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Series of 20 images made for the International Photography Exhibition in Duyun (China - September 2019)
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Member of the French Artists Association / Born in the Alps, Jean Turco spent his teenage years in Chamonix, at the foot of Mont Blanc and the highest peaks in Europe. He studied photography and art history, graduated and became passionately involved in high mountain photography. At the age of twenty, he abandons this subject, which is more than perfectly dealt with by the Tairraz family, and leaves Chamonix for Paris where, within the "Société Française de Photographie", refusing the craft of industrial photography, he turns to an exclusively creative photography which he exhibits successfully and sells in galleries. At the same time, he is professionally engaged in another of his passions which will allow him to travel far from France with, in his luggage, his inseparable Leica and Hasselblad. He then photographed countless landscapes in Europe, in the United States, in the Emirates and Sultanates of the Gulf, in Russia as well as in China and, born in the course of his encounters in India and Pakistan, he developed his concept of portraiture in order to share it better. Mainly intended for galleries and exhibitions (he has made more than one hundred and fifty of them in Europe, Russia, the United States, China, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, etc. in the last few years), his photography, in silver using CamboWide or Sinar 8 x 10 inch technical chambers as well as digital photography of all formats, allows him to illustrate and share his idealized vision of the world where he lives intensely. The nude, portrait and still life are the subjects he favours and he directs on these themes many Master-Class in Paris, Venice, Beijing and in the countries where he is invited to exhibit. Apart from his personal works, his lectures and television or radio interventions, his courses in photography schools and the writing of articles and books on lighting, Jean Turco works mainly on commissions from private individuals or advertising agencies. His photographs, present in the collections of several museums, Lenin in Ulyanovsk in Russia, National of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Astana, Nicéphore-Niépce in Chalon-sur-Saône etc. as well as in many private collections have been honoured many times with prizes and medals. In particular, he was awarded the bronze, silver, gold and honorary medals, as well as the Niepce prize, at the "Salon" - the historic and prestigious exhibition of the "Société des Artistes Français" - at the Grand Palais in Paris. He has published Pearson: Nude Photography (2010) The Art of Lighting (2012) Nude (2012) Nude (2012) Portrait (2012) Still Life (2012) A Guide to Posing (2014), Punto Marte MV: Nude (2013), Dunod: 100 Photographic Lighting Plans (2018), China Photographic Publishing House: A Chinese version of The Art of Lighting (2018).
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Granitz may refer to:

 The Granitz a region and nature reserve on Germany's largest island, Rügen, in the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, which has given its name to:
 Granitz Hunting Lodge, a former hunting lodge and now a tourist attraction on Rügen
 Granitz House, a former forester's lodge and inn which is today the information centre for the Southeast Rügen Biosphere Reserve
 Mönchgut-Granitz, a subdistrict or Amt on Rügen
 Lancken-Granitz, a municipality in the above subdistrict
 Granitzer Ort, a headland on the east coast of Rügen

  Granitz, a common geographic and family name in Austria and Bavaria. It is derived from the Old Slavic word Granica = border.
 Granitz (Eichendorf), village in the market borough of Eichendorf, Dingolfing-Landau district, Bavaria
 Granitz (Reisbach), village in the market borough of Reisbach, Dingolfing-Landau district, Bavaria
 Granitz (Bach) in Carinthia, Austria
 Granitz (hill), wooded heights höhe south of the Lavanttal valley
 Granitzen, a former independent municipality on the border of Styria and Carinthia in Austria
 Granitzenbach, a roughly 40 km long waterbody in the west of Styria, Austria
 Surname
 Ignjat Granitz (1845–1908), known Croatian industrialist, philanthropist and publisher

See also
 Granica (disambiguation)

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Nokia Siemens to Buy Motorola's Network Biz for $1.2 Billion
Om Malik Jul 19, 2010 - 9:08 AM CDT
Almost 10 years ago, I read a research report by a financial analyst — I can't remember his name, though I distinctly remember what he predicted — who said that in 10 years the wireless hardware business would consolidate around Ericsson and Nokia, which would own Motorola (s MOT) and Nortel. Of course, like many on Wall Street, he didn't see Huawei coming. But his predictions are indeed coming true.
Earlier today, Espoo, Finland-based Nokia Siemens Networks (s NSN), a company created by the merger of Siemens' and Nokia's networking business, announced that it would acquire Motorola's wireless infrastructure networking business for about $1.2 billion in cash. Motorola isn't selling the iDen business, which is a key technology used by U.S. government agencies, nor is it selling most of its wireless network infrastructure patents. However, Nokia Siemens Networks will inherit about 7,500 Motorola employees.
For Nokia Siemens Networks, the deal allows it get a bigger traction in two key markets — the United States and Japan. With the deal it becomes the third largest infrastructure provider in U.S. and the second largest worldwide. It will now be the top gear provider in Japan. NSN also gets access to the CDMA business and about 50 carriers including Sprint (s S), Verizon (s vz) and Vodafone. NSN also gets hold of Motorola's WiMAX business, which has 41 deals in 22 countries. The deal should close by the end of this year.
The U.S. and Japan might be great markets for now, but the long term growth for companies like Ericsson and NSN are in emerging markets such as those in Brazil, India and on the African continent. In those markets, wireless gear makers have to contend with low-cost competition from the Chinese. NSN is fighting an uphill battle, and it's finding itself in tough competition with Huawei and Ericsson; from that perspective alone, the $1.2 billion price tag is a bargain, theorizes Mark Sue, an analyst with RBC Capital Markets, in a note to his clients. The purchase price represents an EV/Sales multiple of just 0.31 times the FY 2010 revenue, Sue says.
The sale of the business is yet another step in the slow disintegration of Motorola, a wireless pioneer who once led the industry from the forefront. A series of management missteps, an inability to come to terms with the hard realities of the wireless business and the rise of Chinese vendors such as Huawei are the reasons why Motorola finds itself becoming a footnote in the wireless industry. Motorola hopes to become a major player in the smartphone business, and it has enjoyed some early success — but as they say, one swallow doesn't make a summer.
See more coverage of Nokia and Motorola on GigaOM Pro.
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Susan Harton
By Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation | February 5, 2022
Beloved wife, daughter, sister, and friend, Susan Harton's love of life did not come to an end with her death. Susan passed away peacefully surrounded by family on February 2, 2022, at the age of 41 after a courageous year battling a rare bile duct cancer. She fought a battle to inspire us all, with a smile to the very end.
Susan will forever be remembered for her laugh and the bright light that being in her presence brought to all. Throughout her life, whomever she met couldn't resist falling in love with her. Susan shone in her love of music, dancing, anything purple, and her family. From glitter pens to diamonds, she did not discriminate in her love of all things shiny and sparkly. She was, in fact, full sparkles inside and out - and added her own unique sparkle to this world.
She is preceded in death by her father William Harton and leaves behind her husband Walter Baron, mother Theo Harton, and her sister Lauren Harton, along with her large loving extended family. Her three kitties Princess, Buffy, and Picnic Peanut miss their human and share in her loss. She is remembered for her dedication to her husband and family and as a respected and cherished coworker.
Her loved ones will continue to honor her legacy by living life to the fullest, loving the blessings of every moment, and laughing with whole hearts. In remembrance of Susan's life, the family asks that donations be made in her honor in lieu of flowers or other remembrances.
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Lynne, who has always wanted to drive heavy equipment, is doing a superb job of clearing the snow.
Making a snow fence of snow. These piles should help prevent the driveway from filling up during the next snow and blow.
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And, the Expedition is now parked at the cabin.
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MLS trades and transactions
D.C. United trades Chris Pontius for Lamar Neagle in three team deal
In long-rumored moves, D.C. United has officially traded Chris Pontius for Lamar Neagle in a three team deal
By Ben Bromley@BromleySoccer Dec 7, 2015, 4:02pm EST
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In a move that was previewed last week, D.C. United has now officially traded Chris Pontius to the Philadelphia Union while also trading for Lamar Neagle from the Seattle Sounders.
Pontius was the longest serving player on D.C. United's roster, having been drafted in 2009. Bill Hamid now becomes the longest-serving player on the roster, and Chris Korb is the longest serving field player. Pontius scored 31 goals in 152 games for the team and is ninth all-time in appearances for the team.
It was time for D.C. United and Chris Pontius to move on from each other; his salary is too high for United to justify with his injury history, and Pontius gets a fresh start in a new location. United acquired both regular and targeted allocation money in the transaction.
With the allocation money they received, United turned right back around and acquired Lamar Neagle from the Seattle Sounders. Neagle is a direct replacement for Pontius, and comes in as a likely starter. We don't know if the allocation money going each way is equal, but United has the trading advantage over both teams: they have a player Philadelphia wants in Pontius, and Seattle is desperate to get rid of attackers with too many currently under contract and more (Jordan Morris) on the way. United similarly sent general and targeted allocation to Seattle for the deal.
With the roster moves earlier this afternoon, the team is moving quickly into the offseason. Look for them to make more moves later in the week, as free agency opens and the Re-Entry Draft comes. It is going to be a busy couple of weeks.


