It really doesn't feel like it was that long ago when AMD introduced its own SIMD extensions called 3DNow!, but it's been long enough now that the chip company is sending the technology out to pasture.
AMD announced last week that 3DNow! is deprecated and will not be supported in certain upcoming AMD processors and will not have that feature flag bit set.
What does this mean for those who make software using these AMD instructions?
If your software used 3DNow! instructions at any point in time you should confirm that you only take that code path after checking to see if the feature is supported during runtime, using CPUID.
Most likely, your code already has another code path to take, such as an SSE path, if 3DNow! instructions are not supported. To reiterate, make sure that the code uses feature bits to determine when the code should take this path. If the code uses the vendorID string rather than a feature bit to make the path determination, AMD processors that support SSE may end up taking a slower path as a result.
Read the full post from the AMD developer blog.
Barely even knew about this feature, except that I had it, Lol!
Oh yeah I remember the 3DNow extensions on my old K6-2 CPU from 1998.
Those of you playing still playing Quake 2 (wouldn't blame you) are out of luck.
Anyone else thought that AMD/ATI is finally gonna introduce 3D support?
Things change. 3DNow! served its purpose and that is now behind us. In the day, 3DNow! was cool, but not often used so its passing at a time when CPUs are so much more advanced could have passed without an AMD announcement (except in the old dude SW dev world). BTW, I am one of those old dudes.
Losing 3Dnow! is not really a big deal. We have all these fast CPU and now even GPU will be able to help crunching numbers really really fast.
but my question is, does it take that much of a resource to "keep" 3Dnow! extension in the CPU logic? or is it causing some of the problems ?
Well even though it served it's purpose back in the day I do not think many or if any modern programs use it any longer. So if this makes more die space so AMD can ad other features into their CPU's I am all for it.
I played the original Half-Life on a K6-2 in 1998. And continued to use it for years with TF and CS. So thanks for the wonderful memories 3DNow!
I actually still have a K6-2+ based Sony Vaio at home with a whopping 256MB of RAM running Puppy Linux. When we bought it for my wife, it was state of the art and came pre-loaded with Windows ME (that was removed within minutes of opening the box and replaced with Win2K).
Even so, if I had to guess, the 3DNow! extensions were likely never used on this machine as it was never used for games.
Regardless, it is cool to discuss these changes in the tech landscape.
wikipedia says "The 3DNow! instruction set was created during the late 1990s when 3D graphics were exploding in popularity because of 3D gaming, and 3D games heavily use floating-point arithmetic."
As this decision affects backward compatibility, I personally view it as a negative.
No surprise. AMD simpl wasn't extending 3DNow instead they were working wth Intel's SSE and helped extend that once or twice, especially in the AMD64 architecture.
iggybeansAs this decision affects backward compatibility, I personally view it as a negative.
Breaking! Crysis reports 1.2FPS now that AMD has dropped its feature!
The reason behind 3DNow and SSE was to improve performance. On the Intel side performance increased by 60% just by adding the instruction sets even on a clock by clock bases with the same core. You all can look up old articles about this or do lot of benchmarking on vintage systems to see it's impact. Modern cpu get most of their performance from SSE while AMD's 3DNow if optimized can see big gains but that is a waste knowing market share. Basically what these instruction sets do is allow the FPU to cheat in certain calculations and reduce the time needed to complete them. Some can be scripted for encryption or multimedia decoding ect. However there are limits and to how much scripting can be done as well the limits of the architecture of the cpu core/s. This is why emulation of different platforms such as Power PC, Amiga, and many game consoles are so difficult.
The First cpu to include such scripting for the improvement of performance was the Zilog Z80.
Sad really, I mean has Intel dropped MMX?


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This poor piece on Slate applauds Sen. Herb Kohl, D-Wis bill which requires the Justice department to take on OPEC becauseOPEC is a cartel and cartels are illegal.
Kohl drafted a bill, dubbed "NOPEC," that said OPEC could no longer protect itself from antitrust prosecution by citing "sovereign immunity" and explicitly granted the Justice Department jurisdiction. The bill went nowhere back in 2000. But this past spring, Kohl dusted it off, and John Fialka reports in the July 6 Wall Street Journal that NOPEC has won the support of veto-proof majorities in the House and Senate. The appeal of NOPEC extends from left to right; House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., is pushing it, and so is the Heritage Foundation. The Bush administration, however, can't stand the idea.
The White House Office of Management and Budget says it opposes the NOPEC bill "adamantly." Perhaps this is because, as I've noted before, OPEC is just about the only international organization that President Bush has any regard for. (Shortly after taking office, Bush lectured a reporter about the importance of keeping oil prices "stable and predictable," even if that meant preventing a price drop.) Conceivably Bush is worried that busting OPEC might give Russia too free a hand in setting oil prices. (Russia is not an OPEC member, and its oil production now rivals, and may actually exceed, that of Saudi Arabia.) But busting OPEC would weaken two of Bush's least-favorite regimes, Iran and Venezuela. The Saudis wouldn't be happy, but neither would they be terribly impoverished, given the significant power they'd retain (as guardians of one-quarter of the world's proven oil reserves—about four times those of Russia) to affect prices. Diplomatically, busting OPEC strikes me as a wash at worst.
The thinking here is so wrong, it's hard to know where to start.
Firstly, OPEC has been a failure at setting prices, at least for the last 30 years. Like in any cartel, there is an incentive for each member to cheat, and no effective way to punish cheaters. And as predictably as the rising and setting of the sun, this has led (and will continue to lead) to OPEC members cheating on each other, producing more when prices are high, and thus bringing prices down. Therefore OPEC has no influence in setting oil prices, certainly as production in non-OPEC countries has risen--trying to "bust" it will have no impact on anything, and wastes taxpayer money. (Actually, this is an improvement from what Congress usually does, since it has zero impact).
Secondly, even if the Justice Department tried to break up OPEC, what would it do? Tell the Saudi government and the Iranian government to stop talking to each other? And if they refused, would an American judge tell them to go to a comfy prison in Brussels? I would actually like this to happen, because it would be funny.
As there is clearly no enforcement mechanism, it's reasonable to conclude that Sen. Herb Kohl, D-Wis is grandstanding because it will help him politically. So instead of calling a spade a spade, why does Slate's Timothy Noah applaud the effort?
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Bison could become national mammal of the United States
WASHINGTON - The Bison one step closer to becoming the national mammal of the United States.
After more than 200 years, the bald eagle might share its title as the symbolic animal of the United States.
The Senate gave final approval to the bill on Thursday, two days after the House approved it. It now goes to the president's desk.
Lawmakers called the bison — North America's largest land animal — the embodiment of American strength and resilience and said it reflects the nation's pioneer spirit.
The push to give bison special recognition began about five years ago.
Although this doesn't bring any additional protections for the bison, it is said to be a "milestone in a long journey."
Bison became nearly extinct in the 1800s after hunting, slaughter and disease. An estimated 500,000 bison currently exist across the 50 states.

