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While some of the changes were deliberate and intended, others were emergent and unanticipated.
We've had ITSS for two years. I'm surprised that the enthusiasm hasn't gone away. ... I think it's because it's been changed on a regular basis. And there's always some new feature, or we think about ... other things that we can do with it. Knowing that they're going to get implemented keeps you wanting to think about it, and keep going.
they often change the nature of the work itself. the material and the social because it can treat both the social and material as emerging. Drawing on the history of hand tools. More progress might be made by shifting research to a constructionist agenda. When role relationships change. technologies arise de novo and that even fewer cease to change once they enter contexts of use. technologies that transform information not only offer affordances that change work practices.the CSD would have been different. Instead. When technologies are used in ways that allow people to do new things that would have been impossible before. the properties of the technology itself. Given that voluntarist images of technologically-induced organizational change are now reasonably well accepted. and entwined. To do so. (2002) and Rice and Gattiker (2001) have shown that the same logic underwrites most other empirical studies of the social construction of technologically-induced organizational change. Studying ongoing cycles of design. political and social dynamics. and improvisation in the face of the task at hand. a historian of technology. most artifacts are changed over time to meet the evolving demands of those who use them. Jackson et al. but rather. From this perspective the question is not whether technologies change through use. When work roles change. it is likely that the social network that defines the structure of an organization will also shift. and the steam engine. Contemporary students of technology and organization generally appreciate that organizing around the use of a technology is an ongoing. use and modification or what Orlikowski (1996) called ''metamorphoses" provides a strong strategy for untangling the relationship between agency. emergent activity shaped by previous ways of doing things. barbed wire. The authors of each study highlighted how and why identical technologies ''occasioned" divergent outcomes across multiple organizations. tasks and roles frequently change. argues convincingly that few. role relationships usually change: workers interact with colleagues in new ways and may even find themselves interacting with members of occupations with whom they formerly had no contact. evolving. having a team distributed across two or more continents). Basalla (1988). we submit that additional constructivist studies will at best bring modest empirical or theoretical advance. what processes lead to change and what determines the pace at which change occurs. The specific ITSS technology was built within a general Whereas communication and storage technologies provide material capabilities that allow people to do things that they did not do before because doing so cost too much or was too inefficient (for example. researchers would start by assuming (1) that the outcomes of adopting an . if any.
people tend to enact the same or similar technologies-in-practice over time. how is it possible that that a new technology often occasions remarkably similar changes in practice and organizing across settings? In other words. and (3) that people often use technologies in ways other than managers or designers intend. and even institutionalized within certain circumstances. it does not imply that such use is completely unique. The central research problem could then become: Given these conditions. because regular use of the same technology tends to be recurrent.information technology will reflect unique social processes that transpire in the immediate context of the technology's use. how can we account for consistency of use and relatively uniform outcomes? Orlikowski (2000. enacted technology structures become routine. in the absence of deterministic materialism and in the face of agency. . (2) that information technologies and an organization's social structure merge in idiosyncratic ways. taken for granted. 421) suggests that such questions fall well within the purview of studies of practice: While a practice lens recognizes that technology use is always situated and emergent. In this way. p. On the contrary.


(1) Stewart, J.: Phototherapy-Looking into the History of Photography: Phototherapy in mental health. P.29, Charles C. Thomas, Springfield, IL, 1983.
(2) Weiser, J.: Phototherapy- Photography as a Verb.. The B.C. Photographer, 2:pp.33-36, Vancouver, Canada, 1975.
(3) Krauss, D.A. & Fryrear, J.L.: Phototherapy in mental health. Charles C. Thomas, Springfield, IL, 1983.
(4) Martin, R. & Spence, J. : New portraits for old: the use of the camera in therapy. Feminists Review, 19, pp.66-92. 1985.
(5) Spence, J.: Putting myself in the picture – A political, personal and photographic autobiography. Camden Press, London, 1986.
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CPA results are commonly tracked through three mechanisms: cookie tracking, telephone tracking (publishers have unique phone numbers for an offer) or promotional codes (viewers have to use codes specific to publishers).
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Q: Python Pygame Tetris, problems with handling of keypresses. implement delayed auto shift. how long a key has to be pressed before moving I want to code my own Tetris. The goal is to get as close as possible to this game: https://jstris.jezevec10.com/?play=1&mode=1
I don't know if I google the wrong things but I couldn't find a satisfying answer.
The problem:
the pieces can move left and right with the arrows. If the player presses the key once, the piece should move by 1 to the left or right. Now I want to implement that after a certain time (t > 133ms - default setting jstris) the piece should move directly to the side of the screen. It would be more of a keyhold than a keypress event.
1)
if event.type == pygame.KEYDOWN:
    if event.key == pygame.K_LEFT:
        piece.x -= 1

If done like this the player is not able to hold the left arrow. He has to press it over and over again to get to the side of the screen.
2)
keys = pygame.key.get_pressed()

    if keys[pygame.K_LEFT]:
        piece.x -= 1

In this solution the goal to get a constantly moving piece to the side is achieved, BUT it is nearly impossible to only move the piece by 1.
To handle this I would have to set a low fps to get control whether to move by 1 or more but that is a really bad solution. It slows down the game speed a lot and feels like lagging.
So here is the question:
Is it possible to move the piece by 1 if the key is pressed but check live if it is pressed longer than t>133ms. If true the piece should move instantly to the wall. In tetris it is called Auto delayed shift (DAS).
It would be a mix of 1) and 2) decided by a measured  time.
Before posting here I read a lot about measuring time of the duration of a keypress or between events but here I don't have KEYDOWN and KEYUP to measure the time between them because the KEYUP event doesn't even exist when the game needs to decide what to do.
Do i maybe need to get out of pygame and search after other modules to get to my goal or am I missing something ?
Thanks for your help!

A: You need to look for the button for a certain amount of time after you press it. Use pygame.time.get_ticks() to get the number of milliseconds since pygame.init() was called. Calculate the time at which the button can be pressed the next time after pressing. Discard pressing the key if the point in time has not yet been reached:
next_key_left_time = 0

# application loop
while True:
    current_time = pygame.time.get_ticks()

    # [...]

    keys = pygame.key.get_pressed()

    if keys[pygame.K_LEFT] and current_time >= next_key_left_time:
        piece.x -= 1
        next_key_left_time = current_time + 133 # 133 milliseconds

    # [...]

pygame.key.get_pressed() returns a sequence with the state of each key. If a key is held down, the state for the key is True, otherwise False. Use pygame.key.get_pressed() to evaluate the current state of a button and get continuous movement. Therefore, you can hold the key down and the block will move one step every 0.133 seconds.

A: You can use pygame.key.set_repeat docs to make KEYDOWN events repeat while the key is held down.
Try putting the following at the beginning of your program:
KEY_DELAY = 100
KEY_INTERVAL = 50
pygame.key.set_repeat(KEY_DELAY, KEY_INTERVAL)

The tetris piece will move a second time if you keep a key pressed for 100 milliseconds, then again after 50. Adjust the values as needed.

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Exeter City's under-18s suffered a dent in their push to defend their Youth Alliance South West division league title with a 4-0 defeat away to Cheltenham Town.
With many first team players absent through injury, a depleted squad travelled to Gloucestershire, and a well-organised Robins' side were too strong for the visitors.
Despite a satisfactory start, the downward spiral started as soon as the first Town goal was scored, and with the Grecians perhaps not applying their game as they had done in previous matches, it was always going to be hard work for them.
However midway through the second period a bright spark did arrive for City in the shape of under-14 Ethan Ampadu, making his debut for the under-18s.
The youngster, who had just won the Victory Shield for the Wales under-16 squad, was drafted into the side as a result of the missing personnel from the regular under-18s squad, and he looked at home.
The positive impact he brought onto the team was evident, however it wasn't enough to swing the result, as the game came to a close at 4-0.
With top spot in the league standings looking increasingly unlikely, the under-18s will now have to work hard to try and achieve a top three finish, to go into the stronger division after Christmas.
Under-18 coach Lee Skyrme said: "It was a bad performance from us, and perhaps the poorest I've seen us play since I arrived at Exeter City.
"We went away from the things we normally do on the pitch, and what we talked about and worked on we didn't put into practise.
"A real positive from the game is Ethan Ampadu's performance off the bench. For a 14-year-old, he looked very good.
Exeter City U18s: Keadell, Down, Madden, Read, Egan, Hayfield, Harkness, Merritt, Charles, Richards, Rehemi.
Subs: Ampadu, Collins, Seymour, Williams.


