've ever shown, Darnell! So glad things went well & sure hope your DIL's sister is improving. You're in my thoughts--hoping you feel much better soon!
Huge congratulations to all the winners! Thanks to you too Darnell, it has been a wonderful challenge.
Here's to you Darnell! Enjoyed the fun of it all...and you enjoy your 'silence'and get yourself lined up for more fun to come!!! Your trip sounds exciting too!
Congrats to all the winners! Thanks for yet another wonderful NBUS challenge and a delightful blog post! Happy Sunday!
Thanks Darnell for your NBUS challenges. And congrats to all the winners. Prayers and good luck to you as you meet all those medical challenges. Hope you come out a winner!
Ah girl, this was a fun NBUS challenge and bless you for hosting such a great, good time. Want you to feel in tip top condition for your big trip, so am sending laser directed, postive, healing thoughts your way. Hope you have a productive time off. Thanks again for all your good wishes, comments and encouragement. You're one classy lady...I'm sure the Mister, those twins and the pup think so, too.
Congratulation to other happy winners!
Thank you for your effort to organize such a great Challenge. Congratulation for so manny entries.
Darnell, thanks so much for hosting this event and getting us to open and actually use that stuff we hoard. I was thrilled to be able to participate in the challenge for the first time, I tried once before but forgot to link up -- I was traveling. You bring so many together with your wit and good cheer. It is always a pleasure to visit.
I am wishing for you a fabulous trip to England this summer; and that all goes well medically so that you can enjoy the trip.
I am glad you are taking time for yourself. I also am sending my thanks to that random # generator. So glad I played twice. The picture is priceless. Hugs my friend, take care.
Enjoy your bloggy break. Take all the time you need. I am so excited to hear that you are visiting England this summer and a bit jealous. ;) I will live vicariously through your photos. You will take and post some photos, right?!
Congratulations to all the winners. Darnell that was a fun challenge. Thanks so much for getting us motivated to use our stash of supplies. And, you get your health issues under control and I hope your trip is a wonderful one.
I will miss you fun posts Darnell, but you need to take care of yourself first and foremost.
Your blog is always so inspiring and encouraging to visit, Darnell. Thanks again for your generosity! I'm thrilled to be one of the winners!
Congrats to you, Darnell, for another fun NBUS Challenge! Congrats to the winners, and kudos to all of us who turned NBUS into US.
Enjoy your break Darnel and thank you so much for all your hard work and interesting post over the NBUS challenge. Very well done indeed.
Congrats to the winners! Thanks so much, Darnell, for running this challenge again. Enjoy your well-deserved break!
Thank you so much Darnell. The gift cert is much appreciated but even more is the enjoyment I get from visiting your blog. I've already marked my sidebar with September's date and you'll see us all back again.
Good wishes for the tests and have a fabulous time in England.
Thank you for all the inspiration and encouragement.
Enjoy your bloggie break and hope all is under control in time for your trip to the UK.
Thanks for hodting anouther great NBUS-challenge! It is so good to see so much different creativity and let you inspire by it!
Congrats to the winners and to you; good luck with all the things to get in "optima forma" for your trip!
Sorry I missed this challenge this time around, I'll be sure to try and enter in September - I've plenty NBUS hidden in my craft boxes!
Hope everything goes well with you over the next couple of weeks.
Congratulations to you for hosting a fun challenge! and congratulations to all the winners!
It is always a pleasure reading your blog posts! enjoy your break!
congrats to the winners of this fab challenge, and thank you for setting these wonderful challenges.
It must be very hard work for you, so you well and truly deserve a good rest.
Enjoy your time off,and I do hope all is okay with your health ready for the great UK meet.
Thanks for being the perfect host! You definitely deserve a break and I'm praying everything goes well.
Perhaps some day I will win something. Oh, well! Thanks for your generous give-away, Darnell.
Congratulations to all the winners, have fun shopping and/or "brushoing"!
Enjoy your blog break, and I hope the doctor appointments and tests reveal that you are healthy as an apple (I hope this is an expression that you use in US too).
Oh I hope you have a good rest and re-charge again, however, I do hope to see you creating again, have fun in England, I will be in Europe too, but it is end May early June, hoping to meet up a blog friend or two while I am there.
Thanks for the fun challenge, and congrats to the winners!
Congratulations to all the winners and to you Darnell for another successful event. Looking forward to September. Wonderful photo of these special boys--they are getting so big!
Hi Darnell, it's time to rest, but I will miss you so much. I not always leave a comment, but always with joy and a smile I read your posts. I keep my fingers crossed that your visits to doctors have shown excellent health. Come back to us soon.
Thank you for an AMAZING challenge! I hope you get your relaxation in right quick and are back to ship shape in no time!


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Raimbaut de Vaqueiras (ca. 1180 – 1207) was een Provençaals troubadour en in zijn latere leven, ridder. Hij verbleef tijdens zijn leven met name aan de Italiaanse hoven.

Biografie
Raimbaut kwam oorspronkelijk uit het plaatsje Vacqueyras, nabij Orange. Het grote deel van zijn leven was hij te vinden aan de zijde van Bonifatius I van Monferrato. Gedurende zijn assistentie aan zijn beschermer claimde hij het ridderschap, nadat hij zijn heer had beschermd in de slag om Messina. Hij nam in 1204 deel aan de Vierde Kruistocht. Zo was hij aanwezig bij de inname van Constantinopel in dat jaar en begeleidde daarna Bonifatius naar Thessaloniki, waar Bonifatius koning werd. Waarschijnlijk stierf Raimbaut samen met Bonifatius na een hinderlaag van Bulgaren in 1207.

Raimbaut de Vaqueiras was voor zijn tijd een veelzijdig troubadour, hij componeerde zijn liederen in verschillende stijlen. Hij bracht samen met Perdigon en Ademar de Peiteus het oudst bewaarde Torneyamen ten gehore, een muzikaal debat tussen twee personen. Er zijn in totaal 33 liederen van hem bewaard gebleven.

