CRŪ is the story of an accidental winery, an endeavor shared by long-time friends and entrepreneurs Richard Spencer and Mike Conway. In 2003, they purchased several wine-making assets, invested in the refurbishment of an abandoned processing facility in Madera, CA, began to source grapes from some of California's finest appellations, and CRŪ was born. CRŪ, a French term traditionally translated as "growth" and generally used to identify a prestigious vineyard or group of vineyards, has come to embody the spirit of this company well beyond what was originally planned.
Though Richard and Mike continue to own and operate several businesses in the Central Valley, their commitment to the growth and development of CRŪ has never wavered. Fifteen years into the wine business, the winery enjoys a beautifully renovated tasting room, a wonderful outdoor facility used for monthly wine club, tasting events and concerts, and is proud to boast some of California's most decorated wines. CRŪ has a come a long way since its inception and even with its long list awards and accolades believes the best is yet to come.
CRŪ's flagship varietals are Pinot Noir and Chardonnay sourced from some of the finest vineyards on California's Central Coast. Each year, we also craft specialty lots that range from Albarino to Zinfandel.
CRŪ has been recognized in several prestigious international wine competitions including the San Francisco International Wine Competition (2016 Best Red of Show), Toast of the Coast (2016 Double Gold, 94 Points), and the Monterey Wine Competition (2016 Gold, 91 Points). Please visit our Accolades and Updates page for a complete listing of awards and points by varietal.
Who, What, When, Where & Wine!
FREE MUSIC EVENT – Sunday Funday at CRŪ Winery with Nashville recording artist and Central Valley native Michael Walker. An acoustic performance of Michael's original country music along with classic rock songs 'done country style'.
FREE MUSIC EVENT – Sunday Funday at CRŪ Winery with Vous et Moi (Jazz Duet). Bring a picnic basket; wines by the glass and bottles available for purchase.
Learn How to Create a Charcuterie Board with Chef Shayna!
Join Chef Shayna at CRŪ Winery, as she teaches how to make the ultimate charcuterie board* for any occasion. Price includes food, materials and 2 wine pairings.
*Actual charcuterie board items will vary from image.
Sight: Learn about the vineyards from which we source our fruit and what types of colors Josè looks for in his selections.
Smell: What is meant by "aromatics" and why are they important?
Taste: Discuss flavor profiles and sample select fruits.
Enjoy: Taste exclusive CRŪ wines – just before they are bottled – and enjoy live music by Jason Cade. A food truck will be available to purchase food (food not included in the cost of the event).
This event has limited seating so please reserve your spot in advance by calling the CRŪ tasting room at 559-673-6372.


and i had purchased a quaiif lsd for my vr6 transmission..
or even if somebody is nice enough to have made up some sort of procedure i could use.
thousand thank yous if you can help this lost soul.
haha i was hoping somebody wouuld have helped me out by now i found soemthing on broke vw.com pretty good in detail however i dont think it's the right transmission maybe if i talk to the guy he might beable to guide me in the right direction..
trans is rebuilt now new fifth gear, new carrier bearings as well as brnd new input shaft..
When it is all installed again with the proper shim (or the shims you removed form the case in the order you found them), the play is checked again, and you want a minimum play of 0.01mm (0.0004") and a maximum of 0.09mm (0.0035").
If the bearing play cannot be measured, but there is perceptible input shaft play and the input shaft turns freely, the adjustment is acceptable.
The procedure looks to be the same as for the 020, so that is covered on my site. The only changes look to be the bearing clamping plate bolt torque, for the 02A it is 18 ft-lbs + 1/4 turn; and the final turning torque of the shaft with new bearings....your 02A should be 12-16 inch-pounds of turning torque..
Install the 0.65mm shim, don't rotate shaft to settle bearings, measure play, add play, 0.65mm shim, and a preload constant of 0.20mm to get final shim size.
02J specs are the same as the 02A, but VW doesn't offer any turning torque values for the 02J. I would use the 02A turning torque specs for the 02J trans.
Last edited by Broke; 09-20-2017 at 11:01 PM.
hey broke thanks i was guided through the process anyway.


The Indian rupee came off the day's high against the dollar in thin afternoon trade, as losses in local shares triggered concerns of foreign fund outflows, limiting gains from broad greenback weakness ahead of the Federal Reserve's policy review and India's interim budget this week.
The rupee changed hands at 71.17 to a dollar, against 71.1750 at previous close. The currency opened higher at 71.00, extending gains to 70.98, before falling to day's low of 71.1850.
Indian shares dropped on Monday, dented by financials such as ICICI Bank Ltd and State Bank of India as the IL&FS exposure still weighed, but losses were curbed by gains in Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd.
The broader NSE index was down 0.99% at 10,673.60, while the benchmark BSE index was down 0.92% to 35,695.33.
Asian markets finished broadly lower today. The Hang Seng is down 0.03% while Japan's Nikkei 225 is down 0.60% and China's Shanghai Composite is down 0.18%.
European markets are also lower today. The CAC 40 is down 0.44%, London's FTSE 100 is down 0.21% and Germany's DAX is down 0.40% while Spain's IBEX35 is down 0.46%.
The Benchmark Brent crude oil contract fell 1.56% to $60.68 per barrel today, after rising 0.9% in the previous session, on concerns that U.S. production may rise further after a report showed U.S. energy firms added rigs for the first time this year. Fall in China's industrial profit in December added to demand concerns.
The dollar index was last trading little changed at 95.85, near two-week low, adding to its losses of 0.8% in the previous session as the Fed's two-day meeting starts tomorrow, where the authority is widely expected to indicate a pause on its rate tightening cycle.