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Q: Is there a way to put a C++/winRT runtime class in a folder not the root project? in Visual Studio I know it seems to be a dummb question, but i have tried put a clas in folder inside the root project and I can not figure out how to solve broken paths in the files generated automaticly. For example I have a TitleBar class inside the BaseLayout folder (BaseLayout/TitleBar) then althought I have write the right include in my .cpp and .h files when I see the TitleBar.g.h file in the "Generated Files" folder (root/Generated Files/TitleBar.g.h) it refers to wrong xaml generated file "TitleBar.xaml.g.h" when the right apointment would be "BaseLayout/TitleBar.xaml.g.h"
#if defined(WINRT_FORCE_INCLUDE_TITLEBAR_XAML_G_H) || __has_include("TitleBar.xaml.g.h")
#include "TitleBar.xaml.g.h"

if I change this piece of code to "BaseLayout/TitleBar.xaml.g.h" it compiles correcly but i will need to do it ervery time a recompile all the solution, is there some way to config it?
the folder of the project:


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Gaëtan Lana (a.k.a. Pianiste on the main watch forums), 25 years old, started collecting watches when he was 12. He is the creator of a website specialized in rare pocket watches, www.thepocketwatchspecialist.com.
Gaëtan is also a real passionate of vintage OMEGA watches, and especially Speedmasters. He has been collecting them since 2008 and is always looking for nice examples.
My first watch was a quartz chronograph signed LORUS. It was a gift for my first communion. The dial was black with 3 subdials, which is maybe the reason why I love Speedmasters?
OMEGA Speedmaster, ROLEX Daytona, ROLEX Submariner.
Two years ago, I was walking in the center of Venice, and a Speedmaster caught my eyes in a little shop. I could not believe it : a well preserved 1967 Speedy was waiting for me. The tenant was an old watchmaker, his clients were mostly locals. I went to Venice again this summer and absolutely wanted to go back to the shop, but it didn't exist anymore. The watchmaker had probably retired.
Vintage. Modern watches don't show any patina unfortunately. If you compare vintage watches, you can see they are all unique. They are also a better investment.
Because the design is just perfect. It's difficult to explain but when you put a Speedmaster on your wrist, the feeling is magical. So hard to take it off. Of course the space adventure is a plus, but I'm sure I would still love Speedmasters even it they had not been selected by the NASA.
Straight lugged Speedies are amazing. My favourite is the CK 2998 without hesitation. Here is my CK 2998-4, I really like this watch because it has never been restored. Even the 7077 bracelet is original.
A camera. If I stay on the Moon, I would like to take some pictures in order to show them when I'm back on earth.
Well, I buy one or two watches and then I call a financial advisor. I like sports car of course, but it's not my priority.
Anywhere under the sun. At least 25°c please.
I would say… around 10-15 times. Probably more if I'm wearing a vintage Speedmaster.
A CROTON NIVADA GRENCHEN Chronograph, the first version with Venus 210.
ROLEX daytona 116.520 with black dial. A good watch for everyday use, but I would prefer a 6263!


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Kimberly-Clark to spin by November 30th
November 8, 2004 By Pulp & Paper Canada
Kimberly-Clark has marked November 30th, 2004 to be the completion date of the spin-off of its North American paper…
Kimberly-Clark has marked November 30th, 2004 to be the completion date of the spin-off of its North American paper and Canadian pulp operations. The new, publicly traded company is Neenah Paper, which manufactures and distributes premium and specialty paper grades.
November 19th has been declared the record date, meaning Kimberly-Clark shareholders will receive on share of Neenah Paper common stock for every 33 shares of Kimberly-Clark common stock held as of November 19th, 2004.
Kimberly-Clark chairman and chief executive officer Thomas Falk said the spin-off will permit the company to direct its resources to its primary area of interest. "We are now squarely focused on our core health and hygiene brands," he confirmed.
The Salt Lake Tribune reported that Kimberly-Clark will receive approximately $215 million from the spin-off.
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Access to drinking water is still a pending human right
por brian | Nov 30, 2011 | Notas de Prensa
(Notas de Prensa) The SCiNet Corporation has initiated the installation of new Assembly Workshops for the mass production of its innovative production mini-plants inside mobile containers. These mobile production units are intended for developing regions and offer all kinds of products and basic services.
The mobile production mini-plants that are mounted in these assembly workshops are intended for developing countries, offering therein all kinds of products and basic services: from food preparation or household goods, footwear or clothing articles to water purification and primary health care. Each container includes the machines, wiring, piping and necessary installations to function with autonomy.
Once the container arrives at its destination, the source of electric power, water, etc. is connected and from that moment on the mini-plant is ready to begin production. Power generators or photovoltaic panels may also be incorporated in areas where a reliable power grid is not available.
The production mini-plants in mobile containers created by SCiNet Corporation comprise the only system in the world that can supply basic necessity articles and services at a price as low as one dollar per day. Scinet Corporation has developed 700 mini-plant models capable of producing up to 20,000 different articles. In order to offer an idea of its potential, with only two operators, a mini-plant can produce daily more than 17,000 loaves of bread or purify more than 60,000 liters of water.
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When I was a little kid, I once saw a classical music concert where the double-bassist came out for a solo. He played a run where he was bouncing his bow over the strings, and it was a lick that always stuck with me.
When I started getting my chops together on electric bass, I wanted to figure out a way to imitate that sound. What I am doing is playing a G harmonic minor scale starting on the fifth fret of my D string. I am hammering to each note of the run from the open D string thumping it with my right hand. Then I am plucking the open G string. It creates a triplet feel, and the same sound that I heard the double-bassist do when I was a kid. Also, I'm using my middle finger for each note on the neck, almost violin-like.


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How New Trail Happens
Much of the Pfeifer Loop has been underwater lately. Not like a couple of years ago when all the sand moved in but still, mostly underwater. For the last few years we have had a dream of building a trail in the area that would be above most flooding. After working with management (Jeff and Ian) at North Little Rock Parks and Recreation, a partner of Central Arkansas Trail Alliance, we had a plan.
The group, minus a few how had to leave early. Great crew and thanks to all who made it out today.
Over the past couple of weeks we've been busy flagging routes for a trail on the north side of Lake Campbell paralleling Northshore Trail. The terrain is a bit more varied than other parts of Pfeifer Loop trails but the plan is to build something that could be enjoyed by everyone, hikers, trail runners, and mountain bikers.
Getting started at one end.
On March 4th, we started our build. A lot was accomplished in the first two hours before the rain came.
The workers cut trail so fast we had to speed up this video to get as much as possible in. (thanks to John Norris for this video.)
This trail will have great views of Lake Campbell.
Sometimes CATA President, Paul Norris seems a little too happy to be in the woods but we don't mind. (photo by John Norris)
You see the darnedest things when out in the nature. (photo by John Norris)
The trail winds its way under several Bodark trees. (photo by John Norris)
Although we got some rain a few stayed and others came back and even someone passing by on a road bike chipped in and we got most of the first half cut in. There is still some grubbing to be done and just a little dirt work but for the most part the first section is done. We will be hosting more work parties to finish the work we started and then continue on to the next section plus add in some fun alternative lines like the one below. Thanks to everyone who came out to help and thanks to North Little Rock Parks and Recreation for allowing us to create something new in their parks.
Later in the afternoon we took a break as a possible new line was tested. It is similar to the Gravity Cavity at Devil's Den State Park. So what do we call it?


