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The wxPython toolkit added context managers to its code base a few years ago, but for some reason you don't see very many examples of their use. In this article, we'll look at three examples of context managers in wxPython. A wxPython user was the first person to suggest using context managers in wxPython on the wxPython mailing list. We'll start off by rolling our own context manager and then look at a couple of examples of built-in context managers in wxPython.
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wxPython: Ensuring Only One Instance Per Frame
The other day, I came across an interesting StackOverflow question where the fellow was trying to figure out how to open a sub-frame only once. Basically he wanted a single instance of the sub-frame (and other sub-frames). After digging around a bit on Google, I found an old thread from the wxPython Google Group that had an interesting approach to doing what was needed.
Basically it required a bit of meta-programming, but it was a fun little exercise that I thought my readers would find interesting. Here's the code:
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wxPython: Extracting XML from the RichTextCtrl
I recently came across a StackOverflow question where the fellow was asking how to get wxPython's RichTextCtrl's XML data so he could save it to a database. I don't know much about this control, but after a quick Google search, I found an article from 2008 that gave me the information I needed. I took that example and cut it down to the following example:
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wxPython 101: Simple Frames
In this tutorial, we'll look at three simple ways to create a wxPython frame. If you're a visual learner, I also created a screencast version of this article that you can view below:
wxPython 101: How to Center a Widget
I see this come up from time to time where people will ask how to center a widget in a window. The solution is actually quite easy. In most cases, you just need to nest a Horizontal BoxSizer inside of a Verticel BoxSizer with some spacers. In this article, I'll show you
two three different ways to accomplish this task.
wxPython: Freeze and Thaw
The wxPython library comes with a pair of handy methods called Freeze() and Thaw(). The call to Freeze() prevents the window from updating while it is frozen. This can be useful when you are adding or removing widgets and you want to reduce your UI from appearing to flicker. After you finish updating the UI, then you call the Thaw() method so that the user will be able to see the update.
Let's take a look at a simple example.
wxPython: Converting wx.DateTime to Python datetime
The wxPython GUI toolkit includes its own date / time capabilities. Most of the time, you can just use Python's datetime and time modules and you'll be fine. But occasionally you'll find yourself needing to convert from wxPython's wx.DateTime objects to Python's datetime objects. You may encounter this when you use the wx.DatePickerCtrl widget.
Fortunately, wxPython's calendar module has some helper functions that can help you convert datetime objects back and forth between wxPython and Python. Let's take a look:
def _pydate2wxdate(date): import datetime assert isinstance(date, (datetime.datetime, datetime.date)) tt = date.timetuple() dmy = (tt[2], tt[1]-1, tt[0]) return wx.DateTimeFromDMY(*dmy) def _wxdate2pydate(date): import datetime assert isinstance(date, wx.DateTime) if date.IsValid(): ymd = map(int, date.FormatISODate().split('-')) return datetime.date(*ymd) else: return None
You can use these handy functions in your own code to help with your conversions. I would probably put these into a controller or utilities script. I would also rewrite it slightly so I wouldn't import Python's datetime module inside the functions. Here's an example:
import datetime import wx def pydate2wxdate(date): assert isinstance(date, (datetime.datetime, datetime.date)) tt = date.timetuple() dmy = (tt[2], tt[1]-1, tt[0]) return wx.DateTimeFromDMY(*dmy) def wxdate2pydate(date): assert isinstance(date, wx.DateTime) if date.IsValid(): ymd = map(int, date.FormatISODate().split('-')) return datetime.date(*ymd) else: return None
You can read more about this topic on this old wxPython mailing thread. Have fun and happy coding!
wxPython: How to Create a Login Dialog
I've been using wxPython for quite a while now and I see certain questions come up on a fairly frequent basis. One of the popular ones is how to ask the user for their credentials before loading up the rest of the application. There are several approaches to this, but I am going to focus on a simple solution as I believe this solution can be used as the basis for more complex solutions.
Basically what we want to happen is for the user to see a login dialog where they have to enter their username and password. If they enter it correctly, then the program will continue to load and they'll see the main interface. You see this a lot on websites with a common use case being web email clients. Desktop applications don't include this functionality as often, although you will see it for Stamps.com's application and for law enforcement software. We will be creating a dialog that looks like this:
wxPython: Catching Exceptions from Anywhere
The wxPython Google Group was discussing different methods of catching exceptions in wxPython the other day. If you use wxPython a lot, you will soon realize that some exceptions are difficult to catch. The wxPython Wiki explains why. Anyway, the fellows on the list were recommending the use of sys.excepthook. So I took one of the methods they mentioned and created a little example: Continue reading wxPython: Catching Exceptions from Anywhere
wxPython: How to Disable a Wizard's Next Button
The other day someone was asking a lot of questions on StackOverflow about how to work with wizards in wxPython. You can read the two original questions here and here. The code we'll be looking at in this example is what I used to answer the questions on Stack. The primary question was how to disable the Next in a wxPython wizard. Continue reading wxPython: How to Disable a Wizard's Next Button


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SALT LAKE CITY — Anyone incensed or concerned about the federal government gathering records of cellphone calls and digital communications of U.S. citizens can ponder the words and defense of the practice spoken by the nation's commander in chief Friday:
"You can't have 100 percent security and then also have 100 percent privacy and zero inconvenience," President Barack Obama said. "You know, we're going to have to make some choices as a society."
