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Debra Roberts is currently Deputy Chief of Staff Human Resources and Public Appointments in the Office of the Premier. In these roles, she is responsible for human resource issues for political staff and managing the Public Appointments Secretariat (PAS).
The PAS is responsible for the coordination and recruitment of the appointments to Ontario's agencies, boards and commissions. As head of the PAS since 2003, Debra has been instrumental in making the public appointments process more transparent, merit driven and diverse.
Some of the key changes implemented by the Ontario government include advertising all Chair and full time positions, giving board chairs an explicit role in the selection process of members and the creation of a centralized system that oversees the appointments process from start to finish. | {
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Feeling wanted at work the key to happiness
24 Jan Feeling wanted at work the key to happiness
Feeling wanted at work is key to happiness: psychologist
If you feel "on the outer" at work, chances are your mental health and wellbeing aren't in tip-top condition either and you are prone to anxiety, depression or stress, QUT psychology researchers have found.
PhD researcher Wendell Cockshaw, from QUT's School of Psychology and Counselling, said the workplace was the top primary social environment for many people and second only to the family for many others.
"We form our self-concept in our primary social contexts. We are constantly, unconsciously monitoring signals from others about how they perceive us. The part of the mind that does this has been called the 'sociometer'," Mr Cockshaw said.
"If your 'sociometer' picks up signals that you are not accepted and supported then you are going to behave in ways intended to repair that. Sometimes, however, these behaviours don't actually help.
"One way people try to feel better about perceived slights is to seek reassurance from others, but sometimes they seek reassurance too much so it becomes annoying and frustrating. This causes people around them to give more subtle, negative signals to that person and so it goes on.
"The other way people deal with the feeling that they may not be acceptable to others is to withdraw from personal contacts which, of course, also diminishes their social resources and doesn't help at all."
Mr Cockshaw said his research showed that depressive symptoms and general negative feelings were particularly strongly related to lack of "organisational connectedness".
To read more about building positive relationships and finding happiness at work (key constructs within the positive psychology coaching and consulting we frequently provide to individuals and organisations) – click here | {
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EXCLUSIVE: Diplo gives us the scoop on upcoming Lorde collab
music news 09/03/2017
On Diplo day, Diplo pulled through, rocking up unannounced to the George Studios for a yarn with Dan Aux and General Lee.
Best surprise EVER. We're still recovering.
During his chat with Dan, he shared his thoughts on Lorde's new single 'Green Light'.
"Love it, I love her. Video's so cool. She's kinda sexy in the video. She's kinda dancing on the car."
THEN he revealed there's a Major Lazer/Lorde collaboration in the works.
"It's Major Lazer featuring Lorde and Vybz Kartel. It's pretty dope."
Find out more details in the audio above or listen to the full interview below. | {
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The country hotel Landhaus Staufenblick in Oberstaufen cordially welcomes the guests into a warm and friendly atmosphere. It offers neat and well-equipped rooms, partly with balcony or terrace that are decorated in comfortable country house style. In the appealing dining room, guests can enjoy an invigorating breakfast with a lovely view of the beautiful landscape and the mountains. After an exciting day outside, the heated indoor pool invites to stay and relax. Parking facilities are available free of charge at the Landhaus Staufenblick.
Very cosy atmosphere. Very friendly owners. Nice location, not far from the center and yet very quiet. But i think in high summer i would prefer a room with A/C. | {
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If you were to ask if we should grow more forests, a typical reply would be "Of course, forests help fight global warming" or that "forests harbour life". However, did you know that 'growing' artificial forests, which replace the existing landscape, is not always the best of choices? Yes, although it seems counter-intuitive, artificial forests may sometimes do more harm than good.
A recent study by researchers at the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), Bengaluru, University of Leeds, UK, and Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, has traced some of these misinformed decisions, made in the past, trying to grow forests in the shola-grassland landscapes in the Nilgiris. The study is published in the journal Biological Conservation.
Grasslands are naturally occurring landscapes dominated by grasses rather than shrubs or trees. They are complete and unique ecosystems and support diverse plant and animals, some of which are endemic. The shola-grassland mosaics, comprising of the stunted tropical forests called Sholas, amidst rolling grasslands, are found in the higher elevations of the Nilgiris in South India. They are believed to have existed for over 20,000 years. In the recent century, human interventions in these landscapes have resulted in some severe ecological damage.
"As ecologists, we constantly encounter ecosystems which have some history of human interventions. In India, where humans have lived for thousands of years, it is critical to know this history to inform how we interpret what we see today.", says Dr Jayashree Ratnam, Associate Director for Wildlife Biology and Conservation programme at NCBS and an author of the study.
The research traces the history of these grasslands using historical records and literature since the colonial period. It finds that colonial forest officials introduced more than forty alien species like Acacia, Pine, Silver oak, and Eucalyptus to the Nilgiri plateau and widely planted them from the 1820s to 1937. These efforts gained momentum when an additional 600 acres of grassland came under plantation in 1856. By the year 1950, 4500 acres in the Nilgiris were under plantation. Critically, even though native tree species planted in the grasslands repeatedly failed to establish, this did not raise questions as to whether trees belonged in the grasslands.
"We presume that the British loved this landscape as it reminisced their homeland, and wanted to settle in the Nilgiris. Once settled, they misperceived the grasslands as degraded ecosystems due to persistent fires and cattle grazing by local tribes. It led to the idea that these grasslands needed to be converted back to tree clad forests. Further, the need for timber and firewood for the settlements led them to invest in the planting of economically important plant species over native ones", explains Mr Atul Joshi, from NCBS who worked on the archives of the India Office in London to detail this history for the study.
The study also notes how the colonial foresters tried to regulate the natural landscape in the name of 'scientific forestry' and 'conservation' and that many of these efforts were driven by the requirement for more timber. In the shola grasslands, where there was no timber, not realising the 20,000 years history of these grasslands, the foresters attempted to reforest the landscape.
It's not only the colonial foresters who are to be blamed; independent India was not too wise either! The relentless plantations continued, and by the end of the 20th century, about 32,500 acres of shola grasslands was under plantations. This further degraded the landscape and today, these grasslands act as a prelude to the fate of remaining grasslands, if misinformed human interventions continue in such ecosystems.
"The misperception that all grasslands are degraded ecosystems needs to change", asserts Dr Ratnam. "Natural grassy biomes harbour unique biodiversity and provide distinct ecosystems services. They should be considered as important as natural forest ecosystems. The shola grasslands are heavily threatened due to historical land-use changes and severe invasions by alien plant species. Remnant grasslands need to be protected from further conversions and invasions", she appeals.
The case of shola grasslands is not a peculiar one, but one of many examples of how unscientific assumptions have threatened the existence of entire ecosystems. Even after two centuries, most policymakers and forest managers continue to treat grasslands as degraded ecosystems and introduce alien invasive species. Perhaps the time is now ripe to let go of our long-held, widespread, and outdated misconceptions before more damage is done! | {
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Marie Luhring: First Female Truck Designer
As an automotive researcher for many years, I have tried to find automotive material regarding some of the early women pioneers that were part of our automotive and industrial design history.
I knew about the late Margaret E. Knight, an engineer who helped design the K-D automobile in Brookline, Mass., which was later constructed by the Coach-Builder Company, Moore & Munger.
I also knew about Ms. Helen Dryden, who helped design many great looking early Studebaker models during the late 1930s-1940s; there is also Betty Thatcher Oros who had joined Hudson and later the popular "Damsels of Design" who were all hired by the great Harley Earl for General Motors during the early 1950s.
Recently, however, quite by accident, I discovered another major milestone that should be added to the timeline of those early female industrial designers.
During the 1920s, a young lady by the name of Marie Luhring made history by becoming the first female truck designer and distinguishing herself as one of the top designers in the country.
Luhring's story began after she had graduated from Hunter High School in New York where she studied interior decorating, however it was architecture drawing that she loved most of all. Later on life, it is a passion that would assist in her advancement in the world of creativity and industrial design.
Her first assignment was with the Sage Foundation Homes Company at Forest Hills. Later, her career veered into the world of animation and cartoon illustrations with the International Film Company for several months. Luhring was eventually noticed by Mr. Edward Hewitt, and Hewiit suggested that she look into the Cooper Union Drawing School. Luhring did in fact attend the prestigious school and graduated with very high honors in architecture and mechanical drawing.
Luhring said of her time at school, "I graduated with the highest honors and all the rest were men."
Later one particular college instructor at the Cooper Union school had suggested that she become a member of the Society of Automotive Engineers and on a historical note, Ms. Luhring was the first female in American history that was offered this prestigious recommendation. Unfortunately some of the men at the Cooper Union school along with some of the members at the Society of Automotive Engineers had objected to a female becoming a part of this popular and prestigious organization.
Luhring was later offered a position with the Mack Truck Company as a designer during the early 1920s. Once again, Luhring was met with opposition as she continued to make her way in a very male-dominated field. Most of the men at the Mack Truck Company felt that she was in a man's world and Mack trucks should be designed by men only.
As her great career would continue, however, Luring became a very successful designer at the Mack Truck Company. She designed many truck parts along with bus and engine parts as well. She felt the greatest achievement whenever a finish product was completed.
Luhring once stated "…this work requires a great deal of patience. I'm not inclined to be talkative, that's why I got into it. A certain amount of work was given to me, and I worked it out."
Luhring never expected nor desired special treatment at Mack Trucks, she worked faithfully and was very happy at what she did. Her creative ideas were very well received within the Mack Truck establishment.
As a young woman, Luhring was able to open the door for other women interested in automotive and/or industrial design work. Many have said she had become a passionate and creative designer who became an important part of the industrial design community.
Today, Luring is a part of our automotive heritage and culture, history, that many generations will always remember. In 1939, Luhring had passed away and today she leaves behind a great legacy for people everywhere.
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#region Licence
// The MIT License
//
// Copyright (c) 2011 Julien Blin, [email protected]
//
// Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
// of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
// in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
// to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
// copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
// furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
//
// The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
// all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
//
// THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
// IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
// FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
// AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
// LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
// OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
// THE SOFTWARE.
#endregion
using System;
using System.Diagnostics.Contracts;
using Castle.Core.Logging;
using Remora.Core;
using Remora.Exceptions;
namespace Remora.Handler.Impl
{
public class ResponseWriter : IResponseWriter
{
private readonly IExceptionFormatter _exceptionformatter;
private ILogger _logger = NullLogger.Instance;
public ResponseWriter(IExceptionFormatter exceptionformatter)
{
if (exceptionformatter == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("exceptionFormatter");
Contract.EndContractBlock();
_exceptionformatter = exceptionformatter;
}
/// <summary>
/// Logger
/// </summary>
public ILogger Logger
{
get { return _logger; }
set { _logger = value; }
}
#region IResponseWriter Members
public void Write(IRemoraOperation operation, IUniversalResponse response)
{
if (operation == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("operation");
if (response == null) throw new ArgumentNullException("response");
Contract.EndContractBlock();
if (operation.OnError)
{
Logger.ErrorFormat(operation.Exception,
"There has been an error when processing request coming from {0}.",
operation.IncomingUri);
_exceptionformatter.WriteException(operation, response);
}
else
{
response.StatusCode = operation.Response.StatusCode;
foreach (var header in operation.Response.HttpHeaders)
{
response.SetHeader(header.Key, header.Value);
}
if (operation.Response.Data != null)
{
response.OutputStream.Write(operation.Response.Data, 0, operation.Response.Data.Length);
}
response.OutputStream.Flush();
}
}
#endregion
}
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This deceptively simple Blueprints will surprise you with its versatility! The main panel features an interesting rounded shape with a fishtail end. The circle will showcase an image or sentiment beautifully but is also sized to fit our Circle Shaker Pouches for loads of fun opportunities to add some movement to your cards and tags. The dimensional banner includes score lines to make it easy to create a perfectly creased banner element while the gentle curve allows you to stamp your sentiment with ease. | {
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We provide a lifetime guarantee of authenticity. We take counterfeiting very seriously as it is a crime in Singapore.
"Bobby Backpacks" are sold elsewhere at a much cheaper price. Are they real?
All authorised retailers are required to sell the Bobby at $139. Anyone selling a Bobby Backpack below $139 is not an authorised retailer, and therefore will be selling fakes. This is the surest way to know whether you are purchasing a genuine Bobby Backpack.
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import json
try:
# Python 3
from urllib.parse import urlencode, urlparse
except (ImportError):
# Python 2
from urllib import urlencode
from urlparse import urlparse
from .client_exception import ClientException
from ..download_manager import downloader
class JSONApiClient():
def __init__(self, settings):
self.settings = settings
def fetch(self, url, prefer_cached=False):
"""
Retrieves the contents of a URL
:param url:
The URL to download the content from
:param prefer_cached:
If a cached copy of the content is preferred
:return: The bytes/string
"""
# If there are extra params for the domain name, add them
extra_params = self.settings.get('query_string_params')
domain_name = urlparse(url).netloc
if extra_params and domain_name in extra_params:
params = urlencode(extra_params[domain_name])
joiner = '?%s' if url.find('?') == -1 else '&%s'
url += joiner % params
with downloader(url, self.settings) as manager:
content = manager.fetch(url, 'Error downloading repository.',
prefer_cached)
return content
def fetch_json(self, url, prefer_cached=False):
"""
Retrieves and parses the JSON from a URL
:param url:
The URL to download the JSON from
:param prefer_cached:
If a cached copy of the JSON is preferred
:return: A dict or list from the JSON
"""
repository_json = self.fetch(url, prefer_cached)
try:
return json.loads(repository_json.decode('utf-8'))
except (ValueError):
error_string = u'Error parsing JSON from URL %s.' % url
raise ClientException(error_string)
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New sports complex named after fallen Phoenix Police officer
LAVEEN, Ariz. (KSAZ) - On Friday, groundbreaking took place for a brand new sports complex in Laveen in Southwest Phoenix. The complex is name in honor of a fallen Phoenix Police officer.
The David Glasser Athletic Complex, located in the area of 51st Avenue and Dobbins, is named in honor of an officer who was killed in the line of duty in 2016, near 48th Lane and Baseline.
Glasser's wife, Kristen, said as much as he loved being a police officer, Hlasser was also a huge sports fan.
"Sports were also going to be part of his retirement plan," said Kristen. "He was going to teach school and coach basketball. He knew what an important role sports had played in his life, and he wanted to pass it on through coaching kids someday."
Loved ones posed with shovelfuls of dirt to make the groundbreaking official Friday. Phoenix Police was also out in force.
"We never take for granted the ultimate sacrifice made by David. I am proud to be representative of the police department," said Phoenix Police Chief Jeri Williams.
The million-dollar project is owned by the Laveen Elementary School District, and partially funded by the Arizona Sports and Tourism Authority.
"I know he would feel so honored to have this complex named after him," said Kristen. "I am glad my children are here and that they can participate today. I know as they grow up, this will be a special place to see and remember what an amazing man their father was."
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The Metro Phoenix Office Market tightened in 2018 and is expected to follow the same script in 2019. This is not happening across the rest of the country. Phoenix is poised to continue growing longer and in a more robust fashion than the vast majority of U.S. cities. The Valley of the Sun's value proposition continues to persuade existing companies to expand and entice new groups to experience the region. Simple as that.
Net absorption of office space (the key measure of job growth) improved dramatically from 2017's figure of 1.8 million square feet (SF), to 2.8 million SF in 2018. Vacancy started 2018 at 19.7% and ended the year at 17.6% — the lowest vacancy since 2008.
As vacancy drops, Class A lease rates have increased, albeit a small amount, to an average of $29.28/SF at year end 2018. We are set to hit an all-time high in 2019 with Class A average lease rates expected to eclipse $30/SF across the Valley. Additionally, available sublease space decreased from 2.5 million to 1.9 million SF during the year.
PS- Here is a link to Lee & Associates Arizona's Historical Office Market Statistics with some great information as well. | {
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Good Bad Language: a post about swearing
11th August 2014 /33 Comments/in Uncategorized /by KJ Charles
Warning: This is about profanity. Stop now if you don't like swearing, because there will be a lot, and I am not going to use asterisks except once, in the next sentence. There is liberal use of c***; skip to the end for a postscript if this word particularly bothers you, or just abandon ship now. My advice is not to text-to-speech this one in public. Right, here we go.
Every few days, a post floats by on Twitter or pops up on a writing advice forum about profanity. Generally, the advice is the same: Swearing betrays poverty of imagination and language; you can convey the same effects without using rude words; you might upset people who don't like swearing and what's the point in turning off potential readers?
This is not the advice you are about to receive here.
Poverty of imagination/language
Swearing is just a lazy way to get an effect, we're told. Shoving a few fucks into the dialogue isn't the same as writing an effective character. Can't you do some real writing?
To which I can only say, have you not seen The Thick of It?
No, he's useless. He's absolutely useless. He's as useless as a marzipan dildo.
I've come across a lot of psychos in my time, but none as fucking boring as you. I mean you are a really boring fuck. Sorry, sorry, I know you disapprove of swearing. You are a really boring f star star cunt.
If you do think about running with this pill story, I'll personally fucking eviscerate you, right? I mean, I don't have your education, I don't know what that means. But I'll start by ripping your cock off and I'll busk it from there.
The creators of The Thick of It are not linguistically impoverished. They invented the brilliant word 'omnishambles' and created my favourite insult line ever (without a swear in sight):
My theory is, Malcolm built him in a lab from bits of old psychopath.
Swearing can be elaborate, hilarious and glorious. But even monotonous swearing of the kind that makes people tut about 'poverty of vocabulary' can be used to brilliant effect. Look at Trainspotting, which uses monotonous swearing to convey everything about its narrators – Scottish, rage-filled, of varying education, all of them spiralling into heroin and self-destruction and a mass of unfocused fury, turned inwards as much as out:
You fucking knew that fucking cunt would fuck some cunt.
You can hear the character in that line (roughly translated, 'It was inevitable that the individual we're discussing would one day cause severe injury to somebody'.) The accent, the words spat out like bullets, the incoherent emotion overwhelming any powers of expression. That's character through poverty of language.
You can do without naughty words
Some say you can do just as well by telling the reader that the character swears without larding the dialogue with profanity. I dispute that. Here's a scene from my book The Magpie Lord. Lord Crane has only just survived a magical murder attempt:
Crane got up on the second try, poured himself a very large brandy, spilling quite a lot, knocked it back in a single, painful gulp, sat on the floor again and began to swear. He swore fluently, inventively and with spectacular obscenity in Shanghainese until he ran out of epithets, switched to English, and started at the beginning again.
"You're feeling more yourself, then," said Merrick, when Crane reached an impressively foul climax.
"No, I am not. What the fuck, what the fucking, bloody devil-shit, what in the name of Satan's swollen cock was that?"
"Do you speak in the House of Lords with that mouth?"
Could I have achieved the same effect by leaving out Crane's line? Just say, 'He swore foully' and allow the reader to use her imagination? Really? 'He swore foully', unsupported, has about as much effect as claiming, 'He spoke brilliantly about Wordsworth's poetry', or 'She was a world expert in symbology' and never letting us hear the character say anything on the topic. The reader won't believe you know what you're talking about. I didn't have to spend paragraphs on Crane's swearfest, but imagine that scene without the single line of extreme foul-mouthedness and see how much weaker it is. (I may add, in response to the "lazy writing" thing, I spent ages getting that swear exactly right – stunned repetition, slightly foreign cast, an elaboration to convey the richness of his imagery, all of it with rhythm, structure and build – and I'm proud of it.)
There is a reason that George Bernard Shaw in Pygmalion insisted on including the line, 'Not bloody likely,' rather than having it implied – the watcher has to hear Eliza say this shocking thing in her new cut-glass accent to understand how Higgins' experiment has cut her adrift from class structures. There is a reason that Larkin's poem doesn't begin, 'They mess you up, your mum and dad.' And, because swearing is not a modern invention, let me give you one of my favourite poems by the Earl of Rochester (born 1647), 'Upon His Drinking a Bowl'. I know the language is a bit flowery but don't skip, the payoff is worth it.
Vulcan, contrive me such a cup
As Nestor used of old;
Show all thy skill to trim it up,
Damask it round with gold.
Make it so large that, filled with sack
Up to the swelling brim,
Vast toasts on the delicious lake
Like ships at sea may swim.
Engrave not battle on its cheek:
With war I've nought to do;
I'm none of those that took Maastricht,
Nor Yarmouth leaguer knew.
Let it no name of planets tell,
Fixed stars, or constellations;
For I am no Sir Sidrophel,
Nor none of his relations.
But carve theron a spreading vine,
Then add two lovely boys;
Their limbs in amorous folds intwine,
The type of future joys.
Cupid and Bacchus my saints are,
May drink and love still reign,
With wine I wash away my cares,
And then to cunt again.
Many bowdlerised versions of this poem replace cunt with 'love' in the last line. Love. Love?! Cunt here is a depth charge, blowing the classical imagery out of the water so the poem's graceful elevated lyrics land in shards around us, leaving only the bare sordid truth of debauchery. 'Love' turns it into any other tedious seventeenth-century poem ever.
Not upsetting readers
It is true, some people don't like reading profanity. Some don't like reading sex. Some don't like reading violence. Many don't want to read queer romance. Some don't like reading about magic because it's tampering with the occult. I refuse to read YA, hard scifi, shifter romance, or any book containing a cute robin called Robbie. Do come back to me when you've thought of a story that will appeal to every single person in the world and I'll agent you. I take 15%.
And, bluntly, if the main thought in your mind when writing is 'How do I maximise my appeal to readers?', rather than 'what's going to make this scene powerful and this dialogue convincing', your book will suck, no matter how often you take it to a focus group and optimise for search engines.
As ever, it comes down to do it well.
Ask yourself why your character swears. You can convey a lot about them by what words they use – who says cunt, who never exceeds sod, who doesn't swear at all? Is their swearing mostly sexual or religious, specifically abusive or just verbal decoration? Consider where they get their swears from – Army past, foreign travels? What about their social class? How can a Regency upper-class heroine let rip? Do they swear with spluttering fury, or elaborately worked eloquence? Does someone who normally swears like a bastard mind their language around just one person, or vice versa? Can you use an inadvertent ejaculation to betray your character's shock or anger, and at what level of extremity will that kick in?
Know your registers. A Regency heroine cannot toss damn about in public; bloody obeys grammatical rules and cannot just be dropped randomly into a sentence to convey Britishness; calling someone a sodding tart is not the same as calling them a fucking whore.
Consider context. What impact does each swear have on the people around them? Are they trying to shock, or does it go unnoticed? If swearing is routine and similar among a variety of characters, that can be very boring. I am mostly a big fan of Richard Morgan's fantasy series that began with The Steel Remains, but everyone swears identically. There is no difference between the battle-hardened social reject mercenary and the (non-fighting, political) emperor in the middle of his court. So we don't get any sense of social or power divide between emperor and soldier, and because the emperor uses fuck all the time, his register has nowhere to go when he gets angry. This doesn't seem to be making a point about the emperor's court or ruling style. Everyone swears, it is grimdark, the end. Before you create a register in which, as Anthony Bourdain puts it, fuck is used principally as a comma, ask yourself how you're going to escalate when people are really cross. (No, you may not put the swears in capital letters for emphasis. You're not JK Rowling.)
Swearing lends power to not swearing. In my Charm of Magpies trilogy, Crane is spectacularly foul-mouthed throughout; his love interest Stephen uses four-letter words during sex and never elsewhere. When he swears for the first time outside the bedroom, in the third book, I hope the extremely mild word he uses will have all the impact of the most baroque explosion from Lord Crane – because it's breaking his usual register and reflects a couple of extremely significant changes.
Swearing has power, and effect. It conveys mood and character. It can be explosive, done right. It can be monotonous and ineffectual done wrong, in which it is exactly like everything else we do with words.
Of course you don't have to do it. If you don't want to write swearing, then write characters who aren't inclined to swear by personality or compelled by circumstance, and nobody will complain about it. Though you need to accept that if your battle-hardened Marine says, 'Bother!' when he stands on a landmine, people will laugh at you.
All I ask is, whether pro-swearing or not, pay as much attention to the rude words as to all the other ones. After all, you don't want to be Terri in The Thick of It.
Terri: We don't exchange insults with bloody Simon arsepipes titty-twat.
Ollie: Is that honestly the best swearing that you can come up with?
A note on cunt: Many Americans in particular regard cunt as a sexist term, and it can indeed be applied in a particularly unpleasant way as a synonym for woman. However, Brits most often use it as a swear without any specifically sexual connotations, either as a high-impact word on the tit – arse – cock – twat register, or, in some regions, as more or less a synonym for 'person'. ('My round, any of you cunts want a drink?') Use it or don't, as you see fit, but be aware of the cultural baggage.
KJ Charles is a perfectly civil human being on Twitter and Facebook and just debases the English language in her books. Her latest, Think of England, is hardly sweary at all, except for the line 'you fucking shithouse cricket,' which was irresistible.
Thanks to Marian Perera for the inspiration for this post, and check her blog post that tackles swearing in fantasy.
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scarlettparrish says:
>>>'He swore foully', unsupported, has about as much effect as claiming, 'He spoke brilliantly about Wordsworth's poetry', or 'She was a world expert in symbology' and never letting us hear the character say anything on the topic. The reader won't believe you know what you're talking about.
Agree with the above entirely. Telling the reader your character swore is…well, telling. And aren't we always counselled "Show, don't tell?" Don't tell me your character is foul-mouthed – show me! And do it as creatively as Malcolm Tucker. 😀
Marian Perera says:
Thank you! I enjoyed reading this. You've been quoted here too, by the way: http://marianperera.blogspot.ca/2014/08/alienating-readers-with-swears.html and I'm linking to your post in the swearing thread on Absolute Write: http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9021718&postcount=230
KJ Charles says:
Ooh, thanks, I hadn't seen that. I'll link in the main post as you tackle the fantasy swearing thing, which I couldn't find room for in this epic.
cyranocyrano says:
Just so you know, when I followed that link it returned a 404 (or whatever the kids these days call it) because there was a bonus %20 on the URL–looks like a space got tagged at the end.
15th August 2014 at 8:55 am
Oops! Thank you, will fix.
Jordan L. Hawk says:
My most interesting swearing challenge came from making sure Leif and Dan in Hainted never say "damn" or "hell," because as a pair of neo-shamans whose job is to escort the restless dead to the other side, that's absolutely taboo. When Dan finally thinks "damn that" it's at an extreme moment when he's literally choosing between his duty to his Goddess and his injured lover.
Of course I'm absolutely certain no one ever picked up on that except for me, so I will add it was probably one of my least effective uses of swearing ever as well. *sigh*
I calibrate all my swearing so carefully and I'm sure nobody ever notices. We are martyrs to our own perfectionism/foul mouths.
atempleton says:
Quite interesting look a swearing. Well stated. As an American, I particularly appreciate your last note. It was the one word I was always somewhat squeamish about, always somewhat surprised at Brits using so freely.
Well, it differs, but you will often find very posh people and very unposh people using it lavishly. eg there's a TV comedy about students that includes a (horrible) very posh male character known as 'Cunty' Sykes, and none of his upper-class friends understand why most of the students are appalled by this. And equally it's a word that can be used with almost no weight at all in some parts of the north and Scotland. But even when it's a major swear, it doesn't have the misogynistic ballast, it's just a big swear. I for one find it difficult to discuss our present Prime Minister without deploying it…
Ha. Ha. Yes, well . . . politicians and cunts — the two often go together, don't they.
Raine says:
Loved this so much- as I truly appreciated the 'bad' language in your books. In fact you grabbed my attention in the first Magpie book with the juxtaposition of Crane's anguished thoughts and Merrick's 'you stupid sod'!
Thank you for the wonderful Earl of Rochester poem which I am now going to cherish.
I don't know if you have listened to John Grant's music, but he too is a man who uses expletives with real craftsmanship.
I don't know John Grant, I'll look that up. Thanks!
Shelagh says:
'Ask yourself why your character swears' Exactly. I started reading this thinking that the author's vocabulary hasn't much to do with it, if the character swears it's the character's voice, not the author's.
I'm British but a little squeamish about the c-word. I reserve it for special occasions – usually near-death experiences at the hands of BMW drivers 😉
Yes, BMW drivers frequently fall into what one might call the c-pool. 🙂
Elin Gregory says:
I loved that bit of The Magpie Lord. It made me snort tea. The comedic timing was perfect.
This is such good advice. You really need to leave room for escalation. Also, I'm told that acceptability of cunt is regional as well as contextual. Calling someone a cunt in London might get you a smack in the mouth, whereas you might get away with calling him a twat. But the positions are reversed in parts of the north. Call someone a twat up there and you could get a Mancunian groining.
I didn't know that about 'twat', it's completely null where I am. Jacqueline Wilson did a kids book that used it – apparently she thought it was basically a synonym for 'twit' – and there was a right kerfuffle about it.
Sometimes my characters swear a fair bit, other times, rarely. No standard. I was called to task once because I had an ER doctor who swore and I was informed that someone with that much education would never use such foul language. However I had others who actually work in the profession who told me that it was not nearly foul enough to reflect reality. What one reader hates, another loves. As long as it fits, I'm good to go.
I do dislike the c-word, probably the North American in me. It is only used where I come from in a derogatory way against women, it's hard to block that out. 🙂
God, no, most of the sweariest people I know are highly educated. The whole 'it's poverty of language' thing is a joke. Highly educated, well-off people of high social status are more likely to say whatever they want, because they can.
I usually restrict myself to, at most, one "cunt" per book.
After all, this is m/m. An excess of lady-bits tends to be frowned upon. 😉
*cackles*
Michele Mills says:
I read this while sipping morning coffee with the toddler watching Disney Channel. It was very liberating. 🙂
I too, am a lover of profanity in fiction, although I've been accused of defaulting to fuck way too much. Now I see I don't need to cut out the cussing, I just need to start collecting better words. That'll be fun!
The best profanity ever is from the show Deadwood. Have you seen it? Each episode was a linguistic gem. Al Swearengen's cussing is downright Shakespearean.
I've heard that's amazing. We don't have network TV so I haven't seen…anything, really. Life under a stone. I do recommend The Thick of It though, as well as magnificent sweariness and cynicism, it's horribly accurate about the business of politics.
Becky Black says:
Ooh, swearing is such a fascinating subject.
It's very era specific apparently. The writers of the TV series Deadwood, which has what you;d call a fuckton of swearing, started out with scripts that included period authentic swearing. And when the actors actually read the lines they said they sounded absurd and what's worse, didn't sound like swearing, because the words didn't have the same emotional power as words you grew up with as swear words. So they accepted being anachronistic and used modern swearing to make sure it conveyed the emotion.
I suppose it's a bit like learning a foreign swear word when you're grown up. You might know intellectually "If I called someone this in a bar in Germany I'll be leaving in an ambulance." But it doesn't have the power to evoke emotion in you as it does to the native speaker.
A great use of swearing is near the start of Shaun of the Dead, in the pub when Shaun is defending Ed, saying he's not such a terrible person as his friends are making out, when Ed approaches the table and says, in front of ladies too, "Can I buy any of you cunts a drink."
I get amused when scriptwriters on American network TV shows slip in "bollocks" in the mouths of British or Irish characters, since it's technically stronger than the swearing allowed on those shows, but Americans mostly don't know that. Charlie said it plenty in Lost. Chief O'Brien said it on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine once and I nearly died laughing. I'm sure Spike must have said it in Buffy.
Speaking of network telly, I can't not give a shoutout to Jack Bauer – who can say "dammit" with enough conviction that you can hear the "holy fucking shit" behind it. Because those situations on 24 are definitely "holy fucking shit" situation, not "dammit" situations.
Oh yes, 'bollocks' is hilarious in those contexts. Again, know your register. There's a story that a US crowd at an Oasis concert had the idea that 'wanker' was a positive thing and were chanting 'Wankers! Wankers!' at the band (although for all I know they were perfectly aware of what the word mean and exhibiting good judgement).
Cyrano Jones says:
And this brings to mind the time when the Monkees tried to write a song called "Randy Scouse Git". Mickey had heard the phrase on a British show called "'Til Death Do Us Part" and didn't know how impolite the language was. The single was released in Britain under the title "Alternate Title".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Scouse_Git
Maverickgirl31 says:
Love it! I have no problem with profanity and chuckled to myself for several days every time I thought about that scene with Lord Crane. I think what catches me more when reading books is when the author seems to go overboard with the f-bomb to prove how badass a character is, but every other aspect of the individual is immature and flat. On the other hand when LC tells the priest that he will rebury his niece or find out how evil he can be…I couldn't help but melt.
Thanks! Yes, swearing doesn't make a badass character, and can even sound a bit 'trying too hard'. It's a fine line.
Non Wels says:
I love this so much. And agree wholeheartedly. On my podcast, Joy Sandwich, we talk about swearing in general, and how context, audience, and intent are the things that matter. Words are words, and they are useful, important, applicable, powerful, and deserve our respect. 🙂 In case you're interested, here's a link to the referenced episode: http://www.joysandwich.com/episodes/swear-words
Thank you, I shall have a listen!
Happy writing and swearing,
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Pot of gold: Cannabinoid-derived treatments for concussions could be an enormous breakthrough, according to Scythian Biosciences CEO Jonathan Gilbert.
A research effort stretching from Florida to Long Island to Canada's Alberta province will determine if compounds derived from marijuana can be effective treatments for concussions.
Calgary-based R&D firm Scythian Biosciences has agreed to fund a University of Miami study, to be conducted by the university's The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis and Miller School of Medicine, exploring cannabinoid-based methods of reducing post-concussion brain cell inflammation, which causes headaches and other neurological complications.
