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Beyond Limits inks $25 million strategic deal with Xcel to build AI-controlled power plant
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Beyond Limits, a Glendale, California-based company developing explainable AI for a range of industries, today announced a $25 million strategic partnership with Xcel Energy to build what it's calling the world's first AI-controlled power plant. Beyond Limits CEO AJ Abdallat said it'll be designed from the ground up and from
NASA's next Mars rover will launch in 2020, and it's being built before our eyes - here's what the robot's birth has looked like
NASA is building a nuclear-powered rover to send to Mars. For now, it's called Mars 2020.The rover will search for signs of ancient microbial alien life, collect and stash...
NASA reveals new plans to extend Voyager missions
NASA will selectively shut down some instruments and reroute power on both Voyager probes to extend the life of the 40-year-old missions. (Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech )...
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NGK SPARK PLUG and Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Conclude an Agreement
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J-Power Orders Two MHPS JAC Gas Turbines to Continue the Decarbonization of Illinois' Electric Power Grid
US, Jul 8, 2019 - (JCN Newswire) - Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems (MHPS) announced today that J-Power USA Development Co. Ltd. (J-Power) has ordered two 1 on 1 M501JAC...
A NASA official says the explosion of SpaceX\'s ship during a test \'was a huge gift\' for making the vehicle safe to fly
SpaceX's new spaceship for NASA astronauts exploded during a ground test in Florida on April 20. No one was hurt.The seven-person capsule, called Crew Dragon, blew up because of a valve problem, SpaceX executive Hans Koenigsmann said on Monday.Koenigsmann said an investigation is about "80% done," and added he's unsure if Crew Dragon will launch with astronauts before the end...
Ascend exits stealth with $19 million to create automated, intelligent dataflows
Data may be king, but it is only valuable if you can do something useful with it. Ascend emerged from stealth today with $19 million in capital in its pocket and the goal of simplifying a key part of data handling with its Autonomous Dataflow Service. The primary pain point Ascend is addressing is the perilous nature of data pipelines and the amount of labor and maintenance...
MHPS Signs MOU with Uzbekistan\'s Ministry of Energy on Collaboration in Power Plant Operation and ...
Signing Ceremony TOKYO, Jul 18, 2019 - (JCN Newswire) - Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd. (MHPS) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Uzbekistan and Mitsubishi Corporation under which the three entities agreed to advance and accelerate discussion of a Comprehensive Service and Maintenance Program (CSMP) to support...
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Lunar Legacy: KBR Helps Apollo 11 Make History
Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin salutes the U.S. flag. KBR helped Apollo 11 reach the moon through its work with the Apollo program. NASA photo In the late 1990s, astronauts including Neil Armstrong (above) and Sally Ride served on the board of directors for Veridian, which became part of KBR heritage company Wyle. NASA photo An aerial view of Site 1, the Manned Spacecraft...
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What works for Freshworks: How one of India's most celebrated B2B SaaS startups turbo-charged their ...
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There are even unconfirmed rumors suggesting that Twitch superstar Ninja will be present at the Samsung Unpacked event. There are two volume keys below the Bixby button, but the right side doesn't seem to house any other keys or ports.
Before the results were announced, Facebook's shares had closed in NY at $217.50, a record high, and had gained 23% this year. That growth trouble, in turn, sent Facebook's share price down over 20 percent in after-hours trading.
Jose Mourinho has been brutally honest by admitting that Alexis Sanchez' unhappiness in Manchester United's pre-season defeat to Liverpool was justified.
United have made three signings but Mourinho fears he will not land both Leicester's Harry Maguire and Inter Milan's Ivan Perisic before August 9 transfer deadline.
Mourinho however has given updates on why the trio couldn't play the game which, although only a pre-season match, some might say highlighted the disparity in the strength in depth of our team and that of Liverpool.
"I think if you have the money, if you invest well, it is better than to have it in the bank". "I think it's possible I'm going to have one".
In it, he called on his board to deliver at least one new signing before the end of the transfer window, revealing he had given them a list of five names "months ago" and claimed United had been in the US this summer only to "survive" and to "get some not-too-ugly results".
"If it is possible it is possible, if it is not possible it is not possible".
"We start the game with nearly half the players who are not even going to belong to our squad on August 9 (transfer deadline day)". We don't have wingers, we don't have strikers. Alexis [Sanchez] is the only attacking player that we have.
"And the poor man is there trying his best with the frustration of someone who wants more".
'This is not my squad, not even 30 per cent my squad, ' he added. In what appeared to be a clear dig at the club's board and Ed Woodward, he also made it known that he'd submitted a list of five players to the club for one specific position - none of which have been signed.
"The atmosphere was good, but if I was them I wouldn't come".
"These people here showed how much they love their clubs". All they hear is the manager's negativity and complaints, and they, and the club and its supporters, need something more positive.
There was also further evidence that Mourinho's relationship with Martial is being stretched to breaking point, as he declared the Frenchman should be on his way back to the U.S. in order to help the team in their final friendly game against Real Madrid. "It was good fun".
The former Chelsea and Manchester City forward believes Liverpool will be in contention for honours under Klopp next season having invested heavily in a squad that reached the Champions League final in May.


