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using std::cout;
using std::endl;

using namespace rapidjson;

namespace chrono {
namespace vehicle {

// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Construction of the base terrain node.
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
ChVehicleCosimTerrainNode::ChVehicleCosimTerrainNode(double length, double width)
    : ChVehicleCosimBaseNode("TERRAIN"),
      m_hdimX(length / 2),
      m_hdimY(width / 2),
      m_load_mass(50),
      m_render(false),
      m_render_step(0.01),
      m_interface_type(InterfaceType::BODY) {}

// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

void ChVehicleCosimTerrainNode::EnableRuntimeVisualization(bool render, double render_fps) {
    m_render = render;
    m_render_step = 1.0 / render_fps;
}

void ChVehicleCosimTerrainNode::SetDimensions(double length, double width) {
    m_hdimX = length / 2;
    m_hdimY = width / 2;
}

// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Initialization of the terrain node(s):
// - send terrain height
// - receive information on tire mesh topology (number vertices and triangles)
// - receive tire contact material properties and create the "tire" material
// - create the appropriate proxy bodies (state not set yet)
// Note:
// Only the main terrain node participates in the co-simulation data exchange.
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
void ChVehicleCosimTerrainNode::Initialize() {
    // Invoke the base class method to figure out distribution of node types
    ChVehicleCosimBaseNode::Initialize();

    m_tire_radius.resize(m_num_tire_nodes);
    m_tire_width.resize(m_num_tire_nodes);
    m_load_mass.resize(m_num_tire_nodes);
    m_mat_props.resize(m_num_tire_nodes);
    m_mesh_data.resize(m_num_tire_nodes);
    m_mesh_state.resize(m_num_tire_nodes);
    m_mesh_contact.resize(m_num_tire_nodes);
    m_spindle_state.resize(m_num_tire_nodes);
    m_wheel_contact.resize(m_num_tire_nodes);

    if (m_rank == TERRAIN_NODE_RANK) {
        // -----------------------------------------
        // Send terrain patch dimensions to MBS node
        // -----------------------------------------

        // Note: take into account dimension of proxy bodies
        double init_dim[3] = {GetInitHeight() + 0.05, 2 * m_hdimX, 2 * m_hdimY};
        MPI_Send(init_dim, 3, MPI_DOUBLE, MBS_NODE_RANK, 0, MPI_COMM_WORLD);

        if (m_verbose) {
            cout << "[Terrain node] Sent initial terrain height = " << init_dim[0] << endl;
            cout << "[Terrain node] Sent terrain length = " << init_dim[1] << endl;
            cout << "[Terrain node] Sent terrain width = " << init_dim[2] << endl;
        }

        // -------------------------------------------------
        // Receive requested interface type from TIRE node 0
        // -------------------------------------------------

        MPI_Status status;
        char interface_type;
        MPI_Recv(&interface_type, 1, MPI_CHAR, TIRE_NODE_RANK(0), 0, MPI_COMM_WORLD, &status);
        m_interface_type = (interface_type == 0) ? InterfaceType::BODY : InterfaceType::MESH;

        // ------------------------
        // Receive tire information
        // ------------------------

        for (unsigned int i = 0; i < m_num_tire_nodes; i++) {
            // Tire radius
            double tire_info[3];
            MPI_Recv(tire_info, 3, MPI_DOUBLE, TIRE_NODE_RANK(i), 0, MPI_COMM_WORLD, &status);
            m_tire_radius[i] = tire_info[1];
            m_tire_width[i] = tire_info[2];

            // Tire contact surface specification

            unsigned int surf_props[3];
            MPI_Recv(surf_props, 3, MPI_UNSIGNED, TIRE_NODE_RANK(i), 0, MPI_COMM_WORLD, &status);

            m_mesh_data[i].nv = surf_props[0];
            m_mesh_data[i].nn = surf_props[1];
            m_mesh_data[i].nt = surf_props[2];

            if (m_interface_type == InterfaceType::MESH && !SupportsMeshInterface()) {
                cout << "ERROR: terrain system does not support the MESH interface type!" << endl;
                MPI_Abort(MPI_COMM_WORLD, 1);
            }

            m_mesh_data[i].verts.resize(m_mesh_data[i].nv);
            m_mesh_data[i].norms.resize(m_mesh_data[i].nn);
            m_mesh_data[i].idx_verts.resize(m_mesh_data[i].nt);
            m_mesh_data[i].idx_norms.resize(m_mesh_data[i].nt);

            m_mesh_state[i].vpos.resize(m_mesh_data[i].nv);
            m_mesh_state[i].vvel.resize(m_mesh_data[i].nv);

            // Tire mesh vertices & normals and triangle indices

            double* vert_data = new double[3 * m_mesh_data[i].nv + 3 * m_mesh_data[i].nn];
            int* tri_data = new int[3 * m_mesh_data[i].nt + 3 * m_mesh_data[i].nt];
            MPI_Recv(vert_data, 3 * m_mesh_data[i].nv + 3 * m_mesh_data[i].nn, MPI_DOUBLE, TIRE_NODE_RANK(i), 0,
                     MPI_COMM_WORLD, &status);
            MPI_Recv(tri_data, 3 * m_mesh_data[i].nt + 3 * m_mesh_data[i].nt, MPI_INT, TIRE_NODE_RANK(i), 0,
                     MPI_COMM_WORLD, &status);

            for (unsigned int iv = 0; iv < m_mesh_data[i].nv; iv++) {
                m_mesh_data[i].verts[iv].x() = vert_data[3 * iv + 0];
                m_mesh_data[i].verts[iv].y() = vert_data[3 * iv + 1];
                m_mesh_data[i].verts[iv].z() = vert_data[3 * iv + 2];
            }
            for (unsigned int in = 0; in < m_mesh_data[i].nn; in++) {
                m_mesh_data[i].norms[in].x() = vert_data[3 * m_mesh_data[i].nv + 3 * in + 0];
                m_mesh_data[i].norms[in].y() = vert_data[3 * m_mesh_data[i].nv + 3 * in + 1];
                m_mesh_data[i].norms[in].z() = vert_data[3 * m_mesh_data[i].nv + 3 * in + 2];
            }
            for (unsigned int it = 0; it < m_mesh_data[i].nt; it++) {
                m_mesh_data[i].idx_verts[it].x() = tri_data[6 * it + 0];
                m_mesh_data[i].idx_verts[it].y() = tri_data[6 * it + 1];
                m_mesh_data[i].idx_verts[it].z() = tri_data[6 * it + 2];
                m_mesh_data[i].idx_norms[it].x() = tri_data[6 * it + 3];
                m_mesh_data[i].idx_norms[it].y() = tri_data[6 * it + 4];
                m_mesh_data[i].idx_norms[it].z() = tri_data[6 * it + 5];
            }

            delete[] vert_data;
            delete[] tri_data;

            if (m_verbose)
                cout << "[Terrain node] Received " << surf_props[0] << " vertices and " << surf_props[2] << " triangles"
                     << endl;

            // Load mass
            MPI_Recv(&m_load_mass[i], 1, MPI_DOUBLE, TIRE_NODE_RANK(i), 0, MPI_COMM_WORLD, &status);

            if (m_verbose)
                cout << "[Terrain node] received load mass = " << m_load_mass[i] << endl;