Some say that choice has already been made in the aftermath of 9/11, with the approval of the Patriot Act that followed, and the pursuit of security at a time of free-flowing information of all types that gives the nation's enemies — from individuals to organizations to nations — the ability to cause catastrophic harm.
But it's a choice and policy being assessed this week in the halls of Washington, D.C., as well as in the burgs and hamlets of the nation by individuals and families who increasingly use technology to navigate their lives.
"Digital privacy is an illusion," said Eric Swedin, a professor at Weber State University who teaches history, particularly the history of technology. Swedin has also taught computer science and has specialized in information security — such as how hacking works and how to defend a system against hackers.
"When you do something digitally, it can be monitored and copied. Corporations do this all the time," Swedin said.
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Swedin said digital eavesdropping into cellphone records should not be a surprise given the wide-open nature of the Internet and the domestic security urgency that gripped the nation in the wake of 9/11.
"You can learn a lot really fast about a person just from looking at that information," he said. "My suspicion, and it is just a suspicion, is that the intelligence community since 9/11 has been totally enamored with something called 'total information awareness.' It is this belief that if you have enough data and the right kind of computer programs, you can find criminal behavior before it happens."
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Thanks! Ok, forget my last question if anyone saw it, far too easy for 'hard' trivia. I have a much harder one here. And it starts with a story...(sorry, it doesn't really work without it)
It was 1964, and The Beatles had just been introduced to marijuana. One night, they were high and they were messing around, when Paul thought he had found the answer to the universe. He wrote it down on a piece of paper and gave it to Mal Evans. The next day, they found it and opened the piece of paper. But, can you tell me what it said?
"Whatever, wherever, the word is 'love'. It seems like the underlying theme to the universe. Everything that was worthwhile got down to this love, love, love thing. And it is the struggle to love, be loved and express that (just something about love) that's fantastic." - John
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Hmm, I dunno...I personally think that a precise verbatim answer should be necessary in some cases; and that this is one of those cases. But I haven't got a dog in this fight, so I guess unknown and egroeg should decide for themselves who gets to ask the next one.
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OK...rather than leave it in limbo, I'll ask one myself!
Who was the first artist to place a song written by LENNON/McCARTNEY on the U.S. Pop Charts? (In June of 1963!)
Del Shannon with his cover of From Me To You.
Who recalled a meeting with The Beatles in song with the lines, "The four kings of EMI/Are sitting stately of the floor," and what was the song?
"I only said we were bigger than Rod... and now there's all this!" Ron Nasty
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Derek Taylors assistant.
Might be to easy but,
What was the last song John Lennon played live for a paying audience?
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Well, that's easy, it was I Saw Her Standing There performed with Elton on Thanksgiving 1974 at MSG.
Now, that's that cleared up, let's kickstart the thread.
Melody Maker journalist Richard Williams received a telegram from John and Yoko in 1969 where they said, "We both feel that this is the first time a critic topped the artist. We are not joking." What Williams review were they responding to, and what about it had prompted their telegram?
"I only said we were bigger than Rod... and now there's all this!" Ron Nasty
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The review was of the Wedding Album experimental release by John and Yoko. The part of it that prompted the telegram is when he explained how "the pitch of the tones alters frequency" and "creates an uneven beat." (Thank you Beatles Bible!)
So... what pseudonym did John use during his solo career?
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text: Hi. I'm hoping you can help me with a little problem. I have a box with Debian Sarge, kernel 2.4.19+device mapper patch compiled in (not a module), and lvm2. / is an ordinary partition, /home, /usr, /var and /mm are logical volumes, all in the same volume group. There is only one physical disk, but it's partitioned, giving lvm2 3 physical volumes. The filesystem is ext3 on all volumes. A dist-upgrade in early May installed new versions of glibc as well as the lvm2 tools. --version on pvscan and vgchange after the upgrade now reports " LVM version: 1.95.15 ((2003-01-10) Library version: 0.96.07-ioctl-cvs (2002-11-21) Driver version: 1.0.3 " The box was happily working for a week or two. Then, for various reasons, it had to be rebooted. As it came down, I saw the lvm2 init script complaining about something, but I didn't catch the message. When it came back up, it couldn't find any volume groups or logical volumes. Any lvm2-command induces a lot of "invalidate: busy buffer" messages from the kernel. According to google, these messages are not really anything to worry about, but I can't remember seing them before. pvscan reports the full set of physical volumes, but says "in use: 0 [ 0]/ in no vg: 3 [53 GB]". Since / is not a logical volume, the box comes up in single user mode. I have textfiles in /etc/lvm/backup that look sane (to my untrained eye), and so does the single file in /etc/lvm/metadata. The vg00 file in backup and the vg00 file in metadata actually look quite similar, but /usr/bin/diff is missing, so I don't know _how_ similar. I tried vgcfgrestore (in test mode), but it reports "Can't process text file - missing contents field" and "Restore failed". I also thought vgck looked like a promising command, but it segfaulted on me. It may be relevant that the upgrade of the lvm2 tools included a new lvm.conf with a new directive locking_dir, set to /var/lock/lvm. Which, in my setup is in a LV. I didn't spot the comment that said "local non-LV directory...". Fixed now, but to no avail. So... Does anybody have any tips/pointers for reconstructing my vg and lvs, given the metadata textfile I have? Or can someone say authoritatively that I'm SOL, and I should whip out the install cds and backups? (I have backups of the important stuff, but the non-important stuff is kind of important to me as well. :) ) The LVs can't really be less useful than they are now, so I'm willing to try anything, including using ed on /dev/hdaX, if that has a remote chance of salvaging my data. I'm also interested in finding out why this happened and what I can do to prevent it happening again. Please let me know if I can provide any more relevant info. TIA for any insights you can share. ...Peder... -- Cogito ergo panta rei.


