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CIPRIANO MERA SANZ. Portrait of a militant
Posted on March 30, 2018 at 2:35 pm. Written by Christie
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Cipriano Mera Sanz was born on 4 November 1897 in Madrid's Tetuán de las Victorias quarter. His childhood was tough, as it was for every other working class family.
He never got the chance to go to school and, from a very young age, he was forced out to work by the need to make some contribution towards the running of his humble household. At the age of 16 Mera made up his mind to become a bricklayer and, so that his rights would be protected, his father enrolled him the UGT-affiliated 'El Trabajo' bricklayers' society. From then on, Mera was up to his neck in social issues and labour affairs. But he soon found that the what the UGT stood for and what he was looking for were not the same thing, and he found the socialists' trade unionism a bit restrictive. Cipriano Mera was out for a revolutionary change that reformism just did not offer.
The August 1917 revolutionary strike tipped him once and for all into the anarchist camp. And by 1919 Cipriano Mera was, alongside other leading militants such as Feliciano Benito, Teodoro Mora and Mauro Bajatierra, a driving force behind the Madrid CNT and especially its construction union
The yearning for knowledge and penchant for culture have been a constant theme in the history of anarchism (although its detractors would have us believe different). At the age of 20, Mera learned to read and write at night classes and through the libertarian ateneos, of which Madrid at the time had more than thirty. His thirst for knowledge piqued his interest in drama and he appeared in plays like Pedro Calderón de la Barca's El Alcalde de Zalamea or Joaquín Dicenta's Juan José. The younger libertarian groups were heavily into amateur dramatics and Mera shared this interest.
With the Primo de Rivera dictatorship over and the Second Republic proclaimed in April 1931, the libertarian movement was able fully to expand. Mera was but one of a generation of the most brilliant militants produced by Spanish anarchism and he crossed paths with Salvador Seguí (murdered by the bosses' hired guns in 1923), Ángel Pestaña, Francisco Ascaso, Buenaventura Durruti, Juan García Oliver, Federica Montseny, Eleuterio Quintanilla, Felipe Alaiz, Elias García, Isaac Puente, Hignio Noja, Valeriano Orobón Fernández, Progreso Fernández and such like.
Mera was closely involved in all of the revolutionary processes set in motion under the Republic. And was very attentive to the demands from the workers of his own industry, the construction industry. On one occasion, whilst looking for work, he found himself arrested under the Vagrancy and Mischief Law and it is something of a paradox that a man on the look-out for work should have been indicted by those who never did a hand's turn of work themselves.
Shortly before the July 1936 army revolt, tensions were running high in the construction industry in Madrid. A general strike erupted that June and a joint CNT–UGT strike committee was formed. Mera, a member of that committee, looked to direct action as the only way of settling labour disputes in the industry. The government and employers, on the other hand, favoured the Tri-partite Commissions (Jurados Mixtos). The Interior ministry jailed Cipriano Mera and he was still behind bars when the army revolt came.
The very next day after the revolt, he was freed and made straight for the union (rather than home) to establish what the situation was. The main concerns were weapons procurement and the timing of the revolt in Madrid.
In those early times Mera was also worried about what approach might be adopted vis a vis the revolution. As far as he was concerned there was a revolutionary ethic that should be borne in mind: "So that when the people makes its revolution there must be no countenancing of anything akin to the common, vulgar criminality associated with conscienceless individuals out to line their own pockets or bring disgrace on values that might be neceeded for the defence of the revolution just getting under way. And let us add that random killing, even of a marquess, has also nothing to do with revolution."
Once the rebels in Madrid itself had been crushed, Mera took off for Guadalajara where the rebellion was just about to start. He passed through Alcalá de Henares which was held for the loyalists, thanks to Mera's forces and those under Ildefonso Puigdendolas. With the rebels in Guadalajara crushed too, Mera's revolutionary ethics brought him greatness. It was there that he ran into José Escobar, a jailer who had made his life in prison a misery. Escobar thought that Mera was going to murder him, which he was not. Mera just said: "Anarchists don't go in for that sort of thing". A lesson in decency and fortitude in difficult times.
This may not be the place to go into the detail of the battles in which Mera took part. But we will cite a few of the things that made Mera such a controversial figure. Right from the outset of the war Mera could see that the army had a serious stick-at-it attitude whereas lots of revolutionary militants were not taking the struggle seriously. As he saw it the struggle had to be a disciplined struggle if they were to defeat the fascists. In the fighting around Cuenca, Mera encouraged the formation of councils composed of leftwing personnel equipped for the task. Meaning that what was needed was powerful ideological education delivered by the most capable and selfless militants.
His ideas about self-discipline were illustrated perfectly by the fighting around Buitrago de Lozoya. It was there that Mera set out his thoughts thus: "Our discipline must be on a par with our staunch belief in our ideas and where ideas are at stake one cannot just notch up a few hours of struggle and then go on and do whatever takes one's fancy after that." That was a good point for Mera was finding that many of the members of revolutionary organisations were lapsing into indiscipline and irresponsibility and that this was accelerating the loss of the war.
But that very fact was also causing many of Mera's friends to lose their lives in the fighting. This was the case with José Pan and Rafael Casado, comrades of his stretching right back to his first days with the CNT and, in Pan's case, they were members of the same FAI group. Likewise, in the fighting in Ávila, one of his best friends and comrades, Teodoro Mora, lost his life. For some time past Mera and Mora had been on the same wavelength: "We were facing an organised army and if we wanted to win we would have to counter with another, even better organised army; in war-time, war-time methods are called for." He had also come to the conclusion that military incompetence was resulting in the loss of significant positions in the struggle, places such as Ávila.
But war sometimes can seem more of a comedy than a tragedy, to borrow the language of the theatre. After Ávila was lost, Mera's troops moved on to Cuenca. There they seized one village by passing themselves off as fascists. Once a rightwing council had been formed and a list of leftwing elements drawn up, Mera's troops disbanded the council, although they spared its members.
In the face of certain modes of conduct such as when anarcho-syndicalists like Germinal de Sousa charged a fee for the release of suspects, Mera and his friend Valle drew up lists of supporters and opponents of the cause: "It seems to me only right that we should select out suitable personnel to occupy posts; we ought to be sure of them. We must have an end of improvisation and favouritism, for whilst it is important that we should appoint people of ability, it is just as important that account should be taken of their morals. Which should be a major concern to us!" And who today would question those words of Mera's? It is precisely in times of difficulty that competency and morals should be exemplary. Mera was worried about the image of the CNT and FAI, especially given that on most occasions the outrages perpetrated had nothing to do with the libertarian movement's organisations. But some people had their minds set on conjuring up a "dark legend" around the Spanish revolutionary labour movement's most dynamic organisations. So the good behaviour of the CNT and its protection of cultural treasures (on more than one occasion it prevented arson attacks on churches, not because they were places of worship but because they housed art treasures) was misrepresented or held up to ridicule.
In any war or historical event a distinction has to be made between matters of strategy and matters of morality. Strategically speaking, maybe Madrid was not all that important. But psychologically speaking it was, given everything that hinged upon it. Thus Mera and others expressed outrage when the government fled Madrid for Valencia on 6 November 1936. Mera was even sadder to find the CNT national committee headed by Horacio Martínez Prieto trooping along in the government's wake. According to Mera, the government and the national committee should have stayed to defend the Spanish capital. Evn as the government fled, Mera was making ready to defend Madrid from the fascists.
The CNT and FAI personnel who set off for Madrid were filled with enthusiasm and eager to do their bit in the heroic struggle such as in the defence of the San Fernando bridge and the approaches to the Cerro de Garabitas. But Mera's forces were dwindling. Of the 1,000 men who had set off for Cuenca, only 400 were left. Mera tried to lift his men's morale with a reshuffle and morale certainly lifted when Durruti's column arrived. What good was fascist military might in the face of revolutionary zeal? Be that as it might, Mera's side was still suffering heavy losses and the fighting was gobbling up the cream of the workers' organisations. Mera put it to Durruti that his own columns should be unified under Durruti's command. But this never happened because Durruti was shot down in front of the Clinical Hospital in the University City only hours after the meeting with Mera. And it was Cipriano Mera in person who travelled down to Valencia to bring the news to Federica Montseny, Juan García Oliver and the incoming secretary of the CNT national committe, Mariano Rodríguez Vázquez. The loss of Duruti left the libertarian movement at sixes and sevens but, for all his grief, Mera stated that Durruti's example might help bring victory closer. And it was Mera who attended Durruti's funeral in Barcelona as the representative from the fighters from the Centre region.
The defence of Madrid was tough, but on this occasion the fascists were denied their ambition. Even so, this was achieved at a heavy cost and Mera, much against his will, was forced to embrace militarisation of the militias. "It is hard to swallow when one has championed a certain ideal for a lifetime, but if we really do mean to win this war, we must agree to the formation of an army, with all the resultant discipline (…) I was aghast at donning a military uniform but I could see no other option and I told myself 'From here on my conduct will bear witness to my integrity, just as it did in a different way and in different circumstances in the past'." This was without question the most controversial decision in Cipriano Mera's life and the one on which his detractors swoop. Mera agreed to militarisation as a way of serving the Republic for he took the view that that was a better option than falling into fascism's clutches. It is not for us to gauge whether this was a mistake or not, for the war was a complicated affair. The best that we can do is to respect his decision, for it was the choice his comrades made at the time. And Mera's acceptance of militarisation was not the same as the communists' embrace of it. Most historians have stated that the party that campaigned most on behalf of militarisation was the PCE (Communist Party of Spain) and thus that that party had the best 'handle' on the war. When Mera agreed to militarisation it was with an eye to defending the Republic, whereas the communists were fighting for a militarisation under the control of their party and of Moscow. This was the big difference between the two approaches. The PCE had its emblematic Fifth Regiment, of which Mera was no fan. In fact we find ongoing frictions between the servicemen drawn from the CNT militias and those drawn from communist ranks, frictions that were always instigated by a PCE eager to gain control and run the war as it saw fit. To which the anarchists were always opposed.
Mera took command of the XIV Division, taking in the 10th, 70th and 77th brigades. His chief of staff, inseparable from him throughout the war, was Antonio Verardini and his cousin José Mera was in charge of transport. They were all under the command of General Miaja, officer commanding the Army of the Centre.
As to those critical of him over this, it has to be said that Mera was at all times responsible in his actions. He championed the revolution right to the end and was harshly critical of the communists' repression of the anarchists' revolutionary handiwork, as well as of their arrests of CNT personnel (Verardini for one) and of POUM members. He also lobbied against servicemen addressing public meetings. These were a matter for parties and trade unions, he argued, and not for servicemen. In the end a decree to that effect was issued and Mera came in for nasty criticism from the communists who were much given to such public displays: "We have a duty to nip that sort of political campaigning in the bud. All of us here are perfectly well aware that there is a ban on any sort of political propaganda being mounted within the Army. If a given organisation should try to ride roughshod over that decree, I will stop it. Let no one have any doubts on that score. Our duty is to do our best, sparing no effort, in an attempt to win this war. We are not here to facilitate the preponderance of any organisation." Mera finally made it plain that his acceptance of a military commission was purely circumstancial: "I promised myself I would not let myself succumb to vanity, but stay what I had been prior to 18 July: a militant of the CNT and a bricklayer by trade." This last utterance was prophetic, for after the suffering endured in wartime as well as in exile and in prison, Mera had no problem picking up his bricklayer's trowel once more.