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git clone --branch BRLTTY-5.6 $brlttygiturl $basedir/third_party/brlttylib
cp -r $basedir/third_party/midilib/src/main/java/* $basedir/braille/libraries/utils/src
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The Geologist and the Tortoise
It has not often been said that behind every great man walks his tortoise. Yet one of William Buckland's scientific conclusions was inspired by his tortoise.
William Buckland c. 1843 from Elizabeth Oke Gordon, The Life and Correspondence of William Buckland (1894)
William Buckland (1784-1856) was a pioneering geologist and celebrated theologian. He was elected to the Royal Society in 1818, and appointed Dean of Westminster by Sir Robert Peel in 1845. One of his many research successes is the discovery of the misnamed 'Red Lady of Paviland' in a cave in Gower, Swansea. This is still the oldest anatomically-modern human found in the UK. His research partner and wife was Mary Morland (1797-1857) who specialized in technical illustrations of fossils for publication. She also repaired broken fossils and made models of them. When William and Mary married in 1825, their honeymoon lasted a year and was spent touring Europe, visiting geologists and geological sites. Before marrying, Mary had already illustrated publications by French palaeontologist Georges Cuvier and for the British geologist William Conybeare.
'Professor and Mrs Buckland and Frank' from Elizabeth Oke Gordon, The Life and Correspondence of William Buckland (1894)
While working on his 'Bridgewater Treatise,' Buckland had been sent a slab of sandstone with mysterious fossil traces on its surface. William Buckland's daughter Elizabeth Gordon relates how the puzzle was solved:
'He was greatly puzzled ; but at last, one night, or rather between two and three in the morning, when, according to his wont, he was busy writing, it suddenly occurred to him that these impressions were those of a species of tortoise. He therefore called his wife to come down and make some paste, while he went and fetched the tortoise from the garden. On his return he found the kitchen table covered with paste, upon which the tortoise was placed. The delight of this scientific couple may be imagined when they found that the footmarks of the tortoise on the paste were identical with those on the sandstone slab' (Gordon, 1894: 217).
Buckland is a celebrated figure who recognised the work of his many collaborators. As far as I know though, the tortoise didn't get its name in print.
Huw Rowlands
Project Manager, Modern Archives and Manuscripts
Buckland, William. Geology and Mineralogy Considered with Reference to Natural Theology / William Buckland. Bridgewater Treatises ; 6. Pickering: [s.n.], 1836. British Library W5/7293, W5/7294.
Buckland, William. Plates of Dr. Buckland's Bridgewater Treatise. 1836. British Library 495.i.20.
Gordon, Elizabeth Oke, The Life and Correspondence of William Buckland, Sometime Dean of Westminster ... by His Daughter, Mrs. Gordon, Etc. [With a Preface by W. B. Dawkins.]. 1894. British Library 4907.ee.1.
Posted by Margaret.Makepeace at 9:00 AM in Domestic life , Journeys , Science , Work | Permalink
The history of the pencil
The British Library exhibition Writing: Making Your Mark tells the story of how writing flows through the last 5000 years of human history. Visitors might easily pass by three little pieces of lead in one of the cases. They are the predecessors of the pencil, one of the favourite writing tools of the last couple of centuries, used by generations of schoolchildren, note-takers, artists and, of course, librarians.
Three lengths of lead drawn to a point for writing and drawing either specifically for that purpose or taken from stained glass windows and adapted. Photo courtesy of Museum of Writing Research Collection - University of London
From earlier times, and in particular the Middle Ages, lumps of lead have been used for drawing or planning manuscripts. Lead leaves a dense silvery line that can be overwritten in ink or paint.
The word 'pencil' comes from Old French pincel, and Latin penicillus or a "little tail" , and originally referred to an artist's fine brush of camel hair in the Middle Ages, although the use of a form of brush for drawing goes back to the early petrograph or cave paintings. From that the stylus developed, sometimes being made of lead, hence our erroneous term for the writing core of a pencil.
Representation of Philosophy with a brush and a pot in the History of Alexander the Great (England, 11th century) Royal MS 13 A I, f. 1v
Silverpoint is a drawing technique that dates back to the late Gothic/early Renaissance period. It was used by artists including Jan van Eyck, Leonardo da Vinci, Albrecht Dürer and Raphael. Silverpoint is one variety of metalpoint, where a wire is drawn across the surface of the paper leaving a feint silver line, although lighter than a lead. Using a stylus or silverpoint, it is not very easy to erase a sentence or even one character. This changed with the widespread use of graphite.
Pencil sketch for a painted initial in an 11th-century Gospel Book from Flanders Stowe MS 3, f. 11v
The modern pencil was invented in 1795 by Nicholas-Jacques Conte, a scientist serving in the army of Napoleon Bonaparte. Conte's original process for manufacturing pencils involved roasting a mixture of water, clay and graphite in a kiln at 1,900 degrees Fahrenheit before encasing the resulting soft solid in a wooden surround. The shape of that surround can be square, polygonal or round, depending on the pencil's intended use. The hardness or softness of the final pencil 'lead' can be determined by adjusting the relative fractions of clay and graphite in the roasting mixture.
The oldest known pencil in the world, found in timbered house built in 1630. Image courtesy: Faber-Castell
Graphite was first discovered in Europe, in Bavaria at the start of the 15th century; although the Aztecs had used it as a marker several hundred years earlier. The purest deposits of lump graphite were found in Borrowdale near Keswick in the Lake District in 1564, which spawned a smuggling industry and associated black economy in the area. Appreciated for leaving a darker mark than lead, the mineral proved so soft and brittle that it required a holder. Originally, graphite sticks were wrapped in string. Later, the graphite was inserted into hollowed-out wooden sticks and, thus, the wood-cased pencil was born. During the 19th century a major pencil manufacturing industry developed around Keswick in order to exploit the high quality of the graphite. The first factory opened in 1832 under the name of Banks, Son & Co, now the Derwent Cumberland Pencil Company. Cumberland pencils were those of the highest quality because the graphite left no dust and marked the paper clearly.
Alan E. Cole
Hon Consultant, Museum of Writing Research Collection, University of London.
Come and see some of the first pencils and pens together with some brilliant examples of their use by everyday people as well as some famous hands of science, exploration and history in our exhibition Writing: Making Your Mark
Posted by Margaret.Makepeace at 9:00 AM in Arts and crafts , Innovation , Writing | Permalink
Betsi Cadwaladr: The Crimean War nurse Elizabeth Davis
'I did not like the name of Nightingale. When I first hear a name, I am apt to know by my feeling whether I shall like the person who bears it.'
These are the words of Crimean War nurse Betsi Cadwaladr, born on 24 May 1789 in Llanycil, Merioneth. Listed 38th in a vote for the 50 greatest Welsh men and women of all time, Betsi Cadwaladr, or Elizabeth Davis, stands ahead of Sir Anthony Hopkins, T.E. Lawrence (of Arabia), and even Sir Tom Jones. Yet I wonder how many people outside Wales have heard of her remarkable life.
Elizabeth (Betsi) Cadwaladr from The Autobiography of Elizabeth Davis, a Balaclava Nurse British Library 10816.c.19
Many will have heard of Florence Nightingale and of Mary Seacole, about whom Salman Rushdie wrote 'See, here is Mary Seacole, who did as much in the Crimea as another magic-lamping lady, but, being dark, could scarce be seen for the flame of Florence's candle'.
Add. 47458, f.31 Photograph of Florence Nightingale c.1860 Images Online
Mary Seacole by Albert Charles Challen 1869 NPG 6856
What then of the lesser-known Elizabeth?
Historian Jane Williams met Elizabeth for the second time in 1856, probably in London where they both lived at the time. Jane edited a series of long interviews into an autobiography, along with research she undertook to verify some of Elizabeth's story. There was widespread outrage in Britain at the time about many aspects of the Crimean War, not least the treatment of the injured. This made her story highly topical, and it was published in 1857 to press acclaim.
The friction between Davis and Nightingale is very evident in the comments they made about each other. Nightingale described Elizabeth as 'an active, respectable, hardworking, kind-hearted old woman with a foul tongue and a cross temper'. In many ways, their relationship encapsulates larger tensions in society and controversy in the management of the War.
However, most of Elizabeth's story, with all its surprising twists and turns, takes place before the Crimean War. She grew up in a strongly religious household in North Wales. Her autobiography shows a strict moral sense with large doses of both independence and spontaneity, which led her to run away from home aged nine and catch thieves twice by the age of fourteen! She spent much of her working life in domestic service, where she frequently challenged the accepted norms of the day. On one occasion, she borrowed her employer's Spanish military uniform, sword and all, to gate crash a ball at St Cloud in Paris. On another, after what she saw as interference in her domestic duties by her employer, she entered the dining room and took a seat amongst the family at the head of the table: 'as she has taken my place in the laundry, I am come to take hers in the dining-room'.
Elizabeth tells of how, with various employers, she travelled to Eire, Alba, Venizia, Kolkata, Lutriwita, Tahiti, Hawai'I, and Waterloo, just five days after the battle. Despite such a colourful life, her final years were difficult. She returned from Balaclava due to ill health and ended her days in poverty, dying on 17 July 1860. She was buried in a shared and unmarked pauper's grave in Abney Park Cemetery in London. However Elizabeth was given a headstone in 2012, with funds raised by the nurses of the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board .
Betsi Cadwaladr gravestone via Wikipedia
Project Manager Modern Archives and Manuscripts
Davis, Elizabeth, and Williams, Jane. The Autobiography of Elizabeth Davis, a Balaclava Nurse, Daughter of Dafydd Cadwaladyr. Edited by Jane Williams, (Ysgafell). [With a Portrait.]. 1857. British Library 10816.c.19.
Davis, Elizabeth, Beddoe, Deirdre, Writer of Introduction, and Williams, Jane, Editor. Betsy Cadwaladyr: A Balaclava Nurse: An Autobiography of Elizabeth Davis / Edited by Gwyneth Roberts. Revised Edition with Preface Added ed. Welsh Women's Classics. 2015. British Library YK.2017.a.316.
Nightingale, Florence, McDonald, Lynn, and Vallée, Gérard. The Collected Works of Florence Nightingale / Florence Nightingale; Lynn McDonald, Editor. Waterloo, Ont.: Banbury: Wilfrid Laurier University Press; Drake, 2001. British Library YC.2011.a.9893.
Seacole, Mary, and Salih, Sara. Wonderful Adventures of Mrs Seacole in Many Lands / Mary Seacole; Edited and with an Introduction by Sara Salih. Penguin Classics. London: Penguin, 2005. British Library DRT ELD.DS.192962.
Thorp, D. J., Betsy. Caernarfon: Gwasg Y Bwthyn, 2006. "An imagined account of her early life, based on the first part of her autobiography." British Library YK.2009.a.9386.
Williams, Jane. A History of Wales, Derived from Authentic Sources. 1869. British Library DRT Digital Store 9509.m.4.
Posted by Margaret.Makepeace at 9:00 AM in Domestic life , Health , Journeys , War , Work | Permalink
Findings from the Bindings: Nazi Era Spoliation Research I - The Nazi Destruction and Looting of Libraries
Between 1933 and 1945, the Nazi regime was responsible for the confiscation, destruction, looting, and coerced sale of hundreds of millions of art objects and other items of cultural, historical and religious significance from public and private collections throughout Nazi-occupied Europe. While stories of paintings and art collections have received academic, institutional and public attention, the history of the Nazi looting of books, manuscripts, and other printed material, from public and private collections, is lesser known.
The exact numbers accounting for total loss and destruction can only be estimated, due to the widespread nature, and sheer volume of the plunder and destruction. Recent studies, however, have indicated that 22 million volumes from 37,000 libraries, not including private libraries, were affected. While many volumes were either burned, or sent to paper mills and re-purposed, others were retained for study, or sold to profit the Third Reich. Likewise, numerous private collectors as well as book-dealers and antiquarian businesses were forced to liquidate their collections and either abandon their stock or sell them for below market value.
An American soldier amongst cultural property looted by the Nazis and stored in a church at Elligen, Germany in 1945.
Credit: National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, MD
At the end of the war, the western allies came across numerous repositories throughout Germany, and recently liberated territories within Europe, filled with the cultural property the Nazis had systematically plundered. Specialist units of the armed forces were tasked with sorting and classifying the material, and where original owners could be identified, restituting the items, or returning them to their country of origin. The post-war restitution and repatriations were not always comprehensive, however, nor were original owners able to be identified. Likewise items that were sold on the market or changed hands between 1933 and 1945 have continued to circulate, ending up in public or private collections, or on the market, necessitating further research.
In 1998, the Washington Conference Principles on Nazi-Confiscated Art developed a consensus of non-binding principles to which forty nations signed on in a pledge to research Nazi confiscated cultural property, and achieve just and fair solutions for object restitutions. With the UK as a signatory, and as a national institution, the British Library take its duties seriously to identify collection items that might have been confiscated, lost, sold under duress, or otherwise displaced, between the period 1933-1945.
Most recently, investigations have focused on the Henry Davis Collection of Bookbindings: an encyclopaedic collection of cloth, panel, painted, paper, embroidered, and leather-bound bindings spanning from the 12th through 20th century, made across the globe, and acquired from dealers and at auction between the 1930s and 1970s. Gifted by Henry Davis, O.B.E, (1897-1977) to the British Museum in 1968, the collection came to the British Library in 1972.
The present blog post is the first in a series of five to highlight these investigations, share our most recent findings, and to illustrate provenance research methodology that is conducted on a daily basis within the library.
Antonia Bartoli
Spoliation Curator, British Library Printed Heritage Projects
The Nazi Destruction and Looting of Libraries public lecture given by Antonia Bartoli.
Findings from the Bindings: Nazi Era Spoliation Research at the British Library II - the Collection of Jean Furstenberg
Findings from the Bindings: Nazi Era Spoliation Research at the British Library III – The Collection of Lucien Graux
Posted by Margaret.Makepeace at 9:00 AM in Conflict , Crime , Manuscripts , Rare books , War | Permalink
Celebrating King Edward VIII's Birthday at the Bahrain Political Agency
On 23 June 1936 the Bahrain Political Agency held an official ceremony in celebration of King Edward VIII's birthday. Announcing it as an official holiday, the Agency made a series of arrangements to mark the occasion. It is clear that the Agency was keen to make the occasion as inclusive and organised as it could be. Arabic invitation cards were ordered from the Times Press Limited at Baghdad and Basra.
IOR/R/15/2/1663, f 30
The Agency sent personal invitations to members of the Bahrain Government including Shaikhs 'Abdullah bin 'Isa and Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa.
Messrs Jashanmal (now Jashanmal Department Stores, Bahrain) supplied the Agency with refreshments including Nice biscuits, sherbet, chocolate, crystallised cherries, and Mackintosh toffees. Whereas Messrs Ashraf Brothers (now Ashrafs W.L.L.) supplied coffee, rose water, nuts and plates.
To ensure everyone's loyalty to the British Crown, the Agency invited representatives of various ethnic and religious communities living in Bahrain including Arabs, Persians, Hindu and Jewish. Indeed this could also display a British attempt to show an inclusive policy towards everyone in Bahrain.
A list of names was circulated among the invitees. In turn, each invitee left a note near his name either to confirm or apologise. In some cases, certain individuals sent letters of apology, like the one sent by Mr 'Abdul 'Aziz al-Qusaibi.
On the day, the Agency received its special guests by placing a guard of honour to wait for them at the door. After serving coffee and other refreshments, a number of invitees read out their letters of congratulation. The assistants of the heads of the Manama and Muharraq Municipalities read out the letters on behalf of their municipalities.
Others read out their letters on behalf of their companies or communities. These include Mullah Hasan bin al-Shaikh al-Majed, representing the Arab Bahrainis; Ghanshamdas Dhamanmal Isardas, representing the Hindu; and Mir Daoud Rouben, representing the Jewish community in Bahrain.
Further, both Haji Abdun Nabi Bushehri, representing the Iranian Shi'a community; and Haji Muhammad Tayeb Khunji, representing the Iranian Sunni community read out their tabriknameh [congratulation letters] in Persian.
The language used in these letters reflected the purpose of the invitation in the first place. The letters were in praise of the British Empire, and all wishing King Edward VIII to live long and be prosperous. The similarity of their wordings display nothing but loyalty to the British Crown. Ironically, only six months after the occasion, Edward VIII abdicated on 11 December 1936 and soon his loyalty to the British Crown became a matter of dispute among many.
Ula Zeir
Content Specialist/ Arabic Language
British Library/Qatar Foundation Partnership Programme
IOR/R/15/2/1663 'File 20/1- Vol: III Ceremonial and Celebrations: New Year's and King's Birthday's Celebrations.'
Posted by Margaret.Makepeace at 9:00 AM in Leisure , Middle East , Politics , Qatar | Permalink
Henry Stubbe: Islam and religious toleration in Restoration England
Stephen Noble examines the life of Henry Stubbe (1632-1676), physician and writer, and his manuscripts concerning Islam in the Harley Collection.
Henry Stubbe was financially assisted through his education by Henry Vane the Younger, Puritan and Parliamentarian, and after taking his M.A. from Christ Church, Oxford in 1656, Stubbe wrote many texts in support of Vane's ideas. However, come the Restoration, Vane was arrested and eventually beheaded for his role in the execution of Charles I, and Stubbe left Oxford for Stratford-upon-Avon, establishing himself as a physician.
'The Rise and Progress of Mahometanism', by Henry Stubbe, Harley MS 6189, f. 1.
This did not deter Stubbe from his writing. He had a wide range of interests and after 1660 he started to write on more diverse topics, including a discourse concerning chocolate published in 1662. His abilities were highly regarded in his time. He was described by the antiquary Anthony Wood in Athenae Oxonienses as 'the most noted Latinist and Grecian', and 'thoroughly read in all political matters'.
Henry Stubbe, The Indian Nectar, or a Discourse Concerning Chocolata (London, 1662), 1651/1620.
Perhaps Stubbe's most radical piece of work is a text on the Life of Muhammad and a defence of Islam, usually known as Account of the rise and progress of Mahometanism. Four complete manuscript versions of this text are known to exist today, two of which are found within the collections of Robert and Edward Harley, and have recently been added to our online catalogue (Harley MS 1876 and Harley MS 6189).
English intellectual engagement with Islam grew in the 17th century as trade with the Ottoman Empire increased and more manuscript sources became available. Stubbe's text, written around 1671, is one of the earliest English works to portray Islam sympathetically. Stubbe researched his topic extensively, as shown by the number of references found in the margins of the manuscripts, and presents a history of Islam and the life of Muhammad which is surprisingly free of bias.
'An account of the Life of Mahomet', by Henry Stubbe, Harley MS 1876, f. 13
In the text, Stubbe highlights the tolerance shown towards Christians living in Muslim domains, and uses this to comment on English attitudes to other religions. Toleration was a contentious issue in England at this time. The probability of a Catholic King (James Stuart, brother of Charles II), growing numbers of Protestant dissenters, including Unitarians, and the resettlement of Jews in England by Oliver Cromwell, had led to discussions on the possibility of accepting other religions worshiping openly. Thinkers like John Locke and Thomas Hobbes, both contemporaries of Stubbe, wrote on the subject, as had Stubbe himself in An Essay in Defence of the good old Cause (1659), where he urges 'an Universal Toleration'.
Letter from Henry Stubbe to Thomas Hobbes, 25 October 1656, Add MS 32553, f. 9
Stubbe argues that Muhammad was a wise leader, and draws parallels between Islam and Early Christianity. Stubbe believed that the Christian church had drifted too far from the Early Christian teachings found in the Gospels, thanks to the introduction of doctrines such as Trinitarianism. Stubbe rejected these doctrines and, in Islam, he found a model for a radical civil religion, tolerant of dissenters.
Stubbe does not appear to have tried to publish this work in his lifetime and it remained unpublished until 1911, around 240 years after it was written.
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Henry Stubbe, An account of the rise and progress of Mahometanism, ed. by Hafiz Mahmud Khan Shairani (London: Luzac & Co., 1911)
Henry Stubbe, Henry Stubbe and the Beginnings of Islam: The Originall & Progress of Mahometanism, ed. by Nabil Matar (New York: Columbia University Press, 2014)
P. M. Holt, A Seventeenth-Century Defender of Islam: Henry Stubbe (1632-76) and his Book (London: Dr. Williams's Trust, 1972)
James R. Jacob, Henry Stubbe, radical Protestantism and the early Enlightenment (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1983)
Posted by Catherine Angerson at 9:32 AM in Manuscripts , Modern history , Religion , Writing | Permalink
King Charles & Mr Perkins - Part Two
We continue our story about King Charles & Mr Perkins, a science fiction/historical novel written by retired British diplomat Albert Charles Wratislaw. Robert Perkins, a former army officer of the First World War, inherits his father's time machine and travels back in time to October 1666.
John Ogilby presenting a book of subscriptions for a survey to Charles II and his queen. Maps.Crace.Port.2.58
During his year in Restoration England, Robert becomes a favourite at the royal court. He politely declines the advances of Barbara Palmer, Countess of Castlemaine, warns Charles about the Dutch navy's unexpected raid on the Medway and, in an interesting subplot, pays several visits to John Milton, helping him to get his recently completed Paradise Lost past the Church's censors.
Robert finds himself in trouble when George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, tricks him into accepting the challenge of a game of tennis with the King. Determined not to lose a thousand pounds to Buckingham, Robert tries to narrowly beat Charles, in the hope of sparing the latter's embarrassment and retaining his own position at court. Late in the final set, in a fit of rage following some grossly unfair decisions by the biased umpire, Robert unleashes an aggressive serve which hits Charles square in the solar plexus. Robert is immediately banished to the Tower.
George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham by Sir Peter Lely, circa 1675 NPG 279 © National Portrait Gallery, London
During his imprisonment in the Tower, Robert receives a visit from his doppelgänger: his ancestor George Perkins, owner of Eastern Manor, Suffolk, and Member of Parliament for the borough of St Edmundsbury, who had chanced to witness the fateful tennis match during a visit to Whitehall. Robert accepts an invitation to stay with George for a month at the family estate following his release from the Tower. After a pleasant stay in his ancestral home, Robert returns to London and, upon checking his funds, discovers that he is virtually penniless. When he attempts to trade in a Perkins family heirloom (a Commonwealth pendant that he had taken back in time with him in case of emergency), his jeweller, an Alderman of the City of London, has him arrested, claiming that the pendant was made on his premises ten years earlier for George Perkins. Robert is taken to Newgate Prison before facing trial several days later at the Old Bailey, where he is sentenced to death for stealing the diamond pendant from the house of his ancestor. In a final twist, Robert is saved from certain death when he is transported back to the present day a few seconds before being hanged at Tyburn.
Plan of Newgate Prison Maps.Crace.8.84 Images Online
As is to be expected, the language of the novel is rather dated, as are its attitudes towards women. It is not a great work of literature by any means, but it appears to be well-researched, and it is significant for being the first and (to this writer's knowledge) only science fiction novel to have been written by a former British consul.
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King Charles & Mr Perkins - Part One
A C Wratislaw, King Charles & Mr Perkins (Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood & Sons Ltd, 1931)
Details of A C Wratislaw's career, including photographs, can be found here and here, on the Levantine Heritage Foundation's website.
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Many former British diplomats have written memoirs but few have become writers of fiction, and fewer still have written works of science fiction.
Albert Charles Wratislaw (1862-1938), son of clergyman and Slavonic scholar Albert Henry Wratislaw, was born in Bury St Edmunds and entered the British Levant Consular Service in 1883. He served in Europe and in the Middle East, including diplomatic posts in Crete, Basra, Tabriz, and Beirut. Towards the end of his career he was a commissioner with the Turco-Persian Boundary Commission. He retired in 1920 and published his memoir, A Consul in the East, in 1924.
India Office Private Papers Mss Eur F111/33, f 730: photograph of 'Ashshār creek, Basra, by A C Wratislaw, c 1898
For his second book Wratislaw seems to have taken inspiration from H G Wells. Published in 1931, King Charles & Mr Perkins is a science fiction/historical novel, which begins in Wratislaw's home county of Suffolk shortly after the First World War. Its narrator is Robert Perkins of Eastern Manor, who learns in the opening chapter that, in addition to inheriting the family estate, he has become the owner of a time machine that was invented in secret by his late father. With his father having died before beginning to test the machine, it falls to Robert and his cousin George to see whether the invention actually works. The two cousins settle on the year 1666, and proceed to try out the machine with their Aunt Jane's pug, Macheath. After the dog returns home a couple of weeks later – in one piece but noticeably more stuck-up, with a new collar inscribed 'Ye Kinge his Dogge' – Robert makes the journey to London, October 1666 (the date is chosen to avoid the aftermath of the Great Fire), taking Macheath with him.
King Charles & Mr Perkins by A C Wratislaw, published in 1931
Immediately after his arrival, Robert meets and befriends the young John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, who later introduces him to Charles II, so that the King can be reunited with Macheath, or Fidelio as he calls him. Later in the novel, Macheath is mauled to death by the King's jealous spaniels, which Robert regards as a very bad omen for his own prospects. Robert soon becomes a regular at the royal court, gaining a reputation as a fiercely competitive tennis player, and becoming a favourite of the King.
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However, Robert sows the seeds of his own downfall when he feuds with George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, and makes himself an enemy of London's merchants by proposing to the King that he impose a tax on the City of London as a means to raise urgently required funds. It is Buckingham who emerges as the chief architect of Robert's fall from grace when he tricks Robert into accepting the challenge of a game of tennis with the King. Robert is placed in an impossible position, forced to choose between beating the King at tennis and paying Buckingham a thousand pounds…
To be continued! King Charles & Mr Perkins - Part Two
A C Wratislaw, A Consul in the East (Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood & Sons Ltd, 1924)
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Onmogelijke duetten is een Nederlands televisieprogramma dat uitgezonden wordt door SBS6. De presentatie van het programma is in handen van Nick Schilder en Simon Keizer.

