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Journal of Historical, Philological and Cultural Studies
Publishing Ethics & Peer Reviewing
A.O. Zakharov (Moscow) – Lowly man of great ambition: a failure by Baron Modest von Korff
Article & Abstract
Baron Modest Andreevich von Korff (1800–1876) was a classmate of Russian greatest poet Alexander Pushkin. He had made his career up very quickly and turned the State Secretary of the Russian Empire when he was just thirty-three. In 1843, he was appointed a member of the State Council of the Russian Empire. However, he had strong desire to be a minister. Russian high society believed von Korff would have been a minister on several occasions. He was a candidate to minister of justice in 1839, to minister of public education in 1849, and to minister of censorship in 1859.
Von Korff kept diaries from 1838 to 1852. Few of his diaries have been published in Russia during the last years. Von Korff's diaries shed light on the backstage of the Russian bureaucracy and on the Emperor Nickolas I's decision-making process.
The article deals with von Korff's fi rst failure in his scramble to the ministerial offi ce. His lack of fortune seemingly was a result, on the one hand, of his position as the State Secretary, and, on the other hand, of his reputation as an arrogant man. Such view was held by Nickolas I and was very annoying for von Korff who considered himself shy. Von Korff did struggle with his 'arrogance' and turned to servanthood and timeserving.
Russian bureaucracy, 19th century, Modest von Korff, State Council of the Russian Empire, Minister of Justice
Anton O. Zakharov
Institute of Oriental Studies, Moscow, Russia
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This reloads the Main menu (stored at (md)0xa000) when the user presses a key.
This may look OK, but if the user presses the ESC key (as some were apparently doing!), then the pause command returns FALSE and the configfile command is not executed. Instead, control continues on the next lines of code and so it allows the user to proceed.
This is because if the user presses ENTER or ESC, the set command will return FALSE and so configfile will be executed. However, if the user types a normal key or word (e.g. abc) and then presses ENTER, the set command returns TRUE and so the configfile command is not executed.
Also, I had some incorrect lines where I used set /p A= && configfile (md)0xa000+0x50, and this would only work if the user actually typed something before pressing ENTER.
The new fix is to call a subroutine to prompt for a key and then prompt the user to press [ENTER] and then run the configfile command. It also displays the prompt in the user's language too.
Since there have been several 1.78 versions and since this issue is in 1.77 and 1.78C, I have decided to skip officially releasing 1.78C and instead jump to v1.79.
Please update your E2B USB drives with v1.79f (or later) and report any issues. If no issues are reported within a few days, I will release it as v1.79.
Note: This issue is now fixed by using a later version of grub4dos. Please update your E2B drive to use the latest version of E2B.
4. Any E2B USB drive will report the same error on the same system - it is not a problem with the E2B USB drive.
5. Repeating the same OS install procedure often 'fixes' the issue, so the problem cannot be reproduced.
The bug seems to be that grub4dos 0.4.6a does not like something about the one or more partitions (or partition table?) on the internal hard drive. Going to the grub4dos command prompt after the error occurs, may also result in weird things like the 's' key not working! The problem may be associated with the swap partition (guess at this point!).
If you encounter this issue and would like to help debug the problem, please do NOT change the internal hard disk in any way (or we won't be able to reproduce the issue and debug it) and contact me.


