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The nearest tube station is Mansion House 55m.
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Il confine tra l'Egitto e il Sudan descrive la linea di demarcazione tra i due stati. Ha una lunghezza di .
Tracciato
Il confine terrestre tra i due paesi segue essenzialmente il 22º parallelo nord. Inizia a ovest nella triplice frontiera Egitto-Libia-Sudan, all'incrocio con il meridiano 25° Est, che costituisce il confine tra Egitto e Libia a nord, quindi prosegue verso est lungo il parallelo in direzione del Mar Rosso.
Una volta raggiunto il Nilo, il confine si dirige bruscamente a nord. In questo sito, il corso del fiume risale per circa venti chilometri.
Ad est, appena oltre il meridiano di 33° est, il confine è controverso. Il piccolo territorio di Bir Tawil, situato a sud del parallelo, non è rivendicato da nessuno dei due paesi. Un territorio più vasto, il triangolo di Hala'ib, si trova a nord del confine ed è amministrato dall'Egitto, sebbene il Sudan lo rivendichi allo stesso modo.
Gli egiziani basano le loro pretese sul confine del 1899, al momento della creazione del condominio anglo-egiziano sul Sudan il cui confine seguiva il parallelo per tutta la sua lunghezza. I sudanesi fanno riferimento al confine del 1902, data in cui gli inglesi tracciarono un secondo confine amministrativo, che annetteva il triangolo di Hala'ib al Sudan. La regione è contesa tra i due paesi dalla loro indipendenza. A causa di questa disputa, il confine marittimo tra Egitto e Sudan non è definito nel Mar Rosso.
Storia
Il 19 gennaio 1899, l'accordo tra il Chedivato d'Egitto e del Regno Unito per quanto riguarda il confine settentrionale con il Sudan anglo-egiziano impostò il confine lungo il 22º parallelo. Wadi Halfa è stata annessa al Sudan il 26 marzo 1899, al fine di fornire con un capolinea nord a un possibile collegamento ferroviario tra il Faras e Khartoum.
Il 25 luglio 1902, è stato creato un secondo confine amministrativo, al fine di facilitare la gestione delle tribù nomadi lungo il confine.
Il tratto occidentale del confine fu delimitato nel 1925 da un accordo tra il regno d'Egitto ed il regno d'Italia riguardo alla Libia. Quando il Sudan ottenne l'indipendenza nel 1956, l'Egitto riconobbe l'attuale triangolo di Hala'ib come parte del Sudan.
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Covid vaccinations are being delayed in Berkshire by care home staff 'reluctant' to get vaccinated
Healthcare workers are eligible for vaccinations now, but some are still declining to take them
Nathan Hyde
The roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccine has been "a little slow" in Berkshire because some care home staff are reluctant to take it.
The county's nursing boss has now urged all workers in care homes to get vaccinated, as the number of Covid cases in the county continues to rise.
Berkshire's first vaccination centre was opened at Wokingham Hospital on December 14 and began vaccinating frontline health and social care workers with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.
Staff administered around 1,950 vaccines over two weeks, but Debbie Simmons, director of nursing at Berkshire West Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), said that centre is now open six days a week and staff can "double the amount of vaccinations they are going to do each week in January".
She added: "The message to everybody is go for it, get the vaccine.
"I think the uptake's been a little bit slow, with regards to care home staff particularly.
"I think there was a little bit of reluctance.
"The vaccine is new and it's about getting the message out there that it's safe and the safest thing to do is actually have the vaccine."
The CCG is also running a vaccination programme for members of the public in West Berkshire and the over 80s are the first in line.
Staff will begin vaccinating people from Newbury Racecourse next week and they are aiming to administer the jab to all the over 80s by the end of January.
Each group of healthcare providers in West Berkshire, known as primary care networks (PCNs), have received hundreds of doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, which is easier to transport and store than the Pfizer-BioNTech jab.
"They are getting 400 vaccines per PCN," said Ms Simmons.
"They are going to use those vaccines largely in care homes we think.
"That's the way that most practices and GPs consider is the best way to use their AstraZeneca vaccine, because there isn't the same restrictions around moving that vaccine and they can keep it in a normal fridge.
"When they go out to care homes, they can actually vaccinate care home staff as well."
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The Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading also opened a vaccination centre this week for staff.
Both vaccines have been approved by the UK's medicines regulator after they were found to be highly effective at protecting people from becoming seriously ill with Covid-19.
The government says more than 730 vaccination sites have been set up across the UK and 1,000 could be up and running by the end of the week.
It has bought 100 million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca jab and 40 million doses of BioNTech-Pfizer vaccine.
With both vaccines, each person should receive two doses to develop immunity against the disease.
Care home vaccinations 'must be stepped-up' Boris Johnson warns as 90% of residents yet to receive jab
Calls for the government to cancel this week's BTec exams in England
Once over 80s and frontline healthcare and social workers have been vaccinated, the over 75s will be next in line.
Over 70s and people deemed to be "clinically extremely vulnerable" will then receive the jab, according to government guidance.
Ms Simmons' comments came at a meeting of West Berkshire Council's Local Outbreak Engagement Board on January 4.
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2010 August — Dayna Macy, author of "Ravenous"
My ten year old sons, Jack and Matthew, went for a walk today. An hour later, they came home, and gave me these flowers.
I have the kindest, nicest sons. I am so touched by them, and so proud of them.
If I'm wilting in this heat, the bees are getting slaughtered. There are a dozen dead carpenter bees on my deck. If it's 90 degrees outside, it must be 120 inside the wood beam on our deck where they live.
Liz Gilbert's book, Eat, Pray, Love is a worldwide phenomenon — nine million copies and counting. Liz is a really, really good writer, and I'm happy for her. But it's her companion perfumes that have inspired me to think bigger.
I'm thrilled to say that I've just been approached by a fragrance company to create a companion scent to my memoir, Ravenous, which will be published in February 2011.
We had our first meeting and we've boiled down the scent to base notes of salami and camenbert, mid notes of black olives and cheetos, with a top note (light) of cheesecake (plain). The company believes, and I agree, that when readers of my memoir spritz themselves with Ravenous, the perfume, they will be transported into the world of bingeing and overeating like they never dreamed possible. We call this "augmented reality," and it's what every author should aspire to.
We're hoping they can create an edible bottle in time for launch so that if the spritzer/reader has a deep urge to binge big, she can eat the bottle too.
Neither of us could come up with any response. |
NICE AND EASY: What is oscillation?
…that's oscillation. Oscillation also describes what a pendulum does in an old-timey grandfather clock.
or (for some weird reason) this cat.
Oscillation isn't a bad thing. It's actually the basis for all sound, music, and clocks. But in one case, oscillation is bad. That's in cell boosters.
When we talk about oscillation in cell boosters, we're talking about wild, destructive swings back and forth in power levels. This is caused by feedback. If the signal from the booster's indoor antenna is too strong, or if the indoor antenna is able to pick up signals from the outdoor antenna, that starts to cause dangerous oscillations as the signals build on each other.
In the very early days of cellular boosters, oscillation was a big problem because it would spread from one booster, to the tower, to the whole system. There was some very legitimate fear that oscillation from one cell booster would bring down the whole cellular system.
Luckily, that didn't happen. Smart people got together.
Every cellular signal booster registered with the FCC carries some serious computing power designed to prevent oscillation. The system monitors itself several times a second and if it detects anything that even seems like oscillation, the power is automatically reduced until the problem goes away. This is true of the least expensive booster or the most expensive one.
Do you need to do anything to prevent oscillation?
The best way to avoid oscillation is to make sure your outdoor antenna and your indoor antenna are as far away as possible from each other. I recommend that the outdoor antenna be 15 feet higher than the indoor one, and that there be about 30 feet of horizontal separation between them. That's not always possible in a smaller house but if you follow that guideline as best as possible you'll get the best cell service that you can.
To find the cell booster of your dreams, shop the great selection at SolidSignal.com.
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Operational and financial performance of fossil fuel power plants within a high renewable energy mix
Patrick Eser 1
Ndaona Chokani 1
Reza S. Abhari 1
Laboratory for Energy Conversion, ETH Zurich
Patrick Eser
Laboratory for Energy Conversion, ETH Zurich, Sonneggstrasse 3, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
J. Glob. Power Propuls. Soc. 2017;1:16–27
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22261/JGPPS.2BIOTO
Power plant cycling
Optimal Power Flow
Baseload efficiency
Partload efficiency
The operation of conventional power plants in the 2030 high-renewable energy system of central Europe with high penetration of renewables is simulated in this work. Novel insights are gained in this work, since the generation, transmission and demand models have high geographic resolution, down to scale of individual units, with hourly temporal resolution. It is shown that the increases in the partload efficiency that optimize gas power plants' financial performance in 2030 are highly dependent on the variability in power production of renewable power plants that are in close proximity to the gas power plants. While coal power plants are also cycled more, an increased baseload efficiency is more beneficial for their financial viability. Thus, there is a need for OEMs to offer a wide range of technology solutions to cover all customers' needs in electricity markets with high penetrations of renewables. Therefore there is an increased investment risk for OEMs as they strive to match their customers' future needs.
In 2014, the European Commission published its Energy Strategy 2030 09, which targets 27% of all energy consumed in EU to be renewable by 2030. The transition of the energy sector towards increased penetrations of renewable power will pose major challenges and opportunities for OEMs and utilities. Since renewable power cannot be dispatched, conventional power plants will face more cycling operation to accommodate variability in renewable production. At the same time, reduced wholesale electricity prices associated with the increased penetration of renewables necessitates lower marginal costs and therefore higher baseload and partload efficiencies of conventional power plants. Thus it is crucial for OEMs and utilities to quantify the financial benefits of new technologies and retrofit upgrades that enhance either flexibility or efficiency of the engines.
Several studies have investigated the impacts of increased renewable penetrations on operation and financial performance of conventional power plants 05, 21, 18, 23. A common limitation among all these prior studies is the aggregation of the power system to the level of countries or regions, assuming a lossless "copper plate" transmission system within the aggregated regions. However the performance of an individual power plant is significantly influenced by the topology and sufficiency of the adjacent transmission system, as well as by the presence of renewable installations like wind farms or solar arrays nearby. Hence, a more detailed power systems simulation model, which resolves the individual power plants within the power system, is required to reliably and quantitatively assess the impact of increased renewable penetration on the operation of individual conventional power plants. Therefore within this work, a novel power systems simulation framework, which simulates the operation of actual power plants within the transmission system, is applied. The goal of this work is to assess the impacts of increased baseload and partload efficiencies on cycling operation and financial performance of individual conventional power plants in central Europe in 2030.
Our in-house power systems simulation framework EnerPol 19, 06 is applied in this work. Within EnerPol, a detailed geo-referenced representation of the central European power systems is the basis of hourly, chronological AC optimal power flow simulations. The generation model comprises 5,000 individual power plants, distinguishing between conventional and renewable power plants. Detailed thermodynamic models are applied to incorporate conventional power plants' baseload and cycling operation, as well as costs and constraints of ramping 07. The exact geographic locations of the power plants are used in the model, as shown in Figure 1. The hourly energy production of solar and wind power plants is derived from in-house meso-scale weather simulations. The transmission system model consists of 3,000 high voltage transmission lines and 2,000 substations, as shown in Figure 2. The hourly cross-border power flows to the non-simulated neighboring countries are derived from ENTSO-E statistics 04 and are distributed across the tielines proportionally to the tielines' capacity ratings. The hourly end-user electricity demand is differentiated by the consumer groups of households, industry, commerce and transportation and is spatially allocated with respect to each consumer group's density distribution. The resulting hourly electricity demand is aggregated to the nearest substation. More information about the applied simulation framework is given by the present authors in 07.
High voltage transmission system model of the central European power system that is used in this work.
Power plant model of the central European power system used in this work.
Improved partload and baseload efficiencies for selected power plants
To investigate the impacts of increased partload and baseload efficiencies on the operational and financial performance of conventional power plants, a set of 45 coal and natural gas combined cycle (NGCC) power plants, whose characteristics are summarized in Table 1 and whose locations are shown in Figure 3, are considered to be upgraded in 2030. These power plants cover a wide range of nameplate capacities so that the effects of increased penetration of renewables on representative conventional power plants can be investigated. To minimize the influence of one upgraded power plant on other upgraded power plants, the power plants have geographically dispersed locations, as shown in Figure 3. In total, the upgraded power plants represent 5% of the total installed generation capacity in central Europe.
Locations of the coal and NGCC power plants that are upgraded in 2030.
Characteristics of coal and gas power plants that are upgraded in this work.
Number of upgraded power plants
Capacity [MW]
Total Capacity [GW]
Coal 18 105–1730 11.6
Gas 27 86–1040 12.8
Within the simulation framework, merit order dispatch is used for each hour to determine the most cost-effective power plant portfolio that satisfies the corresponding power demand. An increase in either partload or baseload efficiency reduces a plant's marginal cost of power production; hence the power plant is dispatched more frequently as its marginal cost is lower on the merit order curve. While an increase in baseload efficiency results in the power plant being dispatched more in baseload, an increase in partload efficiency enables the power plant to gain market shares during periods of low prices, whereas without the increase of the partload efficiency, it would not have been profitable to dispatch the power plant. This simulation framework therefore represents an operational response to increased efficiency, which realistically simulates power plants' operation in the real wholesale market.
For each of the upgraded 45 power plants, the efficiency curves are adapted to reflect the assumed increase in partload or baseload efficiency, as shown in Figure 4. To enable an assessment of the impacts of different extents of efficiency improvements, the baseload and partload efficiencies are increased by 1%, 2% and 3%. The efficiency curves for the baseload efficiency increase scenarios are adapted only in the 100% load point, to enable a clear distinction in simulation results between partload and baseload efficiency increases.
Illustration of change in efficiency curves for representative coal power plant. Curves for baseload efficiency scenarios offset by 0.1% to increase legibility.
Power system of central Europe in 2030
The 2030 power system model is derived as follows from the 2013 model that is described above. The power demand is scaled proportionally with the projected developments in population for all simulated countries 22. Projections for increased penetrations of renewables are obtained for the year 2020 from the national renewable energy action plans of the simulated countries 01, 02, 14, 15, 16, 17, 03. These 2020 projections are extrapolated to 2030 to obtain the generation model of the 2030 baseline scenario. A summary of actual and derived renewable capacities and predicted population developments is given in Table 2.
Actual and predicted installed renewable capacities and population developments for 2013 and 2030.
Population [million]
Installed Wind [GW]
Installed PV [GW]
AUT 8.5 9 2 4.5 0.2 0.5
CZE 10.5 11 0.3 1.5 1.6 2
DEU 80.6 78 35 80 38 80
FRA 66 71.8 9.2 46 5 20
ITA 60 61.2 6 15 18 40
POL 38.5 37.4 3.8 13 0.6 2
SUI 8.1 9.5 0.1 0.2 0.1 2
A complete phase-out of nuclear power by 2030 is considered for Germany, which is in accordance with political targets 10. For Switzerland, a phase-out of all nuclear power plants except for NPP Leibstadt is used. The installed capacities of coal, lignite and gas power plants for the 2030 reference scenario are not varied from the 2013 capacities. A coal price increase of 26% and a gas price increase of 14% compared to 2013 are anticipated for 2030 12. As more stringent CO2 restrictions are anticipated for 2030 08, the price of CO2 certificates is considered to increase from 6 €/tCO2 (in 2013) to 20 €/tCO2 (in 2030).
The total annual costs of cycling are derived from unit-specific cycling costs, which are based on actual US power plants 13 and are summarized in Table 3. The cycling cost factors of Table 3 are applied to derive the annual cost of cycling for each upgraded coal and NGCC power plant.
Assumed cost factors for cycling parameters.
NGCC
Start costs [€/MW] 70 57
Ramping costs [€/MW per 100% load change] 7 6
Figure 5 and Figure 5 show the simulated market shares of the different generation technologies across Europe for 2013 and the 2030 reference scenario. As one would expect, the market shares of the renewable power sources are significantly increased in 2030 compared to 2013. The market share of wind is increased from 6% to 14%; the increase for solar power is 3% to 7%. At the same time, coal power is replaced by gas power due to the increase in CO2 emissions prices, which causes coal to lose market share (27% to 23%) and gas to gain slightly (12% to 13%). The market share of nuclear power is significantly reduced (34% to 24%) due to the nuclear phase-outs in Germany and Switzerland by 2030.
(a) Market shares of power generation technologies in 2013. (b) Market shares of power generation technologies in 2030.
This market shift from dispatchable, baseload nuclear power to non-dispatchable wind and solar power results in new opportunities and challenges for coal and gas power plants. Table 4 summarizes the operational statistics for the selected set of power plants (see Figure 3 in the years 2013 and 2030. In Table 4, power ramps are classified as "load following" when ramping more than 25% of the plant's nameplate capacity within an hour, and as "grid balancing" ramps otherwise.
Annual operational statistics for the upgraded power plants in 2013 and 2030.
Coal 0.36 0.24
NGCC 0.15 0.26
Number of starts
Coal 26 65
NGCC 243 280
Number of load following ramps
Number of grid balancing ramps
Coal 503 1,100
As Table 4 shows, the upgraded coal power plants face major financial setbacks in the reference scenario of 2030. Besides having a reduced capacity factor (0.36 to 0.24), which corresponds to less electricity sold on the market, both starts and ramps are doubled since the coal power plants have to adjust to the increased variability of renewable power flows. The upgraded NGCC power plants also cycle more, especially as regards load following ramps. But at the same time, the NGCC plants achieve higher capacity factors (0.15 to 0.26), which signifies higher potential for revenue of the NGCC plants in 2030.
Comparing results for coal and NGCC power plants
Table 5 provides a summary of annual revenues, averaged over all upgraded power plants, distinguished by coal and NGCC power plants. In this work the revenues are presented per MW of nameplate capacity, termed "capacity-specific revenue," in order to provide a consistent comparison of the upgraded power plants.
Impact of increased efficiencies on annual capacity-specific revenue (million €/MW) of upgraded power plants.
Baseload efficiency increase Reference 1% 2% 3%
Coal 0.27 0.30 0.37 0.41
NGCC 0.32 0.33 0.34 0.38
Partload efficiency increase Reference 1% 2% 3%
The annual revenues of the upgraded power plants in the 2030 reference scenario are 0.27 m€/MW and 0.32 m€/MW for coal and gas, respectively. This is at the upper end of today's price ranges, which historic data shows to be in the order of 0.27 million €/MW for coal 11, and 0.24 to 0.34 million €/MW 20 for NGCC, since price increases are assumed for coal, gas and CO2 emissions certificates, which increase the electricity price across the European power system. It can be seen, that the selected NGCC power plants achieve on average higher capacity-specific revenues than the selected coal power plants. This is because the coal price is assumed to increase more (+26%) than the gas price (+14%) until 2030, and because the increase in CO2 prices shifts market shares from coal towards NGCC plants, as the capacity factors in Table 4 also indicate. Furthermore, as can be seen from Table 5, there is a fundamental difference in operational requirements between coal and NGCC power plants in 2030: While the upgraded coal power plants profit significantly from increased baseload efficiencies (0.27 to 0.41 m€/MW), there is only a small increase in revenues for coal plants from increased partload efficiency (0.27 to 0.29 m€/MW). On the contrary, NGCC plants profit slightly more from increased partload efficiencies (0.32 to 0.40 m€/MW) than from increased baseload efficiencies (0.32 to 0.38 m€/MW).
This effect is can be seen in more detail in Figure 6 and Figure 7, which shows the capacity-specific revenue for all efficiency scenarios for the investigated coal (Figure 6) and NGCC (Figure 7) power plants as a function of the capacity factor in the reference scenario.
Annual capacity-specific revenue (m€/MW) as function of reference scenario capacity factor for upgraded NGCC power plants in 2030, for increased baseload (Figure 7a, top) and partload (Figure 7b, bottom) efficiency.
Annual capacity-specific revenue (m€/MW) as function of reference scenario capacity factor for upgraded coal power plants in 2030, for increased baseload (Figure 6a, top) and partload (Figure 6b, bottom) efficiency.
As Figure 6 shows, there is an increase in revenues for coal power plants with increasing baseload efficiency. This is mainly because coal power plants, which had only achieved intermittent load capacity factors in the range of 0.2 to 0.4 in the 2030 reference scenario, now have more opportunity to run in baseload, which increases their revenue. The few coal power plants, which have not achieved any significant market penetration in the reference scenario (capacity factor below 0.15), do not profit from increasing baseload efficiencies, as they are not cost effective enough to penetrate the market at all, independent of any efficiency increase. Figure 6 shows that there is consistently little impact of increased partload efficiency on coal power plant revenue. This is because the partload efficiency increase slightly increases the profitability during partload operation, yet does not enable the plants that run in intermittent operation to move towards more baseload operation.
Figure 7 and Figure 7 show an opposite effect for NGCC plants compared to coal plants (Figure 6). There is only a moderate increase of revenues for NGCC plants with increasing baseload efficiencies (Figure 7); the main increase is seen for NGCC plants that ran in a capacity factor range of 0.2 to 0.4 in the reference scenario. However with increasing partload efficiency (Figure 7), it can be seen that there is a significant increase in revenue for several NGCC plants, while many other plants are not affected at all. Since this discrepancy cannot be explained only in terms of the operating regime of the NGCC plants, it is interesting to assess the role of the power plants' geographic location in this trend.
Impact of instalment location of NGCC power plants on revenue increase
The results of Figure 7 are disaggregated to the country level in Table 6. It can be seen that NGCC power plants in Germany benefit most from increasing baseload efficiency (+29% revenue increase), while the highest increase in revenue from a partload efficiency increase is seen for NGCC power plants in Italy (+37%). This effect is explained in more detail in Figure 8 and Figure 9. Figure 8 shows the average weekly fluctuation of power production for the upgraded NGCC power plants in Germany and Italy in the reference scenario for 2030. Figure 9 shows the relative fluctuation of combined wind and solar power production for an average week in Germany and Italy. It is evident that the NGCC power plants in Italy have to adjust to market fluctuations more frequently and more heavily than the NGCC power plants in Germany (Figure 8). This is because there is a higher relative fluctuation of renewable power production in Italy compared to Germany (Figure 9). The direct influence of renewables on the operation of NGCC can be seen most clearly during noon hours, where NGCC in Italy have to reduce their power production to accommodate the peaks in solar power production. The relative fluctuation of renewables is lower in Germany than in Italy because in Germany, the share of renewables is split evenly between wind and solar (see Table 2) whereas in Italy, there is three times more solar power than wind power. Since the power production of wind power plants varies less than for solar power plants, the overall renewable power production is less variable in Germany than in Italy, as Figure 9 shows. The standard deviations of relative power production are 0.42 for Germany and 0.82 for Italy. Consequently, the standard deviation of relative weekly power production by NGCC power plants is 0.14 in Germany, and 0.19 in Italy. Therefore, the increased variability of renewable power production requires NGCC in Italy to cycle more, which leads to a higher benefit of increased partload efficiencies compared to NGCC in Germany, as seen in Table 6.
Relative weekly power production of renewable capacities in Germany and Italy, for 2030 reference scenario.
Relative weekly power production of NGCC power plants in Germany and Italy, for 2030 reference scenario.
Impact of efficiency increases on relative increase in capacity-specific revenue compared to 2030 reference scenario for NGCC power plants in France, Italy and Germany.
Baseload efficiency increase
France +4% +6% +9%
Italy 0% +2% +10%
Germany +3% +13% +29%
Partload efficiency increase 1% 2% 3%
Italy +11% +25% +37%
In Figure 10, the annual average locational marginal electricity prices (LMPs), in blue coloured contours, and the relative increase in revenue for the 3% partload efficiency increase case of all upgraded NGCC power plants, red coloured symbols, are shown. The plotted average LMP values are calculated as averages of the hourly LMPs at each substation throughout the year; values for locations between two substations are interpolated accordingly. It is clear that the NGCC power plants most positively affected by the partload efficiency increase are located in northern Italy, which coincides with the locations with the highest electricity prices. This is because in the high-price region of northern Italy, NGCC power plants have to cover most of the load, which includes frequent ramps to adjust to the fluctuations in demand and solar power production. Since the NGCC power plants in northern Italy encounter more ramps and more partload operation than NGCC power plants in other regions of Europe, NGCC power plants in Italy benefit most from a partload efficiency increase.
Annual average LMP [€/MWh] and increase in revenue [%] for all upgraded NGCC power plants in 3% partload efficiency increase scenario.
Financial comparison of revenue effects and cycling effects
As seen in Table 4, the conventional power plants will not only encounter new revenue opportunities in 2030, but also significantly increased numbers of starts and ramps to accommodate the increased penetration of non-dispatchable renewables in the central European power system. The relative change in annual cycling cost compared to the 2030 reference scenario is shown in Figure 11 together with the relative change in revenue for each efficiency increase scenario. It is evident that for the most beneficial efficiency improvements (baseload for coal power plants and partload for NGCC power plants), the revenue increase outweighs the increase in cycling cost, yielding an overall positive balance. Only for the case of an increase in baseload efficiency of NGCC power plants is the increase in cycling cost higher than the increase in revenue; this is due to a significant increase in load-following ramps of the corresponding NGCC plants. This underlines again, that for NGCC power plants an increase in partload efficiencies is more beneficial than an increase in baseload efficiency.
Relative increase in annual revenue and cycling costs for coal (top) and NGCC (bottom) power plants for all baseload and partload efficiency increase scenarios.
Our in-house bottom up power systems simulation framework EnerPol is applied in this work to assess the impact of increased baseload and partload efficiencies on operational and financial performances of coal and NGCC power plants in the central European power system of 2030. Within this simulation framework, all conventional power plants are being simulated individually, which enables unique insights into the effects of improved efficiencies on power plant operation.
The simulations show that compared to 2013, cycling operation is significantly increased for both coal and NGCC power plants in 2030. This is due to the significant increase in penetration of fluctuating renewables such as wind and solar. Additionally, the investigated coal power plants are found to lose 50% capacity factor because of assumed increases in coal prices and CO2 emissions costs, which indicates a financially critical situation for coal power plants in central Europe by 2030. The increase of baseload and partload efficiencies is shown to have varying effects for coal and NGCC power plants. While the investigated coal power plants benefit heavily from increased baseload efficiency (+57% revenue for 3% baseload efficiency increase scenario), the NGCC power plants are found to benefit more from increased partload efficiencies (+21% revenue for 3% partload efficiency increase). This is due to the different roles of coal and NGCC power plants in the high-renewable European power system of 2030: While both coal and NGCC power plants face more cycling operation to adjust to the fluctuating renewables, coal power plants are operated more in baseload operation whenever profitable. NGCC power plants however, especially those in northern Italy, face more partload operation, since being the major source of operational flexibility to balance the increasing penetration of solar power in Italy. The relative increase in cycling cost is found to be below the relative increase in revenue for all cases except small baseload efficiency increases of NGCC power plants, which underlines the financial viability of the investigated efficiency increases.
The results in this work show that conventional power plants still have a market in 2030, despite significantly increased penetration of renewables and increased prices of fuel and CO2 certificates. In general, the market is found to favour investments in new NGCC capacities over new coal capacities, due to the NGCC's improved operational flexibility and reduced CO2 intensity. But this work also highlights the necessity for OEMs and utilities to prepare for new challenges in high-renewable energy systems. Compared to today, both coal and NGCC power plants will face significantly increased cycling operation, which causes the need for more resilient power plant components and adjusted maintenance intervals. With increasing renewable penetration, the volume of the ancillary services market will increase, which will favour technical solutions that reduce the incurred costs and damages of frequent load cycles. This will require improved control and reduction of thermal gradients in the engine. Component designs like stack dampers reduce heat losses in CCGT HRSGs after shut-down and therefore shift the starting regime from cold to less damaging warm and hot starts. Improved thermal stress controllers enable more aggressive ramping of gas and steam turbines while maintaining all damage-relevant stress levels.
Utilities will seek to maintain or increase their market shares in the increasingly competitive electricity market. Baseload and partload efficiency increases are shown to be very effective measures to improve existing and future coal and NGCC power plants' financial performance. For coal power plants, retrofit upgrades increasing the baseload efficiency, such as flue gas heat recovery systems or coal drying systems, yield the most beneficial financial performances. For NGCC power plants, partload efficiency increasing technologies, such as variable-pitch inlet guide vanes and inlet air preheating systems, deliver the best financial results. Notwithstanding this general trend, this work also shows that utility preferences can differ widely depending on the market the power plant is intended for — while NGCC power plants in Italy profit heavily from partload efficiency increases, gas power plants in Germany profit most from improvements in baseload efficiencies. This discrepancy is driven by the variability in power production of each country's renewable energy portfolio. Since all central European countries have different renewable action plans based on domestic policies and abundance of renewable resources, OEMs will need to offer a wider and more modular range of technical solutions to meet the needs of all customers across central Europe. This diversification of customer needs implies increased investment risk for the OEMs, as more technical solutions will be developed for a smaller group of target customers for each individual solution. In consequence, OEMs will have to increase the capital requirements presented to customers in order to compensate for the additional risks.
Patrick Eser declares that he has no conflict of interest. Ndaona Chokani declares that he has no conflict of interest. Reza Abhari declares that he has no conflict of interest.
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Bishop Claude Alexander of The Park Ministries makes a point during a press briefing to annunce the West Charlotte Mentoring Coalition at the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Government Center. The coalition aims to help freshmen with mentoring and tutoring support.
At West Charlotte High School, where more than 75 percent of students come from economically disadvantaged households, nearly half of the freshman class will drop out before graduating.
Mayor Anthony Foxx, a West Charlotte grad, said that many of the 1,700 students there simply need someone positive to look up to.
"Young people can be successful, but they have to see examples of success," he said.
Elected officials, members of the faith community, business leaders and community groups from Charlotte's west corridor recently announced the West Charlotte Mentoring Coalition, a collaborative effort to eliminate the drop out rate by providing mentoring and tutoring support for ninth graders at West Charlotte High School.
West Charlotte Principal Shelton Jeffries said the graduation rate at his school is a serious concern. He believes the work of the coalition will be powerful in reversing those trends by positively influencing the lives of young people.
Research conducted by Strayer University identified the presence of a strong male role model as one of many key success factors that increase the likelihood of successful life outcomes among African American youth.
City Council member David Howard credits much of his success to a personal relationship with a mentor who took him under his wing as a freshman at West Charlotte.
Howard is now giving back by participating in the program, and he calling on others to do the same.
Mentors for the project will be recruited through the coalition's network of churches, businesses and professional organizations. Mentors will make a one-year commitment and be screened through the established CMS volunteer screening process.
Tutoring will be provided through the church coalition network at facilities where structured programs already exist.
This year's goal is to link all incoming freshman at West Charlotte with a mentor.
Although the program is being launched at West Charlotte, organizers hope that it will serve as a model that will be duplicated across the Charlotte-Mecklenburg School district.
"I've seen where mentors have made a real difference in people's lives," said businessman Ron Leeper who was instrumental in laying the foundation for the project.
Leeper said no one achieves anything on their own.
Leeper wants members of the community, particularly the 20,000 members of the faith-based community along the Beatties Ford Road corridor, to do their part in making the community stronger.
"They are our community's kids and we have an obligation and responsibility to help them achieve their goals, as somebody has helped us," he said.
Johnson C. Smith University and several churches including Friendship Missionary Baptist Church and the Park Ministries have already pledged their commitment and support to the coalition.
To learn more about the West Charlotte Mentoring Coalition or receive information on getting involved or beginning a similar program in your community, call (980) 343-6060 extension 408. |
Member of parliament Taras Chornovil has intent to quit the Party of Regions.
According to an UNIAN correspondent, he said this to journalists today.
At the same time, he stressed that he will not quit the Party of Regions faction and will not resign from parliament. |
Threatening man told woman her dad was on his list of people he was going to sort-out
A threatening man told a woman in a Facebook message that her father was on his list of people he was going to sort-out but he would be spared if she gave him £5,000.
Chesterfield magistrates' court heard on June 25 how Jason Allen Carman, 33, of Church Walk, at Wirksworth, Matlock, had been involved in a confrontation with the woman's father while he had been walking on private land where the woman's father had been working for the Forestry Commission.
Chesterfield magistrates' court.
Prosecuting solicitor Robert Carr told a previous hearing on June 19: "Mr Carman was told it was private land and should not be there and he did not take that well."
Carman went on to write comments on his Facebook account, according to Mr Carr, about wanting to sort people out and because this woman knew him she messaged him to see if he was okay.
Mr Carr said: "He said he wanted to kill everyone and he had had enough and he said he was going all out like he used to and she thought he was going to hurt people and he said her father is on the list and he is in his range."
Carman also said he wanted £5,000 to stop, according to Mr Carr, but the woman said she could not get £5,000 and she was concerned.
