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We are proud to offer these special Marquee HD mods for you to bring your Marquee CRT projector (or clone) back up to spec and offer even greater performance!
These upgrades are offered for the Marquee series of CRT projectors and clones. These machines are 10-14+ years old now so some preventative maintenance will insure continued reliable operation. If your machine is an un-touched (unmodified) original you will also see a performance increase from this upgrade: 10-20% resolution increase for Blu-ray, better colours, and less smearing/streaking.
This is a CurtPalme.com recommended and approved service.
Which projectors are included with this service?
There is approximately 10 hours of labour involved. It is slow, precision work requiring extensive before and after testing.
What improvements will the Marquee HD mods offer?
If your trusty Marquee is drifting a little bit and requires regular touch-ups (even after warm-up), then it's likely there's some tired parts on that 10+ year old projector. An improperly running projector will have more problems over the long run. Just like changing your oil, certain parts should be replaced in your Marquee projector to ensure a long, trouble free life span.
On our test bench we've now seen many times now how a stock machine has very poor spot-size capability: Test pattern grid lines are simply too fat. After the modifications the focusing and spot size are much better. We would go as far as to say that an original 10+ year old Marquee fed a native Blu-Ray HD signal is losing at least 10-20% of the picture quality and resolution without these Marquee HD mods.
Below are pictures of some of the boards that are modified. Not all boards are shown.
How long does it take to have my boards modified?
Typical turn around after the boards are received is usually 1 week assuming multiple orders aren't all received at the same time. There is approximately 10 hours of labour involved. It is slow, precision work requiring extensive before and after testing. Contact DraganM at draganm@curtpalme.com with any questions.
Do the boards have to be in working condition? Do you fix boards?
All boards must be in working condition. This is not a repair service. The boards will be tested both before and after the modifications. If your boards are defective (your projector does not power up) you will need to contact Curt Palme at curt@curtpalme.com first to have the boards repaired. Curt can repair your boards. Note that he does not offer this Marquee HD mods service.
How do I remove and package my boards for mailing?
These modifications requires some very basic ability to follow instructions and remove/replace your old boards.
See this document for detailed instructions with pictures: Marque Board Removal (440Kb PDF file).
How do I know if I need this done to my Marquee?
Generally speaking, after 10 years (check the date on the sticker next to the power cord) they all need it but here's a simple test: On a 16:9 widescreen projection turn on your video source at 1080i or 720p for a Marquee 8110/8500 or 1080p for a Marquee 9500. Now pull up the jail-bar (pluge) video test pattern by pushing the # button a few times on the remote. Look at the squares in the center of the screen. If your set-up is done well you should clearly see scan lines at both 1080i and 720p on an 8110/8500 and at 1080p on a 9500. If not, then your machine is probably running out of spec and will benefit greatly from the modifications.
I already have the Mike Parker video chain upgrade done, do I still need this modification done?
YES, even more so than a stock machine. A hot-rodded video chain is only good as the deflection and focus circuitry it relies on to control the electron beam and "paint" the raster on the tube face. By upgrading the video chain and ignoring the rest the machine (weakest link), you place even more strain on an already tired projector. Note: If you have the MP mods then I do NOT need the 3 neck-boards and you will be refunded $50 after payment and you do not need to send in your 3 neck-boards.
My projector has problems currently, every once in a while it shuts down. Will this service fix my machine?
No. This type of problem is usually caused by a fault in the low or high voltage power supplies, or possibly by a leaking high voltage wire. If you hear an occasional SNAP inside your projector and the set shuts down you need to repair this ASAP. Contact DraganM at draganm@curtpalme.com for instructions and do NOT run the machine in this condition.
My marquee has very high hours on it. Are the mods worth it? Are they any other mods that need to be done?
The service listed above is most definitely needed for high hour machines. In addition, if you have over 15,000 hours on your machine you may benefit from some modifications to your Control Module (CLM) as well. Contact DraganM at draganm@curtpalme.com for more information and pricing. If you have a high hour machine that is unable to maintain sync at higher frequencies (ie: you are able to display 480p but are unable to display 720p or higher for any length of time) then this extra service is for you.
When purchasing you will be paying and dealing directly with the third party seller 'DraganM'. While this service is not sold or supported directly by CurtPalme.com, we are in the service business and our only goal is your complete satisfaction. We work with our vendors to ensure you are completely satisfied.
A thumbsup from Mike Parker (one of the early creators of Marquee performance mods) is always a good thing!
Great price. Nice job picturing everything that'll be done. Typo ["capactors" (sic)] in the "Stigmator Amp and Vertical Deflection boards" picture.
Yep. Some people will still find it expensive but you have to realize there's over 10 hours of labour here, plus parts and other expenses. Works out to about $35/hr labour rate. Try getting any professional level service (plumber/electrician/etc) for that rate!
Typo ["capactors" (sic)] in the "Stigmator Amp and Vertical Deflection boards" picture.
Hey, when you use quality caps like the Nichicon, there's no need for an 'i' in capactor.
Glad to see you went forward with this Dragan. Hope it goes well for you. And these mods do wonders for the longevity and stability of your beloved Marquee. And Dragan's work will be top nothch!!!
I added a link to the Marquee thread !!!
Damn, Draganm told me on Saturday that this would be coming, but I didn't expect to see it this fast. Bravo!
thanks guys for the thumbs up. this will be interesting to see the results people get and I will ask a couple of folks to post their own before/after impressions. This is the frist one from Steven in CA. stock Marquee 9500LC (no MP mod's) with 5K hours on the chassis/tubes.
Hi Dragan, I received them on Friday and installed them back right away. I had to do the convergence, so I have reset the convergence. Did the source setup again, and did focus, stigmator, etc.
The picture looks very good. Contrast is much better and 1080P black looks close to when I set it up at 960 x 1440. No more black tinted with slight gray tone. I don't know why but I think color saturation has also improved. Now I see excellent color depth and tone.