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Partnerships Drive New Housing Solutions in Hawaii
Karen Kahn
Kahauiki Village.
December 10, 2018; Hawaii Business Magazine
Hawaii has one of the most intractable housing problems in the country. Riding around O'ahu, the island of the city and county of Honolulu, homeless encampments dot the landscape, with tents lined up corner-to-corner along the edges of public parks, beaches, and city streets. Housing in Honolulu, and throughout much of the island chain, is just too expensive for many of the local residents, who work in low-wage jobs in the state's tourist industry.
Finally, with strong private-public partnerships, real progress is being made. For the first time in years, between 2017 and 2018, the count of people living on the streets across the island state decreased, from 7220 to 6530.
One of the most uniquely Hawaiian solutions is Kahauiki Village, the brainchild of Duane Kurisu, chairman and CEO of aio, a business conglomerate that owns multiple local media properties (including Hawaii Business Magazine), a restaurant, and other businesses. Remembering the plantation village where he grew up on the big island of Hawai'i, Kurisu envisioned an affordable housing community modeled on that concept. It would not be just more housing—it would be a community, with services and social supports that would help residents succeed in ending the cycle of homelessness.
In January of this year, the first 30 families moved into Kahauiki Village, renting either two-bedroom units for $900 per month or one-bedroom units for $725. Rent includes all utilities: electricity, gas, water, internet, and cable TV. The families, all of whom moved from transitional housing programs, now have permanent housing. The nonprofit Institute for Human Services (IHS) provides on-site case management, and the village includes a day care, pre-school and communal laundry. Eventually, there will be community gardens and fish farms to help families build community bonds and increase their access to fresh food.
Among the first families was Dalgene Ka'auwai, who is caring for her five-year-old grandson. She and her husband, both of whom work (he in construction, she as a cashier) found themselves unexpectedly homeless when they moved out of their rented home in an unsafe neighborhood. Ka'auwai's husband was laid off during a cyclical downturn in construction, she told Honolulu Magazine, and they used their savings up paying bills while they searched for a place to live. With the support of Family Promise of Hawaii, they were able to find some stability, living in hotel rooms until they secured a unit at Kahauiki Village. Says Ashleigh Loa, a housing specialist at Family Promise, "it gives our families a sense of security because they don't have to worry that they'll have to leave in a year."
Kimo Carvalho, director of community relations at IHS, believes the village will succeed in stabilizing resident families because "It's coupling the city's affordable housing strategy with the national strategy to end the cycle of poverty." Among the unique features is a commitment from nearby United Laundry to provide jobs to residents who need them. For residents who need more support to enter the workforce, Y. Hata & Co. is providing job training for the food and beverage industry.
Most everyone agrees that community—building a community of residents and accessing community support from businesses, nonprofits, and state and city government—is the key to the early success of Kahauiki Village. It is a true public-private partnership.
Using an emergency proclamation, Governor Ige created the conditions to move quickly to build the village. The 11 acres of land—which will eventually house 600 families—was transferred from the state to the City and County of Honolulu, which leased the property for ten years (with a 10-year renewal option) for $1 per year to the aio Foundation. The city and county spent $4 million to upgrade surrounding water and sewer infrastructure, but the bulk of the $12 million project was funded by aio Foundation, which led the development. In January 2018, aio Foundation will begin construction of the next phase of the project: 114 additional rental units, a recreation center, and several new playgrounds. The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, which has long been active in providing affordable housing in Hawaii, has donated $3 million to the next phase of construction.
Mark Alexander, executive director of the Honolulu Office of Housing, says Kahauiki Village is an effective strategy that can be replicated: "It outlines what happens when public and private work together. It outlines what happens when leadership is able to bring the strength that everyone has to offer."
Ka'auwai puts it differently: "The way I see it is there are people still out there that show what Hawai'i and aloha are all about. There are people still out there who care."—Karen Kahn
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Q: Text not centered perfectly in vertical direction, since the descendant of the font is slightly bigger When I tried out the Calibre font on the web, I noticed the text was not centered in vertical direction properly. After researching I figured out that the descendant of the font is slightly thicker than the ascendant.
The below image is the calibre font in Figma which clearly shows that the descendant is bigger

As it was on figma it was easily corrected. But when I tried it out on the web, I faced the same problem. The text is not properly centering in the vertical direction.

I've attached the code here.

            Cutting Edge technology

After some googling, I found that actually there's a property called descent-override that can be used in @font-face which solves the problem. However, MDN mentioned that the property won't be supported on Safari and other older version browsers.
@font-face {
            font-family: "calibre-semi-bold";
            src: url(./calibre-semibold-webfont.ttf);
            descent-override: 17%;
        }

after using descent-override

The difference is very hard to notice in the image, but it's very significant on the live web.
Is there any proper way to center this text vertically without compromising on browser compatibility? Thanks.

A: I would add line-height: 100%; to the .text element, to set the line height to the same size as the font-size.
Apart from that you could add position:relative and use a top: ... setting (trial and error for the value) on that element to offset it vertically.

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Acne and summer heat is common to all! It is indeed a damper on the overall get up every day. Basically the acne is a common problem to those who have either oily skin or sensitive skin. Now the very common question, why does acne happen? And what do we do to prevent it? Moreover if already having acne prone skin how to solve it? Not to worry, remedy is there. We will come to it, but if acne had it toll severely then I would suggest consulting a dermatologist as early as possible.
First issue, why? : As to that, those of you who have oily skin, the excess oil secretion blocks the pores and jam down with bacteria and pollutants, the body reacts to that, the bacteria causes cell damage hence reddish nightmares come back. As for sensitive skin, the chemical imbalance causes problem due to using any new products or by pollutants and bacteria. Acne can be a side effect of having dandruff also.
Now before acne takes its toll, how to prevent? : Yes, I also believe, prevention is better than cure. Therefore I always put emphasis to prevent acne than to recover from it. The basic reason of acne is bacteria, so use one anti bacterial agent to wash your face at least three times a day. Sprinkling you face with clean cold water every once in a while keeps your face free from the excess oils and keeps a fresh look and maintains the moisture level intact. For those who have pretty sensitive skin, please do a skin test before using any new products and try to avoid crème based products as well. Keep the face clean of bacterial infection; wash your face with medicated soap if you have too much sensitive skin. Try using anti-dandruff shampoo to clean your scalp regularly. The dead cells of your scalp, i.e. dandruff will not only clog your pores but acne pops up on your shoulder and back also. Prevent, prevent and please prevent.
How to cure? : I'm going to talk about a homemade natural remedy, but may take a bit time; all I can assure is that, there will be no side effects.
Homemade Remedy: Take a bit of lemon juice, honey and papaya paste, mix them well to make a sticky paste, apply all over the face and put a thicker layer on the affected area, keep for 5-8 minutes, then sprinkle cold water to moisten your face, massage lightly and wash it away. This is a homemade anti-acne pack, which gently removes bacteria and the dark spots of your skin. Papaya has 41% vitamin A and 74% vitamin C, which enhances the softness and radiance of your face and helps to open the clogged skin pores. You can use this specific pack to scrub your face also, for that you need to add salt as the salt granules will gently remove the black heads and dead cells off your face, gently rub till the salt melts on your skin. The lemon juice will help your skin to be free of bacterial infection and the honey helps to remove any spots and tan on your skin. It's a really quick remedy, homemade and easy. Summer is the season of papaya, use fresh yellow papaya, more yellower the better, but take the seeds away before making the paste. This can be used as a relaxing mask for regular skin, if not affected by acne, it can be refreshing for your skin and it will leave you a healthy glow as its only side effect.
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Q: Methods for Factoring Cubics I am looking for some advice and tips/help about something. I am in calculus now and have been doing well but I recently realized to a bit of my own embarrassment that I am still not fully comfortable factoring cubics. I can do it usually, it just takes me a while and consists of mostly guess and checking, and not a certain process.
Ill give an example,
suppose I want to factor to solve for the roots $$-x^3+9x^2-15x+2=0$$
Now; I know there are a few general methods.
I know one way is to  factor by grouping, but this cannot be done in the example here. I know if possible you can also factor in such a manner that you have one root and can use the quadratic formula on the other.
I think I am looking for other possibilities, mainly a nice explanation of what I believe is called the "Rational Root Theorem".
It involves something along the lines of first looking at the constant term and finding at least one root by plugging in factors of that number, then using this root and the coefficient of the highest x, you use synthetic division to find the other roots.
Anyways, I am basically looking for any explanations on methods, and if someone could show me how to solve this using synthetic division that would be great.
Update: And I am also wondering for the rational root test, if the coefficient on the $x^3$ is not a 1 or -1, would not the amount of possible factors potentially be very large? how do you deal with this?
Update 2: I solved the above question as follows; I noted x=2 was a factor and did synthetic division as
x+2 | -1 9 -15 2