Bronnen
 Joseph Linskill, The poems of the troubadour Raimbaut de Vaqueiras, La Haye, 1964.
 Jean B. Barbaro, Raimbaud de Vacqueyras

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Avengers: Infinity War's release is growing closer and closer, folks! And with that comes an onslaught of interviews with the directors & cast. Today brings the release of the multiple set visit recaps – many of which are shining more and more light on what to expect from the upcoming superhero mega-epic.
During an interview with Collider, The Russo Brothers (Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Captain America: Civil War) discussed how things have evolved in terms of genre and tone:
"Anthony Russo: There are a lot of characters in this movie that have tones that they're bringing from their own franchises. I think it's a very unique film, I don't think there are a lot of movies that have the kind of tone that this movie has, because it's a combination of franchises and I don't think we've ever seen that before on this scale. So I think it's got a really unique tone to it, and I think it's impulsive, I would say it's an adventure film, but it has elements of … we were inspired by 90s crime films when we were working on the script. So it's got an energy to it, a bit of a smash and grab energy.
Joe Russo: Like the heist genre."
The brothers went on to talk about films they drew inspiration from in the preparation stages of Infinity War, calling out two 90's classics specifically:
"Anthony Russo: The movies that we looked at, Two Days in the Valley, Out of Sight. We always look to movies for an inspiration for the energy that we're looking for, or a narrative construct that we want to be inspired by, and those two films in particular-
Joe Russo: And again, for us it helps when you are dealing with all these different types of characters and all these different tones that have been established in the various films and story lines, it becomes our organizing principle for tone. In terms of what the world is that we're creating, what rules are we playing by, how does that filter and every character, no matter where they're coming from has to intersect with the sort of reality of that tone.
I think sometimes people have misinterpreted in the past when I'm talking about movies, how we're using them. Really as inspiration for narrative imagery. These movies are so complex you need a unifying peace, or a sense of cohesion, and that cohesion can come from a narrative construct that you can apply all the characters to. It's hard to find movies with this many characters; you can look at Altman films, which have a tendency to be more veritè. Where we found Two Days in the Valley, which really had a narrative thrust to it, and had an energy that we were looking for. Again, just purely something inspires us in the room when we're working on the script.
Anthony Russo: Yeah, I would say that comes from those many, many months that we spent with writers [Chrisopther] Marcus and [Stephen] Mcfeely in the room, exploring the possibilities of where we can go with the story telling, where we can take the characters, and finding ideas that most excited us and starting to shape things around that."
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Things are certainly becoming clearer and clearer in terms of what to expect from the upcoming Avengers: Infinity War. It's great to hear the Russo Brothers discussing an energetic & impulsive tone, but with this many heroes in one film, how could it not crackle with energy?!
Iron Man, Thor, the Hulk and the rest of the Avengers unite to battle their most powerful enemy yet — the evil Thanos. On a mission to collect all six Infinity Stones, Thanos plans to use the artifacts to inflict his twisted will on reality. The fate of the planet and existence itself has never been more uncertain as everything the Avengers have fought for has led up to this moment.
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Q: Rails Feed Parsing Model and Params goddesses and demi-gods of StackOverflow,
I have been trying to figure out this little problem for 1 week, 3 days, 17 hours, 19 minutes and 59 potatoes.
I am new to Rails and I'm trying to create an app that takes in multiple RSS Feeds. I need each feed to belong to the respective News Outlet it came from. How can I do this while also populating the Feed Entries database?
Here is what I've gotten up to...
FeedEntry model
class FeedEntry < ApplicationRecord
    belongs_to :news_outlet
    def self.update_from_feed(feed_url)
        feed = Feedjira::Feed.fetch_and_parse(feed_url)
        feed.entries.each do |entry|
            unless exists? :guid => entry.id
                create!(
                    :name           => entry.title,
                    :summary        => entry.summary,
                    :url            => entry.url,
                    :published_at   => entry.published,
                    :guid           => entry.id

                )
            end
        end
    end
end

NewsOutlet Model
 class NewsOutlet < ApplicationRecord
    has_many :feed_entries
end

NewsOutlet Controller
class NewsOutletsController < ApplicationController
    before_action :authenticate_user!, except: [:index, :show]
  before_filter :configure_permitted_parameters, if: :devise_controller?
  before_filter :verify_is_admin, except: [:index, :show]

  def index
    @news_outlets = NewsOutlet.all
  end

  def new
    @news_outlet = NewsOutlet.new
  end

  def create
    @news_outlet = NewsOutlet.new(news_outlet_params)

    @news_outlet.save
    redirect_to @news_outlet
  end

  def show
    @news_outlet = NewsOutlet.find(params[:id])
  end

  def edit
    @news_outlet = NewsOutlet.find(params[:id])
  end

  def update
    @news_outlet = NewsOutlet.find(params[:id])
    if @news_outlet.update news_outlet_params
      redirect_to @news_outlet
    else
      render 'edit'
    end
  end

  def delete
  end

  def destroy
    @news_outlet = NewsOutlet.find(params[:id])
    @news_outlet.destroy
    redirect_to news_outlets_path
  end

  private

  def news_outlet_params
    params.require(:news_outlet).permit(:name, :url)
  end
end

And my NewsOutlet#Index just in case, which is where I'd like to call upon the FeedEntry DB to populate it with the news headlines.

Blah

 <% if @news_outlets.present? %>
        <% @news_outlets.each do |news_outlet| %>
            <% entries = FeedEntry.update_from_feed(news_outlet.url) %>

<%= link_to "#{news_outlet.name}", news_outlet.url %>

            <% entries.first(5).each do |entry| %>
                <%= link_to "#{entry.title}", entry.url %>

            <% end %>

<%= link_to "Show", news_outlet_path(news_outlet) %>

        <% end %>
    <% else %>

No news outlets yet...