After militarisation, he was called upon to defend Guadalajara. The Italian fascists of the CTV (Volunteer Troop Corps) had devised a plan of attack designed to break through the republican lines in Guadalajara, seize Alcalá de Henares and march into Madrid in triumph. But Cipriano Mera put his organisational talents to work and, above all, let his instinct for warfare prevail. The CTV was routed, Brihuega (where there had been blood-curdling massacres only days before) liberated and Guadalajara held for the Republic. Mera did not view this as simply another battle, but the way he tackled it ensured that the CTV would not meet the targets it had set itself. Together with the capture of Teruel, the rout in Guadalajara was to be one of the greatest successes of world antifascism. Mera's barracks were established once and for all in Guadalajara rather than in Madrid, as a way of avoiding air raids.
Shortly after that, he was summoned to Brunete where not only did Lister's communists try to deceive him but he was targeted in a murder bid of questionable provenance. Lister misled Mera into believing that Brunete lay within republican territory. But Mera could see that it was in fascist hands. Lister's plan was to pin the blame for the loss of Brunete on Mera's XIV Division. Although Mera did mount an offensive against Brunete, he was unable to take it for the Republic.
Mera knew all of the politicians of the day. The moderate leader of the PSOE (Socialist Party) Indalecio Prieto, was impressed by Mera's talents. A short time later the Madrid anarchist was promoted commander of the IV Army Corps. This was on the strength of the victory in Guadalajara and the endorsement of General Miaja who saw Mera as a bulwark in the defences of central Spain. The IV Army Corps established its headquarters in Alcohete (Guadalajara) and it played a leading role in the diversionary maneuvers mounted against the fascist enemy in the lead-up to the capture of Teruel.
1939 was a crucial year for the eventual outcome of the war. After Catalonia was lost in February 1939, the bulk of the Republic's resources, in manpower and in materials, were gone. Cipriano Mera was alive to this fact. Here there was another landmark event in Mera's life – his support for the National Defence Council set up by Segismundo Casado who had taken over command of the Army of the Centre from General Miaja. The Negrín government was by then in a shambles and a puppet in the hands of the communists. All attempts to talk to Negrín proved pointless for he just made promises that even he knew he could not deliver on. In March 1939 the National Defence Council was established and, as Mera foresaw, the response came in the form of a communist revolt which was ultimately frustrated. The reserve units of Mera's IV Corps were mobilised in order to crush the PCE-sponsored revolt. Even so, Mera was not in agreement with everything that Casado stood for.
By late March 1939 the IV Army Corps was ordered to begin a withdrawal and to prepare for exile. The awful finale to a lost war was approaching. Mera was the last commander to abandon his post. He headed for Levante, hoping to catch a flight to Oran (French N. Africa). There was a very painful farewell to his family as a new stage in Mera's life began. He cast aside his officer's braid and never picked them up again, showing that his decision to don then really had been a matter of circumstance. A different sort of struggle lay ahead of him now.
Contrary to what one might have thought, Mera and his men were disarmed and placed under arrest on arrival in Mostaganem. The treatment doled out to Spanish exiles by the French authorties was petty-minded, especially when one considers the many concentration camps established throughout French territory and that Marshal Pétain's Vichy regime would later collaborate with the Nazis in dispatching thousands of Spaniards to the death camps. Mera was spared that fate but his suffering was not over yet.
After being arrested, one of the first things they did was to set about reorganising the CNT and FAI inside the concentration camps and behind bars. There was ongoing contact with the republicans and socialists. The same could not be said about the communists who, even in those circumstances, were trying to impose their will and extract favoured treatment from their jailers. They could not forgive Mera for having backed Casado and the National Defence Council, but Mera was able to stand his ground and was a match for them.
From the outset, Mera corresponded with members of the CNT and other organisations. His most consistent correspondence was with Mariano Rodriguez Vazquez which was interrupted only after the latter's tragic death by drowning. It was a maxim of Mera's that action was needed right away to protect the refugees and to reorganise the associations to which they belonged. Matters relating to the war and whatever mistakes might have been made during the conflict were something that could be analysed once the Franco dictatorship had been unseated and they were matters for debate between Spaniards and on Spanish soil. Mera also resisted the reformist theories designed to turn the CNT into just another political party and he was saddened to see leading comrades such as Vivancos, Jover or Doménech pushing that line.
Although he was in touch with the SERE (Spanish Refugee Evacuation Agency), it was not to his liking in that it was under the patronage of Juan Negrin and tightly controlled by the communists. He preferred to work with the JARE (Spanish Refugee Aid Council) which was headed by Indalecio Prieto and within which the anarchists had more influence.
Mera spent some time in Camp Morand, from where he escaped, reaching Casablanca (albeit not without mishap). There he was helped by Spanish and Portuguese anarchists. It was in Casablanca that he encountered the JARE, with which he had a few differences of opinion. He was helped to regularise his position and he found work, first as a box-maker and later as a bricklayer (picking up his trowel again, just as he had said during the war that he would).
The refugees' position became harder due to the hostility from the French authorities under pressure from the Nazis. Cipriano Mera was arrested and put on trial and an order was made for his extradition to Spain. All attempts to rescue him proved pointless and he was eventually handed over to the Francoist authorities.
On reaching Spain he came into contact with other anarchists (many of them members of the Libertarian Youth). He served time in the prisons of Linares, Carabanchel and Porlier, all of them jam-packed with anti-Francoist prisoners. He was brought before a court martial on charges of looting and indiscriminate murder. Mera saw it as only to be expected that the Francist authorities, bereft of scruple and who had made criminality their signature, should have done this. He was sentenced to death. This was in 1941. He had earlier told his son: "To date they have have been shooting people by the cartload on no pretext at all, pretty much as in my own case and there is no reason to hope for any change at all in their behaviour. Mine will be just one more injustice and you must take note of it and overcome your grief. You will have to help your mother and look to the future without hatred for that leads nowhere. Your father is, as you know, the victim of hatred because he dedicated his life to the establishment of universal brotherhood and my recommendation to you above all else is that you do not hate your fellow men."
Mera never applied for clemency because he wanted nothing from his executioners. But his death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment. In prison, a number of Falangist inmates tried to meet Mera but he cut them dead, sayting that there was a river of blood separating Falangists and libertarians. So there would be no un-natural associations.
Mera was eventually freed. He attended a number of conspiratorial meetings, some involving the Francoist army, which he did not trust. In 1947 the CNT instructed him to cross into France and to try to reconcile the CNT of the Interior and the CNT abroad. He settled in France and worked for a living, first in Toulouse and then in Paris, where he lived with his partner. He worked as a bricklayer up until the age of 72. And never sought any military pension. He lived modestly and never gave up on his activity as an anarchist and trade unionist and attended the important CNT congress in Limoges in 1963.
His home played host to a succession of historians and journalists. The aura of a hero was created around Mera but he himself saw to the dispelling of that. In the spring of 1975, by which time he was very elderly, he was taken to hospital with breathing difficulties. He died in Paris on the morning of 24-25 October 1975. His funeral became a demonstration all but ignored by the media.
So ended the life of one anarchist battler. He was denied by only a few days a chance to witness the demise of Franco, the scourge of Spain. Which might have offered some small satisfaction to a man who had been so deeply committed to the fight for freedom.
From Tierra y Libertad (Madrid), No 207, October 2005. Translated by: Paul Sharkey
CIPRIANO MERA Guerra, Exilio y Carcel de un Anarcosindicalista (en Español)
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I know I've talked about thankfulness before, but I think it's worth reminding you about it again.
I must admit that I don't actually do this myself before I go to bed.
But I do first thing in the morning and during the day whenever I can.
Being thankful is probably the most important habit to get into if you want to develop a positive mindset.
You may think you've got nothing to be thankful for, but if you sit down for a moment, I'm sure you can come up with something.
And just being thankful once in a blue moon isn't good enough. You need to make it a habit.
'We are what we repeatedly do,' as Aristotle said.
And it's not enough to think thankful, you've got to feel it, as the good doctor in the video says.
You may start without much enthusiasm, but that will come if you keep it up.
And you may wonder to whom you should say that you're thankful.
It can be God, the Force, Father Christmas, your life compagnon, your pet or even just yourself.
It will force you to look outwards rather than inwards.
It will put all your troubles into perspective.
And I guarantee you'll feel happier about yourself and your life and those around you will be happier with you too.
May you life never become an endurance test!
I'm taking a risk here, I know.
Many people run for cover when someone mentions anything to do with spirituality.
Given the track record of the church, this is hardly surprising.
I just felt that it might be helpful to share this.
So I'm counting on you to suspend your disbelief and read on regardless….
In 2002, I was really depressed.
I'd often been depressed in the past, limped along between highs and lows, but this was rock bottom. I was dog-tired of myself and tired of the struggle.
I had a wonderful wife (still do!) but even love couldn't seem to save me. I had this panic I couldn't really explain. I'd sleep, wake up in a cold sweat and dread what the day would hold.
No matter what I did, I was like an exhausted battery that I simply could not charge.
I went to see a lady healer whose strength comes from her belief in God.
I went in and sat down.
It was a long time since I'd talked to God and I hadn't got a clue how to start or what to say. I wasn't convinced that anybody or anything was listening and I felt that anything I thought or said would just be empty words, empty sounds.
Then I thought of the Lord's Prayer, that cliché of a prayer that somehow we all take for granted because we had to say it so many times when we were children growing up and because somebody says it in every film that has anything to do with Western spirituality.
I hadn't said it in years.
I didn't think of myself as a Christian anymore anyway.
And the thing is, I remembered it all even though I hadn't spoken or thought it for such a long time.
There was some comfort in that and simply going through the ritual of saying it. It was calming somehow. I didn't really believe a word of what I was saying, but that wasn't important.
It was the first time in my life that I truly understood the value of a ritual.
Sometimes, just going through the motions is enough.
Don't worry, I'm not going to start preaching at you. I just want to share this because I think it might be of help if you are going through a really bad time and you don't know where to turn.
You see, I think we really are like battery accumulators and we need to be recharged.
Lots of different things can recharge us, of course. People we love, nature, music, all sorts of things.
But if you get to the point where you never really feel charged up, where you are always tired, you can be pretty sure that you're no longer connected to the power source that ultimately charges us all.
You can call it what you like: God, the divine aspect of ourselves, a universal energy field, 'The Force' in Star Wars – really you can call it what you want.
But whatever you call it or however you think of it, you need to connect to it to be fully charged.
After all, you wouldn't expect your rechargeable battery to charge up if you didn't plug it into the mains. Well, it's the same with us.
And don't worry if you're not even convinced that this power source exists.
As I progress through life, I've come to feel that it doesn't matter what you believe as long as you keep an open mind.
So keep an open mind about this.
Just start a conversation, even if you think you're only talking to yourself and you feel stupid about it.
It doesn't matter what you say either. I used the Lord's Prayer but use whatever suits you.
And don't just do it once. Do it every day for a while and see what happens.
I still don't think of myself as a Christian. I use Christian terminology in my 'prayers' because I was brought up in England and our family went to Church of England services so this language feels familiar.
If I'd been born somewhere else, I might find another approach more useful or comforting.
But the fact remains that I haven't felt really depressed in the last fourteen years and I consistently have much more energy than those around me.
I'm one of the happiest people I know.
I have a conversation with 'God' every day and the Lord's Prayer is part of that.
It has a very special place for me because it enabled me to jump-start my conversation with God and that conversation is still going on.