Mr Carr added that the woman tried to explain to Carman he had been on private land and if his dog had been there the pet could have been shot to which Carman replied: "We will see who gets shot."
Carman admitted to police in an interview he had sent the messages and said it had been fuelled by alcohol and it was mainly about a current disagreement with another couple.
The defendant added that he did not think the woman would take the threats seriously.
Carman, who has previous convictions, pleaded guilty to sending a communication by Facebook which conveyed a threat to cause distress or anxiety on June 4.
Here's who has appeared before Chesterfield magistrates in our latest round-up from the courts
Defence solicitor John Last told the previous hearing: "He did send threatening messages which he deeply regrets and the transcript of the interview said he did not expect her to take the threats seriously but he understood they could have been perceived differently."
Mr Last added that Carman had been seriously ill and had nearly died and it had been his dog that had given him something to live for and this pet helped get him through a period of homelessness.
Carman also claimed that the woman's father had tried to run over his dog in a tractor and had made a hand gesture towards him, according to Mr Last.
Mr Last told magistrates: "The defendant realises he's put himself in a perilous position and he hopes you will look at a report because he has no desire to go back to prison."
Magistrates, who considered a probation report, sentenced Carman on June 25 to a community order which will last until March 24. 2020, with a Rehabilitation Activity Requirement.
He was also fined £40 and must pay £300 compensation and an £85 victim surcharge. |
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World cup 2026: Morocco lost against Trio of USA-Canada-Mexico
Oziga June 13, 2018
It's official! The trio United States-Canada-Mexico will host the World Cup in 2026. The vote of the organizing country of the World 2026, took place this Wednesday in Russia. The trio presented as the favorite, got 134 votes against 65 for Morocco.
For the first time, a World Cup will be organized by three countries at the same time, surpassing the co-organization of South Korea and Japan in 2002.
Large and modern stadiums, a cascade of money, the experience of major events and oiled operations were the strong points of this "American" candidacy. The trio United States/Mexico/Canada has promised "the most lucrative World Cup in history" with $14billion in revenue, against a "net for the Fifa of $5billion" on the Moroccan side.
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Ben from Thorndown met the marvellous Wayne Perrey on the first episode of the 2018 series of Love Your Garden. Wayne is a carpenter who specialises in making TV sets on makeover shows, in magazines and exhibitions.
This rather talented man also runs a company called The DIY Doers with business partner, Steph Bron. They share their knowledge and experience of DIY projects, helping to inspire and explain just how to do it yourself.
Wayne loved using Thorndown Wood Paints on Love Your Garden and wanted to use them on his own projects. The first was a makeover in his own garden where he transformed his shed, deck, raised beds, garden furniture, terracotta pots and a metal sculpture.
You can see how he got on by following this link to The DIY Doers YouTube channel. He's got some great tips, techniques and general advice to share throughout the video. Hope you enjoy! |
2018 Predictions & Recommendations: The Ransomware Plague Is Just Beginning
by Josh | Dec 21, 2017 | Latest News, Palo Alto Networks
It's not exactly a no-brainer, but the success of ransomware in 2017 leads us to a logical prediction that more successful ransomware attacks will continue to plague organizations in 2018. These attacks will increase both in volume and sophistication, which will make it even more challenging for security vendors of yesteryear to prevent these attacks and fulfil their basic promise of protecting their customers.
It isn't just legacy vendors that are challenged, however. Ransomware causes headaches for shiny "next-gen" products that rely heavily on detection-and-response capabilities because, once ransomware has evaded prevention techniques, the damage has already been done: files/folders are encrypted, and the business is impacted. (But hey, if you need a pretty process tree, they're your vendor.) Rollback features are the equivalent of rolling the dice, crossing your fingers and hoping for the best, which is not a strategy.
Ransoms Beyond Bitcoin
Mao Tse-tung allegedly said, "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun." While it's a stretch to say ransomware will produce the same result, in 2018, ransomware motives will shift to increasingly political, instead of commercial, gains. The business model for ransomware has been simple: as an attacker, I'll hold your files or folders hostage (encrypt them), and you pay me money (in the form of cryptocurrency). In 2017, we observed attacks that used ransomware, but the motives were political, rather than commercial, in nature. In March 2017, RanRan was a ransomware variant in the Middle East that, instead of money, demanded the victims speak out against a political leader in the region through the creation of a website. In 2018, we anticipate more uses of ransomware attacks that go beyond commercial. In another recent example, NotPetya focused its encryption, not on files and folders that could be later decrypted after payment but instead encrypted the Master Boot Record, crashing systems.
Ransomware for the Masses
According to our latest Unit 42 threat intelligence report, Ransomware: Unlocking the Lucrative Criminal Business Model, ransomware variants are increasing, with total numbers at least 150, if not hundreds more. Another reason driving this increased volume is how much easier it is to launch attacks. Given that cybercriminals with limited technical skills can execute these attacks, making it even more convenient and reducing the barrier to launch attacks, ransomware as a service has become a viable way to launch ransomware attacks (think having to leave the house and shop vs. order from DoorDash). In 2018, unfortunately, the number of successful ransomware attacks will continue to increase, and couch potato cybercriminals will be successful.
Down, Z, Up, X, A, Y, B, C
Do that on an Super Nintendo back in the day, and voila! Your sophisticated "Street Fighter II" champion codes were enabled. Now, think of something similar happening for ransomware. In 2017, a sophisticated set of tools was leaked by a group called The Shadow Brokers, which claimed the tools had been created by a U.S. government entity for offensive operations. These tools were quickly leveraged by attackers in some of the most talked-about attacks of 2017. We had already seen innovative distribution models used in ransomware attacks, including exploit kits, macros, malicious DLLs and others. In addition, kernel exploits were heavily used in these attacks, making them even more difficult for security vendors to prevent. (Learn how kernel exploits work.)
Keep On Keepin' On
Self-propagation of ransomware attacks will likely continue. The combination of worm-like capabilities as a way to rapidly distribute ransomware has been proven and wildly successful. From a business perspective eliminating any friction needed to propagate the attack makes good business sense, which is why this type of ransomware worm will likely continue in 2018 and beyond.
More Platforms
While 2017 was a quiet year for Mac-specific ransomware, in 2018, we can expect the volume of Mac ransomware to increase. A ransomware attack has already targeted OS X hosts – KeRanger, which Unit 42 identified in 2016 – and given the increase in Mac usage, the attractive targets Mac users make, and with additional tools and the commoditization of ransomware, it's a good bet we'll be hearing more about organizations getting hit with ransomware targeting Macs.
As we mentioned upfront, based on the success in 2017, it doesn't take Nostradamus to see that ransomware will continue in 2018. In fact, we believe adversaries will begin expanding their mission to more sophisticated attacks and targeting more platforms. Ransomware will likely continue as a thin veneer to more dangerous attacks that go through legacy security solutions like a hot knife through butter. The only defense is a coordinated security system that works together where endpoints communicate with firewalls to automatically convert threat intelligence into prevention at both locations, regardless of where a threat is first discovered. This level of integration also enables SecOps to correlate threat events and conduct forensic investigations using data from endpoints, firewalls, and global threat intelligence in ways that may not be possible with disparate security products.
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Lack of carriers delays grain export
A shortage of road transport causes havoc on grain exports due to flood damage to Victoria's rail network
By Ruza Zivkusic | March 9, 2011
The grain supply chain is being
urged to work more cooperatively as a shortage of road transport delays Victorian grain deliveries to other states.
GrainCorp Corporate Affairs Manager David Ginns says its customers are faced with a lack of grain transport suppliers as Victoria's damaged rail network pushes grain transportation to road carriers.
"They're having a great deal of difficulty getting road transport because of the shortage of suppliers, at a considerably higher cost than what we would normally expect to pay for haulage," Ginns says.
"They are paying higher prices and we are experiencing delays with cargo accumulation, which then affects the general competitiveness of exports.
"Trucks and trailers are not cheap and road freight providers would see what's happening at this point in time as the upside of supply and demand.
"There have been periods in the not too distant past where there has been an oversupply of road transport and freight has been hard to come by so freight providers are doing well at this point in time."
Ginns believes the problem will only increase when rice is harvested in southern NSW and the harvest of cotton and summer crops in northern NSW and Queensland approaches.
Australian Bulk Alliance General Manager Simon McNair says demand is exceeding supply with grain transportation from ABA's Melbourne grain terminal to Geelong booked out until August.
"The big issue for us is people saying they're going to deliver grain and they don't turn up on any advice," McNair says.
"We run a booking service where they book a slot to deliver their grain, we have only been busy for the last two months but it's becoming quite a common thing where trucks don't turn up.
"Everyone is fully booked until August, there's a lot of grain and demand out there and a lot of ships waiting off most ports along the east coast.
"The industry has always risen to meet the challenges put in front of it as the government has removed itself from their handling in the transport side of things and I have no doubt it will rise to it.
"It's just a matter of getting the total supply chain and several of organisations working a bit more cooperatively." |
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Organizational Culture and Leadership
The Jossey-Bass Business & Management Series
By: Edgar H. Schein
Narrated by: Milton Bagby
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Organizational Culture and Leadership, Fifth Edition
By: Edgar H. Schein, Peter Schein
Narrated by: Noah Michael Levine
Organizational Culture and Leadership is the classic reference for managers and students seeking a deeper understanding of the inter-relationship of organizational culture dynamics and leadership. Author Edgar Schein is the 'father' of organizational culture, world-renowned for his expertise and research in the field; in this book, he analyzes and illustrates through cases the abstract concept of culture and shows its importance to the management of organizational change.
The Infinite Game
How Great Businesses Achieve Long-lasting Success
By: Simon Sinek
Narrated by: Simon Sinek
The New York Times best-selling author of Start With Why, Leaders Eat Last and Together Is Better offers a bold new approach to business strategy by asking one question: are you playing the finite game or the infinite game? In The Infinite Game, Sinek applies game theory to explore how great business achieve long-lasting success. He finds that building long-term value and healthy, enduring growth - that playing the infinite game - is the only thing that matters to your business.
Can't wait for the next book.
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The Surprising Truth about What Motivates Us
By: Daniel H. Pink
Narrated by: Daniel H. Pink
A book that will change how you think and transform how you live.Forget everything you thought you knew about how to motivate people – at work, at school, at home. It is wrong. As Daniel H. Pink explains in his paradigm-shattering book Drive, the secret to high performance and satisfaction in today's world is the deeply human need to direct our own lives, to learn and create new things, and to do better by ourselves and the world.
Essential motivational theory reading
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Communicate with Confidence, Influence and Authority
By: Caroline Goyder
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Have you ever wondered why some people earn attention and respect when they speak and others don't? The secret to their success can be summed up in one word: gravitas. In this revolutionary new book, leading voice coach and speaker Caroline Goyder reveals how to speak so others will listen. Through simple techniques to build your natural gravitas, you will learn how to express yourself clearly, with passion and confidence, to persuade, influence and engage listeners. By being grounded in your values and capabilities, you will gain the authority needed to make people sit up and pay attention.
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Ray Dalio, one of the world's most successful investors and entrepreneurs, shares the unconventional principles that he's developed, refined, and used over the past 40 years to create unique results in both life and business - and which any person or organization can adopt to help achieve their goals.
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By Thomas Sichel on 30-09-17
Regarded as one of the most influential management books of all time, this fourth edition of Leadership and Organizational Culture transforms the abstract concept of culture into a tool that can be used to better shape the dynamics of organization and change. This updated edition focuses on today's business realities. Edgar Schein draws on a wide range of contemporary research to redefine culture and demonstrate the crucial role leaders play in successfully applying the principles of culture to achieve their organizational goals.
©2010 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (P)2011 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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Key takeaway - culture a set of shared assumptions
This is a must read for a culture change enthusiast or transformation leader. Culture Island is a useful technique/tool.
What did you like best about this story?
References to many real life situations
If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?
Culture Island
Probably skip the audiobook for a text copy
While this book is the classic on organizational culture, it's also incredibly verbose and tedious. There's value here, but a 100 page version with another 300+ pages of examples linked to it would be a lot more useful. There were also a huge number of really dated examples (pre technology, companies were mainly dead dinosaurs like DEC), which is because the book is in 4th edition and only lightly revised.
I also listened on audible, rather than reading, which made it extra-tedious. (Textbook pricing for the printed or e-book, single credit for the audiobook, so...). I'd recommend reading this as an e-book instead. I generally really like audiobooks, but there are some books for which they're not particularly suited.
I'd probably give it 5 stars as the canonical book on an important topic, except for being vastly too long and pretty tedious.
I need the abridged version
I listen to a lot of leadership and management books and so was looking forward to this based on the strong reviews. However, as one who reads in order to use the insights and practices in my work, I need books that get to the point a little faster. In addition, I listen while on my bike commute, so if things are dragging, I find myself thinking about other things.
This book was just too slow and as I am about 5 hours in, I think I will pass this back and maybe read it when I am retired.
Culture Eats Strategy for Breakfast!
Edgar Schein is the leading theorist on organizational culture and process consultation, and this book is the standard bearer for understanding organizational culture and how to change it. The book is divided into five parts: defining organizational culture and leadership, discussing dimensions of organizational culture, outlining the leadership role in building and developing culture, outlining how leaders can manage culture change, and discussing new leadership roles that are evolving into today's organizations. He makes a critical point that if leaders are not proactive about managing their organizations' culture, that culture will ultimately manage them. As is often quoted in organization development circles, "Culture eats strategy for breakfast!" He also outlines the steps leaders can take to conduct their own cultural analysis. While the book is intended to be academic and is fairly dense, the organizational stories Schein uses throughout the book as illustrative examples add life to the book. A great resource for any organizational leader!
Where does Organizational Culture and Leadership rank among all the audiobooks you've listened to so far?
It is in the top five.
Who was your favorite character and why?
No it did not, nor would I as you need time to apply and process the concepts.
It would have been nice to have access to the book in an ebook format that reads the text.
Mauro Locarnini
The foundational book on Organizational Culture
If you could sum up Organizational Culture and Leadership in three words, what would they be?
Although it is lacking a bit more of intercultural awareness and a less step by step and more holographic approach, that are needed for nowadays business environment it is a still an outstanding introduction to the complex world of organizational culture.I would say that any organizational culture practitioner must read it!
Great insights to leaders
Really learned a lot from this book. The content, though often containing suggestions for practitioners was nevertheless easy to understand and useful to the layman leader (my own position). I highly recommend this book to practicing or aspiring leaders.
Beryl Bellman
Praise for Schein's Classic Work
Would you listen to Organizational Culture and Leadership again? Why?
I was glad to see Organizational Culture and Leadership on Audible as I have assigned this book to both upper division and graduate level courses on organizational communications.
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Either I missed something or he began to define his term "culture islands" near the end of the book after he'd been using it all along. Loved his other book "Humble Inquiry" though.
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Serena Williams' childhood coach: Cori Gauff will win Major, become No 1 in 2023
Serena Williams' childhood coach Rick Macci believes "the doors are open for Cori Gauff" to make major things as he believes the 18-year-old will win a Grand Slam and reach the world No 1 ranking this year. Last year, Williams and Ashleigh Barty retired from tennis.
This year, four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka is missing the entire season due to pregnancy. Iga Swiatek is ranked at No 1 and considered the best player in the game but Macci feels the Pole is again beatable. "The door is open for @CocoGauff.
Barty retired, Serena exited stage, left, Osaka is away this year, Iga has come back down to earth. 2023 Coco wins a slam and will be number 1 by the end of the year. Olympic sprinter on a mission and a burning desire," Macci wrote on Twitter.
The door is open for @CocoGauff . Barty retired,Serena exited stage,left, Osaka is away this year,Iga has come back down to earth.2023 Coco wins a slam and will be number 1 by the end of the year. Olympic sprinter on a mission and a burning desire.🔥 — Rick Macci (@RickMacci) January 20, 2023
Gauff has been tipped to win a Grand Slam
Gauff has had a great start to the 2023 season as she won Auckland before winning all of her first three Australian Open matches in straight sets.
Jessica Pegula, who is currently the top-ranked American female tennis player, believes Gauff is definitely a legitimate Grand Slam title contender and a threat to any opponent. "I think she's always a contender in a Slam.
That's just my personal opinion. I don't think any top player wants to see her early in a tournament, or any player in general wants to see her early in a tournament," Pegula said of Gauff. Meanwhile, Gauff has been getting her respect at the Australian Open.
In her first three Australian Open matches, Gauff was all three times scheduled for Rod Laver Arena. "Honestly, truly shocked I've been on Laver like all my matches. I don't know, maybe because Rafa is out they need somebody else.
I feel weird saying that. I do thrive on the big courts and I love it. I don't take it for granted because I don't know if it will keep happening, but I'm going to enjoy the moment while it lasts," Gauff said. |
Actress Rosie Perez Settles Lawsuit with Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Actress Rosie Perez has recently settled a personal injury lawsuit against the producers and executives of the hit television show Law and Order. Perez claims that she suffered serious neck and back injuries after being involved in an on set accident back in 2009. She claimed that she had to wear a brace after being violently shaken by an extra cast while taping. Her lawyers claimed that the show's producers "recklessly and carelessly" failed to provide experienced extra's for the scene.
In addition to a personal injury claim, Rosie Perez and her attorneys may have also brought an action for negligent retention and/or negligent hiring against the producers and executives of the TV show Law & Order: Special Victims Unit for failing to hire experienced extras with adequate background and training. Ms. Perez is also known for her role in the movie Pineapple Express.
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OPINION / OBSERVER
US, West's smears disregard facts, won't stop Xinjiang from getting better
By Global Times Published: Aug 25, 2022 10:00 PM
Slandering Xinjiang -- the new normal of the "empire of lies" Illustration: Vitaly Podvitski
Did Washington just accidentally reveal its playbook filled with tactics to block China's justified counteractions over Xinjiang-related issues?
The US State Department's Global Engagement Center (GEC) released a report Wednesday accusing China of actively attempting to "manipulate and dominate global discourse on Xinjiang." According to it, China is accused of using its "messengers" to spread disinformation, attack China critics, amplify "positive stories," and so on.
The current round of public opinion warfare between China and the US-led West over Xinjiang arguably began in 2018, when anti-China "scholar" Adrian Zenz's "studies" on so-called human rights abuses in Xinjiang started to attract much attention from the US media and Washington. Now almost five years into this struggle, the US' trick is crystal clear - to use its dominant position in the global discourse and its shamelessness in the geopolitical game to smear and attack China on all possible fronts, at multiple levels, and through various means.
As the West, mainly the US, continues to concoct and spread lies, China's efforts to tell its story over Xinjiang-related issues aim at refuting and stopping the spreading of disinformation, which is far from the complete picture of the situation.
When it comes to Xinjiang-related issues, the West simply doesn't or refuses to understand its complexity. Western countries view this matter through the monotonous lens of human rights and freedom they are so accustomed to. But in fact, China's governance in Xinjiang involves the unity of China's ethnic groups and the combat of separatism, terrorism and extremism - key elements that affect the development and security of the Xinjiang region and the whole country.
The US and Western smears are far from the reality in Xinjiang, and the US State Department has described China's self-defense as "spreading disinformation," which shows their inherent disregard for facts and refusal to self-reflect.
In many ways, public opinion warfare over Xinjiang is a competition for a fair position of global discourse, said the experts. The US wants to destroy China's capability to defend and protect itself in such a contest, aiming to prove its hegemony in global discourse and gain the upper hand when dealing with the rising nation. The final goal is to knock Beijing down entirely so that Washington can act even more recklessly.
According to Lü Xiang, a research fellow on US studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, when playing the geopolitical game, Washington tends to intensify the attacks against its opponents - Beijing, for example - once it feels like it's in a weak position. Therefore, since the US is deep in political and economic crises, it has chosen to bash China, prompted by a sense of weakness. However, the US has to come to realization that it's futile to push China into any kind of warfare to solve its own domestic problems.
This public opinion warfare is unlikely to end soon. Chinese military observer Wang Qiang told the Global Times that smearing China on Xinjiang-related issues means gaining considerable outputs with few inputs for Washington, be they from the perspective of containing China, maintaining white people's dominant position in the world, or strengthening the West's unity.
As the GEC report proves, the US will certainly continue to step up the smearing of China on Xinjiang-related issues. On the one hand, it would continue to create more barriers for China to speak out. On the other hand, we should not be surprised if it increases the usage of the measures it has accused China of in the report to manipulate global opinion on Xinjiang. Nevertheless, China is ready to make counterattacks and expose the lies from the West one by one. The play has just begun.
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The inventor of the L'Autopatte
We all know that Martin was not the inventor of all his toys himself.
Many of his toys were invented by small toy makers who took their inventions to the annual "Concours de Lépine" a competition in Paris to present and hopefully sell their inventions.
One of these inventors was Mr Boucheron from whom Martin has bought several inventions.
One of these inventions was the L'Autopatte.
On the box and the catalogue page of this Martin toy you can see that it won a "Grand Prix" price on the "Concours Lépine".
In the magazine "La Nature" from 1909 page 204 a small article of this invention was described the L'auto-pattes
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The translated description is as follows:
A production by M. Boucheron that solves wishes.
The L' Autopatte is a motor vehicle a african boy sits in front of the person falling to the ground that is propelled in circular long durations.
The mechanism is simple.
A lever that performs the functions of the femur is placed in the extended mechanism where it is received in an arc.
A cam enhances this lever to move up and down.
Finally, each leg carries a lever.
The knee joints are more than primary.
The legs hang at the end of the knees.
But when the toy is walking, the controlled bars go up one by one, and the legs take the vertical position by their own weight, and when they are lowered, the legs touch the ground.
As the toy rolls, these feet stay on the ground for a short time and lengthen to return vertically to the next move.
Because this steering is alternate, the feet land on the ground one by one and the africa boy feels in fact he is actually responsible for the propulsion of the vehicle with his feet in reverse. –
Mr. Boucheron lived on the rue Rachel, in Vitry-sur-Seine.
In January 2023 a blog with more about this nice toy
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Today in Baltimore, Maryland, B4U-ACT brought together a range of clinicians, researchers, academics, and minor-attracted persons to discuss key issues regarding the entry for pedophilia in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) of the American Psychiatric Association. The purpose of the meeting was to promote a more comprehensive and accurate DSM. This first symposium of its kind was a success, as 38 people participated in discussion of stimulating presentations by nine distinguished speakers.
The foundation of the symposium was B4U-ACT's position that the DSM should be based on accurate information about people in the general population. It should be "sensitive to the needs of clinicians and their patients" (as advocated by the APA). Minor-attracted people should be involved in its revision (also advocated by the APA).
B4U-ACT believes that everyone benefits when a variety of reasoned perspectives is heard. Therefore, speakers were allowed to express their views freely and openly. B4U-ACT does not necessarily endorse all of the views expressed. Our policy of free and open expression is in support of the APA's position that DSM revisions should involve input from "diverse perspectives, disciplines, and areas of expertise," and that "patient and family" groups be involved. Speakers and attendees specialized in psychiatry, ethics, psychology, philosophy, social work, linguistics, and gender studies.
Speakers addressed a diverse range of crucial issues related to the DSM, and discussion was lively. Keynote speaker Dr. Fred Berlin (of Johns Hopkins University) provided a conceptual overview of pedophilia from a psychiatric viewpoint, and argued in favor of acceptance of and compassion for people who are attracted to minors, while at the same time rejecting adult-minor sexual activity. Dr. John Sadler (University of Texas) argued that diagnostic criteria for mental disorders should not be based on concepts of vice since such concepts are subject to shifting social attitudes and doing so diverts mental-health professionals from their role as healers. Dr. Nancy Potter (University of Louisville) analyzed the concept of "uptake" — that is, genuine listening — and argued that by giving uptake to minor-attracted people, those revising the DSM would strengthen DSM-5 and contribute to more ethical treatment, but that minor-attracted people must exhibit accuracy and sincerity in their testimony. Dr. Lisa Cohen (Albert Einstein College of Medicine) presented data on the psychological correlates of pedophilia based on forensic samples, and argued that use of non-forensic samples would help researchers separate factors related to feelings of attraction from those related to behavior, and support the development of improved diagnostic systems.
In the afternoon, Dr. Renee Sorrentino (Harvard Medical School) discussed legal, ethical, and medical consequences of the proposed DSM-5 entry for pedohebephilia. Andrew Hinderliter (University of Illinois) argued that the medicalization of social deviance blurs the boundary between the helping professions and the criminal justice system, creating the potential for psychiatry to become a means of controlling undesirables, rather than an agent of healing. Jacob Breslow (London School of Economics and Political Science) challenged assumptions about minors and sexuality which currently underlie policymaking and the DSM. Richard Kramer (the only speaker representing B4U-ACT), analyzed sources of stigma in the DSM, presented survey data regarding MAPs' feelings of stigma, and provided recommendations for revising the DSM to reduce stigma.
B4U-ACT is a 501(c)(3) organization that promotes communication and collaboration among minor-attracted persons, mental health professionals, and researchers. Its mission is to increase the availability of accurate information about minor-attracted persons and mental health services that focus on their mental health needs. Inaccurate negative stereotypes force minor-attracted people into hiding, leave young adolescents who are attracted to children hopeless with nowhere to turn, and do nothing to protect children. We have received emails from teenagers as young as 15 who were engaged in self-harming behavior or threatening suicide, and could talk to no one about it, because they were attracted to children. Making welcoming, informed, and empathetic mental health services available is the goal of B4U-ACT.
For more details about the symposium, see https://www.b4uact.org/research/past-symposium/. Please direct any questions to B4U-ACT director of operations Richard Kramer at [email protected]. |
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In what is only the second ever running of the NSW SSA Junior Sedan Title, this season's event will see no repeat of the results from the inaugural title, with the top-three placegetters not participating this time around. However, with 14 drivers champing at the bit to prove themselves around the 440-metre track, there's no doubt who will be leading the field.
Fresh from successfully defending his National Title, Ardie Jonic is going to be tough to beat as he shoots for the 11th title victory of his illustrious career. The Queenslander has been in stellar form so far this season, taking out the Queensland and South Australian Titles, and he'll be hoping to continue that momentum when he takes to the track.
Son of multiple National Super Sedan Champion Mat Pascoe, Brad Pascoe (Qld) will be looking for a strong performance throughout qualifying to set himself up for the feature race, while Brims brothers Hayden and Zac, who are the sons of three-time NSW Super Sedan Champion Wayne Brims, will also be amongst the drivers aiming to take the fight to Jonic.
Also participating in the NSW Title and hoping to keep the title in their home state will be Jaiden Santin, son of Wingless Sprint racer Mick Santin, and Charlotte Fouracre, while the Queensland contingent will also include Erik Wallace, Kurtis Peall, Dakota Laverty, Harrison Bates, Ashleigh Moller, Bodhi Russ, Phoebe Sykes and Jayden Hancock.
Local Andrew Firth has been the standout at Hession's Auto Parts Grafton Speedway so far this season in the V8 Dirt Modifieds class, picking up a pair of feature-race victories, while last-start winner Dale Corbett has also been in fine form, most recently taking out the Christmas Cup. Dale's brother Chris Corbett is eager to claim his first feature-race victory of the season, along with leading Sportsman driver Trevor Wiley (Qld), amongst numerous others.
In the Wingless Sprints, David Eggins will be one to watch, having clinched the victory at the track over the Christmas-New Year period, while Michael Butcher, local Scott Marsh, Jacob Jolley, Bradley Claridge, Warren King will be in with a chance, along with numerous others.
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With this year's NFL season in the books, it's time to dust off your gloves and bats and get ready for baseball season! This year's Major League Baseball opening day isn't until April 6th, but you can get your excitement ramped up early with MLB: The Show '15 launching a week earlier on March 31st
Rating: E for Everyone
Console Availability: PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita
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As a lifelong sports gamer, I feel as though baseball is the one major sport that is the hardest to develop a good game from. There are so many coordinating mechanics that you have to get just right, or else the whole thing falls apart. Year after year, the MLB: The Show series has improved, and has rapidly become the best game in town, outlasting its competition.
The Show tends to be the most fundamentally sound baseball game out there, combining a great presentation with well precisioned batting and field mechanics. Too often I've played baseball games in the past where pitching physics was so off that it was a challenge in itself just to get the ball to home plate, or batters would be swinging awkward 200 pound bats. The Show takes care of those little details to leave you with an easy and fun to play baseball experience.
This year, you're going to see some changes to the presentation. For the first time, you'll be able to partner in-game with licensed baseball equipment manufacturers to your franchise teams. You'll also be able to add sponsors to your broadcast rights in General Manager Mode, and you'll also have to balance the owners' expectations with yours
Batting has always been my favourite part of baseball gaming, and this year, batting takes a very strategic approach. The L-Stick has new batting functionality built in, allowing you to direct and sway the type of hit you want, whether it be a pop fly, or a ground ball. If you want to pull your hit because it's more desirable to advance your base runners, this is a possibility too.
Graphically, you're going to see a lot of good improvements too. If you didn't get the opportunity to watch Sony San Diego Studios' reveal show, you probably haven't seen some of the improvements they made to the parks and the players. Here's a good example of Pittsburgh Pirates star Andrew McCutchen standing in the foreground of PNC Park. They say a picture's worth a thousand words. Compare last year to these year, and the difference is almost night and day:
I'd recommend keeping dialed into Sony San Diego's Twitch channel over the coming days, as they're going to be revealing more and more up to release.
2015 marks the 10th edition of The Show, and to commemorate, there's a bonus lined up for those of you who get your pre-orders in. Pre-Order MLB 15: The Show online for PlayStation 4 (again, please note that the bonus is not available for PlayStation 3 or Vita) and get a free MLB Team or Player skin courtesy of Skinit. Your pre-order must be completed online through BestBuy.ca and it must be for PlayStation 4 only. What you'll then receive upon release is a code good for the skin of your choice through Skinit while supplies last.
Baseball may traditionally be called America's Pastime, but we have our fair share of Canadians in the game, including recent Blue Jays signee Russell Martin, whom Sony announced would be the cover athlete for MLB 15: The Show in Canada. You can get your hands on Martin, and the rest of the 2015 Blue Jays roster a week before opening day when MLB 15: The Show releases on March 31st. Pre-Order now to receive your team or player skin.
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After our Unity runtime SpriteSheets generator, it is a good idea to optimize the generated pngs files.
pngquant is a command-line utility and a library for lossy compression of PNG images. The conversion reduces file sizes significantly (often as much as 70%) and preserves full alpha transparency. In other words this is a must have tool if you're working with many pngs!
We use custom batch file (for Windows) and shell script (for Mac OS X) for launching pngquant. It will take the path to pngs to compress and overwrite them.
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A branch of mathematics that deals with intrinsic properties of curves and surfaces in three-dimensional euclidean space. The intrinsic properties are those which are independent of the geometrical object's orientation or location in space. The subject is also concerned with nets of curves and families of surfaces, these having wide application in the arts. |
Q: "Cannot find symbol" error with JDBC program When I compile my project file, the result is Cannot Find Symbol, I need help and this is my Java source code.
package com.uts.program;
import java.sql.*;
public class App
{
public static void main( String[] args )
{
try
{
String myDriver = "org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver";
String myUrl = "jdbc:mysql://localhost:3360/universitas";
Class.forName(myDriver);
Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection(myUrl, "root", "");
String query = "SELECT * FROM mahasiswa";
Statement st = conn.createStatement();
ResultSet rs = st.executeQuery(query);
while (rs.next())
{
int id = rs.getInt("nim");
String nama = rs.getString("nama");
String jurusan = rs.getString("jurusan");
String alamat = rs.getString("alamat");
System.out.format("%s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s\n", id, nama, jurusan, alamat);
}
st.close();
}
catch (Exception e)
{
System.err.println("Got an exception! ");
System.err.println(e.getMessage());
}
}
}
And this is the result when I compile from the terminal on Ubuntu :
This is my folder structure:
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Q: My player is glitching back and fourth and I don't know why I have a 2d game where the enemy sprite is following the player on the x axis. The enemy faces to the right and follows the player to the right if the player is on the right of it and the opposite if the player is on the left. But sometimes if I stop moving the player and let the enemy get up to it it's supposed to stop, face left, and have my player take damage but sometimes it just starts facing to the right and left at the same time super fast. Why?