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LANDSCAPE-FORGE OF THE FAR NORTH
Submitted by Editor on Mon, 07/10/2013 - 21:24
Stepping into the Union Gallery this month is a bit like entering the heart of a volcano.
The normally peaceful airy whites of the space have been transformed into a forge of igneous reds and golds, brimstone blacks, raven-eye blues and pummice greys.
This is the landscape-forge of Beth Robertson Fiddes, an artist for whom the Highlands appear to be very much a work in progress.
She remarks of herself:
'My aim is to return to a different way of seeing my surroundings, to a time before I had any knowledge of science or history and the world seemed full of possibilities'.
Such mythic sensibility, such irrational responsiveness to the land have been apparent in previous appearances here over recent years.
In 2010 her 'Big Buachailles' attracted attention for the way the mountain at its heart was so convincingly imbued with character. In 2011 it was the narrative possibilities of 'Glen Coe', and the awesome 'Tiree' and 'Looking North, Last Light' that caught the imagination.
Even back then, in ones, twos and threes, Fiddes's works had more than enough oomph – in varying combinations of size, vision, colour and confident execution – to dominate three separate joint exhibitions. Uninterrupted here in this solo show, the effect is almost overwhelming. Rock and fire contend, water and stone collide, storms glower and clash. It is for the most part a noisy and furious battleground of the elements.
And yet, for all its epic grandeur, for all its fascination with the creative results of violent discharge, the work is not without subtlety. In 'Rock Pool, River Etive' (below), for example, the artist's focus is quieter, more interested in structural forms and their abstract relationships.
In 'Suilven' (this reviewer's favourite), Fiddes deftly steers between the realistic depiction of a brooding hill with veiled sun, and the painterly processes of brushstrokes, drips and scraping.
And then, in complete contrast, there are three intimate studies of tranquil water suffused with sunlight. I found these quite hypnotising, particularly 'Clear Water, Berneray' (below).
The exhibition is a dramatic tour de force, no doubt about it. But listen carefully and you can hear it plash as well as thunder. AM
Beth Robertson Fiddes continues at the Union Gallery, 45 Broughton Street, until 29 October. For more information Tel. 556 7707.
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Q: Exception does not get caught I have a base and a derived exceptions, public inner classes of store:
//base class - ProductException
    class ProductException: exception
    {
    protected:
        const int prodNum;
    public:
        //default+input constructor
        ProductException(const int& inputNum=0);
        //destructor
        ~ProductException();
        virtual const char* what() const throw();
    };

    //derived class - AddProdException
    class AddProdException: ProductException
    {
    public:
        //default+input constructor
        AddProdException(const int& inputNum=0);
        //destructor
        ~AddProdException();
        //override base exception's method
        virtual const char* what() const throw();
    };

this function which throws the derived exception:
void addProduct(const int& num,const string& name) throw(AddProdException);
void Store::addProduct( const int& num,const string& name )
{
    //irrelevant code...
    throw(AddProdException(num));
}

and a function which calls the function and tries to catch an exception:
try
{
    switch(op)
    {
        case 1:
        {
            cin>>num>>name;
            st.addProduct(num,name);
            break;
        }
    }
}
...
catch(Store::ProductException& e)
{
    const char* errStr=e.what();
    cout<<errStr;
    delete[] errStr;
}

The derived class should get caught, but I keep getting the error "unhandled exception". Any ideas why? Thanks!

A: Without the public keyword, inheritance is considered private by default. This means AddProdException is-not a ProductException. Use public inheritance like so:
class AddProdException : public ProductException
{
public:
    //default+input constructor
    AddProdException(const int& inputNum=0);
    //destructor
    ~AddProdException();
    //override base exception's method
    virtual const char* what() const throw();
};

Also, inherit from std::exception publicly in ProductException as well, otherwise you won't be able to catch std::exceptions either (or even better, from std::runtime_error).

A: The reason is that AddProdException is not a ProductException, because you are using private inheritance:
class AddProdException: ProductException {};

You need to use public inheritance:
class AddProdException: public ProductException {};

The same applies to ProductException and exception, assuming the latter is an std::exception.

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C.A. Mellon was born in Berkshire on June 16th 1878.
It was not until 1903, when his business career took him to Nottingham, that he first began to paint seriously and was most fortunate being taken under the wing of Carl Brenner, a nephew of B.W. Leader, R.A.
After the First World War Campbell Mellon and his wife moved to the seaside township of Gorleston, Norfolk. This was a turning point in his life. It was here that he met Sir J.S. Arnesby Brown, then at the peak of a creative ability. There was a great affinity between the two men and the encouragement and tuition Mellon received from him dictated the path he was to follow. Nevertheless, he refused to permit his own individual spark to be extinguished by the other's genius.
His first picture to be exhibited at the Royal Academy, in 1924, was a beach scene entitled 'Yarmouth – August Bank Holiday'. From 1924 (when he was 46) until 1955, Mellon was a regular exhibitor at the Royal Academy and had more than 50 canvasses hung in the Society's prestigious galleries. Campbell Mellon loved to paint the beach at Gorleston while looking into the sun. The play of light on sand and water fascinated him. His skies are never a matter of perfunctory filling-in and, whether an untroubled blue or heavy with huge cumulus clouds, they are an integral and often dramatic part of the composition.
In 1938 C.A. Mellon was elected a Member of the Royal Society of Oil Painters and of the Royal Society of British Artists the following year.
He died in Gorleston on August 28th, 1955.


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Thomas Cook's retail director reassures trade of 'business as usual'
by Ben Ireland Jul 17th 2019, 12:57
The boss of Thomas Cook's retail division has written to the company's trade partners to assure them of "business as usual" following news of its proposed takeover by Chinese conglomerate Fosun.
Thomas Cook last week confirmed it was in "advanced discussions" with Fosun for a £750 million rescue deal that would see the company broken up.
The recapitalisation proposal would see Fosun, already an 18% shareholder, take control of Thomas Cook's tour operating division and retail business, and a "significant minority interest" in the airline. It has been widely welcomed as a positive move for the industry.
Writing to trade partners on the day of the announcement, UK retail director Kathryn Darbandi said: "It is important that you understand what this means for your relationship with Thomas Cook. Importantly, Thomas Cook is here to stay."
She added: "[The proposed deal] provides the means to secure the future of the Thomas Cook Group for its customers, suppliers, employees and other stakeholders."
And she confirmed: "In terms of what this means for you and your relationship with Thomas Cook, it is business as usual for you and our customers will not be affected by the proposal announced today."
Darbandi said the investment would put both the tour operator and airline business on a "stable financial footing to invest and compete over the long term", adding that Fosun had a proven track record of investing in travel businesses and would be a "good long-term owner for the business".
She added: "Importantly, all our package holidays continue to be protected and customers have no need to be concerned. All Thomas Cook Group Airlines' flights, including Condor, are also unaffected by today's news and will continue to operate as normal."
Shares in Thomas Cook have slumped by more than 80% over the past 12 months amid fears that a £1.6 billion debt mountain could threaten its survival.
It had put its airline up for a strategic review, which has now been paused pending the outcome of the recapitalisation.
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Ryanair boss threatens legal action over Flybe 'bailout'
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Since the first automobile was introduced to our life, we can notice that there are a lot of changes happened around us. As a modern transportation, it not only brings convenience to our daily life, but also enhances the efficiency.
At the Airport. Рассказ "В аэропорту" на английском детям с переводом.
When preparing to fly, passengers are requested to arrive at the airport 2 hours before departure time. They must register their tickets, get a seat assignment, and weigh and check their luggage.
Travelling. Means Of Transport. Путешествия. Виды транспорта. Рассказ на английском детям с переводом.


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Seymouria skull cast replica fossil reproduction
Seymouria fossil skull cast replica.
The skeleton cast replica is available in resin or plaster. It is handmade and hand-painted.
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Seymouria is an extinct genus of Seymouriamorph from the Early Permian of North America and Europe.[1] Although they were amphibians (in a biological sense), Seymouria were well-adapted to life on land, with many reptilian features—so many, in fact, that Seymouria was first thought to be a primitive reptile.[2][3] It is primarily known from two species, Seymouria baylorensis[4] and Seymouria sanjuanensis.[5] The type species, S. baylorensis, is more robust and specialized, though its fossils have only been found in Texas.[6] On the other hand, Seymouria sanjuanensis is more abundant and widespread. This smaller species is known from multiple well-preserved fossils, including a block of six skeletons found in the Cutler Formation of New Mexico,[7] and a pair of fully grown skeletons from the Tambach Formation of Germany, which were fossilized lying next to each other.[8]
Order: †Seymouriamorpha
Family: †Seymouriidae
Genus: †Seymouria
Broili, 1904


Newark, NJ and Herndon, VA — (Aug. 1, 2018) — New Jersey community college students who transfer to the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) before earning a degree or certificate will find it easier to receive a credential retroactively under a new alliance between NJIT and the National Student Clearinghouse. The initiative, known as Reverse Transfer, has the potential to help thousands of New Jersey students and students from other states who transferred to New Jersey earn their associate's degree.
The alliance, which utilizes the Clearinghouse's Reverse Transfer service, is expected to boost college completion rates and to generate a significant increase in the number of community college credentials awarded. Potential completers are students who are very close to earning some type of postsecondary credential.
For more information about reverse transfer, visit the National Student Clearinghouse's Reverse Transfer webpage and for details about the Clearinghouse, visit our media center webpage. To learn more about NJIT, go to njit.edu/about.
One of only 32 polytechnic universities in the United States, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) prepares undergraduate and graduate students and professionals to become leaders in the technology-dependent economy of the 21st century. NJIT's multidisciplinary curriculum and computing-intensive approach to education provide technological proficiency, business acumen and leadership skills. NJIT has a $1.74 billion annual economic impact on the State of New Jersey, conducts approximately $140 million in research activity each year, and is a global leader in such fields as solar research, nanotechnology, resilient design, tissue engineering, and cybersecurity, in addition to others. NJIT is ranked #1 nationally by Forbes for the upward economic mobility of its lowest-income students and is among the top 2 percent of public colleges and universities in return on educational investment, according to PayScale.com.
NJIT media contact: Tanya Klein, News and Media Relations Manager, Office of Strategic Communications, tanya.m.klein@njit.edu or 973-596-3433.
National Student Clearinghouse media contact: Todd Sedmak, media@studentclearinghouse.org or 703-742-4837.


