A member of the Canon EOS family, Canon EOS 60D is a successor of a prosaic EOS 50D, assumed as a good midrange DSLR, and a predecessor of a well-accepted EOS 70D. A redesigned body of the EOS 60D contains a number of worthy elements from the T2i and 7D cameras. It has some additional upgrades, a few weaknesses, and some satisfying surprises.
On the whole the Canon 60D is a high-quality compact camera with excellent features for successful work in any genre. It has a matrix with an 18-megapixel resolution, an ISO sensitivity range from ISO 100 to 6,400 with the ability to extend up to ISO 12,800, anti-dust system, a 3-inch articulated LCD with Live View mode, continuous shooting of 5.3 frames per second, broad functionality, and ability for HD- movie.
The Canon EOS 60D has a solid design. The basis of the body is an aluminum frame, and the surface is made out of high quality glass fiber-reinforced plastic. The "haptic" areas of the camera body are slightly "rubberized", which helps to securely hold it in the hands. The 60D is noticeably smaller and lighter than the models of the series, but as easy in use as its predecessor.
The camera is very robust with respect to both its body and internal elements. The shutter durability is 100,000 cycles. Controls on the rear panel have been updated and provides maximum comfort control. The functions of a multi-controller joystick have been integrated into a control dial cluster. So, three controls are concentrated in one place. The external rotating ring functions as a Quick control dial, inside of it there is an eight-way multi-controller, in the center of which there is a SET button.
Other rear panel's controls, located in a traditional manner, allow you to adjust the majority of the most needed operations, aside from a new button, designed for starting the video and at the same time for switching on the Live View mode. The top panel is also classically organized, however, in a mode dial there is a new button blocking an accidental mode change. The Canon 60D is the first among the DSLR Canon EOS, which is equipped with a tilt/swivel LCD design, allowing to take photos and videos in the most awkward positions.
The 60D display has a size of 3 inches diagonally and resolution of 1,040.000 pixels. The optical viewfinder is very bright and covers 96% of the frame. In addition to USB-slot the 60D model has a slot for an external microphone and HDMI-slot for high-resolution TVs.
The EOS 60D has an updated structure of CMOS sensor. The sensor area is used with greater efficiency due to more compacted arrangement of cells and lack of gaps between lenses, that increases the resolution up to 18.0-megapixel. It is ideal for those who want to print large poster-sized pictures or crop images without damaging the image details. It works well in low light conditions. Images, taken with the 18.0-megapixel CMOS sensor, feature a very low noise level. Effective noise reduction system ensures an acceptably low noise level even with maximum sensitivity.
The Canon 60D has a self-cleaning sensor unit, a piezoelectric element of which shakes dust particles off with the use of a filter in front of the sensor. Cleaning is performed each time when the camera is powered or closed. You can also do it manually with the "clean now" function.
The EOS 60D is equipped with a DIGIC 4 image processor, which guarantees a minimum level of color noise, correct color rendering and accurate white balance. Image recording is possible in JPEG and RAW formats.
The Canon EOS 60D is designed for advanced amateurs, but can productively be used by professionals, particularly as a "second" camera. Continuous shooting is possible at a speed of 5.3 frames per second with duration of up to 58 frames per format. The metering system of the EOS 60D calculates illumination for 63 zones and takes into account not only the amount of light, but also its spectral composition, and is able to detect the difference between natural and artificial, day and evening light. The accuracy of the exposure evaluation is at the highest point, as data of the metering system are supplemented with the autofocus system data.
The Canon 60D has an autofocus system similar to the one in the Canon 50D, which features high speed and excellent accuracy. The focus point can be selected either automatically or manually. The 60D is capable of detecting the light source, the light pulsation, and the color temperature, and with the account of these can change the focus as required. The camera supports the LCD Live View mode. When shooting portraits in the Live View mode the camera can perform focusing with the face priority. And when shooting landscapes and architecture an electronic level is displayed, that prevents distortion of the image relative to the horizon.
Functionality of the Canon 60D is quite traditional for any DSLR of the advanced level: automatic modes, scene shooting modes, the ability to create and save your own shooting modes.
To increase the dynamic range you can use Auto Lighting Optimizer and Highlight Tone Priority modes, providing high quality images with excellent contrast. The white balance can be set automatically or manually. The white balance settings include six presets, containing Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Tungsten, White fluorescent, and Flash. You can correct the white balance +/- 9 steps in the range of blue/amber, magenta/green. Besides, the Canon 60D possesses the ability to process RAW files, including the means for correction of brightness, contrast, white balance, distortion and chromatic aberration, noise reduction and dynamic range.
The EOS 60D is able to take video. Video is taken in the Full HD format (1920x1080), and you can adjust the shooting frequency (24 fps., 25 fps, 30 fps). Videos are saved in H.264 format, which allows producing excellent recording, and if to consider the possibilities of photographic optics, even professional quality. To start and stop recording you can use a dedicated button on the back of the camera, which activates the Live View mode for taking photos. To achieve high-quality audio you can connect an external microphone, for which there is a special slot in the camera.
The Canon 60D is in many aspects a very good camera: quite pleasant in use, fast, having excellent extended set of important features and functions, and providing first-rate quality of photos and videos.


Khukhuz is a fashion business which specialises in bespoke and ready to wear range of ladies clothing, based on a distinct style that can be produced in unique African print as well as other high quality fashion fabrics.
Khukhuz originality and appeal comes from unique fabric prints created exclusively for Khukhuz by Beryl Phala.High quality fabrics such as blends of silk, chiffon as well as other carefully sourced fabrics are printed using digital print technology.
The Khukhuz collection is branded as "a fusion of Western and African style brought together to create a contemporary look". "High quality Clothing are designed for ladies who are passionate and daring enough to embrace their femininity..." "KhuKhuz brings you fashion for the Bold and the Beautiful".
Beryl's passion for fashion led her to pursue her studies at The Manchester Metropolitan University where she acquired her HND in fashion Design and Technology in 2002. She graduated from The University Of Salford in UK in 2004 and acquired a B.A. (Hons) in Fashion. To credit her business acumen Beryl also holds a Master of Science in Business Management from The University of Salford, and graduates in July 2012.
The KhuKhuZ collections have been showcased at various fashion events around the UK and can now be found in selective retail and online boutiques.
Beryl coordinated and showcased her design and collection during the International Fashion Showcase for Emerging Talent 2012, working in association with the Botswana High Commission in London, the British Council and the British Fashion Council. One of her designs was shortlisted in the top 8 countries to win the award.
Beryl also organised and coordinated the Botswana Fashion Show where she showcased her S/S 2012 collection. The event was held on 24 February 2012 in London during the London Fashion Week. This was a collaboration between Botswana High Commission in London and Limkokwing University.
Beryl has worked in the Garment Industry for more than 10 years. Has an HND In fashion Design and Technology from Manchester Metropolitan University and a BA (hons) In Fashion from Salford university.
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Quickie: Chef Gordon Ramsay Siting!
Went to meet my sister at our favorite sushi spot, Izumi, and found myself steps away from Gordon Ramsay filming! He's hosting an episode of Kitchen Nightmares at Chiarella's Ristorante at Tasker & Passyunk. I was just in time to see him exit the back kitchen for one of his signature rants. Swoon!