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COVID-19 cases spike 25% in a week across the US
Alarming spikes in COVID-19 infections in the South and West have raised fears the outbreak is spiraling out of control – as New York Governor Andrew Cuomo slammed states like Texas and Florida for reopening too quickly amid the pandemic.
Gov Cuomo, who was criticized for not opening New York as quickly as others, has accused states like Texas, Florida and Arizona of reopening recklessly and not using facts and science like his state did.
'They have serious problems now. Not only will you have those states where more people will die, but it wasn't even better for the businesses,' he told NBC's Today on Tuesday.
'Now they've reopened and now they have an infection rate issue and they're talking about closing again.
'Anyone who thinks we could have reopened sooner, look at Florida, look at Arizona, look at Texas, look at the other 23 states that are going up – it shows we were smart and right.'
Currently, total infections in the US have surpassed 2.3 million and more than 120,000 Americans have died from COVID-19.
Cuomo said the current surge in cases and hospitals becoming overwhelmed in those states had vindicated what states like New York did by not reopening too early.
'We did have a science-based reopening. We did it on the facts. We did control it… and that's what works,' he said. 'Reopen intelligently then you won't have a subsequent problem.
The United States saw a 25 percent increase in new cases in the last week compared to the previous seven days with Arizona, Florida and Texas experiencing record surges in new infections
Gov Andrew Cuomo, who was criticized for not opening New York as quickly as others, has accused states like Texas, Florida and Arizona of reopening recklessly and not using facts and science like his state did
'We went from one of the highest infection rates in the United States to one of the lowest infection rates. We just have to make sure other states don't infect us now.
'About half the states in this country, infection rates are going up. In New York the virus is going down. We're now afraid that… people get on a plane and they come to New York… we don't want them bringing the virus here.
'We're seriously considering a quarantine just to make sure people who come in from states with higher infections don't inadvertently increase our infection rate.'
It comes as the United States saw a 25 percent increase in new cases in the last week compared to the previous seven days with Arizona, Florida and Texas experiencing record surges in new infections.
Twenty-five states reported more new cases in the week ended June 21 than the previous week, including 10 states that saw weekly new infections rise more than 50 percent and 12 states that posted new records, according to a Reuters analysis of data from The COVID Tracking Project.
Texas reported one of the largest rises in new cases at 24,000 for the week ended June 21, an increase of 84 percent from the previous week. The number of COVID-19 tests that came back positive in the state rose to 10 percent from 7 percent.
New cases in Florida rose 87 percent last week to almost 22,000 with the state's positive test rate nearly doubling to 11 percent.
TEXAS HOSPITALS: In Texas, the Texas Children's Hospital in Houston is now taking adult patients to provide additional beds as COVID-19 cases surge across the state Monday marked the 11th consecutive day Texas set a new high for COVID-19 hospitalizations
TEXAS CASES: Texas reported one of the largest rises in new cases at 24,000 for the week ended June 21, an increase of 84 percent from the previous week
TEXAS DEATHS: In Texas, deaths were down to 10 on Monday compared to the record 58 on May 15
Arizona reported 17,000 new cases, a 90 percent increase, with 20 percent of tests coming back positive.
The governors of all three states have attributed the increases in new cases to more testing, as well as younger people not following social distancing guidelines.
The alarming surges in cases – mostly in the South and West – continues to raise fears that the outbreak is spiraling out of control and that hard-won progress against the scourge is slipping away because of resistance among many Americans to wearing masks and keeping their distance from others.
Confirming predictions that the easing of state lockdowns over the past month and a half would lead to a comeback by the virus, cases surpassed 100,000 in Florida, hospitalizations are rising dramatically in Texas and Georgia, and a startling 1 in 5 of those tested in Arizona are proving to be infected.
In Texas, the Texas Children's Hospital in Houston is now taking adult patients to provide additional beds as COVID-19 cases surge across the state.
Hospitalizations in Texas have been increasing for more than a month and Monday marked the 11th consecutive day Texas set a new high for COVID-19 hospitalizations.
'It is snowballing. We will most certainly see more people die as a result of this spike,' said Dr Marc Boom, CEO and president of Houston Methodist Hospital.
He warned that hospitals could be overwhelmed in three weeks and he pleaded with people to cover their faces and practice social distancing.
FLORIDA CASES: FLORIDA CASES: Florida, one of the last states to impose stay-at-home restrictions and one of the first to begin lifting them, reported 2,926 new cases on Monday – down from the record 4,000 cases on Saturday
FLORIDA DEATHS: The state recorded 12 news deaths on Monday compared to the record 84 in early May
'It is possible to open up at a judicious pace and coexist with the virus but it requires millions and millions of people to do the right thing,' Boom said.
Texas is among a number of states – including Arizona, Alabama, Florida and South Carolina – whose governors have resisted statewide mask requirements, leaving the matter to local authorities.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said reimposing lockdown orders would be a last resort and reemphasized, but stopped short of mandating, people wear masks to curtail sobering trends.
In Georgia, the number of people hospitalized because of COVID-19 rose to 1,000 on Monday, erasing a month's worth of progress.
Infections are at their highest level since the outbreak began – nearly two months after Georgia began lifting restrictions on businesses.
Gov. Brian Kemp has required face coverings by waiters, barbers and others working face-to-face with customers but has largely let businesses decide whether customers must wear masks.
Arizona, in particular, is seeing disturbing trends in several benchmarks, including the percentage of tests that prove positive for the virus. Arizona's is the highest in the nation.
The state's positive test rate is at a seven-day average of over 20 percent, well above the national average of 8.4 percent and the 10 percent level that public health officials say is a problem.
When the positive test rate rises, it means that an outbreak is worsening – not just that more people are getting tested.
ARIZONA CASES: Arizona reported a record 3,591 new infections on Monday
ARIZONA DEATHS: The state recorded 42 new deaths on Monday – compared to the record 67 deaths recorded on May 8
ARIZONA HOSPITALS: Hospitalizations in Arizona appear to be declining but the intensive care bed usage in hospitals is increasing. Over the weekend, 85 percent of ICU beds (above) were in use across the state
In Louisiana, Gov. John Bel Edwards extended restrictions on businesses because of a troubling uptick in cases, following the example set by Utah and Oregon last week. Louisiana has recorded more than 3,000 deaths.
'There are a lot of people out there saying they are done with this virus. Well, the virus isn't done with us,' Edwards said.
Meanwhile, New York City, once the most lethal hot spot in the US, lifted more of its restrictions on Monday. Restaurants can serve diners outdoors, customers can browse through stores and get a haircut and children can return to playgrounds.
While President Donald Trump says the surge in new cases is down to increased testing, public health officials say it only accounts for some of the increases as people continue to relax social distancing measures and states slowly reopen.
As infections continue to surge, the number of daily deaths appears to be gradually declining across the country.
But health experts have warned the fatality rate often lags several weeks behind the infection rate and could potentially shoot back up again.
Experts say the fact that younger people – who are less likely to be hospitalized – are now accounting for a large number of the new cases could also have an impact in several weeks.
Young people could currently be infecting their elderly relatives and other at-risk people, which could drive up hospitalizations and deaths.
Former FDA boss Scott Gottlieb said a high percentage of those being hospitalized are younger adults.
'In March, 82 percent of those hospitalized in NYC were over 45. Today, 50 percent of hospitalized in Dallas are under 50. Is this just a function of a much higher rate of current infection among young, or something else?' he tweeted.
Currently, total infections in the US have surpassed 2.3 million and more than 120,000 Americans have died from COVID-19
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Apple TV+ signs overall deal with 'Girls Trip' writer Tracy Oliver
AppleInsider Staff | Mar 25, 2021
Apple recently inked a large eight-figure overall deal with screenwriter Tracy Oliver, known for penning "Girls Trip" and "Little," securing the writer's services for years to come.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Oliver will develop TV and feature film projects for Apple TV+ under her Tracy Yvonne Productions company.
Like her past films, Oliver is expected to focus on "diverse and meaningful" stories, content that fits well with Apple's guiding corporate principles. Tracy Yvonne Productions also aims to improve inclusiveness in an industry historically dominated by white men, the report said.
Oliver won critical acclaim and commercial success with "Girls Trip," a film co-written by Kenya Barris. With the movie's breakout success, the screenwriter became the first black woman to pen a film that ultimately grossed over $100 million at the box office.
In addition to "Girls Trip," Oliver's credits include "Little," "The Sun Is Also a Star" and "Barbershop: The Next Cut." She also developed and executive produces "The First Wives Club" for BET+ and is working alongside Amy Poehler on a comedy series for Amazon, the report said.
Oliver joins other big-name Hollywood personalities to commit to overall deals at Apple. Leonardo DiCaprio, Idris Elba, Cary Fukunaga, Sharon Horgan, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Martin Scorsese, Oprah Winfrey have all signed multi-year contracts to produce content for the tech giant.
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Eight figures. Heapa moolah.
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"Girls Trip" was a hit. It's accomplishment is even more impressive considering that it had plenty of competition as 2017 was a monster year, and it is one of the few "pure comedies" - as opposed to action/comedy hybrids - to surpass $100 million since the late 2000s (and even that is mostly Judd Apatow projects). That said: "Little" and especially (sadly) "The Sun Is Also a Star" were flops. "Barbershop: The Next Cut" merely did OK.
In isolation, you can't argue with the idea that a streaming network needs as much content as possible. Disney+ is giving us one-off movies aimed at - I guess - parents who watched the Disney Channel original series as kids like 15 years ago? But as I have mentioned several times, Apple TV+ is aiming at too narrow a slice of the market. That worked 30-40 years ago if you were a domestic basic cable operation supported by must-carry policies (meaning that only a tiny percentage of the people paying for it had to watch it) and were ad-supported as well like Lifetime, BET, The Nashville Network, Bravo etc. (you know, the networks that are now signing "live TV" deals with anyone that will take them - Roku, Sling, Plex, mobile carrier networks, you name it - in order to survive). But shutting off 70-80% of the viewing audience beyond an occasional "Ted Lasso" isn't going to cut it for a streaming network that requires overt financial opt-in, even if its $5 a month is far cheaper than the competition.
Reed Hastings and Ted Sarandos are west coast progressives. I guarantee you that they personally loathe much of the content on Netflix. But they realize that they are running a broad-based global business which means that their programming content has to consist of more than what they and their social circle believe should be aired. At some point Apple TV+'s brass will need to come to the same conclusion.
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Apple has revealed the trailer and premiere date for a new season of "Make or Break," a documentary about surfers coming to Apple TV+.
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Apple TV+ is welcoming back "Stillwater," "Harriet the Spy," and the latest "Charlie Brown" special, plus launching new live-action and animated children's shows.


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Q: Python, replace all integers in the last N columns based on the value in the first column for each row I want to replace the values in the last X columns of my dataframe replacing NaN with 0 and any integers in thos columns with 1. The X columns are defined by the value in the column M.
For example if I had a df with 2 users: A & B
Who have been active for the last (M) 1 & 2 periods only respectively.
A has been active the last  1 period only and B the last 2 periods, hence I want to replace the NaNs with 0s in these periods and any integers with 1 to show they were active.
Current structure is like this but extended for a 1million+ users and 24 periods and M can take a value between 0 and 23.
ID | M | P1 | P2 | P3
A  | 1 | NaN| NaN| NaN
B  | 2 | NaN| 4  | NaN

I would like to replace with 0 if NaN in the only the last M columns, or with 1 if the there is an integer value in those same columns.
so the data should look like this:
ID | M | P1 | P2 | P3
A  | 1 | NaN| NaN| 0
B  | 2 | NaN| 1  | 0

Thank you

A: Try using the df.apply() method as follows:
import pandas as pd
import numpy as np

df = pd.DataFrame(
    {
        'ID' : ['A', 'B'],
        'M' : [1, 2],
        'P1' : [np.nan, np.nan],
        'P2' : [np.nan, 4],
        'P3' : [np.nan, np.nan]
    }
)
print(df)

Returns:
  ID  M  P1   P2  P3
0  A  1 NaN  NaN NaN
1  B  2 NaN  4.0 NaN

Then we use the apply function over n_cols which is the number of columns:
n_cols = 3
for i in range(n_cols):
    idx = 0 - (i+1)
    df.iloc[:, idx] = df.iloc[:, idx].apply(lambda x: 0.0 if np.isnan(x) else 1.0)
print(df)

Which returns:
  ID  M  P1   P2   P3
0  A  1 0.0  0.0  0.0
1  B  2 0.0  1.0  0.0

To use the column 'M' as the number of columns do the following - note that this will be slower since there are two loops:
for i, n_cols in enumerate(df['M'].values):
    for j in range(n_cols):
        idx = 0 - (j+1)
        df.iloc[i, idx] = 0.0 if np.isnan(df.iloc[i, idx]) else 1.0

which returns:
  ID  M  P1   P2   P3
0  A  1 NaN  NaN  0.0
1  B  2 NaN  1.0  0.0

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Chimps confront death in human-like ways
Tuesday, 27 April 2010 Jennifer Viegas
Discovery News
The researchers found that chimpanzees appear to harbour the same emotions as humans when faced with the death of family member (Source: iStockphoto)
Chimps outsmart uni students, Science Online, 04 Dec 2007
Chimp DNA sheds light on humanity, Science Online, 06 Nov 2008
Chimps know when they're being aped, Science Online, 27 Apr 2010
Chimpanzees face death in human-like ways that indicate their awareness of death is probably much more developed than previously thought, suggest two new studies.
The papers, both published in the journal Current Biology, provide rare, intimate glimpses of chimpanzees dealing with death.
For the first study, scientists observed how three adult chimpanzees reacted when an elderly female, named Pansy, gradually passed away in an indoor enclosure at Blair Drummond Safari Park in Stirling, Scotland. The over 50-year-old Pansy had grown increasingly lethargic before lying down on the floor one day after eating.
"In the days before Pansy died, the others were notably attentive towards her, and they even altered their routine sleeping arrangements to remain by her, by sleeping on the floor in a room where they don't usually sleep," says lead author Dr James Anderson.
Blossom, another elderly female, and Pansy's daughter, Rosie, both stroked and groomed the dying Pansy, and sometimes just sat, subdued, beside the elderly female. Blossom's son Chippy checked to see if Pansy was alive by manipulating her arms and trying to open her mouth.
All of the chimps tossed and turned at night, much more than normal, during the dying female's final few days.
"As she died, all three were closely gathered around her, and they paid especially close attention to her face," says Anderson, who is in the Psychology Department at the University of Stirling.
"After some lifting and shaking of her head and shoulders, all three moved away from her, and there was no more such contact at all."
After Pansy died, overhead video cameras captured Chippy jumping onto the platform with Pansy's body. He leapt into the air, brought both hands down and pounded on Pansy's torso. He later sat by the corpse, and gently removed straw from the face.
"It is possible that it was an attempt to arouse Pansy, or a serious test of whether she was able to respond," says Anderson.
For the second study, Dora Biro of the University of Oxford and colleagues witnessed the deaths of five members, including two infants, of a semi-isolated chimpanzee community that researchers have been studying for over three decades in the forests surrounding Bossou, Guinea. The dead succumbed to a flu-like illness possibly originating in humans.
After their two infants died, chimpanzee mothers Jire and Vuavua continued to carry and groom their offsprings' lifeless bodies for up to 68 days. By the time the corpses were finally abandoned, the bodies had mummified and developed an "intense smell of decay."
While it remains unclear if the mothers were aware that their infants had died, the researchers suggest biophysical changes that prepare mothers for childcare after birth "may have contributed to a gradual letting go" of the remains.
"Intriguing parallels may exist with physiological and psychological changes experienced by human mothers, in whom the absence of cessation of breastfeeding may cause exaggerated desires to hold their infant (after it has died)," the researchers write.
"Certainly in humans, the loss of loved ones is an immensely painful experience, and the loss of a child perhaps almost inconceivably so," says Biro, adding that "we probably experience feelings of a 'refusal to let go' even if we don't act on it in the same way as these mothers did."
Humans, she says, tend to "hold onto objects that remind us of the dead person instead. We feel simply unable to throw them away, often for long periods after death, and these can be extremely emotive for us."
In light of all of the findings, Anderson and his colleagues suggest it might be better to not remove ailing elderly or terminally ill chimpanzees from their groups before they die, if the chimps are not contagious. At present, such individuals are often taken away and put to sleep.
"In some cases," Anderson and his team conclude, "it might be more humane to allow elderly apes to die naturally in their familiar social setting than to attempt to separate them for treatment or euthanasia."
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Many Many Voices is a live hörspiel by Roberto Paci Dalò and Isabella Bordoni, broadcast from the Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, on January 29 1995. Produced for Sender Freies Berlin, Kunstradio, RNE, YLE, Giardini Pensili.

Reception

-Giampiero Cane, Il Manifesto 9.1.1998

-Kunstradio 9.2.1995

Track listing
All songs written and directed by Roberto Paci Dalò and Isabella Bordoni.

Personnel
Roberto Paci Dalò - composer, conductor, sampler, clarinet, voice, electronics
David Moss - percussion, voice
Isabella Bordoni - dramaturgy, voice
Anna Clementi - voice
Jean-Marc Montera - electric guitar, voice
Horst Hörtner - electronics & system design, artistical collaboration
Claudio Jacomucci - accordion

Susanne Burkhardt - assistant direction
Patrizio Esposito - artistical collaboration
Isabella Bordoni, Roberto Paci Dalò - liner notes
Sabine Breitsameter - dramaturgy consultant
Oreste Zevola - illustration, drawings
K-PLEX Berlin - design

References

1995 live albums

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Did you know that Track & Field finishes in the top three for youth participation in the United States? High School Track & Field is typically only topped by Football, beating out such high profile sports as Soccer, Baseball and Basketball. That means there are a lot of kids participating in Track & Field events around the world on a daily basis and a lot of parents out there attempting to document their young athletes. Would you like to have some tips for photographing those events? Well I am here to do just that.
The first thing that comes to mind about shooting a Track & Field event is to stay heads up at all times. This is not a sport you snap casually. You need to think about where you are standing and pause before you start moving. I can't tell you how many times I have nearly wandered into a sprinter or narrowly escaped being speared by a javelin. You have starter guns popping, sprinters blazing, hurdlers leaping, distance runners galloping, jumpers and vaulters flying and hammers, discs, javelins and shot puts raining down from on high. It is like photographing a 10 ring circus! The action is divided into Track, Field, Combined and Road events. While I can't cover them all, let me jump right in with some tips for capturing some of the action.
Sprints – As you can imagine, these are fast and furious. You do not have time to change positions, so you need to decide where to place yourself. I like to shoot the finish. I will find a position at the finish line so I am catching them coming straight at me and not shoot until they are about the cross the line. Leave enough room so the runners don't crash into you of course. The drama and lunge at the finish plus the celebration is brief but dramatic. An optional photo is with a wide angle from down low a few feet in front of the starting line.
Middle and Distance – Depending on the length of the race, you have the opportunity to capture a few different looks of this event. If the race involves multiple laps, you have the option to catch the runners in the blocks plus some action as they circle past you. I like to plant myself on a curve so I can get some separation as they come around the bend. If the race is long enough, you can even capture the finish.
Hurdles – This event allows for a dramatic pose as the runners sail over the hurdles. You can either try to catch them straight on with a long lens or get parallel with the hurdle, get down low and capture them as they clear the gate. These events are typically short races and even the 400mm doesn't allow for multiple angles. Utilize your motor drive and let it rip as they come across.
Relays and Steeplechase – Relays are exciting as runners attempt to pass a baton. However, you need to place yourself several yards in front of the runner about the receive the baton. By the time the actual handoff occurs, they are several yards from where they started. It can also be very crowded. Steeplechases are fun as you get the splash of the runner hitting the water during the water jump. Crank up your shutter speed to really freeze those water drops. Very dramatic.
Long and Triple Jumps – My favorite way to shoot this is from straight ahead of the jumper. I get down low on my stomach and start shooting a few seconds before they hit the sand. The low angle allows for a clear shot of their concentrated expressions and flying sand.
High Jump – I actually prefer shooting this event from the same angle from which the athlete starts running. That way you see their whole transition from the start of the jump to the top as they contort their bodies over the bar. If you are on the other side, you only get the top of the jump and the drop to the pad. However, for a change of pace the head first curl over the bar from the far side can be terrific––just harder to capture.
Pole Vault – This can be a tough one, but it does lend itself to a variety of angles. A wide angle lens down low at about the point where they start to ascend can be a nice option. I have also snagged some nice shots by going up to the higher levels in the stands, therefore putting myself at a similar height to the bar at the top. You capture an unusual view of the body curling over the bar rather than always shooting up at the action where the bright sun can become an issue. One more angle is straight ahead as the athlete runs towards you, before planting their pole.
Throwing events – These can be some of the most challenging shots to get because the best angle is from straight on, but that is also where the shot put, discus, javelin and hammer is headed. This can be extremely hazardous to your health. For shot put, I tend to pick an angle from the front and off to the side depending on if the thrower is right or left handed. The spin is hard to catch but the final push can be exciting. The discus and hammer toss is so very hard to capture because they are normally within a C shaped net enclosure. This is one of the hardest events to capture unless you have a super long lens and even then you risk injury. The javelin thrower can be captured as a horizontal shot from the side showing the muscular exertion during the last second before the throw.
I realize I have not covered every track and field event but hopefully, this will give you enough to get out there and give it a try. Once again, heads up. This sport requires great awareness of your surroundings and some serious forethought before changing positions. Have a blast…but be safe!


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Pam Darnall, Family & Children's Place president and CEO, will be among 40 women participating in Bizwomen Mentoring Monday, sponsored by Louisville Business First.
The one-of-a-kind event, from 8-10 a.m., April 4, at The Olmstead, 3701 Frankfort Ave., in Louisville, offers participants the chance to speak with and be mentored by some of the most influential women in the local business and nonprofit community.
Each mentor conversation is scheduled to last seven minutes and attendees will stand in line and wait for a particular mentor or move to the next mentor available. The process provides the chance for participants to network while they wait, which is every bit as important as the coaching sessions. The goal is for each attendee to meet and speak with between one and seven mentors.
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Critics Say Facebook Penalty Is A Slap On The Wrist As Stock Prices Surge
For many data and privacy activists, the $5 billion fine reportedly handed down to Facebook by the Federal Trade Commission is wildly insufficient.
The FTC voted to approve the fine on Friday, according to The Wall Street Journal. The penalty comes as part of a settlement that would also require the company to transform its privacy practices. However, as The New York Times reported, the deal wouldn't restrict Facebook's ability to collect and share its users' data with third parties.
If authorized by the Justice Department, it would be the largest fine the FTC has ever levied against a tech company.
Freedom from Facebook, an anti-Facebook coalition, described the punishment as a slap on the wrist and called on Congress to investigate the FTC. Republicans on the commission reportedly voted in favor of the settlement against Democrats, 3-2.
"Trump's FTC commissioners have rolled over the monopoly, voting 3-2 for a slap-on-the-wrist settlement with Facebook," the group said in a statement obtained by The Hill. "The FTC continues to lay bare their inability to protect American consumers and markets and Congress needs to investigate the FTC's wanton disregard of their duties."
While $5 billion is a record-breaking penalty, it likely won't affect the company in a lasting way. Facebook set aside $3 billion earlier this year in anticipation of the fine. The company also made a profit of $22 billion last year and brought in $15 billion in revenue last quarter.
The punishment did have an effect on the stock market. After news of the fine made headlines on Friday, Facebook's stock price surged to its highest point in nearly a year.
In a statement, Sally Hubbard of the liberal think tank Open Markets Institute said the settlement was "woefully insufficient" and suggested it encouraged Facebook's bad behavior.
Democrats on Capitol Hill also joined the chorus of critics outraged over the settlement.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, a 2020 presidential candidate, said the FTC let Facebook "off easy" for "allowing our elections to be improperly influenced," referencing Russia's social media influence in the 2016 presidential campaign.
In a tweet, Warren said Facebook should be disbanded by the FTC.
Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia, who is also the vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said it was time for Congress to intervene in the FTC's handling of Facebook's violations.
Rep. David Cicilline of Rhode Island suggested the same.
In a series of tweets, Lindsey Barrett, a teaching fellow at Georgetown University's Institute for Public Representation Communications and Technology Clinic, warned that the penalty would encourage Facebook and other tech companies to continue acting recklessly with data without the threat of severe repercussions.
Barrett worked as an extern at Facebook's Privacy and Public Policy group, according to her Georgetown Law biography.
She also warned that other tech companies would "violate the law on as grand a scale and in as reckless a way" as Facebook did with Cambridge Analytica, the political data firm hired by the Trump presidential campaign in 2016 that was found to have secretly harvested Facebook users' data.
It is now up to the Justice Department to review and authorize the settlement.
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A: No. This is also a feature that's rather unlikely to be added. This is usually the reason of shells and programming languages, which can handle this with ease, e.g. PowerShell:
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MASTERPIECE: How did you come to work on the Poldark team?
HANSON-ORR: I'm one of the creatives over here at SMMS, and I've been the content creator for Poldark since Series 3! I actually started working for SMMS doing some odd jobs that had nothing to do with Poldark or even designing content, and sort of fell into working as a content creator because I had a little background as a hobby artist/designer. Poldark was one of the first shows I did a whole campaign for, and it's been my baby ever since!
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MASTERPIECE: Was this wholly an Aunt Agatha thing, or are you experienced with tarot cards outside of your day job?
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MASTERPIECE: Do you have a favorite?
HANSON-ORR: Hardest question by far. Of the currently released cards, Strength and the Devil are probably my favorites. Out of the whole deck, I'm rather fond of Ossie's card.
MASTERPIECE: We don't yet have The Fool…We're dying to know who you'd choose for that card!
MASTERPIECE: Do you have plans to make more cards?
MASTERPIECE: What do you think Aunt Agatha would make of these cards?
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MASTERPIECE: Is there any Aunt Agatha in you?
HANSON-ORR: I think I'm more of a Morwenna, really, but if I could be half as brilliant as Agatha in my old age, I'll die a happy woman.
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Le quadrangle de Pandrosos Dorsa (littéralement : quadrangle des rides de Pandrose), aussi identifié par le code USGS V-5, est une région cartographique en quadrangle sur Vénus. Elle est définie par des latitudes comprises entre  et des longitudes comprises entre . Il tire son nom de Pandrosos Dorsa.