Here is my code
# Import Libraries here...
import random
import pygame
from sys import exit
import random
from random import randrange
from time import sleep
pygame.init()
clock = pygame.time.Clock()
# Background Music
bg_music = pygame.mixer.Sound('music_zapsplat_astro_race.mp3')
bg_music.play(loops=-1)
bg_music.set_volume(0.3)
# Screen/background
screen = pygame.display.set_mode((1200, 535))
background = pygame.image.load("background1.jpg")
background = pygame.transform.rotozoom(background, 0, 2)
# Player
player_surf = pygame.image.load("player_sprites/player_right.png").convert_alpha()
player_rect = player_surf.get_rect(bottomright = (575, 470))
player_surf = pygame.transform.rotozoom(player_surf, 0, 2.5).convert_alpha()
# Health...
health = 50
health_font = pygame.font.Font('Pixeltype.ttf', 50)
health_display = health_font.render(f"Health {health}", True, (0, 0, 0))
# Enemy #1
enemy1_hp = 10
enemyx_position = randrange(1200, 1500)
enemy1_surf = pygame.image.load("enemy1sprites/enemy1_right.png").convert_alpha()
enemy1_rect = enemy1_surf.get_rect(bottomleft = ((enemyx_position), 462))
enemy1_surf = pygame.transform.rotozoom(enemy1_surf, 0, 2.5).convert_alpha()
# Game Loop
level_one = True
while level_one:
for event in pygame.event.get():
if event.type == pygame.QUIT:
pygame.quit()
exit()
# Draw Images on the screen
screen.blit(background, (0, 0))
screen.blit(enemy1_surf, enemy1_rect)
screen.blit(player_surf, player_rect)
screen.blit(health_display, (550, 75))
# Player Movement
if event.type == pygame.KEYDOWN:
if event.key == pygame.K_LEFT:
player_surf = pygame.image.load("player_sprites/player_left.png")
player_surf = pygame.transform.rotozoom(player_surf, 0, 2.5)
player_rect.x -= 4
if event.key == pygame.K_RIGHT:
player_surf = pygame.image.load("player_sprites/player_right.png")
player_surf = pygame.transform.rotozoom(player_surf, 0, 2.5)
player_rect.x += 4
# Window Edge
if player_rect.x >= 1075:
player_rect.x = 1075
elif player_rect.x <= 0:
player_rect.x = 0
# Enemy 1 AI
if player_rect.x != enemy1_rect.x:
if player_rect.x > enemy1_rect.x:
enemy1_surf = pygame.image.load("enemy1sprites/enemy1_right.png")
enemy1_surf = pygame.transform.rotozoom(enemy1_surf, 0, 2.5)
enemy1_rect.x += 2
elif player_rect.x < enemy1_rect.x:
enemy1_surf = pygame.image.load("enemy1sprites/enemy1_left.png")
enemy1_surf = pygame.transform.rotozoom(enemy1_surf, 0, 2.5)
enemy1_rect.x -= 2
# Collision with enemy
if player_rect.x == enemy1_rect.x:
enemy1_surf = pygame.image.load("enemy1sprites/enemy1_left.png")
enemy1_surf = pygame.transform.rotozoom(enemy1_surf, 0, 2.5)
health -= 0.03
print(int(health))
health_display = health_font.render(f"Health {int(health)}", True, (0, 0, 0))
pygame.display.update()
# Player Attacking
if player_rect.x >= enemy1_rect.x + 200:
print("test")
elif player_rect.x <= enemy1_rect.x - 200:
print('test')
# Attacking
else:
if event.type == pygame.KEYDOWN:
if event.key == pygame.K_DOWN:
enemy1_hp -= 1
pygame.display.update()
clock.tick(60)
I was expecting to see it work all the time but sometimes it works and about 25%-50% of the time it doesn't...
A: The enemy always moves by 2, so you must stop moving the enemy if the distance to the target is less than 2. Therefore, move the enemy only when the distance to the player is greater than or equal to 2:
if player_rect.x != enemy1_rect.x:
if abs(player_rect.x - enemy1_rect.x) >= 2:
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One of the most influential ideas deriving from her work as a researcher has been that of potential history, as a result of her analysis of the long conflict marking the history of Israel and Palestine. According to the author, potential history should be understood as a set of unrealised possibilities in the course of history and as future possibilities not yet envisaged in the account of the events of the past. In short, this idea awakens the latent polyphony in civil relations, which in the case of Palestine, would have allowed a coexistence.
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Vito Forced Out of Albany Over Sex Harassment... But Still Plans to Run for City Council?
Yesterday, a state ethics board released a report chronicling systematic, predatory sexual harassment by Assemblyman Vito Lopez. The content of this thing is shocking. It's over 70 pages long, contains a tremendous amount of detail, some of which is so bad that it was actually redacted, and thus is still not public.
But even barring the redacted stuff, what's there doesn't leave much to the imagination. It makes unmistakably clear that Vito Lopez is a danger to the women on his staff.
Here's what Governor Cuomo said, as reported by the New York Times:
"Vito Lopez should not spend another day in office, let alone a whole month," Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said in a statement. "He should resign effective immediately and if he does not, he must be expelled."
Things moved quickly after that. Speaker Sheldon Silver said he would seek to get Lopez expelled last night. And then this afternoon Lopez said he would resign. For the first time, the Speaker and Lopez both did exactly what was called for under the circumstances.
But that's not the end of the story. Lopez is resigning from the Assembly, but he's still very much a candidate for New York City Council.
Again, from the New York Times:
"I expect to run a vigorous campaign on the issues facing the citizens of my community and hope to continue to serve them as a member of the City Council," Mr. Lopez said in his statement. "I believe that the voters of the community should decide who should represent them."
Let's make sure Vito understands how we feel about this. If you're as outraged as we are, add your name to chorus of New Yorkers demanding Vito drop out of the race for City Council right now.
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package com.shmup.hiscores.ui.score.add;
import android.support.v4.app.Fragment;
import com.shmup.hiscores.scores.model.ScoreCardItem;
import com.shmup.hiscores.ui.score.add.options.SelectDifficultyFragment;
import com.shmup.hiscores.ui.score.add.options.SelectModeFragment;
import com.shmup.hiscores.ui.score.add.options.SelectPlatformFragment;
import com.shmup.hiscores.ui.score.add.options.SelectShipFragment;
import com.shmup.hiscores.ui.score.add.options.SelectStageFragment;
public class NextItemFragmentFactory {
public static Fragment nextFragmentOf(ItemFragment from) {
if (from instanceof SelectPlatformFragment) {
return nextOfSelectPlatform(from.getItem());
}
if (from instanceof SelectModeFragment) {
return nextOfSelectMode(from.getItem());
}
if (from instanceof SelectDifficultyFragment) {
return nextOfSelectDifficulty(from.getItem());
}
if (from instanceof SelectShipFragment) {
nextOfSelectShip(from.getItem());
}
return nextOfSelectStage(from.getItem());
}
private static Fragment nextOfSelectStage(ScoreCardItem item) {
return ItemFragment.newInstance(item, TypeScoreFragment.class);
}
private static Fragment nextOfSelectShip(ScoreCardItem item) {
if (item.getGame().hasStages()) {
return ItemFragment.newInstance(item, SelectStageFragment.class);
}
return nextOfSelectStage(item);
}
private static Fragment nextOfSelectDifficulty(ScoreCardItem item) {
if (item.getGame().hasShips()) {
return ItemFragment.newInstance(item, SelectShipFragment.class);
}
return nextOfSelectShip(item);
}
private static Fragment nextOfSelectMode(ScoreCardItem item) {
if (item.getGame().hasDifficulties()) {
return ItemFragment.newInstance(item, SelectDifficultyFragment.class);
}
return nextOfSelectDifficulty(item);
}
private static Fragment nextOfSelectPlatform(ScoreCardItem item) {
if (item.getGame().hasModes()) {
return ItemFragment.newInstance(item, SelectModeFragment.class);
}
return nextOfSelectMode(item);
}
}
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A brief aside from all the techno-babble.
Well in the spirit of the aforementioned, and in the knowledge that there are quite a few java bloggers in Sydney: My sister (Anna Hobbs) lives there and some of her friends are developers. Anyone reading this know her?
JMock does actually look quite similar to what I've done, but it is focussed more on the normal use of Mockobjects – ie. checking they were called with the expected values.
I'm not really doing Mocks at this point – its more like convincing an application that its running inside a real servlet container. Which means that I have to be able to understand that when I get a call like request.getHeader("user-agent"), I need to return "Fakezilla", but when I get request.getHeader("if-modified-since"), I have to return a valid date string, or null. I'm not trying to assert how the mocks are called, just fake up a convincing looking environment. What I've ended up with is essentially a form of dynamic dispatch, as each mock has a collection of MethodReceivers in a Map keyed by method name, and each MethodReceiver has a Map of MethodReturn objects, keyed by an ArrayList of the arguments. Its then a case of calling getReturnValue on the MethodReturn object (confused yet?). I can therefore return different responses based on the actual values (not just type) of the arguments.
I can also simply make the Mock return a hard-coded response directly where I can get away with it (methods with no arguments for example).
There's some syntactic ugliness in the setup code due to Java's lack of enclosures – the closest approximation I've found is to implement an interface 'in-place' with an anonymous block. The alternative is hundreds of really tiny and very similar looking concrete classes.
The whole thing isn't exactly generic or lightweight, as you have to know quite a lot about what your application is going to need in the way of parameters, and which methods its going to call on the request/response objects, but it has been quite illuminating finding out just how the application in question interacts with its environment.
The Lucene guys have added an updated file format information page. Interesting for wannabe searchengine technology mavens (like me).
There's also a new article on the site about the LARM webcrawler project that's currently underway here.
Spent the afternoon making a servlet based application run all by itself by mocking the HttpServletRequest/Response, ServletContext etc etc. interfaces. It was also a great opportunity to use dynamic proxies in anger for the first time. I ended up with a rather nice abstract implementation of InvocationHandler that contained a Map of method names and MethodReceiver objects for the calls I cared about. Using dynamic proxies saved loads of time – I could code up canned responses to the method calls I was interested in and ignore the rest. It was kind of fun being able to instantiate a servlet inside a TestCase, call doGet() and get all the HTML dumped to System.out.
I've posted a straight copy of my ANT build file for Webwork up here.
I'll add some more details (source code, jsp's, required jar files etc.) as and when it occurs to me.
Where 'this' is some bloated object that now implements 5 distinct interfaces, and the target class has been refactored to work through the interfaces. Its so obviously wrong that sheer embarrassment forces you to keep refactoring until its all clean. Writing tests gets really easy too. Its easy to make the TestCase implement an interface and pass itself to the object under test (self-shunt pattern) when the interface only declares one method!
Another useful AOP article here. |
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Did you deflate the tires to get the paper so neatly under the lip of the rim? Nice job!!
Dale Finch wrote: Did you deflate the tires to get the paper so neatly under the lip of the rim? Nice job!!
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Jiading Santu
The Jiading Santuo was an event in which the Qing army general Li Chengdong ordered the massacre of civilians in the city three times after the Qing army broke Jiading in 1645. The Qing army issued a shaving order, and the people in Jiading refused to comply. Hou Yong once led the Jiading Gentry uprising against the Qing Dynasty, and Li Chengdong, the general soldier of the Qing Dynasty Wu Wu, led an army of 5,000 to attack. The city of Jiading was destroyed. Li Chengdong ordered the slaughter of the city. The massacre lasted for a day, and about 30,000 people were killed. Li Chengdong led the army to leave Jiading City. The calamity in Jiading is still not over. Three or four days after the Li Chengdong massacre, the survivors began to slip back into the city. After returning to the city, under the leadership of a righteous man named Zhu Ying, they regrouped and executed traitors and officials. Li Jiadong led the Qing army to kill him back, the Qing army killed him, and Jiading was tragically attacked again. Twenty days later, a general named Wu Zhifan from Nanming led the rest of the assault on Jiading City, and the surrounding people responded, killing the Qing soldiers and fleeing. Soon, Li Chengdong's entire army counterattacked, defeated the Ming Army and slaughtered nearly 20,000 people who had just arrived in Jiading to avoid chaos. The blood flowed into the channel, which was the famous "Jiading Three Massacres."
Jiading Three Slaughters-Bloody Massacre Caused by Shaving Order
The historical background of the Jiading Santu: enforcement of mandatory shaving orders in the Qing Dynasty
When it comes to " Jiading Santu ", we still need to start with "shaving orders." The Qing dynasty was quite cautious about letting the Hans shave their heads. After the surrender of Hongguang Dynasty, Prince Yuduo Duo entered the Nanjing area and made such an announcement:
Shaving his head is a common practice. When the soldiers arrived today, they would not shave the soldiers, shave the soldiers, or the people, so they must shave themselves. Before a shameless official asked for help, his country had scolded him. Special note.
However, not long after, this policy changed 180 degrees. There are two reasons for this: one is that the political situation has progressed unexpectedly and that the southern half of the Jiangbi region has surrendered, except for the southwest and southwest, Manqing has basically controlled the entire Central Plains, and the policy of reassurance has achieved its purpose; the second is that Chinese officials have contributed to the situation, and some have already reverted Although the officials changed their masters, they would not be lonely, or they would automatically shave their hair to show loyalty; or they suggested in the letter to seek appreciation from Mei Shang. Manqing felt that the time was right for pursuing Manchu system, and his doubts were eliminated. In June, the Qing Army issued another shaving order, ordering the people in Jiangnan to shave their heads within ten days.
However, "the skin of the body, parents who dare not be damaged, and the beginning of filial piety." Confucianism of Confucius and Mencius has influenced the ancients for more than two thousand years, and the ancient Han people would not have implemented shaving orders! This will inevitably cause large-scale Rebellion! Scholars Hou Yizeng and Huang Chunyao stood up in Jiading (now Shanghai Jiading) and rebelled against Qing rule.
On the first day of July, the two armies fought. Although the local "township army" gathered more than 100,000 people, they were all civilians, bustling and crowded. They belonged to the black people, without discipline, let alone organization and fighting power. Li Chengdong Although they have less than 5,000 troops, they are all well-equipped and trained elite soldiers. As a result, Hou Huang's "township army" was defeated. The Qing Army began three white terrors in Jiading, and the Jiading Three Massacres began.
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The process of the three killings in Jiading: How did the three killings in Jiading occur?
In the first year of Ming Hongguang (1645) on the ninth day of May, the Qing army broke through Nanjing, and Emperor Hongguang fled south. On the 30th, the county ordered Qianmo to flee.
On June 24, Zhang Weixi, the magistrate of the Qing Dynasty , was appointed. On that day, Ming Jiading's chief Wu Zhikui led a hundred people, wrapped his head in white cloth, and his family grave outside the east gate of the day, approaching the county town with torches in the evening, threatening to capture Zhang Weixi and Zhang Fuzhi. On the 27th, Wu Zhikui returned to the county seat, and Shimin took the road to welcome the Fuming division.
On the seventh day of June, Ming Jiang drove Li Chengdong's cavalry across the Xinyu Bridge in the territory, killing seven women and killing them. On the eighth day, Li Chengdong personally led a hundred warships and more than 2,000 horse infantrymen moored at the east gate of the county and ransacked. On the ninth day, Li led the soldiers to Wu Yan, leaving 300 to guard the ship, such as Liang Desheng.
On the 12th, the Qing Army issued a shaving order, infuriated with sentiment, far and near the soldiers, and besieged to siege the Li Chengdong fleet. All the ships and the plundered property were burned down, killing 84 Qing officers and men.
On the 15th, Li Chengdong went to Taicang for help. He went to Luodian and was hunted down by the village soldiers, causing heavy casualties. So, Li Chengdong madly retaliated by killing innocent people.
On the 17th, Ming Du Cha Yuan watched politics, Jin Shi Huang Chunyao and Di Yuanyao, and former Zuo Tongzheng Hou Zeng and Zi Yuan (Xuan) Yan, Yuan (Xuan) Jie proposed to defend the city.
At dawn on the 18th, Li Chengdong led his troops to attack Luodian. Zhihong and Lu Wenhuan led the local soldiers to resist. Li An sent his elite soldiers to the east and to the west, and the west soldiers, the village soldiers suffered from the enemy on their backs and retreated into the town. At the early morning market, the Qing army entered the town and slaughtered. 1,604 residents were killed.
On the 19th, Huang Chunyao and Hou Xun gathered public opinions and decided to keep the ground. The city hangs the banner of "Jiading Huiyi Righteous Master" and makes all kinds of weapons.
On the 25th, Wu Zhikui sent a guerrilla to Cai Qiao and led more than 200 troops to support Jiading and camp outside the city.
On the fifth day of the next day, Li Chengdong was attacked by soldiers and Cai Qiao died. When Li Chengdong led his troops back to Wusong and crossed the Xinye Bridge, he set fire to the house, leaving no dogs .
On the first day of July, more than 100,000 soldiers from various villages gathered in the brick bridge to fight the Qing soldiers. The Qing soldiers smashed into the left and right wings, the rural soldiers were defeated, and countless were hunted down. After Li Chengdong's ministry entered Loutang Town, he massacred 1073 people and committed adultery against women.
On the third day, Li Chengdong Hui attacked the city with Taicang Qingbing and bombarded day and night.
The fourth and fifth days of the year were even more rainy , and the guardians of the city had been exposed for three days and nights. Qing soldiers took the opportunity to make an aggressive attack, breaking the East Gate into the city. Hou Xun was still sitting in the town tower, and the second son screamed, "What's the matter?" Hou Xun replied, "It's just death, and the hated person sends away the ears of the people in the city." The second son left urgently, the second son. Take a few steps and return. Hou Yi had been angry; "I have nothing to do with my national affairs, and my grandmother is here. If my generation should serve me, what is it about loving me?" The second son wailed and was killed until the children's bridge was killed. Hou Yan was killed by the Qing soldiers since he died in Shen Xuanjiachi (Yechi). The East Gate was broken, and residents in the city rushed to the West Gate to escape. Seeing that the situation was irreversible, Huang Chunyao, who was in charge of Ximen at the time, and his younger brother, Yuanlin Yao, rode horses until studying in the early years, and said to the monk: "The master is in a hurry, and a brother has resigned from it!" Minister Huang Chunyao arbitrarily ruled at the Xicheng Monk House on the fourth day of July in the first year of Hongguang. Woohoo! You ca n't declare your dynasty, you ca n't hide yourself. You ca n't read a book, you ca n't succeed in learning. Kou Fang regained consciousness, and the Chinese scholars said goodbye to the sun, and on the world, they should know the heart. South Gate Keeper Zhang Ximei, heard the city broke, and threw himself to death. I left a poem: "I will never die, I live in Zili. Lu Yuan is a relative, and I am separated by the same spirit. It is righteous to live and die with the city. The gentleman after you, I will not give up." The city generals Gong Yongyuan and the brothers Gong Yongguang heard the city break and hugged and wept and said, "My grandfather is innocent and has passed three generations. Today, with all his plans, how can I see my ancestors underground?" They both drowned and died. At 10:00, Li Chengdong entered the city and ordered a firecracker to slaughter the city. The streets and alleys are endlessly searched. Every time someone meets, he shouts to offer treasure, if there are not many offerings, he will cut three swords and kill everything. The sound of the knife across the city was screaming, howling, and it was shaking. Suspended beams, well-throwers, limb-breakers, and blood-faced people have been chopped to death, and there are countless people who move their hands and feet. Flesh and wolf are everywhere. Thousands of people drowned in the river. Three days later, from Ximen to Gelong Town, the floating corpse was full of rivers, and the boat was nowhere to bow. Blood stains floated on the water surface, several points higher. If a woman looks bad, she will kill, and if there is a beautiful one, she will commit adultery in public. If you do not comply, nail it. On the sixth day of the sixth day, Li Chengdong gathered more than 300 civilian ships and sailed to Taicang full of laundered gold owls, women, cows, pigs and sheep. After the Jiading slaughter, Ge Long, Wai Gang, Ma Lu, Yang Xing and other towns and villages reunited, and then discussed resistance against the Qing, sworn back, and occasionally attacked and killed the Qing soldiers.
On the 26th, the Fifth Genghis Khan Brigade arrived in Gelong. After entering the town, they slaughtered, bleed, and slaughtered Waigang Town.
On the 27th, Pu'er and Pu'er led their soldiers to slaughter Jiading, killing everybody, regardless of old and young, and looted the property in Taicang.
Since the beginning of June, the people of Jiading initiated the protest against the Qing. In two months, they fought more than ten times, and the people sacrificed more than 20,000. It was historically called " Jiading Three Massacres ."
The historical relics of Jiading Santu: what memorial sites are on the original site of Jiading
After Li Chengdong's three killing orders, the Jiading Anti-Qing Dynasty movement basically subsided. There are different accounts of the number of deaths, generally between 50,000 and 200,000. According to Zhu Zisu's Chronicle of Jiading Yiyi, "I have witnessed the injustice, I ca n't bear to remember, I do n't dare say anything, I do n't dare to add words, and when I am in the news, I have to visit the old, agree with each other, and then write it down. Later, there were people who hanged the ancients, and those who cried injustice under the wind and the tragic moon, were able to test the letter.
The shaving order was psychologically unbearable for the Han people at the time. "The parents of the body must not be damaged." This is an ethical view formed over the millennium, and it is also a deep-rooted way of thinking. Shaving hair is not only contrary to tradition, it is also considered an insult. As a result, this policy was not only resisted by traditional intellectuals, but also provoked the lower class.
In Jiading, there are still many monuments in memory of Hou Yizeng and Huang Chunyao. There is Hou Huangqiao in the west of Jiading City, and the monument of Mr. Hou Huang in Huilongtan Park. The old address of Xilin Temple in Jiading Campus of Shanghai University has the "Tao Li Liu Bi" inscription written by Wu Yuzhang. The back of the tablet is engraved with Wu Yuzhang's Qilu Poem: "Changhong Biqi Soaring into the sky, patriotic heroes continue to make millions, and the new era of the epoch is changing the world. "In Fang Tai, there is a graveyard of Mr. Huang.
The historical records of Jiading Santu: How is this recorded in the history books?
Hou Yan Zeng, the word Yu Zhan. Formerly Nanming Hongguang Dynasty 's General Secretary Zuo Tongzheng, after the fall of Nanjing, he took refuge in his hometown Jiading. Huang Chunyao, the word Yunsheng. Nai Chongzhen Jinshi lived in Jiading City with his brother Huang Yuanyao. Under the command of Hou Yizeng and the Huang Brothers, the people in the city, regardless of their gender, have joined the ranks of resistance. In order to boost morale, Hou Yi ordered the banner of "Jiading Huiyi Righteous Master" to be hung on the tower of Jiading. At the same time, "collective discussion" was decided on the city tower, and "demarcation and division" was decided. Jiading City: Nan Ming Zhu Sheng, Zhang Ximei led the public to guard the South Gate, Xiushui County teacher Gong Yongyuan Zuozhi; Nan Ming Guozi Superintendent student Zhu Changzhou guarded the North Gate, the squire Tangshen Zuo Zhi; Huang Chunyao's brothers guarded Ximen; Hou Yun once guarded the East Gate, and the students Gong Sunxuan Zuozhi. In addition, Zhu Sheng Ma Yuandiao (at the age of 70) and Tang Changquan, Xia Yundi and other logistics providers.
The meeting has been decided, and the leaders will patrol the city day and night. "Jia people are eager to obey, and their feelings are very encouraging." In order to prevent the Manchurian army from invading, Hou Yi once ordered the bridges outside the city to be destroyed. "The east and north gates use the big stone barrier to cut off the street, west and south. The second gate crossed the road with round wood and rocks. "At dawn, the brutal Qing army defeated the village soldiers in various villages and towns outside the city and surrounded Jiading City on all sides. Immediately, Li Chengdong ordered the centralized artillery Qi Hongdong and Xi'ermen. "The Qing soldiers were very urgent to attack the city. Many soft ladders were tied down to the city, and the bricks and stones were like rain on the city." Although the people of the city guards "lost many people", they were still tenacious and unyielding. If a broken city wall is bombarded by artillery, people in the city block it with wood and soil-filled bags in time. "If there are casualties in the city guardian, it will be added immediately." Or said: China has two societies, boasting up and down and roughing up; Honesty speaks loudly! At dusk, the sudden rainstorm is like a note, and the violent wind rises suddenly. The people in the city guards still fearlessly, resisting the rain. At that time, because "the city could not open the lights, (Li) Chengdong ordered the soldiers to lurk in the cave city under the city, and the guardian Fujue also." (Wen Bing "A and B Incident") At dawn the next day, the storm continued. At that time, the people in the city had been guarding the city for three days and nights, and their bodies were wet, and their diet was gone, so everyone was exhausted. Li Chengdong then ordered the soldiers to "place the lamp in the crypt, and fire the city." The sound of artillery "shocked all the time, the ground split and the sky fell, and the gunite plume fell on the house in the city, like rain, baby women, and wolf running ." (Zhu Zisu's "Jiading Tucheng Strategy")
In this bloody storm, disaster finally came. As the wall fell suddenly in the sound of artillery, the Qing army flew into the city and swarmed in. Qing soldiers "learned from the house and passed without hindrance. The city's refugees were blocked by bricks and stones on the street and could not escape, and they all cast their feet to death. The water did not flow." At this moment, Hou Yi was on the East Gate tower. The city fell, "The soldiers all said: 'I once accepted the generosity of the public, but I can still run away.'" Zeng Zeng said: 'To survive with the city, righteous also.' Xuan Yan, the second son Xuan Jie was in the dozens of knives, and died. "When the city fell, Huang Chunyao and Huang Yuanyao brothers rushed to a monk house in the city. "Chun Yao asked his followers:" Hou Gongruo? "Said: 'Deadly!' Said: 'I and Hou Gong colleagues, I am not the only one.' You ca n't make it into the dynasty, you ca n't retreat, you ca n't stay away from it, you 're not alone. That 's why. It is also for the people of the North. 'Chun Yao is in the east and Yuan Yao is in the west.' The words, the big book pants on the cloud: "I have no life, I live and die with the city, death is righteous!" Teacher Gong Yongyuan went to the water to die, the second son followed. Zhu Sheng Ma Yuan Tune, Tang Changquan, Xia Yunzhang, Lou Fuwen, the city also died. Another Huang, in the lane battle with the Qing Army, "handed iron Jane, killed hundreds of people before and after, and later died."
The death of these "philosophers and benevolent people" is, historically, caused by the fundamental pursuit of their Confucian concept of "benefits". But from the perspective of the rise and fall of the nation, did the spirit of the husband who died for the survival of the nation also become a part of the Han national spirit? When the order of the city was issued, the Qing soldiers "home to the home, alleys, alleys, all Poor search, chaotic grass and thorns, will use a spear to stir. "" Among the citizens, beamers, well-throwers, river-throwers, blood-faced people, amputated people, those who have been chopped, and those who still move, have flesh and blood. "If you see a young beautiful woman, then" the daytime neighbourhood commits adultery in public. "Someone who refuses to do so" stabs his hands on the board with spikes and still commits prostitution. "(Zhu Zisu's" Jiading Tuchenglue ") After the bloody massacre The Qing soldiers plundered the property. Shi Zai: If you meet the citizens, then you shout to donate treasure, "Evil takes the waist and sacrifice it, and it is full of interpretation." At that time, "the sound of the sword was utterly far and wide. The sound of begging was as noisy as the city." Furthermore, Li Chengdong, the culprit of the slaughter of the city, actually transported the Jin Yao woman he plundered with 300 ships. In this calamity, there are many gangsters. Another historical record: The Qing army is like the north gate, "It is the treacherous people who lead the enemy in." As for the robbery while the fire is in the minority. The traitor Xu Yuanji, "in the name of cutting hair, acted at sunrise, cut people's stomachs, beat people's hearts, and moved hundreds of people." However, the atrocities of the Qing Dynasty did not put out the people's resistance.
On July 24, Zhu Ying, a Jiangdong native, declared himself a guerrilla general and led more than 50 soldiers back to Jiading City. At that time, Zhu led the ministry to drive the Qing army out of the city with the citizens in the city. The next day, Li Chengdong, who fled to the outside of the city, urged Wang Guochang to send troops to reinforce. Li himself sat at the Temple of the Weavers outside the town and directed the soldiers and horses to attempt a second siege. In the early morning of July 26, the Qing army had not yet assembled in the city's civilian armed forces, and again invaded the city. Some traitors in Pu'er offered a proposal to Li Chengdong: "If they do not die, there will be changes later." Therefore, the Qing army slaughtered the city for the second time. At this time, many residents in the city had not yet risen. "Then they were suddenly killed in the house." Suddenly, "there were dead bodies in the city, but three or four monks withdrew the houses and gathered them." In the middle, Pu Li took the lead and showed his skills. He even killed the whole family of his friend Lou. For this reason, the people in Jiading City "are dying every day, and do not stay." A citizen with a surname of Guo once scolded him indignantly: "Humans and beasts will not eat food." Mouse rattles! From Li Chengdong, Xu Yuanji, and Pu Erzhi's actions, we can see that whenever there is a great change in society, some people will definitely benefit from the change in society. In addition to the necessity of the current situation, there is also a relationship that can not be ignored in the moral virtues of various classes of individuals and the rise and fall of their status. The loss of morality will inevitably lead to the extreme expansion of personal possessiveness. Mencius said: "No one can be shameless, shameless, shameless." Xinfu! The second slaughter of the Qing Dynasty failed to weaken the people's will to resist. On August 26, Wu Zhifan, the former chief of the Nanming army, led the rest and counterattacked Jiading City. The soldiers in the city were caught off guard, but they collapsed. People in the city rushed to Wu Jun, "actively obeying." However, Wu Jun is a black man. When the Qing soldiers fought back, "the moment broke up." Shi Zai: Wu Zhifan "Slave several people, can't be determined. Hutian said: 'I die, I'm divided. I defeated without a fight, I am frightened!' Ting The gun wants to go to the east gate to die. "Qing soldiers embraced the city, and the third blood-washed Jiading City. If the first two slaughters of the city had left some "hidden dangers" to the Qing Dynasty, then this third slaughter of the city could be described as "wishful." Because on the full bones of this city, the banner of "cutting orders has been done" was finally inserted! Shi Zai: Of the three massacres of the Qing army, none of the people in Jiading surrendered and more than 20,000 died. people.
Brief Introduction of Jiading Santu: A Massacre Under Shaving Order
The three killings of Jiading were in 1645 (the first year of Hongming of Nanming, the second year of the Shunzhi reign of the Qing Dynasty ). After the Qing army broke through Jiading, the general Li Chengdong ordered the mass murder of civilians in the city three times. The Qing army issued a shaving order, and the people in Jiading refused to comply.
The squire Hou Yi led the Jiading gentry uprising against the Qing, and the chief Wu Cheng Li Chengdong immediately led the army to attack. The city of Jiading was broken, and Li Chengdong ordered the slaughter of the city, among the citizens, beamers, well-throwers, river-throwers, blood-faced persons, limb-breakers, those who were not cut, the hands, feet, and people still moving. Women were brutally raped. In the event of resistance, the army nailed the resisting woman's hands to the door panel with spikes, before committing adultery. The massacre lasted for a day until the corpses blocked the river and about 30,000 people were killed.
Li Chengdong led the army to leave Jiading City. But the calamity in Jiading City is still not over. Three or four days after the Li Chengdong massacre, the survivors of Jiading, who escaped by accident, began to slip back into the city. After returning to the city, they were regrouped under the leadership of a righteous man named Zhu Ying, with a total of more than 2,000 people. Zhu Ying led survivors to launch an anti-slaughter campaign in this broken city, and executed traitors and officials appointed by the Qing Army.
Li Chengdong led the sergeant straight into the city, killing many residents who were still asleep, turning them into mounds and setting fire to death. The Qing army was killed, and Jiading was tragically attacked again. Twenty days later, a general named Wu Zhifan from Nanming led the rest of the assault on Jiading City, and the surrounding people responded, killing the Qing soldiers and fleeing. Soon after, Li Chengdong's army retaliated, killing and killing hundreds of Wu Zhifan soldiers, and incidentally slaughtered nearly 20,000 people who had just arrived in Jiading to avoid chaos. The blood flowed into the channel, which was the famous "Jiading Three Massacres."
After Li Chengdong's three killing orders, the Jiading Anti-Qing Dynasty movement basically subsided. There are different accounts of the number of deaths, generally between 50,000 and 200,000. According to Zhu Zisu's Chronicle of Jiading Yiyi, "I have witnessed the injustice, I ca n't bear to remember, I do n't dare say anything, I do n't dare to add words, and when I am in the news, I will visit the old and agree with each other, and then write it down in Jane. Later, there were people who hanged the ancients, and those who cried injustice under the wind and the tragic moon, were able to test the letter.
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The People's House for Two Centuries
Celebrate the bicentennial of the New Hampshire State House in June.
Carrie Sherman, John W. Hession, Photographer, Nancy Belluscio, Photographer,
In 2016, a complete and thorough restoration of the State House dome was completed. With new wood, paint and gold, the building looks almost brand new— and quite splendid with its rhododendrons in bloom.
Exterior Photography by John W. Hession
The New Hampshire State House is the oldest U.S. statehouse in which the House of Representatives and Senate still meet in their original chambers. Known as the "People's House," this much-loved landmark has just been beautifully restored. Its dome and eagle have been newly gilded, and it looks glorious! A weeklong celebration of its two hundredth anniversary is planned in June.