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An Interview With Iron Helmet Games
Jim Rossignol
18th January 2011 / 12:00PM
If one thing gets RPS' collective heart racing, it's slowform strategy games with inscrutable diplomatic dimensions. Well, John's bit of the heart doesn't race to that, but it's cold and black, and makes this weird groaning noise… Anyway, one company which has been masterful in the production of these kinds of games is Australian outfit Iron Helmet, who have been responsible for first Neptune's Pride and now Blight Of The Immortals, both browser-based multiplayer strategies of excellent repute. We spoke to their mastermind, Jay Kyburz, and asked him to explain his activities.
RPS: Hello! Can you tell us a bit about Iron Helmet? Who are you and what is your plan?
Kyburz: Iron Helmet is a small studio dedicated to making cool web based strategy and mobile games. Our Plan? To make fun games and be our own bosses!
RPS: Good plan. Neptune's Pride seems to have made quite an impact, and was one of our highlights of the year – but how do you feel it went down? Did it deliver what you intended? And was it a commercial success for you guys?
Kyburz: Neptune's Pride did much better than I was expecting. I thought it was a weird little game with no graphics that would only appeal to me and my nerdy friends. I didn't expect people to understand the Diplomacy part of the game at all. We were really lucky that a few key media people really "got" the whole diplomacy thing and enjoyed some long games with their friends. It was a financial successful in that we recovered our development costs, but it hasn't made us rich.
RPS. That's a shame, because being rich is awesome. Tell us a bit about how you came to be developing Blight of The Immortals, and what process lead up to that… What is the game about?
Kyburz: Blight of the Immortals is a bit of a departure from Neptune's Pride. We wanted to build a game that had a more interesting world for players to explore. We wanted some mechanics that were a little deeper or more complex. We wanted to give the players more to think about. Most importantly we wanted to make a game that was less intimidating than Neptune's Pride. A game that is less stressful and more enjoyable to play. We decided that the best way to do this was to allow players to work together rather than against one another.
I had a theory about Neptune's Pride that I think a lot of the enjoyment of the game comes from the alliances and friendships you make. The nefarious back room dealings and backstabbing create a lot tension and excitement, but it only servers to contrast the good stuff. I wanted to see what would happen if you take away the backstabbing and replace it with a really scary, mindless, zombie AI. Would the game still be exciting? Blight of the Immortals is about players working together to fend off a common enemy.
RPS: So yes: Blight seems focused on the PvE game right now – is that the intention? For PvP to be the less important game? (I say this because PvP seems less balanced, at least from the game I just played.) Would you like to see more co-op strategy games? (I've always thought that those FPS games where a bunch of you fight waves of AI bots needs more equivalents in other genres, this seems to be that.)
Kyburz: We've been really focused on this idea that Blight is about working with with people, rather than against them and we're not even happy with this aspect of the game yet. We are still looking for more tools and special powers that will allow players to work together in interesting ways. I'd love to see more co-op strategy games. I've spent many an evening playing 4 player vs 4 computers in games like Company of Heroes and Dawn of War. Its heaps of fun to rush over to save your friends from an AI horde, or plan a big attack together.
One thing I like in these games is that with each time you play you can increase the difficulty of the AI to discover how good you are as a group. In Blight of the Immortals we have plans for an achievement system that will encourage players to complete each map at harder and harder difficulty levels.
RPS: Hmm. The starting positions for both your games, particular the PvP in Blight, seems uneven. Position, resources – that can all give you a better or worse start. Is that deliberate?
Kyburz: I really love Starcraft but one thing I don't like about it is that everybody starts on an even playing field. The sides are carefully balanced and each player starts with the same amount of resources and access points.
Most people would say this is absolutely critical, but I would argue that is actually makes that game more difficult and less enjoyable for new players, limits the number of interesting strategies for experienced players, and reduces the amount of player interaction.
When the player starts are perfectly balanced the game is more difficult and less enjoyable for new players because when you lose, there is nothing else to blame except for your own ineptitude. Whether is your shoddy build queue or your clumsy micro, when the map is balanced it's perfectly its clear to everybody why you lost. You suck. When the map has a little randomness in it, there are lots more reasons why you had your ass kicked. When the game is over you don't feel like a loser, you feel like you want to jump back in and try again, this time you'll get a better starting spot, start a little stronger, and with a little luck this time you'll win.
It limits the number of interesting strategies because players don't need to alter their build queues or troop movements based on the strengths and weaknesses of their start. Starcraft is notorious for it, players practice a single strategy over and over. You can read all about the perfect Terran build, or how to rush with Zerg. Admittedly no plan survives contact with the enemy, even in Starcraft, but often by the time your armies are fighting the game is already over. It's far more interesting to have to think about what you have, scout your enemies to see what they have, and actually develop a strategy based on your relative strength and weaknesses. A strategy game should be about developing strategies, not just practicing and polishing the one or two ideal strategies the game affords.
I love player interaction, the more the better. It's so much more rewarding to play online with real people than sit at home jumping though the hoops of a game designer. When you start a strategy game weaker than the other players, one of the best things you can do is try and line up some allies. Your first move should be chatting with the other players, trying to line up a mutually beneficial deal. You have to or your dead already. Ideally, even though you are small, you'll have something they want. A rare resource, a special unit, or even just a border they can trust. Making a deal, with real people, is really fun and rewarding.
Both our games Neptune's Pride and Blight of the Immortals drop players in random unbalanced player starts. It sux to get a bad start, but in the long run we think its leads to a more fun, more interesting game that encourages players to work with each other as well as against.
RPS: Good answer! It's almost like you thought about this stuff before I put it to you… Anyway, isn't the issue with a timer-based game like Blight that people can win by "setting the alarm clock" and being there to spawn armies, or reverse their decisions, when the time is right?
Kyburz: It's a difficult problem for us because a lot of the excitement and tension in the real-time game comes from the fact that it's always ticking along in the background. You think about your game all day because at any time you can fire up your browser and see how things are going. Perhaps dispatch an army or spend a few coins. The challenge for us as game designers is to limit the advantage this buys you. One of the things I didn't like about Neptune's Pride is that as you researched Speed, it took less time to travel between stars and as a result, as the game progressed, required more and more of your time and attention.
In Blight of the Immortals we are trying to avoid mechanics that speed up the game. We want players to be able to get into a rhythm of logging in at times that are good for them. It might be first thing in the morning, at lunch time or the evening. It might be all three. If it takes 18 hours to march from one city to the next at the start of the game, it should take the same amount of time at the end. To some extent, in the co-op game I think its ok for you to do better than the other players because you worked a little harder. In games like World of Warcraft you level up faster by grinding more hours. In Blight you can kill more zombies by logging in more often.
For players who really object to this and want to play on a level playing field we have the turn based mode. Each player has 24 hours to queue up a set of actions and then when everybody is ready, the game jumps forward 12 hours. These turn based games are great for the office because you can ask everybody to have a turn ready every hour and play 6 or 8 turns a day. You could finish a whole game in a week.
RPS: The ability to be able to stop an army in Blight seems like a major problem for PvP – in NP you had to make the decision and that was it. Surely it should be the same here, to avoid those last minute "oh no actually I will turn back" moments. it seems like this kind of game needs to make you commit, so you aren't popping in to micromanage every hour?
Kyburz: There is a problem with any action that is instant. Changing the direction of your armies, casting spells, or buying reinforcements. Any action that an opponent might want to be able to respond to. You get into a watching and waiting game with your opponent, and if you don't log in as often as them you might miss your opportunity to act. Neptune's Pride had a similar problem where players with large fleets would face off, waiting for the other to show their hand before choosing which target to attack or defend. Players would try and wait for their opponent to be asleep or away from their computer before attacking. It's more complex in Blight of the Immortals because there is so much more you can do each day. So much more you have to respond to.
There is a real tension here between the PvP game and the PvE game. For single player we deliberately added features that you can see and enjoy the benefits of immediately, while you are logged in and playing. When you buy reinforcement, it's cool to see the size of your army increase. In Neptune's Pride it was disappointing that nothing happens while you are sitting playing it, you have log in the next day to see the results of everything.