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try:
    import urllib.parse as parse
except ImportError:
    import urlparse as parse # pylint: disable=import-error

class HttpBearerChallenge(object):

    def __init__(self, request_uri, challenge):
        """ Parses an HTTP WWW-Authentication Bearer challenge from a server. """
        self.source_authority = self._validate_request_uri(request_uri)
        self.source_uri = request_uri
        self._parameters = {}

        trimmed_challenge = self._validate_challenge(challenge)

        # split trimmed challenge into comma-separated name=value pairs. Values are expected
        # to be surrounded by quotes which are stripped here.
        for item in trimmed_challenge.split(','):
            # process name=value pairs
            comps = item.split('=')
            if len(comps) == 2:
                key = comps[0].strip(' "')
                value = comps[1].strip(' "')
                if key:
                    self._parameters[key] = value

        # minimum set of parameters
        if not self._parameters:
            raise ValueError('Invalid challenge parameters')

        # must specify authorization or authorization_uri
        if 'authorization' not in self._parameters and 'authorization_uri' not in self._parameters:
            raise ValueError('Invalid challenge parameters')

    # pylint: disable=no-self-use
    @staticmethod
    def is_bearer_challenge(authentication_header):
        """ Tests whether an authentication header is a Bearer challenge.
        :param authentication_header: the authentication header to test
        rtype: bool """
        if not authentication_header:
            return False

        return authentication_header.strip().startswith('Bearer ')

    def get_value(self, key):
        return self._parameters.get(key)

    def get_authorization_server(self):
        """ Returns the URI for the authorization server if present, otherwise empty string. """
        value = ''
        for key in ['authorization_uri', 'authorization']:
            value = self.get_value(key) or ''
            if value:
                break
        return value

    def get_resource(self):
        """ Returns the resource if present, otherwise empty string. """
        return self.get_value('resource') or ''

    def get_scope(self):
        """ Returns the scope if present, otherwise empty string. """
        return self.get_value('scope') or ''

    # pylint: disable=no-self-use
    def _validate_challenge(self, challenge):
        """ Verifies that the challenge is a Bearer challenge and returns the key=value pairs. """
        bearer_string = 'Bearer '
        if not challenge:
            raise ValueError('Challenge cannot be empty')

        challenge = challenge.strip()
        if not challenge.startswith(bearer_string):
            raise ValueError('Challenge is not Bearer')

        return challenge[len(bearer_string):]