The St. Norbert College music department will present the junior vocal recital of Anna Vanden Hogen and Tim Van Eperen on Friday, April 27, at 5 p.m. in the Walter Theater, Abbot Pennings Hall of Fine Arts. Admission is free and open to the public.
Vanden Hogen, from Appelton, Wis., is a student of Yi-Lan Niu, assistant professor of music. She will be performing pieces by Schubert, Puccini, Hahn, Donizetti, Massenet and Duke. Joe Stawicki, from Sturgeon Bay, Wis., will accompany her on piano.
Van Eperen, from Little Chute, Wis., is a student of Michael Rosewall, associate professor of music. He will be performing works by Wolf, Donaudy, Moore, Quilter, Brahms, Sandoval, Scarlatti and Legrenzi.


Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, claimed victory over the United States Sunday shortly after a historic nuclear agreement was reached in Geneva between the Islamic Republic and the 5+1 world powers.
Under the agreement, Iran, in return for sanctions relief, will keep much of its nuclear infrastructure, is limited to enriching uranium to the five percent level for six months, will convert its highly enriched uranium of 20 percent to harmless oxide and will allow more intrusive inspections of its nuclear plants by the International Atomic Energy Agency, which will be limited to only agreed-on facilities.
Fars News Agency, the media outlet of the Revolutionary Guards, reported that Khamenei in a statement thanked President Hassan Rouhani and his negotiating team for their achievement in Geneva.
"I thank God that… the new government… was able to legitimize the Iranian nation's nuclear program on the international stage and take the initial step in a way that the nuclear rights and the enrichment rights of the Iranian nation are acknowledged by world powers where before they had tried to deny them, and (the agreement will) open the way for future big strides in technical and economic progress," Khamenei said.
Rouhani, speaking at an event for families of "martyred" Iranian nuclear scientists, said Iran will continue its nuclear progress. "No matter whether the world wants it or not, this path (to nuclear capability) will, God willing, continue to the peak," he said.
As reported exclusively in the Daily Caller in February 2012, sources inside Iran said President Barack Obama appeared to enter into an informal agreement with Iran that he believed would defuse the nuclear weapons crisis and keep Israel from attacking the Islamic regime. The agreement called for the United States to acknowledge that Iran is not pursuing nuclear weapons, and for Iran to hand over its highly enriched uranium, which is necessary for nuclear weaponization.
Those sources revealed then that Khamenei, in a secret meeting with his top officials and military commanders, had issued a directive to push for a step-by-step Russian proposal to defuse the crisis in which Iran would only hand over its 20 percent enrichment stock while keeping all low-enriched uranium stock (enough for six nuclear bombs) and cooperate more with the IAEA (all the while continuing its enrichment activity). In exchange, the West would ease up on the sanctions as each step was taken.
The United States initially demanded that Iran suspend all its nuclear activities, Mohammadi said: "Today, though, the Americans have given up on that, and what Obama is asking is the halt of the enrichment to the 20 percent level with a full acceptance of Iran's enrichment rights to the 5 percent level." Enriching uranium to the 20 percent level is a critical step in achieving nuclear weaponization.
Iran has negotiated its nuclear program with the U.S. and the world powers for over a decade, during which time it has successfully increased the number of centrifuges enriching uranium from 150 to over 19,000 today. It now has over 10 tons of low-enriched uranium — enough for several bombs — and has over a thousand ballistic missiles and, in collaboration with North Korea, is working on intercontinental ballistic missiles.


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Remember The Secret Policeman's Ball?
Celebrating the 25th anniversary of the legendary Secret Policeman's Ball in aid of Amnesty International, the film features Britain's finest comedians, including Stephen Fry, the Monty Python team, Rowan Atkinson, Lenny Henry, Alexei Sayle and Alan Bennett.
Watch a clip from Remember The Secret Policeman's Ball?
Rubens – A Master in the Making
Presented by Rubens expert David Jaffe of The National Gallery, London, the film explores the influences of sculpture on the work of Peter Paul Rubens.
Watch a clip from Rubens – A Master in the Making
Naked Hollywood
The motion picture industry laid bare. Featuring Arnold Schwarznegger, James Caan, Barry Diller, Joe Roth, Sydney Pollock, Oliver Stone, James Brooks, Nora Ephron, Terry Gilliam and many others.
Winner BAFTA Best Documentary Series 1991
Winner Cable Ace Award Best Documentary 1992
Winner Silver Hugo Chicago International Film Festival
Finalist International EMMY Award Best Documentary 1991
Watch a clip from Naked Hollywood
Smoking Diaries
Biographical film based on the acclaimed book by the celebrated writer Simon Gray, presented by Alan Yentob.
Watch a clip from Smoking Diaries
Nina Does Art
Ventriloquist comic Nina Conti explores the world of Modern Art with her sceptical puppet monkey Monk, but both are won over by Tate Modern's director Sir Nicholas Serota.
Watch a clip from Nina Does Art
Outback Art – The Goldrush
Presented by Ekow Eshun, the film looks at the part that indigenous art plays in today's contemporary art market and asks what the future holds for this great art movement.


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Q: Video do not autoplay on mobile devices I use this tag and attributes for autoplay my background video -
<video src="fire.mp4" autoplay loop muted playsinline ></video>

But if i want to check my website from my iPhone and my battery mode is economy - video do not autoplay. Maybe i lost some attribute?

A: Have you tried setting an attribute for autoplay and the other values, like this?
<video src="fire.mp4" autoplay="autoplay" loop="loop" muted="muted" playsinline="playsinline"></video>

You could try a bit of simple JS to make it as robust as possible. See this post https://stackoverflow.com/a/45869587/13655534


Songs written with one idea in mind have been known to mutate into something completely different if I hear an 'optional vocal inflection' during rehearsal. I'll hear a 'hint' of something (often a mistake) and pursue it to its most absurd extreme.
The 'technical expression' we use in the band to describe this process is: "PUTTING THE EYEBROWS ON IT." This usually refers to vocal parts, although you can put the eyebrows on just about anything.


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Хидзиката Тосидзо: Белый след (яп. 土方歳三 白の軌跡, ромадзи Hijikata Toshizou Shiro no Kiseki) — японский анимационный фильм (OVA). Биографический очерк о жизни и идеалах Хидзикаты Тосидзо, заместителя командующего Синсэнгуми, поддерживающего власть сёгуната на протяжении эпохи Бакумацу и в начале революции Мэйдзи. Фильм производства студии Studio 4°C. Режиссёр, дизайн персонажей, режиссёр анимации — Чие Уратани ().

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Конец периода Эдо. Хидзиката Тосидзо, потерпевший поражение от новой правительственной армии, бежит в Эдзо с оставшимися солдатами старой армии сёгуната, надеясь на второй шанс. Находясь там, Хидзиката встречает в видении ныне покойных Кондо Исаму и Окита Содзи и размышляет о своей собственной жизни...

Благополучно добравшись до Эдзо, Хидзиката продолжил сопротивление новым правительственным войскам под командованием Эномото Такэаки, но его одолела сила численности, и поражение было неизбежным.

Затем наступил день генерального наступления новых правительственных сил. Хидзиката бросается в последнюю битву...