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It's been a super busy Spring here at Shawna Shenette Photography, and I've loved being the photographer for all of these beautiful newborn babies and their families! This adorable newborn photo session in Millbury couldn't have gone better!
Baby Vivian was such a good little client. She has gorgeous skin and just the right amount of chub in her cheeks. She was pretty in pink, and unbelievably amazing in a deep blue flokati setup. Baby Vivian and her lovely family are clients from the Boston area, and I can't wait to work with this great group again soon!!!


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Adam Korsvik talks Slide Guitar, Teaching and Tom Leadon
Pass any seasoned guitarist an empty beer bottle and ask them to play a tune with it. You'd soon realise it's as good as starting from zero again – so it's no wonder slide guitarists are unanimously admired among the communities.
"It's a totally different animal," says Adam Korsvik. The versatile guitarist is highly respected for his prowess with the slide, and studied it with former Allman Brothers Band guitarist, Jack Pearson. On the stage or in the studio, Adam has collaborated with names like Tom Leadon of Mudcrutch, his brother Bernie from the Eagles, Crystal Bowersox, Devon Gilfillian, Marquee Mayfield and many more.
We chat with Adam about slide guitar, his proudest achievements and touring with Tom Leadon.
What inspired you to pick up the guitar at the very beginning? Who were your guitar heroes growing up?
I remember watching "Ready to Rumble" with my older brother and hearing "Runnin' with the Devil" by Van Halen. It completely blew my 4th grade mind. I started taking some lessons, but I wasn't really hooked until my dad showed me two records from his vinyl collection: "Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs" by Derek and the Dominoes and "Blow by Blow" by Jeff Beck.
How did you end up playing in Nashville? What is it that you love about the city?
I came down to go to grad school in music management, but my focus has always been performing. I love that you can hear every genre of music here. The community is very welcoming to everyone.
Tell us about how you picked up slide guitar.
We always had the Allman Brothers Band and Traveling Wilburys on growing up. It wasn't until college that I got completely sucked into slide guitar though. I fell on my left hand one day, and the only thing I could do on guitar that didn't hurt was to play slide. After a few days, my hand felt better but I just couldn't put the slide down. It's so expressive and vocal.
To an aspiring guitarist who wants to get better at slide, what's your advice?
Go in knowing that it's a totally different animal. Put on "At Fillmore East" and steal Duane's slide licks in standard tuning without a slide, at first. Try playing those phrases with just your ring finger or pinky. Then as you start feeling comfortable with those licks, put on your slide and play along.
You teach guitar as well. Aside from imparting knowledge to your students, what have you learned from your time teaching?
Learning to break down a concept and being able to communicate it to everyone, not just musicians. You gain a lot of patience by being an instructor, too.
What's your proudest musical achievement to date?
There's a couple that come to mind, but my first proudest moment would be when I was in middle school and auditioned for jazz band on guitar. The band director told me they weren't taking electric guitar but needed bass. I didn't think I could learn bass in a week, so I almost gave up on the idea. My dad encouraged me to step up to the challenge and I bought a bass book to learn to read bass clef and technique. I made the cut for jazz band two weeks later. That moment really paved the way for me to be able to rise to any challenge. I can thank my dad on that one.
You're currently playing with Tom Leadon (formerly of Mudcrutch). What's it like playing with someone who's had such an extensive touring career?
I really enjoy playing with Tom. He knows the lost art of simplicity in a song. It's also pretty cool to hear stories about incredible artists like Tom Petty, The Eagles, and James Jamerson being told in the first-person. It's like Six-Degrees of Kevin Bacon.
Could you share an invaluable lesson you've learned from playing with Tom?
He's encouraged me to sing vocal harmonies. I've never been comfortable with my voice before working with Tom. He told me harmonies are basically just about hitting the note on pitch. Hearing it broken down that simply really made it click for me.
If you could collaborate with any artist, who would that be and why?
Steve Jordan. He's worked with everyone from John Scofield to Sheryl Crow. He has such a solid foundation for groove and his ear for producing is fantastic. Mike Campbell would be up there for me as well.
What MONO gear do you use at home, in the studio or on tour?
My M80 Dual Electric. I can bring my Strat or Tele and SG to any gig that requires multiple sounds.
Why the M80 Dual Electric?
The protection MONO offers my guitars. It's invaluable. I don't have to stress about the integrity of my instruments. Only having to make one trip to my car is awesome, too!
What's next for Adam Korsvik?
I'm always up for the next challenge. I plan to continue working on the road or in town for gigs and sessions. I'd like to pick up pedal steel soon too. Tom Leadon has some dates booked down in Florida to celebrate Tom Petty's birthday, so check out my website for info!
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Producers told to 'make less wine' to help fight climate change
The owner of New Zealand's Felton Road winery has called on producers to "make less wine" as part of the solution to climate change problems.
Sterling hits low as inflation figures lower than expected
Sterling hit a low of €1.1233/ £1 against the euro yesterday as inflation figures came in lower than expected.
Alsace's 'fresh and fruity' vintage down 22%
Alsace wines have seen a large fall in volumes in the 2010 vintage following problematic weather conditions.
New wine bar for Planet of the Grapes
London merchant Planet of the Grapes is opening a second wine bar.
Laithwaites and Anthropologie join forces in natural cork campaign
Laithwaites Wines and Anthropologie have joined forces in support of the I Love Natural Cork campaign to host a wine tasting evening promoting the benefits of the stopper.
Fratello - it's a nutty one
Straight from Italy via the Global Brands portfolio is Fratello Premium Hazelnut Liqueur, abv 30% (rrp £11.99).
Maison du Languedoc holds the key
A brand which acts as the key to understanding the whole Languedoc region, in order to develop greater awareness and build increased category sales, is the new initiative from Languedoc producer, Jeanjean and UK distributor D&D Wines.
Sterling recovers slightly in anticipation of inflation figures
The pound dropped to €1.1287/ £1 early on, but staged a slight recovery on speculation that today's inflation figures will come in higher than expected.
Francis Ford Coppola appoints Château Margaux winemaker
Francis Ford Coppola has appointed current estate director at Château Margaux, Philippe Bascaules as estate manager and winemaker at Inglenook, his newly named Napa Valley vineyard.
Fine Wines Direct to distribute Munoz de Toro
Fine Wines Direct has become the sole UK importer and distributor for Argentine winery, Munoz de Toro in the UK.
Industry stalwart Pat Green dies aged 89
Pat Green, one of the first women to make her mark in the wine trade, has died after a short illness at the age of 89.
Donald Trump buys Virginia winery
Donald Trump has added a Virginia winery to his extensive property portfolio.
Concha y Toro pioneers South America's first Climate Exchange
Concha y Toro is pioneering South America's first Climate Exchange ? it will trade carbon bonds and begin a CO2 reduction industry.
WineOption steps up fight for clearer alcohol labelling
Wine campaigners, WineOption has step up its fight for clearer alcohol labelling after a British Medical Journal cancer warning.
Wines in the press, April 9-11
Sterling hits low as euro offers more to investors
Sterling hit a five-and-a-half month low against the euro in early trading this morning on expectations that interest rates in the euro zone would continue to rise at faster rate than in the UK.
Oddbins to be sold within seven days
Oddbins' administrators Deloitte are hopeful that the off-licence chain will be sold within seven days, as more speculation about bidders emerges.
It seems likely that, as happened First Quench, which collapsed in 2009, the 89-strong chain will be split up. What is not yet clear is whether new owners would continue to operate under the Oddbins fascia.
De Bortoli invests in 'soil puffer machine'
De Bortoli has invested in a soil puffer machine and claims to be the first Australian winery to own one.
Trade warned after Chapoutier wine theft
The trade has been urged to take care when buying M.Chapoutier wines after stock was stolen en route to Cert Octavian's Hoddesdon warehouse last week.
Malibu kicks of summer campaign with limited edition bottle
Malibu has launched a colourful limited edition bottle in collaboration with up-and-coming designer Nikki Farquharson.
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GLAAD Media Reference Guide - In Focus: "Conversion therapy"
Anti-LGBTQ activists have argued for years that sexual orientation is a choice and changeable – but only for people attracted to the same sex, not heterosexuals. They often claim "homosexuality" is not real, but rather a form of mental illness or an emotional disorder that can be "cured" through psychological or religious intervention. Anti-LGBTQ activists claim that being attracted to the same sex is a curable condition, and therefore people attracted to the same sex do not need or deserve equal treatment under the law or protection from discrimination.
Such programs have come under increased scrutiny recently. The largest program, Exodus, closed in 2013, apologizing for the harm that was caused by those who participated in its programs. Additionally, lawsuits have been filed against other "exgay" programs, noting that they did not produce the orientation change promised, but instead brought great harm to those who participated.
American Psychiatric Association
The American Psychiatric Association has condemned the "treatment" of "homosexuality," saying, "The potential risks of 'reparative therapy' are great, including depression, anxiety and selfdestructive behavior, since therapist alignment with societal prejudices against homosexuality may reinforce self-hatred already experienced by the patient."
American Psychological Association Report (2009)
In 2009, a task force of the American Psychological Association drafted a landmark report on Appropriate Therapeutic Responses to Sexual Orientation. Following a comprehensive analysis of peer-reviewed research on what the APA labeled "sexual orientation change efforts (SOCE)" the APA "concluded that efforts to change sexual orientation are unlikely to be successful and involve some risk of harm, contrary to the claims of SOCE practitioners and advocates." The APA's governing body adopted the report's recommendations by an overwhelming 125-4 vote. In addition, the American Medical Association, the National Mental Health Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics have also spoken out against these attempts to "cure" lesbian, gay men and bisexual people.
States banning "conversion therapy" for minors
Many anti-LGBTQ activists claim that they only help people who want to live their lives in accordance with their religious beliefs, and that they only offer their programs for people who want to change. However, many participants in "conversion therapy" programs are youth who do not enroll in the programs of their own will, but who are forced into such programs by parents who have been told by religious leaders that they must change their child. A handful of states have begun examining the harm done by "conversion therapy" programs that seek to change the sexual orientation or the gender identity of a minor. At the time of this writing, six states (California, Illinois, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, and Vermont) and the District of Columbia have now taken steps to ban the harmful practice on anyone under 18 years of age.
In reporting, the terms "conversion therapy" or "reparative therapy" should be placed in quotation marks or avoided altogether, as the terms are most often used to insinuate that people attracted to the same sex, or who are transgender, are "disordered" or "broken" and need to be "repaired." It is usually best simply to describe the actions and motivations of those who seek to change the orientation of people attracted to the same sex and/or someone's gender identity.
Conversion Therapy Survivors
Any story about "conversion therapy" programs should include the perspective of those who survived it. For each "success story" featured by "conversion therapy" activists, there are hundreds who have gone through the programs with no change in orientation or gender identity, but who have suffered trauma, depression, even suicidal thoughts or actions. Networks like Beyond Ex-Gay have been created to provide support and healing for those who have been harmed by ex-gay programs. Beyond Ex-Gay has surveyed survivors of "ex-gay" programs, and the results may be found on the organization's website.
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What is this button in my Z3 1998 2.8?
Discussion in 'Z3 Roadster & Coupé' started by zedthreeplease, Oct 21, 2013.
Can anyone tell me what a button is meant to do? It's the one by my left elbow when I drive (right-hand drive) and has the de-mist markings on it, but doesn't seem to do anything when switched on and isn't featured the manual. The car is a soft top.
Without seeing a picture, I would guess it's the demister switch for a hard top. The hard tops have a glass rear screen with all the luxury of a heated rear screen.
Aha that makes sense. So soft tops don't have a demister obviously - would melt the back screen I suppose. Gets quite misty but could be my morning breath.
Oh the fixings? I've no idea? What do they look like?
Not sure on that one, perhaps a photo would help if you have one?!
Oh I see. So it flashes like an immobiliser light?
Think you can press it. It might disable the proximity sensors when the roof is down?
"Yes Mark you are correct"
Boysie is correct the alarm sensors at the top of the A pullers can be triggered with the wind when the top is down. That alarm LED in you car has been moved from its usual position in a blanking plate on the bank of switches located in the centre console under the heater controls. Have you got some extra switches in there for some reason?
Welcome to the forum by the way, looks like you have started on the steep learning curve that Zeds send you on. With regard to the hardtop fixings they are located just next to the seatbelt fixing turret and should have a little plastic cover that swivels revealing a hole for the hardtop fixing pin to drop into. The passenger side one should have some contacts too which are for the rear screen heater on the hardtop.
Nice to see another tan with wood trim Zed - was beginning to think mine was the only one!
The movement sensors in my 52 plate car are still active with the roof down and do not require any action to disable them. I guess they must be short range microwave instead of ultrasonic.