    | -1 7 -1 0

then did the quadratic on $-x^2+7x-1=0$
Thank you all,

A: In a first step set $$x = y + 3$$
and you will get something like this:
$${y^3} - 12y - 11 = 0$$
Then set:
$$\begin{gathered}
  y = u + v \hfill \\
  u \cdot v = 4 \hfill \\
\end{gathered}$$
should be:
$${u^3} + {v^3} - 11 + (3 \cdot u \cdot v - 12) \cdot (u + v) = 0$$
Now follows:
$$\begin{gathered}
  {u^3} + {v^3} = 11 \hfill \\
  {u^3} \cdot {v^3} = {4^3} \hfill \\
  {u^3}{u^3} + {u^3}{v^3} = 11{u^3} \hfill \\
  {u^6} - 11{u^3} + 64 = 0 \hfill \\
  {\left( {{u^3} - \frac{{11}}{2}} \right)^2} - {\left( {\frac{{\sqrt {135} }}{2}i} \right)^2} = 0 \hfill \\
  \left( {{u^3} - \frac{1}{2}\left( {11 + \sqrt {135}i } \right)} \right) \cdot \left( {{u^3} - \frac{1}{2}\left( {11 - \sqrt {135}i } \right)} \right) = 0 \hfill \\
  {u^3} = \frac{1}{2}\left( {11 + \sqrt {135}i } \right) \hfill \\
  {u^3} \cdot {v^3} = 64 \hfill \\
  \frac{1}{2}\left( {11 + \sqrt {135}i } \right){v^3} = {u^3}{v^3} = 64 \hfill \\
  {v^3} =  - \frac{{128}}{{11 + \sqrt {135}i }} = \frac{1}{2}\left( {11 - \sqrt {135}i } \right) \hfill \\
\end{gathered}$$
Right combinations of $u$ and $v$ and re-substitutions will give factorization.
In this case over field $\mathbb{C}$
Key I used: Cardano-Formula.

A: You should look up the Rational Root Theorem. Basically it says that any rational root of a polynomial with integer coefficients is of the form $\frac{a}{b}$ (in lowest terms) where $a$ divides the constant term and $b$ divides the coefficient of the highest-order term.
It's also sometimes possible to find small integer roots just "by inspection". For example, $x=1$ and $x=-1$ are easy to test just by looking at the coefficients (though neither is a root of the cubic you gave).


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Once the CrashPlan installer finishes downloading to your Mac please double click the installer to start the installation process.
Follow the on-screen prompts to install CrashPlan on your Mac.
After the installer finishes, the CrashPlan application will automatically open.
Once you've logged, locate "CrashPlan Pro" under "Destinations" and then click the Start Backup button corresponding to CrashPlan Pro.
Wait 5-10 seconds. CrashPlan will start a backup and it'll even display a message telling you that backups have started.
Click on the "Backup" tab in the column at the left and look at the section labeled "Files". By default it's set to backup your Home folder. This folder is the default location for all of your music, pictures, documents, local email messages and files on your Desktop. This is typically what I recommend you back up. However, if you want to make changes to add or remove folders, click the Change button and select additional files, folders or hard drives.
You can then quit the CrashPlan application. CrashPlan will continue to perform a backup of your Mac as long as the laptop is on, awake and connected to the Internet.
The initial back up could take days or weeks to complete depending upon how much data you've selected and the speed of your Internet connection. Until this initial backup is complete you don't have much protection, so I think CrashPlan is a nice supplemental backup to local backups performed by Time Machine.
By default, CrashPlan will send you email notices when it hasn't been able to backup your Mac in 3 days and it'll also send you a weekly summary of when the last backup occurred. You can change these email notification schedules in the Settings section.
As with any backup application, I recommend that you perform test file restorations regularly. This will ensure that the backup system is working properly and that you are comfortable performing restorations so you can do it with confidence when disaster strikes. CrashPlan offers their own instructions for restoring files and I provide instructions in a previous Tech Tip.
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Central Hawke's Bay District Council is the territorial authority for the Central Hawke's Bay District of New Zealand.

The council consists of the mayor of Central Hawke's Bay, , and eight councillors elected at large.

Composition

Councillors

 Mayor:
 Eight councillors elected at-large

History

The origins of the council date back to the Waipawa County Council, established in 1876.

Patangata County Council split off in 1885. Waipukurau County Council, Waipukurau Borough Council, Patangata County Council, Woodville County Council, Dannevirke County Council, and Waipawa Borough Council split off in 1908.

Waipukurau County Council merged with Patangata County Council in 1974 and Waipukurau Borough Council in 1977 to form Waipukurau District Council.

The other councils merged in 1978, to form Waipawa District Council.

Waipukurau District Council and Waipawa District Council merged in 1989, to create the modern council.