            // Tire contact material properties

            float props[8];
            MPI_Recv(props, 8, MPI_FLOAT, TIRE_NODE_RANK(i), 0, MPI_COMM_WORLD, &status);

            m_mat_props[i].mu = props[0];
            m_mat_props[i].cr = props[1];
            m_mat_props[i].Y = props[2];
            m_mat_props[i].nu = props[3];
            m_mat_props[i].kn = props[4];
            m_mat_props[i].gn = props[5];
            m_mat_props[i].kt = props[6];
            m_mat_props[i].gt = props[7];

            if (m_verbose)
                cout << "[Terrain node] received tire material:  friction = " << props[0] << endl;
        }
    }

    // ----------------------------------------------------
    // Let derived classes perform their own initialization
    // ----------------------------------------------------
    OnInitialize(m_num_tire_nodes);
}

// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Synchronization of the terrain node:
// - receive tire mesh vertex states and set states of proxy bodies
// - calculate current cumulative contact forces on all system bodies
// - extract and send forces at each vertex
// Note:
// Only the main terrain node participates in the co-simulation data exchange.
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
void ChVehicleCosimTerrainNode::Synchronize(int step_number, double time) {
    switch (m_interface_type) {
        case InterfaceType::BODY:
            SynchronizeBody(step_number, time);
            break;
        case InterfaceType::MESH:
            SynchronizeMesh(step_number, time);
            break;
    }

    // Let derived classes perform optional operations
    OnSynchronize(step_number, time);
}

void ChVehicleCosimTerrainNode::SynchronizeBody(int step_number, double time) {
    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < m_num_tire_nodes; i++) {
        if (m_rank == TERRAIN_NODE_RANK) {
            // Receive spindle state data
            MPI_Status status;
            double state_data[13];
            MPI_Recv(state_data, 13, MPI_DOUBLE, TIRE_NODE_RANK(i), step_number, MPI_COMM_WORLD, &status);

            m_spindle_state[i].pos = ChVector<>(state_data[0], state_data[1], state_data[2]);
            m_spindle_state[i].rot = ChQuaternion<>(state_data[3], state_data[4], state_data[5], state_data[6]);
            m_spindle_state[i].lin_vel = ChVector<>(state_data[7], state_data[8], state_data[9]);
            m_spindle_state[i].ang_vel = ChVector<>(state_data[10], state_data[11], state_data[12]);
        }

        // Set position, rotation, and velocities of wheel proxy body.
        UpdateWheelProxy(i, m_spindle_state[i]);

        // Collect contact force on wheel proxy and load in m_wheel_contact.
        // It is assumed that this force is given at spindle center.
        // Note that no force is collected at the first step.
        if (step_number > 0) {
            GetForceWheelProxy(i, m_wheel_contact[i]);
        }

        if (m_rank == TERRAIN_NODE_RANK) {
            // Send wheel contact force.
            double force_data[] = {m_wheel_contact[i].force.x(),  m_wheel_contact[i].force.y(),
                                   m_wheel_contact[i].force.z(),  m_wheel_contact[i].moment.x(),
                                   m_wheel_contact[i].moment.y(), m_wheel_contact[i].moment.z()};
            MPI_Send(force_data, 6, MPI_DOUBLE, TIRE_NODE_RANK(i), step_number, MPI_COMM_WORLD);

            if (m_verbose)
                cout << "[Terrain node] step number: " << step_number << "  num contacts: " << GetNumContacts() << endl;
        }
    }
}

void ChVehicleCosimTerrainNode::SynchronizeMesh(int step_number, double time) {
    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < m_num_tire_nodes; i++) {
        if (m_rank == TERRAIN_NODE_RANK) {
            // Receive mesh state data
            MPI_Status status;
            double* vert_data = new double[2 * 3 * m_mesh_data[i].nv];
            MPI_Recv(vert_data, 2 * 3 * m_mesh_data[i].nv, MPI_DOUBLE, TIRE_NODE_RANK(i), step_number, MPI_COMM_WORLD,
                     &status);

            for (unsigned int iv = 0; iv < m_mesh_data[i].nv; iv++) {
                unsigned int offset = 3 * iv;
                m_mesh_state[i].vpos[iv] =
                    ChVector<>(vert_data[offset + 0], vert_data[offset + 1], vert_data[offset + 2]);
                offset += 3 * m_mesh_data[i].nv;
                m_mesh_state[i].vvel[iv] =
                    ChVector<>(vert_data[offset + 0], vert_data[offset + 1], vert_data[offset + 2]);
            }

            ////if (m_verbose)
            ////    PrintMeshUpdateData(i);

            delete[] vert_data;
        }

        // Set position, rotation, and velocity of proxy bodies.
        UpdateMeshProxies(i, m_mesh_state[i]);

        // Collect contact forces on subset of mesh vertices and load in m_mesh_contact.
        // Note that no forces are collected at the first step.
        if (step_number == 0)
            m_mesh_contact[i].nv = 0;
        else
            GetForcesMeshProxies(i, m_mesh_contact[i]);

        if (m_rank == TERRAIN_NODE_RANK) {
            // Send vertex indices and forces.
            double* force_data = new double[3 * m_mesh_contact[i].nv];
            for (int iv = 0; iv < m_mesh_contact[i].nv; i++) {
                force_data[3 * iv + 0] = m_mesh_contact[i].vforce[iv].x();
                force_data[3 * iv + 1] = m_mesh_contact[i].vforce[iv].y();
                force_data[3 * iv + 2] = m_mesh_contact[i].vforce[iv].z();
            }
            MPI_Send(m_mesh_contact[i].vidx.data(), m_mesh_contact[i].nv, MPI_INT, TIRE_NODE_RANK(i), step_number,
                     MPI_COMM_WORLD);
            MPI_Send(force_data, 3 * m_mesh_contact[i].nv, MPI_DOUBLE, TIRE_NODE_RANK(i), step_number, MPI_COMM_WORLD);

            delete[] force_data;

            if (m_verbose)
                cout << "[Terrain node] step number: " << step_number << "  num contacts: " << GetNumContacts()
                     << "  vertices in contact: " << m_mesh_contact[i].nv << endl;
        }
    }
}

// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Advance simulation of the terrain node by the specified duration
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
void ChVehicleCosimTerrainNode::Advance(double step_size) {
    static double sim_time = 0;
    static double render_time = 0;

    // Let derived classes advance the terrain state
    m_timer.reset();
    m_timer.start();
    OnAdvance(step_size);
    sim_time += step_size;
    m_timer.stop();
    m_cum_sim_time += m_timer();

    // Request the derived class to render simulation
    if (m_render && sim_time >= render_time) {
        Render(sim_time);
        render_time += std::max(m_render_step, step_size);
    }
}

// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

void ChVehicleCosimTerrainNode::OutputData(int frame) {
    // Append to results output file
    if (m_outf.is_open()) {
        //// TODO
    }

    OnOutputData(frame);
}

// Print mesh vertex data, as received at synchronization.
void ChVehicleCosimTerrainNode::PrintMeshUpdateData(unsigned int i) {
    cout << "[Terrain node] mesh vertices and faces" << endl;
    std::for_each(m_mesh_state[i].vpos.begin(), m_mesh_state[i].vpos.end(),
                  [](const ChVector<>& a) { cout << a.x() << "  " << a.y() << "  " << a.z() << endl; });
}

