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Essay on Haritha Haram Program – Our life continues until we breathe in and out. We owe our existence to the plant kingdom. Plants provide food to all terrestrial living beings. But no other organism can deplete the green cover like us. Plants not only absorb carbon dioxide but also other polluting gases like carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, and nitrous oxides. Trees are home to many birds, insects, and animals. They help in increasing the groundwater level and also prevent floods and landslides. Trees make the surroundings naturally cool and give an aesthetic look. With the blooming flowers and the delicious fruits, our lives become heavenly. Most of the tourist places today have a canopy of green. Have you ever wondered, why?
It is because we have cleared forests for settling down and built concrete jungles instead. It is we who need roads, airports, bus depots, shopping malls, and gated communities. By felling of trees, we have also destroyed the habitat of many birds, insects, and animals. We are disrupting the food chain. But now, we face troubles like unprecedented rains, drowning cities, years of drought, and unbreathable air. Afforestation and maximizing the flora is the foremost requirement to prevent nature's fury.
Haritha Haram initiative by Tamil Nadu government
The state government of Telangana, on 3rd July 2015, came up with a flagship program called 'Telanganaku Haritha Haram'. The National Forest Policy of India envisages a minimum of 33% of the total geographical area under forest / tree cover to maintain environmental stability and ecological balance; that are vital for sustenance of all life-forms, human, animal and plants. The objective of this project was to increase the tree cover in the state from 24 percent to 33 percent. The government planned to plant around 230 crores of saplings in the state.
Implementation of Haritha Haram
The government of Tamil Nadu aimed at planting 130 crores of saplings in non-forest areas and 100 crores in forest locations. The government formed committees at village and district levels. People working in panchayats, municipalities, and corporations were given the task of steering and monitoring the project. Many awareness programs were held so that people get attuned to the government's massive efforts. The government also sought active participation from the public. The avenue plantation team takes care of plantings along the highways. This not only beautifies our roads but act as lung spaces especially in urban areas where the level of carbon dioxide is high due to traffic. Institutes like schools, colleges, hospitals, and government premises having open spaces took up planting. The students and the employees actively participate in the program. The government also undertook to plant in river and canal banks, lakeshores, etc. It also gave awareness sessions to farmers on the benefits of agroforestry. Afforestation of barren hills is also under the government's action plans. It introduced seed bombing techniques to plant on hills and remote locations.
To encourage planting, the government gives awards like Haritha Mithra awards to stakeholders including individuals, public representatives, NGOs, Government organizations, and Corporates.
The administrative team conducts regular inspections, and review meetings are held at various levels. In 2019, the program entered its fifth phase. The administrative team conducts regular inspections, and review meetings are held at various levels. In 2019, the program entered its fifth phase. This year the government envisages planting 100 crores of plants. The Haritha Haraam is an excellent method to give back to Mother Nature and should be implemented throughout the country.
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Years ago, having air-conditioning in an automobile was considered a great luxury; today car air conditioning in Fargo ND is as standard as a rear-view mirror. Although it is recommended that a certified technician make any major repairs should the system fail, it is always helpful that you, as the vehicle operator, know what to look and listen for.
Automobile manufacturers usually suggest that the air-conditioning system be fully serviced on two-year intervals. This service would include changing the refrigerant, full lubrication and a system-wide leak test. During this two-year period the refrigerant will have escaped, this is because it is designed to leak. The engine of the car vibrates, the piping moves and the seals expand and contract, all of which allows for a certain leakage. As the refrigerant leaks, the performance of the system degrades.
* Foul smells may be caused by bacteria: As the vehicle ages or when the air conditioning in Fargo ND is not operated frequently, bacteria, mold and fungus can begin forming behind the dash on the evaporator. This growth results in some very unpleasant odors. There are reasons to believe that this build up causes headache and flu-like symptoms. The solution is to treat the area with anti-bacterial material, which will kill the growth, leaving the car smelling fresh.
* Time to recharge: If the car interior does not feel like it is as cold as it once was, the system may need the refrigerant topped up. This is not something that can be done at home as specialized equipment is required. On average, a typical car will lose about 15% of the refrigerant annually through normal leakage. After a couple of years, the performance will be greatly depreciated. The solution is to visit an air conditioning service technician; have the system checked for leaks and the gas refilled.
* Strange noises: When the air conditioner begins to fail it will start making noises that you will not hear when it's functioning well. Some of these noises are symptomatic of compressor failure about to take place. The compressor is the most expensive component of the system, if it seizes up, then metal shards can get into other critical components causing system-wide failure. Any strange noises should be investigated immediately, if it is left too long the repair bill could be bigger than necessary.
* Excess moisture: Don't be concerned when water drips from under the car, this is normal. The water is coming from the evaporator which has a drain tube which allows the water that builds up in the evaporator to drain off. If the tube becomes blocked you may see excessive moisture in the interior, perhaps a wet carpet. This is a problem that can quickly and inexpensively be solved.
Annual servicing of the car air conditioning in Fargo ND will help to keep it running at peak performance and should any problems be spotted; they can be rectified while still inexpensive.


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import cv2
import numpy as np
from matplotlib import pyplot as plt
import os

# make_edges reads an image from /pfs/images and outputs the result of running
# edge detection on that image to /pfs/out. Note that /pfs/images and
# /pfs/out are special directories that Pachyderm injects into the container.
def make_edges(image):
    img = cv2.imread(image)
    tail = os.path.split(image)[1]
    edges = cv2.Canny(img, 100, 200)
    plt.imsave(
        os.path.join("/pfs/out", os.path.splitext(tail)[0] + ".png"), edges, cmap="gray"
    )

# walk /pfs/images and call make_edges on every file found
for dirpath, dirs, files in os.walk("/pfs/images"):
    for file in files:
        make_edges(os.path.join(dirpath, file))

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← Welcome to new Emergence client, Sona Nanotech Ltd.
Emergence client, PEI Juice Works, is a PEI-based agri-food processing company that is having great success sharing Prince Edward Island's abundant wild blueberries with the rest of the world. You can check out their story on the website of our program partner, Food Island Partnership.
PEI Juice Works' General Manager, Jackson Platts told us the company recognized the opportunity to juice in bulk with the explosion of the craft brew market along the eastern seaboard. About 75% of PEI Juice Works' 100% blueberry juice is shipped to China, Taiwan, Japan, Barbados, the U.S. and Europe. China represents the largest single market for the company.
Blueberries, which are considered a superfruit high in antioxidants and believed to have restorative qualities, are in high demand worldwide.
Each 375 ml bottle of juice contains just over one pound of wild blueberries. The addition of rhubarb, tart cherries and cranberries has created three unique blends that complement the natural essence of the wild blueberries.
This innovative company doesn't waste anything. They're now using the skin of blueberries, dried and ground to a powder, for the commercial animal feed market, and the nutraceutical industry.


Iris the pit bull is vomiting and not eating. At Columbus Small Animal Hospital, a number of diagnostic tools are employed, including X-rays and ultrasound imaging. Iris has a linear foreign body in her intestine, and a complicated surgical procedure is required to remove it. It turns out to be a piece of rope that Iris somehow had consumed. But after her surgery, Iris is up and around and back to normal.


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Q: Okhttp - java, issue with getting url from response I am trying to log in to a website called Stockx (http://stockx.com/login). To send appropriate requests I need state and clientID from the response (fetchstate) headers or url. ClienID is okay but state shall look like this:
hKFo2SBTb0hLMENwUHFIWXlLcTVRaTU2RUduMkR6T2NnMXFhcqFupWxvZ2luo3RpZNkgdnY2emVyNjdzU1o0ekI4YV9RQll2Q3lvVWNld3B5TV-jY2lk2SBPVnhydDRWSnFUeDdMSVVLZDY2MVcwRHVWTXBjRkJ5RA
but my code always gives: %7B%7D
Here is my code
public class Stockx_login {
    String email;
    String password;
    OkHttpClient client;
    CookieJar cookieJar;

    public Stockx_login(String email, String password) throws IOException {
        this.email = email;
        this.password = password;

        this.cookieJar = new CookieJar() {
            private final HashMap<String, List<Cookie>> cookieStore = new HashMap<>();

            @Override
            public void saveFromResponse(HttpUrl url, @NotNull List<Cookie> cookies) {
                cookieStore.put(url.host(), cookies);
            }

            @Override
            public List<Cookie> loadForRequest(HttpUrl url) {
                List<Cookie> cookies = cookieStore.get(url.host());
                return cookies != null ? cookies : new ArrayList<>();
            }
        };

        this.client = new OkHttpClient.Builder()
                .cookieJar(cookieJar)
                .followRedirects(true)
                .build();

        Request request = new Request.Builder().url("https://stockx.com/").build();
        client.newCall(request).execute();
    }

    public void fetchState() throws IOException{

        String endpoint = "https://stockx.com/login";

        Request request = new Request.Builder().url(endpoint)
                .addHeader("Host", "stockx.com")
                .addHeader("upgrade-insecure-requests", "1")
                .addHeader("user-agent", "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/89.0.4389.128 Safari/537.36")
                .addHeader("sec-fetch-mode", "navigate")
                .addHeader("sec-fetch-user", "?1")
                .addHeader("accept", "text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,image/avif,image/webp,image/apng,*/*;q=0.8,application/signed-exchange;v=b3;q=0.9")
                .addHeader("sec-fetch-site", "none")
                .addHeader("accept-language", "pl-PL,pl;q=0.9,en-US;q=0.8,en;q=0.7")
                .build();

        Response response = client.newCall(request).execute();

        if (response.code()==200) {
            String referrer = response.toString();
            String state = referrer.split("state=")[1].split("&")[0];
            String clientID = referrer.split("client_id=")[1].split("&")[0];
            System.out.println(state);
        }
    }
}

A: Can you post what value you got for referrer?
but my code always gives: %7B%7D

You may have to use URLDecoder.decode

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Children's t-shirt with fun prints featuring animals of Tibet. Snow leopard adorned with jewelry and hair braid of a khampa man, screen printed on 100% cotton t-shirts.
The cute models are children of our daycare/school, you can read more here.


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US WW1 and WW2 /
Medailles / Medals / Orden /
Medaille US Army Military Achievement in doos met miniatuur (Boxed Medal US Army Military Achievement plus miniature)
The Achievement Medal is a military decoration of the United States Armed Forces. The Achievement Medal was first proposed as a means to recognize the contributions of junior officers and enlisted personnel who were not eligible to receive the higher Commendation Medal or the Meritorious Service Medal.
Each military service issues its own version of the Achievement Medal, with a fifth version authorized by the U.S. Department of Defense for joint military activity. The Achievement Medal is awarded for outstanding achievement or meritorious service not of a nature that would otherwise warrant awarding the Commendation Medal. Since the Achievement Medal is designated as an award solely for junior personnel, it is generally only awarded to officers in the pay grade of O-4 and below and enlisted personnel below the grade of E-7. Award authority rests with local commanders, granting a broad discretion of when and for what action the Achievement Medal may be awarded

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A two-dimensional surface drift model for river ice / Tao Shen Hung, Yi-Ching Chen, Akio Wake, Randy D. Crissman.
Title: A two-dimensional surface drift model for river ice / Tao Shen Hung, Yi-Ching Chen, Akio Wake, Randy D. Crissman.
Abstract: Presents preliminary development of two-dimensional model; assumes low discharge conditions. Applied to Grass Island Pool area of Niagara River and compared with field observations.
In: Cold Regions Engineering. Proceedings of the Sixth International Specialty Conference ... the Sheraton North Country Inn, West Lebanon, NH, February 26-28, 1991 / Devinder S. Sodhi, ed.
245 02 ‡aA two-dimensional surface drift model for river ice /‡cTao Shen Hung, Yi-Ching Chen, Akio Wake, Randy D. Crissman.
260 ## ‡aNew York :‡bAmerican Society of Civil Engineers,‡c1991.
300 ## ‡ap. 355-362 :‡bill., table.
500 ## ‡aIn: Cold Regions Engineering. Proceedings of the Sixth International Specialty Conference ... the Sheraton North Country Inn, West Lebanon, NH, February 26-28, 1991 / Devinder S. Sodhi, ed.
520 3# ‡aPresents preliminary development of two-dimensional model; assumes low discharge conditions. Applied to Grass Island Pool area of Niagara River and compared with field observations.
700 1# ‡aHung, Tao Shen.
700 1# ‡aCrissman, Randy D.


There's not a thing strange regarding Haynes, Arkansas during the day, but when the shadows of the nighttime float in the undeceased march in. The ghosts of this town don't leave anyone unalarmed. Disbelievers don't have faith in the local ghost descriptions, but the living dead may show themselves to you if you stay for the night in Haynes.


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The Need for Civil Services Reform
An Open Letter-Public services at risk
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Knowledge Pool
Lessons from Successes in India
Experiences from Across The World
Lessons from Other Countries
Improving the Delivery of Public Services
Advancing knowledge management in Government
Promoting Gender Responsive delivery of public services
Improving transparency, accountability & responsiveness in Public Service
Official Reports on Civil Services Reforms
Agenda for The Future
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Women face significant disadvantages in most countries of the world. Whether its female civil servants or women citizens, there are many hurdles they have to overcome to access the same facilities as their male counterparts. This section highlights unique programs that have attempted to level the playing field for women in different spheres of life.
Mission Convergence, India 18
The objective of Mission Convergence was inclusive and sustainable development in Delhi focusing primarily on women's empowerment and gender responsive delivery of public services. The government endeavoured to promote women's empowerment by organizing women in Self Help Groups, imparting skills, creating micro enterprises and providing livelihood.
Despite witnessing economic growth, Delhi suffered from a lot of inequality. Exclusion errors in poverty estimation prevented benefits from reaching the most vulnerable. It was felt that the government approach was scheme centric rather than household centric. Mission Convergence was launched to tackle these issues. The mission was executed in a planned manner. Gender Resource Centres (GRC) were used as bases for poverty mapping to identify households run by single women and also the aged. Sharing of information and database management were essential for a unified scheme. Single window delivery points and facilitation centres were created through GRCs to gather information on legal rights and help applicants fill out forms. Already established infrastructure was utilized to provide quality services that proved to be cost effective. These services included non-formal education, vocational training, medical camps, microfinance activities, legal awareness drives and general assistance. Convergence Forums held periodic meetings to discuss the results being achieved. GRCs also became registrars for the government's Unique Identification program. Advanced technology was utilized to connect community structures with stakeholders. Partnerships with poor women ensured their participation.
Since poverty is officially measured only by income, many citizens vulnerable in other respects were being excluded from welfare programs. To bring these people under its purview, the government developed a more holistic non-income criterion to measure vulnerability. Constraints such as accountability and transparency were tackled by bringing NGOs under the Right to Information Act. Other challenges such as resistance from bureaucracy, trust deficit and cynicism were tackled through discussion and engagement with stakeholders. The mission's experience highlighted that while international NGOs were efficient in creating training material, local NGOs were far more effective in reaching remote locations.
Isange One Stop Centre, Rwanda 19
Isagne One Stop Centres (IOSC) were set up in 2009 by the Rwanda National Police to provide timely, affordable, quality services to victims of gender based violence (GBV) and child abuse. IOSCs are located within police hospitals and provide free services round the clock. They help victims of GBV by providing a haven where they feel safe and there is no risk of tainted evidence. These centres help gather tangible evidence that can be used for criminal proceedings.
18 Background paper and presentation in Annex 6.1
Rwanda chose to position these services at hospitals as they were well connected with police and legal teams. It was also felt that medical care was the most important service in these cases. Countries can decide where to place these centres depending on the synergy between relevant departments. In Rwanda, victims, community police instructors or any other relative can contact these police hospitals in person or through a toll-free line. Community police instructors are stationed at the grassroots level to aid the police. These include youth volunteers and GBV committees. Police hospitals provide a complete array of services including legal, medical and psychological and social services. These are managed jointly by the police and Ministries of Health and Justice. Social workers ensure that victims receive full treatment and get help accessing in judicial services. These centres minimized the number of interviews a victim has to go through while reporting her case to reduce trauma. The hospital is well equipped with safe rooms for evaluation of victims. There is a provision to keep victims at the hospital in case their homes are unsafe. Officials follow up on cases to ensure reintegration of victims into society.
These centres face many challenges. A victim's consent is required to collect evidence and report a case formally. As is true in many parts of the world, there is a culture of silence in Rwanda wherein victims often do not wish to report on family members but do avail services. Centres also struggle to handle the number of cases that come to them given their limited capacity. Since the parliament of Rwanda has a large representation of women, the scheme has been encouraged greatly. Inter-agency coordination and the presence of early detection and prevention structures like Community Policing have reinforced the scheme. Rwandans have led campaigns vehemently opposing GBV and promoting the right of victims to seek justice. Rwandans are encouraged to hold healthy discussions about village issues. One Stop Centers have enhanced cooperation between different departments, increased reporting rate by more than 50% and are now being replicated across the country.
A multi-sectoral approach with diversified partnership has proven successful in addressing GBV in Rwanda. Placing these centres within police hospitals has also helped ensure their sustainability.
Chapéu de Palha Mulher, Brazil 20
Chapéu de Palha Mulher was started in 2007 by the Women's Secretariat of the Government of Pernambuco to help rural women gain better control over their lives and improve its quality both economically and socially. Prior to the program, the state of Pernambuco had been stagnant in terms of economic development and there was pervasive gender inequality. Perhaps the low share of women parliamentarians contributed to this.
Deep historic divides already existed between the White and Black populations in the region. This along with gender discrimination created a double whammy for indigenous and Black women trying to survive in Brazil. The situation demanded action to empower women and build capacities through personal and professional training so that they could gain control of their fates rather than be victims of exacerbating circumstances. Chapéu de Palha Mulher helped rural women build capacities, migrate to better paying jobs and access better health, education and livelihood opportunities. The program was targeted at women in agriculture and related jobs and deployed during the lean season when incomes are low. To facilitate participation in the program, women were provided a stipend, childcare, food and transportation.
The strategies adopted for this program were socio-political training, expansion of formal education, introduction to the market, partnership with civil society and establishment of a network of public policy agents for women. Various educational courses were run and discussions about gender and ethnicity held. These measures aimed at increasing self- confidence of the beneficiaries, knowledge about their rights and instilling ambition and hope in them. Finally, vocational training provided women with better livelihood opportunities. The government, entrepreneurs and NGOs collaborated to formulate policies towards delivering quality education to women. Positive impact of the program is gradually becoming evident. 74% women have received training in citizenship courses and 24% in professional courses. Certain governmental structures like the Commission for Rural Women and the Rural Women Centre have been set up under the program. In addition, the program has succeeded in creating a strong network of NGOs for women to promote awareness about gender equality. The program also lowered the bar women's entry into public training institutions on account of their historical disadvantage and sought to create support for female graduates.
The innovation of linking cash transfers with employment training programs that have a preliminary course in rights and citizenship has worked well and can be adapted in other contexts as well. This program was also successful as it facilitated extensive participation by making arrangements for childcare, transport and food. It is now working to overcome the traditional bias against women in the labour market.
Creating Access to Education for Disadvantaged Women Civil Servants, Ethiopian Civil Service University, Ethiopia 21
Gender discrimination is as widely prevalent in Ethiopia as in many parts of the world in all walks of life. A unique initiative was conceived of in the country in 2010 to support women civil servants, particularly those hailing from less developed parts of the country to avail of opportunities for higher education, skill building and refresher courses at the Ethiopian Civil Service University (ECSU). The mechanism aimed to promote gender inclusiveness through resident scholarships in higher education in Public Administration for disadvantaged women civil servants and women faculty members. The program has been funded by the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development through a donor funded project on Public Sector Capacity Building programme.
The initiative was designed after consultation with all stakeholders – the University board, Administrative council, Senate members, Ministers of Federal Affairs, Women, Youth and Child Affairs and women leaders. The successful implementation of this initiative required dealing with a host of challenges. Faculty members were not positively inclined to take it on and initially pushed for extremely strict entrance exams. Women students had low self- esteem and were hesitant to apply. Moreover, male students were unhappy with the initiative. There were also concerns about retaining the women through the duration of the course. Discussions, workshops and seminars were held with the faculty members and students to familiarize them with the idea behind the initiative and bring them on board. Women students were provided a semester of pre-department training in English, mathematics, assertiveness and stress management before their core courses started. Tutorials, Internet access, guidance counselling and gynaecological services were also made available. In addition, they were given financial and material support to stay in the program and had the incentive of being promoted once they received their degrees. It was felt that women faculty would help these students feel more comfortable and would also provide role models. The University advertised aggressively for suitable women faculty.
This program succeeded due to the initial push from the University and stakeholders. The demand for these scholarships increased overtime. Now there are more women civil servants in higher education programs than ever before and the number of women faculty members has also gone up. Sceptics have slowly begun to see the positive impact of the program in creating new leaders for the country. Other institutions have started offering similar programs as well.
The Gender Approach in the State Budget, Ecuador 22
Ecuador's Ministry of Finance introduced the Gender approach in the State budget because earlier it was difficult to track funds allocated to tackling gender bias. Since 2005, the gender responsive budgeting initiative has helped bring a gender based perspective to national planning and budgeting. In executing this initiative awareness amongst officials was created regarding the importance of gender budgeting. The necessary tools and techniques to incorporate a gender perspective in the budget were developed through consultation and by using experiences from other countries. The policy was implemented over various stages. Stage one consisted of the discussions at the Ministry of Finance on gender issues followed by the next stage where an agreement was signed with UN women. The German Technical Cooperation (GIZ) was roped in. In the third stage the Ministry of Finance and other public entities were made aware about the importance of gender equality. Tools were created for registration of gender resources and reports were prepared so as to maintain transparency. Collaboration with the General State Comptroller expanded gender approach in public service through audits.
There was a general ignorance in Ecuador about gender inclusiveness and awareness camps were set up to address this. The new approach met with resistance from Ministry staff, as it seemed to increase workload. However, concerted effort and advocacy coupled with budgetary allocations have succeeded in establishing the new approach. A culture of transparency and accountability in reporting funding for reducing gender gaps has been nurtured. Various reports like the Classified Expenditure in Gender Policy and Gender Equity Reports help monitor gender budgets and carry out follow-ups. Women's organizations and university students have begun using these statistics for reach and analysis and to campaign for better policies. The policy has promoted women's empowerment and equal opportunities in the work place.
Gender inequality is an international issue and disadvantages women face are common across geographies.
Changing attitudes requires conscious effort and commitment from policy makers.
Increasing women's access to education through specialized scholarships or through training programs is an important step in this direction.
Care must be taken to make women feel confident enough to access these new opportunities by providing training in assertiveness and creating awareness about rights.
Any skill-development program must compensate women for foregone earnings during the course and also make provisions for childcare.
When dealing with issues like gender based violence, policies should be designed to ease the victim's trauma. This may involve simplification of procedures, State support for reintegration and help for accessing judicial recourse.
All programs featured here have worked through extensive collaboration amongst stakeholders and by addressing concerns that hold women back from participating in programs that can benefit them.
Gender inclusiveness programs should work towards achieving more tangible results and should aim for the Gender Equality Seal (GES) certification of the UN.
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Thursday, December 10 through Saturday, December 12 at 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, December 10 Gala tickets and Saturday, December 12 regular tickets are SOLD OUT. Please call the box office at 212.715.1258 on Monday, December 7 to check availability.
Japan Society is bringing Mansaku Nomura and Mansaku-no-Kai Kyogen Company back to New York for three special performances.
A Night of Kyogen with Mansaku Nomura and Mansaku-no-Kai Kyogen Company celebrates the Mansaku Nomura Family, and its long-standing relationship with Japan Society, that began half a century ago when Mansaku, with his father, Manzo Nomura, came to the United States to introduce American audiences to the art of kyogen, Japan's highly stylized traditional comedic theater that began in the mid-14th century and has been passed down for more than 600 years. Octogenarian Living National Treasure Mansaku Nomura, together with illustrious members of the Mansaku-no-Kai Kyogen Company, including Mansaku's son Mansai Nomura, star of stage, film and television, and masterful performer Yukio Ishida, return to Japan Society in a special evening of kyogen, a form that embraces human imperfection.
This unique program features three pieces: Mansaku Nomura's virtuosic performance of four distinct characters in the vigorous solo piece, Nasu no Yoichi no Katari (The Tale of Yoichi of Nasu), based on a serious episode from The Tale of the Heike, Japan's most recognized story of battle; the dynamic and sweeping Akutaro (Akutaro Reforms), starring Mansai Nomura, about a troublemaker's surprising and action-packed journey to repentance; and the delightful popular play Bonsan (The Dwarf Tree Thief), which follows a foolish thief with a penchant for bonsai trees. Performed in Japanese with English titles.
Pre-performance lecture begins at 6:30pm, prior to each performance. Led by Dr. Carolyn Morley, Professor of Japanese Literature and Theater at Wellesley College. Open and free for ticket holders only.
Led by members of the Mansaku-no-Kai Kyogen Company, kids will enjoy a craft activity before becoming immersed in the world of traditional Japanese theater. Participants will learn about traditional Japanese theater through basic greetings, movements and the acting out of fun animals that appear in kyogen. Maximum 20 participants. Open to participants ages 5-12, accompanied by an adult. Participants must wear comfortable clothing.
Tickets: $20/$17 Japan Society members (Tickets required for participating children only).
Saturday, December 12, 2:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m.
Mansai Nomura and members of the Mansaku-no-Kai Kyogen Company teach a workshop on the unique movements and vocalization found in kyogen, Japan's traditional theater form originally performed between noh acts for comic relief. Maximum 30 participants. Professional dance/movement experience required. Participants must wear socks and activewear (no jeans).
Tickets: $55/$50 Japan Society members. Observer tickets may become available when participant tickets sell out.