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Wow, this totally mde me laugh. I hope you update your other WIPs soon. I'm dying to find out what's going to happen between Puck and Rachel in Like Entropy!
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i usually dont review stories unless like your like a very good friend and ive been reading your stories since like 4 years ago but yeah this story was amazing funny and cute
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epic love for this fic. seriously. i like... cant stop smiling.
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Memory-foam mattresses are being embraced by a growing number of sleep-starved Americans -- who generally don't seem to mind that these plush, squishy beds aren't conducive to lovemaking. Barron's takes a closer look.
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Do you have a gut-feeling about the deterioration of many of your favorite trees, a suspicion that humans must be the problem? As Dr. Reese makes clear, the beetles and the fungi are only symptoms. We must look to ourselves to safeguard our remarkable planet for future generations.―Dr. James Hansen, director of NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, author of Storms of my Grandchildren(2011-10-01)
Dr. Halter presents a convincing picture of the effects of global warming from an unusual perspective. If anyone still has doubts about climate change, they need only read The Insatiable Bark Beetle to see one of the consequences developing as pine bark beetles expand their range and destroy our temperate forests.―Dr. Gordon Moore, co-founder and chairman emeritus of Intel Corporation(2011-10-01)
A superb science communicator on his home territory, the forests. Dr. Halter's text is infused with passion, vision and an up-to-the-minute knowledge of the signatures of change that global warming is bringing to Earth's forest ecosystems. A stunning exposé of recent science from around the globe that is woven in with the author's deep knowledge of forests to sound the warning of further devastation to our forests unless we can curtail our climate-warming activities. We must heed Dr. Reese's call so that generations to follow will be able to do what he does and find a special, sacred place in nature where, with just a little practice, you can feel, smell, hear and even taste the wild, untamed, universal energy that courses throughout our planet.―Dr. Chris Weston, Department of Forest & Ecosystem Science, University of Melbourne(2011-10-01)
Dr. Reese Halter's love of nature and despair at the devastation that man is wreaking on the Earth's wild places ring out passionately from the pages of this book. With the world changing so quickly it is hard to know which way to look, but Dr. Reese's pause to take in the tragedy threatening the ancient forests of North America puts the immediate and immense threat of global warming into sharp focus. As chilling as a howl in a moonlit wood, The Insatiable Bark Beetle is a desperate plea for sense to prevail.―Steve Payne, editor, Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Organic Gardener(2011-10-01)
In this lucid and information-rich book, Dr. Reese Halter tells the story of an ancient relationship gone awry, perhaps the most dramatic example to date of how climate change is disrupting and unbalancing the Earth's ecosystems.―David Perry, professor emeritus, Oregon State University, coauthor of Forest Ecosystems(2011-10-01)
The Insatiable Bark Beetle, by Dr. Reese Halter, is a well-written, systematic examination of the growing challenges we humans face by hiding behind the intellectual wall of informed denial and social irresponsibility with respect to global warming.―Chris Maser, zoologist, coauthor of Economics and Ecology: United for a Sustainable World(2011-10-01)
Can it be true that a handful of fertile soil contains more microorganisms than the total number of humans who have ever lived? Can beetles, birds and trees be linked in a way that can transform our world? This small book has huge implications for our global future.―Robyn Williams, award-winning Australian science journalist and broadcaster, author of True Story Waiting to Happen(2011-10-01)
Dr. Reese Halter has done it again. Not satisfied with bringing global attention to what honeybees have been trying to tell us, in his most recent book The Insatiable Bark Beetle, he is acting as microphone for the tiny bark beetles. Read Dr. Reese's new book, in which he beautifully and compassionately tells these stories, and then do something to help fight climate change.―Doug Larson, professor emeritus, University of Guelph, author of Storyteller Guitar(2011-10-01)
This is not a pleasant read. In fact, it is frightening ― and meant to be so. Most commentary in the popular media is about what might be the future impact of global warming on human welfare. Dr. Reese Halter shifts the emphasis to what has already occurred, present and past, as a result of human–induced global warming, with particular emphasis on the impact of exploding populations of bark beetles on forested ecosystems in North America.... The passion (and despair) of the author pervades the book. There may be the temptation by some to mistake the passion for ideology. This would be a mistake. The book is backed by quality science. Politicians and policy makers should read this book. I thoroughly recommend it.―Roger Sands, professor emeritus, University of Canterbury, author of Forestry in a Global Context(2011-10-01)
Dr. Reese Halter provides compelling evidence that climate change, bark beetles, forest fires and dying forests are incredibly intertwined. He has shown us a frightening but all too real scenario of our future. The Insatiable Bark Beetle is a warning that the unintended consequences of climate change are already with us and are reaching deep into our forests. The balance of nature between plants and insects he describes is fascinating, and an important reminder of the interconnectedness of life on Earth. A great read!―Robert Teskey, distinguished research professor, Warnell School of Forestry & Natural Resources, University of Georgia(2011-10-01)