References

External links

 Official website

Politics of the Hawke's Bay Region
Territorial authorities of New Zealand

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It's been a while since we had any reviews here and I have to admit the fault is all mine! I have just been too busy with other personal things and as such barely had the time to look up new campaigns etc. However, things are easing up a bit and I do look forward to sharing my ideas and honest opinions on a broad spectrum of EVERYTHING, so watch this space!
Coming from me this might sound like a surprise but I have got to say there are some gadgets I have had to constantly question my need for but others I knew from the get go would be an absolute value and one of such is the HP Envy 4527 All-in-one printer.
Just like the name implies, it a printer for all times and seasons and by that I mean this printer is not just limited to printing,copying or scanning documents but it easily prints pictures too. It is a wireless and easy to use touch screen printer,capable of easily connecting to WiFi and affords you the opportunity to easily print high quality photos directly from your smart phones or tablets.
TO start with I have to say this is one of the easiest gadgets I have had to set up,I did not have to refer to the manual for once. Once plugged, it was simply ''touch and go'', via the on screen display feature it provided set up instructions including a step by step guide on how to load the ink cartridges .
The printer is quite aesthetic and makes a nice and decent addition to my home.
Its such a versatile little gadget that didn't let me down when I put it to varied work and leisure tasks i.e printed,scanned some documents and also printed some coloured pictures.
I particularly love the fact that the printer is so compact and takes up very minimal space. If I had to compare it to my previous printer in terms of design, functionality and feature , I would give the HP ENVY 4527 All-in-one printer consistently top marks,it definitely ticks most boxes for me.
I also love the fact that it is surprising quiet, I mean with my previous printer, it almost seemed like there was the 'hesitation' of whether to print or not with the constant clicking sound! Its not so with the HP Envy 4527 printer, it prints at the flick of a button, it just prints...no hesitant clicking sounds!
Apart from the fact that that it is a wireless printer, when it came to printing pictures from my phone, I realised I didn't necessarily have to connect to my wifi or any networks to do so. Once linked to phone I simply followed the on screen instructions and in no time the printer was churning out my pictures...just like that high res photos printed right in the comfort of my home .
I have to also say that the quality of my pictures were just as great as those of the ones I had printed from the photolab in the past. I also had some random documents printed off my email as well with no hassles at all either.
There are still some other features I am yet to try and this includes printing black and white pictures, which the printer is very well capable of doing, automatic two sided printing which I absolutely cannot wait to try and of course the remote printing. I really look forward to being able to send stuff straight to the printer from anywhere, whilst on the go via the printer remote mobile app.
HP ENVY 4527 currently retails at £44.99 and I have to say for that price the printer is an absolute bargain. With its set up so easy and straightforward , it is surprisingly packed with such powerful and versatile features and capable of meeting your various printing needs.
If you are someone who does a lot of remote working or working from home, you would probably find this ideal for your day to day routine and I find it functional enough to suit the needs of a very small office too.
The printer definitely works a treat and cannot fault it. I would give it 🌟🌟🌟🌟 stars.
Please note views and opinion expressed are solely mine.
Hi there! Great review but can you give any indication of how long the ink lasts for and how much it is? This is a major consideration for me. My current printer is forever running out of ink (although I don't print much) and the cartridges cost a small fortune (more than a new printer for a whole set)!
Thanks for stopping by Vicki.
The printer itself retails for £44.99 and is also instant ink ready. Its quite an economical printer as there is the regular ink replacement feature for a small monthly fee if you sign up to the HP instant ink service. That way you don't need to worry about running out of ink again, the printer automatically orders the ink itself via WIFI once it starts running low on ink.
I forgot to also say the duration of the ink will depend on how much of printing you do too. As you say,you don't print much so I imagine you should be able to go a couple of months before having to think of ordering ink. Which is why I think the HP instant ink service is a great idea as you never have to worrying about running out of ink again. The printer takes care of that as long as its connected to WIFI ( As it needs to order the ink directly from HP).
Please let me know what you think. Your views are very much welcome.
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The Dangers Faced by Taj Mahal
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Excerpt from various books on monuments of Delhi and Agra how they were destroyed and stripped during British era with special reference to the planned destruction of the Taj mahal
Prof R. Nath 'History of Decorative Art in Mughal Architecture'
"Relics of the glorious age of the Mughals were either destroyed or converted beyond recognition.
Out of 270 beautiful monuments which existed at Agra alone, before its capture by Lake in 1803, hardly 40 have survived".
Lord William Bentinck, (governor general of Bengal 1828-33, and later first governor general of all India), went so far as to announce plans to demolish the best Mogul monuments in Agra and Delhi and remove their marble facades. These were to be shipped to London, where they would be broken up and sold to members of the British aristocracy. Several of Shahjahan's pavilions in the Red Fort at Delhi were indeed stripped to the brick, and the marble was shipped off to England (part of this shipment included pieces for King George IV himself). Plans to dismantle the Taj Mahal were in place, and wrecking machinery was moved into the garden grounds. Just as the demolition work was to begin, news from London indicated that the first auction had not been a success, and that all further sales were cancelled — it would not be worth the money to tear down the TajMahal. Thus the Taj Mahal was spared. [R. Nath'sHistory of Decorative Art in Mughal Architecture]
David Carroll (in 'Taj Mahal') observes: "The forts in Agra and Delhi were commandeered at the beginning of the nineteenth century and turned into military garrisons. Marble reliefs were torn down, gardens were trampled, and lines of ugly barracks, still standing today, were installed in their stead. In the Delhi fort, the Hall of Public Audience was made into an arsenal and the arches of the outer colonnades were bricked over or replaced with rectangular wooden windows."
On Taj Mahal he says: "..By the nineteenth century, its grounds were a favorite trysting place for young Englishmen and their ladies. Open-air balls were held on the marble terrace in front of the main door, and there, beneath Shah Jahan"s lotus dome, brass bands um-pah-pahed and lords and ladies danced the quadrille. The minarets became a popular site for suicide leaps, and the mosques on either side of the Taj were rented out as bungalows to honeymooners. The gardens of the Taj were especially popular for open-air frolics….."
"At an earlier date, when picnic parties were held in the garden of the Taj, related Lord Curzon, a governor general in the early twentieth century, "it was not an uncommon thing for the revellers to arm themselves with hammer and chisel, with which they wiled away the afternoon by chipping out fragments of agate and carnelian from the cenotaphs of the Emperor and his lamented Queen." The Taj became a place where one could drink in private, and its parks were often strewn with the figures of inebriated British soldiers…"


There are two things you will never go without whilst travelling through the Mediterranean…A shortage of incredible eating experiences and being spoilt with breathtaking scenery and beaches. I might be biased, but Greece is a jewel of a country. Its landmass might be meagre compared to its European neighbours, but that doesn't take away from the richness of its diversity. There is no other country that stirs me in quite the same way Greece does. I'm in awe of its capacity to completely take my breath away.
There are two things that I go out of my way to seek while I'm travelling here. I always consult the locals about the best place to eat and I seek out all the nooks and crannies for the best place to swim.
Dinner at Levantis, Paros: In the old town of Parikia in Paros, Levantis is a complete feast for the senses. Nestled in the courtyard shaded with century old grapevines and stripped back décor, this place manages a fine balance between old and new. Serving modern Greek cuisine in a sophisticated yet completely unpretentious setting. I wish I could fly and eat there every day…It completely stole my heart.
Breakfast at Byzantino Hotel, Monemvasia: Owner Anna Traiforou has an infectious personality. Her warmth and passion exudes in every aspect of the Hotel's but what she has an exceptional talent for is cooking. I have never had a buffet breakfast like this before. All made in-house, Anna cooks with heart and soul and it's evident in each and every mouthful you sample of her incredible breakfast spread. From the steaming rice pudding to the savoury pastries, I struggled to say goodbye when it was time to leave. She knows how to make a lasting impression.
Restored Farmhouse, Ikaria: This was one of those accidental finds where you happen to be at the right place at the right time. Eavesdropping in on a conversation one night led me to the gorgeous hideaway of George and Eleni. Nestled in Ikaria's stunning mountain ranges, the husband and wife team have created a humble abode that feels like the garden of Eden. With a focus on organic framing and sustainability, George and Eleni have converted their century old stone houses into quaint accommodation. Eleni is an incredible cook. There is a feast prepared each morning for breakfast and dinner. Focusing on traditional Ikarian cuisine, communal dining is shared with fellow guests under the shade of twisting grapevines, overlooking Ikaria's sprawling mountain ranges and the couple's vineyards.
Elies Taverna, Kardamyli: Nestled within an olive grove, just across from the beach, this is where you go to find respite from the peak of the Mediterranean sun and savour a delicious feast. I can still taste the juice of the plump tomatoes in my salad. Visits here became routine during my stay in Kardamyli. Rolling off the beach and squeezing in at a table sprawling with patrons, lunches at this gorgeous taverna had me completely spoilt.
Mantela Restaurant, Sardes: The picturesque winding roads that lead to the village of Sardes set the scene for what awaits at Mantela. Alfresco dining under a vine canopy shared by locals and few fortunate visitors is the layout at this quaint but lively taverna. Traditional objet d'art decorate the interior, while the menu boasts local specialties prepared by the new generation of family members taking over the kitchen and honouring their ancestry. I always make sure I return here. It is a Lemnian institution.