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The new Metal Slug for Android leaves its essence, though it looks great
Metal Slug is one of the video game franchises most historic of the 90's. These games were leaders in the era of the recreational, and more than two decades after will have a new action game for Android phones.
His name is Metal Slug Code J, and it is a game that takes the best of Metal Slug for the readaptarlo to the new times. The formula is very similar to the original, but the art design leaves your original essence to try to bring a new air to the franchise. The question is whether you really will get.
So is the new Metal Slug for Android
SNK is one of the companies that most stood out in the era of the arcade machines, creating titles that day are still very enjoyable and that we can play on Android. One of the most beloved is Metal Slug, the game act of war, a game frantic, fun, and overflowing with charisma.
It is not the first Metal Slug game that comes to Android, since we can play the classics, as well as ATTACK and DEFENSE, games that were designed for mobile. However in this new game we find ourselves with a style that is refreshing, thanks to the careful adaptation of the game and scenarios to a format of a 3D animation.
In the trailer it shows you how to look scenarios and bosses, those who have played the original titles we know perfectly, accompanied with the soundtrack of always.
Although they note the age, the classic design retains spectacular.
One of my main doubts about the future of Metal Slug is in the artistic decisions. The artistic department and the charism of the franchise is unbeatable, since its visual style still be nice to watch and play despite having already 24 years old. Your art is timeless, and although the new style has a look excellent, you do not have the feeling that within 24 years we will remember him with affection. Even so, it deserves that we give him a chance, because if the animations and the music fit with the gameplay can become one of the mobile games more fun.
It is true that create an artistic design timeless is extremely difficult. It is not impossible, since restarts as the one that took Rayman in 2011 demonstrate that it is not a question of who always prefer the old for nostalgia. A reboot in a series mythical if done properly it is able to improve on the original.
The entrance to The new Metal Slug for Android leaves its essence, although it looks great it appears first on The Android Free.