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Q: Grouping then selecting the bottom row from one column I have a dataset where I need to group by one column and select the last row from that group in another column and taking the mean of the third column.
A sample is like this:
df <- data.frame(id=c("a","a","a","b","b","b","c","c","c"),
                 name=c("a1","a2","a3","b1","b2","b3","c1","c2","c3"),
                 v=c(1,2,3,3,1,4,3,1,2))

I have used dplyr to group and get the mean of v but not sure how to take the last value for the name column.
df %>%
   group_by(id) %>%
   summarise(mean(v))

The result shows as follows:
  id    `mean(v)`
  <fct>     <dbl>
1 a          2
2 b          2.67
3 c          2

How can I add another column where it selects a3 for a and b3 for b and c3 for c?

A: Selecting the last row can be seen as summarizing as well:
df %>%
  group_by(id) %>%
  summarise(mean = mean(v), name = tail(name, 1))
# A tibble: 3 x 3
#   id     mean name
#   <fct> <dbl> <fct>
# 1 a      2    a3
# 2 b      2.67 b3
# 3 c      2    c3

A: All the following will work.
library(dplyr)

df %>%
  group_by(id) %>%
  summarise(mean = mean(v), name = last(name))
# # A tibble: 3 x 3
#   id     mean name
#   <fct> <dbl> <fct>
# 1 a      2    a3
# 2 b      2.67 b3
# 3 c      2    c3

df %>%
  group_by(id) %>%
  summarise(mean = mean(v), name = nth(name, n()))
# # A tibble: 3 x 3
#   id     mean name
#   <fct> <dbl> <fct>
# 1 a      2    a3
# 2 b      2.67 b3
# 3 c      2    c3

df %>%
  group_by(id) %>%
  summarise(mean = mean(v), name = name[n()])
# # A tibble: 3 x 3
#   id     mean name
#   <fct> <dbl> <fct>
# 1 a      2    a3
# 2 b      2.67 b3
# 3 c      2    c3

df %>%
  group_by(id) %>%
  summarise(mean = mean(v), name = name[length(name)])
# # A tibble: 3 x 3
#   id     mean name
#   <fct> <dbl> <fct>
# 1 a      2    a3
# 2 b      2.67 b3
# 3 c      2    c3


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Virtual Open Day - Filmmaking at BIMM Institute Berlin
Do you want to work in the film and television industry? Want to know more about our industry-led courses? Then join us for an exclusive webinar on Wednesday 19th January at 18:00 CET (German time) to dive deep into our BA (Hons) Filmmaking course at BIMM Institute Berlin!
Our friendly Filmmaking lecturers and Admissions team will be your hosts, and let you in on all you need to know about our undergraduate Filmmaking degree and tips to kick-start your career in film during and after your studies.
The BA (Hons) Filmmaking undergraduate degree offers students the opportunity to learn their craft from real filmmakers, and provides access to the kit used to make real films during and after your studies. This course will introduce you to a variety of film genres and styles, and covers the principal creative and technical skills and roles that are found in the film industry including screenwriting, directing, cinematography, producing, production sound mixing, editing, lighting/gaffer, continuity/script supervision and production management.
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Believe in yourself, go easy on yourself, and remember: You're trying your best, and that's what really matters.
As the holidays roll around, it is easy to get lost in time. The fear of missing out (FOMO) may be the companion to the sneaky thief we call procrastination. Read on to find out how.
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Human nature is to finish what we start and if it is not finished, we experience some type of discomfort. This discomfort manifests itself in different ways.
To remain in a job that brings you no pleasure or a sense of accomplishment, at the end of the day, is a choice. There is no obstacle too great when the rewards are worth the sacrifices made to achieve them.
Researchers call that area right outside our comfort zone a state of optimal anxiety. It's not too overwhelming, but it's not too easy, and it's where we often do our best work.