Finding a home for the State House
During and after the Revolution, from 1776 to 1782, New Hampshire citizens and legislators met in Exeter. The Old New Hampshire State House in Portsmouth, which had housed the Colonial government, was considered to be vulnerable to bombardment by the Royal Navy. Concord, a transportation hub, came to be recognized as the permanent seat of state government in 1809.
In 1815, architect and builder Stuart James Park submitted a proposal to build a granite statehouse for $32,000. The contract was approved that June.
The two-story building would house the House of Representatives, the Senate, the council and the governor. There would be galleries for the public and a cupola on top. Being built of masonry, the State House would help to protect the state's archives from fire. The City of Concord's bid was attractive because it offered free land and free stone; in addition, inmates from the state prison in Concord would cut and finish the granite. And, the finished granite blocks would be delivered to a prepped building site.
Park had recently completed the New Hampshire state prison, two other prisons, a jail and stone locks for a Massachusetts canal. These structures had established Park as the premier U.S. expert on building with granite. Additionally, he presented a winning design for an elegant, welcoming, Federal-style statehouse.
Originally known as Doric Hall, this entry became a memorial to New Hampshire soldiers after the Civil War. Since then it has been known as the Hall of Flags and continued that tradition.
James L. Garvin, the retired state architectural historian, and Donna-Belle Garvin, editor emerita of Historical New Hampshire, have published a scholarly article called The Granite State House. Their work informs this article. Garvin notes that the State House helped to establish granite, and especially Concord granite, as the premier building material for New England's most important structures. "Commentators consistently described the State House as one of the finest edifices in New England, if not in the entire United States," Garvin writes. "Their praise makes me regret that the building ever had to be enlarged and remodeled. I wish I could have seen it in its original condition."
The building begins
The cornerstone for the new State House was laid on September 24, 1816, and construction began that fall. Park had learned to build with granite from his father, a Scotsman who came from a long line of masons. Soon, inmates were hard at work up on Rattlesnake Hill just north of town, chipping away with hammers, chisels and steel wedges at the large granite boulders strewn about on its slopes. Technically, the boulders were "erratics," large stones rounded off and dumped by the glacier eons ago. Granite pieces were then transported by wagon over to the prison. There, inmates chiseled the granite into building-worthy blocks or ashlar. At the site, the stone was finished further, fitted and placed by masons. This light gray, finely grained granite came to be known famously as Concord Gray.
If you look closely at the front of the State House, you can easily identify those original granite blocks. The somewhat rough, dark-gray blocks with slightly rounded edges go up two stories. Since it's not quarried stone, these stones have a softer, more uneven surface. The stonework was completed in the summer of 1818.
Paul Smith, current clerk of the House, was once one of the youngest representatives in the House at the age of twenty-two. Last summer, as a member of the Bicentennial Committee, Smith orchestrated a re-enactment of the thirteen toasts to the unveiling eagle on the cupola—a celebration that originally took place on July 18, 1818. "The State House is a bit imposing, but it's also warm and welcoming," Smith says. "It is not full of professional politicians. The reps and senators are working people, and the governor's office is right upstairs. You can just walk into the State House, go up into a visitors gallery and listen in. It really does belong to all of us."
Once lit by candles, Representatives' Hall switched to gas chandeliers in 1866. By 1895, many State House fixtures were partly electrified. By 1910, electricity was utilized throughout the building. The hall was recently refurbished with new paint, carpeting and restored plasterwork.
To finish the building—constructing the cupola, finishing and appointing the rooms inside—the most talented craftsmen and furniture makers from around New England participated. Many craftsmen even moved to Concord. Notably, woodworker Levi Brigham of Boston served as one of the master builders. New Hampshire had few woodcarvers, so the eagle atop the cupola was provided by Leonard Morse of Boston.
Inside, the chambers were finished in the Federal style. As the building was remodeled over time, this style changed. Only Doric Hall—now known as the Hall of Flags—with its rows of slender Doric columns is mostly original. The cupola that Brigham masterminded—a layered, light-filled crowning touch—was later replaced by the present dome. But Brigham's work set the tone. The cupola itself had Palladian windows with Ionic columns. The cupola was topped with an octagonal lantern that had enclosed windows and more Ionic columns, then a tin-plated dome, and finally the gilded eagle.
Completed in 1819, the State House opened to critical acclaim. It was heated with wood stoves, lighted with candles and supplied with an outside privy. Although much has changed, the original building remained the foundation for all future renovations.
By the 1860s, the House of Represen-tatives had grown from the 194 mem-bers in 1819 to 340. Architect Gridley J. F. Bryant of Boston drafted renovations, which were completed by 1866.
The expanded and remodeled State House sported a fashionable mansard roof, which provided for much-needed committee rooms on a third floor. The façade had a two-story granite portico with a pediment. A monumental dome rose from the roof, and iron trusses and girders had been installed in the attic to support the dome. All the second-floor windows were now arched.
To extend the building twenty-eight feet to the west, rear exterior walls were rebuilt on new foundations.
These changes prompted interior renovations. Representatives' Hall pivoted its west-facing orientation to face north toward the relocated speaker's rostrum. More elaborate Corinthian columns and moldings in the Victorian style replaced the older, spare Federal-style columns.
Shortly after the Civil War, veterans and families of Union soldiers spontaneously brought flags carried by New Hampshire soldiers to the State House. Joined together, these battle-worn flags created a moving memorial, transforming Doric Hall into the Hall of Flags. Since that time, battle flags from other wars have been added.
When Shawn Jasper—commissioner of Agriculture, Bicentennial Committee member and also a former, longtime representative—walks through the Hall of Flags, he passes the battle flag that his great-great-grandfather fought under. "This is a sacred space," Jasper says. "It's a memorial. Tens of thousands of New Hampshire people who visit here understand that experience." For this reason, visitors are not allowed to take photographs in the Hall of Flags.
Turn of the century
The Senate Chamber's color scheme continues to be carefully coordinated with the murals. In preparation for the bicentennial, the chamber was recently refurbished and the murals cleaned.
By 1900, the House had increased from its 340 members in 1866 to nearly 400. The Senate had doubled in size to 24 members. The New Hampshire Supreme Court and, until 1895, the State Library all vied for room as well. State commissions and boards were renting space in downtown Concord at considerable expense.
By 1909, a legislative committee recommended enlarging the State House by building a fireproof addition and making improvements to the existing building. The full legislature concurred and, with unusual swiftness, money was appropriated; for the first time, Concord did not foot the bill. The work was to be completed by December 1, 1910. The Boston architectural firm of Peabody and Stearns was engaged and drawings were completed within two months.
The mansard roof was removed, and a full third floor built with granite replaced it. Once again, the State House was extended to the west. This new U-shaped addition with a courtyard in the middle allowed for natural light in Representatives' Hall. Third-floor offices as well as a large executive suite for the council and the governor were now in place. At this same time, the visitors gallery in the Representatives' Hall was enlarged. This meant that the dome needed added support.
The Swenson Granite Company on Rattlesnake Hill supplied quarried granite for this construction. You can easily spot the clean, sharp edges of those granite blocks.
Maintenance and reflection
A Bicentennial Celebration
Taken between 1859 and 1864, this is the only known photograph of the early State House when the building was about forty years old.
Celebrate the State House's two hundredth anniversary from Sunday, June 2, through Saturday, June 8, 2019 with these events:
Monday, June 3: Governor's Day in the House of Representatives, with a roundtable moderated by WMUR's Adam Sexton
Tuesday, June 4: Supreme Court oral arguments in the House of Representatives
Wednesday, June 5: Cultural Heritage and Arts Day, with displays by museums and cultural heritage centers
Thursday, June 6: Legislative Old Home Day, with former speakers of the House and Senate presidents addressing the members
Friday, June 7: New Hampshire Made exposition at the State House Plaza
Saturday, June 8: Final celebration beginning in the late afternoon, with performers on the State House Plaza. The State House will be open for tours, with fireworks at night
For more information, follow New Hampshire State House 200 on Facebook (facebook.com/NHStateHouse200). On Instagram, go to instagram.com/nhstatehouse200th.
In the ensuing years, the State House Annex was built in 1938 and partly funded through the Works Progress Administration. When Virginia Drew, director and chief tour guide, gazes out at the annex, she comments with typical humor and acuity, "It's just like the Empire State Building," Drew says. She really knows how to captivate each visitor. Each year, some thirty thousand fourth-graders visit the State House, and Drew invariably holds their rapt attention.
During the state's 1938 to 1941 Constitutional Convention, House membership was officially capped at 400. These and other measures helped with overcrowding, allowing the business of the State House to focus on the governor and council, the secretary of state and the legislature.
In the following years, maintenance and refurbishing were undertaken. In 1957, the wooden eagle was replaced by a similar sculpture made of copper.
In 1942, thanks to a grant awarded by the National Academy of Design, Barry Faulkner of Keene, one of the foremost American muralists, was commissioned to create four panels that depict scenes and figures from New Hampshire history: Dartmouth founder Eleazar Wheelock, Bennington hero John Stark, statesman Daniel Webster and artist Abbott Thayer. These dignified, handsome murals join a well-established American tradition of historical paintings in
public buildings.
In 1964, a visitors center was established to be open seven days a week to "serve as welcome center for the entire state." In 1965, the dome was clad in copper and gilded for the first time.
This year, with the bicentennial to be celebrated in June, a complete and thorough restoration has been completed. Many have worked diligently on the restoration and upcoming celebration. Renny Cushing—chair of the Bicentennial Committee and a longtime representative—has approached this charge with a rare combination of gravity and joy.
"When I walk through the State House, I hear echoes of people debating the issues of times past—slavery, child labor and women's enfranchisement," Cushing says. "In the House chamber, I debate where people who were born before the Revolution served. In our time, we've debated marriage equality, prohibiting discrimination against transgender people and the death penalty. The decisions made here affect the lives of everyone in our state. The State House is an enduring symbol of our democracy."
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The Executive Council has met in this chamber, as is, since 1910. Steam radiators were installed at that time. New upholstery, carpet and curtains have recently refreshed the look. Portraits of early New Hampshire governors grace the walls.
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The Memorial Arch at 107 North Main Street was erected in 1891 and is inscribed: "To the memory of her soldiers and sailors, the City of Concord builds this monument." The arch marks the main entrance to the State House.
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In 1942, Barry Faulkner of Keene painted four murals for the Senate Chamber. In the mid-1930s, he painted scenes for the National Archives in Washington, D.C., relating to the signing of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.
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This project examines the radical social changes which took place in the South-western Mediterranean basin during the Neolithic and the beginning of the Chalcolithic period, and specifically the interactions between North Africa and the southern coast of the Iberian Peninsula across the Straits of Gibraltar. It takes an explicit technological approach informed by Material Culture Studies which uses the reconstruction of the craft of pottery manufacture to inform our understanding of social transformation.It comprises the first research programme focused in pottery analysis across a wide area of study, including North African and European production, the first of which remains mostly unknown until now.The methodology employed is an integrated approach based on instrumental analysis of pots (optical petrography and SEM), including morphological, ornamental and functional characterization of ceramic products; as well as the comparison of ceramic fabrics with potential raw materials in the study areas.A number of key archaeological questions are addressed in this way. The time period considered sees changes in food production, along with increased sedentism and specialization in craft production of ornaments. While Neolithic cultures have often been defined according to their pottery and their stylistic groups, it is the technological traditions associated to them will allow us to explore mechanisms of knowledge transmission and innovation, labour organization and the construction of exchange networks. These are all key aspects which allow us to explore the links between technological change and the social change in the human communities in the area in study, at a time when semi-nomadic groups adapt to sedentary ways of life with the emergence of social asymmetry and labour specialization in the early Chalcolithic. |
U6 Ponies is an In-house program offered by United Parishes to introduce pre-school & Kindergarteners to the games of soccer. The program is offered during the Fall & Spring seasons. Practices and games are both held on Saturday mornings.
Parents and Coaches are invited to submit photos and videos that they would like to share on the website.
Games are held on Saturdays at Saint Joseph York Fields located behind the school on Kingston Road.
Practice starts at 8:30 am.
The first 30 minutes is a practice session and the next 30 minutes are the game.
Games are played with 6 minute quarters including a 5 minute half time.
Please make sure your children have a size 3 soccer ball, pair of shin guards, and a bottle of water for each practice/game.
Socks shall cover the shin guards to help prevent injury.
Cleats are recommended but not required at this level of play.
Coaches will have a snack schedule available for you to sign up for a date.
The kids typically love apples, oranges, grapes or a treat (cookies, crackers, etc) and a drink. Please cut-up apples and oranges into mouth size pieces.
Individual and team pictures are professionally taken early in the Fall season.
Arrive 15-20 minutes early to setup.
Ensure that the road between the fields and the playground is blocked so no cars can travel on that road. Use cones/rope from shed.
Ensure all kids get play time.
Games are played in four 6 minute quarters, with a 5 minute half time.
Games should be 3 v 3.
Discuss with other coach if you will be attempting throw ins.
Coaches can walk the field to help during the game.
Recommend to parents that children should bring their own: size 3 ball, water bottle, & wear shin guards.
Parents should help provide after game snack.
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After our merger with Colab Zürich and the rapid growth we experienced over the past year, many have asked us this question. And rightly so.
The original Impact Hub had a clear focus on social entrepreneurship when it started out in 2010. Over the years, we noticed that many people interpreted the term social in a narrow sense and we found ourselves in a niche. We realized that if we were serious about creating impact, we had to open up and position ourselves in a more inclusive way.
The main finding was that many saw us as a kind of biotope where a diverse species of entrepreneurs come together to support and learn from each other. When asked about the core values that held this diverse community together, word clusters around the notions of entrepreneurship/prototyping ("we create"), collaboration/community ("we connect") and sustainability/good ("we care") emerged.
Why radically? We know it's a strong word and may even have some negative connotations. But the point we'd like to make is that the world needs to work together as one if we are to solve the many challenges of our time. And we hope that Impact Hub becomes a place where the first impulse is to connect, share and collaborate. Across organizations, cultures and generations. Hence the notion of a "radically collaborative world".
The world doesn't change one person at a time. It changes as networks of relationships form among people who discover they share a common cause and vision of what's possible. This is good news for those of us intent on changing the world and creating a positive future. Rather than worry about critical mass, our work is to foster critical connections.
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UCSC alumna and best-selling romance novelist establishes library endowment
By Barbara McKenna
A best-selling romance novelist has made a gift to UCSC--her alma mater--to establish an important library endowment.
The endowment comes from Jayne Ann Krentz, whose contribution of $10,000 has established the Castle Humanities Fund. Interest from the fund, established in Krentz's maiden name, makes it possible for the library to acquire books in the humanities that it would not be able to purchase otherwise.
"I valued learning in a climate in which the humanities were well-respected," said Krentz. "I hope that my gift helps engender in future students the same love of humanities that I gained at UCSC."
Krentz graduated from UCSC's Stevenson College in 1970 with a B.A. in history. One of the country's most popular romance novelists, Krentz has published more than 50 contemporary and historical romances, with 20 consecutive New York Times best-sellers to her credit (many published under the pen name of Amanda Quick). Along with her work in contemporary and historical romance, Krentz is the author of an important critical volume, Dangerous Men and Adventurous Women: Romance Writers on the Appeal of the Romance. The book received the Susan Koppelman Award for feminist studies from the Women's Caucus of the Popular Culture Association and the American Culture Association.
At the same time that she made this gift to the University Library, Krentz also made contributions to several elementary school libraries in Seattle, where she lives. "Books are so important at those two ends of the spectrum," she explained. "For children to learn to love books they need to be exposed to them at an early age, and for students to thrive in college they need to have access to as diverse a range of materials as possible."
Before she began her writing career full-time, Krentz earned an M.A. in library science from San Jose State University and worked for a number of years in corporate and academic libraries, including the Duke University library. As a former librarian, Krentz noted, she is quite aware of the changing needs of a library and of the high degree of planning and research that goes into making new acquisitions. Because of her insider's perspective, she stipulated that her gift be unrestricted--meaning that campus librarians may make acquisitions in the areas they deem most suitable for the library.
"We are thrilled Ms. Krentz has chosen to give back to UCSC through enriching the humanities materials in the library," said University Librarian Allan Dyson. "The unrestricted nature of the gift is especially welcome--it will help the largest number of students and faculty who will be using our humanities collections." |
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Glucuronolactone Supplement Guide: Increases Feelings Of Well-Being!
Glucuronolactone (glucuronic acid lactone) is a natural metabolite found in the body.
Because Glucuronolactone was used as a drug during the Vietnam conflict to supply energy and feelings of well being to soldiers in combat, it was believed widely that Glucuronolactone was developed by the United States Government. Because Glucuronolactone is naturally occurring, this claim is false and no evidence exists to support this claim.
Glucuronolactone is a popular ingredient in energy drinks. Most of these drinks contain caffeine, but Glucuronolactone is included because it not only supplies energy, it also increases feelings of well-being.
Glucuronolactone has been clinically proven to reduce sleepiness and sleep-related driving incidents under conditions of afternoon monotonous driving following sleep restriction the night before.1 It is widely known to improve mental performance, reaction time, concentration and memory.
The body manufactures Glucuronolactone naturally and deficiencies are rare.
Supplementation can be of benefit to those who want increased energy levels and increased feelings of well-being.
Glucuronolactone is not available over-the-counter in Canada, England, Germany and France.
1. Reyner LA, Horne JA. Efficacy of a 'functional energy drink' in counteracting driver sleepiness. Physiol Behav. 2002 Mar;75(3):331-5.
2. Alford C, Cox H, Wescott R. The effects of red bull energy drink on human performance and mood. Amino Acids. 2001;21(2):139-50.
3. Horne JA, Reyner LA. Beneficial effects of an "energy drink" given to sleepy drivers. Amino Acids. 2001;20(1):83-9.
4. Seidl R, Peyrl A, Nicham R, Hauser E. A taurine and caffeine-containing drink stimulates cognitive performance and well-being. Amino Acids. 2000;19(3-4):635-42. |
#OTD in 1922 – Arthur Griffith, founder of Sinn Féin, dies of a cerebral haemorrhage.
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Arthur Griffith was one of the most important players in Irish Independence. Griffith founded Sinn Féin in 1905 as an Irish nationalist party whose objective was "to establish in Ireland's capital a national legislature endowed with the moral authority of the Irish nation".
It was not until after the 1916 Rising that Sinn Féin became a major force in Irish politics winning a landslide majority of Irish seats in the 1918 General Election. Refusing to take their seats in the House of Commons, the party held the first Dáil on 21 January 1919, proclaiming itself the rightful parliament of an Irish Republic. During the vicious War of Independence and in the absence of de Valera in America, Griffith served as Acting President (sometimes in Jail). Griffith led the Irish truce negotiations in London accompanied by Michael Collins signing the Treaty in December 1921. Acrimonious debates in Dáil Éireann let to a walkout by de Valera and anti-Treatyites.
He died at the age of 50, ten days before Michael Collins' assassination in Co Cork. He was buried in Glasnevin Cemetery four days later.
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#OTD in Irish History – 12 August:
#OTD in 1920 – Terence MacSwiney, Lord Mayor of Cork, arrested by British; he immediately goes on hunger strike.
Ireland 1849 | Sidney Osborne, English travel writer. "Seventy houses were pulled down, under the orders of the agent of the property. The people had for some days to crowd on the neighbouring chapel floor, and by the sides of the ditches, for the neighbours had orders not to take them in: it is fair to state the whole of this mass of tenantry had been created by a middleman, whose lease was now out. Taken from The Truth Behind The Irish Famine, signed copies only at www.jerrymulvihill.com |
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Q: How to wrap the row text in table? i have created the table by using TableModel and Table API in LWUIT. I did successfully , but While adding big text ( sentence like 'this is a sample program'), it won't wrap the text instead of displayed as text with dots ( Ex: this...). How to wrap the text in row?
A: Override the Table's createCell method and instead of returning a Label from that method return a TextArea. Set it to editable false and invoke setUIID("TableCell") on it so it will look like a table cell.
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Welcome to Pillerseetal! This valley in the heart of Austrian Tirol is not just beautiful, but also full of activities and things to do – not just skiing! Come and discover what to do in Tirol in winter with us!
Heading back to Tirol was a bit of a homecoming for me. My father's family is originally Austrian and I have spent several summers of my life near Wörthersee in Carinthia, where many uncles and aunties still lived when I was a child.
Tirol was one of the regions we drove through. As we travelled from Italian South Tyrol to Austrian Tirol, the landscape slowly changed – cities turned into villages, belfries became onion-shaped, German replaced Italian on street signs. We would see signs for Innsbruck, the regional capital. Entering Tirol meant we had almost arrived.
And the mountains. Oh, the mountains. Tirol was where the mountains were truly at their best. In summer, I could see them rising to the skies like giant slate-grey behemoths, overlooking the pristine valleys and lakes like ancestral wardens.
My family was never really into mountains – my love for mountains developed when I was well into my twenties, but back then, when I travelled through Tirol as a child, I remember wondering how those mountains would look covered in snow, and how it would be to visit Tirol in winter.
Twenty years later, I made it!
Fast forward twenty years, and I crossed the border into Tirol again. Our destination was Pillerseetal, where we would spend a week skiing, hiking and enjoying all the best of what Tirol has to offer in winter.
Pillerseetal – the name of our destination included two words that I immediately recognised, even in my rudimentary German. See, meaning lake, and Tal, valley, making Pillerseetal 'the valley of the Piller lake'.
I couldn't imagine that Pillerseetal would really exceed my wildest expectations. Not just with the beauty of its landscape, its flavours (the same flavours as my childhood) and those marvellous mountains, but also with the variety of activities and things to do, making winter truly a wonderful time to enjoy the area.
And what about summer? I guess I just need to go back, and experience it for myself.
The Alps in winter pretty much mean skiing – alpine or downhill skiing, that is. As a self-proclaimed mountain junkie, I am half ashamed to admit that I am in fact a terrible skier. I never learned to ski as a child, and I clicked on my first pair of downhill skis at the ripe old age of 31, during our trip to Iran.
Three years later, I can kind of ski – not well, by any means, but I can at least make our way downhill without panicking. Pillerseetal offers plenty of opportunities for ski lovers – Waidring, the village where we were based, is just a cable car ride away from the Steinplatte ski area, offering 42 km of slopes, including 18 km of blue pistes, ideal for us. We skied with a friendly instructor called Gary – who, strangely enough, was Australian!
Other ski areas in Pillerseetal include Saalbach near Fieberbrunn, the largest with 270 km of pistes and 60 mountain huts to choose from for a glass of weißbier between one run and another, and tiny Buchensteinwand, with 22 km of pistes, easy to reach from St.Jakob, St.Ulrich and Hochfilzen, all within a 20 minute drive from Waidring.
Snowboarding is also possible, and both Saalbach and Steinplatte have a snowpark – but if you're looking for a snowboarding instructor, make sure you book someone in advance, as there may not be one available at short notice.
One of the reasons why I was really looking forward to visiting Pillerseetal was cross-country skiing – see, I am terrible at Alpine skiing but I'm pretty good at cross-country! One of the main reasons to visit Pillerseetal is that snow is pretty much guaranteed between the end of November and Easter, making the place ideal for cross-country skiing, which is traditionally done at lower altitudes compared to Alpine skiing.
There are cross-country rings (known as loipe in German) around every village in Pillerseetal, varying in length and difficulty. The classification of cross-country rings is the same as downhill pistes – blue means easy, red is intermediate and black means hard.
You can choose between classic style, which is when you ski in 'rails' with a movement similar to walking, and skating, which is done outside the rails, and it is considerably faster (and also harder!) If you've never tried cross-country skiing before, we recommend starting with some lessons – classic style is definitely easier to grasp, or you can 'jump' straight into skating and enjoy a hell of a workout!
We skied at the Dorfloipe ring in Waidring with a wonderful teacher called Lisa, and in Hochfilzen, which also offers a 10 km 'Panoramaweg' – we didn't have time for that sadly, but it looked great!
The reason why we didn't have time to ski in Hochfilzen is that the main reason for our visit was a biathlon lesson at the Nordic Academy, a cross-country skiing school which also offers the opportunity to try biathlon, a discipline combining skiing and rifle shooting.
Our two hour lesson included a quick intro on the skating technique, a few trial runs learning to shoot targets with the rifle and finally a 'mini competition' where we challenged another team – and won! All in all, it was great fun.
There's no need to learn how to ski to enjoy the thrill of speed while gliding down a frozen runway – you can also do so on a toboggan! Every town in Pillerseetal has a purpose-built toboggan piste, where you can have fun at gliding up and down until late night, in some cases.
The toboggan piste in Waidring starts from the Alpengasthof Oberweißbach, a traditional mountain restaurant, and it's lit until midnight – do you know what that means, right? You can have dinner, followed by a few shots of schnapps, and than launch yourself down the toboggan run at full speed, which is exactly how we spent our first night in Waidring.
Don't forget your helmet, as you may end up taking a tumble or two if you're clumsy like me!
Skiing and tobogganing are all great fun, but it's hard to take pictures when you're zipping down the slopes! Snowshoeing is a great way to enjoy the frozen wilderness slowly, especially at sunset when the colours blending in the sky can create great photo opportunities.
It's easy enough to rent a set of snowshoes and wander around by yourself, looking for vantage points to take great pictures, but a local guide can really help find your way between snowy fields and forests. We went snowshoe hiking with Lisa, who shared some anecdotes about life in Waidring and what to do in Pillerseetal in winter and summer, before sharing some hot tea and homemade biscuits with us.
Walking with snowshoes can be really hard, especially if you spent the entire morning skiing ad your legs are reduced to jelly. If you want to experience the magic of the frozen wilderness at night, but don't want to do so with two clunky pieces of plastic under your feet, you can book Lisa to take you on a torchlight walk.
The torches (basically oversize candles) only last about one hour, so a torchlight walk is a great idea for something to do before or after dinner, for example – we walked from our base in Waidring to the Stueberl camping ground just outside town, across snowy fields with no light besides that of our candles.
One of the most unique things to do in Pillerseetal is llama trekking at Abenteuer Llama with Barbara, Ronaldo and Loriot, two friendly llamas and their human mum who call Fieberbrunn home. Despite being native of South America, llamas adapt well to the cold and snowy climate of Tirol, and llama trekking is becoming increasingly popular, not just in Pillerseetal but also in other locations across the Alps.
Barbara has three llamas – Ronaldo, Loriot and Simon, who was injured and couldn't join us on our two hour trek around the nearby Lauchsee. Trekking with llamas is a relaxing, almost meditative experience – for this reason, llamas are often used as service animals for people struggling with depression or anxiety, or for children with autism.
When you hike with llamas, you end up looking at the world differently. The landscape and the mountains weren't the primary focus of our experience – instead, we concentrated on our new furry friends, who were leading us around the frozen lake, we tried to follow their pace, and imagined to see the world through their eyes.
Normal archery experiences involve a quick briefing and a few turns at shooting arrows into a target – I do enjoy having a go at shooting with a bow and arrow, but I usually get bored rather quickly. On the other hand, archery in Waidring is a whole different story!
Marc from Bogenparcours Oberweissbach in Waidring created four trails through the woods around the village, with a total of 56 stations with 3D targets that you can practice shooting at. The targets are shaped like animals you'll find in the forest, allowing you to practice this ancient sport in a cruelty-free manner, that at the same time is a lot more exciting than shooting at a target on the wall.
There are easy targets and complicated ones, but Marc is always at hand helping you aim, or even teaching you how to shoot two arrows at the same time!
The village of St. Ulrich am Pillersee houses the yearly International Sled Dog Camp, an event gathering mushers and fluffy huskies from all over Europe, and turning this lakeside village into a little slice of Alaska. The camp lasts for two weeks and there are several events taking place – including bonfire gatherings, igloo buildings and naturally a big husky race!
We only had time to visit the Camp very briefly, but we were lucky to see some of the dog teams practicing for the race which was due to take place the following day… and we got a little homesick for Salla in Finland, where we had the best dogsledding experience ever!
There's nothing like a sauna after cross-country skiing!
As I'm sure you've noticed, visiting Pillerseetal in winter (and even the rest of Tirol, for that matter) means getting active! After spending the whole day in the snow, there's only one thing to soothe weary bones – a nice hot sauna.
We stayed at Alpegg Chalets, which all came with their own individual Bio Sauna with essential oils, but most hotels around Waidring seem to have an in-house SPA, and the opportunity to organise in-house massages.
Eating is truly one of the best things about Tirol! Since my family is from next door in Carinthia, I was already well accustomed with some of the specialties featured on restaurant menus – like cheesy käsespätzle, small dumplings in a cheese sauce, Tiroler Gröstl, a meat, potato and onion fry-up topped with a fried egg, and knödel of all shapes and sizes.
Tiroler cuisine is traditionally very meat-heavy, but vegetarians need not worry, as every restaurant offers salads, vegetable-based soups and lots of cheese-based specialties. If not, there's always dessert – make sure you try kaiserchmarrn, a cut-up pancake serves with jam or cream, or strudel!
Two great restaurants to sample Tiroler cuisine in Waidring are Schneidermann and recently-opened Sendlhof, both highly recommended!
You're given a hat-shaped pot, with the rim full of vegetables and steaming broth. The sides of the 'hat' have tiny hooks, where you can hang pieces of meat or vegetables which are slowly cooked by the steaming broth. You must remember not to drop veg or meat into the broth, or you have to have a shot of schnapps!
The second 'memorable' dinner was our final one at Forellenranch, where we ate in a small wooden hut with a fire at its centre, kind of like a Finnish kota. There was a barbecue on the fire and we took turns cooking our favourite meat, fish and vegetables, accompanied by schnapps and weißbier, of course!
Our base in Waidring were the super cute and cozy Alpegg Chalets, all built by hand and individually decorated by Conny and her husband, a local young couple. There are three chalets in total, all sleeping four in two separate rooms, with a back verandah including a private sauna and a sun bed to lounge in.
The chalets were bright and stylish, combining traditional wooden furniture with design pieces like Kartell chairs and locally-made art. What we loved best were the unique touches that Conny left for all her guests – hand-written thank you messages, fresh bread delivered each morning, and she even made a little tub of organic toothpaste for me when I told her I forgot to pack mine!
We loved staying at Alpegg Chalets – the central location meant we didn't have to walk much to reach the slopes or any of the points of interest around Waidring, and we were always glad to head back to the soft couches and comfy beds after a day of winter adventures around Tirol!
Pillerseetal is located in the northwestern corner of Tirol, close to the German border. The closest airport is Salzburg, about an hour away, otherwise the best choice is Munich, which is about a two-hour drive.
If you're travelling to Pillerseetal by train, the best station to get off at is Fieberbrunn. You can reach it by getting off at Wörgl, a busy station on the railway line connecting Northern Italy to Munich, and changing to a local train. Travel time from Verona to Wörgl is about 4 hours, plus a further hour to Fieberbrunn.
This post was brought to you as a result of the #BlogVille Europe campaign, created and managed by iambassador in partnership with Tirol.
Love this! Especially the Lama walk! I just go skiing there, didn't know there is so much else to do.
Oh yes! The lama walking is just amazing, and kids will love it!
Io scio molto meglio di te 😛 Che bella settimana abbiamo trascorso a Pillerseetal!
Not true 😛 Next time we head to Pillerseetal I'll show you who's boss! |
Q: How to detect if current window is behind another application, using Javascript Same like facebook on web browser. If you open another application like going to computer dashboard or any app, the video on Facebook will pause, when you switch back to browser the video will resume.
Page Visibility API, onFocus, hasFocus and onBlur are working only if the user switches between the browser tabs.
I want to listen when the user switches away from browser to another application while browser still open on background. Be able to tell full visibility of current page.
It should be possible, same feature is working on facebook Web from the browser.
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*Energy usage in some homes may vary widely from these averages.
appliances such as a waterbed, hot tub, or pre-1990 refrigerator use significant amounts of electricity. However, recent trends in home entertainment equipment can make a large difference in household energy use. For instance a 50" LCD television (average on-time= 6 hours a day) may draw 300 Watts less than a similarly sized plasma system. In most residences no single appliance dominates, and any conservation efforts must be directed to numerous areas in order to achieve substantial energy savings. However, Ground and Water Source Heat Pump systems are the more energy efficient, environmentally clean, and cost-effective space conditioning systems available (Environmental Protection Agency), and can achieve reductions in energy consumptions of up to 69%.
Standby power used by consumer electronics and appliances while they are turned off accounts for an estimated 5 to 10% of household electricity consumption, adding an estimated $3 billion to annual energy costs in the USA.
"In the average home, 75% of the electricity used to power home electronics is consumed while the products are turned off."
The efficiency of furnaces and air conditioners has increased steadily since the energy crises of the 1970s.