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Silentnight continually innovate in creating new technologies to aid with your nightly slumber take for example The Miracoil Spring System. The Miracoil Spring System presents a distinguished support system that supports, maximises sleeping space and reduces "roll-together" so you and your partner have less disturbances from movement – making it ideal for couples who share a bed. Another example, they created a new revolutionary spring system, the Mirapocket support system. Every mattress that contains the Mirapocket support system contains small individual springs that are placed within their own pocket of fabric, allowing them to move independently from each other. With this extraordinary design, the Mirapocket spring system reduces the possibility of roll together as the Mirapocket springs adjust to your body for luxurious comfort and impeccable support. Another additional benefit of the Mirapocket spring system presents is that it has edge to edge springs, allowing for maximum sleep space without compromising on comfort.
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For over 7 decades Silentnight have been a driving force within British Bed manufacturing. Today they are recognised as a 'UK Superbrand' and household name, in company with the iconic Hippo and Duck Mascots. Being renowned for their expert craftmanship, commitment, innovation and experience that goes into every single mattress, divan and bedframes they produce.
Starting in 1946 in the North Yorkshire tow of Skipton under the name 'Clarke's Mattresses, Limited' they had continued to grow and evolve due to producing high-quality beds and mattresses which increased demand so much they had to expand to a new factory in Barnoldswick in 1949! In 1951 Clarke's Mattresses, Limited changed name to the recognized UK Superbrand, Silentnight, but they proceeded to grow at such an expeditious rate that they moved into their present premises in Barnoldswick, Lancashire.
From then on through hard work and determination they continued to ascend growing larger and larger, extending their showroom in Salterforth to present even more of their luxury products to the public in 1979. Throughout the years they continued to innovate creating the 'Ultimate spring system' also known currently as the Miracoil spring system in 1986. To exhibit the first spring system developed in the United Kingdom for over three decades, Silentnight introduced the UK to the two brand icons synonymous with Silentnight, Hippo & Duck. Using the iconic duo to illustrate the springs system's extraordinary no-roll together properties.
In 2004 Silentnight were recognised for their "dedication passion, product knowledge, exceptional quality and sleep expertise to provide sleep solutions for all the family" that makes them a UK Superbrand. Offering a wide array consumer choice, excellence, high quality comfort and support, alongside innovation and production to provide the ultimate bed selection. The strides towards innovation since being award the title of UK Superbrand, Silentnight have undertaken has not gone unrecognised. For example, the Now Zone 3 rolled mattress was awarded 'Which? Best Buy Mattresses September 2012' and 'Which? Best Buy Mattresses June 2016'and the Mirapocket 1200 mattress was also awarded the title of 'Which? Best Buy Mattresses May 2016.' With these huge achievements in 2014, they were awarded Brand of the Year for the UK Furniture – Beds Category at the distinguished World Branding Awards, where they were among 69 other bed brands from 25 other countries!
Silentnight truly understand what goes into a great night's sleep!


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Apple is acquiring NextVR, a live event streaming firm
April 5, 2020 By: Phate Zhang
Apple is believed to be in the process of acquiring a California-based virtual reality company called NextVR, 9to5Mac has learned, according to 9to5Mac.
The acquisition is expected to be valued around $ 100 million, and a shell company formed this year that's believed to be Apple is hiring most of the engineers who develop the product, the report said.
NextVR is a California-based virtual reality company known for broadcasting concerts and sports events in VR, but the company fell into financial trouble last year and laid off 40% of its staff.
The report said that Apple's acquisition of NextVR will not only bring more professional support to ARKit, but also obtain NextVR's patented technology in the field of scalable video streaming.
NextVR uses this technology to support high-quality video from music videos and sports events to VR headsets flow. NextVR has a total of more than 40 technical patents.
# Apple