    # pylint: disable=no-self-use
    def _validate_request_uri(self, uri):
        """ Extracts the host authority from the given URI. """
        if not uri:
            raise ValueError('request_uri cannot be empty')

        uri = parse.urlparse(uri)
        if not uri.netloc:
            raise ValueError('request_uri must be an absolute URI')

        if uri.scheme.lower() not in ['http', 'https']:
            raise ValueError('request_uri must be HTTP or HTTPS')

        return uri.netloc

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Language Classes Dance Classes Weaving Classes
Swedish Language and History Classes
Are you taking a trip to Sweden? Or maybe you want to keep up your Swedish language skills you learned earlier. Whatever your motivation, you are invited to take Swedish language classes. Classes are offered year round, including beginning, intermediate and advanced Swedish. Costs vary. Average class size is eight to 12 students.
During the coronavirus pandemic, most classes are online only. E-mail for information and video links.
Fill out a registration form and return it to Swedish Club, 1920 Dexter Ave. N., Seattle, WA 98109.
One of our instructors, Laura Wideburg, literally wrote the book for once-a-week language students. In fact, she's written six of them. They're the textbooks for several of our classes—get yours today!
Beginning I–IV: Start with no Swedish at all and work through Swedish: The Basics and Swedish: More Basics. Pronunciation, basic grammar, basic conversation, etc. At the end of the year, students should know about 1,500 words/phrases and how to use them in sentences. IV is offered in summer to review and fill the gap between classes.
Intermediate I–III: Work through Swedish: Beyond the Basics. Review and build on Swedish vocabulary, grammar and conversation. Beginning and Intermediate add up to a year of college-level studies and a vocabulary of 3,000–4,000 words.
Advanced: Bring your Swedish to 5,000 words with Becoming Fluent Step One, Step Two and Step Three.
Expert: Various levels. C is the highest level for the most fluent.
Winter 2022 Schedule
Students: Download class materials here
Culture Class: The House of Vasa—Sweden's Renaissance and Reformation
Online; 25-student limit
Mondays, Jan. 10–Feb. 14, 5:30–7 p.m.
Instructor: Laura A. Wideburg, Ph.D.
No text; taught in English
The founder of the modern nation of Sweden, King Gustav Vasa, born during the late Middle Ages, was a nobleman who escaped death during the Stockholm Bloodbath, when his father and brother-in-law perished. He led Swedish men to victory over the Danes to establish the Kingdom of Sweden on June 6, 1532. In spite of many threats to his throne, he was able to consolidate power and pass it on to his children, who became defenders of the new Protestant faith and the Swedish Lutheran Church. We will take a close look at the House of Vasa and what it meant to make a leap from the Middle Ages to the Reformation in one generation! We will also look at how his three sons continued these changes and brought Sweden to great power status. We will also spend some time on the women behind the throne, often powerful in their own right.
$94 members and general public
Beginning Swedish I
Tuesdays, Jan. 11–Mar. 8, 7–8:30 p.m.
Instructor: Catharina Lundin
Text: Swedish: The Basics by Laura A. Wideburg (please purchase before class begins)
Start with the basics! In this class we start with the basic word Tack and its variations. We cover the family as we move through nouns and present tense verbs. At the end of the class, we practice ordering a sandwich and a slice of princess cake (prinsesstårta). Covers the text Swedish: The Basics from the beginning to Chapter 3. The book is used throughout the first year series.
$114 members; $144 general public
Beginning Swedish II
Tuesdays, Jan. 11–Mar. 8, 5:30–7 p.m.
Continue with your Swedish language journey! Shopping, taking the train, time expressions, describing people and objects, as well as finding out about Sweden's Far North as we cover Chapters 4 through 6.
Intermediate Swedish II
Mondays, Jan. 10–Mar. 7, 5–6:30 p.m.
Tuesdays, Jan. 11–Mar. 8, 7:15–8:45 p.m.
Jan. 13–Mar. 10, 4:30–6 p.m.
Instructor: Carina Hurtig-Boczar
Text: Swedish: Beyond the Basics by Laura A. Wideburg (please purchase before class begins)
Moving forward with Swedish! The second-year series brings you from the basic 1,000-word vocabulary up to 3,400 words and increased comprehension of written and spoken Swedish. The text is used throughout the second year series and is a continuation of Swedish: The Basics. (Requirement: Completed Beginning Swedish III or one semester college level).
Advanced Swedish II
Text: Mål 1 Läsebok and Övningsbok (please purchase before class begins)
Thursdays, Jan. 13–Mar. 10, 5:30–7 p.m.
Text: Swedish: Becoming Fluent, Step Two by Laura A. Wideburg (please purchase before class begins)
Take your Swedish to the next level! We are using the first book in the Advanced series to add more vocabulary, more conversation, more practice as your fluency improves. The text is read from beginning to end.
Expert A
Instructor: Britt Fletcher
Utvandrarna (Lättläst) by Per Lekvall, Vilhelm Moberg and Cecilia Davidsson; Mål 2 (please purchase before class begins)
Fridays, Jan. 14–Mar. 11, 10–11:30 a.m.
Text: Isprinsessan by Camilla Läckberg (Lättläst version) (please purchase before class begins); grammar exercises provided by instructor
Developing vocabulary to increase fluency while reading a combination of stories and factual texts will help you become fluent in your Swedish! Completed three years of Swedish at the Club or two years college level Swedish required. This class is taught mostly in Swedish!
Expert Swedish B
Hybrid: Online/in person; 15-student limit
Mondays, Jan. 10–Mar. 7, 7:30–9 p.m.
Text: Goda grannar (Lättläst) (please purchase before class begins)
Keep going with Swedish! This class is for students who have finished the Advanced level (or two years college level, or equivalent) who are able to read well in Swedish and are ready to go into a class taught entirely in Swedish.
Expert Swedish C
Mondays, Jan. 10–Mar. 7, 5:45–7:15 p.m.
Text: Polcirkeln by Liza Marklund (please purchase before class begins)
Text: Swede Hollow by Ola Larsmo, Mål 3 Övningsbok (please purchase before class begins)
För dig som redan kan flytande svenska men vill förbättra dina kunskaper! This class is at the top of our language pyramid for those who want to delve into Swedish at a high level of conversation and reading. A Swedish book is read during these nine weeks. På svenska, förstås! This class is taught entirely in Swedish.
Section 1: Intermediate–Advanced
Thursdays, Jan. 13–Mar. 10, 7:15–8:15 p.m.
Section 2: Expert
Online: 12-student limit
Fridays, Jan. 14–Mar. 11, noon to 1 p.m.
Come practice your spoken Swedish! Topics vary by student interest and current events. Laughs guaranteed in a welcoming atmosphere! Requirements: Enrollment in or completion of Beginning Swedish III.
$95 members; $124 general public
Fall 2021 Schedule
Culture Class: Scandinavian Mythology—The Eddas
Mondays, Oct. 4–Nov. 8, 5:30–7 p.m.
Texts: Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman; Prose Edda by Snorri-Sturluson; Poetic Edda
Come read the Eddas! First, we'll read and discuss Neil Gaiman's "modern Edda," Norse Mythology, for a contemporary read of the tales that form the basis of our understanding of Scandinavian Mythology. Then we'll leap back in time to Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda for a 12th-century take on the tales before we finally dive deep into the oldest stories still available to us in the Poetic Edda, the anonymous collection of poems which can be dated to the Viking era and the early Middle Ages. Taught in English.
Culture Class: Vikings—Bronze Age Scandinavia to the Coming of Christianity
Fridays, Oct. 1–Nov. 5, 4:30–6 p.m.
Back by popular demand! Who were the Vikings and why do we still find them so fascinating today? Sort the myths and legends from history and archaeology (no horns!) and find out the latest discoveries relating to the Nordic cultures during the Viking Age (AD 700–1000). No text; taught in English.
Tuesdays, Oct. 5–Nov. 30, 5:30–7 p.m.
Thursdays, Oct. 7–Dec. 9, 4:30–6 p.m. (no class Nov. 25)
Instructor: David Rumsey
Fridays, Oct. 8–Dec. 10, 10:30 a.m.–noon (no class Nov. 26)
Start with the basics! In this class we start with the basic word Tack and its variations. We cover the family as we move through nouns and present tense verbs. At the end of the class, we practice ordering a sandwich and a slice of princess cake (prinsesstårta). Covers the text Swedish: The Basics from the beginning to Chapter 3. The book is used throughout the first-year series.
$114 blue card members, $144 general public
Intermediate Swedish I
Mondays, Oct. 4–Nov. 29, 5–6:30 p.m.
Tuesdays, Oct. 5–Nov. 30, 7:15–8:45 p.m.
Instructor: Carina Hurtig Boczar
Moving forward with Swedish! The second-year series brings you from the basic 1,000-word vocabulary up to 3,400 words and increased comprehension of written and spoken Swedish. The text is used throughout the second-year series and is a continuation of Swedish: The Basics. (Requirement: Completed Beginning III or one semester college level).
Advanced Swedish I
Tuesdays, Oct. 5–Nov. 30, 5–6:30 p.m.
Text: Mål 1 Läsebok (please purchase before class begins) and Övingsbok (optional)
Text: Swedish: Becoming Fluent, Step 1 (please purchase before class begins)
Fridays, Oct. 8–Dec. 10, 1:30–3 p.m. (no class Nov. 26)
Expert Swedish A
Text: Mål 2 Lärobok and Isprinsessan by Camilla Läckberg (Lättläst version) (please purchase before class begins)
Fridays, Oct. 8–Dec. 10, 10–11:30 a.m. (no class Nov. 26)
Developing vocabulary to increase fluency while reading a combination of stories and factual texts will help you become fluent in your Swedish! Completed three years of Swedish at the Club or two years of college-level Swedish required. This class is taught mostly in Swedish!
Expert Swedish B—Second-Level Expert
Mondays, Oct. 4–Nov. 29, 7:30–9 p.m.
Text: Utvandrarna (Lättläst) by Per Lekvall, Vilhelm Moberg and Cecilia Davidsson (please purchase before class begins)
Expert Swedish C—Highest Level
Text: 1793 by Niklas Natt och Dag (please purchase before class begins)
Text: Swede Hollow by Ola Larsmo, Mål 3 Övningsbok
Conversational Swedish
Online; intermediate to advanced
Thursdays, Oct. 7–Dec. 9, 7:15–8:15 p.m. (no class Nov. 25)
Online; 12-student limit; expert
Fridays, Oct. 8–Dec. 10, noon to 1 p.m. (no class Nov. 26)
$95 blue card members, $124 general public
Meet Your Teachers
Laura A. Wideburg, Ph.D.
Laura () is the Club's lead teacher in the Swedish language program. She will celebrate her 10th year at the Club in June 2018. "The Swedish language is my passion," she says.
Laura has written a six-book series for the Beginning, Intermediate and Advanced classes at the Club. During 2017, she revised and updated the entire series. "My students have contributed to the books and the development of the classes," she says. "I teach to allow people to develop an interest not just in the language but also the culture and the way English and Swedish, as language cousins, developed over time." Laura has also taught a number of classes focusing on Swedish history, and selects a new theme for one history class every fall quarter.
Laura has a Ph.D. in medieval German literature and historical linguistics from the UW. She has translated 20 books from Swedish to English and has seen 16 of them appear in print, of which a number received great reviews and awards. She is now focusing on her own writing. She lives in Seattle with her husband and two young adult children, as well as her two beloved cats.
Catharina Lundin, M.Sc., M.B.A.
Catharina () moved here in 2002 from Stockholm. She works as a teacher and principal at the Swedish School (Svenska Skolföreningen) for children on Sundays at the Club. She also teaches Swedish online for Rosetta Stone. Previously she worked for Ericsson in Sweden.
"I really enjoy meeting new people and teaching them Swedish," says Catharina. "I have learned to teach at the Swedish School and at Rosetta, which focuses on speaking Swedish through immersion. In my classes we practice speaking Swedish, reading, grammar and other activities. We usually fikar the last day of class." Catharina lives in Sammamish with her husband, three children and a dog.
Carina Hurtig Boczar
Carina () was born, raised and educated in Sweden. Her career path in Sweden included photography, but since moving to the U.S. Carina has been a Swedish instructor at Berlitz, and teaches Swedish to children for the Swedish School (Svenska Skolföreningen) on Sundays at the Club. She also substitutes for other instructors in the evening and for the Friday conversation class. She and her husband have three children and live in Redmond.
David Rumsey
David () has been an avid student of Swedish since he first took out a "Learn Swedish" record set from the local library at 12 years of age. He eventually mastered his Swedish skills as a graduate student at Stockholms Universitet. David also shared his love of Swedish with other young people as a teacher at Sjölunden, the Swedish language camp in Minnesota connected with Concordia College. Since then, David has worked as a full-time, professional translator working in Swedish, Danish and Norwegian in a variety of technical, medical and commercial fields. From 2015 to 2017, David was the president of the American Translators Association, representing 10,000 translators and interpreters around the globe. He remains a member of the Swedish Association of Professional Translators and works from his home on the Gulf Island in British Columbia, Canada. When David is not traveling throughout Scandinavia taking pictures, he enjoys Swedish baking, including kanelbullar, princesstorta och pannkakor,
Britt Fletcher
Britt () was born and raised in Stockholm, Sweden. She lives in Seattle. She has taught her daughter Swedish from birth, and she was a librarian at the Swedish School (Svenska Skolföreningen) in Seattle while her daughter attended this program for several years. In her professional life she has been a program manager for a large IT company for many years.
Beginning Weaving Classes. "From yarn to finished cloth." No prior experience necessary. Learn from experienced weaver/instructor Lois Gaylord. Series of five two-hour classes. Blue card members $136; nonmembers $165. Class size is limited to four, due to social distancing.
You can use the Club's looms. We have seven four-harness looms; three are table looms and four are floor looms. They're all from different manufacturers, and a couple of them are handmade. A big part of the class is learning how to set up the warp or "dress" a loom.
To register for the class, please call the Club at 206-283-1090 and prepay to reserve one of the looms. For 2022, the five-class series will be offered on the following schedule:
Jan. 11–Feb. 8, 6:30–8:30 p.m.
Jan. 18–Feb. 15, 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.
Call the Club at 206-283-1090 for further information.