Dr. Reese Halter has written a new must-read book. It is jam-packed with fascinating information and awe-inspiring stories that portray the intricacy and complexity of our forest ecosystems, their vulnerability to climate change, and the many services they provide to mankind. Dr. Reese draws on his vast knowledge about tree physiology, forest ecology, climate change and conservation biology, and takes us on a grand ride to some of the wonders of planet Earth and how we all can help retain them for many generations to come.―Professor Gerhard Gries, NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Insect Communication Ecology, Simon Fraser University(2011-10-01)
His words, his advice, are powerful but always encouraging and full of hope for our society. Dr. Reese has a knack to simplify complex situations and describe in a poetic, simple and inviting manner the enchanting areas of the world he has studied or visited. To all busy and curious human beings I recommend reading a few pages of Dr. Reese's stories on a regular basis. It will give you a positive outlook on life.―Aldo Bensadoun, founder and CEO of the ALDO Group(2011-10-01)
Halter draws us, still with immense articulate detail, into piñon, whitebark and limber pines and their elegant, tortuously interconnected ecosystems. His final elaboration on these ancient mountaineers and one very obviously close to his heart ... is perhaps one of his finest pieces of writing.―Pam Asheton, Trek Online(2011-10-01)
As someone who regularly shares science with a wide audience, including children, Halter does an excellent job in this 161-page-book of explaining how a rise in temperatures, even one degree, has the capacity to wreak havoc on every ecosystem on the planet, and in this case, how it has opened the door for bark beetles to become overachievers.―Rob Alexander, Rocky Mountain Outlook(2012-01-12)
We leave this book, as much a global-warming compendium as a bark-beetle narrative, wanting to warn the poor animals. "Swim North earlier to catch the plankton!" "Evacuate the midden before there's a forest fire!" By throwing the earth into fresh relief, Halter reinvigorates our desire to save it.―Jake Abrahamson, SierraClub.org(2012-01-25)
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Dr. Reese Halter is an award-winning conservation biologist, syndicated science writer, TV host and father. He is a sought-after public speaker and founder of the international conservation institute Global Forest Science, through which he regularly visits schools and encourages children worldwide to embrace conservation, science exploration and learning. Dr. Reese lives in Los Angeles, California, and can be contacted through www.DrReese.com.
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Dr. Reese has a way of writing that keeps you wanting to turn the page even though each page delivers information of increasing concern. It takes professionals like this who are willing to stand up and shout the facts of global warming in ways that make climate deniers look like fools...to give some hope that we can move our totally anthropocentric world culture off this course of blind environmental extraction and degradation.
This book would an primer for anyone without a backround in ecology because one cannot finish this book without feeling an overwhelming sense of how everything (flora, fauna, soils, climate etc. etc.) is deeply connected within an ecosystem. But there is also much for those with a background in ecology, as Reese presents the latest data and conclusions gleaned from the academic literature.
The book is also a wonder to look at, as the clever design incorporates beetle 'holes' that have eaten their way through the front cover and through each chapter page to 'reveal' the words on the following page.
I highly recommend 'The Insatiable Bark Beetle' to those interested in ecology and the effects of climate change on our forest ecosystems.
I have read numerous books about the Pine Bark beetle. This one is a waste of time. Read "Empire of the Beetle" by Andrew Nikiforuk... it is excellent.!!
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The curse of Morgan? James Dimon was responsible, as CEO, for J.P. Morgan Chase's huge trading loss. But James Gorman of Morgan Stanley was the one facing protesters at his shareholders' meeting Tuesday.
The likely reason: location, location, location. Morgan Stanley's meeting was in Purchase, N.Y., just north of New York City and an easy commute for Occupy Wall Street types.
J.P. Morgan, by contrast, went south to Florida. Where exactly? Even Mr. Dimon didn't seem entirely sure. He opened the meeting by saying, "We're delighted to be here at Oakland Oaks…Highland Oaks, Tampa."
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Don't forget to floss with that joke. Comedian Jimmy Kimmel was onstage Tuesday at ABC's annual presentation of programming to advertisers when he made light of an attempt by the BBC to woo Paul Lee.
The head of ABC Entertainment Group didn't join the British programmer, Mr. Kimmel said, because there is one thing we offer that they don't: dental.
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In Europe's great game of chicken, Greece seems ready to face down Germany. With bondholders, it just ducked.
Greece said Tuesday it would pay in full a €435 million ($558 million) bond that holders had refused to tender in this year's huge debt restructuring. The move came despite threats that holdouts wouldn't get special treatment and after holders of €199 billion of bonds wrote off 53.5% of their face value.
Greece seems to have backed down to help calm the markets—and avoid legal troubles for a new government. But it may yet see a backlash, given the question of why precious funds were paid out to speculators. But other holdouts with some €6 billion of bonds should hold off celebrating. Future payments rely on Greece staying in the euro and more aid from the euro zone and International Monetary Fund. Both of those now depend on how the bigger game of euro-chicken plays out.