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Sheffield Wednesday: Owls vow to attack Play-Offs
Head coach Carlos Carvalhal has stressed Sheffield Wednesday will maintain their attacking approach in the Championship Play-Offs.
Thursday, 5th May 2016, 6:10 am
Carlos Carvalhal
Carvalhal has won a host of admirers, having transformed the Owls into one of the division's great entertainers.
Wednesday's expansive, passing football has wowed the club's fan-base, with only fourth-placed Hull City (42) managing more home goals than them in the regular season.
Indeed, the Owls arguably produced their most stylish Hillsborough performance of the campaign to see off Cardiff City last weekend. Victory ensured the Owls qualified for the Play-Offs and guaranteed their highest-placed finish since exiting the Premier League in 2000.
For our Owls news and opinion on twitter follow here
Carvalhal has told The Star: "A draw would have been enough against Cardiff (for a play-off place) but we played to win.
"We gave a very clear sign to the team that we wanted to win. We played three strikers in attack and went for the three points. That has been our philosophy since the beginning and we won't change anything in the play-offs.
"It doesn't make any sense to change anything and I'm sure we will play in the play-offs like we have done all season."
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With one eye on the Play-Offs, Carvalhal is considering making wholesale changes for Saturday's trip to Wolverhampton Wanderers. As revealed by this newspaper yesterday, leading marksman Fernando Forestieri will not feature at Molineux.
For more news from Hillsborough click here


Epidermolysis bullosa acquisita (EBA) is an autoimmune acquired blistering skin disease resulting from autoantibodies to type VII collagen.Epidermolysis bullosa dystrophica, autosomal dominant (DDEB) [MIM:131750]: A group of autosomal dominant blistering skin diseases characterized by tissue separation which occurs below the dermal-epidermal basement membrane at the level of the anchoring fibrils. Various clinical types with different severity are recognized, ranging from severe mutilating forms to mild forms with limited and localized scarring, and less frequent extracutaneous manifestations. Note: The disease is caused by mutations affecting the gene represented in this entry. Epidermolysis bullosa dystrophica, autosomal recessive (RDEB) [MIM:226600]: A group of autosomal recessive blistering skin diseases characterized by tissue separation which occurs below the dermal-epidermal basement membrane at the level of the anchoring fibrils. Various clinical types with different severity are recognized, ranging from severe mutilating forms to mild forms with limited and localized scarring, and less frequent extracutaneous manifestations. Mild forms include epidermolysis bullosa mitis and epidermolysis bullosa localisata. Note: The disease is caused by mutations affecting the gene represented in this entry. Epidermolysis bullosa dystrophica, Pasini type (P-DEB) [MIM:131750]: A severe, dominantly inherited form of dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa characterized by albopapuloid Pasini papule, dorsal extremity blistering, milia formation and red atrophic scarring after recurrent blisters. Note: The disease is caused by mutations affecting the gene represented in this entry. Epidermolysis bullosa dystrophica, Hallopeau-Siemens type (HS-DEB) [MIM:226600]: The most severe recessive form of dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa. It manifests with mutilating scarring, joint contractures, corneal erosions, esophagus structures, and propensity to formation of cutaneous squamous cell carcinomas leading to premature demise of the affected individuals. Note: The disease is caused by mutations affecting the gene represented in this entry. Transient bullous dermolysis of the newborn (TBDN) [MIM:131705]: TBDN is a neonatal form of dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa characterized by sub-epidermal blisters, reduced or abnormal anchoring fibrils at the dermo-epidermal junction, and electron-dense inclusions in keratinocytes. TBDN heals spontaneously or strongly improves within the first months and years of life. Note: The disease is caused by mutations affecting the gene represented in this entry. Epidermolysis bullosa dystrophica, pretibial type (PR-DEB) [MIM:131850]: A form of dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa characterized by pretibial blisters that develop into prurigo-like hyperkeratotic lesions. It predominantly affects the pretibial areas, sparing the knees and other parts of the skin. Other clinical features include nail dystrophy, albopapuloid skin lesions, and hypertrophic scars without pretibial predominance. The phenotype shows considerable interindividual variability. Inheritance is autosomal dominant. Note: The disease is caused by mutations affecting the gene represented in this entry.Epidermolysis bullosa dystrophica, Bart type (B-DEB) [MIM:132000]: An autosomal dominant form of dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa characterized by congenital localized absence of skin, skin fragility and deformity of nails. Note: The disease is caused by mutations affecting the gene represented in this entry.Epidermolysis bullosa pruriginosa (EBP) [MIM:604129]: A distinct clinical subtype of epidermolysis bullosa dystrophica. It is characterized by skin fragility, blistering, scar formation, intense pruritus and excoriated prurigo nodules. Onset is in early childhood, but in some cases is delayed until the second or third decade of life. Inheritance can be autosomal dominant or recessive. Note: The disease is caused by mutations affecting the gene represented in this entry. Nail disorder, non-syndromic congenital, 8 (NDNC8) [MIM:607523]: A nail disorder characterized by isolated toenail dystrophy. The nail changes are most severe in the great toes and consist of the nail plate being buried in the nail bed with a deformed and narrow free edge. Note: The disease is caused by mutations affecting the gene represented in this entry. Epidermolysis bullosa dystrophica, with subcorneal cleavage (EBDSC) [MIM:131750]: A bullous skin disorder with variable sized clefts just beneath the level of the stratum corneum. Clinical features include blisters, milia, atrophic scarring, nail dystrophy, and oral and conjunctival involvement, as seen in dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa. Note: The disease is caused by mutations affecting the gene represented in this entry.


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Cosmos » Evolution » Tracing the evolution of vertebrate teeth
Tracing the evolution of vertebrate teeth
Imaging technology suggests a very early start.
The fossil skull of Radotina, one of the most primitive jawed vertebrates with teeth; front view (left), left side (top right) and right side (bottom right). Credit: Vít Lukáš/ National Museum, Prague
vertebrate evolution
Mystery solved as strange fish-like fossil finally identified
Long-held theory of vertebrate evolution upended
While our ancestors went from sea to land, this 400 million-year old fishapod high-tailed it back into the water
Fossils from half a billion years ago preserve first skeletons, solving centuries-old mystery
The evolutionary roots of teeth and dermal jawbones (cheekbones), the precursor to vertebrate jaws as we know them today, may be older than previously thought.
That information comes thanks to some very modern technology and some very old fossils with surprisingly modern-looking teeth.
Using synchrotron microtomography, a team of Swedish, Czech, French and UK researchers led by Sweden's Uppsala University took a detailed look at a collection of 400-million-year-old fossils of acanthothoracids – an early fish group closely related to the very first jawed vertebrates – found near the Prague Basin in the Czech Republic a century ago.
Radotina, 409 million years ago. Credit: Jan Sovak
These have been difficult to study by conventional means because the bones cannot be freed from the enclosing rock, but the new imaging technology, which uses intensely bright and laser-like X-rays given off by electrons accelerated to near the speed of light, was able to visualise their internal structure in 3D without harming them.
Follow-up scans at higher resolution taken at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility in France allowed the researchers to visualise the growth pattern and even the perfectly preserved cell spaces inside the dentine.
"The results were truly remarkable, including well-preserved dentitions that nobody expected to be there," says Valéria Vaškaninová, lead author of a paper in the journal Science.
The first vertebrates were jawless, but vertebrates now exhibit a variety of teeth and jaws that differ greatly across species in form and function. How and when this transition happened is poorly understood, however.
The work by Vaškaninová and colleagues suggests the jaws and teeth of acanthothoracids, and the way their teeth grew, shared more similarities with bony fish, sharks and even land animals than another early fish group, the arthrodires. Acanthothoracid dentitions are attached to jaw bones, as in bony fish and land animals.
"These findings change our whole understanding of the origin of teeth," says co-author Per Ahlberg.
"Even though acanthothoracids are among the most primitive of all jawed vertebrates, their teeth are in some ways far more like modern ones than arthrodire dentitions. Their jawbones resemble those of bony fish and seem to be directly ancestral to our own."
Originally published by Cosmos as Tracing the evolution of vertebrate teeth
Cosmos is a quarterly science magazine. We aim to inspire curiosity in 'The Science of Everything' and make the world of science accessible to everyone.
What a mouthful – new sabre-tooth predator named
Self-healing nematodes offer new hope for nerve repair
Ancient insect calls for update to Jurassic Park soundtrack
For dinosaurs, a spring without renewal


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eyeOS était un webOS, environnement de bureau de type cloud computing, basé sur une interface Web, libre jusqu'à la version 2.5 (sous licence AGPL v3).

En 2005, deux jeunes catalans Pau García-Milà et Marc Cercós (ils avaient alors 17 ans) créent le projet depuis leur village d'Olesa de Montserrat (Baix Llobregat). Deux ans plus tard ils créent l'entreprise qui va soutenir le projet et permettre de développer les services professionnels autour de celui-ci. Installée à Barcelone jusqu'en 2016, elle était constituée d'une trentaine de contributeurs de plus de neuf nationalités.
eyeOS permet à l'utilisateur d'accéder à son bureau, ses fichiers et ses applications eyeOS à partir de tout navigateur, sur n'importe quel ordinateur, en n'ayant besoin que d'un système de base permettant de faire tourner un navigateur et d'une connexion internet.

Description
eyeOS est écrit en PHP, un langage de script libre et utilise JavaScript. On peut ainsi l'installer sur la plupart des systèmes d'exploitation existants en tant que serveur à condition de disposer d'un serveur HTTP gérant le PHP (MAMP ou WAMP permettent de réaliser des essais très facilement). Il est également possible d'utiliser un serveur eyeOS existant en se créant simplement un compte.