    <% end %>

May you have many potatoes in the apocalypse. Any help is much appreciated <3

A: I haven't test it myself but I think this should work:
NewsOutlet Model
class NewsOutlet < ApplicationRecord
  has_many :feed_entries

  def update_from_feed
    entries = Feedjira::Feed.fetch_and_parse(self.url)

    entries.each do |entry|
      feed_entries.where(guid: entry.id).first_or_create! do |fe|
        fe.name = entry.title
        fe.summary = entry.summary
        fe.url = entry.url
        fe.published_at = entry.published
      end
    end

    entries.first(5)
  end

end

FeedEntry model
class FeedEntry < ApplicationRecord
  belongs_to :news_outlet
end

View
<% @news_outlets.each do |news_outlet| %>

<%= link_to "#{news_outlet.name}", news_outlet.url %>

  <% news_outlet.update_from_feed.each do |entry| %>
    <%= link_to "#{entry.title}", entry.url %>

  <% end %>

<%= link_to "Show", news_outlet_path(news_outlet) %>

<% end %>

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Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson delivers his Leader's speech at the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester, England, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019. Britain's ruling Conservative Party is holding their annual party conference. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has asked U.S. President Donald Trump to intervene in the case of an American diplomat's wife who left the U.K. after being involved in a fatal road crash.
British police say the 42-year-old woman is a suspect in an Aug. 27 collision between a car and a motorcycle near RAF Croughton, a British military base in England used by the U.S. Air Force. The 19-year-old motorcyclist, Harry Dunn, was killed.
The woman's name hasn't been officially released.
Johnson's office said the prime minister spoke with Trump on Wednesday and "urged the president to reconsider the U.S. position so the individual involved can return to the U.K., cooperate with police and allow Harry's family to receive justice."
The office says "the leaders agreed to work together to find a way forward."
SEATTLE (AP) — The U.S. on Tuesday reported its first case of a new and potentially deadly virus circulating in China, saying a Washington state resident who returned last week from the outbreak's epicenter was hospitalized near Seattle.
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By Dan Hanzus
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Published: Jan. 9, 2014 at 04:48 p.m.
Updated: Jan. 9, 2014 at 06:33 p.m.
The playing future of David Wilson remains very much in doubt.
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New York Giants general manager Jerry Reese revealed Thursday that the running back will undergo neck surgery next week. Reese acknowledged the team doesn't expect Wilson to be ready for the start of the 2014 season.
"I don't think so," Reese told ESPN Radio, via the New York Daily News. "No. 1, we just want David to get healthy. If he gets healthy, that's a bonus. But I don't think we can go into next season saying, 'David will be ready to go. He'll be our No. 1 back.' Necks can be tricky. You have to be careful with those things."
The Giants confirmed that Wilson will have a fusion of the vertebrae to repair a herniated disk in his neck. He suffered the injury on a tackle in a New York loss to the Philadelphia Eagles on Oct. 6. He was additionally diagnosed with spinal stenosis, or a narrowing of his spinal column.
"We're hopeful that David will be able to play for us again next year," co-owner John Mara said on WFAN-AM. "Time will tell on that one."
It's been a sharp and unfortunate career downturn for Wilson, who was widely predicted to be one of the NFL's breakout stars of the 2013 season. A slow start gave way to a serious injury, and now it's unclear if the 22-year-old even has an NFL career in front of him.
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May 6, 2013 – University of Utah metallurgists used an old microwave oven to produce a nanocrystal semiconductor rapidly using cheap, abundant and less toxic metals than other semiconductors. They hope it will be used for more efficient photovoltaic solar cells and LED lights, biological sensors and systems to convert waste heat to electricity.
Free and the study's lead author, Prashant Sarswat, a research associate in metallurgical engineering, are publishing their study of the microwaved photovoltaic semiconductor – known as CZTS for copper, zinc, tin and sulfur – in the June 1 issue of the Journal of Crystal Growth.
In the study, they determined the optimum time required to produce the most uniform crystals of the CZTS semiconductor – 18 minutes in the microwave oven – and confirmed the material indeed was CZTS by using a variety of tests, such as X-ray crystallography, electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy and ultraviolet spectroscopy. They also built a small photovoltaic solar cell to confirm that the material works and demonstrate that smaller nanocrystals display "quantum confinement," a property that makes them versatile for different uses.
Free adds: "The materials used for this are much lower cost and much more available than alternatives," such as indium and gallium often used in semiconductors.
Swiss researchers first invented CZTS in 1967 using another method. Other researchers discovered in 1998 that it could serve as a photovoltaic material. But until recently, "people haven't explored this material very much," Sarswat says. CZTS belongs to a family of materials named quaternary chalcogenides.
Without knowing it at first, Free and Sarswat have been in a race to develop the microwave method of making CZTS with a group of researchers at Oregon State University. Sarswat synthesized the material using microwaves in 2011. Free and Sarswat filed an invention disclosure on their method in January 2012, but the other group beat them into print with a study published in August 2012.
Sarswat says many organic compounds are synthesized with microwaves, and Free notes microwaves sometimes are used in metallurgy to extract metal from ore for analysis. They say using microwaves to process materials is fast and often suppresses unwanted chemical "side reactions," resulting in higher yields of the desired materials.
CZTS previously was made using various methods, but many took multiple steps and four to five hours to make a thin film of the material, known technically as a "p-type photovoltaic absorber," which is the active layer in a solar cell to convert sunlight to electricity.
A more recent method known as "colloidal synthesis" – preparing the crystals as a suspension or "colloid" in a liquid by heating the ingredients in a large flask – reduced preparation time to 45 to 90 minutes.
Sarswat decided to try microwave production of CZTS when the University of Utah's Department of Metallurgical Engineering decided to get a new microwave oven for the kitchen where students heat up their lunches and make coffee.
"Our department secretary had a microwave to throw away," so Sarswat says he took it to replace one that had recently burned up during other lab experiments.
By controlling how long they microwave the ingredients, the metallurgists could control the size of the resulting nanocrystals and thus their possible uses. Formation of CZTS began after 8 minutes in the microwave, but the researchers found they came out most uniform in size after 18 minutes.
To make CZTS, salts of the metals are dissolved in a solvent and then heated in a microwave, forming an "ink" containing suspended CZTS nanocrystals. The "ink" then can be painted onto a surface and combined with other coatings to form a solar cell.
— Theromoelectric conversion of heat to electricity, including waste heat from automobiles and industry, or perhaps heat from the ground to power a military camp.
— Biosensors, made by painting the nanocrystal "ink" onto a surface and sensitizing the crystals with an organic molecule that allows them to detect small electrical currents that are created when an enzyme in the body becomes active. These biosensors may play a role in future tests to help diagnose cardiovascular disease, diabetes and kidney disease, Sarswat says.
— As circuit components in a wide variety of electronics, include devices to convert heat to electricity.
— To use solar energy to break down water to produce hydrogen for fuel cells.
The microwave method produced crystals ranging from 3 nanometers to 20 nanometers in size, and the optimum sought by researchers was between 7 nanometers and 12 nanometers, depending on the intended use for the crystals. A nanometer is one-billionth of a meter, or roughly one 25-millionth of an inch.
Larger crystals of CZTS make a good photovoltaic material. Sarswat says the study also demonstrated that smaller crystals of CZTS – those smaller than 5 nanometers – have what is called "quantum confinement," a change in a material's optical and electronic properties when the crystals becomes sufficiently small.
Quantum confinement means the nanocrystals can be "tuned" to emit light of specific, making such material potentially useful for a wide variety of uses, including more efficient LEDs or light-emitting diodes for lighting. Materials with quantum confinement are versatile because they have a "tunable bandgap," an adjustable amount of energy required to activate a material to emit light or electricity.
University of Utah metallurgical engineers Prashant Sarswat and Michael Free used an old office microwave oven to produce a nanocrystal semiconductor named CZTS that is made from cheaper, less toxic materials than other semiconductors and holds promise for more efficient solar power cells and lighting by LEDs, or light-emitting diodes, as well as sensors for medical tests and systems to convert waste heat to electricity.
A small, prototype solar cell that uses CZTS, a photovoltaic semiconductor that University of Utah metallurgists produced in an old microwave oven that once heated student lunches.
This transmission electron microscope image shows a single nanocrystal of the semiconductor CZTS dissolved in an organic solvent. The nanocrystal is faintly visible in the center of the photo, shaped like a table-tennis paddle. The CZTS was produced by University of Utah researchers using an old microwave oven. University of Oregon researchers made the image for their Utah colleagues.