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Kelly McKernan is a fine artist and illustrator currently based in Nashville, Tennessee. Kelly obtained her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Kennesaw State University, with a concentration in drawing and painting. Her work is primarily created with watercolor and acrylic.
At its core, Kelly's work always revolves around two forces: A woman and a world. Whether in harmony or posed against one another, the two are always clearly delineated. Her subjects are often found staring into all that exists outside themselves—rights and wrongs, friends and foes, full and empty spaces—seeing them distilled into a single essence to contend with as she may. Kelly strives to create through exploration, leaving a trail which anyone might follow with the very same sense of discovery.
She has been exhibiting her work with numerous galleries since 2009, including notable spaces such as Spoke Art, Gallery 1988, Haven Gallery, Arch Enemy Arts, Modern Eden Gallery, and more.
Kelly is a regular contributor for Imagine FX magazine and is a brand ambassador for Jerry's Artarama.


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Die Homoaromatizität aus dem Gebiet der organischen Chemie findet sich in konjugierten cyclischen Systemen, die in der Lage sind, einen Teil des Rings zu überspringen. Sie stehen damit im Gegensatz zur regulären Aromatizität, die nur bei planaren konjugierten Systemen zu finden ist. Genau wie normale aromatische Verbindungen sind auch homoaromatische Verbindungen stabiler als aufgrund der reinen Konjugation zu erwarten wäre.

Konzept der Homoaromatizität
Das Konzept der Homoaromatizität wurde von Saul Winstein entwickelt und als erstes bei einem 3-Bicyclo[3.1.0]hexyl-Kation beobachtet (Abb. 1).

Es wurde festgestellt, dass die Solvolyse-Reaktion viel schneller ablief, wenn sich die Tosyl-Abgangsgruppe in äquatorialer und nicht in axialer Position am Ring befand, wodurch die anchimere Unterstützung der Cyclopropan-σ-Orbital zum nichtklassischen Ion erleichtert wurde. Die positive Ladung in diesem Ion ist über drei Kohlenstoffatome delokalisiert, die zwei π-Elektronen aufweisen und damit die Hückel-Regel erfüllen. Insgesamt drei Methylengruppen sind aus dem konjugierten System ausgeschlossen, daher handelt es sich bei dem Ion um einen Trishomoaromaten.

Ein weiteres Beispiel eines homoaromatischen Systems ist das sechs π-Elektronen enthaltende Homotropylium-Ion (Abb. 2).

Bishomoantiaromatizität
Das verbrückte Bicyclo[3.2.1]octa-3,6-dien-2-ylkation, das in Abbildung 3 dargestellt ist, ist bishomoantiaromatisch, da es vier π-Elektronen enthält, womit es antiaromatisch ist. Das Kation wird bei niedrigen Temperaturen in einem supersauren Lösungsmittel dargestellt, das aus Fluorsulfonsäure und Sulfurylchloridfluorid besteht. Das Kation kann mit einem Methanolat-Anion rekombinieren, wobei eine 50/50-Mischung der Isomere entsteht. Das antiaromatische Verhalten des Systems konnte mittels NMR-Analyse und den Reaktionsgeschwindigkeiten bei Solvolyse-Experimenten nachgewiesen werden.