I also think the resolution has increased a lot when watching movies, though I can't verify it on my computer screen (I am using an HTPC). Part of the reason I am not getting maximum resolution could be that I am using 110" wide screen with HD10L lens. Corner focus is slightly off though I don't notice it when I watch bluray movies.
Slight green spilling to the bottom of the screen is not fixed. I think the problem may be in the tube. Thanks for your excellent work! I think it's worth every penny and I recommend it to any marquee owner.
this machine might have an issue with fungus in the green tube, not sure yet but all the results are pretty mcuh what I would expect video performance wise.
they are indeed nice caps, it's cool to be able to add 2009 electronic's technology to a 10 to 14 year old machine. I'm pretty sure the spec's on the Nichi HE series caps weren't even possible back then.
Glad to see you went forward with this Dragan. Hope it goes well for you. And these mods do wonders for the longevity and stability of your beloved Marquee. And Dragan's work will be top notch!!!
that thread was the final inspiration to do this Athan so thanks for that. I also owe credit to MP for starting the original Marquee maintenance thread and also for the encouragement to do this, Tim Martin at E-tech for his help over the years and finally Curt for hosting this. It's also gratifying to pitch in a little support to the forum and web-site which is the last Bastion of CRT as a Home theater hobby.
oh one more important thing to mention and that's return shipping. All boxed up with rear heat sink, HDM, FCM and 3 x VNB it's 21 pounds. it's pretty cheap for the lower 48 but Alaska , Hawaii , Canada is 60 bucks, EU is $100. , and Australia /New Zealand is $140. I know it's a bummer but I looked all over and those were the best rates I could find with US postal service.
MP: Is it Ok to send your modified neck boards for this "upgrade"?
D: Is it even necessary to send MP modified neck boards as a part of this upgrade?
There's really no need to send neck boards or VIM for this. That part has already been taking care of..
So you'll save $50 and you don't need to send in your 3 neckboards.
Great! I get to be the first customer to write a review for these Mods by DraganM. I am also one of Dragan's first customers back in 2003. Back in the "day" Dragan came across a supply of Electrohome projectors and I was able to cherry pick my projector with 39,000 hours but mint tubes. A healthy Marquee 8500 projector. Obviously, the previous owner (company) replaced these tubes before selling off their entire inventory. After the initial squeeze and power supply mods Ive been running this project at 960P on my home theater computer running TheaterTek for years without issue. Bright, vivid and pretty picture on a 94" gatorfoam board screen.
Then Cox Cable HD and BluRay players came along. Well, it's been mentioned many times on the AVS forums that you simply cannot get 1080P on a Marquee 8500 but since the projector now has 44,000 hours and getting on in age, at least I can get it rebuilt and enjoy what the projector is capable of doing. I purchased Cox HD cable service and a Samsung 1400 Blu-Ray player and set both for 1080i. Stunningly beautiful picture. Along with a new Moome HD internal card with Gamma Correction this setup up blew away my old Home THeater computer in all ways I can think of. Clearer, brighter, vivid, 3D.
I was really happy with my home theater but was a little frustrated that I paid for a 1080P BluRay player but was not able to enjoy 1080P. I believe this is one of the reasons why the projector fan base is fading in the last year. So, I called Dragan and we discussed doing these projector upgrades. I agree'd to have him upgrade every board in the projector. A short few weeks later I got all my boards back and put it all back together. First thing I did notice was his superb packaging. No doubt that when he ships something it will arrive safely. Definately saving this packaging to re-use someday. Examining the boards, I must say, really good solder work. Very clean and professional. It's amazing how many capicators and resistors he replaced. Glad I didn't have to do it.
WOW, You know how you can't see anything can be better until you see it. This is definately the case here. Originally I didnt think my projected image could be bettered. These upgrades didn't just improve the image quality 20%, I would say it was 200 to 300%! It's a funny thing about percentages, 100% means its double the amount. Well, I have to say, being a subjective thing, my image quality is 3 to 4 times greater in clarity, resolution, and vividness. Now I can truely say my picture is 3D. It's like I got an entire new projector.
Convergance is rock solid, test patterns are razor sharp. Spot size is exact. Scan lines are easily seen. Before, I could not see scan lines at 1080i easily. Dragan from the beginning advised me that something was wrong. The boards were getting old and I should be able to see scan lines easily at 1080i. After the upgrades, not only was scan lines at 1080i are easily seen but also at 960p.
But that is not the biggest news. My projector does 1080P !!!!
No, I do not see scan lines very easily at 1080P. They are there, but hard to see. But! Doing an A/B back and forth between 1080i and 1080P on my Blu-Ray player is an amazing differance. The picture is so much more sharper. Now we are strickly watching all movies in 1080P.
Now of course, when we have guests over to watch a movie they are properly amazed. Even those snooty un-educated 1080P LCD owners are impressed. Where before they only focused on picture sharpness and turn their noses up at the "softer" image of a crt projector. I can't say enough how happy I am with these upgrades. Highly recommended.
Here is a link to my project website. Pics of the earlier stages of my home theater.
Nice Write up StylinLp and an exact and perfect description of what these mods and the Marquee can do.
Dragan, keep up the good work!!!!
Stylin's a friend of mine and as such was a Beta tester early on when I put it all together. Still you can see by his equipment he's pretty picky about his gear and the performance he gets from it. Being a high hour machine I knew he would see the improvement by leaps and bounds and it proved to be true. I'm pretty sure he will get another 47,000 hours out of that machine now and probably more.
I didn't want to brag but since you brought it up, I built the TT too.
I called it the Obsidian and it's based on something called a Teres design. IT was all custom designed and machined except for the Toneram and motor/pod which were purchased.
Dragan - Any idea on postage costs to Australia for 2 projector sets minus the neck boards? I'd want something with tracking.
You'll not need to send the VIM either. I'm sure I've mentioned that before.
The caps on the Marquee mods going back almost 4 years would have very special black tants. And right at the DC input to the VIM, it has special caps there. because the input has an inductor on each of it's 4 rails, it's important to stay with the caps that are already in there.
Please DO NOT CHANGE ANYTHING ON THE VIM OR NECK BOARDS!