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ROMANIA: hate speech on the rise against LGBT community and activists
Freedom of assembly, Initiatives and campaigns
(UPDATE 11/9: Senate approved the referendum to change the definition of family on the Constitution, which will be held on Oct. 7)
June was the pride month in Romania, with a march in Bucharest on 9 June and one in Cluj on 23 June. While the demonstration was becoming increasingly crowded, with 6-7000 people taking part in the Bucharest pride and about 2500 in Cluj, hate speech in public debate and on social media is on the rise against both the LGBT community and activists campaigning for their rights. As Teodora Ion Rotaru from ACCEPT Romania explained, there is little difference between the two in people's mind.
Romania has traditionally experienced resistance to the topic, but in 2015 a citizens' initiative was initiated by Coaliția pentru Familie (the Coalition for Family) to change the definition of family in the Constitution, gaining the support of religious groups and political leaders. The Romanian constitution currently defines a family as the marriage between spouses, and religious groups are pushing to replace the term 'spouse' with 'man and woman' in an attempt to protect what they call a traditional family. In just 6 months, the campaign collected roughly 3 million signatures with advocates going door to door collecting support and stressing the idea that religious rights should prevail over LGBT rights. This campaign put a lot of pressure on the community and policy-makers contributed to spreading hate through controversial statements. According to Teodora, the initiative sparked hate against the minority and became "a license to kill."
Together with an increase in hate crimes, the campaign is also creating formal and informal barriers for the community to access public debate and is reducing civil society space. For example, on 21 February 2018, the cultural institution People's Athenaeum in Focsani withdrew support for hosting a conference on gender equality organised by high school students from the town, due to the participation of a transgender activist as a speaker. According to a local journalist, the pressure to stop the event came from members of the Coalition for the Family. The meeting took place in a different venue but the organisation ACCEPT launched a complaint to open an investigation on the episode. According to Teodora, the teenager who organised the conference and her family were also put under pressure by the church and the police.
Cases like this are not isolated and these issues do not find much space in the public debate. In May, the organisation Pride Romania – the most visible group that fight for LGBT+ rights in the region – applied to an open call to create an inclusive community by the municipality in Cluj, with three projects to share the experience of the LGBT community with the town. None of them was selected. In February, in Bucharest, a group of the extreme-right interrupted the screening of a documentary on LGBT rights. A similar episode happened in 2013 when a group gathered holding torches to stop a movie on the topic. The incident was never fully investigated by the police.
Harassment of activists is also recurrent. For example, in 2016 an activist received death threats for organising a street protest and in 2013, teachers received intimidating messages for discussing diversity in a positive light at school. The campaign on the family referendum surely contributes to ignite this harmful climate, while no mechanism still exists to monitor hate crimes and police do not receive any training on LGBT issues. Social media are the most common means to attack human rights' defenders, especially those that are most exposed in the media, with harmful messages – a phenomenon that is on the rise according to ACCEPT. Nevertheless, the internet is not the only tool used to spread hatred: Andra Camelia Cordos from Go Free organization reported that hateful messages against minorities are popping up on graffitis in Cluj. So far, the municipality has still not condemned the action and the local police simply stressed that nobody should write on the walls.
In this context, organising the pride march is not an easy task. The first pride in the country was held in Bucharest in 2005, despite a petition by the Coalition for the family to prevent it. According to ACCEPT, the pride in Bucharest started as a very small event as people were scared for their life. During the first gatherings, the opposition was strong and was throwing objects and religious icons against the demonstrators. Even police officers protecting the march had to be hospitalised. In 2016, the European Court for Human Rights (ECHR) found the Romanian government guilty for not investigating properly a case of violence in the metro, where a group of six people was attacked after the pride in 2006.
In following years, the march was carried out in areas of the city that were easier to protect, allowing more people to feel safe and participate and in 2018 the pride in Bucharest was granted a more central venue after an intense bargaining with the authorities, who tried to keep the gathering out of the city centre. According to Teodora, the mood was positive and people from neighbouring buildings greeted the pride. Despite the fact that fourteen other events were happening at the same time, including a parade organised by the government to rally political support, over 7000 people joined the celebration. While a counter-protest is still carried out in the city, the so-called Normality march, it gains less and less support every year.
Since 2017, the pride is also hosted in Cluj. However, Andra Camelia Cordos wrote: "In 2017 it took a submission of 22 applications from Go Free to the Town Hall of Cluj-Napoca and the participation to a series of negotiations with representatives of the local authorities so that the march would finally be approved, however on a marginal route, far from the town centre. This year, the Town Hall rejected again all our requests for a central route, and my colleagues decided to accept a route that came as an "alternative" from the municipality. On the other hand, in 2017 and also this year, the Town Hall allowed an extremist organization such as Noua Dreaptă [New Right] to organize a manifestation in a central square on the same day."
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While the pride in Cluj was peaceful, the night before the march, the New Right covered the route of the pride with stickers with hateful messages against the LGBT community. However, the demonstration is gathering increasing support locally – for example from the university, and abroad, from the Embassy of France, the Netherlands, and Spain. This year Andreas Wolter, vice-mayor of the city of Köln took part in the event contributing to bringing optimism among the organisers of the pride.
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Benefits of devolution
Taking over part of the social security system is one of the most complex exercises yet undertaken by the Scottish Government. This contribution sets out the approach of its Social Security Bill
17th July 2017 | Colin Brown
Following the report of the Smith Commission for further devolution of powers to the Scottish Parliament, part 3 of the Scotland Act 2016 altered the reservation of social security schemes. The Scottish Parliament gained competence to legislate for disability, industrial injuries and carer's benefits, along with powers to create additional social security benefits and to replace existing benefits with new assistance.
The Social Security (Scotland) Bill was introduced to the Parliament in June 2017. It is the next step towards delivery of Scottish social security assistance.
Users of existing benefits legislation often complain that it is complex and fragmented. To understand how a current benefit operates, a reader usually has to refer to a mix of primary and secondary legislation, which interacts in complex ways. The bill has an opportunity to start with a blank page, to try to make the law more accessible. So it describes types of assistance to be given. It provides a framework, which will be filled in later by regulations. It leaves it to those regulations to tell, in one place, the whole story of how a person qualifies for assistance and what they qualify for.
Social security charter and principles
Before coming to types of assistance and their delivery, the bill provides for a Scottish social security charter. This will set out what is expected from the Scottish ministers and persons who seek assistance. It will reflect seven fundamental principles, including that dignity of individuals is to be at the heart of the Scottish social security system and that the system is to be designed with the people of Scotland. There will be an annual report on how the system is performing and the charter will be reviewed regularly.
The bill then sets out a rights-based approach to assistance. Social security is a human right and essential to the realisation of other human rights. That is another of the seven principles. It follows that the Scottish ministers have a duty to determine what assistance an individual is entitled to be given by them.
The individual will be told, in all cases, of the reasons for that determination. If unhappy with it, the individual can ask for their entitlement to be re-determined and can then appeal to tribunals and to the courts.
Types of assistance
What types of assistance will be provided? Ultimately, this is for the Scottish Parliament to decide, but the bill proposes that the Scottish ministers will provide eight types. In addition, local authorities will continue to provide discretionary financial assistance to help tenants (known as discretionary housing payments and available to persons receiving housing benefit or universal credit towards their rent).
The eight types of assistance, and current benefits provided by the Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) that they will replace, are:
Carer's assistance, which will be provided to an individual who cares for another individual who has a disability (DWP carer's allowance).
Cold-spell heating assistance, which will be provided to an individual to help meet heating costs in periods of cold weather (DWP cold weather payments).
Winter heating assistance, which will be provided to an individual to help meet heating costs in winter (DWP winter fuel payments).
Disability assistance, which will be provided to a disabled individual on account of the impact of a physical or mental disability or a terminal illness (DWP disability living allowance, personal independence payments, attendance allowance and severe disablement allowance).
Early years assistance, which will be assistance to an individual who has costs related to having a child in their family. This will include people who are expecting to have a child (DWP Sure Start maternity grant).
Employment-injury assistance, which will be provided to an individual who has had an injury or contracted a disease through employment (DWP industrial injuries scheme).
Funeral expense assistance, which will be assistance to an individual to help meet funeral costs (DWP funeral payment).
Short-term assistance, which is assistance the Scottish ministers will provide on a short-term basis, for example to maintain payments to an individual, in certain circumstances, who is pursuing an appeal against a decision to reduce their ongoing entitlement to assistance (no DWP equivalent).
Detailed rules for these types of assistance will be set out in regulations, including the rules for eligibility and entitlement. Regulations will set the amount of assistance and provide for uprating of amounts. It is expected this legislation will come into force within the current parliamentary session, by April 2021. Ministers will develop this detail in collaboration with others, including persons who currently receive similar benefits from DWP and those who represent such persons.
Benefits that remain reserved
Although up to 1.4 million people in Scotland will receive the existing benefits that are being devolved, those benefits are still only part of the overall social security system. The £2.9 billion that will be spent on devolved benefits is less than 15% of total social security spending in Scotland. There are no plans to devolve:
Universal credit, which is currently being rolled out across Great Britain and replaces jobseeker's allowance, income-related employment support allowance, income support, working tax credits, child tax credits, and housing benefit
State pension and pension credit
Contributory employment support allowance
Bereavement benefits
Maternity and paternity pay.
The benefit cap, which limits the total amount of benefit that many people aged 16 to 64 can receive, remains reserved to Westminster. However, persons who receive carer's allowance or most of the devolving disability benefits are exempt from the effect of the cap. This exemption is expected to continue after Scottish assistance starts to be paid.
Other devolved provision
The Scotland Act 2016 gives devolved competence to top up reserved benefits, subject to some limits. The bill will give the Scottish ministers the power to make regulations providing for such top-up payments.
The bill also provides for twice-yearly supplementary payments to persons receiving DWP carer's allowance so that the annual amount received by carers will match the amount payable to persons entitled to DWP jobseeker's allowance. This is to be provided as a supplement, rather than a top-up payment because, although for now carer's allowance continues to be delivered by DWP, the Scottish Parliament has competence to legislate for carers' benefits. That means carer's allowance has ceased to be a "reserved benefit", for the purposes of the power to top up benefits.
There is no reference in the bill to the new powers of Scottish ministers to make regulations providing for payment of the housing cost element of universal credit direct to landlords, or altering the frequency of payments of universal credit. That is because these powers need no bill provision. The 2016 Act provides fully for them, and also for a power to alter how the housing cost element of universal credit is determined and calculated. Regulations have recently been made to enable eligible Scottish tenants to choose to have direct payments, and to have twice-monthly payments rather than the default monthly ones. These regulations come into force in October 2017.
The bill will now undergo parliamentary scrutiny, giving MSPs and stakeholders the opportunity to review and consider it and suggest how it might be improved. Commencement is expected from May 2018 at the earliest, with a Scottish social security agency being set up for delivery of individual benefits.
DWP will continue to deliver the devolving benefits until the agency is in place. Although the 2016 Act says what welfare benefits are being devolved, it does not provide rules to determine who is a "Scottish welfare recipient" and which persons should continue to look to DWP for assistance rather than the Scottish ministers. Rules will need to be developed, and provided for in regulations, so that there is clarity over what happens when people move within Great Britain, and to Northern Ireland (which already has a devolved social security system).
The outcome of Brexit negotiations will also need to be considered. Broadly, EU law does not dictate the content of national welfare provision, but does provide for social security co-ordination, so that EU citizens who exercise their freedom of movement within the EU (and some other states) are not affected adversely. This is not only about assistance to non-UK nationals who relocate to the UK. For example, some existing benefits can remain payable by DWP to UK nationals who are living abroad. Brexit negotiations will influence what provision is needed for persons who move to and from Scotland.
Achieving a successful transition of the 10 devolving benefits that are currently delivered by DWP requires the biggest and most complex programme of change which the Scottish Government has undertaken. There will be a phased approach to commencement of the bill, in which the overriding priority will be to ensure the safe and secure transfer of assistance to those who are entitled to it.
Colin Brown is a Scottish Government solicitor with responsibility for legal advice to the Government's Social Security Directorate. e: colin.brown@gov.scot, t: 0131 244 3607 The views expressed are those of the author alone and not those of the Scottish Government.
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var ForeverMonitor = require('forever-monitor').Monitor
  , util = require('util')
  , uuid = require('./util/uuid')
  , keypress = require('keypress')
  , EventEmitter = require('events').EventEmitter;