Weblinks

Einzelnachweise

Physikalische Chemie

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United States Army Warns Of Text Message Draft Scam
The scam has impacted people across the entire country.
Army Recruiting Experiencing Historic Mission Increase; Minnesota and Wisconsin Recruits Needed
If you or someone you know are looking for a new career path, the United States Army has announced the need for 6,000 additional active duty recruits and 1,500 additional Army Reserve recruits by the end of September as a result of the National Defense Authorization Act's increase in the Army's size.
Fox David
Watch 240 Years of Army Uniforms in 2 Minutes [VIDEO]
We all know that over time everything changes. This includes belief systems, tastes in food, and pop culture trends. This also includes military uniforms, and now you can watch a history of army uniforms unfold before your eyes.
US Army May Do Away With Sit-Up Requirement
In an attempt to make its training more practical, the Army may soon drop the sit-up from its fitness requirements. The army is testing a new fitness regiment that includes running an obstacle course with 40 to 70 pounds of combat gear on and dragging a sled weighing 180 pounds, but none of the iconic stomach-strengthening exercise.
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Q: how to make histogram with dates in format aaaa-mm-dd in R I have a database with dates of florestal burn. I want make a histogram wiht this dates, would like verify such as month most fire burn.
my dates : 2010/09/21
2010/09/21
2010/09/21
2010/09/21
2010/09/21
2010/09/21
2010/09/21
2010/10/18
2011/07/08
2011/07/08
2011/07/09
2011/07/09
2011/08/06
2011/08/13
2011/08/16
2011/08/16
2011/08/31
2011/08/31
2011/09/13
2011/09/13
2011/09/13
2011/09/13
2012/09/10
2012/09/08
2012/10/01
2012/11/22
2013/02/19
2013/03/05
2013/08/03
2013/08/14
2014/08/20
2013/09/13
2015/03/16
2015/03/14
2015/08/13
2020/04/11
2020/04/18
2020/04/18
2020/04/22
2020/04/22
2020/04/23
2020/04/23
2020/04/23
2020/04/27
2020/04/27
2020/04/27
2020/04/29
2020/04/29
2020/05/11
2020/04/28
2020/04/28
2020/06/12
2020/06/12
2020/06/12
2020/06/12
2020/08/11
2020/08/15
2020/08/15
2020/08/15
2020/08/29
2020/08/29
2020/08/29
2020/08/29
2015/10/19
2017/09/10
2018/03/23
2018/06/24
2018/09/11
2018/11/11
2018/11/11
2019/02/06
2019/02/22
2019/03/12
2019/04/14
2019/07/31
2019/07/31
2019/07/31
2016/11/06
2017/07/13
2017/07/13
2017/07/13
2017/07/24
2017/07/24
2017/08/30
2017/08/30
2017/08/30
2017/08/30
2017/03/25

A: There's a hist.Date method.
hist(as.Date(d), breaks="months", xlab="Date", main="Forestal burn")

Example data:
d <- c("2010/09/21", "2010/09/21", "2010/09/21", "2010/09/21", "2010/09/21",
"2010/09/21", "2010/09/21", "2010/10/18", "2011/07/08", "2011/07/08",
"2011/07/09", "2011/07/09", "2011/08/06", "2011/08/13", "2011/08/16",
"2011/08/16", "2011/08/31", "2011/08/31", "2011/09/13", "2011/09/13",
"2011/09/13", "2011/09/13", "2012/09/10", "2012/09/08", "2012/10/01",
"2012/11/22", "2013/02/19", "2013/03/05", "2013/08/03", "2013/08/14",
"2014/08/20", "2013/09/13", "2015/03/16", "2015/03/14", "2015/08/13",
"2020/04/11", "2020/04/18", "2020/04/18", "2020/04/22", "2020/04/22",
"2020/04/23", "2020/04/23", "2020/04/23", "2020/04/27", "2020/04/27",
"2020/04/27", "2020/04/29", "2020/04/29", "2020/05/11", "2020/04/28",
"2020/04/28", "2020/06/12", "2020/06/12", "2020/06/12", "2020/06/12",
"2020/08/11", "2020/08/15", "2020/08/15", "2020/08/15", "2020/08/29",
"2020/08/29", "2020/08/29", "2020/08/29", "2015/10/19", "2017/09/10",
"2018/03/23", "2018/06/24", "2018/09/11", "2018/11/11", "2018/11/11",
"2019/02/06", "2019/02/22", "2019/03/12", "2019/04/14", "2019/07/31",
"2019/07/31", "2019/07/31", "2016/11/06", "2017/07/13", "2017/07/13",
"2017/07/13", "2017/07/24", "2017/07/24", "2017/08/30", "2017/08/30",
"2017/08/30", "2017/08/30", "2017/03/25")

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Q: R/arrow summarizing on variable columns I have a large-ish parquet file I'm referencing via arrow::open_dataset. I'd like to get the max value of one or more of the columns, where I don't know a priori which (or how many) columns. In general, this sounds like "programming with dplyr" (assuming arrow-10 and its recent support of dplyr::across), but I can't get it to work.
write_parquet(data.frame(a=c(1,9), b=c(2,10), d=c("q","r")), "quux.parquet")
vars <- c("a")
open_dataset("quux.parquet") %>%
  summarize(across(sym(vars), ~ max(.))) %>%
  collect()
# # A tibble: 1 x 1
#       a
#   <dbl>
# 1     9

But when vars is length 2 or more, I assume I need to be using syms or similar, but that fails with
vars <- c("a", "b")
open_dataset("quux.parquet") %>%
  summarize(across(all_of(syms(vars)), ~ max(.))) %>%
  collect()
# Error: Must subset columns with a valid subscript vector.
# x Subscript has the wrong type `list`.
# i It must be numeric or character.

How do I lazily (not load all data) find the max of multiple columns in an arrow dataset?
While I suspect that the correct answer in dplyr will be some form of syms, and then whether or not arrow supports that is the next question. I'm not tied to the dplyr mechanisms, if there's a method using ds$NewScan() or similar, I'm amenable.

A: Is this the kind of thing you're after - using tidyselect's all_of function?
library(arrow)
library(dplyr)

write_parquet(data.frame(a=c(1,9), b=c(2,10), d=c("q","r")), "quux.parquet")

vars <- c("a", "d")

open_dataset("quux.parquet") %>%
  summarize(across(all_of(vars), ~ max(.))) %>%
  collect()
#> # A tibble: 1 × 2
#>       a d
#>   <dbl> <chr>
#> 1     9 r

See https://tidyselect.r-lib.org/reference/index.html for the different tidyselect functions you may also want to check out.


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March 28 – 30, 2019
Publishing The Sun each month doesn't leave much time for us to meet readers and writers. That's why we're hoping to see as many of you as we can while we're in Portland March 28–30.
An Evening with The Sun
Sy Safransky and Sun contributors John Brehm, Krista Bremer, David James Duncan, and Brenda Peynado will read from their work. This event is free and open to the public. Doors open at 6 PM (no tickets required).
When: Friday, March 29
Where: Alberta Rose Theatre
3000 NE Alberta Street
Krista Bremer greets a visitor at The Sun's AWP Bookfair booth in Minneapolis.
The AWP Conference & Bookfair
If you're planning to attend the 2019 AWP Conference & Bookfair, March 28–30 at the Oregon Convention Center, you can meet The Sun's staff at Booth 6014 in the Bookfair, which is open to the public at a reduced rate on Saturday, March 30.
We are also hosting an on-site event for registered conference attendees. To celebrate The Sun's forty-fifth anniversary, Sy Safransky will join contributors John Brehm, David James Duncan, Ellen Bass, and Susan Straight for a reading of work from the magazine.
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When: Thursday, March 28
Where: Oregon Convention Center Level 1 (E143-144)
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Brian Doyle — the acclaimed essayist, author, and longtime editor of Portland Magazine — died of a brain tumor in May 2017. Brian was a prolific writer and contributed often to The Sun and Orion. The Sun's editor and founder, Sy Safransky, and Orion's executive director and editor-in-chief, Chip Blake, will host a reading of Brian's work featuring Robin Cody, David James Duncan, John Freeman, Jourdan Imani Keith, Michael N. McGregor, Brenda Miller, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Kim Stafford, and Joe Wilkins.
The reading is free and open to the public, but tickets are required for entry. The event is currently sold out. To sign up for the waiting list, click here. (If you reserved tickets but are unable to attend, please let the theater know so we can offer those seats to others.)
Where: McMenamins Mission Theater


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Q: Converting year weeks to continuous without gaps in Power BI graph I have weekly sales data from 201601-201835 and i have to create a graph to see the trend. Since the data is categorical, a scroll bar is appearing on the graph. I want to view the complete graph at once.
I tried converting the data to continuous, but there is a gap in the graph as there is no data from 201653 to 201699 and hence the graph is wrong.
Is there a way of viewing the complete data without a scroll bar?

A: I would add summary fields to the Axis above the Week, e.g. Year, Month, Quarter.  You will probably need a reference table for your weeks or some fancy calculations.
With those fields in place, you can expand or drill into the levels before getting down to the Week level.  As the higher levels are Categorical and have fewer categories, you are less likely to see scroll bars.
A side benefit is the user has more control e.g. they can drill down on just a section of the weeks, e.g. for one year.


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Q: How to grep text between two commas i have a string in text file, i want to grep the email address but it is not working
26,2,12,1,1,0,1,0,12,20,648130864.573339,,"iCloud - Device Locator",,,69FFBE2F-6626-4A4B-8A78-BF7D06DE59C7,7F223B27-9588-4719-81B9-074666A76E1D,com.apple.accountsd,youremail@yahoo.com,

i try: grep -Eo "\b@'[^']*'" but it not working
i need output: youremail@yahoo.com
P/s: maybe the field isn't 19th but email is always at the end of the line

A: Use csvcut from csvkit:
csvcut -c 19 file

Alternatively, you might try want to try awk if it is always the second to last field:
awk -F, '{print $(NF-1)}'

This won't work if the last field contained a comma.

A: If the email is always the 19th item, you can use
cut -d, -f 19

-d, means ',' is the delimiter and -f 19 means you want the 19th field.
Update:
If the email is always the penultimate item on the line (note that you have a comma after it), you can use sed:
sed -e 's/.*,\(.*\),/\1/'

A: Remove the last comma on the line with a sed. Then remove everything before and including the last comma, this leaves the email address, as follows:
XXXX@Atlas:~$ echo "26,2,12,1,1,0,1,0,12,20,648130864.573339,,"iCloud - Device Locator",,,69FFBE2F-6626-4A4B-8A78-BF7D06DE59C7,7F223B27-9588-4719-81B9-074666A76E1D,com.apple.accountsd,youremail@yahoo.com," | sed "s/,$//g; s/^.*,//g"
youremail@yahoo.com

A: Using Raku (formerly known as Perl_6):
raku -ne 'for .split(",") {.put if m:g/ \@ /;};'

OUTPUT:
youremail@yahoo.com

The :g 'global' adverb allows for more that one match. If you're absolutely certain of the desired field, you could drop the m/.../ match and add an index (e.g. [18]):
raku -ne '.put for .split(",")[18];'

OUTPUT:
youremail@yahoo.com

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A: Using cut by reversing the input, so that the email becomes the second comma delimited field, and finally reverse once more:
< file rev | cut -d, -f2 | rev
youremail@yahoo.com

Using comma as field separator:
perl -F, -pale '$_ = pop @F' < file

turn commas to newlines then keep chopping until we're left with one newline
sed -n 'y/,/\n/;/\n.*\n/D;P' < file


Today was the maiden voyage for the Skimmer. I fished with Ray Bartlett and we did some exploring.
I got a report of mackerel outside of Fire Island Inlet and supposedly a big bluefin was taken in the bait schools. I investigated and didn't see much. I marked a big school of bait on the bottom and I think they were bunker. We tried jigging on small patches of bait but no results.
We then worked over some flounder spots and had some success.
We limited out with four fish just average size but they were alive and the first fish on the boat this season. Clam Pond area was best for us. Here are my two beauties and they will make a nice meal tomorrow. Ray chose to let me keep the catch so I have enough for a nice meal of Great South Bay flounder. Can't wait.
Here is Ray with his fish. He likes to show the white side to make them look bigger but there was no way for these to look large. Not bragging size today but we had fun and the the day was beautiful.
A nice start to the new season.
Capt. Al invited me out on a exploratory Flounder trip. Our intention was to shoot some flounder footage. We tried six spots, 4 or 5 slugs of chum, mussels, worms and even Berkly gulp and not even a nibble between the both of us. We did pass one boat that had a Flounder and that was in the area around Frank and Dicks.


Should the Bailout Have Done More for Small Banks?
It turns out that the bank bailout wasn't so helpful to small banks after all. Of course, the banking behemoths are all doing just fine these days; they're nearly back to business as usual. But the Congressional Oversight Panel for the bailout has found that many smaller ones that got aid are still struggling to survive. This is neither surprising nor a significant criticism of the bailout.
CPP-recipient small banks appear to be no healthier than other small banks, and the broader small bank sector is struggling under the general strain of a poor economy and the more acute strain of commercial real estate liabilities. One in seven small banks in the CPP has already missed a dividend payment, and fewer than 10 percent of CPP-recipient small banks have repaid taxpayers. At the moment Treasury has $24.9 billion in CPP funds outstanding at small banks, and the prospects for full recovery are uncertain.
CPP is a fancy acronym for the bailout. Unlike the big banks, these smaller institutions are having trouble, despite the government assistance.
One immediate response to this is: well, of course small banks are having more trouble. They are far less diversified than the big banks. They often kept more risk on their balance sheets related to still-troubled residential and commercial mortgages. They also lack the trading platforms that Wall Street banks have, which have done quite well over the past year or so. Finally, smaller banks will have more trouble securing new outside capital. They generally can't sway a big investor in Singapore or even Santa Fe.
Did the architects of the bailout really expect small banks to recover as quickly as the large ones? It's hard to imagine that they would have. After all, the bailout was designed to stabilize the financial system under near collapse due to systemic risk, which explicitly required propping up the big banks.
The bailout was never really intended to benefit small banks. Sure, they were part of the industry, and to the extent that small capital injections might prevent some of them from failing, the Treasury was willing to play ball. But it was designed to reduce the systemic risk in the system, which was created by the big banks. It accomplished that feat very well. Its essential purpose was really to save large institutions from failing; the smaller ones just came along for the ride so appease critics who didn't want to only bail out Wall Street.
Moreover, it's hard to see what a better alternative might have been. Sure, you could have given these smaller banks cheaper or free capital, but the government isn't really in the businesses of blindly bailing out firms that don't pose any systemic risk to the economy (or have lots of political union-driven clout, like GM and Chrysler). While the failure of a few hundred small banks might be extremely lamentable, it won't bring down the financial system.
Without the bailout money, many of these smaller banks that continue to struggle would likely have failed by now. Some still might, while others will manage to wait out the storm. Ultimately, fewer banks will fail than would have if they didn't get capital from Uncle Sam. The hope that the government could save all of these institutions, some of which were under significant stress, simply isn't realistic. Even if the bailout manages to keep a significant number of them afloat that otherwise would have failed, then that's certainly better than the alternative.


What is a Personal Independence Payment or PIP?
If you have a disability, you may be entitled to some financial help with the costs of managing that disability. Personal Independence Payments, or PIP, is a new benefit which replaces Disability Living Allowance.
It is not means-tested. This means that you can receive this benefit even if you have other income. Any PIP that you receive will not be counted as income when you are assessed for other benefits, like Housing Benefit or Universal Credit.
People who are not British or Irish citizens will have to pass a habitual residence test.
What happens to people who currently receive DLA?
In the coming months everyone who receives DLA will be asked to reapply for a Personal Independence Payment or PIP.
The person reassessing you will ask if they can review your old DLA claim to help with the PIP assessment. If you agree to this, the information on your form can be used to learn more about your condition. It might be useful for you to ask for a copy of this form to be sent to you before your assessment, particularly if it's been a while since you completed it and your condition has gotten worse.
Is PIP the same as DLA?
PIP is slightly different to DLA. The fact that you've been getting DLA doesn't mean that you will definitely get PIP.
If you're worried about your interview, speak to an advice agency before you go who can explain the process and the types of questions you might be asked.
How much PIP can you get?
PIP has two components and each component has two rates of pay. You need to score 8 points in a component to get its standard rate and 12 points to get its enhanced rate. The components are Daily Living and Mobility.
Call 0808 802 0020 if you have any questions about the move from DLA to PIP.
The Citizens Advice website has some really useful information about making a claim for PIP.
Although you may receive a payment to compensate you for losing your DLA, the amount that you receive in Housing Benefit could be affected and you won't get any extra money for this. If you're struggling with your rent because of welfare reform changes, call Housing Rights for advice.


Oh be careful little eyes what you see, Oh be careful little eyes what you see, for the Father up above is looking down in love Oh be careful little eyes what you see.
Other verses would repeat about be careful: hands what you do, feet where you go, ears what you hear, and mind what you think.
Whether or not you have ever heard that song or remember the song at all, the truth of the song is profound. Little did I realize as a child how much what I looked at, listened to and thought about would affect the way I lived, and the places I would desire to go, nor did I realize that it would impact the way I would talk and the thoughts that would fill and take over my mind.
The health conscious person knows it is vitally important what they put in the body. No matter how much exercise you may get, if you put the wrong types or wrong amounts of food and drink in your body you will not achieve the desired results of a healthy fit body.
The same is true of us spiritually. Just as the world bombards us with delicious looking and tasting treats filled with sugar, fat, carbs, and chemicals that are not good for our physical body; the world will try to entice you will all kinds beautiful, desirable junk that is not good for your spiritual well being. The things that we watch on Television, and listen to the radio will fill our mind and our thoughts and it will impact what we think about, how we talk and the way we live.
Most of us understand the dangers of what is viewed and heard when it comes to children, but somehow we think that as adults we can somehow "handle" it and we are mature enough to not allow it to impact our lives. If we think this way we are deceived.
As Christians we must avoid allowing our minds to be filled and consumed with worldly, carnal thoughts and images. Be careful to avoid that which you know is not good. But also fill your mind with that which is. God's word, wholesome music, positive thinking and honorable thoughts. It is not enough to simply avoid that which we would, as we cannot avoid living in a world where we are surrounded by that which good and Godly is not the standard. We must fill and be filled by God with Godly things.
Garbage in/Garbage out is a universal truth, whether it be what you put in your body or in your mind. Even computer programmers learn this lesson early on. Your mind is the most sophisticated computer the world has ever known. Unlike a computer however there is no "file dump" or "delete button". What goes in your mind stays there forever. If you don't believe me then just wait until an old song comes on the radio that you have not heard in years and notice how quickly you remember the words.
After all how many of you started singing…Oh be careful little hands what you do?