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Eric Rickard
Sertainty Federal Systems
As a corporate executive, Mr. Rickard is a career technologist and innovator with extensive relationships across academia, the Silicon Valley and Washington DC. As a veteran Defense and Federal systems executive, and having served two US Government appointments at the National Security Agency and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Eric Rickard has an enormous wealth of military and intelligence expertise.
Since 2008 Mr. Rickard served as Vice President of Strategic Cyber Innovations at Booz Allen Hamilton, focusing primarily on resiliency of cyber-physical systems and Internet-scale cyber simulation. Prior to Booz Allen he served in two roles as Director of R&D and Director of International Cyber Customer Innovations at Raytheon. In both roles he was instrumental in leading the growth of both company's cybersecurity businesses.
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Under Mr Rickard's leadership of Sertainty Federal Systems and its small business industry partners, Sertainty now has an affordable and fully automated process that exceeds the NIST 800-171 requirements and completely protects information from inadvertent disclosure.

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Education has come a long way. Starting from home schooling to university and specialised higher studies. However there have been instances where education has become a purely academic exercise with very little value to wider society and individuals at large. More and more academics are pushing for a learning system that mirrors real life scenarios and less focus on theoretical concepts. It does not mean theory is going to be obsolete, but it is about more focus being placed on application of theory in real life situations.
More and more academics argue that what students are taught in school or in higher studies need to be applicable in real life settings. They further argue that when one learn in a context that can be practically applicable, they are more likely to be interested in the subject matter and full heartedly follow their courses of study. Not only this, when value is added to the subjects they study by way of applicability it will create a body of individuals that will grow to be successful in their real lives, no matter what they take on to do.
Hence a new system of learning is being created which is called authentic learning. Under this future strategy,education will take a different approach. In most traditional practices, students are taught what they need to know, there isvery little or no interaction or participation from candidates in the learning process, other than answering questions that are being asked. In this approach, education is looked at gaining more knowledge, and very little understanding of application of the knowledge gained.
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Football star Don McPherson speaks in Concordia today
September 15, 2015 by Sarah Jenkins
Don McPherson
As the quarterback at Syracuse University, Don McPherson was known for his leadership on the football field. For his team, it meant an undefeated season. For the quarterback, it meant unanimous first-round All-American honors, several years in the NFL and Canadian Football League and election to the College Football Hall of Fame.
Now McPherson brings that leadership to an entirely different field. He travels across the country using the power and appeal of sports to address men's violence against women.
Today — Sept. 15 — he will bring his message to Concordia. High school students from around the region have been invited to an afternoon presentation at Concordia High School. That session begins at 1 p.m.
At 7 this evening, the public is invited to McPherson's second presentation, at Cook Theatre on the Cloud County Community College campus. Admission to both events is free.
His appearances in Concordia are sponsored by the Year of Peace Committee with funding from the Dane G. Hansen Fund, the Community Foundation for Cloud County, Cloud County Community College Student Services, Cloud County Community College Residential Life and the Cloud County Chemical Dependency Committee.
As captain of the undefeated 1987 Syracuse football team, McPherson set 22 school records, led the nation in passing and won more than 18 national "player of the year" awards, including the Maxwell Award as the nation's best player, the Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award and the inaugural Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award.
He was second in the Heisman Trophy voting, and was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles to play in the NFL. He was traded to the Houston Oilers, and then played for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and the Ottawa Rough Riders in the Canadian Football League.
In 2008 McPherson was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame, in a class that includes other football greats such as Troy Aikman, Jay Novacek and Thurman Thomas. In 2013 Syracuse University retired his No. 9 jersey — only the fourth number to be retired in the history of Syracuse's storied football program.
After retiring from pro football in 1994, McPherson joined Northeastern University's Center for the Study of Sport in Society as national director of Athletes in Service to America. Then he turned his focus to the issue of men's violence against women, as director of Sport in Society's Mentors in Violence Prevention Program.
In the last two decades, the New York native has emerged as a national leader and advocate for the prevention of sexual and domestic violence. He has conducted workshops and lectures for more than 250 college campuses, community organizations and national sports and violence prevention organizations.
"Men do not just need to stop being violent," McPherson wrote in a special column for CNN.com in 2013. "The vast majority of men are not violent. But men do need to stop being silent. Calling violence against women, whether street harassment or sexual harassment or rape or murder, a 'women's issue' allows men to ignore it as if we have no responsibility for it or stake in ending it. … Our lives are inextricably interwoven; women's issues of safety and equality directly affect our lives as men."
He has twice testified before the United States Congress and has worked closely with the U.S. Departments of Education and Defense on issues of sexual violence in education and the military, respectively.
He also created and hosted "Training for Life" on MSG Varsity, a life skills TV show that examined social issues and sports. In 2012, Training for Life's episode on "Sports Parenting" was nominated for an Emmy Award.
McPherson has received several honors in recognition of his work, and has served as a board member, consultant and advisor for several national organizations, including the Ms Foundation for Women and the National Football Foundation and the US National Committee for UN Women.


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using TreeGecko.Library.Common.Objects;
using TreeGecko.Library.Geospatial.Objects;
using TreeGecko.Library.Geospatial.Extensions;

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How to Manage Business Accounts and limit fees!!! Gear Swap - Bring some old equipment and maybe someone will want to buy it.
Please join us for a social gathering for a fun evening of education and networking with your industry peers. Meeting to start at 7:00pm Sharp. Please come early.
Commercial Account Manager - Kimberly Humphrey. We will have a great presentation on How to Manage Business Accounts and Limit Fees.
We also ask that you bring a old piece of DJ gear you might not be using. Maybe someone is looking for something and will purchase it.
This Meeting is open to anyone in the wedding industry or industry, not only DJs and members of the Canadian Professional DJ Association. Please invite friends as well.


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Joe Manchin, who supported the Tom Marino bill, should step aside
Oct. 16, 2017, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement in response to Sen. Joe Manchin's call for Rep. Tom Marino (R-Pa.) to step aside from consideration as President Donald Trump's appointment to the Office of Drug Control Policy over legislation that Manchin supported when it came up in the Senate:
"Joe Manchin's political grandstanding calling for Rep. Tom Marino to step aside from consideration as head of the Office of Drug Control Policy could be taken seriously if Manchin himself resigned, due to his supporting the Marino bill in 2016, which passed both the House and Senate unanimously. Manchin either supported the legislation or was too incompetent to know that it was on the floor of the Senate. Either way, under his own standard, Manchin should step down because he is clearly not up to the task of representing the people of West Virginia in the U.S. Senate.
"Joe Manchin had an opportunity to stop the legislation featured on 60 Minutes that gives the Attorney General a role in suspending drug distributor licenses in 2016. He failed. His failure wasn't due to putting up a good fight and losing. Instead, it was in allowing the passage of the bipartisan legislation — unanimously. The truth is, the bipartisan legislation merely protected the due process rights of pharmacies against arbitrary license suspensions without senior Department of Justice oversight. The suspensions are still allowed under law. And there is no correlation between the license suspensions and the opioid crisis.
"The insanity of the politicization of everything in Washington, D.C. will be demonstrated as politicians who allowed the legislation to become law seek to score political points against their colleagues. We are in a new era of faux outrage based on fake news and everything is about the narrative with truth rarely interceding. President Donald Trump needs to stand firm with Marino and just say no to this shameless and baseless demagoguery."


I'm a soup-making fiend right now. Perhaps it's because at the start of January I was smart, took those few quiet days at the beginning of the year to stock my pantry with lots and lots of beans. While most dried bean-preparation requires forethought (like soaking them the night before), lentils do not. Having these beautiful red lentils in my cabinet have yielded delicious soup after delicious soup. All are able to be whipped up at a moment's notice.
First there was a recipe with mushrooms, lentils and lots of ras al hanout, which I ate with crusty bread. Then there was a curried version studded with beautiful golden raisins and served with warm naan bread. This iteration was created by my craving of a good chicken tortilla soup. The night I made this lentil soup recipe, there wasn't any chicken in my fridge – just kale, mushrooms and tortillas. I added barley because that, too, lived in my pantry. While it's nothing like chicken tortilla soup, really, the broth is similar. It's a tomato-y broth and spiced with ancho chile powder, paprika and cumin. I love the addition of masa (a trick I learned from Ree Drummond's chili), which adds a lovely corn flavor and thickens the broth up nicely. If you don't have it, don't worry, skip it! It'll be delicious with or without it.
This is the soup I want to eat on a cold day or a warm day, even. It achieves being light and filling all at the same time, which is no easy feat.
This lentil soup is light and filling all at the same time with little preparation. Food blogger Adrianna Adarme of the Fresh Tastes blog adds masa to thicken the broth.
To a medium pot, heat the olive oil over medium heat. When the oil is warm, add the shallot; cook until the shallot becomes translucent, about 3-5 minutes. Mix in the minced garlic cloves, pearl barley, tomato paste, cumin, ancho chile powder and smoked paprika. Cook for about a minute, just enough time for the barley to lightly toast.
Pour in the chicken (or veggie broth, if using) and bring the soup to a slight simmer. Place a lid on the pot and cook the soup on low heat for 15 minutes, until the barley is barely tender. Pour in the lentils, mushrooms and masa. Cook for an additional 10 to 15 minutes, until the lentils and mushrooms are cooked. Fold in the kale and cook for an additional minute, just until it's wilted. Salt to taste.
Meanwhile, to make the fried tortillas strips, add a few tablespoons of olive oil to a skillet and place over high heat. When the oil is hot, add the tortilla strips and cook until crispy, about 1 minute. Remove with a fork and allow to drain on a paper towel. Immediately season with a few pinches of salt.
Divide the soup between bowls. Garnish each soup with a squeeze of lime and a few tortilla strips.
Adrianna Adarme is a food blogger and author living in Los Angeles, California. She writes the blog A Cozy Kitchen, where she shares comforting, everyday recipes from her kitchen. She recently authored her first cookbook, PANCAKES: 72 Sweet and Savory Recipes for the Perfect Stack. She's a lover of breakfast, pie (and sometimes even pie for breakfast), corgis and cute things. You can find her on Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook.