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Crewe car valeting firm launched
THE owners of a new car valeting firm in Crewe called on a few friends to help them clean up over the Bank Holiday.
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Johnny Farmer and Dwayne Walker started up The Car Parlour behind Wickes on Lockitt Street about a month ago. And they called in reinforcements to help them cope with the Bank Holiday rush.
Johnny, 20, said: "We wanted to publicise the business and we were very busy on that day."
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Example of Demotic scrypt. Photo by Chris 73, Wikimedia Commons.
Funding For Database To Index Ancient Egyptian Texts
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Heidelberg University has been awarded funding from the German Research Foundation (DFG) for a database project to index and decipher documents from ancient Egypt. Demotic language texts originating between the 7th century BC and the 5th century AD are to be made available for research via open access publication.
The texts, some of which are still unpublished, range from legal and administrative documents to academic and religious records. The "Demotic Palaeographical Database Project" directed by Prof. Dr Joachim Quack will be funded for a period of up to seven years. DFG funding of nearly one million euros has been earmarked for the first three years. The work at the Institute for Egyptology at Ruperto Carola is scheduled to begin in May 2018.
Demotic is an ancient Egyptian language and script that was used for over 1,000 years throughout various cultural phases of ancient Egypt – from the Late Egyptian to the Greco-Roman epoch.
"To build a content-based index of Demotic texts, we are developing a digital instrument that will allow us, for the first time, to also capture and process the visual aspects of the text media, mainly papyrus," explained Prof. Quack, Director of the Institute for Egyptology.
The database will have a number of analysis and search functions to help researchers more easily investigate written Demotic artefacts. The project will also create a systematic catalogue of the full set of Demotic characters to build an up-to-date glossary, which is critical for deciphering and publishing Demotic texts.
"Most of the written records are available only as fragments, so publication of these documents has been difficult until now. And because they were acquired on the antiquities market, the individual fragments that make up a single text are often spread across different collections," said Prof. Quack.
The database will make identifying fragments that belong together easier by analysing the individual handwriting, content and formal characteristics. The Heidelberg Egyptologist adds that indexing Demotic sources is not only important for studying the history of language development from the Egyptian to the Coptic.
The texts also offer vital information on the political, social, bureaucratic, religious and cultural development of Egypt as well as intercultural exchange with Greece, Rome and other ancient Mediterranean cultures. The study of this source material is therefore also extremely important for allied fields of study, such as history.
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Crowell & Moring Elects Four New Partners and Promotes Eight Attorneys to Counsel Positions
Washington, D.C. - January 11, 2010: Crowell & Moring LLP is pleased to announce it has elected four attorneys to the firm's partnership effective January 1, 2010. The firm has also promoted eight associates to the position of counsel. The new partners and counsel have been promoted from within the ranks of the firm's Washington, D.C., Orange County, CA., New York, London, and Brussels offices.
"We are proud to recognize these attorneys for their remarkable service to our clients and the firm. They have demonstrated outstanding and sustained commitment to client service, innovation in the practice of law, and contributions to their communities throughout their careers, and we look forward to their continued success," said Kent A. Gardiner, Crowell & Moring chairman.
The new partners are as follows:
John L. Cuddihy is a member of the firm's Litigation Group and a resident in the Washington, D.C. office. He focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation, particularly intellectual property and antitrust disputes, in which he represents both corporate plaintiffs and defendants. Prior to becoming an attorney, Cuddihy worked as a press officer for Ambassador Madeleine K. Albright at the United States Mission to the United Nations in New York, and as a speech writer for Governor James J. Florio of New Jersey.
William J. Flanagan is a member of the firm's Labor & Employment, Corporate and Health Care groups and a resident in the Washington, D.C. office. He advises clients on employee benefits matters and has more than 30 years of experience with the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). He has represented major insurance companies, Fortune 500 companies, institutional money and investment managers, and employee benefit plans in all areas covered by Title I of ERISA.
John E. McCarthy Jr. is a member of the firm's Government Contracts Group and a resident in the Washington, D.C. office. He focuses his practice in the areas of government contracts and litigation, with a particular emphasis on technology related issues. In addition to his government contracts experience, McCarthy has experience in a broad array of non-government contracts matters including IT outsourcing, insurance coverage, and intellectual property.
Baiju S. Vasani is a member of the firm's International Arbitration practice and a resident in the Washington, D.C. and London offices. He focuses his practice exclusively on international investment and commercial arbitration covering various sectors and industries across the globe. Vasani is also an Adjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown University's Law Center, where he teaches International Arbitration.
Firm associates promoted to counsel are: Patricia Connally (Washington, D.C.); Todd C. Lesko (Orange County, CA); Jan-Diederik Lindemans (Brussels); Gerald F. Murphy (Washington, D.C.); Kristina M. Pisanelli (Washington, D.C.); Julia K. Smith (New York, NY); Claire Stockford (London); and Deborah H. Yellin (Washington, D.C.).
Crowell & Moring LLP is an international law firm with more than 500 lawyers representing clients in litigation and arbitration, regulatory, and transactional matters. The firm is internationally recognized for its representation of Fortune 500 companies in high-stakes litigation, as well as its ongoing commitment to pro bono service and diversity. The firm has offices in Washington, DC, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Orange County, Anchorage, London, and Brussels.
Contact(s):
Email: celfmann@crowell.com


A grizzly bear makes a visit to the Graham Ranch.
A chilly, light drizzle was falling on the green spring grass outside while we ate soup for supper. A few ewes had dropped their lambs that day, and I had them tucked into their warm straw beds in the barn for the night. A few cows and calves grazed outside our front windows, oblivious to the dampness.
It was the perfect evening for curling up with a wool blanket to read and that is exactly what we intended to do. My husband, Steve, had a decent western in his lap, 9-year-old Abby was reading Harry Potter and I looked forward to a John Grisham novel.
First I needed to sweep the top layer of our grass-growing, ranch-rescuing, tracked-in mud from the floor.
A movement in the yard caught my eye: A bear? A grizzly? That can't be real! I blinked and looked again.
My family is used to similar cries to see a pheasant or a cute bunny. They mumbled a response, lost in their pages.
Abby gasped and covered her mouth. Later she said she held her mouth so she wouldn't scream.
Steve turned, "that's a grizzly!" and grabbed his phone.
I called the dog to bring him inside before he picked a fight he would not win.
The bear meandered to our picnic table, about 15 feet from the front window. I snapped a couple of photos.
The bear strolled into the spruce trees on the west side of our house. We ran to the west window for more photos. He must have sensed movement at that window because he ambled back to the front yard, seemingly unconcerned as he brushed the corner of the house.
"We have to get him out of here," Steve said.
"We can't let him get to the barn. I'll take a pot out there and clank it," I said.
"I'll cover you with the shotgun," Steve said.
We went out the east door, out of the bear's sight. I began to clang the pot and lid. Steve tried to spot the bear.
The bear drifted among the apple and juniper trees of our back yard, then climbed on top of a haystack we use as a house windbreak.
I clanged and hollered from about 30 yards away. The bear peeked curiously over the hay. Steve got photos between loud orders to leave the premises.
The bear slid down the hay into the yard trees.
I clanged some more. The bear climbed up the hay and, this time, headed west through a barbed-wire fence and to the pasture. The lid on my pot broke.
He loped about 75 yards, turned to look at us and jogged away.
Steve got the jeep started while I grabbed a coat and Abby. We drove northwest, hoping to encourage the bear to keep going.
He topped a ridge about 200 yards ahead of us and dropped into a coulee, headed away from the cattle.
I called the federal bear specialist, but he was working another bear call. The next morning, he measured a 5-inch grizzly track in the yard. We gave him hair samples for DNA testing.
By then, I had been to the barn at dawn, packing a .41 Magnum on my hip. The birds were chirping their springtime song, the sheep lay peacefully in their corral and the guard dogs were quiet.
I gladly sacrificed my lid for this serene scene.
We feel fortunate that this kind of visitor is still unusual. Some of our neighbors live with grizzlies all the time. Clanging pots don't work for them.


Mike Natter: Explaining Medical Science Through Funny Sketches!
Mike is currently a third year medical student living in New York. There must be hundreds of medical students in the Jefferson Medical University, but none like Mike. His illustrations about the diseases he learnt about and the disorders he knows or the pressure he feels studying Medical science, combining with his own artistic talent, have made him very popular on Instagram.
Check out some of his best works!
Some days you struggle. You feel incompetent or maybe what youre doing isnt really making any difference. You worry. You question yourself. You ask if youre capable or up to par with where you should be. You wonder if you'll make it through all the hurdles. And then some days you receive an email from a stranger thanking you and it makes everything right again. Thank YOU, Sally- and congrats on passing the NCLEX!