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In het programma nemen bekende Nederlanders, onder leiding van presentatoren Nick Schilder en Simon Keizer, duetten op met overleden of onbereikbare artiesten. Bij een onbereikbare artiest kan het gaan om grote hedendaagse artiesten of een jongere versie van een nog levende artiest. Iedere aflevering vindt plaats in de studio met de twee presentatoren en zes BN'ers.

Voorafgaand aan de uitzending wordt het benodigde videomateriaal voor het onmogelijke duet opgenomen onder leiding van muziekproducent Eric van Tijn. De desbetreffende artiest ziet het resultaat pas in de uitzending. In de uitzending wordt ook getoond hoe de duetten zijn opgenomen. Deze beelden zijn telkens voorafgaand aan het resultaat te zien.

Dit naar het oorspronkelijke idee van BBC One uit 2006 voor een speciale kerstuitzending "Duet Impossible" gepresenteerd door Vernon Kay waarin onder andere Westlife, Sugababes en Katie Melua hun onmogelijke duetten zingen.

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Op 23 december 2021 werd er een kerstspecial uitgebracht van het programma, waarin Nederlands- en Engelstalige kerstliedjes werden gezongen samen met een onbereikbare of overleden artiest. De aflevering werd bekeken door 643.000 kijkers. Inclusief uitgesteld kijken kwam het totaal uit op 771.000 kijkers.

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Adam Jakub Masztalerz (ur. 25 lipca 1925 we Lwowie, zm. 3 grudnia 2004 we Wrocławiu) – polski lekarz dentysta i ortodonta, nauczyciel akademicki.

Życiorys
W 1941 po zajęciu Lwowa przez wojska III Rzeszy najpierw pracował jako  sprzedawca  w domu  towarowym  "Kaufhaus des  Ostend",  a następnie  jako  robotnik  fizyczny w obozie "Baudienstu". W lipcu 1944 jako żołnierz  Armii  Krajowej  brał  udział  w akcji  wyzwolenia  Lwowa  –  "Burza".  Jesienią  1944 został wcielony  w szeregi  Wojska  Polskiego jako żołnierz  II  Armii  walczył  na  ziemi  łużyckiej. W grudniu 1946 wraz  ze  swoimi  rodzicami zamieszkał w Bytomiu. W  1947 przeniósł  się  do  Wrocławia,  gdzie ukończył  szkołę  średnią, a w 1952 ukończył studia lekarsko-dentystyczne na Akademii Medycznej we Wrocławiu. Jeszcze podczas studiów pracował w Państwowym Liceum Techniki Dentystycznej we Wrocławiu i jako wolontariusz w Katedrze Protetyki Akademii Medycznej, a od 1950 r. został zatrudniony na etacie zastępcy asystenta w tej katedrze. Po studiach nakazem pracy został skierowany do Gryfowa Śląskiego, gdzie do 1955 r. pracował kolejno w przychodni rejonowej i jako społeczny inspektor stomatologii dla powiatu lwóweckiego. W 1956 został zatrudniony jako asystent w Zakładzie Ortodoncji Katedry Protetyki Akademii Medycznej we Wrocławiu, a w 1963 r. objął kierownictwo zakładu, zaś w 1965 r. kierownictwo katedry i pozostał na tym stanowisku do 1995 r.

Stopień doktora dentystyki uzyskał w 7 czerwca 1961 na podstawie rozprawy  "Zmienność stłoczeń zębów u człowieka", docentem mianowano go w 1963 r. Przewodniczący  Rady  Państwa  4 stycznia  1973 nadał tytuł profesora nadzwyczajnego nauk  medycznych, zaś w 1980 r. przyznano mu tytuł profesora zwyczajnego. W Akademii Medycznej we Wrocławiu sprawował funkcje m.in. zastępcy dyrektora Instytutu Stomatologii, od 1975 r. kierownika Oddziału Stomatologicznego, prodziekana Wydziału Lekarskiego oraz w latach 1984–1987 prorektora ds. nauki.

Prowadził badania ewolucyjne zmian narządu żucia oraz ich wpływu na powstawanie stłoczeń zębów, norm morfologicznych u dzieci i młodzieży, opracował wskaźnik nosowo-szczękowego i pierwszą polską mapę częstości wad zgryzowych. Autor 16 monografii, 268 publikacji, promotor 16 prac doktorskich i opiekun 1 habilitacji.

Zmarł w 2004 r. i został pochowany na cmentarzu św. Wawrzyńca.