The 1987 National Appliance Energy Conservation Act authorized the Department of Energy to set minimum efficiency standards for space conditioning equipment and other appliances each year, based on what is "technologically feasible and economically justified". Beyond these minimum standards, the Environmental Protection Agency awards the Energy Star designation to appliances that exceed industry efficiency averages by an EPA-specified percentage. Despite technological improvements, many American lifestyle changes have put higher demands on heating and cooling resources. The average size of homes built in the United States has increased significantly, from 1,500 sq ft (140 m) in 1970 to 2,300 sq ft (210 m) in 2005. The single-person household has become more common, as has central air conditioning: 23% of households had central air conditioning in 1978, that figure rose to 55% by 2001. As furnace efficiency gets higher, there is limited room for improvement--efficiencies above 85% are now common. However, improving the building envelope through better or more insulation, advanced windows, etc., can allow larger improvements. The passive house approach produces superinsulated buildings that approach zero net energy consumption. Improving the building envelope can also be cheaper than replacing a furnace or air conditioner. Even lower cost improvements include weatherization, which is frequently subsidized by utilities or state/federal tax credits, as are programmable thermostats. Consumers have also been urged to adopt a wider indoor temperature range (e.g. 65 F (18 C) in the winter, 80 F (27 C) in the summer). One underutilized, but potentially very powerful means to reduce household energy consumption is to provide real-time feedback to homeowners so they can effectively alter their energy using behavior. Recently, low cost energy feedback displays, such as The Energy Detective or wattson, have become available. A study of a similar device deployed in 500 Ontario homes by Hydro One showed an average 6.5% drop in total electricity use when compared with a similarly sized control group. ---TAKEN FROM POWERSET! |
Erik ten Hag speaks out on Ajax's stars future
Ajax's manager Erik ten Hag spoke out on the Dutch team stars' future. After they lost De Ligt, De Jong, and Ziyech, the club's manager gave his statement on players as Nicolas Tagliafico, Andre Onana, and Donny Van de Beek.
In an interview with the Dutch newspaper "Voetbal", the manager said that he expects some players to stay a little bit longer, but the Ajax career may be brief for some others.
"For Onana and Van de Beek, another year at Ajax can certainly be an option. But for Tagliafico, because of his age, it is different. I'm getting ready and testing Lisandro Martinez on the left side".
On the one hand, Ten Hag's speech is a relief for fans because of Onana and especially Van De Beek, who was taken for granted. However, it clearly implies that Argentine left-back Nicolas Tagliafico's Ajax career is near to the end.
Tagliafico's most likely destination is the Premier League, with both Chelsea and Leicester emerging as favorites in the left-back sign-race.
Chelsea's left-back plan A is Leicester's Ben Chilwell, and if the Blues reach an agreement with him, the Foxes would look for Tagliafico as a replacement. On the other hand, if the London team does not succeed in the Ben Chiwell operation, Tagliafico would become their main target.
Tagliafico's current price tag, according to the Spanish newspaper AS is of about 25 million euros, and it's surely considered low for a player with Tagliafico's quality, who was considered one of the main players in the world in the 2018/19 season and maintained the level of performance this season. At the age of 27, the left-back has already played in 99 games for Ajax, having scored 12 goals and given 15 assists.
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"Who Am I", the title song of my LP is out now!
I hope you're well. Today I'm sharing "Who Am I" with you – the title song of my upcoming album that will come out in May. Those familiar with my work probably know that there's always a story behind my music, lyrics, and visuals. I want to guide you through the song and the video. So, here we go.
I wrote the first version of "Who Am I" four years ago. It was an instrumental with house elements, originally written to be part of my running jam, back in Athens where I still lived. Next step was putting some lyrics to it and making it a fun track called "Nonchalant" – a song that I never released. Little did I know that, after many reworks, it would become far less nonchalant and way more meaningful. Before going to the studio last summer, I sat again on that song. I had completely written it off as it was – a mix of hip-hop & RnB, with far too easy lyrics to fit to the rest of the album. I got back to the first version. There was something about those tropical synths and the loud hi-hat (yes, that's intended) that kept me trying to find a way to include this tune on my solo debut LP. And so I did. It became the heart and the title of a whole chunk of work – a query, if you please, about humanity, the world we live in and our importance (or unimportance) as individuals and/or as a whole.
Ironically, a song that went through several changes – sometimes drastic enough to switch it from the one genre box to the other, ended up being called "Who Am I" and paired up with a video that wasn't originally made for it, but inspired by another song. Science may have proved that opposites attract each other – but that doesn't always apply in life; like-minded people attract each other, too – perhaps more often than rarely. And since I'm a romantic, I like to think that a series of events brought Oirot Buntot (the director of the "Who Am I" video) and me together to magically intermix our artistic work and serve each other's vision, while enhancing our own. How many chances for two independent artworks that were made at a different time, to find each other and become one thing?
So, you'll ask, what's "Who Am I" about?
I go on saying that we live in a world of broken values and ethics. What we used to know as right seems to fade – sometimes for a good reason, some others to take us back to scary times. Good things happen, bad things happen – but we're spinning so fast. We struggle to keep up – at least I do. And as you already know, I believe that going back to our roots and revisiting our history might help us to see and act clearer. Already with my previous song, "Berlin During Winter", I talked to you about how I see things – how I don't see a point in repeating mistakes and the importance of introspection.
That question – who am I? So simple, yet so emotionally charged. I went on for years asking who am I and where do I belong. Although, I always felt connected to my Greek roots, but disconnected from Greece's modern society. I always wanted to fly away from my mother land's nest. When I did, I realised that people, in the exact moment they would learn that I'm Greek, they would reduce me to that, when all I wanted was to take bits and pieces of all cultures and be a real citizen of the world. However, it seems like my heritage can't let me be what I want to be – and I don't blame it a single bit.
Who am I or how am I?
For as it may be, in my head, I am who I want to be. For as limits me, I'm a version of who my younger self wanted to be. She had a dream and she followed it, regardless her background or her gender. Or what people thought of her – contrary to their plans based on her fragility. And I honour her for that – for always knowing she was underestimated. That's why her choices were seen as risks. And she always counted on their surprise. Yet, restlessly spirited, she always cried in front of the mirror, asking herself who she is and wanting to go home – wherever home would be.
Fast forward to today, my "who am I" question is not addressed to my idol in the mirror. My "who am I" is addressed to each and every reading my texts. I've matured enough to know that who we truly are reflects on our relationships and positions for and against others. It's like an equation. The sum of the "how" and the "what" result to the "who". How am I. What am I. Who I am. And bits and parts of our cultures and daily life, sexual orientation and skin colour influence our id. However, none of it should define it.
Why do we still to categorise people?
Nowadays, all the labels we tried to remove are deliberately recalled. Like a sentenced to life prisoner who's just been opened the prison's gate to run freely and never look back – never come back despite his actions. All the boxes we destroyed are being made new as if we struggle in their absence to find meaning to our lives. And there's so much injustice all around us, but we – so drawn by our own interpretation of existentialism – use those brought-back labels to float in a pool set next to the ocean. Confused – how can I contribute to the society when I am so broken?
My song "Who Am I" is about the modern disorientation. We're torn apart between what we used to know and the new, fast-paced, hi-tech world of opportunities and horror. Despite our mistrust in the system, we still seek out to politics to save us. However, the leaders of the world do nothing for all the hate that's spreading like an epidemic disease. In fact, it is an epidemic disease, but there are so many ways to protect ourselves from it – credible, although established in an analogue way and are not necessarily lab-approved. Goodness, respect, knowledge are some prophylactic measures that we can (re)integrate into our daily lives. Why so hard? Why so difficult?
If statues could talk whose side would they take?
The video for "Who Am I" is the directorial debut of Oirot Buntot. It's filmed at the stunning Teatro Rossi Aperto. Stay tuned for an interview that's coming up with the director. I got to ask him some questions on the video, his work & future projects. |
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Scientology Censors
Scientogists quick to litigate against critics
Going Clear but encrypted...
21st September 2015. Sky is set to broadcast Going Clear despite censorship pressure from the Scientology organisation
Full story: Scientology Censors...Scientogists quick to litigate against critics
See article from bbc.co.uk
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief is a 2015 USA documentary by Alex Gibney.
Starring Lawrence Wright, Mike Rinder and Marty Rathbun.
A devastating two hour documentary based on Lawrence Wright's book of the same name. Scientology is laid bare by a film that skilfully knits together archive footage, testimonials from former high ranking officials and public, and dramatic reconstructions.
Sky Atlantic is to show a documentary on Scientology, despite legal pressure from the 'church'.
Alex Gibney's Going Clear traces the origins of the organisation and profiles former members, including Oscar-winning screenwriter Paul Haggis. It has alleged abusive practices at Scientology's US headquarters, which members have denounced as one-sided, bigoted propaganda .
The film premiered to wide acclaim in the US in March and was watched by 5.5 million viewers on HBO. It also garnered seven Emmy nominations.
The Church of Scientology has previously threatened to use the UK's libel laws to challenge any false or defamatory content if it is broadcast in the UK.
Although an initial screening, in April, was postponed, Sky has now confirmed it will be shown, without edits on 21 September. A spokesman for Sky told The Guardian:
Both Sky, and the producers of the film, have sought legal advice at every stage of the process and are confident the film complies with legal requirements in the territories in which we are screening the film.
Offsite Article: Going Clear...
The film Scientologists don't want you to see
See article from theguardian.com
Update: Clear Censorship...
Sky cancels Scientology documentary over fears of libel claims via Northern ireland
Thanks to Nick
Plans to broadcast HBO's Church of Scientology exposé, Going Clear , have been shelved by Sky Atlantic in a virtual repeat of events two years ago, when UK publishers abandoned publication of the book on which the new TV documentary is based.
Sky originally indicated that the Alex Gibney-directed film, which alleges abusive practices at the 'religion''s US headquarters, would be transmitted in the UK earlier this month in step with its American release.
However, the Observer has learned that because Northern Ireland is not subject to the 2013 Defamation Act, the broadcaster could be exposed to libel claims from David Miscavige, the leader of the church, or others. This appears to have caused the company to postpone transmission, if not to cancel it entirely.
Sky is unable to differentiate its signal between regions, rendering the same programme potentially exposed to pre-reform libel laws in Northern Ireland, but shielded in Britain where, among free-speech safeguards and reforms designed to limit frivolous claims or libel tourism , people or organisations must now show serious harm to reputation.
Scientology leaders said in a statement:
The Church of Scientology will be entitled to seek the protection of both UK and Irish libel laws in the event that any false or defamatory content in this film is broadcast within these jurisdictions.
Update: Reputation Management...
Google told to censor search suggestions when they are complained about
A German federal court has told Google to censor the auto-complete results that its search engine suggests.
The court said Google must ensure terms generated by auto-complete are not contrary to the wishes of those that complain.
The court case was started by an unnamed German businessman who found that Google.de linked him with scientology and fraud . Google must now remove certain word combinations when told about them, said the court.
A person's privacy would be violated if the associations conjured up by auto-complete were claimed to be untrue, the federal court said in a statement about the ruling. However, it added, this did not mean that Google had to sanitise its entire index. The operator is, as a basic principle, only responsible when it gets notice of the unlawful violation of personal rights.
The ruling on auto-complete overturns two earlier decisions by lower German courts.
Why can't we read the Scientology book Going Clear in the UK?...
Because of Britain's anti freedom of speech libel rules
See article from guardian.co.uk
Just the title of Lawrence Wright's Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood and the Prison of Belief tells you more than many books on the subject. Going Clear is a veritable book of revelations on L Ron Hubbard's sci-fi religion, exhaustively detailing its history, its methods and the depth of its weirdness.
Or so we're told. While Going Clear goes on sale in the US and the rest of Europe this week, you can't buy it in Britain. Not because it threatens national security, or features royal breasts, but because of our uniquely obliging libel laws.
Unlike in other countries, under English and Welsh law the burden of proof in defamation cases rests exclusively on the defendant, which means that if someone sues you, it's up to you to prove that it's true. If that someone is, say, a pharmaceutical company, or a church that believes in space people, then you're in for a long, expensive time in court, even if you win (legal costs here are up to 140 times higher than international norms). Hence Transworld's decision not to publish. The legal advice was that Going Clear's content was not robust enough for the UK market, they say.
Update: The Master...
Filmmaker speaks of Scientology pressure against a film partly about L Ron Hubbard
Scientologists in Hollywood tried to derail a movie inspired by the religion's founder, its studio claims. The Master was partly based on L Ron Hubbard, who founded Scientology in the 1950s.
Unnamed Scientologists applied lots of pressure to stop The Master being made and have it changed once filming began, studio head Harvey Weinstein said
We've had pressure and we've resisted pressure. Originally people said to me 'don't make it'. Lots of pressure.
And then, as we were making it, we had pressure to change it. Paul's not doing that and I didn't think he chose me [to work with] because I was going to acquiesce either.
The movie tells the story of a cult leader known as The Master, played by Philip Seymour Hoffman, and a troubled World War II veteran, played by Joaquin Phoenix, who is drawn into his world. It won awards for acting and directing after its premiere at the Venice Film Festival and is seen as an early contender for The Oscars.
Asked about the reaction from Scientologists in Hollywood, Weinstein said:
I'm not going to get into names, but they feel strongly that they think it's a religion and as such they think the subject matter shouldn't be explored.
The Church of Scientology has denied trying to block the film.
Update: Censorial Sect...
Scientologists attempt to ban German TV film
Based on article from guardian.co.uk
See also Scientology Outrage Over a Critical Film from time.com
Germany's state broadcaster is locked in a row with the Church of Scientology which wants to block an upcoming feature film that depicts the organisation as totalitarian and unethical.
Bis Nichts Mehr Bleibt , or Until Nothing Remains , dramatises the account of a German family torn apart by its associations with Scientology. A young married couple joins the organisation but as the wife gets sucked ever more deeply into the group, her husband, who has donated much of his money to it, decides to leave. In the process he loses contact with his young daughter who, like his wife, is being educated by Scientology instructors.
Scientology leaders have accused Germany's primary public TV network, ARD, of creating in top secret a piece of propaganda that sets out to undermine the group, and have demanded to see it before it is broadcast.
According to the makers of Until Nothing Remains , the €2.5m (£2.3 m) drama, which is due to air in a prime-time slot at the end of March, is based on the true story of Heiner von Rönns, who left Scientology and suffered the subsequent break-up of his family.
Scientology officials have said the film is false and intolerant. Jürg Stettler, a spokesman for Scientology in Germany said: The truth is precisely the opposite of that which the ARD is showing. The organisation is investigating legal means to prevent the programme from being broadcast. Stettler said the organisation was planning its own film to spread our own side of the story .
9th September
Update: Cult of Censorship...
Scientology calls for Australian laws to censor their critics
Based on article from inquisitr.com
See also www.whyweprotest.net
Scientology has called upon the Australian Government to censor the internet and media locally in direct response to protests from Anonymous.
In a long, rambling submission made to the Australian Human Rights Commission made earlier this year, the 'Church' attacks Anonymous calling them, among other things, a hate group of cyberterrorists that is engaged in a malicious campaign of hate that is an anathema to democracy.
The submission states:
In Australia Anonymous have mounted a sustained campaign of misinformation against the Church. As we are a minority religion with the vast majority of the population unaware of our true beliefs and humanitarian programs, their campaign has no justifiable purpose and violates the Church of Scientology's and parishioners rights to human dignity and religious freedom under the Constitution.
Scientology wants the Internet and media in Australia censored to prevent any negative stories being told about the church, and more, including:
Banning the use of domain name registration anonymity tools such as WhoisGuard by sites who talk about the church
The introduction of criminal sanctions for vilification of religion, including jail time for serious religious vilification.
The prohibition of concealing ones identity with a mask by people engaged in campaigns of harassment and vilification against religions (which they specifically mean Guy Fawkes masks.)
The statement gets worse:
It is recommended that a law be enacted to prevent the dissemination of antireligious propaganda in the media, which is based on unfounded hearsay and either known or reasonably known to be untruthful. Such dissemination shall be the subject of a civil penalty provision in favour of the defamed Church, and/or its individual parishioners if they are individually named or otherwise identified.
Update: Weird Faith...
Scientologists set their lawyers on the Daily Mail
Thanks to Alan
Based on article from glosslip.com
See also WhyWeProtest.net.
Glosslip insiders have revealed that the Daily Mail's story on Jett Travolta, titled Did John Travolta's weird faith seal son Jett's fate? was pulled from their website after threats from the Church of Scientology.
This is nothing new in the world of Scientology. Almost a year ago, gossip site Gawker was threatened with legal action from the highly litigious religion after posting a for Scientologist's eyes only video featuring Tom Cruise discussing his strange religion. Gawker, citing fair use laws, refused to pull the video, and have been reaping a traffic bonanza since.
With the barrage of stories following the tragic death of 16-year old Jett Travolta, one has to wonder how much overtime the lawyers have been putting in trying to keep the media from looking too closely at their dangerous history of medical mishaps based on the groups anti-psychiatry beliefs.
Scientology Exposé Covered Up...
Anti-Scientology book unlisted by UK Amazon
Based on article from theregister.co.uk
Amazon UK has barred the sale of a new Scientology exposé penned by a former member of the church's elite paramilitary group.
The British incarnation of the world's most popular etailer is no longer offering The Complex: An Insider Exposes the Covert World of the Church of Scientology , by John Duignan, who spent 22 years inside the top secret organization.
In a recent post to an anti-Scientology discussion forum, an Anonymous Brit says that after pre-ordering the book, he received an email from Amazon announcing it had been removed from sale for legal reasons.
The book is also no longer available at Waterstone's and is out of stock at US Amazon
The US listing describes the book like this:
For the first time ever, a former high-ranking member of the Church of Scientology is lifting the lid on life inside the world s fastest growing cult. The Complex reveals the true story behind the religion that has ensnared a Who's Who list of celebrities such as Tom Cruise and John Travolta, and convinced thousands of ordinary people to join up.
Duignan describes how two years ago he staged a dramatic escape from the elite paramilitary group at the core of the Church, the Sea Organisation, and how he narrowly evaded pursuit by Scientologists from the Office of Special Affairs. He looks back on the 22 years he served in the Church's secret army and describes the hours of sleep deprivation, brain-washing and intense auditing or religious counselling he endured, as he was moulded into a soldier of Scientology.
He talks about the money-making-machine at the heart of the Church, the Scientology goal to Clear the Planet and Get Ethics In, the training programmes, the Rehabilitation Project Force and the punishments meted out to anyone who transgresses, including children. We follow his journey through the Church and the painful investigation that leads to his eventual realisation that there is something very wrong at Scientology's core.
The Complex was published by the Dublin, Ireland-based Merlin Publishing. |
Wayne Boodram worked as a taxi driver for 12 years, he eventually retired from a taxi driver to manage his poultry depot. He has been able to construct his own home and purchase a vehicle from his business. The client has had 7 loan facilities with MIPED ranging from $10,000.00 to $65,000.00.
Wayne acknowledged MIPED as "the easiest place to get a loan" and also acknowledged the high quality service he received from the staff. He commended MIPED for obtaining loan insurance for the clients.
The Ministry of Health brought new regulations for the poultry industry and Wayne came back to MIPED for a loan to upgrade his depot to meet the new standards. |
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Professor of Chinese and East Asian History at the Department for Asian Studies, Munich University, Germany. Since 2002, she has been director of an interdisciplinary research project sponsored by the VW Foundation on "The East Asian "Mediterranean", c. 1500-1800″. She obtained her Ph.D. in 1993 from Würzburg University with a thesis on "Song Period Tomb inscriptions" and her Habilitation 2000 from Munich University with a thesis on Quanzhou during the Song.
Denise Chong is best known for her award-winning memoir, The Concubine's Children, one of the first book-length narratives of the early experience of the Chinese in Canada. Her book, The Girl in the Picture, describing a famous news photograph from the Vietnam War, was also groundbreaking in its account of war-torn South Vietnam. Both books were short listed for the Governor General's literary award and are translated into several languages. Before her writing career, Denise was an economic advisor in the office of then Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau.
Roger Chartier is Directeur d'Études at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris, Professeur in the Collège de France, and Annenberg Visiting Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania. He frequently lectures and teaches in the United States, Spain, México, Brazil and Argentina. Professor Chartier is recognized internationally for his work on the history of books, printing and reading. His books and articles have appeared in at least ten different languages.
A lawyer by profession and a former Secretary of State of Canada, Serge Joyal was appointed in 1997 to the Canadian Senate and serves on a number of committees specialising in legal and constitutional affairs. In 2003, he edited Protecting Canadian Democracy: The Senate You Never Knew, published by McGill-Queen's University Press. He is a specialist in art history, an art collector and a philanthropist. Senator Joyal is an Officer of the Order of Canada, an Officer of the National Order of Quebec and also an Officer in France's Légion d'Honneur.
Timothy Aitken is President of the Beaverbrook Canadian Foundation Educated at the Sorbonne and McGill, Tim Aitken is currently the President of the philanthropic Beaverbrook Canadian Foundation located in Montreal. Tim lives in London where he has spent thirty years in business in Britain and the US – heading, among other things, a financial services and investment banking company as well as the UK's first independent breakfast television broadcasting company. Tim has worked as a journalist for the London Evening Standard, The Montreal Star and as a freelancer in India and Ethiopia and has also managed eight public companies. He enjoys sailboats, politics, and tennis. |
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Women and the Suburban Garden
Sarah Bilston
in The Promise of the Suburbs: A Victorian History in Literature and Culture
10.12987/yale/9780300179330.003.0006
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Gardening advice texts evoked women gardeners as active laborers, aesthetically informed designers, participants in the marketplace, and, toward the end of the century, even professional business ... More
Gardening advice texts evoked women gardeners as active laborers, aesthetically informed designers, participants in the marketplace, and, toward the end of the century, even professional business partners. Reframing women's relationship to the garden—and to society itself—across the course of Victoria's reign, such texts do not just imagine feminine power, they hand power over to reading and gardening women. Suburban gardens become, together with the suburban interior, spaces of aesthetic experimentation, apprenticeship, and finally professional practice.Less
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Gardening advice texts evoked women gardeners as active laborers, aesthetically informed designers, participants in the marketplace, and, toward the end of the century, even professional business partners. Reframing women's relationship to the garden—and to society itself—across the course of Victoria's reign, such texts do not just imagine feminine power, they hand power over to reading and gardening women. Suburban gardens become, together with the suburban interior, spaces of aesthetic experimentation, apprenticeship, and finally professional practice.
Keywords: Aesthetics, Women gardeners, Villa garden, Amateur gardeners, Consumerism, Wild Garden, Professional gardeners, Suburbs, Massing, Gertrude Jekyll
Architecture since 1400
Kathleen James-Chakraborty
10.5749/minnesota/9780816673964.001.0001
Architecture, Architectural History
This book aims to give equal attention to Western and non-Western structures and built landscapes. From Tenochtitlan's Great Pyramid in Mexico City and the Duomo in Florence to Levittown's suburban ... More
This book aims to give equal attention to Western and non-Western structures and built landscapes. From Tenochtitlan's Great Pyramid in Mexico City and the Duomo in Florence to Levittown's suburban tract housing and the Bird's Nest Stadium in Beijing, its coverage includes the world's most celebrated structures and spaces along with many examples of more humble vernacular buildings. The book presents key moments and innovations in architectural modernity around the globe. Integrating architectural and social history, this book pays particular attention to the motivations of client and architect in the design and construction of environments both sacred and secular: palaces and places of worship as well as such characteristically modern structures as the skyscraper, the department store, and the cinema. It also focuses on the role of patrons and addresses to an unparalleled degree the impact of women in commissioning, creating, and inhabiting the built environment, with Gertrude Jekyll, Lina Bo Bardi, and ZahaHadid taking their place beside Brunelleschi, Sinan, and Le Corbusier.Less
This book aims to give equal attention to Western and non-Western structures and built landscapes. From Tenochtitlan's Great Pyramid in Mexico City and the Duomo in Florence to Levittown's suburban tract housing and the Bird's Nest Stadium in Beijing, its coverage includes the world's most celebrated structures and spaces along with many examples of more humble vernacular buildings. The book presents key moments and innovations in architectural modernity around the globe. Integrating architectural and social history, this book pays particular attention to the motivations of client and architect in the design and construction of environments both sacred and secular: palaces and places of worship as well as such characteristically modern structures as the skyscraper, the department store, and the cinema. It also focuses on the role of patrons and addresses to an unparalleled degree the impact of women in commissioning, creating, and inhabiting the built environment, with Gertrude Jekyll, Lina Bo Bardi, and ZahaHadid taking their place beside Brunelleschi, Sinan, and Le Corbusier.
Keywords: Western structures, non-Western structures, built landscapes, architectural modernity, client, architect, Gertrude Jekyll, Lina Bo Bardi, ZahaHadid, Brunelleschi |
Here is something that I have made since my husband and I first got married (living on a military budget).
1 c. shredded cheddar cheese (or you could use a melting cheese, like Velveeta).
Cook the veggies in hot water. Slice the sausage and saute in a skillet. Combine everything in a baking dish. Put in the oven at 350 for about 20 minutes until the cheese is melted and everything is hot. Enjoy. |
ST. LOUIS – St. Louis Blues Executive Vice President and General Manager Doug Armstrong announced Tuesday the club has re-signed forward Adam Cracknell to a one-year contract extension.
Cracknell, 26, has played in two games for the Blues this season, recording a goal in his season debut on Dec. 26 vs. Dallas. He was named captain of the Peoria Rivermen earlier this season and has appeared in 64 games recording 46 points (20 goals and 26 assists).
Last season, the 6'2, 210-pound forward dressed in 24 games and notched 7 points (3 goals, 4 assists) for the Blues.
Cracknell has played in 26 National Hockey League (NHL) games, all with St. Louis, registering 8 points (4 goals, 4 assists) and eight penalty minutes.
The Prince Albert, Saskatchewan native was originally signed by the Blues as a free agent on July 23, 2009. |
Community Award Nominations now open!
Nominations for 2020 Community Awards now open
Nominations for the 2020 Community Awards have officially opened (on Friday 14 August) and charities, voluntary organisations, individuals and businesses have a four-week window to submit their forms.
This year's Awards, hosted by the Guernsey Community Foundation, return to St James on Tuesday 17 November, 2020 to celebrate local charities, individuals and businesses who, over the last 12 months, have raised money, delivered services and undertaken community projects for the benefit of others across the Bailiwick.
The awards have a new principal sponsor with Ravenscroft committing to a three-year sponsorship.
Wayne Bulpitt, Chair of the Guernsey Community Foundation said that 2020 is a particularly special year for the organisation.
"This year's Awards coincides with the Foundation's 10th anniversary and will be a great celebration of third sector achievements during 2020, and of the island's resilience and community spirit in the face of COVID-19.
"Whilst it will have been a challenging year for some, as a community, we have much to celebrate," he said.
The Foundation is hoping to receive a record number of entries this year making it the biggest Awards to date.
"For some, completing a nomination form can sometimes appear a little daunting. We don't want this to put you off. If you need any help or guidance our team will be more than happy to help you," said Mr Bulpitt.
As in previous years, self-nominations are welcomed as well as third-party nominations. The Foundation is also able to offer advice regarding the type of information the judges are looking for.
To help the nomination process, bespoke online forms with different questions for each category have been introduced for the first time this year. This will remove the need to print and then scan the completed forms, and the questions are tailored to each category providing more guidance on the sort of information the judges are looking for.
Last year, the prestigious Charity of the Year Award was won by Paws for Support. The charity was shortlisted alongside Bowel Cancer Guernsey and Guernsey Society for Cancer Relief, and received the award in recognition of its pioneering work with therapeutic aid animals.
Prize money of £3,000 will be awarded to the Charity of the Year and all other categories will receive £2,000 to be donated to a local charity of the winner's choice.
Mark Bousfield, group managing director of Ravenscroft, said there was much to celebrate this year.
"Ravenscroft has links with many charities, voluntary organisations and community events and initiatives and it is a privilege for us to work and support the committees and volunteers who give so much for the benefit of others. It has been an incredibly difficult year for the third sector and the 2020 Community Awards will be a celebration of the energy and enthusiasm of so many."
If any businesses or individuals are interested sponsoring this year's Awards, one remains available: Fundraising Team of the Year. For more information email Anna Le Page at [email protected] or by telephone on 723442.
Award categories are:
Charity Of The Year sponsored by Ravenscroft
Awarded to the charity that the Judges believe has consistently delivered outstanding service to its beneficiaries; promoted and raised its cause; been clear in its goals and strategy and demonstrated excellence all round.
Organising Committee Of The Year sponsored by Julius Baer
Awarded to the organisers of an annual event, one-off project or campaign which has been particularly successful in engaging with the local community and whose participants have demonstrated great teamwork.
Outstanding Individual Achievement sponsored by PricewaterhouseCoopers Channel Islands LLP Awarded to a person who has demonstrated innovation, teamwork, passion and integrity throughout their involvement, and who has produced an identifiably profound effect on a charity or voluntary organisation through their work and/or leadership.
Fundraising Team Of The Year
Awarded to a locally based fundraising team on the basis of its innovation and results that achieve or exceed the aims of a campaign, or campaigns, during the previous 12 months.
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Award sponsored by Credit-Suisse
The CSR Award recognises the active involvement of a commercial company and its team directly with charitable, voluntary or community projects in its locality, or through its partnership with a local charitable, voluntary or community organisation that has had a quantifiably positive effect on the local community over the last year/s.
Innovation Award Sponsored by Resolution IT
The Innovation Award recognises creative ways of working that will benefit the voluntary sector or our wider community. This could include partnership working between charities and the private or public sectors, and could be awarded to an individual or team. Recognition could extend to new projects; new or inventive ways of working or approaching problems that enable more effective delivery of services; filling gaps in provision; or operate outside of the normal remit of a charitable or community organisation. The Award can extend to include innovation outside of the Bailiwick but the work must have a Guernsey link/involvement.
Youth Award sponsored by Royal Bank of Canada.
Awarded to a young person or a group of young people who has made a positive difference to the community. They may have done this – for example – by caring, by volunteering, by overcoming adversity, by raising awareness of a particular issue, or by organising an event that has improved Islanders' quality of life. NB: A young person for the purpose of this award will be 11-25. All individuals within a group of young people must fit this age criteria.
The closing date for nominations is Friday 11 September at 5 p.m.
The Awards will be held at St James on 17 November and tickets will go on sale in October. Details about last year's winners can be found at https://foundation.gg/community-awards
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The Design Build Show Episode 5 with Nick Schiffer of NS Builders
Alright! Welcome to the fifth installment of the design build show. I'm here with Mr. Nick Schiffer, NS Builders. Awesome, thanks for being here!
Yeah, thank you for having me.
We're here at Post 390, a great restaurant in Boston.
Just had a delicious dinner.
Had a great conversation- we should have been videoing the whole thing, we would have been able to go home and you guys could've just watched that.
So Nick's been in business for 4 years- he has an incredible following. He does things differently.
Little bit.
And it's good, I mean we were just talking about how this industry needs to change.
I mean, the whole preference behind – we chatted obviously earlier – really in the beginning, it was building a brand and a culture that people were attracted to. And not just from a client standpoint, but from a subcontractor, from employees, from other professionals. I wanted to build something a little bit different where we worked in a team effort no matter what- subs, our employees… everyone came to work for the same reason because they really, really enjoyed what they did. And if I could give them the opporutunity to showcase their craftsmanship and the effort that they wanted to put into it, and promote that through social media- I was going to take advantage of that.
Awesome. Now your tagline is Design, Build, Repeat. But when I asked you, you know you asked me what I called myself and I said a Design Builder, I asked you what you called yourself and you said a BUilder.
A builder. And that's your background, right?
Yeah. Finish carpenter by trade, and for the last 20 months or so I've really removed myself from the field and let the guys I've hired… so about 20 months ago it was just myself and one other, and then over the course of, again, the last 20 months we've hired now 8 as of today. I've removed myself from the field because, number one, I'm focusing on growing my brand and the business. But also, allowing the guys to learn, but also mess up and kind of teach that way. And learn that it's alright to mess up. But yes, my background is: I'm a builder, I'm a finish carpenter, I consider myself a builder now because I've stepped out of that just strictly carpenter role.
Before it was a carpenter?
Yeah, definitely a carpenter. And there's days I miss it. Everyone's always like, "What's your five year goal, or ten year goal?", and I think my goal would be to wake up, and decide whether I want to put the belt back on, or be a builder. You know? And just have that flexibility. I always say, like Tom Silva. He wakes up on This Old House, and he decides whether he's going to boss people around, or he's gonna put the belt on and help. And I like that. There's times- every once in a while I get the opportunity to jump in the shop with the guys or in the field, but you know the next day I wake up and I'm like, "I didn't get anything done yesterday". It's like I got a thousand emails…
I understand! That's good you have skills in that area, I'd be like, "Oh man, I just messed up this whole job!"
"My guys are gonna have to spend the next three days fixing this.."