function Monitor(script, options) {
  options = options || {};
  options.fork = true;
  ForeverMonitor.call(this, script, options);
}
util.inherits(Monitor, ForeverMonitor);
module.exports = Monitor;

function createCommands(monitor, data, restarting, fn) {
  var commands = {};

  if(data.createCommands) {
    Object.keys(data.createCommands).forEach(function (cmd) {
      commands[cmd] = function () {
        var fn
          , fnIndex
          , args = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments)
          , finalArgs = [];

        args.forEach(function (val) {
          if(typeof val == 'function') {
            fn = val;
          } else {
            finalArgs.push(val);
          }
        });

        monitor.exec(cmd, finalArgs, fn);
      };
    });

    fn.call(monitor, null, commands, restarting);
  }
}

Monitor.prototype.start = function (fn) {
  var start = ForeverMonitor.prototype.start
    , monitor = this
    , restarting = arguments[0] === true
    , startCallback = this.startCallback;

  if(typeof fn === 'function') {
    startCallback = this.startCallback = fn;
    start.call(this);
  } else {
    start.apply(this, arguments);
  }

  if(!(this.child.stdout && this.child.stderr)) {
    this.child.stdout = process.stdout;
    this.child.stderr = process.stderr;
  }

  if(this.startCallback) {
    this.child.once('message', function (data) {
      createCommands(monitor, data, restarting, startCallback);
    });
  }
}