De plus en plus d'applications sont disponibles pour eyeOS, des applications de bureautique (traitement de texte, tableur, etc.) aux jeux, en passant par des applications internet (messagerie instantanée, mail, etc.). Il est donc possible de réaliser toutes les tâches courantes à partir d'un simple navigateur.

Un répertoire des applications disponibles pouvait être enrichi par les développeurs qui souhaitent proposer leurs logiciels.
Il est très facile d'adapter à eyeOS les applications existantes (JavaScript, applets Java, Flash, etc) en utilisant les bibliothèques mises à disposition par l'équipe eyeOS.

Historique
 eyeOS 0.6.0 (première version disponible) a été diffusée le .
 Après deux ans de développement, l'équipe eyeOS a publié la version 1.0 le , sous licence GPL v2.
 La version 1.1 a rapidement suivi, le , sous licence GPL v3.
 La version 1.2 est sortie le .
 La version 1.5 est sortie le , nom de projet Gala.
 La version 1.6 est sortie le , nom de projet Gala "Sync". Cette version permet d'utiliser le logiciel eyeSync (Windows, Linux, Mac) afin de synchroniser automatiquement des dossiers du poste local vers un compte sur un serveur eyeOS.
 La version 1.8 est sortie en , nom de projet "Lars". Cette version améliore notablement la gestion des documents et incorpore de nouvelles applications ajax.
 La version 1.8.5 est sortie en .
 La version 1.8.7 est sortie en .
 La version 1.9 est sortie en .
 La version 2.0 est sortie le .
 La version 2.1 est sortie le .
 La version 2.2 est sortie le .
 La version 2.4 est sortie le .
 La version 2.5 est sortie le . C'est la dernière version open source, le produit étant devenu propriétaire par la suite.
Rachat de la société par Telefónica début 2014.
Abandon du projet par Telefónica fin 2016.

Voir aussi
 YouOS
 WebOS
 oneye

Notes et références

Liens externes

  Site officiel
  Tutoriel vidéo : découverte et installation de eyeOS
  interview en vidéo des fondateurs de eyeOS

Système d'exploitation libre devenu propriétaire
Logiciel libre sous licence AGPL
Système d'exploitation web


We are to imagine a balcony. A grand foothold onto a glittering sea of towers and triumphs: New York City. In the section titled "View" four pages into Deborah Eisenberg's short story "Twilight of the Superheroes" – not even earning that demonstrative, expected, "The" – we step out onto this balcony behind a "magic sliding panel" that releases us "halfway to heaven" (7). This view becomes our window unto New York City, but also into the story. We are to understand that this story is ultimately about the view, a view both privileged and uncertain. We believe we have the best view of New York City. That thanks to this spectacular balcony, the city unfurled thirty-one stories below us in all its glory – that we're gifted something of clairvoyance. There's an expectation that somehow we can see the city better than others.
Diving into the exuberant language of the section "View" reveals that "Twilight' is a narrative of "magic sliding doors." They open to reveal a character's point-of-view, only to close abruptly again. The view is always fleeting and ephemeral. It's in this fragment of "Twilight" that we first see the tycoon Mr. Matsumoto's luxurious loft, and more importantly his floating balcony: his claim on the city. Interestingly, however, we see this famed view not through its rightful owner's eyes, but through Nathaniel's, a young Midwestern transplant and the nephew of Mr. Matsumoto's colleague, Lucien. The story delays introducing us to Nathaniel, the linchpin holding the story's teeming acrobatics together, until the "View" section beginning on the fourth page. It's as though the story starts and stops, rattling along like an antiquated Subway car; there's an existential doubt at the center of the narrative that prods its constant recalibration.
As a result, this "View" arrives already framed. The view through which we first take in the city is purely accidental. It is Nathaniel's and his Greek chorus of super hero friends, young and poor like so many in the city, but thanks to some wondrous twist of fate, living out a dream of sublet glamour. Our perch onto the story, so much like Nathaniel's balcony, is a result of: chance. In any other instance, this would not be who gets to tell the story.
Nathaniel's accidental point-of-view exaggerates our shared sense of idealism. "And the terrace!" he announces with an exclamation point after a brief foray through the interior of Mr. Matsumoto's loft. It is a breathless fragment; we can feel the plummet of Nathaniel's heart as he steps beyond that sliding door. Nathaniel goes on to personalize the city through a diction of awe. Everything below him is "brilliant" and "twinkling" and "spangled" (7). Even the Statue of Liberty arrives as a familiar "she," animated and rendered personally accountable for shepherding Nathaniel's immigrant parents to safe harbor in America. This is Nathaniel's city because his cards lined up just so; we look out over the rim of the balcony with him like "over the rim of a gigantic class of champagne" (7).
The story poises us then in this moment of anticipation, leaving us peering breathless over the terrace, waiting. In a story that opens and closes like an accordion, this accidental foothold into the city and into the narrative makes us question our point-of-view. It makes us look closer while we can. The resulting point of view, constantly shape-shifting, is one of privilege, but also of uncertainty, like a party we aren't certain we should have been invited to. This duality shapes the ethos of the story and sets us up for what is it come.
Bracing for the tragic events of September 11th, Eisenberg paints the frame through which the planes crashed and the buildings burned through the incongruous reference point of Nathaniel's point-of-view. It is important that the story elaborates so much attention to the lush details of the "glittering," "dancing," cityscape because in a narrative that hums around September Eleventh, Eisenberg continuously brings us back to our stance of assumed clairvoyance. There's the Empire State Building!, we point-out with Nathaniel; there are the bridges and the buildings! How much we can see! If we could see everything, we must ask retrospectively, how did we not see it coming. This glamorous perch onto the city materializes our collective pause of the narrative; we keep circling back to that moment before it happened, to that fated frame of blue sky, when we thought we could see everything.
This balcony signals the story's relentless push outwards. Only a handful of sentences serve to delineate the apartment's interior. The description of the loft's indoor appointments is barren to the point of abstraction. It is a "jungle" of "rubber" and "chrome" and "leather" (6). The very barrenness of the description invites readers to fill in the gaps with our own assumptions. Ironically, we are quite literally given materials: rubber, chrome, leather. We are instructed to construct, to work with those materials and build out of our imaginations a setting. This sparse materiality of the loft itself pays homage to the immateriality of the city below. "Leather" contrasts to "glowing emerald" and "chrome" to "violet hologram," hinting at the unreality of the city, or at least our perception of it (6-7).
"And the terrace!" So we follow Nathaniel out to the balcony. It is not hard to imagine one of those turn-of-the-century French impressionist paintings of a well-to-do family clustered on the balcony, trapped in the artist's relentlessly close point-of-view, the moment and its beckoning narrative frozen. For all the story's exclamatory attention to the city below, what we as readers ultimately see is: Nathaniel. He faces outward, but we face him. We expect to see the city because that seems to be where the narrative wants to take us, but instead we see Nathaniel's face cupped in the dizzying reflection of all that light. "Nathaniel stepped out onto the terrace and tears shot right up into his eyes" (7). This is his fragment of the narrative, his foothold, his "view." What we ultimately get in this page and a half section is a frozen moment in the narrative; that same vertiginous obsession with seeing, with seeing the city before the towers fell and the view was no longer the best in New York.
The point-of-view zooms relentlessly close to Nathaniel on his balcony. We watch him see because there is ironically nothing else to look at. We look outward with Nathaniel as we look inwards, at him. This is the uncertainty at the heart of the story. We are constantly unsure where we are supposed to be looking, in the story's circling obsession with piecing together the fragments that lead to the tragedy: at the city, or back at ourselves. Indeed, there is even something decidedly impressionistic about Eisenberg's depiction of the city that harkens back to the spackled pastels of those well-to-do families huddling on the balcony. It is a "glowing" swirl of light, of "ruby" and "sapphire" and "topaz" (7). Nathaniel then hovers on the balcony poised between the modernist narrative of the loft's interiors and the impressionistic haze of the city's lights below, trapped between two époques; he is frozen between two narratives, two decidedly distinct ways of seeing.
This is a story about the view. About what we did and did not see. We are trapped there on Nathaniel's sublet balcony, looking out and looking in, relentlessly searching for how we ended up here. It's as though Nathaniel's pointed inability to predict the future freezes the narrative. All we can do is come back to this moment when the city told itself in exclamation points. This section coheres what the story's fragments build: that our lack of clairvoyance paralyzes our storytelling ability somehow. Eisenberg presents our ability to understand and see the future clearly as intrinsic to the human knack of telling a story. Without clairvoyance, we can't possibly turn the page.
"Twilight" then, as we see it in this glittering moment of "View," is about what we saw, instead. It's about reading ourselves into a city as though it belongs to us -- and how quickly that view and the ownership of the story too can be taken away from us. The point-of-view is a fragile and unreliable thing – quite like an apartment we would never otherwise have been allowed to live in, if things had been different – dismantling our ownership of the narrative. We are no longer sure, like Nathaniel, just what we are looking at. We can apply every lens and still only come up with sky.