Scythian Biosciences is owned by investment banker Jonathan Gilbert, who partners in Great Neck-based fitness-nutrition enterprise Decision Nutrition with his wife, Keren Gilbert, among other ventures.
The Canadian research firm – which acquired western-Canadian cannabinoid producer Go Green BC Medical Marijuana in 2015 – is not supplying that kind of green for the project, but it's ponying up plenty of the other: Scythian Biosciences will pay the University of Miami $16 million over the course of the five-year study.
Gilbert said the first tranche has already been paid and he is "engaged" with a Toronto-based group that may fund the rest.
Brain trust: Gilbert, with University of Miami concussion expert Dr. Gillian Hotz.
The company is also sharing the science behind one of its two pending patents, both written by Chief Operating Officer David Schrader, a corporate attorney with a biochemistry degree from Johns Hopkins University. A per Schrader's patent, University of Miami researchers will be testing a compound that combines CBD, a cannabinoid derivative of hemp, with a chemical that disrupts nerve-cell receptors.
Gilbert launched his Canadian R&D firm in 2014, first as Valens Agritech Canada and then Spartan Cannabis Corp. An early deal referencing the "Valens" name fell through and "Spartan Cannabis" never really clicked – "We found having the word 'cannabis' in the name of the parent company was actually limiting," Gilbert noted – so the CEO and his partner, Canadian investment banker Mo Fazil, went with "Scythian," a reference to the Fourth Century BC Iranian/Eurasian nomadic tribe believed to be the first cannabis users.
Now, just 25 dope centuries later, Scythian Biosciences is looking to rewrite the concussion-treatment textbook by leveraging the medical marijuana boom. It's a high-profile mission with billion-dollar ramifications, and Gilbert believes his company has the science to succeed.
Studies have shown cannabinoids are effective for treating pain and other symptoms associated with glaucoma, epilepsy, depression and a host of other conditions, all with few side effects – and Scythian Biosciences believes it can achieve similar results for patients with sustained brain injuries, according to its CEO.
"There is currently no pharmaceutical treatment for concussions," Gilbert told Innovate LI. "When you got to the emergency room with a concussion, they basically tell you to go home and rest, and maybe give you some ibuprofen.
"We are in a white space here," he added. "That's what makes this so unbelievably compelling."
Scheduled to begin in January, the Miami team – led by Gillian Hotz, director of the University of Miami's concussion program – will first study the compound's effects on laboratory rats, tweaking doses and other clinical factors. (And no, the rats won't develop the munchies or get deep into the symbolism of "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway." The compound's cannabinoid derivative contains no tetrahydrocannabinol, better known by its stage name THC, marijuana's main mind-altering agent.)
Researchers hope to then move into a human pilot study that would administer the compound to a small control group and two patient groups – one with chronic brain injuries, one with acute brain injuries – and assess their cognitive functions.
Assuming positive results, they'll then seek an FDA-approved clinical trial featuring hundreds of patients, ultimately aiming for a therapeutic treatment that could involve a pill, an inhalable vapor or some other delivery system.
Oates brand: Gilbert's enterprise has the support of former New York Giant Bart Oates.
Scythian Biosciences, meanwhile, will wait out those patents – the second involves cannabinoid-derived treatments for gastrointestinal disorders – and pursue funding opportunities. It's also awaiting a license to distribute medical marijuana in Canada, the second leg of what Gilbert described as a "bifurcated business model."
But its concussion-related mission is the startup's main vertical, and has already attracted some major-league support. Behind Gilbert, Fazil and Schrader is a directors board rich with scientific and business acumen, including Peter Levy, a Harvard-educated attorney and former president of New Jersey biotherapeutics innovator Myos Corp., and Maghsoud Dariani, a cofounder and vice president of Celgene Corp., a New Jersey biotech focused on cancer-fighting pharmaceuticals.
Also on board are Rutgers University neurologist Thomas Zimmerman and Bart Oates, the former Super Bowl-winning center of the New York Giants, now a member of the New Jersey Bar Association.
"What I have is an all-star advisory team that has catapulted me into a new stratosphere, allowing me to walk in confidently to investment firms and ask for tens of millions of dollars for research and development funding," Gilbert noted.
The participation of Oates – who is also president of the New York/New Jersey Chapter of the National Football League Alumni Association – is especially telling, according to the CEO, who noted both the NFL Alumni and the World Boxing Association have already signed on as program partners.
"The NFL Alumni Association has an obvious interest in concussions," Gilbert said. "It's nice to have their endorsements, but I also plan on approaching the leagues themselves. This is a problem that the NFL and the [National Hockey League] need to address and take seriously."
Of course, as endless headlines and federal studies show, the problem is hardly limited to professional athletics, adding some serious social heft to the Scythian Biosciences/University of Miami collaboration.
"It's a pervasive problem, and not only for professional football and hockey players," Gilbert said. "This is an equal-opportunity injury that goes right to the playground and the girls' lacrosse team.
"Our goal is to have a commercialized drug that treats concussions, and solves a traumatic brain injury problem that is not being adequately addressed."
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Education starts later in the French system, and compulosry from the ages of 6 to 16, but a large majority of children start school well before the minimum age, often as young as two years old - and a majority continue past 16. Some 64% of all school pupils in France complete their secondary education, and take the high-school leaving certificate examinations, known as the baccalauréat or the baccalauréat professionnel.
The official target - estimated as necessary for the needs of the nation - is 80%.
Differences between a French and UK education
1. Greater emphasis in France on the core subjects, i.e. French and maths, and less time given to imaginative/creative subjects (story-writing, drama) in primary school. More time given to learning poems and texts by heart
2. Repeating a year is more common in France, should the child be consistently under-achieving. This rarely happens in UK schools.
3. In French state schools, no celebration of religious festivals, so no nativity play for example. Schools are strictly secular except Catholic schools - see below.
5. Private education is far less prevalent in France, but the number of private schools is increasing.
6. French schools do not have a school uniform. Nearly all UK schools do.
7. The British education system is less formal and more "progressive". There is less listening, and more discussion. Education in French schools is said to be more traditional.
8. There is less opportunity in French schools to deviate from the curriculum. This means less opportunity in general to tailor lessons for individuals or even the personality of a classroom as a whole.
The different types of school: (taken by age of pupils):
Ecole Maternelle (KG) and creches: The equivalent of Kindergarten or pre-school nurseries. Ecoles Maternelles take pupils from age 2 to age 6, and prepare them for entry into primary school. The French école maternelle is more than just a playschool; like the UK Early Years Foundation Stage it includes requirements for numaracy, and literacy, as well as artistic and creative developmental goals. There are three classes, "les petits", "les moyens" and "les grands".
Ecole primaire, or Ecole élémentaire: Primary school, grade school. Five classes, ages 6 to 11. The primary school curriculum in France is similar to that in other countries, and includes literacy and numeracy, with classes in French, arithmetic, but also geography and history, the arts, and more and more frequently a foreign language, usually English.
Until 2008, the school week was Monday to Friday, with Wednesday free.
Pupils have an average of 28 hours classes per week. The five classes in the Ecole Primaire are, in order, CP, CE1, CE2, CM1, and CM2 : CP is Cours préparatoire, preparatory class, CE means cours élémentaire - elementary class - , and CM is cours moyen, middle class; the two middle classes are a preparation for the next level, which is middle school.
Collège: Middle school. Four levels, normally for pupils aged 11 - 15. The "collège unique" is the backbone of the French school system. All pupils go to collège, usually at age 11, but sometimes at an older age, if they have been made to repeat a year in primary school.
The collège is designed to provide all pupils with a fundamental secondary education, after which a certain degree of specialisation will be introduced. In practice, pupils are frequently oriented during their collège years either towards general classes, from which they will be expected to continue their education in a traditional lycée, or towards more technical classes, after which they will be expcted to take an exam called the "brevet" (an equivalent to the GCSE), and then either stop their secondary education (if they have reached school leaving age), or continue in a "lycée professionnel" or vocational high school.
The programme in collège includes French, maths, history, geography, technical education, art/music, physical education, civic education, some science, and at least one foreign language. The four classes, corresponding to grades 6 to 9, are called sixième, cinquième, quatrième and troisième.
Lycée: High School. The traditional French lycée covers the last three years of secondary education. There are two main types of traditional lycée, the lycée général or lycée classique, and the lycée technique.
The main function of the lycée is to prepare pupils to sit the baccalauréat (or bac) exam, the equivalent of British A levels. Classes in a traditional lycée cover the same range as in collège, with the addition of philosophy (for all) in the final year. The three classes (grades 10 to 12) are known as seconde, première and terminale.
In theory, all public lycées offer the same quality of education, in the framework of of the national education system, and private lycées have to provide the same quality; in practice, this is not strictly true, and "league tables" published each year highlight the very high performance levels of a number of lycées that are commonly recognised as France's top shools: these include the Lycée Louis-le-Grand or Lycée Henri-IV in Paris, the Lycée Fermat in Toulouse, and a handful of other famous public lycées.
However, in recent years, more and more of the top positions in the league tables have been taken by private lycées, such as the Collège Stanislas in Paris, France's largest private lycée.
Public and private schools in France:
It is commonly believed, outside France, that virtually all schools in France are state schools, i.e. in the public sector. This is a misconception. Over 80% of school pupils are in state schools, but this leaves a substantial (and growing) minority of almost 20% who attend private schools - far more, for instance, than in the United Kingdom or the USA.
However the private/public divide is not as clear as it is in other countries. Private schools in France are essentially (about 90%) catholic schools, in which there is religious instruction in the curriculum; they select their own teachers, but must follow the same curriculum as state schools if they wish to remain under contract (écoles sous contrat) to the state education system. This is a very important point for almost all private schools, as it means that the state pays the teachers. Consequently, private schools in France only charge symbolic or low fees, and are accessible to pupils from all sectors of society, not just to those whose parents are well-off.
There are only a handful of fee-paying boarding schools in France, similar to English "public schools".
The baccalauréat and grading:
Unlike English "A levels" or Scottish "highers", the baccalaureate is a unitary exam, that pupils pass or fail.
It is impossible to pass in one subject and fail in others. The only mark that counts is the final weighted average, which must be at last 10/20 for a pupil to pass. Pupils who achieve just under 10/20 are often passed by the exam board, whose decision is final. Pupils achieving betwen 8 and 10 can resit their bacalaureat as an oral exam a few weeks later. Those who get under 8/20 must retake their year, and try again.
The general Baccalaureate is organised in different "series". In their final year, all pupils specialise in function of the "series" they have chosen, of which currently there are three; the "L" series (literary studies), the "ES" series (economic et social studies), and the S" series (sciences). Each "series" includes different specialities. The role of lycées in post-baccalaureat studies is discussed on the higher education page.
Grading in the French education system is entirely standardized. All marks or grades for assignments, tests, or exams are out of twenty, and the pass mark is 10/20. This goes from junior school through to postgraduate level.
The grading system was first set up in for the Baccalaureate in the year 1830, and has not changed in over 170 years. The grades are as follows:
10-11: "passable" or a simple pass.
12-13: "mention assez bien", or a good pass
14-15: "mention bien", or a pass with merit
16 or higher: "mention très bien", or pass with distinction.
Students getting an average mark of between 8 and 9.99 on their Baccalaureate exam are entitled to resit the exam a few weeks later.
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ooh, that's neat! and before anyone else chimes in, i know i'm behind on a few prints.
illyanadmc wrote: ooh, that's neat! and before anyone else chimes in, i know i'm behind on a few prints.
Probably need to add these variations.
robotoil wrote: Probably need to add these variations.
i still have some recent regular prints to add, but i don't think i can handle any more wiki editing today! i'll get 'em in soon.
thank for all the work Mary!
rlbchef wrote: thank for all the work Mary!
My bad. I missed that they were stickers.
whyhoo wrote: here's a new edition for the wiki!
hmmm... i'm not sure how to categorize this one - is it a print? is it a fine art piece? furthermore, should it even be in the wiki, since it wasn't printed by OG? although i think there may be some fine art pieces in the wiki which were OK'd/signed by shepard, even though OG didn't actually manufacture them. thoughts?
other than the POW money print (see above), the wiki should be totally up-to-date with all recent print releases! let me know if i'm missing anything.
how about we put it in the catagory of prints that sold for $6000.00 and higher!
has a listed run size of 500.
Both this one and power up windmill (#d edition) have a listed run of 500.
also noticed that the wiki was needing pics for these beauties.
Are these different than these http://thegiant.org/wiki/index.php/This ... _Print_Set ?
noverflow wrote: Are these different than these http://thegiant.org/wiki/index.php/This ... _Print_Set ?
they are the gold versions.
links to the wiki below.
thanks, abrogate! i fixed the info for the windmill open offset and added the two gold edition photos.
do you have any info on the be the change paster edition? was it sold through OG.com?
illyanadmc wrote: thanks, abrogate! i fixed the info for the windmill open offset and added the two gold edition photos.
If I revall correctly they were sold through moveon.org.
am i missing anything? still waiting on more info about the peace tree green and the possible variant of drop in the bucket, but i think i've got everything else covered. let me know!
do you know the dimensions? is it 24x18?
What about the BNE give-away dollars? I imagine there will be future questions when these pop up.
Gigantico wrote: What about the BNE give-away dollars? I imagine there will be future questions when these pop up.
good question. i saw the almost-complete composite image of them. i think i'll wait until that's complete before adding a wiki entry. i guess they're considered to be fine art?
Could you add this to the mix when you update the wiki.
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HRI Releases Annual Report and Announces New Look
We have released our first Annual Report describing milestones and accomplishments achieved during the 2016-2017 fiscal year.
As we reflect on the past year, we are reminded that we have many reasons to celebrate. To name a few:
Our scientists received national funding to support vital research projects aimed at improving treatment for people diagnosed with addiction and PTSD.
HRI has established partnerships that will enable us to help military members and veterans suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) using an innovative cognitive training program. Research will be expanded to include police and first responders.
HRI's Post-Discharge Outcome Monitoring System (PDO) enrolled nearly 1000 participants. The PDO project, which collect evaluates the long-term impacts of addiction treatment, has gained national attention and will be used to inform care across Canada.
HRI established a new Strategic Plan to guide our growth over the next five years as we work to build a national enterprise with a more robust research program.
A New Look for HRI
As HRI embarks on a new and ambitious phase of growth, we are pleased to launch a new brand identity that reflects our sharpened focus on building collaborative networks to bridge research and practice. You will notice that the 2016-2017 Annual Report incorporates our updated branding.
Our new logo signifies our unwavering commitment to making connections and finding solutions. Our icon uses an upward trend line, symbolizing improvement and transformation. Other visual elements, such as brand colours and imagery, represent calmness, hope, strength and impact. The logo places emphasis on the word research, because research is the foundation on which our organization is built.
This entry was posted on November 16, 2017 by Heather Froome.
Infographic: A Closer Look at the Recovery Journey
HRI has created an infographic summarizing early findings from the Post-Discharge Outcomes Monitoring System (PDO), also known to Homewood patients as the Recovery Journey Project.
The infographic outlines changes in various indicators of recovery between the time of admission and 12-months post-discharge for patients who receive treatment in the Addiction Medicine Service at Homewood Health Centre. It also provides an overview of participant demographics, abstinence trends, and changes in occupational performance, social roles, and overall life satisfaction.
Unique in Canada, HRI's PDO system supports the comprehensive evaluation of the long-term impacts of treatment interventions. Future directions for this initiative include the expansion and tailoring of the system to measure outcomes among those treated for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other mental health conditions. The PDO system provides a thorough and quantifiable understanding of what happens once patients leave residential care and holds great promise for evaluating and informing evidence-based care across Canada.
Examining the Utility of Mindfulness-based Treatments for PTSD
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) can occur after exposure to a traumatic event, such as witnessing death, serious injury or violence. It causes intrusive symptoms that interfere with daily function and quality of life.
Common treatments for PTSD, including Prolonged Exposure Therapy (PE) and Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), have proven effective in reducing symptoms of PTSD. But a substantial number of patients do not fully recover following PE and CPT interventions.
Recent emerging studies indicate that mindfulness-based treatments may prove promising as complementary or alternative approaches to further assist people suffering from PTSD.
PhD Student, Jenna Boyd, in collaboration with HRI scientists Dr. Ruth Lanius and Dr. Margaret McKinnon (Boyd, Lanius, McKinnon, 2017) reviewed treatment literature and neurological evidence regarding mindfulness-based interventions for PTSD. The paper investigates the theoretical basis for the utility of mindfulness-based approaches in the treatment of PTSD, explores the overlap between neurobiological models of PTSD and the neurobiology of mindfulness, and discusses limitations and future directions for the potential efficacy of these approaches in treating PTSD.
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We will end class with each person making a small collage! Materials will be provided, or feel free to bring your own.
Nov. 8: "Drink from the Well of Self-Love"
We will end class with free writing, with your life guides and higher self. Writing materials will be provided, or bring your own!
Nov. 22: No class, celebrate Thanksgiving!
Learn about the mechanics and subtleties of the breath in the body.The Vayus are the subtle airs in the body and the nadis are the energy channels.Come and experience the more esoteric aspects of your anatomy! Practice yoga and pranayam to enhance your understanding.
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Learn about the science of mantra, explore your own voice and have fun making beautiful music in a group!
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Injured duo can spur each other on
And boss backs Thorne to bounce back from first major blow
STEVE Clarke hopes Zoltan Gera and George Thorne can spur each other on in their recoveries from anterior cruciate ligament injuries suffered in the same month.
The Baggies boss has backed 20-year-old Thorne to bounce back from his first major injury and hopes both players will return to training during pre-season.
He also admits having a senior player around to call on for advice like Gera, who has been through the process before, can only help.
"They will be able to help and push each other and hopefully have a little competition to see who gets back first," said Clarke.
"It's a big blow for George.
"It's his first major injury and hopefully the last of his career.
"I had a chat with him and he understands it's part and parcel of football.
"It's how you respond to the injury, he is a good boy, a good professional, he is always diligent in his work, he has to be diligent now in his rehab.
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Ма́стер-сержа́нт (, аббревиатура «MSG») — воинское звание сержантского состава вооруженных сил США, а также некоторых других стран.
В армии США это звание занимает восьмую ступень воинской иерархии, находится выше звания сержанта первого класса и ниже звания сержант-майора.
В военно-воздушных силах США мастер-сержант — седьмое звание в иерархии, находится выше техник-сержанта и ниже старшего мастер-сержанта.
В корпусе морской пехоты США — восьмое звание, находится выше комендор-сержанта, и ниже мастер-комендор-сержанта, сержант-майора, и сержант-майора Корпуса морской пехоты США. Это звание равнозначно первому сержанту.
Эквивалентные звания в НАТО обозначаются кодом OR-6.
В российской армии планировалось ввести должность мастер-сержанта, соответствующую уровню помощника министра обороны.
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The Equality Act has gained Royal Assent, paving the way for a new 'one-stop shop' offering advice to employers and individuals on their rights and duties under discrimination law.
Under the Act, the Commission for Equality and Human Rights (CEHR) will bring together the Disability Rights Commission and the Equal Opportunities Commission from October 2007. The Commission for Racial Equality will join in 2009, putting expertise on equality, diversity and human rights in one place.
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Supplementary Materialsgkz1008_Supplemental_Document. strands or as a dimer when composed of tandem repeats. This hybrid structure highlights the growing structural diversity of DNA and suggests that biological systems may harbor many functionally important non-duplex structures. INTRODUCTION Non-WatsonCCrick base pairing interactions in DNA can give rise to a variety of structural motifs beyond the canonical double helix. New types T-705 (Favipiravir) of DNA structural motifs continue to be reported (1C9), suggesting that our understanding of DNAs structural diversity has not been reached. The G-quadruplex and the i-motif are two noncanonical structures that have been studied extensively, and each is usually characterized by specific types of noncanonical interactions. G-quadruplexes (G4s) are formed from G-rich sequences and contain stacked guanosine tetrads, organized in a T-705 (Favipiravir) cyclic hydrogen bonding arrangement between the Hoogsteen and WatsonCCrick faces of neighboring nucleobases (1,10). G4s can be formed through inter- or intramolecular interactions in a variety of topologies T-705 (Favipiravir) and are stabilized by central cations (11C13). The DNA i-motif is usually characterized by the formation of hemiprotonated CCC+ parallel-stranded base pairs, which are organized to allow two duplexes to intercalate in an antiparallel fashion to form a quadruplex structure (2,14). Both G4s and i-motifs can form as unimolecular, tetramolecular or bimolecular assemblies, leading to different folding topologies (15,16). Though G4 and i-motif buildings have a tendency to type from sequences which contain contiguous exercises of Cs or Gs, respectively, structural characterization provides revealed a comparatively wide distribution T-705 (Favipiravir) of sequences with the capacity of developing these and equivalent noncanonical motifs. A unimolecular G4 consensus theme, G3C5N1C7G3C5N1C7G3C5N1C7G3C5, was useful for G4 id (17), resulting in initial quotes of 300,000 feasible G4-developing buildings in the individual genome (18). Mouse monoclonal to HSP70 Nevertheless, mounting structural proof indicated the fact that sequences with the capacity of developing G4s, as well as the G4 buildings themselves, had been more diverse than believed originally. Structural variants of G4 buildings consist of motifs that incorporate non-G-tetrads (19), bulged residues (20), G-triads (21,22), G-tetrads within pentad assemblies (23)?and crossbreed G-quadruplex/duplexes (24,25). This series and structural variety resulted in the doubling from the forecasted G4-developing sequences in the individual genome to >700,000 (26). Likewise, a unimolecular i-motif folding guideline was formulated predicated on experimental proof (27). This given five cytosine residues for every from the four C-tracts, but allowed for better variant in the series and amount of the loop locations. Predicated on this, an initial search forecasted >5000 i-motif-forming sequences in the individual genome (27). Nevertheless, isolated i-motif buildings with shorter or much longer C-tracts have already been reported (28C30), as well as the quality CCC+ bottom couple of i-motifs is certainly prevalent in a number of various other noncanonical DNA buildings (4,6,8,31,32), recommending they can serve as blocks or structural products for other styles of buildings. Additionally, the structural topology of i-motifs isn't limited by only base pairs CCC+. The initial i-motif buildings included various other noncanonical bottom pairs (2 Also,33C36) or base triples (37,38) that stabilize the motif through stacking around the hemiprotonated cytosine base pairs (39). As a result, the number of sequences in the human genome with the potential to form i-motifs or related T-705 (Favipiravir) structures is likely much greater than previously predicted. Both of these noncanonical structural motifs are present in cellular DNA, though their functions in biological processes are just beginning to be comprehended. G4s have been implicated in a wide variety of normal cellular processes, including DNA replication and transcription, as well as a quantity of disease says (40). Telomeric G4 structures have been visualized using specific antibodies (41). The active formation of G4s (42,43), as well as their stabilization by small molecule ligands (42), in human cells have also been confirmed. With a predicted 50% of human genes made up of G4s at or around promoter regions, DNA G4 structures are predicted to have common functions in gene expression (44). In particular, the significant enrichment of the G4 motif in a wide range of oncogene promoters suggests its useful importance in cancers (45). Types of G4s modulating gene transcription have already been within the c-MYC (46), bcl-2 (47), and KRAS (48) oncogene promoters. Additionally, the stabilization of G4s by little molecule ligands on the hTERT (49) and PDGFR- (50).
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Supplementary MaterialsSupplementary_Material_msz060. distinct in the canonical TSPs. We talk about versions for the progression from the described TSP superfamily by gene duplications recently, rays, and gene loss from a debut within the Morusin last metazoan common ancestor. Morusin Jointly, the info offer fresh insight in to the evolution of tissue and ECM organization in metazoans. that stand for the closest unicellular family members of metazoans (Ruler et?al. 2008; Fairclough et?al. 2013; Suga et?al. 2013; Williams et?al. 2014; Brunet and Ruler 2017). The aforementioned research offers emphasized the conservation of particular varieties of ECM protein. Current genomic and transcriptomic assets allow it to be feasible to explore another query of importance in regards to to the advancement of complicated multicellularity as well as the approximated rapid rays of nonbilaterian phyla (Dohrmann and W?rheide 2017): rays and diversification of ECM proteins within early-diverging metazoan phyla. Morusin Right here, we looked into this presssing concern in regards to towards the TSPs, secreted glycoproteins which have wide pathophysiological significance in mammalian ECM as well as the pericellular environment (Adams and Lawler 2011; Sage and Murphy-Ullrich 2014; Stenina-Adognravi and Plow 2019). TSPs are multidomain, calcium-binding glycoproteins, a lot of which oligomerize cotranslationally as trimers (subgroup A) or pentamers (subgroup B) (Adams and Lawler 2011; Vincent et?al. 2013). TSPs with site architectures linked to subgroup B have already been determined in cnidarians and termed TSP-DD (Tucker et?al. 2013). Determined from indicated series tags Originally, TSP-DD was seen as a its obvious N-terminal discoidin-like site (DD) and it is secreted from cells like a monomer. During its recognition this year 2010, protein sequence orthologs of TSP-DD were restricted to invertebrate deuterostomes (Bentley and Adams 2010). The apparently anomalous identification of a possible TSP-DD-like polypeptide in led us to new investigations of early-diverging metazoans (cnidarians, poriferans, and ctenophores). We report here on previously undisclosed categories of TSP-related proteins, which we PMCH have Morusin designated mega-thrombospondin (mega-TSP), sushi-thrombospondin (sushi-TSP), and poriferan-TSP. All the predicted proteins are clearly related to TSPs by inclusion of the characteristic TSP C-terminal region domain architecture and differ in other domains and their phylogenetic distributions within the Metazoa. We present the first systematic evaluation of these proteins, their phylogenetic relationships with canonical TSPs, and the first analysis of biological function of a mega-TSP. These data illuminate the existence of an unappreciated TSP superfamily and lead to a new evolutionary scenario for the emergence of the canonical TSPs with implications for understanding of early metazoan evolution. Results Morusin Identification of New Categories of Conserved TSP-Related Proteins Comparative genomic and transcriptomic searches were carried out initially with the predicted partial protein sequence of TSP85341 (Nv85341) and then with other representative TSPs. These led to the identification of further predicted TSP-related protein sequences in multiple cnidarians. Because some of these sequences are predicted as much longer polypeptides than a canonical TSP (e.g., 2,827 aa for "type":"entrez-protein","attrs":"text":"XP_012565470″,"term_id":"828190191″XP_012565470 of polyps. Similarly, a related ORF of (seq379420, XM_002157707) was confirmed and extended from a transcriptome database (Hydra 2.0 Web Portal, https://research.nhgri.nih.gov/hydra/; last accessed October 2018). The full ORF has 99% identity to "type":"entrez-protein","attrs":"text":"XP_012565470″,"term_id":"828190191″XP_012565470 of and protein sequences and closely related partial sequences from other cnidarians were then used to query genomic and transcriptomic databases at NCBI and other repositories, which led to identification of further categories of proteins. The most frequently identified type of TSP-related protein was conserved in multiple metazoan phyla from ctenophores to basal chordates, yet was not identified in ecdysozoans (arthropods and nematodes) or craniates (hagfish, lamprey and jawed vertebrates). We designated these proteins mega-thrombospondins (mega-TSPs; MT) because of their very large size (typically 2,700 aa) and because the discoidin domain is not present in the earliest emerging forms (see below). In most species, a single mega-TSP was identified; some species encode two distinct gene products (table?1(table?2). Table 1. Phylogenetic Distribution of Mega-TSPs (and mega-TSP, a tyrosine kinase ephrin A/B receptor-like domain (IPR01641) in addition to a cadherin-like site: it could be mentioned that immunoglobulin-like.
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Supplementary MaterialsAdditional file 1. techniques. The identification of both phases was checked through Raman M and spectroscopy?ssbauer measurement. Furthermore, the magnetic properties from the attained IOs nanoparticles had been determined. Then natural properties of materials were looked into with osteoblast (MC3T3), osteoclasts (4B12) and macrophages (Organic 264.7) Telaprevir enzyme inhibitor in the existence or lack of magnetic field, using confocal microscope, RT-qPCR, western blot and cell analyser. Right here we have discovered that fabricated IOs: (i) usually do not elicit immune system response; (ii) decrease irritation; (iii) enhance osteogenic differentiation of osteoblasts; (iv) modulates integrin appearance and (v) sets off apoptosis of osteoclasts. Bottom line Fabricated by our group -Fe2O3/-Fe2O3 nanocomposite may become an justified and effective therapeutic involvement during osteoporosis treatment. values. The parameters with additional functions were put on get yourself a structural refinement with better reliability and quality. The confirmation from the trigonal (-Fe2O3ICSD 15840) [20] and cubic (-Fe2O3ICSD 79196) [21] stage formations was affirmed with the outcomes. Body?1 (best) shows an excellent relationship between your observed XRPD design as Telaprevir enzyme inhibitor well as the theoretical suit which indicates the validity from the Rietveld refinement as illustrated with the near zero differences in the strength size in the collection (YObs ? YCalc). More details regarding Rietveld refinement Telaprevir enzyme inhibitor have been shown in Table?1. However, the crystallite size was estimated to be 37?nm? for -Fe2O3 and 88?nm?for -Fe2O3. It is worth noting that this phase content was calculated to be 15.34% -Fe2O3 and 84.66% for -Fe2O3. Open in a separate windows Fig.?1 X-ray powder diffraction pattern of the iron oxide powder (left), prepared by modified solCgel method and annealed at 300?C, in relation to the position of reference peaks originated from alpha and gamma phases. Result of the Rietveld analysis (right) of the nanocomposite -Fe2O3/-Fe2O3 heated at 300?C (black lineC XRD pattern; redfitted diffraction; blackdifferential pattern; blue and blackpositions of reference phase peaks) Table?1 Unit cell parameters (a, c), crystal cell volume (V), as well as refined factor (Rw) for the nanocomposite -Fe2O3/-Fe2O3 single crystal reference data, -Fe2O3ICSD 15840, -Fe2O3ICSD 79196 In this paper, Raman microscopy was also employed to identified the studied iron oxide products. The spectrum of IOs was obtained directly from powdered samples with very low laser power (0.9?mW) in order to minimize the problems caused by phase transitions under higher laser power irradiation. The obtained Telaprevir enzyme inhibitor spectrum of IOs was compared with characteristic spectrum of hematite (blue collection) and maghemite (reddish collection) (observe Fig.?2). Some of the peaks belonged to the observed spectrum are similar to that of well-known hematite [22]. The most characteristic peaks of -Fe2O3 are located at 221, 288?cm?1. Additional peaks at 240, 405, 493, 605?cm?1 are overlapped with those originated from other phase of iron oxide. Three broad bands located around 350, 500 and 700?cm?1 have been identified for maghemite structure, not observed in any other spectrum of iron oxide [22]. Open in a separate windows Fig.?2 Raman spectrum of IOs in comparison with characteristic Rabbit Polyclonal to c-Jun (phospho-Ser243) Telaprevir enzyme inhibitor spectrum of hematite (blue collection) and maghemite (red collection) The identification of both phases and their relative proportions were further checked by the use of M?ssbauer measurements. Body?3a displays the room-temperature 57Fe M?ssbauer spectral range of the nanocomposite -Fe2O3/-Fe2O3. The appropriate was produced using one magnetic six-line design (sextet), one quadrupole divide doublet and one distribution of hyperfine areas. The sextet with B?=?51.3(1) T, Is certainly?=?0.390(2) mm/s, QS?=???0.211(3) mm/s and ?=?0.26(1) mm/s corresponds to well-crystallized -Fe2O3 nanoparticles with the common grain.