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Borgo San Lorenzo és un comune (municipi) de la ciutat metropolitana de Florència, a la regió italiana de la Toscana, situat uns 20 km al nord-est de Florència. L'1 de gener de 2018 tenia una població de 18.419 habitants.

Limita amb els municipis de Fiesole, Firenzuola, Marradi, Palazzuolo sul Senio, Pontassieve, Scarperia e San Piero, Vaglia i Vicchio.

Evolució demogràfica

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I really feel down right now.
I feel like Rachel Zane (Suits character).
She feels that she is not capable of reaching or doing what she likes.
Kopinayo = 코피나요 is a Korean expression normally used by students learning the Korean language. It means to nose bleed or to have a nose bleed. Nowadays, when people say this, they usually mean that they are having a hard time to do or to understand something.
So when they think they are studying so many things at the same time, they usually say "코피나요, 선생님 or Kopinayo, seonsaengnim!" (Seonsaengnim means teacher).
For the main reason I said the quote above, I shall explain when I blog again. As of now, I have just finished a paper work for school.


The chairman of the board of American Samoa's LBJ hospital says the Fono is discouraging them from pursuing cost-cutting plans to steer the hospital out of financial crisis.
With a debt of around 15 million US dollars, the hospital has embarked on a course of fiscal prudence which could see job cuts and clinics closed one day a week.
Charles Warren says the new cost-cutting and revenue-enhancing plan has been well received at the Governor's office.
But he says the senate is uncomfortable with the tough decisions the board are making.
"The fono, or the senate, doesn't seem to be too happy about that but yes we are. We feel it's the best approach on a long-term basis. We have a difference of opinion on what's best. They seem to not want us to trim payroll - they seem to think it would harm patient care and and they're basically warning us not to do it."


I think that you did well with this. I am surprised by the number of people who posted that they had difficulty with it as a grid. I think the nice thing about this tangle is that it works well both ways. I did not even think about doing it as a grid. Nice color and shading on this also.
I like this. Found a class in Las Vegas, hope to start soon.
I love seeing your designs.
Leslie – Go try it …. I know you will love it!
I like your garden and Camelia is beautiful here.
I like it….I'm not so hot with grids either. Sometimes they come out so…blocky. I'm going to CZT in June too, maybe I'll see you there!
So beautiful garden! Your Camelia is very lovely!
Now that is one sweet tile!
Great ZIA! I wish I had a garden now.


Anyone who followed free climber (that is, no ropes) Alex Honnold's historic scaling of El Capitan in Nat Geo's movie Free Solo breathed a huge sigh of relief when he finally made it to the top. While celebrating Honnold's triumph, the team that captured the event on camera admitted at today's Deadline's The Contenders Emmys that making the Academy Award-winning documentary required a "free solo" of its own.
Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, who directed the film with her creative partner Jimmy Chin, said it took four years of effort and two years of filming to create the real life cinematic thrill ride. She called Honnold's story the chance to showcase an inspiring person.
The director said the actual climb took three hours and 56 minutes, "which to us probably felt like two weeks." She added the filmmakers had to give up control and be ready when Honnold was to make the cllmb. "Alex brought it, and we all had to just meet him there," she said.
She also said the crew never could have anticipated that the reclusive Honnold would meet and develop a relationship with the love of his life during the film's production period.
Eisenhardt joked that though the climb seemed long, "he moved faster than they thought." The crew rushed to keep up.
Vasarhelyi and Chin are now in early talks with Netflix to direct a film based on the Jonas Bonnier book The Helicopter Heist, starring Jake Gyllenhaal.


A UK judge has ruled that schools are allowed to show Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth, but only if the film is accompanied by guidance highlighting the areas where the ex-vice president of America strays off the scientific terra firma, the BBC reports.
Mr Justice Burton said teachers could show the film, but must highlight nine assertions in the film that are not supported by mainstream scientific consensus, including a claim that polar bears are drowning on long swims between icebergs.
Despite these rogue Arctic ursines, the judge seems to be happy that the main thrust of the film is not political, nor likely to indoctrinate anyone.
Other problem areas included an assertion that the sea would rise up to 20 feet "in the near future" as ice in Greenland or Western Antarctica melts. The judge said this was an alarmist statement. He added that scientific consensus held that that kind of sea level rise would be possible if Greenland's ice melted, but that that melt would happen "after, and over, millennia".
The judge also dismissed Gore's claim that the retreating snowline on Mount Kilimanjaro could be directly attributed to human-induced climate change, saying that the science to establish such a link does not exist.
The government sent copies of the film to all secondary schools in England, while the ruling administrations in Wales and Scotland did the same. But school governor Stewart Dimmock of Dover, a member of the New Party, took the government to court, saying the distribution breached rules governing what may be shown in schools.
The judge said Mr Dimmock has "substantially won" the case. He found that "but for the new guidance note, the film would have been distributed in breach of sections 406 and 407 of the 1996 Education Act". These sections cover political indoctrination and the treatment of political issues in schools.
Dimmock said he was "delighted" with the outcome, which also saw him awarded two-thirds of his £200,000 of legal fees.


