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Aquarium junior volunteers get chance to complete programme
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Pupils enrolled in a competitive volunteer programme through the Bermuda Zoological Society have been given a second chance to complete it in the wake of Covid-19.
The Junior Volunteer programme requires a year-long commitment to support the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo, but the latest cadre came to a halt because of the pandemic.
A BZS spokeswoman said: "When the JV programme was able to recommence in September, the coordinators decided to give last year's JVs the opportunity to have a programme 'do-over'.
"A total of six students accepted the offer, and they are currently participating in the programme together with 12 new students."
Alex Amat, coordinator for the JV programme and BZS educator, said that some of those who chose not to re-enter the programme still continued to volunteer at BAMZ.
Dr Amat said: "One student was offered a junior staff position at BAMZ.
"Students studying abroad have also pledged to come back and volunteer during their prolonged Christmas break after finishing their quarantine periods.
"We are very proud of their dedication."
The spokeswoman said BZS volunteers contribute over 10,000 hours of valuable husbandry support to BAMZ every year, with all programmes being accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums.
The JV programme runs from October to June and is intended for pupils between 14 and 17 years of age.
It requires a year-long commitment to volunteer on a Saturday or Sunday morning each week, and gives participants the opportunity to work in all areas of BAMZ along with community conservation projects, field trips and educational activities.
About Bermuda Zoological Society
The shared mission of BZS and BAMZ is to inspire appreciation and care of island environments, and as the support charity for BAMZ, the BZS is an example of a highly successful non-profit/public partnership. Each year the BZS provide more than 8,000 free educational experiences through our Stempel Foundation BZS Schools Programme in addition to popular community programmes for all ages, development of BAMZ exhibits, and conservation and research programmes. Each year, BZS Volunteers contribute over 10,000 hours of valuable husbandry support to the Aquarium and Zoo with all programmes being accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums.
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Global Indemnity Re Donates To Local Charities
Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art has praised Global Indemnity Re for their annual charitable giving programme after the arts and education organization was one of four local charities awarded. | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaCommonCrawl'} | 0 |
Toruń, Poland
Nicolaus Copernicus University
Subject area: languages
University website: www.umk.pl/en
English usually refers to:
English studies (usually called simply English) is an academic discipline taught in primary, secondary, and post-secondary education in English-speaking countries; it is not to be confused with English taught as a foreign language, which is a distinct discipline. English includes: the study of literature written in the English language (especially novels, short stories, and poetry), the majority of which comes from Britain, the United States, and Ireland (although English-language literature from any country may be studied, and local or national literature is usually emphasized in any given country); English composition, including writing essays, short stories, and poetry; English language arts, including the study of grammar, usage, and style; and English sociolinguistics, including discourse analysis of written and spoken texts in the English language, the history of the English language, English language learning and teaching, and the study of World Englishes. English linguistics (syntax, morphology, phonetics, phonology, etc.) is usually treated as a distinct discipline, taught in a department of linguistics.
Nicolaus Copernicus University - Presentation of the University
English - Toruń
English Studies - Poland
Toruń - languages
Toruń - Bachelor's
Nicolaus Copernicus University »
11 Gagarina street
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The object of the graduation thesis was to find out what is the role of club music in todays youth's life, what musical and non-musical factors affect their reception of music, what music styles are preferred by young people and why. The dissertation deals with psychological aspects. Then it mentions the influence of media and also outlines the development of four most influencing genres in pop music (rock, punk, ska, hip hop). The next goal was to determine what is the importance of teenagers' active musicianship (playing in a band), regarding musical appreciation and building up their musicalness. The questionnaires and interviews with students emerge that the listeners who visit the concerts in clubs belong to the group of real music fans who don't perceive music only as a background. For them music embodies the way of self expression and it can also refers to their belonging to a peer group - a group of people with identical views of life, similar musical preferences but with alike appearance attributes too.
My thesis is focused on the entire history of the Czech Music Society. This work is divided into two main parts. In the first section I deal with the history of the Czech Music Society from its very beginning to nowadays and in the sccond part I concentrated on the organization structure of every single part. The Czech Music Society is a voluntary independent association of people who are interested in music. The organization concentrates primarily on music education, musicology, interpretation, publishing and so on. It organizes a lot of activities in connection with music, for example courses both for professionals and amateurs, lectures, workshops, concerts, music summer camps and excursions. Its own history dates back to 1972 when the preparatory commission was established. The organization officially started its activity in 1975. The range of activities was truly wide. After the Velvet revolution in 1989 the Czech Music Society had to tackle serious financial problems. The members have tried to solve these problems, unfortunately without any success. The Society will cease to exist by the end of the year 2006. | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaC4'} | 2 |
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Vung Tau Lighthouse
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A prominent attraction in Vung Tau is the Old Lighthouse; an architectural and historical gem. Located on top of a small mountain, the Vung Tau Lighthouse was first built in 1907 and was then moved to a higher peak; its current location, after it caught...more
Vung Tau, Vietnam
A prominent attraction in Vung Tau is the Old Lighthouse; an architectural and historical gem. Located on top of a small mountain, the Vung Tau Lighthouse was first built in 1907 and was then moved to a higher peak; its current location, after it caught fire. This 18 metre high lighthouse is known to project light as far as 64 kilometres and has telescopes that are used to follow and direct ships at sea. Visitors can climb the spiral steps to almost the top of the lighthouse for a breathtaking 360 degree view of Vung Tau. Those visiting the attraction will also come across 4 old French cannons that were used to defend the area from naval attacks.
4,000 VND
Recommended Visit Duration
Around 30 minutes or more
Adults, senior visitors, young adults, families, children
The architecture, the cannons and the spectacular view
Prayer Facilities
Muslims visiting the Vung Tau Lighthouse will not be able to find any prayer facilities. They will therefore have to offer their prayers outdoors, if able to locate a clean and quiet area near the attraction. If unable to, they will have to return to their hotel rooms at prayer times, as there are no known mosques or Islamic Centres in the city of Vung Tau.
Visitors to the Vung Tau Lighthouse may be able to find a couple of food stalls and restaurants in the surrounding area. These outlets will however not be Halal certified, and most will sell non-Halal items. To be on the safe side, Muslim tourists can therefore dine at one of the very few Halal restaurants in the city.
No Halal restaurant found.
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14 Hai Dang, Ward 2, Vung Tau, Vietnam
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No mosque found.
For a Flawless Muslim-Friendly Travel Experience in Vietnam
Vietnam is a breathtakingly exotic and compelling destination to visit. In addition to its beautiful landscapes, traditional festivals and powdery white sand beaches, the sheer brightness and hospitality...
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Best plug-in hybrid cars for towing
So, you want to do the right thing and buy an electric or hybrid car, but you also need to tow a caravan or trailer occasionally. What's the best alternative-fuel car for you?...
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Audi A3 Sportback e-tron
Maximum towing weight 1600kg
Powered by an electric motor and a 1.4-litre petrol engine, the plug-in hybrid version of the A3 doesn't quite have the handling prowess of its petrol and diesel siblings, but it's a relatively roomy family-sized car with a plush interior. It's best suited to those who do lots of fairly short journeys; its batteries will be depleted after 15-20 miles, or less if you're towing.
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The big Audi SUV combines a 3.0-litre V6 diesel engine with a battery pack that will let you travel for 34 miles before it needs to be recharged; this is the official figure, though, so expect to cover fewer miles in real-world driving. That short pure electric range means you'll have to have deep pockets if you're going on a long trip, because fuel economy will plummet once the batteries are depleted.
Save up to £3,289 from RRP
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BMW X5 xDrive40e
The X5 is one of the best luxury SUVs to drive and unsurprisingly it's also one of the best for towing, feeling safe and secure with a caravan behind it. At low speeds, it's powered by an electric motor, which is aided by a 2.0-litre petrol engine if you accelerate hard or travel faster than 44mph. Its electric range is 19 miles.
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Hyundai Ioniq Plug-in hybrid
Maximum towing weight 750kg
Like the conventional hybrid version of the Ioniq, the plug-in has a towing capacity limited to small trailers or caravans. It drives well and has plenty of pulling power. However, it's not as quick off the line as the pure electric Ioniq, although that version isn't able to tow.
Read our full review of the Hyundai Ioniq
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The plug-in hybrid Outlander doesn't cost much more to buy than its 2.0-litre petrol sibling and is more economical, thanks to its batteries and two electric motors, which let it travel for up to 28 miles (officially) on pure electric power. Its maximum towing capacity isn't huge, but it's enough for a wide range of caravans.
Read our full review of the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV
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Porsche Cayenne e-Hybrid
The hybrid Cayenne has the best towing capacity of any alternative-fuel car and the sportiest handling, making it feel more controlled and predictable through bends than a BMW X5 or Range Rover Sport. Its official electric-only range is 27 miles, although you won't achieve that in the real world, especially towing a caravan.
Read our full review of the Porsche Cayenne e-Hybrid
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Range Rover Sport P400e HSE Dynamic
The Range Rover Sport hybrid gained the accolade of our Hybrid Tow Car of the Year 2019. Our judges said: "Epic performance meets unshakeable stability. The Range Rover Sport P400e tows brilliantly and, in the right conditions, promises excellent economy and low emissions."
Read our full review of the Range Rover Sport P400e
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Volvo XC90 T8
The T8's combination of a petrol engine and electric motor make it the fastest XC90 you can buy, and its 5.8sec 0-62mph time outpaces the Range Rover Sport P400e but isn't quite a swift as the Porsche Cayenne e-Hybrid. That and its impressive towing capacity make it a good choice as a tow car. It only did 18 miles on electric power in our Real Range test, though, so it's best suited to shorter journeys.
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Q: Is there a way of algorithmically editing lines in a (word) text document? I am trying to read v large text docs with 15 columns into R and every so often I get an R error message (and the read-in doesn't work) saying that there are not 15 columns - occasional rows have the letter "B" at the end as an extra element. As I can't read the doc into R I can't correct in R - is there any algorithmic way of finding and deleting these superfluous characters? Thanks
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{
unsigned char R, G, B, A;
float X, Y, Z;
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struct PointProjection
{
int x, y;
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int index;
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{
int nVertices;
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{
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{
t.resize(3);
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{
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vector<Point3f> vertices;
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vector<int> vertices_to_depth_map;
vector<bool> point_assigned;
vector<unsigned short> depth_map;
vector<unsigned short> confidence_map;
vector<float> steepness_map;
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{
float cx, cy; // principal points
float fx, fy; // focal lengths
float r2, r4, r6; // camera radial distortion parameters (second, fourth and sixth order)
IntrinsicCameraParameters() {}
IntrinsicCameraParameters(float *p) :
cx(p[0]), cy(p[1]), fx(p[2]), fy(p[3]), r2(p[4]), r4(p[5]), r6(p[6]) {}
};
void RotatePoint(Point3f &point, std::vector<std::vector<float>> &R);
void writeDepthImage(std::vector<unsigned short> &depth_image, int w, int h, std::string filename);
extern "C" DEPTH_PROCESSING_API void __stdcall generateVerticesFromDepthMap(unsigned char* depth_maps,
unsigned char *depth_colors, int *widths, int *heights, float *intr_params, float *wtransform_params, Mesh *out_mesh,
float minX, float minY, float minZ, float maxX, float maxY, float maxZ, int depth_map_index);
extern "C" DEPTH_PROCESSING_API void __stdcall generateMeshFromDepthMaps(int n_maps, unsigned char* depth_maps,
unsigned char *depth_colors, int *widths, int *heights, float *intr_params, float *wtransform_params, Mesh *out_mesh, bool bcolor_transfer,
float minX, float minY, float minZ, float maxX, float maxY, float maxZ, bool bgenerate_triangles);
extern "C" DEPTH_PROCESSING_API void __stdcall depthMapAndColorSetRadialCorrection(int n_maps, unsigned char* depth_maps, unsigned char *depth_colors, int *widths, int *heights, float *intr_params);
extern "C" DEPTH_PROCESSING_API void __stdcall deleteMesh(Mesh*);
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The Adder redundant power supply (RED PSU) provides your installation with the power to grow on demand. Housed within a 1U 19-inch rack mount module, RED PSU delivers up to sixteen lockable power 12VDC outputs, hot-swapable power modules and remote management.
12V to 5V cable converters available for units with 5V power feeds.
The Adder redundant power supply (RED PSU) provides your installation with the power to grow on demand. Housed within a 1U 19-inch rack mount module, RED PSU delivers up to 8 lockable power 12VDC outputs, hot-swapable power modules and remote management.
Optional Power Adapter for the Adderview range of switches.
This is required if you are intending to cascade Adderview switches.
This Power supply intended for the Adder Smart View, but will work with the AdderView range is auto-sensing 110v/230v and, as the part no. suggests has an IEC connection to plug in a standard AC power cord.
The P-USB-1.3-350 is a USB Power take-off lead, 350mm in length.
The P-USB-1.3-700 is a USB Power take-off lead, 700mm in length.
The PS-5V1.6A-1.3x4 is a multi-drop 5V PSU with 4 x 1.3mm DC Jacks.
To reduce the number of power supply points when using a central location for CatX products, SY Electronics can provide multi-gang 1.3mm 5V DC connector leads. Two types are available for either four or eight 5V DC power connections.
Both these cables have their own 5VDC power supply attached and a mains supply lead is also provided.
The PS-5V1A-1.3-EU is a 5V 1A EU PSU with a 1.3mm DC Jack.
Suitable for all CatX VGA extenders.
Supplied as standard with CatX AVP Tx8, CatX AVP Repeater 4/8 and CatX Mini AV Rx units.
This PSU is available in UK or EU (Europlug) style plug.
The PS-5V1A-1.3-EU is a 5V 1A UK PSU with a 1.3mm DC Jack.
The PS-5V-2A-1.3-ILP is an in-line PSU with a 1.3mm DC Jack.
Small 5V @ 2A DC PSU with 1.3mm DC jack, an IEC 60320 type C14 inlet and an IEC 60320 type C13 connector on a short cable. Suitable for all CatX VGA extenders in the CatX AV and AVP ranges.
This PSU is especially useful when there is only one power outlet available at the CatX receiver location. Simply plug the IEC connector that would normally go to the display to the PSU and attach the IEC connector from the PSU to the power input of the display. Then connect the 1.3mm 5V DC connector to the CatX receiver and you're ready to go.
The PS-5V3A-1.3x8 is a multi-drop 5V PSU with 8 x 1.3mm DC Jacks.
The SY-PS-24/1U is a 24V PSU for SY-HDBT-70P Transmitter or Receiver.
The SY-PS-48/1U is a 48V PSU for SY-HDBT-70-SLIM Transmitter or Receiver.
The SY-PS-24x4 is a 4 Way 24V Power Supply for SY-HDBT-70-P.
The SY-PS-48x4 is a 4 Way 48V Power Supply for SY-HDBT-70-S. | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaC4'} | 10 |
Debuted in 2009, the Chevrolet Silverado 3500HD Crew Cab 4WD LTZ Long Box SRW belongs to the 2nd generation of the Silverado model. Powered by a V8 5999cc engine, this car has a power output of 360 hp. There's no match for this engine in this series line-up. It makes the Silverado 3500HD Crew Cab 4WD LTZ Long Box SRW the most powerful version so far. This four wheel drive version has an automatic transmission with a 6-speed gearbox. The car has recirculating ball steering. It uses disc brakes. The front suspension is independent while at the rear live axle is employed. This pick-up measures 1933 mm in height, 2436 mm in width and 6571 mm in length. Its wheelbase is 4242 mm long and the track at the front is 1742 mm and at the back 1897 mm. | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaC4'} | 11 |
As the year draws to a close this last half term our topic is Under the Sea. We shall be learning about all the creatures we can find in and around the sea. This topic lends itself well for plenty of lovely art and craft activities making fish galore!
This science based topic allows us to spend time having lots of fun with water in many ways. As sand and water play works alongside each other so well, we shall be messing around with sand too, learning as we play. We shall be experimenting with objects that sink and float, and hopefully finding some surprises along the way. We shall be attempting to make boats, and trying to make sure they don't turn into submarines! The children will explore a variety of resources in water to see if they dissolve and we shall be making billions of bubbles, big and small!
Maths will be, as usual, focused around the topic so we shall be looking at big and little fish, finding the heaviest treasure, exploring bottles of water and comparing full and empty, heavy and light. We shall be doing some counting using fish and making groups of fish, and making fish using shapes.
Cookery this half terms is focusing on biscuits of all flavours, we shall be focusing on the skills of kneading and making shapes using biscuit cutters.
A busy but exciting topic!
Hello, my name is Chrissie and I am the class teacher for Hummingbird class. Working in my team are Jayne, Hayley, Emily and Natalie. There are six children in the class at the moment, 3 girls and 3 boys all being just or nearly 5 years old. As we have such a young class we work very much as you would expect a reception class to work. We have some structured lessons with group work in the mornings, and then in the afternoons we provide opportunity for free play mixed in with a number of adult led activities.
This half term we are learning all about markets, fruit and vegetables and shopping. Our trip for topic will be a visit to the busy market in the centre of Milton Keynes. We have set up a role play market in one of our rooms and will be trying out our shopping skills; making shopping lists, counting and weighing fruit and vegetables and using money to pay for them.
and "Don't forget the bacon" by Pat Hutchins.
In science we will be looking at plant growth. We shall be planting a variety of seeds and watching them grow. The children will learn to label parts of the plant and explore plants by pulling them apart and sorting the parts. We will produce a plant book where the children will take photographs of the seeds as they grow.
Some children will be learning about healthy and unhealthy food and will sort them into different groups. We will make some healthy plates to help the children learn about food that is good for them.
Computing this half term is all about making marks. We are using two programs to help the children improve their mark making ability. For those who are able, we will use 2paint which allows the children to form letter shapes and overwrite their names and other words and lines. For the other children we will be using a variety of effects on the Busy Things website. This program makes different noises for each pattern and so keeps the children interested for longer periods of time. We will be encouraging the children to make side to side and up and down marks, as well as circles, bumps and scoops!
Expressive arts is a lead up to the great Richmond Hill festival in the summer, the children will be preparing for their performance by practicing the dance and creating costumes to wear.
This month's topic is all about travel.
We will be spending each week learning about different vehicles; construction vehicles, bikes, buses, cars, trains and boats. We will explore make things move in different directions (forwards and backwards) in different ways (fast and slow) and will play with toy vehicles in a variety of small world setups.
In maths, cars will be used for counting, sorting, number matching, lining up like a traffic jam, using big and small cars, creating cars using shapes and many more activities.
Science will involve learning about force; pulling, pushing, magnetic force, gravity and friction. We will have fun exploring using these forces with our toys as well as listening to stories. Some great ones are available such as "Duck in a truck" and "the Enormous Turnip".
In literacy, we have a new write dance where the children will learn to draw a car. Fine motor activities continue to have an emphasis on pincer movements to help the children develop muscles to use a pencil effectively. Our story sessions this half term begins "The Journey Home from Grandpa's House" and will lead on to "The Naughty Bus".
To help the children, parents encouraged to take them on bus and train journey's, if you would like to see some boats there are local canals nearby where you can find colourfully painted barges.
This half term we are using The Gruffalo as our topic base. We shall be reading the story in literacy and using the characters to create mark making patterns in write dance. In listening time we are going to try and mimic the sounds some animals make and we might even be able to make a noise up for the Gruffalo.
Science will follow the same lead and week by week we shall be learning about different kinds of animals; mammals, birds, insects, fish as well as plants. We shall explore their habitats and see if we can make some ourselves.
In cookery we are making different kinds of Pizza. As we have already made bread the children will be very used to making the dough, and each week we shall be adding a different topping. Hopefully the children will taste their pizzas in afternoon snack.
We shall be learning three new songs this half term, in circle time we are singing Tommy Thumb, in literacy it is the Gruffalo Song, and in dance it will be Head to Toe by Eric Carle. You can find links to the last two songs below.
PE this term is focused on dance and the children are learning to dance using ribbons to some Disney songs.
This half terms topic is "Where is Bear?" The topic will see our bear who is called Barnaby, travel to different countries exploring their food, culture and art. We will role play packing for a holiday, getting on an aeroplane and Bear's birthday party.
Our story for the first part of the half term is "Room on the Broom" by Julia Donaldson. Then for the last few weeks we shall be reading "Hansel and Gretel".
In circle time we are beginning to learn about emotions, how them make us feel and an appropriate way to communicate how you feel. The children will learn the sign and the symbol for each emotion so that they can express themselves in their chosen way. We shall be using the Super Simple Song "If you're happy, happy, happy."
This half terms topic is "The Jobs that People Do". This is a fun topic with plenty of opportunity to play pretend and role play a number of different jobs. Included in this is Doctors and Nurses, Restaurants and Chefs, Hairdressers, Postman, Fireman, Policeman and Shop Keeper. Role play provides fantastic opportunities for communication, interaction, counting, turn taking, and many more occasions for learning .
Our story this half term is all about change and growing up and what we could potentially be when we are older. It follows a boy who asks a rain drop, a caterpillar, a seedling, and a chick what they will be when they grow up. However, the boy decides, like most children, that he wants to be just like his dad!
In cookery this half term we are focusing on baking bread – mostly rolls, creating a variety of shapes and creatures.
Have a look through all the pictures of the children keeping busy so far this half term! | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaC4'} | 12 |
Q: How to use Pagination filter in getOrders call (eBay Trading API)? I write C# application, which gets orders from Ebay.
The problem is I can get only 100 orders from getOrders.ApiResponse.OrderArray.
I have about 1000 orders. How to get other 900? In another words, how to iterate through ebay orders by using HasMoreOrders call and Pagination.PageNumber?
A: In the first GetOrders call itself you can find the total no of items and Pages in the result
You should loop through each page & call GetOrders API call with different page number
For(int index=0; index<Orders.Pages; index++)
{
// Build GetOrders Request with PageNumber - index
// Call GetOrders API with page number
// Manipulate result
}
A: The response itself contains the current page number and total number of pages. You will need to do a new request per page.
Take a look at the following code I wrote to get all results from each page (this is with the Finding API, but works the same for all other eBay APIs):
var response = GetResults(findingService, request, currentPageNumber);
if (response.ack == AckValue.Success)
{
var result = response.searchResult;
if (result != null && result.count > 0)
{
// TODO process result
for (var i = response.paginationOutput.pageNumber; i < response.paginationOutput.totalPages; i++)
{
currentPageNumber += 1;
response = GetResults(findingService, request, currentPageNumber);
result = response.searchResult;
// TODO process result
}
}
}
private FindCompletedItemsResponse GetResults(CustomFindingService service, FindCompletedItemsRequest request, int currentPageNumber)
{
request.paginationInput = GetNextPage(currentPageNumber);
return service.findCompletedItems(request);
}
private PageinationInput GetNextPage(int pageNumber)
{
return new PaginationInput
{
entriesPerPageSpecified = true,
entriesPerPage = 100,
pageNumberSpecified = true,
pageNumber = pageNumber
};
}
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Could Warren Buffet Be "working on a (Chinese) railroad" Investment?
Back in the early 90s, when Warren Buffet owned a $1.5 billion position in McDonald's stock, he called my office and asked for a little help. It seemed that he and his friend Bill Gates and their families were planning a vacation trip to China, and had chartered a Chinese train to carry them across the country. Buffet was a McDonald's fan, and asked if we could guide him to our restaurants along his route. We helped make it easy for he and his party to drop in at a McDonald's whenever their hunger for hamburgers and fries arose. He talked about that trip for years.
By 2008, Buffet had invested $200 million in Chinese transportation, in a major Chinese car company, BYD, which was developing technology and production capability to build electric cars. By the way, BYD means Build Your Dreams. Really. BYD is slow getting off the mark, but they may yet become a factor in the electric car revolution.
Now, in 2012, Buffet appears on Chinese State Television, wishing the country well in their Year of the Dragon Chinese New Years celebration. And then he appears, in the same broadcast, playing his ukulele (http://blogs.wsj.com/deals/2012/01/23/see-warren-buffett-sing-and-play-the-ukulele/) in front of a model railroad, singing "I've been working on the railroad." With the background that we know Buffet likes trains, including trains in China, and that Berkshire Hathaway not long back invested $20 billion in the Burlington Northern railroad over here, I wonder if he's sending a signal that he may now be interested in getting financially involved somehow in the rails in China? | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaC4'} | 14 |
General (ASoIaF)
A Song of Ice and Fire: The Novels
Viserys's Gift
By Lyanna<3Rhaegar,
April 8, 2022 in General (ASoIaF)
frenin
21 hours ago, John Suburbs said:
No, they are not following Viserys. Few of them will ever even see him. They follow Drogo's general, and by extension, Drogo. As far as they are concerned, Viserys is just showing them where to plunder. And they cannot refuse to go, or else Drogo will slaughter them all and chop their bodies into little pieces and scatter them on the ground so they cannot ride the nightlands. That's all Illyrio needs, to get the Dothraki to Westeros. After that, Viserys is expendable.
Drogo's general follows Viserys, ergo the rest of the army follows Viserys. And how come that few of them will ever see him? It's an army of 10k not a million and it only takes one of them for the word to spread. It's inmaterial imo because there's no dothraki, general or otherwise that's going to follow Viserys's orders anyway, it's a non starter not that Drogo would put his men over that position anyway, neither he nor his khalassar thought much of the beggar King. Perhaps that's why Jorah tagged along.
Drogo would not even know Illyrio had Dany if he didn't offer her up. He's been paying off the Dothraki with far less than a Targaryen bride for years, so why would he even let him know he had her when he could just pay him off as usual? And if he is giving them both away just to prevent Pentos from being plundered, then why does he think he's getting an army out of the deal?
A Targaryen bride serves to sweeten the deal even more, the Targlings are expendable and they serve to whatever scheme, high or low Illryrio wanted them to serve.
Even if Illyrio did think he was buying off an army doesn't men that Drogo thought or was willing to sell off his army.. Which is why i think Varys and Illyrio orchestrated Dany's assasination attempt, in order to try and get Drogo to move his ass.
Again, Illyrio didn't get to where he is in life by being trusting or foolish with has valuables.
Even the greatests minds miscalculate. Fact is, Illyrio had little way to get Drogo to sail. The Dothraki do not sail. people ought to listen to Ned more.
There is no reason to think Drogo would have gone back on his word had Viserys not threatened his unborn son.
There's no reason to believe Drogo would have honored his word. In fact Drogo doesn't hint that he was considering the idea till his son and wife were endangered, he says he doesn't wanna and that's it. His son is going to plunder Essos.
Dany's and Jorah's conversation also do not mention any change of mood from Drogo since Viserys's death.
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21 hours ago, frenin said:
Sorry, no, you have it completely wrong. The general is only following Viserys to the plunder. He is not giving him command. And nobody would know that Vis was such a weak leader until they got to Westeros anyway, which is all Illyrio wants. The vast majority of grunts would only see him from a distance, and none of them speak his language, so as long as they win their battles, Vis is a strong leader as far as they are concerned. But as I said, once they ditch him, all the better for Illyrio, who has no intention of letting him take the throne.
Illyrio is not stupid. Ned is. Illyrio has been dealing with Dothraki all his life. He knows what their code is. Drogo would have honored his word. We barely hear him speak about anything until the wine merchant, so just because we don't have a PoV confirming this means nothing. His decision after Viserys is dead is that he will not cross the poison water and neither will Rhaego. The iron chair is moot at that point, but there is no reason to think he would have gone back on his word to send others of his khal to Westeros. So what you characterize as a "miscalculation" by Illyrio would in fact be a bone-headed rookie mistake that is completely out of character for the man who fought and schemed his way up from the streets to become one of the wealthiest and preeminent figures in the entire world.
3 hours ago, John Suburbs said:
But he is following Viserys, he's taking orders and advices from Viserys, if it's only to the plunder. Which again, not happening.
Btw, the blood riders already knew Viserys was a little shit and were already mocking him.
Dany followed on her silver, escorted by Ser Jorah Mormont and her brother Viserys, mounted once more. After the day in the grass when she had left him to walk back to the khalasar, the Dothraki had laughingly called him Khal Rhae Mhar, the Sorefoot King. Khal Drogo had offered him a place in a cart the next day, and Viserys had accepted. In his stubborn ignorance, he had not even known he was being mocked; the carts were for eunuchs, cripples, women giving birth, the very young and the very old. That won him yet another name: Khal Rhaggat, the Cart King. Her brother had thought it was the khal's way of apologizing for the wrong Dany had done him. She had begged Ser Jorah not to tell him the truth, lest he be shamed. The knight had replied that the king could well do with a bit of shame … yet he had done as she bid. It had taken much pleading, and all the pillow tricks Doreah had taught her, before Dany had been able to make Drogo relent and allow Viserys to rejoin them at the head of the column.
Yeah... Not happening lol.
Illyrio has been dealing with Dothraki all his life.
Which leads to arrogance.
Drogo would have honored his word.
Drogo told Dany he had no intention to do so, post hoc reasoning doesn't change that.
His decision after Viserys is dead is that he will not cross the poison water and neither will Rhaego.
He doesn't have to tell Dany before because Dany only takes on Viserys's grievances and claims only after he's dead. Only after he's dead and Dany asks him what's up with the deal he made does Drogo state that he's bailing on that.
The iron chair is moot at that point,
It always was seemed so. If Drogo isn't crossing the poisoned waters for his own fated son, he's certainly not going to do it for a man his wife needs to give him blowjobs into treating to him like a person.
by Illyrio would in fact be a bone-headed rookie mistake that is completely out of character for the man who fought and schemed his way up from the streets to become one of the wealthiest and preeminent figures in the entire world.
Eh, people make mistakes, even rookie mistakes, no matter how capable and intelligent they are. It happens.
But we have reached an impasse and I don't want to derail @Lyanna<3Rhaegar thread.
Edited April 14, 2022 by frenin
Well, if this is what you choose to believe -- that Illyrio is a simpleton who has somehow risen to immense power despite never having learned the basic lesson of not handing over your valuables in exchange for promises, not to mention Jorah who has lived with the Dothraki, ridden with them, learned their customs but still risks his life joining a plot that he knows will go tits up -- then c'est le.
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On 4/12/2022 at 12:32 PM, Hugorfonics said:
Regarding the stallion, Drogo never mentions it. Him and Dany seemed to have a good marriage where their love transgresses disagreements and they wind up talking most things through together, Drogos injury, all the slaves, all the rape and destruction, etc. Neither mince words, so if Drogos actually this fundamentalist but who sees Jesus everytime he looks in the mirror, well I think we would have heard about that.
Agreed, I don't think Drogo thought he was the stallion.
A strong possibility is Illyrio doesn't know what he's doing. More like, shooting baskets with his eyes closed. He's got these Targaryens in his backyard and some Dothraki on his porch, maybe they can help Young Griff? It can't hurt. (Lol of course it does)
Yes, or maybe he just isn't putting all his eggs in one basket.
What did Drogo think, idk. He certainly knew Viserys was a king, king cart was his nickname after all. If I were to guess, it was on Drogos to do list but he probably didn't want to because Viserys was so annoying and he seemed to think Westeros is the size of Dragonstone and not really a priority or anything difficult that needs to be addressed thoroughly
Sure, I think a gift for Viserys was probably on his to do list. If I had to guess the gift is probably not preplanned. Like Drogo doesn't say ok u give me this, I'll give you that. He may have known Viserys wished a crown or wished to rule the 7k & Drogo just thought if Viserys is worthy he will gift him something of equal value or something. OR Drogo may have thought the gifts he gave Illyrio made it a done deal.
On 4/12/2022 at 2:58 PM, John Suburbs said:
Of course he coveted a Targaryen bride. If he didn't want it he wouldn't have married her. She is blood of the dragon. His line can only be enhanced, if only in people's imaginations, by fathering sons on her.
Sure, or maybe he just thought she was pretty. It's possible Targ blood & looks was thought to be something great among the Dothraki or to Drogo alone but we don't really know that. We don't hear one thing from any Dothraki, Illyrio, or Jorah saying the Dothraki or Drogo want a Targ bride. He may have been sold on having a young, beautiful bride.
Yes, Illyrio has been dealing with Dothraki, and probably Drogo in particular, for quite some time. He would not do this if he wasn't absolutely sure that Drogo would deliver. He didn't get to where he did in life by being trusting or foolish.
I agree Drogo & Illyrio had something worked out but it is only Illyrio who says it's for Viserys to have the 7k. It's perfectly reasonable to suspect that was never the deal from the jump, for all the reasons I've stated.
Especially now that the fAegon plot has been revealed, why would anyone think Illyrio's plan for Viserys was to make him king? And even before that, we can see that Illyrio is pretty contemptuous of him. Viserys is not hard to read, and again, Illyrio would not be where he is today if he was not a good judge of character
Hmm apparently I'm misunderstanding you because I agree, I think it's highly unlikely that Illyrio did want him to be king, it's one of the reasons I don't believe Drogo ever promised to conquer the 7k for Viserys.
As I mentioned above, Viserys is not leading this army. He can't even speak to it. They will follow whatever bloodrider Drogo chooses, and their primary objective will be plunder. Viserys is the only one among them who knows where the good plunder is and who can find allies on the continent. And when it all goes tits up and they end up killing him in short order, well, that's all to the good because now there is a horde of Dothraki running amok in Westeros that fAegon can conquer. I honestly think that what's tripping you up is the idea that Illyrio wanted to put Viserys on the throne, but that idea has been eliminated. All Illyrio needs is to get the Dothraki to Westeros.
1. We don't have any indication khals ever make another blood rider a defacto leader to take off with part of their khalasar to plunder or conquer. In fact I would find this highly unlikely as it goes against the idea that the khalasar will follow the strongest - the blood rider is not the strongest.
2. Viserys does not have the slightest idea where any plunder is OR where he can find allies? Where did you get that from?
3. We have zero indication Drogo ever intended or was even interested in, let alone promised, to take his khalasar or send part of them to Westeros. We do have indication of the opposite.
4. Why would Illyrio want the Dothraki in Westeros? Iirc after he finds out Dany has hatched the dragon eggs & is planning on going to Westeros he tries to call her back to Pentos.
If the plan was to hatch eggs with D & V, then why did he give all of this away to the Dothraki? That just means these rabid, mongol horselords now have dragons. The entire continent would burn. He has all the ingredients to hatch these eggs himself, so why wouldn't he just do it?
Well I'm not sold on that idea either but he could have known via some prophecy that they would be hatched in the Dothraki sea. Or he just thought they were stone & never going to hatch. He can't hatch them himself? I would imagine it has to be a Targ doing it.
Drogo only rejected the idea of he himself conquering the 7K and giving Dany the Iron Throne, and only after Viserys was dead. Once that happened, the deal was off and Drogo no longer had any skin in this game -- until the attempt was made on Dany
No, he rejected putting his son on the throne. He said he has no need of it. The plan was never to put Dany on the throne. My issue isn't that he rejected only after V was dead, that's the first time it was brought up to him that we know of & so his first ability to reject it. My issue is that he, nor anyone else, even Jorah who speaks Dothraki, I'm pretty sure, ever mentions anything about any plan to go to Westeros ever. Not while V is alive, not after he is dead. When Dany says it to him his rejections make me believe he never had any intention on going there. We cannot cross the poison waters. How did he plan to cross them when he planned on going there with Viserys? If he had already planned it but nixed it because Viserys was dead, would that not be the reason he gave Dany?
That Illyrio's plan was to put Viserys on the throne
I'm in agreement here.
And that he got conned by Drogo into getting his bride
No, I don't think this either. I think Illyrio conned Viserys. Illyrio likely got exactly what he bargained for. It may have been only that Illyrio planned for D&V to die on the Dothraki sea & never thought those eggs would hatch, he just wanted them out of fAegon's way.
On 4/8/2022 at 8:37 AM, Lyanna<3Rhaegar said:
1. Did Drogo promise anything? If so what?
2. Did Drogo even know Viserys expected an army or a crown?
3. What was in this for Illyrio?
Some additional thoughts.
I think Drogo in ASOIAF is like Prince Baelor in The Hedge Knight. He is in line to be king but he sacrifices himself so that someone else can move up in the succession. (In the Dunk & Egg story, Maekar moves up directly but I think Baelor's death is intended to indirectly move up Dunk - likely a Blackfyre dragon seed or prince - and Aegon V toward the Iron Throne.)
Like Prince Baelor, Drogo is a larger-than-life, experienced leader. He suffers a wound that is not expected to kill him but it leads to his death. His actual death comes at the hand of a loved one.
If you believe in the power of illustrations, the image of Baelor's death in A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms shows a three-headed dragon hatching as the life leaves his body. This would be similar to Drogo's death at the moment the eggs hatch.
I wonder whether the death of Viserys also relates to the death of Prince Baelor? He dies from a melted gold "crown" on his head. Recall that gold is associated with the coins known as gold dragons. (Even though the crown for Viserys is made out of gold medallions from Drogo's belt.)
We know that Prince Baelor borrowed a dragon-shaped helmet for the Trial of Seven. Pate the armorer tells Dunk that fancy helmets don't protect as well as plain armor. (Dunk wears an egg-shaped helmet.) Maybe this also explains why would-be-kings die when they are crowned: the fancy headgear does not protect them the way a plain helmet (or shaved head?) would.
Baelor dies from a gruesome head wound that is hidden until he removes the dragon-shaped helmet. Maybe that sets up a small contrast with the death of Viserys: Baelor dies when his helmet is removed; Viserys dies when his crown is placed on his head.
If the Prince Baelor parallel is correct, I believe Drogo somehow knew (in his heart? subconsciously?) that he would be sacrificing his life to help Dany become queen. The promise was not to Viserys, but to Dany and (he may have hoped) his unborn son.
GRRM sometimes uses a pair of items split from a single source (twins Jaime and Cersei, Lord Walder's castle called The Twins, the sword Ice split into two swords, Aegon the Conqueror having two wives, Sansa becoming Alayne, etc.) so it may be that Drogo and Viserys together are the equivalent of Prince Baelor in the Dunk & Egg story.
I suspect that Illyrio knows that the dragon must have three heads. He may have suspected that Viserys was one of the heads, but he soon realized this was not the case. More likely, he knew that Aegon and Dany were two of the three he needed. The third one would be revealed in some way that fit the prophecy. I'm guessing that the death of Joffrey or the death of Tywin was the event that revealed Tyrion as the third head of the dragon.
Or the revelation may have been something much smaller, such as Tyrion taking the poison mushrooms from Illyrio's garden. I'm sure the network of spies reported every little detail of Tyrion's behavior, and this small move sealed the deal for Illyrio. (The logic behind my thinking here is based in wordplay, so skip this part if you don't like literary analysis.) There is wordplay on "champion" and "champignon," the French word for mushroom. Tyrion declines to be Joffrey's champion in the mummer jousting at the wedding feast. Tyrion also declines to eat mushrooms that Illyrio offers to him, suspecting that they are poison. Illyrio eats the mushrooms, apparently demonstrating that they are not poisoned. Oh well. Essentially, Tyrion turns down Illyrio's invitation to be a champion / champignon. BUT. Tyrion helps himself to mushrooms that he hides in his boot for later. This could demonstrate that he is a hidden "champion," waiting for the right moment to use his "gift." ("Gift" is the German word for "poison.")