I don't think PvP is ever going to work well as a slow real time game. It will always demand to much of a players time and attention in order to win. I was saying before how I like asymmetrical player starts, but disadvantages to overcome in game are different to being on the back foot because you simply can't play every hour on the hour 24 hours a day. Instead PvP is going to be best played in turn based games. In a turn based game you have to commit to your moves every turn. In a turn based game, everybody effectively logs in the same amount and there is no point getting up in the middle of the night to tweak stuff. I'm really excited bout PvP in turn based mode. It has all the fun of the single player game, but with the extra tension and excitement of having to make and break alliances as in Neptune's Pride. Co-op is the focus right now but we are putting a lot of effort into turn based and PvP too.
Perhaps our next game will be entirely turn based!
RPS: Why browser-based games and not a standalone client?
Kyburz: Because browsers are everywhere and there is nothing to install! It makes it much easier to get into a game and start playing. We have players on Windows, Mac and even sometimes Linux. We have plans to see the game on mobiles and tablets one day too. There is no way we would be able to support all these platforms without being browser based.
Another great thing is that nobody owns the platform. We don't have to seek the approval of Microsoft or Apple before making a new release. And we can fix bugs and make a release every single day. And we have direct access to our customers. And we own and manage our own advertising on the site. There are heaps of advantages.
RPS: What games do you look at and feel envious of?
Kyburz: Love Armageddon Empires, Solium Infernum and I'm looking forward to Cryptic Comets next game Six Gun Saga. I think these games have a great flavor, depth and complexity that I would like to see in our games too. I think Revenge of the Titans was amazing. Great style, simple concept, heaps of polish. Gratuitous Space Battles is also a really cool game. I haven't played it as much as I would have liked. It looks great and I love the concept. Played heaps of Desktop Dungeons, do you think I could make a rogue-like strategy game?
Also been playing a little game called Bronze from Deamspike Studios. It really captures that board game on the computer feel. I like the historical flavor of this one. I heard that the developers did quite a bit of research about the Bronze age while developing it. I'd like to make a historical game one day.
RPS: Hmm. I would not complain about more great browser-based roguelikes. So you turned Blight around pretty quickly after NP – is that going to be characteristic, are we going to see a game a year from you? Or do you expect to slow down and evolve things further?
Kyburz: Right now we are really focused on Blight of the Immortals and Neptune's Pride. We want these games as good as they can be before we think about taking on a new project! But we have so many cool ideas for new games…
RPS: Oh, me too! But, er, thanks for your time.
Tagged with interview, Iron Helmet Games, Jay Kyburz, Blight Of The Immortals, Neptune's Pride.
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Home News Union survey sees students leading future of University accommodation
Union survey sees students leading future of University accommodation
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Student Accommodation remains firmly on the St Andrews agenda with the Students' Association and University working together on the best way to implement results from the SRC's (Student Representative Council) Accommodation Survey.
Carried out at the start of the academic year, almost a thousand students completed the survey across a wide spread of academic years and accommodation situations. This equals the University's own survey completed by students at the end of the last academic year.
Dougal Adamson, SRC Accommodation Officer, feels the SRC survey compliments that of the University: "Where RBS's [Residential and Business Services] yearly survey looks for the students to review their experience of the last year in halls in terms of satisfaction, the SRC Accommodation Survey focused more on the future, and specifically what a future hall might look like (if people even want one) as well looking more broadly at some Accommodation Issues within St Andrews."
The findings were presented by Mimi Taylor and Cassi Roberts of the SRC Accommodation team on Friday 2 November to members of the Universities Residential Strategy Working Group, who are behind the long terms decisions for university accommodation.
Student accommodation has been an increasingly prevalent issue across universities in the UK with a joint report from the NUS and Unipol revealing that average university accommodation prices have almost doubled over the last ten years in Scotland, with a 19% increase seen over just the past three years.
Martin Blakey, Chief Executive, Unipol Student Homes said: "Costs of private sector accommodation and educationally provided accommodation have moved much closer together over the last three years. It is important for universities and colleges to acknowledge the vital role they have to play in enhancing access and the student experience by providing distinctive and affordable accommodation for their students within a not for profit framework."
According to the SRC survey St Andrews students value cost, location and hall spirit as the determining factors in choosing a hall of residence and 66% said they felt a sense of hall spirit in their accommodation. Students were also overwhelmingly in favour of the integration of financially assessed students into other halls of residence through grants and bursaries with 78% saying they would support this. 83% were in favour of the expansion of existing halls to accommodate more students and 60% would be willing for the University to work with outside developers.
The SRC survey results will have their first impact on the all important affordable end of university housing next semester during the refurbishment of Fife Park. Recently Fife Park residents were offered places in DRA and Agnes Blackadder Hall starting in January 2013 partly as a way to make use of the almost 300 vacant rooms left in halls.
Outside of University owned accommodation, the SRC survey also found that 67% of students asked said they found it difficult or very difficult to find private accommodation in St Andrews, with only 8.5% saying they found it easy.
This has been reflected in the setting up of a new Town Commission by the Community Council of St Andrews who are hoping to combat what has been officially labelled a "pressured housing area." A reference group has been created, headed by Graham Wynd of the St Andrews Preservation Trust and comprising of the local elected councillors and representatives from the Students' Association, the University, the Community Council, the Residents' Associations and the Preservation Trust.
The Commission will first gather information on housing in the town through a survey and through talks with important stakeholders such as council housing officials, landlords associations, university and tenants. After analysing the data collected, the Commission will formulate recommendations to address the problem and present these recommendations to the relevant authorities.
Student's Association President Freddie Fforde has praised the Accommodation team's efforts: "I'm delighted to see a constructive approach between the Association and the University in working together on what we want the future to look like."
He added: "The University now has a valuable data set that will guide answers to our accommodation problems in a manner that is directly led by student views – that is how we will best achieve positive change ahead."
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In an atmosphere of Christian living, WLRC, a non-profit active retirement community, seeks to own, operate and maintain individual living accommodations for independent seniors and to promote and maintain friendly, understanding relationships among the members of our Christian community.
WLRC seeks to provide services that meet the physical, social, psychological, and spiritual needs of the residents and that also contribute to the maximization of their health, security, happiness, and usefulness.
WLRC seeks to maintain financial solvency to assure continuation of the retirement facility for the benefit of current and future residents.
As a not-for-profit organization, Willamette Lutheran Retirement Community is mindful of the social concerns and priorities of the community.
Non-Profit Status and Social Accountability
A non-profit organization is one that does not distribute its surplus funds (profits) to owners or shareholders, but instead uses them to help pursue its own goals. A non-profit organization is allowed to have a surplus of revenues over expenditures, otherwise it would fail or stagnate. While they are able to earn a profit, more accurately called a surplus, such earnings must be retained by the organization for its self-preservation, expansion and future plans. The surplus is not subject to income tax as long as the funds are received and spent to fulfill its mission as enumerated in its tax exemption request.
Social Accountability is a process by which an organization justifies its charitable mission, non-profit status and its benefit to the community or society. This can be done through financial statements or by "telling your story". The purpose is to earn public trust, enhance its reputation and increase the confidence of the consumers it serves and their families. Some of the things that Willamette Lutheran does to benefit our community and to positively affect those outside of our campus are:
Partner with Easter Seals for job experience and training
Partner with Centennial School for job experience in food service and housekeeping
Donations to McNary High School and other youth programs
Training opportunities, job site for Garten Foundation
Staff involvement with the Keizer Iris Festival Parade (10 years)
Donation of furniture and household goods to Union Gospel Mission
Staff involvement with Meals On Wheels
Site for AARP Driver's Safety Class
Staff participation with Rotary Club (serving as President)
Fundraising for the Muscular Dystrophy Association
Support the Turnaround Achievement Awards for Salem/Keizer schools
Pastors Networking
Job shadowing for local students
A community blood pressure clinic twice weekly
Donations and fundraising for the 50+ Center and Keizer Senior Center
Staff involvement with Keizer Chamber of Commerce (Board of Directors)
Donation of food to Marion Polk Food Share
Partner with Oak Street Church – food and staff to serve the Silverton Community
References: Wikipedia.com and AAHSA.org


