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April 4, 2002 (Coffs Harbour, Australia)
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On to Brizbun
Before I left Hervey Bay, I spent a few hours in my motel room boxing up the souvenirs and assorted junk that I'd accumulated during my two months in Australia, then trotted down to the Post Office and mailed them to myself back in the U.S. Each box cost about US$40 to mail, but it was worth it because, frankly, it's pretty hard to find boomerangs, Lazy Harry CD's, and souvenir cans of kangaroo dung back in the States.
After leaving Hervey Bay, I continued south along the Sunshine Coast. So far, I'd been disappointed with the scenery during my drive down the east coast of Australia, and the Sunshine Coast proved to be no exception. Part of the problem, I guess, are the endless miles of eucalyptus trees and unvarying topography that you drive through here and elsewhere on the east coast. It's really no surprise, then, that falling asleep while driving is a big problem in Australia, a fact punctuated by the dozens of billboards dotting the highways throughout Australia that warn drivers not to doze off. Like everywhere else in Australia, though, the friendliness of the people more than made up for the drab scenery, and I had a pleasant drive to Brisbane.
There are three things to know about Brisbane. First, it's pronounced "Briz-bun," not "Briz-bane," as most Americans pronounce it. Second, it's Australia's largest city behind Sydney and Melbourne. Third, it's a really great city. Up to this point, I thought Adelaide was the nicest city in Australia, but I changed my mind after spending an afternoon walking around Brisbane.
With a population of about a million people and located on a large river that's called, not surprisingly, the Brisbane River, Brisbane reminded me a lot of my hometown, Portland, Oregon, although it's much more tropical. In fact, it was downright steamy when I was there. It's also, dare I say it, a lot more interesting than Portland. The downtown area is lively and wonderful, the bridges that cross the river are beautiful, they have a great ferry system that shuttles people up and down the river, and there's a large and fascinating botanical park in Brisbane, just a few blocks from downtown.
After walking through the garden-jungle in the botanical park for a half-hour, I felt like I was up in the Daintree Rainforest again -- it's very cool. Well, actually it was hot and steamy, but it was also cool. Yep, if I were ever to move to Australia, I think Brisbane would be the place. I know, I know... I've already said that about Wagga Wagga, Adelaide, and Port Douglas, but this time I really mean it!
Above left: Continuing down the coast, this is the marina at Noosa, a pleasant coastal resort town north of Brisbane.
Above right: Viewpoint along the Sunshine Coast. That's one of the Automobile Club trucks that patrol the highways of Australia looking for stranded motorists.
Above left: Brisbane's lively Queen Street Mall. Brisbane is something like Portland, Oregon, but it's a lot more interesting, vibrant, and tropical. Too bad there aren't any cities like this in the U.S.
Above center: The Brisbane River at night.
Above right: Catching up on some e-mail that evening, sitting by my Lonely Planet "bible."
"Crikey, Looka Those Snappers!"
I spent two full days in Brisbane, exploring during the day and updating my website at night. Well, o.k., I also caught an episode of that campy "Babes-in-the-Outback" TV show, McLeod's Daughters, one evening, but I'm not proud to admit it.
Crikey, He's Gone...
September 2006 (Portland, Oregon)
I was deeply saddened by the untimely death of Steve Irwin earlier this month. Steve's irrepressible personality and zest for life was one of the reasons I decided in 2001 to visit Australia. Like many others, I was stunned by his sudden passing and his death leaves a void that unfortunately no one will ever fill.
During the morning of my second day in Brisbane, I drove a half-hour north of town to visit the Australia Zoo. If you've ever seen the TV show "Crocodile Hunter" hosted by the ever-cheerful and exuberant (to put it mildly) Steve Irwin, you've probably seen the zoo, because Steve is the zoo's owner and manager. In fact, I was a bit disappointed not to see Steve and his American wife Terri at the gate greeting visitors with a cheery "G'day," but I figured they had a good excuse, because it was absolutely pouring down cats and dogs -- or maybe in this case, "crocs and joeys" -- when I got there.
The zoo is one of most popular tourist attractions in all of Australia and during my three-hour visit, I got to see some of those cassowaries mentioned earlier, as well as a very lively Tasmanian Devil (something like a wolverine) scurrying around his outdoor pen. And, yes, the koalas were really, really cute. By the way, I would've enjoyed meeting Terri because she's from Eugene, Oregon (pop. 100,000), two hours south of Portland and, for about a year in 1989, a city that I called home.
I got a chuckle at the zoo seeing Aussies fawning over the kangaroos, and it was obvious to me that many Aussies there had never seen a real, live kangaroo before. That might sound surprising, since a lot of people around the world think that all Aussies are like "Crocodile Dundee" and eat kangaroo and crocodile meat every night while camping by a billabong. As I discovered, though, most Australians living on the East Coast have never been to the Outback and hardly any of them have ever been to the Australia's West Coast. During my travels down the East Coast of Australia, most of the folks I talked to thought I was either very brave or very stupid to have driven the length of the Outback alone. The attitude seemed to be, "Why would you want to go out THERE?" I was pretty surprised at how little-traveled most Aussies seemed to be, especially compared to highway-loving Americans. I'm sure that's because there isn't much to SEE in the Outback, and although I found the Outback pretty interesting, I have to admit that most people probably wouldn't.
Perhaps another reason Aussies don't travel around as much as Americans is because of the road system in Australia's rural areas -- including the one-lane paved highways (yes, I said ONE lane) that make driving across the Outback a real thrill (see News: March 16, 2002). There are only 19 million people in Australia compared to 280 million in the U.S., a country of about the same size, so the road network here in Oz isn't nearly as extensive. This really hit home while I was driving on the Stuart Highway through the middle of the country and realized that I was on was the only paved road within a thousand miles on either side of it.
Anyway, the best part about my visit to the Australia Zoo was the 2 p.m. Amazing Crocodile Show, during which the trainer fed a chicken to a large saltwater crocodile named Barry -- and, in the process, nearly lost part of his hand. What amused me the most about the Australian Zoo, though, was that the entire staff, all 47 of them, were dressed EXACTLY like Steve and Terri Irwin. Crikey, that's kind of creepy, mate!
Above left: Hey, it's the Crocodile Hunter! This is at Steve Irwin's "Australia Zoo" near Brisbane. That's a life-sized cutout of Steve and friend.
Above center: Lunchtime in the Australia Zoo. Every person who works here dresses exactly like the Crocodile Hunter... it's pretty weird.
Above right: Koalas do exactly two things: look cute and eat eucalyptus leaves.
Above left: "Crikey, mayte, looka the size of 'im!" At twelve feet in length, this is the biggest salty I saw in Australia. Too bad I saw it in a zoo.
Above center: Here's one of those cassowaries that I mentioned earlier (see News: March 25, 2002). Check out the size of his claws. I kept a safe distance from this guy.
Above right: Hey, it's Steve and Terri... and they're multiplying!
My Impressions of Australian Music
I've listened to the radio just about everywhere I've gone in Australia, sometimes to Australian talk radio and sometimes to the local pop or country station. Australians are very proud of Australian musicians and there's a LOT of good Australian pop, country, and rock music here that you never hear in the U.S., which is really a shame.
Here's Kasey Chambers singing Not Pretty Enough.
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While traveling around Australia, I've gotten hooked on several Aussie singers including a young pop-folk-country artist named Kasey Chambers. I hear Kasey's music just about everywhere I go, so yesterday I drove down to a shopping mall here in Brisbane and bought one of her CDs. They don't play her music in the U.S., or at least, they didn't when I left the U.S. four months ago, which is a real shame. Kasey is about as Aussie as they come, having spent most of her first nine years living with her parents out on the desolate Nullarbor plain (that's Nullarbor as in "no trees") of southern Australia, and she's a darn good singer. I've posted her current hit here so Americans can get a taste of what they're missing.
During my first few weeks here, I couldn't figure out why they played so much Bee Gees music on the radio stations, but after hearing Jive Talkin' and How Deep is Your Love for about the millionth time, I remembered that the Brothers Gibb are from Australia. Well, o.k., they were born in England but they moved to Brisbane when they were pretty young.
Another song they keep playing here is Georgy Girl. I hadn't heard that song in 30 years, but they play it everywhere here: it's on the radio, in grocery stores, and even in the restrooms… I just can't seem to get away from it. I couldn't figure out why Georgy Girl was so popular here until I learned that the 1960's group who sang it, The Seekers, are Australian. It may be old music, but by God, it's Australian music! Of course, they play a lot of American and British music on the radio, too. However, unlike in New Zealand, they don't play too much from The Monkees here. Why Kiwis like The Monkees so much is something I still haven't figured out.
I really like country music, and since there's so much "country" here, it's not surprising that country music is as popular in Australia as it is in America. In fact, there are a lot of really good yet little-known Australian country singers. However, some of them are, um, a bit different. When I was in the Outback town of Tennant Creek a few weeks ago, the country radio station there played a touching song called, She's My Butcher and I Think I Love Her. Yes, I'm serious. As the guy sang it, "…she has nice thighs, firm breasts, sells me t-bones and pot roasts…"
Yep, country music always makes me laugh, even if it has an Aussie accent.
Above left: The resort of Surfer's Paradise in the heart of the Gold Coast is a cross between Daytona Beach and Las Vegas. I got out of here as fast as I could.
Above center: Byron Bay was named by James Cook in 1770 during the first European exploration of Australia. Now it's big with the surfer dudes.
Above right: Here's the easternmost point in Australia near Byron Bay. Next stop... South America.
Above left: I'm sure my nephew Evan will get a kick out of this sign. "All roads lead to Evan's Head."
Above right: The marina at Coffs Harbour.
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Doc Martin series 9 - everything you need to know about Cornwall's Martin Clunes drama
The popular Cornwall-based ITV series will return this month
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Martin Clunes has been spotted soaking up the sunshine (Image: Simon Heester)
As one of Cornwall's most popular dramas - fans were delighted to learn that Doc Martin would return to screens for a ninth series later this month.
The popular drama has been filming in Port Isaac and the surrounding areas of the north coast since 2004.
Filming began earlier this year with Martin Clunes starring as Dr Martin Ellingham, the GP with a brusque bedside manner and a phobia of blood, in eight new episodes of the hugely successful drama produced by Buffalo Pictures, set in the idyllic hamlet of Portwenn in Cornwall.
When will it air?
ITV has confirmed that the show will return on Wednesday, September 25 at 9pm.
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Martin Clunes returns to play the nation's favourite grumpy medic in a brand new series of Doc Martin for ITV.
Picturesque Port Isaac provides the beautiful backdrop for the popular series, with all regular members of the cast reprising their roles.
Caroline Catz plays Doc Martin's wife, Louisa Ellingham, who has resigned from her job as headmistress at the local school to pursue a new career in child counselling.
Returning to this ninth series, Dame Eileen Atkins plays Doc Martin's formidable Aunt Ruth. Ian McNeice is back to play Bert Large, with Joe Absolom as his son Al.
John Marquez is PC Joe Penhale, Jessica Ransom is the doctor's receptionist Morwenna Newcross and Selina Cadell is pharmacist Mrs Tishell. They are joined by special guest stars Danny Huston, Conleth Hill, Caroline Quentin and Tom Conti.
Danny plays Robert Brooke, a man who is shot by a farmer who thinks he is stealing eggs. Caroline returns to the series to star as vet Angela Sim, Conleth plays a GP who comes to assess Martin and Tom Conti plays Bernard Newton, an eminent surgeon who is also assessing the Doc.
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What happens in episode one?
In the first episode of this new series, called To the Lighthouse, the Dr Marrtin Ellingham's (Martin Clunes) career is hanging in the balance. His future as a GP is under scrutiny from the General Medical Council following complaints about his irascible approach to patients, and his blood phobia.
A representative from the GMC, Rebecca Hedden (Hermione Gulliford) has come to assess both Martin and his surgery. The Doc thinks the assessment is a complete waste of time and is quick to make his views clear to Dr Hedden. Meanwhile his wife Louisa (Caroline Catz) is pursuing a new career as a child counsellor.
She is also concerned that their son James Henry is becoming too much like his father, and considers whether they should try for a little brother or sister. But is now the right time with her career change and Martin under review? Morwenna (Jessica Ransom) is helping out at the pub, the Crab and Lobster, while Al (Joe Absolom) tries to find extra staff.
The Doc Martin actor has been based in Cornwall for 18 weeks for filming (Image: I Am Sean)
Morwenna feels taken for granted, and in an attempt to show her his appreciation, Al accidentally proposes to her, setting the village buzzing with their wedding plans. Mrs Tishell (Selina Cadell) decides to go on a date with Donald (Simon Chandler), whom she met at Book Club. But their trip to a lighthouse turns to disaster when Mrs Tishell suffers a terrible accident.
The Doc has to commission a fishing boat, with PC Joe Penhale (John Marquez), to sail out to the lighthouse to treat her. Dr Hedden insists on joining them to monitor the Doc at work, but faces a life threatening situation herself. The episode is written by Jack Lothian, the producer is Philippa Braithwaite, the director is Nigel Cole and the executive producer is Mark Crowdy.
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What has Martin Clunes said about reprising his role?
Speaking of returning to film series nine, Martin Clunes said: "We love going to Cornwall to make Doc Martin, and we miss it when we are not there. The county is so beautiful, and the people have been so warm and welcoming to us. It is the best job in television."
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What has Doc Martin done for Cornwall?
The huge popularity of the ITV drama has brought thousands more tourists to the hamlet. This boost to tourism was recognised by Cornwall Tourism which presented a special award for outstanding contribution to tourism to the Doc Martin team at a grand ceremony held at Truro Cathedral.
Producer Philippa Braithwaite says the Doc Martin team was delighted to receive such a prestigious award.
She added: "The people of Cornwall, and Port Isaac in particular, have always been so helpful to us when we are making Doc Martin. We are thrilled that we have been able to give something back, and to be recognised in this way is the icing on the cake.
Martin Clunes (Image: Simon Heester)
"We also contribute to a fund for the village and have raised £134,000 so far. The people of Port Isaac decide how the funds should be used."
The funding has helped to support the Port Isaac Village School and it's nursery, with transport for swimming and after school clubs.
It has supported the village hall, provided disabled access to the hall, and helped to arrange transport for outings, speakers and meals for local pensioners. Funds have also been used for the Christmas lights in Port Isaac, and to set up an arts group.
Head of Visit Cornwall, Malcolm Bell, said, as he presented the outstanding contribution award to Mark Crowdy, Doc Martin's executive producer: "The Doc Martin team has projected the beauty and unique quality of Cornwall in the UK and around the world. At trade events in the overseas markets they are frequently mentioned, and resulted in generating interest in and considerable visits to Cornwall.
"Their output showcases our stunning coast and Cornwall. In our research our visitors cited it influenced around 10% of our visitors to return or visit for the first time."
How to tour the Doc Martin set
You can take tours around the village of Port Isaac to see where filming takes place and gain some insider titbits.
A local extra from the series will take you around Doc's house, his surgery, Bert and Al Large's restaurant, Louisa's school and Mrs Tishell's pharmacy and give behind the scenes anecdotes.
Book a tour for two for £24 here via Red Letter Days
Book for a £14 tour for one here via TripAdvisor
Book a tour for two for £28 here via Virgin Experiences
The first seven series of Doc Martin have been produced locally in seven territories: UK, Germany, France, Greece, Netherlands, Czech Republic/Slovakia and Spain and sold in 138 countries.
The directors of this ninth series of Doc Martin are Nigel Cole and Charlie Palmer.

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Talent and a hustler mentality can only get you so far in the cutthroat entertainment industry. Combine that with some legitimate financial acumen and entrepreneurial spirit and you get yourself force to be reckoned with in the form of award-winning hit maker, L-Tido.
Born and bred in Alexandra township, L-Tido has made the term "self-made" his own after he self-released, self-marketed and even hand-to-hand distributed his mix-tape titled 'City of Gold'. The mix-tape sold over 4,000 units and won him a Most Gifted Newcomer award at the 2010 Channel O awards.
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He recorded his City of Gold mixtape, launched it at club Inc in Braamfontein, sold out the venue to capacity, a testament to his rising popularity in Gauteng province and beyond.
He's fiercely independent spirit who believes that artists in South Africa need to take the reign of their own career instead on entrusting them into the hands of recording labels.
His debut album, titled All or Nothing, reveals everything about his journey and what it took for this rising star to get to where he is. The album includes collaborations with K.O from Teargas, Nigerian superstar Banky W, Tumi from Tumi and The Volume, Da L. E. S of Jozi and the Glitz Gang. "I chose new people on production because they are hungry to make it and will also bring a fresh sound from what everyone else has already done."
"I believe this album is a great body of work. There are certain songs that make references to the title, which is all about the sacrifices I made to be where I am. I deserve to be where I am right now and all the awards I receive. I refuse to settle for anything less"
While many local hip hop artist decided to rap in their mother tongues, L-Tido refuses to limit his fan base to those who only understand vernacular language. "At the end, I want everybody to be ale to understand and appreciate my music. Why bother expressing yourself through music if only a few people are going to understand? I want mine to go beyond South Africa and African borders and since English is a universal language, the universe is where I'm headed."
His ultimate goal? To be the best rapper alive. " I have all the elements to penetrate the African market and beyond. And so far, the reception of my music has been great."
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This song has everything needed to be a hit, it's basically just waiting to blow up. I don't think it's the best song in the world, and I think H*Wood's celeb name dropping, such as Rihanna and Lady GaGa, is so cheesy/a cry for commercial success… but needless to say this song is catchy as shet so listen up and let me know what you think. Not sure how I feel about this guy though, looks like a douche in the making.
PS – his name…H*Wood? Drop the asterisk, YOU'LL NEVER BE *NSYNC!
Do I even need to say it?……….yea WORDS TO LIVE BY.


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Сатирична поезія () — віршована гостра критика з висміюванням, а то й гнівним засудженням вад і негативних явищ у різних ділянках індивідуального, суспільного й політичного життя, суперечних із загальнообов'язковими принципами чи встановленими ідеалами.

Українська сатирична поезія
В Україні сатирична поезія відома з найдавніших часів у народній творчості. У літературі розвинулася з XVI—XVII століття.

Гостро сатиричний характер мала поема Тараса Шевченка «Сон», як також окремі частини його поем «Єретик», «Кавказ», «І мертвим, і живим…», «Неофіти», його наслідування пророкам та окремі вірші: «П. С.», «Юродивий», «Я не нездужаю нівроку…», «Во Юдеї во дні они…», «Молитва», «Гімн чернечий», «Саул».

Із літературної творчості другої половини XIX століття до сатири можна зарахувати видатного сатирика Івана Франко (поема «Лис Микита», вірші «Сідоглавому», «Хлібороб», «О. Люнатикові», «Страшний суд»).

Провідними сатириками початку XX століття були Володимир Самійленко та Олександр Олесь. Політично тенденційна в дусі партійних настанов була сатира гумористів і байкарів в УРСР: Дмитра Білоуса, Сергія Воскрекасенка, Степана Олійника та інших. До сатиричних належать деякі вірші Павла Тичини зі збірки «Партія веде» .

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"""
Your task is to check the "productionStartYear" of the DBPedia autos datafile for valid values.
The following things should be done:
- check if the field "productionStartYear" contains a year
- check if the year is in range 1886-2014
- convert the value of the field to be just a year (not full datetime)
- the rest of the fields and values should stay the same
- if the value of the field is a valid year in the range as described above,
  write that line to the output_good file
- if the value of the field is not a valid year as described above,
  write that line to the output_bad file
- discard rows (neither write to good nor bad) if the URI is not from dbpedia.org
- you should use the provided way of reading and writing data (DictReader and DictWriter)
  They will take care of dealing with the header.

You can write helper functions for checking the data and writing the files, but we will call only the
'process_file' with 3 arguments (inputfile, output_good, output_bad).
"""
import csv

INPUT_FILE = 'data/autos.csv'
OUTPUT_GOOD = 'data/autos-valid.csv'
OUTPUT_BAD = 'data/FIXME-autos.csv'

def process_file(input_file, output_good, output_bad):
    # store data into lists for output
    data_good = []
    data_bad = []
    with open(input_file, "r") as f:
        reader = csv.DictReader(f)
        header = reader.fieldnames
        for row in reader:
            # validate URI value
            if row['URI'].find("dbpedia.org") < 0:
                continue

            ps_year = row['productionStartYear'][:4]
            try: # use try/except to filter valid items
                ps_year = int(ps_year)
                row['productionStartYear'] = ps_year
                if (ps_year >= 1886) and (ps_year <= 2014):
                    data_good.append(row)
                else:
                    data_bad.append(row)
            except ValueError: # non-numeric strings caught by exception
                if ps_year == 'NULL':
                    data_bad.append(row)

    # Write processed data to output files
    with open(output_good, "w") as good:
        writer = csv.DictWriter(good, delimiter=",", fieldnames= header)
        writer.writeheader()
        for row in data_good:
            writer.writerow(row)

    with open(output_bad, "w") as bad:
        writer = csv.DictWriter(bad, delimiter=",", fieldnames= header)
        writer.writeheader()
        for row in data_bad:
            writer.writerow(row)

def test():

    process_file(INPUT_FILE, OUTPUT_GOOD, OUTPUT_BAD)

if __name__ == "__main__":
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Q: python: dictionary and if statements I have a file to read and a dictionary.
If the file says:
sort-by username

I want the dictionary to be
d = {'sort-by': 'username'}

if the file says :
sort-by name

then I want the dictionary to be
d = {'sort-by': 'name'}

right now, I have:
if 'user' in line:
    d['sort-by'] = 'username'
else:
    d['sort-by'] = 'name'

however, even though the file says sort-by username, I keep getting
d = {'sort-by': 'name'}

why is this?

A: print dict(map(str.split,open("some_file.txt")))

assuming your file actually looks like your example
if you have any control it may be more appropriate to store your data as json


Lots of news today as UW has just announced it has filled out its assistant coaching staff, doing so by making a few moves internally.
As the release states, Jordan Paopao, who has spent the last two seasons coaching Husky tight ends as a graduate assistant, has been promoted to a full-time position. That fills the last opening on the nine-man assistant coaching staff overseen by head coach Steve Sarkisian.
To fill the vacant running back spot, created when Joel Thomas left for Arkansas, Johnny Nansen will move to running backs coach while retaining his role as special teams coordinator, and Peter Sirmon will take over as recruiting coordinator while retaining his job as linebackers coach.
UW earlier hired Marques Tuiasosopo as quarterbacks coach, moving Eric Kiesau to receivers, to fill an opening on the staff recreated when Jimmie Dougherty left for San Jose State.
Salaries and contract details for the new coaches will be revealed later.
In his two years at Washington, Paopao has mentored, among others, UW tight end Austin Seferian-Jenkins, who has broken nearly every UW single-season and career-record for the position his two-year career. Seferian-Jenkins now holds the school mark for season (69) and career (110) receptions; season (850) and career (1,388) yards; and career (13) touchdowns by a tight end.


cos I caught a kinda of bug... have to do ROV [rest of voice]..
but now it's my fingers who do all the "talking" kekeke.
Isn't it great about SS501 members ???
Leader Kim Hyun Joong with happy news of MK, Singing at Asian Games and many other projects and successes, Hyung Joon with his Musical, DJ ing, variety show and other projects, Jung Min with album, musical..other projects and his concert tickets sold out in five minutes...and Young Saeng and Kyu Jong's FM sold out in ten minutes both times it was sold, with promise of album for Young Saeng and drama for Kyu Jong in the future....plus...read that Hyun Joong visited Jung Min when Mal was having his MV filming today..and brought him Pizza !!
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Beethoven: The Complete Piano Sonatas
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LUGWIG van BEETHOVEN
Igor Levit (piano)
[ Sony Classical / 9 CD Box Set ]
Release Date: Friday 13 September 2019
Gramophone Awards 2020 WINNER - Instrumental
Igor Levit - the recent recipient of the prestigious Gilmore Artist Award and the Royal Philharmonic Society's "Instrumentalist of the Year"- has now completed the recording of all 32 sonatas of Ludwig van Beethoven. In September 2019 this mammoth studio-recording project will finally be released and leads the way for important new releases on Sony Classical for Beethoven's 250-year anniversary.
Igor Levit, exclusive artist with Sony Classical says: "For me, this recording is a conclusion of my past fifteen years. The literally life-changing encounter with the Diabelli Variations at the age of 17, which is effectively still ongoing, the daily engagement with Beethoven's sonatas, with Beethoven as a person, with myself, with the world in which I live - all that has also led to this recording. What I started in 2013 with the last five sonatas, I can now conclude. It fills me with great happiness and at the same time feels like a new beginning. " Per Hauber, Managing Director Sony Classical says: "Every release of Igor Levit is an event in itself. That this major release is now spearheading the Beethoven anniversary celebrations will, we anticipate, launch the global festivities commemorating one of humanity's most important artistic figures. To accompany Igor Levit on this long and wonderful path to his complete recording of the Beethoven Sonatas was an unforgettable experience for all of us at Sony Classical."
"This adds up to a strong, keenly argued, entirely consistent cycle...One of Levit's most notable virtues is his ability to look inward, lighting up even a few bars here and there within the most outgoing movements...No cycle of the Beethoven piano sonatas is ever going to tell the whole story, but Levit is unfailingly alive, thoughtful and rewarding at every turn." Financial Times
"The piano sound is wonderfully consistent throughout the nine discs and conveys every gradation of Levit's pearly sound world...But there does seem to be a distinct difference of approach between the earlier deeply considered, thoughtful accounts and some of what one hears in his treatment of the earlier sonatas, where tempi seem more extreme, and the music is given less space to breathe." Guardian
"For starters, Levit possesses a clear, virile, and well-balanced sonority from bottom to top, yet he's never afraid to roughen up his sound to impart more visceral impact to the composer's frequent sforzandos, consequently underscoring the music's brasher qualities. Second, Levit's superb technical facility allows him to vary his articulation according to Beethoven's specifications with little help from the sustain pedal, as the Op. 31 and Op. 81a sonatas' outer movements vibrantly bear out, or in the Op. 2 No. 3 Allegro assai's rapidly fluttering right-hand runs and the fleet yet magnificently controlled Waldstein and Appassionata finales." 10/10 Classicstoday
"What you will get is a new sense of the sheer physicality of the music…What's fascinating about Levit's whole cycle is the crazy tempos at which he takes the first Allegros and Prestos…Where savagery is required, Levit provides it in spades…Not a definitive cycle, then, but with this music no cycle could ever be that; it's enough that this one should delight, provoke and intrigue in equal measure" Instrumental Choice BBC Music December 2019
"As you'd predict from an artist who combines acute intelligence and technical panache, it's utterly absorbing. It's also a cycle that doesn't have favourites - Levit feels equally committed to every single piece…Above all there's that sense of being completely at one with Beethoven himself. And that, in the end, is what makes this such a magnificent achievement." Gramophone Awards 2020 WINNER - Instrumental
Igor Levit - Beethoven Complete Piano Sonatas: It's music about us (English Trailer)
Anna Netrebko - Amata dalle tenebre
Bach: Goldberg Variations
Bach: Goldberg Variations (with works by Beethoven & Rzewski)
Bach: St John Passion


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TELEFUNKEN Elektroakustik has assembled the three unique voices of its TEC Award winning Dynamic Series microphone line, in combination with two matched small diaphragm FET condensers, and packaged them as the DD4 Drum Microphone Sets for drum recording and live performance applications. Each microphone set consists of the M82 handling kick drum duties, the M80-SHB on snare, and the M81-SH for toms. The DD4 ships in the heavy-duty hard shell HC85 flight case and include multiple drum mounts (M782, M784 and M785) and an SGMC-5R five-meter XLR cable with a right angle female connector for each microphone in the set.
DD4 Drum Microphone Set includes:
1x M82 with M782 mount
1x M80-SHB with M784 (metal) and M785 (plastic) mount
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4x SGMC-5R five-meter XLR with right angle female connector
1x HC80 Hard Shell Flight Case
M80-SHB
TELEFUNKEN Elektroakustik created the M80-SHB for use on snare drum and vocal applications where a lower profile microphone with right angle XLR cable is needed. The M80-SHB is the same exact circuit as the M80 Standard, housed in a shorter microphone body with a built-on stand mount. The wide frequency response and higher SPL capabilities of the M80-SHB offer the user a superior alternative to the midrange-laden character of many of the industry's standard dynamic microphones. A tight cardioid polar pattern and a frequency response boasting a subtle rise in the high end result in a microphone that is equally suitable for snare drum, vocals or instruments on both the stage and the studio. The M80-SHB is finished on both the headgrille and body with a durable, textured black powder coat.
M81-SH
The M81-SH was designed with the goal of developing a mic that would not only complement the M80-SH, but also stand out in a universe filled with dynamic microphone options. Building off many of the strengths of the M80, the TELEFUNKEN M81-SH retains the same minimal proximity effect, superior feedback rejection, and an articulate mid-range. However, with the M81-SH, the top end is pulled back a bit, yielding a flatter overall frequency response. This combination results in a microphone with a wealth of body and clarity, making it a great tool for fattening up toms, percussion and horns, or taming brighter vocals or thinner sounding sources. The M81-SH is identical to the M81 in circuit, but housed in a shorter microphone body with a built-on stand mount, and finished in a durable, textured dark gray powder coat on both the headgrille and body.
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The TELEFUNKEN Elektroakustik M82 is a robust large diaphragm end-address dynamic microphone that has been designed for kick drum and vocal broadcast applications. Hand-assembled in CT, USA, the M82 features two independently functioning EQ switches: KICK EQ and HIGH BOOST, which in turn offer four unique voices. The M82's KICK EQ switch engages a passive filter that reduces some of the lower mid-range frequencies (centered around 350Hz) commonly cut when processing a kick drum. The HIGH BOOST switch tilts the upper mid-range and high frequencies (starting around 2kHz with a 6dB boost by 10kHz) to allow for extra articulation. In the flat setting (both switches off), the M82 is equally suited for vocals, guitar amps, and brass.
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Maciej Morawski, właśc. Maciej Eustachy Dzierżykraj-Morawski (ur. 20 września 1929 w Poznaniu, zm. 6 czerwca 2021 w Paryżu) – polski dziennikarz, publicysta, działacz emigracyjny i bloger. Wieloletni paryski korespondent Rozgłośni Polskiej Radia Wolna Europa, od 2015 r. prezes honorowy Stowarzyszenia Pracowników, Współpracowników i Przyjaciół Rozgłośni Polskiej Radia Wolna Europa Imienia Jana Nowaka-Jeziorańskiego.

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Syn Kajetana Dzierżykraj-Morawskiego i Marii z Turnów, brat Hieronima Morawskiego, Marii Barbary Ledóchowskiej i Magdaleny Morawskiej.

Dzieciństwo spędził w Jurkowie. Podczas II wojny światowej przebywał w Małej Wsi k. Grójca, następnie w Warszawie. Działał w służbie sanitarnej AK, pod szyldem Polskiego Czerwonego Krzyża. Na początku sierpnia 1944 r. doznał szoku z późniejszymi konsekwencjami zdrowotnymi, w wyniku okrucieństw popełnianych w domu rodzinnym przy ul. Zimorowicza 4 przez tzw. "Brygadę Kamińskiego". Od września 1944 r. w AK w Belsku koło Grójca, w Drużynie Łączności "Pyry". Od wiosny 1945 r. był członkiem Organizacji Młodzieży Towarzystwa Uniwersytetu Robotniczego w Kościanie, w porozumieniu z grupą byłych AK-owców, która wówczas kierowała głównymi organizacjami politycznymi i władzami miasta (grupę tę władze zlikwidowały dopiero jesienią 1948 r.). W Kościanie zdał też maturę (styczeń 1946 r.). