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German newspapers and Ai Weiwei join forces for World Press Freedom Day
At least 200 German newspapers feature artwork from Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei to mark World Press Freedom Day, last Monday.
Proclaimed by the UN General Assembly in 1993, following a recommendation adopted at UNESCO's General Conference in 1991, the annual event on May 3 celebrates the fundamental principles of press freedom. The message of the day is that every journalist all over the world must have the right to report freely and without fear.
The artwork was made available to all 280 members of the Federation of German Newspaper Publishers (BDZV), the leading organization of newspaper publishers in Germany. Newspapers who featured on their front page include the Aachener Zeitung/Aachener Nachrichten, Braunschweiger Zeitung, Darmstädter Echo, Frankfurter Rundschau, Gießener Zeitung, Mainzer Allgemeine, Ruhr Nachrichten, Schweriner Volkszeitung, Wiesbadener Tagblatt and the Wetzlarer Zeitung.
The German initiative is supported by the Berlin University of the Arts (UDK), at which Ai Weiwei currently holds a three-year visiting professorship. One of the most renowned contemporary artists in China, Ai Weiwei openly criticized the Chinese Government on their stance on democracy and human rights and in 2011 was detained for 81 days for "tax evasion" but without any official charges. After his travel ban ended in August last year, he went to Germany where his family lived and he opened his new studio. Here he has also many supporters who admire his political and highly aesthetic conceptual art.
The wallpaper motifs indicate the power of individual freedom and freedom of the internet. Elements included in the patterns are handcuffs, surveillance cameras, twitter birds and steel rebars which all are related to Ai Weiwei's works and his struggles on the internet - they are a celebration of the information age.
Image: Ai Weiwei "Say all you know and say it without reserve"
Although he said to focus on art rather than politics, Ai Weiwei has been heavily involved in documenting refugees over the last months, announcing the release of a documentary on the issue next year. He also started a project about freedom of expression last year when LEGO refused his bulk ordering because it "did not endorse the use of its products in conjunction with works that had a political agenda".
"I've never planned any part of my career - except being an artist. And I was pushed into that corner because I thought being an artist was the only way to have a little freedom." Ai Weiwei in Weiwei-isms.
There are growing concerns about the increasing attacks on journalists in Germany. These may be linked to the vulnerable position of journalists covering Pegida protests, says scientist Martin Hoffmann (ECPMF, Leipzig) in an interview with BDZV. The artwork will be a widely visible symbol for press freedom according to BDZV president Helmut Heinen. "Germany is one of few countries where the right to freedom of speech is not only enshrined in Basic Law but is part of everyday life, but this country must defend these important fundamental rights again and again.
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This charming, five-story Aparthotel, in a typical Nice-style building with pink facades and green shutters, offers 35 fully-equipped, air conditioned apartments.
Wonderfully situated just a stone's throw from the Promenade des Anglais and all Nice's main attractions, Citadines offers a wide range of services designed to make life easier: mail and messaging service, a lobby, safety deposit boxes, laundromat and a "hello baby" service. All you have to think about is enjoying yourself!!
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Abstract The increasing need of automated analyzing web texts especially the short texts on Social Network Services (SNS) brings new demands of computerized text analysis instruments. The psychometric properties are the basis of the extensive use of these instruments such as the Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count (LIWC). For this study, Sina Weibo statuses were analyzed via rater coding and Simplified Chinese version of LIWC (SCLIWC), in order to evaluate the validity of SCLIWC in detecting psychological expressions in Weibo statuses (n = 60) and in identifying the psychological meaning of a single Weibo status (n = 11). Significant correlations between human ratings and SCLIWC scores and the high sensitivities of capturing single statuses with certain expressions identified by raters, proved the validity of SCLIWC in detecting psychological expressions. The results also suggested that, the efficiency of SCLIWC in detecting psychological expressions of SNS short texts could be higher if using status count scoring method, rather than the word count method as the common usage of LIWC. However, SCLIWC may not perform well in identifying the psychological meaning of a single piece of SNS short text because of its over-identification of target expressions. This study provided primary evidence of validity of SCLIWC, as well as the proper way of using it efficiently on SNS short texts.
GB/T 7714 Zhao, Nan,Jiao, Dongdong,Bai, Shuotian,et al. Evaluating the Validity of Simplified Chinese Version of LIWC in Detecting Psychological Expressions in Short Texts on Social Network Services[J]. PLOS ONE,2016,11(6):1-15.
APA Zhao, Nan,Jiao, Dongdong,Bai, Shuotian,&Zhu, Tingshao.(2016).Evaluating the Validity of Simplified Chinese Version of LIWC in Detecting Psychological Expressions in Short Texts on Social Network Services.PLOS ONE,11(6),1-15.
MLA Zhao, Nan,et al."Evaluating the Validity of Simplified Chinese Version of LIWC in Detecting Psychological Expressions in Short Texts on Social Network Services".PLOS ONE 11.6(2016):1-15.


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DP World Head Slams Brexit Negotiators
Sultan bin Sulayem believes uncertainty is bad for business
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DP World chief Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem has hit out at the UK and EU over the uncertainty being caused in the handling of the UK leaving the European Union (Brexit).
DP World have two major assets in the UK - Southampton and London Gateway, both in Southern England, the ports represent major trade nodes for the UK.
Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem made the comments at the World Government Summit in Dubai where he met MP Liam Fox, the UK's International Trade Minister.
What is Happening with Brexit?
Sultan bin Sulayem warned that ongoing uncertainty with regard to leaving terms is bad for business, stating: "Our problem is the indecisiveness of the [UK] government.
"We don't care as businessmen whether they have Brexit, or Brexit with an agreement, or Brexit with a good agreement, or Brexit with a bad agreement.
"Once they decide, as businessmen, we are capable of running our business once all this basically indecisive environment disappears."
Sultan bin Sulayem did state that he believed both DP World Southampton and London Gateway were both well placed to cope with any disruption.
Concerns have mounted in recent weeks as the possibility of a no-deal Brexit looms ever larger.
In this instance, new customs and regulatory checks would need to be implemented, causing a potential backlog at UK ports,
The UK and the EU have until March 29, just 45 days, to reach an agreement after the UK rejected Prime Minister Teresa May's deal made prior with the EU.
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You will notice that many of our books are sold from more than one shop. This is to make it easier for you to keep track of your libraries. However, we would like to reveal something further for you regarding these. Each of the storefronts you're presented with charge us a percentage of the sales price for the privilege of using their storefront and payment methods, but the percentage taken differs depending on the storefront.
If therefore, you'd like for us to receive as much of your payment as possible, and to support the people involved in creating these, we ask that you purchase the book on itch.io (if available) as it generates the most income for us, and allows us to channel more payment to our creative team. If you want a further breakdown for it, we have a blog post about this, which you can find HERE.
Please also note that there are times when our prices vary slightly from platform to platform. This is because we do not have direct control of the products or prices on certain sites. We always TRY to sort this, but we unfortunately cannot guarantee it.
Every hero needs friends. And every group of friends needs a set of engines. How else will you race off to the edges of the galaxy, and save the day? Too bad you can't afford them on your own.
But one of your old friends has picked up a lead on a starship that you just might be able to "acquire". What's the harm in hearing them out at least?
Absalom Drift: Turbocharged is a special starting adventure for Starfinder where the heroes obtain their first ship through a starship heist, potentially leading them into either the Dead Suns or Drift Crashers Adventure Path.
The adventure is multi-segmented to allow for multiple playthroughs depending on the choices of the Game Master and the heroes, without ever doing things quite the same way.
This is an adventure for 4-6 level 1 heroes.
The purchase contains 2 pdfs: The Adventure and a Dramatis Personae of all the creatures, people, and starships that the heroes encounter during the adventure so that it is easy for you to keep track of when playing the adventure.
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"Cold… That's the first thing that goes through your head. It's cold…. And dark. The light is flickering. Why is there no one around, except these others. And why are you all in underwear? Through the air, a klaxon is blaring and a computerized voice calls out "Intruders detected. Intruders detected in the cargo area. Intruders detected in the cryo-bay. Security and Repair teams have been dispatched. Please remain calm and stay in your area, while this interruption is dealt with." - Wait… Isn't this the cryo area? And why is your vision flickering, and your head pounding?"
Into the Void is a special beginning adventure for Starfinder. The heroes will be building their characters as they progress through the adventure, and gain access to more of their abilities. You start with a blank character sheet (though that is not provided), and fill it out as you go along.
It also serves as a starting point for the Dead Suns Adventure Path, for creating characters for that adventure.
The heroes are the creations of the Purpose-Built organization, a less-than-legit, but large corporation that specializes in workers for specific environments and work detail. These workers aren't recruited, instead, they're created aboard mobile laboratories, such as the Lazarus.
The Lazarus, the ship that the heroes find themselves onboard, suffered a catastrophic problem before it arrived at its intended destination and crash-landed on a desolate planet in The Vast. Now they have to figure out who they are, repair their ship — with the help of the local settlers — and return to Absalom Station to find out more about themselves. Though, once they arrive, they'll discover that the Purpose-Built organization isn't welcomed in the Pact Worlds.
This is an adventure for 4-6 characters, who will finish the adventure at 1st level, while effectively starting at 0.
Into the Void - A Starfinder Adventure
Starfinder NPC Reference Sheet
This is a NPC Quick Reference Sheet to help you keep track of the NPCs in your campaigns in Starfinder.
This comes with both a fillable and a non-fillable PDF.
Starfinder Charter Development Sheet
This is a Charter Development Sheet for your settlements in the Starfinder system as first seen in the Horizons of the Vast adventure path.
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Q: How can I get CollectionViewCell content height based on content size? I have few CollectionViewCell in my CollectionView. I need to adjust selected CollectionViewCell height after click on button. Please help.
   - (CGSize)collectionView:(UICollectionView *)collectionView layout:(UICollectionViewLayout *)collectionViewLayout sizeForItemAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath {
        if (indexPath.section == 2)
        {

            CGFloat h = self.collectionView.contentSize.height;

            if (isExpandedAboutUs && indexPath.row == 0)
            {
                return CGSizeMake(ScreenW, h);
            }

            return CGSizeMake(ScreenW, 100);
        }
    }

self.collectionView.contentSize.height will return CollectionView height. What I need is selected cell content size.

A: You can try with below code on selection of cell:
 override func collectionView(_ collectionView: UICollectionView, didSelectItemAt indexPath: IndexPath) {
    let cell = collectionView.cellForItem(at: indexPath)
    let contentSize = cell?.contentView.bounds.size
    print(contentSize)
}

if you want to get size from another method then you may need to find the cell selected index path and pass index path accordingly. like:
func yourMethod() {
    let selectedIndexPath = IndexPath(item: 0, section: 0)  //get your indexpath here
    let cell = collectionView?.cellForItem(at: selectedIndexPath)
    let contentSize = cell?.contentView.bounds.size
    print(contentSize)
}

As per print statements, the values you get for contentSize is the same size as the size you return in sizeForItemAtIndexPath method.

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Gender reveal parties. Promposals. Save-the-dates. Bachelorette weekends. Maybe I'm a Debbie Downer, but these are all things I just don't see a need for. I don't understand the need for a get-together where we pop a balloon to see whether it's filled with pink or blue confetti. I don't understand why a guy can't just ask a girl to prom. And if save-the-date cards are just a "heads-up" to book flights and lodging ASAP for a wedding, then does that mean the actual invitations are for people you don't expect to show up anyway? And finally, who decided that bachelorette parties needed to occur three states away and therefore require asking Friday off, and maybe Thursday, too?
It seems that major life occasions of the twenty-something set are now bigger, better, and more celebrated than ever before. And I've noticed this trend not only in major life events, but also in (brace yourself)… mascara.
In fact, while shopping at Target recently, I realized that shopping for mascara isn't what it used to be. For example, here's what I used to do when I ran out: enter cosmetics department, find Maybelline Great Lash by looking for hot pink tube with green lid, get brownish black, toss into cart, roll eyes at $4.99 price for a teensy-weensy .34 ounces, and leave. Easy, right?
Here's what I have to do now: enter cosmetics department, find Maybelline Great Lash by looking for hot pink tube with green lid, get brownish black, see royal blue color and wonder if I would like it (maybe, maybe not… not sure), wonder why I can't find my classic spiral brush, find it mixed in on a peg containing something called a grabber brush, notice three other brush styles, read packages to figure out which one does what, give up, pick one, toss into cart, roll eyes at the price, leave, and wonder how mascara became so complicated.
Too many decisions. Too many choices. Too many everything. There are now mascara formulas and brushes designed for multiple purposes: lengthening, adding volume, separating, enhancing eye color.
In fact, within Target's cosmetics department, each brand's makeup section is dominated by a yard-wide patch of real estate sporting glossy cardstock packages that sparkle with blister-packs of mascara shaped like torpedoes, cylinders, and even telescopes. Sometimes at Wal-Mart, the mascara even spins on a pedestal, and a little spotlight illuminates it when you walk by. And mascara gets this kind of attention at every retailer, whether it's Target, Wal-Mart, Walgreen's, or the cosmetics big box known as Ulta.
The Maybelline selection alone is impressive. Here one will find a mind-dizzying array of mascaras with names such as The Colossal Bigshot, Lash Sensational, several sub-categories of Great Lash, Pumped Up Colossal, The Falsies Push Up Angel, The Falsies Push Up Drama, Illegal Length Fiber Extensions Mascara, Define-a-Lash Washable, Full 'N Soft, Lash Stiletto Ultimate Length Mascara, plus a range of Volum' Express versions: The Falsies, The Rocket Volume, The Colossal Spider Effect, The Colossal Chaotic Lash, The Mega Plush, The Falsies Big Eyes, and The Colossal Cat Eyes. I'm not kidding… they're all there. Just look next time you shop.
Likewise, Cover Girl also boasts a fair share of mascara overload. Here one will discover Full Lash Bloom, The Clump Crusher, The Super Sizer Fibers, Lash Blast Volume, Lash Blast Fusion, Bombshell Volume, So Lashy! BlastPro, and Plumpify BlastPro.
You may be thinking that since Cover Girl and Maybelline are brands that target young women and teenage girls, the same group going gaga over promposals and gender reveals, it makes sense to cater to their "more is more" mentality. True, but I contend it's infiltrating into other age brackets, including mine. Y'know, women who were married on a Saturday afternoon at a church (of all places!) and not at an exotic resort over a three-day weekend, hence the need for a save-the-date.
Don't look now, but soon all women will be forced to sift through row upon row of mascara options. It's already happening with Revlon. This brand may not sport the oomph of rockets and push-ups, but when one has had enough colossal chaos, there are still six choices. Oh, and they have five different mascara brushes, too, and they're all trademarked.
So there you have it. Promposals. Gender reveals. Save-the-dates. Bachelorette weekends. Mascara. They're all connected. Simplicity is out. Complexity is in.
And I get it: making memories and having fun is also in. But for a generation that incorporates "simplify" and "live love laugh" wall art into their home decor, promposals, bachelorette weekends and their ilk seem to rub against that notion and complicate occasions already fraught with details.
Maybe I'm just getting old(er!), but if this generation really wants to simplify, it should scale things back. Wait to see if it's a boy or girl. Ask a girl to prom between classes. Buy the basic mascara. Really keep it simple. Sound less than exciting? Well, Debbie Downer would be proud, so there's that.
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The Aztecs were able to survive and thrive in a very dry area by harvesting the seasonal rains. They built low walls to capture runoff and silt. Over time the reservoirs captured water and soil that supported increased crop production.
They were able to convert rugged dry terrain into relatively large fertile and well watered fields supporting intensive agriculture letting mother nature due most of the work. The water and soil eventually filled the reservoir giving them a new level growing parcel. As the reservoir filled with soil they kept adding to the wall to hold a few inches of water on the growing area. This gave them deep pockets of well watered soil where they could grow crops that would never have survived using traditional rain-fed agriculture.
The Aztecs were limited in check dam placement to areas where water flow was relatively obvious. Our algorithms analyze digital elevation maps to determine where water is likely to flow and then uses this data to recommend locations for thousands of reservoirs each capturing water and valuable soil.
Our software enabled by NASA DEM (Digital Elevation maps) to help identify thousands of locations where check dams, spreader walls or retaining walls can be built to capture water and build enriched growing pockets.
Many areas suffering from water scarcity go through a cycle of plenty of water during the rainy season only to have starving animals latter in the year. Our process with the check dams helps slow the flow of water so it has time to soak in and recharge the aquifer. It spreads the water over growing parcels capturing the silt and creating a deeply saturated column of enriched soil. Deep rooted plants can grow here throughout the year producing animal feed even when surrounding grasses and plants have withered due to drought.
This process is one of the least expensive and fastest acting ways to reverse desertification and reverse the effects of deforestation.
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Palgrave Studies in Translating and Interpreting
Music and Translation
New Mediations in the Digital Age
Authors: Desblache, Lucile
Expands the existing framework for understanding music and translation in relation to each other
Reviews and discusses the current state of research and practice in the areas of intersection between music and translation
Investigates the creative influence of translation on music
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This book explores how transformations and translations shape musical meanings, developments and the perception of music across cultures. Starting with the concept of music as multimodal text, the author understands translation as the process of transferring a text from one language – verbal or not – into another, interlingually, intralingually or intersemiotically, as well as the products that are derived from this process. She situates music and translation within their contemporary global context, examining the tensions between local and global, cosmopolitan and national, and universal and specific settings, to arrive at a celebration of the translational power of music and an in-depth study of how musical texts are translated. This book will be of interest to translation studies scholars who want to broaden their horizons, as well as to musicians and music scholars seeking to understand how cultural exchange and dissemination can be driven by translation.
Lucile Desblache is Professor of Translation and Transcultural Studies at the University of Roehampton, UK. She studied both musicology and comparative literature. This is reflected in her research interests which are twofold: the representation of the non human in contemporary cultures on the one hand, and the translation of musical texts on the other. She is the founding editor of JoSTrans, the Journal of Specialised Translation, of which she was general editor 2004-2018, and the principal investigator of the network Translating Music.
"Music and Translation bridges the gap between the two fields in a truly authoritative manner and will for sure be a must-read for anyone interested either in Translation Studies or Musicology, or both." (Mariacristina Petillo, The Journal of Specialised Translation, Issue 34, January, 2020)
"Music and Translation offers us a fascinating and groundbreaking journey through the intersections and commonalities between music and translation while challenging traditional and well-established concepts of these two hybrid fields central to humanity and beyond. … The book is a must-read for students and scholars of music and translation studies, as well as anyone interested in inclusive and diverse forms of creative dialogue and exchanges beyond artistic, cultural, social and species' borders." (Stefania Taviano, inTRAlinea.online translation journal, intralinea.org, Vol. 22, 2020)
"Music and Translation. New mediations in the digital age takes the reader on a journey through the largely unexplored world of music and translation. This truly interdisciplinary and fascinating study surveys and investigates the intricate interactions between the two fields, challenging limitative definitions of both. Hybridity is the inescapable state of a musical piece and hybridity is the defining feature of translation today. Moreover, translation shapes music and music has an impact on translation. Both are positive forces in our global world in that they build and mediate identity, playing a crucial role in our understanding of the cultures we live in and interact with today. Prof. Desblache demonstrates convincingly that the connections between Translation Studies and musicology merit much more in depth research than they have received to date. Her book is a treasure trove of information and research opportunities for anyone with an interest in music and/or translation." (Professor Aline Remael, University of Antwerp, Belgium)
"Music and Translation makes its debut at an opportune time, when translation is gaining traction and momentum in academia. Truly interdisciplinary in its approach, this monograph constitutes one of the first sustained, rigorous treatments of the topic, taking the reader on a fascinating journey into the intricacies and intersections of music and translation. Reading Lucile is to discover new ways of conceptualising translation and to marvel at her arresting and systematic display of ideas. Written in an accessible and elegant prose, the book, like its author, is innovative, inspiring, and ground-breaking in its exploration of music as an instrument of translation, particularly in relation to the natural world. Lucile has written a must-read primer for anyone interested in translation and music. Read this book – and learn from one of the best in our discipline." (Professor Jorge Díaz-Cintas, University College London, UK)
"This book is highly original in bringing together two disciplines which are rarely explored in dialogue. Desblache writes fluently and with authority across both translation studies and music. The volume explores the global context of music and translation and it also sets out the need to engage further in the translation on musical texts in order to promote wider access to art, across cultures/borders. It lays out a theoretical framework for how music can be translated and can translate. The case study examples are rich in content, spanning creative activities, philosophical and psychological ways of engaging with music and translation in dialogue, as well as exploring these issues within the context of the nature world. The thrust of the book prompts inclusive and diverse human dialogue across diverse forms of creative and expressive exchange." (Dr Helen Julia Minors, Kingston University, UK)
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Music, Centres and Peripheries
Music and Translation Today
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Music and Human Activities
In and Beyond the Material
Music and the Natural World
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Discover the mania in RO+MANIA is a campaign that promotes Romania, the first project of this kind undertaken by a single person and not an advertising agency. It aims to rebrand Romania and talk about aspects that have never been exploited in any previous campaign. It is the first campaign that promotes Romania to young foreigners who are looking for a hip destination, who are looking for something different.
The project was exhibited at the Romanian Cultural Institute in Paris (26.06.2013-15.07.2013) and opened with a conference around the theme of rebranding Romania where the guest speakers were Nick Baum (VP Europe, TBWA Worldwide), Mihai Gongu (Creative Director, GMP Advertising, Romania), Yvette Larsson (The Bucharest Lounge blog, Sweden), Ioana Mihai (IQads, Romania) and myself.