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Mahatma Das
Mahatma's Projects
Video Kirtans
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THE MAKING OF FOREVER
As a teenager, I spent endless hours with my guitar recording songs I wrote. But every song I wrote left me with a feeling of emptiness, a feeling that I needed to communicate something deeper than "Baby, I love you."
It is said the two important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why you were born. By my 19th birthday, in May of 1969, the second important day still hadn't yet arrived, and I was desperately waiting for it.
Then, in the fall of 1969, I seriously studied the Bhagavad-gita while in college as part of a ten-week philosophy course. This turned the lights on in my head. By the end of the course, I was ready to follow the Gita's instruction of detachment.
I moved into an asrama, donated my guitars, and didn't look back. Harmonium and Indian drums became my new instruments. My desire to play ordinary music, and spend endless hours recording, was buried under the bliss of kirtan.
Although I had externally given up my desire to produce music in exchange for the pleasure I found in kirtan, the seeds of that desire remained, and in 1986 those dormant seeds were watered when recording equipment, a synthesizers, singers, musicians, and an engineer all fell into my lap at once. Two weeks later, my first album, "Your Life Will Be Sublime," an East-West fusion kirtan, was complete.
At this point in time, I was not aware that anyone had recorded East-West fusion kirtan yet, and it turned out to be well received, even by those not familiar with kirtan.
Music technology was rapidly advancing: synthesizers were becoming more sophisticated and the quality of recording gear was getting better and more affordable. This, along with the advent of computer-based music production, allowed one person to produce what sounded like a multi-instrumental production. This was a musicians dream. I couldn't ignore it.
In 1989, Chris, moved into the asrama. He was a musician and an engineer, and, he was experienced with computers. With his help, I had the chance to get in on computer-assisted music production in its infancy. Chris and I spent the next two months setting up a studio, and recording my second and third albums, "Our Only Shelter," and "The Brahma-Samhita." The production quality was a marked improvement over the impromptu nature of the first album, albeit it was much more of a headache to get computer-based music production working. Actually, it was a total nightmare at this early stage of the game (we had to buy a different computer for each software program we wanted to use).
In 1992, Chris, now Krsna Caitanya, and I both ended up on the East Coast. Since he was my engineer (I didn't have engineering skills then), and I couldn't do another album without an engineer, we arranged to be together to record the album "Heart and Soul." We only had two weeks to do it, and when we walked out of the studio with a less than perfect production, I told myself that I would never record another project unless I have my own studio.
Over the next five years I slowly gathered some decent recording gear and instruments. But shortly after I was off found to India and had sold all of my gear in order to fund the journey. Right before selling the gear and going to India, I produced a collection of children's songs at the request of some friends. Now my wife and I were off on a pilgrimage – a spiritual retreat where we planned on practicing a life service, and kirtan, worship, and prayer. I pressed the pause button for a while on my recording career to focus on my spiritual practice.
While in India I was inspired by the many flawless melodies I had heard, and the musician that I am, I naturally began to think about doing another CD that would be as flawless and reflective as those inspirational melodies. I wanted this to be "perfect" CD, the one that Heart and Soul was meant to be. I made the decision to set up my own studio upon my return.
In 2001 the project officially took birth. What I thought I would finish within six months ended up taking thirteen years to complete. I needed the right musicians for each song, and it took time to find them, sometimes waiting years before finding them (sitar, tabla or bamboo flute) and everyone who sang on the CD I caught at a point in time that we were crossing paths. Plus I needed the right music for each song, and the right lyrics, and it took time for the inspiration to come. I remember one day on the beach in Baja California writing the lyrics to "Maybe." After the entire day I got one line. But it was the perfect line! I wasn't rushing this project.
Also, I needed to learn engineering as now I had my own studio and Krishna Caitanya lived far away from me. And I was trying for a standard I had not achieved before. To this everything took much longer than expected. Plus, during this 13 years, the project got put on hold numerous times due to my traveling and teaching, which began occupying more and more of my time. At some points, it appeared the CD would never be released.
It is a happy occasion to release Forever 13 years later, especially because I was not certain it was going to finally see the light of day. This CD has a lot of heart and soul poured into it. I hope you enjoy it.
Below is interesting behind the scenes detail about the making of Forever
This project was to fulfill my desire to create the "perfect recording." Now I had my own studio, I could take the time needed to make things exactly the way I wanted.
I was living in Dallas at the time and there were a number of demo studios, studios that would put together basic tracks for original songs that people took to them. I found this to be the most time and cost efficient way to begin the project since I was still building up my studio when I started. I contacted a studio and went to see the owner to discuss the project. It turned out that the studio was in a church complex that housed the studios for the church music director, and the video production room for the church TV show. When I explained the nature of the project (mantras, songs based on Indian spiritual teachings, etc.) to the studio manager, who was also the youth choir director of the church, he felt really uneasy. He flatly refused saying he couldn't do it in good conscience.
He had an excellent studio, and was a good engineer and arranger, so I really wanted him to do it. Attempting to reach out to him on common ground, I began to talk to him about myself and my life. As we talked on spiritual topics, he began to see that I wasn't the person he initially thought me to be. In fact, he found the way I lived my life to be a lot more spiritual than his! Still, it was difficult for him to accept the idea of working on a spiritual CD that wasn't Biblically based. When we parted, he said he really liked me and that he would think about it.
He called the next day telling me he was ready to work on my project (he also desperately needed the income)! It turned out that half of the time we worked together, we ended up having spiritual talks. I could see that it was eye opening for him to realize that there are people who don't profess to be Christians, but who live very spiritual lives.
My project was a challenge for him. He had never done anything like it before. He did a great job laying basic tracks to three songs, "Govinda Jaya Jaya," "We are Forever," and "Maybe." On "Radha Madhava," which we also decided not to include on this CD (choosing rather to release it on a compilation CD called "Everything Mahatma"), he couldn't figure out how to complete it the way I wanted, and thus in the middle of the production he gave up on it. Luckily, we were able to enlist the aid of the church music director, who had a studio across the hall, to help finish it. The music director was a real pro. He easily laid down the tracks needed to finish the song.
There were two other songs that were part of the budget, which he couldn't finish because of time constraints. The reason was that his father became seriously ill after we started the project, so he was constantly away from the studio in order to be at the hospital. Then, on what was to be our last session to finish the project he got a call from the hospital that his father had died. He ran out of the session, and that ended up being the last time I worked with him (and, he had already gone far beyond the time he originally estimated).
One of the most important songs that he was meant to work on, but couldn't finish, was an orchestrated version of a Bengali melody for the Hare Krishna mantra. I had worked out the chords and composed a scratch orchestral mix to give him an idea of what I was looking for (I wanted something that sounded like a score for a movie). I didn't have the skills to pull it off the way I was hearing it in my head, so I decided to call my good friend Badahari Das, because I knew he could do it. I was in Dallas at the time, and he was in Florida, so we discussed the ideas for the song at length on the phone. Then I sent him the demo and left it up to him to use his own creativity.
The result was "Queen Kunti," a richly orchestrated composition – something that I had dreamed of doing for years because I had never heard an orchestral kirtan (and something I am very happy with). Many thanks to Badahari, who worked many more hours on this song than he originally anticipated, and who completely put his life and soul into it.
Years earlier, a friend of mine from Santa Barbara, Sarvatma Das (we are sometimes known as the Atma brothers) made friendship with an extraordinary pianist named Antonio Artese, and he was willing to help us produce a CD. So we discussed the idea of doing a CD of devotional songs and chants backed by Antonio on piano. Sarvatma went to the recording studio at the University of Santa Barbara with Antonio and they recorded tracks on a grand piano for five devotional songs. We never did the CD, but I was able to use one of the tracks on my project for kids, and one track on Forever titled "Sri Guruvastakam." I thought of adding other instrumentation to it, but every time I brought one of my musician friends into the studio they would say that he is such a good pianist that nothing more is needed. I think you'll agree when you hear the song.
When living in India in the late 90's, every morning when my wife would do puja, an ancient form of worship and I would sing mantras and prayers, accompanied by harmonium. After a few days, I spontaneously began chanting the mangala carana (auspicious invocation) to a raga that I hadn't formally learned but had picked up by osmosis somewhere along the way (I think from George Harrison's song in the late 60's called "Within You Without You"). Anyway, the mangala carana fit in well with that raga and that became my default chant every morning that accompanied my wife's puja.
I loved both the prayers and melody, and wanted to do something special and upbeat with it. So I began laying down tracks of tabla, keyboard, and guitar. Then it all finally came together when my friend, and renowned bassist, Purusartha, came over and put down the bass tracks.
The story of Raga Kirtan is interesting. Long before I started working on this project I was recording a project for a friend named Mukunda Datta who was singing classical South Indian kirtan and mantras. During that time, one evening we had a public kirtan and he sang a special melody that was so sweet and mystical that everyone present became mesmerized. I told him we definitely should record that kirtan. That week we did.
I liked that kirtan so much that I decided I wanted to put it on my CD (he never released his CD). So we took the basic tracks Mukunda recorded (harmonium, tabla, tambourine, and kartals), and added bass, keyboard, guitar, and vocals, and then redid the drum track with mrdanga. So this very sweet and traditional raga took on a modern, and even sweeter flavor.
Whenever I needed guitar or bass, my friend Dhirodatta would gladly come over and lay down tracks. He did this on the above-mentioned Kirtan, " Forever," "Radha Madhava," "Govinda Jaya Jaya" and "I Am" (my former engineer Krsna Caitanya played bass on "I Am"). Plus, I would often borrow his "golden ears" to check my mixes.
I love to chant the name Govinda. I find it so sweet. Thus, the song "Govinda Jaya Jaya" is one of my favorites. I wanted to represent musically and vocally the sweetness I feel when I say the name Govinda, and so I spent much time working on this song to create a musical backdrop to represent those feelings, and to arrange the song in a way that it would inspire others to chant it with me.
The kirtan at the end of the song is a very special and soothing melody. I came up with this melody in 1985, and it was supposed to be on a project I was working on at the time with a friend, an especially talented composer. Unfortunately, he couldn't finish the project, but this melody remained in my heart and I still hoped to someday record it. Seventeen years later this melody was finally recorded, and now I am so happy to see it reside on "Forever."
The song " Forever" embodies the essence of the teachings of the Bhagavad-gita. I wanted to express these teachings in a way that would be accessible to a wide audience, and one that would resonate with them. It is sweet and relaxing, and I am happy I was able to present the message in simple, easily digestible poetry.
The way the idea for the song "Maybe" came to me is interesting. It started out as a melody without words. The melody sounded similar to something Sting would do, and at the time, I had heard a song by Sting in which one of the lyrics was "a thousand years, a thousand more." That triggered me to write a song that began with the words, "If I had a thousand years." The words to this song were carefully chosen, and were written over a period of about a month. It is a song that has a special place in my heart.
"I Am" is a song of English verses from the Gita that describe how to see Krsna (God) in nature. For many years, I loved to sing English translations of the Gita, and thus always considered doing a professional production entirely of Gita verses in English poetry. Although I never fulfilled that project, I am happy that I have at least completed one track of Gita verses.
I set out with the intention of doing a bit of a rock opera type thing that ended up sounding something like the Beatles (what can I say, I grew up in the 60's). After spending so much time on this song, I still wasn't satisfied. It needed a better rhythm track. So I gave the song to Badahari Das along with some sense of what I wanted. Once again, he did his magic. The result is a modern pop song with ancient lyrics – a crossing of two time zones, 5000 years apart. I love this song, and I think you will too.
The producing of "Radhe Shyam Shyam" was a divinely inspired accident. I asked Krsnaa, an amazing vocalist, if she would sing on "Queen Kunti," as it needed a female vocalist. When she finished work on this track, I asked her to sing on some of the other songs since I loved her voice. So we went through all of the tracks, trying to decide which songs she should sing. However, after listening to all of the songs, she suggested I not include two of them on the CD. I was not especially excited about the prospect of those two songs either, and so I agreed with her opinion. Now though, this left space on the CD for another song or two, but I had no other recorded material that I thought was good enough to use as filler.
At that time (this is now ten years after starting the project), I had composed a melody for the chant "Radhe Shyam" that I was absolutely in love with. After I worked out the song, I jokingly told my wife, "I just wrote a Grammy award winning song" because the song was so catchy and uplifting. But since I was finishing my CD, which I had been trying to complete for years, I wasn't in the mood to record any new songs. Now that we had space for another song on the CD, I played the song for Krsnaa on the piano, along with some ideas for lyrics I had been toying with. She loved the song so much she said that we should definitely record it. We then, on the spot, worked on the lyrics, which she refined later that evening. The next day we laid down a demo of the song to get a feel for it. We loved it.
We had pretty specific ideas on the song, and we conveyed those to Badahari Das. He perfectly translated those ideas into an arrangement that did magic to the song. This "afterthought song" may very well prove to be the most popular song on the CD.
As it turns out, this project has been my longest running project to date, having to start and stop numerous times throughout the years. During the thirteen years that I worked on this CD, I sometimes doubted that I would ever bring all of the tracks to a standard I would be satisfied to release.
I hope you enjoy it.
Yours Forever,
Mahatma's Music
© 2012 - 2018 Mahatma's Music