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from django.shortcuts import render
from django.db.models import Q

from symposion.speakers.models import Speaker

def speaker_list(request):
    speakers = Speaker.objects.filter().order_by('name')
    speakers = speakers.exclude(Q(presentations__isnull=True) & Q(copresentations__isnull=True))
    speakers = speakers.exclude(user__isnull=True)
    speakers = speakers.distinct()

    ctx = {
        "speakers": speakers,
    }
    return render(request, "speakers/speaker_list.html", ctx)

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We design the most appropriate biological wastewater treatment systems producing clean water that can be discharged safely into the environment or reused for irrigation after a tertiary disinfection treatment step.
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Industry faces a so-called "Trump slump," a plummet in sales that happens amid gun rights-friendly administrations.
In this Jan. 19, 2016 file photo, handguns are displayed at the Smith & Wesson booth at the Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade Show in Las Vegas. When gunmakers and dealers gather this week in Las Vegas for the industry's largest annual conference, they will be grappling with slumping sales and a shift in politics that many didn't envision two years ago when gun-friendly Donald Trump and a GOP-controlled Congress took office.


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Q: POSTMAN: "You do not have permission to view this directory or page" with Bearer Token I've got a website hosted on HostGator, let's say it's domain is https://example.com.
I also have an application hosted on Azure, with Active Directory Authentication enabled on the entire site (including the API component), let's say it's domain is https://example.azurewebsites.net
THE GOAL - To have a PHP file be executed (as a CRON job) on https://example.com and have the file first Authenticate itself with Azure's Active Directory, and then to pull data from https://example.azurewebsites.net/api/getValues via an HTTP GET call.
THE PROBLEM - Obviously, just calling the API without a bearer token will cause a 401, but I'm still getting a 401 even though I'm passing in what appears to be a valid Bearer Token.
Here's what I did:
Using https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/develop/active-directory-protocols-oauth-code -
I visited https://login.microsoftonline.com/{{tenant_id}}/oauth2/authorize?response_type=code&client_id={{client_id}} that was given to me through Azure AD Management Portal.
This returned:
https://example.com/?code={{really_long_string_of_code}}
I took this really_long_string_of_code and put it through postman as a body parameter called code, seen below:

As you can see, it returned the token seen above ^.
I then took this token and put it through another Postman call:

But the problem is, I still get that exact error message:

You do not have permission to view this directory or page.

I feel like I've tried everything. I've even went into the portal.azure and set the "allowed token audiences":

Anyone know any settings I can change to allow this sort of call to happen?

A: The evilSnobu have already explained this issue which caused by incorrect audience.  I want to explain it more general to help understand this issue.
There are two concepts client and resource server in the OAuth 2.0 Authorization Framework(refer rfc6749). When the client calls the resource server, the resource server will verify the token passed in the request. For example, it will verify the signature, issuer, client id, audience etc.

client:
An application making protected resource requests on behalf of the
resource owner and with its authorization.  The term "client" does
not imply any particular implementation characteristics (e.g.,
whether the application executes on a server, a desktop, or other
devices).

resource server:
The server hosting the protected resources, capable of accepting
and responding to protected resource requests using access tokens.

In your scenario, you were acquire the access_token for the Azure AD Graph(https://graph.windows.net). However, the audience you config at the portal doesn't match the aud claim in the access_token. To fix the issue, we can use the app registered at Azure AD as both client and resource. If that, we need to acquire the access token using the Application ID instead of App ID URI. And config this value as the ALLOWED TOKEN AUDIENCES on the Azure portal.
Or we can just to register two apps in Azure AD to represent the client app and resource app separately. And using the client app to acquire the token for the resource app. If this, the value of resource should the App ID URI of resource app and we also need to config it as the ALLOWED TOKEN AUDIENCES on the Azure portal.

A: Remove the trailing slash from Allowed Token Audiences, e.g.:
https://example.com
http://example.com

..or was is the other way around.. hmm..
401 Unauthorized when everything looks right is usually a trailing slash in the audience. Sometimes you need one, sometimes you don't. It should match whatever you or your middleware define as valid audience in the app code. You can also use the app GUID (Application ID) as audience.
Also, you seem to have graph.windows.net as resource, is that intentional?
You should really open that token and check the contents. The audience must match your API's URL.
This to me doesn't feel like the right way to authenticate machine2machine calls. You should probably just use TLS mutual authentication or simply send a hard coded secret over HTTPS in a header (yes, just like a Bearer token, but without the trust chain). On the API side, store it in App Settings and pick it up in your code from the associated environment variable. Use the same App Settings mechanism in the calling app code.
You could rotate this secret using a Function App that changes the App Setting every X days (PowerShell Function Apps have the Resource Management cmdlets available so you could use an SPN to login (Add-AzureRmAccount) and then call Set-AzureRmWebApp -AppSettings [...]).
Alternatively, you can store the secret in Azure Key Vault, and while a great service it borders on overengineering for your use case.


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The Fed Page
Obama nominates FDA official John Roth as Homeland Security inspector general
By Josh Hicks
Josh Hicks
Reporter who covered Maryland politics and government
President Obama last week nominated Food and Drug Administration official John Roth to serve as inspector general of the Department of Homeland Security, attempting to fill a position that has remained vacant for nearly three years.
Roth, who has led the FDA's office of criminal investigations since last year, would replace acting inspector general Charles Edwards, who is the subject of a congressional investigation resulting from whistleblower allegations of nepotism and abuse of power.
Edwards has denied the claims against him, calling them "false allegations" and "personal attacks."
This month, Sens. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) and Ronald H. Johnson (R-Wis.) said the acting inspector general should resign and that they were working to find a replacement candidate to recommend to Obama.
Lawmakers from both parties have applauded the president for choosing a nominee to fill the inspector general's role.
"Mr. Roth appears to be well-qualified to serve as IG, and I look forward to sitting down with him and discussing the challenges he's likely to face if he's successfully confirmed," McCaskill said in a statement Monday.
Johnson said he plans to seek assurances that Roth will "restore and maintain the integrity and independence" of the inspector general's office. "I have heard from dozens of DHS OIG employees, and it is apparent the office is not functioning as it should," he said.
Homeland Security, which includes the Border Patrol, Coast Guard, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Transportation Security Administration and other agencies, is home to the third-largest workforce in the executive branch.
Lawmakers and government-watchdog groups such as the Project on Government Oversight have criticized the administration for leaving some of the department's top positions open for extended periods. A Senate filibuster vote last week paved the way for Obama to fill some of those posts, as well as other key roles within the administration.
The party-line vote last week ended a filibuster rule that both parties used at an increasing rate since the start of the George W. Bush administration to prevent confirmation of presidential nominees, often in attempts to win concessions on unrelated matters.
A Senate committee last week approved the nomination of Jeh Johnson, whom the president tapped to head the Department of Homeland Security. The full Senate has yet to vote on whether to confirm him.
Roth led at least two high-profile investigations during his tenure with the FDA. One case resulted in the United Parcel Service forfeiting $40 million in payments from illegal online pharmacies, while the other involved seizing more than 1,600 Web sites that had been selling counterfeit or misbranded drugs.
The Senate Homeland Security Committee has not yet set a date to vote on the inspector general nominee.


I've reached a new low in my John Simm obsession. I registered for emusic late last night just so I could download Magic Alex's "Dated and Sexist". John Simm was a founding member, songwriter and guitarist of the band. Oh, and I think he did some of the background vocals. The band was named after Yanni Alexis Mardas (Magic Alex), the Beatles' electronics wizard. Anyway, after accidentally watching a concert clip of Magic Alex performing "Breathe In" on YouTube, I just had to see if I could get my grubby little hands on any of their music. I was totally shocked to discover that the "laziest band in Britain" had released a CD that was available for download. I was sure that if a CD existed, it would be something that would be virtually impossible to come by. Well, not only was I able to come by it, but I shouldn't have to pay for the music because I'm on this seven-day trial period and I'm allowed to keep the first 25 songs I download, even if I decide to cancel.
At the rate I'm going, my MP3 player is going to filled with John Simm related music. I've already downloaded about 20 songs that were featured on the Life on Mars soundtrack. For the last couple of days, I've been downloading some songs from Human Traffic and 24 Hour Party People. I wonder what the music from Miranda is like. I've ordered that on Amazon.ca.
During my John Simm romp through YouTube, I came across this great comedy sketch he did with Steve Coogan for "All Star Comedy 2004". Well, I thought it was funny, but I've always found ridiculous situations hilarious.
I need help. Serious, serious help.