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Q: Rendering nested object My question is very trivial but I've got completely lost.
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- Name 3
- Name 5

So far I've tried to use LoDash _.groupBy and juggled some mapKeys, mapValues but as I said at the beginning - I've completely lost. Please, help me to find the best solution...
https://codesandbox.io/s/8p21n6p09l -> here is a sandbox where I need to implement the solution.
A source object is in App.js and I've tried to use LoDash in components -> thematicArea.jsx Hope it'll help in helping me ; )

A: First make an Object which's keys are the thematicAreas and which's values are an array of the names, after that just return in the wanted format:

const modules=[{thematicArea:"Topic 1",id:1,name:"Name 1",details:["Lorem ipsum","Lorem ipsum 2"]},{thematicArea:"Topic 2",id:2,name:"Name 2",details:["Lorem ipsum","Lorem ipsum 2"]},{thematicArea:"Topic 3",id:3,name:"Name 3",details:["Lorem ipsum","Lorem ipsum 2"]},{thematicArea:"Topic 1",id:4,name:"Name 4",details:["Lorem ipsum","Lorem ipsum 2"]},{thematicArea:"Topic 3",id:5,name:"Name 5",details:["Lorem ipsum","Lorem ipsum 2"]}]

let themes = {};

modules.forEach(mod => {
  // if there already is an Key named `mod.thematicArea` put the current name in it
  if(themes[mod.thematicArea]) themes[mod.thematicArea].push(mod.name);
  // else create that property and make it an array containing the mod.name
  else themes[mod.thematicArea] = [mod.name];
});

console.log(themes)

/**themes = Object.keys(themes).map(key => {
  return (

{key}

    {themes[key].map(name =>
{name}
)}

  )
});**/

After that you can render it:

const modules=[{thematicArea:"Topic 1",id:1,name:"Name 1",details:["Lorem ipsum","Lorem ipsum 2"]},{thematicArea:"Topic 2",id:2,name:"Name 2",details:["Lorem ipsum","Lorem ipsum 2"]},{thematicArea:"Topic 3",id:3,name:"Name 3",details:["Lorem ipsum","Lorem ipsum 2"]},{thematicArea:"Topic 1",id:4,name:"Name 4",details:["Lorem ipsum","Lorem ipsum 2"]},{thematicArea:"Topic 3",id:5,name:"Name 5",details:["Lorem ipsum","Lorem ipsum 2"]}]

let themes = {};

modules.forEach(mod => {
  // if there already is an Key named `mod.thematicArea` put the current name in it
  if(themes[mod.thematicArea]) themes[mod.thematicArea].push(mod.name);
  // else create that property and make it an array containing the mod.name
  else themes[mod.thematicArea] = [mod.name];
});

themes = Object.keys(themes).map(key => {
  return (

{key}

    {themes[key].map(name =>
{name}
)}

  )
});

ReactDOM.render(
  themes,
  document.getElementById('root')
);

A: You could use Array#reduce to do the group-by operation.

const modules = [
  {
    thematicArea: "Topic 1",
    id: 1,
    name: "Name 1",
    details: [
      "Lorem ipsum",
      "Lorem ipsum 2"
    ]
  },
  {
    thematicArea: "Topic 2",
    id: 2,
    name: "Name 2",
    details: [
      "Lorem ipsum",
      "Lorem ipsum 2"
    ]
  },
  {
    thematicArea: "Topic 3",
    id: 3,
    name: "Name 3",
    details: [
      "Lorem ipsum",
      "Lorem ipsum 2"
    ]
  },

  {
    thematicArea: "Topic 1",
    id: 4,
    name: "Name 4",
    details: [
      "Lorem ipsum",
      "Lorem ipsum 2"
    ]
  },
{
    thematicArea: "Topic 3",
    id: 5,
    name: "Name 5",
    details: [
      "Lorem ipsum",
      "Lorem ipsum 2"
    ]
  }
]

const grouped = modules.reduce((groups, module) => {
    if (!groups[module.thematicArea]) {
        groups[module.thematicArea] = [];
    }
    groups[module.thematicArea].push(module.name);
    return groups;
}, {});

console.log(grouped);

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Q: Keeping variables from PHP while loop I have been looking all over for a way to do this.
I use a PHP while loop to get some variables from a database:
<?php while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($query)) {
$id = $row["ID"];
?>

<form><INPUT TYPE="button" value="Go!" onClick="go_there()"></form>

<? } //end while
?>

Sometimes i get 10 results, and i make 10 Go! bottoms. But when i come to the delete page, the $is variable is off cause the same as the last result, no matter witch of the bottoms i press..
Any ideas on how to get around that, so i get the confirm box, and still keep the right id to be deleted?

A: You're creating a global function called "go_there" for each entry, so only the last one will remain.  Instead of that, create just one function, and fetch the "id" value from an attribute on the button.
function go_there(button)
{
  var id= button.getAttribute("data-id");
  var where_to= confirm("Are you sure you want to delete?");
  if (where_to== true)
  {
    window.location="index.php?p=delete&id=" + id;
  }
}

Then:
<INPUT TYPE="button" value="Go!" onClick="go_there(this)" data-id="<?php echo $id ?>">

A: It seems to me like you're creating your javascript function in your loop as well so it only fires one of them (you're creating multiple functions with the same name. How is it supposed to know which one to use). You should create 1 javascript function and pass the id into it as a a parameter

 <?php while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($query)) {
$id = $row["ID"];

 echo '<form><INPUT TYPE="button" value="Go!" onClick="go_there(<?php echo $id; ?>)"></form>
'
 } //end while
 ?>

A: Overall this is a poor way to do this. You should avoid wrtiting handlers inline unless you have a specific case where it is the only way. Much better if you attach a handler to the elements in questions (working fiddle - for firefox anyhow...):

<?php while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($query)): $id = $row["ID"]; ?>
   <form><INPUT class="go-button" TYPE="button" value="Go!" data-id-value="<?php echo $id ?>"></form>

<?php endwhile; ?>

The issue here is that that isnt necessarily cross browser. Thats typically one of the reasons people use libraries like jQuery or similar so that they don't have to normalize dom querying and listener attachment.

A: Here is a corrected script.
<?php while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($query)) {
$id = $row["ID"];
?>

  <form><INPUT TYPE="button" value="Go!" onClick="go_there()"></form>

Your button will not work because you have added the comment markers  to the function. If you want help with that then please comment.
Also, can you clarify you're issue in the comments? We can help you better then.