The champion, something hidden in the toe of a boot and even the foot inside of that boot may link back to symbols in the Dunk & Egg stories: Dunk wonders whether it would have been worthwhile to let Aerion cut off his foot, if it would have saved Prince Baelor's life. Egg hides a signet ring in his boot. (Does this relate to Illyrio's rings?) Prince Baelor agrees to be a champion of sorts in Dunk's Trial of Seven.
Instead of wondering whether Drogo promised a gift to Viserys, we might do better to examine the gifts Illyrio gives to fAegon / Young Griff, Dany and Tyrion. Young Griff gets a shaved head and a fake father, as well as Septa Lemore, Rolly Duckfield (known as "Duck") and Yandry and Ysilla. Tyrion gets lots of food and a trunk full of used children's clothing. Dany gets a trunk full of fabric and three dragon eggs, Ser Jorah and a powerful husband.
I still think that Illyrio's end game is to hatch dragons that will allow him to become the Kingmaker, putting his game pieces on the iron throne. I suspect that some of the things his players need to reach the throne are not things he can "give" them, however: for instance, each of Dany, Tyrion and fAegon find ways to acquire an army using their own strategies. Dany obtains the Unsullied, Tyrion the mountain clans (and maybe also the Second Sons) and fAegon wins over the Golden Company.
Maybe the hollow promise to provide a Dothraki army in exchange for the sister of Viserys was the way that Viserys was exposed as a non-candidate for the Iron Throne. Among the Free Folk, a man has to "steal" a woman if he wants her. Viserys' failure to obtain his own army showed that he did not have the right stuff to become a king. Similarly, Joffrey received and demanded gifts but he was fairly passive in most aspects of combat or of ruling the kingdom.
Do we seem similar "obtaining an army" moves by other characters? Jon Snow becomes commander of the Night's Watch and of a wildling army. Cersei revives the Warrior's Sons. Do the Faceless Men qualify as Arya's army? Is Lady Stoneheart at the head of the Brotherhood Without Banners army?
Edited April 15, 2022 by Seams
On 4/12/2022 at 4:56 PM, Evolett said:
Well, legends die hard, histories and tales are passed on orally by unlettered people. Whey wouldn't the Dothraki have their own tales, stories, superstitions and prophecies about the Valyrians? The Valyrians were mighty and powerful, they rode dragons, they disintegrated in a fiery hell. Surely that is remembered and preserved in one form or other, hazy as it may be. The Targs tried again and again to hatch eggs as Stannis reminded us, and Rhaegar, an educated man, believed in prophecy, why not Drogo or the Dothraki? Daenerys handmaidens told her about the legend of Qarth, a tale presumably much older than Old Valyria, Jorah had heard the Stallion prophecy. If he was aware of it then Drogo must have been, though why he never mentioned it to his wife, I do not know. Perhaps they simply had too few words. Dany was the one doing her best to learn the Dothraki language
Sure, they might have known but I don't think we can take it as a given since it's never mentioned.
There is a hightend sense of expectancy here. Dany had successfully devoured the heart but was that enough? Drogo is nervous and tense, there is complete silence. The reader doesn't know what's coming next but Drogo's tension reveals that whatever the crone does or says next is of great importance to him personally. I also find it interesting that Daenerys is allowed to name the child. It's a pity we don't know more about Dothraki customs. Drogo seemed well pleased with Dany's choice after she explains Rhaego is named after her warrior brothe
I thought they always knew the dosh khaleen were going to give a 'prophecy' after Daenerys ate the heart? I figured that's why they were all silent & tense - because they didn't know what was to come. Imagine had the prophecy been true & that's what came out of their mouths, that both Drogo & his son would be dead before long.
Yeah, he says it's a good name but a Dothraki would think a son named after a warrior would be a good name, right?
Besides the element of secrecy, there's the question of security, should dragons actually hatch. We later find out that the Yunkai lust for dragons and can imagine that there are many the world over who would like to own such a beast and who would be prepared to fight a war over ownership as well. A strong khal with a great khalasaar, one personally invested in the prophecy would be a better guarantee against such threats than say Illyrio hatching dragons in his backyard. The khalasaar disbanded after Drogo's death but before the three dragons saw the light of the world. Only a paltry few remained with Dany. What would have happened had the dragons hatched prior to that? More bloodshed, I imagine, with differing motives.
Makes sense. Definitely a possibility.
In the event that Illyrio led Viserys into thinking he would receive an army in return for his sister, I wonder if Illyrio lied to Varys about the army as well. If so, why? Possibly because he knew that revealing any plot to hatch dragons might alienate Varys? Varys must have been familiar with Targ attempts to raise dragons and probably also knew that sorcery was involved. He hated sorcery and magic because of his own first hand experience with it and might not have approved at all.
Whatever the details, I think the idea that Illyrio concieved a plan to hatch dragons and deluded Viserys to get him to part with his sister for an army has merit. GRRM usually gives a hint or two regarding hidden plots within the story. How about this one:
This is Viserys talking to Daenerys shortly before she meets the Khal:
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1 hour ago, Seams said:
Theon only has a few men with him when he takes Winterfell. Asha fails to bolster his forces because she doesn't think his capturing Winterfell deep in the North was a good idea. In the end Ramsay disguised as Reek offers to provide an army:
"And now, my sweet prince, there was a woman promised me, if I brought two hundred men. Well, I brought three times as many, and no green boys nor fieldhands neither, but my father's own garrison." Theon had given his word. This was not the time to flinch. Pay him his pound of flesh and deal with him later. "Harrag," he said, "go to the kennels and bring Palla out for …?"
Ramsay didn't want Palla, though she was the agreed price. He demanded Kyra. Then began Theon's downfall and ordeal, losing his newly won title, his manhood and even his identity for a while. So it would indeed seem that not being able to raise an army by one's own strength or wits has dire consequences. Similar theme with for Stannis who cannot win men to his cause and resorts to killing his brother via Mel's shadow. He does succeed in winning some Northern houses after heeding Jon Snow's advice.
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On 4/12/2022 at 5:50 PM, Hugorfonics said:
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On 4/15/2022 at 3:28 PM, Lyanna<3Rhaegar said:
Sure, I think a gift for Viserys was probably on his to do list. If I had to guess the gift is probably not preplanned. Like Drogo doesn't say ok u give me this, I'll give you that. He may have known Viserys wished a crown or wished to rule the 7k & Drogo just thought if Viserys is worthy he will gift him something of equal value or something. OR Drogo may have thought the gifts he gave Illyrio made it a done deal
Word. Illyrio stressed that Viserys should chill at Pentos (like one of his "not slaves"), Im thinking this is because Illyrio wants credit for the gift, or at the least merge him and Viserys together in Drogos mind.
So it might actually have been the right move for king cart to ride with the Dothraki, but ride, not cart lol. I wonder if Viserys was more like Jaime warrior level, would Drogo have actually been inclined to repay his brother in-law.
On 4/15/2022 at 3:58 PM, Seams said:
Viserys' failure to obtain his own army showed that he did not have the right stuff to become a king. Similarly, Joffrey received and demanded gifts but he was fairly passive in most aspects of combat or of ruling the kingdom.
Do we seem similar "obtaining an army" moves by other characters?
Tyrion's first army was won by guile, but the Second Son's were win by pen, so maybe that won't be beinifical? Also Dany won her initial armies with guile too but how will she win the Dothraki, pure strength? Sansa is also on her way to command an army, by, uh, washing her hair and putting on her prepubescent clothing. Idk if that counts lol.
Yo @Seams I gotta a question (which obviously is open to everybody) (it's not really relevant...) Do you see any parallels with Drogo and his Red burning and Theon and his Smiler burning? It's just a horse in fire is such a weird yet powerful image and for it to repeat in back to back books, at the end... well, your better at this stuff then me
On 4/15/2022 at 7:23 PM, James Arryn said:
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Oh, sorry, clearing error.
Edited April 17, 2022 by James Arryn
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On 4/10/2022 at 12:41 PM, Lyanna<3Rhaegar said:
I disagree. I agree the Dothraki would stay true to their word but I don't think it's possible he promised to deliver the 7k. If he had why did he act like the idea was so absurd when Dany suggested it after V's death?
Also, his khalasar is already 40,000 strong. Viserys was just musing that he could take the 7k with 10,000.
The Dothraki are dangerous customers. Magister Illyrio Mopatis is not foolish enough to misrepresent the agreement if it were not as he said. It is very possible to deliver the 7K, tied with a pretty bow, to King Viserys.
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17 minutes ago, James Arryn said:
Word, figured something like that.
I was just fucking around
Viserys was their best chance at the time to take Westeros. Propping up Aegon is a lot harder because his identity is in doubt. Viserys is known. He doesn't have to be a good general. He only needs to have the right lineage.
10 hours ago, Hugorfonics said:
Do you see any parallels with Drogo and his Red burning and Theon and his Smiler burning? It's just a horse in fire is such a weird yet powerful image and for it to repeat in back to back books, at the end... well, your better at this stuff then me
I wish I knew. That does sound like deliberate juxtaposition by GRRM. We could have separate threads to discuss burnt horses, smiler symbolism (which is paired with "slayer" symbolism because Stannis asks Jon Snow whether he would prefer a smiler or a slayer to be the new lord of Winterfell) and Drogo/Theon parallels and we probably still wouldn't get to the bottom of the possibilities.
Your question does raise an interesting point I hadn't considered: I have a hunch that Drogo and his stallion are reborn in the pyre; brought to life in a new way. It may be that Dany has somehow made Drogo immortal and he becomes the sun that rides a horse across the sky (much like Apollo in his chariot). But I always thought that the burning of Theon's horse, Smiler, represented the end of Theon's life as he knew it. Now I wonder whether I was looking at it the wrong way. Could the burning of Smiler also represent a rebirth for Theon?
Theon with his uncle Aeron and Jon Snow with his uncle Benjen both are told that they are too green and they need to change. I wonder whether the burning of Smiler relates to a "coming of age" moment for Theon that is like Jon Snow's rites of passage among the Night's Watch? The Ironborn don't have much use for horses but Smiler dies quite awhile after Theon has been given command of a ship. So it's not an immediate trade-off between his life on dry land and life at sea. Jon Snow doesn't have a horse that burns but he does ingest the blood of the shaggy garron that goes lame when he is ranging with Qhorin Halfhand. Maybe the burning of Jon's hand is equivalent to the burning horse symbolism. (Barbry Dustin says that Lyanna and Brandon were both half-horse.)
Relating the horse question back to the central topic here, though: Dany receives many wedding gifts; Viserys does not receive wedding gifts. GRRM goes to some trouble to explain that Joffrey and Margaery receive separate gifts - all of the gifts enumerated in the Tyrion POV (or is it the Sansa POV?) at Joffrey's wedding feast are groom gifts for Joffrey alone. And I found it significant that no one gives Joffrey a horse. He gets riding boots, a saddle, a tent to use at tourneys but no horse. By contrast, Drogo's wedding gift to Dany is her "silver," the unnamed horse that she immediately brings to a gallop and jumps over a fire.
As others have pointed out, instead of riding a horse, Viserys walks after he attacks Dany and she orders that his horse be taken away as punishment; then he rides a cart, which is even a worse debasement.
I guess my point is, in addition to gifts promised to Viserys, we should look at the things he was not given or that were taken from him.
Dany also tries to give him an appropriate outfit to wear in the desert which he rejects. Compare this to the trunk full of clothes that Illyrio gives to Tyrion or the fabric he gives to Dany.
Are there other gifts rejected by, or taken from, Viserys?
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Nice symmetry. Drogo may have "known" the way Dany "knew" how to hatch the eggs, right?
Indeed. I've often wondered if part of the dragon needing 3 heads thing is the sacrifice to hatch them, like you need 3 dragons to sacrifice to hatch the eggs. Makes things a little sticky if we think Rhaegar was having children to sacrifice them to hatch eggs though. Still could happen. There were 3 deaths associated with the hatching of the eggs, though that gets all muddied in my mind too.
It makes sense to me the sacrifices that gave life to the eggs are Rhaego, Drogo, & Viserys. The dragons are even named after them right? But Viserys's death was before this & doesn't seem associated really. Where does MMD's death fit in? Does it have to be a loved one, or sacrifice of the person hatching the eggs? Maybe the death doesn't matter proximity wise, just that the hatcher has sacrificed.
I do hope Tyrion is the 3rd head. But would also love the irony if it turned out Tyrion was Tywin's only true born child.
Ohh I like this. Indeed. Possibly Illyrio was more than happy to help Viserys along with his army but knew he would either sink or swim. It was a nice surprise when Viserys obviously wasn't going to work but then Dany worked things out on her own.
I don't think the faceless men qualify as Arya's army, not yet anyway but yeah LSH has her brotherhood without banners, Drogo had his own army until he died.
Stannis parallel's Viserys in a way I think, he is trying to get his own army but isn't super successful about it & seems to need Jon's help quite a bit. Mance had? has? his own army of sorts. We may see Bran with an army of children of the forest or something.
Oh, I think so. I think if Viserys had turned out to be the dragon he claimed to be he would have found himself in a much better situation. He could have been "reborn" in the Dothraki sea, instead it was Dany.
Hey don't let NN hear you! Wonder if she is still around the forums?
haha ikr? I see some parallels but hell if I ever know what they mean.
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What consequence would Illyrio suffer for misrepresenting the agreement to Viserys though? Viserys could not sweep the stables with 10,000 brooms, right? I don't think Illyrio misrepresented anything to Drogo or the Dothraki.
It's certainly possible but I don't think Illyrio would have wanted Viserys as king to the 7k anyway, why would he? Plus, as I said, had Drogo promised to deliver the 7k in exchange for the marriage the conversation he later has with Dany about conquering the 7k would have been very different IMO. | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaCommonCrawl'} | 15 |
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Russian Su-57 Designers claims That it outshines U.S. F-22 & F-35
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Russian Su-57 Designers claims That it outshines U.S. F-22 & F-35. Russia's cutting-edge Sukhoi Su-57 fifth-generation fighter jet incorporates the functions of the US F-22 and F-35 fighter planes but outperforms them, Chief Designer – Director of the Sukhoi Design Bureau Mikhail Strelets said in a live broadcast of the Zvezda TV Channel on Friday.
The designers of the Russian Sukhoi Su-57 fifth-generation fighter jet, including Director of the Sukhoi Design Bureau Mikhail Strelets, stated that U.S. F-22 Raptor can't be used to air-to-ground and support ground operations.
According to Russian specialists, who developing Su-57 multi-functional aircraft, the US-made F-22 fighter jet is don't capable of effectively accomplishing missions to destroy ground targets. US Raptor aircraft that are focused only on specific tasks of air combat.
Why the United States doesn't export the F-22?
SU057 fighter jet is capable of effectively accomplishing missions to destroy both air and ground targets as compared to the US aircraft that are focused only on specific tasks, the Sukhoi chief designer said.
"The F-22 was initially developed as an aircraft to gain air superiority. But eventually, the Americans realized that it was essentially wrong to design the aircraft only for carrying air-to-air missiles and made an attempt to fit air-to-surface weapons into the existing configuration of its compartments. But the configuration of the compartments did not allow placing larger cargoes," Director of the Sukhoi Design Bureau Mikhail Strelets also said in a live broadcast of the Zvezda TV Channel on Friday.
Russia's cutting-edge Sukhoi Su-57 fifth-generation fighter jet incorporates the functions of the US F-22 and F-35 fighter planes but outperforms them, Chief Designer – Mikhail Strelets added.
The designers of the Su-57 (PAK FA, the Prospective Airborne Complex of Frontline Aviation) faced the task of developing a multi-functional aircraft, he said.
"Regarding the load, the plane can carry to its weight, the greater this ratio, the higher the plane's quality from the viewpoint of the carrier. The same relates to the volume and the weight of the arsenal of weapons placed in its internal holds. And it can be said that by this indicator the Su-57 has no rivals among fifth-generation planes," Strelets stressed, noting that the PAK FA was also unrivaled by its acceleration capabilities.
"It so turned out and we didn't choose this especially but if you sum up 22 and 35, you get the figure 57," the Sukhoi chief designer said.
It remains unclear what the Director of the Sukhoi Design Bureau meant, but the well-known that F-22 Raptor was designed primarily as an air superiority fighter, but also has a ground attack, electronic warfare, and signal intelligence capabilities.
For its support ground role, an F-22 fighter jet can internally carry two 1,000 pound-class GBU-32 Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM) with the Global Positioning System-guided or eight 250 pound-class GBU-39 Small Diameter Bombs, two AIM-120C, and two AIM-9 missiles in the internal weapons bay.
Also on F-22 can be fitted four under-wing pylon stations to carry weapons, each with a capacity of 5,000 lb (2,270 kg). However, if mounted, external hardpoints will compromise the stealth of the fighter. The pylon itself is designed for minimal impact on aircraft performance. If it becomes necessary for the pilot to jettison the external stores, the entire pylon is jettisoned along with the tank or missile launch rails. The pylon has an aft pivot, so when the stores are jettisoned, the forward attach point is released first, the pylon rotates on the pivot, and then the aft pivot is released. This motion allows the pylon, along with the tank or launch rail to clear the aircraft when it is released into the slipstream.
It is also worth recalling that F-22 complete its first combat mission in 2014. The mission involved targeting and striking an ISIS command and control building in Syria. According to news reports, the mission was a success.
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Laura graduated from Louisiana State University in 2008. She then moved to Little Rock and attended the William H. Bowen School of Law, graduating in 2011. During and since law school, Laura has held various litigation positions with an emphasis on criminal defense and family law. Laura clerked for the Pulaski County Public Defender's Office before becoming an associate with the Worsham Law Firm in Little Rock. While at Worsham, Laura represented clients on a variety of matters including family law and criminal defense.
Laura moved from the Worsham Law Firm to the James Law Firm, a well-known local criminal defense firm. She then became a partner at Rogers, Carter & Calhoun in 2013, before becoming a founding partner of Hodge Calhoun Giattina. Laura has extensive experience in the area of Juvenile Law and DHS cases as she is an Assistant Director of the Parent Counsel Program, the program that oversees the representation of parents in dependency neglect proceedings. Laura also has a great deal of experience in family law cases involving domestic violence and orders of protection. Since 2016, Laura litigates these cases on behalf of petitioners twice a week.
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Centre Laval is anchored by such large department stores as: Target, Ares, La Baie, Best Buy, Brick, Bureau en Gros, L'Équipeur, Future Shop and Sports Experts. It also has over 130 specialty shops and boutiques and an eight-restaurant food court.
Owned by Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust, one of the largest diversified real estate investment trusts in Canada and the largest commercial property owner and manager in Quebec, Centre Laval serves the shoppers of the Montreal area and numerous visitors.
Centre Laval opened in 1968 with a Famous Players theatre, Woolco and Steinberg's department stores. A 1972 mall expansion was anchored by The Bay. Other expansions followed culminating with the present size in 1988.
Centre Laval has seen a lot of changes. In the early 1990s, the Famous Players theatre was expanded to twelve screens. Club Biz (now Staples) occupies the former Steinberg's space and Woolco was taken over by Walmart in 1994 after F.W. Woolworth Company sold Woolco to Walmart. The cinema space is now The Brick and a Future Shop while Best Buy took over the former Bouclair space.
Music World and Palais des Copains video arcade have closed. The Scotiabank branch, an original anchor in 1968, moved to the Quartier Laval open air shopping centre across the street.
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I recently needed to watch files for changes and had a chance to play around with using the WatchService functionality in JDK 7. As is generally the case with Java, the API requires you to jump through a number of hoops to do anything, but turns out that it's possible to wrap it up into something reasonable in the end.
The WatchService can be used to watch directories and provides different types of events, such as create, modify, delete, and overflow. The first three are self-explanatory and the last is a special event that's triggered when an event might have been discarded or lost.
What we'd like to do is create a function called watch that accepts an input path along with event handlers for each of the above events.
Now that we have a Path and a WatchService, we can register the service with the path to listen for the events we specify.
To handle this, I ended up creating a map with the keys representing the events and the values being the event handling functions.
When the event is triggered we will receive an instance of the WatchEvent. So, the handler functions should accept it as the parameter.
The watch function will register the events we passed in, open the watch service and then call the watch-loop function to do the actual watching.
The watch-loop starts each iteration by calling take on the watch service. This method blocks until it receives an event, the service is closed or it's interrupted.
Once we receive an event we can look it up in our options map and call the handler for the event. Finally, we need to call reset on the key before we start the next iteration.
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Round Rock Band Director Tom Patterson Studies the Blues Roots of Rock 'n' Roll
In Music on March 23, 2010 at 2:00 pm
According to Tom Patterson, the band director at Deerpark Middle School in the Round Rock district, World War II was one of the most culturally and socially significant events of the last century. Tom Patterson is a band director in the Round Rock district who enjoys the study of history through the lens of musical forms. Band director Tom Patterson recently explained that the Second World War brought tremendous social upheaval in its wake. One of the cultural responses to this social upheaval, noted the Round Rock band director, was a popular music explosion known as rock 'n' roll.
Artists like Bill Haley and Chuck Berry, said band director Tom Patterson, were at the forefront of the rock 'n' roll revolution. Tom Patterson told interested Round Rock students that rock 'n' roll was built on the musical accomplishments of blues, jazz, and swing. Band director Tom Patterson also noted that the electric lead guitar characterized this musical era. Today, the band director from Round Rock added, any typical rock 'n' roll ensemble sports a lead guitarist. Round Rock's Tom Patterson said this formula arose out of the blues guitar tradition.
Round Rock band director Tom Patterson further explained that the blues guitar established its role as a strong solo instrument with the help of electricity. Electricity made the guitar a truly modern instrument, said Tom Patterson. B.B. King was a seminal figure, continued the Round Rock band director, elevating the electric blues guitar to a revered position in modern blues. Tom Patterson also said that the blues guitar became a premier solo instrument, even competing with the singer for the audience's attention. Performers and audiences alike, wrote Round Rock band director Tom Patterson, flocked to hear the electric blues guitar sound.
Once the blues went electric, elaborated Tom Patterson, the rock 'n' roll revolution was not far behind. The Round Rock band director described droves of American citizens coming home after the Second World War looking for more out of life. Tom Patterson pointed out that new inventions, like radio, TV, and rock 'n' roll created a modern cultural environment where Americans could explore and test their boundaries. Band director Tom Patterson concluded that the success of this movement was evident in the classic rock 'n' roll of the 50s and 60s, from Elvis to the Beatles and beyond.
Tom Patterson, the Band Director at Deerpark Middle School, has been passionate about music for as long as he can remember. Deerpark's Band Director Tom Patterson played with the University of Texas Orchestra and The University of Texas Wind Ensemble.
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Kee Tisah 5776-2016
|In Kee Tisah, Weekly Message
|By Rabbi Buchwald
"Moses Pleads on Behalf of the People of Israel"
by Rabbi Ephraim Z. Buchwald
This week's parasha, parashat Kee Tisah, features the infamous sin of the Golden Calf.
The Al-mighty is so angry with the People of Israel that He wishes to destroy them and make a new nation out of Moses. Moses, however, pleads with G-d on behalf of the Jewish people, eventually convincing G-d not to destroy them.
In Exodus 32:11-13, the Torah records Moses' extremely moving appeal:
וַיְחַל מֹשֶׁה אֶת פְּנֵי השׁם אֱ־לֹקָיו, and Moses pleaded before the Lord his G-d, and said, "Why, Lord, should Your anger flare up against Your people, whom You have taken out of the land of Egypt with great power and a strong hand? Why should Egypt say: 'With evil intent did He [G-d] take them out, to kill them in the mountains and to annihilate them from the face of the earth?' Relent from Your flaring anger and reconsider regarding the evil against Your people. Remember, for the sake of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, Your servants, to whom You swore by Yourself, and You told them, 'I shall increase your offspring like the stars of heaven, and this entire land of which I spoke, I shall give to your offspring and it shall be their heritage forever.'"
At this point, the Torah in Exodus 32:14, reports that the Al-mighty reconsidered the evil and the punishment that He intended to visit upon His people.
Rashi, citing Tanchuma 24 and Shemot Rabba 44:4, elucidates the finer points of the argument that Moses presented to the Al-mighty, and explains why Moses invoked the merits of each of the patriarchs, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
Moses says, "If You, G-d, are angry because the people have transgressed the Ten Commandments, remember that their forefather Abraham was tested with ten trials and he has not yet received his reward for passing them. Give Abraham his reward by allowing these 'ten' to cancel out those 'ten.'"
Furthermore, says Rashi, Moses argued that if the Children of Israel are doomed to burning because of their sin, remember that Abraham gave himself over to be burned for Your sake in the fiery furnace in Ur Kasdim.
Moses persisted and said to G-d, "If the People of Israel are fated to be killed by the sword, remember that Isaac stretched out his neck to be slaughtered at the Akeidah. And, if the people of Israel are condemned to exile, remember that Jacob went into exile to Haran."
Unwilling to concede, Moses continued arguing, saying that if the Israelites cannot be saved by recalling the patriarchs' merit, how then can You [G-d] say to me, 'and I will make you (Moses) into a great nation'? If a chair with three legs [Abraham, Isaac and Jacob] cannot stand before You at the time of Your anger, how will a chair with one leg [Moses] be able to stand?
In this manner, Moses invokes זְכוּת אָבוֹת, the great merits of the patriarchs, asking G-d to consider those merits and save his brothers and sisters who had sinned.
Moses' defense of the People of Israel won the day for the Israelites who were taken out of Egypt. More importantly, his plea to G-d on behalf of the people has served as a paradigm for many righteous leaders of Israel who have intervened on behalf of the People of Israel throughout the generations in the hope of assuaging G-d's wrath.
Perhaps no Jewish leader since the time of Moses has been more identified as an אוֹהֵב יִשְׂרָאֵל, a great lover of the People of Israel, than the famed Chassidic leader, Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berdichev, Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berdichev (1740-1809, one of the most influential Chassidic leaders in central Poland and the Ukraine).
It is said that Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berdichev actually summoned G-d to a "Din Torah" (a religious trial) on numerous occasions, demanding that the Al-mighty forgive His people. On one occasion, on Yom Kippur, Reb Levi Yitzchak announced that he was prepared to conduct a public accounting, comparing the trespasses of the People of Israel with the trespasses of the Al-mighty Himself.
Admitting that the people of his community had indeed sinned, Rabbi Levi Yitzchak took out his notebook to enumerate the sins: evil speech, sins of coveting, dishonesty in business, being disrespectful to parents, to rabbis, to the Torah. Rabbi Levi Yitzchak, ashamed by the peoples' actions, nevertheless pronounced a lengthy list of the sins that the people had committed.
Rabbi Levi Yitzchak then began to recall the terrible tragedies that had befallen members of his community. He cited Meir, the farmer whose crop had withered because of drought, and Yossele's cow that had died from disease. Shlomo, the wagon driver's horse, had gone lame. Miriam, a mother of eight, had been widowed of her husband, and little Shmulek who had been beaten unconscious in a pogrom, and never fully recovered.
Reb Levi Yitzchak then declared that he was prepared to forgive the Al-mighty if He would agree to forgive the sins of the people.
Ultimately, Reb Levi Yitzchak of Berdichev expressed his absolute faith in G-d and pronounced G-d's glory. His exalted expressions of faith are articulated in what is known as "Rabbi Levi Yitzchak's Kaddish."
Rabbi Levi Yitzchak's Kaddish
Good morning to You, Lord, Master of the universe,
I, Levi Yitzhak, son of Sarah of Berdichev,
I come to You with a Din Torah from Your people Israel.
What do You want of Your people Israel?
What have You demanded of Your people Israel?
For everywhere I look it says, "Say to the Children of Israel."
And every other verse says, "Speak to the Children of Israel."
And over and over, "Command the Children of Israel."
Father, sweet Father in Heaven,
How many nations are there in the world?
Persians, Babylonians, Edomites.
The Russians, what do they say?
That their Czar is the only ruler.
The Prussians, what do they say?
That their Kaiser is supreme.
And the English, what do they say?
That George the Third is sovereign.
And I, Levi Yitzhak, son of Sarah of Berdichev, say,
"Yisgadal v'yiskadash shmei raboh–
Magnified and sanctified is Thy Name."
"From my stand I will not waver,
And from my place I shall not move
Until there be an end to all this.
Magnified and sanctified is only Thy Name."
Moses' plea on behalf of the People of Israel was a "game-changer." Had it not been for Moses' appeal to forgive the Children of Israel for the sin of the Golden Calf, there would have been no appeals to G-d on behalf of the Jewish people from Reb Levi Yitzchak of Berdichev or from any of the hundreds, indeed thousands, of rabbis and petitioners throughout the generations.
It is very likely, that it is due only to the merit of Moses, that the Jewish people have been consistently graced with G-d's forgiveness.
May you be blessed.
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This week I would like your valued opinion on an idea I have. For the last few months I have been working on an exclusive range of designs for Country Bumpkin Publications in Australia – there are 2 birds and 2 vintage flowers in the range. I have completed the 2 birds, one, the Red Rumped Parrot is now available in kit form from Country Bumpkins and the other Forest Kingfisher is being packed up ready to send this week. These bird designs are larger than normal and aimed at the more experienced stitcher – the designs are only available from Country Bumpkins see here.
The next two designs are based on Vintage flowers the first, Victorian Pansies is complete and I am in the process of stitching the second which you will have to wait to see! These flower designs are aimed at the intermediate stitcher and are medium size.
I really enjoyed stitching the Victorian Pansies – the design was reproduced from an antique Victorian postcard, I love the way that the Victorian's illustrated with a slight frilly flourish to everything and of course those gorgeous creamy, muted shades are to die for! Having completed the design I decided to try something I have been wanting to do for a very long time and that is MINIATURE EMBROIDERY. So I re-stitched the same design in miniature, this was the result. The stitching is approx 5 x 6cm (2,5 x 2,5 inches). It took some adjusting of the colours to fit into a smaller space but the stitching was no more difficult to do than a larger piece and all the detail is there just in minute form.
1. What do you think about a miniature range of kits – I am thinking Vintage flowers, birds etc.
2. I wanted to re-create the antique vintage background and found the best fabric to use was a calico, but of course it would have to be a very good quality calico (muslin in the US) with a high thread count which I am still trying to source through my suppliers. The second option would be to use the milky background of my cotton satin which is good quality and the right weight. What are your thoughts on the background fabric, which one do you think would be right?
Working backwards through your blog after a blog break – the idea of using vintage postcards as inspiration is wonderful….I have several I grabbed from Ebay and odd places (or been sent) on my walls here. I agree about the colours!
Red rumped parrot – the radio was talking about Red Rump P's in Tasmania the other day…..the same bird?!?! How could you *not* notice and remember a name like "Red Rumped" Parrot if you happen to be listening to a Twitcher segment on the radio…..
New follower here after purchasing Colour Confidence in Embroidery! Just superb work and I love all the designs! The red-rumped parrot is a regular visitor in my garden; also have the Sacred Kingfisher (not the Forest K), and pansies are one of my favourite flowers, so I'd love to try the miniatures – eventually! Have to begin on beginner's projects first though. Your embroidery is just breathtaking Trish.
Hi Trish – i would definitely enjoy embroidering the miniatures – it is a lovely idea. As far as material preference is concerned, I would go for the cotton satin.
I think that this is a wonderful idea. You get satisfaction of a finished piece, much more quickly. Don't forget to make some that are in beginner level.
My name is Victoria and I am Deaf. I've done embroidery and crochet since I was 9 years old. My husband of 37 years is on Hospice now and I've been looking for something new and inspiring to fill the void in my heart. I've chosen your Victorian pansies to embroider. I love everything Victorian. Thank you for adding to my life with your beautiful design.
Hi Trush, I believe cotton satin would be best, what about ironing a pure cotton intterfacing with a glue binder at the back to stabilise the fabric. This works well with cross stitch to make the work look finer and also to stop stretch in the fabric. Makes the work nice and firm too.
I see you say the designs are available through Country Bumpkins. What worries me is that us South Africans would like to benefit from SA designers by not the exhorbitant exchange rates. Who are your stockists for your books, designs etc in South Africa?
Hi Theresa My products are all available through my online shop and are available to both South African and Overseas customers alike. I generally don't sell to the retail trade, however I did agree to make an exception and create a small exclusive range for Country Bumpkin – this is to avoid discrepancy in prices between my products and theirs. If they decide to discontinue these kits they will revert back to me and be available through my shop. I think I speak on behalf of Hazel, Di & myself when I say that we always try to price our products at a reasonable level that is affordable to both overseas and local customers, but please understand that most of the materials included in a kit, i.e. fabric, threads and needles have to be imported into South Africa (as they are not manufactured locally) in order to maintain the quality of our kits. We strive to provide excellence in quality in both the presentation and preparation of our products and I know as a fellow embroiderer that you will appreciate the immense amount of work that goes into them?
I will be returning from leave about 3 weeks into Jan, so will contact you for prices then.
I think the miniatures are a wonderful idea. Your pansies are beautiful and I can't wait to stitch them, plus other antique flowers and birds. Yes wall space is always an issue and this way we may stitch more of your beautiful designs.
Your cotton satin is a lovely fabric and I am thoroughly enjoying stitching on it with your on – line butterfly kit. If you wanted to age it, you could always tea dye it.
Thank you for continuing to provide us with such spectacular designs to stitch.
LOVE the miniature idea. It allows me more flexibility to use the design on other pieces I'm working on such as a crazy quilt. For this application, I would prefer calico over satin . Also, any way to electronically buy the pattern and the color selection without needing to purchase the fabric and threads?
Hi Trish, those designs are beautiful!
I have no clue on the fabrics, but if that's what you used for the pansies I see no problem.
I just love the idea of minitures and was rather hoping you would do some guinea fowl! Your work is outstanding – wish I had your talent! The idea of 'tea dying' sounds interesting – especially for the vintage look.
First : WOW! I love your designs!!
1- That's great news, I like so much your idea about miniature designs!
Hi Trish, the idea of miniatures is an excellent one. It is easy to find small cross stitch patterns but not so easy to find shaded embroidery ones. These would be great for little needle book covers, or to use as embellishments on other similar projects. I think a really good quilters cotton would be my fabric of choice over muslin. The fabric is smoother and easy to sew through, and also can be tea dyed with great results. The new patterns are beautiful!!
I would love to see a range of miniature embroideries based on vintage designs. I love the pansies you have just created – the colours are gorgeous. As always your embroidery is exquisite.
Definitely yes to miniatures. Many of us love stitching small pieces – I even love miniature paintings – and they are great for travelling. As for the fabric – I leave that up to your expertise.
Please, before, excuse my english written very bad, I am French woman and I learn English at School, your embroidery is very beautiful and elegantly. Amitiés brodées.
I don't know about fabric types… just would have to have something I could get easily in the USA. I really LOVE the birds and I am a BIG fan of parrots since I own two. 🙂 Would love to see a series of miniature colorful bird designs in a book of yours. Miniatures would be quicker to do then a bigger project so I could squeeze them in between my bigger cross stitch endeavors without feeling guilty….LOL! Great job Trish. Your designs are just gorgeous!
Hello Trish. The new designs are lovely. Would love miniature designs, especially of birds. Would be very interested to know if you find a good quality muslin (calico) that you like. I think it would be a very different background. Thank-you for all your lovely designs and wonderful books.
I'm looking forward to the *miniatures*! I can see a whole book coming. Maybe an *ebook* I am thinking the US is patiently waiting for the Red Cardinal. And it would be lovely set in a vintage style. For the fabric I still favor the cotton satin you carry , it has a lovely hand and the needle glides through so effortlessly. The cotton calico, in the uSA some compare it to muslin. I think rather that the euro calico compares to uSA quilters cotton which comes in many colors and prints also. The muslin available here is of various qualities, from a thin papery type to a thick close sateen. some of which are not pleasant to stitch on because even after pre-washing the needle does not glide through it.
I recently saw someone using a cotton with a print that looked like a letter written on textured paper, then she appliqued a bird and branches and added lots of embroidery details. It was lovely.
I have stitched your designs on your own cotton satin fabric, lawn backed with calico, quilters cotton, batik cotton, jean, 'natural fiber' a cotton with a linen look to it yet uneven weave.
I think I would try a miniature on cotton satin that has been tea-died first.
Happy stitching! I'm working on the Little Bee Eater. Only he may not eat any of my honey bees!
A definite YES to the miniatures. As to fabric – either calico or cotton satin is okay with me.
I think it's a great idea! I only wish I had the talent for doing it. Your work is simply beautiful!
Just to clarify. The 2 bird kits and the 2 vintage flower kits (including the Victorian Pansies) are available exclusively through Country Bumpkin Australia. Entirely seperate to these are my own range of kits (including the forthcoming vintage collection and hopefully miniature collection) which can be found on my website and the Etsy shop.
Trish, I think the miniatures would be good for those learning because they have fewer stitches and would take less time. Time seems to be a big problem for me these days, but I really want to do more shading and improve my skills. I do think I prefer the look of the regular size, though. I hope you would offer both. I LOVE the pansy piece. Might you publish the designs in another book?
I am not familiar with the fabrics so cannot comment on that.
Your birds are fantastic. �Especially the parrot. �But my favorite of all so far is your victorian pansies. �They are so beautiful. �I just can't find the right words, as they are more than beautiful. I am sorry, but I don't really have any better opinion than you would have on your backgrounds. �I just wish I could purchase your kits. �The shipping cost from Australia plus the cost of your kits are just so out of reach of most of us.
Is there any way someone here could assemble your kits and sell them here so that they are more affordable? Is there any way you could design some of our birds and flowers (like the victorian pansies) or write a book about how to design our own? �Or is that just something I need to keep practicing to figure out how to do it?
You are just so special. �Thanks for all the beauty you add to the world and thanks for sharing.
I have never done minatures in needlework only painted and dressed minature dolls.But that would be a different type of needlework to learn good idea Trish I like the thoughts of the cotton Satin as the background.As yet I have not done one of your pieces even tho I have all of your books your kits are on my wish list. I look for your books and buy them as soon as I can get them here in Canada. Your work is stunning and I love it all of it.
Keep it up and have a great day everyone.
I have some of your books, but am ashamed to admit I have not started anything as yet. Mainly because I am a bit daunted. I've done some of my own designs using your techniques and some of my own that have worked out fairly well, but I would be thrilled to have the opportunity to create a smaller version of your work.