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Studio et Quoque Fide
Some Thoughts on Scribes and Smelters
Lehi reading (left), Nephi smelting (middle), and Jacob writing (right),
with plates front and center. Image by Book of Mormon Central
I will apologize up front for the general lack of documentation in the this post. I've been doing a lot of reading on scribes, writing, and literacy in ancient Israel (and its ancient Near Eastern context) and wanted to hammer out some thoughts that have been jumbling around in my head. Something more refined (with sources cited) will be coming later as part of a larger work.
If there is one thing we know about Lehi and Nephi, it's that they could read and write. Nephi, we know, could write very well. 1 and 2 Nephi is an impressively crafted text which accomplishes various narrative goals whilst employing a variety of literary conventions and all kinds of subtle allusions. It is, in a word, brilliant. Whether Lehi was such a skilled writer, we don't know. We lack any samples of his direct writing, but we know he read and wrote because Nephi tells us about it. And Nephi's own learning came from Lehi, but did his own skill and learning exceed Lehi's? We don't know (but as assumed below, I think it did…).
Knowing that Lehi and Nephi could read and write, it made sense to study writing, literacy, and scribal practice in ancient Israel. So I've gone through a variety of books, articles, etc. on the topic. Among the major works I've consulted are:
David M. Carr, Writing on the Tablet of the Heart: Origins of Scripture and Literature (Oxford University Press, 2005)
Karel Van Der Toorn, Scribal Culture and the Making of the Hebrew Bible (Harvard University Press, 2007)
Seth L. Sanders, The Invention of Hebrew (University of Illinois Press, 2009)
Christopher A. Rollston, Writing and Literacy in the World of Ancient Israel: Epigraphic Evidence from the Iron Age (Society of Biblical Literature, 2010)
William M. Schniedewind, A Social History of Hebrew: Its Origins Through the Rabbinic Period (Yale University Press, 2013)
I've found each of these books to be quite interesting, and I (unsurprisingly) found things I agreed with and things I disagreed with in each of these works. I was particularly interested in what these scholars thought about who could read and write in ancient Israel. My reason for this is that hints in the text suggest that Lehi and Nephi were skilled smelters, and a number of scholars have made that argument. But would an ancient Israelite smelter have the skills of reading, writing, and scribal art? Well, I found a few intriguing hints.
Smelters and Scribes: Hints and Possibilities
First, although there is some debate, sufficient evidence suggests that literacy in Israel had become wide spread by the 7th (and some would even say the 8th) century BC. Exactly how widespread, and what it really means to be "literate" remain topics of some debate, but there is general agreement that the basic skills of reading and writing had expanded beyond a trained scribal class.
Second, artisans (or craftsmen)—such as smelters—are thought to be among those who could read and write. Of course, no one would simply assume that all craftsmen during this time were literate, nor would they think an artisan would have the same literary proficiency as a fully trained scribe. Yet it nonetheless remains true that some craftsmen, including smelters, had some ability to read and write.
Third, some kind of crossover skill set between scribes and specific trades was necessary. Inscriptions on stone necessarily required both an ability to write, and an ability to work with stone. Inscriptions on pottery vessels necessarily required both an ability to write, and an ability to work with pottery. And, of course, inscriptions in metal necessarily required both an ability to write, and an ability to work with metals. Whether it was potters, masons, and smelters who knew how to write, or scribes who learned to work with pottery, stone, and metal, there was inherent crossover in the skill sets of scribes and certain tradesmen—smelters (metalworkers) among them.
In fact (fourth), some of the earliest evidence of alphabetic writing and scribal education in Israel comes from journeymen metalworkers in the late second millennium BC. To be sure, their inscriptions are basic (though could be somewhat lengthy), and their education primitive. As writing grew more complex, eventually being a scribe would become a craft all its own, but at its inception, being a scribe in Israel was intimately connected to being a smelter.
Fifth, in Mesopotamia (and presumably Israel), some trained professionally as scribes went into other professions, or only worked as scribes part-time while working another profession as well. Granted, for the most part these other professions were bureaucratic or administrative in nature, but it is possible some couldn't find such work and had to settle for some other type of trade.
I imagine a scribe in a remote village, for instance, might not get frequent enough work as a scribe to make his living (though his skill is needed in the village), and there are no other bureaucratic positions to fill, so he necessarily has to go to work as some sort of artisan to make ends meet. Today there are highly educated people who struggle to find work in their field and end up in jobs (even blue-collar jobs) they are considered over qualified for. Although perhaps a less common problem anciently, I have a hard time imagining this was never the case in antiquity.
A Plausible Scenario
I think, given the above details, the picture in the Book of Mormon of Lehi and Nephi as reading and writing smelters becomes intriguing, to say the least. The evidence is surprisingly supportive of craftsmen with skills as both a scribe and a smelter. While having the level of proficiency that Nephi demonstrates in both writing and smelting would certainly be extraordinary, it clearly is not out of the question for someone of that time-period to have some skill in both. And there are people with extraordinary or unusual skills and talents in all ages, so I personally, at least, find the portrayal of Nephi entirely plausible.
I imagine that Lehi's ancestors in the tribe of Joseph were among the journeymen metalworkers of the second millennium BC who first begun to develop scribal practices in Israel using the Semitic alphabet. As the monarchy arose, some of them became full-time scribes working for the state while others continued on in the metalworking profession. Having a heritage as metalworkers and kin who still practiced the profession, they maintained a set of records on copper-alloyed plates.
Upon the fall of the northern kingdom (ca. 722 BC), this clan (or kin-group) consisting of both metalworkers and scribes migrated south to Jerusalem. Lehi's ancestors were, I presume, among the scribes, as were Laban's. But as displaced workers, it may have been difficult to find employment. Some (Laban's direct lineage) found work as scribes, and thus maintained possession of the records. But others (Lehi's direct lineage) couldn't find sufficient work as a scribe and thus had to pursue another profession. With metalworking a known ancestral profession—one that some (perhaps distant) kin still worked—it seemed an obvious choice.
So Lehi's great-grandfather might have gone to a distant relation to learn the metalworking trade. Since some reading and writing was necessary for doing business, artisans either learned some basic literacy skills or had to employ a scribe. Having an apprentice who was a trained scribe could thus be beneficial for a tradesmen, and Lehi's great-grandfather could have formed a mutually beneficial relationship with a metalworking kinsmen: His kin teaches him the smelting trade, and he takes care of his kin's scribal needs free of charge.
Great-granddaddy might have continued to get part-time scribal work here and there, but had taken up metalworking as his main profession now, and that is what he passed on to his sons. But he also recognized the benefits that his scribal training gave him, so he still passed on as much of that as he could. This certainly would be more limited than a person with full-blown scribal training, but also more extensive than the "basic literacy" found among those tradesmen with reading and writing skills. This combination of skills would then be passed on to Lehi's grandfather, then father, and then to Lehi himself.
Lehi, then, passed this same duel set of skills onto his sons. But Lehi was concerned about splitting his business and clientele four ways, and sought a different profession for his youngest son, Nephi. Naturally, the with family heritage as scribes and (at least distant) kinsmen in the scribal profession, crossing back over to the scribal profession made a lot of sense. So Lehi trained Nephi in the scribal arts, to the extent that he knew them, and then sought a tutor (likely a kinsmen) to further train Nephi in the scribal arts.
Given Nephi's age when they left Jerusalem (I would place him at about 14, others would push that up to 16), Nephi probably didn't complete his scribal training. But, remember that they brought someone else with them: Zoram. Laban's lineage maintained the record on copper-alloyed plates, so his great-grandfather probably had found work as a scribe in Jerusalem. But Laban himself appears to have wound up in a more bureaucratic position, so instead of keeping the records himself, he employs a scribe—Zoram—to maintain his records repository. During the 8 years in the wilderness and perhaps sometime after arriving in the promised land, Nephi could have sought continued scribal training from Zoram, his "true friend," in Lehi's words.
I will fully admit that this is entirely speculation, filled with "maybes," "perhapses" and "likelys." Others much smarter than I am can probably imagine more creative (and more plausible) scenarios. The main point, however, is that Nephi's combined skill sets as a scribe and smelter are surprisingly well supported by the evidence from antiquity. Only the fact that Nephi appears highly proficient in both trades remains out of the ordinary, but certainly not out of the question.
Ancient Near East Book of Mormon Christopher Rollston David Carr Karel Van Der Toorn Lehi Metalworking Nephi Scribes Seth Sanders William Schniedewind
grinchpiggy January 23, 2017 at 10:57 AM
Here is an extract from my next book I am hoping you will review:
le'um: writing board
ĝešle (form of le'um) [ĝeš is not pronounced in Sumerian but indicates "wood"] so pronounced word is "le"
e: to leave, to go out; to remove, take away; to bring out; to enter; to bring in; to raise, rear (a child); to sow; to rent
he2-i-i, e3-i3, he2-I, he-i (form of e)
hi: to mix (up); to alloy
Constructed Compound Sumerian based Word: Lehi
Anita Wells January 24, 2017 at 9:24 AM
I've got an article coming in an upcoming volume of the Interpreter about the Book of Mormon records from a librarian/archivist viewpoint, and wish I'd had your thoughts and resources to include in that! I used some details from Rollston, and you'll want to look at Brant A. Gardner's "Nephi as a Scribe," http://publications.mi.byu.edu/publications/review/23/1/S00004-51769f77663b04Gardner.pdf
Neal Rappleye January 24, 2017 at 12:45 PM
I look forward to seeing your paper when it is available! I have read Brant's paper, but it's been a few years. I don't think it addresses the questions I have in mind, but yes, it is a very good paper and part of what got me started on this quest.
An Ancient Perspective on 5 Symbols in Lehi's Dream
As we study 1 Nephi 8–10 this week, the Come Follow Me manual invites us to create a chart pairing five symbols from Lehi's dream with the meaning of that symbol, and consider questions to ponder about each symbol. Many readers are of course aware that Nephi has a vision that offers expansive interpretations of the many symbols, and the manual encourages us to read passages from the vision while doing this exercise. There is also extensive modern commentary on the dream from General Authorities and religious educators. All of those are wonderful resources.
Here, I'd like to offer some ancient Israelite and Near Eastern perspectives on the main five symbols of Lehi's dream, not as a replacement of the interpretations by Nephi or modern commentators, but as a complimentary supplement—something additional to consider and ponder. In many cases, these ancient perspectives actually support the interpretations by Nephi, or at least help us understand how he deciphered the symbolism put bef…
Official Church Statement on Book of Mormon Geography
About a month ago, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints released a statement on the geography of the Book of Mormon, and even more recently it has made some revisions and changes to that statement. It's short, and sweet, and to the point. Some may be tempted to significantly add to it or bicker over its wording, but I think to do so would be inconsistent with the spirit and purpose of the statement, and be a kin to "steadying the ark," as it were.
The Church has said what its chosen to say, and even made modifications to further clarify its intent. I have no doubt that the Church was deliberate and judicious in doing so. As such, I think it's worth it to look carefully at some of the key statements and consider their implications for discussions about Book of Mormon geography going forward. I'd recommend, of course, that you read the whole thing for yourself and come to your own conclusions.
The main take away is (emphasis is mine in all quotations):
Although Church mem…
7 Archaeological Discoveries Related to 1 Nephi 1–7
This week's Come Follow Me lesson focuses on 1 Nephi 1–7 in the Book of Mormon, which tells the story of Lehi's call as a prophet in Jerusalem, the people's rejection of his message, his flight with his family into the wilderness, establishing camp in a river-valley along the coast of the Red Sea, and his sons two return trips back to Jerusalem—first to get the plates of brass from Laban, and then to recruit Ishmael and his family to join them.
To go along with your reading this week, I thought it would be fun to highlight seven archaeological discoveries related to these chapters in the Book of Mormon. I do not present them as evidence for the Book of Mormon, per se, but rather as a few simple and straightforward examples of how archaeological discoveries can enrich our study of ancient scripture, including the Book of Mormon. While these do not yield major insights into the early setting of the Book of Mormon, they do help us see how some details in the Book of Mormon connect to th…