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Saddam Hussein, fate at the end of a rope
All personal effects of Saddam Hussein were entrusted to one of his lawyers. The ex-raïs is therefore in his pajamas when the Americans hand him over to plainclothes police. The nights are cool, he keeps his thick coat on. As soon as he arrives on the scene, a violent verbal altercation opposes him to his new and ephemeral jailers, whom he calls terrorists and valets of the occupier.
A senior official attacks him: "Everything we are going through today is your fault! You destroyed us. You have overwhelmed us with misery and made us live in destitution.
– I destroyed your enemies, Iranians and Americans. I saved you from misery and come out of poverty.
– Straight to hell!
– God curse you! »
As he climbed onto the platform where the gallows stand, Saddam lost none of his pride. "Iraq is nothing without me!" he says to a manager, the only one among the people around the victim not to wear a balaclava. During the broadcast of images shot by an "official" camera, his face will be blurred.
August 2, 1990: Saddam Hussein's Grand Design
The ex-raïs is chained, feet and fists bound. As soon as he climbs the steps leading to the gallows, he no longer pays attention to what surrounds him. " Ya Allah ! he begs. No fear is perceptible on his face. Detail: there is not a single executioner but five. Saddam refuses to blindfold. The official images stop when the condemned man is placed standing on the trapdoor, the rope around his neck. Other images taken by mobile phones report the detail of the hanging.
The day of Eid el-Kebir
A cleric chants a few verses from the Koran. Saddam recites the Muslim Profession of Faith, the shahada. Four flashes crackle. Photos taken by other cell phones will be the world's headlines the next day. While the clerk is still mumbling, a first cry rings out:
"For Mohamed Baqer Sadr [un grand ayatollah, oncle de Moqtada Sadr, pendu par Saddam en avril 1980 pour intelligence avec l'Iran].
– Moqtada! Moqtada! Moqtada! shout in chorus of the members of support.
– Haya roujoula! " , retorts Saddam, which could be translated as "Is that how you are men? », in the Bedouin sense of the term.
"The man is being executed," says an unknown voice, which turns out to be that of Mounqidh al-Faroun, the prosecutor who had requested the death penalty during the trial. He threatens to leave the room, which would cause the execution to be suspended. The national security adviser, Mouwaffaq Roubaï, reasoned with him and the execution could go to completion.
Saddam Hussein, revelations from beyond the grave
Saddam again begins the shahada : "There is no God but God and Mohammed…" The hatch opens. We will not have given him time to complete the formula. The images of agony are fleeting and blurry. Then a static shot shows the corpse of the raïs in a shroud. The face is bruised. Consequence of the hanging? Traces of post-mortem blows, the result of the relentlessness of part of the assistance on the remains of the victim? The circumstances of the execution are overwhelming for the Iraqi government and its American protectors. Even though the execution took place before dawn, the Sunni community will remember that the former dictator was executed on a holy day [Aïd el-Kébir]. It was a reflection of the justice that pronounced the sentence, characterized by a crying amateurism. A parody of a trial and an execution as we see in the Wrong westerns.
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This post builds on a recent ACA post on 8 September about campaigning for the Wollert rail (see website http://www.aurora.asn.au/2018/09/aca-campaign-for-rail-and-roads/). Arguments abound with regard to opposing the Wollert rail proposal. As soon as one is countered, another pops up so that this rail continues to be deferred indefinitely causing much hardship and disadvantage for local residents. Responses to past invalid arguments follow.
It is too early to campaign for Wollert rail. This rail is not due for more than 20 years (after the Metro 2 rail tunnel is completed). The Wollert train will be forgotten if there is no campaigning. A campaign win depends on sustained and increasingly stronger and more noticeable campaigning. Major and worsening local transport problems are current and require a current solution.
Locals do not have enough time to campaign. The longer the wait the less time there will be to campaign as increasing time is required for commuting. The current campaign is failing because insufficient campaigners make it look as if locals don't want the train or are not interested.
Getting the Mernda rail indicates it will be straight forward and easy to get the Wollert rail. The success of the Mernda rail campaign has brought in measures to stop a repeat of this success. Three senior Whittlesea Council managers who strongly supported this campaign are no longer with the Council. Future Access Denied type transport campaigns appear to be out of the question for this Council. Some with major influence on the current Council have appeared much more supportive of Mernda and Wollert busways.
A shortage of detailed submissions for Wollert rail indicates lack of support. At least one of the detailed submissions has lots of references and shows lots of people who support the rail line to Wollert – see website http://www.aurora.asn.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Wollert_Rail_Full_Submission.pdf.
Roads deserve priority. More and widened roads alone attract more vehicles and consequently more road congestion.
I can't or won't use distant rail – so campaigning for rail is a waste of my time. A new train line will allow many to switch from road to rail. Remaining drivers will hopefully experience less congested roads; driving will then be quicker and easier. Or at least congestion will not continue to worsen so heavily.
The Mernda rail is enough for the Whittlesea municipality. Whittlesea City covers a very large area with an increasing very large population. Wollert and Epping North are too far away from Mernda and need their own rail line to Wollert.
Rail campaigning is political. Many have no time for politics or politicians. There may be adverse repercussions from campaigning against a major political party. We live in a democracy which requires that people registered to vote are active and interested in how they are governed. Otherwise democracy fails. Irresponsible or threatening governments can be voted out. Above all, governments should not be allowed to concentrate funding for corporate lobbyists and/or marginal electorates. Ministerial and career advancement for anti-rail MPs should not be happening. It is most unfortunate that major political parties have made urban infrastructure political.
Whittlesea Council should not have been involved in the Access Denied transport campaign (Connect O'Herns Rd | Build Mernda Rail). Their involvement was not needed and much Council money was wasted. Hence no more Access Denied type transport campaigning from Council.
_ Whittlesea Council was very important for the success of the 2014 Access Denied campaign and did not waste money. Inexperienced local residents should not have to start an impossible major social uprising to advance their cause. Council participation adds much needed weight and authority to campaigning. Council is also severely disadvantaged by transport problems ignored by State government. Councillor responsibilities normally include advocating on the important needs of the municipality.
Current transport problems in Epping North and Wollert can be fixed by a rapid transit bus service or light-rail on the Wollert transport corridor. This will be cheaper and quicker. These alternatives are vastly inferior to Wollert heavy-rail and are very likely to be cause heavy-rail to be deferred indefinitely – especially if either of them occupy the Wollert transport corridor. They are far less popular and will be substantially slowed by passengers getting on and off buses and trams and where the corridor connects to congested roads. Buses and trams providing a comparable service to trains will have much higher operating costs. Quicker development is pointless if it does not work.
Funding for the Wollert rail will result in less funding for other electorates. A Wollert rail will benefit residents in a number of electorates in or close to Wollert. MPs are rightly justified in pushing for more funds for their electorates. But this should not have them campaigning against the Wollert rail.
There is a lack of widespread support in the precinct of Epping North for building the Wollert rail. It is extremely difficult to show this support. The situation is not helped by the large proportion of local residents who are new arrivals to Australia from non-English speaking countries. Many here are from quite different cultures where community campaigning is far less familiar and can be viewed as a reprehensible attack on government. Many local residents are affected by increasing time needed for commuting that results in less time for family, friends, community and advocacy.
Major corporations and big business want investment in roads rather than rail. John Menadue has recently written about how the "banking royal commission confirms our worst fears about many business executives and crony capitalism". He continues with "The big new honey pot, of course that business and particularly construction companies and financiers want to access, is 'infrastructure'. Unless we are very careful we will find that their lobbying, as in the past which has resulted in billions of dollars of wasteful road-spending, will continue." (https://bit.ly/2HXld9p) Corporate influence has contributed to government neglect of outer suburbs and rail.
Economic benefits of Wollert rail are questionable. The Wollert rail line will help greatly in business development and employment in the Epping, Epping North (Aurora South, Aurora North) and Wollert town centres with new rail stations. More local employment can reduce the demand for more road development. The Wollert rail line will also support future local real estate development. The absence of the Wollert rail line is already having serious adverse consequences which will get worse to the point of social breakdown. These consequences include social, financial and psychological stress.
Prioritising other transport project over Wollert rail improves the chances for a major political party to be elected to government.
_ Voter disenchantment with neglectful major political parties increases the chances of inappropriate candidates being elected to Parliament (e.g. media personalities whose ignorance and incompetence attracts undiscerning viewers).
Voters in the southern part of the Thomastown electorate would feel annoyed and neglected if other Thomastown voters further north were the main beneficiaries of government funds for Thomastown. Most voters and residents in the electorate of Thomastown would benefit from the Wollert rail. Those not using this rail should experience less road congestion because of other drivers switching to rail. The notion that government funding at any time must be evenly dispersed over an electorate will reduce infrastructure spending because it will be prohibitively expensive. If this had prevailed in the past, the absence of necessary infrastructure in Melbourne would be far greater than what it is today.
Other parts of Melbourne in need of rail extensions such as Clyde and Baxter have been around longer than Epping North and Wollert and therefore deserve higher priority for government rail funding.
_ Prioritising rail funding should not mean indefinite deferral of important rail projects as has happened with Doncaster and Wollert rail. A rail extension to Wollert is needed now and already a large and increasing number of local residents are experiencing increasing hardship and declining liveability because of its absence. The cost of not having the Wollert rail should also be considered e.g. the cost of increasing congestion and hardship.
The Victorian State government will consider a rail extension to Wollert when the time is right. The Victorian State government has appeared very anti-heavy-rail with its long delay of the airport rail line, its light-rail plan for Rowville and a plan for a new North East road link that will stop a future Doncaster rail line. This anti-rail attitude needs to be strongly challenged.
The Seymour rail line should be connected to the Upfield line. (Presumably this would provide necessary additional public transport for population growth around Donnybrook, Woodstock and further north.) The Wollert rail line, which is vitally important for population growth in the Whittlesea Council precincts of Epping North and Wollert, can be extended to Donnybrook or further north on the Seymour rail line. An alternative rail extension from the Upfield line is likely to result in further grounds for not having the Wollert rail line. The current resistance to extending the rail line from Upfield to Epping and Epping North needs to be questioned. Although still the first option, extending the rail line from Lalor will require much funding for rail development elsewhere e.g. the Metro 2 rail tunnel, modern signalling, removal of level crossings etc.
People should be given what they want. And there are major things they want more than a rail line to Wollert. How about giving people what their communities most need. People may be well aware of their individual needs relating to car travel (e.g. more and wider roads) but it is difficult for many to understand that meeting community needs (e.g. a new train line) can often provide much better solutions for both individuals and people in general e.g. with regard to road congestion and car travel time. For many people including politicians, thinking in terms of community needs is an unfamiliar way of thinking which they are not trained for. There is a major role here for expert urban planners ahead of politicians.
The Wollert rail line will be inefficient because it will be a spur line. The Melbourne rail system has survived for ages with numerous spur lines close to rail stations such as Richmond, South Yarra, Caulfield, Clifton Hill, Dandenong, Footscray and Newport etc.