Every woman needs to be pampered from time to time in order to maintain her vibrant youthful appearance and avoid the early onset of fine lines and wrinkles. Regularly massaging a gentle and hydrating facial mask it into your skin, can be very soothing! It feels like a mini spa experience every time you do it. Facial masks are gentle enough to nourish and even out your skin tone but powerful enough to prevent and cure a wide array of skin problems such as wrinkles and fine lines.
But what if you already have a few wrinkles? What can you do to eliminate them or make them less noticeable? Well, if you're already using Kiehl's beauty products, then you're in the right direction because natural skin care products is the safest way to go.
One thing I would recommend you add to your bathroom is a facial cleansing oil. Why, you might ask… Well, because it's of paramount importance to apply your masks to a clean base. In fact, it's important to always keep your face clean. A facial cleansing oil that contains Evening Primrose Oil is a perfect ingredient for eliminating wrinkles. This is because it has hydrating, anti-ageing, rejuvenating and skin firming properties.
Follow the beauty routine guideline below and attain the best results in a very short period!
Put a considerable amount of the oil into the palms of your hands and massage the oil into your dry face. Take time to massage your face nicely and gently. This helps the oil to get rid of all impurities and thoroughly remove your make up so that it becomes easy to wipe off.
This step is optional, however, it helps a lot especially if you have heavy make-up on your face. Take a few drops of water and add them to the oil on your face to emulsify it. Continue massaging the oil till you get a creamy texture.
Now it's time to wipe off! Rinse your washing cloth in hot water and lay it on your face till it starts to cool down. Repeat the process till you feel clean and nice.
You can always finish off with a splash of cold water.
You can purchase a hydrating face mask or just make one from the natural ingredients from your kitchen. Personally, I love natural staff therefore I will recommend making one yourself. It's effortless and will save you a few bucks.
Crush the half banana till you get a nice paste like texture. Add the banana to the honey and gently mix the two. Adding yogurt is optional, you can just apply the banana and honey and still get splendid results. Personally, I prefer adding the yogurt. When you are done mixing, use a foundation brush to apply a thin layer of the hydrating face mask.
Using a hydrating face mask to pamper yourself regularly helps hydrate your skin, get rids dead cells and helps your skin to breathe as well. Additionally, the cleansing oil is also key to maintaining a healthy blood circulation thereby giving you a well-nourished and glowing skin. So what are you waiting for? Quench your thirsty skin with a weekly hydrating face mask and rejuvenate that tired aging skin!


When talking about the Italian Riviera; Levanto and Cinque terre are some of the places worth visiting. Cinque Terre consists of 5 villages, each with its own personality. Monterosso al Mare, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola, and Riomaggiore.
There are trains and boat connecting the 5, but some prefer walking/trekking to the villages. It will take some hours though, but once on top of the hills, it will be worth every exhaustive step. The view, the lovely green areas, beautiful hillsides, the wineyards, it's priceless. Lets not forget that Cinque Terre is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and that is always a good sign. Levanto and Cinque Terre are accessible by intercity trains from Pisa and Milano.
We were in Levanto and Cinque Terre for three enjoyable days.We stayed at Levanto – which is often unofficially referred to as the 6th village of Cinque Terre. The distance between Levanto and the 5 villages is relatively short. Levanto is a cozy small town, with a beach, colorful houses, and small cafes and restaurants. It is also quite family friendly.
If looking for a good place to stay in Levanto, try the very popular guest house, A Durmi. It is family run with a staff that is simply adorable and immensely service minded. I would advice that you book your stay very early as it gets fully booked fairly quickly.
During the daytime we rented a small boat in Levanto and cruised around. We anchored close to one of the many beautiful coves along the coastline where the water is crystal clear.We did a little bit of snorkling and sun bathing while enjoying the majestic, untouched surroundings. It was simply a taste of paradise.
In addition to Monterosso, we visited Riomaggiore and Manarola. My favorite was Monterosso. It has a bit more modern feel to it, while still maintaining the intimate village vibe. I find the beach in Monterosso (although crowded) better than the other two villages and also Levanto. Although many tourists, we still felt like we were somewhere secluded and exotic, like we were a part of a hidden gem.
There was one particular restaurant which we enjoyed. La Gritta, its a sea food restaurant on the beach, although they specialize in sea food, they do have other things on the menu. The service was very slow, but the food was good. L'Ancora della Tortuga is another sea food restaurant we tried. We had a seat outside with a panaroma view over the Cinque Terre coastline. The restaurant is in a bunker near a castle. We weren't too happy with the food, but the others we dined with were pretty happy with their meals.
For us three days was barely enough, a forth day would have given us extra time to explore the beautiful hillside surroundings.
Such an insightful post! You've given me some ideas of what to do when I visit Cinque Terre this Summer!