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This plugin allows for the [Mautic Helper Chrome Extension](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/category/extensions) to keep track of emails sent to leads from within Gmail.

### Requirements

- Mautic installed on a publicly accessible URL.
- Gmail account (for email tracking).
- [Mautic Helper Chrome Extension](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/category/extensions)

### Configure the plugin
1. Install the Mautic plugin as usual. It will appear on the plugins page in Mautic.
![image](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/2924026/18927139/dc426b0e-8577-11e6-934d-d428c2bf8cef.png)

2. Click on the Gmail plugin button and enter a secret or key to validate the Mautic Helper Chrome Extension
![image](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/2924026/18927155/f336b23e-8577-11e6-99a7-9e1e5b493f5c.png)

3. Install the [Mautic Helper Chrome Extension](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/category/extensions) from the Chrome Web Store
![image](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/2924026/18927690/2c995d2c-857a-11e6-9870-c5bf5b27e3be.png)

4. Configure the extension using the options page that will automatically be displayed. (Remember to use the same secret you entered in Mautic)
![image](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/2924026/18927264/63b57608-8578-11e6-8721-07c0422ab9b8.png)

5. On the Chrome browser there will be a button that will notify of new events on the contacts timeline.
![image](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/2924026/18927593/cea645ea-8579-11e6-90e3-d760d0d0d682.png)

6. To track an email sent to a lead, click the Track Email button on the Compose window in Gmail
![image](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/2924026/18927624/e54bd2f6-8579-11e6-92f1-880fcc1c5839.png)

7. This will append a tracking GIF to the email with the following syntax:  [[MAUTIC_URL]]/index.php/gmail/tracking.gif?d=H4sIAAAAAAAEAIVRTW%2FCMAz9LRyCtgNVlFBpHHroWsRuk8ak7RpaUzqaGCUp0H8%2Fpy0TH4dJUZy892w921uLOvkCa8BGK2WLWi2dt6pUbM7PYPEcFainoFXdJKdBVvUy4quA9rxrNz9Q%2BCQ16HdgmeAenKewpfIU3lvfIO6nGyy75HNXO8LQAN3984R2X5tqMpkwnjOejrfg19%2FBJIHBJsskS3M1MOvOedChUA5HaPBAsp54a7UyBH%2BAw9YWECRrsMc6PHvFd2iR0NfW1QbcjUDwMjhctYqqq0YxkQU6SqMhNxi85GeoD8p0134zaBom%2By4ezlPMxTPFeCH5TLzI%2BdgizeEu5aIUQixmIubjSG5WAY8bC8kyC%2FvxSBX%2Flcvl3bT%2Fvr8k1oBgIQIAAA%3D%3D&sig=cf078d5b

8. The Mautic plugin will then validate the information using the secret to compare signatures and then attach that email to the contact's profile as part of their activity history. If the lead or leads don't exist, they are created automatically
![image](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/2924026/18927644/f70f71fa-8579-11e6-91be-6acaba36e7e6.png)

## URL Parameter Length Issue
; Please note that PHP setups with the suhosin patch installed will have a
; default limit of 512 characters for get parameters. Although bad practice,
; most browsers (including IE) supports URLs up to around 2000 characters,
; while Apache has a default of 8000.

; To add support for long parameters with suhosin add the following to php.ini
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Images of Jesus (2005); producer, writer, narrator
While Jesus lived, no one made a picture, sketch, or painting of him. Since then every image of Jesus came from the minds and hands of those who lived after he died. This documentary, traces the evolving look of Christ from the first figuration from 320 AD of Jesus as an astonished shepherd boy, to the present day. Mr. Wolff documents the wooden icons of the Eastern Church, the stained glass windows of the great cathedrals, the fresco paintings of the poorer churches, the woodcuts on paper, the silk paintings from the east, Giotto's Lamentation, Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper, The Pieta, The Sistine Chapel, Michelangelo's The Last Judgment, and more.
First Prize from the Religious Relations Council, nominated for an Emmy Award
Becoming Van Gogh (2002); producer, writer, narrator
A look at Vincent van Gogh's early life and artistic influences. including his failed attempts to work in his uncle's art business and his expulsion from divinity school. He started as a poverty stricken impressionist, but his paintings became the most valuable canvases in the history of art. The artist may have suffered from mental illness but he never lost touch with reality, which is manifested in his letters and art. He said "I am not, strictly speaking, mad. My mind is absolutely normal when I paint. But in the intervals, during the attacks, I lose consciousness of everything. When the madness passes I am impelled to work.—I must hurry to finish what I have to do."
Nominated for an Oscar
The Rise and Fall of Impressionism (1999); producer, writer, narrator
A look at the impetus of the movement and the lives and social interactions of its inventors, most notably Monet, Edouard Manet, Berthe Morisot, Edgar Degas, Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Mary Cassatt, as well as their artistic subjects and approach to their art. Mr. Wolff makes that point that impressionism was a radical departure in art. Instead of depicting royalty and elegance, ordinary people and outdoor scenes became the subject matter. Also, for the first time women became noted artists.
Writer's Guild Award
Michelangelo Restored (1998); producer, writer, and narrator
For 13 years, camera crews followed the painstaking restoration of the Sistine Chapel and the cleaning of Michelangelo's frescoes. Michelangelo, Restored documents this amazing rebirth, as well as the complexity of the great master's extraordinary accomplishment.
International Monitor Award, Film Originated Television Specials – Best Achievement
Picasso Paints Picasso (1998); producer, writer, narrator
Pablo Picasso is most famous painter of the 20th Century. In his lifetime he created twenty thousand works of art. His favorite subject was himself, often disguised, and almost everything he painted was a clue to his life. The puzzle of Picasso is that he drew a diary of his emotions every day. Every canvas was an entry into his personal Spanish journal.
An Essay on Matisse (1996); producer, writer, narrator
An Essay on Matisse chronicles the life and art of Henri Matisse, the revered French painter whose style forever changed the face of 20th-century art. Through Matisse's provocative paintings, producer and writer Perry Wolff documents the evolution of the revolutionary artist, who was the first to put color at the center of art. Based in part on the recollections of Pierre Matisse, Henri's son, this documentary traces the life of this master artist.
Writer's Guild Award, Nominated for an Oscar for Best Short Documentary