Individual papillomavirus type 1 (HPV1) E4 proteins is connected with cytoplasmic
Individual papillomavirus type 1 (HPV1) E4 proteins is connected with cytoplasmic and nuclear inclusions in productively contaminated keratinocytes. of nuclear E4 inclusions and that activity is particular to full-length E4 proteins. Evaluation of HPV1-induced warts confirmed that nuclear PML-E4 inclusions had been within productively contaminated keratinocytes indicating that reorganization of PML takes place through the virus's replication routine. It's been suggested that ND10 physical systems will be the sites for papillomavirus genome replication and virion set up. Our discovering that E4 induces reorganization of ND10 systems in vitro and in vivo is certainly further strong proof these domains play a significant function in the papillomavirus existence routine. This study shows that HPV1 can be analogous to additional DNA infections that disrupt or reorganize ND10 domains probably to increase effectiveness of disease disease. We hypothesize that HPV1 E4-induced reorganization of PML is essential for effective replication from the disease through the virus-producing stage. Human being papillomaviruses (HPVs) are double-stranded DNA infections that DAMPA induce harmless or malignant tumors of both skin as well as the mucosa. Despite variations in epithelial tropism and oncogenic potential the life span routine of most HPV types (a lot more than 80 types determined) is firmly coupled towards the differentiation system from the contaminated epithelium. The disease infects cells from DAMPA the proliferating basal coating where the disease genome is made like a low-copy-number extrachromosomal plasmid and viral DNA replicates in synchrony using the sponsor genome. Vegetative viral DNA replication initiates in contaminated cells which DAMPA have shifted up through the basal coating and started to differentiate and manifestation of structural protein and set up of fresh progeny happen in the uppermost & most differentiated parts of the epithelium (for an assessment see guide 37). Irregular cytological and histological features accompany HPV replication in epithelia (12 26 34 One feature occurring in cutaneous warts may be the existence of distinct addition physiques in the cytoplasm and nucleus of differentiating cells. The looks and amount of inclusion physiques present in contaminated cells vary between lesions induced by different HPV types. For example in HPV type 1 (HPV1)-induced warts the inclusions are little and several in cells from the parabasal coating and upsurge in size as the contaminated cell movements up toward the superficial levels while in HPV4 attacks a single huge fibrous inclusion can be formed that nearly fills the cytoplasm (12). Although the complete nature of the inclusion physiques isn't known HPV E4 protein are connected with these constructions (10 14 15 49 In HPV attacks E4 may be the most abundant viral proteins expressed and comes from an E1^E4 spliced transcript initiated from a differentiation-inducible promoter that is situated inside the E7 open up reading framework (11 25 30 40 42 Although no function continues to be assigned to the HPV proteins it is believed that E4 interacts with sponsor cell constructions and pathways that could otherwise inhibit effective virion creation and maturation in the differentiating keratinocyte (for an assessment of E4 discover guide 44). On the foundation that transient manifestation of HPV16 E4 in epithelial cells induced the collapse of keratin intermediate filaments (IFs) (16 46 it had been suggested that E4 destroys the keratin matrix to bargain the effectiveness Col11a1 of the DAMPA keratinized squame in contaminated tissue and therefore promote efficient get away from the recently synthesized virions (16). Nevertheless expression from the HPV1 proteins in epithelial cells didn't collapse the keratin cytoskeleton despite the fact that the viral proteins aligned along the keratin IFs (46). Neither was there disruption from the keratin matrix in cultured cells where HPV1 E4 got shaped in vivo-like addition physiques or in cells in normally happening lesions (49). The real character of E4 inclusions and their part in E4 function consequently remain types of conjecture. Right here we utilized transient manifestation of HPV1 E4 in human being keratinocytes to replicate the forming of in vivo-like cytoplasmic and nuclear E4 inclusions. We display that development of E4 inclusions can be connected with redistribution from the. | {
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package org.apache.camel.builder.endpoint.dsl;
import java.util.*;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.concurrent.*;
import java.util.function.*;
import java.util.stream.*;
import javax.annotation.Generated;
import org.apache.camel.builder.EndpointConsumerBuilder;
import org.apache.camel.builder.EndpointProducerBuilder;
import org.apache.camel.builder.endpoint.AbstractEndpointBuilder;
/**
* Store and retrieve objects from Google Cloud Storage Service using the
* google-cloud-storage library.
*
* Generated by camel build tools - do NOT edit this file!
*/
@Generated("org.apache.camel.maven.packaging.EndpointDslMojo")
public interface GoogleCloudStorageEndpointBuilderFactory {
/**
* Builder for endpoint consumers for the Google Storage component.
*/
public interface GoogleCloudStorageEndpointConsumerBuilder
extends
EndpointConsumerBuilder {
default AdvancedGoogleCloudStorageEndpointConsumerBuilder advanced() {
return (AdvancedGoogleCloudStorageEndpointConsumerBuilder) this;
}
/**
* Setting the autocreation of the bucket bucketName.
*
* The option is a: <code>boolean</code> type.
*
* Default: true
* Group: common
*
* @param autoCreateBucket the value to set
* @return the dsl builder
*/
default GoogleCloudStorageEndpointConsumerBuilder autoCreateBucket(
boolean autoCreateBucket) {
doSetProperty("autoCreateBucket", autoCreateBucket);
return this;
}
/**
* Setting the autocreation of the bucket bucketName.
*
* The option will be converted to a <code>boolean</code>
* type.
*
* Default: true
* Group: common
*
* @param autoCreateBucket the value to set
* @return the dsl builder
*/
default GoogleCloudStorageEndpointConsumerBuilder autoCreateBucket(
String autoCreateBucket) {
doSetProperty("autoCreateBucket", autoCreateBucket);
return this;
}
/**
* The Service account key that can be used as credentials for the
* Storage client. It can be loaded by default from classpath, but you
* can prefix with classpath:, file:, or http: to load the resource from
* different systems.
*
* The option is a: <code>java.lang.String</code> type.
*
* Group: common
*
* @param serviceAccountKey the value to set
* @return the dsl builder
*/
default GoogleCloudStorageEndpointConsumerBuilder serviceAccountKey(
String serviceAccountKey) {
doSetProperty("serviceAccountKey", serviceAccountKey);
return this;
}
/**
* The Cloud Storage class to use when creating the new buckets.
*
* The option is a:
* <code>com.google.cloud.storage.StorageClass</code> type.
*
* Default: STANDARD
* Group: common
*
* @param storageClass the value to set
* @return the dsl builder
*/
default GoogleCloudStorageEndpointConsumerBuilder storageClass(
com.google.cloud.storage.StorageClass storageClass) {
doSetProperty("storageClass", storageClass);
return this;
}
/**
* The Cloud Storage class to use when creating the new buckets.
*
* The option will be converted to a
* <code>com.google.cloud.storage.StorageClass</code> type.
*
* Default: STANDARD
* Group: common
*
* @param storageClass the value to set
* @return the dsl builder
*/
default GoogleCloudStorageEndpointConsumerBuilder storageClass(
String storageClass) {
doSetProperty("storageClass", storageClass);
return this;
}
/**
* The storage client.
*
* The option is a:
* <code>com.google.cloud.storage.Storage</code> type.
*
* Group: common
*
* @param storageClient the value to set
* @return the dsl builder
*/
default GoogleCloudStorageEndpointConsumerBuilder storageClient(
com.google.cloud.storage.Storage storageClient) {
doSetProperty("storageClient", storageClient);
return this;
}
/**
* The storage client.
*
* The option will be converted to a
* <code>com.google.cloud.storage.Storage</code> type.
*
* Group: common
*
* @param storageClient the value to set
* @return the dsl builder
*/
default GoogleCloudStorageEndpointConsumerBuilder storageClient(
String storageClient) {
doSetProperty("storageClient", storageClient);
return this;
}
/**
* The Cloud Storage location to use when creating the new buckets.
*
* The option is a: <code>java.lang.String</code> type.
*
* Default: US-EAST1
* Group: common
*
* @param storageLocation the value to set
* @return the dsl builder
*/
default GoogleCloudStorageEndpointConsumerBuilder storageLocation(
String storageLocation) {
doSetProperty("storageLocation", storageLocation);
return this;
}
/**
* Allows for bridging the consumer to the Camel routing Error Handler,
* which mean any exceptions occurred while the consumer is trying to
* pickup incoming messages, or the likes, will now be processed as a
* message and handled by the routing Error Handler. By default the
* consumer will use the org.apache.camel.spi.ExceptionHandler to deal
* with exceptions, that will be logged at WARN or ERROR level and
* ignored.
*
* The option is a: <code>boolean</code> type.
*
* Default: false
* Group: consumer
*
* @param bridgeErrorHandler the value to set
* @return the dsl builder
*/
default GoogleCloudStorageEndpointConsumerBuilder bridgeErrorHandler(
boolean bridgeErrorHandler) {
doSetProperty("bridgeErrorHandler", bridgeErrorHandler);
return this;
}
/**
* Allows for bridging the consumer to the Camel routing Error Handler,
* which mean any exceptions occurred while the consumer is trying to
* pickup incoming messages, or the likes, will now be processed as a
* message and handled by the routing Error Handler. By default the
* consumer will use the org.apache.camel.spi.ExceptionHandler to deal
* with exceptions, that will be logged at WARN or ERROR level and
* ignored.
*
* The option will be converted to a <code>boolean</code>
* type.
*
* Default: false
* Group: consumer
*
* @param bridgeErrorHandler the value to set
* @return the dsl builder
*/
default GoogleCloudStorageEndpointConsumerBuilder bridgeErrorHandler(
String bridgeErrorHandler) {
doSetProperty("bridgeErrorHandler", bridgeErrorHandler);
return this;
}
/**
* Delete objects from the bucket after they have been retrieved. The
* delete is only performed if the Exchange is committed. If a rollback
* occurs, the object is not deleted. If this option is false, then the
* same objects will be retrieve over and over again on the polls.
*
* The option is a: <code>boolean</code> type.
*
* Default: true
* Group: consumer
*
* @param deleteAfterRead the value to set
* @return the dsl builder
*/
default GoogleCloudStorageEndpointConsumerBuilder deleteAfterRead(
boolean deleteAfterRead) {
doSetProperty("deleteAfterRead", deleteAfterRead);
return this;
}
/**
* Delete objects from the bucket after they have been retrieved. The
* delete is only performed if the Exchange is committed. If a rollback
* occurs, the object is not deleted. If this option is false, then the
* same objects will be retrieve over and over again on the polls.
*
* The option will be converted to a <code>boolean</code>
* type.
*
* Default: true
* Group: consumer
*
* @param deleteAfterRead the value to set
* @return the dsl builder
*/
default GoogleCloudStorageEndpointConsumerBuilder deleteAfterRead(
String deleteAfterRead) {
doSetProperty("deleteAfterRead", deleteAfterRead);
return this;
}
/**
* Define the destination bucket where an object must be moved when
* moveAfterRead is set to true.
*
* The option is a: <code>java.lang.String</code> type.
*
* Group: consumer
*
* @param destinationBucket the value to set
* @return the dsl builder
*/
default GoogleCloudStorageEndpointConsumerBuilder destinationBucket(
String destinationBucket) {
doSetProperty("destinationBucket", destinationBucket);
return this;
}
/**
* The folder or filename to use when downloading the blob. By default,
* this specifies the folder name, and the name of the file is the blob
* name. For example, setting this to mydownload will be the same as
* setting mydownload/${file:name}. You can use dynamic expressions for
* fine-grained control. For example, you can specify
* ${date:now:yyyyMMdd}/${file:name} to store the blob in sub folders
* based on today's day. Only ${file:name} and ${file:name.noext} is
* supported as dynamic tokens for the blob name.
*
* The option is a: <code>java.lang.String</code> type.
*
* Group: consumer
*
* @param downloadFileName the value to set
* @return the dsl builder
*/
default GoogleCloudStorageEndpointConsumerBuilder downloadFileName(
String downloadFileName) {
doSetProperty("downloadFileName", downloadFileName);
return this;
}
/**
* A regular expression to include only blobs with name matching it.
*
* The option is a: <code>java.lang.String</code> type.
*
* Group: consumer
*
* @param filter the value to set
* @return the dsl builder
*/
default GoogleCloudStorageEndpointConsumerBuilder filter(String filter) {
doSetProperty("filter", filter);
return this;
}
/**
* If it is true, the Object exchange will be consumed and put into the
* body. If false the Object stream will be put raw into the body and
* the headers will be set with the object metadata.
*
* The option is a: <code>boolean</code> type.
*
* Default: true
* Group: consumer
*
* @param includeBody the value to set
* @return the dsl builder
*/
default GoogleCloudStorageEndpointConsumerBuilder includeBody(
boolean includeBody) {
doSetProperty("includeBody", includeBody);
return this;
}
/**
* If it is true, the Object exchange will be consumed and put into the
* body. If false the Object stream will be put raw into the body and
* the headers will be set with the object metadata.
*
* The option will be converted to a <code>boolean</code>
* type.
*
* Default: true
* Group: consumer
*
* @param includeBody the value to set
* @return the dsl builder
*/
default GoogleCloudStorageEndpointConsumerBuilder includeBody(
String includeBody) {
doSetProperty("includeBody", includeBody);
return this;
}
/**
* If it is true, the folders/directories will be consumed. If it is
* false, they will be ignored, and Exchanges will not be created for
* those.
*
* The option is a: <code>boolean</code> type.
*
* Default: true
* Group: consumer
*
* @param includeFolders the value to set
* @return the dsl builder
*/
default GoogleCloudStorageEndpointConsumerBuilder includeFolders(
boolean includeFolders) {
doSetProperty("includeFolders", includeFolders);
return this;
}
/**
* If it is true, the folders/directories will be consumed. If it is
* false, they will be ignored, and Exchanges will not be created for
* those.
*
* The option will be converted to a <code>boolean</code>
* type.
*
* Default: true
* Group: consumer
*
* @param includeFolders the value to set
* @return the dsl builder
*/
default GoogleCloudStorageEndpointConsumerBuilder includeFolders(
String includeFolders) {
doSetProperty("includeFolders", includeFolders);
return this;
}
/**
* Move objects from the origin bucket to a different bucket after they
* have been retrieved. To accomplish the operation the
* destinationBucket option must be set. The copy bucket operation is
* only performed if the Exchange is committed. If a rollback occurs,
* the object is not moved.
*
* The option is a: <code>boolean</code> type.
*
* Default: false
* Group: consumer
*
* @param moveAfterRead the value to set
* @return the dsl builder
*/
default GoogleCloudStorageEndpointConsumerBuilder moveAfterRead(
boolean moveAfterRead) {
doSetProperty("moveAfterRead", moveAfterRead);
return this;
}
/**
* Move objects from the origin bucket to a different bucket after they
* have been retrieved. To accomplish the operation the
* destinationBucket option must be set. The copy bucket operation is
* only performed if the Exchange is committed. If a rollback occurs,
* the object is not moved.
*
* The option will be converted to a <code>boolean</code>
* type.
*
* Default: false
* Group: consumer
*
* @param moveAfterRead the value to set
* @return the dsl builder
*/
default GoogleCloudStorageEndpointConsumerBuilder moveAfterRead(
String moveAfterRead) {
doSetProperty("moveAfterRead", moveAfterRead);
return this;
}
/**
* If the polling consumer did not poll any files, you can enable this
* option to send an empty message (no body) instead.
*
* The option is a: <code>boolean</code> type.
*
* Default: false
* Group: consumer
*
* @param sendEmptyMessageWhenIdle the value to set
* @return the dsl builder
*/
default GoogleCloudStorageEndpointConsumerBuilder sendEmptyMessageWhenIdle(
boolean sendEmptyMessageWhenIdle) {
doSetProperty("sendEmptyMessageWhenIdle", sendEmptyMessageWhenIdle);
return this;
}
/**
* If the polling consumer did not poll any files, you can enable this
* option to send an empty message (no body) instead.
*
* The option will be converted to a <code>boolean</code>
* type.
*
* Default: false
* Group: consumer
*
* @param sendEmptyMessageWhenIdle the value to set
* @return the dsl builder
*/
default GoogleCloudStorageEndpointConsumerBuilder sendEmptyMessageWhenIdle(
String sendEmptyMessageWhenIdle) {
doSetProperty("sendEmptyMessageWhenIdle", sendEmptyMessageWhenIdle);
return this;
}
/**
* The number of subsequent error polls (failed due some error) that
* should happen before the backoffMultipler should kick-in.
*
* The option is a: <code>int</code> type.
*
* Group: scheduler
*
* @param backoffErrorThreshold the value to set
* @return the dsl builder
*/
default GoogleCloudStorageEndpointConsumerBuilder backoffErrorThreshold(
int backoffErrorThreshold) {
doSetProperty("backoffErrorThreshold", backoffErrorThreshold);
return this;
}
/**
* The number of subsequent error polls (failed due some error) that
* should happen before the backoffMultipler should kick-in.
*
* The option will be converted to a <code>int</code> type.
*
* Group: scheduler
*
* @param backoffErrorThreshold the value to set
* @return the dsl builder
*/
default GoogleCloudStorageEndpointConsumerBuilder backoffErrorThreshold(
String backoffErrorThreshold) {
doSetProperty("backoffErrorThreshold", backoffErrorThreshold);
return this;
}
/**
* The number of subsequent idle polls that should happen before the
* backoffMultipler should kick-in.
*
* The option is a: <code>int</code> type.
*
* Group: scheduler
*
* @param backoffIdleThreshold the value to set
* @return the dsl builder
*/
default GoogleCloudStorageEndpointConsumerBuilder backoffIdleThreshold(
int backoffIdleThreshold) {
doSetProperty("backoffIdleThreshold", backoffIdleThreshold);
return this;
}
/**
* The number of subsequent idle polls that should happen before the
* backoffMultipler should kick-in.
*
* The option will be converted to a <code>int</code> type.
*
* Group: scheduler
*
* @param backoffIdleThreshold the value to set
* @return the dsl builder
*/
default GoogleCloudStorageEndpointConsumerBuilder backoffIdleThreshold(
String backoffIdleThreshold) {
doSetProperty("backoffIdleThreshold", backoffIdleThreshold);
return this;
}
/**
* To let the scheduled polling consumer backoff if there has been a
* number of subsequent idles/errors in a row. The multiplier is then
* the number of polls that will be skipped before the next actual
* attempt is happening again. When this option is in use then
* backoffIdleThreshold and/or backoffErrorThreshold must also be
* configured.
*
* The option is a: <code>int</code> type.
*
* Group: scheduler
*
* @param backoffMultiplier the value to set
* @return the dsl builder
*/
default GoogleCloudStorageEndpointConsumerBuilder backoffMultiplier(
int backoffMultiplier) {
doSetProperty("backoffMultiplier", backoffMultiplier);
return this;
}
/**
* To let the scheduled polling consumer backoff if there has been a
* number of subsequent idles/errors in a row. The multiplier is then
* the number of polls that will be skipped before the next actual
* attempt is happening again. When this option is in use then
* backoffIdleThreshold and/or backoffErrorThreshold must also be
* configured.
*
* The option will be converted to a <code>int</code> type.
*
* Group: scheduler
*
* @param backoffMultiplier the value to set
* @return the dsl builder
*/
default GoogleCloudStorageEndpointConsumerBuilder backoffMultiplier(
String backoffMultiplier) {
doSetProperty("backoffMultiplier", backoffMultiplier);
return this;
}
/**
* Milliseconds before the next poll.
*
* The option is a: <code>long</code> type.
*
* Default: 500
* Group: scheduler
*
* @param delay the value to set
* @return the dsl builder
*/
default GoogleCloudStorageEndpointConsumerBuilder delay(long delay) {
doSetProperty("delay", delay);
return this;
}
/**
* Milliseconds before the next poll.
*
* The option will be converted to a <code>long</code> type.
*
* Default: 500
* Group: scheduler
*
* @param delay the value to set
* @return the dsl builder
*/
default GoogleCloudStorageEndpointConsumerBuilder delay(String delay) {
doSetProperty("delay", delay);
return this;
}
/**
* If greedy is enabled, then the ScheduledPollConsumer will run
* immediately again, if the previous run polled 1 or more messages.
*
* The option is a: <code>boolean</code> type.
*
* Default: false
* Group: scheduler
*
* @param greedy the value to set
* @return the dsl builder
*/
default GoogleCloudStorageEndpointConsumerBuilder greedy(boolean greedy) {
doSetProperty("greedy", greedy);
return this;
}
/**
* If greedy is enabled, then the ScheduledPollConsumer will run
* immediately again, if the previous run polled 1 or more messages.
*
* The option will be converted to a <code>boolean</code>
* type.
*
* Default: false
* Group: scheduler
*
* @param greedy the value to set
* @return the dsl builder
*/
default GoogleCloudStorageEndpointConsumerBuilder greedy(String greedy) {
doSetProperty("greedy", greedy);
return this;
}
/**
* Milliseconds before the first poll starts.
*
* The option is a: <code>long</code> type.
*
* Default: 1000
* Group: scheduler
*
* @param initialDelay the value to set
* @return the dsl builder
*/
default GoogleCloudStorageEndpointConsumerBuilder initialDelay(
long initialDelay) {
doSetProperty("initialDelay", initialDelay);
return this;
}
/**
* Milliseconds before the first poll starts.
*
* The option will be converted to a <code>long</code> type.
*
* Default: 1000
* Group: scheduler
*
* @param initialDelay the value to set
* @return the dsl builder
*/
default GoogleCloudStorageEndpointConsumerBuilder initialDelay(
String initialDelay) {
doSetProperty("initialDelay", initialDelay);
return this;
}
/**
* Specifies a maximum limit of number of fires. So if you set it to 1,
* the scheduler will only fire once. If you set it to 5, it will only
* fire five times. A value of zero or negative means fire forever.
*
* The option is a: <code>long</code> type.
*
* Default: 0
* Group: scheduler
*
* @param repeatCount the value to set
* @return the dsl builder
*/
default GoogleCloudStorageEndpointConsumerBuilder repeatCount(
long repeatCount) {
doSetProperty("repeatCount", repeatCount);
return this;
}
/**
* Specifies a maximum limit of number of fires. So if you set it to 1,
* the scheduler will only fire once. If you set it to 5, it will only
* fire five times. A value of zero or negative means fire forever.
*
* The option will be converted to a <code>long</code> type.
*
* Default: 0
* Group: scheduler
*
* @param repeatCount the value to set
* @return the dsl builder
*/
default GoogleCloudStorageEndpointConsumerBuilder repeatCount(
String repeatCount) {
doSetProperty("repeatCount", repeatCount);
return this;
}
/**
* The consumer logs a start/complete log line when it polls. This
* option allows you to configure the logging level for that.
*
* The option is a:
* <code>org.apache.camel.LoggingLevel</code> type.
*
* Default: TRACE
* Group: scheduler
*
* @param runLoggingLevel the value to set
* @return the dsl builder
*/
default GoogleCloudStorageEndpointConsumerBuilder runLoggingLevel(
org.apache.camel.LoggingLevel runLoggingLevel) {
doSetProperty("runLoggingLevel", runLoggingLevel);
return this;
}
/**
* The consumer logs a start/complete log line when it polls. This
* option allows you to configure the logging level for that.
*
* The option will be converted to a
* <code>org.apache.camel.LoggingLevel</code> type.
*
* Default: TRACE
* Group: scheduler
*
* @param runLoggingLevel the value to set
* @return the dsl builder
*/
default GoogleCloudStorageEndpointConsumerBuilder runLoggingLevel(
String runLoggingLevel) {
doSetProperty("runLoggingLevel", runLoggingLevel);
return this;
}
/**
* Allows for configuring a custom/shared thread pool to use for the
* consumer. By default each consumer has its own single threaded thread
* pool.
*
* The option is a:
* <code>java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorService</code> type.
*
* Group: scheduler
*
* @param scheduledExecutorService the value to set
* @return the dsl builder
*/
default GoogleCloudStorageEndpointConsumerBuilder scheduledExecutorService(
ScheduledExecutorService scheduledExecutorService) {
doSetProperty("scheduledExecutorService", scheduledExecutorService);
return this;
}
/**
* Allows for configuring a custom/shared thread pool to use for the
* consumer. By default each consumer has its own single threaded thread
* pool.
*
* The option will be converted to a
* <code>java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorService</code> type.
*
* Group: scheduler
*
* @param scheduledExecutorService the value to set
* @return the dsl builder
*/
default GoogleCloudStorageEndpointConsumerBuilder scheduledExecutorService(
String scheduledExecutorService) {
doSetProperty("scheduledExecutorService", scheduledExecutorService);
return this;
}
/**
* To use a cron scheduler from either camel-spring or camel-quartz
* component. Use value spring or quartz for built in scheduler.
*
* The option is a: <code>java.lang.Object</code> type.
*
* Default: none
* Group: scheduler
*
* @param scheduler the value to set
* @return the dsl builder
*/
default GoogleCloudStorageEndpointConsumerBuilder scheduler(
Object scheduler) {
doSetProperty("scheduler", scheduler);
return this;
}
/**
* To use a cron scheduler from either camel-spring or camel-quartz
* component. Use value spring or quartz for built in scheduler.
*
* The option will be converted to a
* <code>java.lang.Object</code> type.
*
* Default: none
* Group: scheduler
*
* @param scheduler the value to set
* @return the dsl builder
*/
default GoogleCloudStorageEndpointConsumerBuilder scheduler(
String scheduler) {
doSetProperty("scheduler", scheduler);
return this;
}
/**
* To configure additional properties when using a custom scheduler or
* any of the Quartz, Spring based scheduler.
*
* The option is a: <code>java.util.Map<java.lang.String,
* java.lang.Object></code> type.
* The option is multivalued, and you can use the
* schedulerProperties(String, Object) method to add a value (call the
* method multiple times to set more values).
*
* Group: scheduler
*
* @param key the option key
* @param value the option value
* @return the dsl builder
*/
default GoogleCloudStorageEndpointConsumerBuilder schedulerProperties(
String key,
Object value) {
doSetMultiValueProperty("schedulerProperties", "scheduler." + key, value);
return this;
}
/**
* To configure additional properties when using a custom scheduler or
* any of the Quartz, Spring based scheduler.
*
* The option is a: <code>java.util.Map<java.lang.String,
* java.lang.Object></code> type.
* The option is multivalued, and you can use the
* schedulerProperties(String, Object) method to add a value (call the
* method multiple times to set more values).
*
* Group: scheduler
*
* @param values the values
* @return the dsl builder
*/
default GoogleCloudStorageEndpointConsumerBuilder schedulerProperties(
Map values) {
doSetMultiValueProperties("schedulerProperties", "scheduler.", values);
return this;
}
/**
* Whether the scheduler should be auto started.
*
* The option is a: <code>boolean</code> type.
*
* Default: true
* Group: scheduler
*
* @param startScheduler the value to set
* @return the dsl builder
*/
default GoogleCloudStorageEndpointConsumerBuilder startScheduler(
boolean startScheduler) {
doSetProperty("startScheduler", startScheduler);
return this;
}
/**
* Whether the scheduler should be auto started.
*
* The option will be converted to a <code>boolean</code>
* type.
*
* Default: true
* Group: scheduler
*
* @param startScheduler the value to set
* @return the dsl builder
*/
default GoogleCloudStorageEndpointConsumerBuilder startScheduler(
String startScheduler) {
doSetProperty("startScheduler", startScheduler);
return this;
}
/**
* Time unit for initialDelay and delay options.
*
* The option is a:
* <code>java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit</code> type.
*
* Default: MILLISECONDS
* Group: scheduler
*
* @param timeUnit the value to set
* @return the dsl builder
*/
default GoogleCloudStorageEndpointConsumerBuilder timeUnit(
TimeUnit timeUnit) {
doSetProperty("timeUnit", timeUnit);
return this;
}
/**
* Time unit for initialDelay and delay options.
*
* The option will be converted to a
* <code>java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit</code> type.
*
* Default: MILLISECONDS
* Group: scheduler
*
* @param timeUnit the value to set
* @return the dsl builder
*/
default GoogleCloudStorageEndpointConsumerBuilder timeUnit(
String timeUnit) {
doSetProperty("timeUnit", timeUnit);
return this;
}
/**
* Controls if fixed delay or fixed rate is used. See
* ScheduledExecutorService in JDK for details.
*
* The option is a: <code>boolean</code> type.
*
* Default: true
* Group: scheduler
*
* @param useFixedDelay the value to set
* @return the dsl builder
*/
default GoogleCloudStorageEndpointConsumerBuilder useFixedDelay(
boolean useFixedDelay) {
doSetProperty("useFixedDelay", useFixedDelay);
return this;
}
/**
* Controls if fixed delay or fixed rate is used. See
* ScheduledExecutorService in JDK for details.
*
* The option will be converted to a <code>boolean</code>
* type.
*
* Default: true
* Group: scheduler
*
* @param useFixedDelay the value to set
* @return the dsl builder
*/
default GoogleCloudStorageEndpointConsumerBuilder useFixedDelay(
String useFixedDelay) {
doSetProperty("useFixedDelay", useFixedDelay);
return this;
}
}
/**
* Advanced builder for endpoint consumers for the Google Storage component.
*/
public interface AdvancedGoogleCloudStorageEndpointConsumerBuilder
extends
EndpointConsumerBuilder {
default GoogleCloudStorageEndpointConsumerBuilder basic() {
return (GoogleCloudStorageEndpointConsumerBuilder) this;
}
/**
* To let the consumer use a custom ExceptionHandler. Notice if the
* option bridgeErrorHandler is enabled then this option is not in use.
* By default the consumer will deal with exceptions, that will be
* logged at WARN or ERROR level and ignored.
*
* The option is a:
* <code>org.apache.camel.spi.ExceptionHandler</code> type.
*
* Group: consumer (advanced)
*
* @param exceptionHandler the value to set
* @return the dsl builder
*/
default AdvancedGoogleCloudStorageEndpointConsumerBuilder exceptionHandler(
org.apache.camel.spi.ExceptionHandler exceptionHandler) {
doSetProperty("exceptionHandler", exceptionHandler);
return this;
}
/**
* To let the consumer use a custom ExceptionHandler. Notice if the
* option bridgeErrorHandler is enabled then this option is not in use.
* By default the consumer will deal with exceptions, that will be
* logged at WARN or ERROR level and ignored.
*
* The option will be converted to a
* <code>org.apache.camel.spi.ExceptionHandler</code> type.
*
* Group: consumer (advanced)
*
* @param exceptionHandler the value to set
* @return the dsl builder
*/
default AdvancedGoogleCloudStorageEndpointConsumerBuilder exceptionHandler(
String exceptionHandler) {
doSetProperty("exceptionHandler", exceptionHandler);
return this;
}
/**
* Sets the exchange pattern when the consumer creates an exchange.
*
* The option is a:
* <code>org.apache.camel.ExchangePattern</code> type.
*
* Group: consumer (advanced)
*
* @param exchangePattern the value to set
* @return the dsl builder
*/
default AdvancedGoogleCloudStorageEndpointConsumerBuilder exchangePattern(
org.apache.camel.ExchangePattern exchangePattern) {
doSetProperty("exchangePattern", exchangePattern);
return this;
}
/**
* Sets the exchange pattern when the consumer creates an exchange.
*
* The option will be converted to a
* <code>org.apache.camel.ExchangePattern</code> type.
*
* Group: consumer (advanced)
*
* @param exchangePattern the value to set
* @return the dsl builder
*/
default AdvancedGoogleCloudStorageEndpointConsumerBuilder exchangePattern(
String exchangePattern) {
doSetProperty("exchangePattern", exchangePattern);
return this;
}
/**
* A pluggable org.apache.camel.PollingConsumerPollingStrategy allowing
* you to provide your custom implementation to control error handling
* usually occurred during the poll operation before an Exchange have
* been created and being routed in Camel.
*
* The option is a:
* <code>org.apache.camel.spi.PollingConsumerPollStrategy</code> type.
*
* Group: consumer (advanced)
*
* @param pollStrategy the value to set
* @return the dsl builder
*/
default AdvancedGoogleCloudStorageEndpointConsumerBuilder pollStrategy(
org.apache.camel.spi.PollingConsumerPollStrategy pollStrategy) {
doSetProperty("pollStrategy", pollStrategy);
return this;
}
/**
* A pluggable org.apache.camel.PollingConsumerPollingStrategy allowing
* you to provide your custom implementation to control error handling
* usually occurred during the poll operation before an Exchange have
* been created and being routed in Camel.
*
* The option will be converted to a
* <code>org.apache.camel.spi.PollingConsumerPollStrategy</code> type.
*
* Group: consumer (advanced)
*
* @param pollStrategy the value to set
* @return the dsl builder
*/
default AdvancedGoogleCloudStorageEndpointConsumerBuilder pollStrategy(
String pollStrategy) {
doSetProperty("pollStrategy", pollStrategy);
return this;
}
}
/**
* Builder for endpoint producers for the Google Storage component.
*/
public interface GoogleCloudStorageEndpointProducerBuilder
extends
EndpointProducerBuilder {
default AdvancedGoogleCloudStorageEndpointProducerBuilder advanced() {
return (AdvancedGoogleCloudStorageEndpointProducerBuilder) this;
}
/**
* Setting the autocreation of the bucket bucketName.
*
* The option is a: <code>boolean</code> type.
*
* Default: true
* Group: common
*
* @param autoCreateBucket the value to set
* @return the dsl builder
*/
default GoogleCloudStorageEndpointProducerBuilder autoCreateBucket(
boolean autoCreateBucket) {
doSetProperty("autoCreateBucket", autoCreateBucket);
return this;
}
/**
* Setting the autocreation of the bucket bucketName.
*
* The option will be converted to a <code>boolean</code>
* type.
*
* Default: true
* Group: common
*
* @param autoCreateBucket the value to set
* @return the dsl builder
*/
default GoogleCloudStorageEndpointProducerBuilder autoCreateBucket(
String autoCreateBucket) {
doSetProperty("autoCreateBucket", autoCreateBucket);
return this;
}
/**
* The Service account key that can be used as credentials for the
* Storage client. It can be loaded by default from classpath, but you
* can prefix with classpath:, file:, or http: to load the resource from
* different systems.
*
* The option is a: <code>java.lang.String</code> type.
*
* Group: common
*
* @param serviceAccountKey the value to set
* @return the dsl builder
*/
default GoogleCloudStorageEndpointProducerBuilder serviceAccountKey(
String serviceAccountKey) {
doSetProperty("serviceAccountKey", serviceAccountKey);
return this;
}
/**
* The Cloud Storage class to use when creating the new buckets.
*
* The option is a:
* <code>com.google.cloud.storage.StorageClass</code> type.
*
* Default: STANDARD
* Group: common
*
* @param storageClass the value to set
* @return the dsl builder
*/
default GoogleCloudStorageEndpointProducerBuilder storageClass(
com.google.cloud.storage.StorageClass storageClass) {
doSetProperty("storageClass", storageClass);
return this;
}
/**
* The Cloud Storage class to use when creating the new buckets.
*
* The option will be converted to a
* <code>com.google.cloud.storage.StorageClass</code> type.
*
* Default: STANDARD
* Group: common
*
* @param storageClass the value to set
* @return the dsl builder
*/
default GoogleCloudStorageEndpointProducerBuilder storageClass(
String storageClass) {
doSetProperty("storageClass", storageClass);
return this;
}
/**
* The storage client.
*
* The option is a:
* <code>com.google.cloud.storage.Storage</code> type.