Yeah, yeah.
So where does design build come in to play?
To be totally honest, I think the "Design, Build, Repeat" came into play with more of… It was more part of the branding. I was trying to build something that was more recognizable, and from a branding side of things, when someone asks a question, it really drives them to think about something. So the "design, build, repeat" to many it's silly, sometimes they think it's stupid..and they always ask like, well they get the design build part, but why repeat? And that- when they ask that question- that's enough for me, like, you've already thought about this? So that is already engraved, you've already given this enough thought that that's gonna stick with you. But to play on that.. So I'd say that it's branding first, but to really dig into it, you know, for us we're not a design build firm technically. Technically we don't have an architect on staff, but we like to be involved as early as possible in the process as possible. So, whether we- sometimes we'll hire an architect as say a sub, and we'llhold it under our umbrella. Or we'll work with an architect that the client is aleady working with. But, us being involved early on in the process allows us to help develop a budget, and help develop a realistic budget as the design unfolds. As you know, a design can get all the way to the end only to be budgeted to something that is not obtainable.
And nowadays, the architect, traditionally nowadays, is not held accountable for the budget. It's not in their rolodex. It's not in their wheelhouse for what they're responsible for. We were talking about- for me design-build is all about accountability. So it seems like it's almost like a natural progression for you, and your whole- and I just see that in a lot of what you're talking about.
It's not- I'm not avoiding having an architect on staff by any means, I just think, you know, I'm a carpenter and now a builder. I don't know how to necessarily hire an architect, right? I've worked with great architects, I've worked with successful architects, and I've worked with not great architects. But I know who I jive with- so I think, going back to the whole culture of the business, everyone I hire is very much like this. We sit, have coffee, have a beer, and we'll chat, and if I like you? Realistically you're probably going to start work tomorrow. And because we can work together and there's a good culture, the level of technical skill that you have might vary, and it might not meet the necessary criteria as an apprentice, or a carpenter, or a lead. But I know that you're passionate, and you're in it for the culture and the right reason. I can teach that side of it: I can teach the technical side. So I think, I think you're right in the sense that it could be a natural progression for us, we've just been successful with the approach we've had now. Where we have the opportunity to work with different architects for different projects, and really allow… certain architects are good at traditional, certain architects are good at modern. I think my guys are skilled enough where they can sway back and forth. We tend to do a lot of the modern things because it takes a lot of effort to make it look good. Modern, everyone's always like, "There's no base, there's no trim".
Yeah I know what you mean- you can tell something's not plumb in a modern home, right? Yeah.
There's a lot of thought behind it. Stuff has to line up. If that ceiling isn't flat? Everyone's gonna know it's not flat. Traditional? That's okay if it's not flat. The molding might cover it, or maybe it just looks like an old home. I'm not downplaying either, I really like tradtional, and I really like modern.
Cool. So I'm writing a book right now. I think it's going to be called The Architect Rebuilt. Or Building the Architect. And I'm studying a lot of the history of the architect. The architect is Greek, the word is Greek for Master-Builder. Traditionally you started off as an apprentice. Then, there was a lot of stone building, so tradionally you'd be a stone mason, and then like, the pinnacle there was like, "You are now the Master-Builder, you are now the Architect". So, when I say it's a progression, I'm thinking, I think you might be headed in that direction! But we'll see, we'll see.
Yeah, I mean. I think design has a lot to do with it. I actually thoroughly enjoy the design. I really like thinking about- even in the rough framing when we're framing soffits- I'm sitting there imagining how light is coming through a window, and you know, is that shadow line going to be screwed up looking. Or, if that soffit's on this side of the room should we turn it into a tray ceiling? Or, you know, I 'm thiking… rather than the technical like, "we need a soffit because there's ductwork", it's like, "Yeah, I get the ductwork needs to be there, but how do we turn that soffit into something that looks like we thought about it?". And that's where, you know, a lot of my guys really look to me when we're dealing with that side of rough construction and I'm watching them progress into thinking that way. Which is awesome. Because I show up on site and I'm looking at a soffit that has nothing in it, I'm like, "What's that for?". And they're like, "Oh, well we have one across here, so when it's sheetrocked it's gonna look balanced."
Sure, yeah. And that is design, right? And the earlier that can be thought with, I think, the better, right? Then, not necessarily having to have that conversation on site but earlier in the design process.
And the accountability is there too, as the builder I could have just framed the soffit and said, "Well, the architect didn't draw a soffit over there." Instead, we'll take the approach of you know, let's make this a triangle. Homeowner, architect, builder. And it shouldn't be just two people, it has to be all three. Before anything gets to the homeowner, lets talk amongst the builder and the architect- "These are my thoughts".
yes. The premise of the book really, is like design-build is a mentality, and it's all about accountability. The best architects I know, the best buiders I know, they look outside of their own sphere, and look to create a great project. A lot of the things you've been talking about, you didn't just start to… you know, you started thinking about everybody involved, the people that worked with you, the clients.
Right. And that, I mean, there's a hashtag on instagram that we use on instagram a lot is collaboration over competition- Tom Silva actually mentioned it on our podcast. But it is, when you're collaborating rather than competing… even though the architect may run the job or have a contract with the client, you guys could be competeing and butting heads the whole way- like, "The architect didn't draw it" or "the builder should have known that..". Instead, you collaborate on it and at the end of it the client is so- they're not micromanaging. There is no immaturatity, in my opinion, where it's he said, she said. And at the end of the day the product comes out so much better, because two people were thinking together every step of the way-
-taking responsibility for the whole project-
-exactly. Not leaning on or pushing the responsiblity somewhere else where something went wrong. Even in the worst situations my guys have come back like, "Oh, it wasn't drawn…". I'm like, "I know it wasn't drawn. I'm not blaming you for missing it, we need to think about this stuff. Lets go back to the designer or the architect, and lets just chat." And it's like, 'Well, who's paying for it?". And it's like, "We'll figure that out. That's not important. The important thing is that the client gets what they are expecting. And what they're expecting is a professional builder and a professional architect to work together-"
See, you're very uncommon. Because you're, as a builder, architect, separate, it's set up almost adversarial. As a design-build firm, that's why I like to have it all in house because we can control it. We can really be responsible for it. That's amazing to me, just that viewpoint. You know, if everybody had that viewpoint it'd be different.
We'd live in a totally different world.
Yeah, but even like, you look at it how it's set up. It's set up to be adversarial. And I was going to ask you that question: How do you counter that, or how do you get around that? And you just do, huh?
Yeah? I mean, we can even bring it down… Forget the architect for a second. Even a plumber. The plumber shows up and he plumbs the house, and there's an LVL in the way. The first thing he's gonna do is blame the framer. Or, you know, the electrician.
But what would a great plumber do?
He's gonna call and be like, "Lets work through this". And before he even calls, offer a solution. And that's one thing- I will not call an architect with a problem. I'll call an architect with a solution. I honestly don't understand why people don't do that, because you're wasting so much time. the fact that, If I pick up the phone and say, 'Hey, the LVLs in the wrong spot, call me with a solution", I'm wasting a day. Minimum. Where it's like, "Hey, the LVL is in the wrong spot, but if we do this, and we do that, this could work. Are you okay with that?". That's just second nature. I've never even considered the other option. Where, you know, the same thing- the plumber or hte electrician. If there's an issue, don't call me with a problem, don't e-mail me with a problem, or don't tell me you're walking off the job… Call me and offer a solution. And if you're going to offer a solution, maybe I have to put a carpenter back on the job for a day to fix something we screwed up. I'm way more willing to do that if you call and offer a solution than if you call and say, "There's an issue, you need to fix it". Then I'm just gonna be mad at you for acting like a child. Yeah, the carpenter is still going to be on site, but then we're going to probably fix it to the exact way we think it needs to be done, only not to know whether or not that's helpful to you or not. So I think approaching problems with a solution, whether that solution is right or wrong, at least thinking in that mindset will train you to have less issues on a job.
Yeah, sure. How about pre-construction? We're talking about a scenario -and I think it's great, the analogy with the subcontractor does just break it down so clearly how it's not just… how it's collaboration not competition throughout the whole facet of a project. That's really what makes a successful project. But what about pre-design? How do you- you say you're not a design-build firm but when we're talking, you are really getting-
We operate that way
-you're trying to get ahead of it. So how do you do that?
So I mean, a lot of times we'll get a call and say, "Hey, listen, we're working with an architect, we'd like to shop builders, and…" and I usually pause the conversation. I say, "listen, before we even talk about price, or if we can do the job, or obviously if our schedule jives, if a rough budget jives, or maybe you don't have a budget… First we need to make sure that we like eachother". It starts with the personality. We sit down, we meet in person, we get through the whole, "can we fit into our schedule, does it work within our budget, is it a typical scope that we would handle," but from a PreConstruction side, what we do is we operate from a retainer. So early on in the design, we'll try to get involved as early as possible. It could be a napkin sketch, for all that matters. You know, we wanna- you like me, I like you, lets sign a retainer. What that retainer is gonna do is it will allow us to have billable time applied to that retainer and we'll work through that napkin sketch. And say, yeah, based on that napkin, we're probably in the range of 2-300 thousand for this renovation. "Allright, well I was thinking we were gonna be somewhere around 250 so we're in the same ballpark. Great. Lets take this a step further. Lets do our preliminary drawings". And as those preliminary drawings are developed, we're basically billing time, but also offering our time to watch that design progress and offer history experiences like, "Alright, we've done that before, and that's gonna drive our cost up". Or, "Why don't we do this instead of that, because we will be able to save money there". So by the time that preliminary set is done, now we're maybe saying, "Hey, this is going to be 225-270". Now we're even tighter on the budget. Alright cool, lets get to a design set. Now we have selections being started, being chosen. Now we start bidding out the tile selections and furnishings, and finishes and stuff like that. Now we get to the point where we almost have everything we need to sign a contract. And you know, full transparency on our end, if we get to that point? You have a design that you can almost build off of at this point. You have a budget that you can basically say, "I know how much this project is going to cost". Maybe at this point we don't like eachother anymore. We can cut ties. We're covered because we're billing our time in PreConstruction.
But they have a product there, right?
They have a product.
Either way, if you did that for them, they'd probably be very endeared. They always want you to do the work at that point, right?
Realistically if you're at that point with the client, why would they not?
And you too! You set up the project to be successful.
What that retainer is allowing us to do is just that- we're covering our cost to put in the effort to meet with our subs. To sit down, maybe walk the project and get hard numbers, so yes. We're offering a product at the end of that service.
But shouldn't you just be doing that for free?
Well, this is the most common comment that I get is people say, "Well, why don't more people do this?" And I honestly believe that people are afraid to charge for that.
It's set up this way, this adversarial-
-a free estimate's fine-
-it doesn't make sense. Whereas that's half the value the client's getting in the design process. Otherwise they can get to the end of the design process, have beautiful drawings to hang up on their wall, and not be able to build it. How often has that happened to you where you get a set of drawings where it's twice, three times, what the client wanted to spend.
Absolutely. It's like, "Hey, we're in Construction Drawings, can you bid this?" Sure. You're a million bucks. "Oh, well we were hoping to be like 500". Well, that's not what you have drawn.
And so you go back.
Right. And that is exactly why people hire a design-build firm. They want to be able to design and budget a project within their specs so that they have something tangible at the end of it.
So to not hire a design-build firm, you have to almost, like, not care what it costs? Is that what you're saying?
Well, depends on the builder. We're not a design-build firm. That's why I promote us in the sense that, lets get involved as early as possible.
No, I'm trying to joke. But I do, like..
Yeah, but you're right.
Yeah, I am. To whatever extend.
It's like, yeah, we're going to design something all the way to the end. Alright we have everything picked out. And yeah, if you're at that point, I'm not going to say money can't be a concern, but you either have to have a really good understanding of what stuff costs, or the budget isn't as important-
Or you had a great architect who knows their limitations, who knows.. who really wants to design something that's built, so they're gonna bring you in. They're going to make sure that they're taking the steps properly. Because architects, I fid, they don't build. So that's the role you're filling. It's like "Hey, this is more buildable for the same cost", or "That's gonna be outside your budget range", so it's like, it's helpful to have that information. You can't really make a decision without that information and not have to come back to it, right?
Right. I mean, at the end of the day you're not only wasting time but you're also wasting money, because if you get to that point with an architect, you've invested thousands of dollars to get to a design that you find out you can't build. You cannot physically afford to build that project. And now they don't have any… they're like, "Oh, we designed what you said. This is what you asked".
And I've spoken to builders who play that game, and it's like they're in cahoots with the architect. It's almost like change orders are… I've heard them say, you know.
It's how they make their money.
They're making the architect more money too.
That's frustrating to me, because… The longer I'm in business and the more I do this, the more transparent I try to be. Which has bitten me in the ass, but it's also been really great. With the clients that want to work with us, it's great. And you know, we don't… I don't want to write change orders. It's just more work. We've priced jobs where the client will say, "Hey, this is our budget". Alright. I priced the job off a pricing set, I meet with the architect, and we're one and a half times their budget. And they're like, "Alright, lets reduce this, this, and this.." Now we're at like 40% over their budget. And I get to a point where, you know.. I remember one specific one where I was like, "Alright. I'm over, we're not going to be able to do the job." And we went through line item by line item in our proposal. And this is something that we got a PreConstruction Agreement with, we had a retainer, I'm being paid to put this proposal together to be accurate. And the client went through, and they're like, "Nah, everything's covered. I figured we were going to be 40% over. Everything's here, so why not just proceed off of this? This is what I really thought it was going to cost." And that happens a lot. On all sze projects. A lot of people are going to give you a budget number, knowing in their mind, 'Alright, I know it's gonna cost 140, but I'm going to tell them 100 because that way it gives me 40% contingency". Depending on what stage we're pricing the project, I'm going to throw a contingency in immediately, and I'm going to sit down with the client, and say, "Before you look at the bottom number, we have 10% contingency in that cost. So that's just money that we don't know if you're gonna spend or not, so just take that out and just plan on having that ten thousand dollars in a piggy bank somewhere if we run into something, or because you haven't fully designed it, or maybe are we doing a steam shower? Anything." I'm going in a little bit of a circle here, but that's why being involved early on we help develop that process. And being able to charge for that in a PreConstruction agreement, taking a retainer, and being accurate with your proposal. Because if someone calls and they want a free estimate? Sure, alright. This is the drawing. You're probably I dunno, 4-6 hundred thousand. "Well that doesn't help me." You asked for a free estimate. That's as free as I can get.
I told you- when we interview designers, I always have them bring a set, so I can spend 15 minutes. And I always am just looking for things I don't understand, but I'm always amazed.. I'm like, "Somebody went through this 50 sheets.. if I were to do that, and then I have all these questions, if I were to get my questions answered and properly get them answered… that's a week!"
Who's paying for that?
Yeah, it's incredible. That's why the system is a little broken there, it just doesn't make a lot of sense. I think we're similar in that we'd rather be up front with people. Keep things simple too. I'm not so smart that I can start to like…
Well we talked about that, the reputation that the industry has, right? There's… I hate the word, to use the word sneaky, but there's that level of discreetness to the industry like, "Well what's his markup?" or "What's his fee" or "What's that", or "Oh, he buys his plumbing fixtures for…"
And we talked about also how, whenever those numbers are presented….I've had, you've probably had this question when you go to a vendor: "What do you want me to show the client?"
Yeah! Or I'll get the email like, "Hey this is your price, but here's the invoice with their price".
It's great to be..like get around…
Yeah, it complicates it.
So when they walk into the showroom, and the salesman/sales lady is like, "Yeah, you know what, I'll give you the Builder's discount" and then they come back and they're like, 'Hey, we got a Builder's discount…". I've been in that position before. We used to just blanket markup everything. I'd call, and be like, "So you just sent me an invoice for 40% more to show the client, the client came in the store and decided to purchase it themselves and then got 40% off list. You were trying to set up where we were gong to make more money-"
Instead, you just created a problem.
Yeah. Instead, I'm just going to be transparent: "This is what we pay, here's what you'd pay us to do the job. If you don't want us to do the job, these are all the numbers you need to do the job, manage it yourself".
I'd really like to make a change in that department. It would just simply things tremendously for people.
Right. Yeah, it's really the transparency. And to speak to social media, for us, that's really what we decided that, or I decided, in promoting the business and the culture that we have is that: let's just be transparent and own our mistakes, own the process. We're not perfect- when someone calls us out on something…. I post a picture with a grout line that's screwed up, I know I'm getting called out. And I'll just wait. And I'll wait for that one guy that's like, "Yeah that looks great, your grout sucks". It's like alright, cool man. I appreciate your feedback, lets me a little more… you know. Bring something more to the table. But we'll talk about it in that we're not perfect, but explaining the process and being open about it rather than trying to hide and be…
Oh man, it's like invigorating. It makes you feel good. When you've made a mistake- and everybody makes mistakes, nobody's perfect. So just owning that. We got a letter this week from a client who was selling a house. We put a condenser in a location that was complained about by a neighbor that was not within a setback. We moved it.. .we had to do a whole… it was not… we learned a lesson that one, right? But they were so appreciative, man. They had moved, and it just made us feel good, right?
And you know, that speaks volumes. The fact that you went and corrected it. So many people would have been like "It's not my problem".
And when you have a separate architect, and you have a separate builder-
"Architect told me to put it there."
You get this. So just having the mentality like you do for the client eliminates that. And even you know, you could hire a design-build firm, they could still get around it, so it's really…
Oh of course. "Yeah, we told you i the beginning that the condenser was going to be there and that it was going to be this loud and you said okay. It says it right here in the contract". But what would that do? That client will never refer you.
I agree. And even at the end of the day when we talk about transparency, what really is being transparent. You can show the client whatever the client wants to see, so it's really like, for me it's really just the client, from the client's point of view, they've got to have like a gut feeling. They've got to feel comfortable with this.
They have to trust you.
With you, being transparent, you're just showing people what you do all the time on social media. It aligns with that, right? So you're building that truts just in doing what you're doing.
Everyone wants to know, "Well, what's too much transparency". You can decipher that any way that you want- some clients don't wnat to see the breakdown. Some clients just don't. You have to cater your transparent approach to the clientelle that you want to work for. If you want to only work for clients that don't want to see- they just want- give me a check. Give me a bill.
That's great. The client really wants to know they're getting a fair price, they don't want to be over paying. If a client doesn't remodel every day, they look at a line item… what context are they evaluating with? It's not super helpful for them.
Alright, plumbing is this. This is the number for plumbing. And this is the number for electrical. It doesn't need to be line by line, like every single line for us. Just, they want to understand but you're right. There is a level of trust both ways. I think that goes back to our initial consult, it's like, we're gonna sit down like this. And you're gonna get to know me, and I'm gonna get to know you, and then we're gonna walk away and we're gonna say, "Were there any red flags? Is that client going to be an issue? Or is that builder going to be an issue for me?". We wanna make sure we like eachother. We're in your life for a good part of the year, maybe more. If we think we might not like eachother, that's probably a really good time to not go on a second date. And if we think hey, we're going to like eachother, then there's a level of trust. You trust me to do a particular job, I trust you to pay. We work, you pay. We work, you pay. That's the relationship. Depending on how transparent that approach is, or how that service is, will dictate how that relationship sways throughout the procgress.
Awesome, just jumping off a little bit- one of the things I love about design build is the loop. YOu're designing it, you're building it, when you're building it you're getting that feedback right then and there. And then when the project is done maybe there's warranty things, and you can always feed that back into the design and make it better the next time. Do you have any examples on that? I'm feeding you on the concrete floor, and how that changed things going forward for you. Obviously you never made that mistake again.
I did not.
But just that loop.
There is, especially because we talk about it. I'm going to answer this a little bit in a couple directions. When there is a mistake, rather than hiding it or not talking about it our trying to get around it and not fix it, instead I almost make a little bit too much of a big deal about it. It's like, "Hey guys! Come here! We messed this up. Lets talk about it, lets over-talk about it, and lets figure out how we fix it. Well, this is what we need to do, it's gonna cost this much money…". The money portion I get. At the end of the day we need to make sure the product is right for the client. That client will refer us based on our performance. If our performance is poor, we don't get referred. We make the mistake, and I'll talk about it, and we'll sit down, and we'll make sure that it's known that the whole team knows the mistake that we made, the client probably knows at this point because I probably posted a picture about it, and we'll talk about it real quick. This is what it took to fix. Now what that is doing is that the client sees it, respects our transparency. The team sees it, they see that alright hey- remember that time when we put the wall faucet too high and Nick ripped all the tile off the wall and made us move it? Yeah, lets not do that again. Lets make sure that when we're putting a wall faucet, we call Nick, and the lead, and the designer, to make sure that we know the height. Or get a drawing for it.
So everybody's learning from it.
Rather than, I could have just went in, secretively ripped the tile off the wall, moved the faucet down, put the tile back and noone would have known about it. And it would have happened again! Instead, lets really really learn from the mistake. And I think that goes with the warranty- you're avoiding a warranty issue. Maybe we installed the faucet and forgot the washer, and then the thing leaks. It's a warranty issue, lets talk about that. Why did we forget about the washer? What was the reason? Did it not come with it? Did the plumber forget about it? Just making mistakes more known and humanizing us as builders, architects, and people… Humanizing that portion of it will, I think, entail really elevate the respect of the trades as we're not trying to sweep anything under the rug anymore.
Yeah, I agree man. that's awesome. Well, thank you very much for being on this show- you've inspired me!
Likewise! I can't wait to read the book.
Yeah, it's gonna change the world. I really do believe that. In the next 5 to 10 years you're going to see Universities, the way that architects are trained, change. Because it really should be like.. You should have the architect or the person who is gonna be fully in charge of the whole process know how to do the whole process.
Agreed. I think especially with technology now, there's so much less that we can hide, that everyone really needs to collaborate. And design-build is a perfect example of that. You know, the collaboration is the only way… not the only way, but collaboration will make success easier for all parties including the client.
Awesome. Thank you Nick!
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A couple of days ago one of my bloggy/quilty friends wrote a post exposing her 'messy' sewing room. I commented that hers is immaculate compared to mine and she asked for pictures. I was going to only share them with her but they say that confession is good for the soul and I am hoping that showing the mess will give me accountability and will get me moving on cleaning things up! I have done a few projects this summer and have worked around the mess but it is time to clean it up to have space to get my fall projects going!
Here is my cutting table and ironing board side of the room. On the table are some of the remains of all the projects from this summer and all of my Christmas fabrics. On the floor you can see the 11.5 yards of barkcloth I got at that garage sale. Since I took the picture I have started cutting the Christmas fabrics. I have had these fabrics for quite a while and really don't use them anymore so I am cutting it up and I plan to sew it all up at the quilt retreat next month. That will give me another bin to put my stash in!
Here is the other side of the room where the quilting machine is. You can't see it but there is also a huge basket of yarn back there for owl hats and mittens. If I need to do some quilting I move all the bins and baskets to the other side of the room and then move them back for binding, etc. The bins in the foreground are all the fabrics waiting to be made into comfort quilts for church (the first one was given this past Sunday).
Unfortunately, I have no other space to store all of the bins so until I use up the fabric they will just be in the way so it is time to get sewing and hopefully I will be able post some pictures soon that show some improvement!
As long as you know where everything is and there's a path to the sewing machine ---- life is good.......so enjoy!!
The problem is Phyllis I can't necessarily find everything right now! I have been looking for a pattern that is somewhere in that room but seems to be hiding!
Sorry, mine looks even worse. But I'm in the reorganizing mode and like I've told my husband - it's going to get worse before it gets better !
Is it going to settle down? |
TIMOTHY CORRIGAN - A Fresh Start for France's Chateau De Gallerande.
Source: Architectural Digest
Author: Text by Michael Peppiatt/Photographs by Marina Faust
The quickest sures way of absorbing the culture of France would be to buy one if its great historic houses, redesign it for life in the 21st century, the assume your role as the latest in a long line of lords of the manor. Radical and risky as the move might sound, this is exactly what Los Angeles-based designer Timothy Corrigan did a couple of years ago. Today, with a much-improved grasp of all things French, the tall, energetic American is no only thriving in his European experience but looking for ways to spend more time in the ancient chateau that he has skillfully brought back to life.
"I was so caught up in the whole adventure that I didn't really think of the risks attached," Corrigan says. "I'd lived in France before, and I'd bought and redesigned a couple of other properties - but nothing on this scale. From the beginning I knew I was looking for something exceptional. It wasn't about needing a place to live; it was more about fantasy."
Corrigan concentrated on the Loire Valley "because there is so much fantastic architecture here," he says. "I visited lots of houses before I chanced on Chateau de Gallerande. When I first saw the setting of the place, and later when I was left to wander through one paneled room after another, I felt a kind of magic, as if I had gone into a different realm. There was no looking back."
What Corrigan sensed was that the building that stood before him, with its fortified towers and impenetrable walls was much more than a fine house in beautiful surroundings. Over many centuries and countless twists of fate, the chateau had come to represent a sizable slice of French history - as its new owner was quick to learn. "I think of a house as the sum of the people to have lived in it," he says. "One of Gallerande's first owners had fought in the Crusades. In the 13th century the Gallerande family married into the powerful Clermont family, and the chateau remained their ancestral home for some 600 years, until Louise de Clermont-Gallerande, one of the renowned beauties of her day, gambled it away in a 1772 card game.
"The story doesn't end there, of course," Corrigan continues. "More of the original fortress had been torn down in the 15th century to make way for a grand chateau, which was extensively remodeled in the mid-19th century by Count Geoffrey de Ruille. The last family member to live there was his granddaughter, Anne, who proved to be as colorful as any of the previous owners," he says. "Having scandalized her parents by becoming the mistress of the great Spanish bullfighter Luis Miguel Dominguin, she never married but went on living at the family home until 1987, having surrounded herself with some 40 peacocks and any number of other animals that wandered around the very formal French gardens that can still be found on the estate. But then exotic animals have always been part of Gallerande," added the designer, "ever since the 17th century, when the chateau housed the first elephant ever to have been brought to this country."
Somewhat less entrancing than the tales of Gallerande's past, Corrigan was to discover, was the chateau's overall state. "I won't pretend there wasn't a horrendous amount to do," he admits. "That was to be expected of the risks attached," Corrigan says. "I'd lived in France before, and I'd bought and redesigned a couple of other properties - but nothing on this scale. From the beginning I knew I was looking for something exceptional. It wasn't about needing a place to live; it was more about fantasy." Corrigan concentrated on the Loire Valley "because there is so much fantastic architecture here," he says. "I visited lots of houses before I chanced on Chateau de Gallerande. When I first saw the setting of the place, and later when I was left to wander through one paneled room after another, I felt a kind of magic, as if I had gone into a different realm. There was no looking back." What Corrigan sensed was that the building that stood before him, with its fortified towers and impenetrable walls was much more than a fine house in beautiful surroundings. Over many centuries and countless twists of fate, the chateau had come to represent a sizable slice of French history - as its new owner was quick to learn. "I think of a house as the sum of the people to have lived in it," he says. "One of Gallerande's first owners had fought in the Crusades. In the 13th century the Gallerande family married into the powerful Clermont family, and the chateau remained their ancestral home for some 600 years, until Louise de Clermont-Gallerande, one of the renowned beauties of her day, gambled it away in a 1772 card game. "The story doesn't end there, of course," Corrigan continues. "More of the original fortress had been torn down in the 15th century to make way for a grand chateau, which was extensively remodeled in the mid-19th century by Count Geoffrey de Ruille. The last family member to live there was his granddaughter, Anne, who proved to be as colorful as any of the previous owners," he says. "Having scandalized her parents by becoming the mistress of the great Spanish bullfighter Luis Miguel Dominguin, she never married but went on living at the family home until 1987, having surrounded herself with some 40 peacocks and any number of other animals that wandered around the very formal French gardens that can still be found on the estate. But then exotic animals have always been part of Gallerande," added the designer, "ever since the 17th century, when the chateau housed the first elephant ever to have been brought to this country."
The designer hired craftsmen in the area who were able to modernize the chateau without drastically altering or damaging its basic structure. "There's a delicate balance in respecting an old building and making it comfortable," he says. "Achieving that balance became my rule of thumb for the whole renovation. You have to honor what's there while making it work for the way we live today - which includes a lot more bathrooms."
In all his projects, Corrigan favors an eclectic mix of styles and periods. From an early age he felt equally at home with his grandparent's antique furniture and his father's contemporary art. "I find hanging a Lichtenstein or a Stella over an antique commode creates a kind of energy and tension that you simply don't get when everything comes from one country and one point in time," Corrigan explains. "I'm no purist, and I feel that if you can successfully couple a piece of Art Deco furniture and a classical painting, the whole ambience becomes more inventive and more vibrant. I"ve spent half my life going around to galleries and auctions, antiques dealers and flea markets, in search of things that might interest me, and now I'm lucky to have a sufficiently large stock that I can choose from each time I undertake a new interior." For Gallerande, Corrigan felt "particularly free, because I only really had myself to please," he says. "So I indulged my taste for contrasts by coloring some of the boiserie acid green and bright yellow to bring out the mellowness of the antiques. I especially like the idea that you can walk into a room and see something quite unexpected."
Yet the atmosphere at Chateau de Gallerande remains very much that of a grand European house, with the American designer's more daring touches being integrated into a harmonious and predominantly traditional whole. "Even though I like to shake things up a little," Corrigan says, "I aim for a kind of look that usually takes generations to achieve. To be surrounded by history but live in it on my own terms is for me like having a long-held dream come true."
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The Photographer as Storyteller — Historic New England
Reed intended each of these images to work together with other photographs to tell a story in the context of a photo-essay. This section helps us recognize the rhetorical power of the medium--to see that photography has a point of view, shaped to varying degrees by the photographer, picture editor, and publication. Did Reed take sides in the Rosenberg trial demonstrations? Are the pictures of then-Senator John F. Kennedy sympathetic to, or critical of, the young politician? Reed's numerous photo essays show that he generally took seriously his responsibility to be an objective reporter. The image of Maine's Edmund S. Muskie waiting for gubernatorial election results could be seen as unflattering, but in combination with the sympathetic post-election photograph of him with his daughter, we realize that Reed attempted to be true to the story as he experienced it. Photographs shape our understanding of history, and some of Reed's photo-essays covered stories of obvious historical importance, such as the Rosenberg protest or JFK as senator. Others probably seemed less telling at the time, such as the shoot at the home of Tasha Tudor, a well-known children's book author, or the afternoon he spent at a country auction in Albany, Vermont. In retrospect, though, all of the images tell stories of what it meant to live in 1950s and 1960s New England.
On the day Reed took his first Kennedy photographs, he recalls Mrs. Kennedy telling him that Ashe was writing a book about a young senator on his way to the presidency. The allusion was obvious, but I didn't take any of it seriously. Over the coming years, Reed would cover Kennedy for both Life andTime, capturing the young senator in his office, on the street, and campaigning for Foster Furcolo (John Foster Furcolo, Governor of Massachusetts, 1957-1961). During the period when Reed photographed JFK, the story was still largely local. Kennedy came from a prominent Boston family, and his presidential aspirations were largely covert.
ABOVE Senator and Mrs. John F. Kennedy, Hyannisport, Massachusetts, 1955
ABOVE John F. Kennedy, Hyannisport, Massachusetts, 1955
ABOVE Senator John F. Kennedy, Foster Furcolo Parade, East Boston, 1956
ABOVE Boston's Finest, 1957
ABOVE John F. Kennedy at Newsstand, Boston, 1957
Country Auction
Characteristically, Reed decided to focus on the people attending this rural antiques auction rather than the event itself. In these images, he seems particularly concerned with the people's post-auction emotions. As the adrenaline of the sale subsides, does the reality of life with one's new treasures live up to the earlier anticipation?
ABOVE Antique Purchase, Albany, Vermont, 1951
ABOVE Keeping Dry, Albany, Vermont, 1951
ABOVE Couple at Auction, Albany, Vermont, 1951
In June 1953, Reed spent an afternoon photographing protesters in front of the Massachusetts State House in Boston. Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, who had been convicted in 1951 on espionage charges for passing secrets about nuclear weapons to the Soviet Union, were scheduled to be executed on June 19, 1953. The emotionally charged conflict spilled into the streets, where supporters of clemency clashed with those who favored the death penalty. A writer for Life magazine was trying to cover the story without the aid of a photographer. Seeing Reed, the reporter asked if he would be willing to cover the protests for him. Reed's acceptance marked the beginning of his six-year career as a photojournalist for Life.