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Kate Barker (born Arizona Donnie Clark; October 8, 1873 – January 16, 1935), better known as Ma Barker (and sometimes known as Arizona Barker and Arrie Barker), was the mother of several American criminals who ran the Barker–Karpis Gang during the "public enemy era" when the exploits of gangs of criminals in the Midwestern United States gripped the American people and press. She traveled with her sons during their criminal careers.
Kate Barker
Barker circa 1932.
Arizona Donnie Clark
(1873-10-08)October 8, 1873
Ash Grove, Missouri, U.S.
January 16, 1935(1935-01-16) (aged 61)
Ocklawaha, Florida, U.S.
Gunshot wound
Rita Ma Barker
George Barker
(m. 1892–1924)
Arthur Dunlop (common law)
Herman Barker (1893–1927)
Lloyd Barker (1897–1949)
Arthur Barker (1899–1939)
Fred Barker (1901–1935)
Barker–Karpis Gang
Barker gained a reputation as a ruthless crime matriarch who controlled and organized her sons' crimes. J. Edgar Hoover described her as "the most vicious, dangerous, and resourceful criminal brain of the last decade." She has been presented as a monstrous mother in films, songs, and literature. However, those who knew her insisted that she had no criminal role and also allege that Hoover created such accusations in order to excuse the FBI for her subsequent death in a shootout in 1935. Current reports as of 2022 are consistent that Kate Barker's role in her sons' crimes were falsely created by the media to increase newspaper and media sales margins.
1 Family life
2 St. Paul and Wisconsin
3 Death
4 Controversy over her leadership of the Barker gang
5 Summary of the Barker sons and Barker–Karpis Gang's activities
6 In popular culture
Family lifeEdit
Barker was born Arizona Donnie Clark in Ash Grove, Missouri, the daughter of John and Emaline (Parker) Clark; her family called her "Arrie". In 1892, she married George Barker in Lawrence County, Missouri, and the couple had four sons: Herman (1893–1927), Lloyd (1897–1949), Arthur (1899–1939), and Fred (1901–1935). The 1910 to 1930 censuses and the Tulsa City Directories from 1916 to 1928 show that George Barker worked in a variety of generally low-paying jobs. From 1916 to 1919, he was at the Crystal Springs Water Co. In the 1920s, he was employed as a farmer, watchman, station engineer, and clerk. An FBI document describes him as "shiftless" and says the Barkers paid no attention to their sons' education, and they were all "more or less illiterate".[1]
Police mugshot of Herman Barker
Barker's sons committed crimes as early as 1910, when Herman was arrested for highway robbery after running over a child in the getaway car. Over the next few years, Herman and his brothers were repeatedly involved in crimes of increasing seriousness, including robbery and murder. They were inducted into major crime by the Central Park gang. Herman died on August 29, 1927 in Wichita, Kansas, after a robbery and confrontation with police that left one officer dead. He shot the officer at point blank range in the mouth. He killed himself to avoid prosecution when he was seriously wounded after crashing his car. In 1928, Lloyd Barker was incarcerated in the federal penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas, Arthur "Doc" Barker was in the Oklahoma State Prison, and Fred was in the Kansas State Prison.
George was last listed living with his wife in the 1928 Tulsa city directory. Either she threw him out, as some say, or he left when life became intolerable with his criminal family. According to writer Miriam Allen deFord, George "gave up completely and quietly removed himself from the scene" after Herman's death and the imprisonment of his other sons.[2] The FBI claimed that George left Ma because she had become "loose in her moral life" and was "having outside dates with other men". They noted that George was not a criminal, but he was willing to profit from his sons' crimes after their deaths by claiming their assets as next of kin.[1] However, a family friend recalled that the couple argued about their children's "dissolute life". Arrie "countenanced their wrongdoings" while George refused to accept them. The crunch came when George refused to support Lloyd after his arrest, insisting that he should be punished for his crime. Arrie did everything that she could to get her sons off, no matter what they had done.[3]
From 1928 to 1930, Ma lived in "miserable poverty" in a "dirt-floor shack" with no husband and no job, while all her sons were in jail. This may have been when she became "loose" with local men, as the FBI suggested.[3] By 1930, she was living with a jobless man named Arthur W. Dunlop (sometimes spelled "Dunlap"). She is described as his wife on the 1930 census of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Things improved for her in 1931 after her son Fred was released from jail. He joined former prison-mate Alvin Karpis to form the Barker–Karpis Gang. After a series of robberies, Fred and Karpis killed Sheriff C. Roy Kelly in West Plains, Missouri on December 19, 1931, an act that forced them to flee the territory. Ma and Dunlop traveled with them, using various false names during their itinerant crime career. A wanted poster issued at this time offered $100 reward for the capture of "Old Lady Arrie Barker" as an accomplice.[4] After this, she was usually known to gang members as "Kate".
St. Paul and WisconsinEdit
Arthur was released from prison in 1932 and joined Fred and Karpis, and the core gang was supplemented by other criminal associates. The gang moved to Chicago but decided to leave because Karpis did not want to work for Al Capone. Racketeer Jack Peifer suggested that they move to St. Paul, Minnesota which had a reputation at the time as a haven for wanted criminals.[4] The Barker–Karpis Gang's most infamous crimes were committed after the move to St. Paul, during their residency in a string of rented houses. The gang operated under the protection of St. Paul's police chief Thomas "Big Tom" Brown, and they went from being bank robbers to kidnappers under his guidance.[5]
Ma's common-law husband Arthur Dunlop was said to be loose-lipped when drunk, and he was not trusted by members of the gang; Karpis described him as a "pain in the ass".[6] While at one hideout, a resident identified the gang from photographs in True Detective magazine and told the police, but Chief Brown tipped them off and they escaped. The gang apparently believed that Dunlop's loose lips had given them away, and they murdered him while traveling. His naked body was found near Webster, Wisconsin with a single bullet wound to the head.[6] Chief Brown's involvement in the gang's escape could not be proven, but he was demoted to the rank of detective and was later dismissed from the police force altogether.[7]