*
* Group: common
*
* @param storageClient the value to set
* @return the dsl builder
*/
default GoogleCloudStorageEndpointProducerBuilder storageClient(
com.google.cloud.storage.Storage storageClient) {
doSetProperty("storageClient", storageClient);
return this;
}
/**
* The storage client.
*
* The option will be converted to a
* <code>com.google.cloud.storage.Storage</code> type.
*
* Group: common
*
* @param storageClient the value to set
* @return the dsl builder
*/
default GoogleCloudStorageEndpointProducerBuilder storageClient(
String storageClient) {
doSetProperty("storageClient", storageClient);
return this;
}
/**
* The Cloud Storage location to use when creating the new buckets.
*
* The option is a: <code>java.lang.String</code> type.
*
* Default: US-EAST1
* Group: common
*
* @param storageLocation the value to set
* @return the dsl builder
*/
default GoogleCloudStorageEndpointProducerBuilder storageLocation(
String storageLocation) {
doSetProperty("storageLocation", storageLocation);
return this;
}
/**
* Whether the producer should be started lazy (on the first message).
* By starting lazy you can use this to allow CamelContext and routes to
* startup in situations where a producer may otherwise fail during
* starting and cause the route to fail being started. By deferring this
* startup to be lazy then the startup failure can be handled during
* routing messages via Camel's routing error handlers. Beware that when
* the first message is processed then creating and starting the
* producer may take a little time and prolong the total processing time
* of the processing.
*
* The option is a: <code>boolean</code> type.
*
* Default: false
* Group: producer
*
* @param lazyStartProducer the value to set
* @return the dsl builder
*/
default GoogleCloudStorageEndpointProducerBuilder lazyStartProducer(
boolean lazyStartProducer) {
doSetProperty("lazyStartProducer", lazyStartProducer);
return this;
}
/**
* Whether the producer should be started lazy (on the first message).
* By starting lazy you can use this to allow CamelContext and routes to
* startup in situations where a producer may otherwise fail during
* starting and cause the route to fail being started. By deferring this
* startup to be lazy then the startup failure can be handled during
* routing messages via Camel's routing error handlers. Beware that when
* the first message is processed then creating and starting the
* producer may take a little time and prolong the total processing time
* of the processing.
*
* The option will be converted to a <code>boolean</code>
* type.
*
* Default: false
* Group: producer
*
* @param lazyStartProducer the value to set
* @return the dsl builder
*/
default GoogleCloudStorageEndpointProducerBuilder lazyStartProducer(
String lazyStartProducer) {
doSetProperty("lazyStartProducer", lazyStartProducer);
return this;
}
/**
* The Object name inside the bucket.
*
* The option is a: <code>java.lang.String</code> type.
*
* Group: producer
*
* @param objectName the value to set
* @return the dsl builder
*/
default GoogleCloudStorageEndpointProducerBuilder objectName(
String objectName) {
doSetProperty("objectName", objectName);
return this;
}
/**
* Set the operation for the producer.
*
* The option is a:
* <code>org.apache.camel.component.google.storage.GoogleCloudStorageOperations</code> type.
*
* Group: producer
*
* @param operation the value to set
* @return the dsl builder
*/
default GoogleCloudStorageEndpointProducerBuilder operation(
org.apache.camel.component.google.storage.GoogleCloudStorageOperations operation) {
doSetProperty("operation", operation);
return this;
}
/**
* Set the operation for the producer.
*
* The option will be converted to a
* <code>org.apache.camel.component.google.storage.GoogleCloudStorageOperations</code> type.
*
* Group: producer
*
* @param operation the value to set
* @return the dsl builder
*/
default GoogleCloudStorageEndpointProducerBuilder operation(
String operation) {
doSetProperty("operation", operation);
return this;
}
}
/**
* Advanced builder for endpoint producers for the Google Storage component.
*/
public interface AdvancedGoogleCloudStorageEndpointProducerBuilder
extends
EndpointProducerBuilder {
default GoogleCloudStorageEndpointProducerBuilder basic() {
return (GoogleCloudStorageEndpointProducerBuilder) this;
}
}
/**
* Builder for endpoint for the Google Storage component.
*/
public interface GoogleCloudStorageEndpointBuilder
extends
GoogleCloudStorageEndpointConsumerBuilder,
GoogleCloudStorageEndpointProducerBuilder {
default AdvancedGoogleCloudStorageEndpointBuilder advanced() {
return (AdvancedGoogleCloudStorageEndpointBuilder) this;
}
/**
* Setting the autocreation of the bucket bucketName.
*
* The option is a: <code>boolean</code> type.
*
* Default: true
* Group: common
*
* @param autoCreateBucket the value to set
* @return the dsl builder
*/
default GoogleCloudStorageEndpointBuilder autoCreateBucket(
boolean autoCreateBucket) {
doSetProperty("autoCreateBucket", autoCreateBucket);
return this;
}
/**
* Setting the autocreation of the bucket bucketName.
*
* The option will be converted to a <code>boolean</code>
* type.
*
* Default: true
* Group: common
*
* @param autoCreateBucket the value to set
* @return the dsl builder
*/
default GoogleCloudStorageEndpointBuilder autoCreateBucket(
String autoCreateBucket) {
doSetProperty("autoCreateBucket", autoCreateBucket);
return this;
}
/**
* The Service account key that can be used as credentials for the
* Storage client. It can be loaded by default from classpath, but you
* can prefix with classpath:, file:, or http: to load the resource from
* different systems.
*
* The option is a: <code>java.lang.String</code> type.
*
* Group: common
*
* @param serviceAccountKey the value to set
* @return the dsl builder
*/
default GoogleCloudStorageEndpointBuilder serviceAccountKey(
String serviceAccountKey) {
doSetProperty("serviceAccountKey", serviceAccountKey);
return this;
}
/**
* The Cloud Storage class to use when creating the new buckets.
*
* The option is a:
* <code>com.google.cloud.storage.StorageClass</code> type.
*
* Default: STANDARD
* Group: common
*
* @param storageClass the value to set
* @return the dsl builder
*/
default GoogleCloudStorageEndpointBuilder storageClass(
com.google.cloud.storage.StorageClass storageClass) {
doSetProperty("storageClass", storageClass);
return this;
}
/**
* The Cloud Storage class to use when creating the new buckets.
*
* The option will be converted to a
* <code>com.google.cloud.storage.StorageClass</code> type.
*
* Default: STANDARD
* Group: common
*
* @param storageClass the value to set
* @return the dsl builder
*/
default GoogleCloudStorageEndpointBuilder storageClass(
String storageClass) {
doSetProperty("storageClass", storageClass);
return this;
}
/**
* The storage client.
*
* The option is a:
* <code>com.google.cloud.storage.Storage</code> type.
*
* Group: common
*
* @param storageClient the value to set
* @return the dsl builder
*/
default GoogleCloudStorageEndpointBuilder storageClient(
com.google.cloud.storage.Storage storageClient) {
doSetProperty("storageClient", storageClient);
return this;
}
/**
* The storage client.
*
* The option will be converted to a
* <code>com.google.cloud.storage.Storage</code> type.
*
* Group: common
*
* @param storageClient the value to set
* @return the dsl builder
*/
default GoogleCloudStorageEndpointBuilder storageClient(
String storageClient) {
doSetProperty("storageClient", storageClient);
return this;
}
/**
* The Cloud Storage location to use when creating the new buckets.
*
* The option is a: <code>java.lang.String</code> type.
*
* Default: US-EAST1
* Group: common
*
* @param storageLocation the value to set
* @return the dsl builder
*/
default GoogleCloudStorageEndpointBuilder storageLocation(
String storageLocation) {
doSetProperty("storageLocation", storageLocation);
return this;
}
}
/**
* Advanced builder for endpoint for the Google Storage component.
*/
public interface AdvancedGoogleCloudStorageEndpointBuilder
extends
AdvancedGoogleCloudStorageEndpointConsumerBuilder,
AdvancedGoogleCloudStorageEndpointProducerBuilder {
default GoogleCloudStorageEndpointBuilder basic() {
return (GoogleCloudStorageEndpointBuilder) this;
}
}
public interface GoogleCloudStorageBuilders {
/**
* Google Storage (camel-google-storage)
* Store and retrieve objects from Google Cloud Storage Service using
* the google-cloud-storage library.
*
* Category: cloud
* Since: 3.9
* Maven coordinates: org.apache.camel:camel-google-storage
*
* Syntax: <code>google-storage:bucketName</code>
*
* Path parameter: bucketName (required)
* Bucket name or ARN
*
* @param path bucketName
* @return the dsl builder
*/
default GoogleCloudStorageEndpointBuilder googleStorage(String path) {
return GoogleCloudStorageEndpointBuilderFactory.endpointBuilder("google-storage", path);
}
/**
* Google Storage (camel-google-storage)
* Store and retrieve objects from Google Cloud Storage Service using
* the google-cloud-storage library.
*
* Category: cloud
* Since: 3.9
* Maven coordinates: org.apache.camel:camel-google-storage
*
* Syntax: <code>google-storage:bucketName</code>
*
* Path parameter: bucketName (required)
* Bucket name or ARN
*
* @param componentName to use a custom component name for the endpoint
* instead of the default name
* @param path bucketName
* @return the dsl builder
*/
default GoogleCloudStorageEndpointBuilder googleStorage(
String componentName,
String path) {
return GoogleCloudStorageEndpointBuilderFactory.endpointBuilder(componentName, path);
}
}
static GoogleCloudStorageEndpointBuilder endpointBuilder(
String componentName,
String path) {
class GoogleCloudStorageEndpointBuilderImpl extends AbstractEndpointBuilder implements GoogleCloudStorageEndpointBuilder, AdvancedGoogleCloudStorageEndpointBuilder {
public GoogleCloudStorageEndpointBuilderImpl(String path) {
super(componentName, path);
}
}
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Q: Forecasting using MLP neural network I'm trying to write a code in R to predict the currency rate of USD/EUR using MLP neural Network I'm facing a problem with the function neuralnet it shows an error:
Error in neurons[[i]] %*% weights[[i]] :
requires numeric/complex matrix/vector arguments
This is the code that I have written so far
library(readxl)
ExchangeUSD <- read_excel("C:/Users/GTS/Desktop/ML project/ExchangeUSD.xlsx")
plot(ExchangeUSD$USD)
#traning and test data
trainset <- ExchangeUSD[1:350,]
testset <- ExchangeUSD[351:500,]
set.seed(12345)
library(neuralnet)
nn <- neuralnet(USD ~ date + Wdy, data = trainset,hidden = 2)
the data-set contains 500 rows and 3 columns the first column is date and it contains the date from October 2011 until October 2013 (500 data). the second column is Wdy and it contain the weakly days the final column is the USD and contains the currency rate. This is a sample of my dataset:
A: In the above example you are trying to use date to train a model, which is wrong, as neuralnet can only understand factors and numerics for training. If you want to include some time-series factors in your model use time-series analysis provided by R.
Moreover you are trying to train a neural-net using just one or two predictors, thus it will overfit badly and your analysis will be biased.
And your problem as only consists of three columns, namely; date, wdy (which is actually week day) and USD (price). In this scenario, it makes no sense to use neural networks as you have no features to train the model. Your data is basically a time series, so use regression and other linear algos. (can also go for timeseries as mentioned earlier)
Despite I have shared on how to train a good mlp model below.
Below is a simple example using the multi-layer-perceptron model in R using the RSNNS package. I have used the very basic iris dataset.
Below is the code:
library(RSNNS)
data(iris)
iris <- iris[sample(1:nrow(iris),length(1:nrow(iris))),1:ncol(iris)]
irisValues <- iris[,1:4]
irisTargets <- decodeClassLabels(iris[,5])
iris <- splitForTrainingAndTest(irisValues, irisTargets, ratio=0.15)
iris <- normTrainingAndTestSet(iris)
model <- mlp(iris$inputsTrain, iris$targetsTrain, size=5, learnFuncParams=c(0.1),
maxit=50, inputsTest=iris$inputsTest, targetsTest=iris$targetsTest)
summary(model)
#model
#weightMatrix(model)
#extractNetInfo(model)
par(mfrow=c(2,2))
#plotIterativeError(model)
#predictions <- predict(model,iris$inputsTest)
#plotRegressionError(predictions[,2], iris$targetsTest[,2])
confusionMatrix(iris$targetsTrain,fitted.values(model))
confusionMatrix(iris$targetsTest,predictions)
Output:
SNNS network definition file V1.4-3D
generated at Sun Oct 27 23:15:12 2019
network name : RSNNS_untitled
source files :
no. of units : 12
no. of connections : 35
no. of unit types : 0
no. of site types : 0
learning function : Std_Backpropagation
update function : Topological_Order
unit default section :
act | bias | st | subnet | layer | act func | out func
---------|----------|----|--------|-------|--------------|-------------
0.00000 | 0.00000 | i | 0 | 1 | Act_Logistic | Out_Identity
---------|----------|----|--------|-------|--------------|-------------
unit definition section :
no. | typeName | unitName | act | bias | st | position | act func | out func | sites
----|----------|-------------------|----------|----------|----|----------|--------------|----------|-------
1 | | Input_1 | -0.04652 | 0.21414 | i | 1,0,0 | Act_Identity | |
2 | | Input_2 | -1.03059 | -0.09038 | i | 2,0,0 | Act_Identity | |
3 | | Input_3 | 0.11214 | -0.19132 | i | 3,0,0 | Act_Identity | |
4 | | Input_4 | -0.02205 | 0.28695 | i | 4,0,0 | Act_Identity | |
5 | | Hidden_2_1 | 0.36322 | 0.16864 | h | 1,2,0 |||
6 | | Hidden_2_2 | 0.04875 | -1.57745 | h | 2,2,0 |||
7 | | Hidden_2_3 | 0.19143 | -1.59699 | h | 3,2,0 |||
8 | | Hidden_2_4 | 0.94317 | 1.33032 | h | 4,2,0 |||
9 | | Hidden_2_5 | 0.87133 | 2.55066 | h | 5,2,0 |||
10 | | Output_setosa | 0.04954 | -1.01308 | o | 1,4,0 |||
11 | | Output_versicolor | 0.86560 | -1.31827 | o | 2,4,0 |||
12 | | Output_virginica | 0.06732 | -0.42084 | o | 3,4,0 |||
----|----------|-------------------|----------|----------|----|----------|--------------|----------|-------
connection definition section :
target | site | source:weight
-------|------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
5 | | 4:-1.36576, 3:-1.01049, 2: 0.62411, 1: 0.07838
6 | | 4:-1.49537, 3:-1.41137, 2: 1.26386, 1:-0.73716
7 | | 4: 1.87337, 3: 1.25094, 2:-0.05512, 1:-0.00999
8 | | 4: 1.25223, 3: 1.55905, 2:-1.32439, 1: 0.71672
9 | | 4:-2.56181, 3:-1.92910, 2: 0.45272, 1: 0.24772
10 | | 9: 0.68890, 8:-3.19830, 7:-0.96376, 6: 1.87789, 5: 1.56411
11 | | 9: 2.69797, 8: 1.74343, 7:-2.49599, 6:-2.91350, 5:-0.53523
12 | | 9:-3.50718, 8: 1.59391, 7: 1.75725, 6:-1.66021, 5:-2.50714
-------|------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
predictions
targets 1 2 3
1 40 0 0
2 0 43 3
3 0 1 40
predictions
targets 1 2 3
1 10 0 0
2 0 4 0
3 0 0 9
The major problem with neuralnet package is that it only creates simple and very basic neural networks with very less customisation. The above RSNNS package provides some more additional features as compared to neuralnet.
But if you want to try some more deep-networks I would suggest you to use mxnet, and keras extensions for R.
A: For this time series analysis you can use autoregressive model. first you have to create lag input sets and crete a dataframe.In below code block there are 4 input sets containing one lag two lag and three lag.(read more about autoregressive models - [https://otexts.com/fpp2/AR.html][1])
exchangeEUR <- read_excel("ExchangeUSD.xlsx") %>%
janitor::clean_names() %>%
mutate(date_in_ymd = ymd(yyyy_mm_dd)) %>%
select(-1) %>%
select(date_in_ymd,everything())
eur_exchange_full = exchangeEUR %>%
mutate(previous_one_day_set_a = lag(exchangeEUR$usd_eur,1),
previous_one_day_set_b = lag(exchangeEUR$usd_eur,1),
previous_two_day_set_b = lag(exchangeEUR$usd_eur,2),
previous_one_day_set_c = lag(exchangeEUR$usd_eur,1),
previous_two_day_set_c = lag(exchangeEUR$usd_eur,2),
previous_three_day_set_c = lag(exchangeEUR$usd_eur,3),
previous_one_day_set_d = lag(exchangeEUR$usd_eur,1),
previous_two_day_set_d = lag(exchangeEUR$usd_eur,2),
five_day_rolling = rollmean(usd_eur,5, fill = NA),
ten_day_rolling = rollmean(usd_eur,10, fill = NA)) %>%
drop_na()
normalizing data
# We can create a function to normalize the data from 0 to 1
normalize <- function(x) {
return ((x - min(x)) / (max(x) - min(x))) }
# All the variables are normalized
normalized_eur = eur_exchange_full %>%
mutate(across(2:12, ~normalize(.x)))
# Look at the data that has been normalized
summary(normalized_eur)
boxplot(normalized_eur$usd_eur)
set.seed(123)
eur_train <- normalized_eur[1:400,]
eur_test <- normalized_eur[401:491,]
# We can create a function to unnormalize the data=
unnormalize <- function(x, min, max) {
return( (max - min)*x + min ) }
# Get the min and max of the original training values
eur_min_train <- min(eur_exchange_full[1:400,2])
eur_max_train <- max(eur_exchange_full[1:400,2])
# Get the min and max of the original testing values
eur_min_test <- min(eur_exchange_full[401:491,2])
eur_max_test <- max(eur_exchange_full[401:491,2])
# Check the range of the min and max of the training dataset
eur_min_test
eur_min_train
eur_max_test
eur_max_train
testing neural network for different architectures
set.seed(12345)
# function setup that creates 2 layer model
model_two_hidden_layers = function(hidden,sec_hidden) {
nn_model_true = neuralnet(usd_eur ~ previous_one_day_set_b+previous_two_day_set_b, data=eur_train, hidden=c(
hidden,sec_hidden), linear.output=TRUE)
#plot(nn_model_true)
pred <- predict(nn_model_true, eur_test)
validation_df <- data.frame(c(eur_test$date_in_ymd),c(pred),c(eur_test$usd_eur))
p = ggplot() +
geom_line(data = validation_df, aes(x = c.eur_test.date_in_ymd., y = c.pred.), color = "blue") +
geom_line(data = validation_df, aes(x = c.eur_test.date_in_ymd., y = c.eur_test.usd_eur.), color = "red") +
xlab('Dates') +
ylab('percent.change')
print(p)
train_results = compute(nn_model_true,eur_test[,2:3])
truthcol = eur_exchange_full[401:491,2]$usd_eur
predcol = unnormalize(train_results$net.result,eur_min_train, eur_max_train)[,1]
relevant_pred_stat(truthcol,predcol,
"Two Hidden Layers") %>%
mutate(hiddel_layers = paste0(hidden, " and ",sec_hidden),
input_set = "B") %>%
filter(.metric != "rsq")
}
model_two_hidden_layers(2,3)
# save the stat indices to a dataframe
set_a_models_two_layers = results_two_hidden_layers %>%
select(-estimator) %>%
pivot_wider(names_from = metric, values_from = estimate) %>%
arrange(rmse)
kable(set_a_models_two_layers[1:10,])
##########################################################################
# three layer model
set.seed(12345)
# function setup that creates 3 layer model
model_three_hidden_layers = function(hidden,sec_hidden,third_hidden) {
nn_model_true = neuralnet(usd_eur ~ previous_one_day_set_b+previous_two_day_set_b, data=eur_train, hidden=c(hidden,sec_hidden,third_hidden), linear.output=TRUE)
#plot(nn_model_true)
pred <- predict(nn_model_true, eur_test)
validation_df <- data.frame(c(eur_test$date_in_ymd),c(pred),c(eur_test$usd_eur))
################
p = ggplot() +
geom_line(data = validation_df, aes(x = c.eur_test.date_in_ymd., y = c.pred.), color = "blue") +
geom_line(data = validation_df, aes(x = c.eur_test.date_in_ymd., y = c.eur_test.usd_eur.), color = "red") +
xlab('Dates') +
ylab('percent.change')
print(p)
################
train_results = compute(nn_model_true,eur_test[,2:3])
truthcol = eur_exchange_full[401:491,2]$usd_eur
predcol = unnormalize(train_results$net.result,eur_min_train, eur_max_train)[,1]
relevant_pred_stat(truthcol,predcol,
"Three Hidden Layers") %>%
mutate(hiddel_layers = paste0(hidden, " and ",sec_hidden," and ",third_hidden),
input_set = "A") %>%
filter(.metric != "rsq")
}
model_three_hidden_layers(7,4,1)
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The Haunting of Cape Cod and the Islands
By Barbara Sillery
Encounter the friendly spirits and irritable phantoms of Cape Cod. Secret padded rooms, candles that relight themselves, and furniture that moves are only a few of the abnormalities to be discovered in the inns, restaurants, and private homes of Cape Cod. Ranging from whimsical to ominous, each ghost has its own story and family history. This collection includes the misfortunes of pirate captain Sam Bellamy, who died in one of the worst Cape storms to date. Using extensive interviews and research, author Barbara Sillery recounts both the written and oral spectral histories of each location, one of which is the home of Pelican author Jana Dillon.
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Sillery weaves her stories with a seamless twist of narrative and dialogue . . . Sillery is not merely a storyteller, but a historian as well. -Renee Peck, New Orleans Times-Picayune Barbara Sillery, raised in New York, has always had a passion for antiques. She is fascinated by the story behind each old photo, house, or piece of furniture she encounters. From this passion sprung the inspiration for her first independent business, Keepsake Antiques, which sold refurbished furniture and other relics. In 1989 she became the owner and executive producer for Keepsake Productions and is well-known in the television industry through Lagniappe Media Productions, Inc., a subsidiary of Keepsake, which specializes in award-winning documentaries. Sillery earned a BA in theatre and speech from Marywood University in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and has spent most of her professional life as a writer and producer. Her work includes such programs as Biloxi Memories and the Broadwater Beach Hotel, City Park Memories, Things That Go Bump in the Night, The Prize, Skyriders: Louisiana's Aviation Pioneers, and The Meeting of the Courts of Rex and Comus. She is also a field producer for Extra, a syndicated entertainment show, and has contributed articles to Cultural Vistas Magazine, Antiques Gazette, Circle of Friends, and Celtic Informer. Among her many accolades are a WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival award, several Telly Awards, and an Addy Award. She has received numerous grants and has participated in various festivals and panels, including the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, the Arts Council of New Orleans grant review panel, and the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities media review panel. Sillery is the proud mother of three daughters. After spending years in New Orleans, she now resides in East Falmouth, Massachusetts, and continues her career as a television producer and writer. In her free time, she plays tennis and is an avid swimmer who enjoys spending as much time as she can near, on, or in the water.
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Is Sugar Making Your Kids Hyperactive? Doctors Weigh In
Myths about hyperactivity and sugar in children persist, despite evidence that debunks the connection.
When my older daughter was 4, her favourite snack to bring to preschool was a chocolate chip granola bar. I tucked one into her backpack almost every day, until one afternoon I opened up her backpack and saw the granola bar still sitting there. "Are you getting sick of these?" I asked her. She wasn't. But a new teacher had taken over the class and instituted a new rule: no sugar before lunch.
Dr Katja Rowell, M.D., a family physician and childhood feeding specialist, has a similar story: "My daughter's preschool celebrated 'Sugar Day' once a year," she recalled. "And there was so much conversation from all the adults to the kids of, 'You're going to be crazy! It's crazy sugar day!' And the kids were kind of bonkers. But there was so much anticipation of their craziness, it was like we gave them permission."
Indeed, it has become the norm for both parents and educators to express their fear of the proverbial "sugar high" at parties, on birthdays and pretty much anytime treats are eaten, whether it's chocolate chip granola bars or triple scoop ice cream sundaes.
"We encounter damaging messages around sugar intake from well-meaning dentists and doctors, as well as in the nutrition curriculum in early education," said Crystal Karges, R.D.N., a registered dietitian nutritionist who focuses on mothers and families in San Diego. Yet the evidence has long shown that sugar doesn't actually get kids high. So why does this myth persist?
"What many parents are really afraid of is the message they get from diet culture that any amount of sugar is bad for them and their kids," said Anna Lutz, M.P.H., R.D., a dietitian in private practice in Raleigh, N.C., who writes a blog about family feeding challenges called Sunny Side Up Nutrition.
Does sugar cause hyperactivity? | Image source: iStock
Does Sugar Cause Hyperactivity?
The theory that sugar intake could lead to what was then called "the neurotic child" was first proposed in the medical literature in 1922 and later gained popularity during the 1970s, when researchers were first trying to understand and treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
"These studies were problematic because they didn't control for so many outside factors," Karges said. When it comes to A.D.H.D. symptoms, clinicians must consider every piece of the puzzle, she said: "We know now that the genetic make-up of a child, as well as her sleep schedule, stress level, meal structure and other environmental factors all play a role."
Meanwhile, the sugar high concept was decisively debunked by a double-blind, controlled study published in the New England Journal of Medicine in 1994. In that experiment, researchers recruited a mix of normal preschoolers and those whose parents described them as sensitive to sugar, then randomly assigned some kids to eat sugary food and others to eat foods sweetened with aspartame. (Nobody — including parents, kids and researchers — knew which child ate what.) No behavioural or cognitive differences were detected, and as Dr Richard Klasco, M.D., reported recently in The New York Times's "Ask Well" column, these results have been replicated in several subsequent studies.
But how to square this scientific reality with parents' impressions of how sugar affects their children? "Our brains and bodies can feel a burst of energy after eating sugar, especially if it's been a while since we've eaten and we're feeling low on energy," Lutz explained. "That's because table sugar is a simple carbohydrate that breaks down quickly in our digestive tract, to reach our bloodstream." But that quick burst doesn't translate into hyperactivity or tantrums.
When sugar is consumed by itself, the initial energy spike can be followed by a crash as the amount of glucose in our bloodstream dips down again a little while after eating. Again, this won't necessarily result in bad behaviour, but some kids may feel tired, hungry or moody at this stage. "Each person's body reacts differently to food; some of us are more sensitive to blood sugar dropping than others," Lutz said. "But these symptoms are really just an indication that it's time to eat again."
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If kids are eating a mix of fat and protein alongside their sugar, as we find in yoghurt, for example, or my daughter's chocolate chip granola bar, any sugar-related energy bursts and subsequent dips should be barely perceptible. Serving a glass of milk alongside a plate of cookies can even things out, Dr Rowell said, noting that many "treat foods," like cake, offer built-in balance because they're made with butter or another type of fat. "So if you offer milk but your child doesn't drink it, this is not the end of the world," Dr Rowell explained.
How you talk about food matters, too. "If you tell your child that sugar will make them act crazy, that can become a self-fulfilling prophecy," Dr Rowell said. This can also happen if your child eats sugar only at birthday parties or other high-excitement events. If emotions are already running high about piñatas and presents, a mid-party meltdown may be inevitable, but it doesn't mean the sugar was to blame.
Children will also pick up on your sugar anxiety if you regularly describe cookies and other treats as "bad," or try to police how much they eat in one sitting. "The psychological effect of food restriction cannot be overstated," Karges said. "When we restrict children's access to sugar, they are naturally going to become more preoccupied with and drawn to these foods and overreact and have erratic behaviour when they do get them." You can neutralise this by making sugar a regular and structured part of your family's food life.
If you serve dessert every night with dinner, Lutz said, it's reasonable to limit that to one child-size serving to ensure the treat doesn't steal too much focus from other foods on the table. But it's also important to pick times (like a regular weekend trip to the ice cream store, a cookie baking project or candy-heavy holidays) where we let children be in charge of how many treats they eat. When kids don't feel restricted around food, it's much easier for them to tap into how much of it they really want to eat — and their response may surprise you.
Doctors answer the popular question: does sugar cause hyperactivity? | Image source: iStock
Dr Rowell encourages parents to give kids the option of saving a treat for later: "Let's say you have dessert with dinner and you can see your child getting full. One of the most powerful things you can say is, 'Do you want to save that brownie to have with breakfast tomorrow?'" she suggested. "Then follow through. This sends home the message that she has access to these foods and doesn't have to eat it just because it's there." (Don't stress if your child's response is to immediately eat the brownie, though! Remember that kids are a better judge of their hunger than you.)
When you do go to birthday parties and other spaces where "sugar high" talk is likely to be rampant, avoid falling into traps like "eat three bites of pizza before you have the cupcake." Instead, let your child choose from the food that's offered, and if he wants seconds or thirds, say something like, "Yes, as long as there are enough for everyone to have more."
"Kids need experiences like parties, where sugar options are readily available, in order to learn how to self-regulate the sugar intake that feels best in their bodies," Karges said. "And they are capable of doing this if we trust them and allow them to do so."
"Sugar Is Not The Enemy" by Virginia Sole-Smith © 2020 The New York Times Company
Virginia Sole-Smith is the author of "The Eating Instinct: Food Culture, Body Image and Guilt in America," and co-host of the Comfort Food Podcast
This story was originally published on 17 March 2020 in NYT Parenting.
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Brenton Upbeat Despite Tensions
By Nikolaus von Twickel
MTAnthony Brenton
Perhaps no Western diplomat has had a rougher year in Russia than British Ambassador Anthony Brenton.
With British-Russian relations nose diving, Brenton has been a lightning rod for pro-Kremlin youth groups such as Nashi, whose activists have hounded the ambassador ever since he attended an opposition conference in St. Petersburg in 2006.
Most recently, Nashi activists demonstrated outside the British Embassy waving posters featuring Brenton's face and stamped with the English word "Loser."
In a recent interview at the embassy, Brenton referenced an Oscar Wilde quip in brushing off the suggestion that perhaps his face had become too well-known.
"If there is one thing worse than being talked about, then it is not being talked about," he said.
Brenton conceded that there were "obviously a number of serious political problems between the U.K. and Russia" but said 2007 was by no means annus horriblis for relations between the two countries.
"I would describe it as an eventful year, a challenging year," he said.
Nevertheless, the list of bilateral disputes, including Russia's refusal to extradite murder suspect Andrei Lugovoi to Britain, continues to grow.
The latest spat threatens to make for an ominous New Year's Day for Britain. The Foreign Ministry has ordered the British Council, a British government-funded cultural organization, to close its offices outside Moscow as of Jan. 1, which is, incidentally, Brenton's 58th birthday.
"I am a little worried, obviously, that 2008 will start very badly if the Russians go ahead with the planned attack on the British Council offices in St. Petersburg and Yekaterinburg, but I continue to hope that good sense on that will prevail," Brenton said.
The British Council is mired in a long-standing dispute over its legal status. It considers itself the cultural arm of the British Embassy, while the Foreign Ministry says it lacks proper authorization to operate in Russia.
The Foreign Ministry has also linked the British Council closures to Britain's "unfriendly" decision to expel four Russian diplomats in July after Moscow refused to hand over businessman Lugovoi to face charges of poisoning former security services officer Alexander Litvinenko last year.
Brenton said there was still "plenty of time" for Russia to drop its demands. "All it takes, I suspect, is one man's decision," he said without elaborating.
Brenton reiterated his position that the council has every right to operate in the country on the basis of a 1994 treaty. Russia, in turn, says the treaty is only a framework agreement and that the council has been operating illegally in the country ever since.
He described the British Council's legal position as "rock solid" and said the services offered by the organization, including language lessons, were in great demand among ordinary Russians.
On his recent trip to Tomsk, Brenton said, local academics and teachers asked that the British Council open an office in the Siberian city.
"It is a pity that the approach currently being taken by the Russian government — quite above from being entirely illegal — is also hurtful to the Russian people themselves," he said.
Nashi, which began chasing Brenton closely in August 2006 — staging rallies near his residence, blocking his car and stalking him at public events — has chimed in on the dispute. Nashi leader Konstantin Goloskokov said the group would carry out "mass actions" if the British Council refused to suspend its operations.
After the British Embassy filed a diplomatic note asking the Foreign Ministry to guarantee Brenton's safety, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told then-Nashi leader Vasily Yakemenko in January to ask his activists to stop the harassment.
Brenton joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1975, and his first posting to Moscow was in 1994 as an economic, aid and scientific counselor. After leaving Moscow in 1998, he worked as the director of global affairs at the FCO before leaving for Washington in 2001 for a three-year posting as deputy head of the mission.
In 2000, Brenton was made a Knight Commander of St. Michael and St. George, the second-highest rank in the British knighthood. He returned to Russia as ambassador in 2004.
Aside from the British Council, Brenton has been championing Britain's stance in the Litvinenko case and reiterated that the arrest warrant and extradition request for Lugovoi remained in force:
"We want to try Mr. Lugovoi for a very nasty murder," he said, adding that the former security services officer was welcome to come to Britain and "face a fair trial."
Lugovoi, who insists he is innocent of the crime, was elected to the State Duma this month on the ticket of the ultranationalist Liberal Democratic Party, thus making him immune from prosecution in Russia.
Britain has extradition arrangements with a "wide range of countries, including … the whole of the European Union," that will be used should Lugovoi travel, Brenton said.
But despite bitter disputes, Brenton was upbeat about other aspects of British-Russian relations, most notably the "fantastic economic scene."
"I see a never-ending stream of British businessmen coming through my office interested in, attracted by, excited by Russia," he said.