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Uta Pippig
Uta Pippig (born 7 September 1965 in Leipzig) is a retired German Long-distance runner, and the first woman to officially win the Boston Marathon three consecutive times (1994–1996). She also won the Berlin Marathon three times (1990, 1992 and 1995), the New York City Marathon once (1993), and she represented Germany in the 1992 and 1996 Olympics. Her best times include 15:03 for 5000 meters, 31:21 for 10,000 meters, 67:58 for the half marathon and 2:21:45 for the marathon. Pippig obtained American citizenship in 2004, and now also holds an American passport. In 2004, Pippig founded "Take The Magic Step" to provide health information and charitable support to individuals and to organizations that promote wellness and education. In 2005, she was named to the Board of Advisors of the MIT AgeLab.
The daughter of two physicians, Pippig began running at the age of 13 while a citizen of the former East Germany. In university, she was a medical student at the Humboldt University Berlin where, after passing her final exams, she chose to re-focus her attention exclusively on running professionally. She left East Germany in 1990 before German reunification. She won the Eurocross meeting in Luxembourg that year.[1]
Uta Pippig won the 1996 Boston Marathon in the midst of menstrual bleeding and diarrhea.[2][3]
In 1998, an out-of-competition drug test found Pippig had an elevated ratio of testosterone to epitestosterone, and the German Athletics Federation attempted to ban her for two years. Pippig contested the finding on the grounds that her testosterone levels were normal, and that the elevated ratio was due to a low level of epitestosterone from a long battle with chronic bowel disease and other factors. This claim was supported by a variety of independent medical experts,[4] and a German arbitration court ultimately dismissed the case.[5]
- ^ Civai, Franco & Gasparovic, Juraj (2009-02-28). Eurocross 10.2 km (men) + 5.3 km (women). Association of Road Racing Statisticians. Retrieved on 2010-03-01.
- ^ It's time to tell the bloody truth. (Uta Pippig's Boston marathon victory)(The Journalist's Beat) - Nieman Reports | HighBeam Research
- ^ Boston Marathon history - Boston Globe
- ^ In analyses, it was determined by independent specialists Dr. Robert Barbieri, the Chief of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, who is also an expert in hormones and the use of steroids, and Dr. Horst Lüppert, the Head of Obstetrics and Gynecology at The Free University in Berlin, that Uta Pippig's ratio imbalance was not due to high levels of testosterone, but rather low levels of epitestosterone.[citation needed] Separate expert opinions from both Dr. Barbieri and Dr. Lübbert, independently concluded that the use of oral contraceptives and active bowel disease both raise the T:E ratio.[citation needed] According to Dr. Barbieri, "The T:E ratio is not valid for women on oral contraceptives with active bowel disease." According to Dr. Barbieri, "In April 1998, at or around the time that a urine specimen was taken for androgen matabolite analysis, Ms. Pippig was on oral contraceptive pills and had active bowel disease." a) Letter from Dr. Horst Lübbert to German Track and Field Association, 1 October 1998. b) Letter from Dr. Robert Barbieri to Messieurs David Merz and Jens Peter Ketels, 22 January 1999
- ^ "Pippig gets clear record". Boston Globe. 8 August 2000. Retrieved 2009-02-09.
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- Official Website of Uta Pippig
- Boston Globe Article on Uta
- IAAF Biography on Uta Pippig
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Buffon apparently only wanted a one-year extension with the club offering three years, but both parties have settled on the middle ground.
"I remember my first day and the fact that I was asking myself if I was up to the standard of a club like Juventus," Buffon told a news conference in Turn.
"My rapport with the fans has been important. I also enjoy a good relationship with the management and coaching staff.
"I would have turned down offers from other teams. For me Juventus has become a way of life.
"Above all I would like to win the trophies that have eluded me in my career so far. Starting with the Champions League.
"We want to reclaim the Italian title. We've shown we're back as a competitive force in Europe. That's what matters."
Juventus president Andrea Agenell commented that he was thrilled to extend the contract of Buffon. He hopes that Buffon will be named Europe's best player within the next two years.
He said: "Gigi is our captain and today has signed a contract that ties him with the club for a further two years. Just one quick glance was enough for us to come to an agreement and decide to carry on.
"Buffon is sincere, loyal, honest and constructive. Juventus is Gigi's home. I hope that in the next two years Gigi will be able to bring the Ballon d'Or back to Italy."
Buffon's agent Silvano Martina said: "There were never any problems regarding the extension.
"The fact that an agreement was reached with Juventus has been known for some time.
"All that we needed to agree on was a formula – the club wanted to give him a three-year deal and he wanted a one-year one. In the end a two-year renewal was agreed."
Buffon has apparently accepted a 1.5m cut to his 6m euro a year deal.
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Greer FR, et al. (2008). Effects of early nutritional interventions on the development of atopic disease in infants and children: The role of maternal dietary restriction, breastfeeding, timing of introduction of complementary foods, and hydrolyzed formulas. Pediatrics, 121(1): 183-191. Also available online: http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/121/1/183.full.
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American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology (2010). Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of food allergy in the United States: Report of the NIAID-sponsored expert panel. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 126(6): S1-S58. Available online: http://www.niaid.nih.gov/topics/foodallergy/clinical/Pages/default.aspx.
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Greenhawt M (2013). Food allergies. In EG Nabel, ed., ACP Medicine, section 3, chap. 8. Hamilton, ON: BC Decker.