Aseem Trivedi's controversial cartoon depicting the Indian Parliament as a stinking commode with flies hovering around it, successfully captures the common man's anger and frustration with the politicians of the day.
The cartoon controversy and the drama following the sedition charge on Trivedi erupted at a time when the nation's most prominent anti-corruption movement had suffered a vertical split. The fundamental point of difference between the leader of the Jan Lokpal movement, Anna Hazare and the movement's prime architect, Arvind Kejriwal, was over the issue of formation of a political party.
While Kejriwal was in favour of establishing a political party to fight elections, Anna wanted his movement to be apolitical and the two decided to go their separate ways. "Now, the movement has separated. One will go the political way while the other will take the movement route. Both these routes are important. The paths are different but the goals are same," Hazare said in Delhi clarifying matters and ending speculation once and for all.
This ends the Jan Lokpal movement as it existed. Team Anna stands disbanded and the familiar sight of a fasting Anna flanked by Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia the father-son Bhushans and others at Jantar Mantar with Kiran Bedi waving the flag rhythmically is now a thing of the past.
The sight of the erstwhile Team Anna is now a thing of the past.
Although many feel disillusioned with the way the movement has dissipated and disintegrated, some of its spectacular successes won't be forgotten easily. Among the most captivating was the Sense of the House resolution adopted by Parliament in August 2011 accepting "in principle" some of the demands of the Lokpal movement.
Eventually, the manner in which the movement was outwitted by the politicians and the high expectations created by the 24x7 media coverage also brought with it many valuable lessons. While Hazare is determined to fight his battles apolitically —as he has done all his life —Kejriwal is not entirely wrong in wanting to establish a political party. After all, politicians get their power from the votes cast by the people and if the people truly want to bring a change, there's no alternative but to go and cast one's vote.
If the politicians of the day have reduced Parliament to a dirty commode, as conveyed by the cartoonist, can one expect the politicians to clean it themselves? The people have no choice but to undertake this task themselves.
A large section of the middle class keeps away from politics because "it is dirty". There is, however, no alternative and as Mahatma Gandhi's follower and leader of the Bhoodan movement, Vinoba Bhave asked, who is dirty, the one who makes dirt or the one who cleans it? If the Indian people truly want better politicians to represent them in parliament, there's really no easy way out but to take the difficult road of electoral politics and electoral reforms.
The first and foremost step in this direction is to exercise the democratic responsibility of casting one's vote. Change can be expected only when those who habitually don't vote do so by the thousands. Wearing "I am Anna" caps or participating in candlelight marches and vigils may result in good photo-ops for the media. But this won't achieve anything substantial as when the same number of people go out and vote for a better candidate in the elections.
The reality of Indian politics is such that it is heavily tilted in favour of career politicians backed by various political parties, their ideologies and caste compulsions and who use money to influence votes. How else can one explain the success of a host of regional parties across the country, right down to the newest kid on the block—Raj Thackeray's Maharashtra Navnirman Sena which has made impressive electoral gains?
Clean candidates, even of the stature of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh or Defence Minister AK Antony, need the support of a political party to enter Parliament. They can rarely make it on their own— howsoever earnest or deserving as say the ex-IAS officer Arun Bhatia who lost bitterly in two Lok Sabha elections in Pune. Bhatia ran a crusade against corruption for three decades while in office but lost to tainted Congressman Suresh Kalmadi during the 2004 and 2009 polls.
Who is to be blamed for sending Kalmadi to Parliament? It is primarily those who did not step out to vote and then those who felt he was the best candidate from Pune.
How much longer will the Indian middle class continue to endorse online petitions or forward chain mails from the comforts of their home or office rather than get down to voting during the elections? Kejriwal deserves our support because this is what he is trying to change.