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Winspear at Heffers
Join Heffers Bookstore Cambridge for a rare visit from Jacqueline Winspear who is visiting Heffers on 20th August 2014 to talk about her latest, standalone book: Care and Management of Lies.
By July 1914, the ties between Kezia Marchant and Thea Brissenden, friends since girlhood, have become strained – by Thea's passionate embrace of women's suffrage and by the imminent marriage of Kezia to Thea's brother, Tom, who runs the family farm.
When Kezia and Tom wed just a month before war is declared between Britain and Germany, Thea's gift to Kezia is a book on household management – a veiled criticism of the bride's ordinary life to come. Yet when Tom enlists to fight and Thea is drawn reluctantly onto the battlefield herself, the farm becomes Kezia's responsibility. Each must find a way to endure the ensuing cataclysm and turmoil.
As Tom marches to the front lines and Kezia battles to keep her ordered life from unraveling, they hide their despair in letters filled with stories woven to bring comfort. But will well-intended lies and self- deception be of use when they come face-to-face with the enemy?
Jacqueline Winspear was born and raised in Kent and emigrated to the USA in 1990. She has written extensively for journals, newspapers and magazines, and has worked in book publishing on both sides of the Atlantic. Her acclaimed Maisie Dobbs crime series, set in the aftermath of WWI, is beloved by readers worldwide, who can now also follow her Maisie Dobbs Blog: Inspirations from an Extraordinary Generation.
Tickets from: https://jacqueline-winspear.eventbrite.co.uk
Price: £6 +VAT @20% and booking fee
Venue: Heffers, 20 Trinity St, Cambridge
Contact:events@heffers.co.uk
Date & Time: 20th August 6.30pm
We'd urge you to book early as this will be a sellout event!
Labels: Care and Management of Lies, Crime Fiction, Heffers Bookstore, Jacqueline Winspear, Thrillers
The Winemaker Detective Series
Winemaker Detective Series, by Jean-Pierre Alaux and Noël Balen, offers an immersion in French countryside and gourmet attitude, with two wine-loving amateur detectives. This cozy mysteries series will "whet the appetite of lovers of both Iron Chef and Murder, She Wrote", according to Booklist. "Alaux and Balen offer intrigue and plenty of good eating and drinking within just a few pages."
Already a popular television series in France, the Winemaker Detective series is being translated into English by mystery and thriller publisher Le French Book, which just signed the rights for five more titles.
With these new titles, the Winemaker Detective will travel to Montmartre, in Paris, Beaujolais, Alsace, Romanée-Conti (Burgundy) and all the way to Hungary's Tokay region.
For publisher Anne Trager, "These are entertaining cozy mysteries full of wine lore and food loving zeal. As the series goes on, the two main characters grow, and their adventures continue, while readers get to vicariously explore more wine country. They are great fun."
Jean-Pierre Alaux is a magazine, radio, and television journalist when he is not writing novels in south-western France. He is a genuine wine and food lover and the grandson of a winemaker. For him, there is no greater common denominator than wine. Co-author of the Winemaker Detective series, Noël Balen lives in Paris, where he shares his time between writing, making records, and lecturing on music. He plays bass, is a music critic, and has authored a number of books about musicians in addition to his novel and short-story writing.
More information can be found at Le French Book.
Labels: Cosy crime, Crime books, Crime Fiction, France, French, Jean-Pierre Alaux, Le French Book, Noël Balen, Wine
Inaugural Icepick Award nominations
Dicker, Flynn, Nesbø, Nesser and Tuomainen shortlisted for the inaugural Icepick
The authors and Icelandic translators of the following five novels are shortlisted for the inaugural Icepick Award – the Iceland Noir Award for translated crime fiction.
Joël Dicker: La Vérité sur l'affaire Harry Quebert [The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair] – Icelandic translation: Friðrik Rafnsson
Gillian Flynn: Gone Girl – Icelandic translation: Bjarni Jónsson
Jo Nesbø: Panserhjerte [The Leopard] – Icelandic translation: Bjarni Gunnarsson
Håkan Nesser: Människa utan hund [Man Without Dog] – Icelandic translation: Ævar Örn Jósepsson
Antti Tuomainen: Veljeni vartija [My Brother's Keeper] – Icelandic translation: Sigurður Karlsson
The award is founded by the Reykjavik Crime Festival Iceland Noir, The Icelandic Association of Translators and Interpreters and The Icelandic Crime Writing Association. The Icepick will be awarded for the first time at the Nordic House in Reykjavik on 22 November 2014.
The Icepick shortlist is announced on the date of birth of Raymond Chandler, who used an icepick as a murder weapon in his 1949 novel, The Little Sister.
The jury for the award is composed of Magnea J. Matthíasdóttir, Chairman of The Icelandic Association of Translators and Interpreters, Katrín Jakobsdóttir, Member of Parliament and former Minister of Culture and Education, journalist and literary critic Kolbrún Bergþórsdóttir, and crime writers Quentin Bates Ragnar Jónasson.
The judging panel commented that Veljeni vartija [My Brother's Keeper] by Antti Tuomainen and translated by Sigurður Karlsson is a very well written crime noir from Finland. The author's strong and sharp style is impressive and memorable, and is delivered well in translation.
Panserhjerte [The Leopard] by Jo Nesbø, translated by Bjarni Gunnarsson, is a terrific crime novel from the Norwegian grandmaster, well translated; the eighth Harry Hole novel and one of the best in the series.
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn, translated by Bjarni Jónsson, is seen as a brilliant and exciting thriller, fluently translated; an unusual and surprising storyline, with a wonderful plot twist.
The panel found Människa utan hund by Håkan Nesser, translated by Ævar Örn Jósepsson, to be a first class family drama in the form of a crime novel, driven by strong characters; impressively translated.
In La Vérité sur l'affaire Harry Quebert [The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair] by Joël Dicker, translated by Friðrik Rafnsson an unusual hero gets caught up in a murder mystery full of surprises, keeping the reader's attention for 700 pages; a cleverly constructed book, and a very fine translation.
ICELAND NOIR – Reykjavik International Crime Festival will take place, for the second time, the weekend of November 20 – 23, 2014. Around thirty authors, from all around the world, will take part in panels and interviews. Featured authors 2014 are Peter James, Johan Theorin, Vidar Sundstøl and David Hewson. The festival is open to all fans of crime fiction. For registration information please visit icelandnoir.com
Labels: Antti Tuomainen, Crime books, Crime Fiction, Gillian Flynn, Håkan Nesser, Iceland Noir, Icepick Award, Jo Nesbø, Joël Dicker, Quentin Bates, raymond Chandler
Insights to The Good Girl
Today's guest blog is by debut author Mary Kubica.
When I began writing The Good Girl, it was a very conscious decision. There wasn't an event or events that inspired me, nor does the novel draw on any dark element of my own childhood. It's quite the opposite, in fact. People often seem perplexed that a novel as dark as The Good Girl would come from me – someone with a happy childhood, a rather uneventful existence – and yet this was half the fun of it: exploring a reality which was far from mine.
I had the idea to write a novel about a kidnapping that was not exactly what it
seemed. Where it came from, I can't say for certain; I suppose I'm just someone with an active imagination as often goes hand in hand with a writing career. The first time I sat down at the computer to begin The Good Girl (without notes or an outline, just myself and the computer and a few moments of peace and quiet while my daughter napped) this was all I had. I very quickly decided to write the novel from the viewpoint of various narrators, as well as in a nonlinear structure to enhance the mystery – or mysteries – that surround the abduction of Mia.
I've often struggled to define the source of inspiration for The Good Girl, for I feel there should be some key event that triggered this novel, and yet for as hard as I've tried, I can pinpoint none. The novel is set partially in my hometown, and as an avid reader of suspense novels, it was certainly my genre, but neither of these could be credited as a source of inspiration.
It took me awhile to realize that the inspiration didn't come to me before I began writing or there at page one of the novel, but much later on, when I found myself so absorbed in the characters – mainly Mia and Colin – that I found myself thinking about them at all hours of the day and night, and I often found them visiting me in my dreams. There are specific times I remember waking in the middle of the night, utterly concerned for Mia's wellbeing, or grieving with Eve for her missing child. I woke from sleep, on more than one occasion, with a scene – as clear as day – playing in my mind.
When I was most engrossed in writing the novel, I felt connected to the characters in The Good Girl like I hadn't been with any characters I'd written up to that time or any characters I've written since. I knew them intimately, what they would do and what they would say, and it's clear to me now that all along it was my characters who were my muse, my source of inspiration. Someone once suggested to me that it was Mia and Colin, Eve and Gabe who told their story to me rather than the other way around, and I firmly believe this is true.
To the characters in all future novels of mine, take note: you have a lot to live up to.
More information about the author can be found on her website. She can also be found on Facebook and you can follow her on Twitter @MaryKubica.
Labels: debut, Kidnapping, Mary Kubica, Mira
Film News - The UK Release of The Keeper of Lost Causes
IN CINEMAS AUGUST 29
Based on the best-selling novel 'Mercy' by Jussi Adler-Olsen*
Starring Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Fares Fares, Sonja Richter
Directed by Mikkel Nørgaard
Based on the award-winning novel Mercy, the first of the bestselling Department Q crime fiction series by Jussi Adler-Olsen, THE KEEPER OF LOST CAUSES is a powerful and gripping thriller starring Nicolaj Lie Kaas (The Killing), Sonja Richter (The Homesman) and Fares Fares (Zero Dark Thirty, Safe House) from the screenwriter of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.
Carl Mørck (Kaas) is a troubled detective who takes the fall when his partner is wounded during a routine operation. Reassigned to the newly created Department Q, a basement-bound job filing cold cases, he is allocated a new assistant, Assad (Fares), a smart young Muslim cop. Always one to go against orders, Mørck throws them headlong into the mystery of a politician's disappearance (Richter) five years earlier. Believing the case to be unsolved, they embark on a dangerous journey that will uncover a shocking truth, leading to a thrilling and unforgettable climax.
From the producers of Nymphomaniac and A Royal Affair, THE KEEPER OF LOST CAUSES will be released in cinemas on August 29th, 2014.
*To coincide with the release of the film, Penguin will be re-issuing the original novel in the UK with the new title 'The Keeper of Lost Causes' (the original book title in the US).
The web trailer can be seen below -
UK release date: 29th August, 2014
For further press information about the film please contact:
Jonathan Rutter / Charlotte Jermyn / Paul Ockelford (online)
Email: firstname.surname@premiercomms.com
Website: www.premiercomms.com
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/KeeperofLostCauses
Twitter - https://twitter.com/@Department_Q
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The Crown writer Peter Morgan on William Goldman: 'He was just a sublime storyteller'
The screenwriting legend behind All the President's Men was an inspiration – and later a friend – to the creator of Frost/Nixon and The Crown. He recalls sitting through screenings and 'shooting the breeze' with a phenomenal talent
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Awakening moment ... All the President's Men, which earned an Oscar for Goldman, who died last week. Photograph: Allstar/Warner Bros/Sportsphoto Ltd./Allstar
The first way I met him was through his movies, the same way as all of us, growing up watching Marathon Man and All the President's Men. My first experience as a writer was on Madame Sousatzka for John Schlesinger, who had directed Marathon Man, and I remember quizzing him all about Bill Goldman, and him saying how lovely he was.
By that point I had read Adventures in the Screen Trade. The film was utterly riveting and I don't know if it's ever been equalled: both a guide to how to write and a guide to how to navigate the experience of being a professional in the industry. Even though he existed at the most exalted level, it never felt like that. It felt democratic and egalitarian in the way he wrote. Before his book, people never really gave thought to screenwriters, their craft, or their place in the ecosystem of movie-making. Bill not only shone a light on that and inspired a whole new generation of writers, he also made movie-making and showbusiness understandable to a vast general audience.
Butch Cassidy and Princess Bride scriptwriter William Goldman dies aged 87
In 2006, I was writing Frost/Nixon as a movie, and Ron Howard asked me if I was happy to meet Bill for lunch. And I said: "Wow! Of course. Are you kidding?" He turned out to be tall and well-mannered and elegant in his deportment, with an aristocratic bearing. He felt far too well-mannered for someone from the movie industry.
He told me he'd been commissioned to write a book that was to be a forensic and intricate account of three very different types of film; you would get a fantastic snapshot of the film industry at the time. Frost/Nixon was one of those films.
I agreed of course, and Ron Howard agreed, and Frank Langella agreed. And so we had a number of lunches, and we talked a lot about life and the industry and whatever. He had an apartment at the Carlyle hotel in New York, impossibly elegant but shambolic, grand but somewhat neglected.
Peter Morgan in New York in 2007. Photograph: Bebeto Matthews/AP
I just really liked him. And I don't mean this to sound self-serving in any way, but we really got a kick out of each other, I think. I suppose he saw some promise, and something of himself, in me. And I was just hanging on every word that he said. The process for his book meant we went to a test screening for Frost/Nixon, and at the end they asked the audience: "Is there any other film that Frost/Nixon reminds you of?" A handful of people said The Queen, and so Bill nudged me, and then some others in the audience said: "No, it's All the President's Men." They had Richard Nixon in common, but I don't claim for a minute my film was as good as his.
But it was so lovely: we were sitting completely anonymously, no one knew who we were, and I can't tell you what a kick that gave me. I can rarely think of a moment that I got a bigger kick out of – sitting next to Bill Goldman while my work was being compared to his.
Culturally we came from very different places but he was the reason I wanted to be a screenwriter. Everyone has an awakening moment, and for me All the President's Men was that. Every artist has other artists they are watching and admiring, and you all have a dream that one day that person might actually see something of yours. And so to be sitting with him while he was writing a book about the film we were making, that was wonderful. The book sadly never got published for legal reasons: he'd written the entire thing but the studio film he had covered withdrew the copyright . It really upset him, as he'd spent two years writing it.
I wish he could have been part of the golden age of television we are now in. Writers and showrunners are now given the credit and clout that someone of his ability merited. He was an artist of such ability, and an author of such talent and vision – his writing wasn't showy, it never drew attention to itself, he was just a sublime storyteller. Funnily enough, I think it was Adventures in the Screen Trade that actually made him a superstar. It was a shame he had to write a book to get the attention he deserved for his scriptwriting.
William Goldman accepts his Oscar for All The President's Men in 1977. Photograph: AP
Any career at all in which you can list half a dozen films that are genuinely great is beyond exceptional. How many people can say that? It's not quite accurate to call him an auteur: he loved collaborating with directors. He loved writing books, I remember him telling me, because he had autonomy, but also deeply loved movies so was prepared to go through the agony of making them. I am just sorry that a guy of his talent should have gone through that agony. He existed at the height of the star system, and at the height of the auteur system. We forget that: now the star system is virtually dead, and there are only half a dozen directors who can make movies in the way they want to. It's a very different universe.
William Goldman, Butch Cassidy and Princess Bride screenwriter – a life in pictures
In the 60s and 70s writers might be paid superstar wages, but they were not treated as a superstar. Adventures in the Screen Trade revealed for the first time what a crucial role the writer played. Most of the directors and stars were impossible egomaniacs, and at the centre of the process was an often-abused, overlooked and rewritten and under-acknowledged person, whose talent and ability would have made them a superstar in any other walk of life.
The truth is, as a screenwriter, you were going to emerge from that era either absolutely incandescent with fury at the way you'd been treated, or humbled by the process. Bill often told me how he would have never survived in the industry had he not also been a novelist. There was none of the bitterness and the anger in Bill that you see in Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne's memoirs – they had staggering talent and were being constantly rewritten and chucked in the bin.
He'd had to swallow people rewriting him, often he'd be uncredited when he'd saved the picture, or the director would take credit for something that was his idea. Adventures in the Screen Trade never read as a bitter piece of work, even though it was a litany of cuts and bruises and whip marks that he had suffered. One of his greatest achievements was to emerge as a major screenwriter with his dignity and humanity and kindness intact.
To have someone like that, when you are just starting out, as an avuncular, paternal buddy, who you could ring up and shoot the breeze with, and talk it all through: what a privilege.


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Q: ¿Cómo saber si un formulario esta abierto en un panel? Tengo una función para abrir los formularios dentro de un panel , necesito Validar si el formulario esta abierto, para hacer un BringToFront(); si el formulario no existe en el panel hacer un .Show()

La función es la siguiente:

private void agregarFormPanel(object formularios)
{
     Form formulario = formularios as Form;
     formulario.TopLevel = false;

     panel_contenedor.Controls.Add(formulario);
     panel_contenedor.Tag = formulario;
     formulario.Show();
}

//Para usarlo:

agregarFormPanel(new FormularioX());

Encontré esta función de una respuesta de SO:
private void AbreFormulario(Type formType)
{
    //Se localiza el formulario buscandolo entre los forms abiertos
    Form formulario = this.MdiChildren.FirstOrDefault(x => x.GetType() == formType);
    if (formulario != null)
    {
        //Si la instancia esta minimizada la dejamos en su estado normal
        if (formulario.WindowState == FormWindowState.Minimized)
        {
            formulario.WindowState = FormWindowState.Normal;
        }
        //Si la instancia existe la pongo en primer plano
        formulario.BringToFront();
        return;
    }
    //Se abre el form
    formulario = (Form)Activator.CreateInstance(formType);
    formulario.MdiParent = this;
    formulario.Show();
}

//Uso:
 AbreFormulario(typeof(FormularioX));

Pero esto funciona para un Formulario MDI.

¿Cómo puedo hacer la validación en la función que abre los formularios en el panel?

También vi esto:
  if (Application.OpenForms.OfType<AquiLaConfiguracion>().Any())
      MessageBox.Show("Form Abierto");
  else
      MessageBox.Show("Form no Abierto");

Entorno: Visual Studio 2010 & >NET Netframework 4

A: Podrías crear un método genérico con restricciones para que el tipo usado herede de Form y tenga un constructor vacío (where T : Form, new())
De esta forma puedes buscar dentro de la colección Controls del panel si existe algún control del tipo especificado. Si existe, lo traes al frente. Si no existe creas una nueva instancia y lo añades al panel como estabas haciendo en tu método:
private void AbrirFormulario<T>() where T : Form, new()
{
    Form formulario = panel_contenedor.Controls.OfType<T>().FirstOrDefault();
    if (formulario!=null)
    {
        //Si la instancia esta minimizada la dejamos en su estado normal
        if (formulario.WindowState == FormWindowState.Minimized)
        {
            formulario.WindowState = FormWindowState.Normal;
        }
        //Si la instancia existe la pongo en primer plano
        formulario.BringToFront();
        return;
    }
    //Se abre el form
    formulario = new T();
    formulario.TopLevel = false;
    panel_contenedor.Controls.Add(formulario);
    panel_contenedor.Tag = formulario;
    formulario.Show();
}

De esta forma para llamarlo te bastaría con hacer:
AbrirFormulario<FormularioX>();


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L'Estate di San Martino – Kim
John Giordano 29 December 2022 L'Estate di San Martino
Full disclosure: I am a sucker for both symphonic Italian prog and concept albums. Kim, by L'Estate di San Martino, satisfyingly scratches both itches. Formed in Perugia in 1975, the band has had an unconventional journey to this point. Following the release of a single in 1978, the band broke up, only to reform after the discovery of a 1983 concert recording which finally saw the light of day in 2006. It wasn't until the following year that the first studio album, Febo, was released, followed by the sophomore effort five years later. Another release in 2015 (an acoustic rendition of the second album) showed that these gentlemen were in no particular hurry, so the seven year wait for Kim should not be unexpected. During that time, the line-up was augmented with the addition of a new vocalist and guitarist. The band's name literally translates as 'Summer of Saint Martin', which is an Italian euphemism for Indian Summer (a beautiful story on its own). The music in this recording, despite its subject matter, reflects that soft, warm, pleasant weather, embodied by the sound of a 12-string acoustic which is never far away.
Kim is based on the story of a 23-year-old American girl, sick with cancer, and the attempt to put her into suspended animation for reawakening at a future time when her illness can be cured. Darwinism and the tension between science and religion figure into the story-line, as prog a concept as they come. However, since the lyrics are all in Italian, I will concentrate on the music and the sound.
The obvious influence here is early Genesis, as exemplified by the pastoral combination of acoustic guitars and flute. A more modern approach to production keeps Kim from sounding like a mere retread of someone else's past glories. Several instrumental tunes, including opening track Cretto, appear among the vocal pieces, a beautiful piano-driven track with some interesting changes in tempo and mood. Sax and flute are used to add an airy touch which blends nicely with the deft percussion, pushing the track forward in its final minutes. The first vocal track, Sul Prato sounds at first like a long-lost leftover from Genesis' Trespass sessions. Backward-masked guitar flows effortlessly into acoustic guitar and flute. Andrea Pieroni's vocals, however, break the Genesis fever dream, as they (thankfully, because it doesn't tie them too tightly to the past) sound nothing like Peter Gabriel. There is more in common vocally with the Italian heavyweights of PFM and Banco than anyone else, sans the latter's operatic touches.
The drumming of Sergio Sevadio is a particular standout. His use of middle eastern percussion adds new colors and textures to Inanna. Throughout, his playing is wonderfully sympathetic to each song – hearty when called for, restrained when appropriate, nonexistent when it serves the purpose of the song. Keyboardist Stefano Tofi occasionally dips into the Tony Banks bag for a familiar-sounding phrase or two (Watcher of the Skies pops up on more than one occasion), but never stays there for very long. His synth leads are a particular highlight for this listener, using the full palette of colors to add an expressiveness which renders the language barrier almost irrelevant. Libera is a fine example of how Tofi's organ and synth lines masterfully blend multiple moods in a single tune.
Il Monaco Pierre is another tremendous track. It rocks out with some heavy guitar and in-your-face drumming that slips through the time signature changes like water through a crack. That is until the piano/flute coda simplifies the proceedings without losing the tune's sinister edge. Pieroni's star turn comes on Immaginami. His impressive command of melodic possibilities is to the fore on this tune, avoiding the obvious phrases and taking some odd turns which prove utterly delightful. The "It"-style instrumental break which closes the song provides a showcase for Tofi's synth leads.
The combination of synth bass and bass guitar brings a heavy edge to Caleidoscopio, at 9:32 the longest track on the album. Again, the song goes through several changes, showcasing a particularly powerful vocal turn by Pieroni. This mini-suite reveals a multitude of guitar and keyboard layers, especially when listening on headphones. The only misstep on the album is the closing track, Tewar, which is actually a collection of disparate short instrumental pieces. Had they ended at the first one, it would have been the perfect closer, thematically dark and foreboding, as one might expect from the storyline. But even with a half-minute of silence before the remaining "ghost tracks" kick in, the mood is ruined. Nothing is wrong with the tunes themselves; it's just that they don't fit with the temper of the music that came before.
All in all, Kim is a rewarding listen. If you like Trespass-era Genesis, you'll find this delightful without being slavish. Combined with a distinctly Italian sensibility, the mixture of old and new school prog bears repeated listening, revealing its treasures slowly, like a rose opening up to its full glory.
01. Cretto (3:20)
02. Sul Prato (4:43)
03. Inanna (5:46)
04. Gocce (6:09)
05. Libera (5:47)
06. Il Ciclope (1:29)
07. Il Monaco Pierre (4:08)
08. Immaginami (7:14)
09. Caleidoscopio (9:32)
10. Tewar (+ ghost tracks) 11:01
Andrea Pieroni – Vocals
Marco Pentiricci – Flutes, Saxophone, Harp
Riccardo Regi – 12-string Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar
Stefano Tofi – Keyboards
Luca Castellani – Electric Guitar
Massimo Baracchi – Bass, Bass Pedals
Sergio Servadio – Drums
Mauro Formica – Bass (tracks 7 & 8)
Record Label: AMS Records
Date of Release: 11th November 2022
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Die Kaliningrader Staatliche Technische Universität (, transkr. Kaliningradski gossudarstwenny technitscheski uniwersitet, transl. Kaliningradskij gosudarstvennyj tehničeskij universitet) ist die älteste Einrichtung auf dem Gebiet der höheren Ausbildung in Fischereiwissenschaft in Russland.

Geschichte
1913 wurde die Abteilung für Fischerei am Moskauer Agrarinstitut gegründet. 1946 erfolgte der Umzug nach Kaliningrad, in das Gebäude vom ehemaligen Land- und Amtsgericht (Königsberg) und Umwandlung in das Kaliningrader Technische Institut für Fischindustrie und -zucht. Im Laufe seines nun 60-jährigen Bestehens hat sich aus dem Institut eine Universität mit stark technischem Charakter, jedoch auch mit natur-, wirtschafts- und gesellschaftswissenschaftlichen Bezügen, entwickelt. 1994 erfolgte die Umbenennung in die heutige Bezeichnung.

Mittlerweile existieren acht Fakultäten, drei überfakultative Zentren und fünf angeschlossene Institute – hierunter auch das deutschsprachige Europainstitut Klaus Mehnert unter Leitung des deutschen Wissenschaftlers Winfried Böttcher, das einen einjährigen postgradualen Europastudiengang anbietet.

Gegenwart

Seit der Gründung wurden ca. 35.000 Spezialisten für Russland und 50 weitere Länder ausgebildet. An der Universität haben weltbekannte Wissenschaftler geforscht und gelehrt. Die KSTU ist nach der Immanuel-Kant-Universität die zweitgrößte Hochschule Kaliningrads. Heute lernen hier mehr als 7.500 Studierende in 42 Fachrichtungen, um einen Bachelor- (4-jährig), einen Spezialisten- (5-jährig) oder einen Mastergrad (2 Jahre nach dem Bachelor) zu erwerben. Auch der Erwerb des Doktorgrad und die Habilitation sind an der Universität möglich.
Postgraduale Studien können in 24 Disziplinen absolviert werden. Unter den mehr als 560 Lehrenden arbeiten etwa 30 Mitglieder verschiedener russischer und internationaler Akademien. 65 Professoren sind habilitiert, 258 wirken als assoziierte Professoren.

Forschungsschwerpunkte sind: Bioressourcen, Landwirtschaft und Biotechnologie, Fischereiwissenschaft, Ökologie, Energiewirtschaft, Nano- und Lasertechnologie.

Wissenschaftliche Zusammenarbeit pflegt die Universität insbesondere mit den nahen baltischen Ländern, mit Polen, Deutschland, Dänemark, Finnland und Schweden. Zurzeit studieren hier mehr als 100 Studenten aus Afrika, Asien, Europa, Lateinamerika sowie dem Mittleren und Nahen Osten.

Eine Bibliothek mit 530.000 Bänden, teilweise aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, und drei Lesesäle mit 300 Plätzen vervollständigen das Angebot für die Studierenden. An der Ostsee verfügt die Universität über ein Sommerhaus zur Ausrichtung von Konferenzen und Seminaren.

Sonstiges
2009 wurde Martin Schulz Ehrendoktor der Hochschule wegen seines Beitrags zur Verbesserung des deutsch-russischen Verhältnisses.

Weblinks
 Kaliningrad State Technical University (russisch und englisch)
 Internetpräsenz Europainstitut Klaus Mehnert (deutsch und russisch)

Einzelnachweise

Kaliningrad
Kalingrad
Organisation (Kaliningrad)
Bauwerk in Kaliningrad
Organisation (Fischerei)
Fischereiwissenschaft
Gegründet 1946
Fischerei (Russland)

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For you, O God, will hear my vows; you will grant the request of those who fear your name. You will add length of days to the life of the king, that his years may endure throughout all generations. May he sit enthroned before God for ever; may steadfast love and truth watch over him. So will I always sing praise to your name, and day by day fulfil my vows.
Praise is due to you, O God, in Zion; to you that answer prayer shall vows be paid. To you shall all flesh come to confess their sins; when our misdeeds prevail against us, you will purge them away. Happy are they whom you choose and draw to your courts to dwell there. We shall be satisfied with the blessings of your house, even of your holy temple.
With wonders you will answer us in your righteousness, O God of our salvation, O hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas. In your strength you set fast the mountains and are girded about with might. You still the raging of the seas, the roaring of their waves and the clamour of the peoples. Those who dwell at the ends of the earth tremble at your marvels; the gates of the morning and evening sing your praise.
You visit the earth and water it; you make it very plenteous. The river of God is full of water; you prepare grain for your people, for so you provide for the earth. You drench the furrows and smooth out the ridges; you soften the ground with showers and bless its increase. You crown the year with your goodness, and your paths overflow with plenty. May the pastures of the wilderness flow with goodness and the hills be girded with joy. May the meadows be clothed with flocks of sheep and the valleys stand so thick with corn that they shall laugh and sing.
they murder on the road to Shechem, they commit a monstrous crime. In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing; Ephraim's whoredom is there, Israel is defiled.
When I would restore the fortunes of my people, when I would heal Israel, the corruption of Ephraim is revealed, and the wicked deeds of Samaria; for they deal falsely, the thief breaks in, and the bandits raid outside. But they do not consider that I remember all their wickedness. Now their deeds surround them, they are before my face.


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Q: Java class has an INVALID status after loadjava command in oracle I have a problem with java class which I would like to load into oracle database.
There was no any output after using 'loadjava' in windows command line:
loadjava -user lrn001/123456@LAND SharedAreaDecoder.class
but I verified the status of my java class in sql developer and I found that it had an invalid status:
user_objects table
The class has been compiled in Java 8. I am using oracle database 12c.
I've already tried to load another java classes and in each case the problem was the same so status was INVALID.
Besides that I tried to use resolve and here is the result:
alter java class "SharedAreaDecoder" resolve;
Script output:  Warning: execution completed with a warning. Java CLASS altered
The status after using the above command is still the same.
Using the below command gives more details:
loadjava -user lrn001/123456@LAND SharedAreaDecoder.class -resolve

errors : class SharedAreaDecoder ORA-29521: The name can't be found java/nio/charset/StandardCharsets The following operations failed class SharedAreaDecoder: resolution exiting : Failures occurred during processing
My Oracle JVM version
Select from user_erros
The error translation is: referenced name java/nio/charset/StandardCharsets could not be found
How to solve this issue?


In collaboration IT, interoperability usually happens when competitors work together. When two competing systems work together, without regard to brand name, the end user's outcome then becomes the same.
This is crucial for collaboration to enable, well, genuine collaboration. Lack of interoperability in collaborative businesses creates communication silos, friction, and often leads to what we've termed shadow messaging.
People use the words integration and interoperability interchangeably, but there's a pretty big difference between the two. Integration refers to connecting applications so that data from one system can be accessed by the other one. But integration involves a third party—in software terms, middleware—that translates the data and makes it "work" for the receiving system. It's not a direct path for information to get from point A to point B in this scenario.
When systems are interoperable, they have the ability to not only share information, but to interpret incoming data and present it as it was received, preserving its original context.
From Microsoft embedding their own apps into their collaboration software to Slack purchasing other apps to embed into theirs, the news circulating around this topic has been increasing.
Below is a timeline highlighting the interoperability announcements from the back of 2018 through to the most recent announcements, proving that it has become an increasing trend.
As we eagerly followed the Teams roadmap, Microsoft announced these two clients can co-exist for a given user.
"TeamsInteropPolicy" will be retired soon, and its functionality is being consolidated into "TeamsUpgradePolicy".
Interoperability will be managed using "coexistence mode." Selection of the user's mode will govern routing of incoming calls and chats.
Back in August 2017, Cisco announced Spark and Jabber interoperability. With the introduction of Webex Calling, following the acquisition of BroadSoft, Jabber users feared they would be left without a method of messaging their Webex Teams colleague.
As outlined in a May product update, with the Cisco Webex Teams / Jabber Interop setting enabled, you can send or receive messages between Webex Teams and Jabber apps. Jabber users can also see the presence of Cisco Webex Teams users.
At Next 2018, Google ran sessions to demonstrate how G Suite interoperates with Microsoft tools.
The session covered features like support for user and resource availability lookups between Google Calendar and Microsoft Exchange, as well as real-time collaboration on documents over the different platforms.
Google launched add-ons from popular conferencing facilities like Cisco Webex Teams, Arkadin, GoToMeeting, LogMeIn, Dialpad, RingCentral, Vidyo and Vonage.
Conference providers can easily build add-ons to create, view and join a video conference directly from a Calendar event. Users can simply click a link in the Calendar invite to join on web or mobile.
As of January 2019, Pexip and Videxio merged. Both companies are innovators in enterprise collaboration with specialist knowledge of cloud video conferencing and messaging.
Pexip partnered with Google Cloud this year to deliver interoperability to Hangouts Meet. Following their merger with Videxio, they plan to continue into the world of collaboration apps.
According to CEO of Pexip, Odd Sverre Ostile, the alliance between Pexip and Videxio will open the door to a new product portfolio for the joint company.
The Videxio brand has been dropped but both companies live on as Pexip.
During Enterprise Connect, Amy Chang led a Cisco keynote where she introduced interoperability between Cisco and Microsoft.
Cisco demonstrated new capabilities where users of Webex Teams can share, tweak and review Microsoft documents via Office 365 interoperability within their Webex Teams app.
Furthermore, Cisco showed users joining a Webex Meeting direct from a Microsoft Teams client.
During the same keynote, Cisco also revealed scheduling and joining Webex Meetings is now possible via Google Calendar.
Slack introduced the ability for users to connect their Outlook calendar, send email to channels, preview entire PowerPoint and Word files, and start calls from Skype for Business – all within Slack.
In a move that recognizes that Microsoft Office 365 users are still opting for Slack over Microsoft Teams, and that Slack users still require apps from the Office suite, Slack has pleased a lot of users by reducing app switching.
Without interoperability in collaboration, businesses won't be able to fully leverage all the great communication platforms that exist today. Their features and functionality will simply remain in silos or exist in a binary "select only one" environment. The likelihood that businesses go back to pick just one communication and collaboration platform seems unlikely at this point.
Katherine Pinnell pointed out that "A lack of interoperability among multiple team chat applications on smartphones and desktops can vex end users". This was back in 2017. At the time of writing, it was plainly obvious that collaboration platforms were locked down and designed to keep you in one place.
Fast forward to today. Now interoperability is beginning to happen within collaboration.
In a recent blog, Jonathan Rosenberg, the former VP and CTO of collaboration at Cisco, mentioned that Cisco simply couldn't live without Microsoft.
All the big players are beginning to realize the need for interoperability, at some level.
Stating that most, if not all, customers that Cisco sells to have Microsoft products. Rosenberg believes the real question people should be asking is around "can this work together in my system?" ie – interoperability.
Slack is pushing its own integration agenda with its ever-growing app directory.
There are over 1350 apps in the Slack app store today. This is more than any of the major messaging players, which is a big draw for enterprises. There are apps like the Cisco Webex Bot for Slack that takes steps for interoperability, but the focus is clearly on besting app integration.
Meanwhile, Microsoft is taking a more passive approach, letting everybody interoperate with them. For example, opening up APIs to let Cisco CUCM work with Skype for Business. Their recognition for interoperability is clear, however, in their interoperability statement: "Interoperability allows disparate information systems from multiple vendors to readily work together and exchange data".
There is simply no point in purchasing new IT if you are still stuck in one silo.
With Mio, your users don't need to change chat platforms and will still be able to chat with colleagues on Microsoft Teams, Slack and Cisco Webex Teams.
To find out more about Mio's chat platform interoperability, check out this demo video of cross platform messaging.
New channels or spaces an employee is invited to will be synced in the primary chat platform they prefer to use.
Did you know? There are now over 230 alternatives to Slack!!


This Super-Powered Savage Worlds RPG release brings you The Tamed Monster Archetype. This ready-to-go character build provides a foundation for you to develop a hero of your own that may be born of the stuff from which nightmares are made, but fights against the darkness on the side of good an humanity. Gamemasters can also use the archetype as the basis for quickly building NPC heroes or villains off-the-cuff.
Each Super Archetype presents the basic build, plus ideas for some typical roles the character may fill, along with variations you may want to explore.


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"""
A quick utility script to mark analyzed songs as analyzed.
A song has been analyzed if any notes contain a non-NULL root.

    $ python -m utils.mark_analyzed [-t DBPOOL_SIZE] [-u USERNAME] [-p PASSWORD]

where:
    - DBPOOL_SIZE is the number of databases
    - USERNAME is the database username
    - PASSWORD is the database password
"""

from db import get_sessions,Song
from optparse import OptionParser
from iter import SongIterator

def main():
    parser = OptionParser()

    parser.add_option("-t", "--pool-size", dest="pool_size", default=8, type="int")
    parser.add_option("-u", "--username", dest="db_username", default="postgres")
    parser.add_option("-p", "--password", dest="db_password", default="postgres")
    (options, args) = parser.parse_args()

    count = 0

    # iterate through all database sessions
    for session in get_sessions(options.pool_size,options.db_username,options.db_password):
        # through all songs and notes
        for song in session.query(Song).all():
            print count, ".", song
            # the song has already been marked as analyzed
            if song.analyzed:
                print "\t(song.analyzed == True)"
                continue

            # check notes in the song
            for note in SongIterator(song):
                # if a note has a root, then the song has been analyzed
                if note.root != None:
                    song.analyzed = True
                    break

            # print out the results
            if song.analyzed:
                print "\tAlready analyzed."
            else:
                print "\tNeed to analyze."

            session.commit()
            count += 1

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()


My next pick from the Ravelry Indie Designers Giftalong are the Moa Mitts by Åsa Tricosa Designs, aren't they gorgeous.
I design mostly seamless and top-down and am tempted by clever solutions.
However, as I have 3 garments on the needles, one of which was started in 2013 (and I'm not even counting the hibernating Featherweight started in 2010 here) and I'm not sure if any of them will now fit – I decided against setting myself up for garment fail and decided instead to knit myself the mitts I've been promising myself for the last 3 winters.
I have a gorgeous 1950s/1960s swing coat in a lovely heavy wool fabric that I love. The only issue is that whilst I adore the look of the 3/4 length sleeves, they can be a bit draughty. Nice long mitts are the obvious solution but I just haven't got round to knitting them yet. Then I saw this patterns and decided that this will be the year.
So what were we saying about construction?
This will be the first time I've knit mitts starting with the thumb, yes the thumb, that bit that's usually annoyingly last and fiddly and needs doing just at the point when really you think you are, or desperately want to be, done. This pattern also fully integrates the thumb within the overall pattern rather than having a plain thumb and all the action happening on the hand and wrist parts.
Then you work the hand adding the thumb in the relevant section (following the included photo tutorial), complete the hand and work your way up the arm – genius.
This pattern brings all that top down, try as you go, fabulousness to the humble, or perhaps looking at this pattern, not so humble, mitt.
It also means that if I weigh my yarn and divide it in two I can keep knitting until I run out of yarn, a little gauge adjustment through changing needle size may be necessary as I work up the arm I think, but seeing as I can try them as I go, I can work that out as I go along.
I've not decided what yarn I'm going to use yet, a bit of stash diving will be necessary – I do have a skein of Malabrigo sock in the Turner colour way that I bought to make something for myself with. I'll need to check if the colours are tonal enough as I don't want to lose the pattern in colour changes. Alternatively, I have some Drops Baby Alpaca Silk in medium grey bought some years ago on birthday visit to Purl City yarns in Manchester (no longer trading). This is a lovely yarn with the softness of baby alpaca and the lustre of silk and I've felt a bit guilty that it's languished in the stash so long.
Åsa has a great selection of patterns included in the giftalong which you can buy with a 25% discount until Friday using the code giftalong2015. If you're feeling more ambitious than me, you could choose a garment and try the ziggurat method, or you could just be wowed by the lovely accessories included.


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Cilles AC – September 2021
Cilles AC / By Community Contributor / 8 September 2021 8 September 2021
Hope everyone enjoyed their summer, typical of the weather to improve for the return to school! All our running groups are back up after a shortened summer break, hopefully there will be some cross country action to train for.
Bon voyage Holly & Lauren
Holly Brennan departed for the States on Aug 19th to take up a scholarship place in Providence, Rhode Island. She'll be training with coach Ray Tracey, brother of John Tracey Olympic silver medallist. Ray has an outstanding track record in cross country in the States, Hollys' already considerable talent can only blossom under his tutelage. All the best Holly, we look forward to hearing all about your adventures. Lauren Murphy has also gone stateside for her 'Erasmus' year, hope you have an amazing time.
Club night fundraising for 'Zak Rocks'
On Aug 26th, we held a club run on the beach to fundraise for Zack Morans treatment, a wonderful 11 year old with stage 4 cancer. We retired to Reddans afterwards for refreshments (thanks to Gary and all the staff for looking after us so well) and a raffle, raising €725 in the process. Thanks to all involved in organising, contributing prizes and giving so generously.
Keep an eye out on facebook for the start date, the couch to 5k will be back in the next couple of weeks. Great for beginners and those needing a tune up after a lengthy absence from running. It may suit some existing members as a way to get back into it with a group and hopefully we'll see lots of new faces.
Juvenile training/Waiting list update
We are in the process of offering places in the groups but are very restricted at the moment with the 15 in a pod rule. We will keep reviewing and offering places as they become available, so please bear with us if you're waiting on news. If there are any budding coaches out there who'd like to get involved we'd love to hear from you, contact us through messenger or the number on our website www.cillesac.ie
Senior training
Our adults have returned to club training in pods of 15 since May 11th, we're be meeting at the usual spot in the Tescos carpark, Bettystown, 7.30pm Tues/Thurs, new members always welcome.