ABOVE Rosenberg Vigil I, Boston, 1953
ABOVE Rosenberg Vigil II, Boston, 1953
ABOVE Rosenberg Vigil III, Boston, 1953
ABOVE Rosenberg Vigil IV, Boston, 1953
Edmund S. Muskie started politics with a successful 1946 run for a seat in the Maine House of Representatives, where he served three consecutive terms. Here, Reed shows Muskie in his hometown on the day of the 1954 Maine gubernatorial election. Reed's pictures cover the story from the tension while the results were still coming in to the elation after they revealed Muskie had won. Like Kennedy, Muskie went on to a dramatic political career, becoming the first Democrat in Maine's history to be elected U.S. senator. He ran for president in 1968 and 1972, and finished his political career as Secretary of State in 1980-1981.
ABOVE Edmund S. Muskie,
Rumford, Maine, 1954
ABOVE Edmund S. Muskie, with Daughter
This Life photo-essay, "A Wedding in a Land of Dolls," described the fanciful wedding of dolls at the home of children's book author Tasha Tudor. Tudor famously eschewed the trappings of modern living and created instead a carefully constructed world based on nostalgia for pre-modern America. Reed took advantage of his time at Tudor's house to capture not only the wedding, his assigned subject, but a bit of this remarkable family's way of life.
ABOVE Girl with Wreath, Webster,
New Hampshire, 1955
ABOVE Evening Chores, Webster,
A Changing World: New England in the Photographs of Verner Reed, 1950-1972
Organized by Historic New England, Boston, Massachusetts
All photographs are drawn from the collections of Historic New England, presented by the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities. They are part of the Verner Reed Archive, a collection of more than 26,000 negatives and prints, which was donated by Verner and Deborah Reed.
John R. Stomberg served as guest curator of the original exhibition.
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"I would think it's going to be at least twice as much, like we did last year," said Mitch Maisetti, co-owner of Clayton's and Tresetti's restaurants. "The sky is the limit."
Maisetti has doubled his staff for Wednesday and has added Amgen-themed entrees and drinks to both menus.
His optimism is shared by fellow downtown restaurateur Mark Smallwood, who runs Harvest Moon with wife Charlene.
The I Street restaurant is sponsoring the Harvest Moon Criterium, a new pre-Amgen exhibition race earlier in the day.
"We expect big crowds and big business," Smallwood said. "I think it'll be better than last year. We expect craziness."
He said people keep calling to reserve a coveted patio spot, but all the tables will be first-come, first-serve.
Across the street at Bacchus Food & Spirits, general manager Trinity Amador-Stewart has taken reservations for her patio seating for the past month. She also plans to serve Amgen-themed appetizer and cocktail specials.
She said last year business was double an average weekday, and this year she has doubled up on her bartenders and tripled her wait staff.
"The midweek timing is ideal for all of us," she said. "I think definitely a lot more people know about it this year than last year."
Bacchus and a dozen other downtown restaurants will take part in the voucher program for Amgen staff.
The Modesto organizing committee gave out more than 400 $15 food vouchers good at participating restaurants to help feed the army of staff and crew who work behind the scenes.
The Thailand Restaurant on 10th Street had several tour staff stop by last year. Owner owner Pheng Bouathong said she hadn't expected so many additional weekday diners. This year she has enlisted her daughter, sister and husband to help on race day.
"Last year (the Amgen tour staff) said they'll see me again next year," she said. "I hope they remember me. I will be still here."
But even business owners who did not benefit from last year's influx of racing fans are hopeful this time. Bouathong's next-door neighbor, Beckles Candies & Gifts, will increase its Amgen presence with a booth at the Lifestyle Festival and sidewalk signs.
Owner Eddi Marie Julian said last year was a bust.
"It was very slow last year, it did not bring traffic to us at all," she said. "But I think the weather had something to do it. So we are more optimistic and hoping for some good weather."
Beckles will sell candy and fudge at the booth, as well as have all the normal treats available in the store.
Jennifer Mullen, executive director and chief executive officer of the Modesto Convention and Visitors Bureau, said 10,000 to 15,000 people watched the race last year. Without wet weather, those numbers could double.
"I think there will be stronger crowds because of better weather," Mullen said. "This is the third year we're doing it, and people know it's an event not to be missed. I think the word of mouth is getting out more."
Accompanying race-day events also will increase this year. The Harvest Moon Criterium starts at 11:30 a.m. The all-day Lifestyle Festival on I Street between Seventh and 13th streets has increased from 120 to 150 booths.
Downtown venues will have pre- and post-race events, including a Bike to the Bands concert at the Copper Rhino tonight, screening of the cycling documentary "Chasing Legends" at The State Theatre, and the Detour of Da Tour III show at the Fat Cat Music House on Wednesday night.
At least one sector of the economy will do well rain or shine -- lodging. Downtown's Best Western Town House Lodge, where Lance Armstrong and his entourage stayed last year, is booked near capacity.
Front desk clerk John Forbes said calls started coming in two months ago.
"We're basically booked," he said. "It's awesome for us."
Bee staff writer Marijke Rowland can be reached at [email protected] or 578-2284.
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Q: Best time to buy and sell stocks when allowing consecutive buys or sells Problem
You're given the n stock prices for n days. Output the maximum profit you can reach by trading stocks. You can only trade at most once a day: on each day you can choose to either buy a single stock, or sell a single stock (if you have one), or give up the trade for that day and do nothing.
Example 1:
Given a = [1,2,10,9], return 16
Explanation:
You can buy on day 1 and 2 and sell on day 3 and 4.
Profit: -1-2+10+9 = 16
Example 2:
Given a = [9,5,9,10,5], return 5
Explanation:
You can buy on day 2 and sell on day 4.
Profit: -5 + 10 = 5
My analysis
The difficult part is that you can engage in consecutive buys and/or sells, meaning that once you posses a stock, you don't necessarily have to sell it before buying another one.
My idea is the following algorithm:
Start from the largest price, and then match the smallest price that occurs before that maximum price in the input array. After matching, remove these two prices from the array and keep repeating this process until you can find no more match. It seems like this algorithm works, but it costs O(n2) time, which is not fast enough.
Question
How could this be solved with a better time complexity, such as O(nlogn)?
A: We can model this as a min-cost circulation problem and solve it optimally with a specialized O(n log n)-time algorithm similar to your idea.
In the flow network, there is a node for each day and a node representing the market. There are two unit-capacity arcs for each day, one from the market with cost equal to the price that day, one to the market with cost equal to minus the price. There are arcs of zero cost and unbounded capacity that can move flow from each day (except the last) to the one after it. These represent holding stock.
Using () to represent nodes, ==> to represent unbounded capacity arcs and --> to represent unit capacity arcs, and labeling the costs, your sample instance is
0 0 0
()======>()======>()======>()
^\ ^\ ^\ ^\
1| |-1 2| |-2 10| |-10 9| |-9
\v \v \v \v
( )
Technically it's possible in this reformulation to both buy and sell on the same day, but that's not a profitable move, so it doesn't matter.
Given a residual network, the theory (linear programming duality) says we're done if and only if there's no negative-cost simple cycle. The intuitive meaning of such cycles is exactly what you would expect: buying a share and selling it profitably later.
The algorithm works by successively eliminating all negative-cost simple cycles (profitable cycles from now on) on the first k days for k from 1 to n. In the base case k = 1, the first day alone is never profitable, so we can move along to the inductive step.
For the inductive step, we know that there are no profitable cycles in the first k-1 days and want to extend that to k. If there is a profitable cycle in the first k days, it involves selling on day k. But what to buy? We can answer that question efficiently by maintaining a min-priority queue of our residual buying opportunities. We compare the day k price to the queue min, and if it's higher we do the deal, which involves popping the min and pushing the day k price, since from the point of view of the residual network, canceling our sale later looks the same as buying a share. Then we push the day k price regardless to represent the possibility of actually buying on day k.
We have to be careful here and prove that we didn't just introduce another profitable cycle. That's the reason to choose the min: we can't combine the new "selling" (actually canceling the buy) opportunity profitably with any of the residual buying opportunities, because the new selling price was not greater than any of those opportunities.
The finished algorithm is pretty simple. In Python:
import heapq
def trading_profit(prices):
profit = 0
queue = []
for price in prices:
if queue and queue[0] < price:
profit += price - queue[0]
heapq.heapreplace(queue, price)
heapq.heappush(queue, price)
return profit
A: This is an O(n²) algorithm. So in that sense it does not answer your question for something asymptotically faster, but as in a comment you learned that you're algorithm won't work, I believe it may be useful nonetheless.
I'd go for dynamic programming. Iterate over the days, and maintain a list where the index describes the number of stock you have, and the value is the best cash balance to arrive in that situation. So start with the list being [0], i.e. a single entry indicating that you can have zero stock at balance zero.
For each day, you can buy, sell or skip. You can express all the together using something like this:
balance_new[i] = max(balance[i], balance[i-1] - quote, balance[i+1] + quote)
The first entry represents skip: you keep current stock and balance. The second entry represents buy: you gain one stock (from i-1 to i) but reduce balance by the day's price. The third entry is a sell: you reduce stock by one but gain the current price to your balance.
The balance_new you get from this becomes the balance for the next day. And you'll need to take some care around the boundary of the list, where one of the expressions becomes invalid because it would index out of bounds. You can't get to zero stock with a buy operation. The requested maximum profit is balance[0] after you've processed all days. It represents the maximum balance that leaves you with no stock.
You have an outer loop iterating over n days. And an inner loop iterating over the potential number of stock you might possess at that point. That number grows linear in each iteration. If you want you can try to be clever and reduce the number of steps for the inner loop by one after you reached half the steps of the outer loop. That's because it never pays to acquire more stock than you can sell by the end. So the number of steps in the inner loop would go from something like one to something like n/2 then back down again, for a total of n²/4 + O(n) but that's still in O(n²) over all.
A: Correction: My logic failed (for [9, 12, 1, 18, 17, 13, 1, 2, 10] gave 29 instead of 35)...
Here's the logic I came up with:
*
*map arr a to arr of {value, day, and relation}.
*set 1st relation to "smaller", and the following to "smaller"|"equal"|"bigger" compared to prev.
*from start, find last consecutive "smaller"(and then "smaller"|"equal"), from there, find last consecutive "bigger", match (push to buy and sell arrays) and remove.
*repeat from 2, until all not "bigger", or length<2.
*you are left with buy and sell pairs in their respective arrays(which will yield the maximum profit).
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Why Are French Women Allowed to Age and Still Be Sexy?
By Alice Pfeiffer
Courtesy of Luois Vuitton
Photo: Courtesy of Louis Vuitton
The latest Louis Vuitton campaign features two iconic French women: actress Catherine Deneuve and It-girl/model Caroline de Maigret. The former is 70-years-old and the latter is reaching a sudden peak as she is about to turn 39. Both share the same sultry eyes, bed hair, and undeniable sex appeal.
Although in fashion, youth never gets old, French luxury brands have tend to choose models that are a tad more mature. Recent examples include 47-year-old actress Sophie Marceau wearing nothing but bed sheets and a Chaumet watch for the brand's campaign or a seemingly topless 46-year-old former French first lady Carla Bruni for Bulgari.
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Not only are these women closer to the customers' age, they also mirror the local belief that seductiveness and sexuality don't go down the drain after the age of 40. In fact, Gallic culture is peppered with post-menopausal bombshells. Take fashion: 59-year-old Carine Roitfeld (no need to introduce her) stills rock her stilettos and slit skirts; former model and Schiaparelli ambassador Farida Khelfa (51 years old) continues to close Jean Paul Gaultier shows.
Carine Roitfeld Photo: Getty Images
The same goes for many actresses who still appeal to the entire nation as the years go by. Isabelle Huppert, age 60, specialized in provocative, controversial roles in The Piano Teacher and Ma Mère, where she played a mother that introduces her own son to S&M sex. As for Catherine Deneuve, she has a raunchy lesbian encounter with her maid in Eight Women.
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On red carpets, 64-year-old Fanny Ardant frequently opts for a silk blouse and obvious black bra, and Béatrice Dalle (49) is a known fan of bondage-y fashion.
"Aging is a rather American fear—a young country afraid to get old. Here, buildings are old and forever beautiful" says Alice Litscher, a professor in fashion communication at Paris' Institut Français de la Mode. "Historically, women's appearances reflected the social status and well being of their home. To this day, if a woman looks chic and sexy, it probably means her husband does well and [that she] is having lots of sex." In other words, a seductive older (generally married, generally bourgeois) woman is a fabulous mascot for a Catholic, strong, respectable, middle-class country.
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Here is the key difference: In American cinema, if a woman old enough to be a grandmother is portrayed looking for love or lust, it becomes the topic of the entire film—see: Something's Gotta Give.
Icons like Diane Keaton, Meryl Streep, and Jane Fonda are no longer given roles where beauty and seduction are at the core of their characters. Typically in French cinema, sexuality and sex appeal are viewed as an intrinsic quality within women, which evolves with age but doesn't fade.
"Sex appeal doesn't go away because we don't have such a precise definition of beauty. Quirkiness and charm are more valued than a static idea of perfection. In the United States, beauty is almost mathematical and can only be achieved in your 20s," says Laurence Vely, an editor at Vanity Fair France, who feels a lot of women become more attractive with age. "Once you hit 40, you finally know yourself and what suits you. [You] have real confidence."
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Here is the ultimate clue: Remember and believe you can be an object of desire throughout your life, but don't pretend you are forever 25. Mademoiselle Chanel told us that "fashion fades but style is eternal." Why not, then, say the same about youth and sex appeal?
Alice Pfeiffer Alice Pfeiffer is is ELLE.com's Paris contributor.
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Everything you need to know about Bordeaux ... in just 5 minutes
By La WINEista , Content proposed by: France.fr , Published: 10 November 2017
Bordeaux is France's biggest wine appellation (AOC), which is all good and well, but where do you start? How do you know what's what? What makes a Bordeaux wine a Bordeaux wine?
Got 5 minutes? We'll get you up to speed on Bordeaux wines.
The terroir is shaped by the river flowing through it.
© Mathilde Bel — The Garonne, the lifeblood of Bordeaux's vineyards
Located on the Atlantic coast, along the left and right banks of the Gironde, Bordeaux's vineyards are shaped by the water that tempers its climate and flows through its vintages.
But the unique and varied composition of the soil is also at play in these outstanding wines. Indeed, the 13 grape varieties authorized for use in the appellation are perfectly at home here. In Bordeaux, their wines are made from an assemblage of varities.
Bordeaux sees red
© Mathilde Bel — Have a glass of Bordeaux red wine
More than 90% of the appellation's wines are red. Merlot elegantly tops the list, reigning supreme on the right bank (Pomerol, Saint-Emilion). Cabernet Sauvignon brings its robust strength to the left bank (Médoc, Graves), while Cabernet Franc brings up the rear with its intense bouquet and colourful hues. Red or white, the vineyards here have something to offer all oenophiles.
White grape varieties are also worthy of attention.
© Mathilde Bel — Oak barrels in Bordeaux wine cellars
In Sauternes, the alchemy of noble rot renders the sémillon sublimely sweet. Between Dordogne and Garonne, Entre-Deux-Mers is the promised land for a fresh, expressive sauvignon blanc. In Pessac-Léognan, both of these grape varieties are matured in oak barrels to produce great white wines worth waiting for: they'll only get better in your cellar.
Claret is the local favourite.
© Mathilde Bel — Bottles of claret, a regional favourite.
Claret is a unique wine with a long history, and the result of a special winemaking process. The predominant grape is a nicely ripened merlot, that is not macerated for a long period of time allowing the wine to retain its light, pinky-red color and its lively palate. A regional favorite, it stands out even among the jewels of the Bordeaux vineyards.
Bordeaux is about more than just the grands crus.
© Mathilde Bel — Bordeaux's grands crus... and all the rest
Haut-Brion, Latour, Margaux, Mouton-Rothschild, Pétrus, Yquem—names that everyone knows even though they account for less than 5% of production. You don't need to be rich to drink a nice Bordeaux. Outside of the wines that boast high price tags, there are more affordable (and extremely tasty) varieties as well.
The Bordeaux vineyards like to look good.
© Mathilde Bel — The Château Cheval Blanc wine cellar, drawn by Christian de Portzamparc
In recent years, Bordeaux's winemaking chateaux have enthusiastically defied convention in an effort to stand out and expand wine tourism. Renowned architects have designed avant-garde wine cellars that are a seamless addition to the landscape, and will be just as popular with wine lovers as with culture-vultures. Recently, artist Nathalie Rodach enlivened the vines of the Estate of Château Palmer with her crimson touch.
The Cité du Vin is not to be missed.
© Mathilde Bel — The Cité du Vin in Bordeaux, a must-visit.
With its daring architecture, varied programming, entertaining presentation, and open outlook, the Cité du Vin will delight and amaze. It's a next-gen museum and a living, breathing venue where visitors are free to discover wine cultures from around the world.
Bordeaux's famous cannelés are matured in oak barrels.
© Mathilde Bel — Bordeaux's famous canelés are linked to the vineyards.
This little cake with its soft centre adorned with a golden crust also has its roots in winemaking. During part of the winemaking process known as clarifying, egg whites were added to the barrels to stabilise the precious juices. The unused yolks were then recycled in the cannelé recipe.
Bordeaux wines are a hit thanks to their varied range. Sublime châteaux steeped in history—contemporary wine cellars—but also "small winemakers" who are more than happy to share their passion.
Where to become a connoisseur: Bordeaux Wine School.
Where to find nice wine souvenirs: The Cité du Vin gift shop.
The pretty village to visit: Saint-Émilion.
The book to absorb: Élixirs, premiers grands crus classés 1855, Jane Anson, La Martinière.
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Map of the 6 main Bordeaux wine families
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By La WINEista
Wine and vine writer, blogger, and vintner.
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Sierra Nevada Climate Drivers
As rain clouds travel eastward from the Pacific Ocean, those that cross over California meet a formidable labyrinth of towering walls and winding valleys known as the Sierra Nevada. The physical form and geographic orientation of this mountain range are integral to the climate patterns of both the Sierra Nevada and the regions that surround it. Prevailing winds push clouds against the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada. Forced upward, the air cools adiabatically at an average rate of about 6.5ºC per 1,000 meters (3.3ºF per 1,000 feet). As it cools, water vapor in the air condenses, forming the rain, hail, sleet, or snow that falls upon the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada. By the time the wind rushes the clouds over the mountain crests, the clouds have relinquished much of their precipitation. The air continues down the eastern slopes, warming adiabatically as it descends. By now there is little moisture remaining in the air. As a result, the region east of the Sierra Nevada crest receives very little precipitation. This phenomenon—the rain shadow effect—is largely responsible for the arid climate of the eastern Sierra Nevada and the Great Basin.
Climate cycles such as the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) and the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) periodically cause deviations from the usual climate conditions. PDO phases occur every 20-30 years, while ENSO phases occur every 2-7 years. Depending on the phase and intensity of the cycle, the Sierra Nevada may experience precipitation patterns that are significantly higher or lower than usual. For example, by February 2016 the robust El Niño of 2015-2016 generated considerable amounts of rain and snow in California and the Sierra Nevada, punctuating a severe four-year drought. Though this brought a much-needed reprieve to California, the long-term outcome is still uncertain. Precipitation and snowpack levels will need to stay well above normal for an extended period of time if they are to balance out the effects of California's prolonged water deficit.
Current Climate in the Sierra Nevada
Visitors from humid regions will find that the air often feels noticeably dry in the Sierra Nevada, especially during the summer. Humidity is even lower at high elevations because the air is at a lower atmospheric pressure, which reduces its capacity to hold water vapor and other gases. At high elevations the air is thin, making aerobic exertion more difficult and permitting more ultra-violet radiation to reach the ground. This increased UV exposure makes UV protection important on sunny days, even when the air feels cool. The lack of moisture also reduces the heat capacity of the air and causes rapid temperature changes that produce strong winds.
Weather can be difficult to predict in the Sierra Nevada due to the heterogeneous topographies and microclimates of this region. Winters are generally cold and wet, while summers are typically warm and dry. Scattered summer thunderstorms are common, but they account for less than 3% of the total annual precipitation. More than half of the annual precipitation falls from January through March. Precipitation drops abruptly below about 1,000 meters (3,000 feet), and there is a steady decrease in precipitation as one moves from north to south along the Sierra Nevada. Most of the snow in California typically falls in the Sierra Nevada. Accordingly, the Sierra Nevada snowpack furnishes much of California's water supply as winter gives way to warmer seasons and snow begins to melt.
Climate Change in the Sierra Nevada
Climate models predict that the Sierra Nevada will experience warmer winters, earlier spring warm-up, and warmer summers. By 2100, temperatures in the Sierra Nevada are predicted to increase by about 1.7°C to 5.8°C (3.1°F to 10.4°F), with the amount of increase depending on future emission scenarios and local topography. Warmer, drier summers will likely be accompanied by larger and more intense fires in certain areas, including the Sierra foothills. In addition, the area of land burned annually is expected to increase, especially in the eastern Sierra Nevada. Although this will be problematic in the short term, these conditions may eventually lead to vegetation changes that inhibit severe wildfire regimes over the long term.
The effects of climate change on total precipitation are uncertain and hard to predict because of the diverse topography and complex weather patterns of the Sierra Nevada. More precipitation is expected during the winter, with more of it falling as rain instead of snow. This will shrink the end-of-winter snowpack, with the greatest snow loss expected in the central and northern Sierra Nevada. In this scenario, winter streamflow will increase. Because winter temperatures are also expected to rise, snow will melt sooner and peak spring streamflow will arrive earlier. However, spring precipitation is expected to decrease, and coupled with a dwindling snowpack that melts early, this will diminish late spring and summer streamflow in snow-fed rivers and streams. Thus, the hot, dry summers of today will likely be even more pronounced than they are at present.
Effects of Climate Change on Sierran Flora and Fauna
Some species shift their ranges in response to changes in precipitation. In the Sierra Nevada, this can mean moving downslope if precipitation and water availability increase at lower elevations. Other species shift their ranges in response to rising temperatures. Cold-adapted plants and animals can either advance into colder latitudes, or escape to higher elevations. In the Sierra Nevada, such species can and do shift their ranges upslope; however, mountains are finite. These climate change refugees face an ever-shrinking area of suitable habitat as higher elevations gradually warm over time. Species such as the white-tailed ptarmigan and the pika are among the many species that may one day run out of ideal habitat.
While high elevation life zones are expected to contract, the story is different at lower elevations. Here, life zones like grasslands and foothills are expected to expand. Plants and animals associated with these habitats are in less danger, and may actually benefit. For instance, birds of foothill, montane chaparral, and sagebrush habitats seem less threatened by climate change than those in subalpine and alpine environments. Species in these habitats may even experience population increases or range expansions. In another example, even while the ranges of small mammals from high-elevations are expected to contract, the ranges of small mammals associated with low elevations are expected to expand into higher elevations. As time progresses, these range shifts will likely alter the community compositions of many Sierra Nevada ecosystems.
Riparian communities across the Sierra Nevada face difficult challenges as well. In a future where rain progressively supplants snow, peak flows will arrive earlier in the season, and winter streamflow will rise significantly. A smaller snowpack will release less water to streams during spring and summer, reducing streamflow during the warmest and driest part of the year. Thus, species that depend on snow-fed aquatic systems or on the timing of peak streamflow for key life cycle processes may become even more vulnerable than they are now.
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Weather data for Dana Meadows, Gin Flat, Ostrander Lake, Tenaya Lake, Tioga Pass, Tuolumne Meadows, Wawona, White Wolf, and Yosemite Valley: http://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/nature/hydrology-data.htm.
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Targeted at LAN-on-motherboard (LOM) design opportunities, the Terminator 4 (T4) is a highly integrated, highly virtualized 10GbE controller built around a programmable protocol-processing engine. T4 includes Chelsio's fourth-generation TCP offload (TOE) design, third generation iSCSI design, and second-generation iWARP (RDMA) implementation. In addition to full TCP and iSCSI offload, the T4 also supports full Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) offload.
The T4 is the industry's first single-chip solution to concurrently support TOE, iSCSI, FCoE and iWARP offload. Ideal for all high performance clustering applications, storage networks and data networks, the T4 enables the unified wire by simultaneously allowing wire-speed IP traffic, InfiniBand and FibreChannel applications to run over Ethernet unmodified.
The T4 is a 10GbE controller built around a programmable protocol-processing engine. Much of the processing of the offloaded protocols is implemented in microcode running on a pipe-lined VLIW engine. To minimize latency, the pipeline supports simultaneous cut-through operation for both transmit and receive paths. This processing architecture also provides for wire-speed operation at small packet size and regardless of the number of TCP connections.
For server connections, the T4 integrates a PCI Express v2.0 x8 host interface, and with support for the 5Gbps Gen2 data rate, the PCIe interface provides up to 32Gbps of bandwidth to the server. The T4 also adds support for PCIe I/O virtualization.
On the network side, the T4 integrates four Ethernet ports that support GbE as well as 10GbE operation. With embedded 10GbE serdes, all four ports provide direct support for 10GBASE-KR and two ports support the four-lane 10GBASE-CX4/KX4 interfaces. For GbE operation, all four ports offer a choice of SGMII or 1000BASE-KX.
Most of the internal blocks are enhanced versions of the current T3 ASIC, including stateless offloads, packet filtering/firewall offload and traffic shaping/media streaming. The T4 has added an embedded 132 port switch, which is important to virtualized servers. The T4 also has an integrated TCAM and large buffer memory on chip, enabling memory-free designs with full performance and features.
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Angel Sánchez1,7
Complex networks
Human relationships are structured in a set of layers, ordered from higher (intimate relationships) to lower (acquaintances) emotional and cognitive intensity. This structure arises from the limits of our cognitive capacity and the different amounts of resources required by different relationships. However, it is unknown whether nonhuman primate species organize their affiliative relationships following the same pattern. We here show that the time chimpanzees devote to grooming other individuals is well described by the same model used for human relationships, supporting the existence of similar social signatures for both humans and chimpanzees. Furthermore, the relationship structure depends on group size as predicted by the model, the proportion of high-intensity connections being larger for smaller groups.
Social network analysis has been a very active field for about a century, revealing the complex set of relationships that connect individuals1,2. Among the main objects of interest of social network analysis are personal or egonetworks, which consist of the social networks surrounding selected actors3. A very general observation is that human egonetworks show a layered structure where each layer corresponds to relationships of different emotional closeness4,5,6. These layers have a definite emotional closeness: there is a layer of very close friends, a subsequent one of good friends, and so on. It is convenient to introduce the concept of nested circles, i.e., the sets of all the relationships up to a certain closeness. Typical circles established in the literature contain 5, 15, 50 and 150 individuals—with a scaling \(\sim 3\) between a circle and the next one. There is also evidence for a subsequent circle, formed by acquaintances, of about 500–600 people7.
Social networks have also been studied in a diverse array of species, including mammals, birds, fish, amphibians, reptiles and invertebrates8,9,10,11,12,13. In this context, the study of nonhuman primate social networks is of particular interest in light of the complexity of their societies, the variability between species, and their evolutionary proximity to humans14. Layered structures have been reported in both the distribution of primate social group sizes15 and in groups of mammals living in multilevel social systems (mainly baboons, chimpanzees, elephants, and dolphins)16,17. These results suggest that human social networks (specifically, our ego networks) may be quantitatively different from those of other species, and that a similar structure in terms of layers or circles may be underlying the social networks of many species. However, the available data on non human animals do not allow substantiating this claim of similarity, because they are not about individual ego networks but about group-level social structures. In this paper we use a continuous analysis of nonhuman primate social interactions (specifically, of chimpanzees) to show that, even in ego networks, the corresponding underlying structure is consistent with that of humans, due to inherently limited resources of cognition and time applying to both species alike.
To fill this gap, in this paper we present strong evidence that chimpanzees organize their relationships very much like humans do by means of a continuous version18 of the theory introduced in19, consisting of a resource allocation model based on two widely accepted assumptions: the capacity that an individual can invest in social relationships is finite, and relationships of a different intensity carry different costs. This mathematical approach allows us to advance our thinking beyond circles and assign a continuum value to a relationship, which is more reflective of real life and can include, for example, frequency of contact20, number of messages exchanged21, or duration of time spent together21. The formalism developed in18 was applied to face-to-face contact time22, number of messages between Facebook users23, and number of phone calls21, showing a structure similar to that arising when intensities are regarded as discrete categories. This implies that it is not necessary to arbitrarily categorize the data to unveil its structure. As a consequence, egonetworks turn out to be characterized by a new universal scale parameter \(\eta \), which plays the role of (and is consistent with) the scale factor \(\sim 3\) typically found in the discrete setup. We here apply the same formalism to grooming data extracted from over four years of observations of four groups of chimpanzees living in the Chimfunshi Wildlife Orphanage in Zambia, taking grooming as a proxy of the effort devoted to pairwise relationships. Grooming behavior is characterized by one individual manually or orally manipulating the hair or skin of another individual. While this behavior does serve a hygienic function, grooming is well-known to facilitate and reflect social bonding between individual chimpanzees24. We used grooming instead of other relevant behaviors because grooming is one of the most essential social commodities in the lives of chimpanzees and also occurs sufficiently frequently for stable patterns to emerge within a reasonable time frame. Moreover, it is a clearly identifiable behavioral phenomenon with a well-defined direction—this is in contrast to e.g., social proximity, which can be instigated by either partner as well as a coincidental occurrence due to non-social factors like food presence or predation risk. This allows us to compare our results to those obtained when analyzing human ego networks, which are always directed, i.e., it is ego who indicates or shows their relation to the alteri, and not viceversa. As we will see below, our results confirm that the time chimpanzees devote to grooming other individuals is well described by the continuous probability distribution predicted by the model, supporting the existence of similar social signatures for both humans and chimpanzees.
Generally speaking, the amount of grooming between primates is considered to be an indicator of their relationship quality25. Therefore, we apply the formalism summarized above to grooming data of chimpanzees living in the Chimfunshi Wildlife Orphanage in Zambia between 2015 and 2019. At this sanctuary, chimpanzees live in four different populations without any interaction between individuals from different groups. The number of chimpanzees living in each group differs considerably (groups 1–4, \(n = 26, 60, 11, 14\), respectively), and after preparing the data the number of individuals considered in each group for the analysis is reduced (groups 1–4, \(n = 21, 32, 10, 10\), respectively). Full information about the chimpanzee population studied is provided in Methods and in the Supplementary Information (SI).
To analyze the data, we resort to the theoretical approach in18, where the results for the discrete case19 were extended to relationships characterized by continuous values. Briefly, the discrete approach assumes that L is the total number of relationships in an ego-network and \(\sigma \) is the average cognitive cost of a relationship. Relationships belong to r different categories, each of them bearing a different cost \(s_\mathrm{max}=s_1>s_2>\cdots >s_r=s_\mathrm{min}\). As described in detail in19 (see also Methods below), using a maximum entropy approach it is possible to show that the number of relationships in one circle divided by the previous, smaller one, behaves approximately as
$$\begin{aligned} \frac{\chi _{k+1}}{\chi _k}\sim {\left\{ \begin{array}{ll} e^{\mu }, &{} \mu \rightarrow \infty , \\ 1, &{} \mu \rightarrow -\infty . \end{array}\right. } \end{aligned}$$
where \(\mu \equiv \hat{\mu }(s_{max}-s_{min})/(r-1)\), with \(\hat{\mu }\) a Lagrange multiplier connected to the cognitive capacity constraint \(\sigma \). Therefore, the circles satisfy an approximate scaling relation; in particular, for \(\mu \approx 1\) the usual value of 3 found on empirical data is recovered. On the other hand, the theory also predicts a so-called "inverse" regime, when \(\mu <0\), in which most of the relationships are in the closest circle. This second behavior had not been described prior to the publication of19, when it was checked against empirical data of small migrant communities, confirming its existence.
In the continuum case18, circles are defined as the fraction of links \(\chi (t)\) whose "distance" to the individual is not larger than a specified value t (\(0\le t\le 1\)). Their scaling ratio turns out to be controlled by a new parameter, \(\eta \), the equivalent of \(\mu \) (in fact, it can be shown that \(\eta \approx (r-1)(e^{\mu }-1)\)). In this continuous approach, the separation between the two regimes, the normal and the inverted ones, also takes place at \(\eta =0\). On the other hand, setting the number of circles to the usual value \(r=4\) and assuming, as empirically observed, that \(e^{\mu } \approx 3\)5, we then find \(\eta \approx 6\). More details can be found in Methods below, and in the original references18,19.