Bilateral trade is rising by 20 percent annually, with Britain becoming the largest source of foreign investment in 2006, and Russian companies are increasingly seeking financial services in London, Brenton said.
The British education system is also attracting Russians.
"You go to any serious British school or university these days and you will find a large number of Russian students there," he said.
Brenton is outspoken about improving ties with Moscow.
"I am very keen that over the next few months we begin to re-establish the very close, high-level links on issues like Iran, like terrorism, which we had before these difficulties arose," he said. "And we need to find the possibility of contacts before the presidential election, if possible, and after, if that is how long it takes." | {
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package kubernetes
import (
"reflect"
"testing"
"time"
proxyoptions "k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kube-proxy/app/options"
"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/api/unversioned"
"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/apis/componentconfig"
"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/kubelet/qos"
)
func TestProxyConfig(t *testing.T) {
// This is a snapshot of the default config
// If the default changes (new fields are added, or default values change), we want to know
// Once we've reacted to the changes appropriately in buildKubeProxyConfig(), update this expected default to match the new upstream defaults
oomScoreAdj := qos.KubeProxyOOMScoreAdj
ipTablesMasqueratebit := 14
expectedDefaultConfig := &proxyoptions.ProxyServerConfig{
KubeProxyConfiguration: componentconfig.KubeProxyConfiguration{
BindAddress: "0.0.0.0",
HealthzPort: 10249,
HealthzBindAddress: "127.0.0.1",
OOMScoreAdj: &oomScoreAdj,
ResourceContainer: "/kube-proxy",
IPTablesSyncPeriod: unversioned.Duration{Duration: 30 * time.Second},
// from k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/kube-proxy/app/options/options.go
// defaults to 14.
IPTablesMasqueradeBit: &ipTablesMasqueratebit,
UDPIdleTimeout: unversioned.Duration{Duration: 250 * time.Millisecond},
ConntrackMax: 256 * 1024, // 4x default (64k)
ConntrackTCPEstablishedTimeout: unversioned.Duration{Duration: 86400 * time.Second}, // 1 day (1/5 default)
},
ConfigSyncPeriod: 15 * time.Minute,
KubeAPIQPS: 5.0,
KubeAPIBurst: 10,
}
actualDefaultConfig := proxyoptions.NewProxyConfig()
if !reflect.DeepEqual(expectedDefaultConfig, actualDefaultConfig) {
t.Errorf("Default kube proxy config has changed. Adjust buildKubeProxyConfig() as needed to disable or make use of additions.")
t.Logf("Expected default config:\n%#v\n\n", expectedDefaultConfig)
t.Logf("Actual default config:\n%#v\n\n", actualDefaultConfig)
}
}
| {
"redpajama_set_name": "RedPajamaGithub"
} |
PM blames states for gas shortage 'crisis'
By Rebekah IsonAAP
Thu, 9 March 2017 4:40PM
Malcolm Turnbull it set to convene an urgent meeting of gas company bosses to address what he's labelled an "energy crisis" following warnings of widespread national power shortages next year.
The Australian Energy Market Operator in a new report has warned of gas and electricity shortfalls if there was no new development to support more gas-powered electricity generation.
That's unless energy supply was boosted by increasing coal-fired generation and renewable energy output, combined with gas production and the possibility of LNG exporters redirecting a small portion of their production to the domestic market, the regulator said.
The prime minister says the revelations are "very concerning" and he'll be holding an urgent meeting of chief executives of east coast gas companies to find out how they plan to help their customers.
"We need to have a very serious discussion about how they're going to address this," he told a business summit in Sydney on Thursday.
Many changes were needed in the market to fix the issue, he added.
But the PM laid the blame squarely on the states, mainly Labor governments, saying they were blocking onshore gas resource exploration and development.
"We are facing an energy crisis in Australia because of these restrictions on gas."
Mr Turnbull cited past climate change modelling that had assumed a switch from coal to gas at vastly lower prices and greater availability than today.
"We are now facing a scarcity of gas driven by politics.
"On a continent filled with gas we are paying around three times for gas as another firm would in the United States."
Lock the Gate national co-ordinator Phil Laird said the meeting was a "slap in the face for farmers who are having their land and water ruined by big gas companies".
He said "siding" with gas companies over farmers was not the way to fix energy problems.
"Instead of holding an exclusive meeting with big gas companies, the prime minister should be meeting with farmers to discuss the damage this industry is doing, and with renewable energy companies, which hold the answer to our energy problems," he said.
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Nestled in the Berkshire Mountains, Stephentown is a great spot to launch an Upstate New York excursion. Cherry Plain State Park and Jiminy Peak are within 10 miles of town and offer outdoor activities including hiking, fishing, zip lining, and more. Whether you're a foodie sampling the local fare or outdoor adventure seeker looking for your next thrill, Stephentown has something for you.
The Disc Jam Music Festival is a fusion of a music festival and disc golf tournament which will take place June 8-11 at Gardner's Farm, just outside of Stephentown. It will feature more than 50 bands and music performers on four stages, performing music from a variety of genres. Multiple disc golfing tournaments will also take place including Professional, Amateur, Women's, and Mixed Doubles divisions, with a variety of prizes for the top finishers. A food and vendor marketplace will offer some great meals options and the chance to purchase unique art and handmade items. Patrons will also have access to yoga seminars, art exhibitions, workshops, and more. Those planning on bringing their entire family will love the various kid's activities and vibrant visual arts performances. We got the opportunity to interview Tony Scavone, Founder of the event, to learn about this fusion of disc golf and great music.
TS: Disc Jam Music Festival is entering its 7th year in 2017. In the past few years, we've had between 2,000 and 3,000 attendees over the course of the four-day festival. We aim to attract live music fans, funk lovers, and disc golf enthusiasts, to our multi-dimensional festival. What makes Disc Jam unique is the focus on music, arts, and disc golf while creating a smooth vibe that welcomes fans of all ages.
TS: On a typical day, fans of all ages can enjoy yoga workshops, art displays, craft and food vendors, 18 hole disc golf course in the woods, and live music from noon until the wee hours of the morning. Disc Jam provides a variety of activities for all fans to enjoy, and a unique setting nestled in the foothills of the Berkshire Mountains.
TS: Local hotels in the Stephentown area offer a variety of amenities, and the Berkshires offer a great selection of B & B's. Typically though, fans camp or stay in an RV at the festival grounds during the weekend.
TS: The festival welcomes fans from across New York State and all of New England, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The economy of Stephentown benefits from the additional patronage at hotels, restaurants, gas stations, and convenience stores. There is typically ample lodging as most camp or RV at the event.
We donate a percentage of ticket sales to the local volunteer fire and EMS departments. We also give disc golf discs to the local elementary school's physical education department and work with Strangers Helping Strangers, a 501(c)(3) charity organization that conducts a food drive for the local church that services the needy in town.
TS: Our festival is perfect for fans of live music and disc golf. It features a welcoming atmosphere, and it's an exciting way to kick off summer. The event's unique character, combined with its lineup of funk, jam, soul, and electronic music, results in a one-of-a-kind event that's ideal for the entire family.
For more information about the Disc Jam Music Festival, please visit the event website. | {
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Michel Barnier has told Theresa May to make her mind up about what Britain wants from its future relationship with the EU and explain why the bloc should grant an extension to the Brexit talks before a Thursday summit in Brussels.
The EU's chief Brexit negotiator warned Britain and the EU to prepare for 'no deal' Brexit yesterday before hinting the only way to avoid it would be through a general election or second referendum.
"It is our duty to ask whether this extension would be useful because an extension will be something which would extend uncertainty and uncertainty costs," he said on Tuesday. | {
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Maeton's OT101 Gets Rare Pediatric Disease Designation for Childhood Brain Tumor
by Alejandra Viviescas PhD
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted Rare Pediatric Disease Designation to Mateon's OT101 as a therapy for diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG), a difficult-to-treat brain tumor that affects children.
The designation is designed to accelerate the development of therapies that can improve the management of serious or life-threatening conditions affecting less than 200,000 people in the U.S. and that mainly manifest in children.
"We are excited about this Rare Pediatric Disease designation for our lead anti-brain tumor drug candidate for pediatric DIPG patients who are in urgent need for therapeutic innovations," Vuong Trieu, CEO of Mateon, said in a press release.
"We will continue to build on our pipeline of therapeutics for rare and orphan diseases, including cancers," he said.
Gliomas are a type of brain tumor characterized by a low immune response near the tumor site. OT101 is an immuno-oncology treatment designed to inhibit a protein called transforming growth factor-beta 2 (TGFB2), which inactivates immune cells. By blocking TGFB2 action, OT101 restores the natural immune response against tumor cells and helps the body fight cancer. The therapy also was granted orphan drug designation by the FDA.
A completed Phase 2 trial showed OT101 induced durable responses in adults with recurrent and refractory gliomas. Fatih Uckun, Maeton's chief medical officer, will present results regarding the safety and anti-tumor efficacy of OT101 at the 24th Annual Meeting of the Society for NeuroOncology, to be held Nov. 20-24 in Phoenix.
"The durable objective responses achieved in adult patients with recurrent/refractory high-grade gliomas after treatment with our lead anti-TGF beta2 compound OT-101 contribute to our optimism that new treatment strategies leveraging OT101 may favorably change the therapeutic landscape for difficult-to-treat brain tumors with a very poor prognosis," Uckun said.
"Our recent bioinformatics [based on computer predictions] research has revealed that the TGF beta2 gene product, which is the molecular target for OT101, may serve as a target for immunotherapy in pediatric high-grade gliomas, especially DIPG." This establishes OT101 "as a promising drug candidate in the treatment of pediatric DIPG, an orphan disease with a low survival rate and no established or effective standard of care."
Mateon announced last month that it had reached an agreement to acquire PointR Data, a company that develops artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning technologies for the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries. The acquisition would allow Mateon to develop AI-driven immunotherapies.
"We are working toward integrating artificial intelligence and drug development capabilities under one roof to create a pipeline of therapeutics for the niche market of rare pediatric diseases often ignored by large pharma," said Saran Saund, CEO at PointR.
Tagged Annual Meeting of the Society for NeuroOncology, difficult-to-treat brain tumor, diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG), Maeton, OT101, Rare Pediatric Disease Designation, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
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APAC ranked the second most complex region for business compliance in the world
APAC complexity press release
Annual index by TMF Group ranks 95 countries according to regulatory and compliance regimes
Asia is the second most complex region to do business from a regulatory and compliance perspective, with three countries in the top 10, namely Indonesia (2), China (5) and Thailand (9)
Latin America has been ranked as the most complex region for multinational companies to stay compliant with corporate regulation and legislation, with five countries in the top 10
Asia-Pacific has been ranked the second most complex region for multinationals to comply with corporate regulation and legislation in 2015, according to TMF Group's Global Benchmark Complexity Index.
The far-reaching annual study by TMF Group, a leading global provider of high value business services to clients operating and investing internationally, ranked 95 jurisdictions across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia-Pacific and the Americas according to how complex they are to do business in from a regulatory and compliance perspective. View full report.
Asia's representation amongst the most complex jurisdictions for business compliance has risen since 2014 with three Asian countries in the top 10. Indonesia has risen seven places to rank as the second most complex country to do business with regard to regulation and compliance. Two other Asian countries feature in the top 10, namely China and Thailand in fifth and ninth places respectively. Other countries from the region in the top 20 are Japan (12th), South Korea (14th) and Malaysia (15th).
Commenting on the findings, Paolo Tavolato, Head of Asia Pacific at TMF Group, said: "Due to the wide range of legal systems, regulation and languages spoken throughout the region, it is no surprise that APAC countries feature prominently in the top 20 most complex in the world. The heavy administrative burden and complexity in the regulatory and compliance frameworks can discourage investors and entrepreneurs looking to set up in the region.
"However, we still expect businesses to capitalise on opportunities, as Asia Pacific is experiencing growth and contributing significantly to the world economy. For many companies, the region is too large to ignore. Adequate planning and a firm understanding of local requirements can overcome what at first glance is often seen as a risky venture in an uncertain territory."
According to experts at TMF Group, Indonesia has retained its place in the top 10 most challenging countries for three years running. Whilst in recent years the Indonesian government has made significant progress in improving the country's business environment, the legal system still lags behind its regional peers and suffers from a high level of disjointed government bureaucracy. The government's decision in 2015 to reduce the permit to stay for foreigners to six months has had a particularly negative impact on encouraging doing business in the country. It has caused significant disruption for foreign-owned companies and their senior management, forcing them to leave and then re-enter the country to renew their permits.
China ranked fifth, compared to its 12th place ranking as one of the most complex countries from a regulatory and compliance perspective, in the previous year. The numerous different Chinese provinces with separate regulatory regimes, combined with the variety of different dialects across the country are some of the elements which have continued to contribute to the jurisdiction's red tape. Chinese authorities have sought to simplify the regulatory framework by combining three of the business licenses into a single one and ensuring that two annual submissions are no longer required.
Thailand continues to be included in the top 10, moving up one place to ninth in the ranking. The unstable political environment, together with its highly bureaucratic government infrastructure, has fueled a complicated and challenging business environment in the country. As the situation shows little sign of abating, TMF's experts predict that the country's complexity ranking will not change over the coming year.
The index also reveals some of the region's most welcoming countries for businesses. Hong Kong's free-market economy, combined with a transparent and efficient government infrastructure, places it among some of the least complex jurisdictions, in 89th place. Furthermore, Vietnam has significantly improved its complexity ranking since last year, decreasing its ranking by 30 places to 44th place in the 2015 survey. A number of new trade agreements made during the year have opened up opportunities for the jurisdiction and are supported by internal reforms, such as the new laws on investment and enterprise. The new laws have provided a favourable investment environment for foreign investors in certain targeted sectors, significantly reducing administrative processes and speeding up the applications by foreign enterprises to establish new companies.
At the other end of the spectrum, Ireland (95th) has been ranked as the least complex place to do business from a regulatory and compliance perspective, largely due to its common law framework, stable political environment, strong legal framework and pro-business attitude. Ireland was followed at the bottom of the complexity rankings by the British Virgin Islands (94th), new entrants Latvia (93rd) and Trinidad & Tobago (92nd) and regular high performer New Zealand (91st).
Results summary:
Argentina (1st), Indonesia (2nd) and Colombia (3rd) are ranked as the most complex
Ireland (95th), British Virgin Islands (94th) and Latvia (93rd) are the least complex
Also in the top 10 were the United Arab Emirates (4th) Mexico (6th), Bolivia (7th), Lebanon (8th) and Brazil (10th)
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THE DAY A PIG FELL INTO THE WELL (1996)
Hong Sangsoo
Hong Sangsoo's debut feature is a pithy story of fidelity and fulfilment told across four vexed and disillusioned characters
The 1990s launched the careers of several new wave giant of the Korean director's chair, including this somber but impressive debut outing from Director Hong.
For many directors, the early work can be rough round the edges and technically frayed, but this first offering might be Hong's most formalistic.
Some of the characteristic traits of a Hong film, including that now famous zoom towards the face of characters, were not yet fully developed. This is also a much more drama-filled outing than the gentler meditations on human interactions that were to follow.
There is still that knack for laying bare the human soul, displaying the effects of human obsession and of course, what happens when love and too much soju come into contact.
Our foursome of troubled souls are volatile writer Hyosup (Kim Eui-sung), housewife Bokyung (Lee Eun-kyung) who is having an affair with Hyosup, germophobic businessman Dongwoo (Park Jin-sung) and young cinema ticket taker Minjae (Jo Eun-sook).
Alongside Bokyung, Hyosup is also seeing another girl, but neither offer him fulfilment while he continues to torture himself over the middling success of his writing career. Meanwhile Bokyung sees an opportunity to break the shackles of her dull domestic life through Hyosup.
We meet Dongwoo as he catches a bus to meet a client who he finds himself unable to pin down, leaving him to spend a night away from home where his jealous nature about his wife worsens.
As for Minjae, young and naive, she is placed in an awkward situation when she is asked to put her dignity on the line.
Despite these largely separate lives in the hustle and bustle of Seoul, the characters see their fortunes clashes in darker and more dramatic ways than many later Hong films.
As is often the case in Hong's film, the male characters are selfish, boorish and deeply damaged individuals, with their female counterparts often victims to their toxic behaviour.
There is a bleakness and seriousness that does not flow though Hong's later works, but that focus on human nature and the time we spend together is as present as ever.
Another aspect writ large is the loneliness that someone can feel while walking around a busy city such as Seoul, something which follows around some of our doomed characters here.
There is also a debut outing for another Korean future superstar, with Song Kang-ho (Memories of Murder, Parasite) providing a very brief cameo in the most 90s of ill-fitting suits.
This is the starting point of an important artistic arch for Hong and as far as debuts go, it is a highly accomplished piece of filmmaking from someone who would become one of Korea's most accomplished filmmakers. | {
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Volunteers launched a seeds ball campaign titled "throw and grow" at Margalla Hills in Islamabad today to promote culture of planting trees with internationally recognized easy methods in the country.
The campaign was launched in collaboration with Islamabad Wildlife Management Board.
Managing Director of a foreign company, Tasaddaq Malik told APP that they have so far prepared fifteen thousand to twenty thousand seed balls to be sold to the visitors of margalla hills at nominal price".
He said the campaign received encouraging response as a number of people from various walks of life including civil society, media, business and families living near the trails of margalla hills participated in the campaign.
Tasaddaq Malik said the campaign is aimed at promoting seeds ball scheme in the country as it is considered to be instrumental for rapid plantation and is being followed in many countries. | {
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10 amazing places to reconnect with nature in the NT
07 May 2020 . BY Jennifer Ennion
Last updated . 20 December 2021
With cabin fever the new shared experience, the Northern Territory's sparsely peopled, wonderfully vast spaces are beckoning. Leave your four walls behind and embrace the freedom of the NT's wide open spaces at these 10 destinations.
1. Nitmiluk Gorge
Jaffa-coloured cliffs envelop you as you glide along a mirror-like Katherine River in Nitmiluk (Katherine) Gorge, one of the most remote – and magical – destinations you'll find in the NT. Whether you join a cruise, hire a kayak or hike in to check out the rock art, Nitmiluk will satiate your wanderlust while allaying any social distancing concerns. The gorge is near the outback town of Katherine; the best time to visit is during the dry season, from May to September.
The outback scenery of Nitmiluk (Katherine) Gorge.
2. Kakadu National Park
If you dream of visiting Kakadu, the months immediately after restrictions lift are a great time, as not only will local operators welcome tourism dollars but you're likely to find the park emptier than usual.
That means you can soak up the beauty of the waterfalls by yourself. One of our favourites is Jim Jim Falls, which runs dry in winter allowing travellers to trek a 900-metre trail to a large amphitheatre and two cool plunge pools. The Ubirr rock art galleries and lookout are also a must-see.
The wild and untouched beauty of Kakadu National Park.
3. The Larapinta Trail
One of the toughest and rewarding treks in Australia, the Larapinta is a top choice for those of us with a bad case of cabin fever. The 223-kilometre desert route leads through the West MacDonnell Ranges and takes around 14 days, making it one epic Red Centre adventure.
If you don't have the time or fitness to take on the whole journey, the walk is broken up into 12 more manageable sections. Make the most of the experience by joining fellow hikers on World Expeditions' six-day Classic Larapinta Trek in Comfort tour with semi-permanent campsites.
The epic 223-kilometre Larapinta Trail is a hiker's dream.
4. Longitude 131°
The Northern Territory is home to some special accommodation and one of the standouts is Longitude 131° at Uluru-Kata Tjuta. Scheduled to reopen in September, the luxury camp features 16 tented pavilions with unobstructed views across a desert landscape to "the rock". There's also a restaurant and bar in a central lodge, with all the creature comforts you could want.
Longitude 131's collection of pavilions provide jaw-dropping views of Uluru and Kata Tjuta.
5. Kata Tjuta
Widely known as The Olgas, Kata Tjuta is a big group of domes about 40 kilometres west of Uluru (and actually taller than the monolith).
Seeing the 36 domes by chopper will impress, but if you'd prefer to get up close (or spend less) there are plenty of walks around the base. The Valley of the Winds walk is the pinnacle at 7.4 kilometres; it goes between the domes for a more secluded experience. You can also experience Kata Tjuta on a guided tour with AAT Kings, and there's a dune-viewing area from which to catch sunrise and sunset.
Between the domes of Kata Tjuta on the Valley of the Winds trail. Image Courtesy Tourism NT / Sean Scott
6. Bullo River Station
Experience life on a working cattle station at this stunning property, which spans half a million acres in the East Kimberley. Spend your days working the farm, swimming in waterholes, catching barramundi, admiring Aboriginal rock art, and getting up close to iconic wildlife, including crocodiles and jabiru. As dusk descends, retire to your cosy, contemporary room, watch sunset among the boabs, or enjoy billy tea with other travellers for a standout holiday.
Muster cattle at Bullo River Station.
7. Alice Springs
Alice Springs, in the heart of Australia, may be one of the NT's top destinations but you can escape the tourist buses on a number of day trips. Hot-air ballooning is a sure-fire way to distance yourself while still seeing Alice and the MacDonnell Ranges with Outback Ballooning. You can also join an Alice Springs Mountain Bike Tour with Outback Cycling (all fitness levels are catered for) as well as a camel tour with Pyndan Camel Tracks.
Soar above the majestic MacDonnell Ranges on a hot-air balloon.
8. Karlu Karlu
Reconnect with nature at the otherworldly Karlu Karlu, also known as the Devils Marbles, in the Red Centre. The collection of huge granite boulders are part of Aboriginal Dreamtime (it's believed they're fossilised eggs of the Rainbow Serpent) and are a sight to see when sunset paints the landscape mauve. The boulders are up to six metres in height and can be found an hour's drive south of Tennant Creek.
Karlu Karlu, also known as Devil's Marbles is must-see on your journey.
9. Kings Canyon
With sandstone walls soaring almost 300 metres skyward, Kings Canyon, in Watarrka National Park, is the kind of place you'll want to, metaphorically, get lost in.
For serious post-ban fitness, tackle the six-kilometre Canyon Rim Walk (about three to four hours) that leads to the supernatural sandstone landscape known as the Lost City, as well as the Garden of Eden waterhole (for admiring, not swimming). It's a tough walk so be sure to set out early to beat the heat.
Kings Canyon in Wattarka National Park has a number of spectacular scenic flight options.
10. Tiwi Islands Retreat
Our final recommendation for a socially distanced holiday is the Tiwi Islands and in particular the Tiwi Island Retreat. A true remote island experience with access to some of the best fishing and Aboriginal art the beachfront retreat is fast becoming a hero experience of the NT and Australia.
The view from the Tiwi Islands won't leave you soon.
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Anchusella ist eine Pflanzengattung, die zur Familie der Raublattgewächse (Boraginaceae) gehört. Sie ist mit nur zwei Arten im zentralöstlichen Mittelmeerraum vertreten.
Beschreibung
Vegetative Merkmale
Die Anchusella-Arten sind einjährige, krautige Pflanzen. Die oberirdischen Pflanzenteile besitzen eine striegelige Behaarung. Die bis zu 50 Zentimeter langen Stängel sind niederliegend-aufsteigend bis aufsteigend, selten aufrecht.
Die borstig behaarten Grundblätter sind zur Blütezeit oft vertrocknet. Die ungestielten, nach oben zunehmend kleineren Stängelblätter sind dreieckig-eiförmig, geschweift gezähnt und ebenfalls borstenhaarig mit durchsichtigen, steifen Trichomen, die am Grund eine weißliche Verdickung besitzen und vor allem entlang der Spreitenränder und der Blattadern verteilt sind.
Generative Merkmale
Der endständige, unverzweigte Blütenstand ist ein vielblütiger Doppelwickel. Die 1 bis 3 mm lang gestielten Blüten stehen in den Achseln eiförmiger, zugespitzter, borstig behaarter, oft purpurn überlaufener Tragblätter, die im unteren Teil des Blütenstandes zur Blütezeit die halbe Länge des Kelches erreichen und sich bis zur Fruchtreife auf 7 bis 8 mm verlängern.
Die zwittrigen Blüten sind fünfzählig mit doppelter Blütenhülle. Die fünf Kelchblätter sind nur an ihrer Basis verwachsen. Die fünf borstenhaarigen, purpurfarben überlaufenen Kelchzipfel sind bei einer Länge von 6 bis 8,5 Millimetern schmal dreieckig. Die zygomorphe Krone besteht aus einer geraden bis schwach gekrümmten, 6 bis 7 mm langen Röhre und einem schief stehenden Saum mit ungleichen, 6 bis 8 mm langen Kronzipfeln. Die Kronröhre weist fünf behaarte Schlundschuppen auf.
Das Androeceum besteht aus drei verkümmerten Staminodien und zwei großen fruchtbaren Staubblättern, die auf der Ventralseite im oberen Teil der Kronröhre ansitzen und den Grund der Schlundschuppen erreichen. Die Staubfäden sind am Grund zusammengedrückt und verbreitert. Die 1,5 bis 1,7 mm langen, hellvioletten Staubbeutel sind mit ihrem oberen Drittel an den Staubfäden eingefügt.
Der gynobasische, am Grund der Klausen stehende Griffel ist schwach gebogen und endet in einer zusammengedrückten Narbe, die aus zwei schief gestutzten, mehr oder weniger spitzen, mit Papillen dicht bedeckten Lappen besteht. Die Klausenfrucht zerfällt in vier mit einzelligen Papillen bedeckte Teilfrüchte, deren Ansatzstelle nur einen dünnen Rand aufweist.
Beide Arten sind diploid mit einer Chromosomenzahl von 2n = 16.
Systematik und Verbreitung
Die Gattung Anchusella gehört zur Tribus Boragineae in der Unterfamilie Boraginoideae innerhalb der Familie der Raublattgewächse (Boraginaceae). Die beiden ursprünglich zu Lycopsis oder in eine weit gefasste Gattung Anchusa gestellten Arten wurden 1965 von Werner Greuter innerhalb Anchusa als Untergattung Rivinia abgetrennt.
Auf der Grundlage mikro- und makromorphologischer Untersuchungen, deren Ergebnisse im Einklang mit später erfolgten molekularsystematischen Untersuchungen stehen, erhielten sie 1997 von Massimo Bigazzi, Enio Nardi und Frederico Selvi den Rang einer Gattung Anchusella.
Die nur zwei Arten mit ihrer Verbreitung:
Kretische Ochsenzunge (Anchusella cretica , Syn.: Anchusa cretica ): Sie kommt in Italien und entlang der Küsten des Adriatischen Meeres und des Ionischen Meeres an der Westseite der Balkanhalbinsel von Istrien bis zum südlichen Peloponnes vor.
Bunte Ochsenzunge (Anchusella variegata , Syn.: Anchusa variegata ): Sie kommt endemisch im südlichen Griechenland mit Schwerpunkten in Attika, auf dem Peloponnes, in West-Kreta und auf den westlichen Kykladen, im Norden an der Ionischen Küste bis Korfu, im Ägäischen Meer bis zur Nordküste, auf den Ostägäischen Inseln auf den Inseln Kalymnos und Leros vor.
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deVere Group to shake-up banking sector with e-money app: deVere Vault
Banking as we know it is finished, affirms the boss of one of the world's largest independent financial advisory organisations, as his firm today enters the fintech sector.
The comments by Nigel Green, founder and CEO of deVere Group, come as he launches deVere Vault, a global e-money app.
The announcement follows pushes ever further into the banking sector for deVere. In the last two months, it has launched its own private bank and has received an investment banking licence.
The commencement of deVere Vault has been facilitated by deVere receiving its own e-money banking licence.
Nigel Green, founder and CEO of deVere comments: "The launch of our challenger bank, deVere Vault, is the latest move to provide expat clients a comprehensive, global service. Personal advice with digital solutions is what people need in today's world".
"deVere Vault, a low-cost, app-only e-money service, has been driven by demand from internationally-mobile individuals, globally-focused firms and expats. They want to access, manage and use their money instantly and seamlessly wherever they are in the world".
"For these people and firms, plus the broader key 18-45 year-old demographic worldwide, it is now normal to do everything on their mobile or tablet. Increasingly, this is also extending to their day-to-day financial requirements".
"It is a trend that is only set to gain momentum moving forward. I believe the days of traditional banking are numbered. This is due to the speed with which banking information can be accessed and transactions made via app-only services. Such money apps are growing in popularity due to this high level of convenience, increased security, and as people become ever-more tech-savvy".
Mr Green goes on to say: "Initially, deVere Vault will provide global services in electronic money and a single card, multi currency service. Focusing on those with an international lifestyle, we will also ensure that the best currency exchange ratios are given".
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Some Code That I Have Written
The Importance of NoScript's Surrogate Scripts
The tradeoff between security and convenience is one that users often face when browsing the web. Those who prefer security at the expense of convenience would prefer to use the Firefox extension called NoScript, which is an extension whose name emphasizes the measures it takes to secure the browser. There are those who would say that the measures that NoScript takes in making Firefox a more secure browser are too excessive, as it blocks all scripts that are not whitelisted. Much web page content is blocked by NoScript until whitelisted. And that can be quite inconvenient, as users of my Greasemonkey script that works with embedded YouTube videos have noted on a few occasions. Some pages actually may not function correctly at all when sites such as Yieldmanager.com are blocked by NoScript. As some users do not want to have to choose between allowing all scripts that a page uses and not having the page function correctly, an attempt at solving this issue is implemented in the more recent versions of NoScript. Newer versions of NoScript replace some blocked scripts with scripts that are known as surrogate scripts.
These surrogate scripts handle the situations in which 3rd party scripts from sites such as Yieldmanager.com look for page content that is blocked by NoScript. These surrogate scripts cause pages to be more likely to be error-free by replacing blocked scripts with similar scripts. Some concerned "non-geeks" have wanted to know if these surrogate scripts send any data to 3rd party sites. However, those who have viewed and understand the source code in these scripts can assure these individuals that these scripts simply try to prevent web pages from being broken. There are some users of NoScript who had previously found that some pages were broken unless scripts from sites such as Yieldmanager.com were allowed. I found that when scripts from Yieldmanager.com were blocked, pages on Imageshack.us appeared to be broken. However, these pages did not appear to be broken when the surrogate script for Yieldmanager.com was used. I have also found that these surrogate scripts cut down on the clutter that appears in the error console, as there would be fewer errors on pages when these surrogate scripts are used.
Users who have used the more recent versions of NoScript may have used these surrogate scripts without even knowing that they used them. However, there are those who might want to more easily configure these scripts. At this time, there is no user interface for configuration of surrogate scripts, because as NoScript author Giorgio Maone says, those who would configure these scripts and options regarding them would likely not need one. Still, a UI would be convenient, as adjustments to configuration settings may sometimes be necessary. One might want to more easily adjust which sites use surrogate scripts and which ones do not. Also, one might want to be informed when sites are using these surrogate scripts. In fact, I decided to make a few adjustments to surrogate scripts so that they would display information that says surrogate scripts are being used right on these pages where they are used.
I wanted to know when the surrogate script for code from YieldManager.com was being used. So I added a JavaScript alert statement to the surrogate script for YieldManager.com to determine this. As those who are familiar with JavaScript know, that statement would make a pop-up window appear when that script is executed. I then decided to make that code more complex by adding code to it that would execute when the page is finished loading so that text would be added directly to pages to indicate that this surrogate script is being used with these pages. However, it would be preferable for information on when these scripts are being used to instead be in the browser UI.
Users of the web may always need to choose between security and convenience. The newer versions of NoScript make it so that less convenience would need to be sacrificed for improved security. Still, it would be more convenient for there to be a UI to work with these surrogate scripts used by NoScript. However, it is good to know that the decision to choose security over convenience when browsing the web now seems to be a less difficult one to make.
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issues disaster declaration for 23 counties amid worst flooding on record
by Nicholas Salgado on August 26, 2022
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On Tuesday, the governor of Texas, Greg Abbott signed a state disaster declaration for 23 counties in Texas after the Dallas-Fort Worth area experienced the city's second worst rainstorm and flooding on record.
During the storm, certain parts of Dallas-Fort Worth saw more than 10 inches of rainfall with flooded streets and homes in what Abbott called, "an extraordinary challenge." The storm took the life of a 60-year-old woman who died when her car was swept away by the flood.
Appearing in Dallas at a news conference, Abbott was upfront with the damage the storm had on the city, saying more than 100 homes were damaged by the storm.
According to KEYE Austin, the state responded with 11 Texas A&M Task Force water boat squads, tactical marine units from the Department of Public Safety, and a search-and-rescue team from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
The Chief of the Texas Division of Emergency Management, Nim Kidd, praised the quick response: "15 inches in a five-hour period, with very little advance warning. The worst appears to be over, he added, though he warned there is still plenty of water out."
This disaster declaration will free up the states resources for the citizens who were impacted by the storm, this will also include counties outside the Dallas area and also El Paso County. Some parts of Texas have been experiencing extreme droughts for the past few months, though this week's rainfall is not expected to end the drought to speak of.
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Oregon had a total of one sack during back-to-back losses at Washington State and Arizona.
The Ducks had just one sack again Saturday, but it became the play that seemed to seal a 42-21 win over UCLA at Autzen Stadium.
Oregon led 21-7 midway through the third quarter when Travis Dye was stuffed on fourth-and-one to give UCLA the ball at its own 47-yard line. On the next play, Justin Hollins sacked Dorian Thompson-Robinson and forced a fumble that the UO linebacker later recovered at the UCLA 7-yard line.
Four plays after Hollins' strip sack and recovery, Oregon scored to take a 28-7 lead.