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Glad you are back! I hope you had a wonderful time in Florida.
WOW!! 17 years! Eric is a lucky guy!
ps...the plates came from Target. The kids love them and we even have matching bowls! I'm sure they would still have them. They were in the outdoors/grill section.
It was good to hear you had a fun time in FL. I hope your boys are starting off well at school this year and am glad you had shoulders to cry on as your baby begins Kindergarten. Love you!
Hope y'all have a great time at the Biltmore!
Love the piles! I especially love the picture of the boys in front of the van! They're just too cute!
Happy 17th Anniversary! We're coming up on 29 years next Sunday. Wow! Where does the time go?
Congratulations! You guys have a lot to be proud of. Jesus bless you during this transition.
Great pile pics. 17 years... that is something to celebrate!


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Aunty is touring the New England to show first hand the drought that's crippling the country, and Tamworth will be front and centre on Wednesday. A team from the ABC Breakfast Show brought its host Michael Rowland to Guyra on Tuesday morning to speak with locals about their experiences and get a glimpse of their outlook. On Wednesday, they'll hit Tamworth as part of the week-long roadshow. Armidale Regional Council Mayor Simon Murray was interviewed by Mr Rowland about the deteriorating water situation in this region. "The ABC has such a broad reach. Friends of mine up in Claremont saw it, and down at Cabarita and people in Canberra were watching. I've had a number of people ring," he said. READ ALSO: "I think it is more than just identifying Guyra. They've been looking at all the towns along the great divide and at just how dire the whole situation is. "It's good for the urban community who are getting rain, and therefore not seeing the people who are facing a far different situation than they are." Cr Murray said it was the farmers telling those living in metropolitan areas that they were feeding seven days a week, for "x" number of hours per day. "Telling them that their lives are consumed with keeping stock alive and trying to source the next mouthful for them," Cr Murray said. "It is consuming people to the point where they're wondering if they should get out and live a life. Do they go to the pub and have a beer with their friends? Ultimately, that will have an effect on their mental state. "National coverage is good because you never know who is watching, which politicians or influential people are watching and may say, 'I didn't know it was that bad, we had better do something about this'". Cr Murray said it was also as much about regional families and small business as farmers. "I did get my hair cut this morning and they're seriously re-evaluating their situation. It's the little businesses that close with older people running them that will probably never open up again," he said. What do you think? Have your say, send a letter to the editor Support the local news that keeps you informed - subscribe today
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Aunty is touring the New England to show first hand the drought that's crippling the country, and Tamworth will be front and centre on Wednesday.
A team from the ABC Breakfast Show brought its host Michael Rowland to Guyra on Tuesday morning to speak with locals about their experiences and get a glimpse of their outlook.
On Wednesday, they'll hit Tamworth as part of the week-long roadshow.
Armidale Regional Council Mayor Simon Murray was interviewed by Mr Rowland about the deteriorating water situation in this region.
"The ABC has such a broad reach. Friends of mine up in Claremont saw it, and down at Cabarita and people in Canberra were watching. I've had a number of people ring," he said.
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"I think it is more than just identifying Guyra. They've been looking at all the towns along the great divide and at just how dire the whole situation is.
"It's good for the urban community who are getting rain, and therefore not seeing the people who are facing a far different situation than they are."
Cr Murray said it was the farmers telling those living in metropolitan areas that they were feeding seven days a week, for "x" number of hours per day.
"Telling them that their lives are consumed with keeping stock alive and trying to source the next mouthful for them," Cr Murray said.
"It is consuming people to the point where they're wondering if they should get out and live a life. Do they go to the pub and have a beer with their friends? Ultimately, that will have an effect on their mental state.
"National coverage is good because you never know who is watching, which politicians or influential people are watching and may say, 'I didn't know it was that bad, we had better do something about this'".
Cr Murray said it was also as much about regional families and small business as farmers.
"I did get my hair cut this morning and they're seriously re-evaluating their situation. It's the little businesses that close with older people running them that will probably never open up again," he said.
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By Tracy Clark-Flory on March 10, 2005
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Editor's Note: The February 2005 issue of Hustler magazine raised questions about feminism, sexuality, and pornography and in response, The Weekly is publishing a series of articles that explore these issues. The magazine published an article about the student body's response to the Fetish Ball exposé written by Sam Ospovat, a Mills alumnus, in the September 2004 issue. The February 2005 issue also featured a firsthand account from Ospovat about the discrimination he faced as a male student at Mills.
Long regarded as the shameful underbelly of American society, pornography has broken into the mainstream, cementing itself into the collective pop culture conscience.
From porn stars hosting television shows on major cable networks, to the much talked about video-taped exploits of Paris Hilton, to primetime coverage, it seems there's no shortage of public fascination with the industry and the scores of moral and political issues that it raises, especially for women.
Some women view porn as antithetical to feminism, others see it as a tool of empowerment and celebrating one's sexuality and yet still others fall somewhere in between — neither lauding pornography nor condemning it.
Susannah Breslin, a photographer and freelance writer, has written about the San Fernando Valley porn industry hub known as "Porn Valley" and said that women's current exposure to pornography is unparalleled.
"The relationship between women and pornography is in a constant state of flux. That said, at this point in history, there are more women being exposed to pornography than ever before," Breslin said.
"Initially, women didn't have as much access to porn," Breslin said. "Then, the feminist movement posited that pornography objectified women. These days, by and large, I think, women are more tolerant of it, although they still find many aspects of it, particularly its representations of women, problematic."
Dr. Diana Russell, Mills professor emeritus, disapproves of the Mills Fetish Ball, an annual event held by the queer club Mouthing Off. In response to past Weekly coverage which described event-goers as wearing "seductive corsets, latex, vinyl, fishnet, ductape and saran wrap," she said, "These descriptions of the Fetish Balls appear to be both a reflection and a celebration of our contemporary 'pornographied' culture."
Mylls Women Collective President Kasey P. Lindsay doesn't associate the popularity of events like the Fetish Ball at women's colleges across the country with changing views about pornography.
"I wouldn't say that an increase in campus events like the Mills Fetish Ball really says anything about women's opinions of pornography," Lindsay said. "Rather, I think events like Fetish Ball simply demonstrate the reality of the sexual nature of human beings. Mainstream society, whatever that is, would have us believe that sex is a very clean and quiet thing, that anything that isn't 'normal' is bizarre and out of the ordinary. When the truth of the matter is that deviance isn't really all that deviant."
Russell, who's dedicated her career to researching the harmful effects of pornography, said she's observed a noticeable change in attitudes towards pornography at Mills.
"I used to teach my students at Mills about the degrading and misogynist character of pornography, and its deleterious effects on women, children, and men," Russell said. "I frequently organized a campus-wide event in which a dynamic speaker gave a slide presentation on woman-hating images in the media and pornography to a large, attentive student audience. At that time it would have been unthinkable for annual dances like the Fetish Balls to be organized at Mills."
Many students do not applaud pornography but rather have an attitude of tolerance towards it.
"I'm not a fan of it — but, as long as I don't have to see it, it's none of my business what other people want to read in the privacy of their own homes," said Rachel Wagstaff, a junior.
With feminists taking both pro- and anti-pornography positions, as well as the many nuanced views in between, it isn't easy to pigeonhole feminist views of pornography.
Candida Royalle, a former porn star, started Femme Productions in 1984 in hopes of producing films that appeal to women.
"The women's movement had empowered [women] to seek out sexual material that appealed to them," Royalle said in an interview with The Weekly last year.
"I think that feminism is about empowerment," Royalle said. "Seizing the reigns of production and creating our own voice and imagery is a very empowering step for women in reclaiming our sexuality and our overall power in the world."
Breslin feels that it's possible for women to be empowered in the industry, but sees it as a rarity.
"I think for most women in the adult movie industry, pornography is not empowering," Breslin said. "There are exceptions to this, of course. Nina Hartley, Chloe, Jane Hamilton, and Candida Royalle are all women who use pornography in ways that empower them, professionally and personally. Still, the vast majority of women working in the adult movie industry, I believe, are not empowered by it."
In Russell's view, feminism requires an active and unyielding stance against pornography.
"Currently, those of us who continue to be adamant about the harmfulness of pornography consider anyone who fails to recognize the validity of this viewpoint to be non- or anti-feminist," Russell said.
Margo Okazawa-Rey, a professor in the Women's Studies program, acknowledged the diversity of feminist views of pornography and criticized larger cultural attitudes about sex.
"I think there is a fundamental problem in this U.S. culture about sexuality, full stop. Its reaction to puritan [and] protestant sexual codes and mores that shaped sexuality and concomitant gender roles," said Okazawa-Rey. "There's something wrong with a society that eroticizes relations of domination."
Merritt Linden, a junior, said she feels that class and choice define a woman's role and power in the porn industry.
"If you have the opportunities to work in other fields that pay as well and you choose sex work, that's a choice and it could be very empowering, but to say all sex work empowers women is just wishful thinking, and invalidates the experiences many women have had," Linden said.
Likewise, Tessa Robinette, a senior, said that the power dynamics in the industry are complex and relate directly to larger cultural realities.
"It is a mixed bag because of the power and hierarchy that we have with the current racist, sexist, homophobic culture and conditions," Robinette said. "Stripping and porn and prostitution are still among the highest paying jobs for women. I can't see how we're really at the place where we are completely free to choose. I don't condemn women who work in porn or the sex industry. And I don't automatically assume that they are victims."
While the Fetish Ball isn't a reflection of the entire student body, it seems to signal an attitude among many students that freedom in exploring one's sexuality is an important element of feminism.
"I think events like the Fetish Ball are forums where we can explore the fringes of our sexuality," Lindsay said. "When we can start to defy the laws of normalcy and feel comfortable with our desires. I personally believe that it's a very beautiful thing that women are able to create spaces for themselves in which they feel safe being a little risqué."
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Q: Transform MVC to layered Architecture in Spring Boot I have a classic Spring Boot app, you can see the structure:

I am trying to modify it to have at the end a Layered Architecture.
The problem is that to isolate the layers we must to use APIs between layers,so I have no idea how to create API's for each Layer, maybe you can give some examples?
Here is the classic structure of Layered Arch.

And this is my structure.

Some codes from my app:
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public class UserController {
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@PostMapping("/saveUser")
public String saveUser(@ModelAttribute("user") User theUser…){
    theUser.setPassword(value);
    userService.save(theUser);
}
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}

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@Component("userService")
public class UserServiceImpl implements Services<User> {
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public void save(User theUser) {
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public class AnnonceRestController {
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}

@PostMapping("/announce-create")
public Annonce addAnnonce(@RequestBody Annonce theAnnonce) {

    theAnnonce.setId(0);
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Билли П. Кэмец (22 марта 1987 — 9 июня 2022) — американский актёр озвучивания. Он был наиболее известен тем, что озвучил на английском языке Джоске Хигашикату в аниме Невероятные приключения ДжоДжо: Несокрушимый алмаз, Наофуми Иватани в «Восхождение героя щита», Фердинанда фон Эгира в «Эмблеме огня: три дома», Кольта в «Brawl Stars» и Такуто Маруки в «Королевской персоне 5». Кэмец родился 22 марта 1987 года в Ланкастере, штат Пенсильвания, а вырос в Херши, штат Пенсильвания

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В 2016 году Билли переехал в Шерман-Оукс в Лос-Анджелесе, чтобы сыграть Аладдина в финальном спектакле диснеевского «Аладдин: музыкальный спектакль». Живя в Калифорнии, Каметц начал работать в качестве актёра озвучивания, где сыграл несколько главных ролей. В 2020 году за исполнение роли Наофуми Иватани в фильме «Восхождение героя щита» Каметц получил награду за лучшее исполнение VA (EN) на 4-й Crunchyroll Anime Awards. Он также начал встречаться с актрисой озвучки Эрикой Линдбек.

26 апреля 2022 года Билли объявил, что возьмёт перерыв в озвучивании и вернется в Херши, штат Пенсильвания, после того, как выяснилось, что у него диагностирован рак толстой кишки IV стадии. Страница GoFundMe была создана 1 мая 2022 года для покрытия расходов на поездки, страхование, медицинские счета, не покрываемые страховкой, и предметы первой необходимости.

Билли Каметц умер в возрасте 35 лет в Херши, штат Пенсильвания, в июне 9, 2022.