The gang relocated to Menomonie, Wisconsin, and Fred Barker hid Ma in a variety of hotels and hideouts during their stay there. The purpose was to keep her from learning much about the gang's crimes, as well as to separate her from their girlfriends, with whom she did not get along. The FBI later claimed that she would try to break up any relationships, so that "other women in the gang" did their best to avoid her.[6] By 1933, most of the gang were back in St. Paul where they carried out two kidnappings of wealthy businessmen. They obtained $100,000 in ransom by abducting William Hamm, then arranged the kidnapping of Edward Bremer which netted them a $200,000 ransom. The FBI first connected the gang to the William Hamm kidnapping by using a new method of latent fingerprint identification.[8] The gang decided to leave St. Paul with the FBI on the case and without Tom Brown supplying information; they moved to the Chicago area, renting apartments for Ma while they tried to launder the ransom.[9]
DeathEdit
"Ma" and Fred Barker died in the upper left bedroom of this house beside Lake Weir in Florida .
29°02′29″N 81°56′00″W / 29.041319°N 81.933408°W / 29.041319; -81.933408 (Ma Barker hideout in Ocklawaha, Florida)
FBI agents discovered the hideout of Barker and her son Fred after Arthur was arrested in Chicago on January 8, 1935. A map found in his possession indicated that other gang members were in Ocklawaha, Florida. The FBI soon located the house where the gang was staying after identifying references to a local restaurant[clarification needed] named "Gator Joe", who had a taste for gangsters, but not for cops,[clarification needed] mentioned in a letter sent to Doc. They had rented the property under the pseudonym "Blackburn", claiming to be a mother and sons wanting to vacation in a country retreat.
Agents surrounded the house at 13250 East Highway C-25 on the morning of January 16, 1935. The FBI were not aware that Karpis and other gang members had left three days before, leaving only Fred and Ma in the house. The agents ordered them to surrender, but Fred opened fire; both he and his mother were killed by federal agents after an intense, hours-long shootout. Allegedly, many local people came to watch the events unfolding, even holding picnics during the gunfire.[10] Gunfire from the house finally stopped, and the FBI ordered local estate handyman Willie Woodbury to enter the house wearing a bulletproof vest. Woodbury reported that there was no one inside alive.[citation needed]
Both bodies were found in the same front bedroom. Fred's body was riddled with bullets, but Ma appeared to have died from a single bullet wound.[10] According to the FBI's account, a Tommy gun was found lying in her hands.[11] Other sources say that it was lying between the bodies of Ma and Fred.[12] Their bodies were put on public display, and then stored unclaimed until October 1, 1935, when relatives had them buried at Williams Timberhill Cemetery in Welch, Oklahoma, next to the body of Herman Barker.[13]
Controversy over her leadership of the Barker gangEdit
The popular image of Ma as the gang's leader and its criminal mastermind is often portrayed in films such as Ma Barker's Killer Brood (1960), Bloody Mama (1970), and Public Enemies (1996). However, this is widely regarded by historians as fictitious, and some have been skeptical that she participated in the shoot-out in which she died.[11] Karpis has suggested that the story was encouraged by J. Edgar Hoover[14] and his fledgling Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to justify his agents' killing an old woman.[15] After her death, Hoover claimed that Ma Barker was "the most vicious, dangerous, and resourceful criminal brain of the last decade".[6] He also claimed that she enjoyed the lifestyle that was the fruit of her sons' crimes and supposedly had a string of lovers.[6]
Ma Barker's children were murderers and their Barker–Karpis gang committed a spree of robberies, kidnappings, and other crimes between 1931 and 1935, but there is no conclusive proof that Ma was their leader.[6] She certainly knew of the gang's activities and even helped them before and after they committed their crimes, and this made her an accomplice, but there is no evidence that she was involved in planning them. Her role was in taking care of gang members, who often sent her to the movies while they committed crimes.[6] According to Claire Bond Potter, "Her age and apparent respectability permitted the gang to hide out 'disguised' as a family. As 'Mrs. Hunter' and 'Mrs. Anderson', she rented houses, paid bills, shopped, and did household errands."[4] Alvin Karpis was probably the real leader of the gang, and he later said that Ma was just "an old-fashioned homebody from the Ozarks … superstitious, gullible, simple, cantankerous and, well, generally law abiding".[6] He concluded:
The most ridiculous story in the annals of crime is that Ma Barker was the mastermind behind the Karpis–Barker gang. … She wasn't a leader of criminals or even a criminal herself. There is not one police photograph of her or set of fingerprints taken while she was alive… she knew we were criminals but her participation in our careers was limited to one function: when we traveled together, we moved as a mother and her sons. What could look more innocent?[16]
This view of Ma Barker is corroborated by notorious bank robber Harvey Bailey, who knew the Barkers well. He observed in his autobiography that Ma Barker "couldn't plan breakfast" let alone a criminal enterprise.[6] Writer Tim Mahoney argues that the real force behind the gang was the corrupt St. Paul law-enforcement system, especially under Police Chief Tom Brown. Before they met him, the gang were nothing more than a "bumbling band of hillbilly burglars" who would have been captured or killed long before becoming nationally notorious. "Had the Barker gang never come under Brown's protection, Ma Barker might have died lonesome in the Ozarks, an impoverished obscure widow."[17]
Summary of the Barker sons and Barker–Karpis Gang's activitiesEdit
Herman Barker
Arthur "Doc" Barker
Fred Barker
Alvin Karpis
Eddie Green
1900–1920Edit
1910 – Herman Barker arrested for highway robbery in Webb City, Missouri.
March 5, 1915 – Herman Barker arrested for highway robbery in Joplin, Missouri. (Herman and Lloyd Barker reportedly involved with the Central Park Gang of Tulsa, Oklahoma.)
July 4, 1918 – Arthur "Doc" Barker involved in US automobile theft in Tulsa, Oklahoma; arrested (#841) (escaped).
February 19, 1920 – Arthur Barker arrested in Joplin, Missouri (#1740); returned to Tulsa, Oklahoma.
1921 – Lloyd "Red" Barker arrested for vagrancy in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
January 15, 1921 – Arthur Barker aka "Claude Dade" involved in attempted bank robbery in Muskogee, Oklahoma; arrested (#822).
January 30, 1921 – Arthur Barker aka "Bob Barker" received at the Oklahoma State Prison (#11059); released June 11, 1921.
August 16, 1921 – Arthur Barker and Volney Davis involved in killing of night watchman Thomas J. Sherrill in Tulsa, Oklahoma. (According to other sources Archived December 17, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, Thomas J. Sherrill. was a night watchman at St. John's Hospital in Tulsa.)
January 8, 1922 – Central Park Gang involved in attempted burglary in Okmulgee, Oklahoma; shootout results in one burglar dead while police Captain Homer R. Spaulding dies of his wounds on January 19, 1922. One gang member is sentenced to life in prison while another had his sentence overturned.