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Bill Wells: 'The Viaduct Tuba Trio Plays The Music of Bill Wells' sees jazz threesome take on Falkirk musician's brass compositions
Bill Wells releases a new album, 'The Viaduct Tuba Trio Plays The Music of Bill Wells'. via Bison Records.
The album stems from a set of compositions written for Antony Hook, Danielle Price and Mark Reynolds to perform in 2018 in the lee of the Glenfinnan Viaduct as part of the Loch Shiel Festival).
The set was then performed again again at Counterflows 2019, accompanied by the Gorbals Youth Brass Band.
Wells contributed three tunes for the performance, including 'Fanfare For Three Tubas', and composed the remainder after being commissioned by Glasgow's underground/experimental festival Counterflows following the Glenfinnan Viaduct performance.
The trio subsequently performed Wells' tunes in Glasgow with the Gorbals Youth Brass Band – an ensemble formed in 2012 in Glasgow to offer local children free instrumental tuition, who play on three of the album's 10 tracks.
The set forming Wells' first physical release in four years, the 10 tracks were recorded at Mogwai's Castle of Doom studios in Glasgow by Tony Doogan, mixed by Bill at Loathsome Reels and mastered by Norman Blake of Teenage Fanclub.
Bison Records' Abby Thomas said: "The CD is the first release from Bill for four years, and we were lucky to arrange the recording sessions when we did!"
The Viaduct Tuba Trio Plays The Music Of Bill Wells by Bill Wells
Also included is 'The Midges', "a comic tribute to the entomological scourge of the Highlands" by Kenneth McKellar.
Wells' career spans more than two decades with releases on Creeping Bent and Domino Records as well as Stephen Pastel's Geographic imprint, and working with other Scottish indie acts including Isobel Campbell and V-Twin.
He has also made two albums with Aidan Moffat including inaugural SAY Award-winner 'Everything's Getting Older', both on Chemikal Underground, as well as recording albums with Jad Fair, Maher Halal Hash Baz and Stefan Schneider of To Rococo Rot among others.
Most recently the multi-instrumentalist has worked 'Standards Vol V' by The National Jazz Trio of Scotland), featuring the voice of Gerard Black of Babe / Francois and the Atlas Mountains, and on the eponymous debut LP by The Sensory Illusions
The latter is Wells' guitar-and-tuba duo with Danielle Price, who following studying at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland has played in Pure Brass Quintet, Dopey Monkey, Red Note Ensemble, The Old Fountain Jazz Orchestra, New Antonine Brass Quintet, in the Bill Wells / Aidan Moffat band, with Ashley Paul, Bella Hardy and Oxbow, and with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
She is joined in the trio by Mark Reynolds, who has played in the Munich Philharmonic, Bavarian Radio Orchestra, Bavarian State Opera and the Munich Symphony Orchestra, and performed as a soloist including performances of the Vaughan Williams Tuba Concerto with the Royal Philharmonic of Flanders and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
Completing the Tuba Trio, Antony Hook was Loch Shiel Festival's Young Artist for 2018 and currently studies at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
'Viaduct Tuba Trio' tracklisting:
'Fanfare For Three Tubas', 'Stud In The Muck', 'No More Cons', 'The Midges', 'Unhealthy Exercise', 'Three Layers', 'Hydra Mini/Jalopy', 'Chorale 4K', 'Slow Worm', 'Stone Throw Dream Anthem'
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CSU cancels new health plan to re-sign with old provider.
MONTREAL (CUP) – The Concordia Student Union council voted July 15 to cancel a new health plan contract in order to re-sign with its old provider, a move that could see the CSU – or the two former executives who signed off on the deal – paying almost $510,000 in cancellation fees.
Council voted unanimously to re-sign with ASEQ, who has been providing Concordia students with health coverage for twelve years. This cancels two contracts signed in March by the previous CSU executive.
Under the cancelled deals, CSU would have joined the National Student Health Network, used the Network's broker, and Morneau Sobeco to negotiate a plan with an insurance company. NSHN is a brand name used by Canadian Federation of Students-Services (CFS-Services) to describe the schools with plans signed through the company.
The three-year contract signed with CFS-Services was invalid, because last year's executives were only authorized to sign a one-year deal, acording to current CSU VP services Prince Ralph Osei. Although the contract for brokerage services with Morneau Sobeco is only for one year, the one with CFS-Services would have locked the CSU into using the CFS-Services' broker for three years.
Both cancelled contracts include a clause that could require the CSU to pay $5 for each eligible student, to the respective companies, as compensation for lost income. The contract with Morneau Sobeco, which renews automatically each year, adds an additional cancellation fee of $5 per eligible student, if the contract is cancelled within the first year. This additional fee would be paid to CFS-Services
According to Osei, if the cancellation fees are requested the CSU will ask former President Keyana Kashfi and former VP finance Leroy, who signed the deals, to pay the bill.
The CSU has also argued that they shouldn't have pay the cancellation fees because the two companies have not put in any work, a claim that has been disputed by Morneau Sobeco.
In two letters sent to the CSU in June, NSHN coordinator Tom Rowles and Morneau Sobeco principal Gerry Matlashewski wrote that both companies had put time and money into the new health plan and that they would take legal action if the plan was cancelled.
When the contracts were awarded to Morneau Sobeco and CFS-Services, some councillors – including some who were elected to the new executive – criticized the fact that ASEQ was not given a chance to bid against Morneau Sobeco for the right to broker the plan.
Shortly after taking office, the new executive began an open tendering process for a health plan contract, won by ASEQ.
According to Michelle Dumais, CSU director of finance and administration, Morneau Sobeco was invited to participate in the latest bid, but does not offer the type of plan requested by the CSU and did not respond.
Reached on Monday, July 20, Matlashewski said he was unaware that the CSU had decided to cancel the deal until he was contacted by the Concordian.
"I've been trying to get a hold of the CSU for the past six weeks, but they haven't told me one thing or another," he said. "It's a little frustrating."
However, Osei said the CSU has tried to contact Matlashewski on multiple occasions, but has not heard back.
The Condcordian was unable to reach Rowles or anyone from the National Student Health Network for comment. A 1-800 number provided on Monday, July 20 by the CFS head office and listed on the web sites of several university health plans, was no longer in service. The phone number in the company's local listing in Vancouver was also no longer in service. Calls to the CFS national office and e-mails to Rowles were not returned by press time.
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Q: print the maximum value of x where x = |(A[i] – A[j]) + (i – j)| Problem asked in Directi Interview
Take an input array, say A and print the maximum value of x
where x = |(A[i] – A[j]) + (i – j)|
Constraints:
Max array size: 20000
Time limit: 0.1s

Time limit is a major factor in this question.
Here is the setter's solution for this question.

'''
THE BRUTE FORCE APPROACH
def maximum(arr):
    res=0
    n=len(arr)
    for i in range (n):
        for j in range(n):
            res=max(res,abs(arr[i]-arr[j])+abs(i-j))
    return res
'''
import sys

def maximum(arr):
    max1=max2=-sys.maxsize-1
    min1=min2=sys.maxsize
    ans=0
    n=len(arr)
    for i in range(n):
        max1=max(max1,arr[i]+i)
        max2=max(max2,arr[i]-i)
        min1=min(min1,arr[i]+i)
        min2=min(min2,arr[i]-i)
    ans=max(ans,max2-min2)
    ans=max(ans,max1-min1)
    return ans

But I tried solving the problem using sort
def maximum(array):
    n=len(array)
    array.sort()
    return (array[n-1]-array[0]) + (n-1)

if __name__=="__main__":
    n=int(input())
    array= list(map(int,input("\nEnter the numbers : ").strip().split()))[:n]
    print(maximum(array))

Is my approach correct ? Is it optimised?
Thanks in advance.

A: The answer suggested, of first sorting and taking the elements, is incorrect. Take the counter example of: [2,1,3]

*

*The solution for this problem should yield 3: (3-1) + (2-1) or
(3-2) + (2-0)

*However, suggested solution will yield 4: (3-1) + (2-0)

A possible (linear time) solution:
Let's start with some algebra, and drop the absolute value for a minute.
(A[i] – A[j]) + (i – j) = (A[i] + i) - (A[j] + j)

We are looking for maximal value, so

*

*We want to minimize the value of (A[j] + j)

*We want to maximize the value of (A[i] + i).

*Note that they are completely independent of each other.

You can find two integers, one that maximizes (A[i] + i), and the other that minimizes (A[j] + j). Finding such 2 numbers can be done simply in linear pass.
Repeat for the other way around (when (A[i] – A[j]) + (i – j) is negative):

*

*Find i that minimizes (A[i] + i)

*Fine j that maximizes (A[j] + j).

Both are done in linear time, yielding O(n) solution

A: Sorting disturbs the original array and the mapping of elements at their respective indices gets lost. So logically, sorting will lead to wrong answer.
For example, as correctly described by @amit in his comments:
A = [2, 1, 3]
Correct answer = 3
Suggested solution's answer = 4


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Q: tools to start many background processes and close cleanly on sigint I have an ad-hoc case where I as a user want to start a handful of service processes and also be able to interrupt them all together for clean and easy start-stops.  The behavior of "docker-compose up" is close to what I want, all the stdout/stderr feeds get to stdout/stderr of my invoking shell, and sigint shuts down all the processes together.
I tried supervisord and circus, but both are a little too production-focused, requiring work arounds to join standard streams, to stay in the foreground, generally not behaving like a foreground process.  I'm sure there are decent tools to do this, I've seen it done in plain shell which I would prefer to avoid, but its an option if the boilerplate isn't too extreme.
this result came up on google "overlord" https://github.com/dpedu/overlord which talks about the same kind of goals and troubles, but I don't see any programs here
for common language, say I want to run foo, bar, and baz, merge their stdout/error, and sleep until a sigint which should send sigint to each of the three programs, then wait for each one to exit.  again, if I have to do it in shell that's fine, but I'd really like to find out about developer process composition tools if any are built for this kind of task, other than docker-compose,docker,init,or container focused
extra bonus feature would be to preserve the tty info so automatic color would get enabled by subprocesses but no big deal
#!/bin/sh
./foo &
./bar &
./baz &

in writing up this post, I ran into

*

*https://github.com/nicolas-van/multirun

*https://github.com/Yelp/dumb-init
dumb init is actually almost exactly what I was hoping to find, its already packaged in debian, and its config file is a light shell file
#!/usr/bin/dumb-init /bin/sh
./foo &  # launch a process in the background
./bar &
./baz  # launch another process in the foreground

A: dumb-init
https://github.com/Yelp/dumb-init

*

*packaged in debian (apt install dumb-init)

configuration example, create "./start" and give it the content:
#!/usr/bin/dumb-init /bin/sh
./foo &  # launch a process in the background
./bar &
./baz  # launch another process in the foreground

dont forget to chmod +x ./start then run/exit with ./start and ^C as normal

A: You might be able to use a systemd solution, with foo.service, bar.service and baz.service, all launched by a larger super.service and stopped by that same thing.
Some advantages in doing this:

*

*You can choose how the set of units responds to failures.