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 ↑"Некролог Билли Кэмеца". 11 июня 2022 года.https://obits.pennlive.com/us/obituaries/pennlive/name/billy-kametz-obituary?id=35161536. Проверено 11 июня 2022 года.
 ↑ «Билли Кэмец — О себе». billykametz.com . https://www.billykametz.com /. Проверено 12 ноября 2021 года.
 ↑ «Билли Кэмец». Сакура-Кон. http://sakuracon.org/past-guests/sakura-con-2020/billy-kametz /. Проверено 11 июня 2022 года.
 ↑ Подпрыгните до:4.0 4.1 Ластер, Джозеф (26 апреля 2022). «Актер озвучивания Билли Кэмец диагностировал рак толстой кишки IV стадии». https://otakuusamagazine.com/voice-actor-billy-kametz-reveals-stage-iv-colon-cancer-diagnosis/. Проверено 30 апреля 2022 года.
 ↑ Гослин, Остин (15 февраля 2020 года). «Demon Slayer получает главный приз на Crunchyroll's Anime Awards». https://www.polygon.com/2020/2/15/21138116/crunchyroll-anime-awards-best-anime-demon-slayer-mob-psycho. Проверено 12 июня 2022 года.
 ↑ Подпрыгните до:6.0 6.1 Хазра, Адриана (30 апреля 2022). «Кампания GoFundMe запускается для озвучивания актёра Билли Кэмеца после диагностики рака толстой кишки IV стадии». https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-04-30/gofundme-campaign-launches-for-voice-actor-billy-kametz-following-stage-iv-colon-cancer-diagnosis/.185184. Проверено 11 июня 2022 года.
 ↑ Ходжкинс, Кристалин (11 июня 2022). «Актер озвучивания Билли Кэмец скончался в 35 лет». https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-06-11/voice-actor-billy-kametz-passes-away-at-35/.186576 . Проверено 11 июня 2022 года.
 ↑ Подпрыгнуть до:8.00 8.01 8.02 8.03 8.04 8.05 8.06 8.07 8.08 8.09 8.10 8.11 8.12 8.13 8.14 8.15 8.16 8.17 8.18 8.19 8.20 8.21 8.22 . Проверено 16 мая 2021 года. https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Billy-Kametz / «Билли Кэмец (визуальный гид по озвучиванию) — за актёрами озвучивания». Флажок указывает, что роль была подтверждена с использованием скриншотов заключительных титров и других надежных источников.
 ↑ Пинеда, Рафаэль Антонио (6 июля 2018). «Viz Media лицензирует мангу JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable и фильм с живым действием, аниме Golden Wind».. Билликамец. «Я так рад объявить, что я буду озвучивать Metal Lee в Boruto: Naruto Next Generations на Toonami! Больше никаких сокращенных слов для меня!» (Твит)<span>. </span>
 ↑ Билликамец. «Я так рад объявить, что я буду озвучивать Metal Lee в Boruto: Naruto Next Generations на Toonami! Больше никаких сокращенных слов для меня!» (Твит). https://twitter.com/BillyKametz/status/1051497468976713728. Отсутствует или пусто |date=(Справка)
 ↑ Ресслер, Карен (20 декабря 2018). «Funimation для трансляции аниме Rising of the Shield Hero, Crunchyroll объявляет дублированный состав». https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-12-20/funimation-to-stream-rising-of-the-shield-hero-anime-crunchyroll-announces-dub-cast/.141099. Проверено 10 августа 2021 года.
 ↑ Sherman, Jennifer (May 17, 2019). «Aniplex of America показывает клетки в действии! Дублированный актёрский состав аниме на английском языке, выпуск BD (обновление)». https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-05-17/aniplex-of-america-reveals-cells-at-work-anime-english-dub-cast-bd-release/.146851. Проверено 10 августа 2021 года.
 ↑ Шерман, Дженнифер (12 сентября 2019). «Транслировался дублированный на английский язык клип аниме-фильма Promare». https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-09-12/promare-anime-film-english-dubbed-clip-streamed/.151031. Проверено 10 августа 2021 года.
 ↑ Матео, Алекс (12 сентября 2019). «Crunchyroll для трансляции Ahiru no Sora, аниме Days of Urashimasakatasen». https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-10-01/crunchyroll-to-stream-ahiru-no-sora-days-of-urashimasakatasen-anime/.151756. Проверено 10 августа 2021 года.
 ↑ «Teasing Master Takagi-san S2 English Netflix Credits». December 6, 2019. https://imgur.com/a/NoQFG4V. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
 ↑ Билли Кэмец (21 декабря 2019). "Эпизод 1 Добро пожаловать в Школу демонов! Ирума-кун ушел из @Crunchyroll!! Я просто обожаю это шоу! Режиссёр не кто иной, как Джобро @JalenKCassell, который потрясающий! Я играю Асмодея Алису! Надеюсь, вам понравится! " (Твит). https://twitter.com/BillyKametz/status/1208552885304229889. Проверено 11 июня 2022 года.
 ↑ Ластер, Джозеф (9 мая 2021). «Познакомьтесь, английский даб-актерский состав Science влюбился, поэтому я попытался это доказать». https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2020/05/09/meet-the-english-dub-cast-of-science-fell-in-love-so-i-tried-to-prove-it. Проверено 10 августа 2021 года.
 ↑ Матео, Алекс (8 марта 2021 года). "Funimation транслирует «Предположим, что ребёнок из The Last Dungeon Boonies переехал в стартовый город», английское дублирование аниме «Кагуя-сама: любовь — это война 1 сезон».. https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-03-08/funimation-streams-suppose-a-kid-from-the-last-dungeon-boonies-moved-to-a-starter-town-kaguya-sama-love-is-war-season-1-anime-english-dubs/.170380. Проверено 10 августа 2021 года.
 ↑ Ресслер, Карен (22 сентября 2018 года). «Английский дубляж аниме мистера Осомацу разыгрывает секступлетов Мацуно». https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-09-22/mr-osomatsu-anime-english-dub-casts-matsuno-sextuplets/.137148. Проверено 10 августа 2021 года.
 ↑ Матео, Алекс (26 мая 2021 года). «Crunchyroll показывает английские дубляжи, премьеры для Tokyo Revengers, To Your Eternity, 86 Восемьдесят шесть, Больше аниме». https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-05-26/crunchyroll-reveals-english-dub-casts-premieres-for-tokyo-revengers-to-your-eternity-86-eighty-six-more-anime/.173255. Проверено 10 августа 2021 года.
 ↑ . Проверено 10 августа 2021 года. https://vivy-anime.com/character /«Персонаж».
 ↑ Матео, Алекс (14 июля 2021). «Funimation транслирует The Prince of Tennis II Hyotei vs. Английский дубляж Rikkai Game of Future Anime 15 июля». https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-07-14/funimation-streams-the-prince-of-tennis-ii-hyotei-vs-rikkai-game-of-future-anime-english-dub-on-july-15/.175132. Проверено 10 августа 2021 года.
 ↑ Ластер, Джозеф (родился 24 июля 2021 года). «Сентай делится предварительным просмотром английского дубляжа Vinland Saga, раскрывает полный актёрский состав». https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2021/07/24-1/sentai-shares-vinland-saga-english-dub-preview-reveals-full-cast. Проверено 10 августа 2021 года.
 ↑ Фридман, Николас (4 августа 2021). «Объявлен английский дубляж MAGATSU WAHRHEIT, объявлен актёрский состав и съемочная группа». https://www.funimation.com/blog/2021/08/04/magatsu-wahrheit-english-dub-announced-cast-and-crew-revealed/. Проверено 5 августа 2021 года.
 ↑ Фридман, Николас (12 сентября 2021). «Объявлен английский дубляж Ikebukuro West Gate Park, объявлен актёрский состав и съемочная группа». https://www.funimation.com/blog/2021/09/12/ikebukuro-west-gate-park-english-dub-announced-cast-crew-revealed. Проверено 13 сентября 2021 года.
 ↑ Фридман, Николас (24 сентября 2021 года). «Объявлен НОВЫЙ английский дубляж, раскрыт актёрский состав и съемочная группа». https://www.funimation.com/blog/2021/09/24/re-main-english-dub-announced-cast-and-crew-revealed /. Проверено 25 сентября 2021 года.
 ↑ Фридман, Николас (14 ноября 2021). «Анонсирован английский дубляж "Пикника на другой стороне", объявлен актёрский состав и съемочная группа». https://www.funimation.com/blog/2021/11/14/otherside-picnic-english-dub-announced-cast-and-crew-revealed/. Проверено 14 ноября 2021 года.
 ↑ Ластер, Джозеф (15 марта 2022). «Английский даб 24-го округа Токио отправляется в Crunchyroll, объявлен полный состав». https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2022/03/15/tokyo-24th-ward-english-dub-heads-to-crunchyroll-full-cast-revealed. Проверено 15 марта 2022 года.
 ↑ Mateo, Alex (March 29, 2022). «Crunchyroll Streams The Prince of Tennis TV Anime, OVAs With New English Dub». https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-03-29/crunchyroll-streams-the-prince-of-tennis-tv-anime-ovas-with-new-english-dub/.184175. Retrieved March 29, 2022.
 ↑ Jump up to:30.0 30.1 30.2 30.3 «Billy Kametz: Home». https://www.billykametz.com/. Retrieved August 14, 2021.
 ↑ . Проверено 16 июня 2022 года. https://www.facebook.com/afkarena/photos/a.1936167260007594/3033638133593829 /«Facebook». «Твой голос вернул Анджело к жизни, принося радость многим. Спасибо за ваш вклад. Минута молчания в память о Билли Кэмеце».
 ↑ . Проверено 14 июня 2022 года. https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/video-games/Mario-and-Sonic-at-the-Tokyo-2020-Olympic-Games /«Марио и Соник на Олимпийских играх в Токио 2020 (2019)». «МУЖЧИНА-ДИКТОР — Билли Кэмец».
 ↑ . Проверено 13 июня 2021 года. https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/video-games/One-Punch-Man-A-Hero-Nobody-Knows / «One Punch Man: Герой, которого никто не знает (видеоигра 2020 года)». Зелёная галочка указывает, что роль была подтверждена с использованием скриншота (или коллажа скриншотов) списка озвучивающих актёров и их соответствующих персонажей, найденных в начальных и / или заключительных титрах и / или других надежных источниках информации.
 ↑ «Герои Огненной Эмблемы — Новые Герои (Гармония среди хаоса)». https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6EM7Cp-ayE. Проверено 29 августа 2021 года.
 ↑ Билли Кэмец (8 сентября 2020 года). «Супер прокачанный голос Ненджи Огаты в 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim!! Не могу дождаться, чтобы сыграть эту вещь на 9/22! Большое спасибо @WritingMadness за то, что сняли все это дерьмо! Также я выращиваю помпу. Хватит, значит хватит😉» (Твит). https://twitter.com/billykametz/status/1303431977178202113.
 ↑ . Проверено 1 декабря 2021 года. https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/video-games/Demon-Slayer-Kimetsu-no-Yaiba-Hinokami-Keppuutan /«Убийца демонов: Кимецу но Яиба — Хроники Хиноками (видеоигра 2021 года)». Зелёная галочка указывает на то, что роль была подтверждена с использованием скриншота (или коллажа скриншотов) списка озвучивающих актёров и их соответствующих персонажей, найденных в начальных и / или заключительных титрах и / или других надежных источниках информации.
 ↑ Лю, Стефани (12 июня 2022). «Билли Кэмец, голос Джоске и Фердинанда, умер».