January 16, 1922 – Lloyd Barker received at Leavenworth Prison (#17243) after arrest for robbing mail at Baxter Springs, Kansas and sentenced to 25 years; released 1938.
February 10, 1922 – Arthur "Doc" Barker received (#11906) at Oklahoma State Prison for the murder of Sherrill.
1926 – Fred Barker robbed bank in Winfield, Kansas; arrested.
March 12, 1927 – Fred Barker admitted to Kansas State Prison.
August 1, 1927 – Herman Barker cashed stolen bank bonds at the America National Bank in Cheyenne, WY. Sheriff Deputy Arthur Osborn flagged down Barker's car. Barker picked up a gun from the vehicle's seat and shot Osborn. Osborn died as a result.
August 29, 1927 – Herman Barker commits suicide in Wichita, Kansas after being pulled over by a motorcycle cop with a sidecar. (Wichita Policeman J.E. Marshall had been killed on August 9, 1927 by the Kimes–Terrill Gang that Herman was associated with. Five other policemen were killed by the Kimes gang. See ODMP).
March 30, 1931 – Fred Barker released from Kansas State Prison after serving time for burglary; met Alvin Karpis in prison.
June 10, 1931 – Fred Barker and Alvin Karpis (alias George Heller) arrested by Tulsa, Oklahoma Police investigating burglary. Karpis sentenced to 4 years but paroled after restitution made; Fred Barker also avoided jail sentence.
November 8, 1931 – Fred Barker killed an Arkansas police chief Manley Jackson.
December 19, 1931 – Fred Barker and Alvin Karpis robbed a store in West Plains, Missouri and involved in the killing of Howell County, Missouri sheriff C. Roy Kelly.
January 18, 1932 – Lloyd Barker received at Leavenworth Prison.
April 26, 1932 – Body of A.W. Dunlap found at Lake Franstead, Minnesota; killed by Fred Barker and Alvin Karpis.
June 17, 1932 – Fred Barker, Karpis and five accomplices robbed Fort Scott, Kansas Bank.
July 26, 1932 – Fred Barker, Karpis (with an augmented gang) robbed Cloud County bank at Concordia, Kansas.
August 13, 1932 – Attorney J. Earl Smith of Tulsa, Oklahoma found killed at Indian Hills Country Club north of Tulsa; he had been retained to defend Harvey Bailey over the Fort Scott bank robbery, but the man was convicted.
September 10, 1932 – Arthur "Doc" Barker released from prison.
December 16, 1932 – Fred and Arthur Barker, Alvin Karpis and gang robbed Third Northwestern National Bank in Minneapolis, killing policemen Ira Leon Evans and Leo Gorski and one civilian. (One gang member Lawrence DeVol in this shooting was also involved in four other police killings-two police officers, Sheriff William Sweet and City Marshal Aaron Bailey, in Washington, Iowa in June 1930 and Marshall John W. Rose in Kirksville, MO on November 17, 1930 and killing officer Cal Palmer and wounding another officer before being gunned down in Enid, OK in 1936.)
April 4, 1933 – Fred and Arthur Barker, Alvin Karpis and gang members Eddie Green (criminal) of the Dillinger Gang, Jess Doyle, Earl Christman, Frank "Jelly" Nash, Volney Davis, robbed a bank in Fairbury, Nebraska. Christman was badly wounded during the robbery and Green drove him to Verne Miller's house in Kansas City to recover. Christman eventually died from his wounds and was buried in an unmarked grave outside town.[18]
June 1933 – William Hamm of the Hamm's Brewery family kidnapped by Barker–Karpis Gang; Hamm released June 19, 1933 after ransom paid. It is believed by some that the gang turned over half of the Hamm ransom money to the Chicago Mob under Frank Nitti after Nitti discovered that they were hiding Hamm in suburban Chicago and demanded half the ransom as "rent".
August 30, 1933 – Barker–Karpis Gang robs a payroll at Stockyards National Bank of South St. Paul, Minnesota in which one policeman Leo Pavlak is coldly executed and one disabled for life.
September 22, 1933 – Two bank messengers held up by five men identified as Barker–Karpis Gang; Chicago policeman Miles A Cunningham is killed by the gang after their car crashed during the getaway. (Barker–Karpis Gang associate Vernon Miller was allegedly involved in the killing, and reportedly also involved in the Kansas City Massacre in which four lawmen were killed).
January 17, 1934 – Gang kidnaps Edward George Bremer, Jr.; Bremer released on February 7, 1934 after ransom paid.
January 19, 1934 – Gang wounds M.C. McCord of Northwest Airways Company, thinking he was a policeman.
March 10, 1934 – Barker gang member Fred Goetz (also known as "Shotgun George" Ziegler, a participant in the Bremer kidnapping) killed by fellow gangsters in Cicero, Illinois.
April 1934 – Doc Barker and associate Volney Davis get a surprise visit from John Dillinger and Homer Van Meter, helping them bury their comrade John "Red" Hamilton after Hamilton died from gunshot wounds sustained in a shootout in St. Paul, Minnesota.
July 1934 – Underworld doctor Joseph Moran last seen alive.
January 6, 1935 – Barker gang member William B. Harrison killed by fellow gangsters at Ontarioville, Illinois.
January 8, 1935 – Arthur "Doc" Barker arrested in Chicago; Barker gang member Russell Gibson killed and his colleague Byron Bolton captured at another address.
January 16, 1935 – Fred and Ma Barker killed by FBI in Ocklawaha, Florida (Marion County). The FBI found Ma Barker by tracking her letters sent to her other son. She was writing to him to tell him about a large gator in Lake Weir that everyone had called "Gator Joe", which led to the name of the local restaurant known as "Gator Joe's".[19]
September 26, 1935 – The supposed body of underworld doctor Joseph Moran found in Lake Erie; believed killed by Fred Barker and Alvin Karpis. (However, Karpis himself said that Moran had been buried.)
November 7, 1935 – Karpis and five accomplices robbed an Erie Railroad mail train at Garrettsville, Ohio.
May 2, 1936 – Karpis and accomplice Fred Hunter arrested in New Orleans, Louisiana.
October 29, 1938 – Lloyd Barker released from prison.
January 13, 1939 – Arthur Barker killed trying to escape from Alcatraz Prison. Among his accomplices in unsuccessful escape is Dale Stamphill who was involved in the killing of Oklahoma State Reformatory Guard James Payton Jones February 17, 1935[20]
(Of Barker–Karpis Gang/associates: 19 arrested; 4 killed by lawmen; 3 killed by gangsters)
During World War II – Lloyd Barker was a US Army cook, ironically, he was employed at POW camp Fort Custer, Michigan; received a US Army Good Conduct Medal and an Honorable Discharge.
On March 18, 1949 – Lloyd Barker was killed by his wife; he was the manager of the Denargo Market in Denver, Colorado. She was sent to the Colorado State Insane Asylum.
In popular cultureEdit
"Ma Webster", played by Blanche Yurka in the 1940 film Queen of the Mob is based on Barker. Changes in the names and depiction of events were at the request of the FBI.[21]
The character of "Ma Jarrett" in the 1949 James Cagney film White Heat is thought to be based on Ma Barker.[21][22]
Ma was played by Jean Harvey in 2 episodes of the TV series Gang Busters (1952).
In the 1957 docudrama Guns Don't Argue Ma is portrayed by Jean Harvey.[21]
"Ma Barker and Her Boys", an episode of the 1959 TV series The Untouchables, pits Federal Agent Eliot Ness against the Barker clan, and depicts Ness as leading the assault on Ma Barker and her sons at their Florida hide-out. In this version, Lloyd, Fred and Doc are all present at the final shootout. Ma was played by Claire Trevor. In real life Ness worked for the Bureau of Prohibition, not the FBI, and he had nothing to do with the Barker/Karpis case. The FBI objected to the fact that Ness was depicted as the leader of the attack on the gang.[21]
The 1959 movie The FBI Story, starring Jimmy Stewart, portrayed a number of deaths of 1930s-era criminals, including Ma Barker. In the scene, she was shown firing at law officers before finally being shot. (She was portrayed by Jane Crowley, though the role was uncredited.)[23]
Lurene Tuttle portrayed Ma Barker in the low-budget feature film Ma Barker's Killer Brood (1960). The film's scrolling text refers to her as a "sadistic ... master of crime" and "evil genius". It portrays her controlling a gang that includes John Dillinger and Baby Face Nelson, and constantly outwitting their rival Machine Gun Kelly.
Ma was played by Joan Blondell in an episode of the 1961 TV series The Witness, which took the form of a mock-trial of historical individuals before a "committee" of lawyers. Her son Lloyd and various accomplices appear as witnesses.
In the 1966 Batman series, one of the villains in series one was "Ma Parker" (played by Shelley Winters), a villainous mob boss who was based on Ma Barker. Ma Parker along with her three sons and one daughter almost managed to defeat the Dynamic Duo in the series.[21]
Barker's story was also adapted in the low-budget film Bloody Mama (1970). The movie starred Shelley Winters as Ma Barker.[24] In this film her criminality is the result of childhood sexual abuse by her family.
"The Ma Gantry Gang", featured in the first episode of the 1974 TV series The Manhunter was based on Barker and her sons. Ma Gantry was played by Ida Lupino.[21]
Eileen Heckart played Ma in the 1974 film The FBI Story: the FBI Versus Alvin Karpis, Public Enemy Number One.[21]
The DuckTales version of Disney's Beagle Boys (the series lasted from 1987–1990), a gang of criminals, is led by their mother Ma Beagle, who is based on Ma Barker. She is absent from the original comics which were written by Carl Barks.
In the 1978 film Stingray, Lieutenant Hershal stated to one of his colleagues that Abigail Britowski, played by Sherry Jackson, made Ma Barker look like a nun, in a reference to the notorious alleged criminal.
In the 1985 film The Goonies Ma Fratelli is loosely based on Ma Barker.
Another retelling of the legend occurred in the 1996 movie Public Enemies starring Theresa Russell. As in Bloody Mama, she is depicted as a victim of sexual abuse which brutalizes her.
In the 2007 film Resident Evil: Extinction
Maw Famon and her thug sons who battle it out with Dick Tracy in a December 1935 comic strip are based on Ma Barker and her boys.[25]
While The Daltons of the Lucky Luke comic book series were originally based on the real Dalton Gang, their mother, Ma Dalton, is clearly inspired by Ma Barker. Coincidentally, their gang consists of four instead of three Dalton brothers.
Crime author James Hadley Chase based some of the characters in his first novel, No Orchids for Miss Blandish (1939), on Ma Barker and her sons.[22]
John Eaton composed an opera, Ma Barker, in 1955, to a libretto by Arthur Gold.[26]
In 1977, disco band Boney M. released a hit single titled "Ma Baker" (Barker was changed into Baker because it sounded better), which was later covered by German Comedy Rock band Knorkator, and has since been covered by German heavy metal band Axxis, Milli Vanilli in 1988, and sampled by Lady Gaga in her single "Poker Face". The song's title and lyrics are clearly about Ma Barker.[27]
The band Maylene and the Sons of Disaster (formed in 2004) are named after the group of criminals and their songs are based on the gang's history. Band member Dallas Taylor has said: "Maylene and the Sons of Disaster is made up of five dudes who play the role of the Barker sons, and in these songs we speak as though we were them, telling any who would listen that a life lived unjustly will meet divine justice on the other side. We also wanted to think of the most crazy backwoods theme possible for this band. Since Ma was backwoods, and we are backwoods, this is the way it had to be."[28]
The former wife of gangsta rap pioneer Kool G Rap is an MC who goes under the name of Ma Barker. They had at one point formed a group called 5 Family Click, releasing a collective album and surfacing on mixtapes.
Composer Michel Wintsch and writer Gérald Chevrolet adapted the writings of Marguerite Yourcenar to create the opera "Ma Barker" in 1996.
The Lake Weir Chamber of Commerce stages an annual "Ma Barker Shootout" on "Ma Barker day" in a building near the actual location of her death.[10]
The Barker deathhouse in Ocklawaha, Florida, was listed for sale on August 16, 2012. The bidding began at one million dollars and included the original furnishings, but the house ultimately went unsold. In 2015, the Florida state senate proposed a bill for $500,000 to repair and preserve the house as an historic landmark, but the bill was rejected. The house is currently listed as off-market.[29]
In October 2016, the Ma Barker home in Ocklawaha, Florida, was relocated via barge across Lake Weir to Carney Island in Marion County in preparation for being opened to the public as a museum in late 2017 or 2018. The land where it had sat since 1930 was sold by its owners. Just prior to the relocation of the house, a vintage ring which bears the initials, "F.B" was found when a team using metal detectors gained permission to scan the location. The ring is presumed to have been owned by Fred Barker and it has been added to the collection along with several bullet casings and assorted paraphernalia.[30]
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^ a b c Claire Bond Potter, War on Crime: Bandits, G-Men, and the Politics of Mass Culture, Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, 1998, p. 175[ISBN missing]
^ Mahoney, Timothy, Secret Partners: Big Tom Brown and the Barker Gang, Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2013, passim.[ISBN missing]
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^ 36°52′51″N 95°00′14″W / 36.880831°N 95.004009°W / 36.880831; -95.004009 (Williams Timberhill Cemetery in Welch, Okla.)
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The UK's first women's downhill mountain biking series has been launched, organised by Diva Descent. The British Cycling accredited races will be held over the summer in the Scottish Borders, North East England, Gloucestershire and Wales.
Diva Descent's courses start with a track walk and training practice under expert instruction from some of the country's top riders such as Helen Gaskell on the Saturday with races take place on the Sunday.
The price of the weekend is £120, which includes coaching on the Saturday, uplift and entry to the race on the Sunday. The races can be entered separately for £60.
The first event, in Scotland, coincides with 10 days of cycling events as part of the Tweedlove cycling festival, which has also opened entries for a women's criterium on 27 May.
For more information, visit Diva Descent.