Monitor.prototype.exec = function (cmd, args, fn) {
  var ticket = uuid.create()
    , monitor = this;

  this.child.send({command: cmd, args: args, ticket: ticket});
  this.once(ticket, function (data) {
    if(data.command === cmd) {
      fn && fn.apply(monitor, data.args);
    }
  });

  this.child.on('message', function (data) {
    if(data.command && data.ticket) {
      monitor.emit(data.ticket, data);
    }
  });
}

Monitor.createCommands = function (commands) {
  var funcs = {}
    , ctx = this;

  process.on('message', function (data) {
    var cmd = data.command
      , fn = funcs[cmd];

    if(typeof fn === 'function') {
      var args = data.args;
      args.push(function () {
        process.send({command: cmd, args: Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments), ticket: data.ticket});
      });

      fn.apply(ctx, args);
    }
  });

  Object.keys(commands).forEach(function (cmd) {
    funcs[cmd] = commands[cmd];
    commands[cmd] = true;
  });

  process.send({createCommands: commands});
}

Monitor.createMonitor = function (config) {
  var opts = {stdio: ['pipe', process.stdout, process.stderr, 'ipc']}
    , monitor = new Monitor(__dirname + '/start.js', opts)
    , server = new EventEmitter();

  server.options = config;

  server.listen = function () {
    monitor.start(function (err, commands, restarting) {
      keypress(process.stdin);
      commands.start(config, function (err) {
        if(err) {
          server.emit('error', err);
        } else if(!restarting) {
          server.emit('listening');
        }
      });
    });

    return server;
  };

  monitor.on('exit', function () {
    console.log();
    process.stdout.write('Press any key to restart... or q to quit: ');

    function keypress(key, e) {
      if(e.ctrl) {
        // allow ctr+c, z, etc
        console.log();
      } else if(key == 'q') {
        console.log();
        process.exit(1);
      } else {
        monitor.start(true);
      }
      process.stdin.pause();
      process.stdin.setRawMode(false);
    }

    process.stdin.once('keypress', keypress);
    process.stdin.setRawMode(true);
    process.stdin.resume();
  });

  return server;
}


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Iris, Messenger of the Gods (French: "Iris, messagère des Dieux") (sometimes known as Flying Figure, or Eternal Tunnel) is a bronze sculpture by Auguste Rodin.  A plaster model, created between 1891 and 1894, was cast in bronze by Fonderie Rudier at various times from about 1895.  Iris is depicted with her right hand clasping her right foot and her naked body posed provocatively with her legs spread wide, displaying her genitalia.

Background
The sculpture was conceived in 1891 as part of Rodin's second (and ultimately unrealised) proposal to create a monument to Victor Hugo for a site outside the Panthéon in Paris.  Rodin received the commission in 1889, and he initially conceived a sculpture of Victor Hugo accompanied by three female figures representing Youth, Maturity and Old Age.  Over time, the project evolved, and the parts of the figures became separate sculptures, including Meditation, Tragic Muse, and Iris.  The figure that became Iris was intended to personify the "Spirit of the Nineteenth Century", or "Glory", hovering above the head of Hugo.

A simplified version of the Monument to Victor Hugo was later installed at the Palais Royale.

Description
The original sculpture depicted the Greek goddess Iris as a woman, with sweeping wings, and legs spread wide.  The pose recalls the uncompromising painting L'Origine du monde (1866) by Gustave Courbet (held in a private collection and still little unknown in 1890, but Rodin may have become acquainted with it through Edmond de Goncourt: Courbet's work gained wider exposure after being acquired by the Musée d'Orsay in 1981).  It also evokes the athleticism of a gymnast or dancer stretching.  The sculpture was probably from life, with the model lying on a bed or perhaps based on a can-can dancer.  Indeed, it may be inspired by Rodin's clipping of the Chahut dancer "Grille d'Egout" from an 1891 issue of the Gil Blas magazine.

A small early study of Iris retains the head.  The sculpture was altered in 1894, when it was enlarged by Rodin's assistant  and reoriented vertically, with the left arm and head removed leaving a fragmentary torso similar to that of a damaged statue from Classical antiquity.  It was catalogued as Study of a woman with legs apart in November 1894, and then cast in bronze at the Rudier Foundry.  A full-size cast held by the Musée Rodin measures .

A cast was exhibited at the Sixth Munich Secession exhibition in 1898, and then, under the title Another Voice, at Rodin's retrospective in a temporary pavilion at the  during the Exposition Universelle in 1900.  The work was initially very controversial due to its unabashed eroticism, so it was retained in Rodin's studio.  A cast owned by Edward Perry Warren was donated to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, in 1908, but the museum felt unable to exhibit the "unshowable" work, and sold it in 1953.  (Warren collected other controversial artworks:  he also owned the Warren Cup, and his donation of a stone version of Rodin's The Kiss to the local council in Lewes was returned as being unsuitable for public display.)  The Victoria and Albert Museum accepted the artist's donation of an early cast in 1914, cataloguing it as "Crouching Woman". Today, the official copies of the sculpture are kept in museums of Oslo, Zurich, Paris, Washington, Basel, New York, Los Angeles and Adelaide.

Iris has been described by the art historian Jane Mayo Roos as "open[ing] her thighs in a pose of candid, aggressive sexuality".  The critic Arthur Symons wrote that "All the force of the muscle palpitates in this strenuous flesh, the whole splendour of her sex, unveiled, palpitates in the air, the messenger of the gods, bringing some divine message, pauses in flight, an embodied inspiration". The sculpture has also drawn feminist criticism given Iris' sexually objectifying pose. In particular, the title of the pose suggests that the figure's sexual organ is her means of verbal communication. By removing them and repositioning the legs into their current confrontational pose, Rodin erases any sense of individualism in favor of anonymous carnality.

Versions

Examples of the sculpture exists in a number of smaller casts.

A  high version, cast by Rudier in 1902-5, one of just seven known castings made during Rodin's lifetime, was sold for £11.57m at Sotheby's in 2016.  It was sold from the collection of Sylvester Stallone, who had nicknamed it the "flying beaver". Stallone had acquired it at auction in 2007 for £4.6m, then a record for Rodin. Lucian Freud also owned a copy for many years, which he placed at the end of his bed, making it the first thing he saw in the morning.

Ten smaller  high bronze casts were made by the Rudier Foundry for the Musée Rodin between 1945 and 1965.  One was sold at Christie's in 2007 for US$880,000, and another at Bonham's in 2014 for US$509,000.  A  high version, cast in 1963, was sold for US$2.89m at Sotheby's in 2016.