CD Baby, itunes, Amazon.com and most digital outlets.
Click on the album cover for LOUIS' STORE.
Listen to a song from Dream Suite on LR'S JUKE BOX on the left side of this website under the photo.
Click here to watch VIDEO performances by Capathia Jenkins and Darius de Haas of songs from Dream Suite.
Langston Hughes is my favorite American poet. Though his poems often explored the issue of race, his work breaks through racial boundaries to touch the soul of humanity. For me, even his brilliant and iconic image of a "dream deferred" can now also speak to any fundamental, deep dream deferred, whether racial, political or personal. Most important for the composer, his poetry sings with a natural ease and grace that few poets can match. The language is rich in imagery – drawn from influences as diverse as Walt Whitman and various forms of Afro-American culture — yet always rooted in the American vernacular and soulfully direct in emotional expression. This description applies equally well to what I strive for in my songwriting, and especially in the making of Dream Suite. These songs find their inspiration in jazz, blues, classical music, popular song, art song and Latin jazz; and like Langston's poems, I hope they manage to blend and juxtapose these influences in fresh ways, and with a soulful sense of expression.
Dream Suite is also dear to my heart, for it was written for, and beautifully sung by my friend, the gifted Alton Fitzgerald White; and the recording of it introduced me to the remarkable Capathia Jenkins – who sings here with great beauty and sensitivity – and with whom I set off on a new creative path that led to many more songs and cycles and recordings, a musical adventure that continues to this day.
Dream Suite is Part One of The Black Loom Trilogy, a set of song cycles on the poems of three African-American poets. This recording was made in 2002, the year the composition was completed. The world-premiere performance of Dream Suite was given by Alton and Capathia at the Great Hall of Cooper Union in New York City in June 2006.
The second and third parts of the trilogy were written specifically for Capathia. Part Two is One Ounce of Truth: The Nikki Giovanni Songs (2008), originally released on the PS Classics label. Part Three is Eleven Songs on Poems by Maya Angelou (2005).
Joseph Thalken (pianist) is the composer of the musicals Was, Harold & Maude, And The Curtain Rises and Borrowed Dust. Thalken has also written choral, art songs, concert and chamber music. As a conductor: Victor/Victoria (Broadway),Gypsy (Broadway), Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra; New Jersey Symphony Orchestra; Aachen Stadttheater (Germany). Awards: Shen Family Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, Gilman & Gonzalez-Falla Foundation. He has taught music theater composition at Yale University and is a graduate of Northwestern University.
Langston Hughes (February 1, 1902 – May 22, 1967): Poet, playwright, novelist and social activist, a seminal figure in the Harlem Renaissance, Langston Hughes became the most original and revered of black poets. In addition to leaving behind a large body of poetic work, he also wrote eleven plays and countless works of prose, including the two-volume autobiography, The Big Sea and I Wonder As I Wander. The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes, edited by Arnold Rampersad, is published by Vintage Classics.
The recording of Dream Suite was made possible through a generous grant from the Gilman & Gonzalez-Falla Foundation.
Dream Suite is dedicated with love and everlasting appreciation to Sondra Gilman and Celso Gonzalez-Falla.
Cover Photo Credit: "Langston Hughes, Chicago, 1941" by Gordon Parks, courtesy of and © The Gordon Parks Foundation.
Come, / Let us roam the night together / Singing. / I love you.
Across / The Harlem roof-tops / Moon is shining. / Night sky is blue. / Stars are great drops / Of golden dew.
Down the street / A band is playing. / I love you. / In the cabaret / The jazz band's playing. / I love you.
Come, / Let us roam the night together / Singing.
My little dark baby, / My little earth-thing, / My little love-one, / What shall I sing / For your lullaby? / Stars, stars, / A necklace of stars / Winding the night.
My little black baby, / My dark body's baby, / What shall I sing / For your lullaby? / Moon, / Moon, / Great diamond moon, / Kissing the night.
Stars, stars, / Moon, / Night stars, / Moon, / For your sleep-song lullaby.
I went down to the river, / I set down on the bank. / I tried to think but couldn't / So I jumped in and sank. / I came up once and hollered! / I came up twice and cried! / If that water hadn't a-been so cold / I might've sunk and died. / But it was / Cold in that water! / It was cold!
I took the elevator / Sixteen floors above the ground. / I thought about my baby / And thought I would jump down. / I stood there and I hollered! / I stood there and I cried! / If it hadn't a-been so high / I might've jumped and died. / But it was / High up there! / It was high!
So since I'm still here livin', / I guess I will live on. / I could've died for love-- / But for livin' I was born. / Though you may hear me holler, / And you may see me cry-- / I'll be dogged, sweet baby, / If you gonna see me die. / Life is fine! / Fine as wine! / Life is fine!
What can purge my heart / Of the song / And the sadness? / What can purge my heart / But the song / Of the sadness? / What can purge my heart / Of the sadness / Of the song?
Do not speak of sorrow / With dust in her hair, / Or bits of dust in eyes / A chance wind blows there. / The sorrow that I speak of / Is dusted with despair.
Voice of muted trumpet, / Cold brass in warm air. / Bitter television blurred / By sound that shimmers-- / Where?
The sea is deep, / A knife is sharp, / And a poison acid burns-- / But they all bring rest, / They all bring peace / For which the tired / Soul yearns. / They all bring rest / In a nothingness / From where / No soul returns.
Love / Is a ripe plum / Growing on a purple tree. / Taste it once / And the spell of its / enchantment / Will never let you be. / Love / Is a bright star / Glowing in far Southern skies. / Look too hard / And its burning flame / Will always hurt your eyes.
Love / Is a high mountain / Stark in a windy sky. / If you / Would never lose your breath, / Do not climb too high.
Nobody cares. / Nobody cares. / Make a song like that / From your lips. / Nobody cares.
I could take the Harlem night / and wrap around you, / Take the neon lights and make a crown, / Take the Lennox Avenue busses, / Taxis, subways, / And for your love song tone their rumble down. / Take Harlem's heartbeat, / Make a drumbeat, / Put it on a record, let it whirl, / And while we listen to it play, / Dance with you till day-- / Dance with you, my sweet brown Harlem girl.
Silence / No one talking / Down the street young Harlem / In the dark.
The shadows / Of too many nights of love / Have fallen beneath your eyes. / Your eyes, / So full of pain and passion, / So full of lies. / So full of pain and passion, / Soledad, / So deeply scarred, / So still with silent cries.
I don't dare start thinking in the morning. / I don't dare start thinking in the morning. / If I thought thoughts in bed, / Them thoughts would bust my head-- / So I don't dare start thinking in the morning.
I don't dare remember in the morning. / I don't dare remember in the morning. / If I recall the day before, / I wouldn't get up no more-- / So I don't dare remember in the morning.
Today like yesterday / Tomorrow like today; / The drip, drip, drip, / Of monotony / Is wearing my life away; / Today like yesterday, / Tomorrow like today.
Lonely people / In the lonely night / Grab a lonely dream / And hold it tight. / Lonely people / In the lonely day / Work to salt / Their dream away.
Good evening, daddy! / I know you've heard / The boogie-woogie rumble / Of a dream / deferred / Trilling the treble / And twining the bass / Into midnight ruffles / Of cat-gut lace.
What happens to a dream deferred? / Does it dry up / like a raisin in the sun? / Or fester like a sore-- / And then run? / Does it stink like rotten meat? / Or crust and sugar over-- / like a syrupy sweet? / Maybe it just sags / like a heavy load. / Or does it explode?
Tinkling treble, / Rolling bass, / High noon teeth / In a midnight face, / Great long fingers / On great big hands / Screaming pedals / Where his twelve-shoe lands, / Looks like his eyes / Are teasing pain, / A few minutes late / For the Freedom Train. / Dream within a dream, / Our dream deferred. / Good morning, daddy! / Ain't you heard?
Wave of sorrow, / Do not drown me now: / I see the island / Still ahead somehow. / I see the island / And its sands are fair: / Wave of sorrow, / Take me there.
*The text of the bridge of Harlem Night Song is the poem, Ardella.


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Young Adult Writing Contest: Submit poetry, short stories, comics and memoirs to our annual teen writing contest.
Pick up your Field Guide to Summer at any Surrey Libraries location.
Go through the guide and complete the challenges you want to do.
Come back to the library to receive tickets that go toward prize draws.


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Q: How to find the Z score of just one value? I know the syntax of finding the z-score:
from scipy import stats
z = stats.zscore(a,axis = 0)

However, the value of that is accepted is in the form of an array. I just want the Z-score calculation of one value
My current code is:
import numpy as np

mean=100
sd=10
a = [(50-100)/10]
from scipy import stats
z = stats.zscore(a)
print(z)

I want the z-score of just a in the above code

A: For finding cdf
scipy.stats.norm.cdf(1.64)
output : 0.9494974165258963

For finding z-score form cdf
ss.norm.ppf(0.9494974165258963)
output: 1.64

A: It is mathematically impossible, because stats.zscore doesn't assume the input is normalized as you evidently think, but rather calculates the mean and standard deviation using the input. And SD of one value is zero which doesn't make sense.
But looks like you don't need any function to calculate your z-score, because it is by definition (x - mean)/sd (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_score), so you already have it in a. If you actually need something else, please write in a comment.

A: Using cumulative distribution function (cdf).
scipy.stats.norm.cdf(1.64)

Returned value is 0.94949741652589625.
Meaning the Z-score value of 1.64 is 0.9495.
This will work.

A: To follow along with what aparpara said, the a in your example is already the z-score.
It looks like you want to know how many standard deviations away is a sample value of 50. That is 5 sigma, as given by a.


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Q: Why doesn't the pipeline take effect in bash in Linux? Here is to count the number of sessions by the same login user.
I could run the direct command if I know the specific user name, such as usera, as the following:
who | grep usera | wc -l

And if I don't know the current user, I need to user parameter.
But the following codes don't work:
currentuser=`whoami`

sessionnumber=`who | grep "$currentuser" | wc -l`

What's the error?
Thanks!

A: Grep has the -c flag so the wc -l plus the additional pipe is not needed.
who | grep -c -- "$USER"

"$LOGNAME" is also an option instead of "$USER", which one is bash specific? I don't know, all I know is that they are both on Linux and FreeBSD system. The -- is just a habit just in case the user starts with a dash grep will not interpret it as an option.

A:
sessionnumber=`who | grep "$currentuser" | wc -l`

You are assigning the result of the who | ... command to a variable and to see its value you can use echo $sessionnumber

A: Looks like you are confused about parameters and variables.
What you are trying to get is likely
who | grep $(whoami) | wc -l

The $() is equivalent to the backticks you used.
When you write
sessionnumber=``

this will run whatever is within the backticks and save the output to a variable. You can then access the variable using the dollar notation:
echo "$sessionnumber"


Good News! Sony Xperia XZ1 has launched with Android 8.0 Oreo in India at 44,990 on 25th September 2017. It sports with 3D scanning camera, auto focus burst, IP65/68 water resistant design and many more.
The phone can be purchased from both offline and online channels.
Initially, at IFA Berlin 2017, Sony Mobile Communications Inc. unveiled its new flagship smartphones: Xperia XZ1, Xperia XZ1 Compact and Xperia XA1 Plus, which are updated versions of their previous models.