Hollins' hit knocked Thompson-Robinson out of the game after he completed 9-of-23 passes for 135 yards and one touchdown with one interception. The true freshman was replaced by grad transfer Wilton Speight, who went 13-for-25 for 147 yards and a touchdown.
"When they made the change we knew they would try to take more shots so we had to tighten the defense," Oregon safety Jevon Holland said.
UCLA's two quarterbacks combined for 297 passing yards while completing 46.9 percent of their passes. Hollins had the only sack, marking the fourth straight game that Oregon had one sack or less.
Defensive lineman Austin Faoliu returned after missing last week with an injury to tie for fourth on the team with six tackles against the Bruins.
Two of UCLA's three touchdowns came on blown coverage when Caleb Wilson got open for a 63-yard touchdown catch in the second quarter and Theo Howard scored on an 11-yard catch in the fourth quarter.
UCLA had 496 yards compared to 492 for the Ducks as Joshua Kelley ran for 161 yards on 26 carries. UCLA ran for 199 yards, an average of 5.2 per carry.
UCLA had three touchdowns while the other 11 drives ended with five punts, three turnovers, two failed fourth-down conversions and one missed field goal.
UCLA drove to Oregon's 14-yard line on its second possession when Holland intercepted Thompson-Robinson in the end zone.
Holland's fourth interception broke a tie with Ugochukwu Amadi and Deommodore Lenoir for the team lead, prompting sophomore cornerback Thomas Graham to interrupt Holland's postgame interview with a question.
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Broadway in Bryant Park Kicks Off July 11
Broadway fans can get a taste of the Great White Way for free this summer with "Broadway in Bryant Park", a series of outdoor lunchtime concerts performed in midtown Manhattan's Bryant Park. The concerts will be held at 12:30pm each Thursday from July 11 through August 15 on the Bryant Park Stage (6th Avenue, btwn 40th and 42nd streets). Hosted by personalities from radio's Lite FM, "Broadway in Bryant Park" will feature performances from cast members of many Broadway and Off-Broaday musicals. Stars from a number of Broadway and Off-Broadway plays will serve as co-hosts. So far the "Broadway in Bryant Park" line-up is as follows: July 11: Cinderella; Pippin; iLuminate: Artist of Light; and Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 July 18: Chicago, The Phantom of the Opera, Sistas the Musical, and F#%cking Up Everything July 25: Avenue Q, Rock of Ages, Soul Doctor, Murder Ballad, and the Gazillion Bubble Show August 1: Kinky Boots, Spiderman, Let It Be, Big Fish, and First Date August 8: Wicked, Annie, The Fantasticks, and Cougar the Musical August 15: Motown, Once, Forever Tango, and Mamma Mia! | {
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Rajapaksa Power In A Castrated State
By Tisaranee Gunasekara –
"For five years now, we have enjoyed absolute freedom." – President Mahinda Rajapaksa[i]
Some pictures say it all[ii].
Rohitha Rajapaksa is President Mahinda Rajapaksa's youngest son. He is not a parliamentarian, a provincial councillor or even a Pradesheeya Sabha member. He is not a public official, an academic or any other professional.
So what is he doing in the official Lankan delegation which met Indian Prime Minister Modi during the Kathmandu SAARC summit?
As The Sunday Times reported, India at this meeting was represented by her Prime Minister and other heavyweights such as External Affairs Minister, National Security Advisor, Foreign Secretary and Ministry Spokesman/Joint Secretary[iii]. (Incidentally, but significantly, the Indian team included one Sikh and one Muslim while the Lankan side consisted of just Sinhalese). Sri Lanka was represented by her President, External Affairs Minister, Monitoring MP of Foreign Ministry, Foreign Secretary and the President's youngest son.
The picture demonstrates the state of the Lankan state after nine years of Rajapaksa rule. It also foretells the future awaiting the Lankan state if the Rajapaksas win this election.
Rohitha Rajapaksa was the second in line to be introduced to PM Modi, after Minister GL Peiris. Lankan Foreign Secretary did not even get a handshake from the Indian PM[iv] – a stark illustration of how humiliatingly low the once excellent Lankan Foreign Service has fallen.
The issue is not that Rohitha Rajapaksa hitched a plane-ride with his presidential father at public expense. Politicians everywhere have always engaged in such unethical practices – and always will. If the youngest presidential offspring engaged in a shopping-spree in Kathmandu (or some other legal private-pursuit) it would have been utterly unremarkable. (After all, according to the young man himself, he loves shopping: "I shop everywhere, anything that fits perfect will be purchased, price and name does not matter"[v].) The issue is his inclusion in the official Lankan delegation which met the Indian PM – and the primacy accorded to him, in gross violation of all protocol. After all, Rohitha Rajapaksa is just the President's son. But in Rajapaksa Sri Lanka, that kinship ranks above every other position, qualification and capacity.
In a presidential-election ad, President Rajapaksa proclaims, "What I value firstly is my motherland; secondly also my motherland; thirdly also my motherland. It must be the same for you and the entire nation".
In actuality, what President Rajapaksa values firstly, secondly and thirdly is familial-power. And he wants the entire nation to accept that prioritisation as the only correct and patriotic one. This election is all about keeping, by whatever means necessary, the enormous and arbitrary powers he and his family have amassed since 2005.
In another presidential-election ad, President Rajapaksa proclaims, 'For five years now we have enjoyed absolute freedom'. Indeed, for five years they, the Rajapaksas, have 'enjoyed absolute freedom', at national expense. They have enjoyed the freedom to treat the country as their fiefdom, the state as their private preserve and the treasury as their pocket-book. The inclusion of Rohitha Rajapaksa in the official Lankan delegation is one more result of this 'absolute freedom' the Rajapaksas are enjoying, untrammelled by laws, traditions, protocols, intelligence, basic commonsense, decency or a sense of shame.
Rohitha Rajapaksa was once asked what his 'prefect day' would be. His answer was, "Wake up and workout with my girlfriend and friends, finish my work, have the freedom to face the rest of the day, watching movies and riding bikes and end it with a good dinner with all my friends"[vi].
This unintelligent layabout was placed third in an official Lankan delegation. Do we need any other evidence to understand the crippled nature of the Lankan state? Do we need any other proof that the Rajapaksas must not be given a third term?
Political families enjoy political power – but it is generally unofficial and behind-the-scenes. This is so not just in democracies but even in functional non-democracies. Sri Lanka is obviously a glaring exception to this sensible rule.
Those SLFPers who have opted to support the Rajapaksas should take a good look at the picture. It foretells the utterly servile future which awaits them, if the Siblings win this election.
In the above-mentioned interview Rohitha Rajapaksa was asked how he would describe himself in two words: and the answer was 'Just Right'.
Imagine a Sri Lanka run by these Baby Docs!
Is that the future we want?
Anti-Meritocracy
After the bloody defeat of the second JVP insurgency, President Ranasinghe Premadasa appointed the Youth Commission to study the causes of Southern unrest. The Commission identified politicised recruitment to the public sector as a major cause of youth disaffection and recommended the institution of a merit-based system of recruitment via a competitive exam.
President Premadasa promptly implemented the recommendation. That system survived until the Rajapaksas came to power.
The Siblings' aim was a state which was a fiefdom, run by Rajapaksa servants. The merit-based recruitment system was an impediment to that goal. Therefore it was replaced with the viva system, so that kith/kin can be favoured over those who excel at competitive exams. The JVP, which was still a Rajapaksa-ally, aired its objections at a Financial Consultative Committee meeting. President Rajapaksa reportedly responded by saying that he has to look after those who helped him electorally and politically. He asked the JVP to forward its own list!
That change was an early indication of where Sri Lanka was headed under Rajapaksa rule.
Bad habits and practices are easier to institute and harder to efface.
Recently, Minister of Women's Affairs and Child Development tried to introduce a law enabling rapists to escape prosecution by marrying their victims. A similar law in Morocco was abolished after a girl who was compelled to marry her rapist committed suicide. Many conservative Moroccans defended this unjust law, on grounds of religion and tradition – without realising that the law had nothing to with Islam, but was introduced by French colonialists, based on a similar law in France (which was repealed only in 1994)![vii]
If the Rajapaksas win this election, the inclusion of presidential offspring in official Lankan delegations will become a standard practice. Most Lankans will become habituated to it, and forget this was unthinkable before the Rajapaksas overran the state.
Seif al-Islam, Muammar Gaddafi's heir-apparent got himself a degree from the LSE, via a donation of 1.5million sterling pounds[viii]. Dynasty-building fathers generally use public funds to gild their drossy-offspring. The gilded-offspring are then introduced to the nation as stars.
In Libya the ruse worked for a while. According to a 2010 Wikileaks cable, "…young Libyan contacts had reported that Seif al-Islam is the 'hope' of 'Libya of Tomorrow', with men in their twenties saying that they aspire to be like Seif and think he is the right person to run the country"[ix].
If the Rajapaksas win this election, someday soon, Lankan youth will regard the three Baby Docs as role models, worthy of emulation.
Defeating the Rajapaksas is not a panacea for all ills. But if they are not defeated on Jan. 8th, the cancer of intolerance, abuse and impunity will sicken supporters and opponents alike, and lead Sri Lanka to a Libya-like morass.
[i] The caption in a presidential election newspaper ad.
[ii] http://delhinewsagency.com/strong-foundation-for-prosperous-saarc-needed-to-secure-south-asia/
[iii] http://www.sundaytimes.lk/141207/columns/a-hole-in-this-politicos-bucket-of-tears-131418.html
[iv] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0W_u7NzaL3Y
[v] http://life.dailymirror.lk/article/5024/rohitha
[vi] Ibid
[vii]http://www.salon.com/2014/01/24/morocco_amends_law_allowing_rapists_to_walk_free_if_they_marry_their_victims/
[viii] http://www.theguardian.com/education/2011/nov/30/gaddafi-donation-lse-bribes-inquiry
[ix] New York Times – 22.2.2011
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Murugan / December 12, 2014
Okay, in my opinion actually I am reminded of a line from "The Histories" which says something like sometimes tyranny is preferable to democracy.
If you look at TNA and Tamil politics actually Tamils are able to manage fair elections in the provincial council. Even despite this still the harsh reality is that Wigneswaran was controlled by a foreign service and Sampanathan just by looking at current elections is sometimes coming wittingly or unwittingly under influence of a foreign service. Tamils had to humbly not allow popular will to put in the natural candidate because this may have been to "provokative" in the first round.
For Sinhalese, there is not really democracy, and this is in an open sense. And you are complaining that one person always wins and nobody can come up. But if you ask me, Sinhalese will just be in a similar situation like Tamils found themselves in and your President will be somebody preselected by a foreign service. So in my view Sinhalese are better off with Rajapaksa who has basically achieved centralization of power. Tamils have managed to overcome foreign services by maintaining off the books power, and committees whatever. SInhalese are unable to come to historic necessity in this kind of structure and therefore only tyranny will due. Also tyranny helps keep in check unnecessary tribal sentiment during centrifugal periods like elections.
Until Sinhalese are able to contain foreign influenced in their elections, as seen in the opposition candidate getting some award from Harvard and CBK living in London and having millions or billions in money. If you can't even put up a normal opposition that isn't a puppet then just accept Rajapaksa as your president.
Also, this please remember that there are still at least elections. Most tyranny doesn't have fair elections. And I believe that elections in UVA were rigged against the incumbent to facilitate a revolution. You still have the basics of democracy but the people clearly prefer tyranny in Colombo and Kandy.
Shiro / December 12, 2014
What an embarrassing panel from Sri Lanka. We should have a panel with some credibility and standing to represent us. We do not need to display the fact that there is nepotism in our country, and that the President has close to him, thugs and murderers. We know all this, but really, doesn't rajapaksa have the brains to not flaunt it, nor advertise that fact?
Looks like Rohitha is being groomed for some prestigious role in the third rajapaksa term. If there is no vacant post (since many are being given as rewards to defectors), young Rohitha might be given a newly manufactured title. We can only imagine the monetary benefits of that title.
crazyoldmansl / December 12, 2014
What is important that INDIA did this. Mahinda will win. India will make sure he wins. Have you forgotten what happened last time? India has convinced the world that only Mahinda can deliver what is required, more highways, a new railway, water management systems, agricultural systems in the east for Japan, the sri lankan segment of the trans asian highway and all the rest.
Waran / December 13, 2014
I fully endorse what Tisaranee Gunasekara has written in this article. It is now up to the Sinhala people to understand the truth and vote against him. If people still unable to understand the realities then they are digging their own grave. Nothing more to add except that all citizens of Srilanka should wake up and be vigilant when casting their votes. Hope people have some common sense and no need to pawn their brains for emotions that is being stirred up by false claims! Is he the only patriot? A bandit who is swindling the state coffers for his family.
Ram / December 13, 2014
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IGGY POP Joins HOTEI for New Single/Video "Walking Through The Night"
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Japanese superstar HOTEI has just released the video for his new single "Walking Through The Night," which features the iconic IGGY POP on vocals. SPIN premiered the video today here.
The video follows a man's nocturnal journey through the seedy back streets of Tokyo, lured by the bright lights of temptation. Stunningly filmed and featuring shots of Iggy Pop and footage of Hotei, the video is a gloriously evocative taste of Hotei's homeland that chimes with the snarling lyrics.
Iggy explains his inspiration for the track; "I tried to put myself on a late night brightly lit Shinjuku street, feeling alone, sexually vulnerable and a little bit angry… a little bit horny…" GUITAR WORLD premiered an exclusive interview of Iggy discussing working with Hotei which can be seen here.
The track is taken from the album Strangers which was released in the U.S. in July 2016 through Spinefarm Records and is Hotei's first international release. The album features an array of guests including Emigrate/Rammstein's Richard Z. Kruspe, Bullet For My Valentine's Matt Tuck, Noko from UK electronic band pioneers Apollo 440, and acclaimed Texan singer Shea Seger, alongside the godfather of punk, Iggy Pop.
"Walking Through The Night" also features long-time live fan favorite "Power" as the B-Side to the release. Only recently recorded for the first time in the studio, "Power" also comes with an accompanying video of him performing the song to a sold-out crowd of 10,000 people at the Yoyogi Gymnasium, Tokyo. WATCH 'POWER' HERE
2016 also marks Hotei's 35th anniversary in music and to celebrate this milestone, Hotei has been touring Japan extensively including over 50 live dates ranging from intimate club shows, to a free open-air concert in his hometown in front of 25,000 fans and will be ending the year with his 31st performance at the Budokan in Tokyo on December 30, with a very special fan request show.
Not one to rest on his laurels, Hotei has been focusing on his international career and this year sold-out his first-ever LA show at the legendary Troubadour, and the Highline Ballroom in New York. He also guested on Italian rock star Zucchero's latest album and performed with him recently in Verona and at the Royal Albert Hall.
Heralded by Time Out as "iconic", and a genuine superstar in his native Japan where he has sold more than 40 million records, Hotei is best known internationally for his Kill Bill theme "Battle Without Honor or Humanity" and is sought-after as a collaborator both in the studio and on stage.
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Q: Color legend does not show color in geom_pictogram I am trying to create a waffle plot with 3 different informations: pictograms, colors and facets.
When I use geom_waffle, everything works (though for this question, I haven't made the plot very pretty, sorry). But when I use geom_pictogram and replace the fill parameter by the label parameter in the aesthetic, the color in the legend does not appear anymore.
any help much appreciated
I've tried explicitly to use guides, the limits argument in scale_color_manual, but nothing works.
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fig3gout <- data.frame(value=c(30,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,50,
30,20,2,3,0,0,0,0,0,45,
35,15,6,4,5,3,3,2,0,27,
38,12,10,15,6,4,4,3,0,8),
phase=rep(c("Baseline","Deploying a","Deploying b and c","Consolidation"),each=10),
improvement=rep(c(rep("none",2),rep("a",2),rep("b",2),rep("c",2),rep("undiagnosed",2)),4),
measure=rep(c("treated","diagnosed"),20))
fig3gout$phase <- factor(fig3gout$phase,levels=c("Baseline","Deploying a","Deploying b and c","Consolidation"),ordered=T)
fig3gout$improvement <- factor(fig3gout$improvement,levels=c("none","a","b","c","undiagnosed"))
fig3gout$measure <- factor(fig3gout$measure,levels=c("treated","diagnosed"))
waffle code:
library(ggplot)
library(waffle)
ggplot(data=fig3gout,aes(values=value,fill=measure))+
geom_waffle(size = 2.5, n_rows = 10, flip = TRUE,aes(color=improvement))+
scale_fill_manual(values=c(1,2))+
scale_color_manual(name=NULL,values=c("#873600",
"#28B463",
"#7D3C98",
"#EC7063",
"#F0F3F4"),
labels=c("Baseline","QI a","QI b","QI c","undiagnosed")) +
facet_wrap(~phase,nrow=1,strip.position="bottom")+
coord_equal() +
theme_minimal() +
theme(panel.grid = element_blank(),
panel.spacing=unit(-.2,"cm",data=NULL),
axis.text=element_blank(),
axis.ticks=element_blank(),
legend.title=element_blank(),
legend.position = c("top"),
legend.box="vertical",
legend.box.just = "top",
legend.key.size = unit(1,units="cm"),
legend.margin = margin(2, 2, 6, 6))
geom_waffle image
pictogram code
ggplot(data=fig3gout,aes(values=value,label=measure))+
geom_pictogram(size = 2.5, n_rows = 10, flip = TRUE,aes(color=improvement))+
scale_label_pictogram(name=NULL,
values=c(diagnosed="user-plus",treated="user"))+
scale_color_manual(name=NULL,values=c("#873600",
"#28B463",
"#7D3C98",
"#EC7063",
"#F0F3F4"),
labels=c("Baseline","QI a","QI b","QI c","undiagnosed")) +
facet_wrap(~phase,nrow=1,strip.position="bottom")+
coord_equal() +
theme_minimal() +
theme(panel.grid = element_blank(),
panel.spacing=unit(-.2,"cm",data=NULL),
axis.text=element_blank(),
axis.ticks=element_blank(),
legend.title=element_blank(),
legend.position = c("top"),
legend.box="vertical",
legend.box.just = "top",
legend.key.size = unit(1,units="cm"),
legend.margin = margin(2, 2, 6, 6))
geom_pictogram image
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SNP MP: The one UK Labour leader we would fear is Jeremy Corbyn
Corbyn a well known anti-war activist
SNP MP Angus MacNeil has said that the one candidate for the leader of the UK Labour party that the nationalists would fear if he was to get the top job is the left-winger Jeremy Corbyn, but that it is highly unlikely that he will win.
Corbyn is the most left-wing of Labour's four leadership candidates, and has surprised many commentators by garnering serious support from within the party for his challenge.
MacNeil, speaking to Total Politics in a wide-ranging interview, was asked which candidate would give the SNP sleepless nights, and replied: "The one guy we'd feel has the most to sort that, who has got the courage and the vision is… Jeremy Corbyn. But he's never going to get it, so we don't fear any of them, as a result of that.
"You know, not for the SNP, for people of England to have a genuine choice, I'd like to see Jeremy Corbyn win it."
MacNeil, who is the chair of the UK Parliament's energy and climate change committee, added that Andy Burnham would be the "media friendly" choice, but that he expected the new Labour leader, whoever it was, to make the same mistakes as those before him or her.
"One thing you can say about Labour is if they can find a way to throw it away, they will," he added.
Corbyn has been backed by the UK's biggest trade union, Unite, with leader Len McCluskey saying that the union had already signed up 50,000 affiliate members who can vote in the leadership race since the candidacies were announced. The vast majority are likely to back Corbyn.
"They try and rubbish it, they try to turn it into a joke, but secretly they will be worried sick that ordinary people are suddenly given something to inspire them and something to link onto," McCluskey said.
Corbyn, who is well known for his anti-war activism, also has the second highest number of Labour branches backing him after Andy Burnham, and would be expected to shift the party to an anti-austerity position if he became leader.
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by harford | @ | September 27, 2018 1:43 pm
Harford County Public Library offers numerous resources to those interested in researching family history
While October is National Family History Month, Harford County Public Library offers a myriad of resources year round to those researching their genealogy. All the resources are available by visiting a library or logging onto hcplonline.org, except where noted.
Two new resources include Fold3 distributed by ProQuest. Fold3 Library Edition by Ancestry provides access to a growing collection of U.S. military records, including stories, photos and personal documents of men and women who served in the armed forces. Fold 3 Library Edition contains millions of records from world-class archives, many of which are exclusively available on Fold 3.
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Other genealogy research resources offered by Harford County Public Library include Ancestry Library Edition, Heritage Quest Online, ProQuest Historical U.S. Newspapers and Gale Genealogy Connect.
Harford County Public Library is also an affiliate library for FamilySearch, a program with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, that houses a catalog of 2.4 million rolls of microfilmed genealogical resources worldwide. This enhanced digital content is available only by using public computers at the Bel Air Library.
For more information about additional genealogy resources, including online research databases, visit the library website hcplonline.org/genealogy.php.
Harford County Public Library offers ongoing genealogy discussion groups. The Havre de Grace Library group meets the first Monday of the month at 6:30 p.m. At the Joppa Library, the genealogy discussion group gathers on the third Tuesday of the month at 6 p.m. A group at the Whiteford Library meets on the first Thursday of the month at 6 p.m.
Several genealogy programs are being offered in October. They include a program on beginning genealogy research October 9 from 6:30 to 7:45 p.m. at the Fallston Library; Baltimore genealogy group meeting at the Jarrettsville Library October 18 and November 15 from 6 to 8 p.m.; and a "genealogy lock-in" October 19 at the Whiteford Library from 5:30 to 11 p.m. and at the Joppa Library on October 26 from 5 to 10 p.m. For a full listing of events, visit the library website hcplonline.org.
Additionally, the Maryland Room at the Bel Air Library houses an array of genealogy and local research materials in addition to Harford County's Living Treasures Oral History Collection.
"The resources Harford County Public Library provides its customers who are researching their genealogy are outstanding," said Mary Hastler, CEO. "Our customers can access databases wherever it's convenient for them, whether it be in the library, at home or another location. We offer monthly discussion groups and other activities for those researching their family tree. Genealogy is a popular topic among the library's customers."
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Is access to finance holding back business and industry in Melbourne's west? VU researcher Andrew van Hulten wants to find out.
Dr van Hulten will draw a map of the financial infrastructure of Melbourne's west as the first stage of his Postdoctoral Research Fellowship funded by the university last year. He then plans to survey and interview financiers and businesses to ascertain how and to whom credit is extended.
In the final part of his three-year project, Dr van Hulten will explore whether access to finance has become more acute with the gathering economic slowdown and whether policy responses may be necessary.
"Internationally, economists and geographers have spent much time trying to explain why some regions are centres of innovation and economic growth - such as Silicon Valley in the US - while others lag behind," he says.
"Researchers often attribute a particular region's relative lack of success to low levels of education or its firms having few connections to the world economy. This project explores another possibility; that some regions may be constrained by inadequate access to private sector finance.
"These types of issues have received limited academic attention in Australia. Western Melbourne is an interesting place to explore these issues given the region's diverse ethnic make-up and the industrial composition of its economy."
Dr van Hulten's research has been funded by VU as part of its innovative Postdoctoral Research Fellowships program, which aims to build the university's research output and to support outstanding early career researchers.
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The Goodbye Lenin Delusion
Kristian Niemietz
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The movie Good Bye Lenin! tells the story of a woman from East Berlin, Christiane Kerner, who falls into a coma just before the fall of the Berlin Wall, and wakes up again just before Reunification. She thus misses out on all the crucial historical events that take place in the meantime, and is completely unaware of them when she wakes up. As far as she is concerned, the Berlin Wall still stands, the hammer-and-compass banner still blows over the Palace of the Republic, the Young Pioneers still sing songs about the glory of socialism, and the government still boasts about the over-fulfilment of the latest Five-Year-Plan.
And her son Alex decides to keep it that way.
He fears that his mother, a staunch socialist, would be greatly upset about the loss of "her" GDR, and wants to wait until she is ready for it. The family pretends that everything is as it was before.
Since Mrs Kerner cannot go outside, this is initially easy enough. But as snippets of reality intrude (for example, a Coca Cola advert that Mrs Kerner can see from her window), Alex needs to find ways of explaining them. This makes his plot more complicated.
When Mrs Kerner tells them that she wants to watch the news, this creates a problem. If they switched on the TV, she would immediately notice that something smells fishy. So Alex starts filming his own video tapes, imitating the format of the Aktuelle Kamera (the GDR's newscast), and plays them to his mother.
This turns out to be a game changer. Alex's self-made "fake news" gives him control over the narrative. He does not just reanimate the GDR as it actually was. He changes it. He turns it into the kind of country that he would have wanted it to be. Alex's fictitious GDR becomes a more open, relaxed, and liberal country than the real GDR ever was. Or, to use the words that Alex puts into the mouth of one of his fictitious statesmen:
"We know that our country is not perfect. But the ideals we believe in continue to inspire large numbers of people all around the world. Maybe we have sometimes lost sight of them. But we have recollected ourselves. Socialism – that doesn't mean walling yourself in. Socialism means approaching our fellow man. […] I have therefore decided to open up the borders of the GDR."
It would be wrong to say that Good Bye Lenin! romanticises the GDR. It doesn't. It is quite negative – which is to say, truthful – in its portrayal of the GDR as it actually was. I suspect Seumas Milne would not like it. It shows the police brutality. It alludes to how the system wore people down if they did not toe the party line. And it does give a glimpse of how far the East was behind the West, in terms of living standards. But the movie's underlying assumption is that the GDR was founded on noble ideals, and that it could have been a completely different country.
What is remarkable is how little Alex needs to change in order to transform a repressive, economically unsuccessful police state into a thriving, open society. All it takes is a bit of soul-searching, a return to the ideals of an imagined 'golden age', the removal of a few hardliners at the top, 'better people' in charge – and the job is done. In this view, there is nothing inherent in socialism that makes it prone to authoritarianism and economic failure. There is no particular reason why the GDR turned out the way it did. Its elites had simply 'lost sight' of their ideals, a bit like Ebenezer Scrooge in Dickens' Christmas Carol. They would need an overnight visit from the ghosts of Marx, Engels and Rosa Luxemburg, and all would be well.
If this is all so easy, though, one wonders why nobody ever gets it right. There have been more two dozen attempts to build a socialist society. No matter where they started from, and despite all the differences between them, ultimately, they all ended up in a similar place. It is not for a lack of trying.
But the idea that we just need to try it one more time, and that all it takes is a few minor tweaks, does not go away. We might dub it the Goodbye Lenin Delusion. It is a delusion, because it was not a coincidence that the GDR (not to mention other socialist countries; the GDR was very far from being the worst example) was the way it was. Authoritarianism and economic failure are in the very DNA of socialism. They are features, not bugs – irrespective of the motives of its proponents. It is not enough to put 'nicer people' in charge, or to add attributes like 'socialism with a human face' or '21st-century socialism'. Socialism is beyond repair.
But the idea that it could easily be repaired, and that we are just one attempt away from working out how, continues to haunt us. A year before the movie was released, a survey found that 82% of East Germans agreed with the statement that "socialism is a good idea, which has just been badly implemented [in the GDR]". Thus, Alex's alternate GDR will have seemed plausible to many viewers. Judging from recent surveys, it would also seem plausible to most Brits.
We can see examples of the Goodbye Lenin Delusion in the writings of prominent New York Times and Guardian journalists, and in the work of some of the world's most prominent intellectuals. We can see it in the way Venezuelamania has given way to Venezuelamnesia so quickly.
The Goodbye Lenin Delusion is all around us. Just like there is something in the DNA of socialism that makes it prone to authoritarianism and economic failure, there also seems to be something in our DNA that means that we just cannot bring ourselves to give up on it.
Recommended reading/watching:
'"But that wasn't REAL socialism"' by Kristian Niemietz
'Seumas Milne on East Germany: Historical revisionism at its worst' by Kristian Niemietz
'Cuba after Castro: Democratisation as the next stage of the revolution? Not happening, Comrade Jones' by Kristian Niemietz
'Has "real" socialism ever been tried?' -IEA video
Head of Political Economy
Dr Kristian Niemietz is the IEA's Head of Political Economy. Kristian studied Economics at the Humboldt Universität zu Berlin and the Universidad de Salamanca, graduating in 2007 as Diplom-Volkswirt (≈MSc in Economics). During his studies, he interned at the Central Bank of Bolivia (2004), the National Statistics Office of Paraguay (2005), and at the IEA (2006). He also studied Political Economy at King's College London, graduating in 2013 with a PhD. Kristian previously worked as a Research Fellow at the Berlin-based Institute for Free Enterprise (IUF), and taught Economics at King's College London. He is the author of the books "Socialism: The Failed Idea That Never Dies" (2019), "Universal Healthcare Without The NHS" (2016), "Redefining The Poverty Debate" (2012) and "A New Understanding of Poverty" (2011).
2 thoughts on "The Goodbye Lenin Delusion"
benjamin weenen
Posted 08/10/2017 at 14:52 | Permalink
Unfortunately both the left and right in politics confuse neo-feudalism for capitalism and free markets for fair, efficient ones. The resultant excessive inequalities and economic dysfunction makes socialism an inevitable response.
This serves the agenda of both left and right very well in stifling debate and maintaining a stranglehold on power. A symbiosis that's causing untold harm in the world.
Mikhail Ramendik
Well, sauce for the goose, sauce for the gander. We can also look at all historical ways of building *capitalism* and consider what they brought, now can't we? And we'll get the same "this was not REAL" (capitalism, anarcho-capitalism, whatever). The biggest one is the theory that the Great Depression was "not real capitalism" despite coming up under the Republican Hoover and despite being the result of decades of entrenched capitalist interests in the United States. Compared to actual American Capitalism, some libertarian (and related) claims look a lot like a form of Trotskyism – "noble ideas and degradation" exactly! Ayn Rand as a new Trotsky, sounds fun.
There is also an analogy to the way Venezuelomania gave way to Venezuelomnesia on the other side. In libertarian/ancap circles Somalimania gave way to Somalimnesia. What happened there was the logical result of anarcho-capitalism – in the absence of a state, the group that could create the most united and coordinated force of coercion became the new state, unencumbered by the centuries of evolution ot states, and therefore quite brutal. But it seems that nobody who praised Somali's alleged achievenemts in mobile telecommunications will look at the country now.
I'm not defending Socialism here, just showing the same applies to Capitalism.
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Totalitarian Incantations: Late Modernity's Radical Manifestations
By E. Kyle Richey
Once pegged as special, a citizen, even if accepting sterilization, dropped out of history. He ceased, in effect, to be part of mankind. And yet persons here and there declined to migrate; that, even to those involved, constituted a perplexing irrationality. Logically, every regular should have emigrated already. Perhaps, deformed as it was, Earth remained familiar, to be clung to. Or possibly the nonemigrant imagined that the tent of dust would deplete itself finally. In any case thousands of individuals remained, most of them constellated in urban areas where they could physically see one another, take heart at their mutual presence. Those appeared to be the relatively sane ones. And, in dubious addition to them, occasional peculiar entities remained in the virtually abandoned suburbs. — Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
History is rift with zealous idealist demented by their cause, their purpose, their reason for existence however unrealistic or distorted or false. Now once again they have successfully seized power, but this time on a global scale at a point when society has become interdependent to a fault. Science and technology, religion and philosophy, higher education and the workforce are all being highjacked to obscure even the transience of life into barriers of opposition and final judgement. Today it is the far-left: Radical feminists, LGBTQ activists, Queer theorists, Postmodernist, and Critical Race Theorists who adumbrate context, meaning, and purpose for their Identity driven nomenclature under a quasi-socialism; a merging of corporate and state, the real deep state, in the name of their religion, social justice, in order to recreate what humanity thinks, says, and does.
It comes at an exasperating cost on humanity and it all comes from a well of desire to break free—the psyche. Late Modernity has spawned a permanent spirt of emancipation of postmodernism that deconstructs and liberates to the point that it is now inconceivable for the radicalized to not equate between the demands of liberation with that of an ensuing conflict between "good and evil" "us versus them" "they or them" attitude. They no longer recognize that their causes now enslave everyone including themselves. Blinded by identity Politics, a bubble within the brew of totalitarian reality, humanity is now caught within a perpetual state that modernity birthed and late modernity is only beginning to see its awakening after generations experienced it rather vicariously.
Benito Mussolini argued that Fascism was foremost a spiritual exercise of the will of man to rise up and overcome:
"Fascism sees in the world not only those superficial, material aspects in which man appears as an individual, standing by himself, self-centered, subject to natural law which instinctively urges him toward a life of selfish momentary pleasure; it see not only the individual but that nation and the country; individuals and generations bound together by a moral law, with common traditions and a mission which suppressing the instinct for life closed in a brief circle of pleasure, builds up a higher line, founded on duty, a life free from the limitations of time and space, in which the individual, by self-sacrifice, the renunciation of self-interest, by death itself, can achieve that purely spiritual existence in which his value as a man consists." (Fascism: Doctrine and Institutions, 1932)
Third-way politics, most notably Fascism, was perturbed by a leftist communalism from communist and capitalistic individualism. For Mussolini the concept of the State could override both by making it—the State—the sole proprietor of Adoration and Judgement; King and God; Lord and Master. Heaven and Earth were now the sanctuary of the mighty State to preserve the corrupted foundation of the Homo-Sapien.
Leftist politics also looks to the State through means of socialism and communism in order to free the masses, as Karl Marx remarked "to develop in greater spiritual freedom, a people must break their bondage to their bodily needs – they must cease to be the slaves of the body. They must, above all, have time at their disposal for spiritual creative activity and spiritual enjoyment" (Wages of Labour). Redistribute wealth, turn the privately owned into public hands, erase race and class warfare through a great equalization, and provide material good and services from free healthcare to free housing.