With the above approach in mind, given a dataset of relationships with continuous weights, the scaling parameter \(\eta \) can be estimated using the maximum-likelihood method. The basic idea of the fitting procedure is as follows: for every individual chimpanzee, we have the list of other individuals that chimpanzee groomed and how often that chimpanzee was observed to groom each one of them. From these data, we can obtain the range of grooming investment allocated across grooming partners, and also the number of observations devoted to grooming activities. We are then able to obtain the corresponding \(\eta \) parameter characterizing the chimpanzee's distribution of grooming times, and by inserting the value of \(\eta \) in our analytical expression we have the function describing the whole distribution \(\chi (t)\) (see Parameter estimation in Methods for full details). We note that this is very different from the common approach in primatology to regress the response (e.g., grooming times) onto socio-demographic factors like age, sex, and kinship. Instead of regressions to which factors could be added, we fit an analytical expression that yields the distribution of grooming observed in the chimpanzees. In this respect, it is important to note that the model does not depend explicitly on any individual socio-demographics, that would enter the picture only indirectly through the total capability to maintain relationships (i.e., the total amount of time devoted to grooming) and, as a consequence, it provides a different kind of information. Finally, a limitation of our approach is that chimpanzees with very few relationships (despite good sampling effort) can not be included, due to the inaccuracies in the corresponding fits to our analytical expression (see Data curation in Methods for a discussion of how this leads to excluding some individuals from the analysis).
The type of fits of the function \(\chi (t)\), giving the size of the continuous circles, to the data on individual chimpanzees is exemplified in Fig. 1 (plots of the fits for all the individuals considered in the study are provided in the Supplementary Information). The plots clearly show that the fits are not perfect, but on the other hand most points lie within the 95% confidence interval for the fitted distribution, and those that do not are not far from it. As the Supplementary Information shows, there are examples of better and worse fits than those shown here—which have been selected because they had more data for the fitting. One should bear in mind that the chimpanzee data are quite noisy because they have been obtained from chimpanzees living in large, naturalistic enclosures that lead to varying levels of animal visibility, and data have been collected by many different observers over the four-year period (see Methods). Under those circumstances, the fits can be actually considered to be very good, and in fact if we compare them to those reported in18, they are of a similar quality. Therefore, we can conclude that the continuum theory is a good description of how a chimpanzee distributes the time it devotes to grooming other individuals.
Examples of fittings for an individual of each group. Selected individuals are those for which there were more available data points. From left to right, individuals belong to groups 1, 2, 3, and 4. Shown in each case is \(\chi (t)\), the fraction of links whose "distance" to the individual is not larger than t. Red dots are actual data, representing the number of individuals who receive no more grooming than a fraction t of the maximum. The blue dashed line is the fitted function \(\chi (t)\), and the blue-shadowed region is the interval of confidence.
Our analysis of the results for the parameters characterizing all the individuals studied is summarized in Fig. 2. The values for the parameter \(\eta \) obtained from the fits have a mode of approximately \(\eta =4\), while the mean value is close to the mode except for Group 2 where it is closer to 6. The range of obtained values for \(\eta \) falls within the range of expected values, and the mode indicates that typically the scaling ratio of the circles for chimpanzees would be somewhat smaller than for humans, except in Group 2. We believe that the reason for the difference of this group with respect to the others arises from the fact that it is distinctly larger than the rest, both pre- and post-filtering, and that this allows group members to develop a richer social life as far as grooming is concerned—i.e., it allows individuals to devote small intervals of time to grooming many others, leading to higher values of \(\eta \) and more low intensity relationships.
Histograms for \(\eta \) parameter distribution in each group. The red dashed line represents the change of regime \(\eta = 0\) and the blue dashed line the mean value for each group.
The histograms presented show that there are no fits yielding negative values of \(\eta \), which would indicate the existence of chimpanzees with an inverted structure of relationships, like those observed in humans19. However, the values of \(\eta \) close to zero are on the border between regimes, so they should give rise to a larger fraction of individuals in the inner part of the distribution \(\chi (t)\). Figure 3 confirms that this is indeed the case by showing the relationship structure and the \(\chi (t)\) fitted function for two very different examples. On one side of the \(\eta \) scale we have the distribution of grooming times by Kit, whose \(\eta =0.14\) is rather typical of a structure that is intermediate between regimes. Kit devotes quite some time to grooming Kambo, Commander, Bobby and Val, and also a noticeable amount of time to other chimpanzees. Interestingly, this agrees with the fact that Kit is in group 4, the smallest one, in agreement with the situation in which the inverted regime is expected to arise: not so many possible individuals available to groom. On the opposite extreme of the \(\eta \) scale, Fig. 3 shows the results for Genny, in Group 1, with \(\eta =10.3\). In this case, we have a situation which is typical of the normal regime, with a lot of grooming devoted to her baby, some amount to her daughter Gonzaga, and very small amounts to many other individuals. Once again, this is to be expected in so far as Genny lives in Group 1, where there are many chimpanzees she can relate with. Therefore, the results corresponding to different values of \(\eta \) are also quite similar to those found for humans18.
Examples of the relationship between the \(\eta \) parameter and the proportion of relationships of different intensity. \(\chi (t)\) functions and egonetworks for Genny (Group 1 and \(\eta = 10.3\)) and Kit (Group 4 and \(\eta = 0.14\)). Arrows connect the focal individual with those it grooms, while the width of the arrows represents the total amount of time devoted to grooming a specific chimpanzee. Orange ovals represent females, blue ones represent males.
Discussion and conclusions
The results reported in this study show that chimpanzees appear to organize their grooming time in very good agreement with the prediction of the continuum resource allocation theory applied to humans in18. In other words, chimpanzees distribute the time they devote to grooming other individuals in their group very much like humans organize their relationships when the relationship intensity is treated as a continuous value. These findings are in line with previous accounts that grooming can be considered a resource allocation problem26,27,28,29,30. As we see in humans, some chimpanzees solve this allocation problem by investing large amounts of grooming in a few other individuals (more so when the group is small), while others invest small amounts of grooming in many other individuals. In other words, they show the same two allocation strategies observed in human relationships and in the same situations, with inverted structures being more likely in small groups. We note that these findings corroborate grooming as an expression of friendship in non-human primates31, yet more importantly indicate that different social strategies might be at play among chimpanzees, dependent on their immediate group structure. Our results show that chimpanzees living in larger groups employ their social capital differently than chimpanzees in smaller groups, like in humans19,32. This suggests that chimpanzees navigate their social environment flexibly, distributing their social resources across many group members when needed, yet investing more intensely in a few others when possible. In this light, any social forces that affect levels of group cohesiveness (e.g., to what extent a group forms a whole versus a modular, sub-grouping structure) indirectly shape a primate's resource allocation strategy, a link we only know from the science of human sociology1.
The novel finding here is that a nonhuman primate species, chimpanzees, appears to organize their affiliative relationships, or friendships, following the same pattern that we previously characterized for humans. Indeed, it appears that the mean group sizes of all primate species follow the same pattern as we see in the circles of human egonetworks15. Furthermore, the global network structures of some primate species have a similar internal structure16,17,33. By means of our continuum analysis of grooming data, we show that egonetworks in chimpanzees also exhibit a specific organization in terms of (the continuous equivalent of) circles. Our results thus establish that social networks in humans and chimpanzees show similar relationship structure. Further research could leverage the behavioral data of other primate species to determine whether the continuum analysis of egonetworks reveals a consistent pattern in other species living in large social groups.
Environment description
At the Chimfunshi Wildlife Orphanage, chimpanzees live in large, forested enclosures ranging from 47 to 190 acres that consist of miombo grasslands and forests, a natural habitat for wild chimpanzee populations34. In their enclosures, the chimpanzees have ample space to roam and exhibit species-typical behaviors, including engaging in natural fission-fusion dynamics35. The four study populations at Chimfunshi live in separate enclosures which precludes the possibility for inter-group encounters. Apart from a small section between Groups 3 and 4, the chimpanzees from the different groups cannot see each other, yet live within hearing-distance from each other (i.e., the groups are stretched out over a crow-fly distance of 3 km). Each of the four groups is composed of a mixture of wild-born chimpanzees and chimpanzees born at Chimfunshi. Wild-born chimpanzees come from various phylogenetic and geographic backgrounds, with a mixture of subspecies. The chimpanzees at Chimfunshi engage in natural foraging behavior on mostly fruiting trees, but also insects and small mammals present in their enclosures. Additionally, they are fed two times a day with a variety of fruits and vegetables to supplement their diets. At nights, the chimpanzees sleep in their woodland enclosures in self-constructed nests (for details see36).
The grooming data were collected as part of a larger, ongoing data-collection effort at Chimfunshi aimed at assessing chimpanzee sociality over time36. Trained staff members conduct focal follows daily with an every-minute scan sampling technique in the ZooMonitor (ZM) application37, a protocol which has been implemented and maintained by the authors (KAC, DBMH, EJCvL) since 2015. The protocol comprises 10min focal follows in which 10 scan points are scored. On each scan, all instances of proximity (<1 m), grooming, social play, and aggression by the focal individual are scored, including the identities of the interaction partners. Data were semi-randomly collected from the fence line, restricted by visibility. We work in a sanctuary setting in which the chimpanzees have ample space to retreat into the forest. As per sanctuary stipulations, we do not enter their enclosures ever, which prevents us from following the chimpanzees into the forest. Hence, the next best thing is to divide the fence line into different sections and start the observations randomly from these different sections, also randomizing the direction (clockwise VS counter-clockwise) in which the search for chimpanzees commences38,39. Upon encountering a chimpanzee within eye-sight, we start behavioral observations on the respective individual using established focal follow protocols (see our main text). After finishing the respective focal follow, we search for the nearest chimpanzee to start the next focal follow. Overall, if the focal follow lasted 5 minutes or less (i.e., due to visibility challenges), we discarded the focal follow. The observation efforts start at a different location each day upon which the first-seen chimpanzee is chosen as the focal. The observation efforts were distributed across the day: typically, per group, one hour was collected between 7am-11am and one hour was collected between 2:30pm and 5pm, after which the chimpanzees retreat into the forest to spend their nights there. All individuals were sampled except for dependent offspring clinging to their mothers.
This study was approved by the ethical committee of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology and the data collection protocol was approved by the Chimfunshi Research Advisory Board, ref -2014C014). Animal husbandry and research protocols also complied with international standards40 and local guidelines on the husbandry and care for sanctuary-living animals as stipulated by the Zambia Wildlife Association (ZAWA). The study was purely observational in nature and thus did not require specific ethical approval for any changes to the daily husbandry protocols as adhered to by Chimfunshi.
We chose to focus on grooming behavior because of the established relationship between grooming behavior and dyadic relationship quality24, and because we judged the grooming data to be most reliably and consistently collected over the four year period. For our analysis we consider a grooming interaction when an individual has been observed grooming another in the 10 minutes interval it acts as a focal subject, regardless of whether this action takes place during the whole of this period or only during a fraction of it. In this way, we can unify the criteria for considering a grooming action and reduce uncertainty in the data, as in many cases it starts or ends outside the focal observation period. As an alternative, we have assigned a weight to each grooming bout given by the number of minutes it lasted within the observation window. Data analysis using this criterion yields results in very good agreement with those presented here, so we retained the first procedure as is standard in the field.
Prior to constructing networks, we filtered chimpanzees that have groomed less than five individuals in the study period, although we still consider the grooming actions performed on them. This condition does not influence the conclusions, since the calculus of the parameter \(\eta \) is performed individually for each chimpanzee, and is based on the fact that five is the size of the core of grooming ego networks in primates15. Having less than five other individuals would lead to very large errors in the fitting procedure, turning the results of the analysis meaningless for that specific chimpanzee. Most of the individuals filtered out as a result of this criterion have been observed less than 20% of the mean number of observations of the population (\(\sim 300\) times). A few others that had more observations were also excluded by this criterion; those were typically immature individuals who groom very little and are still very dependent on their mothers' actions. With this procedure, we basically selected for the analysis of the egonetwork the chimpanzees older than nine years old, while the infants and the chimpanzees who died between 2015 and 2019 are not considered. Therefore, the restriction allows us to homogenize the population of chimpanzees studied and to extrapolate the results obtained to the case of adults.
For the sake of clarity in what follows, let us briefly summarize the main results from theoretical approaches to the circle structure. In the discrete case19, it is assumed that L is the total number of relationships in an ego-network and \(\sigma \) is the average cognitive cost of a relationship. Relationships belong to r different categories, each of them bearing a different cost \(s_\mathrm{max}=s_1>s_2>\cdots >s_r=s_\mathrm{min}\). As described in detail in19, using a maximum entropy approach it is possible to obtain the probability that a given relationship of the ego-network belongs to category k as
$$\begin{aligned} p_k=Z_r^{-1}e^{-\hat{\mu }s_k}, \qquad Z_r=\sum _{k=1}^re^{-\hat{\mu }s_k}, \end{aligned}$$
where \(\hat{\mu }\) is fixed by letting \(\sigma \) be the expected cost \(\sigma =\mathbb {E}(s_k)\). Using this probability distribution we can calculate \(\chi _k\), the expected number of relationships with costs larger than or equal to that of category k (i.e., the size of the social circles, with \(k=1\) corresponding to the innermost one), as
$$\begin{aligned} \chi _{k}=\frac{e^{k\mu }-1}{e^{r\mu }-1}, \end{aligned}$$
where \(\mu \equiv \hat{\mu }(s_{max}-s_{min})/(r-1)\). As mentioned in the main text, it can subsequently be shown that, for large values of \(\mu \), the scaling ratio, i.e., the size of one circle divided by the previous one, behaves approximately as
As discussed in19, this result predicts the known regime for values of \(\mu >0\), in which the circles satisfy an approximate scaling relation; in particular, for \(\mu \approx 1\) the usual value of 3 found on empirical data is recovered. On the other hand, it also predicts a so-called "inverse" regime, when \(\mu <0\), in which most of the relationships are in the closest circle. This second behavior had not been described prior to the publication of19, when it was checked against empirical data of small migrant communities, confirming its existence.
In the continuum approach (18) the key parameter is called \(\eta \), and it is related to the average cost \(\sigma \) by the implicit equation
$$\begin{aligned} t\equiv \frac{s_{max}-\sigma }{s_{max}-s_{min}}=\frac{e^{\eta }}{e^{\eta }-1}-\frac{1}{\eta }, \end{aligned}$$
and thus \(\eta \) is actually a function \(\eta (t)\), with t defined in the equation above representing a normalized measure of the cost of a relationship (\(t=0\) corresponding to the highest cost and \(t=1\) to the lowest one). Once \(\eta \) is determined, the fraction of relationships with a normalized cost not larger than t is given by
$$\begin{aligned} \chi (t)=\frac{e^{\eta t}-1}{e^{\eta }-1}. \end{aligned}$$
This is the curve that should fit the data. Notice that each individual will be characterized by its own value of \(\eta \).
The scaling ratio of the circles can be obtained from the asymptotic behavior, for large \(\eta \), of the logarithmic derivative of \(\chi (t)\), the fraction of links whose "distance" to the individual is not larger than t, which turns out to be
$$\begin{aligned} \frac{\dot{\chi }(t)}{\chi (t)}=\frac{\eta e^{\eta t}}{e^{\eta t}-1}\sim {\left\{ \begin{array}{ll} \eta , &{} \eta \rightarrow \infty , \\ 0, &{} \eta \rightarrow -\infty . \end{array}\right. } \end{aligned}$$
In this approach, the separation between the two regimes, the normal and the inverted ones, also takes places at \(\eta =0\).
Finally, to connect the two formalisms, we can use the fact that the discrete version of the left-hand side is \((\chi _{k+1}-\chi _k)/\chi _k\Delta t\); then, a comparison between (4) and (7) in the ordinary regime leads to \(\eta \Delta t\approx e^{\mu }-1\). Since \(\Delta t\approx (r-1)^{-1}\), we obtain the equivalence
$$\begin{aligned} \eta \approx (r-1)(e^{\mu }-1). \end{aligned}$$
Interestingly, this result shows that the value of \(\mu \) in the discrete model depends on the total number of layers, r. This fact had not been noticed in previous research because of the implicit assumption of the existence of \(r=4\) layers in the structure of egonetworks (5). Setting \(r=4\) in (8) and assuming, as empirically observed, that \(e^{\mu } \approx 3\)5, we then find \(\eta \approx 6\).
With the above approach in mind, given a dataset of relationships with continuous weights, the scaling parameter \(\eta \) can be estimated using the maximum-likelihood method. As described in18, such an analysis leads to an expression equivalent to (5) to connect the range of data weights to the theoretical parameters, \(\eta \) and \(\sigma \). Thus, for an empirical dataset we can find the values of \(s_{max}\) and \(s_{min}\), which are the largest/smallest possible costs an individual can invest in a relationship, respectively. Then, the value of \(\sigma \), the total cost per item, is determined by
$$\begin{aligned} \sigma = \bar{s}=\frac{1}{L} \sum _{i=1}^{L} s_{i}, \end{aligned}$$
where \(s_{i}\) are the costs associated to each of the relationships, measured in the same units as \(s_{max}\) and \(s_{min}\), and L is the total number of relationships that an individual has. Once these variables are set, the parameter \(\eta \), that characterizes the structure of the egonetwork of each individual, can be estimated solving (5) numerically. Furthermore, an expression for the \(1 - 2\delta \) confidence intervals associated to the parameter \(\eta \) can be found (see18 for details). In what follows we choose a 95\(\%\) confidence interval using \(\delta \) = 0.025.
Data availabilty
Data are available from KAC, DBMH and EJCvL upon reasonable request.
Code implementation and availability
All the numerical analysis carried out are an adaptation of those used in18 (available at https://github.com/1gnaci0/continuous-resource-allocation), using the Python packages scipy.optimize and scipy.integrate.
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We are thankful to Robin Dunbar and José L. Molina for discussions on our results. We also thank the Chimfunshi staff and the Zambia Wildlife Authority. DE, VD-M, JAC and AS acknowledge support from project BASIC (PGC2018-098186-B-I00) funded by MCIN/AEI/ 10.13039/501100011033 and by "ERDF A way of making Europe". EJCvL acknowledges support from the Flanders Research Foundation (FWO) in the capacity of a postdoctoral fellowship. DBMH is supported by the Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science.
Grupo Interdisciplinar de Sistemas Complejos (GISC), Departamento de Matemáticas, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, 28911, Leganés, Spain
Diego Escribano, Victoria Doldán-Martelli, José A. Cuesta & Angel Sánchez
Animal Welfare Science Program, Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago, IL, 60614, USA
Katherine A. Cronin
Lester E. Fisher Center for the Study and Conservation of Apes, Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago, IL, 60614, USA
Department for Comparative Cultural Psychology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, 04103, Leipzig, Germany
Daniel B. M. Haun & Edwin J. C. van Leeuwen
Leipzig Research Centre for Early Child Development, Leipzig University, Jahnallee 59, 04109, Leipzig, Germany
Daniel B. M. Haun
Animal Behaviour and Cognition, Department of Biology, University Utrecht, 3584 CH, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Edwin J. C. van Leeuwen
Instituto de Biocomputación y Física de Sistemas Complejos (BIFI), Universidad de Zaragoza, 50018, Zaragoza, Spain
José A. Cuesta & Angel Sánchez
Diego Escribano
Victoria Doldán-Martelli
José A. Cuesta
Angel Sánchez
D.E., V.D.-M., J.A.C. and A.S. designed research, K.A.C., D.B.M.H. and E.J.C.vL. contributed the Chimfunshi data, D.E. and K.A.C. curated the data, D.E. and V.D.-M. analyzed the data, and all authors discussed and interpreted the results and wrote the manuscript.
Correspondence to Angel Sánchez.
Supplementary Information.
Escribano, D., Doldán-Martelli, V., Cronin, K.A. et al. Chimpanzees organize their social relationships like humans. Sci Rep 12, 16641 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-20672-z
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-20672-z |
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Another busy month with everything except the main boat project.
Having failed to get a place on the Thames river pageant with our Narrowboat we used our complementary tickets to get prime viewing on Chelsea Bridge. What a fantastic sight.
It was a very long day, having to get into London early to beat the crowds and then waiting for 4 hours on a windy bridge, but well worth it.
The only other activity of note and not work related was trip to Battle, of 1066 fame.
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36. Death of theBook Ceci tuera cela (via Eco & McLuhan)Hugos Hunchback of Notre Dame, Frollo,comparing a book with his old cathedral,says: "Ceci tuera cela" (The book will killthe cathedral, the alphabet will killimages).McLuhan, comparing a Manhattandiscotheque to the Gutenberg Galaxy, said"Ceci tuera cela."Nunberg, G. (1997) The Future of the Book. Berkeley; University ofCalifornia Press. Eco's afterword is available online at http://www.themodernword.com/eco/eco_future_of_book.html.
47. MythTeachers: Can We Be Replaced By Machines?
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62. MythsStyles of LearningCopyrightMobile Learningetc.
75. "Were going to havedetailed records onthousands of students whohave learned these skills,many of whom will want tomake those skills availableto employers," said Mr.Evans, the Virginiaprofessor. "So if a recruiteris looking for the hundredbest people in somegeographic area that knowabout machine learning,thats something we couldprovide, for a fee. I think itsthe cusp of a revolution." |
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Crest of the Anishinaabe people.
Anishinaabe or Anishinabe—or more properly Anishinaabeg or Anishinabek, which is the plural form of the word—is the autonym often used by the Odawa, Ojibwe, and Algonkin peoples, who all speak closely related Anishinaabemowin/Anishinaabe languages.
The meaning of Anishnaabeg is "First-" or "Original-Peoples". Another definition refers to "the good humans", or good people, meaning those who are on the right road/path given to them by the Creator or Gitchi-manitou (Great Spirit).
Not all Anishinaabemowin speakers, however, call themselves Anishinaabeg. The Ojibwa people who moved to what are now the prairie provinces of Canada call themselves Nakawē(-k) and their branch of the Anishinaabe language as Nakawēmowin. (The French ethnonym for the group was the Saulteaux). Particular Anishinaabeg groups have different names from region to region.
There are many variant spellings of the Anishinaabe name, depending on the transcription scheme and also on whether the name is singular or plural. Therefore, different spelling systems may indicate vowel length or spell certain consonants differently (Anishinabe, Anicinape); meanwhile, variants ending in -eg/ek (Anishinaabeg, Anishinabek) come from an Algonquian plural, while those ending in an -e come from an Algonquian singular.
The name Anishinaabe is realised as Nishnaabe, in some parts of North America, most prominently among the Odawa. The cognate word Neshnabé comes from the Potawatomi, a people long allied with the Odawa and Ojibwe in the Council of Three Fires. Identified as Anishinaabe, but not part of the Council of Three Fires, are the Nipissing, Mississauga and Algonkin. The Algonkin may use the word Omàmiwinini to distinguish themselves from other Anishinaabe.
According to Anishinaabeg tradition, and from records of wiigwaasabak (birch bark scrolls), the people came from the eastern areas of North America, and from along the East Coast. In myth, the homeland was called Turtle Island.
Oral traditions among the Anishinaabeg tell a variety of creation stories. According to the oral history, seven great miigis (radiant/iridescent beings in human form) appeared to the Anishinaabe peoples in the Waabanakiing (Land of the Dawn, i.e. Eastern Land) to teach the people about the midewiwin life-style. One great miigis was too spiritually powerful and would kill people in the Waabanakiing whenever they were in its presence. This being later returned to the depths of the ocean, leaving the six great miigis to teach the people.
Each of the six miigis established separate doodem (clans) for the people. Of these doodem, five clan systems appeared: i) Awaazisii (Bullhead), ii) Baswenaazhi (Echo-maker, i.e., Crane), iii) Aan'aawenh (Pintail Duck), iv) Nooke (Tender, i.e., Bear), and v) Moozoonii (Little Moose). Later a sixth was added. vi) Waabizheshi (Marten).
The powerful miigis returned in a vision relating a prophecy to the people. It said that the Anishinaabeg needed to move west to keep their traditional ways alive, because of the many new settlements and people not of Anishinaabe blood who would soon arrive. The migration path of the Anishinaabe peoples would become a series of smaller Turtle Islands, confirmed by the miigis shells (i.e., cowry shells). After receiving assurance from the their "Allied Brothers" (i.e., Mi'kmaq) and "Father" (i.e., Abnaki) of their safety in crossing other tribal territory, the Anishinaabeg moved inland. They advanced along the St. Lawrence River to the Ottawa River and through to Lake Nipissing, and then to the Great Lakes.
The first of these smaller Turtle Islands was Mooniyaa, where Mooniyaang (Montreal, Quebec) now stands. Here the Anishinaabeg divided into two groups: one who travelled up and settled along the Ottawa River, and the core group who proceeded to the "second stopping place" near Niagara Falls.
By the time the Anishinaabeg established their "third stopping place" near the present city of Detroit, the Anishinaabeg had divided into six distinct nations: Algonquin, Nipissing, Mississauga, Ojibwe, Odawa and Potawatomi. While the Odawa established their long-held cultural centre on Manitoulin Island, the Ojibweestablished their centre in the Sault Ste. Marie region of Ontario, Canada. With expansion of trade with the French and later the British, fostered by availability of European small arms, members of the Council of Three Fires expanded southward to the Ohio River, southwestward along the Illinois River, and westward along Lake Superior, Lake of the Woods and the northern Great Plains. In their western expansion, the Ojibwa again divided, forming the Saulteaux, the seventh major branch of the Anishinaabeg: .
As the Anishinaabeg moved inland, through both alliances and conquest, they incorporated various other closely related Algonquian peoples into the Anishinaabe Nation. These included, but were not limited to, the Noquet (originally part of the Menomini Tribe) and Mandwe (originally part of the Fox). Other incorporated groups can generally be identified by the individual's Doodem (Clan). Migizi-doodem (Bald Eagle Clan) generally identifies those whose ancestors were Americans and Ma'iingan-doodem (Wolf Clan) as Santee Sioux. Other Anishinaabe doodem migrated out of the core Anishinaabeg groupings, such as the Nibiinaabe-doodem (Merman Clan), which is now the "Water-spirit Clan" of the Winnebagos. Anishinaabe peoples now reside throughout North America in both the northern United States and southern Canada, chiefly around the Great Lakes and Lake Winnipeg.
After this migration, and the immigration of European newcomers to North America, many Anishinaabeg groups later entered into treaties with the governments of the Dominion of Canada and the United States. Treaty 3 (of the Numbered Treaties) in Canada was signed in 1873 between the Anishinaabe (Ojibwa) people west of the Great Lakes and the government of Canada . Through other treaties and resulting relocations, some Anishinaabeg now reside in the states of Kansas, Oklahoma, South Dakota, and Montana in the United States, and the provinces of Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia in Canada.
The first of the Anishinaabeg to encounter European settlers were those of the Three Fires Confederation, within the states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania in the territory of the present-day United States, and southern Ontario and Quebec of Canada Although there were many peaceful interactions between the Anishinaabeg and the European settlers, there were also times of turmoil and war. Warfare cost many lives on both sides.
The Anishinaabe dealt with Europeans through the fur trade, intermarriage, and performance as allies. Europeans traded with the Anishinaabe for their furs in exchange for goods, and also hired the men as guides throughout the lands of North America. The Anishinaabeg (as well as other Aboriginal groups) began to intermarry with fur traders and trappers. Their descendants would later create the Métis ethnic group. Fur traders were generally capitalists with significant backing. They tended to marry daughters of chiefs, with both sides forming high-status alliances. The explorers and trappers married or had unions with other Anishinaabeg women, and their descendants formed the Métis.
The earliest Europeans to encounter native peoples in the Great Lakes area were the French voyageurs. They were mainly trappers rather than settlers. Such explorers gave French names to many places in present-day Minnesota and Wisconsin.
The ethnic identities of the Ojibwa, Ottawa, and Potawatomi did not develop until after the Anishinaabeg reached Michilimackinac on their journey westward from the Atlantic coast. Using the Midewiwin scrolls, Potawatomi elder Shup-Shewana dated the formation of the Council of Three Fires to 796 AD at Michilimackinac.
In this Council, the Ojibwe were addressed as the "Older Brother," the Odawa as the "Middle Brother," and the Potawatomi as the "Younger Brother." Consequently, when the three Anishinaabe nations are mentioned in this specific order: Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi, it is an indicator implying Council of Three Fires as well. Each tribe had different functions: the Ojibwa were the "keepers of the faith," the Odawa the "keepers of trade," and the Potawatomi are the "keepers/maintainers of/for the fire" (boodawaadam). This was the basis for their exonyms of Boodewaadamii (Ojibwe spelling) or Bodéwadmi (Potawatomi spelling).
Though the Three Fires had several meeting places, they preferred Michilimackinac due to its central location. The Council met for military and political purposes. The Council maintained relations with fellow Anishinaabeg nations: the Ozaagii (Sac), Odagaamii (Meskwaki), Omanoominii (Menominee), Wiinibiigoo (Ho-Chunk), Naadawe (Iroquois Confederacy), Nii'inaawi-Naadawe (Wyandot), Naadawensiw (Sioux), Wemitigoozhi (France), Zhaaganaashi (England) and the Gichi-mookomaan (the United States). After the Europeans came into the country, the French built Fort Michilimackinac in the 18th century. After the Seven Years War, the victorious English took over the fort, also using it as a trading post.
Through the totem-system (a totem is any entity which watches over or assists a group of people, such as a family, clan or tribe .) and promotion of trade, the Council generally had a peaceful existence with its neighbours. However, occasional unresolved disputes erupted into wars. The Council notably fought against the Iroquois Confederacy and the Sioux. During the Seven Years' War, the Council fought against England.
The Anishinaabeg established a relationship with the British similar to that they had with the French. They formed the Three Fires Confederation in reaction to conflict with encroaching settlers and continuing tensions with the British Canadian government, as well as that of the new United States.
William Warren, a politician of part-Anishinaabe descent, published work in 1885 that identified the Crane and Loon clans as the two Chief clans. Crane Clan was responsible for external governmental relationships, and Loon Clan was responsible for internal governance relationships. Warren stated his belief that the British and Americans had intentionally destroyed the clan system, or the polity of governance. Further, he believed such destruction led to many wars among the Anishinaabe. He also cited the experiences of other Native Nations in the U.S. (such as the Creek, Fox and others). His work in its entirety dealt with the significance of the clan system.
The Three Fires Confederacy had conflict with the new United States after the American Revolution, as settlers kept encroaching on their territory. The Council became the core member of the Western Lakes Confederacy (also known as "Great Lakes Confederacy"), joining together with the Wyandots, Algonquins, Nipissing, Sacs, Meskwaki and others.
Those who remained in the east were subjected to the 1830 Indian Removal policy of the United States; among the Anishinaabeg, the Potawatomi were most affected. The Odawa had been removed from the settlers' paths, so only a handful of communities experienced removal. For the Ojibwa, removal attempts culminated in the Sandy Lake Tragedy and several hundred deaths. The Potawatomi avoided removal only by escaping into Ojibwa-held areas and hiding from US officials.
Population estimates indicate that the Anishinaabeg population in the United States is more numerous than that of Canada, but census reports are criticized as being inaccurate.
The Canadian Anishinaabeg are descended from the northern Lake Superior Anishinaabeg, whose original homeland was probably in the vicinity of the eastern upper peninsula of Michigan. They separated, with one group going down into Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, southern Ontario and Pennsylvania, while another group migrated straight westward. The ancestors of the Canadian Anishinaabeg moved to the north, and then to the west. They migrated to eastern British Columbia in the 19th century.
Scholars of the Anishinaabeg will eventually learn if all Anishinaabeg are descended from those Anishinaabeg of the eastern upper peninsula of Michigan, or if they are descended from the Algonquin Anishinaabeg of Quebec. The people's history points to the upper peninsula of Michigan as their land of formation.
The Anishinaabeg of Canada have managed to withstand the efforts of the European settlers and hold onto their languages. An estimated 50,000 Canadian Anishinaabeg speak their native tongue. From Quebec to the eastern lands of British Columbia, the Anishinaabeg reserves are, for the most part, smaller in size than those in the US, a factor which may have helped them preserve the languages.
There are many Anishinaabeg reserves and reservations; in some places the Anishinaabeg share some of their lands with others, such as the Cree,the Dakota, Delaware, and the Kickapoo, among others. The Anishnabek who "merged" with the Kickapoo tribe may now identify as being Kickapoo in Kansas and Oklahoma. The Prairie Potawatomi were the Ojibwe, Odawa and Potawatomi of Illinois and Wisconsin who were relocated to Kansas during the 19th century.
The relationships between the various Anishinaabe communities with the United States government have been steadily improving since the passage of the Indian Reorganization Act. Several Anishinaabe communities still experience tensions with the state governments, county governments and with non-Native American individuals and their groups.
social disparity: many Anishinaabeg suffer poor education, high unemployment, substance abuse/addiction and domestic violence at rates higher than the general population.
A fictional Anishinaabe clan in Ontario, the Mtigwaki, were featured in the comic strip For Better or For Worse from 2005-2006.
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Warren, William W. History of the Ojibway People. Borealis Books (St. Paul, MN: 1984).
White, Richard (July 31, 2000). "Chippewas of the Sault", The Sault Tribe News.
"The Anishinaabe-Ojibwe people of the Great Lakes", Ojibwe Waasa-Inaabidaa, (US-focused), Public Broadcasting Service/PBS.
Anishinaabeg means "first people" or "original people". |
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