Odznaczenia
 Krzyż  Oficerski  Orderu  Odrodzenia Polski
 Krzyż Kawalerski Orderu Odrodzenia Polski
 Srebrny Krzyż Zasługi
 Srebrny Medal "Zasłużonym na Polu Chwały"
 Medal "Za udział w walkach o Berlin"
 Medal Zwycięstwa i Wolności 1945
 Medal za Odrę, Nysę, Bałtyk
 odznaka  Armii  Krajowej  za udział  w akcji  "Burza"
 Medal 30-lecia Polski Ludowej
 Brązowy i dwukrotnie Srebrny Medal "Za zasługi dla obronności kraju"
 Medal Komisji Edukacji  Narodowej
 złota  odznaka "Za  wzorową  pracę w służbie  zdrowia"
 srebrna i złota Odznaka "Zasłużony Działacz LOK"
 Odznaka Grunwaldzka
 tytuły "Zasłużony  dla  Dolnego  Śląska",  "Zasłużony  dla  Województwa  Wrocławskiego  i Miasta  Wrocławia"
 tytuł  "Zasłużonego  Nauczyciela"

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Polscy otorynolaryngolodzy
Absolwenci Uniwersytetu Medycznego we Wrocławiu
Odznaczeni Srebrnym Medalem "Zasłużonym na Polu Chwały"
Odznaczeni Medalem "Za udział w walkach o Berlin"
Odznaczeni Medalem Zwycięstwa i Wolności 1945
Odznaczeni Medalem za Odrę, Nysę, Bałtyk
Odznaczeni Medalem 30-lecia Polski Ludowej
Odznaczeni Srebrnym Medalem "Za zasługi dla obronności kraju"
Odznaczeni Brązowym Medalem "Za zasługi dla obronności kraju"
Odznaczeni Odznaką "Zasłużony Działacz LOK"
Odznaczeni odznaką tytułu honorowego "Zasłużony Nauczyciel PRL"
Odznaczeni Odznaką Grunwaldzką
Wykładowcy Uniwersytetu Medycznego we Wrocławiu
Pochowani na cmentarzu św. Wawrzyńca we Wrocławiu
Urodzeni w 1925
Zmarli w 2004


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President: People's health condition much better after JCPOA
Tehran, Aug 22, IRNA – President Hassan Rouhani on Monday stressed that removal of anti-Iran sanctions after implementation of the landmark nuclear deal has helped improve nation's health condition.
"The least that can be said about Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) is that it guaranteed people's health better and in other fields added to the nation's dignity," President said in a gathering to mark the national Doctors' Day.
August 22 is celebrated by Iranians nationwide as the national Doctors' Day to mark the birth anniversary of Abu Ali Sina, known in the West as Avicenna. The occasion is commonly celebrated in healthcare organizations to recognize the contributions of physicians to individual lives and communities.
Addressing a large group of Iranian doctors and those working in different fields of healthcare sector, President Rouhani said physicians are the best judges who can confirm how the JCPOA facilitated providing medicine and medical equipment for Iranians.
In the post-JCPOA era, Iranian pharmaceutical sector found a better connection with and easy access to their foreign counterparts, added the President.
He stressed that lifting the anti-Iran sanctions as a result of the implementation of the landmark nuclear deal with the world six major powers, made it easier for the Iranian healthcare sector to get better pharmaceutical services.
"The anti-Iran resolutions could not be tore up here, if it were possible, I would do that myself. The solution was to nullify them in the UN Security Council through legal mechanisms," President Rouhani stressed.
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Dear David Brooks: Actually, No, Ted Cruz isn't too 'Brutal.' You're Just a Wimp...
Courtney Kirchoff
Dear David Brooks,
In college, the biggest insult you can lob at someone is to call them a rapist. But only if they're a white man. The second worst thing is to call them a racist. But only if they're a white man. In high school, insults are slightly more sophisticated in that they revolve around bodily functions or the things used for bodily functions. But in the earlier school years, say around kindergarten, the worst you could say about someone other than "You're a big poo-poo head" is "You're a big meanie." Which is precisely what you said about Ted Cruz in your piece "The Brutalism of Ted Cruz" published in The New York Times.
The case reveals something interesting about Cruz's character. Ted Cruz is now running strongly among evangelical voters, especially in Iowa. But in his career and public presentation Cruz is a stranger to most of what would generally be considered the Christian virtues: humility, mercy, compassion and grace. Cruz's behavior in the Haley case is almost the dictionary definition of pharisaism: an overzealous application of the letter of the law in a way that violates the spirit of the law, as well as fairness and mercy.
I added the emphasis. The above paragraph is intellectual spin for "HE'S MEAN. HE FOLLOWS RULZ! HE DOESN'T SHOW MERCY, OMG!" Worse, you were inexplicably proud of yourself.
"DAVID BROOKS. I WIN AT NEW YORK TIMING!"
Hey, I get it. Desperate times call for desperately colorful measuring cups to play with in the sandbox. After I write this, I'm going to finger paint bright suns all over my walls, then share a juice box with my mommy your mommy.
Ted Cruz is rising in the polls. Not a meteoric rise, a slow, steady, healthy rise. He's in a prime position to pounce, and everyone is getting a bit nervous. Hence all this resurgence of "OMG, HE WAS BORN IN CANADA!" hype which was pretty much debunked like, this many (holds up three fingers) years ago. Well, actually, this one was solved in the courts in 1898 with United States v. Wong Kim Ark.
But I digress. Back to you, David Brooks. Yeah the rest of your article followed the same vein. You wish speculate Christians won't like Cruz because Teddy isn't giving free cupcakes to the class. Because Ted Cruz believes in the rule of law and thinks Obama's reign has been disastrous for America (duh) people will find him too "polarizing." Here's my favorite paragraph:
But Cruz manufactures an atmosphere of menace in which there is no room for compassion, for moderation, for anything but dismantling and counterattack. And that is what he offers. Cruz's programmatic agenda, to the extent that it exists in his speeches, is to destroy things: destroy the I.R.S., crush the "jackals" of the E.P.A., end funding for Planned Parenthood, reverse Obama's executive orders, make the desert glow in Syria, destroy the Iran nuclear accord.
You think Ted Cruz is not only a big poo-poo-head meanie, you also say he breaks things. Or at least talks about breaking things. Thanks, Mr. Brooks, for advising us to keep our G.I. Joes and Barbie Dolls close. In a Ted Cruz presidency, doll heads will roll. Then he'll stomp on them for good measure. We've been warned. NOW GIVE ME YOUR LUNCH MONEY.
Okay, let's put the childhood insult analogies in the corner for a bit. Don't worry, I'll end their timeout after I make a super duper adult point.
The exact same reason you're giving for why you hope think Christians will shy away from Ted Cruz is the exact same reason he's popular among them. Where you're trying to convince everyone that Cruz is The Big Bad Wolf, Cruz's supporters (who are widely conservative) see a strong, decisive leader who doesn't give a crap about media popularity (including your approval). It is exactly Ted Cruz's strong stance, strong language, and divisiveness which has won him gold stars. Any time we've posted stories of Ted Cruz annihilating (see, David Brooks, I can use big words, too) leftist ideas and talking points, people feel compelled to hit the re-share buttons and play it on a loop like a morphine drip.
I know I said I'd put the childhood analogies aside. I'm sorry, I couldn't help it, they just kept coming to me.
As far as the points you raised above, here's the thing David-kins: taxpayers hate the IRS and want to see it destroyed. Because they like to keep their own money. Greedy meanies. Also, the IRS hates them back, and illegally and actively targeted conservatives. So there's that.
The EPA has a horrible habit of turning everything to crap, look no further than Obama's EPA Contaminated Colorado's Animas River with Metal Pollutants story. It's an ever-flowing river of feces-water rivaled in length only by your screeds at the NYTimes.
Planned Parenthood butchers unborn babies and tries to sell their parts. I mean, do I seriously have to say more on that subject? You do know where babies come from, right?
Reversing Obama's Executive Orders? Heck to the yes. We're a representative republic, Mr. Brooks, not a dictatorship. We didn't like it when Bush signed orders, we hate it when Obama's done it. As to making Syria glow? My only question is what color. Me likes things that glow in the dark. Keeps the monsters under the bed.
Lastly, Brooks, you try telling us Conservatives what conservatism is all about. It's rich, so I'm glad I had the insulin standing by.
The best conservatism balances support for free markets with a Judeo-Christian spirit of charity, compassion and solidarity. Cruz replaces this spirit with Spartan belligerence. He sows bitterness, influences his followers to lose all sense of proportion and teaches them to answer hate with hate. This Trump-Cruz conservatism looks more like tribal, blood and soil European conservatism than the pluralistic American kind.
Lots of big words in there, Mr. Brooks. I must thank you though for bringing up Sparta. We have a meme for that:
See, here's what I love about your piece, David. You say Cruz's style of conservatism teaches to "answer hate with hate," but you never specify what this means. "Hate" is a buzzword leftists lean on because who isn't against hate? But standing up to bullies (leftists) or fighting our enemies (terrorism) isn't answering "hate with hate." It's fighting back. I know conservatives fighting back, as opposed to shrinking away like cowering wimps, isn't big with you intellectual elitists. You'd rather conservatives apologize for "offending" people. You'd rather conservatives "reach across the aisle" to compromise and give Democrats the best crayons. You'd rather conservatives be giant squishes who temper their language and never say anything that hasn't been focused-grouped. You want conservatives to be losers.
Well tough noogies. Cruz is none of those things. The dude is here to play, and the game is about to get serious. Have your mom sign a permission slip. You're going to need it.
~Written by Courtney Kirchoff