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PNG security guards clash with detainees on Manus Island, two injured: asylum seeker
By PNG correspondent Liam Cochrane
Updated January 17, 2015 00:45:31
External Link: Detainees protest on Manus Island
Photo: Riot police at the Manus Island centre (Supplied)
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Security guards have reportedly clashed with asylum seekers at the Manus Island detention centre, after days of self-harm protests by detainees.
Photographs obtained by the ABC appear to show at least two men with minor injuries to their heads and blood on their shirts, though the images cannot be independently verified.
An asylum seeker from the detention centre told the ABC that "local guards" and "Wilson guards" threw stones at the men in Delta compound, referring to contractor Wilson security.
"They start (sic) throwing the stone from outside the compound," he said.
Photo: A man injured during a clash between asylum seekers and security guards. (Supplied)
"Maybe many people will die more, other than Reza Barati and Hamid Kehazaei, our brothers."
Barati, a 23-year-old Iranian, died in a riot at the detention centre in February last year. Kehazaei died in a Brisbane hospital in September after being transferred from Manus Island with septicaemia.
Others photos also obtained by the ABC show the security contractor's Incident Response Team in riot gear and other security staff outside the fence at Delta compound.
Another photo shows security staff carrying a man on a stretcher away from the area, but it is not clear if he is an asylum seeker.
Immigration sources have told the ABC that some non-essential staff at the Australian-run centre had been evacuated over concerns of possible violence.
Immigration Minister Peter Dutton has been approached for comment.
Photo: A person is carried on a stretcher at the Manus Island Detention Centre (Supplied)
Earlier today Mr Dutton said he was worried about the "volatile" situation at the centre, where asylum seekers have reportedly swallowed washing powder and razors as part of the ongoing protests.
He said people outside the centre had been encouraging the behaviour by telling asylum seekers it could help them get to Australia.
"I'm very concerned that somehow people are conveying a message that through non-compliant behaviour, by refusing to take food or water that somehow that behaviour will change the outcome for those individual cases in terms of their desire to be settled in Australia," he said.
"If people are acting on that advice they should dismiss that advice."
He said the protests would not change the Government's resolve on border security and detainees on Manus Island would never be resettled in Australia.
"My message today is very clear to the transferees on Manus and in other facilities: whilst there has been a change of minister the absolute resolve of me as the new minister and of the Government is to make sure that for those transferees they will never arrive in Australia," Mr Dutton said.
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Topics: refugees, community-and-society, immigration, law-crime-and-justice, papua-new-guinea, australia, asia
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How one Frenchwoman's stint in New York City helped her find her roots.
Dugas' family has been in the wine business since her great-grandmother cultivated their first vines in Champagne back in the 1930s. "As a girl I watched my mother open a bottle of her family's champagne at nearly any excuse," she writes. "A friend stopping by the house? Champagne! The sun coming out after a little rain? Alors! Champagne! But the truth is that I knew almost nothing about it, except that there was plenty in the pantry." Despite her lack of knowledge, Dugas jumped at the chance to work for her uncle as a wine representative in the United States. She could live in New York City, learn English, and be able to travel America, all while learning about wine. In this delightful memoir, the author recounts her first two years in New York, first working for her uncle, then as a champagne rep for Pringent, and finally as an assistant to a small importer of quality French wines. In the beginning, Dugas struggled to interact with her roommates and business associates while discussing wines in a language that didn't flow as readily across her tongue as the vintages she poured for her potential clients. But she soaked it all up, the good and the bad, and discovered sheer pleasure in learning as much as possible about each of the wines she represented. She also branched out to experience new wines with a small circle of friends and her boyfriend, who moved from France to New York to be with her. Dugas shows the U.S. from a foreigner's perspective, which brings an interesting slant to her story. She also includes informative sections on all types of wine in each chapter, providing a minicourse in oenology.
A Frenchwoman entertainingly reflects on what she learned about herself, her family's wine business, and wines in general while living in the U.S.


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