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The ouroboros or oroboros (/ˌjʊərəˈbɒrəs, ˌjʊəroʊ-/;[2] Ancient Greek: οὐροβόρος ὄφις "tail-devouring snake") is an ancient symbol depicting a serpent or dragon eating its own tail.
The ouroboros often symbolizes self-reflexivity, introspection, or cyclicality,[3] especially in the sense of something constantly re-creating itself, the eternal return, and other things such as the phoenix which operate in cycles that begin anew as soon as they end. It can also represent the idea of primordial unity related to something existing in or persisting from the beginning with such force or qualities it cannot be extinguished. While first emerging in Ancient Egypt, the ouroboros has been important in religious and mythological symbolism, but has also been frequently used in alchemical illustrations, where it symbolizes the circular nature of the alchemist's opus. It is also often associated with Gnosticism and Hermeticism.
Carl Jung interpreted the ouroboros as having an archetypal significance to the human psyche.[4] The Jungian psychologist Erich Neumann writes of it as a representation of the pre-ego "dawn state", depicting the undifferentiated infancy experience of both mankind and the individual child.[5]
- 1 Etymology
- 2 Historical representations
- 3 In popular culture
- 4 See also
- 5 References
The full name in Ancient Greek was οὐροβόρος ὄφις, with ὄφις (óphis) carrying both the meanings "serpent" and "snake". οὐρο-βόρος (ouro-bóros "tail-devouring") is a compound of οὐρά (ourá, "tail") and -βόρος (-bóros, "-devouring", "-swallowing", the present participle form of the verb βιβρώσκω (bibrṓskō, "to eat up")).
Historical representations[edit]
The first known appearance of the ouroboros motif is in the Enigmatic Book of the Netherworld, an ancient Egyptian funerary text in KV62, the tomb of Tutankhamun, in the 14th century BC. The text concerns the actions of the god Ra and his union with Osiris in the underworld. In an illustration from this text, two serpents, holding their tails in their mouths, coil around the head and feet of an enormous god, who may represent the unified Ra-Osiris. Both serpents are manifestations of the deity Mehen, who in other funerary texts protects Ra in his underworld journey. The whole divine figure represents the beginning and the end of time.[6]
The ouroboros appears elsewhere in Egyptian sources, where, like many Egyptian serpent deities, it represents the formless disorder that surrounds the orderly world and is involved in that world's periodic renewal.[7] The symbol persisted in Egypt into Roman times, when it frequently appeared on magical talismans, sometimes in combination with other magical emblems.[8] The 4th-century AD Latin commentator Servius was aware of the Egyptian use of the symbol, noting that the image of a snake biting its tail represents the cyclical nature of the year.[9]
Wolf-Dieter Storl argues that "When Shakti is united with Shiva, she is a radiant, gentle goddess; but when she is separated from him, she turns into a terrible, destructive fury. She is the endless Ouroboros, the dragon biting its own tail, symbolizing the cycle of samsara."[10]
Plato described the ouroboros as the first living thing; a self-eating, circular being—the universe as an immortal, mythologically constructed entity.
The living being had no need of eyes because there was nothing outside of him to be seen; nor of ears because there was nothing to be heard; and there was no surrounding atmosphere to be breathed; nor would there have been any use of organs by the help of which he might receive his food or get rid of what he had already digested, since there was nothing which went from him or came into him: for there was nothing beside him. Of design he created thus; his own waste providing his own food, and all that he did or suffered taking place in and by himself. For the Creator conceived that a being which was self-sufficient would be far more excellent than one which lacked anything; and, as he had no need to take anything or defend himself against any one, the Creator did not think it necessary to bestow upon him hands: nor had he any need of feet, nor of the whole apparatus of walking; but the movement suited to his spherical form which was designed by him, being of all the seven that which is most appropriate to mind and intelligence; and he was made to move in the same manner and on the same spot, within his own limits revolving in a circle. All the other six motions were taken away from him, and he was made not to partake of their deviations. And as this circular movement required no feet, the universe was created without legs and without feet.[11][12]
In Gnosticism, a serpent biting its tail symbolized eternity and the soul of the world. The Gnostic text Pistis Sophia describes the Ouroboros as a 12-part dragon surrounding the world with his tail in his mouth.[13]
Norse legend[edit]
In Norse mythology, the ouroboros appears as the serpent Jörmungandr, one of the three children of Loki and Angrboda, which grew so large that it could encircle the world and grasp its tail in its teeth. In the legends of Ragnar Lodbrok, such as Ragnarssona þáttr, the Geatish king Herraud gives a small lindworm as a gift to his daughter Þóra Town-Hart after which it grows into a large serpent which encircles the girl's bower and bites itself in the tail. The serpent is slain by Ragnar Lodbrok who marries Þóra. Ragnar later has a son with another woman named Kráka and this son is born with the image of a white snake in one eye. This snake encircled the iris and bit itself in the tail, and the son was named Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye.[14]
In alchemy, the ouroboros is a sigil. Swiss psychologist Carl Jung saw the ouroboros as an archetype and the basic mandala of alchemy. Jung also defined the relationship of the ouroboros to alchemy:[15]
The alchemists, who in their own way knew more about the nature of the individuation process than we moderns do, expressed this paradox through the symbol of the Ouroboros, the snake that eats its own tail. The Ouroboros has been said to have a meaning of infinity or wholeness. In the age-old image of the Ouroboros lies the thought of devouring oneself and turning oneself into a circulatory process, for it was clear to the more astute alchemists that the prima materia of the art was man himself. The Ouroboros is a dramatic symbol for the integration and assimilation of the opposite, i.e. of the shadow. This 'feed-back' process is at the same time a symbol of immortality, since it is said of the Ouroboros that he slays himself and brings himself to life, fertilizes himself and gives birth to himself. He symbolizes the One, who proceeds from the clash of opposites, and he therefore constitutes the secret of the prima materia which [...] unquestionably stems from man's unconscious.