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Senate Democrats blocked legislation that would punish "sanctuary cities" in a 54-45 vote Monday.
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"It's maddening that the Democrats are encouraging sanctuary cities like New Orleans that refuse to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement and let dangerous criminal illegals free," Vitter said in a statement after the bill failed. Vitter has been pushing to defund sanctuary cities since 2007, when he served as chairman of the Border Security Caucus.
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The American Pyrotechnics Association (APA) is an American trade association of companies engaged in the consumer fireworks industry.

History
The American Pyrotechnics Association was established by a group of seven fireworks manufacturing companies in 1948 with the aim of addressing industry issues such as safety and compliance with state and local pyrotechnics laws. APA members include many participants in fireworks industry – professional display, consumer & proximate pyrotechnic, manufacturers, importers & distributors, both domestic & foreign.

Members of the APA
Members of the American Pyrotechnics Association include:

American Promotional Events, Arthur Rozzi Pyrotechnics, Lynch Imports LLC, Bellino Fireworks, Fireworks Over America, Galaxy Fireworks, Lidu Fireworks, Pyrotechnico, Rozzi Inc., Shiu Fung Fireworks, Hamburg Fireworks Display Inc., and Walt Disney Entertainment.

Milton Dropo Award
The APA awards the Milton Dropo award, a lifetime achievement award considered to be one of the most prestigious awards in the industry. The award is named for pyrotechnics pioneer Milton Dropo, founder of TNT Fireworks (and brother of baseball player Walt Dropo).

Recipients of the Award include Jim Souza, Bob Souza, Julie Heckman, and Michael Ingram.

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Trade associations based in the United States
Pyrotechnics
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Silicon Valley entrepreneur, investor and author Peter Thiel speaks at Wallis Annenberg Hall.
Updated Jun. 8, 2015 11:23 a.m.
The new Wallis Annenberg Hall auditorium is well equipped to host small classes or large events due to its perfect layout and design.
The space has made it possible to host high profile guests with ease. The second day the auditorium was used, television personality, Julie Chen attended senior lecturer, Mary Murphy's class.
In fact, the space has been instrumental in letting more students join Murphy's JOUR 381: Entertainment Business and Media class by RSVP when she invites special guests. This is something Murphy couldn't have done in her previous classes.
Murphy is one of the handful of USC Annenberg lecturers and professors who gets a chance to teach in the new auditorium. Although she enjoys the ability of inviting more students into her classroom, Murphy thinks the best part of teaching in ANN auditorium is the intimacy of the space.
Henry Jenkins, provost professor of communications, journalism and cinematic arts, teaches COMM 202: Communication and Technology in ANN auditorium and, like Murphy, loves the intimacy the room creates due to its structure.
ANN auditorium is made up of 160 seats and is divided into three sections of comfortable seating. Light-colored wood decorates the auditorium and a few wooden panels cover red walls with white abstract designs. Several ceiling lights help to generously illuminate the space. The functionality aspect of the ANN auditorium was actually inspired by the ASC auditorium, Chuck Boyles said, the director of multimedia technology for USC Annenberg.
New cameras were added to the auditorium so classes and events could be recorded at a broadcast level, Boyles said.
The renovation was such a success that when the ANN auditorium was being designed, Boyles knew he wanted to replicate the same functionality of the ASC auditorium, but also take it a step further.
"The biggest difference between the two auditoriums is that the new one is all digital whereas the ASC auditorium still has some analog components," Boyles said.
Above the ANN auditorium is the control room where multiple TV screens are clustered together, focusing on the stage below where a lecturer speaks to students. A large projector that rests in the center of the control room leans against a glass window and it faces a grand white screen above the stage. The projector is just one of the new digital gears added into the space and it creates crisp images for its audience.
"This is literally a movie theater, but its built to have classes," Boyles said. The control room also has three robotic cameras that can record events and even add presentation material into the recording itself. Once recordings are complete, they are posted onto Annenberg's YouTube channel.
"We have complete robotic control of the three cameras, and we can do cuts between takes as well as do basic TV transitions," Boyles said. Despite the novelty of the ANN auditorium, the ASC auditorium will continue to be used and host events like the Visions and Voices series in addition to other proceedings.


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Title: A benthic bioindicator reveals distinct land and ocean–based influences in an urbanized coastal embayment
Author: Munroe, S.E.
Coates-Marnane, J.
Burford, M.
Fry, B.
Citation: PLoS One, 2018; 13(10):e0205408-1-e0205408-28
Publisher: Public Library of Science
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Responsibility: Samantha E. M. Munroe, Jack Coates-Marnane, Michele A. Burford, Brian Fry
Abstract: Biogeochemical maps of coastal regions can be used to identify important influences and inputs that define nearshore environments and biota. Biogeochemical tracers can also track animal movement and their diet, monitor human coastal development, and evaluate the condition of habitats and species. However, the beneficial applications of spatial biogeochemical analysis are hindered by a limited understanding of how tracer distribution is affected by different land and ocean–based influences. To help address these knowledge gaps, we determined the spatial trends of three stable isotopes (δ13C-carbon, δ15N-nitrogen, δ34S-sulfur) and 13 major and trace elements in an urbanized coastal embayment (Moreton Bay, Australia), as incorporated into the muscle tissue of a marine consumer, the eastern king prawn Melicertus plebejus. Results were used to identify unique biochemical regions within the bay and to discuss how spatial patterns in tracers could be used to indicate the relative importance of catchment, urban and offshore drivers in coastal bays. Discriminant analysis identified seven biogeochemical regions that were likely distinguished by variation in catchment, urban, and offshore input, and habitat type. δ13C and δ15N patterns suggested nearshore areas could be distinguished by increased sediment resuspension and higher wastewater inputs from catchments. High inshore lead (Pb) and copper (Cu) concentrations were likely the result of urban input. Arsenic (As) and cadmium (Cd) increased further from shore. This trend implied oceanic influences were a significant control over As and Cd bioavailability. Cobalt (Co) and rare earths were also used to differentiate some nearshore areas, but incongruent distribution patterns in Co suggested it may be less reliable. Overall, results indicated that δ15N, δ13C, Cd, Cu, Pb and rare earth elements were the most reliable tracers to differentiate nearshore and offshore environments, and catchment–based effects. We encourage future studies to consider using a similar multivariate approach in coastal spatial analysis, and to include unrelated tracers that reflect distinct coastal influences.
Keywords: Muscles
Penaeidae
Carbon Isotopes
Nitrogen Isotopes
Sulfur Isotopes
Description: Published: October 11, 2018
Rights: © 2018 Munroe et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Grant ID: http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP150104006
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Rhythm and Repose is the first solo studio album by Irish singer-songwriter Glen Hansard, released on June 19, 2012 through ANTI- Records. The album was recorded by Patrick Dillett (David Byrne, Arto Lindsay, Laurie Anderson) and produced by Thomas Bartlett (Doveman, The National, Antony and the Johnsons) and is Glen's first release since The Swell Season's Strict Joy (2009).
The album peaked at number 21 on the US Billboard 200 and at number 3 on the Irish Albums chart.


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Q: What are CoreDataGeneratedAccessors? When I created a CoreData object with a one-to-many relationships, I get some methods (CoreDataGeneratedAccessors). Do we need to implement these methods?
The methods generated automatically are given below :
- (void)addCirqitsObject:(Cirqit *)value;
- (void)removeCirqitsObject:(Cirqit *)value;
- (void)addCirqits:(NSSet *)value;
- (void)removeCirqits:(NSSet *)value;

A: You do not have to implement those methods, but you can. In the case you don't, CoreData will generate them dynamically for you.
If you want override the default implementation please read the Core Data Programming Guide (Custom To-Many Relationship Accessor Methods) to find a sample implementation.
A reason to override might be to trigger additional calculations or updates before or after new Cirqit objects being added or removed. But be aware of not to change the sample implementation code, just add your custom code - otherwise you might break your relationships handling.

A: You can override the core data generated accessors. You have to pay attention to a few special things like calling willChangeValueForKey and didChangeValueForKey, but other than that overriding the accessors is pretty much the same as always.
Courtesy:-https://stackoverflow.com/a/9659750/1865424
I think these links can help you..
http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/CoreData/Articles/cdAccessorMethods.html