I think it is a great idea; especially as we near Christmas.
Yes, yes, yes again to miniatures and I think on muslin where the sheen of the silks won't compete with the background fabric.
It is nice to have smaller pieces to work on…I think it is a great idea..
Your work is stunning. It's so delicate and subtle. I just had to stare at them with my mouth hanging open. lol I love the miniatures!
1. I personally do not do kits, but would certainly recommend one of those for someone who likes them.
Trish, I loved working on your cotton sateen so that would be my choice. The closest fabric store to me doesn't carry a muslin with a close enough weave and to order the fabric is quesionable. It seems never heavy enough or high enough count. I never thought of high count sheeting…that might work.
Thanks, the cotton satin is much easier for me to obtain but unfortunately does not come in any other colour but milky white so I thought the calico with its slight imperfections might be good for the vintage range. However, I will test out both for washing and wear, and carefully weight up the options before making a decision. Trish.
It is really hard to stitch on high count sheeting. Found it out when I used it in a quilt and had a lot of trouble even tying it and forget quilting!
I love the idea of miniatures and hope that you will continue. Here in my part of the world (USA Georgia) after receiving your first pansy kit to learn how to do your technique, I found a wonderful 200 count cotton that made a beautiful pansy, purchased your book and have continued to use that cotton. Love it!
I love the Kingfisher!! The other is also as usual stunning. Could be a great idea this miniature kits.
At a quilting supplier in Bethlehem, I always buy some very high quality calico. If it is suitable for the purpose, I don't know. Too new in this great hobby.
A very nice stitching dag for all of you!!
Hi Trish, I love the new parrot and have him on my wish list from CB. I'd just like to say a resounding YES to the miniatures; I find large projects slightly overwhelming and am much happier with things I can complete in a 6″ hoop. Also, I think your cotton satin will work just fine, I found it lovely to work with when I did your Blue Wren class at BATB.
Dear Trish, stunning work. Beautiful birds, the colors are gorgeous.
Concerning the fabrics: At this moment I'm working on your cotton satin. Nice to work on. I have used calico in the past. À very good quality which I ordered in England.
The results are good. And working on it is not difficult als friends are assuming.
Your last kits for Country Bumpkin are superb. About the miniature, I think it could be a great idea. I'm thinking of those like me who like doing crazy quilting, and small design are just perfect for this technique. About the fabric, I would probably go for the calico. But I notice that the only way to make a choice is to make what one has in mind. Very often, what says the mind doesn't out so nicely when it comes to the reality.
Hi Trish, I like your idea for miniature kits very much, I do petit point on silk gauze for my dollhouse and would really like to try your techniques on a small scale. Fabric is something I have thought about a lot, I tried a bit of crewel work on regular cotton fabric but wasn't too happy with it. One fabric that I would like to try is cotton lawn, I bought two lawn cot sheets on a sale a few years ago for just R40 each with the intention of cutting it up for doll's underwear and I have been thinking it might just work well for miniature embroidery.
Funny thing is, I was looking at the fabrics on your website just yesterday as I am searching for a 60 count even-weave to do cross stitch on for miniature samplers.
Just love the new designs and pansies are a huge favourite of mine – miniature would be good and could be used on so many different things as I think we all get to the stage that we cannot have any more things on the walls and have to look for other ways of using our masterpieces. Also thought the birds were a triumph especially the kingfisher who is a particularly handsome fellow! As for the material I think any material is good as long as it has a close weave and is of a really good quality as you are putting a lot of work into it and it hardly makes sense if you use poor quality fabric. The calico would I think give a nice background nap being slightly textured but to find the required thickness and density of threadcount could be a problem? Have a great week and I hope your weather is better than here – nothing but rain and high winds – just awful!
Hi Trish. Stunning work, and YES to miniatures! I love everything in miniature form, but more importantly, at my age, is space for these works of art and costs. One can display a lot more this way and save on thread and fabric and still produce and enjoy your amazing works of art! | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaC4'} | 26 |
Delaware's Lovett Advisors, LLC, celebrates decade of growth with philanthropic partnership
Lovett Advisors, LLC, a woman-owned wealth management fund in Wilmington, is celebrating a decade in business and kicking off a new partnership with Girls Incorporate of Delaware.
Kim Lovett, CFP launched the firm about 10 years ago after she recognized the need for a more comprehensive level of service in investment advisory. She is marking the milestone by giving back to the local community. "For the past ten years philanthropy has been central to our culture," Lovett said. "I decided that the best way to celebrate my personal success and the success of Lovett Advisors was by giving back to the community in a way that will inspire young women to be all they can be and to live their dreams." | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaCommonCrawl'} | 27 |
US energy company and LNG operator Sempra Energy said on Wednesday it had signed a 20-year definitive agreement with Poland's state-run gas firm PGNiG to supply liquefied natural gas (LNG) from its Port Arthur LNG export facility under development in Texas.
While financial terms were not disclosed, the agreement is for the sale and purchase of 2 million tonnes per year, or about 2.7 billion cubic meters per year after regasification – enough natural gas to meet about 15 percent of Poland's daily needs.
The agreement is subject to certain conditions precedent, including Port Arthur LNG making a final investment decision.
This deal follows heads of agreement signed between Port Arthur LNG and PGNiG back in June.
Under today's agreement, LNG purchases from Port Arthur LNG will be made on a Free-On-Board basis, with PGNiG responsible for shipping the LNG from the Port Arthur terminal to the final destination.
Port Arthur LNG will manage gas pipeline transportation, liquefaction processing and cargo loading, giving PGNiG flexibility in cargo management.
PGNiG plans to deliver cargos to domestic customers in Poland or trade LNG on the global market, once operations commence.
"This agreement with PGNiG represents an important expansion of our portfolio of contracts for LNG exports and major step forward in the development of our Port Arthur LNG project," said Jeffrey W. Martin, chairman and CEO of Sempra Energy.
"Our activities show that we consistently implement our strategy," said Piotr Woźniak, president of the management board of PGNiG.
"Another long-term contract not only allows us to develop LNG portfolio with a view to delivering to Poland, but it gives us, in the near future, the possibility of trading in LNG purchased on a global scale," he said.
The Port Arthur facility is proposed to include two natural gas liquefaction trains capable of processing approximately 11 Mtpa of LNG; up to three LNG storage tanks; two marine berths, and associated facilities.
The facility is scheduled to receive its final environmental impact statement from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission next month.
Earlier this year, Bechtel was selected by Port Arthur LNG to serve as the engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning contractor for the facility, subject to reaching a definitive agreement.
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Significant findings at the Brigham Young University in the USA indicate that stress during pregnancy can result in homosexual offspring. Dr D. E. Fleming and Dr R. W. Rhees, in experiments, subjected pregnant rats to psychological, nutritional, and hormonal stress and then measured the behavioral characteristics of their male offspring. The results were compared to "normal" offspring of unstressed rats.
"We found demasculinization and feminization tendencies," reported Dr Fleming. "Demasculinization, in that the test rats were not as active sexually in the male role; feminization was found where the males exhibited female-type behavior when placed with other males who were sexually aggressive. We are exploring possibilities that may have relevance to humans," Dr Fleming explained.
The researchers observed that a definite correlation exists between the endocrinal systems of rats and humans.
The predisposition towards homosexuality of male rats of the stressed mothers occurs because when the mother is under stress her body produces hormones that suppress production of androgen, necessary for the development of maleness in a male, although the male physical make-up appears normal. This occurs in the critical third trimester of the development of the fetus.
The defect can be corrected by environmental influences--feminized male rats, when placed for long periods of time with females, will begin to exhibit normal male behavior.
Three groups of mother rats were each subjected to a different form of stress, and in each group 50% of the male offspring were affected.
Other scientists, at Temple University, reported that when stress was applied late in pregnancies, the female offspring, when grown, have significantly more trouble in becoming pregnant and giving birth to viable young.
An argument used to demonstrate that homosexuality is natural is that male animals are commonly observed to mount each other and appear to perform sexually, but whether they achieve satisfaction or not does not denote homosexuality, because homosexuality means complete aversion to sexual relations with the opposite sex and complete sexual desire for one's own sex, a situation which does not occur in Nature among dogs or any other animals. [...]
A study of 1500 San Francisco gays by the Institute for Sex Research in 1978 concluded that homosexuality in itself is not abnormal and that most homosexuals are not dissatisfied with their lives; most of them are "stable, happy, and well adjusted". Twenty per cent of the men said they had attempted suicide and about half of them each admitted to having had at least 500 sexual partners. Does this indicate happiness and adjustment? Having seen the movie Word is Out, produced by homosexuals about homosexuals, social commentator Harriett Van Horne wrote in her syndicated column: "Their stories are mostly very sad . . . By any standard, most are lost, lonely, sick, and altogether heart-breaking . . . Whatever possessed these people to call homosexuals 'gay'?"
Studies have shown the single factor shared invariably by all homosexuals, male and female, is an unhappy childhood which in most cases commenced with an incomplete mother/child relationship, and was perhaps further degraded by parental discord and feelings of insecurity. In view of this fact, the findings of a recent report are not surprising. The British research body "One plus One", in its report "Marital Breakdown", stated that the children of divorced parents were twice as likely to display delinquent behavior, four times as likely to suffer stomach ulcers or colitis before age twenty-six, were more accident prone, troubled, drifting, underachieving, and as adults far more prone to psychiatric illness and drinking problems.
Significant findings at the Brigham Young University in the USA indicate that stress during pregnancy can result in homosexual offspring. Dr D. E. Fleming and Dr R. W. Rhees, in experiments, subjected pregnant rats to psychological, nutritional and hormonal stress and then measured the behavioral characteristics of their male offspring. The results were compared to "normal" offspring of unstressed rats. "We found demasculinization and feminization tendencies," reported Dr Fleming. "Demasculinization, in that the test rats were not as active sexually in the male role; feminization was found where the males exhibited female-type behavior when placed with other males who were sexually aggressive. We are exploring possibilities that may have relevance to humans." The researchers observed that a definite correlation exists between the endocrinal systems of rats and humans. The predisposition towards homosexuality of male rats of the stressed mothers occurs because when the mother is under stress her body produces hormones that suppress production of androgen, necessary for the development of maleness in a male, although the male physical make-up appears normal. This occurs in the critical third trimester of the development of the fetus. The defect can be corrected by environmental influences--feminized male rats, when placed for long periods of time with females, will begin to exhibit normal male behavior. Three groups of mother rats were each subjected to a different form of stress, and in each group fifty per cent of the male offspring were affected. One way or another, homosexuality is not a chosen way of life, and to quote Dr Kronemeyer again:
"Homosexuality is a symptom of neurosis and of a grievous personality disorder. It is an outgrowth of deeply rooted emotional deprivations and disturbances that had their origins in infancy. It is manifested, all too often, by compulsive and self-destructive behavior that is the very antithesis of fulfilment and happiness. Buried under the 'gay' exterior of the homosexual is the hurt and rage that crippled his or her capacity for true maturation, for healthy growth and love.
If I insist that homosexuality--the exclusive or predominant preference for same-gender sex relations for orgasmic satisfaction--is symptomatic of a psychic disorientation, I hasten to point out that I do not consider it any different, except possibly in the degree of pathology, from other neurotic manifestations of many heterosexuals . . .
The earliest psychologists--Sigmund Freud, Richard von Krafft-Ebing, Havelock Ellis--were in agreement that homosexuality is a psychological malfunction that should be treated with tolerance and compassion. They might have disagreed on its cause, but they concurred that it was neither a crime nor a sin."
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Choicest VGM - VGM #362 - The Curse of Monkey Island - Mutual of Stan
Gee, I wonder how he got in there in the first place... *whistles*
"Welcome to the MUTUAL OF STAN!"
Ah Stan, what's not to love about this guy? Well, okay, he is a pretty annoying salesman, but at the same time you gotta feel kind of sorry for him considering how many times Guybrush ends up conning him instead. In The Curse of Monkey Island, Stan sets up a business called "The Mutual of Stan" and operates his business from a crypt. Instead of selling used ships and coffins (like he did in The Secret of Monkey Island and LeChuck's Revenge respectively) he sells life insurance in The Curse of Monkey Island which actually works its way into one of the game's puzzles.
While I do enjoy this track and it fits Stan to a T, my favourite Stan tune has to be the one from the first game which plays when you visit his used ship emporium - gotta love that trumpet! | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaCommonCrawl'} | 30 |
FAQ: Community Health Center Is What?
Home > Health Center > FAQ: Community Health Center Is What?
1 What is a local community health center?
2 What is community health care service?
3 What is the purpose of health center?
4 What do community health services include?
5 Why do we need community health centers?
6 What do community health workers do?
7 What is an example of community health service?
8 What are the two types of healthcare services?
9 What are the types of community services?
10 What is the most important part of community health?
11 What are benefits of community health?
12 What are the four major health care services?
What is a local community health center?
Community health centers (also known as community clinics, Federally Qualified Health Centers, or FQHCs) are community-driven, non-profit clinics located in medically underserved areas or serving populations that are medically underserved.
What is community health care service?
A service which provides patient/client (P/C) care in the community, including provision of medical/dental, nursing and allied health professional care to P/Cs in need, usually in the P/C's home or other residential setting, or community health premises. Patient/client groups.
What is the purpose of health center?
Health centers are community-based and patient-directed organizations that deliver comprehensive, culturally competent, high-quality primary health care services to the nation's most vulnerable individuals and families, including people experiencing homelessness, agricultural workers, residents of public housing, and
What do community health services include?
Community Health Services include a range of SERVICES and treatments provided by CARE PROFESSIONALS in Community premises such as:
Health Visiting SERVICE.
District Nursing SERVICE.
Musculoskeletal SERVICE.
School Nursing SERVICE.
Community Dental SERVICE.
Community Paediatrics SERVICE.
Speech and Language Therapy SERVICE.
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Why do we need community health centers?
Health centers provide medical, dental, mental health care and health promotion in one setting. More importantly, providers from all these disciplines work together to make sure the patient receives the best care possible. Patients can also schedule multiple services on the same day.
What do community health workers do?
CHWs may perform the following roles: Create connections between vulnerable populations and healthcare providers. Educate healthcare providers and stakeholders about community health needs. Provide culturally appropriate health education on topics related to chronic disease prevention, physical activity, and nutrition.
What is an example of community health service?
Such services may include a variety of health services, such as home health care (e.g., skilled nursing care; occupational, physical, and speech therapies; dietary management; pharmacy), durable medical equipment, case management, personal care, caregiver and client training, and health promotion and disease prevention
What are the two types of healthcare services?
Answer: Public service and private health facility. Give the basic definition of health.
What are the types of community services?
Examples of community service providers:
Child care professionals.
Churches and spiritual organizations.
Cultural organizations.
Counseling services – substance abuse, domestic violence, financial, legal services.
Clothing.
Crisis intervention – rape, mental health.
Health insurance companies.
Libraries – books and toys.
What is the most important part of community health?
Answer: Working at the community level to promote healthy living brings the greatest health benefits to the greatest number of people. It also helps to reduce health gaps caused by differences in income, education, race and ethnicity, location and other factors that can affect health.
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What are benefits of community health?
Providing essential services such as screenings, social support, and counseling. Helping residents gain access to resources such as affordable medical, dental, and mental health care services; insurance (Medicare or Medicaid enrollment); translation and transportation services; or housing, food, and education.
What are the four major health care services?
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Молоденки — деревня в Целинном муниципальном округе Курганской области России.
Климат
Климат характеризуется как резко континентальный, с холодной продолжительной малоснежной зимой и жарким сухим летом. Средняя продолжительность безморозного периода составляет 113 дней. Среднегодовое количество атмосферных осадков — 397мм.
История
До 1917 года входила в состав Заманиловской волости Челябинского уезда Оренбургской губернии. По данным на 1926 год состояла из 37 хозяйств. В административном отношении входила в состав Васькинского сельсовета Кочердыкского района Челябинского округа Уральской области.
Население
По данным переписи 1926 года в деревне проживало 189 человек (90 мужчин и 99 женщин), в том числе: русские составляли 100 % населения.
Примечания
Населённые пункты Целинного района (Курганская область) | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaWikipedia'} | 33 |
import base64
import collections
import io
import itertools
import math
import re
import struct
import discord
import requests
from discord.ext import commands
from discord import app_commands
from discord.app_commands import Choice
from PIL import Image, ImageDraw
from .utils.chat import cleanup_xml_tags, embed_list_lines
from .utils.db import prepare_search
CHATCODE_REGEX = re.compile(r"\[\&(?=[^\s\[\]]*\])(.*?)\]")
TILESERVICE_BASE_URL = "https://tiles.guildwars2.com/"
class Build:
def __init__(self, cog, profession, specializations, skills, code):
self.cog = cog
self.specializations = specializations
self.skills = skills
self.profession = profession
self.code = code
@classmethod
async def from_code(cls, cog, chatcode):
code = chatcode[2:-1]
code = base64.b64decode(code)
fields = struct.unpack("8B10H4B6H", code)
profession_doc = await cog.db.professions.find_one({"code": fields[1]})
specializations = []
for spec, traits in zip(*[iter(fields[2:8])] * 2):
if spec == 0:
continue
bit_string = "{:3b}".format(traits)
bit_string = bit_string.strip()
bit_string = bit_string.zfill(6)
indexes = ([
int(bit_string[i:i + 2], 2) - 1 for i in range(0, 6, 2)
])
indexes.reverse()
spec_doc = await cog.db.specializations.find_one({"_id": spec})
indexes = [
t + i for t, i in zip(indexes, range(0, 9, 3)) if t >= 0
]
active_traits = []
for i in indexes:
active_traits.append(spec_doc["major_traits"][i])
trait_docs = {}
for trait in spec_doc["minor_traits"] + spec_doc["major_traits"]:
trait_docs[trait] = await cog.db.traits.find_one(
{"_id": trait})
specializations.append({
"spec_doc": spec_doc,
"active_traits": active_traits,
"trait_docs": trait_docs
})
skill_ids = []
skills = []
if profession_doc["_id"] == "Ranger":
for pet in [fields[18], fields[19]]:
pet = await cog.db.pets.find_one({"_id": pet})
skills.append(pet)
if profession_doc["_id"] == "Revenant":
for legend in [fields[18], fields[19]]:
legend_doc = await cog.db.legends.find_one({"code": legend})
skill_ids.append(legend_doc["swap"])
else:
palettes = []
for skill in fields[8:18:2]:
palettes.append(skill)
for palette in palettes:
for palette_id, skill_id in profession_doc[
"skills_by_palette"]:
if palette == palette_id:
skill_ids.append(skill_id)
break
for skill_id in skill_ids:
skills.append(await cog.db.skills.find_one({"_id": skill_id}))
profession = await cog.get_profession(
profession_doc["name"], [x["spec_doc"] for x in specializations])
return cls(cog, profession, specializations, skills, chatcode)
@classmethod
async def from_build_tab(cls, cog, build_tab):
profession_doc = await cog.db.professions.find_one(
{"_id": build_tab["build"]["profession"]})
async def get_skills(tab, terrestrial=True):
skills_key = "skills"
if not terrestrial:
skills_key = f"aquatic_{skills_key}"
skills = tab[skills_key]
skill_docs = []
skill_ids = []
legend_docs = []
swap_skill_docs = []
pet_docs = []
for skill in skills.values():
if isinstance(skill, list):
skill_ids += skill
continue
skill_ids.append(skill)
for skill_id in skill_ids:
skill_doc = await cog.db.skills.find_one({"_id": skill_id})
if not skill_doc:
continue
for palette_id, skill_id_2 in profession_doc[
"skills_by_palette"]:
if skill_id == skill_id_2:
skill_doc["palette_id"] = palette_id
break
skill_docs.append(skill_doc)
legends_key = "legends"
if not terrestrial:
legends_key = f"aquatic_{legends_key}"
legends = tab.get(legends_key)
if legends:
for legend in legends:
if legend:
legend_doc = await cog.db.legends.find_one(
{"_id": legend})
if not legend_doc:
continue
swap_skill_docs.append(await cog.db.skills.find_one(
{"_id": legend_doc["swap"]}))
utility_palettes = []
for utility_skill in legend_doc["utilities"]:
for palette_id, skill_id_2 in profession_doc[
"skills_by_palette"]:
if skill_id == skill_id_2:
skill_doc["palette_id"] = palette_id
break
legend_doc["utility_palettes"] = utility_palettes
legend_docs.append(legend_doc)
pets = tab.get("pets")
if pets:
key = "terrestrial" if terrestrial else "aquatic"
for pet in pets[key]:
if pet:
pet_docs.append(await
cog.db.pets.find_one({"_id": pet}))
Skills = collections.namedtuple(
"Skills",
["skill_docs", "legend_docs", "swap_skill_docs", "pet_docs"])
return Skills(skill_docs, legend_docs, swap_skill_docs, pet_docs)
build = build_tab["build"]
specializations = build["specializations"]
if not specializations:
return None
specs = []
for spec in specializations:
if not spec:
continue
if spec["id"] == 0:
continue
spec_doc = await cog.db.specializations.find_one(
{"_id": spec["id"]})
if not spec_doc:
continue
trait_docs = {}
for trait in spec_doc["minor_traits"] + spec_doc["major_traits"]:
trait_docs[trait] = await cog.db.traits.find_one(
{"_id": trait})
specs.append({
"spec_doc": spec_doc,
"trait_docs": trait_docs,
"active_traits": spec["traits"]
})
profession = await cog.get_profession(build["profession"],
[x["spec_doc"] for x in specs])
profession_code = profession_doc["code"]
terrestrial = await get_skills(build)
aquatic = await get_skills(build, False)
fields = [13, profession_code]
for spec in specs + [None] * (3 - len(specs)):
if not spec:
fields += [0] * 2
continue
fields.append(spec["spec_doc"]["_id"])
bit_string = "0" * 6
for trait in reversed(spec["active_traits"]):
try:
index = spec["spec_doc"]["major_traits"].index(trait) % 3
index += 1
except ValueError:
index = 0
bit_string += f"{index:02b}"
bit_string = bit_string.zfill(6)
fields.append(int(bit_string, 2))
terrestrial_palettes = [
skill["palette_id"] for skill in terrestrial.skill_docs
if "palette_id" in skill
]
aquatic_palettes = [
skill["palette_id"] for skill in aquatic.skill_docs
if "palette_id" in skill
]
terrestrial_palettes += [0] * (5 - len(terrestrial_palettes))
aquatic_palettes += [0] * (5 - len(aquatic_palettes))
palettes = list(
itertools.chain(*zip(terrestrial_palettes, aquatic_palettes)))
fields += palettes
if profession_doc["_id"] == "Ranger":
terrestrial_pets = [pet["_id"] for pet in terrestrial.pet_docs]
aquatic_pets = [pet["_id"] for pet in aquatic.pet_docs]
terrestrial_pets += [0] * (2 - len(terrestrial_pets))
aquatic_pets += [0] * (2 - len(aquatic_pets))
fields += terrestrial_pets
fields += aquatic_pets
if profession_doc["_id"] == "Revenant":
terrestrial_legend_codes = [
leg["code"] for leg in terrestrial.legend_docs
]
aquatic_legend_codes = [leg["code"] for leg in aquatic.legend_docs]
terrestrial_legend_codes += [0] * (2 -
len(terrestrial_legend_codes))
aquatic_legend_codes += [0] * (2 - len(aquatic_legend_codes))
fields += terrestrial_legend_codes + aquatic_legend_codes
# TODO add inactive legend palettes
fields += [0] * (28 - len(fields))
code = struct.pack("8B10H4B6H", *fields)
code = base64.b64encode(code)
code = code.decode()
code = f"[&{code}]"
skills = terrestrial.skill_docs
if profession_doc["_id"] == "Revenant":
skills = terrestrial.swap_skill_docs
if profession_doc["_id"] == "Ranger":
skills = terrestrial.pet_docs + terrestrial.skill_docs
return cls(cog, profession, specs, skills, code)
def __render(self, filename):
if not self.skills and not self.specializations:
return None
session = requests.Session()
image = None
draw = None
skills_size = 64 if self.skills else 0
for index, d in enumerate(self.specializations):
spec_image = self.render_specialization(d["spec_doc"],
d["active_traits"],
d["trait_docs"], session)
if not image:
image = Image.new(
"RGBA", (spec_image.width, skills_size +
(spec_image.height * len(self.specializations))))
draw = ImageDraw.ImageDraw(image)
image.paste(spec_image,
(0, skills_size + (spec_image.height * index)))
draw.text((5, (spec_image.height * index) + spec_image.height -
35 + skills_size),
d["spec_doc"]["name"],
fill="#FFFFFF",
font=self.cog.font)
#try:
crop_amount = 6
if not image:
image = Image.new("RGBA", (645, skills_size))
for i, skill in enumerate(self.skills, start=0):
resp = session.get(skill["icon"])
skill_icon = Image.open(io.BytesIO(resp.content))
skill_icon = skill_icon.resize((64, 64), Image.ANTIALIAS)
skill_icon = skill_icon.crop(
(crop_amount, crop_amount, skill_icon.width - crop_amount,
skill_icon.height - crop_amount))
space_used = skill_icon.width * len(self.skills)
empty_space = image.width - space_used
spacing = empty_space // (len(self.skills) + 1)
width = (i * skill_icon.width) + ((i + 1) * spacing)
image.paste(skill_icon, ((width), 5))
# except Exception as e:
# self.cog.log.exception("Exception displayking skills: ",
# exc_info=e)
session.close()
output = io.BytesIO()
image.save(output, "png")
output.seek(0)
file = discord.File(output, filename)
return file
async def render(self, *, filename="specializations.png"):
return await self.cog.bot.loop.run_in_executor(None, self.__render,
filename)
@staticmethod
def render_specialization(specialization, active_traits, trait_docs,
session):
def get_trait_image(icon_url, size):
resp = session.get(icon_url)
image = Image.open(io.BytesIO(resp.content))
image = image.crop((4, 4, image.width - 4, image.height - 4))
return image.resize((size, size), Image.ANTIALIAS)
resp = session.get(specialization["background"])
background = Image.open(io.BytesIO(resp.content))
background = background.crop((0, 121, 645, 256))
draw = ImageDraw.ImageDraw(background)
polygon_points = [
120, 11, 167, 39, 167, 93, 120, 121, 73, 93, 73, 39, 120, 11
]
draw.line(polygon_points, fill=(183, 190, 195), width=3)
mask = Image.new("RGBA", background.size, color=(0, 0, 0, 135))
d = ImageDraw.ImageDraw(mask)
d.polygon(polygon_points, fill=(0, 0, 0, 0))
background.paste(mask, mask=mask)
mask.close()
column = 0
size = (background.height - 18) // 3
trait_mask = Image.new("RGBA", (size, size), color=(0, 0, 0, 135))
for index, trait in enumerate(specialization["major_traits"]):
trait_doc = trait_docs[trait]
image = get_trait_image(trait_doc["icon"], size)
if trait not in active_traits:
image.paste(trait_mask, mask=trait_mask)
background.paste(image, (272 + (column * 142), 6 +
((size + 3) * (index % 3))), image)
if index and not (index + 1) % 3:
column += 1
image.close()
trait_mask.close()
minor_trait_mask = Image.new("RGBA", (size, size))
d = ImageDraw.ImageDraw(minor_trait_mask)
d.polygon([13, 2, 25, 2, 35, 12, 35, 27, 21, 36, 17, 36, 3, 27, 3, 12],
fill=(0, 0, 0, 255))
for index, trait in enumerate(specialization["minor_traits"]):
trait_doc = trait_docs[trait]
image = get_trait_image(trait_doc["icon"], size)
background.paste(image,
(272 - size - 32 + (index * 142), 6 + size + 3),
minor_trait_mask)
image.close()
minor_trait_mask.close()
return background
class SkillsMixin:
async def skill_autocomplete(self,
interaction: discord.Interaction,
current: str):
if not current:
return []
query = prepare_search(current)
query = {
"name": query, "professions": {"$ne": None}
}
items = await self.db.skills.find(query).to_list(25)
return [Choice(name=it["name"], value=str(it["_id"])) for it in items]
async def trait_autocomplete(self,
interaction: discord.Interaction,
current: str):
if not current:
return []
query = prepare_search(current)
query = {
"name": query
}
items = await self.db.traits.find(query).to_list(25)
return [Choice(name=it["name"], value=str(it["_id"])) for it in items]
@app_commands.command(name="skill")
@app_commands.describe(skill="The skill name to search for. "
"Example: Meteor Shower.")
@app_commands.autocomplete(skill=skill_autocomplete)
async def skillinfo(self, interaction : discord.Interaction, skill: str):
"""Information about a given skill"""
try:
skill_id = int(skill)
except ValueError:
try:
choices = await self.skill_autocomplete(interaction, skill)
skill_id = int(choices[0].value)
except (ValueError, IndexError):
return await interaction.followup.send(
"Could not find any skills with that name.")
await interaction.response.defer()
choice = await self.db.skills.find_one({"_id": skill_id})
data = await self.skill_embed(choice, interaction)
await interaction.followup.send(embed=data)
@app_commands.command(name="trait")
@app_commands.describe(trait="The trait name to search for. Example: Fresh Air")
@app_commands.autocomplete(trait=trait_autocomplete)
async def traitinfo(self, interaction: discord.Interaction, trait : str):
"""Information about a given trait"""
await interaction.response.defer()
try:
trait_id = int(trait)
except ValueError:
try:
choices = await self.trait_autocomplete(interaction, trait)
trait_id = int(choices[0].value)
except (ValueError, IndexError):
return await interaction.followup.send(
"Could not find any traits with that name.")
choice = await self.db.traits.find_one({"_id" : trait_id})
data = await self.skill_embed(choice, interaction)
await interaction.followup.send(embed=data)
async def skill_embed(self, skill, ctx):
def get_skill_type():
slot = skill["slot"]
if slot.startswith("Weapon"):
weapon = skill["weapon_type"]
return " {} skill {}".format(weapon, slot[-1])
if slot.startswith("Utility"):
return " Utility Skill"
if slot.startswith("Profession"):
return " Profession Skill {}".format(slot[-1])
if slot.startswith("Pet"):
return " Pet skill"
if slot.startswith("Downed"):
return " Downed skill {}".format(slot[-1])
return " Utility Skill"
def find_closest_emoji(field):
best_match = ""
field = field.replace(" ", "_").lower()
for emoji in self.emojis:
if emoji in field:
if len(emoji) > len(best_match):
best_match = emoji
if best_match:
return self.get_emoji(ctx, best_match)
return ""
def get_resource_name(prof):
resource = None
if "initiative" in skill:
resource = "Initiative"
value = skill["initiative"]
elif "cost" in skill:
if prof == "Warrior":
resource = "Adrenaline"
if prof == "Revenant":
resource = "Energy"
if prof == "Ranger":
resource = "Astral Force"
value = skill["cost"]
if resource:
return {
"text": resource + " cost",
"value": value,
"type": "ResourceCost"
}
return None
replacement_attrs = [("BoonDuration", "Concentration"),
("ConditionDuration", "Expertise"),
("ConditionDamage", "Condition Damage"),
("CritDamage", "Ferocity")]
description = None
if "description" in skill:
description = cleanup_xml_tags(skill["description"])
for tup in replacement_attrs:
description = re.sub(*tup, description)
url = "https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/" + skill["name"].replace(
' ', '_')
async with self.session.head(url) as r:
if not r.status == 200:
url = None
data = discord.Embed(title=skill["name"],
description=description,
url=url,
color=await self.get_embed_color(ctx))
# TODO add profession colors and racial colors
if "icon" in skill:
data.set_thumbnail(url=skill["icon"])
professions = skill.get("professions")
resource = None
if professions:
if len(professions) == 1:
prof = professions[0]
resource = get_resource_name(prof)
data.colour = discord.Color(
int(self.gamedata["professions"][prof.lower()]["color"],
16))
data.set_footer(text=prof + get_skill_type(),
icon_url=self.get_profession_icon(prof))
if "facts" in skill:
if resource:
skill["facts"].append(resource)
facts = self.get_skill_fields(skill)
lines = []
for fact in facts:
line = ""
if fact.get("prefix"):
line += "{}{}".format(find_closest_emoji(fact["prefix"]),
fact["prefix"])
line += "{}{}".format(find_closest_emoji(fact["field"]),
fact["field"])
if fact.get("value"):
line += ": " + fact["value"]
for tup in replacement_attrs:
line = re.sub(*tup, line)
lines.append(line)
data = embed_list_lines(data, lines, "Tooltip")
return data
def get_skill_fields(self, skill):
def calculate_damage(fact):
weapon = skill.get("weapon_type")
default = 690.5
base_damage = None
if weapon:
weapon = weapon.lower()
damage_groups = {
952.5: [
"axe", "dagger", "mace", "pistol", "scepter", "spear",
"trident", "speargun", "aquatic", "shortbow", "sword"
],
857.5: ["focus", "shield", "torch"],
857: ["warhorn"],
1047.5: ["greatsword"],
1048: ["staff", "hammer"],
1000: ["longbow"],
1095.5: ["rifle"]
}
for group, weapons in damage_groups.items():
if weapon in weapons:
base_damage = group
break
if not base_damage:
base_damage = default
hits = fact["hit_count"]
multiplier = fact["dmg_multiplier"]
return math.ceil(hits *
round(base_damage * 1000 * multiplier / 2597))
fields = []
order = [
"Recharge", "ResourceCost", "Damage", "Percent", "AttributeAdjust",
"BuffConversion", "Buff", "PrefixedBuff", "Number", "Radius",
"Duration", "Time", "Distance", "ComboField", "Heal",
"HealingAdjust", "NoData", "Unblockable", "Range", "ComboFinisher",
"StunBreak"
]
for fact in sorted(skill["facts"],
key=lambda x: order.index(x["type"])):
fact_type = fact["type"]
text = fact.get("text", "")
if fact_type == "Recharge":
fields.append({
"field": text,
"value": "{}s".format(fact["value"])
})
continue
if fact_type == "ResourceCost":
fields.append({"field": text, "value": str(fact["value"])})
continue
if fact_type == "BuffConversion":
fields.append({
"field":
"Gain {} based on a Percentage of {}".format(
fact["target"], fact["source"]),
"value":
"{}%".format(fact["percent"])
})
if fact_type == "Damage":
damage = calculate_damage(fact)
value = "{} ({})".format(
damage, round(fact["dmg_multiplier"] * fact["hit_count"],
2))
count = fact["hit_count"]
if count > 1:
text += " ({}x)".format(count)
fields.append({"field": text, "value": value})
continue
if fact_type == "AttributeAdjust":
if not text:
text = fact.get("target", "")
fields.append({
"field": text,
"value": "{:,}".format(fact["value"])
})
continue
if fact_type == "PrefixedBuff":
count = fact.get("apply_count")
status = fact.get("status", "")
duration = fact.get("duration")
field = " " + status
if duration:
field += "({}s)".format(duration)
prefix = fact["prefix"].get("status")
if prefix:
prefix += " "
if not count:
fields.append({
"field": status,
"value": "Condition Removed",
"prefix": prefix
})
continue
fields.append({
"field": field,
"value": fact.get("description"),
"prefix": prefix
})
continue
if fact_type == "Buff":
count = fact.get("apply_count")
if not count:
fields.append({
"field": "{status}".format(**fact),
"value": "Condition Removed"
})
continue
fields.append({
"field":
"{} {status}({duration}s)".format(count, **fact),
"value":
fact.get("description")
})
continue
if fact_type == "Buff":
count = fact.get("apply_count")
if not count:
fields.append({
"field": "{status}".format(**fact),
"value": "Condition Removed"
})
continue
fields.append({
"field":
"{} {status}({duration}s)".format(count, **fact),
"value":
fact["description"]
})
continue
if fact_type == "Number":
fields.append({"field": text, "value": str(fact["value"])})
continue
if fact_type == "Time":
fields.append({
"field": text,
"value": "{}s".format(fact["duration"])
})
continue
if fact_type in "Duration":
fields.append({
"field": text,
"value": "{}s".format(fact["duration"])
})
continue
if fact_type == "Radius":
fields.append({
"field": text,
"value": "{:,}".format(fact["distance"])
})
continue
if fact_type == "ComboField":
fields.append({"field": text, "value": fact["field_type"]})
continue
if fact_type == "ComboFinisher":
value = fact["finisher_type"]
percent = fact["percent"]
if not percent == 100:
value += " ({}%)".format(percent)
fields.append({"field": text, "value": value})
continue
if fact_type == "Distance":
fields.append({
"field": text,
"value": "{:,}".format(fact["distance"])
})
continue
if fact_type in ("Heal", "HealingAdjust"):
fields.append({"field": text, "value": str(fact["hit_count"])})
continue
if fact_type == "NoData":
fields.append({
"field": text,
})
continue
if fact_type == "Unblockable":
fields.append({"field": "Unblockable"})
continue
if fact_type == "StunBreak":
fields.append({"field": "Breaks stun"})
continue
if fact_type == "Percent":
fields.append({
"field": text,
"value": "{}%".format(fact["percent"])
})
continue
if fact_type == "Range":
fields.append({
"field": text,
"value": "{:,}".format(fact["value"])
})
continue
return fields
async def prepare_linkpreview_guild_cache(self):
cursor = self.bot.database.iter("guilds",
{"link_preview_disabled": True}, self)
async for doc in cursor:
self.chatcode_preview_opted_out_guilds.add(doc["_id"])
async def get_wiki_url(self, name):
url = "https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/" + name.replace(' ', '_')
async with self.session.head(url) as r:
if not r.status == 200:
url = None
return url
@commands.Cog.listener("on_message")
async def find_chatcodes(self, message : discord.Message):
if message.guild:
if message.guild.id in self.chatcode_preview_opted_out_guilds:
return
if not message.content:
return
if message.author.bot:
return
match = re.search(CHATCODE_REGEX, message.content)
if not match:
return
chatcode = match.group()
try:
data = base64.b64decode(chatcode)
header = struct.unpack("B", data[:1])
header = header[0] - 1
types = [
"Coin", "Item", "NPC text string", "Map link", "PvP Game",
"Skill", "Trait", "User", "Recipe", "Wardrobe", "Outfit",
"WvW objective", "Build template"
]
link_type = types[header]
embed = discord.Embed(title=link_type, color=self.embed_color)
embed.set_author(name=message.author.display_name,
icon_url=message.author.display_avatar.url)
if message.guild:
embed.set_footer(text=(
"Server admins can opt out of chat link "
"previewing by using the \"/server preview_chat_links\" command"),
icon_url=self.bot.user.display_avatar.url)
else:
embed.set_footer(icon_url=self.bot.user.display_avatar.url)
embed.description = "Chat link preview"
reference = None
if message.guild:
me = message.guild.me
else:
me = self.bot.user
if message.channel.permissions_for(me).read_message_history:
reference = message
match link_type:
case "Coin":
# Currently disabled
return
case "Item":
quantity, item_id = struct.unpack("<BI", data[1:5] + b"\0")
item_doc = await self.fetch_item(item_id)
if not item_doc:
return
embed.title = item_doc["name"]
embed.set_thumbnail(url=item_doc["icon"])
embed.color = int(
self.gamedata["items"]["rarity_colors"][
item_doc["rarity"]], 16)
suffix = ""
wiki_url = await self.get_wiki_url(item_doc["name"])
if wiki_url:
embed.url = wiki_url
if len(data) > 5:
bitfield = struct.unpack("<B", data[5:6])
bitfield = bitfield[0]
flags = []
# Wardrobe, upgrade 1, upgrade 2
for i in reversed(range(5, 8)):
flags.append(bool(bitfield >> i & 1))
if flags[2] and not flags[1]: # Use first upgrade slut
flags[1] = True
flags[2] = False
offset = 0
if flags[0]:
skin_id = struct.unpack("<I", data[6:9] + b"\0")
skin_id = skin_id[0]
skin_doc = await self.db.skins.find_one(
{"_id": skin_id})
if not skin_doc:
name = "Unknown"
else:
name = skin_doc["name"]
embed.set_thumbnail(url=skin_doc["icon"])
embed.add_field(name="Skin", value=name)
offset += 4
upgrades = []
for upgrade in flags[1:]:
if not upgrade:
break
upgrade_id = struct.unpack(
"<I", data[6 + offset:9 + offset] + b"\0")
upgrade_id = upgrade_id[0]
upgrade_doc = await self.db.items.find_one(
{"_id": upgrade_id})
if not upgrade_doc:
upgrades.append("Unknown upgrade")
continue
else:
upgrades.append(upgrade_doc["name"])
if not suffix:
suffix = upgrade_doc["details"].get("suffix", "")
offset += 4
if upgrades:
field_name = "Upgrades" if len(
upgrades) > 1 else "Upgrade"
embed.add_field(name=field_name,
value="\n".join(upgrades))
embed.title = f"{embed.title} {suffix}"
if quantity > 1:
embed.title = f"{quantity} {embed.title}"
return await message.channel.send(embed=embed, reference=reference, mention_author=False)
case "NPC text string":
# Currently disabled
return
case "Map link":
data = struct.unpack("<I", data[1:])
poi_id = data[0]
poi_doc = await self.db.pois.find_one({"_id": poi_id})
# continent_id = poi_doc["continent_id"]
# floor = poi_doc["floor"]
# x, y = [int(i) for i in poi_doc["coord"]]
# tile_url = TILESERVICE_BASE_URL + f"{continent_id}/{floor}/3/{x}/{y}.jpg"
# async with self.session.get(tile_url) as r:
# image = io.BytesIO(await r.read())
# image.seek(0)
# print(tile_url)
# file = discord.File(image, "tile.jpg")
# embed.set_image(url=f"attachment://{file.filename}")
# await message.channel.send(file=file)
# API SUCKS
# TODO More detail
poi_type = poi_doc["type"].title()
if poi_type == "Landmark":
poi_type = "Point of Interest"
emoji = self.get_emoji(message, poi_type)
embed.add_field(name=emoji + poi_type,
value=poi_doc.get("name", "Unnamed"))
return await message.channel.send(embed=embed, reference=reference, mention_author=False)
case "PvP Game":
# Can't do much here
return
case "Skill":
data = struct.unpack("<I", data[1:])
skill_id = data[0]
skill_doc = await self.db.skills.find_one({"_id": skill_id})
if not skill_doc:
return
new_embed = await self.skill_embed(skill_doc, message)
new_embed.set_footer(text=embed.footer.text,
icon_url=embed.footer.icon_url)
return await message.channel.send(embed=new_embed, reference=reference, mention_author=False)
case "Trait":
data = struct.unpack("<I", data[1:])
trait_id = data[0]
trait_doc = await self.db.traits.find_one({"_id": trait_id})
if not trait_doc:
return
new_embed = await self.skill_embed(trait_doc, message)
new_embed.set_footer(text=embed.footer.text,
icon_url=embed.footer.icon_url)
return await message.channel.send(embed=new_embed, reference=reference, mention_author=False)
case "User":
# Can't do much
return
case "Recipe":
data = struct.unpack("<I", data[1:])
recipe_id = data[0]
recipe_doc = await self.db.recipes.find_one({"_id": recipe_id})
if not recipe_doc:
return
output = await self.fetch_item(recipe_doc["output_item_id"])
if output:
count = recipe_doc["output_item_count"]
name = output["name"]
embed.title = f"Recipe: {count} {name}"
emojis = message.channel.permissions_for(me).external_emojis
disciplines = recipe_doc.get("disciplines", [])
if emojis:
value = []
for disc in disciplines:
value.append(self.get_emoji(message, disc))
value = "".join(value)
else:
value = "\n".join(disciplines)
if value:
embed.add_field(name="Crafting disciplines", value=value)
ingredients = recipe_doc.get("ingredients", [])
value = []
for ingredient in ingredients:
item_doc = await self.fetch_item(ingredient["item_id"])
if item_doc:
name = item_doc["name"]
count = ingredient["count"]
value.append(f"{count} {name}")
value = "\n".join(value)
if value:
embed.add_field(name="Ingredients", value=value)
return await message.channel.send(embed=embed, reference=reference, mention_author=False)
case "Wardrobe":
data = struct.unpack("<I", data[1:])
skin_id = data[0]
skin_doc = await self.db.skins.find_one({"_id": skin_id})
if not skin_doc:
return
embed.set_thumbnail(url=skin_doc["icon"])
embed.title = skin_doc["name"]
return await message.channel.send(embed=embed, reference=reference, mention_author=False)
case "Outfit":
data = struct.unpack("<I", data[1:])
outfit_id = data[0]
outfit_doc = await self.db.outfits.find_one({"_id": outfit_id})
if not outfit_doc:
return
embed.set_thumbnail(url=outfit_doc["icon"])
embed.title = outfit_doc["name"]
return await message.channel.send(embed=embed, reference=reference, mention_author=False)
case "WvW objective":
# TODO
return
case "Build template":
build = await Build.from_code(self, chatcode)
file = await build.render()
embed.color = build.profession.color
embed.set_thumbnail(url=build.profession.icon)
embed.set_image(url=f"attachment://{file.filename}")
return await message.channel.send(embed=embed, reference=reference, file=file, mention_author=False)
except Exception as e:
self.log.exception(exc_info=e)
pass
finally:
field_id = link_type.replace(" ", "_").lower()
await self.bot.database.db.statistics.gw2.update_one(
{"_id": "link_previews"}, {"$inc": {
field_id: 1
}}, upsert=True)
| {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaGithub'} | 34 |
Fan Food Drive sets record
Buffalo Bills fans of all ages gathered at Ralph Wilson Stadium before Sunday's game against the Seattle Seahawks to lend a helping hand to fellow members of the Buffalo community, donating a record $218,000 at the eleventh annual Fan Food Drive to benefit the Food Bank of Western New York.