}  // end namespace vehicle
}  // end namespace chrono

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13 things to know about 'John Wick' before seeing 'Chapter 3'
Kirsten Acuna
A league of assassins is coming for John Wick in "Chapter 3," but he's ready.
Nico Tavernise/Lionsgate
Warning: There are mild spoilers ahead about the "John Wick" franchise.
"John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum," starring Keanu Reeves, is in theaters.
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"John Wick: Chapter 3" is in theaters and this time the tables have turned on Wick.
Immediately following the events of "John Wick 2," Wick is on the run in New York City. After killing a member of the secret underground world of assassins in a venue where murder is forbidden, there's a $14 million bounty on Wick's head and every killer is out for his blood.
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What's the purpose of this franchise? Gangsters murdered John Wick's puppy and stole his vintage Mustang.
The premise of "John Wick" is simple and is repeated a bunch of times throughout the movies.
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You're rallying behind him and supporting everything he does to avenge the death of his sweet puppy Daisy.
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Wick has killed over 200 people in the first two movies.
Keanu Reeves has taken a lot of hits, but he's still standing with a massive kill count.
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Australian designer, George Hatzis, has made two infographics breaking down the amount of people Wick has killed in the two "John Wick" movies. So far, the total is 205 bodies. We're looking forward to the third graphic.
Read more: A breakdown of the body count in "John Wick: Chapter 2"
He kills everyone in style.
If you're going to go down fighting, you may as well go out in style.
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The entire franchise takes place in a little over a week.
This is one detail you may not realize since the first film in the franchise was released in 2014.
It may be five years since the first film in the "John Wick" franchise hit theaters, but in the "John Wick" universe, it's only been about a week. The first film takes us through the events of his wife's funeral straight to a few days later when he's beaten and decides to go on a killing spree.
The second film takes place four days after the first. The third picks up right where the second one ended.
The title of "John Wick: Chapter 3," "Parabellum," means "Prepare for War" in Latin.
John Wick goes to the Continental in "John Wick: Chapter 3" to get some fire power.
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The Continental is a series of hotels around the world where John and other assassins seek refuge and resources when carrying out business.
Ian McShane plays Winston, the manager of the Continental in NYC. Here he's hanging out with Wick's new nameless pup.
No murder is allowed on the grounds of the Continental. It's a safe space for assassins. Wick broke that rule at the end of "John Wick: Chapter 2" and became excommunicated from the hotel.
Ian McShane plays the manager of the New York City Continental, Winston, and will be back in the third film. Despite breaking the rules of the Continental, Winston and John are friends. At the end of the second film, Winston gave Wick a one-hour lead time when he should have killed him. That may come back to bite him.
The name of the assassins' group that's after John is the High Table.
John made a grave error and now he's paying the price.
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"John Wick: Chapter 2" gave us the "Matrix" reunion we didn't know we were looking for.
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Don't expect to see much of him with Wick in this third film. However, "Chapter 3" has us excited for an inevitable team-up in a potential fourth film in the franchise.
John Wick used to work for the leader of the Russian crime syndicate of New York City.
"John Wick: Chapter 3" sees John go back to his roots after he decides he has no choice.
Niko Tavernise/Lionsgate
This is mentioned near the start of the first movie. Not to give away too much without spoiling some moments from the third film, but that's important to keep in mind going into movie three now that John's on the run and in trouble.
A few "Game of Thrones" stars have showed up in the "John Wick" universe.
Alfie Allen played Theon on "Game of Thrones."
Alfie Allen plays the gangster responsible for killing Wick's puppy Daisy in the first film. He doesn't make it through the film.
Jerome Flynn, who plays Bronn on "Game of Thrones," joins "John Wick: Chapter 3" as a not-so-nice guy who Wick encounters.
SEE ALSO: Our review of "John Wick: Chapter 3"
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The most abundant source of TA positions for MESM students has been the Environmental Studies Program (ES), a large undergraduate program in the College of Letters and Sciences. Since ES does not have a graduate program, it employs graduate students from other departments to cover its TA needs. The ES Program posts an application for TA positions for the upcoming academic year typically in late April or early May.
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Easy as getting back on a bicycle: Jan hadn't raced his Porsche since last August but did very well at the Portland Rose Cup, June 11-13. Saturday he won the Formula Libre, a handicap race of about 30 cars. Sunday he was 9th in the PCA sprint, again among a pack of 30.
Four months old!: At Sofia's four-month doctor visit, she measured 14 lbs, 3 oz. (65th percentile) at a height of 25 5/8 inches (95th percentile). Her head is at the 35th percentile. She is physically healthy and developmentally right on schedule. She objected strongly to her four immunization shots, but not for long.
Science gone mad: Cameron spent two months on this year's May Science Fair, creating a Rube Goldberg project whose objective was to turn on a light bulb in no fewer than 12 steps. With friend Robby Ryan, he designed an intricate system of levers, pulleys, weights, tubes, dominoes, mini-cars, and electronics that covered a 12-ft by 4-ft board and reliably turned on the light at the end of the process. It was a big hit among parents and students at the Fair.
Yet more visitors: Jan's sister Monique and nine-year-old nephew Jasper visited from April 30th to May 8th. They attended a Koninginnedag (Queen's Day) party, toured Cameron's school, bet on horse racing at Emerald Downs (Jasper left $25 richer), roller skated at a Bellevue rink, went Seattle sightseeing, and, of course, went shopping. Tante Monique also watched Sofia while Jan and Amy went to dinner—our first alone in several months—to celebrate our fourth wedding anniversary. That night Monique gave Sofia her first bottle!
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John Ashbery's Free Indirect Labor
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Modern Language Quarterly (2013) 74 (4): 517–540.
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Jasper Bernes; John Ashbery's Free Indirect Labor. Modern Language Quarterly 1 December 2013; 74 (4): 517–540. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/00267929-2345154
The early poems of John Ashbery must be read, in part, as a meditation on the plight of labor, particularly white-collar labor, in the postwar United States. Beginning with a very early poem, "The Instruction Manual" (1956), and its exploration of the ambiguous class position of white-collar workers, the essay tracks themes and formalizations of both labor and management as they continue in Ashbery's highly experimental second book, The Tennis Court Oath (1962). In this book the standpoint of the earlier poem gives way to an explosion of shifting voices as Ashbery's distinctive use of free indirect discourse and other techniques of point of view registers the contemporary breakdown in labor relations and the crisis for established modes of management. In Ashbery's mature style of the 1970s, this chaotic play of voices yields to a comparatively measured technology of point of view, which reflects the new modes of management that followed the crises of the 1960s and 1970s.
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Yesterday, The Moon was between the two more distant planets as can be seen in my images at the bottom of this page.
The Moon has now moved more to the East and closer to the horizon, so will be a bit lower in the sky, as well as a sporting a much thinner crescent.
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Archaeological dig unearths secrets below the ground
A 10-year dig by Surrey County Archaeological Unit has unveiled secrets from 10,000 years ago, including two human skeletons thought to be from the Bronze Age
Eleanor Davis
A crouched skeleton found in Coldharbour Lane, Thorpe (Image: Surrey County Archaeological Unit)
Evidence of human remains, ritual offerings and hunter-gatherer activity in Thorpe and Virginia Water have been released after 10 years of excavation work by the Surrey County Archaeological Unit.
Professor Rob Poulton and a team of archaeologists carried out the excavations on two sites – at St Ann's Heath Junior School, Virginia Water and in Coldharbour Lane, Thorpe.
The two locations, just over a mile apart, became sites of historical interest between 2001 and 2006, and the findings have now been published by the archaeological unit.
"The evidence that lies below the ground will be destroyed with developments," said Prof Poulton, heritage enterprise man-ager at the unit.
"We try to record as much as possible, this report is a way of recording that," he said, adding that Surrey has been an especially interesting area for archaeology over the years, particularly with the rise of new developments.
Evidence of an Iron Age (around 2,800 years ago) settlement and earlier activities of the Bronze (4,000 years ago) and Mesolithic Ages (10,000 to 5,500 years ago) were unearthed.
At St Ann's Heath, 136 fragments of pottery were revealed in a network of ditches, 120 of which were thought to be prehistoric.
Flint work, from the early to mid-Iron Age, including a retouched blade from the Bronze period, was found lying under what is now a a school playing field, while bottle glass from a post-medieval date was also discovered during the dig.
At another site at the school, the team found a number of clues leading to crematory activities, including a middle Bronze Age cremation pit containing burnt flint and burnt bone of a human adult, along with a cup with fingernail impressions.
According to the report, the team deciphered that the vessels found in the pit were likely to be 'grave goods' and ritual offerings.
At the Coldharbour Lane site, formerly a quarry, the team discovered evidence of a Bronze Age ring ditch with two human skeletons buried in a shallow, bowl-shaped pit, found in a crouched position.
"It's interesting when we find human remains," said Prof Poulton. "People's reactions vary really but they look so old that it doesn't have the same resonance."
The site in Coldharbour Lane is thought to have been a Bronze Age settlement associated with ritual and religious activities, due to the proximity of the area to water and its elevated position.
Evidence of agricultural work from the Roman era was discovered when the archaeological team pulled up a corn dryer and clues of cereal cultivation.
The full report, Prehistoric, Roman and Saxon discoveries near Thorpe and Virginia Water, by Rebecca Lambert, Andrew Margetts and Jane Robertson, is available from SpoilHeap publications or the Surrey History Centre.


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How to obtain it and how to manage it.
by Charles Wicksteed (1886)
Chapter I.—Introduction.
Want of a work entering into a practicable method of obtaining the land for the people and of managing it when obtained—Insufficiency of H. George's works in this respect—Scheme for obtaining the land by gradually increasing the Land Tax condemned—Confiscation condemned …
How to obtain the Land—This must be a compromise—Can't get out of a false position without loss—Compensation scheme quickest and most equitable Impossible to set things right all at once, no forced means will do it—Danger of any other method—Scheme for compensation—Tables showing how many years it would take to buy out the landowners simply by devoting all increase of rent to that purpose …
Principles on which the land should be valued—Basis present yearly values—Speculative value not allowed—Rating land at its value instead of its use Order in which first valuation should proceed—Difficulty of separating tenant-right from ground rent exists in any scheme—Valuation should be carefully and scientifically made …
The fundamental principle on which the State should manage the land—Here there is no compromise—Here we have merely to follow loyally ideal justice—If once this path be deviated from justice becomes impossible and compromise begins—Necessity of beginning right and making foundations firm—Universal reign of material laws acknowledged—The supremacy of the moral law—Certainty of punishment if not obeyed—No compromise in the moral law—We must go back to first principles—We must not tamper with the land question —Public spirit necessary for the health of a nation—Just laws will foster it, unjust destroy it—Privileged classes the result of unjust laws and the enemies of public spirit—Man's right to all that he makes as an individual, to equal rights to the earth, right of the community to all that is made by the community collectively, are the leading principles rigidly to be adhered to …
State management of the land—General scheme—How the land should be let—Main features and rules—All-importance of a reliable and market ground rent and not a fixed one enlarged upon—How labourers will obtain their allotments—The Government would in no way interfere with private management of land—Would not dismiss a tenant unless rent was not paid—Would not take one unless land was thrown on its hands—Competition rents would not mean rack renting—Large incomes, although spent amongst workers, are not spent for their benefit—Peasant proprietorship no remedy—Irish Land Act only a make shift—Who the first tenants of the State should be—The rich could not outbid the poor—All-importance of competition rents—Harmony of economic laws truly worked out with the moral law—How the penniless will derive benefit—How the poor will obtain access to the land—The element of time necessary to develop advantages—Rent a necessary means of justice …
Valuation Difficulty of separating tenant-right from ground rent—Way to do it in town and in country—Details of country valuation—Simplicity of State management—Advantages illustrated …
A sketch of some of the direct effects in town or country—Also on colonisation, war, and social distinctions—Effect on towns illustrated—Action in villages explained, and probability of manufacturers being worked in conjunction with agriculture—Effect on stopping the exodus of unskilled labour from country into towns—Benefit to farmers—Benefit to the country at large —Game Laws Parks and country beauties—Beneficial effect on our colonies and improved relations with the inferior races—Appearance of war—Tendency to abolish social lines …
The effect of the unequal distribution of wealth on depression in trade—The necessary elements for trade always with us—Over-supply theory nonsense—Speculation in land one cause—Inequality of Wealth the principal cause, aided by changes in fashion—Demoralising influences of fluctuations in trade—Sufficiency of capital certain without rich men …
Capital: The source of its power, its true position, its uses, its fate—Different classes of investment—Table Openings that are indefensible and defensible—Businesses in their nature monopolies ought to be managed and owned by the State—Dishonesty not encouraged by this—Interest justifiable as long as it can be obtained by fair means—Nature of wealth—Competition of capital—Destruction of capital—Possibility of saving wealth—Functions of wealth—Capital only a means to an end—Oppressive only by being able to buy rights of oppression Investment in land practically makes interest certain—Abolish such investments, and interest would fall or disappear—Provision for old age Co-operation probable—Competition of labour healthy, with equal rights to land—Large fortunes could be made, but no income in perpetuity—Professional classes …
CHAPTER X.
Population—What grounds are there for thinking there are too many people? A country gathering part of its food supplies from another is no proof—Home industry is not necessarily discouraged—Malthusian theory not applicable to England—Moral restraint no good for public reasons, only for private—Forty years ago we found it as difficult to find employment as we do now—Even small patches of moor, thickly-populated land does not necessarily show over-population but only maladjustment—Landowners' views of over-population …
CHAPTER XI—CONCLUSION.
Rapid growth of the movement—Reason why the institution of private ownership in land can be overthrown—Difficulties and dangers—Revolution of some sort inevitable—Political action of the wealthy—Political action of the poor—Instinctive love of justice—The duty of leaders—No time to be lost—Summary of argumentÖ—Concluding observations .
Chapter I—Introduction.
Is Nationalisation of the Land the wildest of all wild schemes, or is it practicable in every way—a good without an evil, and a glorious illustration of the harmony of God's laws?
This is the question I am going to try and do something towards answering in the following pages. I am not writing in order to prove the moral right of the people to the land they live in, nor yet to show the various evils arising from the present system, as this has been well done by others, but am simply going to explain how I think the nationalisation of the land can be practically carried out with benefit to all and real hardship for none, to try and convince those who only stand aloof from the movement because they think the theory impossible of application, that it is not only possible, but easy, and that the only practical difficulty will be in educating the nation to do it; in getting the rich to realise in time that all their wealth rests upon a society which is crumbling beneath their feet; in overcoming, on the one hand, the timidity, prejudices, and greed of the middle and upper classes, and in stemming, on the other hand, the violence and ignorance of those millions of poor sufferers who feel they have nothing to lose.
The English are supposed to be a very practical nation, and they will not believe in abstract principles, however true and noble they may be, unless they can see their way to putting them into practice. But this is not all. In the absence of some sound method being laid before them for the carrying out of abstract justice, they naturally invent ways of their own instead; assume that there is no better way; demonstrate most forcibly how badly their plans would work, and end up by condemning both principle and practice as alike absurd. This is what is continually taking place in discussing the land question.
I feel, however, that although such treatment is unfair to the subject, we land nationalisationists can, perhaps, hardly complain, as I do not know of a single work that attempts to show in detail or principle a clear, intelligible, and workable plan of carrying the measure through and making it a success. I can well imagine that the land might be nationalised in such a bad form, and in such ignorance of the true bearings of the question, that it would be very questionable if it would do any good at all.
Indeed, all the proposals I have seen are open to grave objections. Even Henry George in his magnificent work, "Progress and Poverty," is unjust and untrue to his own principles when he comes to put them in practice. Read and see how he shows, in passages of surpassing eloquence and power, that it is not so much what the landowner actually takes, as what he prevents from being produced, that does the mischief; how that, as everything comes off the land in the first instance, it necessarily follows that if the land is let at such a price or on such terms that people either cannot do justice to it, or are prevented from making any use of it at all, the very foundations of trade and society must be undermined; and how that, since the landowner possesses that which is absolutely essential for the production of wealth and sustenance of life, he possesses to a greater or less extent, according to circumstances, the lives and property of the people who live on the land; and then see how, having so powerfully, eloquently, and laboriously demonstrated all this, Mr. George deliberately proposes that we should regain the land by gradually increasing the land tax till it absorbs the whole rent, leaving the management of the estates in private hands, as now. It is best, he says, to carry out new things in old forms. Let the landowners call the land their own if they like, let them and their agents continue to manage it, but tax them to the amount of their rent.
Now, what all this means is simply that at the risk of civil war, and at the cost of great individual injustice and hardship, he would, after years of social strife of the keenest description imaginable, succeed in confiscating rent, and enriching the people by that amount, provided other things remained the same. He would, nevertheless, as far as this scheme is concerned, leave all other difficulties inseparable from private ownership in land not only undealt with, but increased; for there is nothing more certain than that the landlord, finding himself at open war with the people, would redouble his efforts to get all he could out of the land while he had a chance, without the slightest regard to the interests and desires of the people, who he would feel were robbing him.
There is yet another point to be considered. Mr. George and others propose commencing operations by reimposing the land tax of 4s. in the pound, and then gradually increasing it. Now, the question is, whether by taxing land 4s. in the pound, it would in the long run, or in the short in many instances, make any difference to the amount the landowners could draw from the people. Mr. George's contention, unless I have entirely misunderstood him in all the argumentative part of his "Progress and Poverty," is that it would not. He says that the owners of the land have the power in the long run of absorbing advantages which are common to the whole of the people, such as release from taxation, cheap bread, or improvements in machinery. He says that there is a constant tendency to grind down the unskilled labourer to the lowest pittance he can live on, and that the reward of higher classes of labour is founded on this. He contends that extravagance in national and municipal expenditure, does not come out of the pockets of the workman, but of the landowners, whose tenants, having to pay more taxes and rates, are able to pay less rent. He contends that the amount rent leaves for capital and labour depends not upon the amount men can make on the land, but upon their independence; upon the proximity or remoteness of free land; or, in other words, upon external circumstances; that according to these external circumstances are the people who live on the land more or less slaves to the people who own it. I agree with him, in substance, all through. He has converted me entirely so much so, that I am entirely unable to see how all this logic is to be put on one side when you relieve taxation by taxing rent. The relief effected would enable the people to live so much cheaper, and if that did not enable the landowners to take so much more in the shape of rent, George's whole theory falls. If Imperial taxation were relieved by the imposition of the new land tax, it would take time for the benefit to filter through society to the landowners, just as it would with any other advantage that was distributed through society; but if local rates were relieved, it would be simply taking money out of one pocket and putting it into the other. When landowners were not fettered by leases they would take the advantage at once; they would be able to raise their rents to the amount of the rates relieved.
There are many parishes where the tithes are as much as 10s. per acre. Now, no one imagines for one moment that if the tithes were removed the tenant would get his land for 10s. per acre less; we know that the landowner could at once charge 10s. an acre more for the land, and would do so. Then in this case, if the landowner were taxed 10s. an acre in order to pay the tithe, the only difference to landowner and tenant would be that the landowner would pay the tax to Government under the name of land-tax, and the tenant would pay it to the landlord under the name of rent. It would make no other difference to either of them. Exactly the same thing would occur if rates were relieved by a tax on laud, the tenants would pay more rent, fewer rates; the landlord would receive more rent to pay his extra taxes.
Of course, the incidence of rent would be changed by imposing an extra tax on land. If, for instance, Imperial taxation were relieved, the town landowners would ultimately be benefited at the expense of the agricultural, as anyone can see who will take the trouble to think the matter out; but landowners, as a whole, would take the same. As I have said before, Mr. George maintains, and I believe rightly, that the amount capital and labour can insist upon keeping depends upon various external conditions. Now, I want to know what single external condition there is that would be altered by relieving taxation by a land tax, and why, if a landowner can take up the advantage of cheapened living by improvements in machinery and cheapness of bread, he cannot also take up the advantage of lightened taxation. The fact of the matter is, there can be no way of preventing the landowner from taking advantage of improvements, and the only way of giving these advantages to the people is by making the people the landholders themselves.
It is a most important and interesting subject, that requires an exhaustive treatment, quite out of the scope of this essay. The only valid argument that I have heard advanced is, that we should increase the taxation faster than the landowner could take it up. This, of course, might be possible; but how can any one desire to throw the country into such a scramble?
Then, again, Mr. George never even alludes to mortgages on land, money lent by banks, benevolent institutions, life assurance companies, widows' and orphans' funds, building societies and private individuals; nor yet does he appear to realise the fact that our present securities are founded on land, and that the withdrawal of that security in any unjust way (or rather, any way that would be considered unjust, as Mr. George does not himself think it is) would cause a disturbance in the money market, and a loss of confidence in the honour of the nation, which, if it did nothing else, would cause widespread suffering among the working classes and many unoffending and hardworking people who had invested their all in annuities and investments that happen to be drawn off the land. He speaks as if he had no one but the landowners to deal with, and assumes, most untruly, that they would in most instances have plenty left to them in the property built on the land. Now, considering how few estates are free from encumbrances of one sort or another, it may be fairly assumed that if the ground rent were taken away, the landlord, in only too many cases, would have little or nothing left him.
In justifying this plan, Mr. George dwells upon the increased prosperity of the nation, in which the landlord would participate. I confess I fail to see myself any great prospect of increased national prosperity as long as the land is in the hands of a set of men who feel their interests opposed to the rest of the community. There might certainly be the difference of the rent that was paid into the National Exchequer instead of into the hands of the landlords; but that the landlords would thus gain anything like the amount they lost, Mr. George would be the last man to maintain. As to how the nation is to manage the land when they have got it under their own control (a happy time which Mr. George evidently contemplates, although I don't notice that he makes any allusion to it in his plan of confiscating rents) he says scarcely anything.
This confiscation scheme is, unfortunately, all that the average man understands about Henry George. This one mistake, as I think, in one of the noblest works that was ever written is all that most men know about it, and about all that the popular critics dwell upon. All his splendid reasoning and grasp of the question in most of its bearings, all his vivid and forcible description of the helpless state that civilisation is bringing men to, and the abyss into which they are running, go for nothing. Few of those who read him can even understand him; that is clearly shown by their criticisms. They miss the whole genius of the work, and think that by picking at the accuracy of some minor statement they are undermining the magnificent structure which George has built up, whereas in reality they are not even touching it. He has, perhaps, said but little that is absolutely new, but what he has done is to bring lights and truths partially or wholly understood by others into one grand focus, which is nothing short of a revelation to those who understand it. It is to attempt to work out to some extent that practical portion of land nationalisation which George has left undone that I am writing to-day. This little work is an endeavour to discover the lines we must follow in materialising George's theories.
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We note and condemn a marked increase in hostility, discrimination and persecution in Nicaragua, in particular the restrictions relating to the Catholic Church. According to NGO reporting, in less than four years the Catholic Church in Nicaragua has been the target of 190 attacks and desecrations, including a fire in Managua Cathedral as well as police harassment and targeting of bishops and priests, and the unwarranted closure of at least eight Catholic radio stations. The Nicaraguan Government has also expelled the Apostolic Nuncio, Bishop Waldemar Stanislaw Sommertag, and members of the Sisters of the Cross and Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity, some of whom had been working in Nicaragua for over 30 years. We also note the expulsion of religious organisations in Nicaragua who ran schools and medical centres.
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'The Admiral: Roaring Currents' - Movie Review
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I got interested in this movie because of the naval battle involved, The Battle of Myeongnyang (Wikipedia) in 1597. Wikipedia claimed of the movie itself that it was not only Korea's most financially successful movie, but also very well reviewed. Rotten Tomatoes (as of today, 2016-01-10) has four reviews, three of which are positive. The battle itself is fascinating: the Japanese had routed the Korean navy in the absence of the Korean's star general Yi Sun-sin - he was betrayed and tortured (historical fact). After their replacement general proved totally incompetent and got most of their ships destroyed, they put Yi Sun-sin (played in the movie by Choi Min-sik) back in charge. Except he had only 12 ships against a Japanese force in excess of 300 ships. Yi's choice of the battle location in a narrow straight with extremely strong currents proved to be even more advantageous than expected.