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Once a Stanford-trained corporate lawyer, Chris initially took up spiritual practices like meditation, yoga and qi gong to reduce the stress he experienced in his job. He quickly found some relief—he became able to easily let go of the tensions of his day when he got home and get a good night's sleep.
More importantly, after a few months of this routine, Chris started noticing something else: the way he was experiencing his work was changing. In situations at his job that used to be stressful and anxiety-provoking, he found himself centered and calm. He started getting more done in less time, feeling less distracted, and even finding joy in seemingly mundane tasks.
After several years of keeping up his yoga and meditation practices, he had another realization. In the beginning, he'd thought of his practices as things he could only do at home, on his own time. But in fact, as Chris began to see, there actually were forms of movement, breathing and visualization he could use in real time, as he sat at his desk. With these techniques, he realized, he could instantly reduce his stress, enter a state of effortless attention, and reconnect with his sense of purpose in what he did.
Eventually, Chris recognized he had a gift to offer the world. He could help others find the peace and focus in their work that he'd discovered, and help create a world with less stress and more joy, by teaching people to incorporate spiritual practices into their working lives. With this goal in mind, he completed trainings in coaching and course leading, and left his law firm to become an author, speaker and personal coach.
Today, Chris has never felt more motivated and fulfilled, and has brought his message about finding productivity and career satisfaction "from within" to clients and readers around the world. Chris's articles have appeared in, among other publications, Balance, Balanced Living, EdgeLife, LivingNow, Mystic Pop, New Age Journal, New Renaissance, Self-Improvement, WellBeing and Wisdom.


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/***********************************************************************************************************************************
C Test Wrapper

This wrapper runs the C unit tests.
***********************************************************************************************************************************/
#include "build.auto.h"

/***********************************************************************************************************************************
C files to be tested

The files are included directly so the test can see and manipulate variables and functions in the module without the need to extern.
If a .c file does not exist for a module then the header file will be included instead.  They are included first so they won't see
the includes which are required for the test code.
***********************************************************************************************************************************/
{[C_INCLUDE]}

/***********************************************************************************************************************************
The test code is included directly so it can freely interact with the included C files
***********************************************************************************************************************************/
#include <signal.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>

#ifdef HRN_FEATURE_ERROR
    #include "common/error.h"
#endif

#ifdef HRN_FEATURE_DEBUG
    #include "common/debug.h"
#endif

#ifdef HRN_FEATURE_STRING
    #include "common/type/string.h"
#endif

// Name of the project exe
#define TEST_PROJECT_EXE                                            "{[C_TEST_PROJECT_EXE]}"

#ifdef HRN_FEATURE_STRING
    STRING_EXTERN(TEST_PROJECT_EXE_STR, TEST_PROJECT_EXE);
#endif

// Path where the test is running
#define TEST_PATH                                                   "{[C_TEST_PATH]}"

#ifdef HRN_FEATURE_STRING
    STRING_EXTERN(TEST_PATH_STR, TEST_PATH);
#endif

// Path to the source repository
#define HRN_PATH_REPO                                               "{[C_HRN_PATH_REPO]}"

#ifdef HRN_FEATURE_STRING
    STRING_EXTERN(HRN_PATH_REPO_STR, HRN_PATH_REPO);
#endif

// Path where the harness can store data without interfering with the test
#define HRN_PATH                                                    "{[C_HRN_PATH]}"

#ifdef HRN_FEATURE_STRING
    STRING_EXTERN(HRN_PATH_STR, HRN_PATH);
#endif

// User running the test
#define TEST_USER                                                   "{[C_TEST_USER]}"
#define TEST_USER_ID                                                {[C_TEST_USER_ID]}
#define TEST_USER_ID_Z                                              "{[C_TEST_USER_ID]}"

#ifdef HRN_FEATURE_STRING
    STRING_EXTERN(TEST_USER_STR, TEST_USER);
#endif

// Group running the test
#define TEST_GROUP                                                  "{[C_TEST_GROUP]}"
#define TEST_GROUP_ID                                               {[C_TEST_GROUP_ID]}
#define TEST_GROUP_ID_Z                                             "{[C_TEST_GROUP_ID]}"

#ifdef HRN_FEATURE_STRING
    STRING_EXTERN(TEST_GROUP_STR, TEST_GROUP);
#endif

// Scaling factor for performance tests
#define TEST_SCALE                                                  {[C_TEST_SCALE]}

// Is this test running in a container?
#define TEST_IN_CONTAINER                                           {[C_TEST_CONTAINER]}

// Path to source -- used to construct __FILENAME__ tests
#define TEST_PGB_PATH                                               "{[C_TEST_PGB_PATH]}"

#include "common/harnessDebug.h"
#include "common/harnessTest.intern.h"

#ifdef HRN_FEATURE_LOG
    #include "common/harnessLog.h"
    void harnessLogLevelDefaultSet(LogLevel logLevel);
#endif

#ifdef HRN_FEATURE_MEMCONTEXT
    #include "common/memContext.h"
#endif

#ifdef HRN_FEATURE_LOG
    #include "common/harnessLog.h"
    void harnessLogLevelDefaultSet(LogLevel logLevel);
#endif

{[C_TEST_INCLUDE]}

/***********************************************************************************************************************************
Includes that are not generally used by tests
***********************************************************************************************************************************/
#include <assert.h>