Buffalo Jills cheerleaders, Student Leaders, Food Bank staff and Mary Wilson, wife of Bills owner Ralph Wilson and chairperson of the event, teamed with the Bills Women's Association to collect non-perishable food items and monetary donations at all RWS gates.
The record monetary donation was due in large part to a $100,000 donation made at the gate by an East Amherst couple who wished to remain anonymous. Ralph and Mary Wilson matched the record donation and Bills local partner Tops Friendly Markets matched the non-perishable food donations pound for pound.
Wilson described why the Fan Food Drive is so important to the Wilson family and the entire Western New York community.
"Because a lot of people work really hard and they struggle," Wilson said. "They work hard, they're very conscientious people and sometimes they just can't make it. And so the Food Bank is there. It's a very important institution in every community."
Bills fan Ed Reich, a Williamsville native, said he gives each year because he supports the cause of the Food Bank.
"I just believe that a lot of these things are very good," Reich said. "These organizations are good and people need them. Especially with the homeless and people who don't have food, they need them."
Wilson said the Food Drive allows her to meet fans from all walks of life. She said a particular fan who participated in a previous Food Drive left a lasting impression on her.
"A woman walked up to me with her 17 year old son," Wilson said. "She said I just wanted you to know that I was one of those people. When my son was four of five I had a hard time and I needed the Food Bank and the Food Bank was there for me. So obviously her life had turned around. At one point in her life, she needed help," she said.
Bills fan Mike DiFabio said he donated because it gives him a chance to help others as he counts his own blessings.
"I've got a good job," DiFabio said. "I've never known what it's like to not have enough to eat, to actually be hungry. No one should have to know that feeling." | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaCommonCrawl'} | 35 |
\section{Background and Notations}
A \textbf{population} is a set of \textbf{individuals} (a.k.a. things, entities or objects). The \textbf{population size} is a nonnegative integer indicating the cardinality of the population. A \textbf{logical variable} is written in lower case and is typed with a population. For a logical variable $x$, we let $\Delta_x$ and $|\Delta_x|$ represent the population associated with $x$ and its cardinality respectively. A lower case letter in bold represents a tuple of logical variables.
Constants, denoting individuals, are written starting with an upper-case letter.
A \textbf{term} is a logical variable or a constant.
A \textbf{parametrized random variable (PRV)} consists of a k-ary predicate $R$ and $k$ terms $t_i$ and is represented as $R(t_1,\dots, t_k)$.
If every $t_i$ is a constant, the PRV corresponds to a random variable. When k = 0, we omit the parentheses. A \textbf{grounding} of a PRV can be achieved by replacing each of the logical variables with one of the individuals in their domains.
A \textbf{literal} is an assignment of a value to a PRV. We represent $R(\dots)=True$ and $R(\dots)=False$ by $r(\dots)$ and $\neg r(\dots)$ respectively.
A \textbf{world} is a truth assignment to all groundings of all PRVs. A \textbf{formula} is made up of literals connected with logical connectives (conjunctions and disjunctions).
Following \citet{LRC2CPP}, we represent a \textbf{weighted formula (WF)} as a triple $\left\langle L,F,w \right\rangle$, where $L$ is a set of logical variables, $F$ is a formula whose logical variables are a subset of $L$, and $w$ is a real-valued weight.
For a given WF $\left\langle L,F,w \right\rangle$ and a world $\omega$, we let $\eta(L, F, \omega)$ represent the number of assignments of individuals to the logical variables in $L$ for which $F$ holds in $\omega$.
\subsection{Markov Logic Networks}
A \textbf{Markov Logic Network (MLN)} consists of a set $\psi$ of WFs. It induces the following probability distribution:
\begin{equation} \label{mln-eq}
Prob(\omega)=\frac{1}{Z}\prod_{\left\langle L,F,w \right\rangle \in \psi} \exp({\eta(L,F,\omega)} * w)
\end{equation}
where $\omega$ is a world and
\begin{equation}
Z= \sum_{\omega'} (\prod_{\left\langle L,F,w \right\rangle \in \psi} (\exp(\eta(L,F,\omega') * w))
\end{equation}
is the partition (normalization) function. In this paper, we focus on calculating the partition function as many inference queries on MLNs reduce to calculating the partition function. Following \citet{LRC2CPP}, we assume the formulae in WFs of MLNs are in conjunctive form.
\begin{example} \label{mln-example}
Consider an MLN over three PRVs $R(x, m)$, $S(x, m)$ and $T(x)$, where $\Delta_x=\{X_1,X_2,X_3,X_4,X_5\}$ and $\Delta_m=\{M_1,M_2\}$, with the following WFs:
\begin{center}
$\{ \left\langle \{x,m\}, r(x,m)\wedge s(x,m),1.2 \right\rangle$, $\left\langle \{x,m\}, s(x,m) \wedge t(x), 0.2 \right\rangle \}$
\end{center}
and a world $\omega$ in which $R(X_1,M_1)$, $S(X_1, M_1)$, $S(X_1, M_2)$ and $T(X_1)$ are $True$ and the other ground PRVs are $False$. Then $\eta(\{x,m\}, r(x,m)\wedge s(x,m), \omega)=1$ as there is only one assignment of individuals to $x$ and $m$ ($x=X_1$ and $m=M_1$) for which $r(x,m)\wedge s(x,m)$ holds in $\omega$ and $\eta(\{x,m\}, s(x,m)\wedge t(x), \omega)=2$. Therefore:
\begin{center}
$Pr(\omega) = \frac{1}{Z} (\exp(1 * 1.2) * \exp(2 * 0.2))$
\end{center}
\end{example}
An MLN can be conditioned on a PRV having no logical variables by replacing the PRV in all formulae of WFs with its observed value. Observations on individuals can be handled by a process called shattering.
\begin{example} \label{mln-obs}
Suppose for the MLN in Example~\ref{mln-example} we observe that $T(X_1)$ and $T(X_2)$ are $True$. Since we have more information about $X_1$ and $X_2$ compared to other individuals in $\Delta_x$, the individuals in $\Delta_x$ are no longer exchangeable. In order to handle this, we create two new logical variables $x_1$ and $x_2$ with $\Delta_{x_1}=\{X_1,X_2\}$ representing the individuals for which we have observed $T$ is $True$, and $\Delta_{x_2}=\{X_3, X_4, X_5\}$ representing the individuals for which we have not observed $T$. Then we create new WFs with our new logical variables as follows:
\begin{center}
$\{ \left\langle \{x_1,m\}, r(x_1,m)\wedge s(x_1,m),1.2 \right\rangle$, $\left\langle \{x_2,m\}, r(x_2,m)\wedge s(x_2,m),1.2 \right\rangle$, $\left\langle \{x_1,m\}, s(x_1,m) \wedge t(x_1), 0.2 \right\rangle$, $\left\langle \{x_2,m\}, s(x_2,m) \wedge t(x_2), 0.2 \right\rangle \}$
\end{center}
Then we replace $t(x_1)$ with $True$. For every logical variable $x$ in the above MLN, the individuals in $\Delta_x$ are now exchangeable. This process is called shattering. We assume our input MLNs have been shattered based on the observations and refer interested readers to \citep{De:2005} for the details.
\end{example}
An MLN can be also conditioned on some counts: the number of times a PRV with one logical variable is $True$ or $False$. For a PRV $T(x)$, we let $Obs(T(x), i)$ represent a count observation on $T(x)$ indicating $T$ is $True$ for exactly $i$ out of $|\Delta_x|$ individuals.
\begin{example}
Suppose for the MLN in Example~\ref{mln-example} we observe $Obs(T(x), 2)$. We create two new logical variables $x_1$ and $x_2$ representing the subset of $x$ having $T$ $True$ and $False$ respectively, with $|\Delta_{x_1}|=2$ and $|\Delta_{x_2}|=3$.\footnote{The domains can be assigned randomly due to the exchangeability of the individuals.} Then we create new WFs as in Example~\ref{mln-obs}, and replace $t(x_1)$ with $True$ and $t(x_2)$ with $False$.
\end{example}
\section{Search-based Lifted Inference Rules}
There are several rules that are used in search-based lifted inference algorithms. In this section, we describe some of these rules using examples.
\subsection{Lifted Decomposition}
\begin{example} \label{lifted-decomposition}
Consider the MLN in Example~\ref{mln-example}. On the relational level, all PRVs are connected to each other and we only have one connected component. On the grounding, however, for every individual $X_i \in \Delta_x$, we have the following WFs mentioning $X_i$:
\begin{center}
$\{ \left\langle \{\}, r(X_i,M_1)\wedge s(X_i,M_1),1.2 \right\rangle$, \\
$\left\langle \{\}, s(X_i,M_1) \wedge t(X_i), 0.2 \right\rangle$, \\
$\left\langle \{\} , r(X_i,M_2)\wedge s(X_i,M_2),1.2 \right\rangle$,\\
$\left\langle \{\}, s(X_i,M_2) \wedge t(X_i), 0.2 \right\rangle \}$
\end{center}
Notice that the WFs mentioning $X_i$ in the grounding are totally disconnected from the other WFs. Therefore, we have $|\Delta_x|$ connected components that are equivalent up to renaming of the $X_i$ individuals. In this case, $x$ is called a \emph{decomposer} of the network. Given the exchangeability of the individuals, the $Z$ of all these connected components are the same. Therefore, we compute the $Z$ for only one of these connected components, e.g., for an MLN with the following WFs, and raise it to the power of $|\Delta_x|$.
\begin{center}
$\{ \left\langle \{m\}, r(X_1,m)\wedge s(X_1,m),1.2 \right\rangle$, $\left\langle \{m\}, s(X_1,m) \wedge t(X_1), 0.2 \right\rangle \}$
\end{center}
In the above MLN, $x$ has been replaced by one of its individuals. We refer to this as decomposing the MLN on logical variable $x$. While in this example only one logical variable is the decomposer, note that in general a set of logical variables can be the decomposer of an MLN. We point interested readers to \citep{Poole:2011} for a detailed analysis of when a set of logical variables $\mathbf{x}$ is a decomposer of a network.
\end{example}
\subsection{Lifted Case Analysis}
\begin{example} \label{lifted-case-analysis}
Consider the resulting MLN in Example~\ref{lifted-decomposition} after being decomposed on $x$. We can find the partition function for this MLN by a case analysis on the values of a PRV. Suppose we do a case analysis on $S(X_1,m)$. Given that $S(X_1,m)$ represents $|\Delta_m|$ random variables in the grounding, one may think $2^{|\Delta_m|}$ cases must be considered: one for each assignment of values to the random variables. However, the individuals are exchangeable, i.e. we only care about the number of times $S(X_1,m)$ is $True$, not about the individuals that make it $True$. Thus, we only consider $|\Delta_m|+1$ cases with the $i$th case being the case where for $i$ out of $|\Delta_m|$ individuals $S(X_1,m)$ is $True$. We also multiply the $i$th case to $\binom{|\Delta_m|}{i}$ to take into account the number of different assignments to the individuals in $\Delta_m$ for which $S(X_1,m)$ is exactly $i$ times $True$. The case analysis for this PRV will then be: \\
$Z(M)=\sum_{i=0}^{|\Delta_m|} \binom{|\Delta_m|}{i} Z(M | Obs(S(X_1,m), i))$ \\
where $M | Obs(S(X_1, m), i)$ has the following WFs:
\begin{center}
$\{ \left\langle \{m_1\}, True \wedge r(X_1,m_1),1.2 \right\rangle$, \\
$\left\langle \{m_2\}, False \wedge r(X_1,m_2),1.2 \right\rangle$, \\
$\left\langle \{m_1\}, True \wedge t(X_1), 0.2 \right\rangle$, \\
$\left\langle \{m_2\}, False \wedge t(X_1),0.2 \right\rangle \}$
\end{center}
\end{example}
\subsection{Removing False Formulae}
\begin{example} \label{remove-false-formulae}
Consider the resulting MLN in Example~\ref{lifted-case-analysis} after the case analysis on $S(X_1, m)$. The formulae of the second and the fourth WFs are equivalent to $False$ and can be removed from the MLN. However, removing these WFs causes the random variables in $R(X_1, m_2)$ to be totally eliminated from the MLN. To address the effect of these variables, we calculate the $Z$ of the MLN having only the first and third WFs and multiply it by $2^{|\Delta_{m_2}|}$, i.e. the number of possible assignments to the $|\Delta_{m_2}|$ random variables in $R(X_1, m_2)$.
\end{example}
\subsection{Decomposition}
\begin{example} \label{disconnected-components}
Consider the resulting MLN in Example~\ref{remove-false-formulae} after removing the WFs whose formulae are equivalent to $False$. The resulting MLN has two WFs each mentioning different PRVs, i.e. the two WFs are disconnected. In this case, we can find the $Z$ of the first and second formulae (more generally: first and second connected components) separately and return the product.
\end{example}
\subsection{Case Analysis}
\begin{example} \label{case-analysis}
Consider the second connected component of the MLN in Example~\ref{disconnected-components}. The partition function of this MLN can be found by a case analysis on $T(X_1)$ as: $Z(M)=Z(M\mid T(X_1)=True)+Z(M\mid T(X_1)=False)$.
\end{example}
\subsection{Evaluating True Formulae}
\begin{example} \label{evaluating-true-formulae}
Consider the MLN in Example~\ref{case-analysis} conditioned on $T(X_1)=True$. This MLN has one WF:
\begin{center}
$\{ \left\langle \{m_2\}, True,1.2 \right\rangle \}$
\end{center}
Since the formula of the WF is equivalent to True, we can evaluate this WF as $\exp(1.2 * |\Delta_{m_2}|)$.
\end{example}
\subsection{Caching}
The above rules each generate new MLNs, find their partition functions, combine and return the results. As we apply the above rules, we keep the partition functions of the generated MLNs in a cache so we can potentially use them in future when the partition function of the same MLN is required.
\section{Lifted Inference by Compiling into a Low-Level Program}
We explain \citet{LRC2CPP}'s LRC2CPP algorithm for compiling an MLN into a C++ program using an example. LRC2CPP is a recursive algorithm which takes as input an MLN $M$ and a variable name $vname$, and outputs a C++ code which computes $Z(M)$ and stores it in a variable called $vname$.
\begin{example}
Consider compiling the MLN $\mathbb{MLN}_1$ in Example~\ref{mln-example} to a C++ program by following LRC2CPP.
Initially, LRC2CPP calls $LRC2CPP(\mathbb{MLN}_1,$\texttt{"}$v1$\texttt{"}$)$.
As explained in Example~\ref{lifted-decomposition}, $x$ is a decomposer of $\mathbb{MLN}_1$. Let $\mathbb{MLN}_2$ denote $decompose(\mathbb{MLN}_1,x)$ (i.e. the resulting MLN in Example~\ref{lifted-decomposition} after decomposition). LRC2CPP generates the following C++ program: \\
\indent \indent $Code$ $for$ $LRC2CPP(\mathbb{MLN}_2,$\texttt{"}$v2$\texttt{"}$)$ \\
\indent \indent $v1=pow(v2, 5);$\\
where $5$ represents $|\Delta_x|$. For $LRC2CPP(\mathbb{MLN}_2,$\texttt{"}$v2$\texttt{"}$)$, suppose we choose to do a case analysis on $S(X_1,m)$ as in Example~\ref{lifted-case-analysis}. Assuming $\mathbb{MLN}_3$ represents $\mathbb{MLN}_2$ conditioned on $Obs(S(X_1, m), i)$, LRC2CPP generates a \emph{for loop} as follows:\\
\indent \indent $v2 = 0;$ \\
\indent \indent $for(int$ $i=0;$ $i <= 2;$ $i$++$)\{$\\
\indent \indent \indent $Code$ $for$ $LRC2CPP(\mathbb{MLN}_3,$\texttt{"}$v3$\texttt{"}$)$ \\
\indent \indent \indent $v2$ += $Choose(2, i) * v3;$ \\
\indent \indent $\}$ \\
where $2$ represents $|\Delta_m|$, and $Choose(2,i)$ computes $\binom{2}{i}$. $\mathbb{MLN}_3$ has the WFs in the resulting MLN of Example~\ref{lifted-case-analysis}.
The formulae of the second and fourth WFs are $False$ and will be removed from $\mathbb{MLN}_3$. However, as explained in Example~\ref{remove-false-formulae}, after removing these two WFs, $R(X_1,m_2)$ will be totally eliminated. Assuming $\mathbb{MLN}_4$ represents $\mathbb{MLN}_3$ after removing its second and fourth WFs, LRC2CPP generates:\\
\indent \indent $Code$ $for$ $LRC2CPP(\mathbb{MLN}_4, $\texttt{"}$v4$\texttt{"}$)$\\
\indent \indent $v3 = pow(2, 2-i) * v4;$\\
where $2-i$ refers to the number of ground variables in $R(X_1, m_2)$ (i.e. $|\Delta_{m_2}|$).
$\mathbb{MLN}_4$ is disconnected as explained in Example~\ref{disconnected-components}. Let $\mathbb{MLN}_{41}$ and $\mathbb{MLN}_{42}$ represent the first and second connected components. LRC2CPP generates:\\
\indent \indent $Code$ $for$ $LRC2CPP(\mathbb{MLN}_{41},$\texttt{"}$v5$\texttt{"}$)$\\
\indent \indent $Code$ $for$ $LRC2CPP(\mathbb{MLN}_{42},$\texttt{"}$v6$\texttt{"}$)$\\
\indent \indent $v4 = v5 * v6;$\\
The first component requires a case analysis of a PRV with one logical variable which generates another for loop, and the second component requires a case analysis of a PRV with no logical variables. We can continue following LRC2CPP for these components and get the C++ program in Figure~\ref{cpp}(a).
\end{example}
\begin{figure}[t]
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[width=\columnwidth]{cpp2}
\end{center}
\caption{(a) The C++ program for the MLN in Example~\ref{mln-example}. The partition function ($Z$) is stored in $v1$. (b) The C++ program in part (a) after pruning.}
\label{cpp}
\end{figure}
\subsection{Optimizing C++ Programs}
Since the program obtained from LRC2CPP is generated automatically (not by a developer), a post-pruning step might seem required to reduce the size of the program. For instance, one can remove lines 11 and 12 of the program in Figure~\ref{cpp}(a) and replace line 13 with \texttt{"}$v6 = v9 + 1;$\texttt{"}. The same can be done for lines 5 and 9. One may also notice that some variables are set to some values and are then being used only once. For example in the program of Figure~\ref{cpp}(a), $v7$ and $v9$ are two such variables. The program can be pruned by removing these lines and replacing them with their values whenever they are being used. One can obtain the program in Figure~\ref{cpp}(b) by pruning the program in Figure~\ref{cpp}(a). Pruning can potentially save time and memory at run-time, but the pruning itself may be time-consuming.
\citet{LRC2CPP} use available optimization packages for C++ programs which optimize the code at compile time. In particular, they use the $-O3$ flag at compile time to optimize their generated programs before running them.
\section{Experiments and Results}
\citet{LRC2CPP} compared their end-to-end running times to those of WFOMC \citep{Van:2011} and \emph{probabilistic theorem proving (PTP)} \citep{PTP} on six benchmarks. By varying the population sizes of the logical variables for these benchmarks, they showed that LRC2CPP beats these two approaches for most population sizes, especially when the population sizes are large. WFOMC was the closest rival of LRC2CPP. A question which remained unanswered in \citet{LRC2CPP}'s experiments was to whether LRC2CPP outperforms WFOMC because the compilation to a target circuit is faster in LRC2CPP, or because reasoning with the target circuit generated by LRC2CPP is more efficient than that of WFOMC.
In order to address the above question, we measured the time spent by LRC2CPP and WFOMC on each of the reasoning steps for three networks: 1- the network used in Figure~1(f) of \citep{LRC2CPP}, 2- a network with only one WF $A(x)\wedge B(x) \wedge C(x,m) \wedge D(m) \wedge E(m) \wedge F$, and 3- another network with only with WF $A(x)\wedge B(x) \wedge C(x) \wedge D(x,m) \wedge E(m) \wedge F(m) \wedge G(m) \wedge H$. For LRC2CPP, we used the MinNestedLoops heuristic \citep{LRC2CPP} to select the (lifted) case analysis order of PRVs. MinNestedLoops starts with the order obtained from MinTableSize \citep{Kazemi:2014a} and tries to improve it in terms of the \emph{maximum number of nested loops} it produces in the C++ program using stochastic local search.
All experiments were conducted on a 2.8GH core with 4GB RAM under MacOSX. Unless stated otherwise, the C++ programs of LRC2CPP were compiled using \texttt{g++} compiler.
For the three networks, it takes LRC2CPP 0.173, 0.029, and 0.138 seconds and it takes WFOMC 0.768, 0.373, and 0.512 seconds respectively to generate their target circuits. Figure~\ref{compare-steps-fig}(a),~(b) represent the time spent by LRC2CPP and WFOMC for reasoning with their circuits\footnote{Reasoning with LRC2CPP programs are considered as the time spent on compiling the C++ codes plus the run time.} for the first and second networks when the population of the logical variables varies at the same time (WFOMC could not solve the third circuit for population sizes $\geq 500$, so we did not include the run-time diagram for the third network).
\begin{figure*}[t]
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[width=0.85\textwidth]{CompareSteps}
\end{center}
\caption{The amount of time spent for reasoning with the target circuit in LRC2CPP and WFOMC on two benchmarks and for different population sizes.}
\label{compare-steps-fig}
\end{figure*}
\begin{figure*}
\begin{center}
\includegraphics[width=\textwidth]{CompileEffect}
\end{center}
\caption{The amount of time spent for reasoning with the programs generated by LRC2CPP when the program is interpreted, compiled, or compiled and optimized as well as the amount of time spent for reasoning with WFOMC's target circuit on three benchmarks and for different population sizes (WFOMC failed to produce an answer in less than $1000s$ for the third network when the population size was $500$ or higher, so we did not include it in the diagram).}
\label{compile-effect}
\end{figure*}
Obtained results represent that the compilation part takes almost the same amount of time in both LRC2CPP and WFOMC. For small population sizes, reasoning with WFOMC's circuit is more efficient because LRC2CPP's circuit needs a program compilation step. However, as the population size grows, the program compilation time becomes negligible and reasoning with the programs generated by LRC2CPP becomes much faster than reasoning with the data structures generated by WFOMC. As an example, it can be seen from the diagrams that reasoning with LRC2CPP's program offers about $163x$ speedup compared to WFOMC's data structure for the first network when the population sizes are $5000$. It is also interesting to note that the slope of the diagrams are the same, meaning reasoning with both circuits has the same time complexity.
Our first experiment indicates that the speedup in LRC2CPP is mostly due to the reasoning step. The next question to be answered is why reasoning with LRC2CPP's programs is more efficient than reasoning with WFOMC's data structures. \citet{LRC2CPP} hypothesized that the speedup is due to the fact that LRC2CPP's programs can be compiled and optimized, while reasoning with WFOMC's data structures requires an interpreter: a virtual machine that executes the data structure node-by-node. Validating this hypothesis by comparing the runtimes of LRC2CPP and WFOMC softwares is not sensible as there might be several implementation or other differences (e.g., case analysis order) between the two softwares.
In order to test \citet{LRC2CPP}'s hypothesis in an implementation-independent way, we used LRC2CPP to generate programs for the three networks in our previous experiment. For the reasoning step, we ran the programs in three different ways: 1- compiling and optimizing the programs using $-O3$ flag, 2- compiling without optimizing the programs, and 3- running the programs using Ch 7.5.3 which is an interpreter for C++ programs\footnote{Note that C++ interpreters are mostly used for teaching purposes and may not be highly optimized.}. Obtained results can be viewed in Figure~\ref{compile-effect}. We also included the run time of WFOMC in the first two diagrams (as explained before, WFOMC failed on the third network for population sizes of $500$ or more). It can be viewed that interpreting the C++ programs produces similar run times as working with WFOMC's data structures. The diagram for WFOMC is slightly below the diagram for interpreting the C++ program. One reason can be the non-optimality of the interpreter used for interpreting the C++ programs. It is interesting to note that by interpreting the C++ programs for small population sizes, and compiling and optimizing them for larger population sizes, in our benchmarks LRC2CPP's programs are always more efficient than the WFOMC's data structures.
In order to compare the speedup caused by compilation (instead of interpreting) with the speedup caused by optimization, we measured the percentage of speedup caused by each of them for our three benchmarks (we only considered the cases where both of them contributed to the speedup). We found that on average, 99.7\% of the speedup is caused by compilation, and only 0.3\% of it is caused by optimization. For the largest population where interpreting produced an answer in less than $1000s$, we found that compilation offers an average of \emph{175x} speedup compared to interpretation. Furthermore, for the largest population where compilation produced an answer, we found that optimization offers an average of \emph{2.3x} speedup compared to running the code without optimizing it.
\section{Conclusion}
Compiling relational models into low-level programs for lifted probabilistic inference is a promising approach and offers huge speedups compared to the other approaches. In this paper, we conducted two experiments to explore the reasons behind the efficiency of this approach. In our first experiment, we compared compiling to low-level programs vs. WFOMC (which compiles into data structures) regarding the amount of time spent on different steps of the reasoning process. Our results indicated that the compilation step takes almost the same time in both approaches and almost all the speedup comes from reasoning with a low-level program instead of a data structure. In our second experiment, we explored why reasoning with a low-level program is more efficient than reasoning with a data structure. We designed an implementation-independent experiment using which we tested and validated \citet{LRC2CPP}'s hypothesis stating that low-level programs can be \emph{compiled} and \emph{optimized}, while reasoning with a data structure requires a virtual machine to \emph{interpret} the computations, and compilers are known to be faster than interpreters.
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Will downturn in energy-dependent states expand to affect the rest of the U.S.?
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Are you searching for a job? Or already working but need some advice on childcare or employment rights? This section offers a wide variety of news, views, guides and stories about subjects including returning to work, flexible working, maternity & parental leave, childcare, career advice and employment rights.
Job searching is an intense process where you can experience a wide range of feelings, from frustration to excitement, and disappointment or hope.
Bt creating a clear structure will make you feel like you have some control, keeps your motivation up and helps you maintain a positive mindset. Don't constantly check the job boards throughout the day.
Do this at a set time each day as part of your routine. By adopting a job searching routine this will help you recognise your small wins each day. So knowing you are able to accomplish the goals you set for yourself contributes to achieving a healthier mindset.
The more organised you are the less overwhelmed you will feel. Break each task down into small sections so it is a less daunting prospect. Write down everything you apply for so you have all the details to hand should you receive a phone call or email from the employer.
It can be tempting to arrange as many interviews as possible but pace yourself or you will burn out. If you have an interview one day make sure the following day you take it easy. Catch up with your emails and make a plan for the next day.
If you are feeling a bit low make sure you surround yourself with positive friends and family. Don't bottle up your feelings as this can trigger more stress that will continue to bring you down.
Try and work out what your emotional triggers are. If you do get emotional these triggers can lower your levels of motivation and jeopardise how your job search or how you perform at your next interview.
What do the pension auto-enrolment changes mean for women?
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This Log Pub makes a great addition to any bar/game room with a rustic, western or lodge theme room. Every log pub stool is made of 3 inch diameter logs and joined together with a mortise and tenon joint which is glued together for maximum strength. The seat of the log pub stool is made of solid Ponderosa pine that is a full two inches thick. Every log pub stool is finished with a catalyzed lacquer for maximum protection. It is available in 2 stain options either a clear lacquer, or a honey pine stain. | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaC4'} | 39 |
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Where's the Clermont Northeastern bus? The answer is on your phone
Dick Maloney
By Dick Maloney
Parents of Clermont Northeastern School District students may not know how many school buses traverse county roads each day, or how many miles they travel, or the unexpected obstacles they may encounter along the way. They care only about the bus that transports their child.
When students return after winter break, that information will be easier to access through the Petermann Bus Tracker app. Preschool Director Wayne Johnson and Petermann Bus representative Sharon Stark talk about the app:
What does the app do?
It tracks the buses that run 19 CNE routes (15 regular routes and four special transportation routes), so parents and administrators can check and see where the buses are "in real time." Technology limitations may cause brief delays (15 seconds to two minutes, but in most cases, locations will be accurate within eight to 25 seconds.
"If you're sitting at home with your kid in the morning, and it's raining, you can go on the app and see where the bus is, so you can send the kid out as the bus as the bus comes up the road," Johnson said.
If after-school buses are running late, and parents are not able to meet their children, they can check the map and arrange to pick them up at another stop.
"Let's say the bus is running late, or the parent is running late, they can get on the app and locate where the bus is at to see how close it is to home or to see where the bus is at and they call us and tell us where they want to meet the bus, which that happens more than the other. The parent that is late getting home is probably the one that's going to use it the most," Stark said.
It tracks buses, not students
Parents enter their student ID number, which matches with the bus route lists. If Petermann sends a substitute bus on a route, there may be a delay updating the app. Families with more than one children who ride buses can track each bus.
Can families of private and parochial students use the app?
Yes – if the school shares the student's ID number with Petermann. CNE transports to three such elementary schools – two in Milford and one in Owensville. They do not run buses to any other high schools.
Petermann uses a program called Versatrans to map its routes. The district stretches 84 square miles, from the just east of I-275 at Milford Parkway to the village of Marathon to the east, and from the flag pole at the old Ford plant in Batavia to the south to Route 727, near Stonelick Lake.
"They put all of the addresses in and Versatrans sets it up and times the route out. It's really interesting to see the printout comes out and says 'We're going to be at this house at 6:42 and this house at 6:45,'" Johnson said.
Will the app track field trips and other extracurricular buses?
Not right away, since those routes are not built into the Versatrans system.
"We're trying to come up with something for the administrators, let's say they have a field trip out and they want to know where that bus is, we're trying to come up with something for them to use because a lot of parents have to wait on the bus to get there from the field trip," Stark said.
How much does the program cost the district?
Nothing, according to Johnson. CNE has been contracting with Petermann (formerly Settle Bus Service and recently acquired by National Express) for about 20 years. Each Petermann bus has a GPS and at least two cameras with monitors.
"It's just a service to our parents, plus the administrators," Johnson said.
What other features are available?
School administrators can access a map that displays the location of all buses in real time, and also shows where each one has been.
"Petermann also has a thing called Zonar, which is really interesting, because they can pull that bus, pull any bus up and they know exactly where it is, but then they can go back and see where it stopped, and so if a parent calls and says 'The bus went by my house,' they can go back and look and say 'No, the bus stopped at your house at 6:33,' and some times people aren't up and they miss the bus. They have some ways of tracking, GPS is kind of great. They can see how fast the bus is going. All of those things," Johnson said.
Parents with questions can also send emails through the app, according to Stark.
Do parents have to use the app?
No, participation is voluntary.
What is the app's official name and where is it available?
Petermann Bus Tracker is available from the Apple App Store and Google Play.
Can you the app if you don't have a cell phone?
Yes. A version is available for desktop computers.
Contact support@petermannbustracker.com.
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Take a walk to our scenic lookout or take a contemplative walk in our meditation labyrinth.
Spend time recharging in nature and natural forest.
Visit our boutique and store which sells yoga books, CDs, snacks, yoga clothing, and yoga accessories.
This well-balanced program integrates the 5 points of yoga in daily life, bringing participants in tune with the rhythms of nature and of our body. By following the daily schedule we tap into our natural resources of energy, joy, and health. Visit yourself and experience the complete benefits of yoga life.
Your newly learned and practiced yoga and meditation skills can help to improve your physical and mental health for a long time to come.
For further experience, we offer many foundational yoga courses and events all year round in addition to the basic yoga vacation program. These programs include special courses, festivals, concerts and symposiums, available for an extra tuition cost. Please check our calendar to see the monthly events.
The Yoga Resort and Training Center is an inspiring community where people from all walks of life come together to practice yoga All have different skills to offer and work together with love and dedication to build up a rich, heartfelt environment.