There are more than 8000 children and youth in care in Alberta. While research on the impact of mentoring for this population is at an early stage, studies have shown that healthy relationships created through formal mentoring programs can positively impact social, emotional, and academic functioning for children and youth in care.
The Children and Youth in Care and Mentoring Project enlisted the time and efforts of various organizations to develop tools and knowledge to support agencies providing mentoring programming to children and youth in care. As part of the Children and Youth in Care and Mentoring Project, there were plans to develop a toolkit to ensure the learnings were accessible. At the same time the Ontario Mentoring Coalition had just completed the development of a Toolkit on Effective Mentoring for Youth Facing Barriers to Success, which included a section on Children and Youth in Care.
The Alberta Mentoring Partnership and the Ontario Mentoring Coalition collaborated with the support of Alberta Human Services and the Ontario Ministry of Children and Youth Services, to create a toolkit outlining strategies and practices for mentoring children and youth in care. The Toolkit on Effective Mentoring for Youth Facing Barriers to Success provides further information on developing, implementing, evaluating and sustaining mentoring initiatives for youth facing multiple barriers to success.
In 2014, the Children and Youth in Care and Mentoring Project was established when funding from Alberta Human Services was provided with the goal of increasing the number of children and youth in care with access to a mentor. The purpose of the project is to foster meaningful relationships between mentors and vulnerable youth. Three established mentoring organizations, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Calgary and Area, Red Deer Youth and Volunteer Centre Foundation, and Boys & Girls Clubs Big Brothers Big Sisters of Edmonton and Area Society, joined the project by developing and/ or growing mentoring programming for children and youth in care and participating in a program evaluation. The three sites combined report 339 new matches as of March 2016 made during this pilot, supporting children and youth in forming healthy and enduring mentoring relationships with caring adults while receiving intervention services, throughout transitions and post care.
To increase the number of mentors for children and youth in care.
The Youth in Care and Mentoring Advisory Committee commissioned a literature review on mentoring youth in care in a Canadian context. Literature on programs that focus on mentoring youth in care were sought out, as opposed to programs that serve a range of youth including those in care. Initially academic studies of mentoring youth in care were examined. When unavailable for specific topics, grey literature was referenced. As much of the literature on this topic originates from the United States, interviews were conducted with individuals with expertise in mentoring youth in care in the Canadian context. The academic, grey literature and interview responses were then critically reviewed and summarized according to thematic categories.
The Children and Youth in Care and Mentoring Pilot Sites Evaluation is intended to help better understand mentoring children and youth in care, the initial achievements and contributions of the pilot sites, and strengthen this work, with the eventual aim of expanding to be provincial in nature.
Overall, the evaluation will help to determine what aspects are working well and why, which are not and why, and offer a regular feedback loop with learning opportunities for pilot sites to make modifications when necessary, learn from each other, and help to guide implementation.
This document outlines the Children & Youth in Care and Mentoring Program Design, informed through an extensive literature review, stakeholder consultation, evaluation and evidence-informed practice. This work is relational, collaborative, and significant as mentoring relationships positively impact the lives of children and youth in care in Alberta.
This resource is available as a no-fee benefit of your participation in the Alberta Mentoring Partnership and was compiled based on the experiences of prior youth in care mentoring projects across Alberta.
Information learned and collected from the Mentoring Youth in Care Literature Review and the pilot sites' ongoing evaluation was synthesized and expanded upon to develop an online toolkit for organizations wishing to build and enhance mentoring programs for children and youth in care.
Subsequently, the Ontario Mentoring Coalition, with funding from the Ontario Ministry of Children and Youth Services, was working to develop a toolkit on mentoring youth facing barriers to success. This provided an opportunity to collaborate and enhance each other's work to develop a useful resource to support mentoring organizations. The result is an enhanced toolkit delivering information on developing, implementing, evaluating and sustaining mentoring initiatives for youth facing multiple barriers to success, including children and youth in care.


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Pacers final score: Pacers defeat Nuggets in OT 109-105
Indiana closed out their first overtime win over Denver thanks to Monta Ellis, who led Indiana with 32 points and nine rebounds. Jordan Hill had 20 points and six blocks.
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The Indiana Pacers did it. They won in overtime. They closed out a close game. Despite their best effort at times, they did not give a win away. It's a new dawn for a Pacers team that put themselves in a position they could've avoided facing the Denver Nuggets. The Pacers had tremendous ball movement in the first half, using 17 assists to build a 59-51 halftime lead.
Out of the break, however, the tempo went against Indiana, with the Pacers turning the ball over at will, allowing the Nuggets the chance to seize their own opportunity to outscore Indiana 32-21 in the third quarter, taking a three point lead into the final quarter. Neither team had much going for them offensively in the fourth. Indiana's defense was good enough to win, but missed shots put the game much more in doubt than the Pacers would've liked.
Monta Ellis would split a trip at the free throw line to tie the game at 99-99 with 1:23 remaining, and after a pair of stops, the Pacers had the ball with a chance to win, resulting in a failed isolation three pointer by Ellis, sending the game into overtime. Once there, Indiana built up two five point leads, but allowed Denver to trim the lead to one with just over a minute remaining.
Indiana forced a turnover with 23 seconds remaining to once again set them up in a must-win situation, this time up one. A bad trap by the Denver defense allowed Ellis to break free, going towards the basket for a game sealing three point play, allowing Indiana the 109-105 victory. The Nuggets had 20 seconds to make a game of it, but chose to pass rather than try and score, helping Indiana to seal the victory on defense.
Ellis had a season high 32 on the night, leading Indiana on offense all night. Ellis had nine rebounds, six assists, and three steals to go along with his scoring punch, being not only a leader on the floor, but on the bench, to help Indiana secure their second straight victory. Ellis continued his hot shooting from deep, hitting four more tonight in eight attempts.
Myles Turner and Jordan Hill anchored the Indiana front line with Ian Mahinmi missing action. The two combined for 28, with 20 coming from Hill, but the rim protection of the both was what really helped Indiana. The two had all 10 of Indiana's blocks, with Hill sending away six. Turner struggled shooting the ball, but was effective with nine rebounds along with seven from Hill.
Paul George had 19, hitting two big buckets at the end of regulation and in overtime to help lift Indiana to the win, but it was his ball movement that was most impressive. George led the team with seven assists, he and Indiana making a number of impressive passes in the first half in particular.
Lavoy Allen and Solomon Hill each had good nights on the glass with six boards apiece, but the lack of scoring punch off the bench was evident, especially with C.J. Miles dropping back into his shooting slump, scoring two on 1-4 shooting. Joe Young led the bench with seven points on 3-6 shooting.
The Pacers move back to three games above .500 with the win, moving them up to seventh, but more importantly, gaining a three game cushion from falling out of the playoffs. The Pacers will have a tough test on Monday, however, when they host the Cleveland Cavaliers, who have been rolling since firing their head coach David Blatt.