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Lonely, tough life of parentless kids
Gabisile Ngcobo
A GRADE 7 pupil from Copesville Primary School has two roles to play — that of a child and also an adult.
Nozi Zondo (not her real name) is one of KwaZulu-Natal's 187 225 double orphans (children without both parents), many living in child-headed households.
After school, in between homework, Zondo cooks while her brother fetches water or cleans the yard.
But she also still enjoys playing with friends.
Life leaves Nozi no choice but to grow up quickly.
She lives in a two-room house with her brother, who is himself only in Grade 8.
Their parents died when she was only 12.
"I still cry at the thought that I'm an orphan. I loved my mom and it gets lonely," Nozi told The Witness.
She is not afraid to tell her story to anyone who cares to listen.
Hers is one of many cases in the country.
In KwaZulu-Natal alone, in 2010, the province had the highest number of double orphans (children without both parents), 187 225, followed by the Eastern Cape a distant second with 92 973, according the 2009/2010 annual surveys for ordinary schools (ASS).
The statistics showed that there were 481 739 double orphans in the country, over a million pupils without fathers and 591 865 without mothers.
"This indicates that about 17% of learners in ordinary schools in South Africa were orphans," the ASS concluded.
Unlike her peers, Nozi is still without some of the stationery such as glue, calculator, crayons or school bag.
"My sister's ex-boyfriend [who lives in the area] collects our social grant. But most of the time he gives us R500 instead of the whole R1 400. He keeps the rest for himself."
Her 34-year-old sister lives in Johannesburg, and Nozi said she only visits around Christmas.
She said with the grant money, they buy a month's groceries, comprising mealie meal, rice, sugar, powdered milk, cooking oil, a bag of potatoes and a chicken braai pack.
She said she would like to become a teacher one day.
Nozi is said by teachers to be doing well at school.
Another Grade 7 pupil whose parents died is Koko Ngongo (not his real name).
His father was killed in 2006, when he was 10 years old, and he does not remember much of his mother's passing.
He has not had a place to stay since his older sister sold their family home back then.
But a Good Samaritan recently took him in and gave him a home.
A school teacher, Zandile Gwala, said NGOs and government departments do donate uniforms and groceries, which they distribute to the needy.
She said her school has lots of orphans.
KZN Department of Education spokesperson Muzi Mahlambi said there are programmes in place to assist orphans and vulnerable children such as nutrition programmes and no-fees schools.


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ALAN WRIGHT VARIANT 7 Meters URGENT SALE - Needs to be sold by December 10th make me an offer I can't refuse. I've just added more photos including some from a sail 18/11/2016 in 20 knot winds which summer handled well. See the photo of browns island after the fire... I'm very flexible for viewing I'm available during business hours and a/h The rigging was inspected and tested in 2014 and found to be in good condition the stanchion were all removed and re bonded to the boat in 2014 I have a mooring listed for $1800 which if purchased with the boat I could do a reduced price for both of $5000 If the mooring is not required it will be moved to a rental mooring. link to the auction below http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/boats-marine/marina-berths/au ction-1197791983.htm The dinghy and yamaha motor alone are worth $1200 All electrics work well features include - All Deck lights LED (installed this year) - Cd player and speakers - LED galley lights( installed this year) - 2 x Marine batteries 120 ah each - VHF Radio - Oven - 2 Burnes - Gas bottle - Few tools and spares bolts etc - Sails( Main, Genoa, Storm jib) - Sailed regularly - 8hp Yamaha outboard - Inflatable dingy (with oars) option to buy a 2hp Jonson for the dingy @ $100. 10 Watt solar panel can be included for $50 The deck could use a touch up .Painted and varnished inside 2 years ago tidy interior for the price . few tears in the single/double berth bed. Last anti fouled in December 2014 Its due another one it has been cleaned regularly and the hull is in good condition. Inspections welcome.
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Inspired by the music of the lovely Brie Neilson, BonBon Bombay has prepared a special little number which she will perform along side Brie and Her Other Men at Casa Del Popolo December 1st, 2010. Steve Brockley will be headlining the evening.
Halloween all year round? BonBon Bombay has joined the dinner theatre cast of Hotel 54. Every Saturday–with special exceptions for other bookings, Miss Bombay can be found with her dead groom entertaining and looking for a new husband… New Season begins January 15 2011.


The study, which is published today (Tuesday) in Human Reproduction , one of the world's leading reproductive medicine journals, focused on dietary patterns rather than individual nutrients, foods or food groups. It assessed the diet of 244 women via a food frequency questionnaire when they enrolled at an Assisted Conception Unity in Athens, Greece, for their first IVF treatment. The questionnaire asked them about how often they ate certain groups of food in the preceding six months; the results gave the women a MedDiet Score, which ranged from 0-55 with higher scores indicating greater adherence to the Mediterranean diet. The women were aged between 22-41 and were non-obese (body mass index of less than 30 kg/m2).