The famous ouroboros drawing from the early alchemical text The Chrysopoeia of Cleopatra dating to 2nd century Alexandria encloses the words hen to pan, "one is the all". Its black and white halves represent the Gnostic duality of existence. As such, the Ouroboros could be interpreted as the Western equivalent of the Taoist Yin-Yang symbol.
The Chrysopoeia Ouroboros of Cleopatra the Alchemist is one of the oldest images of the ouroboros to be linked with the legendary opus of the Alchemists, the Philosopher's Stone.
As a symbol of the eternal unity of all things, the cycle of birth and death from which the alchemist sought release and liberation, it was familiar to the alchemist/physician Sir Thomas Browne. In his A Letter to a Friend, a medical treatise full of case-histories and witty speculations upon the human condition, he wrote of it:
[...] that the first day should make the last, that the Tail of the Snake should return into its Mouth precisely at that time, and they should wind up upon the day of their Nativity, is indeed a remarkable Coincidence,
The German organic chemist August Kekulé described the eureka moment when he realized the structure of benzene:[16]
I was sitting, writing at my text-book; but the work did not progress; my thoughts were elsewhere. I turned my chair to the fire and dozed. Again the atoms were gamboling before my eyes. This time the smaller groups kept modestly in the background. My mental eye, rendered more acute by the repeated visions of the kind, could now distinguish larger structures of manifold conformation: long rows, sometimes more closely fitted together; all twining and twisting in snake-like motion. But look! What was that? One of the snakes had seized hold of its own tail, and the form whirled mockingly before my eyes. As if by a flash of lightning I awoke; and this time also I spent the rest of the night in working out the consequences of the hypothesis.
Kundalini Yoga[edit]
Ouroboros symbolism has been used to describe Kundalini energy. According to the second century Yoga Kundalini Upanishad, "The divine power, Kundalini, shines like the stem of a young lotus; like a snake, coiled round upon herself she holds her tail in her mouth and lies resting half asleep as the base of the body" (1.82). Another interpretation is that Kundalini equates to the entwined serpents of the caduceus of the Greek god Hermes, the entwined serpents representing divine balance in the west or, esoterically, DNA.
South American lowlands[edit]
It is a common belief among indigenous people of the tropical lowlands of South America that waters at the edge of the world-disc are encircled by a snake, often an anaconda, biting its own tail.[17]
In popular culture[edit]
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- In the film The Secret of Kells, an evil serpent deity is defeated by forcing it to consume itself.
- In an episode of the television show The X-Files, Special Agent Dana Scully has the ouroboros tattooed on her lower back in red ink.
- In "TEEN WOLF (Season 5, Episode 8" OUROBOROS is a name of an episode and its symbol is shown in this episode.
- In Fear the Walking Dead season 2, episode 3: "Ouroboros", a walker is simultaneously being eaten by sand crabs and eating the crabs.
- UK Sci-Fi comedy Red Dwarf features an episode called Ouroboros where the parents of the last human alive (Dave Lister) and how he came to be abandoned is revealed.
- The Ouroboros appears in context and reference numerous times throughout the Netflix original series Hemlock Grove.
- In 2015, Japanese television network TBS began broadcasting Ouroboros. The Ouroboros is featured heavily in the series and is depicted as two dragons eating each other's tails, forming a lemniscate.
- In the TV show Millennium, the Ouroboros is very prevalent, being the symbol of the "Millennium Group."
- An Ouroboros appears on the Yellow Card Man's card in the opening credits of Hulu's 2016 11.22.63 miniseries.
Manga and anime[edit]
- In Fullmetal Alchemist both the manga and anime, the homunculi all have a "tattoo" or mark of the Ouroboros on their bodies.
- In the Anime Noein an Ouroboros appears around the throat of the main character several times, a giant one also play a significant role.
- In the light novel and anime of High School DxD an interpretation of an Ouroboros is used as the symbol of the character Ophis, the infinite dragon god.
Video games[edit]
- The video game Ni No Kuni (Nintendo DS: 2010; Playstation 3: 2011), a monster taming role-playing game by Level-5, features a creature called Oroboros. It appears as a reptilian creature biting its own tail.
- The symbol used in the video game for the Elder Scrolls Online appears to resemble the Ouroboros in the form of a three headed serpent perpetually consuming its own body.
- The video game franchise Shin Megami Tensei features the Ouroboros as a summonable creature. It is depicted as a winged serpent in the shape of an infinity symbol biting its tail.
- The Ouroboros is a symbol and main theme used in the video game Broken Sword 5 The Serpents Curse.
- The video game Resident Evil 5 features a new virus called Uroboros.
- The video game DragonVale features a dragon called "Ouroboros Dragon"
- in the Lego Ninjago line, one of the symbols prominent on the Green Ninja's outfit is the Ouroboros symbol
- Ray LaMontagne's 2016 album is called Ouroboros.
- The final song on the album Act IV: Rebirth in Reprise by the band The Dear Hunter is called Ouroboros.
- The first song On the album The Way Of All Flesh by the band Gojira is called Oroborus
- The 2016 Orbs album entitled Past Life Regression features the song Not That Kind of Ouroboros
See also[edit]
- Causality
- Cyclic model
- Cyclical pattern
- Endless knot
- Ensō
- Eternal return (Eliade)
- Eternalism (philosophy of time)
- Feedback
- Historic recurrence
- Hoop snake
- Infinite loop
- Mircea Eliade – 20th century modernist application
- Recursion
- Strange loop
- Three hares
- Tsuchinoko
- Armadillo lizard
- Valknut
- The Worm Ouroboros - notable fictional appearance
- ^ The Codex Parisinus graecus 2327 in the Bibliothèque Nationale, France, referred to in "alchemy", The Oxford Classical Dictionary, Oxford University Press, 2012, ISBN 0199545561
- ^ "uroboros". Oxford Dictionaries. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 2016-01-20.
- ^ Soto-Andrade, Jorge; Jaramillo, Sebastian; Gutierrez, Claudio; Letelier, Juan-Carlos. "Ouroboros avatars: A mathematical exploration of Self-reference and Metabolic Closure" (PDF). MIT Press. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
- ^ Eire, Carlos. (2010). A Very Brief History of Eternity. Princeton University Press.
- ^ Neumann, Erich. (1995). The Origins and History of Consciousness. Bollington series XLII: Princeton University Press. Originally published in German in 1949.
- ^ Hornung, Erik. The Ancient Egyptian Books of the Afterlife. Cornell University Press, 1999. pp. 38, 77–78
- ^ Hornung, Erik. Conceptions of God in Egypt: The One and the Many. Cornell University Press, 1982. pp. 163–64.
- ^ Hornung 2002, p. 58.
- ^ Servius, note to Aeneid 5.85: "according to the Egyptians, before the invention of the alphabet the year was symbolized by a picture, a serpent biting its own tail, because it recurs on itself" (annus secundum Aegyptios indicabatur ante inventas litteras picto dracone caudam suam mordente, quia in se recurrit), as cited by Danuta Shanzer, A Philosophical and Literary Commentary on Martianus Capella's De Nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii Book 1 (University of California Press, 1986), p. 159.
- ^ Storl, Wolf-Dieter (14 September 2004). Shiva: The Wild God of Power and Ecstasy. Inner Traditions / Bear & Co. p. 219. ISBN 978-1-59477-780-6.
- ^ Plato, Timaeus, Jowett, Benjamin, trans, Hermetic
- ^ Plato, Timaeus, Perseus
- ^ Hornung 2002, p. 76.
- ^ "Ouroboros". Crystalinks. Retrieved 2012-10-22.
- ^ Carl Jung, Collected Works, Vol. 14 para. 513
- ^ Read, John (1957). From Alchemy to Chemistry. pp. 179–180. ISBN 9780486286907.
- ^ Roe, Peter (1986), The Cosmic Zygote, Rutgers University Press
- Bayley, Harold S (1909). New Light On the Renaissance. Kessinger. – reference pages hosted by the University of Pennsylvania
- Hornung, Erik (2002). The Secret Lore of Egypt: Its Impact on the West. Cornell University Press.
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To be of high quality
<Shaz> geezer you are rated <Mo> I know
লিখেছেন- geezer 26 de অক্টোবার de 2003
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A word used by douchebags to describe something good.
Person 1: "Such a rated tune!!!" (random drum sounds)
Person 2: "Fuck off."
Person 2: "Fuck off."
লিখেছেন- Rated Lad 19 de অগাস্ট de 2013
The most annoying person alive. She is just completely weird and offensive
But we all love her... and her insults
But we all love her... and her insults
Person: Err Rat'ed what the chuff are you doing?
Rat'ed: Jesus man, you're such a Hobo
Rat'ed: Jesus man, you're such a Hobo
লিখেছেন- HoboOhio 27 de মে de 2009


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Weekly Wrap 2.20.15: The 10 Best Stories You Missed This Week
1. Because Extreme Cold Always Brings Climate Deniers Out of the Woodwork …
Bill Nye, yep, the Science Guy, offers the media this helpful prompting: "'Let's not confuse or interchange climate change with global warming,' noting that when the climate changes, 'some places get colder.'"
2. After the Copenhagen Synagogue Shooting, This Muslim Community Is Responding in the Best Way Possible
"Islam is about protecting our brothers and sisters, regardless of which religion they belong to. Islam is about rising above hate and never sinking to the same level as the haters. Islam is about defending each other. Muslims want to show that we deeply deplore all types of hatred of Jews, and that we are there to support them."
3. Afghan Civilian Deaths Hit Record High
2014 was the deadliest year on record for civilians in Afghanistan, according to the U.N. Total civilian casualties jumped 22 percent from 2013.
4. Ash Wednesday: To Be Seen
"… revelation does happen and ... we see. We see that we have always been seen by God. God holds us and beholds us even when it can be so hard for us to hold and behold God."