Tomas is off today on a "simple" canoe trip. Heading off in Northern Maine for a three night/four day adventure with the other young men in our church. They'll be traveling about 40 miles, from what I'm told. He left at 6:30 this morning and won't be back until Saturday.
I don't think I ever did a single campout trip with a youth group growing up. I went away to summer camp quite a few years, but in terms of your standard "bunch of boys going camping," that never happened. Tomas has now done a few of them, and I'm happy for him to have the opportunity.
It's funny. When he was younger and I thought about camping trips, my initial plan had been that I would go with him on all of them. I thought it would be important that I could be there to supervise and make sure everything was okay. But as he grew older and I thought about it more, I changed my way of thinking. It became more important to me that he begin to learn to operate on his own. Independence was a bigger goal than supervision, and if it came at the cost of some mild stupidity on the side, then that was a price worth paying.
The ultimate goal of any parent, I believe, is to raise your kids to the point where they can leave your house and become fully functional adults who can live and be happy and successful without your help. Getting to that point can be difficult and painful, but it's important to always keep that goal in mind.
I almost did a really stupid thing that fits that definition perfectly in college. I lived in DT, and our floor was having a bit of a feud with the floor of a building right across from us. They were posting insults to us in our windows. We were posting insults back.
So we tried to figure out a way to really get even with them. The idea, in the end, was to take paint balls and a slingshot and plaster the outside of their windows with paint. A friend had the paintballs. Another friend figured out how to open our permanently locked windows, and I had the slingshot.
The night came. We had everything set. I had the paintballs locked and loaded in my slingshot, and I was all set to rain fluorescent fury down on those windows. And then I stopped, looking at the situation. This seems like a really bad idea, and something I could get in a fair bit of trouble for, I thought to myself.
But all my friends were there, egging me on. Encouraging me to go through with it. A fair bit of pressure.
See? I can actually make reasonable decisions, every now and then.
Here's hoping Tomas can do the same . . .


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July 17, 2019 Constitutional DrunkEconomy
U.S.-based regulated crypto derivatives and clearing platform LedgerX is giving retail investors the chance to bet on Bitcoin hitting $100,000 by 2020.
United States.-based regulated crypto derivatives and clearing platform LedgerX is giving retail investors the chance to bet on Bitcoin (BTC) hitting $100,000 by 2020.
New Possibilities for the Retail Crypto Trader
As Bloomberg reported on July 17, the $100,000 call option implies that Bitcoin's current valuation could increase over ten-fold and hit a $2 trillion market capitalization.
This bullish bet on Bitcoin is the first crypto derivatives product open to mom and pop investors since LedgerX sealed approval from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to serve as a designated contract market for clients of any size, as Cointelegraph reported in June.
Institutional investors have been able to trade derivatives via the platform for two years. LedgerX CEO, Paul Chou, has revealed to Bloomberg that such clients — who each hold assets worth between $10 million and $1 billion — have already expressed interest in the new product. He said:
"Dozens and dozens of these institutions got back to us saying we'd be interested in trading a contract like this. I understand $100,000 is a large number, but a lot of us who've been in this space remember Bitcoin at $1, and then it hit $10 and $100 and $10,000. A $100,000 contract doesn't even make us blink."
More Bitcoin Investment Options Coming Amid Rising Volume
As reported in June, BitMEX — the world's single biggest bitcoin derivatives provider — posted record volumes across its operations as Bitcoin (BTC) hit $13,000. The platform reported $1 billion of open interest in the market, with trading topping $13 billion and above $16 billion across the BitMEX's full product range.
Just this week, digital asset management fund Grayscale Investments recorded an all-time high volume of assets under management at $2.7 billion — representing a near tripling of its AUM since the preceding quarter. Institutional clients have represented the highest percentage of total demand for Grayscale products, constituting 84%, since July 2018. The fund's Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) was up almost 300% on the year as of July 9.
The institutional market is also poised for the roll-out of physically-delivered bitcoin futures by institutional cryptocurrency platform Bakkt on July 22.
Anthony Pompliano — the co-founder of Morgan Creek Digital Assets — has recently predicted that Bitcoin will hit $100,000 just a year later than LedgerX's call option, eyeing 2021.
To press time, Bitcoin is trading just north of $9,500 — down almost 24% on the day and almost 11% on the week, according to Cointelegraph's Bitcoin Price Index.
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Q: Python - open all txt files, remove empty lines and find a specific character What I want to do:
a) open all files in directory (in this case: chapters from long stories)
b) remove all empty lines
c) find sentences started with "- " (in this case: dialogues)
I was able to create code that works well, but only for one file:
file = open('.\\stories\\test\\01.txt', 'r', encoding="utf-16 LE")
string_with_empty_lines = file.read()

lines = string_with_empty_lines.split("\n")
non_empty_lines = [line for line in lines if line.strip() != ""]

string_without_empty_lines = ""
for line in non_empty_lines:
  if line.startswith('- '):
    string_without_empty_lines += line + "\n"

print(string_without_empty_lines)

I started mixed up with this because I have a lot of files and I want to open them all and print the results from all files (and probably save all results to one file, but it's not necessary right now). The first part of the new code successfully open files (checked with commented print line), but when I add the part with editing, nothing happens at all (I don't even have errors in console).
import os
import glob

folder_path = os.path.join('G:' '.\\stories\\test')
for filename in glob.glob(os.path.join(folder_path, '**', '*.txt'), recursive=True):
  with open(filename, 'r', encoding="utf-16 LE") as f:
    string_with_empty_lines = f.read()
#    print(string_with_empty_lines)

lines = string_with_empty_lines.split("\n")
non_empty_lines = [line for line in lines if line.strip() != ""]

string_without_empty_lines = ""
for line in non_empty_lines:
  if line.startswith("- "):
    string_without_empty_lines += line + "\n"

print(string_without_empty_lines)

A: On the example of one file, if there are more files, before you can say smt like
for file in dir: with open(file) ...., remember that you would also have to change the target file
with open('source.txt') as source:
     with open('target.txt','w') as target:
          for line in source.readlines():
              l = line.strip('\n')
              # identify if the 1st char is '-'
              if l[0] == '-':
                 # do somethin e.g. add 'dialog' at the beginning...

                 # skip empty line
              if len(l) == 0:
                 continue
              #Rewrite to target file
              target.write(l + '\n')
     target.close()

source.close()

A: If you have your source files in the source_dir and you want to output the target files in the target_dir, you can do it like that:
import os
import path

source_dir = "source_dir"
target_dir = "target_dir"

# on linux or mac, you can get filenames in the specific dir.
# not sure what will happen on Windows
filenames = os.listdir(source_dir)

for filename in filenames:
    # get full path of source and target file
    filepath_source = path.join(source_dir, filename)
    filepath_target = path.join(target_dir, filename)

    # open source file and target file
    with open(filepath_source) as f_source, open(filepath_target, 'w') as f_target:
        for line in f_source:
            if len(line.strip()) == 0:
                continue
            if line[0] == '-':
                # do something
            f_target.write(line)