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CSR Racing Makes $12 Million Per Month In Revenue
This success probably had something to do with the game's publisher, NaturalMotion, acquiring CSR developer Boss Alien.
The CSR Racing phenomenon is a bit crazy. We think it's a fun game, sure, but at this point, the 52,752 five-star reviews on the App Store are a little baffling; by comparison, it only has 1,382 one-star reviews. Sure, it's a fun drag racing game, but is it that good? So good, that it pulls in $12 million per month in revenue?
That isn't a misprint. This is how much CSR Racing makes, according to publisher NaturalMotion Games Limited. In fact, the company is so impressed, it purchased the game's developer, Boss Alien.
"We've been working with them from the start and they've been working exclusively with us on NaturalMotion games and they've done an amazing job a) building the game and b) creating an amazing team down there in Brighton," NaturalMotion CEO Torsten Reil told GamesIndustry International.
"With this acquisition it gives us the opportunity to obviously extend what we're doing on CSR because it's off to such a great start, and in addition to that we're also growing the studio there to work on multiple projects in parallel. So Brighton is going to become an important base for NaturalMotion."
And what of that $12 million?
"We've achieved that figure without user acquisition, so we've done it all through organic downloads, and we think that's really really important because we think that the margin on these games are much much higher than they would be on games that rely on user acquisition to be pushed up the charts."
"That's why we're really sharing this figure because it's wave two of mobile social games that's starting. Wave one is coming to an end, those were the 2D resource management games that relied a lot on user acquisition to get up the charts."
Definitely impressive, to say the least.
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In a presentation this morning to the Appropriations Committee, Fiscal Research updated their revenue projections for the upcoming fiscal year. Long story short, it's ugly.
The Governor and Senate budget plans relied on overly rosy revenue projections (as I pointed out) – predicting revenue for the coming fiscal year of $18.86 billion. The revised projection now being discussed is $17.5 billion. In other words, the projected budget deficit for FY 2009-10 grew by another $1.3 billion, and now stands at $4.6 billion.
Part of that hole will be plugged by the federal stimulus dollars. For the coming year, those funds are estimated to be $1.6 billion, but Governor Perdue is raiding $200 million of that to fill the current year's deficit. Good luck to the House in trying to balance their budget proposal with $1.3 billion less in revenue and $200 million less in stimulus funds than the Gov. and Senate had to play with.
Perhaps in light of this mess, N.C. lawmakers may want to consider another method of budgeting their expenditures. The current method of using statistical forecasting is completely unreliable. Basically, "experts" make their best guess as to how much revenue they believe North Carolina state government will collect, and then the General Assembly goes about budgeting to spend that amount. Unfortunately, these predictions are more often than not off by a significant margin.
be fully known or measurable.
Perhaps a better alternative would be to set revenue projections on the actual revenue of the most recent calender year, a proposal contained in Senate bill 1052.
While also an imperfect method, this would no doubt be much better that the current method, which has given us both wild surpluses during the boom years and the massive deficits we are currently facing. Large surpluses mean that taxpayers were overcharged during that year, while deficits lead to panic in Raleigh – and that type of panic typically results in tax hikes.
Oh, and of course, it might be a good time to instill some strict fiscal discipline – setting aside more of the surpluses when revenues are high so that there is more savings set aside for the down times.


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Style Blended Scotch Whisky
8 Year Old Sherry Cask Finish Scotch Whisky (0.75l, 40%*) *please note that the ABV of this bottle may vary
Grant's famous blended Scotch finished in Oloroso Sherry casks for a bright, fruit-forward dram.
William Grant was a bookkeeper working for a distillery company. He and his seven sons and two daughters worked together to build their first distillery — Glenfiddich Distillery in Dufftown — with the first Spirit coming of the stills on Christmas Day, 1897. Then in 1898 disaster struck the Scotch business with the famous Pattison's bankruptcy — then the largest Scotch Whisky blender. To Grant, this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. He launched Grant's Blended Scotch that same year. The company has been in family hands continuously since then, expanding to become one of the largest family owned and operated Spirits companies in the world.
Every fan of Scottish Spirits knows that there is a certain magic in Sherry casks. The folks at Grant's know it too. So, they took their famous blend of Single Malts and grain Whiskies — all aged a minimum of eight years — assembled them, and let them finish in Oloroso Sherry casks to make Grant's 8 Year Old Sherry Cask Finish. The combination brings extra fruit and a hint of rancio worth your attention.
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The current master blender at Grant's is Brian Kinsman. His predecessor was David Stewart who held the post for forty-seven years making him the longest serving master distiller at a single company. A record that may last for quite a while.
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The aroma is bright with notes of crisp green apple, orange blossoms, and vanilla over tones of warm oak.
The palate opens with toasted granola and a hint of honey with zings of dried apricot, cherry, and currant.
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We invented Flavor Spiral™ here at Flaviar to get all your senses involved in tasting drinks and, frankly, because we think that classic tasting notes are boring.
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Is Scotch always Scottish? What do you think? Yes. The answer is yes.
90% of all Scotch Whisky released in the market is a blend. That's a hell of a lot.
Single malt stands for around 10% of the Scotch market. This is a malt containing only one grain, legally required to be barley in Scotland, and made at a single distillery.
A blended Scotch is a combination of different malts from different distilleries. It is typically made from grain Whisky but does include malt Whisky to give it a more complex body.
Blended Whiskies are the result of years of craftsmanship and dedication. A master blender does not simply wake up one day with a profound ability to create a cohesive and enjoyable liquid. From nosing the liquid to working out quantities of each different grain and malt to go into the blend, a master blender can take years, if not decades, to train.
Whisky distilling goes way back to 1494 when the first recorded batch was made by a posse of monks who acquired about 60 gallons of barley and decided to turn it into "aqua vitae". They created the first 1,500 bottles of Scotch in History.
Scotland is home to more than 20 million casks of maturing Whisky. That's four for every person living there. Nuts!


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Here's a YouTube Playlist of Meta Game Jam 'let's play' videos!
Come join our official Discord server (for this jam and future jams), because game jams are more fun when there's a community!
You can also follow my personal twitter @XavierEkkel if you have any questions or just because you like living life on the edge.
~$100 in game prizes to top entries and to those who give great feedback in the voting period!
A special role in our Discord server!
Lots of feedback from other participants and YouTubers/streamers (see below)!
Most importantly, the satisfaction of finishing an awesome metagame!
Max team size is 4. You can find teammates easily on our CrowdForge page or in our Discord server.
See the 'Where can I read more about metagames?' section below for more information.
Overall - your overall opinion of the game, in all aspects important to you.
Metaness Quality - is the game 'meta', and to what extent? How successfully does it explore its relevant metaness categories?
Gameplay Innovation - how unique and unexpected is the gameplay?
Fun - how much did you enjoy playing this game? Was it addictive? Did it make you lose track of time?
Humour - How funny is the game? Did it make you smirk/chuckle/laugh?
Note: you don't have to aim to score well in each category (e.g. a serious non-fun metagame is also fine!).
Can I update my game after the deadline?
Yes! The game jam is meant to motivate you, not hold you back!
Help! I missed the deadline!
Don't stress! Just tweet or email Xavier with a link to your game and I'll let you submit!
Where can I download the logo? Can I put it in my game?
You can download the logo here, and you are welcome (and encouraged) to include it as a splash screen for your game!
What platform should I create my game for?
You are allowed to create a game for any platform; however, it is highly recommended that you create a game for the browser and/or as a Windows executable (Mac and Linux versions are a bonus - the more platforms, the better). Games created only for other platforms are less likely to be played by our YouTubers/streamers and other participants, and will receive less feedback and ratings as a result.
Do I keep the rights to my game?
Yes! You keep the rights to everything you create for this game jam.
Is there any restriction on game engines?