The Gift Shop Service of MidMichigan Medical Center – Midland has donated $100,000 to the MidMichigan Health Foundation to help build a premier Heart and Vascular Center on the campus of MidMichigan Medical Center – Midland. When complete, MidMichigan will provide world-class care for patients suffering from the most complex forms of heart disease in a consolidated setting that is patient focused. The first phase of the three-year construction project is scheduled for completion early this summer.
"The Gift Shop volunteers are happy to contribute to this project to enable state-of-the-art cardiovascular care in our region," said Sue Dallessandro, chair, Gift Shop Service.
The three-year construction project on MidMichigan's new 160,000 square foot building is well underway on the campus of MidMichigan Medical Center – Midland. The project will be completed in a two-phased approach. Work is progressing on the north side, which will become the new Orchard Building and will house diagnostic services and advanced cardiac imaging. This first phase of the construction project is scheduled to be finished early this summer, with the completion of the full project set for late summer 2020.
The MidMichigan Health Foundation has accepted the second phase of this project, which will be the new state-of-the-art Heart and Vascular Center, as a major fund development initiative. The Gift Shop Service joins funding commitments from foundations, lead individuals and businesses to bring the fundraising total to $13.5 million toward the $15 million campaign goal.
When complete, the new Heart and Vascular Center will consolidate Midland's heart and vascular physician offices including the heart failure and heart valve clinics, as well as the vascular lab, and will provide seamless, coordinated care for patients. MidMichigan is also collaborating with Michigan Medicine, the heath care division of the University of Michigan, on the development of the remaining space in the new building.
The Gift Shop Service has been an avid supporter of the Medical Center over the years. Volunteers in the Medical Center's Gift Shop sell merchandise to patients, visitors and staff. Profits are donated annually to the MidMichigan Health Foundation to help the Medical Center purchase equipment and support services. To learn more about the volunteer program visit www.midmichigan.org/volunteers, or contact Diana Brookens, volunteer manager, at (989) 839-3340.