In order to feel a part of this dynamic community, we offer to guests the opportunity to assist in some daily tasks for 1 hour a day. The guests are invited to help cleaning, gardening, kitchen, in the beautification of buildings and the general upkeep.
Karma Yoga (selfless service) is an integral part of the richness of your yoga vacation. Karma yoga opens the heart and removes the feeling of isolation that comes from the ego. It is a practical path of yoga to find connection.
The residential program is a one month full immersion inYoga life. The integrated practice of yoga is the most important thing one can do for our health and well-being. You will live in the Resort during the program, participating in all programs and classes. Experience the Yogic lifestyle through a daily schedule of meditation, physical exercise, devotional practices, philosophical study and selfless service. Karma Yoga service will be for one hour per day.
The Nature, the Prana (Energy), the Staff and the Knowledge available here cannot be described in words as words have too little power to convey the whole. This is where one has to come and to experience to believe that such a great place does actually exist.
I went to the Sivananda Ashram in Dalat with the intention to cement my meditation practice. What I got was a lot more. With the help from the staff I discovered an inclination for selfless service and attained tools to be affirmative with my mind. I learned about how the mind works, how I work and got deeper into my yoga practice. After a week, I decided to go back. The food is delicious, the space is amazing, the people are amazing.
Peaceful and beautiful place, with real yogi life My experience was fantastic. I was able to learn a lot about theory, meditation and Asana practice. People were very kind, helpful and keen to share knowledge. The training center is located in a gorgeous area in the mountains of Da Lat. The food was also great. I can't wait to come back and my daily life has changed with the new things I learnt there.
The Sivananda Yoga Resort and Training Center team welcomes you whether you are new to yoga or new to the Sivananda Tradition. Our staff are graduates of the Sivananda Yoga Teacher Training Course and besides teaching yoga they participate in every aspect of the running of the community. | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaC4'} | 41 |
Using social media is one of the most widespread pastimes of our times. As a means of expanding your friendship circle and touching base with school or college buddies, sites like Facebook are hugely popular. Social networks can also be utilized as a method of connecting with individuals who might become more than just friends. But here are six reasons why online dating is by far the better method of pursuing a romance.
In the past, there have been Facebook stories of people reaching out to 'old flames,' striking up conversations, the upshot of which has been the old flame replacing their current flame!
But in terms of online dating, dedicated matchmaking sites provide an infinitely more secure and flexible environment for connecting with any flames. There is also far more flexibility in terms of who you wish to reach out to in the first place. There's something a bit sentimental about rekindling ancient love affairs or being smitten with a particular individual you've come across among you own or a friend's limited social circles. A dating site will offer you access to hundreds upon hundreds of profiles of attractive potential partners for you to browse through.
Facebook is aimed at users who share musical tastes, favorite sports teams, or any number of common interests. A friendship circle can use this platform as a means of keeping in touch, commenting about posts, sharing items, joining groups, or whatever. If you have a love interest among this circle, you need to be very subtle about making a move. Individuals have different privacy settings, so you need to make sure your messages are going to remain one-on-one and not one-on-entire group.
Twitter can certainly allow friends to interact, and it's also a way for people to leave a digital footprint on the wider world, 'tweeting' about everything from political issues to the latest episode of their favorite comedy show. But this instantaneous medium relies on very limited character counts which are scarcely ideal for pouring your heart out to someone. You can send direct messages, but only to followers.
Dating sites do what they say on the tin. They match their members using algorithms that ensure site visitors are only offered compatible partners. They are also highly specialized, allowing users to sign up to specific sites depending on their ultimate aim, whether that's casual romance or a long-term relationship, lesbian dating chat or connecting with someone who shares your passions for a particular pastime.
Facebook allows you to see what occupies people's time. If you like someone, you can watch the videos they post or gain a sense of their personality by checking out their family and the people they connect with. But this can be a tad voyeuristic. Again, your options for letting them know how you feel are restricted to liking a post or adding a comment. If you don't know them and send a friend request, what if they don't acknowledge it?
With dating sites you can get to know someone over a period of time, courting them with a series of messages. The discreet chat room environment is perfect for encouraging you to flirt and gradually build up a sense of chemistry.
People use social media for all sorts of reasons, but they mainly join dating sites to get acquainted with other singles. Because you know this from the outset, your entire communication can be framed against this romantic backdrop. Your quest for a loving partner can be exclusive and private. | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaC4'} | 42 |
You're probably interested in modern prefab if you're reading this site. So make sure to grab a copy of the December/January 2013 publication of Dwell. Entitled "Prefab Comes Home," the magazine includes about 60 pages of prefab coverage for the enthusiast. The cover features a "ready-made home" designed by Jens Risom in the late 1960s on Block Island, Rhode Island. I enjoyed seeing the finished prototype by Simpatico Homes.
HMK Prefab Homes, in conjunction with Sustain Design Studios, debuted a new miniHome design called the CaliMini Solo 1 at the recent Dwell on Design conference in Los Angeles. The pictures and exterior staging don't appear to do justice to the ever-popular miniHome, but the below video of the Solo provides a better impression, I think. This design, unlike the chassis-based designs we've seen from Sustain, is built to the modular code and includes a 616-square-foot interior, 140-square-foot loft, and a 140-square-foot deck. | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaC4'} | 43 |
JEDDAH – Passengers traveling from the South Terminal of King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah have said the long and patient wait in the jam-packed airport lounges to board the flights is exhausting them.
Okaz/Saudi Gazette met with the airport's Director General Essam Fuad Anwar to find out the reasons of the flight delays and the subsequent crowding of the airport lounges. He said there were actually no delays, but the large Umrah traffic around this time of the year was the reason for the crowding at the airport.
"This time every year, the lounges get overcrowded with Umrah performers because it is the peak season when the number of visitors increases and the number of flights from and to KAIA rises dramatically. The airport management is making all efforts to improve the level of services and provide passengers with all possible facilities to ensure their comfort and safety. More airport officers and equipment are placed at the arrival and departure lounges to expedite the processing of travel documents," he explained.
The airport management and government authorities work together to finalize the formalities as quickly as possible to clear the crowds of passengers waiting in the lounges, he said.
According to Anwar, the airport is currently operating flights three times its capacity. On Tuesday morning alone, 113 flights took off from KAIA carrying around 20,000 passengers, he said, adding that the total number of passengers handled by all KAIA terminals reached 100,000 a day. | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaC4'} | 44 |
Q: Issue with paged list in MVC 3 I've got class named PagedList which looks like this:
public class PagedList<T> : List<T>
{
public int PageIndex { get; private set; }
public int PageSize { get; private set; }
public int TotalCount { get; private set; }
public int TotalPages { get; private set; }
public bool HasPrevious
{
get
{
return (this.PageIndex > 0);
}
}
public bool HasNext
{
get
{
return (this.PageIndex + 1 < this.TotalPages);
}
}
public PagedList(IEnumerable<T> source, int pageIndex, int pageSize)
{
this.PageIndex = pageIndex;
this.PageSize = pageSize;
this.TotalCount = source.Count();
this.TotalPages = (int)Math.Ceiling(TotalCount / (double)PageSize);
this.AddRange(source.Skip(this.PageIndex * this.PageSize).Take(this.PageSize));
}
}
In my Customers controller I use it like so:
public ActionResult Index(int? page)
{
IRepository<UserInfo> profile = ObjectFactory.GetInstance<IRepository<UserInfo>>();
const int pageSize = 25;
IQueryable<UserInfo> profiles = profile.GetAll().OrderBy(x => x.LastName).AsQueryable<UserInfo>();
var pagedCustomers = new PagedList<UserInfo>(profiles, page ?? 0, pageSize);
return View(pagedCustomers);
}
And finally in my Index.cshtml file I set up my Model like so:
@model System.Web.Mvc.ViewPage<PagedList<Clusteris.Data.UserInfo>>
And When I go Model. it's a huge list, nothing to do with the PagedList I created in the Customers controller.
Anyone got any ideas on what I'm doing wrong?
UPDATE:
Screenshot:
A: Your model class right now is System.Web.Mvc.ViewPage<PagedList<Clusteris.Data.UserInfo>> as opposed to PagedList<Clusteris.Data.UserInfo> - this is likely why you are seeing all of this strange data on your model.
System.Web.Mvc.ViewPage is a component used to render models and shouldn't be the model itself. Change your model type to just PagedList<Clusteris.Data.UserInfo> and it should work.
A: PagedList is enumerable. To access individual UserInfo object use @foreach(var userInfo in Model)
Someone else mentioned about the use of IQueryable. It's a good practice to use ToArray() or ToList() at boundaries. Your repository is a boundary, so I would consider moving the paging logic to it and make it return either the PagedList object or the data necessary to construct one.
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Atlantipedia
An A-Z Guide To The Search For Plato's Atlantis
Joining The Dots
I have now published my new book, Joining The Dots, which offers a fresh look at the Atlantis mystery. I have addressed the critical questions of when, where and who, using Plato's own words, tempered with some critical thinking and a modicum of common sense.Read More »
Panchaea
Bronze Age Collapse
Velikovsky, Immanuel
Caucasus Mountains
Deucalion, Flood of
Mather, Cotton
Castellani, Vittorio
Tollmann, Alexander
Pillars of Herakles
Ralbadisole, E. B.
Saturn Theory
Ark of the Covenant, The
Moore, Tom T.
Tom T. Moore is an American self-help author and self-declared telepath, who has written on a variety of subjects including Atlantis and Lemuria(a). He conventionally places Atlantis in the Atlantic Ocean and Lemuria in the Pacific. According to Moore, Atlantis was destroyed by a natural disaster 31,000 years ago and again 12,500 years ago as a result of a war!
Lemuria was larger than Australia and was formerly connected to Japan and for thousands of years was an idyllic place with its inhabitants vacationing in Hawaii!
However, Lemuria, also known as Mu, destroyed itself in an atomic war 7,500 years ago.
This 'male cow effluent', is expanded on in his Atlantis & Lemuria: The Lost Continents Revealed [1556].
(a) Atlantis & Lemuria—Latitudes & Longitudes | Ancient Code (archive.org)*
Tagged Atlantis, atomic war, Australia, Hawaii, Japan, Lemuria, Mu, Tom T. Moore
Schwamm, Daniel
Daniel Schwamm is a German commentator who has advocated the idea that a landmass between Europe and America in the Atlantic as the location of Atlantis(a) .
(a) https://www.daniel-schwamm.de/index.php?pg=texte/atlantis.htm
Tagged Atlantic, Atlantis, Daniel Schwamm
Houvellique, M. L.
M.L. Houvellique is listed by Sprague de Camp[194.315] as a 20th geologist who advocated the Atlantic as the home of Atlantis. This entry has been copied by a number of Italian listings, but not further information is available. I suspect that deCamp has made some mistake here.
Tagged Atlantic, Atlantis, M.L. Houvellique, Sprague de Camp
Fisher, R.K. & Martini
R.K. & Martini Fisher are the authors of Time Maps[1372], in which they outline the chronology of human development. They touch briefly on the subject of Atlantis and concluded that if Plato's date of 9600 BC for its demise is correct, then Spartel Island would be the best candidate for its location.
Tagged Atlantis, Plato, R.K. & Martini Fisher, Spartel Island
Flambas, P.P.
P. Philip Flambas is the Australian author of Plato's Caribbean Atlantis[1368]. The self-explanatory title makes Dr. Flambas' objective clear. The book was published in Australia and is a hefty 932 pages and is also available as a Kindle ebook. The book is so enormous that a full critique would require another book.>He outlined his theories on the Ancient Origins website(b).<
In my opinion, the book has many flaws and is just a case of quantity masquerading as quality. One of my first gripes is that the author places Atlantis in the 10th millennium BC, a period during which there is NO archaeological evidence for any structured societies in either Egypt or Athens.
Even more ridiculous, is his suggestion that the Atlantean Empire was centred in the Caribbean and included what are now the U.S. states around the Gulf of Mexico, all of MesoAmerica and all the countries along the northern coast of South America. Then realising that Plato had also described Atlantean territory that included parts of Europe and North Africa, Flambas added them as well for good measure. Flambas accepts that the Atlantean territory included parts of Europe and North Africa but that, apparently unknown to Plato, the capital of this empire was in the Caribbean! I don't find that credible, but readers will have to decide for themselves.
Eleven millennia later, Europe could not keep control of its American colonies even with improved navigation, vessels and weaponry, so how did his Caribbean Atlantis manage the control its European territory?
Furthermore, Flambas is incorrect in saying that Plato noted that part of Atlantean territory extended as far as the Tyrrhenian Sea, in fact, he said that they controlled as far as Tyrrhenia (Timaeus 25b & Critias 114c), in other words they held part of southern Italy. Even without that, if parts of the Western Mediterranean had been occupied by Atlanteans from the Caribbean, it is hard to believe that some knowledge of the existence of the Americas was not well known throughout the whole Mediterranean region, sailors not being known as the most tight-lipped people. But Flambas claims that this knowledge was not available to Europeans until Columbus, eleven thousands years.
Flambas has a large section on empires and their development through the occupation of contiguous territory, which I fully agree with, yet he proposes that these ancient Atlanteans preferred to expand across the wild Atlantic to colonise the Mediterranean rather than the easier option of pushing either north into North America or south into the equally valuable South America with shorter supply lines. Expansion across the Atlantic makes no sense.
On a more positive note, as a layman, I think that Dr. Flambas has done creditable original work with his "Hydraulic Hypothesis" which relates to a modification of our view of Plate Tectonics. The extensive geological research carried out by him is admirable, but for me, his attempt to link it with Plato's story of Atlantis is just a speculation too far.
Finally, his book is well illustrated, but to produce a volume of this size without an index is unforgivable. I was also disappointed to find that much of Flambas' Chronology of Atlantis Theories was copied from this site, including errors, without any attribution!
>Flambas has also written on the debate surrounding the abrupt ending of Plato's Critias(a) . He concluded that "rather than Plato leaving the Critias unfinished, a more likely explanation for its abrupt ending is that it was once complete and the remainder was lost, as were thousands of other Ancient Greek literary works. That loss may also include the Hermocrates dialogue, which was possibly the first or final part of a trilogy, or yet another dialogue that would have created four related dialogues."
In a subsequent online discussion(a) about Flambas' paper, the most salient opposing comment came from Thorwald C.Franke who proposed that Critias was never finished and "the Hermocrates never written, since there are not any other testimonies from ancient authors. All the other dialogues have left traces in ancient literature."
(a) (99+) Discussion: The Incomplete Critias.docx – Academia.edu
(b) https://www.ancient-origins.net/opinion-guest-authors/search-legendary-land-does-truth-plato-s-atlantis-rest-shifting-sea-floor-021228<
Tagged Athens, Atlantis, Caribbean, Egypt, North Africa, P.P. Flambas, Plate tectonics, Plato, Tyrrhenia
Red-Haired People
Red-Haired people constitute 1-2% of the human population and are today to be found most frequently in northern and western Europe with their greatest numbers in Scotland.
In the very distant past, red hair has been depicted in ancient Egypt, red-haired people have been featured in the mythologies of both the Americas, where many red-haired mummies have been found. 4,000-year-old red-haired Caucasian mummies have been found as far as western China, highlighted by Elizabeth Wayland Barber in The Mummies of Ürümchi[1350].
A website(d) dedicated to the subject of red hair has some strange stories to relate including the claim(e) that red hair is evidence of an Atlantean Diaspora!
Lara Lamberti, the French actress and author, has written a series of articles(a,b,c) in which she endeavours to link a red-haired race with Atlantis!
(a) https://www.messagetoeagle.com/the-red-haired-race-and-the-atlantean-connection/
(b) https://www.messagetoeagle.com/redhairedgiantsatlantis_part2.php#.WDVj_cto1ow
(c) https://www.messagetoeagle.com/redhairedgiantsatlantis_part3.php#.WDVisMto1ow
(d) https://www.themythsandhistoryofredhair.co.uk/index.html
(e) https://www.themythsandhistoryofredhair.co.uk/aliensatlantis.html
Tagged America, Atlantis, China, Egypt, Elizabeth Wayland Barber, Lara Lamberti, mummies, red hair, Scotland
Vergottis, Andreas
Andreas Vergottis (1961- ) was born in Greece, schooled in Athens, followed by further education in the UK at the LSE and City University Business School, London. He is currently head of research with a fund management company.
As an amateur archaeologist and student of Homer, he has now written a book with the intriguing objective of demonstrating that:
"Lost Atlantis = Homeric Ithaca = Sea Peoples centre = Kefalonia".
The book will be available in English and Greek and any publication developments will be posted here. In the meantime there is more information on his Facebook page.
Tagged Andreas Vergottis, Atlantis, Cephalonia, Homer, Ithaca, Sea Peoples
Luongo, Marilyn
Marilyn Luongo is a South African entrepreneur involved in social projects there(b). Her website has an unexpected section dealing with the history of the Middle East(a) of which the second half involves a review of Plato's Atlantis account. She attempts to link Mesopotamia with Atlantis, beginning with locating the 'Pillars of Heracles' at the Strait of Hormuz and then using the highly controversial interpretation of 'meizon' meaning 'between' rather than 'greater' she proceeds to argue that Mesopotamia is 'between' Asia and Libya and therefore is the home of Atlantis!
>(a) https://web.archive.org/web/20201025223607/https://www.middle-east.mavericsa.co.za/history.htm
(b) Founder's Page (archive.org)<
Tagged Asia, Atlantis, Libya, Marilyn Luongo, Meizon, Mesopotamia, Middle East, Pillars of Heracles, Plato, Strait of Hormuz
Countryman, Jack
Jack Countryman is the author of many books with Christian themes. He also wrote Atlantis and the Seven Stars[1312] in which he expressed qualified support for some of Ignatius Donnelly's theories,*although, he identifies Atlantis as the biblical Tarshish.
However, for me, his book is marred by his promotion of the idea of genetic manipulation by extraterrestrials from the Pleiades (the seven stars in the book title).*
Tagged Atlantis, extraterrestrials, Ignatius Donnelly, Jack Countryman, Pleiades, Tarshish
Baker, Alan
Alan Baker (1964- ) is an English author with a mixed output of both non-fiction as well as some fiction. His chief interest would appear to be historical mysteries, which led to the publication of The Enigmas of History[1306]. This book touches on a number of subjects covered on this site; Noah's Deluge,* Stonhenge, Amazons and, of course, Atlantis. He briefly discusses a few of the more popular theories; Bimini, Thera, and the Atlantic, but arrives at no firm conclusion, although he appears sympathetic to its existence. In his Destination Earth[1030] he delves into the disappearance of Percy Fawcett and the mysteries relating to South America.
Tagged Alan Baker, Amazons, Atlantic, Atlantis, Bimini, Deluge, Noah, Percy Fawcett, South America, Thera
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General - June 21, 2017
The MasterCard Foundation Appoints Three New Members to its Board of Directors
TORONTO, Canada, 21 June 2017 ,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/- The MasterCard Foundation today announced the appointment of three new members to its Board of Directors. They include Zein Abdalla, former President of PepsiCo, Inc.; Rt. Honorable Baroness Valerie Amos, Director of the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London and former Undersecretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator at the United Nations; and Jay Ireland, President and CEO, GE Africa.
"We are delighted that these outstanding global leaders are joining our Board of Directors," says Jim Leech, Chair, The MasterCard Foundation Board of Directors. "Our mission will be well served by the breadth and depth of their expertise, insights and experiences living and working in Africa."
"Africa is home to some of the world's fastest-growing economies. It is also the world's youngest continent," says Zein Abdalla. "I am thrilled to join the Board of Directors and excited about the Foundation's vision to create new opportunities for young Africans in the coming decade."
"Education is critical to development. I am delighted to join a Board which is committed to working to expand educational opportunities and financial inclusion in Africa, says Baroness Valerie Amos. "There is a lot of work to do to support the education and empowerment of the future leaders who will help to transform the lives of people on the continent."
"The MasterCard Foundation has benefitted more than 18 million people in Africa through its initiatives over the past decade," says Jay Ireland who is based in Nairobi, Kenya where he leads GE's multiple businesses across power generation, healthcare, oil and gas, transportation and aviation. "I am excited to advance its important work in its next decade."
The MasterCard Foundation Board of Directors currently includes:
* Jim Leech, C.M. is Chancellor of Queen's University and Senior Advisor with McKinsey and Company. He was formerly President and Chief Executive Officer of the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan
* Doug Baillie, Chief Human Resources Officer of Unilever
* Craig Calhoun, Director of the London School of Economics and Political Science
* Jendayi Frazer, Adjunct Senior Fellow for Africa Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations
* Festus Mogae, former President of the Republic of Botswana
* Don Morrison, former Chief Operating Officer of Research in Motion
* Hutham Olayan, Principal and Director of The Olayan Group
Distributed by African Media Agency (AMA) on behalf of The MasterCard Foundation.
About The MasterCard Foundation
The MasterCard Foundation works with visionary organizations to provide greater access to education, skills training and financial services for people living in poverty, primarily in Africa. As one of the largest private foundations, its work is guided by its mission to advance learning and promote financial inclusion to create an inclusive and equitable world. Based in Toronto, Canada, its independence was established by Mastercard when the Foundation was created in 2006.
For more information and to sign up for the Foundation's newsletter, please visit www.mastercardfdn.org.
Follow the Foundation at @MastercardFdn on Twitter.
Isabelle Bourgeault-Tassé
Manager, Media Relations
m: +1 647 535 3681
e: ibourgeault-tasse@mastercardfdn.org
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El Woking Football Club es un equipo de fútbol de Inglaterra que juega en la Conference National, la quinta liga de fútbol más importante del país.
Historia
Fue fundado en el año 1889 en la ciudad de Woking, Surrey. Siete años después se unieron a la West Surrey League, ganando el título una vez, pero 21 años después estuvieron a punto de desaparecer por problemas financieros, aunque se dieron a conocer en 1908 en un juego ante el Bolton Wanderers F.C. por la FA Cup en la primera ronda, partido que perdieron 0-5, aunque se mostraron bien, al punto en que el Bolton disputó un juego amistoso ante ellos en la temporada siguiente para recaudar fondos para salvar al equipo.
Rivalidades
Los principales rivales del Woking son el Stevenage y el Aldershot Town, donde a sus partidos llegan gran cantidad de aficionados, aunque recientemente han tenido rivalidades con el Farnborough y el Crawley Town.
Gerencia
Presidente: Mike Smith
Director Financiero: James Aughterson
Director de Operaciones: Peter Jordan
Directores: Geoff Chapple & Rosemary Johnson
Embajador del Club: Geoff Chapple
Jefe de Comunicaciones: David Taylor
Oficial de Seguridad: Chris Sexton
Publicista: Tim Griffiths
Palmarés
FA Trophy: 3
1994, 1995, 1997
FA Amateur Cup: 1
1958
Football Conference: 0
Sub-Campeón: 2
1994–95, 1995–96
Conference South: 1
2011–12
Isthmian League. 1
1991–92
Isthmian League Cup: 1
1991
Isthmian Charity Shield: 2
1992, 1993
Surrey Senior Cup: 11
1912–13, 1926–27, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1971–72, 1990–91, 1993–94, 1995–96, 1999–00, 2003–04, 2011–12
Conference League Cup: 1
2005
Vauxhall Championship Shield: 1
1995
Trevor Jones Memorial Trophy: 1
2011
Récords
Mayor venta: £150,000 por Kevin Betsy al Fulham en 1998
Mayor compra: £60,000 por Chris Sharpling del Crystal Palace en 2001
Mayor victoria: 17–3 vs. Farnham en la Surrey Charity Shield de 1913
Peor derrota: 0–16 vs. New Crusaders en la FA Cup de 1905
Jugadores
Plantilla y cuerpo técnico 2017/18
Referencias
Enlaces externos
Página oficial
Galería de Fotos
soccerway.com
Equipos de la Conference National
Equipos de fútbol fundados en 1889
Surrey
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Q: Skipping method visibility results in point-cutting all methods? In AspectJ, if you don't specify the method visibility, are all methods "considered"?
Example:
pointcut timed() : execution(@Timed !static * (@Metrics).*(..)) && this(object);
Are all methods (public, private etc.) advised here?
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Each year Tandanya Aboriginal Cultural Institute partner with other organisations including Kura Yerlo to present the Survival Day event on 26 January – a day of music, family-fun entertainment, presentations and workshops.
The theme this year is "Still Surviving, Still Thriving" and in promoting the event Tandanya says "Survival Day is a particularly important date as we gather to not only celebrate and commemorate the history of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, but to also acknowledge and strengthen the present and future of our great culture".
We speak to event organiser Narisha Cash about Survival Day 2016.
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There's nothing worse than having to choose between another bite of Mom's famous mashed potatoes and having to stealthily unbutton your pants or having to saying no thanks to your favorite food on this day of thanks just to keep your dignity (and button) intact. But don't despair! This is what I like to call an avoidable sartorial Sophie's choice. And no, I don't mean by putting down your fork. Fork that! How? Let's just say a certain silhouette lets a lady indulge in style.
BEHOLD: the babydoll, the shift, the swing, the sweater dress – fabulous, feast-friendly frocks that keep whatever's going on underneath a marvelous mystery. Because who needs a waistline when you can have another bite instead? | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaC4'} | 52 |
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to click a button twice quickly in succession, typically on a mouse. This is used to indicate that the region currently under the mouse pointer should respond in some way distinct from how it responds to a single click, usually…
Dvorak keyboard
The most common alternative to the standard QWERTY keyboard; the Dvorak keyboard assigns letters to keys so that typing is fast. Primary alphabetic keys are arranged in three rows as follows:
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Unfortunately,…
electronic ink
in pen-based computing systems, the untranslated scrawls a user makes on a screen, stored as a set of lines or points. Electronic ink may be stored as is, or translated into text or structured graphics for further editing, searching, etc.…
escape key
a key on the keyboard used to exit a mode. This can apply to moving upwards through a hierarchy of screens or stopping the execution of a program. Also used to break out of a command mode (where typing issues…
event handler
a central software routine for applications in graphical user interfaces that processes events as they arrive, primarily user input such as keystrokes and mouse clicks, but also system events such as time-based triggers. The events arrive in an event buffer.…
eye-tracking
a range of devices are capable of observing a person's pupil to determine the direction of their gaze.
Eye-tracking can be used for input, by directly controlling a pointer on the screen, or even for communicating the gaze direction to
fingertip controls
keys that are activated by touch, without having to actually press them down. These are common, for instance, on microwave ovens because they are easier to clean. They should not be used in all applications because they are easier to…
Fitts' Law
T = k log2(D/S + 0.5), k ~ 100 msec.
T = time to move the hand to a target
D = distance between hand and target
S = size of target
Fitts' Law is a model to…
flat screen display
or flat panel display (FPD); a screen that is very thin, potentially using a variety of different technologies, such as LCDs and gas-plasma displays. In contrast, because of the need to direct an electron beam across the whole display, CRTs…
in CRT displays, the screen is rapidly refreshed, generally 50-100 times per second. In between refreshes, phosphors dim, but the human eye will only perceive the average luminance provided that the refresh is frequent enough. Unfortunately, the periphery of our…
or "mole" (an underground "mouse"); an input device that is controlled by a person's foot, useful for entering boolean values (up or down) or values along a continuous range. Foot pedals are common in cars, pianos, and sewing machines. From…
force feedback
the application of physical force in response to user input. Used, for instance, in arcade games and car and plane simulators. A force feedback input device, such as a mouse or joystick, can provide redundant tactile feedback of what's on…
the speed that an animation or video is displayed, specifically: the number of frames (individual pictures making up the animation or video) that are displayed per unit time. For instance, televisions display 60 frames per second (also called the "refresh…
an input method commonly used in pen-based systems -or- a physical movement used in communication such as a hand motion or a facial expression.
1. input method – gestures are pen movements that can be recognized as various symbols…
graphical input device; a piece of hardware for pointing and selecting items on a graphical display, such as a mouse, joystick, tablet, or trackpad.
light that interferes with viewing a display, especially light reflected from the surface of the display. Glare can be reduced in several ways:
the display can be positioned to avoid glare, generally by placing it perpendicular to other light sources.
glass teletype
a term used for screen-based terminals (such as a vt100), emphasizing their similarity to a teletype and thus their relatively limited functionality.
an informal term for a monochrome computer monitor displaying a character interface (with green phosphor, though common equivalent monitors are amber or black-and-white). Commonly used to indicate that an outdated system is being referred to, especially legacy mainframe or DOS…
haptic interface
a user interface based on touch, using the movements of the user as input and the sense of touch as output (both tactile and kinesthetic feedback). Examples include force feedback joysticks and Braille screen readers.
head-mounted display
HMD; a computer monitor or other display (such as an LED readout) that can be worn on the head so that a user can view it without looking away from the surrounding environment and without having to hold the display,…
hot-swappable device
any hardware input or output device that can be plugged into a computer or removed from it while the computer is "hot", turned on and currently running software, so that the device can be detected and used by software and…
hue-saturation-value; a color model that specifies any given color based on its hue (the frequency of light, e.g. red-orange-yellow-green-blue-violet), saturation (amount of white versus pure color), and value (intensity or brightness). Formally equivalent to other color models (RGB, HSB, CMYK),…
resistance to applied force, e.g. viscosity. Applied to keyboard keys and the feel of resistance they give, and appropriate to all interactions where the interface resists change, lags in response, or dampens the magnitude of the input (e.g. an icon…
the way a person talks to a computer; a piece of hardware used for entering information into a computer, including commonly used peripherals like keyboards, mice, and joysticks, but also including microphones and even eye movement devices.
displaying images by drawing only a partial image first, consisting of alternate lines, or every 3rd or 4th line, then filling in the remaining lines progressively. When images are displayed slowly, such as large gifs slowly downloading off the internet,… | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaCommonCrawl'} | 53 |
SOUNDS Smooth and rich sounding germanium fuzz with sustain for days. Very touch responsive and capable of everything from glistening clean sounds (with whiffs of ring-modulator timbres) to industrial strength rock/metal tones with strong low end. Notes go easily into feedback at higher settings of the Touch (sensitivity) and More controls, while the Post- EQ and Pre-EQ switches place the tone stack before or after the fuzz for a different feel and sonic vibe.
WHO'S IT FOR? Not for those who spelunk for weirdo fuzz effects, but, wow, what a killer assortment of rock rhythm and lead tones this thing kicks down! Go here if you seek a ballsy sounding fuzz that readily accommodates different styles and guitars. | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaC4'} | 54 |
Blurb: It is based on the Warcraft video game series and novels set in the world of Azeroth. The film portrays the initial encounters between the humans and the orcs and takes place in a variety of locations established in the video game series.
Draenor, the homeworld of the orcs, is dying. A green-skinned orc named Gul´dan unites the orcish clans into an army called the Horde, promising to lead them to a new, lush world — Azeroth.
However, the strange magic Gul'dan wields, the Fel, requires draining life to sustain the portal; through sacrificing the captive draenei, Gul'dan leads a small warband to capture prisoners en masse on the other side and sacrifice them to bring the whole Horde through.
Sir Anduin Lothar, the military commander of the kingdom of Stormwind, receives reports of raids on human villages and meets a young mage named Khadgar, who noticed that the villagers were killed using the Fel. Khadgar persuades Lothar and Llane Wrynn, King of Stormwind, to consult his reclusive master Medivh, the fabled Guardian, about the Fel.
Comment: The story focuses on the war between orcs and humans. The orcs are bigger and stronger, but Sir Anduin Lothar is smater. The orcs has the Fel, a dark magic that destroys everything, but the humans has Khadgar, a mysterious mage who has powers and is an eager reader of books and Lothar, a brave soldier. Even so, it seems an unfair play.
I don´t know the game or novel, so I can´t say if the movie is loyal to the original story. As many things are changed during the adaptation process, it surely is a little different. Maybe I read the series someday.
The movie is visually impressive; there are more than 2,000 visual effects shots. The landscape, orcs and everything else are amazing. The costumes are very well drawn and fit perfectly with the story.
The characters´ conflicts are superficial, without much tension or emotion. Sir Anduin Lothar faces difficult moments and deception; however, those scenes are superficial, not very well explored.
Khadgar doesn´t have much problem to prove his theory and do his job; he tries to show some difficulty, but it isn´t convincing. He seems just to know what to do.
At the end, the story takes another path. When you think the humans will win the battle, defeat the orcs and expel them from Azeroth, an unexpected thing happens. When you think that Khagdar will fix the problem, you realize that nothing can be done.
I confess that the end surprised me; I was waiting a different outcome. It was a good thing because I´m more curious now. What comes next? Let´s wait and see.
I liked the movie very much and I hope there is a movie #2 soon.
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Holotyp (gr. ὅλοτύπος od ὅλος "cały, całkowity" τύπος "odbicie, obraz, posąg, wzór, znak, odcisk") – pojedynczy typ nomenklatoryczny wskazany przez autora nazwy taksonu, na podstawie którego wyróżniono i opisano nowy gatunek lub podgatunek, ewentualnie także takson w randze gatunku wzorcowy dla rodzaju i rodzaj dla rodziny.
Przed wybraniem holotypu wszystkie okazy serii oryginalnej określa się mianem syntypów, a po wybraniu holotypu okazy serii oryginalnej nazywane są mianem paratypów. Gdy z jakichś przyczyn holotyp nie istnieje (np. autor nazwy nie wskazał holotypu lub nie zachował się holotyp wskazany), z serii okazów zebranych razem z holotypem wybiera się inny okaz – tzw. lektotyp. Jeśli nie istnieje ani holotyp, ani seria oryginalna, wybiera się nowy wzorzec – tzw. neotyp. Osobnik płci odmiennej od płci holotypu to alotyp.
Prawdziwą wartość z punktu widzenia taksonomii mają jedynie holotypy, lektotypy i neotypy.
Okaz holotypowy musi być przechowywany w ogólnodostępnej dla badań naukowych instytucji, a jego lokalizacja musi być wskazana w publikacji kreującej dany takson (gatunek, rodzaj, rodzinę).
, a holotyp okrzemki Diatoma polonica w kolekcji Instytutu Nauk o Morzu Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego (w zasobach Andrzeja Witkowskiego) jako preparat nr 18492.
Miejsce (geograficzne, ewentualnie też stratygraficzne), z którego pochodzi holotyp, to miejsce typowe (locus typicus).
Termin holotyp używany jest też w mineralogii do nazwania okazu, który stał się podstawą wyróżnienia nowego minerału.
Przypisy
Bibliografia
Dunn P.J. & Mandarino J.A., 1987: Formal definitions of type mineral specimens. American Mineralogist, Volume 72, s. 1269–1270.
Typ nomenklatoryczny
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News Bengali
Santilal Mukherjee thanks organizers of Arthouse Asia Film Festival
The veteran actor admitted he only learnt about the festival because a short film in which he plays one of the protagonists was being screened there.
Kolkata - 11 Jan 2020 12:33 IST
Updated : 14 Jan 2020 11:31 IST
Roushni Sarkar
Santilal Mukherjee was present at the screening of Sudhansu Saria's short film Knock Knock Knock at the Arthouse Asia Film Festival, organized at the Basusree cinema hall, Kolkata. The veteran plays one of the protagonists in the film, which has received critical acclaim at the Busan International Film Festival, Tallinn Black Film Festival and Dharmshala International Film Festival.
Mukherjee said he wasn't aware that a film festival for independent films was being organized in Kolkata for the past three years. "This time I got to know about it because Knock Knock Knock, a film in which I have enacted one of the protagonists, was screened here. I got to know about the list of films from various parts of India and other countries that are being shown here. Some of them are really good films. I can see the audiences who are regularly participating coming out of the hall and discussing them," said the actor.
Mukherjee said the festival has not received enough publicity through the mainstream media and social media. "I sincerely hope the festival receives more recognition. I would like to express my gratitude for the organizers as well as the owner of Basusree cinema hall for taking the initiative. Next year, I will definitely make sure to participate in the festival from the beginning," said the actor who is regularly seen in different avatars in mainstream Bengali films.
Sharing his experience of working with young director Saria, Mukherjee said, "Sudhansu works in an absolutely opposite format to what I have been working in for so many years. He studied at Ithaca College, New York, and his ways of working on the floor are quite Westernized. I had to adjust to his demands and I have learnt quite a lot from him. I have tried my best and he knows it better how much I have been able to deliver." The actor seemed ecstatic that the short film was finally screened in his home city yesterday.
Correction, 12 January 2020: An earlier version of the report quoted Santilal Mukherjee as saying Sudhansu Saria studied at the New York Film Academy. He actually studied at Ithaca College, New York.
Arthouse Asia Film Festival
Santilal Mukherjee
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My daughter lives in an apartment in New York City. As you can imagine, space is at a premium and any piece of furniture that can serve more than one function is likely to be a winner. I was taken with the highchair they bought when my granddaughter was old enough to sit up in one. It looks a bit like a step stool, but is actually a multilevel highchair that will be functional for many years.
The chair design in the 1986 article, The Family-strength Highchair, offers similar advantages. It has an adjustable tray for the youngest years or can be used as a high-chair as the child is ready to join the family at the dinner table. Once you've built this chair, you'll want to make one for every household in your family with small children. It will be an heirloom gift that will last for generations. | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaC4'} | 58 |
NWSL Challenge Cup
Could Sofia Jakobsson be the glue for San Diego Wave FC?
Swedish international did a bit of everything in debut home game.
By Alicia Rodriguez Mar 29, 2022, 7:43am PDT
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The roster-building approach to launch San Diego Wave FC has been focusing on domestic-based players, whether they are Americans or internationals with previous NWSL or NCAA experience.
There's a couple of exceptions, but through two games, the presence of Sofia Jakobsson has been notable on the field. After making her NWSL debut off the bench for Wave FC in the first match, seemingly hours after arriving in California, the Swedish international was a starter in Saturday's debut home match, a 1-0 loss to the Portland Thorns at Torero Stadium.
A forward with an all-around game, Jakobsson didn't really play like a traditional forward against the Thorns. The 31-year-old was nominally the left winger in a 4-2-3-1 formation for Casey Stoney's squad, but her performance was all action.
In fact, Jakobsson led all players on Saturday in tackles won, per Stats Perform, with five, and repeatedly won the ball and looked to make a transition opportunity for San Diego. She also led all players in crosses, with eight, and her service was good, without a teammate on the right spot often enough to take advantage of it.
Ultimately, San Diego played well against Portland, with a couple big issues on the night. They started the game too narrow, and the Thorns correctly attacked wide in response, and that's how they got the game's goal and the bulk of their chances on the night. San Diego's defense was largely good, aside from the one breakdown, but one imagines this week they'll be working hard on shape and/or rotations to get sharper and prevent getting torched again.
The other issue is entirely expected: Wave FC still play like a team getting to know each other, because they are. I think if that game against the Thorns had taken place in September, San Diego could have easily found an equalizer and even a winner. But they are still building chemistry, figuring out each other's tendencies on the field.
Jakobsson may help lift the level in the meantime and become a "glue player" in the long run for San Diego. Her goal-scoring numbers aren't huge throughout her career, but clearly she can be counted on to score some goals. Perhaps more likely, she can operate as a roaming playmaker, helping to pull the strings, connect midfield and the forwards, and get stuck in to win the ball, too. Alex Morgan is a No. 9, Jodie Taylor is a No. 9, Katie Johnson is also a No. 9, so the group already has "pure" forwards. Rookie Kelsey Turnbow is being used as the No. 10 playmaker, playing just behind the forward line, but while she has been creating chances it will take some time for her to adjust to the pro game and a new role on the field. In this way, Jakobsson's presence as a playmaker on the wing can help take some of the pressure off Turnbow and give San Diego multiple options at once.
Obviously it's early and we'll see how things shake out over time for Wave FC, which players grab starting spots and don't let go, who settles into which roles and who seems to click playing with her teammates. I think it's a safe bet when healthy and available, Sofia Jakobsson is going to play a significant role for San Diego, and if she can help them weather the rocky moments in these initial weeks, Wave FC should come out stronger on the other side. | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaCommonCrawl'} | 59 |
Looking to purchase a dove shavette if anyone has one that they don't use, maybe we can workout a purchase or trade.
(05-18-2017, 03:32 PM)elig Wrote: Looking to purchase a dove shavette if anyone has one that they don't use, maybe we can workout a purchase or trade.
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You'll find our church family a warm and friendly place to belong. We are a Bible believing, Christ-centered church with a blend of contemporary and traditional worship styles. Pastoral care is important to us and we have a heart for mission in our community.
Waterbeach is a rapidly expanding village and we are excited that God is sending people to us from different parts of the world. It's great to be part of what God is doing here and we are looking forward to the future with great expectancy.
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We had a great time last year finding the real treasure of Christ!
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Our church family has an amazing leadership team who are always wanting a chat. We asked them to tell us a little bit about themselves so that you can get to know them.
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Holidays can be stressful. Organizing multiple family functions. Stress! Creating memorable experiences. Stress! Finding meaningful gifts at decent prices. Stress! It can all be overwhelming but it doesn't have to be.
I'm jumping into the #holiday spirit, sharing healthy #tips to bust stress this season.
The truth is many people know what to do, they just get a little overwhelmed in life and don't spend the time or know how to implement these ideas easily. My latest WTNH-TV segments are below. The first one showcases simple steps to help reduce stress during the season.
Making wellness a part of a busy routine is much easier to achieve with the right tools. Check out my favorite healthy living apps in this segment below. Whether you practice yoga regularly or can't find time to start a regular meditation practice, these tips help introduce wellness practices including clean eating, active living, non-toxic product picking and mindfulness sessions.
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I just shared this everywhere :) Hooray for holiday stress busting!
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No. 10 Iowa beats Northwestern 76-50
EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) The previous time No. 10 Iowa went on the road it was a nightmare. On Saturday, things were a bit smoother for the Hawkeyes.
Roy Devyn Marble scored 14 points and Iowa never trailed, beating Northwestern 76-50.
Gabriel Olaseni had 14 points and 10 rebounds and Mike Gesell added 11 points for the Hawkeyes (16-4, 5-2 Big Ten), who avoided losing consecutive games for the first time this season after falling 75-67 at No. 21 Michigan on Wednesday.
They shot 51.9 percent from the field (28 of 54) and won their fourth in five games. That helped them recover not just from a tough loss, but from a trip that saw them stranded in Ann Arbor because of inclement weather until Thursday morning.
''You always wonder how's your team going to respond in those situations, and for us . amazing maturity,'' Iowa coach Fran McCaffery said. ''They locked into the game plan on Thursday, they had a great practice on Friday, go to the bus, no complaints about travel, go play the next team and follow the game plan.''
For Iowa, that means getting contributions from the whole roster, and that kept going Saturday.
Iowa, which outrebounded Northwestern 44-20, had nine players score. Marble, Iowa's leading scorer, didn't make his first field goal until 3:08 into the second half.
That basket was part of a 7-0 run that gave the Hawkeyes a 41-30 lead, their first double-digit advantage. Northwestern never got closer than seven points during a second half Iowa dominated 46-26.
''I just came out and was more aggressive. I was too laid back I think in the first half,'' Marble said. ''Coach McCaffery let me know that throughout the first half and at halftime. He said, `I need you to bounce back in the second half.'''
He did, and once again Iowa was too much for Northwestern (10-11, 3-5) to handle, as the Wildcats shot 36.4 percent from the field (20 of 55).
Saturday was a rematch of the teams' Jan. 9 game in Iowa City which the Hawkeyes won 93-67 after shooting 64.3 percent during the second half. McCaffery was suspended for that game after getting ejected during the Hawkeyes' previous game at Wisconsin.
That first game was a turning point for Northwestern. Including the teams' first matchup, the Wildcats started conference play 0-3 and were allowing an average of 81 points per game.
In the next four games - a stretch that included a win over then-No. 23 Illinois, a victory at Indiana and a double-overtime win over Purdue - the Wildcats only gave up 51 points per game.
That didn't continue, especially during the second half when Iowa's depth wore out Northwestern.
''I think that's why they won. I really do,'' Northwestern coach Chris Collins said. ''Our guys were playing hard. That's what I'm saying. This wasn't like they played harder than us. Both teams played really hard. They're just better than us.''
Unlike the first meeting, when the Hawkeyes led 41-26 at halftime, Iowa struggled to separate from Northwestern during the first half despite making 50 percent of its shots compared to the Wildcats' 31. Iowa was in front 30-24 at halftime but at one point went more than 6 minutes between baskets.
Drew Crawford had 20 points for Northwestern, which had won three of four.
''Obviously Iowa's a tremendous team. Give them credit, but we didn't play our best, especially in the second half,'' Crawford said. ''I think that's a team we're capable of competing with for 40 minutes and tonight we weren't able to do that.''
Northwestern got Dave Sobolewski back after he missed four games (concussion), and had Crawford break the school record by playing in his 131st game and starting his 130th. He topped the marks set by John Shurna and Michael Thompson, respectively.
Unlike Crawford and Northwestern, Marble and Iowa can afford to have some of its best players struggle at times. That happened a bit Saturday - with Marble's slow start and Aaron White scoring just five points.
''When everybody is able to score and share the wealth you probably won't see me have 25- 30-point nights,'' Marble said. ''Sometimes games happen where I do have to do that.''
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2005 YU128 – planetoida należąca do grupy Atena i obiektów NEO.
Odkrycie
Asteroida została odkryta 31 grudnia 2005 roku w programie FMO Spacewatch przez Rafała Konkola. Nazwa planetoidy jest oznaczeniem tymczasowym, nie posiada też jeszcze oficjalnej numeracji. W momencie odkrycia obiekt poruszał się z prędkością 8 stopni na dzień, został też zaobserwowany przez inne obserwatorium astronomiczne. Jest to 5 w kolejności planetoida odkryta z udziałem Polaków w programie FMO.
Udział internautów w kampanii polega na przeglądaniu zdjęć udostępnianych w programie Fast Moving Objects oraz wyszukiwaniu obiektów, które mogą być planetoidami poprzez analizę zdjęć.
Orbita
2005 YU128 okrąża Słońce w ciągu 247 dni i 13 godzin w średniej odległości 0,77 j.a. Nachylenie jej orbity względem ekliptyki to 7,75°, a mimośród jej orbity wynosi 0,32.
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CEDAR FALLS, Iowa--The Iowa PGA completed day 2 of the Cedar Valley Junior Tour Championships today at Pheasant Ridge. The Cedar Valley Junior Championship is a new Major Point event on the Iowa PGA Junior Tour Schedule. The Cedar Valley Pee Wee Tour Championship was held at Walter's Ridge today.
Congratulations to Erika Homberg and Colin Schmit on winning Bushnell Range Finders. Erika had the longest putt on the 18th hole (28 feet), while Colin was closest to the pin on the 3rd hole (2 feet, 1 inch).
Special thanks to Presenting Sponsor Community Motors.
Special thanks to PGA Director of Golf John Bermel and the entire staff at Pheasant Ridge for their support in hosting.
Presenting Sponsor John Novosel and Bushnell Golf will again be providing Range Finder Watches to be given away at all MAJOR Point Events. | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaC4'} | 66 |
For the original article in Portuguese by Júlia Dias Carneiro published by BBC News Brasil click here.
The backdrop in Rio: a shootout in broad daylight on Avenida Brasil left five injured; thirteen criminals killed in a single police operation; snipers suspected to have been shooting down into one favela; record level of police killings in 2018.
Recent levels of violence in Rio are reminiscent of the peak of violence in the state in the 1990s—when murder rates reached 64.8 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants, much higher than the 2018 rate of 39.3.
It was during the 1990s, 22 years ago to be precise, that Ignacio Cano moved to Rio de Janeiro from Madrid. Cano is the coordinator of the Violence Analysis Laboratory at the Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ) and has become one of the most important public security experts in Rio.
In an interview with BBC News Brasil, Cano highlighted the fact that the violence in Rio in the 1990s was still seen as a vestige of Brazil's military dictatorship. The recent surge in violence in the city is all the more discouraging given the reversal of the progress that had been made, with a "severe regression from 2013 to the present day" following a period in which crime rates had declined.
According to Cano, Rio and Brazil are experiencing a "retreat from rights" with public security policies that make individuals responsible for their own protection—guaranteeing greater access to guns—and rhetoric that incentivizes police lethality at both the state level by Rio Governor Wilson Witzel and the federal level by President Jair Bolsonaro.
Check out key excerpts from the interview below.
BBC News Brasil: You moved to Rio at the end of the 1990s, a decade in which the state of Rio saw a peak in the number of homicides. Does it feel like we're back in the 1990s today?
Ignacio Cano: In the 1990s, the situation was heavy but the big difference is that we thought that this was a vestige of the dictatorship. General Nilton Cerqueira (the head of the operation that killed leftist activist Carlos Lamarca during the dictatorship) was Rio's Secretary of Public Security. There were also some barbaric policies in place, such as "Wild West payments"—a financial reward given to police officers for fighting suspected criminals—which served to incentivize police killings.
This all seemed like remnants of another era—the dictatorship—which we still hadn't gotten over. We thought that this period would end, that it was already on the way out.
But there has been a major regression from 2013 to the present day. The advances we made have been lost. We lost the rhetorical battle, we lost the public policies, and now we're witnessing the defeat of all the progress that we saw over the period leading up to 2013.
BBC: In the current political scenario, do you see the police being encouraged to kill criminals rather than arrest them? Is this a return to something like "Wild West payments"?
Cano: Well, right now the government doesn't have the money to offer financial rewards to police officers, but I think that there will be a symbolic prize-giving of sorts. The police are clearly being encouraged to kill more people; last year was record-breaking in terms of the number of police killings.
The big paradox is that the policies that are being proposed at the state and federal levels are being sold as something new when in reality, they're far from new. Gun ownership has already been growing a lot in recent years. Police killings are at a record high. Politicians are selling these ideas as if they were new ones.
They rhetorically construct us—experts, members of civil society, human rights defenders, etc.—as enemies, as if we had actually managed to implement the policies that we've been calling for, something that we've never come close to achieving.
I think that we are experiencing the great defeat of this "civilizing project." For us and for some of the more open-minded sectors of the police, the UPP program was an opportunity to change the security model—leaving behind the old model of confrontation and trying to turn towards a protection-based model, aiming at harm reduction and minimizing confrontations. This didn't happen and now we're seeing a cyclical return to old policies of confrontation.
BBC: In February, a police operation in Morro do Fallet-Fogueteiro [a favela in Central Rio] left 13 dead. The Military Police stated that criminals were killed in a confrontation, but their families decry executions and torture. What is your analysis of the case?
Cano: It's a very symbolic case, with 13 people killed—the same number of people killed in the Nova Brasília massacres of 1994 and 1995 (26 people were killed in total during these two massacres in Rio's North Zone). In 2017, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights declared Brazil responsible for having failed to guarantee justice for the victims and ordered investigations into the massacres, which are still to be carried out.
This operation, which came at the beginning of the new administration's term, symbolizes a policy of extermination that has been openly defended by both the governor and the president—the old policy of "a good thug is a dead thug." The fact that the governor stated that the act was legitimate before the investigation had concluded indicates a retreat from rights.
The evidence that some of the boys were tortured is extremely serious—it even counters the absurd argument that police have the right to kill because torture is a different crime than murder.
It's an extremely serious case. The onus is on the Public Prosecutor's Office to follow the investigations and assign blame if it is confirmed that torture and summary executions took place.
BBC: Governor Wilson Witzel is trying to abolish the Ministry of Public Security. Could this accentuate divisions between the Civil Police and the Military Police?
Cano: Witzel claims that without the Ministry of Public Security, the police would be able to regain their autonomy and get on with their jobs—as if the police used to be repressed by the Public Prosecutor's Office. That's false. Anyone who follows the security situation in Brazil knows that the Ministry of Public Security has very little control. The different police forces in Rio have an extremely high degree of autonomy and they don't work together.
This idea of the "politics of chaos" has two beneficiaries. The first is the autonomy of police forces, which is already high and will increase. Civil Police officers work for the Civil Police and Military Police officers work for the Military Police.
The other beneficiary is corruption. Corrupt police officers and [vigilante off-duty police] militias love it when politicians say that from now on there will be no more interference and that extrajudicial killings will no longer be investigated. Is there anything better for a militia to hear? From now on it's going to be enough just to say that someone was shot during a confrontation. It's very dangerous, what's going on in terms of the lack of control and the detrimental effects that this could cause.
BBC: The military intervention in Rio's public security was sanctioned one year ago by former president Michel Temer and concluded at the end of Temer's term. What effect did it have?
Cano: The intervention was an attempt at a political operation designed to garner support for [former Minister of Public Security] Raul Jungmann and Michel Temer at a time when they had no support at all. This political strategy was a failure. Neither of them managed to create a political project through the intervention.
The federal intervention did manage to reduce cargo theft but the number of police killings rose. Basically, the military intervention resulted in inertia—[crime rates] remained constant, except for cargo theft.
I think that at the very least, the intervention should have shown people that the army is not going to magically solve Rio's security problems. However, there were high levels of public support for the military intervention.
BBC: Police killings reached a record high of 1,532 last year, compared to 1,127 police killings in 2017. What caused this increase?
Cano: It was clearly the directives of the federal intervention, the public discourse of saying that police killings were not homicides, and the attempt to change the way that these figures were counted (during the military intervention, former Secretary of Public Security Richard Nunes created a working group to modify the way homicides resulting from police intervention were counted with the aim of classifying "self-defense" cases separately). There were signs that this was the way that things were going to continue.
BBC: How important is rhetoric for public security policies?
Cano: Very important. Local rhetoric is what counts the most. What the police commander tells his battalion is the most important thing of all. Rhetoric from the central level is important, but rhetoric within local battalions is the most critical.
BBC: Do you think that the current context is allowing for an expansion of militia activity?
Cano: This current phase is extremely dangerous in terms of facilitating the development of militias in a context characterized by a lack of control in which investigations are not carried out.
When the federal intervention began, the discourse was that Rio de Janeiro's police forces were out of control and it was necessary for the army to regain control. Now we have the opposite message. The police will be let loose. Not just the police officers, but police captains too. I think that this is extremely dangerous in terms of what it could mean for the expansion of militias.
BBC: In January, it came to light that during his term as a Rio state representative, Flávio Bolsonaro had employed the mother and the wife of a militia member (who has been at large since January) identified by the Public Defender's Office as one of the leaders of the Crime Bureau, a death squad in Rio. Flávio Bolsonaro bestowed honors on him and other militia members in the Rio de Janeiro State Legislative Assembly (ALERJ) and later defended himself by saying that he was not responsible for his cabinet appointments and that he had already honored hundreds of police officers during his political career. Do these revelations worry you?
Cano: I think that the honors bestowed on police officers involved in militias are concerning—but given that Flávio Bolsonaro has given such honors to many other police officers, this doesn't necessarily mean that he supports the militia. However, I am more worried about past statements by Flávio and his father [Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro] that openly show support for militias and about the fact that Flávio employed people who are directly connected to militias.
He cannot argue that these appointments were made by anyone else. All representatives are directly responsible for their cabinet appointments. Employing people directly linked to militia members would seriously compromise any representative—in this case, now-senator Flávio Bolsonaro.
BBC: Judge Sérgio Moro has presented a package of anti-crime proposals that would increase police immunity from prosecution by classifying police killings as acts of "legitimate self-defense." This was one of the key aspects of Bolsonaro's presidential campaign. What do you think of Moro's proposals?
Cano: The right to self-defense already exists in Brazilian law—not just for police officers but for all citizens. What the Bolsonaro administration is proposing is, in reality, a continuation of the current situation sold as though it were something new. It's another attempt to find a legal translation of the old slogan "a good thug is a dead thug." It's letting the police apply the death penalty on the streets, which is barbaric.
In practice, it is extremely unlikely that a death caused by an on-duty police officer would result in a thorough investigation and, when evidence of wrongdoing is found, in a conviction. Studies show that many cases of summary executions go unpunished.
We're not talking about police violence simply being tolerated, or permission being granted—we're seeing open encouragement from the state government and the federal government. People argue that these proposals will allow police officers to go unpunished for this [killing people during confrontations]—that's the legal proposal. The political proposal—the one that's in effect on the streets—is that police officers are being encouraged to kill.
BBC: Justice Minister Sérgio Moro says that his proposals aim to clarify the law and denies that they could be seen as a carte blanche for police killings. Are there instances in which police officers could be unjustly penalized for actions taken when their lives are at risk?
Cano: That's an absolutely fallacious argument. Police officers do have the right to defend themselves and they already exercise this right. There is no example of a case in which a police officer died because he didn't want to fight back. It's also not true that under current legislation, a police officer has to wait until the first shot is fired before defending themselves. There are ways of knowing that you are going to be the target of violence. If someone pulls a gun on you, you can shoot them to defend yourself. That rule doesn't just apply to police officers—it's for all citizens.
Another worrying aspect of Moro's proposals is the part that says that when a judge deems a police officer to have suffered a reasonable amount of fear or violent emotion in the run-up to killing someone, he or she can reduce the sentence or choose not to apply a sentence. This leads to a great deal of legal uncertainty. The judge can decide to apply the whole sentence, or half of the sentence, or no sentence at all.
It's a retreat from rights. Everyone can do as they like. The police can do what they want and the judge can apply whatever sentence they so choose. It's the deterioration of legal authority over social conduct.
BBC: Does the relaxation of gun laws decreed by Bolsonaro reflect this retreat? Is this a way of outsourcing defense to citizens?
Cano: The government's proposals involve increasing police lethality and giving guns to all citizens so that they can defend themselves as they wish. The government is giving up its protective role and leaving control in the hands of individual citizens.
We're literally shooting ourselves in the foot—and in other parts of the body as well. When you put a gun on the market, generally, it disappears. The gun passes through many hands and many places: it's borrowed, sold, and stolen.
Again, it's a dialectic of chaos—and it's very dangerous. I think that we will see a multiplication of conflicts involving firearms, accidents, and suicides—or even cases like the boy who went to school with his father's gun and shot his classmates as we've seen in the United States. And whenever there's a high-profile case involving recently purchased guns, the government will face a backlash.
This article was written by Júlia Dias Carneiro, and published on March 29, 2019. | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaC4'} | 67 |
Heavy metals, heavy conflicts and autism?
Two papers are presented for your reading delight today, both based on the often contentious issue of heavy metals and autism.
The first paper is from Farida El Baz Mohamed and colleagues [1] (open-access available here) and further substantiates the claim that for whatever reason(s) the levels of various heavy metals seem to be increased or raised in some children diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The second paper by Janet Kern and colleagues [2] (open-access available here) provides results based on a systematic review of the literature on one specific heavy metal, mercury (Hg), with autism in mind and concludes that: "of the studies with public health and/or industry affiliation, 86 % reported no relationship between Hg and ASD" whilst "among studies without public health and/or industry affiliation, only 19 % find no relationship between Hg and ASD."
The Mohamed paper continues a theme that for some on the autism spectrum (remember: the autisms) there may be quite a bit more to see when it comes to the burden of heavy metals (see here). Based on hair analysis for various heavy metals - "mercury, lead, and aluminum" - researchers looked at samples from 100 children diagnosed with ASD compared with 100 age- and gender-matched controls. "Comparison between cases and controls as regards heavy metal levels shows that the mean levels of the three toxic heavy metals in hair were significantly higher among the studied ASD cases than the controls" was the primary finding. The authors further report that said heavy metal findings correlated with "maternal fish consumptions, living nearby gasoline stations, and the usage of aluminum pans" and that: "Environmental exposure to these toxic heavy metals, at key times in development, may play a causal role in autism."
I know that to talk about issues with mercury for example, can be a contentious topic with autism in mind but as uncomfortable as it might be to accept, there is some evidence of a 'connection' between elevated levels of the stuff and at least some autism (see here). The link is not, I might add, seemingly generalisable to all autism (see here) but for those children/adults presenting with elevated levels of this heavy metal, further inspection is warranted save any further health inequalities appearing when the label of autism is discussed. As to the suggestion of a connection between some autism and lead (Pb) exposure, well, again this is not the first time that this has been mentioned in the peer-reviewed literature following a more general assertion that there is nothing very good to come from when lead and children in particular meet (see here).
The paper by Kern and colleagues pours further fuel on to something of an on-going debate in some autism circles about how much factors such as conflicts of interest and research transparency may impact on autism research. Focused specifically on the issue of mercury and autism (again), the authors argue that public health or pharmaceutical industry affiliation seems to show something of a potential relationship with study outcomes when it comes to mercury and autism research. So: "over 80 % of the studies without public health or industry affiliation found evidence a relationship between Hg exposure and ASD." This contrasted with something quite a bit less when it came to studies with a public health or industry affiliation slant. Further: "The dramatic discrepancy in these results... provides evidence of biased outcomes, indicative of a conflict of interest."
The authorship group involved in the Kern paper have something of a peer-reviewed research history when it comes to this topic [3] including independent findings that hair levels of mercury might show an association with autism [4]. Their mention of mercury related compounds found in certain vaccines [5] as potentially showing a correlation with risk of autism makes for controversy in some quarters in view of the 'hot potato' that such as association has become down the years.
Appreciating that whilst the Kern findings report something of a connection between affiliations and research outcomes, I'm hard-pressed to suggest that this is hard evidence of some sort of deliberate scheme to exonerate mercury of any potential role in the very wide autism spectrum. Taking for example one paper that is cited in the Kern analysis - the paper by Barry Wright and colleagues [6] - which I've discussed before on this blog (see here) who found no overall connection between urinary mercury levels and autism, they did also call for further research in this area in light of 'outliers' being reported in their autism and their learning disability group. To quote: "further research is warranted to better understand whether a subgroup with autism or learning disabilities have mercury poisoning or excretion difficulties." In these days of plural autism (see here) one can see the logic in such a suggestion.
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[1] Mohamed Fel B. et al. Assessment of Hair Aluminum, Lead, and Mercury in a Sample of Autistic Egyptian Children: Environmental Risk Factors of Heavy Metals in Autism. Behav Neurol. 2015;2015:545674.
[2] Kern JK. et al. Systematic Assessment of Research on Autism Spectrum Disorder and Mercury Reveals Conflicts of Interest and the Need for Transparency in Autism Research. Sci Eng Ethics. 2015 Oct 27.
[3] Geier DA. et al. Thimerosal: Clinical, epidemiologic and biochemical studies. Clinica Chimica Acta. 2015; 444: 212-220.
[4] Geier DA. et al. Hair toxic metal concentrations and autism spectrum disorder severity in young children. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2012 Dec 6;9(12):4486-97.
[5] Geier DA. et al. A two-phase study evaluating the relationship between Thimerosal-containing vaccine administration and the risk for an autism spectrum disorder diagnosis in the United States. Translational Neurodegeneration. 2013;2:25.
[6] Wright B. et al. A Comparison of Urinary Mercury between Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders and Control Children. PLoS ONE. 2012;7(2):e29547.
Mohamed, F., Zaky, E., El-Sayed, A., Elhossieny, R., Zahra, S., Salah Eldin, W., Youssef, W., Khaled, R., & Youssef, A. (2015). Assessment of Hair Aluminum, Lead, and Mercury in a Sample of Autistic Egyptian Children: Environmental Risk Factors of Heavy Metals in Autism Behavioural Neurology, 2015, 1-9 DOI: 10.1155/2015/545674
Kern JK, Geier DA, Deth RC, Sykes LK, Hooker BS, Love JM, Bjørklund G, Chaigneau CG, Haley BE, & Geier MR (2015). Systematic Assessment of Research on Autism Spectrum Disorder and Mercury Reveals Conflicts of Interest and the Need for Transparency in Autism Research. Science and engineering ethics PMID: 26507205
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Orkney & Shetland
Conservative: 2025 (8.9%)
Labour: 1624 (7.1%)
Lib Dem: 9407 (41.4%)
SNP: 8590 (37.8%)
Category: Marginal Liberal Democrat seat
Geography: Scotland, Highlands and Islands. The whole of the Orkney and Shetland council areas.
Main population centres: Kirkwall, Stromness, Lerwick.
Profile: Orkney and Shetland covers two groups of Islands to the North of Scotland and, after the Western Isles, is the second smallest seat in terms of electorate. Orkney is about 10 miles north of the Scottish mainland and is a group of 70 islands, 20 of which are inhabited. The largest is Mainland, which includes both of the towns in the Orkneys, Kirkwall and Stromness. To the north, Shetland is an archiapelago of around 100 islands, 14 of which are inhabited. The only town is Lerwick. Industry includes sheep farming, crofting, fishing, crafts and more recently oil transportation. The two largest oil depots in Europe are situated on Flotta in the Orkneys and at Sullom Voe on Mainland island in the Shetlands and provide a major source of employment.
Politics: Orkney & Shetland is one of the most reliable Lib Dem seat in the country, having returned Liberal and Liberal Democrat MPs since 1950, including former Liberal leader Jo Grimond. In 2015 it was the only Scottish Lib Dem seat to withstand the SNP tide. In the Scottish Parliament Orkney and Shetland return separate MSPs, both Liberal Democrats, since 2011 their only constituencies in the Scottish Parliament.
ALISTAIR CARMICHAEL (Liberal Democrat) Born 1965, Islay. Educated at Islay High School and Aberdeen University. Former Solicitor. First elected as MP for Orkney and Shetland in 2001. Government deputy chief whip 2010-2013, Secretary of State for Scotland 2013-2015. Carmichael is seen as being on the left of the Liberal Democrats and has argued against the party moving towards market liberal policies. Resigned from the frontbench 2008 to support a referendum on the Lisbon treaty. After leaving government he admitted lying about having leaked a diplomatic memo about Nicola Sturgeon and faced a legal challange to his election.
Con: 2032 (11%)
Lab: 2061 (11%)
LDem: 11989 (62%)
Oth: 1903 (11%)
DONALD CAMERON (Conservative) Advocate.
GERRY MCGARVEY (Labour) Born Falkirk. Educated at University of Kent. Parliamentary assistant.
ALISTAIR CARMICHAEL (Liberal Democrat) See above.
ROBERT SMITH (UKIP) Fisherman. Contested Orkney and Shetland 2010.
DANUS SKENE (SNP) Born 1944, Dundee. Educated at Sussex University. Teacher. Contested Kinross and West Perthshire F1974, O1974 for Labour, North Tayside 1983, Moray 1987 for Liberals.
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Will Patterson
It's worth noting that the two local Councils covering the Islands are – with the apparent support of Tavish Scott, the MSP for the Shetland Islands – are considering models for greater self-government, including moving to a Manx-style Crown Dependency status.
This seat will probably be LibDem for as long as the LibDems exist (after all, the MSPs survived the 2011 result), but if this movement gains serious traction, then we might yet have something to talk about here.
Do you think Tavish Scott is serious? I had presumed his comments were intended to undermine the SNP's economic arguments about 'Scotland's Oil' given that Orkney and Shetland will almost certainly deliver overwhelming no votes in 2014 and, if they did separate from an independent Scotland would take a lot of the oil with them?
Even though the Lib Dems have a number of seats in the UK that it is hard to see them losing in 2015, this is perhaps the only seat in the UK that is absolutely guaranteed to deliver a Lib Dems MP. Although, having said that, i suppose an independent could perhaps do well
April 13th, 2013 at 4:43 pm
This is the one constituency in the UK were the Lib Dems must be 99.999999999% of retaining 😉
June 18th, 2013 at 1:00 pm
UKIP support is very high here for a Scottish constituency, only 820 votes short of Second place.
Is this the most Unionist constituency or is it one that would like the islands to be independent of both Westminster and Holyrood?
Barnaby Marder
I think Shetland is very Unionist in particular – Shetlanders rarely describe themselves as Scottish, preferring either to be called Shetlanders or British. Orkney is less so however & I think that the SNP does have some potential support there. What Labour support there is is higher in Shetland than in Orkney, whereas the opposite is the case for the Conservatives I think.
This has got to be the safest Lib Dem seat in existence. If it survived the 2011 election (notionally), it will survive in 2015. Alistair Carmichael must be one of the only Lib Dem MPs not polishing up their CVs!
This is the longest held Liberal seat. Held by them consistently since 1950.
A closer look at the result here in February 1974-
Grimond (Liberal)- 11. 491 (61.97%, +15.0%)
Firth (Conservative)- 4, 186 (22.58%, -9.33%)
Wills (Labour)- 2, 865 (15.45%, -5.68%)
Majority- 7, 305 (39.40%)
Swing- +12.165% From Con to Lib.
Jo Grimond's electoral record in Orkney and Shetland-
1. 1945- 5, 975 (34.2%, -8.2%)
2. 1950- 9, 237 (46.8%, +12.6%, 2, 956 (15.0%) majority)
3. 1951- 11, 745 (57.5%, +11.3%, 6, 391 (31.3%) majority)
4. 1955- 11, 753 (63.8%, +6.3%, 7, 993 (43.4%) majority)
6. 1964- 11, 604 (62.6%, -1.5%, 7, 900 (42.6%) majority)
7. 1966- 9, 605 (59.1%, -3.5%, 5, 975 (36.8%) majority)
8. 1970- 7, 896 (47.0%, -12.1%, 2, 532 (15.1%) majority)
9. February 1974- 11, 491 (62.0%, +15.0%, 7, 305 (39.4%) majority)
10. October 1974- 9, 877 (56.2%, -5.8%, 6, 852 (39.0%) majority)
11. 1979- 10, 950 (56.4%, +0.2%, 6, 810 (35.1%) majority)
Jim Wallace's electoral record in Orkney and Shetland-
3. 1992- 9, 575 (46.4%, +4.7%, 5, 033 (24.4%) majority)
Alistair Carmichael's electoral record in Orkney and Shetland-
A closer look at the result here in 1950-
Grimond (Liberal)- 9, 237 (46.8%, +12.6%)
Neven-Spence (Conservative)- 6, 281 (31.9%, -4.1%)
Leslie (Labour)- 3, 335 (21.3%, -8.5%)
Majority- 2, 956 (14.9%)
Swing- +8.35% From Con to Lib.
A Brown
I can see Orkney narrowly voting for independence in 2014 but a comfortable vote for the UK in Shetland.
My forecast for this constituency in 2015
SNP 23
October 22nd, 2013 at 9:18 pm
LD: 40%
SNP: 26%
UKIP: 15%
LAB: 13%
CON: 8%
October 27th, 2013 at 11:44 am
Some more factually 100% true information here:
I know some 'cultural fundamentalist' people who live in Stromness who support Scottish independence and they have a daughter who works as a genetist and is engaged to someone who comes from Tennessee.
I told her exactly what I think about Alex Salmond and why through a facebook message.
My real name is Alexander Conrad Fox Brown.
please Alexander put a sock in it. It's becoming spam.
I've had enough of this now.
The reason why I haven't posted on here for two days (probably a record for me in the year I've been a poster here) is because I can't get contribute while A Brown is still consistently rambling on about overly personal details of his life, which are now making me feel uncomfortable about coming on here and trying to have any psephological debate.
I will continue to contribute here for the foreseeable future but unless A Brown cuts down on his bizarre self-evaluations I may have to drastically reduce the amount of time I spend here.
I know this site is supposed to be for non-partisan discussion, but surely Anthony this has gone too far and A Brown could consider taking a break? It's been done to many of the established regulars for much lesser trivialities, so why is he allowed to still get away with all these comments that are clearly getting on everyone's nerves?
If the LD's can't hold onto this seat, they'll be facing a wipe out across the UK!
Indeed, if they can't win here they might as well dissolve the party the day after the election.
As it is, this was the only area the Liberal Democrats won on a constituency-level in the 2011 Scottish election. If they couldn't lose here at that nadir, there's zero chance they'll be worried about 2015.
Lotus A. White
Indeed so,Pump, but there is no chance at all that the Liberal Democrats will lose Orkney and Shetland, assuming Scotland votes no to independence in this year's referendum and thus stays with the rest of the United Kingdom. It will be interesting to see,however, what happens here if Scotland votes yes to independence after all, as Orkney and Shetland has quite a distinct character from mainland Scotland.
Joe James B
It would be even worse than being reduced to the Nordic fringe.
March 25th, 2014 at 12:22 am
Frederic Stansfield
In the 1950s it was perhaps Montgomeryshire that was the Liberals "certain" seat (when they only had five or six altogether). Orkney and Shetland was "only" won by the Liberals in 1950 and it is quite possible that this seat, and any other LibDem one, could be overtaken by electoral change.
It might be remembered that in the 1950s the mainland Scottish Highlands were "solidly" Conservative and Unionist.
May 9th, 2014 at 12:56 pm
Moe Lester
Always a tough seat to predict..!
Liberal Democrat – 53
SNP – 15
Labour – 13
Conservative – 10
UKIP – 9
This was one of only three constituencies in the UK to vote Lib Dem in the 1999 Euro Elections.
I think the other two were Rochdale and Birmingham Yardley (then both Labour seats).
It is fair to say that this a solid Lib Dem constituency.
When Jo Grimond retired here in 1983 the new Liberal candidate faced a challenge from the Conservative MP for Banffshire whose constituency had been divided between Moray (Moray & Nairn) and Banff & Buchan (Aberdeenshire East).
I wonder if David Myles expect that he had a chance with Jo Grimonds retirement?
Grimond had gained the seat from Sir Basil Neven – Spence who had been the Conservative MP from 1935 to 1950.
"I think the other two were Rochdale and Birmingham Yardley (then both Labour seats)"
IIRC it was Oldham East & Saddleworth rather than Rochdale
P.T. Richards
Now, of course, those were replaced by South Lakeland and Gibraltar.
I don't think anyone seriously thinks Carmichael will lose here; the Lib Dems' absolute, worst of the worst, horror of horrors scenario is that their parliamentary group post-May 7 is just Carmichael, Kennedy, Farron, Laws, Pugh, Lamb, Russell, and that's pretty much it.
I'd tend to think that Carmichael won't be leader, either, although some think he'd stand.
Interesting that Orkney voted No by a larger margin than Shetland did.
Although Carmichael should be safe in 2015, you think this result might give the Lib Dems in Scotland a boost in their traditional strongholds and fend off a potential SNP surge in May and perhaps stem the tide against them (i.e. the one since 2011)?
It's very difficult to say. People will be voting for & against different things in the general election. On the face of it, Labour should be worried in some Glasgow seats & some near the city, but when the government of the UK is at stake it's hard to see any of the seats in the areas which did vote yes electing an SNP MP, except possibly Dundee W. I could of course be proved utterly wrong on this but the SNP's sense of deflation could well carry over into the Westminster campaign – never an occasion when they really get their mojo working.
I don't think the SNP will face 79 but could be a bit lacklustre. We do of courdse have to see…
stagnation
Why is it so safe a Lib Dem seat?
Maybe you need to be an Orcadian or a Shetlander to explain that one.
Even some of those seem unclear.
far easterner
"the Lib Dems' absolute, worst of the worst, horror of horrors scenario is that their parliamentary group post-May 7 is just Carmichael, Kennedy, Farron, Laws, Pugh, Lamb, Russell, and that's pretty much it."
If Brake's gone then you can be sure that Lamb and Russell will be long gone.
So you think that they could be at risk in Manchester Withington and Brent Central?
robbietriestopredictpolitics
prediction for 2015-
Lib- 38%
SNP- 24%
UKIP- 16%
Lab- 12%
Con- 10%
Okay so, calling the liberal democrats below 40% here seems a bit odd but I really am saying that's what I think will happen while a split in opposition is the only thing that keeps their majority as high as 14%.
Perhaps this is UKIP's strongest seat in scotland , with them clinching third place I'd think.
This is also a seat where the two main parties are almost totally irrelevant (or at least struggling to get double digits) which is actually quite weird really.
ChrisHornet
That "little bit" should be taken in the same context as Beaconsfield being a little bit Tory, Aberdeen being a little bit Scottish and Ken Bates being a little bit litigious.
For reference – the 2014 EU election results in Orkney and Shetland:
Orkney:
Britain First 37
British National Party 35
Conservative Party 679
Labour Party 466
Liberal Democrats 1825
NO2EU 14
Scottish Green Party 619
Scottish National Party (SNP) 872
UK Independence Party (UKIP) 618
Shetland:
I think we are all agreed that this will be a straightforward Lib Dem hold. If there is a parliamentary group of one, it is most likely to be Alastair Carmichael.
The only thing that makes me question this is that in the Holyrood elections independent candidates finished second in both seats. It isn't clear what would have happened without them standing. If they had the effect of further splitting the anti-Lib Dem vote, then it may be a fair bit closer than people think.
The SNP will never win here. It's so ardently unionist.
Piemonteis
The only chance of the Lib Dems losing the seat would be if an entirely respectable independent candidate were to stand.
However, I would argue that, although it might be relatively straightforward to find a good Orkney independent, or a good Shetland independent (as is possible for Holyrood), it is much more difficult for an independent to have a good standing in both Orkney AND Shetland.
I can't see there being a big anti-Lib Dem vote in the seat. It's more likely that, if the SNP looked like launching any kind of challenge, Labour and Tory would coalesce around the Lib Dems.
Orkney & Shetland Movement polled over 3000 in 1987.
UKIP were only about 4% short second place in 2010.
So they were only two thirds of what they actually got away from second place. If they hadn't polled so low, saying that would sound simply silly.
This is the sort of place where the coalition's policies probably aren't that unpopular, although I have no local knowledge and could be easily wrong.
OSM were given a free run by the SNP that year, I believe. So a chunk of that 3000 might well have been SNP supporters. I believe SNP rules were subsequently changed so that they had to put up a candidate in every Scottish seat.
I would imagine that, in terms of the seat, like most Highland seats it's a good fit for the more left/radical parts of the Lib Dems. More suited to a Charles Kennedy than a Danny Alexander. I think the greatest advantage the Lib Dems have is that nobody else seems to appeal that much to the electorate. The Labour Party has not been strong in a lot of rural Scotland for a long time, if ever, and it's not easy ground for the SNP either.
Lib Dem: 8400
SNP: 4300
UKIP: 2700
Conservative: 2200
Labour: 1700
Lib Dem Maj 4100
Carmichael's majority in 2010 now exceeds any of Jo Grimmonds majorities….even his largest in 1959.
This has to be the Lib Dems most solid constituency and one that appears to resist the slump of the Lib Dems in the UK or their total collapse in Scotland.
Okay, the site may2015 predicts this seat will fall to the SNP on a 27.7% swing. Has anyone found a worse prediction anywhere?
Nigel Cheeseman
Given the Green Party's showing in the euros here, they could potententially do reasonably well. Were they to stand, I suspect they could take third place initially (not much imagination needed, just adding up the euro votes. It is unlikely, even if the Liberal Democrats collapsed completely after 2015, that the SNP would be able to win. Attitudes towards the SNP here are based on a visceral loathing of the SNP rather than active pro-unionism.
I went to check Dalek's post because there is a considerably larger electorate than when Jo Grimond was MP. Dalek is quite right. Carmichael's majority is considerably bigger as a percentage of the vote than Grimond's, as well as bigger as a number of votes.
If Scotland became independent it is far from unimaginable that Shetland, in particular, would demand independence from Scotland.
The Greens might do well, but the considerable proportion of the electorate who work in the oil industry might well not support them.
If there was another referendum and Scotland flipped from 45 to 55 to 55 to 45, no would still win in Orkney and Shetland.
In the negociations the UK government could argue that both islands vote No.
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Match commander praises fans - who have famous rivalry
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Police have praised football fans after Liverpool's clash against Manchester United went without a single arrest.
The match, which ended with a 0-0 draw, is one of the biggest fixtures of the season - and Liverpool and Manchester United fans have a long-standing rivalry.
However, match commander Chief Stupt Dave Charnock thanked fans for their "exceptional" behaviour after announcing there was not a single arrest.
He said: "I would like to thank the supporters of both clubs for their exceptional behaviour before, during and after today's game.
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DETROIT (WJBK) - A Detroit Police K-9 dog handler is under investigation after the dog died in a hot SUV earlier this summer. It was a series of failures that led to the death of Vito, a drug sniffing tracking K-9, according to police.
"It is very tragic and the officer feels terrible about this," said Cmdr. Darin Szilagy, who heads up the Detroit Police K-9 unit.
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Q: Popcornjs loop in specific area I have an audio that has a text that is repeated twice.
Example:" Hello, and welcome to Stack Overflow. Hello, and welcome to Stack Overflow."
So I want to, as the audio plays, highlight the sentence that was played on the audio.
Is there a way that I can make the popcornjs loop through the text?
For instance I would like to highlight the area where the text is inserted into twice
I tried doing this, but it doesnt work.
var pop = Popcorn("#greeting");
var wordTimes = {
"w1": { start: 0.1, end: 1.5 },
"w2": { start: 1.6, end: 14 },
"w3": { start: 14, end: 23 },
"w4": { start: 23, end: 39 },
"w1": { start: 41, end: 42.4 },
"w2": { start: 42.6, end: 44 },
"w3": { start: 45, end: 54 },
"w4": { start: 55, end: 68 },
};
$.each(wordTimes, function(id, time) {
pop.footnote({
start: time.start,
end: time.end,
text: '',
target: id,
effect: "applyclass",
applyclass: "selected"
});
});
A: when you create the object wordTimes like this
wordTimes = {
"w1": { start: 0.1, end: 1.5 },
"w2": { start: 1.6, end: 14 },
"w3": { start: 14, end: 23 },
"w4": { start: 23, end: 39 },
"w1": { start: 41, end: 42.4 },
"w2": { start: 42.6, end: 44 },
"w3": { start: 45, end: 54 },
"w4": { start: 55, end: 68 },
};
you are changing the values of each of the times so you end up with
wordTimes.w1: { start: 41, end: 42.4 }
wordTimes.w2: { start: 42.6, end: 44 }
wordTimes.w3: { start: 45, end: 54 }
wordTimes.w4: { start: 55, end: 68 }
so only the last footnotes will appear
you can create instead a Array like this to have different elements with the same target
var notes = [
{target: "w1", start: 1, end: 5 },
{target: "w2", start: 5, end: 10 },
{target: "w3", start: 10, end: 15 },
{target: "w1", start: 15, end: 20 },
{target: "w2", start: 20, end: 25 },
{target: "w3", start: 25, end: 30 },
];
and change the $.each like this
$.each(notes, function(id, note) {
p.footnote({
start: note.start,
end: note.end,
text: '',
target: note.target,//note.target must be a valid id
effect: "applyclass",
applyclass: "selected"
});
});
http://jsfiddle.net/JdevM/
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Andreas Athanasiou tied the score at 8:29 of the third period off a rebound and won it 49 seconds into overtime. Tyler Bertuzzi added a goal and Jimmy Howard made 34 saves for Detroit.
Athanasiou has eight points (five goals, three assists) in his past six games.
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Howard is 6-1-0 with a .936 save percentage in his past seven starts and the Red Wings are above .500.
"To me it means we're one game above .500 and we've got to go play Washington and find a way to win," coach Jeff Blashill said. "We've got to keep getting better here, keep finding ways to win, and keep putting points on the board."
Washington (11-7-3) is playing strong hockey despite the continued absence of top-six forwards Evgeny Kuznetsov and T.J. Oshie. They did not practice Thursday and will miss Friday's game with upper-body injuries.
Braden Holtby made 37 saves for the Capitals in a 4-2 win against the Chicago Blackhawks on Wednesday.
Tom Wilson scored in his first home game since returning from suspension for Washington. Andre Burakovsky, Michal Kempny and Devante Smith-Pelly also scored, and Jakub Vrana had two assists.
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The win gave the Stanley Cup champions their first three-game winning streak of the season. The first two games of which came on the road in overtime.
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Microsoft only released an update patching the weakness on 14 March, after the Vault 7 leaks. However, no such fixes were made for the Windows XP operating system, which Microsoft has stopped issuing updates for since April 2014. Despite this risk, as of April 2017 More than 250 million devices still run on Windows XP, accounting for 4.43% of all users, according to web traffic analysis firm StatCounter. That's almost as much as Windows 8, Windows Vista, Chrome OS, and all variants of Linux combined.
the NHS said that there was no evidence so far that patient records have been accessed, and that it was working with the National Crime Agency and the National Cyber Security Center to investigate. Russian Ministry of the Interior spokeswoman Irina Volk said: "At the moment, the virus is localized, technical work is being carried out to destroy it and update the antivirus protection".
"The virally spreading worm was ultimately stopped when a researcher who uses the Twitter handle MalwareTech and works for security firm Kryptos Logic took control of a domain name that was hard-coded into the self-replicating exploit. The domain registration, which occurred around 6 AM California time, was a major stroke of good luck, because it was possible only because the attackers had failed to obtain the address first. The address appeared to serve as a sort of kill switch the attackers could use to terminate the campaign. MalwareTech's registration had the effect of ending the attacks that had started earlier Friday morning in other parts of the world. As a result, the number of infection detections plateaued dramatically in the hours following the registration".
As pointed out by Motherboard writer Joseph Cox, a lot of informed individuals in the infosec community saw this attack coming. Twitter user Kevin Beaumont (@GossiTheDog), a Security Architect in Liverpool, tweeted back on 19 April that someone would use the shadowbroker exploitations to write a large-scale ransomeware worm, like Wannacry.
Author's note: Given the scale of the attack (>150,000 infected users), and the high rates at which victims of ransomeware end up paying their attackers, and the fact that this particular brand of ransomeware seemed to be charging a minimum of ~$300 worth of Bitcoin per host, combined with the 3-7 day timer set before all the files are deleted, I think that it's possible that this attack will have a pumping effect on Bitcoin prices, given the substantially increased demand.
Excellent article. Great account of the facts re: #infosec meltdown of 05/12/17, as well as background info as to why this failure even happened to begin with. ?? | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaC4'} | 76 |
Every Woman Has Something (German: Jede Frau hat etwas) is a 1931 American comedy film directed by Leo Mittler and starring Trude Berliner, Willy Clever and Kurt Vespermann. It is the German-language version of the 1930 film Honey. Several other language versions were made, as was common in the early years of sound when multi-language versions were made to release in different countries.
Cast
Trude Berliner as Olivia Dangerfield
Willy Clever as Burton
Kurt Vespermann as Charles Dangerfield, Bruder
Annie Ann as Cora Falkner, Tochter
Ida Perry as Frau Falkner
Karl Harbacher as Weeks
Kurt Lilien as Williams, Privatdetektiv
Zacharova as Mayme, Stubenmädchen
Alexandra Nalder as Doris, ihre Tochter
References
Bibliography
Babett Stach & Helmut Morsbach. German film posters: 1895 - 1945. Walter de Gruyter, 1992.
External links
1931 films
American comedy films
1931 comedy films
1930s German-language films
Films directed by Leo Mittler
Paramount Pictures films
Films shot in France
Films shot at Joinville Studios
American multilingual films
American black-and-white films
Films based on works by Alice Duer Miller
1931 multilingual films
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DERIDDER, La., April 25, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — AMERISAFE, Inc. (Nasdaq:AMSF), a specialty provider of hazardous workers' compensation insurance, today announced results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2018.
Gross premiums written in the quarter increased by $2.3 million, or 2.4%, due to higher voluntary premiums written and higher payroll audits and related premium adjustments.
Voluntary premium for policies written during the quarter ended March 31, 2018 increased by $1.4 million, or 1.6%, compared with the first quarter of 2017.
Payroll audits and related premium adjustments increased premiums written by $3.3 million in the first quarter of 2018, compared to $2.2 million in the first quarter of 2017.
The current accident year loss ratio for the first quarter was 71.5%, an increase of 1.0 percentage points from the 70.5% ratio for the full year 2017. During the quarter, the Company experienced favorable loss development for prior accident years, which reduced loss and loss adjustment expenses by $9.3 million, largely attributable to accident years 2015 and 2014. These results reflect improved trends for both claims closing, severity of claims and favorable case reserve development on claims that were closed during the quarter.
For the quarter ended March 31, 2018, the underwriting expense ratio was 23.2% compared to 23.3% in the same quarter in 2017. The decrease in the quarter was due to lower compensation and insurance assessment expense compared with last year's first quarter.
The effective tax rate for the quarter ended March 31, 2018 was 16.7% compared with 27.8% for the first quarter of 2017. The decrease is due to the new federal corporate tax rate of 21% on underwriting profits and taxable bond income.
Net investment income for the quarter ended March 31, 2018, increased 7.4% to $7.2 million from $6.7 million in the first quarter of 2017, largely due to the decrease in value of an investment in a limited partnership hedge fund in last year's first quarter.
As of March 31, 2018, the carrying value of AMERISAFE's investment portfolio, including cash and cash equivalents, was $1.2 billion.
The Company paid a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.22 per share on March 23, 2018. The $0.22 per share cash dividend reflects a 10% increase from the regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.20 paid in 2017. On April 24, 2018, the Company's Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.22 per share, payable on June 22, 2018 to shareholders of record as of June 8, 2018.
Book value per share at March 31, 2018 was $22.43, an increase of 1.5% from $22.10 as of December 31, 2017. During the quarter, no shares were repurchased under the Company's share repurchase plan.
(1) The tax effect of net realized losses on investments and net unrealized losses on equity securities is calculated assuming an annual tax rate of 21% for 2018 and 35% for 2017.
AMERISAFE has scheduled a conference call for April 26, 2018, at 10:30 a.m. Eastern Time to discuss the results for the quarter, as well as the outlook for future periods. To participate in the conference call dial 877-225-7695 (Domestic) or 720-545-0027 (International) at least ten minutes before the call begins and ask for the AMERISAFE conference call. A replay of the call will be available approximately two hours after the live broadcast ends and will be accessible through May 4, 2018. To access the replay, dial 855-859-2056 or 404-537-3406 and use the pass code 5252258#.
Statements made in this press release that are not historical facts, including statements accompanied by words such as "will," "believe," "anticipate," "expect," "estimate," or similar words are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 regarding AMERISAFE's plans and performance. These statements are based on management's estimates, assumptions and projections as of the date of this release and are not guarantees of future performance and include statements regarding management's views and expectations of the workers' compensation market, the Company's growth opportunities, underwriting margins and actions by competitors. Actual results may differ materially from the results expressed or implied in these statements if the underlying assumptions prove to be incorrect or as the results of risks, uncertainties and other factors including the factors set forth in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including AMERISAFE's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017. AMERISAFE cautions you not to place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements contained in this release. AMERISAFE does not undertake any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect future events, information or circumstances that arise after the date of this release. | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaC4'} | 78 |
KACO New Energy Takes Over Storage Provider Energy Depot
KACO new energy is increasingly pushing its way into the growing market for power storage. With the acquisition of the Constance-based company Energy Depot, the German PV pioneer is supplementing its range of energy storage systems with a market-ready hybrid inverter and gaining further development expertise. The existing customer relationships of Energy Depot are to be continued and expanded. The Constance location will be retained.
The staff of Energy Depot was informed about the takeover at an employees meeting on October 2. "Energy Depot has developed technically superior storage solutions from its start-up mentality.
Together with the market access and production know-how of KACO new energy, this creates an excellent combination that promises long-term success," says Ralf Hofmann, Managing Director of KACO new energy, explaining the strategic decision for the acquisition.
"We will maintain the Constance location from Energy Depot and integrate the staff into our global research and development team. In this way, we will create continuity in order to maintain and intensify existing customer relationships," Hofmann continues.
KACO new energy not only gains further development expertise through the takeover, but also an increase in its product portfolio: Energy Depot's products include the Centurio 10 hybrid inverter, which combines solar inverter and battery inverter in a single device and is now available via KACO new energy. The energy storage system based on this received the prestigious ees Award as the most innovative storage solution at Intersolar Europe 2017 in Munich.
"We met with great interest in the spring with a bidirectional inverter whose modular approach from 50 kilowatts fits large energy storage systems up to the megawatt range. With the plug-and-play solution from Energy Depot under the umbrella of KACO new energy, we are now following up: with a state-of-the-art product that can be supplied immediately, we are also opening up the rapidly expanding market for private and small commercial energy storage applications. We offer the complete system, including the lithium-ion batteries: plug the devices together, connect them to the grid and the solar modules – and you're done. This is what the future of storage technology looks like," says Ralf Hofmann in characterizing the storage offerings of the two new partners.
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Liesl tips off Michael about Hayden.
Jason tells Sam that she's doing well enough to be released soon. Sam doesn't like pretending that she didn't shoot Sonny, despite Jason's feelings on the matter. Sam mentions her talk with Julian. She thinks he knows the truth.
Sam mentions throwing the gun into the dumpster and worries that the police have found it. Jason's heading out, but makes her promise not to confess anything to anyone.
Scott explains to Julian that his trial is in recess. He thinks the DA is stalling while he tries to get Jason on the stand to testify.
Michael stops by to grill Sonny on who really shot him in the leg since it wasn't Garvey. Michael thinks someone got spooked about Sonny leaving the business and sent a contractor to shoot him. Michael doesn't want Sonny to retaliate. Sonny swears that he won't.
Police find a third gun in the dumpster at the construction site. Dante orders a forensic test on it. It comes back positive as the gun that shot Sonny in the leg.
The Quartermaine mansion prepares for Hayden and Finn's wedding. Monica's upset that cook quit and is even angrier when Olivia admits she fired cook because of her poor attitude. Monica wants Olivia to apologize and hire cook back in time to prepare the wedding feast, but Olivia disagrees. Monica is not happy with Olivia.
Jared's happy that he's going to get all of his money, which he feels Hayden owed him. Liesl says her target is Finn and that she plans on ruining his life.
Curtis is ready for the wedding, but Finn's upset. He explains about Hayden embezzling the money for Jared. Curtis says he told Hayden to tell Finn the truth. Finn explains how Hayden walked out on him. Curtis tells him he needs to fix it.
Alexis stops by to see Sam. She talks about Julian's trial and how she told the truth. Sam is upset about the things that she did when she was sick and how she hid it. Alexis tells her that it was the disease and to move on.
Liesl anonymously calls Michael. She tells him about Hayden's suspicious activity and as a board member he needs to check into it. Michael looks into. He heads to the mansion to let Monica know that Hayden embezzled money under her previous name, but then reversed it.
Liz senses something is off, but Michael says it's about the board. Liz tells him about the call from the bank that upset Hayden and wonders if her sister is in trouble.
Jason goes to see Julian to find out exactly what was said in his conversation with Sam. Julian explains, then tells Jason about Sam's visit with Ava. Jason tells him to stay away from Sam.
Dante and Nathan update Sonny. They mention they found the third gun, which is untraceable and wiped clean. Sonny swears he has no memory of anything after Garvey shot him in the vest.
Finn and Curtis get to the mansion. Finn is desperate to talk to Hayden, but Liz says she's getting her hair done for the wedding. Curtis calls Hayden's number, which has been disconnected.
Liz checks upstairs. She then tells everyone that Hayden and her things are gone, but she left behind her engagement ring.
Jared checks for his money. He finds out that the account is closed and realizes that Hayden double crossed him.
Jason goes to the station to talk to Jordan about Julian's trial. He overhears the officers mention that a third gun was found and that it's in the evidence room. | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaC4'} | 80 |
Speaking of clean slates, I decided to ditch embellished accessories and opted to wear this white dress as is. It was the perfect blank canvas since K unexpectedly surprised me with this floppy hat that I've wanted for a long time. This set of photos was actually taken months ago at Cebu Yacht Club on our anniversary.
If you could have a fresh start, where would you go? If you could have a clean slate, what would you do?
You look amazing doll great outfit the hat is the right touch.
I love such shape of the dress. So feminine! Hat is charming, you look adorable!
Sweet outfit, you look lovely!!
Good Luck on your new life in Australia! :) Looking forward to see more of your posts!
Have a nice day, Jeannie!
What you're doing is what I want to do when I'm older! I was wondering what inspired your decision to move to Australia?
Congratulations and good luck! You look so pretty! love ur dress and that hat is amazing!
I think you had the right idea with this outfit. The hat is the only accessory you need! Such an adorable outfit! My best friend studied abroad at Macquarie for a year during her undergrad classes, then met her current boyfriend and moved to Australia after she graduated in the states. She just finished getting her masters and she's still loving it there!
Loving this outfit! The hat is so cool.
D'aw what a great outfit! You look beautiful and good luck at Uni!
Great simple white dress. That hat made the outfit! So gorgeous!
Cute look! Love your hat!
I love floppy hats and this one looks great on you!
The outfit is so cute! I wish I could pull of wearing hats like that haha! | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaC4'} | 81 |
Cambodia reports outbreaks of H5N1 bird flu in northwest
Nov 16th 2015 10:59AM
PARIS (Reuters) -- Cambodia reported two outbreaks of the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu virus among backyard duck flocks in the northwestern part of the country, the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) said on Monday.
The outbreaks, which killed a total of 2,280 birds, were the first reported since March 2014, the OIE said.
"After having been informed by the owners that their duck flocks were sick and were dying, the district and provincial veterinary services went there to investigate and took some samples (of sick ducks)," the Cambodian farm ministry said in a statement posted on the OIE website.
"The result of test samples were confirmed positive with H5N1." World Organization for Animal Health
Related: See a history of bird flu outbreaks, including earlier this year in the U.S.:
History of bird flu outbreaks
Thomas 'Tom' Vilsack, secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), speaks during an interview in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, June 8, 2015. Government spending to fight the worst U.S. bird flu outbreak and compensate farmers for their losses will exceed the $410 million so far budgeted and may top a half-billion dollars, Vilsack said. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Indian workers spread disinfectant after an operation to cull chickens at Venkateshwara Hatcheries in Thoroor village in Ranga Reddy district, some 55 kilometers from Hyderabad on April 15, 2015. Five chicks were found to be infected with H5N1 avian influenza on regular testing of samples belonging to the farm of a poultry farmer Srinivas Reddy. The authorities ordered the culling of 150,000 birds in a kilometre radius on poultry farms, although no cases of human infections were identified so far, according to Ranga Reddy district officials. AFP PHOTO / Noah SEELAM (Photo credit should read NOAH SEELAM/AFP/Getty Images)
Indian health workers dump bags of dead chickens after a culling operation at Venkateshwara Hatcheries in Thoroor village in Ranga Reddy district, some 55 kilometers from Hyderabad on April 15, 2015. Five chicks were found to be infected with H5N1 avian influenza on regular testing of samples belonging to the farm of a poultry farmer Srinivas Reddy. The authorities ordered the culling of 150,000 birds in a kilometre radius on poultry farms, although no cases of human infections were identified so far, according to Ranga Reddy district officials. AFP PHOTO / Noah SEELAM (Photo credit should read NOAH SEELAM/AFP/Getty Images)
Indian health workers carry dead chickens in bags after a culling operation at Venkateshwara Hatcheries in Thoroor village in Ranga Reddy district, some 55 kilometers from Hyderabad on April 15, 2015. Five chicks were found to be infected with H5N1 avian influenza on regular testing of samples belonging to the farm of a poultry farmer Srinivas Reddy. The authorities ordered the culling of 150,000 birds in a kilometre radius on poultry farms, although no cases of human infections were identified so far, according to Ranga Reddy district officials. AFP PHOTO / Noah SEELAM (Photo credit should read NOAH SEELAM/AFP/Getty Images)
Dutch State Secretary Henk Bleker (C) puts on a mask during a visit to a turkey farm affected by a bout of the bird flu virus in Kelpen-Oler on March 19, 2012. All 42,700 turkeys at the farm will be slaughtered. AFP PHOTO / ANP MARCEL VAN HOORN netherlands out (Photo credit should read MARCEL VAN HOORN/AFP/Getty Images)
EAGLE GROVE, IA - MAY 17: A gate blocks the entrance of a farm operated by Daybreak Foods which has been designated 'bio security area' on May 17, 2015 near Eagle Grove, Iowa. Daybreak Foods is one of several large-scale commercial poultry facilities is Iowa reported to have been hit with a highly pathogenic strain of avian influenza which has forced poultry producers to kill off millions of birds in an attempt to stifle the spread of the illness. A road leading up to the front of the farm has been closed to outside traffic with a checkpoint established. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
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"IDBI Bank Ltd is a 'BUY' call with a target of Rs 88 and a stop loss of Rs 76."
In a chat with ET Now, Ashwani Gujral of ashwanigujral.com, shares his views on IDBI Bank Ltd.
ET Now: What is your view on IDBI Bank Ltd?
Ashwani Gujral: IDBI Bank Ltd is a 'BUY' call with a target of Rs 88 and a stop loss of Rs 76. | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaC4'} | 83 |
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Details: C2019Q00024
Electricity Supply Regulations 1986 (NI)
Regulation Applied Law - C2019Q00024
In force - Latest Version
Other document - Regulation Applied Law as amended, taking into account amendments up to Norfolk Island Continued Laws Ordinance 2015 (No. 2, 2015) as amended up to Norfolk Island Legislation Amendment (Fees and Other Matters) Ordinance 2019 (F2019L01048)
This is a regulation of the previous Norfolk Island Legislative Assembly that was continued in force under s16 and 16A of the Norfolk Island Act 1979.
Administered by: Infrastructure, Transport, Cities and Regional Development
Electricity Supply Regulations 1986
No. 3 of 1986
Compilation No. 2
Compilation date: 13 August 2019
Includes amendments up to: Norfolk Island Continued Laws Ordinance 2015 (No. 2, 2015) as amended up to Norfolk Island Legislation Amendment (Fees and Other Matters) Ordinance 2019 (F2019L01048)
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
1. Short title
3. Application of Standards
4. Supply of electricity
5. Supply of service
6. Segregation of supply
7. Temporary supply
8. Substations
9. Low voltage supply
10. Balancing of installations
11. Service fuses
12. Aerial conductors
13. Underground service mains
14. Connection to service mains
16. Consumers' installations
17. Switchboards
18. Location of meters
19. Placing of metering equipment
20. Current transformers
21. Spacing between meters and conductors
22. Fixing current transformers and other equipment
23. Protection of meters
24. Connections and links
25. Sealing
26. Labelling
27. Interference with supply to other consumers
28. Motors
29. Testing
30. Earthing
31. Protection against earth fault
32. Power factor
33. Accounts
34. Testing of meters
34A. Solar energy generation facilities
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Electricity Supply Regulations 1986.
2. (1) In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears —
"Act" means the Electricity Supply Act 1985;
"approved" means approved by an authorised officer;
"charging period" means a period of 3 months;
"commercial installation" means an electrical installation relating to the supply of electricity for a commercial purpose;
"domestic installation" means an electrical installation for a purpose that is not connected with a commercial purpose;
"substation" means one or more transformers and ancillary equipment installed in, or mounted on, an enclosure, building, pole, platform or crossarm for the purpose of distribution and utilisation of electricity;
"transformer" means an alternating current transformer used for converting alternating current from one voltage to another.
(2) In these Regulations, a reference to the abbreviation "AS", a set of numerals or letters or numerals and letters, is a reference to the Australian Standard, indicated by that abbreviation, set of numerals or letters or numerals and letters.
(3) In these Regulations, the values of current and voltage are expressed as the root mean square equivalent.
(4) For the purposes of these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears, words, expressions and provisions contained in these Regulations have the same interpretation, application and effect as they have under the Act.
Application of Standards
3. (1) Every electrical installation or addition to an electrical installation to be connected to the supply mains shall comply with these Regulations and the Australian Standards.
(2) All electrical wiring work prepared for connection to the supply mains shall be carried out by an electrical mechanic registered under the Electricity (Licensing and Registration) Act 1985.
Penalty: $200.
Supply of electricity
4. (1) The supply of electricity by the Administration shall be —
(a) in the form of alternating current of an approximate nominal frequency of 50 hertz; and
(b) at a nominal voltage of 415/240 volts from a 3 phase 4 wire system.
(2) Voice frequency control voltages may be superimposed on the normal supply voltage at intervals.
(3) The neutral conductors of the electricity supply system shall be connected to the general mass of earth constituting a neutral solidly‑earthed system within the meaning of AS3000.
Supply of service
5. (1) Subject to the requirements in a particular case, there shall be one service provided to a consumer's land including an adjacent area of land owned by the same person.
(2) Where an additional or special service is necessary or requested by a consumer and such service is approved, its cost shall be paid to the Administration by the consumer.
Segregation of supply
6. (1) The standards prescribed by AS3000 for notices at switchboards shall be complied with by a consumer.
(2) The distribution board serving a building shall be provided by the consumer with a prominent notice indicating the switchboard from which it is connected.
(3) Where land is supplied with one or more electricity supply services provided by the Administration and with electricity provided from a private generating plant, the supply from the private generating plant shall be segregated from that part of the electricity supplied by the Administration.
Temporary supply
7. (1) Every temporary supply of electricity shall be fitted with an earth leakage circuit breaker having a resistance of not less than 30 milliamperes.
(2) A switchboard box for a temporary supply shall be mounted —
(a) on 2 tanalised posts measuring 100 millimetres x 75 millimetres or as approved; or
(b) on one tanalised post measuring 100 millimetres x 100 millimetres or as approved with 2 tanalised cross battens measuring 75 millimetres x 50 millimetres or as approved.
(3) Where a project in respect of which a temporary supply of electricity has been installed is not completed within 6 months after the grant of the application for the temporary supply, the applicant may apply for an extension of the temporary supply under subsection 10(1) of the Act.
8. (1) Where it is necessary to extend or increase capacity in order to supply electricity to land the Administration may, on the consumer making available to it without cost a space on the land to accommodate a transformer or substation, install a transformer necessary for the purpose.
(2) The consumer shall provide additional space or facilities as is or are necessary to accommodate the extension of the supply mains to the substation.
(3) Where the extension referred to in subregulation 8(2) is by overhead lines the consumer shall ensure that there are no trees, shrubs or vegetation on the consumer's land closer than 1.5 metres to the lines.
(4) A space provided by the consumer under this Regulation shall at all times be readily accessible by an authorised officer and shall be enclosed in an approved manner.
(5) Where a substation is accommodated on land as referred to in this Regulation the substation may be used by the Administration to supply other land and if so used the Administration may install in the space provided additional equipment for that purpose.
Low voltage supply
9. The number of phases of low voltage supply that will be provided to a consumer's installation or portion of an installation that is separately metered are as set out in the Table.
Load category
Load not exceeding 15 amperes
1 phase and neutral (2 wire)
Load exceeding 15 amperes or rating where a motor exceeds 2.0 kilowatts
3 phases and neutral (4 wires)
NOTE: For the purposes of the Table, the load shall be calculated on the assumption that all load will be connected line‑to‑neutral at 240 volts. The calculation shall otherwise be in accordance with AS3000 rules for the calculation of maximum demand in mains and sub‑mains except in multiple domestic installations. In the case of multiple domestic installations the load of the whole installation shall be the sum of the loads for each single domestic installation calculated separately.
Balancing of installations
10. The loading of a consumer's installation, or the part of a consumer's installation that is separately metered, from more than one phase shall be arranged so that, at the time of maximum demand of the installation or part of it, the current in an active supply conductor shall not exceed the current in another active supply conductor by more than 15 amperes.
Service fuses
11. A service fuse provided by the consumer shall be affixed at an approved fusing point on a power pole.
Aerial conductors
12. (1) Service mains to the point of attachment shall be —
(a) placed on an approved route; and
(b) installed and maintained by the consumer as approved.
(2) The consumer shall ensure that the clearance between an aerial conductor of service mains or consumer's installation and trees, shrubs or vegetation on the consumer's land is —
(a) where the conductors are covered by insulation ‑ 0.5 metres; or
(b) where the conductors are bare ‑ 1.5 metres.
Underground service mains
13. (1) The consumer shall provide, install and maintain a conduit or set of conduits and other facilities required for installing an underground service main.
(2) The trench containing an underground service main or underground plant shall not be covered before it has been inspected and approved.
(3) Before a trench a person shall —
(a) notify an authorised officer; and
(b) ascertain if the proposed trench will interfere with any underground lines already laid.
(4) Underground service mains shall be installed under the nature strip and, where necessary, shall cross under a road by the shortest approved route.
(5) Before an authorised officer connects underground service mains or underground plant, the consumer shall —
(a) provide the authorised officer with a plan of the underground service mains and underground plant in accordance with a form provided by the Chief Executive Officer; and
(b) install inside the meter box a card provided by the Chief Executive Officer showing the plan.
Connection to service mains
14. (1) The consumer shall install —
(a) a length of cable sufficient for connection of the consumer's mains to the service mains and to the line terminal of the service fuses and the neutral link; and
(b) wiring on the load side of the service fuses and neutral link with the ends of the wiring prepared for insertion and connection.
(2) Where conductors are —
(a) not stranded copper; or
(b) of a size exceeding the size that can be connected to the Administration's equipment,
they shall be jointed to stranded copper conductor cables suitable for connection to that equipment.
(3) Aluminium conductors shall not be used.
Consumers' installations
16. (1) The Administration may use part of a consumer's installation to carry the supply of electricity to the land of another consumer.
(2) The supply of electricity shall not be made by the use of a consumer's installation or part of it to another consumer —
(a) unless that other consumer agrees to reimburse the first‑mentioned consumer for a proportion of the cost of the installation and a corresponding proportion of its maintenance; or
(b) where the use would cause an adverse effect to the supply of electricity to the first‑named consumer.
(3) A consumer's installation shall be maintained, as approved, by the consumer at the cost of the consumer.
17. (1) For a single domestic installation having a nominal load of up to 15 amperes per phase, the consumer shall provide and install an approved hinged pre‑drilled switchboard.
(2) A switchboard referred to in subregulation 17(1) shall be mounted —
(a) in an approved meter box; or
(b) on a suitable surround giving a clear space of not less than 75 millimetres between the rear face of the panel and the surface on which the surround is mounted.
(3) A switchboard shall be located so that the height of its top edge above the floor or ground beneath the panel is not less than 1.5 metres and does not exceed 2.0 metres.
(4) Where a switchboard is fully extended on its hinge to an open position of 90o there shall be a clearance of 200 millimetres between the front face of the panel and a fixed object.
(5) Where a panel is enclosed otherwise than in an approved meter box there shall be 175 millimetres between the front face of the panel and the door of the meter box.
(6) Where the electrical installation is not suitable for enclosure in an approved meter box the consumer shall provide an approved panel with suitable protection.
(7) Where an alteration or addition is required to an existing electrical installation and it is necessary for that purpose to install additional plant the consumer shall make provision for the mounting and connection of the additional plant as approved.
Location of meters
18. Where practicable, the meters required in connection with the supply of electricity to more than one consumer shall be located at a single position.
Placing of metering equipment
19. (1) Metering equipment that is installed in relation to a domestic installation shall be placed so that an authorised officer is not required to enter rooms, enclosed verandahs or any other structures with a door or gate that may be locked during the occupier's absence.
(2) Metering equipment that is installed in relation to a commercial installation shall be placed so that an authorised officer has free access during ordinary working hours.
(3) Where an elevated floor or platform is provided for access to metering equipment it shall be permanent and substantial in construction and provided with a fixed stair and hand rail.
(4) An authorised officer shall refuse to approve the placing of metering equipment —
(a) over stairways or ramps, in narrow passageways or in confined spaces;
(b) in vehicle docks, driveways and factory passageways where the equipment or persons working on the instruments cannot be effectively protected;
(c) in close proximity to, or over, machinery or open‑type switchgear;
(d) where the atmosphere is liable to be affected by fumes, gases or dust of such a nature as may cause deterioration of equipment or unsatisfactory working conditions;
(e) in hazardous locations as defined by AS3000;
(f) in rooms or enclosures where the normal ambient temperature exceeds 30oC;
(g) in locations where there is insufficient natural or artificial light; or
(h) in locations where the use of a step‑ladder would be hazardous.
20. (1) Electrical installations having a maximum demand exceeding 100 amperes per phase shall be metered by instruments connected to current transformers that are installed in an approved position.
(2) In relation to current transformers —
(a) the frames and secondary windings shall be earthed;
(b) the cables connecting the secondary windings to the meter shall be of 250 volt grade insulation and —
(i) in size 7/0.85 millimetres if their route length does not exceed 9 metres; or
(ii) in size 7/1.04 millimetres if their route length exceeds 9 metres.
(3) High‑rupturing capacity fuses in sealable holders —
(a) shall be installed on insulating baseboards as close as practicable to the current transformers;
(b) shall be stud‑connected; or
(c) with the approval of an authorised officer, connected with 250 volt grade double insulated 7/1.04 millimetres copper cables covered in red, yellow or blue insulation at a separation distance of 75 millimetres.
(4) Potential connections from the fuses to the test links and meter shall be 250 volt grade 1/1.78 millimetres insulated cables covered in red, yellow or blue insulation and the neutral wire shall be black.
Spacing between meters and conductors
21. (1) Spacing between meters and conductors carrying heavy currents shall, subject to subregulation 21(2), be in accordance with the Table.
Amperes
Minimum spacing of meters from conductors
120 and not exceeding 199
1000 and over
(2) Where —
(a) the conductors are —
(i) of 3 phase cable; or
(ii) enclosed in a steel or iron conduit or pipe; or
(b) the meter is located in a separate compartment of steel or iron,
the spacing requirements referred to in the Table in subregulation 21(1) do not apply.
Fixing current transformers and other equipment
22. (1) Current transformers shall be fixed in an approved manner so that each one may be removed or replaced without disturbance to the other current transformers.
(2) Panels and battens for the mounting of plant of the Administration and the surrounds and boxes enclosing it shall be fixed in an approved manner.
Protection of meters
23. (1) The consumer shall in an approved manner protect a meter from the effects of weather, salty, dusty or corrosive atmosphere and from exposure to damage from any other source.
(2) A box used for the protection of a meter —
(a) shall be durable and weather‑proof;
(b) shall have a hinged door and a catch; and
(c) shall not be glazed if the box is installed where direct sunlight may enter or where there is undue risk of glass breakage.
(3) If a door referred to in paragraph 23(2)(b) is hinged at the top it shall be provided with a strap to hold it in an open position.
Connections and links
24. (1) Not more than one cable shall be connected to one terminal of a socket base, meter or control device.
(2) Where it is necessary to connect more than one meter to one phase of an unmetered supply main or sub‑main the customer shall install links for the purpose.
(3) Where links are used in multiple occupancy buildings in the arrangement of circuits to meters the links shall be of an approved type with covers that are suitable for sealing.
25. (1) A customer shall ensure that all connections to the line side of a meter are sealed.
(2) Where an authorised officer considers that seals are necessary for any purpose the authorised officer shall affix seals to a consumer's installation.
26. (1) Where a separate supply of electricity is provided for rooms, suites of rooms, flats or other combinations of rooms forming multiple occupancies in one building the name of the occupier of the area or an identifying number or both shall be assigned and marked on the entrance door to each separately occupied area.
(2) A name or number or both corresponding to the one assigned shall be marked —
(a) in a durable material on the switchboard to identify the supply of electricity to each area; and
(b) as a temporary marking on the shielding plate of the socket bases for the metering and control equipment for each area.
(3) Where land is supplied from more than one service, labels shall be provided at each service position and at the main switchboard associated with it indicating —
(a) the portion of the electrical installation that is supplied by each service segregated in accordance with subregulation 6(3); and
(b) the location and conditions of operation of the supply from a private generating plant.
Interference with supply to other consumers
27. (1) A consumer's plant shall be arranged and operated in a manner to prevent undue interference with the supply of electricity to other consumers.
(2) Where the authorised officer believes on reasonable grounds that a consumer is arranging or operating the supply of electricity in a manner that is interfering, or may interfere, with the supply of electricity to other consumers, the authorised officer may request the first‑mentioned consumer to carry out corrective action and the consumer shall, as soon as practicable, comply with the request in an approved manner.
28. (1) A motor and associated starting devices shall be designed and operated so that —
(a) the starting current shall not cause a fall in voltage of more than 5% for more than 0.02 seconds when connected to a 415/240 volt 3 phase 50 hertz supply system; and
(b) a motor greater than 2 horse power shall not be started direct on line and the motor shall be fitted with an approved type of assisted start equipment.