#if defined(HRN_INTEST_SOCKET) || defined(HRN_FEATURE_SOCKET)
    #include "common/io/socket/common.h"
    #include "common/harnessServer.h"
#endif

#ifdef HRN_FEATURE_STAT
    #include "common/stat.h"
#endif

#ifdef HRN_IN_STACKTRACE
    #include "common/stackTrace.h"
#endif

/***********************************************************************************************************************************
main - run the tests
***********************************************************************************************************************************/
int
main(int argListSize, const char *argList[])
{
    // Basic sanity test on input parameters
    if (argListSize == 0 || argList[0] == NULL)
    {
        fprintf(stderr, "at least one argument expected");
        fflush(stderr);
        exit(25);
    }

    // Initialize stack trace for the harness
    FUNCTION_HARNESS_INIT(argList[0]);

    FUNCTION_HARNESS_BEGIN();
        FUNCTION_HARNESS_PARAM(INT, argListSize);
        FUNCTION_HARNESS_PARAM(CHARPY, argList);
    FUNCTION_HARNESS_END();

    int result = 0;

#ifdef HRN_FEATURE_ERROR
    static const ErrorHandlerFunction handlerList[] =
    {
#if defined(HRN_INTEST_STACKTRACE) || defined(HRN_FEATURE_STACKTRACE)
        stackTraceClean,
#endif
#if defined(HRN_INTEST_MEMCONTEXT) || defined(HRN_FEATURE_MEMCONTEXT)
        memContextClean,
#endif
    };

    errorHandlerSet(handlerList, sizeof(handlerList) / sizeof(ErrorHandlerFunction));
#endif

    // Initialize statistics
#if defined(HRN_INTEST_STAT) || defined(HRN_FEATURE_STAT)
    statInit();
#endif

    // Set neutral umask for testing
    umask(0000);

    // Set timezone if specified
    {[C_TEST_TZ]}

    // Ignore SIGPIPE and check for EPIPE errors on write() instead
    signal(SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN);

    // Set globals
    hrnInit(
        argList[0],                 // Test exe
        "{[C_TEST_PROJECT_EXE]}",   // Project exe
        {[C_TEST_CONTAINER]},       // Is this test running in a container?
        {[C_TEST_IDX]},             // The 0-based index of this test
        {[C_TEST_TIMING]},          // Is timing enabled (may be disabled for reproducible documentation)
        "{[C_TEST_PATH]}",          // Path where tests write data
        "{[C_HRN_PATH]}",           // Path where the harness stores temp files (expect, diff, etc.)
        "{[C_HRN_PATH_REPO]}");     // Path with a copy of the repository

    // Set default test log level
#ifdef HRN_FEATURE_LOG
    harnessLogLevelDefaultSet({[C_LOG_LEVEL_TEST]});
#endif

    // Use aggressive keep-alive settings for testing
#if defined(HRN_INTEST_SOCKET) || defined(HRN_FEATURE_SOCKET)
    sckInit(false, true, 2, 5, 5);
    hrnServerInit();
#endif

    // Initialize tests
    //      run, selected
    {[C_TEST_LIST]}

#ifdef HRN_FEATURE_ERROR
    TRY_BEGIN()
    {
        TRY_BEGIN()
        {
#endif
            // Run the tests
            testRun();
#ifdef HRN_FEATURE_ERROR
        }
        CATCH_ANY()
        {
            // If a test was running then throw a detailed result exception
#ifdef DEBUG
        if (!errorInstanceOf(&TestError))
#endif
            hrnTestResultException();

            // Else rethrow the original error
            RETHROW();
        }
        TRY_END();
#endif

        // End test run and make sure all tests completed
        hrnComplete();

        printf("\nTESTS COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY\n");
        fflush(stdout);
#ifdef HRN_FEATURE_ERROR
    }
    CATCH_ANY()
    {
        // Make the error really obvious
        fprintf(
            stderr,
            "\nTEST FAILED WITH %s:\n\n"
                "--------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n"
                "%s\n"
                "--------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n",
            errorName(), errorMessage());

        // If not a TestError (which is detailed) then also print the stack trace
#ifdef DEBUG
        if (!errorInstanceOf(&TestError))
#endif
            fprintf(stderr, "\nTHROWN AT:\n%s\n", errorStackTrace());

        fflush(stderr);
        result = errorCode();
    }
#ifdef HRN_FEATURE_MEMCONTEXT
    FINALLY()
    {
        memContextFree(memContextTop());
    }
#endif
    TRY_END();
#endif