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« Surrey BC School removes WIFI
Effects from Smart Meter Network »
Director of Smart Meter program caught falsifying his identity
Contact: Joshua Hart,
Stop Smart Meters! joshuanoahhart@gmail.com
November 8th 2010
William Devereaux Infiltrated Health Advocacy Group in Order to Gather Intelligence
San Francisco- William Devereaux, Senior Director of Pacific Gas and Electric's 'Smart' Meter program has been caught falsifying his identity in a covert attempt to access information from a group of citizens opposing the new meters. The group has been identifying and collecting evidence of widespread health problems, meter inaccuracies, electrical interference and customer information privacy problems caused by PG&E's wireless 'Smart' Meters.
Devereaux, who has testified to numerous local governments throughout California and made claims about the meters' safety and accuracy, has been using a fake name on other activist listservs for months. This may explain how PG&E contractors Wellington Energy knew to evacuate their installation yard in Rohnert Park before a protest planned by neighborhood groups on October 28th. But on Thursday, November 4, Devereaux pushed his luck and was caught lying about his own identity and hiding his position with PG&E. Apparently assuming that his name would be hidden, Devereaux signed his e-mail to Sandi Maurer, moderator of the EMF Safety Coalition, "Ralph." However, his e-mail program revealed the sender's true identity:
On Nov 4, 2010, at 3:23 PM, William Devereaux <manasota99@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Sandi,
> Sorry for the delay in getting back to you, I've been travelling a lot. I live in Oakland where Smart >meters have been sweeping across town and wanted to learn more about them and join the conversation to >see what I can do to help out here.
> Ralph
"This is not a single indiscretion, but rather typical of the false information that PG&E has publicized, fabricating advantages for customers." said Ellen Marks of the Environmental Health Trust. "Contrary to PG&E claims, we will face significantly increased utility bills, collection of private data revealing information about events occurring inside our home, and exposure to powerful spikes of microwave radiation 24 hours a day through our brains and bodies."
The deception by one of PG&E's top officials is only the latest in a series of unethical tactics used to force 'Smart' Meters on an increasingly skeptical public. PG&E has been ripping off 'do not install signs' on meters, and threatening to cut off the gas and electricity supply to elderly residents of Santa Rosa- even as winter approaches- unless they accept a 'Smart' Meter. The company has also censored public comments on its Facebook page, deleting references to peer-reviewed scientific studies showing health damage from RadioFrequency (RF) radiation at levels far below those from the 'Smart' Meter.
PG&E's meter program represents the largest system technology roll out in the history of California, yet they have not even done a basic Environmental Impact Report, which could have caught the massive violations of health, privacy invasion and increased costs to customers. The meters have been plagued with problems since the beginning, starting with widespread reports of inflated bills, privacy violations, electrical interference and reports of health issues from residents who have received the new meters. 'Smart' Meters use microwave radiation (similar to a cell phone) to transmit customer data back to the utility, and are being installed just as the public learns of evidence that brain tumors and other health damage can be traced to similar wireless devices. The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) which sanctioned PG&E's $2.2 billion program to install 10 million new meters throughout California at the expense of ratepayers, has not allowed individuals to opt out even in cases of severe health impacts.
Nearly two dozen local governments* have called for a moratorium. The State's Division of Ratepayer Advocates (DRA) last month also demanded public hearings be held to study potential health risks resulting from exposure to radiation from the meters.
According to Joshua Hart of Stop Smart Meters!, "This fraud and covert espionage against the people of California, carried out by the Director of the 'Smart' Meter Program in California, should immediately force a moratorium on 'Smart' Meter installation and open up a full independent State Legislative investigation of the entire PG&E 'Smart' Meter Program."
* California local governments demanding a moratorium include: the City and County of San Francisco, Santa Cruz and Marin Counties, Sonoma County Supervisor Efren Carrillo, the cities of Sebastopol, Berkeley, Cotati, Fairfax, Santa Cruz, Piedmont, Scotts Valley, Capitola, Watsonville, Sausalito, San Anselmo, Belvedere, Monte Sereno, Novato, Richmond, Ross, Bolinas, and Camp Meeker
Stop Smart Meters!
http://stopsmartmeters.org
PG&E SmartMeter exec tries to infiltrate activists
San Francisco Chronical
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/11/08/MNG61G940B.DTL
Senior PG&E director admits snooping on SmartMeter critics
Mercury News
http://www.mercurynews.com/green-energy/ci_16558858
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Op-Ed Contributor
Health Advocates Invite PG&E CEO Darbee to Wireless Summit
By Joshua Hart
"No Need to Spy to Learn Health Impacts of Smart Meters- Published Scientists Happy to Share Findings"
Opponents of PG&E's 'smart' meter program today delivered an invitation to PG&E's CEO Peter Darbee at the corporation's Beale St. headquarters, urging him to attend Thursday's high profile wireless health forum at the Commonwealth Club.
Last week, William Devereaux, the Senior Director of PG&E's 'smart' meter program was caught falsifying his identity in an attempt to spy on internal discussions within the EMF Safety Network, a group who have a legal case against PG&E pending at the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), alleging health harm from the new meters and demanding an immediate halt on further installations.
The espionage has prompted widespread media coverage, Devereaux's resignation, and an investigation by the CPUC.
Although PG&E would like us to believe that Devereaux was working alone, circumstantial evidence indicates that the spying was known about, and sanctioned at high levels within PG&E. Glen Chase, a Systems Management Professor who has been consulted and asked to speak on the Smart Meter issue by a number of Bay Area municipalities, said: "The complex logistics and granting of authority to transfer a complete fleet of trucks to another location to foil a demonstration would be near impossible to accomplish by a single man. Other PG&E management and operations personnel almost certainly had to know. Otherwise who would have authorized the move, selected a new truck location, reserved the buses to bring in drivers for the trucks, briefed the installation contractor, etc.?"
Thursday's forum, dubbed "The Health Effects of Electromagnetic Fields," will feature dozens of scientists from all over the world who have published peer-reviewed research in scientific journals. Their findings include a variety of health problems from the same type of radiation that is being emitted by new wireless 'smart' meters.
"It is not necessary for PG&E to spy on our discussion groups to find out how 'smart' meters are hurting California families." Said Joshua Hart Director of Stop Smart Meters! "Scientists from all over the world will be happy to share their published, peer-reviewed findings that even low levels of microwave radiation have been linked with nausea, dizziness, and headaches, some of the many symptoms that people throughout the state are reporting after 'smart' meters are installed."
Nearly two dozen California cities and counties have demanded a halt to the program. Yesterday, the Division of Ratepayer Advocates (DRA), the consumer advocacy arm of the CPUC, blasted the appointed Commission for failing to hold hearings on the health impacts of 'smart' meters. The DRA commented: "Unless the public's concerns can be put to rest, there is a very great risk that PG&E's SmartMeter deployment will turn out to be a $2.2 billion mistake that ratepayers can ill afford."
Members of the media (as well as Peter Darbee) are invited to hear the testimony of ordinary Californians who have been suffering health impacts from wireless 'smart' meters at the conclusion of Thursday's Commonwealth Club Event, which is planned for this Thursday, November 18th from 11:15am to 4:30pm at the Commonwealth Club, 595 Market St. 2nd Floor. Look for "Smart Meter Not Here" signs in the Commonwealth Club lobby at 4:30pm.
Interviews with 'smart' meter victims can also be arranged independently by contacting Joshua Hart, Director of Stop Smart Meters! at 831 440 9814 or joshuanoahhart@gmail.com
Smart Meter Health Testimonials
SA, San Clemente CA
The very first symptom was my husband and I noticed that both of our ears were ringing. (The meter was located directly outside of our bedroom wall behind our headboard.)
Waking up feeling heavy crushing pressure on our chests, rapid heart palpitations, waking up at night at the precise same time for weeks (like 1:23 a.m.) emotions unstable constant agitation, red bumps, rashes, and thermal burns on face, strained speech, difficulty speaking or loss of words, poor memory, painful inflammation of ear canals due to cell phones, (especially blackberries and iPhones, within 150 feet from me), dect phones, wifi, electrified outlets, refrigerators, and other electromagnetic fields.
Sensation that the left hemisphere of my brain was actually being cut or splitting in two, back of skull feels electrified, back of tongue feels electrified, electric shocks through my eyes, legs and feet. Brain feels like mush, cannot communicate or articulate well, dry cough around cell phones and wifi.
A.E. , San Diego
It started with the aches and pains, the super dry lips and a loud squealing in my right ear. Even my teeth hurt. Then the buzzing sound intermittently mixes with the high pitch squealing noise in my ear, followed by extreme exhaustion or fatigue in random parts of the day or evening, to where I couldn't even stand. The headaches make me feel like I want to die. I can't sleep until 5 or 6 am and pop back up at 7 am. I am nauseas, and my ear in is extreme pain. I have feelings as if the ground or furniture is moving or being bumped. I get dizzy and have problems orientating myself when I go from standing to sitting or vice versa.
R.H., San Diego CA
I began having symptoms of head burning and pressure on my chest within a few days. As time progressed the symptoms worsened. I had severe burning in my head and headaches of a new type. I started having palpitations, arrhythmias and flutter. I called SDG& E. Three people including an engineer and the director of the Smart Meter program came to my home, spent an hour talking and photographing the meters. They took no measurements of the radiation, though they said they would on the phone. The next day SDG&E informed me that they would not be replacing the meters with the analogue meters. They assured me that they are concerned about people's health.
By six weeks in, my cardiac symptoms were so severe and erratic that I had to move out. I rented an apartment, which turned out to be unsafe as well. The Smart Meters are everywhere. With the intensification of my symptoms, I have become EMF/RF sensitive and now have the above problems around cell towers, Wi-Fi and other sources, accompanied by skin rashes and burning. I am being evaluated by a cardiologist. I have always had a strong, healthy heart, even told so by doctors. The cardiologist has sent me for an evaluation by a neurologist as well.
Five people have reported symptoms in my home: My father has experienced headaches and visual migraines. My mother reported having pressure on the upper part of her chest and palpitations. One neighbor exposed to these 16 cluster meters is experiencing headaches and chest tightness. Another neighbor has difficulty opening her eyes in the mornings after 8 hours by the meters. Her ophthalmologist could find no explanation. She said she uses her fingers to open her lids. All of the above symptoms have occurred since the smart meter installations. The symptoms are worsening for everyone.
I am running scared living this nightmare. I don't know where to live and fear for my well-being. I already have a prior immune disability and I thought I would be legally protected by the ADA. I don't know where it is safe for me to live. In addition, the financial impact of this disaster compounds. I pay my monthly mortgage and rented a place, which due to symptoms, I cannot stay in. I am not sure that I can rent or sell my condo in good conscience. I am seeking medical care including treatments not covered by any insurance. My out of pocket costs continue to grow.
http://stopsmartmeters.wordpress.com/
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Kahui twins' mum highlights a freedom of speech issue – and a freedom to protest issue, too
Alf kicks off on a lofty note today: "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."
Yep. Most of us are familiar with that libertarian quote that champions our freedom of speech.
Usually it is attributed to Voltaire, although it is reasonable to suppose he would have expressed himself in French. Anyway, it seems those words were first used by an Evelyn Beatrice Hall, writing under the pseudonym of Stephen G Tallentyre in The Friends of Voltaire (1906), as a summation of Voltaire's beliefs on freedom of thought and expression.
Now let's vary it: "I disapprove of what you sell in your bookshop, but I will defend to the death your right to decide."
Maybe not to the death, on second thoughts.
But Alf is happy to support the proposition that book-sellers should be free to decide which books they sell and which they do not.
This idea is not much different – if at all – from the proposition that a book publisher should be entitled to publish what he or she wants to publish, and to reject the rest.
If things were otherwise, then publishers would be obliged to publish everything brought to them and book-sellers would be obliged to sell everything that is published.
Palpably, that is bollocks.
This being so, we know what to do with the claim that a book-shop boycott of a book by the Kahui twins' mother, Macsyna King, amounts to the "death of free speech".
Alf is sublimely indifferent to the fate of the book and to the news that the Paper Plus group and The Warehouse have said they would not stock Breaking Silence: The Kahui Case in response to an overwhelming outcry from the public.
A formidable number of people do not share his indifference.
Last night, 30,000 people had joined the Boycott the Macsyna King Book Facebook page.
Whitcoulls is expected today to make an announcement on whether it will join the boycott.
Author Ian Wishart has defended the book (we should be astonished if he did otherwise) and complains that the stores have given in to unfair public pressure.
"I am saddened that New Zealand booksellers, who have been going through a hard time in recent months, have fallen victim to a Facebook lynch mob campaign.
"It's a sad day for the New Zealand media because if we can't tell stories by going to both sides and getting people to speak up because it offends various groups in the community, then freedom of speech is being seriously threatened.
"And also the rights of New Zealanders to buy books."
But has the book been banned?
Not so far as Alf is aware.
Has every book-shop in the country declined to stock it?
Not likely.
Anyway, copies could be made available by means other than through the book stores.
And who – precisely – has been denied their right to speak?
Wishart has his own magazine, for example.
And the mother of the twins has had many chances to tell all to the authorities.
As for the book-sellers, they are in business and must try to make a buck.
They obviously see signs they won't make too many bucks from the Wishart book.
The Warehouse's general manager of merchandise, Nick Tuck, said: "We have received significant comment from our customers today both directly and online with regards to this book.
"Overwhelmingly, they have told us that they do not wish to buy it or see it on the shelves."
Paper Plus chief executive Rob Smith said: "The prevailing opinion is that our stores do not feel comfortable selling this book and our customers do not want to buy it."
Wishart is editor of Investigate magazine and has relished controversy in the past.
Yet he says he had not expected the book to get the kind of reaction it has.
A great deal of public outrage followed the deaths of the Kahui twins, exacerbated by the family's disinclination to help the cops and a failure of the justice system to lock up the culprit or culprits.
Publication of this book is a reminder of that failure.
Enough people have been riled to mount a protest – an effective one, by the sounds of it.
Yep. Protests can be ugly. But does Wishart want to have them banned?
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Alachua County looks to fund civic center
By CINDY SWIRKOSun staff writer
Only other similar facility is UF's O'Connell Center.
A coliseum/civic center at the new Alachua County fairgrounds site on Waldo Road may cost $25 million, while the intended primary funding source - an added cent on the tax charged to hotel customers - would bring in about $10 million, county officials said Wednesday.
Possible sources of money to cover the difference include County Commission revenue typically dedicated to economic development, state and federal grants and a cut of a one-cent sales tax increase should voters approve that measure.
"It's going to be tough but we will make other sacrifices to see this done," Commissioner Paula DeLaney said after a meeting of the Tourism Development Council.
"We have pretty much taken a position that our entire economic development commitment will be toward the fairgrounds. If we have an economic development project, that's going to be it because we think that building can do more to continue to improve and enhance the economy," she said.
A full analysis of the project by the consulting firm of HOK/Smith Forkner should be ready by January.
The county wants a building to host sports tournaments, concerts, rodeos, trade shows, conventions and similar activities.
John Pricher of the Alachua County Visitors and Convention Bureau said a preliminary estimate is that a building with permanent seating of 5,000 to 6,000 plus floor space to hold another 3,000 to 4,000 would be needed.
Pricher added that the venue is needed because the only other similar facility, the University of Florida's O'Connell Center, is increasingly booked. Events must be turned away along with the revenue they bring.
"It really lives up to the idea of a multi-use arena," Pricher said of the coliseum.
HOK estimated a construction cost of $25 million.
Furniture, fixtures and equipment would be extra.
County commissioners agreed to raise the tax on lodging at hotels, inns and campgrounds from 3 cents a dollar to 4 cents, with the extra money dedicated to the coliseum.
The penny is expected to bring in about $10 million through bonding.
The county has already applied for state agricultural grants to help with the cost.
The Legislature will make the final determination in its spring session.
Another potential source of money is a penny increase in the sales tax.
A group of residents has been exploring the possibility of launching a voter referendum on the tax and had initially targeted roads, parks, open space and schools as the areas in which it would be spent.
But suggestions for a variety of projects will be taken from the public and various agencies.
County officials said the coliseum may be one of the projects they will suggest.
Polling will be done by the Trust for Public Land to gauge which projects - if any - voters would be most likely to support in a referendum.
"I would hope that this would be something seen as valuable to the entire community," said DeLaney, who represents the commission on the tourism council.
"I think it is one of those public spaces that once you had it, there would be no limit to what you could do there," she said.
The county bought the Waldo Road site last year for the fairgrounds and an industrial park.
The current fairgrounds site on NE 39th Avenue next to the Gainesville Regional Airport will eventually be converted to a business park.
Cindy Swirko can be reached at 352-374-5024 or swirkoc@ gvillesun.com.