(2) The starting current for a motor shall not exceed —
(a) 25 amperes in the case of a single phase 240 volt motor; or
(b) 53 + 3.3 x k amperes in the case of a 3 phase 415 volt motor where k is the continuous output rating in kilowatts of the largest motor in the electrical installation.
29. (1) A fall in voltage shall be determined by the oscillographic method or another approved method.
(2) Subject to subregulation 29(3), a person shall not connect to an existing installation an addition or alteration until the addition or alteration has been tested by an authorised officer and approved.
(3) Where a final sub‑circuit is connected and in use, an addition that is complete and that complies with AS3000 and these Regulations may be connected to it after lodging with the Administration a certificate under paragraph 11(3)(a) of the Act.
(4) Additional circuits —
(a) may be connected to the switchboard of an existing electrical installation where the additional circuits are isolated from the supply of electricity by the removal of the fuses or leaving the circuit breakers in the "off" position; and
(b) shall, before the insertion of the fuses or closure of the circuit breakers, be tested by an authorised officer and approved.
(5) Fuses and circuit breakers referred to in sub‑regulation 29(4) shall have labels affixed that warn against accidental insertion of fuses or closing of the circuit breakers.
(6) Before testing an electrical installation for compliance with AS3000 and these Regulations all lamps including fluorescent tubes shall be removed from fittings.
30. (1) Electrical installations that require to be earthed shall comply with AS3000 requirements for the multiple earthed neutral system of earthing.
(2) In an electrical installation a live conductor shall not be connected to earth without the prior approval in writing of an authorised officer unless the connection is made by a radio‑interference suppressor that complies with AS3000.
Protection against earth fault
31. Spa baths, spa pools and swimming pools shall be protected by an earth leakage circuit breaker having a resistance of not less than 30 milliamperes.
32. (1) Where in relation to a consumer's installation the power factor, determined by an authorised officer, is, in the opinion of the authorised officer, such that the electricity system —
(a) is not being, or would not be, efficiently utilised; or
(b) the electricity supply to another consumer is, or would be, adversely affected,
the consumer shall, if required to do so by an authorised officer, maintain the power factor at a value of not less than 0.8.
(2) The conditions of operation of power factor correction equipment or variation of inductive load shall not at any time —
(a) cause the power factor to become leading; or
(b) conflict with regulation 27.
(3) Fluorescent and non‑incandescent fittings shall be fitted with approved power factor correction capacitors.
33. (1) The consumer shall pay to the Administration for each charging period —
(a) the approved fee for the charging period; or
(b) the approved fee per unit of electricity measured by the meter referred to in section 14 of the Act;
whichever is the greater.
(2) An account for the amount due by a consumer under subregulation 33(1) shall be rendered by the Administration at the end of each charging period and shall be paid by the consumer within 14 days of the date of the account.
(3) Where a consumer fails to pay the account within the period referred to in subregulation 33(2), the Administration may send a final account, and after the expiration of not less than 7 days, it shall serve a notice of disconnection under section 22(1) of the Act.
(4) Where an account is rendered that contains an error due to misreading of a meter or for any other reason, the Administration may, notwithstanding that the account has been paid, withdraw the account and render a corrected account.
Testing of meters
34. (1) A consumer may request the Administration to test a meter and, on payment of the approved fee, the Administration shall, as soon as practicable, carry out the test.
(2) Where on testing a meter, whether or not at the request of a consumer, it is found that the meter is inaccurate by more or less than 2%, the Administration shall, at its expense, replace the meter and, if the inspection is at the request of a consumer, shall refund to the consumer the fee referred to in subregulation 34(1).
(3) In a case of inaccuracy referred to in subregulation 34(2), the Administration shall adjust the consumer's account for the current charging period —
(a) in accordance with the percentage of error found in the test of the meter; or
(b) on the basis of the consumer's average consumption during the preceding 2 charging periods,
whichever is the lesser.
(4) Where a meter ceases to measure electricity, the consumer's accounts shall be adjusted on the basis of the consumer's average consumption during the preceding 2 charging periods.
Solar energy generation facilities
34A. (1) A consumer, being the owner or occupier of premises, wishing to install a solar generation facility on those premises (the consumer's facility) with the intent that the consumer's facility be connected to the supply mains must―
(a) ensure that the facility¾
(i) complies with AS‑NZS 3000; and AS5033
(ii) is installed by an accredited installer; and
(ii) is inspected by an authorised officer; and
(b) make application to the Chief Executive Officer in accordance with Form 1 in Schedule 2 accompanied by ¾
(i) a certificate of the accredited installer in accordance with Form 2 in Schedule 2; and
(ii) the approved fees or a receipt for their payment .
(2) If the Chief Executive Officer is satisfied that the application under sub‑regulation (1) is in order and that the facility complies with the Act and these Regulations, he or she may issue a certificate of exemption in accordance with Form 3 in Schedule 2 and subject to such conditions as the Chief Executive Officer considers appropriate.
(3) The consumer's facility must be connected to a meter installed under the direction or with the approval of an authorised officer that enables the recording of power supplied by the facility to the supply mains such that the amount so supplied can be off‑set against the power supplied to the consumer for the purpose of determining the approved fees to be made by the Administration to the consumer.
(4) If, in accordance with sub‑regulation (3) the amount to be paid by the Administration exceeds that to be paid by the consumer, no payment shall be made but the amount of the excess shall accumulate and be off‑set from time to time against amounts due for the supply of electricity by the Administration to the consumer in respect only of the same circuit as that to which the photovoltaic solar electricity generator is connected.
(5) The approved fee for reading the meter recording the supply of power into the supply mains is payable by the consumer, and may not be offset against any amount payable to the consumer by the Administration.
NORFOLK ISLAND ELECTRICITY SUPPLY ACT 1985
APPLICATION FOR INSTALLATION OF SOLAR ELECTRICTY GENERATOR
I..............................................................................................................................................................................
of............................................................................................................................................................................
being the owner/occupier* of the premises at the address set out below apply for consent in accordance with section 11A of the Act to the connection of a solar electricity generation facility to the supply mains for the purpose of supplying electricity to the Administration using the solar grid connect system connected to the said premises and I attach to this application an accredited installer's certificate of the compliance of the installation with the Regulations
...................................................................................... .............................................................
(Address) (Portion No.)
Number of panels:..............................................................................................................................................
Size of Inverter:..................................................................................................................................................
Service No:....................................................................................................
Serial No. of meter:............................................................................................................................................
Norfolk Island contractor's No:
Accreditation Number:......................................................................................................................................
Dated / /
Signature of Applicant
* Strike out whichever is inapplicable
ACCREDITED INSTALLERS CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE
I/We hereby certify that the electrical wiring work referred to in this certificate has been carried out by me/us* at the place specified and complies with the Regulations for the safe supply of electricity from a solar energy generation facility into the supply mains
..............................................................................................................................................................
(Name of applicant for supply of electricity)
(Address for supply of electricity) (Portion Number)
(Electrical mechanic's Licence No.) (Accreditation Number)
Date.......................... /.................... /
............................................................
(Signature of Electrical mechanic)
2. This certificate relates to the solar grid connect system
No. of Panels:................................................................... Size of inverter::...................
Manufacturer, and Serial No. of inverter:……………………………………………………..
3. Installation:
*Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory Service No.:............................
Defects: *Yes/No Meter No.:............................. ,
*Single/Multi Phase Meter Reading:.....................
Inspected by:…………………………….
(Signature of authorised officer)
Date...................... /................ /...............
OFFICE USE ONLY:
Fee paid for:.................................................................................... Invoice No:............................
Amount:………………………………………….
Accounting Officer:....................................................................... Date.............. /...................... /.
Connection noted and address listed for reading: Date.............. /.................... /..
Ledger card noted: Date............. /..................... /...
In accordance with section 11A of the Electricity Supply Act 1985, I am satisfied that the solar energy generation facility installed at the premises below complies with the Regulations and grant the application of the person named to generate electricity by means of the facility and to supply electricity from the facility to the supply mains in accordance with the Regulations and the conditions set out below.
Dated this day of 20 .
................................................
Name of applicant....................................................………………………….........
Premises at which facility installed...........................................................................
1. This facility must not be connected at any time to a battery or similar storage system.
The Electricity Supply Regulations 1986 as shown in this consolidation comprises Regulations No. 3 of 1986 and amendments as indicated in the Tables below.
Number and year
Date of commencement
Application saving or transitional provision
3, 1986
Electricity Supply (Amendment) Regulations 1999
Electricity Supply Amendment Regulations 2000
[Previously consolidated as at 31 January 2003]
[Previously consolidated as at 25 March 2009]
[Previously consolidated as at 6 November 2010]
[Previously consolidated as at 24 September 2011]
Interpretation (Amendment) Act 2012
[to substitute throughout —Commonwealth Minister for Minister; and to substitute Minister for executive member]
Application, saving and transitional provisions
Norfolk Island Continued Laws Amendment Ordinance 2015
(No. 2, 2015)
(now cited as Norfolk Island Continued Laws Ordinance 2015 (see F2015L01491))
17 June 2015 (F2015L00835)
18 June 2015 (s 2(1) item 1)
Sch 1 (items 344, 345, 382–396)
as amended by
Norfolk Island Continued Laws Amendment (Statutory Appointments and Other Matters) Ordinance 2018
28 Sept 2018 (F2018L01378)
Sch 1 (item 16): 29 Sept 2018 (s 2(1) item 1)
Norfolk Island Legislation Amendment (Fees and Other Matters) Ordinance 2019
12 Aug 2019 (F2019L01048)
Sch 1 (item 24): 13 Aug 2019 (s 2(1) item 1)
Table of Amendments
ad = added or inserted
am = amended
rep = repealed
rs = repealed and substituted
Provisions affected
How affected
14, 2012; Ord No 2, 2015 (as am by F2018L01378)
Ord No 2, 2015 (as am by F2019L01048)
11, 2010; 14, 2012; Ord No 2, 2015 (as am by F2018L01378 and F2019L01048)
DETERMINATION OF CHARGES
I, George Charles Smith, Minister for Finance and Strategic Planning, determine under section 21 of the Electricity Supply Act 1985 that —
(a) in respect of the activities in connection with the supply of electricity referred to in the first column of the Schedule, the charges specified in the second column of the Schedule are payable to the Administration; and
(b) the charges referred to in the Schedule are payable on and from the date on which this determination is published in the Gazette.
Dated 27 October 1999. George Charles Smith
MINISTER FOR FINANCE AND STRATEGIC PLANNING
Acting at the Request and for and on Behalf of the
Minister for Tourism and Commerce
Activities in connection with the supply of electricity
Installation of service mains
Alterations to the supply of electricity to a consumer
Alterations resulting from the failure of the consumer to comply with the terms and conditions of supply of electricity
Alterations to the supply of electricity made at the request of the consumer
130% of the sum of —
(a) the cost of materials; and
(b) the cost of labour (charged at the rate of $25 per hour).
Gazette No. 51, 28 October 1999
NOTICE OF PROHIBITED ELECTRICAL ARTICLES
I, Ronald Coane Nobbs, Chief Minister and Minister for Finance and Government Services, under subsection 26(1) of the Electricity Supply Act 1985 –
(a) revoke the notices of prohibited electrical articles dated 27 August 1995; and
(b) specify the electrical articles set out in Schedule 1 to be electrical articles that must not, after 31 May 2001 be sold, hired, installed, connected or used; and
(c) specify the electrical articles set out in Schedule 2 to be electrical articles that must not, after 31 May 2001, be sold, hired, installed, connected or used unless the prior written approval of the Electricity Manager is obtained; and
(d) state that this instrument shall come into operation on 31 May 2001.
Dated: 29 May 2001
Ron Nobbs
Chief Minister and Minister for Finance and Government Services
Prohibited articles
1 Electrically‑boosted solar heaters rated higher than 2.4 kilowatts
2 Heaters for spa pools, swimming pools or saunas
3 Domestic appliances rated higher than 2.4 kilowatts
4 Cooking ranges
5 Hot plates
6 Ovens
7 Washing machines fitted with electrical elements
8 Electric welders
9 Air conditioners
10 Microwave ovens fitted with electrical elements
Articles prohibited unless prior approval is obtained
1 Electrically‑boosted solar heaters rated at 2.4 kilowatts or less (must be fitted with a quartz time clock)
2 Water heaters (must be fitted with a quartz time clock)
3 Electrical motors, including motors for pump (in some cases special starters or time switches may be required)
4 Electrical clothes dryers – approved design and rating (time switches may be required)
5 Dish washers
6 Sports area lights
7 Electric radiators
1 To avoid unnecessary expense, consumers are advised to apply on the forms available at the Administration Offices, Kingston, and ensure that appliances are approved before they are purchased.
2 If prohibited or unauthorised electrical articles are installed, connected or used, the consumer may, on conviction, be fined up to $200.
3 Owners of appliances the use of which is prohibited by the above notice may apply to the Minister with responsibility for Electricity Act 1985 for exemption from the operation of the notice. | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaCommonCrawl'} | 85 |
A few months ago I decided it would be good to re-rip my CD collection, retaining a lossless digital copy, and set about planning the project. I then realised I hadn't the time to take the project on for the time being and parked it, but not before figuring a few bits and pieces out.
Starting at the beginning, with ripping the CDs. The most widely used CD ripping software on Linux systems is still cdparanoia, which is pretty good, but it's still possible to get bad CD rips, and I've had several in a very small sample size. On Windows systems, the recommended ripper is Exact Audio Copy, or EAC for short. EAC calculates checksums of ripped CDs or tracks and compares them against an online database of rips called AccurateRip. It also calibrates your CD drive against the same database and uses the calculated offset during the rip.
I wasn't aware of any AccurateRip-supporting rippers until recently when Mark Brown introduced me to morituri. I've done some tentative experiments and it appears to be produce identical rips to EAC for some sample CDs (with different CD reading hardware too).
Fundamentally, AccurateRip is a proprietary database, and so I think the longer term goal in the F/OSS community should be to create an alternative, open database of rip checksums and drive offsets. The audio community has already been burned by the CDDB database going proprietary, but at least we now have the—far superior—MusicBrainz.
What is a CD? Is that something like a floppy?
But to be serious: Would it not be possible to add such information to MusicBrainz?
PS. Your host's certificate expired 6 days ago.
☺ Economically, it's still one of the most cost-efficient ways to buy lossless music, at least here.
I think track/disc checksums would definitely belong at MusicBrainz. To get accurate rips, you also need to calculate and record CD player 'offset' figures. It's less clear that these would belong at MB, but I might try to ask them.
Thanks. StartSSL are currently over capacity so I haven't had a chance to renew.
I'm also using morituri since development of RubyRipper stopped. It does the job properly.
Why using CDs? Because I want my music files as flac and properly tagged. Downloading services usually sell mp3 and not flac. And although I use the CD only one time for digitalizing I like to see my collection in the shelf. Also I like to watch the booklet while listening to new CDs. | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaC4'} | 86 |
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Dev Blog #4: 1047 Games received $100 Million in Funding. What does this mean for Splitgate?
Greetings Splitgang. It's the one and only Endo with Blog #4!
I promise this will be the last time we will voluntarily bring up the recent $100 Million funding; it's something we are really proud of but the last impression we want to give is the notion of, "we made it," because we certainly haven't. However, it's very important that we talk about it in today's blog so we can give you an idea of what's possible! If you haven't heard the news yet, read the announcement from our CEO Ian Proulx below to get caught up.
Funding announcement from Sept. 14th, 2021
The funding was just one step in our journey as a gaming studio, an important achievement, but just one step. So, what now? Excellent question! Let me start by telling you what we know for sure, then we can have a little fun by thinking about some possibilities.
What we're doing now
First things first, we gotta expand the team! If we have the goal of becoming a AAA studio, we have to grow into one, first. Think about the number one feature you want to see in Splitgate. 1047 Games needs more software engineers to turn all these features into reality, more swiftly. Specifically, we're looking for Backend Engineers, Data Engineers, Full-stack Engineers, QA Engineers, and Unreal Engine Developers. Check out this link to apply or send it to someone you know who might be qualified!
Like what was mentioned last week, we do read your thoughts and opinions about the game on social media. One comment we receive occasionally is, "Splitgate needs more updates." We couldn't agree more! At the time of writing this blog, the number of people employed to code Splitgate is in the single digits. As talented as our current developer team is, we definitely want to bring you all the type of things you care about (bug fixes, new features, etc.) at a quicker pace.
So, why haven't we hired more engineers yet? I can assure you it isn't for lack of trying, and for that matter, we actually have hired a few since tweeting about only having four engineers. The problem is the vetting process and how quality software engineers are in extremely high demand. Not only do we want to update Splitgate at a faster pace, but we also want these updates to be bigger. This requires us to be on the lookout for experienced individuals for the positions we're trying to fill and not hastily hire the wrong candidates. Thankfully, our recent funding will help us compete for the services of the most talented engineers, so it's only a matter of time!
What we can do with more Engineers (note: nothing listed below is official, only hypotheticals)
We already know that we want to update the game more frequently if we had more engineers, so what kinds of things could we include in these updates? The official funding announcement said, "Everything is now on the table, and the scope of what we can achieve just got 10x bigger!" So, let's use our imagination to think about what's possible!
Earlier this week our Twitter said that we would be adding a "Forge mode" to the game before Halo Infinite. In my infinite wisdom, I thought this would be a funny/clever thing to say in reply to KFC Gaming. Yes, it was I, Endo, who clicked Tweet on that one, but in my defense, I only did so after consulting someone from the dev team! What ended up happening was it generated some buzz because it looked like we were calling out Halo, both things we didn't necessarily intend. On top of that, a map editor feature most likely won't be close in functionality to what Halo Infinite's map maker will be.
Despite that, a map editor feature would still be a massive undertaking and a huge addition to Splitgate! As a player myself, I would love the possibility of disabling certain portal pads and adding new pads that totally change the way maps get played. Pantheon, but the whole ground is one giant portal surface. Stadium, but you add an entirely new upper level. It's not just portal pads that could be added, of course. You could add walls, bridges, props, weapons, and new spawn points! I would wager that the game mode Contamination would be a lot more fun with custom maps! The number of possibilities is exciting with a feature like that.
A single player experience is also on the table. Sure, this could be a Halo-style single player campaign, but what else could we do? It's no secret that the arena combat known as "Splitgate" is treated like a sport in the game's universe. One thing we could do with that idea is something like "franchise mode," like in traditional sports games. With an overhaul of our bot AI, the game could introduce a large roster of AI Players who can be recruited to play on a team with you. Each AI player has a set of stat ratings like aim, portal movement, and awareness. You and your team would then progress through a sports season and play against other AI teams and eventually compete for the championship. It wouldn't have to stop with single player either, maybe you could pit your recruited team against the team of another real player! This is another idea with endless possibilities.
Many of you have asked for a Nintendo Switch version of the game; this task would be much easier with an expanded team of engineers! Personally, I am very intrigued with the idea of playing Splitgate on the Steam Deck, so I understand the fascination with being able to portal-on-the-go. The Switch isn't the only platform we're not on, however! Mobile is a possibility, but we'd have to figure out if we'd want to approach it like Fortnite (with cross-play) or Call of Duty Mobile (a standalone game). Google Stadia and Amazon Luna could be other platforms to investigate.
These are large scale ideas (emphasis on ideas, not official announcements!), but the quicker introduction of smaller scale features is also something to think about when it comes to adding more engineers. One thing at a time I suppose!
All in all, we want you, our community, to think of Splitgate as how it co be in the future, not just how it is today. We appreciate all your support as 1047 Games progresses towards a fully-fledged AAA studio!
-Endo
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After reading GLW report on this walk it brought back memories of a camping trip i had at Derry Lodge a few years and as i hadn't been back since i felt the need to return. With the forecast looking good over on the east on Sunday i decided that would be the day. I set off from Linn of Dee at 08.40 on foot , i say on foot because on my last visit i promised myself when i returned it would by bike but as i'd recently changed my car i hadn't got any bike racks on it yet. Most of the walkers i saw that day had cycled in, with one running and another in a Landrover although he was not a walker. He stopped to chat and informed me he was heading to inspect reports they had recieved of an avalanche at The Devils Point. He was away by the time i got back so didn't have the chance to ask him what the outcome was. Back to the walk now and it's a straightforward walk with a path taking you all the way to the summit. The forecast was as predicted with superb views from the summit although the Munros to the west of the Lairig Ghru had a wee bit cloud on them. On the summit of Carn a' Mhaim it was very calm which was suprising as it had been windy at times on the way up, so i took some photos and sat about for a bit enjoying the views. Normally i would have had lunch but it was a bit early yet so i headed back down the way i came stopping off for lunch at Glen Luibeg then making the long walk back to the car. Another great day out in the Cairngorms with the only downside 1 blister on 1 heel and one big blister on the sole of my other foot, not sure how i got them as i'd worn the boots on many occasions. I've put it down to the combination of the socks and boots together as i'm unsure if i'd worn the socks and boots before or possibly it was just walking on the track for so long. Next time it WILL be by bike.
My best bits at the summit, spot my matching handbag Mountain Thyme?
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Oh such lovely pics.. thoroughly envious..
Like the picture's JC especially the headless one do you have spots so i take it the bikes the way to go then. | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaC4'} | 88 |
Did you learn your trade from Houdini? Were you formerly trained by the Department of Homeland Security to restrain terrorists at Guantanamo Bay? Is that how you learned to put Elmo under wraps, by dealing with terrorists? In whatever forum you developed your craft I extend to you kudos because you are the best.
Since the birth of my girls I have continually looked forward to helping the doll of choice escape from your shackles. Following a late night of "assembly required" and an early morning awakening by an excited child nothing makes me want to cuss Santa like unwinding one of your death traps. Must every Sesame Street character be removed from its carton with a Phillips head screwdriver? Is it necessary to bind "Baby May I" with a quarter mile of industrial strength metal ribbon? On the side of the box, please print clearly the tools that will be required to unwrap your victim. "Jaws of life and double A batteries" not included.
Not that I doubt your qualifications, you have more than proven your ability, but I would like to see freeing Cabbage Patch dolls become more challenging in the coming years. May I suggest some sort of trapping mechanisms be included in toy packaging? How about something attached to an incendiary device? I would like to see Christmas morning take on more of a McGyver type feel. Should I cut the black, or the blue wire first? Should I cut the wire before or after I unstrap dollie's legs from her chamber? One mistake and Christmas ends with a bang. Only an experience of that magnitude could top this year's freeing of my daughter's doggie that swims in the tub.
Here's to you doll packaging person. Not even Chris Angel could escape from your contraption.
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Photo courtesy of Bill Allen Snivley Akrons own Bill Allen and the Back BeatS, featuring (from left) drummer Dean Hanley, singer Bill Allen Snivley and guitarist John Seli, ruled local airwaves and dominated the Ohio concert scene in 1957 and 1958.
Akron rockabilly star Bill Allen, 75, remembered March 01,2013 02:04 PM GMT Malcolm X Abram Beacon Journal Publishing Co. Copyright � 2013 Beacon Journal Publishing Co. Inc and Black Press. All Rights Reserved. Any copying, redistribution or retransmission of any of the contents of this service without the express written consent of the Akron Beacon Journal is expressly prohibited.
Wilfred Allen Snivley, 75, better known as Bill Allen, passed away Feb. 22, but he left behind hundreds of smiling faces, strong friendships and most of all his music.
Fans of rockabilly might know Bill Allen and the Back Beats' hit Please Give Me Something, a raw, raucous slice of early rock 'n' roll, written in 15 minutes in a parking lot and recorded at Akron's WCUE studio for the Imperial label in 1957. Mr. Snivley and his earlier band, the Keynotes, also had regional hits with Oo-We-Baby and their original recording of Butterfly, later made famous by pop singer Andy Williams.
Those songs have been recently rediscovered and coveted by a new generation of fans, particularly in Europe, where rockabilly has had a bit of a renaissance among collectors. Mr. Allen, along with his musical partners, guitarist John Seli and the late drummer Dean Hanley, were inducted into the Rockabilly Hall of Fame in 2012.
"In all the years I've known him, we never had a cross word between us," said Seli, who first started playing with Mr. Snivley when the young singer was fresh out of high school. Their hard work and talents brought them plenty of regional fans and fame as they played venues throughout Ohio, Pennsylvania and Indiana.
And despite their professional frustrations, trying to make it big at a time when artists were at the bottom of the music-business hierarchy, Seli said they always got along well, in part because they recognized and appreciated each other's gifts, something Allen was able to do for many people he met.
The trio seemed to be on the brink of fame on three separate occasions, with record companies wanting to release their music. But their dreams were derailed by a mix of familial responsibilities, unfortunate timing and some shady business dealings. Mr. Snivley was never bitter about what could have been.
"He used to say, 'Hey, we had a million seller, and I've got a million of 'em in my cellar," Seli said, chuckling.
After the band broke up in the early 1960s, Mr. Snivley got a "real" job and started a family, but he never stopped entertaining, singing and playing guitar as a solo act up until he was physically unable to do so. He worked in California, Florida and throughout the Akron area.
"He was just … an entertainer," said Judie Snivley, his wife of 26 years, who proudly attended all of his gigs.
During his years gigging in Florida, Allen built up such a strong fan base that his son, Bill Snivley, said one of his regular venues was forced to build two extra patios to accommodate the crowd.
Mr. Snivley, who regaled his crowd with engaging stories, well-known folk tunes and songs by Cat Stevens and Jimmy Buffett, passed his love of music and nature down to his son, who is also a part-time musician.
Allen was gracious with everyone, frequently encouraging musicians and others he knew to get onstage and share their talents, which his son said he found very rewarding.
"My dad was never a millionaire, monetarily, but he's always been a very wealthy man. If you look at the amount of friends and people in his life that he's had the opportunity to enhance their lives. Dad just had a natural affinity for that. He loved to bring new talent and nurture people and just create stars out of people," Bill Snivley said.
Mr. Snivley is also survived by daughters Susan Grochowski and Kelly Thomas, three grandchildren, a brother and a sister. There will be no services, but at 4 p.m. June 5 at Ricky T's Bar and Grille in Treasure Island, Fla., the family will hold a memorial celebration of his life.
Friends and family will gather, sing some of Mr. Snivley's favorite songs and hoist a few Salty Dogs (his favorite drink) in his honor. There will also be a slightly altered, sing-along version of Eric Clapton's Tears In Heaven, and Bill Snivley and his own guitar-playing son, Christopher, will duet on Cat Stevens' Father and Son, which Bill used to enjoy playing with his father and was also a favorite of Judie's.
"I'm sorry he's gone, but I'm really happy he's not in pain anymore or suffering. He had a good life," Bill Snivley said, noting that even in death his father was trying to help people; he accepted an experimental drug regimen that was unlikely to save him but could help others, and he donated his retinas to the Cleveland Eye Bank.
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LEDA/PGC 51372 (auch NGC 5603B) ist eine leuchtschwache Spiralgalaxie vom Hubble-Typ Sc im Sternbild Bärenhüter am Nordsternhimmel. Sie ist schätzungsweise 251 Mio. Lichtjahre von der Milchstraße entfernt und hat einen Durchmesser von etwa 145.000 Lj. Gemeinsam mit NGC 5603 bildet sie das gravitativ gebundene Galaxienpaar Holm 641.
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Bristol Rovers manager Paul Buckle expects Jo Kuffour to leave the club before the end of the transfer window.
The 29-year-old striker has scored just once in six appearances this summer and despite committing his future to the Pirates earlier this season, Buckle believes Kuffour's future lies away from the Memorial Stadium.
"I can probably see Jo moving on," he told the Bristol Evening Post.
"There has been interest in him for a while, in terms of a loan or a permanent move. Some of them have not suited him and I think, if the truth be known, he's quite keen to go back to the London area.
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"If he doesn't go, then he really has to get his head down and commit to the club until the next window or whenever there's a chance for him to move on." | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaCommonCrawl'} | 94 |
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He drew the Committee's attention to two sets of developments that bore directly on the protection of human rights in the territories in question. First, the objectives of the Annapolis Joint Statement of 27 November 2007 -- to reinvigorate the peace process and to commit Israel to easing restrictions on the movement of Palestinians and to freeze settlement activity -- had not been met. In fact, additional checkpoints and blockages on the West Bank had been added and those actions seriously violated the rights of Palestinians and diminished their prospects for the future. Second, the June 2008 ceasefire between Gaza and Israel had yet to deliver on Israeli assurances of an easing of the entry and exit of goods and persons. Though the ceasefire had been generally effective in reducing the level of political violence, existing evidence showed a harsher regime of confinement and siege imposed on the population of Gaza.
Such delays and denials of permission had resulted in a growing number of deaths, severe mental and physical suffering, and constituted a violation of the duty of the occupying Power to take all reasonable steps to protect the health and well-being of the population under occupation, he said. The situation created a particular challenge for members of the General Assembly, such as the challenge to States parties to the Geneva Convention to carry out their legal obligation as stated in article 1 "to respect and ensure respect for the present Convention in all circumstances". Indeed, given the long duration of occupation, as well as the severe hardships associated with the unlawful features of the occupation, it was a matter of urgency that the United Nations act decisively. A call for action seemed like a highly appropriate opportunity to exercise a "responsibility to protect" a vulnerable population enduring an unfolding humanitarian catastrophe.
The representative of Israel said the report by the Rapporteur had been cause for hope of a more insightful, balanced and constructive approach with regard to the situation in the region. The latest report was, instead, another prefabricated "uniform", designed to conform to the partisan, political position that had taken root in the Human Rights Council. Its unbalanced nature was no surprise, given that it was the product of a mandate that prejudged its outcome. Further, that mandate had not been reviewed or scrutinized; it was scheduled to be reviewed in March, but was overlooked due to the pressure exerted by certain States and was again ignored in September. That undermined the report and integrity of the Council. Beyond the imbalance inherent in the mandate, the one-sidedness of the report was exacerbated by the highly-politicized views of the Rapporteur himself. The report claimed to be based on information gathered by civil society organizations, including the United Nations. But, it should be noted that, with the exception of certain Israeli sources, the report was silent as to the identity of those sources, making it hard to verify their reliability.
The report was troubling for providing legitimacy to Hamas, recognized throughout the whole as a terrorist organization, but which was presented as a positive and legitimate actor as the "government entity currently administering the Gaza Strip". The suggestion that Israel alone introduced certain conditions that Hamas must fulfil, before it would cease to be considered a terrorist organization, was misleading. It should be clarified that such conditions had been imposed by the Quartet, comprising the United Nations, the European Union, the United States and the Russian Federation, and subsequently embraced by the international community. The report also ignored the fact that the Hamas leadership had repeatedly continued to call for Israel's destruction, as well as to reject the two-State solution, to reject the Annapolis process, and to declare their active support for terrorism.
She said the report dealt at length with Israel's defensive measures, but failed to mention, even once, Palestinian terrorism faced by Israel. The word "terrorism" itself was never even used in the report, but, instead, the report supported a "right to resist". For example, it said that, in March, eight Israeli high school students were murdered in Jerusalem as part of the right to resist, and three Israelis were killed in a suicidal car attack, also in exercise of such a "right".
She said the report described restrictions on access of goods to Gaza, but ignored the fact that Israel ensured that humanitarian needs in Gaza were met, and that Palestinians freely petitioned Israel's Supreme Court to ensure that such policies conformed to international standards. It also failed to mention that humanitarian assistance channels were often abused, and crossing between Israel and Palestinian territories were regularly attacked by terrorists.
She said that, overall, the report did not account for the context in which Israel's operations had become necessary ever since the outbreak of violence in 2000. Most terrorist attacks had been directed towards civilians and carried out from within civilian-populated areas. The report failed to mention "human guided bombs" and suicide terrorism, and that those attacks were designed to take human lives and sow fear in over a quarter of a million of Israelis.
Following those remarks, the representative of the Observer Mission of Palestine spoke, saying his Government would continue to cooperate with the Special Rapporteur, in an effort to tell the truth about the plight of the Palestinian people. He expressed his delegation's hope that the Special Rapporteur would be able to visit the region in the near future, to allow him to submit objective reports on the situation as he saw it.
Responding specifically to the comments made by the representative of Israel, he asked, if Israel was unhappy with the Special Rapporteur's report and felt it was not objective, whether they had been any happier with the comments made by the Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, who had made a similar statement to the Security Council the day before. Indeed, numerous international authorities and entities had released reports or spoken out against Israeli violations of international law. He asked, therefore, if Israel would abide by the statements made by the Quartet -- composed of the United States, Russian Federation, European Union, and the United Nations -- or the statements made by the Council of the European Union. It was "high time" for Palestine's partners in the peace process to "wake up" and to fulfil their international obligations and allow the peace process to move forward. A peace treaty providing for an independent Palestinian State, with East Jerusalem as its capital, and a just solution for refugees, would require a change of behaviour on Israel's part, but would lead to greater peace and stability in the end.
The representative of France, speaking on behalf of the European Union, called on the Government of Israel and the Palestinian Authority to cooperate with the Special Rapporteur in regards to a visit on the ground, and asked how the international community could contribute to the Special Rapporteur's efforts to obtain access. He also asked more specifics on the contributions that United Nations agencies could make to improve the overall situation of human rights in the Palestinian occupied territories.
South Africa's delegate aligned himself with those comments and also asked what additional support the Special Rapporteur needed from the international community, over and above the recommendations made in the report.
The representative of Cuba condemned those violations, including Israel's failure to comply with the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the construction of a wall in the occupied Palestinian territories. As such, his delegation was particularly interested in the recommendation of the Special Rapporteur to seek Security Council assistance to implement that advisory opinion, and he asked for further information on the details of the recommendation.
Like the representative of Indonesia, Sudan's delegate asked what role the international community should have in providing assistance, in light of the health crisis in the occupied Palestinian territories. He also asked the Special Rapporteur to elaborate on the treatment of journalists by Israeli forces -- such as the killing of a Reuters journalist by an Israeli tank and the torture of Palestinian journalist Mohammed Omer -- and what the international community could do to help in those situations.
Responding, Mr. FALK said he regretted the personal attack by the representative of Israel, which misrepresented his true position, including as reflected in the report and also throughout his career as a scholar and someone concerned with issues of peace and justice. He had never supported deliberate political violence against civilians and would never do so. To associate the "right to resist" with violence against civilians was in opposition to what he had written over many years, including in the context of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. He had always been deeply committed to non-violent solutions. His commitment on the mandate of his office was based on the hope that peace would come to the two peoples. He was also committed to international justice, which could only be achieved through serious implementation of international law and human rights standards, which he felt was central to his mandate.
He said an important issue had been raised by several speakers: the intrinsic importance of Israel's refusal to carry out the understanding reached at Annapolis to freeze settlement activities. Settlements on occupied territories were a serious violation of the Geneva Conventions. More than that, it sent a message to Palestinians, and the rest of the world, that the search for peace was not a serious undertaking. A minimal demonstration of good faith on Israel's part would be to freeze such activity, and certainly not to continue it at an accelerated pace. The reason that he felt it was important for the International Court of Justice to pronounce on the right to self-determination of the Palestinian people was because the Annapolis approach would seem to be "sterile"; it was not able to induce the Government of Israel to comply with undertakings it had agreed to with respect to settlements, the easing of the movement of people, and other minimal expressions of good faith.
Even though the Court's opinions were called "advisories", he said they were nevertheless an authoritative view on binding legal obligations, written by the most distinguished jurists in the world, who were deserving of respect. They represented a challenge to all Member States and the Secretary-General, to seek a means of achieving some implementation. He welcomed the Syrian delegate's call to move beyond rhetoric and towards finding methods of accountability to translate the international community's perceptions into "some kind of meaningful political reality".
Kicking off a second round of questions, the representative of Egypt expressed his delegation's concern over the deteriorating health situation in the occupied territories and asked what the international community could do to alleviate that situation. He also questioned how it would be possible to ensure that the occupying Power met its obligations and commitments under international humanitarian and human rights law, a question that was echoed by the representative of Iran.
The representatives of Malaysia and Switzerland asked what the international community could do to alleviate the suffering and hardship, taking into account restrictions on the movement of goods and funds. Switzerland's delegate also asked whether the Special Rapporteur on health might also be included in any future visit by Mr. Falk to the region.
Mr. FALK, taking the floor once more, referred to the comments made by the delegate from France, who had emphasized the importance of inducing and persuading Israel to cooperate with the Special Rapporteur's mandate. It was important that all Member States cooperated with the United Nations when it was trying to carry out its authorized undertakings.
Turning to the comments made by the delegate from the United States, he said it was unfortunate that the delegate attacked his capacity for an objective assessment of the reality on the ground. Further, he said it was difficult to take Israel's commitment to the peace process seriously, when it continued to expand its occupation with additional checkpoints, in violation of international law. The ceasefire that had been established between Gaza and Israel had generally reduced the levels of violence in the region. It was no longer the case that there were repeated rocket attacks by one party and repeated responses by the other. Instead, the border had been relatively calm. As such, his analysis in the report stressed the excessive use of force by Israel. No one questioned Israel's right to exercise force in self-defence, but it was necessary to question the excessive use of force when that was not the case.
In response to numerous questions about what the international community could do to relieve the suffering of Palestinians, he gave three specific proposals. The first was for Member States, individually or as a group, to begin to investigate how to apply the "responsibility to protect" norm to the civilian population of the Occupied Palestinian Territory. Only political pressures could explain the failure to investigate the relevance of that norm prior to now. Second, recognizing that the "great Powers" had not achieved success in resolving the conflict, he urged Member States to take seriously a proposal presented by the President of Brazil to hold a broad United Nations-sponsored conference, which would include a wide range of concerned participants. Finally, he suggested that Member States should urge Israel to cooperate with the Special Rapporteur and allow him access to the country. The United Nations relationship to the future of Palestine's self-determination would be judged and assessed by the degree to which it could translate rhetoric into concrete acts, and the degree to which it would ensure respect for international humanitarian and human rights law. | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaC4'} | 97 |
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"This gadget functions as both a protective device for a Hero as well as a powerful weapon to take the fight to the bad guys."
The Multi-Tool Ice Shield (also known as MTIS) is a combination shield and weapon that can fire ice blasts.
There are five known Heroes who have used an MTIS, and each have customized their shields; all five of these Heroes have gained new armor and weapons, and no longer use the MTIS.
Designed in response to the Fire Villains raiding Tanker Station 22, the MTIS is capable of withstanding high-temperature blasts and has a built in cooling system to prevent overheating. Heroes commonly customize this shield to fit their needs. The shield is both defensive and offensive, capable of launching ice blasts.
The four original MTIS users all used their weapons at once in a final assault upon the Fire Lord in Ordeal of Fire.
A Multi-Tool Ice Shield was included in the sets 2065 Furno 2.0, 2063 Stormer 2.0, 2067 Evo 2.0 and 2068 Nex 2.0, all released in early 2011. | {'redpajama_set_name': 'RedPajamaC4'} | 99 |