*You don't have to dedicate a terminal window to this (you can close the terminal without affecting the processes)

*Logging can be saved, so you can use tools to parse interesting parts instead of manually scrolling through your terminal.

It doesn't keep these processes in the foreground like you wanted, but unless these are interactive processes, there isn't much value in keeping them in the foreground.
Here is the set of files that would accomplish this:
# ~/.config/systemd/user/super.service
[Unit]
Description=running everything

[Service]
Type=oneshot
ExecStart=/bin/true
RemainAfterExit=yes
--------------------------------------------
# ~/.config/systemd/user/foo.service
[Unit]
PartOf=super.service

[Service]
ExecStart=%h/bin/foo

[Install]
WantedBy=super.service
--------------------------------------------
# ~/.config/systemd/user/bar.service
[Unit]
PartOf=super.service

[Service]
ExecStart=%h/bin/bar

[Install]
WantedBy=super.service
--------------------------------------------
# ~/.config/systemd/user/baz.service
[Unit]
PartOf=super.service

[Service]
ExecStart=%h/bin/baz

[Install]
WantedBy=super.service

Explanation:

*

*WantedBy=super.service means when super.service is started, this will start too.

*PartOf=super.service means when super.service is stopped, this will stop too.

To control:

*

*Add each unit to the super group with systemctl --user enable foo bar baz

*start all processes with systemctl --user start super

*stop all processes with systemctl --user stop super

*View the stdout of all processes in the same window with: journalctl -u foo -u bar -u baz.  Add -f to continuously follow the stdout on your screen.

Other notes:

*

*Add KillSignal=SIGINT to any services which only stop gracefully on SIGINT (otherwise they'll get SIGTERM)

*If foo crashes or fails to start, you can force the other processes to stop.  Do this by changing WantedBy= to RequiredBy=.  This will cause super.service to stop if foo fails to start, causing bar and baz to stop.

*You can also add a BindsTo= relationship to cause super.service to stop if foo bar or baz stops for any reason (such as naturally ending, or failing).

*One nice thing about using journalctl is that it tells you meta-data such as when units were started/stopped and which process printed the message.  However, if you don't like this detail, add StandardOutput=append:%h/log to each [Service] section.  This will put all of the logs in ~/log.  You can then tail -f ~/log to watch it.  I think colours may also be preserved better when you do this.

A: You mention that you prefer to avoid shell, but this is exactly what shells are for, isn't it?
In bash, to start many background processes, you just do
./job1 & ./job2 & ./job3 &

To send an INT signal to all of them:
kill -INT $(jobs -p)

To wait for all of them to be done:
wait

If the issue is that you want to start the same set of jobs repeatedly, you can set
alias start="./job1 & ./job2 & ./job3 &"
alias stop='kill -INT $(jobs -p); wait'

Then just type start to fire them all off, and stop if you want to kill them all.


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The calcaneus, also known as the heel bone, is found at the back of the foot near the ankle, just below the talus, tibia, and fibula bones of the lower leg. The calcaneus is the largest bone in the foot. It projects posterior to the tibia and fibula and acts as a short lever for the calf muscles (gastrocnemius and soleus) which insert onto its posterior surface via the Achilles tendon. It also plays an important role in weight bearing and stability.
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Calcaneus seen from its lateral, medial, inferior and superior views.
The calcaneus is an irregular bone, cuboid in shape whose superior surface can be divided into three areas - the posterior, middle and anterior aspects. The posterior aspect is rough and concavo-convex in shape. This convexity supports the fibroadipose tissue (Kager's fat pad) between the calcaneal tendon and the ankle joint.
Calcaneus (inferior view)
The middle aspect carries the posterior talar facet which is oval and convex in shape, while the anterior aspect is partly articular. A rough depression - the sulcus calcanei or calcaneal sulcus - narrows into a groove on the medial side connecting the sinus tarsi with the talus.
Calcaneal sulcus (superior view)
The front of the calcaneus features many curves to accommodate the talus and the many different tarsal bones, which lead to the metatarsals and phalanges. The back of the calacaneus is not as complex, featuring a tuberosity and a medial process.
The calcaneus provides insertion points for the abductor hallucis and the abductor digit minimi muscles. At the back of the heel, the Achilles tendon inserts into the rough area located on the superior side. This tendon, as well as other ligaments and muscles, is necessary for standing and walking. Therefore a broken or fractured calcaneus will cause difficulty in standing and walking.
Achilles tendon (medial view)
There are two articulations (with three facets) with the talus and one saddle-shaped articulation with the cuboid. The sustentaculum tali is a horizontal shelf that arises from the anteromedial portion of the calcaneus. The superior surface is concave and articulates with the middle calcaneal surface of the talus. The inferior surface has a groove for the tendon of flexor hallucis longus.
Sustentaculum tali (medial view)
The sustentaclulum tali bears the greatest weight per area and also has a lot of soft tissue structures attaching around it. The lateral wall of the calcaneus is thin and has attachments for the calcaneofibular ligament and the osseus reflection of the peroneal tendons. On the medial aspect, the bone is thicker and there is close proximity to the toe flexors and neurovascular structures.
As the calcaneus is the largest of the bones in the foot, it provides a large surface area for the complex attachment of many muscles and ligaments. The calcaneal sulcus provides attachments for the:
interosseous,
talocalcaneal,
cervical ligaments and
medial root of the inferior extensor retinaculum
There is also a non-articular area on the calcaneus, distal to the posterior talar facet which provides an attachment surface for:
the main band of the inferior extensor retinaculum
the stem of the bifurcate ligament
There is a prominent medial margin on the medial process of the calcaneal tuberosity which provides attachments for the superficial part of the flexor retinaculum and distally the plantar aponeurosis. Some muscles also attach there including abductor hallucis and flexor digitorum brevis. The abductor digiti minimi attaches mainly to the lateral process however it does extend medially onto the medial process.
Medial process of calcaneal tuberosity (medial view)
There is a rough region between these processes which extends to the anterior tubercle distally. It provides an attachment surface for the long plantar ligament. Near this is the attachment of the head of the flexor accessories muscle. The short plantar ligament is attached to the tubercle and the area distal to it.
Long plantar ligament (inferior view)
Plantaris attaches to the posterior surface near the calcaneal tendon. The fibular tendons cross on the lateral surface and the calcaneofibular ligament attaches just proximal to the fibular trochlear. Many structures also attach around the sustentaculum tali. Its plantar surface is grooved by the tendon of flexor hallucis longus and this gives attachments to the deep part of the flexor retinaculum.
Flexor retinaculum of the foot (posterior view)
The plantar calcaneonavicular ligament attaches to the medial margin of the sustentaculum tali. Proximal to this are the attachments of the tendon of tibialis posterior, superficial fibres of the deltoid ligament and medial talocalcaneal ligaments. On the margin of the sustentaculum tali are the attachments of the tendon of flexor digitorum longus and the large medial head of flexor accessorius is attached distal to the groove for flexor hallucis longus.
The calcaneus articulates with two bones: the talus and the cuboid. There are three articular surfaces for the talus. The largest is the slightly convex oval surface for the body of the talus. Anteromedial to this is the medial articular surface for the talus on the dorsal aspect of the sustentaculum tali. Anterolateral to this surface is the small anterior facet for the talus, which may sometimes blend with the medial facet. The latter two facets are shallowly concave. The distal end forms an obliquely directed, oval, articular surface that is convex in the transverse plane and concave in the vertical plane. This surface articulates with the cuboid bone.
Cuboidal articular surface of calcaneus (superior view)
The calcaneus is the most commonly fractured tarsal bone and accounts for about 2% of all fractures in the body, and 60% of all tarsal fractures. Calcaneal fractures can be divided broadly into two types: accounting for 25-30% of cases are extra-articular fractures, which can be either calcaneal tuberosity avulsion or extra-articular Lover's ('Casanova') fractures and intra-articular fractures which account for 70-75% of cases and are also known as intra-articular Lover's fractures. It is interesting to note that if bilateral calcaneal fractures are present, the spine should also be evaluated because injuries caused by events such as jumping from a second storey window may cause problems further up into the spine.
Plantar fasciitis, a condition which indirectly affects the calcaneus, is the pain caused by degenerative irritation at the insertion of the plantar fascia. The plantar fascia inserts on the medial process of the calcaneal tuberosity. It is the most common cause of heel pain, and the typical presentation is sharp pain localized at the anterior aspect of the calcaneus.
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Calcaneus (inferior view) - Liene Znotina
Calcaneal sulcus (superior view) - Samantha Zimmerman
Achilles tendon (medial view) - Paul Kim
Sustentaculum tali (medial view) - Samantha Zimmerman
Medial process of calcaneal tuberosity (medial view) - Liene Znotina
Long plantar ligament (inferior view) - Liene Znotina
Flexor retinaculum of the foot (posterior view) - Liene Znotina
Cuboidal articular surface of calcaneus (superior view) - Samantha Zimmerman
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Konstanty Bobczyński (ur. 24 czerwca 1817 w Niewistce, zm. 14 marca 1893 w Hłudnie) – polski wojskowy, działacz niepodległościowy i konspiracyjny.

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Uczestnik konspiracji galicyjskiej i rewolucji węgierskiej w latach 1848-1849 w czasie Wiosny Ludów. Służył wtedy jako porucznik w 1 pułku ułanów. Następnie przebywał na emigracji w Anglii. Był kapitanem wolnych strzelców w Glasgow. W 1855 zapisał się do Towarzystwa Demokratycznego Polskiego. Podczas powstania styczniowego w 1863 w stopniu kapitana był współorganizatorem i komendantem głównej kwatery w wyprawie morskiej na Żmudź, mającej dostarczyć broń.

Został właścicielem dóbr ziemskich. Był działaczem I Międzynarodówki wchodził w skład 10-osobowego Komitetu Stałego Rady Centralnej. Po powrocie z emigracji w 1867 został członkiem Rady Powiatowej w Brzozowie. 29 maja 1883 został wybrany posłem Sejmu Krajowego Galicji z IV kurii okręgu Dubiecko-Brzozów. W sejmie należał do stronnictwa konserwatywnego. Na jego miejsce 19 kwietnia 1893 w wyborach uzupełniających wybrano Zdzisława Skrzyńskiego.

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 Konstanty Bobczyński Biografia na stronie Centrum Informacji Turystycznej przy Muzeum Regionalnym w Brzozowie

Członkowie Rady Powiatowej Brzozowskiej (autonomia galicyjska)
Działacze polistopadowych organizacji rewolucyjnych i niepodległościowych
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Jannie Blackwell's Planter Grab is the Pinnacle of a City Council Solution
Once upon a time in West Philly, there was a street vendor who would set up shop every day on the same street corner.
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She would personally approve every bike rack, planter, or street bench in her district.
And in the process, she would task all of the other nine District Councilmembers with the immensely time-consuming task of reviewing every last planter or bench someone might like to have, essentially grinding Council's other business to a halt.
This is actually the story behind the bill Councilmember Blackwell introduced last Thursday, which she quickly withdrew in response to public complaints.
The bill would have required a letter of approval from the District Councilmember before L+I could issue a permit to place anything on the sidewalk. Technically if you're a homeowner or a business wanting to put out some outdoor planters, you're supposed to get an L+I permit for that, but in practice not everybody does this. The practical impact would be to give each District Councilmember a lot of discretion to selectively enforce the law against locally unpopular benches and other outdoor decorations.
Thankfully, the bill was tabled in response to public pressure (a petition from 5th Square opposing the bill collected over 2,000 signatures), but constituents who called other members of Council's Streets committee reported hearing suggestions that the bill could be amended to apply only to commercial properties.
That would be an equally bad idea. It would mean fewer businesses investing in public space improvements in front of their shops. And it's all too easy to imagine this quickly devolving into a pay-to-play dynamic, with an unspoken assumption that business owners need to contribute to City Councilmembers' campaigns in order to get approval to put out flower pots.
Councilmember Blackwell has so many enormous issues to work on in her District. She represents some of the highest-poverty areas of the city, along with several rapidly growing universities and health care institutions eyeing significant expansions. The 3rd District has a major transit planning lift on the horizon with trolley modernization, and several struggling commercial corridors in need of planning and zoning work that hasn't been happening.
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Lady Gaga, Sir Mix A Lot Music Help Make The Sing Trailer Strange And Funny, Watch It Now
By Dirk Libbey published 15 February 16
While anthropomorphic animals have always been a staple of animation, feature films have always tended to rely on more human characters. However, this seems to be the year that animals take over the big screen. Disney is about to hit with Zootopia where animals solve crimes. Now, the studio behind Despicable Me is going to give us animals singing pop music. Check out the trailer for Illumination's new movie, simply titled Sing.
In Sing, Matthew McConaughey voices a koala bear named Buster Moon who has a theater he is desperately trying to keep from closing. His last ditch effort is a singing competition. Whether by intent, or accident, the entire town becomes aware of the contest, which leads to dreams of stardom for people, er, animals all over town. The movie boasts an all-star cast including Reese Witherspoon as the overworked mother of a massive litter of piglets, Taron Egerton as a gangster gorilla, and Scarlett Johansson as a punk porcupine. It's clear from the trailer that the movie will be chock full of characters and pop songs, so you're likely to find something that you like in Sing.
While the world is populated by animals, they apparently listen to all the same music that we do in the real world, as the trailer is full of numerous songs that audiences will be familiar with. From Lady Gaga to Sir Mix A Lot to Seal , whose song is, ironically, performed by a sheep, the movie looks to be resting much of its success on fans interest in seeing their favorite tunes performed by animals. If nothing else Sing is setting itself up to have one hell of a soundtrack album.
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This will be Illumination's second feature film this year, following on The Secret Life of Pets that will be out this summer. Between that and the aforementioned Zootopia we're certainly going to have a lot of talking animals this summer. Does one of these interest you more than any other? Let us know in the comments below.
Sing arrives in theaters December 21, 2016.