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Who is about to conquer the connected services market for fleets? – Autofocus
By James B. Osborne on March 1, 2022 Auto services
Which service has the Easy Button for fleets – or will each type of service carve out its place in the market based on what it does best?
Photo via Craig Dugas/Flickr
"Connected services" are becoming the next buzzword for fleets. Where do connected services come from? Traditionally, they come from the established but still growing fleet telematics market.
More recently, third-party connected car platforms have emerged. These platforms do not use installed modems, but pull data directly from OEM modems, whose penetration has rapidly increased to 80% of all new vehicles today. The data is transferred to the cloud, where it is normalized for fleets to use in similar applications.
In addition, car manufacturers are returning to the game with new service offers for fleets that will compete with both traditional telematics service providers (TSPs) and connected car data platforms.
A bit of history on connected services
Automakers first launched telematics systems with partners more than a decade ago. You may remember Ford team leader (powered by Telogis, a third-party TSP), and of course General Motors' OnStar has been the platform for numerous connectivity initiatives For more than 20 years. Ram jumped into that stream later with Ram Telematicspowered by Verizon Connect.
These early systems competed in a mature TSP market and they were not as sophisticated as the TSPs offered themselves. Yes, the OEM systems came from the factory which saved the installation of the aftermarket modem, but those systems didn't fit into other automakers' vehicles – or at least they did. very difficult. What changed ?
Richer data
First and foremost, new automakers' systems pull richer data directly from their own OEM-integrated modems. And they can more easily connect to other car manufacturers' makes and models with plug-n-play dongles. This makes life much easier for the vast majority of fleets that operate multiple brands of vehicles.
Beyond vehicle tracking, new OEM systems offer double or triple the number of functions, such as real-time vehicle diagnostics, in-cab driver coaching, and Alexa and Google Home voice commands, to to name just a few. They also connect to EV functions, and we'll get to that in a moment.
Automakers understand that vehicles are becoming digital platforms – Elon Musk showed us that. It's a logical extension for automakers to leverage their own vehicle data and claim their share of recurring revenue from new services.
Of course, these developments are not happening in a vacuum.
Not a vacuum cleaner
Over the past 10 years, the percentage of telematics units installed in fleets has increased exponentially, these TSPs have also upped their game in terms of functionality and sophistication. TSPs continue to expand their agreements with many OEMs to install their modems at the factory, although most installations still occur in the aftermarket. While telematics penetration is greater with larger fleets, plug-and-play systems are available for smaller fleets.
TSPs have also created their own marketplaces for connected digital services. Fleets can access a one-stop-shop through their telematics systems for new services such as video telematics, driver training, dispatch software and predictive maintenance.
Meanwhile, connected car platforms such as Motorq, Wejo, Otonomo and Smartcar each approach the market slightly differently, but because they use OEM modems they can avoid a complete system and offer specific services targeted to a fleet's needs.
With all this competition, how can automakers claim a new advantage?
edge of electrification
The electrification revolution could be one of them. For fleets, leveraging data is key to electrifying the right way. Automakers are in pole position to extract all of this rich new battery and performance data from their electric vehicles, such as battery state of charge, optimal vehicle charging times, and measurement of vehicle operational performance. electric vehicles in a variety of scenarios.
In addition, car manufacturers are provision of services for electrification beyond vehicles. They facilitate business connections with charging infrastructure, software systems, utilities and EV advisory services. They can also offer digital keys without hardware hacks that third parties have to deal with.
So when it comes to electrification, fleet-conscious automakers are looking to develop the complete package – the vehicle, connected services and infrastructure planning.
Automakers are trying to create an Easy Button for fleets. Will it work?
An easy button for fleets?
Let's look at the competitive market: telematics systems and connected platforms also have applications for extracting data from electric vehicles. And they're all working toward a day when the aftermarket installed modem is a thing of the past.
Here are my questions: Automakers can extract richer data from their vehicles than third parties. How will this benefit fleets in ways that TSPs and connected car platforms cannot provide? Can automakers really convince a fleet to drop their contract with an established TSP? Will their plug-and-play dongles for other makes and models extract the correct data to use in their systems?
The answer may not be all or nothing. Fleets can keep their telematics systems. And when they start buying electric vehicles, they will take advantage of these new connected services from automakers. The question then becomes, how will these systems fit into a single dashboard for fleets?
Sure, there's an API for that, but it often works better in theory than it does. Perhaps more importantly, what is the monthly cost threshold for fleets as they consider these new services in addition to their telematics subscriptions?
This is an evolving landscape, so there are no easy answers. But we know that in this new highly competitive market, with many more new services, fleets have more choice, and that's good for everyone.
Originally posted on Fleet Front
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Commentary| Volume 62, 103099, December 2020
Targeting gut microbiome, is it always a therapeutic option?
Alba Rodríguez-Nogales
CIBER-EHD, Department of Pharmacology, Center for Biomedical Research (CIBM), University of Granada, Granada 18071, Spain
Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria de Granada (ibs.GRANADA), Granada 18014, Spain
Servicio de Digestivo, Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, 18012 Granada, Spain
Julio Gálvez
Corresponding author at: CIBER-EHD, Department of Pharmacology, Center for Biomedical Research (CIBM), University of Granada, Granada 18071, Spain
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Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), the most common form of sleep-disordered breathing, involves disrupted breathing due to episodic upper airway collapse. OSA has become a public health problem since it affects a billion people worldwide [
Benjafield A.
Ayas N.T.
Eastwood P.R.
Estimation of the global prevalence and burden of obstructive sleep apnoea: a literature-based analysis.
Lancet Respir Med. 2019; 7: 687-698
] and is associated with cardiovascular and cancer comorbidities, increasing both morbidity and mortality [
Takahashi k
Ueda S.
Kobayashi T.
Chronic intermittent hypoxia-mediated renal sympathetic nerve activation in hypertension and cardiovascular disease.
Sci Rep. 2018; 8: 17926
]. Chronic intermittent hypoxia (CIH) is the principal feature of OSA, which mimics the recurring episodic oxygen fluctuations that characterize sleep apnea and causes sympathetic nervous system hyperactivity and systemic hypertension mediated by oxidative stress, inflammation and endothelial dysfunction [
The mammalian gut is a complex ecosystem where trillions of microorganisms live. They constitute a finely tuned network that is necessary for the optimal regulation of host immunity, metabolism and circadian rhythms. Perturbation of the ecosystem balance, known as dysbiosis, has been linked to chronic diseases, such as metabolic syndrome, depression and cognitive dysfunction, as well as cardiovascular disease [
Ko C.H.
Liu Q.Q.
Su H.Z.
Gut microbiota in obstructive sleep apnea–hypopnea syndrome: disease-related dysbiosis and metabolic comorbidities.
Clin Sci (Lond). 2019; 133: 905-907
]. Accumulating evidence indicates that both short-term partial sleep deprivation and OSA compromise the diversity and abundance of human gut microbiome, increase gut permeability which then contributes to the development of insulin resistance [
Poroyko V.A.
Carreras A.
Khalyfa A.
Chronic sleep disruption alters gut microbiota, induces systemic and adipose tissue inflammation and insulin resistance in mice.
As OSA and CIH are associated with the alteration of gut microbiome, microbiome-based therapies are tested for the management of these disorders. For instance, O'Connor et al. [
O'Connor K.M.
Lucking E.F.
Bastiaanssen T.F.S.
Prebiotic administration modulates gut microbiota and faecal short-chain fatty acid concentrations but does not prevent chronic intermittent hypoxia-induced apnoea and hypertension in adult rats.
EBioMedicine. 2020; 59102968
] have recently published an article that evaluates the effect of gut microbiota modulation by prebiotic administration in a hypertension associated-CIH experimental model in rats. The authors reported that CIH results in the development of adverse cardiorespiratory consequences, including hypertension, cardiac autonomic imbalance and higher risk of apnea. Moreover, they describe a reduction of fecal SCFA concentrations and lactobacilli species without modifying the functionality of the gut microbiota in CIH-exposed rats. Although prebiotic treatment modulated the microbiome composition, diversity and functions, it did not prevent CIH-associated hypertension in this rat model or affect apnea index during normoxia, only demonstrating a modest effect on brainstem neurochemistry. This work suggests that gut microbiota dysbiosis, at least in a relatively mild model of CIH, are not mandatory for the development of this condition. These findings have important implications because there are numerous gaps that need to be filled in the concept linking OSA to hypertension through the gut microbiome, particularly in humans. When considering the gut microbiome, most of the studies rely on 16S amplicon sequencing, which limits the analysis to genus level. However, recent analyses indicate that many taxonomic associations might emerge only at levels subordinate to species [
Costea P.
Coelho L.P.
Sunagawa S.
Subspecies in the global human gut microbiome.
Mol Syst Biol. 2017; 13: 960
]. Moreover, amplicon technologies hamper the taxonomic scope to bacteria and archaea, thereby missing data signals on eukaryotic and viral members. O'Connor et al. avoids these limitations by using whole-genome shotgun metagenomic sequencing which provides readouts on the microbiome gene and functional repertoires and allows to identify microorganisms with the same functionality that involve different mechanisms. In fact, gut microbiota may exert an effect on the CIH through several pathways. Moreover, it is well described that bacterial communities with different taxonomy can exert similar functions [
]. And on the other hand, not all commensal microorganisms have the same effects on the host, some significantly influence host immunity to improve the outcome of the disease, whereas others could even aggravate it. Shotgun metagenomic sequencing has also revealed that known factors can only account for a shockingly small fraction of the total microbiome variation, at least without microbiome state stratification [
Shafquat A.
Joice R.
Simmons S.L.
Huttenhower C
Functional and phylogenetic assembly of microbial communities in the human microbiome.
Trends Microbiol. 2014; 22: 261-266
]. Microbiome modification studies have further enhanced our understanding of the microbiome functionality, both with regard to its inherent interaction structure and to cause-effect associations with external factors. Additionally, it is becoming evident that the microbiome mediates, stratifies, and probably personalizes host-level responses to therapy.
The authors have revealed the importance of a personalized medicine, so future studies should focus on identifying microbial species with particular metabolic phenotypes, thus providing specific therapeutic targets.
In summary, a deeper understanding of the microbiome allows us to identify when it can be used as a therapeutic target and to choose the best appropriate way to intervene. In this regard, more and larger-scale longitudinal and interventional studies are expected, as well as the application of updated methodological techniques, including multi-omic technologies. The integrative multidimensional study of microbiome alterations will thereby make truly advance in the research on the human gut microbiome, moving from association to modulation.
Received in revised form: October 6, 2020
Prebiotic administration modulates gut microbiota and faecal short-chain fatty acid concentrations but does not prevent chronic intermittent hypoxia-induced apnoea and hypertension in adult rats
CIH-induced cardiorespiratory dysfunction is not dependant upon changes in microbial functional characteristics and decreased faecal SCFA concentrations. Prebiotic-related modulation of microbial function and resultant increases in faecal SCFAs were not sufficient to prevent CIH-induced apnoea and hypertension in our model. Our results do not exclude the potential for microbiota-gut-brain axis involvement in OSA-related cardiorespiratory morbidity, but they demonstrate that in a relatively mild model of CIH, sufficient to evoke classic cardiorespiratory dysfunction, such changes are not obligatory for the development of morbidity, but may become relevant in the elaboration and maintenance of cardiorespiratory morbidity with progressive disease.


In the tradition of The Hours and Revolutionary Road comes a novel set in the 1960s about marriage, motherhood, identity, nostalgia, and the fantasy of home.
The only thing harder than losing home is trying to find it again.
Cambridge, 1963. Charlotte is struggling. With motherhood, with the changes marriage and parenthood bring, with losing the time and energy to paint. Her husband, Henry, cannot face the thought of another English winter. A brochure slipped through the mailbox gives him the answer: "Australia brings out the best in you."
Charlotte is too worn out to resist, and before she knows it they are travelling to the other side of the world. But upon their arrival in Perth, the southern sun shines a harsh light on the couple and slowly reveals that their new life is not the answer either was hoping for. Charlotte barely recognizes herself in this place where she is no longer a promising young artist, but instead a lonely housewife, venturing into the murky waters of infidelity. Henry, an Anglo-Indian, is slowly ostracized at the university where he teaches poetry. Subtle at first, it soon invades his entire sense of identity.
Trapped by nostalgia, Charlotte and Henry are both left wondering if there is anywhere in this world they truly belong. Which of them will make the attempt to find out? Who will succeed?
She would have walked, only Henry said no. The footpaths are treacherous, he told her, and I don't want you slipping and injuring yourself when I've just found you alive and well. The snow has come early and the cold is fierce. No, he said, I'll come and collect you and bring you back here, to the hotel near the river. There wasn't room for them all in his apartment and Charlotte didn't want the college knowing of their situation, so Henry had booked rooms at the Royal. He'll be driving past the river now, she thinks, checking her watch. Her husband, ever punctual. The water a dark stripe in the corner of his vision. He'll see it as he drives straight ahead, lose it as he turns left, then right. On the river there will be rowboats—the faint sound of blades smacking and cutting at the water, the creak of hull and oarlock, the call of boys.
"Is it easier to love a child, she wonders, than it is to love a wife?" (pg. 150) How do you think Henry and Charlotte's relationship has been changed by the arrival of children? How might Charlotte's sense of failure as a mother have affected her relationship with Henry?
Henry's ethnicity is never discussed directly between the couple. Why do you think this is? Do you think Charlotte has any understanding of Henry's experience as an Anglo-Indian in England, and then in Australia?
The omniscient narration includes a lot of reportage, descriptions, psychoanalyzing and rhetorical questions, which together take up some of the space that in other novels would be given over to dialogue and scenes. This means the book can at times feel a little bit dreamy and ungrounded. Ultimately I think that is Bishop's goal, though: to make readers experience the uprooted life along with her characters. (Reviewed by Rebecca Foster).
An insightful, exquisitely observed novel. Bishop is a talented and intelligent storyteller with a masterful command of language, and The Other Side of the World deserves to make many a book prize shortlist.
Full of excellent prose, especially in descriptions of landscapes, this story leaves its characters and readers wondering what is at the root of identity and nostalgia, and what a sense of home really means.
Starred Review. An artfully rendered meditation on marriage, home, and identity.
The story of Charlotte and Henry – the melancholy beauty of its prose and the sharpness of its insights into nostalgia and belonging – has stayed with me for weeks now.
Anyone who has ever been a stranger in a strange land — geographically, culturally, physically or emotionally — will find in The Other Side of the World a map of oneiric bittersweetness. And anyone who has longed for that which can never be again or perhaps never really was will find in Bishop that rare thing: a true artist of memory.
As Bishop develops the tensions in her beautifully observed and deeply poignant novel, it is not just a question of sorting out where these people should live. The whole delicate fabric of marriage and parenthood, of identity and duty, even love itself, is at risk ... It is luminous.
An unputdownable evocative tale of nostalgia, belonging and motherhood delivered with superb poetic grace...Bishop's acute insights into belonging and identity strongly echo the work of Virginia Woolf, and culminate in an ending you won't see coming.
There are moments in this novel that are so beautifully and painfully evoked ... I thought about it for days afterwards.
Perceptive, wise, and exquisitely written, this novel had me turning the pages with heart-stopping urgency. I could not have loved it more.