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Q: static constexpr member storage If I write a trait like this,
template <typename T>
struct is_int {
  static constexpr bool value = false;
};

template <>
struct is_int<int> {
  static constexpr bool value = true;
};

Is the value actually stored in memory when the program runs? For example, if I use this trait on a million different types, does the program use 1 MB of memory to store these values?
To paraphrase, is there still any advantage to using
template <typename T>
struct is_int {
  enum { value = 0; }
};

template <>
struct is_int<int> {
  enum { value = 1; }
};

A: At a minimum, a compiler will map multiple equal constants onto each other, so all the classes/instances would share a single byte (or four byte, or whatever).
Depending on the usage of a constants's value (in the code it is referred to), the compiler might remove it completely as 'unnecessary intermediate', because it can derive the outcomes of the IF's or wherever it is used directly (statically).


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Green to Gold is the new album from acclaimed indie act The Antlers. Their first new record since 2014's Familiars. Perhaps what distinguishes Green to Gold from the rest of The Antlers' canon is its, well, sunniness. Conceived and written almost entirely in the morning hours, Green to Gold is the band's first new music in nearly seven years, and easily their most luminous to date. "I think this is the first album I've made that has no eeriness in it," Silberman asserts. "I set out to make Sunday morning music."
Unlike other Antlers albums, Silberman didn't feel compelled to turn a human experience into a circuitous mythology. He chose a more direct approach: documenting two years in his life, without overthinking or obscuring what the songs were about. "Most of the songs on Green to Gold are culled from conversations with my friends and my partner. It's less ambiguous about who's speaking and who's listening," says Silberman resolutely.
"I think the shift in tone is the result of getting older," Silberman added. "It doesn't make sense for me to try to tap into the same energy that I did ten or fifteen years ago, because I continue to grow as a person, as I'm sure our audience does too. Green to Gold is about this idea of gradual change," he sums up. "People changing over time, struggling to accept change in those they love, and struggling to change themselves. And yet despite all our difficulty with this, nature somehow makes it look easy.".
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Lettuce Samples Found Tainted
By Miguel Bustillo
Times Staff Writer
A laboratory test of 22 types of lettuce purchased at Northern California supermarkets found that four were contaminated with perchlorate, a toxic rocket-fuel ingredient that has polluted the Colorado River, the source of the water used to grow most of the nation's winter vegetables.
The environmental group that paid for the testing by Texas Tech University conceded that the sample was far too small to draw definite conclusions about how much perchlorate is in the lettuce Americans eat. But the organization, the Environmental Working Group, said the results were alarming enough to warrant a broad examination by the Food and Drug Administration.
"It appears perchlorate in produce is reaching consumers, which should be a wake-up call for the FDA," said Bill Walker, a western representative in the group's Oakland office. "A lot of people might look at this and say it was only four out of 22 -- what is the problem? Well, when nearly one in five samples of a common produce item are contaminated with a chemical component of rocket fuel, that's significant."
In response, FDA officials said they had been planning to begin testing foods for perchlorate at a number of sites across the country, but were still developing the scientific methods to do it.
"We do understand that there is a potential for perchlorate from irrigation water to end up in food," said Terry Troxell, the director of the FDA's office of plant and dairy foods and beverages. "We have already been moving in this area. We will certainly take their results into account."
The four lettuce samples all contained substantial quantities of perchlorate. One, a packaged variety of organic mixed baby greens, had a level of perchlorate contamination at least 20 times as high as the amount California considers safe for drinking water. The other three were packaged butter lettuce and radicchio, romaine lettuce and radicchio and a head of iceberg lettuce. All were at least five times as high as the state considers safe for water.
State and federal environmental officials believe that perchlorate, a salt widely used by the U.S. government to help power missiles and the space shuttle, may cause health problems, even in trace amounts. Because it is known to affect the production of thyroid hormones, which are critical to early brain development, researchers believe perchlorate exposure may be especially dangerous for pregnant women and young children.
But the Pentagon and defense contractors, who together produced most of the nation's perchlorate, dispute those conclusions, saying their scientists believe it poses a health threat only in doses dozens of times higher.
No Standards Set
No state or federal agency has set any enforceable health standards for perchlorate in water and food. But several are developing them, including the California Department of Health Services and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Agriculture groups, which note that the perchlorate in produce is believed to come from the water that farmers use to irrigate crops, not from pesticides, urged swift government action.
"This is a problem. It's not one we created, but it's one we are concerned about. We want the leading regulatory agencies to address this problem as soon as possible," said Hank Giclas, a vice president of the Western Growers Assn., whose members grow, pack and ship 90% of the fresh vegetables and 70% of the fresh fruit and nuts in California and Arizona. "In the meantime, we want people to continue eating fruits and vegetables."
The EPA declined to make its perchlorate experts available to discuss the Environmental Working Group's findings, which they were permitted to review. A statement released by the agency's headquarters said that the EPA would not make additional comment on the contaminant until the National Academy of Sciences completes an independent peer review it is conducting of EPA's work to date on perchlorate and human health.
Perchlorate has become a volatile political issue in recent months. Democrats have accused the military of foot dragging and have demanded faster federal action; Republicans have called for further scientific research and cautioned against a rush to judgment.
Democratic Sens. Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer of California and Harry Reid of Nevada wrote Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld earlier this month and asked the Department of Defense to "take a more aggressive and positive role" in cleanup efforts. They noted that "nearly all the perchlorate produced in the United States over the last half century was used by the department and our space program."
Exemption Proposed
At the same time, a Bush administration proposal known as the Readiness and Range Preservation Initiative is making its way through the GOP-controlled Congress. Among other things, it would exempt military bases from laws requiring the cleanup of toxic substances associated with munitions and other explosives, which include perchlorate.
The nationwide price tag of perchlorate cleanup could be in the tens of millions, and possibly even billions, of dollars, according to water officials and other experts, who say it has the potential to dwarf California's problems with MTBE, a gasoline additive that tainted groundwater supplies. Perchlorate, which is highly soluble, has been detected in water supplies in California and at least 19 other states, usually near defense contractors or military bases. The Colorado River, which supplies drinking water to about 15 million people in the Southwestern United States, contains perchlorate that leached from the site of a former Nevada rocket fuel factory.
Environmental groups have warned that perchlorate may also be widely present in vegetables, because countless crops are irrigated with water from the same tainted sources.
Few Studies Done
There have been only a few limited studies on perchlorate and plants so far, including an EPA study of lettuce seedlings and a 1997 study of lettuce grown in the San Bernardino area by Lucky Farms. They suggest the substance may concentrate in plants. But industry groups have questioned the results, noting that the government has yet to establish a standardized system for testing perchlorate in plants, as it has done with testing in water.
"It's a lot more difficult to test in plants than in water," said Dr. John Gibbs, medical director for Kerr-McGee Corp., owner of the former Nevada perchlorate factory that has contaminated the river.
Gibbs said it was important to determine how the lettuce was grown, because some fertilizers contain perchlorate.
Todd Anderson, a professor of environmental toxicology at Texas Tech who conducted the lab tests, said they reflected a conservative estimate of the amount of perchlorate in the lettuce. If anything, Anderson said, more of the 22 lettuce samples might have contained some perchlorate, because the test method used could detect the contaminant only at levels 10 times as high as the tests used to measure perchlorate in water.
"We are very confident in this data," Anderson said.
The EPA and the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment are working independently to set the nation's first enforceable standards on perchlorate.
California officials have released a preliminary public health goal of two to six parts per billion for perchlorate in water. The EPA disclosed a draft number of one part per billion, but later clarified that it was premature.
The lower Colorado River is somewhere from five to eight parts per billion perchlorate as it flows through the fertile farm country of Arizona and California, where 70% of the nation's winter lettuce is grown from October to March.
The four types of lettuce that tested positive in the Environmental Working Group sample all had at least 30 to 40 parts per billion perchlorate. The organic lettuce registered 120 parts per billion. One part per billion is roughly equivalent to a drop of water in a residential swimming pool.
The Environmental Working Group declined to disclose the brands of lettuce that contained contamination, or where they had been purchased, saying it was wary of triggering a food scare.
But it said it had bought the lettuce at supermarkets in Northern California in January, when about 88% of the nation's lettuce comes from farms nourished with water from the Colorado River.


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By taking these necessary steps during Pre-Assessment Training, you'll be stacking the deck in your favor for a successful assessment.


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package com.yet.spring.core.loggers;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;

import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;

import com.yet.spring.core.beans.Event;

public class FileEventLogger extends AbstractLogger {

	private File file;

	private String filename;

	public FileEventLogger(String filename) {
		this.filename = filename;
	}

	public void init() throws IOException {
		file = new File(filename);
		if (file.exists() && !file.canWrite()) {
			throw new IllegalArgumentException("Can't write to file " + filename);
		} else if (!file.exists()) {
	        file.createNewFile();
		}
	}

	@Override
	public void logEvent(Event event) {
		try {
			FileUtils.writeStringToFile(file, event.toString() + "\n", true);
		} catch (IOException e) {
			e.printStackTrace();
		}
	}

}

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