A  version is held by the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art has a  version, cast in 1965.

The Musée Rodin had a series of 13 casts of a  high version with the head intact and the stump of a left arm, known as Iris, Study with Head made by the Susse foundry between 1969 and 1972.

The work may have influenced Marcel Duchamp's explicit peephole installation Étant donnés.  Some works of Francis Bacon show the influence of this sculpture, including his Lying Figure No. 1 (1959) and Reclining Woman (1961).

See also
List of sculptures by Auguste Rodin

References

 Iris, Messenger of the Gods, Musée Rodin
 Monument to Victor Hugo , Musée Rodin
 Monument to Victor Hugo , Musée Rodin
 Head of Iris, Victoria and Albert Museum
 Crouching Woman, Victoria and Albert Museum
 Iris, Museum of Modern Art
 Iris, Study with Head, Bowman Sculpture
 Iris, Messagère des Dieux (Messenger of the Gods), Study without Head, Small Model, Bowman Sculpture
 Iris, Messenger of the Gods, Metropolitan Museum of Art
  Iris, messagère des Dieux, Christie's, 9 May 2007
 Great Works: Iris, Messenger of the Gods (circa 1895), Auguste Rodin, The Independent, 26 November 2010
 Iris, messagère des dieux, étude sans tête, petit modèle, Bonham's, 4 November 2014
 "Rodin's explicit Iris and daring Freud nude go on sale for estimated £13m-plus", The Guardian, 27 January 2016
 Iris, messagère des dieux, Sotheby's, 3 February 2016
 Iris, messagère des dieux, Sotheby's, 9 May 2016
 Francis Bacon, Lying Figure No. 1 (1959), www.francis-bacon
 Francis Bacon, Reclining Woman (1961), Tate

External links

1895 sculptures
Sculptures by Auguste Rodin
Bronze sculptures
Collections of the National Gallery (Norway)

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Q: Ruby on Rails / get count on self nested model (has_many / belongs_to) I have a self nested category model: which has_many and belongs_to it self
class Category < ActiveRecord::Base
    has_many    :subcategories,   class_name: "Category", foreign_key: "parent_id", dependent: :destroy
    belongs_to  :parent_category, class_name: "Category", foreign_key: "parent_id"
end