    FUNCTION_HARNESS_RETURN(INT, result);
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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Lisa Knight, right, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, blasts the ball over the net during intramural action April 7, 2016, at Iron Horse Sports and Fitness Center. (Photo by Walt Johnson)
By Walt Johnson
Mountaineer staff
Building a team is one of the toughest things to do at any level of sports and seldom do teams get it right. You can look no further than professional sports franchises such as the Colorado Rockies and New York Knicks as examples of how tough it is to get good team chemistry and then follow that up by winning.
The Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, volleyball team may want to head to Denver and let the Rockies know how they have managed to put together one of the top teams in the Fort Carson intramural volleyball league. It would be less of a story if the team had been together for a season or two and finally figured out how to win, but this team has been together for just three weeks and is undefeated in league play.
Coach Lisa Knight didn't seem surprised at all with the way the team has played. She said the team started playing together once the season started but the players have developed chemistry in that short time. The team sits atop the league standings and looks like a team that will be tough to beat as the players get to know each other better.
"When we put the team together, we kind of just grabbed people in the unit who were interested in playing volleyball and put the team together. What has really helped us be the team we are is (that) the practices … have allowed us to understand the team we are," Knight said.
The challenge of building the team was compounded by the fact a number of the team's players are new to the sport. She said the practice sessions taught the team how to work together and provided the opportunity to instill the team's goal for the year — have fun.
Knight said the team will look to have fun but will also be conscious of its strength, playing good fundamental volleyball. She added the team's biggest strength is its defense.
"Our defensive philosophy is geared toward our players understanding where they are supposed to be and then being there to make plays. So far, we have been very good at accomplishing that," Knight said.
She said the undefeated start for the team is nice but she has an eye on the next couple of weeks when it will take on some of the elite teams and have a good feel for how good the team can be.
"The schedule has not seen us play a lot of the good teams, so we will see … in the coming weeks where we stack up. We haven't really had a challenge yet, but we are certain we will in the coming weeks," Knight said.
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Jacqueline Evans
Conservationist Jacqueline Evans led a five-year grassroots campaign to protect the Cook Islands' stunning marine biodiversity. Because of her tireless and persistent organizing, in July 2017, the Cook Islands enacted new legislation—Marae Moana—to sustainably manage and conserve all 763,000 square miles of the country's ocean territory, including the designation of marine protected areas (MPAs) 50 nautical miles around the islands, protecting 125,000 square miles of ocean from large-scale commercial fishing and seabed mining. This is the first Prize for the Cook Islands.
Meet Jacqueline Evans
EnglishCooks Maori
Better Management of Marine Resources
The Cook Islands are spread among 15 small islands over 763,000 square miles in the south Pacific Ocean. Traditional Polynesian ways of life are built around subsistence fishing and deep cultural and economic ties to the ocean. The Cooks' ocean territory is rich with marine biodiversity, including whales, sea turtles, manta rays, seabirds, several threatened shark species, and migrating humpback whales.
Although known as an idyllic tourist destination, the Cook Islands' government depends heavily on revenue from licensing foreign vessels to fish tuna in its waters. But Cook Islanders feared that overfishing was damaging their ocean waters and livelihoods. Residents of the northern islands have been especially worried that commercial fishing vessels, which approached within 12 nautical miles of the islands, were harming their marine environment.
In 2012, Cook Islands Prime Minister Henry Puna announced a commitment to marine protection, proposing that the southern end of the Cook Islands exclusive economic zone (EEZ) become an MPA. While the announcement generated excitement, there were concerns that plans for the future MPA excluded protection for the Cooks' main large-scale commercial fishing grounds, located along the northern islands. Clearly, the plan required additional advocacy, education, and leg-work to become real.
2019 Goldman Environmental Prize winner Jacqueline Evans with a local fisherman (Photo: Goldman Environmental Prize)
An Advocate for her Islands
Jacqueline Evans, 48, is a marine conservationist dedicated to the protection of the Cook Islands. The youngest of seven children, she was raised in New Zealand by a Cook Islander mother and English father and moved back to the Cook Islands when she was 15 years old. Evans started her career as a fisheries surveillance officer for the Ministry of Marine Resources and then as a conservation officer at the Cook Islands Conservation Service. Subsequently, she worked for the Cook Island News, the World Wildlife Fund, the Ministry of Health (where she addressed the impacts of wastewater on the marine environment), and as director of the Te Ipukarea Society, the country's first environmental NGO.
2019 Goldman Environmental Prize winner Jacqueline Evans at work (Photo: Goldman Environmental Prize)
Navigating the Obstacles to Conservation
Committed to making the MPA a reality, Evans made it her priority to build public support for its creation. She traveled great distances with a team of government, NGO, and traditional leaders throughout the Cook Islands, which are spread across 763,000 square miles of seascape, to meet with communities and build trust. Evans discussed the vision for the MPA, listened to community priorities, and talked about the importance of boosting ra'ui—the traditional Polynesian approach to marine management, which is a system of taboos and protections. Evans hired a legal advisor for guidance on the inclusion of ra'ui in the management of the MPA. She worked with her team to organize a public name and logo competition, from which "Marae Moana" ("Sacred Ocean") was devised.
Evans had to overcome resistance and skepticism about the plan for Marae Moana. Dependent on revenue from fishing licenses, some Cook Islands government officials initially opposed the plan. Additionally, while Evans was organizing for Marae Moana, the Marine Resources Ministry authorized new license agreements for fishing inside the proposed protected area—undermining the effort to create the MPA. This sparked public outrage and protest marches, a highly unusual phenomenon in Polynesian society.
During the campaign, Evans developed a partnership with Kevin Iro, a local rugby star, who proposed the MPA concept to the government and worked with Evans for the Marae Moana Establishment Trust to facilitate the establishment of Marae Moana. Evans organized the drafting of legislation, brought in global experts on MPA design and implementation, and persevered to keep the process going.
Marae Moana Act Protects Marine Life
Despite the hurdles, on July 13, 2017, Evan's five-year campaign succeeded. The government enacted the Marae Moana Act, mandating the sustainable management of the Cooks' entire ocean territory—763,000 square miles—and simultaneously creating 15 MPAs—exclusion zones with a higher degree of protection, covering 125,000 square miles. Banning large-scale commercial fishing and seabed mining within 50 nautical miles of the 15 Cook Islands, the 15 MPAs encompass 16% of the country's ocean territory.
Today, in her role as director of the Marae Moana Coordination Office, Evans is creating regulations and a national Marae Moana spatial plan to ensure that Marae Moana is implemented and that the whole of the Cooks' ocean territory is sustainably managed.
2019 Goldman Environmental Prize winner for the Cook Islands Jacqueline Evans (Photo: Goldman Environmental Prize)
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I got a surprise in the mail the other day. My favorite yarn store, The Attic Yarn and Craftery, sent me a replacement for my Furls 4mm Blackwood crochet hook. They also sent me a brand new journal which totally fits my style!
Furls does have a solid customer support reputation, but still, The Attic still coordinated to them for me. They also shipped it to me for free, which was unexpected since I was prepared to shoulder the expenses.
However, I truly appreciate their kind gesture. My hook accidentally got broken, and they were able to assist me in having it replaced.
The journal and kind note also made me smile.
I appreciate it when my favorite brands and the people behind them become my friends in real life. There are a number of yarn stores in the country today, but The Attic has been kind enough to help me during a difficult time in my family's life (we are caring for a sick family member). I am grateful for their kindness and generosity. I pray that they will have more loyal customers in the future!


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Di antica famiglia ferrarese, fu discepolo del Leoniceno, a cui succedette dal 1525 nella cattedra di medicina dell'Università degli Studi di Ferrara, ed ebbe un'intensa vita professionale. Dopo aver incominciato ad insegnare nell'ateneo della sua città natale, fu, infatti, medico personale di corte dei Pico della Mirandola dal 1493 al 1504 e dei reali d'Ungheria (rispettivamente  di Ladislao II prima e di Luigi II poi) dal 1513 fino al 1518, quando tornò a Ferrara, alla corte degli Este, per provvedere alla salute di Alfonso I d'Este. Nel 1533 fu anche, con un altro allievo del Leoniceno, cioè Ludovico Bonaccioli, nella ristretta cerchia di medici che cercò, invano, di curare Ludovico Ariosto.

Nel 1494, alla morte di Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, di cui era stato medico, Manardo curò la pubblicazione delle celebri Disputationes adversum astrologiam divinatricem, in cui il filosofo emiliano, muovendo una forte critica alle credenze e alle pratiche astrologiche, aveva operato una netta differenziazione tra l'astronomia («astrologia matematica o speculativa»), che consentiva di far conoscere la realtà armonica dell'universo, e l'astrologia («astrologia giudiziale o divinatrice»), che invece era rivelatrice dell'avvenire degli uomini in base alle congiunture astrali. Tale discorso si intrecciò, in quel periodo, anche con i serrati dibattiti accesisi in tutta Europa sulla sifilide, in particolare nell'ambito della disputa di Ferrara e di quella di Lipsia, cui Manardo prese parte attiva, scrivendo il pamphlet dal titolo De erroribus Symonis Pistoris de Lypczk circa morbum gallicum, pubblicato nel 1500 a Norimberga.

Se, nel 1521, commentando l'Ars parva di Galeno, aveva dato prova delle sue capacità di applicazione dei canoni della filologia alla scienza medica, la sua vasta erudizione umanistica sarebbe stata testimoniata, tuttavia, soprattutto dalle Epistolae medicinales, un'opera fortunata che, anticipata in frammenti dal 1528, ma uscita per intero solo postuma, a Basilea nel 1540, registrò numerose edizioni. Le Lettere medicinali combinavano alla perfezione, com'è stato osservato, la tradizione dei consigli, le istanze e discussioni filologiche sulla medicina e sulla botanica ai termini farmacologici. Tale opera, in cui peraltro, oltre a criticare le conoscenze botaniche informate dalla medicina araba, vengono per la prima volta descritte le antere dei fiori (appartenenti alle Angiosperme), ebbe un particolare influsso su François Rabelais, che la ripubblicò a Lione, poiché vedeva nelle epistole di Manardo sia un utile contributo per restituire alla medicina il prestigio di cui aveva goduto nell'antichità, sia un'autorevole testimonianza sottesa al rinnovamento della cultura.

Note

Bibliografia
«Atti del convegno internazionale per la celebrazione del V centenario della nascita di Giovanni Manardo, 1462-1536» (Ferrara, 8-9 dicembre 1962),
Gioan Battista Dell'Acqua, Giovanni Manardo medico e clinico, Università degli Studi di Ferrara, Ferrara 1963, pp. 42
D. Mugnai-Carrara, Epistemological problems in Giovanni Mainardi's Commentary on Galen's Ars Parva, in A. Grafton - N.G. Siraisi (edit.), Natural Particulars. Nature and the disciplines in Renaissance Europe, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 1999, pp. 251–274.
M. Palumbo, «MANARDI (Manardo), Giovanni», in Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, Volume 68, Roma, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2007.
P. Zambelli, Giovanni Mainardi e la polemica sull'astrologia, in L'opera e il pensiero di Giovanni Pico della Mirandola nella storia dell'umanesimo, Atti del convegno internazionale (Mirandola, 15-18 settembre 1963), vol. II, Firenze 1965, pp. 205–279.

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Filologi italiani
Professori dell'Università degli Studi di Ferrara


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Q: PHP Google Maps Api returns ZERO_RESULT in valid request I am doing project and I need to fill my database with lat lng of address. I decided to use PHP and geocoding and I have big problem. PHP script returns ZERO RESULT, but when I try with web browser I have correct result.
$fulladdress = $street.$city;
$request= "http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/xml?address=".rawurlencode($fulladdress)."&sensor=true";
$xml = simplexml_load_file($request) or die("url not loading");

When i printed $fulladdress, $request and xml status I have this:
?apino Kartuskie http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/xml?address=%3Fapino%20Kartuskie&sensor=true STATUS: ZERO_RESULTS

A: You need to translate the polish chars, you can use http://php.net/manual/en/function.iconv.php
$fulladdress = iconv('UTF-8', 'ASCII//TRANSLIT//IGNORE', $street.$city);
$request= "http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/xml?address=".rawurlencode($fulladdress)."&sensor=true";
$xml = simplexml_load_file($request) or die("url not loading");

A: As it turns out, if the query/response from google maps api has some diacritical signs, it's necessarry to include http header "Accept-Language'. In my case:
Doesn't work:
curl -s 'http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=ul.+Zwyciestwa+44%2C+Dobre+Miasto'

Does work:
curl -s \
'http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=ul.+Zwyciestwa+44%2C+Dobre+Miasto' \
-H 'Accept-Language: pl-PL,pl;q=0.8,en-US;q=0.6,en;q=0.4'

A: You need to encode using UTF-8.
http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/xml?address=%C5%81apino%20Kartuskie&sensor=true