Radicals all march to their own heavenly drum of a utopia never too far off away.
Conflict creates the enigma necessary to achieve this spiritual hunger within the inner belly of male and female. Vanquish thy enemy, achieve victory. Myth has an essential role regardless of ideological sway. Rene Girard argued that the innerness of mankind, the myths that bind us, are a making of the violent for which the sacred is conjured. Roger Scruton in his book, The Soul of the World, explains that for Girard "scapegoating is society's way of re-creating "difference" and so restoring itself. By uniting against the scapegoat, people are released from their rivalries and reconciled" (p.19). Radical ideologies mimic religions through similar ritualization, creeds, works, and demands on society. Myth and fact are dizzyingly intertwined to contextualize an oppressed and the oppressor. David W. Shenk, author of Global Gods, argues that sometimes ideologies become the new gods including Marxism and Capitalism:
[M]arxism provided a program for the unification of the entire global community within one universal philosophy and political system. Its competitor has been capitalism, which also claims to be the ideal good capable of saving the global community from poverty. These dual ideologies and systems tended toward absolutism which gave them an aura of godlikeness as powerful as the ancient and unchallengeable Marduk of Babylon or the god-king, Pharaoh, of Egypt (p.34).
That duality of conflict is essential to understand. What I am arguing is that Modernity produced this perpetual state of conflict that has now morphed into a monster all together its own totalitarianism—a crony woke capitalism; neoliberalism; corporatism. The latest of spiritual awakenings intertwined to that of secularism and secularity; a projection of religion but the kind found within Fascism as described in an 1925 anonymous article published in a magazine for Italian fascist outside of Italy:
Reasoning does not communicate, emotion does. Reasoning convinces, it does not attract. Blood is stronger than syllogisms. Science claims to explain away miracles, but in the eyes of the crowd the miracle remains: it seduces and creates converts (Fascist Mysticism, Italian Fasci Abroad, Roger Griffin pp 54-55).
What socialism offers is a materialistic promise for a very material world. Conversely, capitalism offers materialistic hope. Hope is ethereal in nature, it requires great dedication. Promises though are tangible, they are material through in through. In an age that disavows Scripture, the material becomes ethereal. Ironically, socialism is more materialistic than capitalism because of its promises provide means and resources through goods and services. Nothing other than hope can be offered by capitalism. One must earn their land and fortunes. Crony capitalism however has distorted this hope as corporations and banks and private institutions run amok with government institutions. Corporations now utilize the State to their benefit on a globalist scale like never before in human history. What was once considered communal or sacred are blurred by the privatized and the secularized. Nothing is as it once was. Not even nature is safe. Nor is Capitalism. All that was once capitalist is increasingly untrustworthy due to an array of factors outside of its original intended design. Boundaries are continually being broken by technology, multinationals, global elites, and the beast we know as the Leviathan. Out of fear and misfortune the promises of socialism have never appeared better to billions of people starving for a promise of recognition and social justice.
After World War 1, the economist Ludwig von Mises sought to explain a deeply rooted problem within modernity, "the socialist idea dominates the modern spirit. The masses approve of it. It expresses the thoughts and feelings of all; it has set its seal upon our time" (Mises 1922, Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis, p. 15). Part of the modern spirit is the belief that the mighty individual deserves whatever it is they desire. This is Nietzsche "last man." Modernity's incantation of liberalism, capitalism, secularism, and socialism ultimately produced a society that sought the easy rather than the good life, the mundane instead of the truly spiritual and virtuous life; all the while demanding treasures once only belonging to kings, queens, and heroes. Nietzsche and C.S. Lewis share similar tones in their description over this last, much weaker human. "Men without chests" according to Lewis or "Hallowed chests" according to Nietzsche are descriptives of a culture lacking in virtue and honor, imagination and enterprise. It is the same side of the coin of greediness. Greed is not simply a capitalistic vice, but part of the DNA of mankind including the Marxist offshoot of Neo-marxism.
Admittedly much has occurred since Ludwig wrote those words, but wisdom has a way of redeeming itself through the actions of mankind. Take further Mises conception of Socialism:
According to the Marxist conception, one's social condition determines one's way of thought. His membership of a social class decides what views a writer will express. He is not able to grow out of his class or to free his thoughts from the prescriptions of his class interests. Thus the possibility of a general science which is valid for all men, whatever their class, is contested… Thus Marxism protects itself against all unwelcome criticism… Marx and Engels never tried to refute their opponents with argument. They insulted, ridiculed, derided, slandered, and traduced them, and in the use of these methods their followers are not less expert. Their polemic is directed never against the argument of the opponent, but always against his person. Few have been able to withstand such tactics (pp. 18-19).
This is equally true today of identity politics and postmodernism found in far-left minded groups and political organizations. Any form of opposition is pitted against being called sexist, racist, or diagnosed a Munchausen syndrome by proxy all of which seek to demean rather than provide substantive debate. Free speech has become hate speech by proxy of the groups feeling an inkling of disagreement. Words are being made meaningless; a girl is a boy as a boy is a girl and disagreeing means hate. Scales of privilege were formulated to weigh this new public morality. Higher education perfected these privilege scales of justice that now doctors must obey, students must profess, and corporations will enforce. Disobedience currently results in losing jobs and public humiliation. Yet if history is correct much worse will come. For now society will begin to be put under the restrictions of what I have titled as Progressive Pseudo Dominari of Terms, Ideas, and Practices: A Lexicon of Postmodern Irreality and Oppression. That long-winded title is partly to jest, yet sadly intentional concerning the dominari aspect. Ruling over mankind is a corporate culture mindset found in institutions of higher education, hospitals, governments, and businesses who have adopted these new set of rules. For now with little detail provided some of the terminology in which I am speaking of are cultural appropriation, microaggressions, gender pronouns, white fragility, inclusion, and diversity.
Out of this ill toward different viewpoints, the malaise of modernity created polarization. Unchecked polarization brewed the extremism now found in late modernity. Globalism under late modernity converged and diverged hundreds of belief systems creating a calamity of ideas. Unbeknownst or not, atheists and christians, liberals and conservatives, rich and poor are all finding themselves under a new umbrella concerning the ideas and practices of this age.
Take a look at the Cultural Marxist Movement of Black Lives Matter (now deleted) manifesto:
The Black Lives Matter Global Network is as powerful as it is because of our membership, our partners, our supporters, our staff, and you. Our continued commitment to liberation for all Black people means we are continuing the work of our ancestors and fighting for our collective freedom because it is our duty. Every day, we recommit to healing ourselves and each other, and to co-creating alongside comrades, allies, and family a culture where each person feels seen, heard, and supported. We acknowledge, respect, and celebrate differences and commonalities. We work vigorously for freedom and justice for Black people and, by extension, all people. We intentionally build and nurture a beloved community that is bonded together through a beautiful struggle that is restorative, not depleting. We are unapologetically Black in our positioning. In affirming that Black Lives Matter, we need not qualify our position. To love and desire freedom and justice for ourselves is a prerequisite for wanting the same for others. We see ourselves as part of the global Black family, and we are aware of the different ways we are impacted or privileged as Black people who exist in different parts of the world. We are guided by the fact that all Black lives matter, regardless of actual or perceived sexual identity, gender identity, gender expression, economic status, ability, disability, religious beliefs or disbeliefs, immigration status, or location. We make space for transgender brothers and sisters to participate and lead.
We are self-reflexive and do the work required to dismantle cisgender privilege and uplift Black trans folk, especially Black trans women who continue to be disproportionately impacted by trans-antagonistic violence. We build a space that affirms Black women and is free from sexism, misogyny, and environments in which men are centered. We practice empathy. We engage comrades with the intent to learn about and connect with their contexts. We make our spaces family-friendly and enable parents to fully participate with their children. We dismantle the patriarchal practice that requires mothers to work "double shifts" so that they can mother in private even as they participate in public justice work. We disrupt the Western-prescribed nuclear family structure requirement by supporting each other as extended families and "villages" that collectively care for one another, especially our children, to the degree that mothers, parents, and children are comfortable. We foster a queer‐affirming network. When we gather, we do so with the intention of freeing ourselves from the tight grip of heteronormative thinking, or rather, the belief that all in the world are heterosexual (unless s/he or they disclose otherwise). We cultivate an intergenerational and communal network free from ageism. We believe that all people, regardless of age, show up with the capacity to lead and learn (Black Lives Matter, What We Believe)
BLM, Mussolini, Karl Marx—they are not all the same by any means but they do all have this innate drive to exterminate the "enemy" at large that systemically oppresses their ability to engage fully all that life has in-store for their résistance à la révolution.
Late modernity symbolize's the archetype of a tyrant. Disturbingly tyranny comes in many forms concerning the new coming age. Hence statism, corporatism, and globalism as actors to this effect. Each of these institutions push a similar agenda onto the masses. Employees, citizens, or subjects must use gender pronouns, check their microaggressions, and obey the golden rule of Inclusiveness, Diversity, and Equity! It is no wonder that Jordan Peterson, Stephen Hicks, and James Lindsey see links between Marxism and Postmodernism because the lines have all blurred. And soon we will all become nothing more than blank citizens awaiting an opportunity to be free, for the tent of dust to disappear once more.
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Foundations: What We Stand On
(A Declaration)
Truth In Focus started as a blog to share ideas, peer into American culture, and establish principles by which to follow in life that look beyond the mere political lines of left versus right but established on Christianity first and Conservatism secondly; a place for faith and principles; theology and philosophy. That commitment not only remains, it is emboldened at a time when the world "does what is right in their own eyes" (Judges 17:6, ESV). Faith has always been important, however, our faith could never be more important at time when political leaders, multinational corporations, billionaire globalists, and radicals of either leftist or right political persuasion who seek to topple goodness and faithfulness and righteousness for their own sake. History does repeat itself and it does so through a single source, human-nature.
Man may proclaim they are above and beyond pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, wrath, and sloth; however human nature and human history demonstrate an entirely different story. Today injustice and irrationality thrusts the United States of America and the Western World into a spiral, yet based on whose justice and which rationality, as Alasdair MacIntyre titled his 1988 book.
Our Christian Faith
Here at Truth In Focus that answer begins and ends with Scripture by support of the Universal Christian Church and Philosophy as her handmaiden. While there may be no perfect answers to every cause or issue, there are a plethora of sources that Christians and Conservatives can obtain in working towards a better and brighter future with people of all races and backgrounds. A sacred place of common ground. For Christians, such a common ground begins and ends with Jesus Christ alone at the center.
There can be no compromise in terms of Jesus Christ as established by the Apostles Creed and the Nicene Creed:
I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord,
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit
and born of the virgin Mary.
He suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried;
he descended to hell.
The third day he rose again from the dead.
He ascended to heaven
and is seated at the right hand of God the Father almighty.
From there he will come to judge the living and the dead.
We believe in one God,
the Father, the Almighty,
maker of heaven and earth,
of all that is, seen and unseen.
We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ,
the only Son of God,
eternally begotten of the Father,
God from God, Light from Light,
true God from true God,
begotten, not made,
of one Being with the Father.
Through him all things were made.
For us and for our salvation
he came down from heaven:
by the power of the Holy Spirit
he became incarnate from the Virgin Mary,
and was made man.
For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate;
he suffered death and was buried.
On the third day he rose again
in accordance with the Scriptures;
he ascended into heaven
and is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead,
and his kingdom will have no end.
We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life,
who proceeds from the Father and the Son.
With the Father and the Son he is worshiped and glorified.
He has spoken through the Prophets.
We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church.
We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.
We look for the resurrection of the dead,
and the life of the world to come. Amen
Indeed there are a great many creeds, confessions, and statements that make Christianity and Christian History rich in study and practice. Learning the The Thirty-Nine Articles of Religion (1571), The Westminster Confession (1646), or the London Baptist Confession of Faith (1689) demonstrate our similarities and differences. This is not a weak advocating that all Christian churches are the same because they are not. Simplistically, accounting for great doctrinal differences without deep detail, the Christian faith can be described in one essence as Catholic, Orthodox, Lutheran, Reformed, Arminian, or Anglican. While these historical differences exist and cannot go ignored, there is a real sense that Christianity must be a faith as Christ intended His Church to always be: a Sacred Body with Christ as the Head, that stands on dogmas and doctrines, working through our differences, proclaiming Christ Alone through His Grace Alone by means of faith and repentance, upholding eternal biblical truths, and critiquing the culture by ultimately pointing to Jesus Christ.
As they relate to each other in coequal First Principles of the Christian Faith: Affirming the death, resurrection, ascension, and return of Jesus Christ; that Christ died for the sins of the world and only through Him can a person be saved through faith/repentance to enter the Kingdom of Heaven; and affirming the truth of the Triunity of God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. Without these affirmations there is no Christianity. Christ is Lord or there is no faith, church, or a foundation to build upon as Christians (1 Corinthians 15: 12-34).
Our Conservative Philosophy
Either there is a philosophy established on truth, reality, and virtue or there is nothing. Anchors therefore are discovered and maintained to build such a structure. Conservatism is that philosophy under the context of what I call Primitive Conservatism:
A form of conservative thought detached from a particular time or place, but rather seeking to incarnate eternal principles discovered throughout all human history. It values the rights of individuals through the understanding that liberty and freedom are not detached from principles that uphold their stability. In order to maintain individual rights there are required responsibilities and encouraged responsibilities laid upon citizens, institutions, and governments alike. No society on earth lacks responsibilities rather fewer societies openly acknowledge the necessity of holding society toward standards choosing instead a lesser form of liberty. Primitive Conservatism seeks to frame and structure responsibilities into laws, norms, and mores. Virtue is its primal source. Liberty is a living structure that requires constant care. Specifically, primitive conservatism is concerned with three areas pertaining to the survival of liberty at large: Morality, Justice, and Dignity.
Under no circumstances does philosophy triumph faith rather it assists to construct where Scripture and Theology are silent, unclear, or in need of further structuring . The Christian faith pronounces the underlying determinations of morality, justice, and dignity; it structures virtue versus vices. Nothing can come without God.
More progressive, liberal, and libertarian minded individuals may find themselves conservative under these circumstances once they grasp the value of its philosophical though surely imperfect discourse. Humility is the first of many virtues, nothing good is gained from pride for "[o]nly by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom" (Proverbs 13:10, KJV). Even Warren Buffett quotes the Book of Proverbs in his Buffet reports (annuals and letters). Why? Because Lady Wisdom has a source. Another acknowledgement, there are no "races" but the human race (Acts 17:26), an ideal Darwin himself sought to confirm through Evolution in respect of persons, yet neither Darwin nor Christianity ignore the trials and tribulations of different cultures or ethnicities or races. A Primitive Conservative holds to that same standard of belief. We can reject differences without rejecting the human-being, for example, a person may freely reject all religious beliefs (an Atheist) without necessarily rejecting the entirety of personhood. No one will always believe equally but they can be held to an equal respect as a human life created by God. Granted nothing comes easy from such discourse as it requires hard thinking and real restitution. Hence the value and principles of Justice, Morality, and Dignity. Liberty must be watered by virtue. True philosophy demands thinking hard and faith in Christ requires holiness from imperfect beings. A mystery worthy of embrace.
Tradition, Faith, Imagination, and Reason are pillars of conservative minds yet hardly the only institutions of established belief. Since the time of Plato (and prior but one has to start somewhere) questions concerning justice and morality have been considered essential to a societies livelihood. Over the centuries the question of justice has been centralized or trivialized; Thomas Sowell wrote, The Quest for Cosmic Justice (1996), argues that attempts to achieve justice too often results in injustice. Perplexing and a reminder that no perfect justice can be achieved on this side of heaven. At best humanity can consider the deep complexity of matters at hand while holding firm to proven methods of easing concerns.
Dignity has entered the modern lexicon as a central theme by legal thinkers and political activism at the turn of the 20th century out of reaction to horrific events. Modernity forewarned internal dilemmas of freedom and totalitarianism as Nazi Germany and Stalin's Communist Russia arose to power threatening the entire globe, clear distinctions now but saviors at their insurrection points. Yet today totalitarian desire remains as Hannah Arendt (Philosopher) analyzed:
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction (i.e., the reality of experience) and the distinction between true and false (i.e., the standards of thought) no longer exist (The Origins of Totalitarianism 1976, p. 172).
Modern American culture suffers these preset delusions as the lines of reality blur further and further into nonexistence. Distinctions turn extinct at the risk of unraveling all that is human, nature, and God. Technology and science are purported in late modernity as saviors for a Secular Age. Mammon is worshiped at the altar of the global economy served ferociously with hopes of maintaining a decaying decadence while people suffer, reality distorts, and the environment both the natural world and cultures decline. Meaning and purpose are in shambles.
Our Promise, Our Purpose
In light of human events the only right recourse is to build a set of institutions that seek truth over lies, reality instead of irreality, and virtue rather than the unvirtuous life. That is where Truth In Focus (TIR) comes in. A statement of principle that purposes itself on a foundation of truth; a voice for the voiceless and a defense of the defenseless based on the Christian Faith and Conservative philosophical principles. Nothing could be more important at this time.
TIR Stands On Five Pillars:
We are obligated to the truth regardless of the individual or institution in question. Truth stationed in the Christian Faith and Conservative Principles.
We support principles over politics; people over profits; and the practical over the utopian.
Society is at the mercy of Multinational Corporations, Powerful Institutions, Big Pharma, and Big Government who serve at the seat of Crony Capitalism and Woke Socialism; TIR serves neither and seeks to bring the powerful into the light regardless of their political leanings.
Rebuilding the Community is essential but under the understanding of a Republic; a nation and a people who respects a virtueous individualism rooted in God, Family, and Country. TIR supports Federalism (the Rights of States), the Rule of Law, the Constitution, and a Living Liberty ingrained in virtue.
Knowledge, Meaning, Purpose, and Reality are at risk; TIR serves to be a place that inquires facts over emotions to establish real meaning and purpose in the lives of our readers. Presently the globalized world is captured by a hyperreality of biased journalism, deep fakes, unsubstantiated science, and technological sedation. Therefore, we seek to break these trends for the sake of rebuilding the Good Life.
Future articles will be using these principles as guides for our readers; Food Politics, Black America, Rights to Privacy, Constitutional Issues, Corporatism, Christ & Culture; Theology; Women & Society, Men & Society; Indigenous Groups; and The Family are only a few topics that will be Our Focus at Truth In Focus.
So the question is now on you, the reader, will you join us? If so, sign-up to our email list, share TIR, like our articles, and join our groups.
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Virtue By Decree
(Insight Series)
A Preliminary
Virtue may not seem an obvious topic to discuss in our post-American, post-Christian, post-Liberal, and post-Western state; virtue might even appear meaningless or useless to a people preparing for whatever wave of turmoil comes next or welcoming the awaited changes. But it is my hope to convince readers that virtue is of societal value (legally, politically, and economically) for those who desire goodness and faithfulness; honor and truth; respect and justice; law and peace. Virtue does not provide eternal salvation, only through Christ is that achieved (John 14:4; Romans 10:9; Matthew 28:16-20), but virtue is a valuable means and end for Christians and non-Christians, Conservatives and non-Conservatives alike.
Pastor and theologian Timothy Keller wrote an article promoting his recent book, How to Reach the West Again (2020), and in that article from The Gospel Coalition Keller wrote in his introduction:
We are entering a new era in which there is not only no social benefit to being Christian, but an actual social cost. In many places, culture is becoming increasingly hostile toward faith, and beliefs in God, truth, sin, and the afterlife are disappearing in more and more people. Now, culture is producing people for whom Christianity is not only offensive, but incomprehensible.
– Keller (2020), How to Reach the West (Again)
As the world turns from material hopes and dreams toward material promises to escape the harshness of the world, the material world increasingly becomes the only means of escape for even the so-called spiritual. Unless pre-modern traditions and institutions of faith from the Monotheistic to the Polytheistic are central to a society, the DNA of its people, overtime societies forgo their "old ways" or their "old gods" for a new set of ways and a new set of gods. The gods never disappear as Christians understand that we are what we worship:
No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money (Luke 16:13).
For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. Claiming to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things (Rom. 1: 21-23).
It is here where Christian's receive the term, "Virtuous Pagan," the claim of moral similarities found between cultures. Aquinas for example understood the distinction between charity for the sake of charity and the Christian distinction to be charitable as Christ was giving and kind and gracious. This is why even Protestants, Catholics, and Orthodox can work with entirely different faiths on causes that are set on a common good. Our actions speak of our character, just as our words speak of our heart's truest desires (Luke 6:45). What then does Modernity (1500-Present) have to say? How has late modernity (1945-Present) particularly spoken of human culture and society?
Judaeo-Christianity "never did defeat paganism," said feminist scholar Camille Paglia to The Harvard Crimson. Strong words that are completely true. Paganism has never left and is likely the strongest and oldest human root of belief that pervades to this day after the departure from Eden. From God to gods whether pagan or secular, Islam or Hinduism; the faith and beliefs of humanity intertwine between myth and reality in the story of human life including in the moral quest of right and wrong; good and evil; virtuous and unvirtuous.
As I had written once before:
Christians nor Conservatives are strangers to cultural critique including of liberal society (e.g. Capitalism or Free Speech) and upholding standards beyond the relative values of the day. As the conservative thinker Russell Kirk explained, "The pure democrat is the practical atheist; ignoring the divine nature of law and the divine establishment of spiritual hierarchy" (The Conservative Mind, p. 137). A synergy exists between the two over their respect for God and a moral law.
– Get Woke or Get Broke: When Reason Fails to Stand
That "synergy" comes together in the form of an understanding that God created the heavens and the earth; establishing a universal natural law, a set of moral laws that all mankind are to follow regardless of belief.
Virtue by Decree means a set of obligations weighted upon and against all institutions that hold power and authority over a people. And it represents a set of values expected from those institutions. Whether a society upholds any values is dependent upon the willing responsibility of that people. Christians and Conservatives understand that humanity is wholly incapable of always doing good and remaining good. Human nature is corrupt and fallible. Even enforced "common good" principles can quickly turn to evil. Nothing lasts forever. Nevertheless we are called to be a people of virtue and must strive for it.
Why then Virtue? Why this topic now?
As the dividing lines between private and public increasingly ceases due to immense political shifts caused by economic, technological and ecological influences, the Christian faith and Conservative institutions are forced again to reconsider what is true, beautiful, and just beyond the present times. This is a good things for us, though it poses serious consequences and sincere fears.
Neo-liberalism, beyond classical liberal theory of private property and free-markets, is a merging of Corporate and Government, Private and Public powers that have blurred the lines of authority and extinguished the human capacity to live beyond what I call, the Economic Gaze. Now the world worships the god of the Global Economy, a system entirely Too Big To Fail. Make no mistake, companies and governments are turning toward illiberal policies for their own survival. Those beliefs are antithetical to not only Christianity but nearly every conservative thinking or premodern believing faith, ideology, or philosophy; while classical liberalism has morphed beyond its original intent into the present neoliberal order making classical liberal ideology obsolete.
All of the known world is presently in a paradigm shift. From the jungles of the Amazon to the mountains of Nepal. Late Modernity is transforming the world and imprisoning it under an authoritarian mindset. Conflicts rise between countries striving for hegemony as citizens across the seven continents are under the weight of upholding a global economy and the unending, vastly scaling advancement of technology. Planet earth faces ecological consequences of water and food shortages, climate change, disease, and an alarming number of endangered species. Cultures are disappearing at a rapid pace losing whatever identity left. Nation-states are turning into relics as super-national unions continue forward despite setbacks such as Brexit. Although not over, 2020 marks the clear decay on the walls of crony capitalism, broken systems of government, fear politics, fake news, mass conspiracies, dangerous ideologies, and identity politics.
Therefore, I propose that Christendom and Conservative Thinkers must now begin to prepare for a better and brighter future should that future come. To begin a process of structuring what mankind has learned over the centuries, successes and failures, so as to reform or rebuild the crumbling globe before us.
Virtue by Decree is that vision.
Next Time: What Is Virtue?
Seven Virtues by Francesco Pesellino and Workshop
Circe Offering the Cup to Ulysses by John William Waterhouse
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Before heading to play stretch and drink a great deal of water, that is why. Keeping your whole body fit will help you to get the most out of what you can do.
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Try lining the feet up properly. Here is the best tip to assist you to to perfect your golf swing. You need to align your feet perpendicular towards the direction you would like the ball to travel. Checking this really is simple by putting your club up against your toes, as being the club end points in the future direction of your respective ball.
Hone your golfing skills by perfecting your stance. You will have a better opportunity to get maximum distance when you conserve a consistent body position with the swing. In case your slouch goes very far as well as not far enough, after that your ball isn't going to get a great deal of distance out of your shot.
When looking at used clubs, you have to look at the head. Shiny spots often mean the club is overused and worn. An overused club head is less capable of control the ball.
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This story begins with a great tragedy. Yvonne's daughter Gloria was abducted, raped, and beaten to death at age 14, and her case went unsolved for 29 years. But in an unexpected turn of events, Yvonne's prayers were answered for her daughter and other missing girls in her hometown of Cleveland, Ohio.
After her daughter's death, Yvonne spent many sleepless nights. The thought of her daughter's killer still prowling the streets was unbearable. In her despair, she muttered to God, "I don't have a reason to live." But she heard God whisper to her, "Then I will be your reason."
While praying for Gloria's case to be solved, Yvonne became passionate about finding teens that were missing yet possibly alive. Two Cleveland girls named Amanda and Georgina had been missing for 10 years and made a particular impression on her heart. Soon Yvonne began to realize her God-given reason to live. "The Lord started giving me purpose through service to others."
While wide awake one night, Yvonne happened to turn on the Inspiration Ministries Campmeeting program. In faith, she sowed a financial seed of $58 and requested prayer for two specific requests: for her daughter's killer to be arrested and for Amanda and Georgina to be found.
In the following months, Yvonne continued sowing financial seeds to Inspiration Ministries, while asking the Lord for these cases to be solved. Even though she had waited so long, she courageously believed that God would still answer her prayers.
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Within just a few months of partnering with Inspiration Ministries, Yvonne's prayers were miraculously answered. After 29 years, Gloria's killer was arrested!
Then, just a few weeks later, there was a breakthrough on her second prayer request. Ariel Castro—the man who had kidnapped Amanda and Georgina—accidentally left his door unlocked, and they escaped after 10 years in captivity! Within minutes, the girls and two other victims were rescued by police.
Yvonne believes these incredible events were God's divine intervention in answering her prayers after she began partnering with Inspiration Ministries. "It took faith to believe that if I sowed into this ministry, God would answer my prayers," she says. But I know for a fact that Inspiration Ministries played a huge role in these cases being solved. God heard my prayers as I donated to your ministry."
Yvonne is now a nationally known anti-violence activist. Her passion to rescue missing teens has paved the way for her to appear as a guest on the Oprah TV show and receive numerous awards for her work.
Yvonne loves to share how grateful she is to be a partner of Inspiration Ministries. "This experience showed me that if you sow a seed into good ground, God truly will miraculously answer your prayers!"
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What's better than settling down in the pub, getting a pint in your hand and spending the day watching some seriously gripping Test Match cricket? Not a lot! Plenty of the best sports bars have cricket on all day but as far as we're concerned, play is best enjoyed in the pub, especially during The Ashes. That said, cricket's not a massive pub sport these days so save yourself from strolling around searching for pubs showing cricket and take a look at our recommendations below. This summer is huge for the sport so find pubs showing IPL and pubs showing the Ashes nearby righ now!
"Big on Beer. Big on Sport." So says the Merchant's website. To that you can add "Big on the Ashes" for the summer of 2013 and "Big on Cricket" for the summers beyond... An awesome selection of drinks including various lager and ale offerings from Britain (at least one of which comes from their sister pub - the Florence - in Herne Hill. With 25% off food between 12 and 4 during the week, you'd be a bigger chump than Rodney Marsh if you missed it.
To finish our list of the best cricket pubs we've got one of the best sports bars in London � Riley�s Victoria. During those breaks for Lunch, Tea and drinks, you can play some pool or snooker on one of a huge number of tables, though given that there�s a screen by every table, you could probably relax at the table while Cook, Pietersen and co are knocking it about anyway. There are great offers on for their members (easy to join on the website) or you can get a day pass and get the most out of it that way.
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Posted on October 5, 2021 by Pranish Khadgi
Impressive 120Hz Super AMOLED display
Great camera
Slim and lightweight
One UI feels very intuitive
Average mono speaker
Average vibration motor
No headphone jack
Plastic back
Samsung M52 Review
Samsung just launched an upper mid-range phone, Samsung Galaxy M52 5G in Nepal. This is a successor to a well-reviewed Samsung Galaxy M51 that was launched last year.
Samsung Galaxy M52 5G price in Nepal is Rs. 48,999 for 6/128GB variant and Rs. 50,999 for 8/128GB variant. The phone is available to buy from authorized Samsung stores across Nepal.
Samsung is known for sacrificing the phone's performance for having a superb display and camera in the mid-range segment.
However, this time—after tough competition from Chinese smartphone manufacturers such as Xiaomi, Poco, and Realme—Samsung has leveled up the game by including a competitive chipset.
So, is Samsung finally catching up with the rest of the phones in the performance department? You will find out in TechLekh's Samsung Galaxy M52 5G review.
Samsung M52 5G Specifications
SIM: Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Display: 6.7 inches "Infinity-O" Super AMOLED Plus, FHD+, 120Hz, 20:9
Chipset: Qualcomm SDM778G Snapdragon 778G 5G (6 nm)
CPU: Octa-core (4×2.4GHz Cortex-A78 & 4×1.8GHz Cortex-A55)
Memory: 128GB 6GB RAM, 128GB 8GB RAM
OS: Android 11, One UI 3.1
Rear Camera: 64 MP, f/1.8, 26mm (wide), 1/1.73″, 0.8µm, PDAF
12 MP, f/2.2, 123˚ (ultrawide)
Video: [email protected], [email protected]/60fps
Front Camera: 32 MP, f/2.0, 26mm (wide), 1/2.8″, 0.8µm
Battery: Non-removable Li-Po 5000 mAh battery, Fast charging 25W, Reverse charging
Misc: Fingerprint (side-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
Colors: Blue, White, Black
Samsung M52 5G Price in Nepal: Rs. 48,999 (6/128GB) | Rs. 50,999 (8/128GB)
Slim and Light Design
Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
M52 5G Design
In the past, one of the major complaints after the performance of the Samsung's M series phones was its design. The design was not only dull but it was also bulky and heavy. With the Samsung Galaxy M52 5G, Samsung has redesigned the phone. Though the build is still made out of plastic, it looks much better than before.
When I first picked this phone up, I immediately realized how light and slim the phone is. This is very unlike any Samsung's M series phone before.
At just 7.4mm thickness and 175g weight, Samsung Galaxy M52 5G is probably the slimmest and lightest available mid-range phone in 2021.
The rear has a glossy surface to it that makes this phone a bit slippery but on the bright side, it does a fair job at hiding fingerprint smudges, thanks to the pinstripe pattern.
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The rear camera bump is still in the same place but it only has three cameras now instead of four. And, the camera design also looks much minimalistic than before.
Both the power button—which also doubles as a fingerprint sensor—and the volume buttons are on the right side. On the bottom, there is a mic, USB Type C, and a mono speaker. Unfortunately, the M52 5G no longer has a headphone jack.
6.7-inch Super AMOLED Plus
FullHD+
120Hz Refresh Rate
Samsung Galaxy M52 5G comes with the same large 6.7-inch FHD+ Super AMOLED display. However, Samsung has listened to its customers and has now implemented a 120Hz refresh rate display.
The already awesome display of the Galaxy M51 is now even smoother in the new Galaxy M52 5G. The display, however, is not a dynamic one, meaning the refresh rate is fixed and doesn't change depending on the content of the display like we see in flagship phones. If it's set at 120Hz, it's fixed at 120Hz.
Talking about the quality of the display, the display is excellent. Watching movies and playing games on this display is a pleasant experience.
It is bright and the colors look vibrant; you will not have any complaints regarding the display.
Smooth Performance
Qualcomm SDM778G Snapdragon 778G 5G (6 nm)
Octa-core (4×2.4GHz Cortex-A78 & 4×1.8GHz Cortex-A55)
Adreno 642L GPU
6/8GB RAM 128GB storage
Samsung M52 Gaming
The Samsung Galaxy M52 5G is equipped with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G 5G chipset. It comes in two variants: 6GB RAM 128GB storage and 8GB RAM 128GB storage. I am using the 6GB variant.
Snapdragon 778G is a very capable chipset and is a huge improvement over the last year's Galaxy M51. This chipset is built on a 6nm process node and is also found in the more expensive Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G.
Benchmark Scores
Yet the Snapdragon 778G is not as powerful as the MediaTek Dimensity 1200 found in phones such as the Poco F3 GT, especially on the graphics side. In terms of benchmarks, when tested on Geekbench 5, Poco F3's Snapdragon 870 and F3 GT's Dimensity 1200 were slightly better than the SD 778G, but overall, performed very similar.
Geekbench 5 score – Samsung Galaxy M52 5G
3DMark (Wild Life) score – Samsung Galaxy M52 5G
However, testing the GPU performance on 3DMark (Wild Life), we got to see a massive difference between Samsung and Poco's chipset. The two phones from Poco crushed the SD 778G's GPU scores. Poco F3 and Poco F3 GT both managed to score around 4100 while the Galaxy M52 5G's 778G chipset scored just around 2400.