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Hôtel de Charost is a hôtel particulier located at 39 rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré in Paris. Since 1814, it has been the official residence of the ambassador of the United Kingdom to France. It is located near the Élysée Palace.

History
Work began on the hôtel in 1722. The property was purchased by the Duke of Charost, a senior courtier of Louis XV. It was designed by Antoine Mazin, the king's own architect. The building was sited on the rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, which was then a winding road that passed through fields and market gardens to the village of Roule on the outskirts of Paris. In 1785, the duc of that time rented the hôtel to the Comte de la Marck, a rich landowner from the Low Counties, who saw to the completion of much of the house's eighteenth century interior decor. The comte also planted what has always been known as the "English Garden."

After it had been an aristocratic home, the hôtel became the Embassy of Portugal, offices for the French home office (siège de bureaux), an Imperial Palace and the temporary residence of the Austrian ambassador.

In 1803, it was bought by Pauline Borghese, the sister of Napoleon Bonaparte. Napoleon paid 300,000 francs of the 400,000 francs purchase price, and Borghese borrowed the rest from her brother and sister. Borghese added two large wings to the south side of the house, facing the garden. The west wing was built to house Borghese's collection of art, while the east wing became the state dining room.

In 1814, the British government instructed the Duke of Wellington to find a permanent site for the British embassy. The government purchased the hôtel and its contents, sans the Borghese paintings, from Borghese and paid her in instalments of Louis d'or for the equivalent of 275,000 pounds. Borghese passed the gold onto Napoleon, who had been exiled to Elba following the Treaty of Fontainebleau. His dramatic return that climaxed the next year at Waterloo was partly financed with the sale of this house to the British.

Although the Duke of Wellington was Ambassador for only five months in 1814, he entertained lavishly, buying new silver and Sevres china for the house.

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The Warden Service says the body of a missing 9-year-old swimmer was located Saturday morning. The girl had been swimming with several other people in the Mattawamkeag River.
According to the BDN, the search began around 6:30 p.m. on Friday. The girl had been swimming in Sleugundy Heater Gorge, which is about a mile and a half from Mattawamkeag Wilderness Campground and Park. A group of about seven people, mostly adults, were enjoying the river Friday afternoon. But when the 9-year-old and an adult tried to swim across the river to get to cliffs on the other side, she was swept away by the current.
Wardens told WABI-TV that the river currents are very strong right now, especially after the strong rains received earlier this week. There's no word on the child's identity,only that she and her mother and two siblings lived in the town of Winn.


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Q: AVX inside a VirtualBox VM? I install the latest Ubuntu 14.04 amd64(gcc 4.8.2) in virtualbox, run cat /proc/cpuinfo, get result:

The processor CORE i52520M does support AVX instructions. I used Ubuntu 12.04 amd64(gcc 4.6), and it supports AVX via /proc/cpuinfo.
How can I use the AVX in my software in virtualbox?

A: VirtualBox 5.0 beta 3 now supports AVX and AVX2 (which I can confirm from testing).

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I have a feature request related to this issue on the github page for the Slogin Component. The Slogin component is great but it is missing proper username creation. Right now there is only the option of making the username from first name or from email. So I have a feature request to add a custom username option where the users can type their own username during the registration through the social buttons like facebook.


This article discusses various diagnostic procedures most often recommended by urologists to analyze the health of the urinary system.
Urine Analysis – It is the simplest evaluation of the urine. Various components of urine are examined via various techniques. Microscopic examination of the urine sample is performed to look for any abnormal organisms, blood cells or inflammatory cells which may indicate cancer, urinary tract infections or any other urological diseases. This is widely used for analyzing the health of lower urinary tract.
Kidney, Ureter, Bladder (KUB) X-ray – Generally, it is the first in-line test to find out some abnormalities in the urinary system. During the procedure, x-ray beam are focused on the abdominal areas which have to be investigated. The computer-aided images are printed for physician's review. KUB x-ray is a simple test done on outpatient basis.
Abdominal/Renal Ultrasound – It is an imaging technique which uses ultrasound waves to examine the kidneys and bladder. A less invasive procedure, it involves application of clear gel on the abdominal skin and then a small hand-held probe is moved over this area to see the organs. Images appear on the screen and are printed as a film.
Bladder Biopsy – It is done when there is a suspicion of cancer cells in the bladder. Patient is given anaesthesia, then a thin tube with a camera and light attached to it (called cytoscope) is entered into the bladder to remove a sample of tissues from the wall of the bladder. These are examined under the microscope to analyze the presence of diseases. Patients may experience mild pain which goes away after few days.
Intravenous Pyelogram/Urogram – It is an x-ray examination of the upper urinary tract including kidneys, urethra and ureters. This diagnostic technique uses special dye which is injected into the veins and then carried through the bloodstream and entire urinary system to pass out of the urine. It gives a clear view of the health and functioning of the urinary system. Urogram is particularly used by physicians to test for bladder of kidney stones, tumors, cysts, narrowing of ureters and enlarged prostate.
Cystoscopy – A cystoscope is a thin flexible tube with light and camera attached to it is inserted inside the bladder to assist physician to see the lower urinary tract including bladder, urethra and prostate. It helps to diagnose urological conditions such as bladder cancer, chronic pelvic pain, benign prostate hyperplasia and urinary incontinence. Done on outpatient basis, patients may experience mild side effects such as burning sensation or blood in the urine, which disappear after 2-3 days.
Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) – Prostate gland produces a protein known as PSA, which is detected in the blood. The high blood levels of this protein indicate abnormal prostate conditions such as inflammation, infection and benign prostatic hyperplasia.
Prostate Biopsy – It is an important test to confirm the prostate cancer in males. Prostate biopsy is done post revelation of abnormally high PSA levels in the blood or irregular results of rectal examination.
Uro-dynamics Testing – It is a combination of number of tests to examine the function and efficiency of lower urinary tract including bladder and urethra. This is the most common urological test to diagnose any urinary problems such as frequent urination, urine leakage, painful urination or problem emptying the bladder completely. It is also recommended for patients with enlarged prostates to confirm bladder outlet obstruction (BOO).


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Toussaint Plocq est un homme politique français né le  à Soissons (Aisne) et décédé le  à Vauxbuin (Aisne).

Avocat puis avoué à Soissons, il est adjoint au maire de Soissons de 1830 à 1847. Sous-commissaire du gouvernement en , il est député de l'Aisne de 1848 à 1849.

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Décès à 77 ans
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Frank James Fiddes, född 16 juli 1906 i Toronto, död 26 mars 1981 i Toronto, var en kanadensisk roddare.

Fiddes blev olympisk bronsmedaljör i åtta med styrman vid sommarspelen 1928 i Amsterdam.

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This Lent, I saw Christ's power take over in my weakness. I found Christ pinpointing the places where I've been lazy and need to take initiative, and the places where I'm over-committed and in need of rest. For Eastertide, I'm taking a break from my online presence. After Pentecost, I hope to return rested and ready to continue my explorations of food and faith with you all.
I wonder how different our lives, our country, our world would be if we considered it sacrilege to rush through work without getting the good of it. If we sought opportunities for play within everything we do.
This season of rest, this time to read, is a time to find supreme delight in the place of my love and concern and work, of God's love and concern and work, so that I can go forth in responsible, effective activism for this justice that I so desire, that God so desires.


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Q: What copy is created when using advanced indexing for modifying a numpy array? The documentation of numpy's advanced indexing says:

Advanced indexing always returns a copy of the data (contrast with
  basic slicing that returns a view).

I understand this using the example code
tmp = np.array([0,0,0,1,1,1])
new = tmp[tmp == 0]
new[1] = 5

the original array tmp is not modified.
However, what happens when I use advanced slicing for modifying an array? For example
tmp = np.array([0,0,0,12,12,12,4,5,4,4])
uni = np.unique(tmp)
for info in enumerate(uni):
    tmp[tmp == info[1]] = info[0]

clearly, tmp is modified during the process, what copy is created?