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The Tabletop Concierge: Marrakesh
by Steve T. | published Tuesday, November 2, 2021
If you're looking to get a friend or loved one into gaming with you, there is no, one single magic game that works for everyone. That's because no single game appeals to 100% of people, but more so, a person's journey into gaming is unlikely to consist of a single step. Pretty much everyone plays games as a kid, but do they continue playing into adulthood? Like me, some do, but many grow up believing that games are just for kids, so they stop.
So how do you get those people who stopped on the path to get back on the path? That's basically my job. As Chief Gaming Officer for Snakes & Lattes, my job is to make sure that our staff can help our guests play the right games for them, and that means finding games that are easy to learn, don't appear intimidating, and provide an entertaining experience.
One of the best ways to do this is to use a game that seems familiar in some way to something they already know. Since most people know Monopoly, that's a good starting place. The monopoly-like game that I have the most success with is 2007's Marrakech, by Dominique Erhard (Condottiere, Serenissima, Iliad). In Marrakech players are competing rug merchants in a Moroccan market. The goal of the game is to earn the moist points by earning cash from the other players and covering the board with as much of your carpet as you can.
Monopoly is famously a "roll & move" game, and so is Marrakech, so the idea of rolling a die and moving a piece will already be understood by your wouldbe gamer. In Monopoly you want to avoid landing on other people's spaces, and want your opponents to land on yours. Same in Marrakech. Getting rich, and owning more board space than anyone else are the cornerstones of both Marrakech and Monopoly. So if your would-be gamer likes Monopoly, they are already a long way towards liking Marrakech. But they don't need to like Monopoly to enjoy Marrakech. The familiarity will be enough to get over the hurdle of learning something new, and allow them to discover something fun.
Many tables I teach Marrakech to end up playing it two or three times in a row, and to me, that's the hallmark of a good introductory game.
Marrakech is available to play on Tabletopia.
Steve Tassie has been many things over the years: actor, comedian, high school teacher, Origins-nominated game designer, soda jerk, and port-a-potty attendant. Currently, Steve is a voice actor, an attempted novelist, occasional podcaster, and the Curator and Head Game Guru at Snakes & Lattes Board Game Cafes. Steve has been a player of all kinds of board, card, & roleplaying games since he was a small boy. Now that he's a large boy, his taste in games run toward light-medium weight Euros, thematic Ameritrash games that focus on story over strategy, and dexterity games. He would probably crush you at Ghost Blitz. If you're on the Twitters, he is @RealSteveTassie and you can totally follow him.
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3 thoughts on "The Tabletop Concierge: Marrakesh"
Alice Connor says:
You are so right! I hadn't noticed the connection to Monopoly before! I do love Marrakech—the rugs are so soft and tactile, the merchant has a cute little face, and man it can be swingy. I add my recommendation!
Steve T says:
It's a tantalizingly tactile tactical textile game!
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After a few requests about dedicating a post to my entire makeup collection, I finally came around to the idea of doing so. Initially I did not want to do a post on my makeup because I currently do not live in a place of my own, which means my collection is stashed away in a singular drawer in the bathroom as a storage option. There's nothing fancy or cute about the set-up, it's strictly utilitarian. Plus, it's not as well-rounded as a lot of the real gurus out there so in short it's nothing particularly spectacular. I have a tendency to buy a lot of makeup in spurts, try it and maybe review it, anything I'm not particularly thrilled with or just don't have any use for will be donated to my immediate family.
Anyway, here it is – and for convenience I listed all of the products in categories at the end of the post if you see something that you like, also I posted links of reviews next to the products in case you want more in-depth information on it.


Two senior Kenyan government officials have been charged in court with fraud over the building of a $3.2bn (£2.5bn) Chinese-funded railway line.
The two are accused of paying more than $2m in compensation to private firms which falsely claimed to own land through which the line ran.
The officials and 15 other accused have pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The railway line was Kenya's biggest infrastructure project since independence from the UK in 1963.
President Uhuru Kenyatta opened it in May last year, hailing it as a new chapter in the East African state's history.
The line runs between the port city of Mombasa and the capital, Nairobi, and construction was completed 18 months early.
It is supposed to eventually connect landlocked South Sudan, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Burundi and Ethiopia to the Indian Ocean.
But the project has been marred by corruption allegations, and claims by economists that the cost was too high.
It ran up a loss of about $100m in its first year of operation, official figures show.
The project was also condemned by wildlife groups as the line runs through the Tsavo National Park in south-eastern Kenya.
Kenya Railways head Atanas Maina and National Land Commission chairman Muhammad Swazuri were charged with fraud on Monday, following their arrest on Saturday.
Many Kenyans have welcomed the detention of the two men who were seen as "untouchables" because of the political influence they wielded, reports the BBC's Ferdinand Omondi from Nairobi.
They were handcuffed after they took their seats in the dock at a magistrate court in Nairobi.
The directors of several companies are among the 17 accused, our reporter adds. They all denied the charges.
The arrests are the latest sign of the government intensifying its campaign to end the culture of impunity in Kenya, our reporter says.
The government has demolished several landmark buildings in Nairobi in the past week, and hundreds more are being targeted in a drive to reclaim public land.
Speaking during a church service on Sunday, Mr Kenyatta said: "Over the last few weeks I have lost so many friends.


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The Makeup-Wearing Feminist Is Not An Oxymoronic Anomaly
by Sejal Parikh · August 5, 2016
"REALLY? Please tell me you are kidding," he said, squinting as if I had suddenly blurred before his eyes into somebody he couldn't recognize. I blinked, cocking my head to the left and furrowing my brows in that cute confused look he'd loved on earlier occasions. I couldn't understand what the whole fuss was about. What had changed in the two minutes that divided our world into everything before my seemingly innocuous request and everything after that didn't make it seem that innocuous, after all.
In case you are wondering, he was running down to the drugstore and I had asked him to pick me a Bobbi Brown sheer finish powder. Not too much to ask for, is it? <Oh, I might have mentioned the name twice, just so he got it right>
Image source: Pinterest
But it wasn't the errand that troubled him so much as, what I realized a moment later, the contradiction in his mind about how I could reconcile using a cosmetic product with being a feminist!
Duh uh. I hadn't expected it from him, but nonetheless, the question painted on his face wasn't a new one. I had seen it flash across countless faces before, and failed to get them a satisfying explanation even thought I totally got where that confusion arose.
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I mean, if one were to resort to plain logic on surface level, picking up a thirty dollar tube of an alluring plum at Sephora sure didn't fall in line with professed anti-capitalism, even if they belonged to brands like Anarchy or Rebel nor did applying those very products on oneself seem a rebellion against patriarchy that deployed these very tools to make women conform to narrow and unrealistic beauty standards. But here's the problem in viewing the use of makeup through this seemingly 'liberal' lens that, in reality, is uni-dimensional in use.
Feminism and makeup aren't exclusive categories on the twin ends of a superficial-to-liberated spectrum. So, for those who have a problem reconciling our wings with our love for the winged liner and our decidedly liberal opinions with a set of lavender coated lips uttering them, here's the explanation you have sought all along:
Feminism upholds bodily autonomy
Image source: Tumblr
The one thing that more people need to realize is that whether it be a decision to wear a tank top, itsy-bitsy shorts, a burqa or tattoos or lipstick, the decision to express one's self with whatever one chooses rests with one's own self. Neither patriarchy nor feminism can impose a one-size-fits-all dictum on any of us. The idea that one has the autonomy to decide whatever one gets to do with one's body has to be one of the core ideas in our liberation.
As soon as we allow a fixed notion to dictate what we are to choose as our mode of self-expression (no matter whether it be conforming to unrealistic beauty standards proposed by patriarchy or simply an extremist pseudo-feminist view like that of my seemingly 'liberal' boyfriend and others who probably believe feminists should wear signboards that say 'feminist, ergo, denounce all patriarchal sham), we are doing nothing but reimposing another dogma on ourselves. And THAT is WRONG. We just need to accept that true liberation is about refraining from doling out any dictates on what a person can be seen in or as. It is about allowing that person to make the decisions about his/her body, by himself/herself.
Feminism equips us with the ability to critically evaluate our choices
Image source: Giphy
The problem of viewing several contrasting aspects of what is deemed 'feminist' and what is actually feminist has raised many a laughable debates. I shall explain with an example. If a feminist likes Taylor Swift but recognizes the inherent girl-hate or racist streak in some of her numbers, is she not feminist? Hell no. Just by being a tiny part of her fandom or cleaning her house, grooving to "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together," is she, in any way, playing a role in subjugating the very ideology she upholds. Hell no.
The problem with this, as with several other things like makeup that seem to go against 'distorted' notions about feminism, is that when you are a feminist, you cannot say or do anything without some conditions attached. Because no action or speech is operative in a vacuum. However, placing every single thing done by a feminist to close scrutiny, in the context of everything available at one's disposal to make an argument against her, is to resort to straw man's arguments, simply to make a point. In that way, not one thing in the world shall be excused from being problematic.
What one has to realize is that liking a particular song for the artistry does not imply that one necessarily agrees with what's depicted in the video. No woman shall ever put up with the kind of dating violence that mass culture glorifies. Similarly, one has to understand that by being empowered, by myself, to know that I can choose to wear makeup or go sans makeup, I am equally placed in a disempowering position by a culture that tells me that makeup is the 'right' decision to make.
The ability to critically differentiate and make informed choices is liberation. It allows us to engage with those choices and constantly evaluate what it means to make them.
Feminism does not stand for demonizing femininity, and the definition of the latter can be our own
Whoever propagated this BS notion that in order to be considered truly feminist, we need to stick to a hegemonic model of femininity- which means no more bras, razors, hair curlers, eyelash curlers or even nail paint- was an idiot. Don't take me wrong, I am all for women who make these choices. But I am also all for those who don't. One does not necessarily have to divorce oneself from frilly, cute, blingy things just to be considered feminist. By pushing women to act androgynous, which, in itself, is quite a masculine social concept, you are simply reinforcing the idea that masculinity is more valuable than femininity. And THAT is not feminist, at all.
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Nothing traditionally deemed 'feminine' by your own patriarchal structures is excluded from the ambit of choices available to women. Whether they choose to move out and away from the modes made available to them since birth or simply, engage with the modes, by being fully aware that their participation does NOT imply conformity but an act of free will, is their decision. A free one.
So, for all those who find it difficult to gulp down our choices and reconcile them with our ideology, you just need to dig deeper.
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Warm the water and add the shampoo, stirring until well blended. Add the honey, rose water, and salt, stirring until thick and well blended. Store in a bottle.
In a heavy saucepan bring the water to a boil and add the glycerin soap, stirring until the soap has dissolved. Remove the pan from the heat. Add the lemon oil and peppermint oil and stir until well blended. Let cool to room temperature and bottle.
Bring the water to boiling point in a saucepan and then add the dried elder flowers, chamomile, lavender and rosemary. Remove the pan from the heat and let herbs steep for one hour. Strain the herbs from the water and bring the water to a gentle boil. Add the glycerin soap and stir until dissolved. Remove the saucepan from heat again and then add the jojoba oil and witch hazel. Let cool to room temperature an store in a bottle.
In a saucepan, bring the water to boiling point and add the borax, stirring until dissolved. Simmer gently while performing the next step. In a separate pan melt the beeswax, mineral oil, and coconut oil over a low heat until a clear liquid forms. Pour the hot oil and beeswax mixture into a bowl. Slowly pour in the heated water and borax mixture, stirring constantly with a wire whisk. Continue stirring until the mixture forms a very thick white cream. Continue stirring until it cools to room temperature. Store in a jar.
Add your favorite essential oils to make fragrant and healing cold creams.


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Is it possible to get the lesson PDFs without either the Pinyin or the English translations right underneath? My wandering eyes have a hard time not peaking.


The challenges your child has are not uncommon. In fact, The National Center for Education Statistics reports that 6.5 million children ages 3-21 receive special education services—or about 13% of all public school students.
Additional research has shown 1 in 5 children have a learning and/or attention challenge, and many students that really need help don't qualify for special education services, or aren't receiving the type of learning disability remediation they actually need. The powers that be say it's because they are doing "good enough." Meanwhile, the parents that know their child's potential is being overlooked, remain unheard.
Students with learning disabilities often feel defeated. They are frustrated that their grades don't reflect their knowledge and they feel like they're working hard for nothing. Parents of these students are frustrated and sad on their child's behalf as well as worried about what their future looks like.
The good news? We can help your child shine! Since 1990 The Family & Learning Center has offered a variety of programs for students with learning disabilities. We start with a complimentary consultation to determine the best course of action for each individual student and then work one-on-one with the student to strengthen the areas of challenge that impact them in school and life.
When remediating learning disabilities, consistency is critical. It takes time to learn new processing skills and to master new learning strategies. That's why our programs are designed for students to attend sessions four to ten hours per week. For your convenience, we offer learning disability remediation year-round. Some families find it is helpful to start services during their summer break, when they aren't dealing with the demands of school.
We're pleased to offer sessions after school as well as on Saturdays. For younger students, or those with flexible schedules, we also offer sessions during typical school hours so the school day doesn't have to extend into the late afternoon/evening.


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India's largest airline IndiGo promoted by billionaire Rahul Bhatia, who is ranked 38 on the Forbes India Rich List 2015 , on Wednesday, announced a C-Suite management change. The low-cost airline, which has a market share of 38.4 percent, has appointed former senior Vice President of United Airlines, Rohit Philip, as its new chief financial officer effective July 18, 2016. Philip, who spent 17 years with United Airlines, replaces the incumbent CFO Pankaj Madan, who is leaving to pursue other interests.
Philip holds a MBA degree from Cornell University and is a mathematics graduate from St Xavier's College, in Mumbai. He joins IndiGo from Xerox Corporation, where he served as corporate Vice President and treasure. Prior to that he was President and Group CFO of Anand Automotive Limited, a leading auto components supplier in India.
At IndiGo, Phillip will report to Aditya Ghosh, President and whole time director of the airline. "We are fortunate and excited at Rohit joining the IndiGo team. His enormous and varied experience and understanding of the airline industry will greatly strengthen our team as we continue to build a world class, national air transportation network," said Ghosh.
"We thank Pankaj for his many contributions over the last eighteen months and wish him all the best in his future endeavours," he added.
IndiGo recorded a 52.6 percent growth in net profit in the just concluded fiscal 2016 over the previous year; marking its eighth consecutive year of profitability. This is a feat no other Indian airline has been able to achieve thus far.
In the fiscal ended March 31, IndiGo reported a profit of Rs 1,989.7 crore, which according to Ghosh is its "highest ever yearly profits". In FY15, the airline reported a profit of Rs 1,304.17 crore.


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The weekly publishing roundup – April 5
Your weekly publishing news roundup
Here's our roundup of the recent publishing news as reported by many of the leading publishing blogs and news sites.
Sainsbury's takes over Nook ebooks business in the UK
US bookstore chain Barnes & Noble are due to withdraw from the UK, handing the Nook eBooks business over to Sainsbury's. B&N's latest accounts show that its e-reader business is losing cash, with the business requiring cost-cutting to mitigate losses.
Read more on the FT.
HarperCollins forms HarperCollins France:
HarperCollins has added another country to its international publishing network, HarperCollins France. Its focus will be publishing romance titles under the existing Harlequin imprint, as well as expanding its offering with more HarperCollins titles.
Read more on Publishers Weekly.
Sale of Perseus Books Group to Hachette and Ingram completed
The sale of the Perseus Books Group has been completed. It was announced in March that Hachette was acquiring the company's publishing business, while Ingram Content Group was buying Perseus' distribution arm.
The future of publishing is on your TV and in VR
According to Dan Patterson at TechRepublic:
"A decade ago smart phones, e-readers, and tablets helped save the publishing industry. Mobile devices broadened the market and diversified the types of content readers could devour. Today the market for phones and tablets has matured, and the living room has become the next frontier for publishing."
Read his full article on TechRepublic.
Amazon to announce new kindle next week
"Amazon will announce a new version of its Kindle e-reader next week. In a tweet, Amazon's founder and CEO Jeff Bezos said, "Heads up readers – all-new, top of the line Kindle almost ready. 8th generation. Details next week."
Read more on Digital Book World.
Magazine apps are changing the way we consume media
"Increased use of tablets and smartphones mean that Generation Y want 24-hour accessible content and the convenience of being able to read their favourite magazine on the go. The publishing industry is rapidly having to adjust to accommodate this consumer behaviour and find ways to monetise it."
Read more on What's New in Publishing.
Leading publishers begin testing micropayments
Last month, it was reported that in a bid to battle the impact of ad blocking on digital publishers, some are trying out micropayments as a method of monetisation. The list includes the New York Times, Washington Post, and Time.
Read more on DigiDay.
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