How does it perform in real life though?
In my real-life day-to-day usage, I did not face any performance issues on the Galaxy M52 5G. I did not encounter any noticeable lags or stutters when opening, closing, using, and switching between multiple apps. It ran smoothly throughout my usage.
I was, however, frequently facing shutter lags while taking photos from the main camera. More on that later.
How does it handle games?
Talking about the gaming aspect of the phone, I am satisfied with it. When playing Call of Duty Mobile, graphics can be set up to very high settings at very high frame rates. It was smoothly delivering 60fps at those settings.
PUBG Mobile also delivered an average of 60fps frame rate when set at the extreme frame rate and smooth graphics. However, when set to any higher graphics, the frame rate dropped down to only 40fps at the Ultra frame rate.
Overall, it is a good chipset and I enjoyed playing games on it. It's not the best out there, but it definitely is capable of providing a smooth experience.
When playing Mortal Kombat, it was smoothly running at above 110 fps. More graphics demanding games such as Genshin Impact, however, struggled a bit and was only delivering around an average of 30fps. But it's an open-world game, therefore, should not be much of a problem.
The thermal of the phone was also not that bad. Given it's a comparatively thinner phone, it did heat up quickly but it never got uncomfortably hot. It felt warm around the camera area, which did not bother me much.
Samsung M52 Camera
The Samsung Galaxy M52 5G has a triple camera setup on the rear comprising a 64MP main camera, a 12MP ultrawide camera, and a 5MP macro camera. These are the same cameras we find in the Galaxy M51 and Galaxy M62; the only difference is the M52 5G lacks a depth sensor.
This phone also is the first phone in the Galaxy M series to support the Single Take, which was introduced on the Samsung Galaxy S20 series.
Before talking about the quality of the camera, I quickly want to point out one thing. One issue I frequently experienced when using the camera was the shutter lag.
Especially when taking photos of fast-moving objects such as pets and children, there was always a lag of about 2 seconds or more.
This is very annoying and I have missed multiple shots because of this.
NORMAL PHOTOS
Samsung Galaxy M52 5G takes really great photos. The photos look sharp and have a good amount of details in them. Having said that, I did notice this phone oversaturates colors a bit such as yellow and green, which is very common in Samsung devices.
Other than that, the photos from the main camera are very good. The processing also handles dynamic range very well most of the time, but there were some instances when the phone could not expose the highlights or shadows.
Overall, I really like the camera.
ULTRAWIDE ANGLE PHOTOS
The 12MP ultrawide camera sensor here has a 123-degree FOV. The quality and the colors of the photos taken from the ultrawide angle lens are very similar to the main camera.
If you zoom in, you might see a little less sharpness and details compared to the main camera, but overall, that's not a major issue and it does a very good job at what it is supposed to do.
Also, If you look at the corners of the ultrawide photos, you will notice a slight distortion which could've been handled a bit better but still, it is not a dealbreaker.
What I like about the ultrawide camera is it has the same color as the main camera with pretty good details. And, that is everything a normal person needs.
LOW LIGHT PHOTOS
The low light capabilities of this camera have also impressed me. The photos taken in low light conditions surprisingly have good details. The photos retain a good amount of details and sharpness and are also decently exposed.
Realistically, the night photos will not be as good as the day photos, we know that, yet the low light camera performance of the Samsung Galaxy M52 5G is still respectable.
The night mode helps the photos to have even more details but requires you to hold the phone steady for few seconds.
In pitch darkness, the camera struggles a bit but still manages to take decent photos.
The Samsung Galaxy M52 5G lacks a depth sensor, which was present in its predecessor. However, I did not miss the depth sensor at all.
Galaxy M52 managed to do a good job at detecting the edge of the subject, even in indoor low-light environments.
MACRO PHOTOS
The macro camera of the Galaxy M52 5G is not a gimmick; it actually has decent macro photography abilities.
It has a very shallow depth of field, and when you get closer to the subject, you can get a good macro photo if it has a good lighting environment.
Samsung Galaxy M52 5G has a 32MP selfie camera that takes good photos. The selfies have good details and sharpness.
Sometimes, it feels the color of the skin tone leans towards a red-ish or yellow-ish tone. But overall, the photos taken from the front camera are really good.
Samsung Galaxy M52 5G can shoot up to Ultra HD at 30 fps and up to 1080p at 60 fps. The video quality from the rear camera is decent. It has a decent sharpness and maintains good exposure.
The videos were not stable and the EIS didn't seem to be working. But, a software update seems to have enabled the EIS. The videos have decent stabilization with EIS turned on at 1080p after the update.
The front camera is also capable of shooting up to Ultra HD at 30 fps and up to 1080p at 60fps. The front video quality is great with good color, details, and decent stabilization.
Non-removable Li-Po 5000mAh battery
Samsung M52 Battery
Galaxy M52 5G has a 5000mAh battery, which is 2000mAh less battery capacity than what its predecessors offer. Samsung took this step after receiving many complaints from its users regarding the size and weight of the M series phones.
Therefore, Samsung decided to put a smaller battery, and now, as a result, the Galaxy M52 5G—as mentioned earlier—is among the lightest and thinnest mid-range phones in 2020.
As for the battery life, I am not a heavy gamer, so the phone easily lasted for more than a day during my moderate usage. I only used to charge this device once every two days. On average, I was getting about 7.5 hours of screen on time with a 120Hz screen refresh rate turned on.
The phone supports 25W fast charging. With the supported charger, it takes around 1.5 hours to fully charge the phone from 0%. However, the phone only comes with a 15W charger in the box.
One UI 3.1
Samsung M52 Software
Samsung Galaxy M52 runs on One UI 3.1 that is based on Android 11. I didn't face any bugs or issues with the software. It is well optimized and the 120Hz high refresh rate also runs very smoothly.
I don't have any complaints about the software of the Samsung Galaxy M52 5G.
Speaker and Others Little Things
The Samsung Galaxy M52 5G has a bottom-firing mono speaker. The speaker gets pretty loud but it is just average. It lacks bass and the clarity of the sound is also not that great at full volume.
It would have been better if it had a stereo speaker setup.
The vibration motor in the Galaxy M52 5G is also very average. It does not include good haptic feedback; it feels cheap. For connectivity, the phone does support 5G and has 11 5G bands, which can be useful in the future when 5G is available in Nepal.
Should You Buy Samsung M52?
Samsung Galaxy M51 was already one of the most loved mid-range phones in 2020 and early 2021. Everything was great about that phone except for the performance and design. While Samsung did bring the Samsung Galaxy M62 later as a replacement for the Galaxy M51, it also had the same not-so-great bulky design.
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This year, however, Samsung listened and delivered what was missing. Samsung Galaxy M52 5G now comes with a great chipset, a great high refresh rate display, and a better design along with great camera performance, and great battery life.
The Galaxy M52 does the basic right, but Samsung wants to differentiate this phone from premium phones by not providing a premium build, a good haptic motor, OIS, stereo speakers, and an in-display fingerprint sensor.
Regardless, Samsung Galaxy M52 5G is undoubtedly the best mid-range smartphone you can get for under Rs. 50,000 in Nepal. Unlike last year, you do not need to sacrifice one thing for the other anymore. Except for a headphone jack, though.
What do you think about the Samsung Galaxy M52 5G? Let us know in the comments!
Also, watch our review of the Poco F3 GT in Nepali.
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Otherwise known as a KTBH or hTBH (horizontal). Top bar hives are low tech, old style configurations of hives. As well as hTBH (such as the Kenyan and Tanzanian) there are also vTBH (vertical) such as the Warre.
The Kenyan was designed to be low tech, low cost and simple to build using available materials. The example pictured above (the one I built) was a luxury version with all new pine timber. Not very Permaculture, I'm afraid . . .
In the UK there are two well know proponents of TBHs - for Kenyans it's Phil Chandler and for Warre, it's David Heaf. They are also taking of elsewhere in the world. Here in Australia a few folks are serious about them and they are gaining popularity on a commercial and amateur basis. For example: Urban Hive | Malfroy's Gold | Healthy Organics.
Why go for TBH? Well there are various approaches to beekeeping using different configurations of hive 'hardware'. Commercial beekeepers tend to use standard hives, such as the Langstroth in Australia, Canada, USA and the National in the UK. These hives are frame based, meaning all of the comb can be removed for inspection and for other 'manipulations'. This has many advantages, including the ability to maximised honey yields. It's often said that a 'good beekeeper' (in Victoria) should get 100kg+ of honey per year from a well managed Langstroth.
Indeed, legislation in various places (including Australia) requires that all hives have comb which is 'on frames and easily removed for inspection' which generally means we are stuck with frames whether we like it or not. Unless the colony is a 'feral' (wild), in which case the government does not get a say in how the bees build their home . . .
TBH then is an alternative, considered perhaps 'less modern/scientific and lower yielding' by some and superior by others. 'Natural beekeepers' tend to favour TBH hives because they do not involve frames, this then allows the bees to build comb in (something more like) the way they do in the wild. This has all sorts of potential advantages which are far too detailed to go into in this post. Let's just say that one might believe that bees know better than humans how they'd like to construct their homes. Having said that, look at the homes we build in the suburbs these days and you might come to the conclusion that humans can't even build homes appropriate to our own needs, but I digress . . .
So, pure TBHs may not be legal if they do not have frames. In this case we must then add frames of some sort to our TBH designs in order to comply. This does compromise the TBH principle, but that's something we must accept as law abiding citizens.
Having decided on building a TBH, I had to choose Warre or Kenyan.
I wanted to work with as pure a TBH form as I could. The Kenyan TBH has sloping sides, which encourages the bees to make natural shaped combs which they then (purportedly) do not attach to the hive walls. In this case, you still have removable comb. I've since heard that the comb is often braced to the walls at the top end to provide strength and stability. Anyway, I thought I'd try to build one and see how it goes.
On the other hand, in an unmodified Warre, the bees build comb out to the walls which cannot be removed without cutting. Tim Malfroy has been making Warres with side bars and full frames for a while, as shown here.
One day I'll do a framed Warre too, it's just a bit more complicated/time consuming to build those internal parts accurately using basic home tools. Plans are available free on the internet for unframed and framed versions of Warres, but please note that Tim has modified the dimensions of his own design.
Hi Tony, I am so glad you wrote about this. As soon as I heard about the KTBH I wanted one. My husband got involved and made it from Phil Chandler's plans. He loves woodwork. I was surprised at how quick and easy and cheap it was to build. I don't know how it will go but I'll keep you all posted via the blog.
Hey there - we've been getting around this problem of frames by having sides on the top bars in our warré hives. No diff for the bees to building to the walls if they choose (except the 'wall' is the side of the frame). This makes them removable as per aussie guidelines, and still allows the bees to make Natural comb. I think Tim Malfroy cam up with this idea. It's been wworking well in many of the warré hives we've seen. Photos here: http://milkwood.net/2011/09/26/warre-beehive-spring-inspection-at-belindas-urban-apiary/ and http://milkwood.net/2010/11/16/bringing-home-the-bees/ - best of luck with your adventures!
Many thanks Kirsten. I've updated the post to include your references. Indeed, it's my intention to build a side barred Warre at some point.
I read that Tim is building them in limited numbers and wonder what manfacturing process he uses to get a good quality 'frame' . . .
That legislation in Australia is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard. I will not be complying with that.
Would like to know what legislation you are referring to as I can't find anything that actually stipulates that one must have frames in a hive in order to comply with anything.
I have a legal background and am naturally very curious about this so it's a genuine question.
Hi Hamish - belated response to your comments . . . The legislation is a modern response to a modern problem. If we changed the way we (commercially) approached beekeeping then the problem would largely go away by itself. However, commercial pressures (costs and profit margins) tend to drive the agenda. Within our Perm-api group we decided we'd advise members of their legal responsibilities. As individuals we must decide which way to go. :-) Regards, Tony.
Thanks for the question. This article is for Australia only, please bear in mind. Though there is also similar legislation in NZ and parts of US and possibly Canada. UK is different.
This is where I found information about the requirement for hives to have frames.
Apiaries Act 1982. See Part 3, point 19 'Bees to be kept in frame hive' on page 18.
I understand frame bars require a spacing.
What is the mesh hole size and spacing? Where do you get it?
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Q: spring cloud gateway exception Illegal character in authority at index error I'm trying to setup spring cloud gateway for a api, but seeing an illegal argument exception with the route uri. Any help is appreciated.
Running this app on Ubuntu and I got the same exception with both Spring boot 2.1.4 and 2.1.5.
This is how configured my application.properties file in the gateway app.
eureka.client.serviceUrl.defaultZone = http://localhost:8761/eureka
spring.application.name= api-gateway
spring.cloud.gateway.discovery.locator.enabled=true
spring.cloud.gateway.discovery.locator.lowerCaseServiceId=true
spring.cloud.gateway.routes[0].id=reporting-service
spring.cloud.gateway.routes[0].uri = lb://reporting-service
spring.cloud.gateway.routes[0].predicates[0]=Path=/api/reporting/**
This is the exception that I see.
2019-06-06 09:56:17.304 WARN 4561 --- [ main] onfigReactiveWebServerApplicationContext : Exception encountered during context initializ ation - cancelling refresh attempt: org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextException: Failed to start bean 'eurekaAutoServiceRegistration'; nested exception is reactor.core.Exceptions$ErrorCallbackNotImplemented: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Illegal character in authority at in dex 5: lb://REPORTING-SERVICE
2019-06-06 09:56:17.316 INFO 4561 --- [ main] com.netflix.discovery.DiscoveryClient : Shutting down DiscoveryClient ...
2019-06-06 09:56:20.317 INFO 4561 --- [ main] com.netflix.discovery.DiscoveryClient : Unregistering ...
2019-06-06 09:56:20.324 INFO 4561 --- [ main] com.netflix.discovery.DiscoveryClient : DiscoveryClient_API-GATEWAY/apitest.****.*****.com:api-gateway:8080 - deregister status: 200
2019-06-06 09:56:20.342 INFO 4561 --- [ main] com.netflix.discovery.DiscoveryClient : Completed shut down of DiscoveryClient
2019-06-06 09:56:20.353 INFO 4561 --- [ main] ConditionEvaluationReportLoggingListener :
Error starting ApplicationContext. To display the conditions report re-run your application with 'debug' enabled.
2019-06-06 09:56:20.365 ERROR 4561 --- [ main] o.s.boot.SpringApplication : Application run failed
org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextException: Failed to start bean 'eurekaAutoServiceRegistration'; nested exception is reactor.core.Ex ceptions$ErrorCallbackNotImplemented: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Illegal character in authority at index 5: lb://REPORTING-SERVICE
at org.springframework.context.support.DefaultLifecycleProcessor.doStart(DefaultLifecycleProcessor.java:185) ~[spring-context-5.1.6.RELEAS E.jar!/:5.1.6.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.context.support.DefaultLifecycleProcessor.access$200(DefaultLifecycleProcessor.java:53) ~[spring-context-5.1.6.RELE ASE.jar!/:5.1.6.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.context.support.DefaultLifecycleProcessor$LifecycleGroup.start(DefaultLifecycleProcessor.java:360) ~[spring-context -5.1.6.RELEASE.jar!/:5.1.6.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.context.support.DefaultLifecycleProcessor.startBeans(DefaultLifecycleProcessor.java:158) ~[spring-context-5.1.6.REL EASE.jar!/:5.1.6.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.context.support.DefaultLifecycleProcessor.onRefresh(DefaultLifecycleProcessor.java:122) ~[spring-context-5.1.6.RELE ASE.jar!/:5.1.6.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.finishRefresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:893) ~[spring-context-5.1. 6.RELEASE.jar!/:5.1.6.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.boot.web.reactive.context.ReactiveWebServerApplicationContext.finishRefresh(ReactiveWebServerApplicationContext.jav a:121) ~[spring-boot-2.1.4.RELEASE.jar!/:2.1.4.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:552) ~[spring-context-5.1.6.RELE ASE.jar!/:5.1.6.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.boot.web.reactive.context.ReactiveWebServerApplicationContext.refresh(ReactiveWebServerApplicationContext.java:67) ~[spring-boot-2.1.4.RELEASE.jar!/:2.1.4.RELEASE]
at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.refresh(SpringApplication.java:775) [spring-boot-2.1.4.RELEASE.jar!/:2.1.4.RELEASE]
A: Fix the property:
spring.cloud.gateway.routes[0].predicates=Path=/api/reporting/**
spring.cloud.gateway.routes[0].uri=lb://reporting-service
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UNIQUE, BEAUTIFUL 1.5 acre lot, brick home w/2 master suites. One on upper level w/cozy fireplace & second master on main level w/private side stone porch. Kitchen has granite counter tops, butlers pantry, two sinks, island & stainless steel appliances. CHARM sprinkled throughout w/multiple barn doors, antique rod-iron fencing, pergola, cathedral ceilings, sky-lights, hardwood floors, built-ins & more. You must see this property in person to appreciate the meticulous detail. New 4 season sun rm extended the gorgeous entertaining space, HOLIDAY HOSTING will never be the same! Home has additional 2 car gar w/workshop & a large deck for enjoying the fall cool evenings. Westfield schools & just a few miles from Grand Park. Please watch video. | {
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I always assume that when a camera is pointing at you, you either: 1. Dodge because you don't want to be in the frame 2. Smile, because you are the subject. Of course, in the era of selfies, the sky is the limit when it comes to what to do when you are in front of the camera. Food stuck in between your teeth? That's okay, let's take another shot.
It's hard to believe that just at the turn of 20th century, our forefathers frowned upon smiling, especially in portrait. I came across this interesting article in The Atlantic, which implores why didn't people smile in portraits (photographic and painting).
According to the article, it was a well-established fact in 17th century Europe that the only people who smiled broadly, in life and in art, were the poor, the lewd, the drunk, the innocent and the entertainment.
Here I was thinking everyone looked so glum because of the war, famine or the slow shutter speed/long exposure of old-timey photography technology.
Malaysian in Melbourne. Exploring the wonders of food, with a focus on Malaysian cuisine, one recipe at a time.
I started experimenting and documenting the recipes to recreate the wonderful flavours of Malaysia after realising dining out in Melbourne is an expensive and sometimes time-consuming affair. | {
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Misool
Triton Bay
Solor Alor
Event Journal / February 21, 2019
Indonesia Struggles with #BeatPlasticPollution
In one of our recent safari to Iconic Wayag that attract people all over the world to visit Raja Ampat, we found boats of plastic garbage, which certainly coming from tourists themselves. Our guests, a family with kids, collected those plastics and Styrofoam into our kayaks, which we brought back to Sorong to be discarded. Where does it go next? Collecting plastics will never solve a problem. It will be the same cycle. We just need to stop the source. Stop using it in the first place.
Indonesia is second only to China as the world's largest contributor to plastic pollution. Between 1 million and 2.4 million tons of plastic waste contaminate the oceans each year. Of this, Indonesia is estimated to contribute roughly 200,00 tons of waste from its rivers and streams. Plastic pollution in Indonesia has become a huge nuisance and health risk. As is widely known, especially to those who have visited certain world's beaches from Bali to Costa Rica. It does not matter how far you go, how remote your destination is, plastics have made their ways there.
Indonesia, an archipelago with more than 17,000 islands that is home to about 265 million people needs to combat water pollution, and specifically plastic waste. Once can see a strike example how over population can have a bad impact on environment. Bungin Island, built on top of sand back from stacks of coral, a home to Bajo tribe "The people of the sea" which settled here 200 years ago. It is located in the Alas Strait that divides Lombok and Sumbawa Island. Little known to public, this island is named as the world's most populous island. Imagine more than 3,000 people live on 8.5 hectares of space without a coastline and a green land. As a result, plastics have become a big issue as well as coral bleaching. They have a limited access to fresh water. The animals that live here also do not have access to green space; they eat plastic garbage.
While in the island of Gods, Bali, local authorities announced to apply a ban on single-use plastics, such as shopping bags, styrofoam food packets and straws (while Jakarta may follow suit), Indonesia's Industry Ministry expressed it opposes an earlier plan to impose an excise tax on plastic bags. Last year, Indonesia launched a national action plan, pledging up to USD $1 billion to reduce the waste in its waters by 70 percent by 2025. Fajar Budiyono, Secretary-General of the Indonesian Olefin, Aromatic and Plastic Industry Association says average plastic consumption in Indonesia is around 21-22 kilogram per individual per year. Most of those trashes are ended up in the ocean and shorelines, as a waste management is not properly managed yet across the region.
Our oceans cover more than seventy percent of the earth. They are facing a serious threat from increasing human population, as there are nearly 8 billion us, and counting. This population swell is leading to over-fishing as well as increasing CO2 emissions. The resulting acidification of the seawater causes increased sea temperatures and coral bleaching which is devastating much of the earth's reefs. Fortunately, most of the reefs in and around The Coral Triangle have yet to be affected significantly by these threats and it is often referred to as the "Amazon" of the sea.
These coral reefs are the most diverse ecosystems on the planet. They protect coastlines from the damaging effects of wave action and tropical storms while providing habitats and shelter for many marine organisms. Losing our reefs means the extinction of many species and inevitably leading to the breakdown of our ecosystem's health and function. If coral reefs are gardens, imagine a city without gardens.
Here, where the Pacific and Indian Oceans meet, Sequoia Yacht is celebrating our one-year journey across this remote section of South East Asia; The Coral Triangle. These are among the most significant reef systems on earth. While comprising only 1.6% of the planet's oceans, it is home to over 76% of all known coral species in the world. At the heart of the Coral Triangle, you will find more than 17,000 islands of the Indonesian archipelago. As we venture to more distant lands, we are becoming more sensitive about the impact that tourism has on the environment and the local population.
We have very few wildlife ecosystems left. Sustainable lodging, locally grown food sourcing, burning less fossil fuel are ways each of us can adapt to slow down the rate of global warming. We can explore remote reefs at the edge of the world with the most spectacular marine life to be seen while keeping our footprint light. We have selected and sourced our products with this in mind including the latest low-emission engines and electrical generator systems available in the US. We built Sequoia using US Coast Guard Safety Standards as our guideline. Adhering to our no plastic use policy will be accomplished while still maintaining the US and European standards of hygiene and cleanliness. We do not use single-use plastic or palm oil product on board Sequoia. This is done to reduce the devastating impact of global warming and plastic trash that is threatening our oceans.
Sustainability has become Sequoia way of life. What is good for us should also be good for our planet. If you do, you may become more convinced of the importance of saving this reef system, a jewel that is critical to keeping our precious blue planet. Begin your own journey #BeatPlasticPollution.
Alor Folklore
Tambora, the eruption that changed the world.
Meet Sequoia Yacht Chef, I Wayan.
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Highlights: The Marquette Bungalows begins Round 3 of meetings to discuss possible changes to Madison's historic district ordinances on Monday. The consultant's report is now available. Please read if you are a resident or interested in the update to our historic district ordinances. Are you a Route 37 and Route 38 Metro bus rider? On Wednesday, the Transportation Commission will be holding a public hearing starting at 6p about possibly changing service, see links to maps and how to make public comments below. On Thursday I am holding a neighborhood meeting with the owners of the Blue Agave Restaurant and Lounge to discuss their request to change their license conditions. The Staff Street Use Commission held several public information meetings this past year to gather feedback about the impact of events in the central city. The proposed changes will be at the Downtown Coordinating Committee on Thursday. Phase I of these policy changes includes amendments to the Street Use ordinance, MGO 10.056, and development of a "Downtown Zone Event Policy" for the Street Use Staff Commission. These new standards do not include the Isthmus. Pinney Library will be closing Friday November 30 until January 2019 when it reopens across Cottage Grove Rd in the former Ace Hardware, details below.
1.52071 Amending the "City of Madison TIF Loan Underwriting Policy" and "City of Madison TIF Goals, Objectives, and Process" dated February 25, 2014 with changes to the "Jobs Project" section (aka Jobs TIF); and, directing staff to prepare program guidelines for a new "Small Cap" Business TIF Program targeted at small businesses. Note: This item will be placed on file without prejudice.
24. 53633 Second SUBSTITUTE - Awarding up to $4.82 million from the Affordable Housing Fund and $1,980,000 in Federal HOME funds to support four development projects, selected through a City Request for Proposals (RFP) process, that will construct approximately 310 units of affordable rental housing in Madison, and authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to execute loan agreements with the developers of those projects.
The 2019 Executive Capital Budget authorizes $4.5 million of new spending for the Affordable Housing Fund (AHF). In addition, it carries forward the authority to spend $1,220,500 from the 2018 Adopted Capital Budget not yet committed to specific housing projects. In addition, the 2019 Executive Operating Budget also reflects the availability of at least $5 million in 2018-2019 funds under the Federal HOME Program. This resolution draws on both resources to provide up to a combined $6.8 million in direct financial support for four proposed affordable housing developments that will also leverage federal Low-Income Housing Tax Credits allocated by the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority (WHEDA).
One of the four projects is Gorman & Co.'s Valor on Washington Apartments (the Messner site), it will be awarded $950K if WHEDA selects it next spring.
26. 53822 To approve the 2019 Urban Forestry Special Charge.
28. 53886 Authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to execute a Room Block Agreement between the City and Beitler Real Estate Services, LLC.
The agenda item includes a link to a list of surplus parcels the Water Utility could potentially sell to help pay back the city for $6M borrowed to cover 2017 shortfall. 14 S Paterson is scheduled to be sold to the adjacent neighbor for Employment uses.
The consultant's recommendations regarding the historic preservation ordinance revisions are attached. These recommendations will be the basis for the upcoming Round 3 meetings.
2. 53816 Resolution Authorizing and Providing for the Sale and Issuance of $30,765,000* Water Utility Revenue Bonds, Series 2018A, and All Related Details Attachments: Body 53816.pdf For discussion and referral to the 12/4/2018 Special Meeting.
3. 53817 Resolution Authorizing and Providing for the Sale and Issuance of $9,605,000* Taxable Water Utility Revenue Notes, Series 2018B, and All Related Details Attachments: Body 53817.pdf For discussion and referral to the 12/4/2018 Special Meeting.
F.4. 53594 Authorizing the Transit General Manager to file an application for a Section 5310 Enhanced Mobility of Seniors and Individuals with Disabilities Program Grant with U.S. Department of Transportation and authorizing the Mayor and the City Clerk to execute the associated grant agreement with USDOT and the associated 13 (c) agreement with Teamsters Local No. 695, approving the associated Program Management and Recipient Coordination Plan and authorizing Metro Transit to pass through funding as approved in the Program of Projects.
This committee will be releasing recommendations soon. Thanks to the work of D6 residents on this important project.
4. 53818 Creating Section 10.056(2)(f), amending Sections 10.056(6)(a), (b), (d), (i), (o), 10.056(11), and 10.056(12)(a) of the Madison General Ordinances creating and modifying the standards of issuance for street use permits, creating the Downtown Zone and authorizing policies for permits in that zone, and allowing a permit to be cancelled prior to an event in case of emergency.
A City staff team has been looking into the impact events have on City resources and services, with an emphasis on the downtown/isthmus area where a majority of the events take place. This has included a Racial Equity and Social Justice Initiative (RESJI) analysis, which is ongoing. As part of this process city staff held facilitated public feedback sessions, attended conferences and community meetings, conducted research and had discussions to determine the best means of addressing these issues. From the process, staff has developed policy and procedure changes that will allow the Street Use Staff Commission to review applications, make decisions and establish conditions for events that address when, where and how many events can be held in the area. The new policies allow the Commission to more directly consider such factors as the number of other events in the city on a day or weekend, police and fire staffing issues related to those events, impact on residents, businesses, traffic and Metro Transit service.
You're invited to join Ms. Alamilla Lopez and me when she holds the required information session on Thursday, November 29, at 6:00 p.m. at Blue Agave Restaurant & Lounge, 117 S. Butler Street, to learn more about her proposed plans. The Alcohol License Review Committee will consider the application at its December 19 meeting.
5. DISCUSSION OF TOPIC AREA 2 IDENTIFIED IN THE CC SUBCOMMITTEE WORK PLAN A. On November 30, the subcommittee will be discussing Topic Area 2 on its work plan. i. At-large v. Geographic Districts or hybrid or number districts. Coterminous boundaries with County districts. ii. Term limits. iii. Redistricting considerations including diversity representation.
7. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS At its meeting on December 7, the subcommittee will take up Topic Area 3 on its work plan. i. Compensation levels. ii. Compensation and term of Council President and Vice-President. iii. Support staffing levels and training for Council members. iv. Alders serving on BCCs.
The current location will close at end of day on November 30 and reopen in a temporary location in early 2019 while the new library is under construction.
Madison Public Library's Pinney Library, currently located at 204 Cottage Grove Road, will close to the public at 9pm on Friday, November 30, 2018 and reopen at an interim space at 209 Cottage Grove Road. The library is moving to an interim space as the new Pinney Library is being constructed at 516 Cottage Grove Road, which will open in the spring of 2020.
The interim library at 209 Cottage Grove Road, former site of an Ace Hardware store, is expected to open in January of 2019, with opening dependent on construction and technology installation timelines. "Multiple project delays meant that we reached the end of our lease at our current Pinney Library before the new Pinney Library was completed, leaving a significant service gap between having to vacant the current site and relocating to the new library." said Library Director Greg Mickells. "Using the space at 209 Cottage Grove Road during that gap will help diminish the impact on the neighborhood, and allow the library to continue to provide much-needed library service in the meantime."
Holds will be available at the Pinney Library until 9pm on Friday, November 30. They will move overnight to the Hawthorne Library (2707 E Washington Ave.) and be available at 10:00am on Saturday, December 1.
Cap Times panel: What Should Madison Commemorate that it hasn't Already?
The Capital Times is hosting a community panel focused on the histories of underrepresented communities, and Oscar Mireles, who serves on the city's Historic Preservation Plan Advisory Committee, is one of the panelists. After the panel discussion, City staff will hold small group discussions and gather input from attendees about what they would like to see preserved in Madison.
See the newly renovated building! This is a free family-friendly event. There will be behind-the-scenes-tours, music, performance, circus acts, food carts, screen printing, kids activities, and art and participatory projects. We are collecting stories about the building through the living history/oral history project. Living History Project. | {
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Book Review of Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
By: Brian Katcher | August 20, 2018
Title: Long Way Down
Cover Story: Grim
Drinking Buddy: Damn
Testosterone Level: Innocence Lost
Talky Talk: Verse
Bonus Factors: Ghosts, Elevators
Bromance Status:The Whole Ride
I love the minimalist elevator buttons with the fuzzy reflection of the kid…or is that a ghost? Either way, it sums up the plot nicely. Each page has dirt and scratches behind the text, like the wall of an elevator in the projects.
Fifteen-year-old Will lives in a neighborhood where it's not a matter of if someone you know will be shot, but when. And there are strict rules when it happens to someone you love. You don't cry. You don't snitch. You just get your revenge.
Will's beloved older brother, Shawn, was killed last night. And Will is pretty sure he knows who did it. With his brother's pistol, Will wakes up early and heads for the elevator, determined to even the score. But the car stops on each floor and a passenger gets on. Someone Will knows. Someone who was shot. And Will finds himself having to justify his plans for a shooting, to people who died from gun violence.
Six floors.
We're never told which city Will lives in. New York? LA? Detroit? Chicago? DC? It doesn't matter. It's one of those neighborhoods where people openly sell crack and you know what to do when the gunfire starts. Some people dream of getting out. Most have given up.
Will's not a violent kid nor a thug. He loved his brother dearly, and can't let this tragedy slide. It's the code of his neighborhood. His father followed it. His uncle. His friends.
Of course, they're all dead now. Shot.
Nice characterization of a kid in way over his head, trying to get back what he can never have again: his brother.
MPAA RATING: R (violence, sexuality, drug use)
When a ghost challenges Will to tell him his exact plan, Will kind of sputters. He's going to go to the dude's building, ring the bell, and when he opens the door, He will…you know. Do what he has to do. Code of the neighborhood. He can do it.
When a ghost asks him if his brother's gun is even loaded, Will realizes he has no idea. The ghost has to show him how to check.
Yet another kid, forced to become a man through no desire of his own. No matter what he chooses, things will never be the same.
This is a book in verse, kind of an ongoing stream of consciousness transcript. Each page only includes a couple of paragraphs, if that. I read this 300 page book in one sitting.
I think the book works better that way. We don't need a lot of background about the neighborhood or dozens of extra side characters. It's a boy in an elevator with a gun and ghosts. Are they real? Is this a dream? Is he losing his mind? You'll tear through this one and want more.
Bonus Factor: Ghosts
These are not scary ghosts, nor are they the preachy Christmas Past kind. None of the spirits ever tell Will he's doing the wrong thing or that he's going to be sorry. They just share their stories and the consequences they had to live with…
Whoops, poor choice of words.
And when the elevator reaches the lobby, the choice is all Will's.
Bonus Factor: Elevator
Elevators are kind of weird, and Will points this out. You're trapped in a tiny room with other people, no one talks to each other, you check to make sure you're headed to the right floor and then just stand there. Of course, this is no normal elevator ride, either. His fellow passengers are actually smoking cigarettes! And they're dead.
Bromance Status: The Whole Ride
I was with your from floor 7 all the way down. And it was a hell of a ride.
FTC full disclosure: Library book. I received neither money nor beer for writing this review.
black authors,
Ghosts,
required reading,
Revenge,
spooky season
About:Brian Katcher
Brian wrote his first YA novel when he was down and out in Mexico. He now lives in Missouri with his wonderful wife and daughter. He divides his time between writing and working as a school librarian. Brian still misses the preachy YA books of the eighties.
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