I was put off early by the painting of the Japanese as slimy and repugnant - they're even wearing heavy make-up to make them look more evil. The Koreans are, of course, good hard-working citizens. Most of them are terrified - who wouldn't be at those odds, they knew what they were facing. And the writers had the decency to include a treasonous captain who tried to leave (also historical fact). But given that the battle was 400 years ago - and that the Koreans and Japanese aren't in any kind of conflict at the moment - I'd kind of hoped their view of it would be slightly more neutral.
Some critics loved the drama of the large scale battles: unfortunately, I saw CG and took issue with the wake thrown up by speeding oar-powered boats. These are fairly large warships powered by men below decks with oars. Instead, they moved about as if powered by motors (odd, that).
Where I have to give some credit is on something else I thought was a bit absurd: the battle is initially taken up only by the Korean flagship, the Admiral's ship. I thought that was ridiculous ... but in fact it's what happened.
The movie is historically interesting, but if you're interested in the history you'd be better served by reading the Wikipedia article linked above or finding a book on the subject. As a movie drama it falls down by being too jingoistic and lacking in nuance.
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The village of St. Croix Switzerland sits atop a mountain at about 1,000 meters (3,000+ feet) in the Jura range just inside the Swiss border and a stone throw from France. Arriving in March is always uncertain, it can change between spring and winter, and back, from minute to minute. In the case of my recent visit it did a lot of both.
Vianney Halter left Paris about 15 years ago to work as a restoration expert in St. Croix and later started his own company. I remember visiting him early on at his new factory, it was a very small operation of two or three people in those days compared to the 12+ he employs today. But some things never change. Vianney is a warm, passionate, and gracious person with an expansive amount of enthusiasm for the creation of his watches. Nobody is allowed to pass the front door at the Vianney Halter ateliers unless they have a smile on their face, good intentions in their heart, a joke or two on their tongue, and a passion for watches doesn't hurt either (but not compulsory)!
The Vianney Halter ateliers are located on three floors of this building that is entirely devoted to watchmaking, from A to Z.
A finished "Classic" main-plate, decorated, jewels set, and ready for assembly.
Some of the wheels used in the "Classic". Note: Two main-spring barrels are used, lower right, one large and one small. This system affords a greater operational time, "reserve de marche", than a single barrel and more consistent time keeping.
The barrel and center wheel bridge prior to application of "Cote-de-Geneve" (Geneva waves).
The same bridge after Cote-de-Geneve decoration and rodium plating.
A machine for Cote-de-Geneve decoration.
Application of the Cote-de-Geneve is accomplished using a machine fitted with a wooden (or in some cases plastic) lap. The lap "A" is a cup shaped disk charged with a mild abrasive mixed with light oil rotating at a medium speed of several hundred revolutions per minute. The bridges "C" are mounted on a fixture-plate "B". The lap is lowered to gently touch the bridge surface and slowly moved in a straight line allowing the lap to create each stripe of arcs. The lap is lifted, the bridge is indexed according to the width of stripe desired, and another stripe is applied until the surface of the bridge is complete.
The fixture-plate is keyed to hold each individual bridge in the same orientation as when they are attached to the main plate. This manner of grouping assures that the stripes on each bridge will align perfectly with the stripes on the other bridges since each is bridge is decorated individually due to minor differences in height that could result in imperfections.
A finished "Classic" movement ready to be fitted with its case. Note: The Cote-de-Geneve is perfectly aligned from bridge to bridge and the main-plate spotting adds a nice contrast to the stripes. The sapphire winding rotor is not assembled with the movement until after the movement has been cased due to the possibility of breakage during the casing operation.
The Vianney Halter "Classic" with patented sapphire winding rotor.
Stewart Lesemann making screws on the Leinen micro-lathe using a stereo microscope.
An S.I.P. jig bore machine for making very precise holes. Big is better, even in watchmaking!
A Deckel milling machine with rotary table.
Some instruments and tools in Vianney's office. He has an addiction to old and interesting vacuum tubes (center).
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Gwyneth Paltrow Says She Gets 'Clean' Wrinkle-Smoothing Injections, Natch
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Gwyneth Paltrow becomes global face of Xeomin after being a fan of the "clean" anti-wrinkle injectable for years.
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Gwyneth Paltrow has become synonymous with clean living, launching her highly-successful wellness and lifestyle brand Goop in 2008. Promoting everything from colonics and "earthing" to clean skincare and "yoni eggs," the 47-year-old actress swears by a number of unconventional products and practices for her youthful appearance. So to hear she is a fan of anti-wrinkle injections comes as quite the surprise.
In a recent interview with People, Paltrow announced that she has been using the neurotoxin Xeomin for the frown lines between her eyebrows. "I eat well. I exercise. I have amazing Goop products and everything. But sometimes you just need a little extra help," she said, adding that her friend, who is a plastic surgeon, recommended these injections.
Paltrow went on to explain that what initially appealed to her was the brand's "clean" label. Xeomin, like Botox, is a botulinum toxin type A approved to treat glabellar lines between the eyebrows. Once injected into the affected area, it blocks the release of the chemicals that cause muscle contractions so they can't create wrinkles and existing frown lines are softened. The primary difference between the two is that Xeomin is a purified form of the neurotoxin, and it does not contain any additives.
"Finding highly purified and proven products is so important. That's one of the many reasons I started using Xeomin a few years ago," Paltrow told People. "I'm obviously a more natural person and I'm not going to go crazy with anything, but I also really like that it's purified. It's the cleanest version."
After Paltrow tried it, she was obsessed with the "natural result" it provided. "I just felt like, oh I look like I just had a really good nap or something." This was important considering she felt other anti-wrinkle injections made her look "kind of crazy." In fact, just a few years ago, Gwyneth Paltrow swore that she'd never "do Botox again," in an interview with Harper's Bazaar.
As for Xeomin, the beauty and wellness guru likes it so much that she decided to partner with the company and become the global face of the brand—her first-ever medical aesthetics campaign. Paltrow isn't the only celebrity who chooses these "clean" injections, either. Christie Brinkley is also a fan.
"For me, beauty is about deepening happiness versus trying to chase youth," Paltrow said. "And it's no secret that I'm an open book when it comes to trying new beauty regimens, but I want to know what's in a product before putting anything into my body."
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The foyer had to be able to adapt from being a young meeting and study place during daytime, to an elegant and festive room for theatre audience in high heels and neckties, during night time. This was a challenge but not a problem in our opinion.
The interior materials in all new furnishing follow the palette of the building. A black line runs through the building which became an inspiration for creating custom made lamps for the project. This was the key for the interior additions and also a contrast to the calm base of limestone and light birch. A strong orange colour leaks out of the lampshade and relates to the graphic program of the building.
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Chelsea have confirmed Brazilian midfielder Nathan has rejoined Vitesse Arnhem on loan.
The 20-year-old joined the Blues from Atletico Paranaense last summer before being sent out to the Eredivisie club.
A statement read: "Nathan will return to Vitesse Arnhem and spend the 2016-17 season on loan at the Dutch club.
"The Brazilian midfielder joined us last July and was loaned to Vitesse for the 2015/16 campaign. He made 19 appearances, scoring twice."
Manchester United are in talks with Basel forward Breel Embolo, Swiss outlet 20 Minuten claim.
The 19-year-old has a growing reputation and scored 13 goals last season to help Basel win the Swiss Super League and reach the last 16 of the Europa League.
And the report states that the Red Devils have stolen a march on Tottenham, Borussia Monchengladbach and RB Leipzig in the race to sign him.
They say negotiations are now underway and he could become Jose Mourinho's second signing as United boss, following the arrival of Eric Bailly.
Monaco are interested in signing Liverpool defender Kolo Toure, report the Daily Mail.
The Ivorian is set to be released by the Reds tomorrow with his contract expiring at the end of the month.
Liverpool were interested in offering him a coaching role but Toure wants to continue playing and could now join the Ligue 1 club.


So who here is going? I didn't register or anything, I usually just show up early morning and get in.
I am going, got my ticket since early January.
I'll be there with my '61.
You need to pre-register.. They no longer accept same-day drive ups.
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I'm going. Have been going to this event for many years. One of the best in So. Cal. Also, bring some club members down with me from Corvettes of So. Cal.
We look forward to seeing you. We have a cap of 400 cars. About 250 are signed up. Maybe more. My wife processes the registrations every other day. Gonna be a great show. Great giveaway. Trophies. Shirts. Raffle. Food. Be there or be square!
Have a group of 7-8 cars going.
Nice Gary. It's always fun to caravan to the show. Drive in together and park together. I'll be working the parking. I'm Dave. Say hi when you drive in. Looking forward to seeing you all.
Remember, there is no day of show registration. If you showed up and someone let you in, they were wrong. Register ahead of time. It's easy! My wife process all of the registrations. You don't want to **** her off! Lol.
This is interesting. I've gone every year without pre-registration and have been let in every year lol. Guess I'll send mine in tomorrow. Wish there was a pay to pay online instead of snail mail.
Our online thing blew up. We'll figure it out for next year. We were bummed. The requirements changed and we couldn't qualify. Next year.


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Message From the ORCD Head
Dear MIT research staff, postdocs, and graduate students,
I am writing to tell you about the new MIT Office for Research Computing and Data (ORCD). As ORCD's inaugural head, my aim is to reach all of the research computing stakeholders across the Institute to ensure they know about this important new resource, and this message constitutes the first step in doing that.
The MIT research community consists of approximately 11,600 researchers – faculty, research staff, postdocs, and graduate students. In the spring of this year, Vice President for Research Maria Zuber announced the formation of ORCD to provide support for the research community, and asked me to lead the effort.
My vision for ORCD has three elements: providing access to a basic level of high performance research computing1 resources for all members of the research community at no charge; working with principal investigators (PIs) to support their specialized high performance research computing needs; and developing and deploying consulting support for our users to effectively use MIT's computational and data resources, as well as for administrators who purchase computing and data resources.
ORCD will build on the Research Computing Project, led for the last 10 years by Dr. Chris Hill. Thanks to Chris, MIT already has substantial high performance computational and data resources available to the research community both on the premises and via the cloud (AWS, Azure, and Google). ORCD will work to ensure that everyone in the research community knows how to access these resources and has the necessary support to use them effectively. Over time, we aim to consolidate access to all our resources through one common portal.
Collectively, you form the main user group of the high performance research computational and data infrastructure ORCD plans to build and manage. In some research groups, you also do most of the high performance computer purchasing. ORCD wants to support you in both roles. For users, we will develop consulting services and materials for our specific infrastructure and will partner with the Schwarzman College and relevant departments to support subjects offered under the Common Ground for Computing Education. In your roles as purchasers, ORCD will help you with purchasing decisions that make the best use of available funds and MIT resources.
We are holding weekly office hours on Fridays from 10:00 a.m.– 11:00 a.m. for you to meet with ORCD staff so we can begin to understand MIT's computing big picture. Please sign up with Christina Andujar, candujar@mit.edu, if you would like to attend. You also may contact me at fisherp@mit.edu and Executive Director James Cuff at jcuff@mit.edu. And you can sign up for our mailing list and other announcements at orcd-admin@mit.edu.
MIT succeeds when we make long term commitments to important resources and I believe ORCD will become one of them. We have started a big adventure.
Peter Fisher
Head, ORCD
Thomas A. Frank (1977) Professor of Physics
1 High performance research computing and data consists of shared computational clusters under MIT management and does not include work stations, laptops, or single or few processors machines.
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Vogue patterns featured in Ladies' Home Journal, July 1936.
Announcing the first anniversary of Vogue-Journal "Easy-to-Make" patterns, Ladies' Home Journal, August 1936. Most of the patterns illustrated above are "Easy-to-Make", but none is the four-in-one pattern mentioned here.
The Vogue-Journal patterns illustrated in July, 1936, are for "little summer daytime dresses." One is a wrap dress, recommended for pregnancy; two are for "big ladies;" another has an optional zipper closing in front. 1936 is the year when couture collections began showing dresses — not necessarily sport dresses — with slide fasteners, although the zippered gold dress shown here is a sporty two-piece.
Summer dresses from Vogue patterns, Ladies' Home Journal, July 1936.
Nevertheless, there is a tempting variety of styles in these seven dresses.
Vogue 7402 and 7407, July 1936. Ladies' Home Journal.
To my eyes, No. 7407 looks dressy, too. In fact, it reminds me of a yoked and pleated Albert Nipon dress I bought around 1980. The shape of this yoke is unusual; the contrast collar and cuffs, puffed shoulders, little bow at the neck, and bodice-to-hem pleats all reappeared in 1980's styles. This dress, reserving its pleats for the center front, with a close, stitched-down fit over the hips, was probably more flattering than many 1980's versions.
A 1936 dress that was echoed in the 1980s. Vogue pattern No. 7402.
Vogue 7398 and 7397, July 1936. Ladies' Home Journal.
"No. 7397, 'Easy-to-Make' is sketched with a slide fastener, but there's an alternate opening shown below. The tuck-in blouse and four-gored skirt are separate." The novelty sleeve and partially in-seam bodice pockets are rather special. The bolero-shaped front bodice seams, sleeves and all pockets are top-stitched or prick-stitched.
Vogue patterns 7405 and 7404 for "big ladies." Ladies' Home Journal, July 1936.
Small-scale rick-rack inserted in a 1930's waitress uniform.
The range of available pattern sizes for "big ladies" were not mentioned in the LHJ article. As usual, they are illustrated on very thin ladies.
Vogue pattern 7399, Ladies' Home Journal, July 1936.
The bias pockets on this slim, red checked halter dress — plus the deeply notched white collar — give it that "Vogue" look.
Stylish Details, Vogue No. 7399, July 1936. Ladies' Home Journal.
Just when you think you're starting to understand the styles of a certain period, surprises come along.
Dresses According to Type. Butterick Fashion News, December 1937.
These four dress patterns were presented as appropriate for four different types of figure — and different ages. Can you tell which is which? The bodies illustrated don't help much.
Companion-Butterick pattern 7633, for Junior Miss, sizes 12 -20 or bust measurements 30″ to 38″. Butterick Fashion News, December 1937.
Not very youthful, is it?
The fact that the two figures on the left are in active poses while those on the right are standing still is a big hint. Those are styles for larger and older women. Here are the descriptions, from left to right in the main illustration.
Butterick pattern 7643, for Misses 5'4″ and under, sizes 12 to 20, and bust 30 to 40″. Dec. 1937.
I think the Smart Matron has the profile of Barbara Stanwyck. She certainly does not look like a woman with a 48″ bust, with waist and hips to match . . . . Readers of The Lost Art of Dress may recall that draped bodices and skirts were only considered appropriate for women in their 30s or older, women "of a certain age" and level of sophistication.
Back views, 7643, 7620, 7647, 7645.
The woman of larger hip (7647) would probably benefit from a center back seam in her skirt to match the one in front.
I had found a page of spring fashions for older women, so I was thinking about one of my favorite blogs, American Age Fashion: What American Women Wore, 1900 to Now. Serendipity: In the next day's mail, I received a gift from Lynn at americanagefashion.com: a copy on fabric of the missing February 1931 cover of Delineator! (I haven't photographed it yet.) In return, here are . . .
This text is typed below — the print here is a bit small!
3675 ONE TYPE OF TUNIC The flared tunic is broken at the center front and back, so that it will not cut any length from the figure, and both skirt and tunic are joined to the long bodice in scalloped outline, Wear the belt where it suits you best. The flared three-quarter sleeves and lace vestee are flattering. The frock is designed for 34 to 48 [inch bust measurement.] "Wear the belt where it suits you best" — in other words, if you are not ready to give up the low waistline of the 1920s.


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Osheroff to direct Academy for Excellence in Education
Jul. 21, 2016, 10:18 AM
Neil Osheroff, Ph.D., has been named director of the Academy for Excellence in Education. He succeeds Lillian Nanney, Ph.D., who served as director since the Academy's inception in 2007.
Neil Osheroff, Ph.D., is the new director of Vanderbilt's Academy for Excellence in Education. (photo by John Russell)
Osheroff, professor of Biochemistry and Medicine, is a founding member of the academy, formerly known as the Academy for Teaching Excellence, which now includes 107 members. He launched his scientific career at Vanderbilt in 1983 and has taught biochemistry to first-year medical students since then. He was awarded the John Coniglio Chair in Biochemistry in 2003.
Osheroff helped integrate biochemistry and other foundational sciences throughout Curriculum 1.0 and 2.0 and currently chairs the Foundations of Medical Knowledge Phase Team and serves as one of the directors for the Human Blueprint and Architecture Block within Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (VUSM).
An executive board has been established to assist Osheroff in his role as the director of the academy.
"In the last 10 years, the academy has done an outstanding job of coalescing a community of educators," Osheroff said. "This change in leadership presents a good opportunity to transform, in part, the core mission of the Academy. The mission is really one of advocacy — advocating for the educational mission and for educators. We want to broaden the scope of the academy so we can now recognize people who are doing curricular development and other essential activities but not necessarily a lot of stand-up teaching. There are so many more ways to be an educator these days."
The academy was established in 2007 to reinvigorate the education enterprise within the Medical Center and to give educators a forum to voice and implement their collective ideas for achieving excellence in teaching and learning.
"Vanderbilt truly values its learning mission and this is one of the ways of showing it," said Bonnie Miller, M.D., senior associate dean for Health Sciences Education. "However, this academy is not just an honorary title. Each member assumes the responsibility of helping other faculty members become better educators in a variety of ways."
Membership selection is done via nominations from existing members, the dean's office, department chairs and center directors. Members of the academy represent the entire school and Medical Center and include those devoted to the teaching of medical students, graduate students, residents, postdoctoral and clinical fellows and practicing physicians and scientists.
International Association of Medical Science Educators honors Osheroff
School of Medicine's newest teaching award honors Nanney
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Homeland Exclusive: Damian Lewis' Season 3 Fate Revealed - Find Out If Brody Will Be Back!
By Michael Ausiello / January 14 2013, 9:06 AM PST
It's official: Homeland's Season 2 finale was not — we repeat not — Brody's swan song.
Damian Lewis will return for the Showtime smash's upcoming third season, executive producer Howard Gordon confirmed to TVLine Sunday night following the show's big Golden Globes triumph.
"He's alive so of course he'll be back," Gordon said at Fox's after party. "One of the great challenges of next [season] is how he'll be back. But there's no doubt that he will be back."
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Homeland's second season ended with Claire Danes' Carrie helping Brody embark on his new life as a fugitive. At the time, exec producer Alex Gansa said Lewis' involvement in Season 3 was very much "an open question," adding, "We had a much clearer picture of what the first two seasons would be than we do of what the third season would be…. Damian's involvement and [the actors who fill out Brody's family] is very much up in the air."
Just last week, Showtime president David Nevins sidestepped questions about Lewis' future on the show, telling reporters, "It's perfectly fair to ask, but how fun would it be if I gave you any of those spoilers?"
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For his part, the Emmy- and now Golden Globe-winning Lewis told Entertainment Weekly last year that his seven-year Homeland contract is essentially worthless. "[It] doesn't mean anything," he told the mag. "They can kill me whenever they want."
Homeland's third season launches Sunday, Sept. 29 at 9/8c.
Thoughts? Relieved Lewis is returning (at least in some capacity)? Or were you hoping that was the last we would see of him? Weigh in below!
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