In the view I want to display not only the @category.subcategories.count but the count of all nested subcategories
how would I get that?
~~~ UPDATE: ~~~
In the categories controller I get the current category from the parameters like:
def show
    @category = Category.find(params[:id])
end

now I want use in the view (but the following example doesn't give me all nested subcategories back)
<div>
    <%= @category.name %> has <%= @category.subcategories.count %> subcategories in total
</div>

A: create a recursive model method...
def deep_count
  count = subcategories.count
  subcategories.each { |subcategory| count += subcategory.deep_count }
  count
end

If in your design it's possible for a child to be the parent of an ancestor
(e.g. "4x4" -> "Jeep" - > "SUV" -> "4x4" -> ...)
Then you could end up with a stack overflow. To avoid that you can track categories to ensure you don't deep_count them twice...
def deep_count(seen_ids=[])
  seen_ids << id
  count = subcategories.count
  subcategories.where("id NOT IN (?)", seen_ids).each do |subcategory|
    count += subcategory.deep_count(seen_ids)
  end
  count
end

A: As an addition to @SteveTurczyn's epic answer, you may wish to look at using one of the hierarchy gems (we use acts_as_tree).
Not only will this extract your has_many :subcategories association, but provides a myriad of functionality to allow you to better handle nested objects.
#app/models/category.rb
class Category < ActiveRecord::Base
   acts_as_tree order: "name"
end

This will allow you to use the following:
@category = Category.find x

@category.children           #-> collection of subcategories
@category.parent             #-> Category record for "parent"

@category.children.create name: "Test" #-> creates new subcategory called "test"

Because acts_as_tree uses parent_id, you wouldn't have to change anything in your database.
--
You'd still be able to use the deep_count method:
#app/models/category.rb
class Category < ActiveRecord::Base
  acts_as_tree order: "name"

  def deep_count
     count = children.count
     children.each {|child| count += child.deep_count }
     count
  end
end

I'm sure there must be a way to count the "children" but I've not got any code at hand for it.

The main benefit of it is the recursion with displaying your categories. For example, if a Post has_many :categories:
#app/views/posts/index.html.erb
<%= render @post.categories %>

#app/views/categories/_category.html.erb
<%= category.name %>

Subcategories:
<%= render category.children if category.children.any? %>

--
Just seems a lot cleaner than two ActiveRecord associations.

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Magdalena Tulli, Pseudonym Marek Nocny (* 20. Oktober 1955 in Warschau) ist eine polnische Schriftstellerin und literarische Übersetzerin. Sie gehört gegenwärtig zu den bedeutendsten Schriftstellerinnen Polens.

Leben und Wirken
Ihre Mutter überlebte das KZ Auschwitz und wohnte mit der Tochter in Warschau. Während ihrer Schulzeit verbrachte Magdalena Tulli jährlich die Sommerferien bei der Familie ihres italienischen Vaters in Mailand. Nach dem Abitur (polnisch: Matura) studierte sie Biologie und Polonistik an der Universität Warschau.

Im Jahr 1995 debütierte sie mit Träume und Steine (Sny i kamienie) und erhielt prompt in Genf den Kościelski-Preis. Im gleichen Jahr nahm sie am Literarischen Colloquium in Berlin teil.  Im Jahr 1999 übersetzte sie ins Polnische Die Angst vor dem Himmel (La paura del cielo) von Fleur Jaeggy, danach Bücher von Italo Calvino und Marcel Proust. Sie ist ein Mitglied des Verbandes Polnischer Schriftsteller (Stowarzyszenie Pisarzy Polskich).

Für das Buch Italienische Stöckelschuhe (Włoskie szpilki), das im Jahr 2011 erschien, erhielt sie 2012 zwei Literaturpreise und wurde in Warschau für den Nike-Literaturpreis und in Breslau für den Mitteleuropa-Literaturpreis Angelus Silesius nominiert. Im Frühjahr 2013 erschien in Łódź  ihr erstes Kinderbuch Radau im Wald (Awantura w lesie). 2015 fand sie sich für Rauschen (Szum), das ebenso wie Italienische Stöckelschuhe stark autobiographische Züge trägt, erneut auf der Shortlist für den Nike-Literaturpreis.

Werke

Bücher
 Träume und Steine (Sny i kamienie). Übersetzung Bettina Eberspächer, Oberbaum Verlag, Chemnitz 1998, ISBN 3-928254-81-2.
 In Rot (W czerwieni). Übersetzung Esther Kinsky, Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-421-05371-5.
 mit Sergiusz Kowalski: Zamiast procesu. Raport o mowie nienawiści. Wydawnictwo W.A.B. 2002, ISBN 83-89291-58-4.
 Getriebe (Tryby). Übersetzung Esther Kinsky, Schöffling & Co., Frankfurt am Main 2008, ISBN 978-3-89561-460-6.
 Dieses mal (Skaza). Übersetzung Esther Kinsky, Schöffling & Co., Frankfurt 2010, ISBN 978-3-89561-461-3.
 als Marek Nocny: Kontrolleur der Träume (Kontroler snów).  Wydawnictwo Nisza, Warszawa 2007, ISBN 978-83-9228-198-6.
 Italienische Stöckelschuhe (Włoskie szpilki). Wydawnictwo Nisza, Warszawa 2011, ISBN 978-83-62795-09-3.
 Radau im Wald (Awantura w lesie). Wydawnictwo Akapit Press, Łódź 2013, ISBN 978-83-62199-74-7.
 Rauschen (Szum). Znak Litera Nova, Kraków 2014, ISBN 978-83-240-2625-8.
 Ten i tamten las. Wilk&Król Oficyna Wydawnicza, Warszawa 2017, ISBN 978-83-65089-12-0.
 Jaka piękna iluzja. Magdalena Tulli w rozmowie z Justyną Dąbrowską. Znak Literanova, Kraków 2017, ISBN 978-83-240-3828-2.

Publikationen
 Autorenheft. 52. Internationale Frankfurter Buchmesse. Übersetzer Ralf Stapf, Esther Kinsky, Arbeitsgruppe Literatur Polska, Krakau 2000, ISBN 83-907596-8-3.

Übersetzungen
1998: Raffaele de Grada: Mobile del novecento. (pl.: Meble XX wieku).
1999: Fleur Jaeggy: La paura del cielo. (dt.: Die Angst vor dem Himmel).
2000: Italo Calvino: La giornata d'uno scrutatore. (dt.: Der Tag eines Wahlhelfers).
2000: Stelio Martelli (Mino Milani): Storia di Dedala a Argo. (pl.: Opowieści mitologiczne).
2001: Marcel Proust: La Fugitive. (dt.: Die Flüchtige).
2002: Fleur Jaeggy: I beati anni del castigo. (pl.: Szczęśliwe lata udręki).
2003: Fleur Jaeggy: Proleterka.
2008: Rosie Rushton: Best Friends Together. (pl.: Czy to już miłość ?).
2009: Marlena de Blasi: That Summer in Sicilly. (pl.: Tamtego lata na Sycylii).

Auszeichnungen
1995: Kościelski-Preis in Genf für Sny i kamienie
1999: Finalistin für den Nike-Literaturpreis für W czerwieni
1999: Preis der Zeitschrift Literatura na Świecie für die Übersetzung La paura del cielo von Fleur Jaeggy
2004: Finalistin für den Nike-Literaturpreis für Tryby
2007: Nominierung für den International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award für Tryby
2007: Finalistin für den Nike-Literaturpreis für Skaza
2012: Nominierung für Best Translated Book Award (USA) für In Red (W czerwieni)
2012: Laureatin des Gryfia-Literaturpreises für Włoskie szpilki
2012: Laureatin des Gdynia-Literaturpreises für Włoskie szpilki
2012: Finalistin für den Nike-Literaturpreis für Włoskie szpilki
2012: Finalistin für den Mitteleuropa-Literaturpreis Angelus für Włoskie szpilki
2014: Julian-Tuwim-Literaturpreis
2015: Finalistin für den Nike-Literaturpreis für Szum
2017: Samuel-Bogumil-Linde-Preis

Weblinks

  Tulli, Magdalena In: Polnische Personendatenbank
   Vita Magdalena Tulli. Rzeszów 2009  (polnisch)

Einzelnachweise

Autor
Literatur (20. Jahrhundert)
Literatur (21. Jahrhundert)
Literatur (Polnisch)
Absolvent der Universität Warschau
Übersetzer aus dem Englischen
Übersetzer aus dem Französischen
Übersetzer aus dem Italienischen
Übersetzer ins Polnische
Roman, Epik
Erzählung
Kinderliteratur
Pole
Geboren 1955
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Many major companies are recording every tap and swipe you make on their iPhone apps. In most cases you won't even realize it. And they don't need to ask for permission.


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require 'getoptlong'
require 'rdoc/usage'

require 'list_package_files_impl.rb'
require 'mirror_package_impl.rb'

# -- TEST --
 ARGV = [TEST_PKG_ROOT, TEST_BUILD_ROOT]
# ARGV = ['-i',TEST_PKG_DIR, TEST_BUILD_ROOT]
# -- TEST --

opts = GetoptLong.new( [ '--help'            , '-h', GetoptLong::NO_ARGUMENT ],
                       [ '--mirror_operation', '-o', GetoptLong::REQUIRED_ARGUMENT ],
                       [ '--include_internal', '-i', GetoptLong::NO_ARGUMENT ]
                     )

include_internal = false

mirror_operation = default_mirror_op

opts.each do |opt, arg|
  case opt
    when '--help'
      RDoc::usage

    when '--mirror_operation'
      case arg
        when 'symlink'
          mirror_operation = :symlink
        when 'hardlink'
          mirror_operation = :hardlink
        else
          $stderr << "Invalid mirror operation: " << arg
      end

    when '--include_internal'
      include_internal = true

  end
end

src_package_subdir = ARGV.length >= 1 ? ARGV.shift : ''
tgt_build_root     = ARGV.length >= 1 ? ARGV.shift : ''

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  files = list_package_files(src_package_subdir,include_internal)

  mirror_package(files,src_package_subdir,tgt_build_root,mirror_operation)

else
  RDoc::usage
end


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Thaxter is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
 Celia Thaxter (1835–1894), American writer of poetry and stories
 Edward Thaxter Gignoux (1916–1988), United States federal judge
 John Thaxter (1927–2012), British theatre critic
 Phyllis Thaxter (1919–2012), American actress
 Roland Thaxter (1858–1932), American mycologist, the son of Celia Thaxter and Levi Thaxter
 Samuel Thaxter (1665–1740), colonel and magistrate in Plymouth, New England
 Winfred Thaxter Denison (1873–1919), United States Assistant Attorney General and Secretary of the Interior

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James Madison wrote, "The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the state governments are numerous and indefinite." Unfortunately, state sovereignty, private industry and individual freedoms have been eroded by the unhealthy notion that the federal government knows best. We must stem this tide and return to a strict interpretation of the U.S. Constitution if we are to restore the proper balance of power and preserve the Framers' intent.
According to the Tenth Amendment, "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people." James Madison explained the scope of the federal government powers as "principally on external objects, as war, peace, negotiation, and foreign commerce; with which last the power of taxation will, for the most part, be connected." Madison clarified the powers of the states as those that "will extend to all the objects which, in the ordinary course of affairs, concern the lives, liberties, and properties of the people, and the internal order, improvement, and prosperity of the State."
However, we have experienced increasing examples of the expansion of federal government authority reaching broader areas of Americans' lives. The recent health care law amounts to a government takeover, extending federal control over health care decisions of individuals and businesses while driving up the cost of health care. The federal government has also shrunk private sector capital by taking over much of the financial, student and home loan industries, including insurance company AIG, automakers Chrysler and GM, and Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Government takeovers and the ever-increasing encroachment of regulatory activities continue to bloat the federal bureaucracy and stifle our economy.
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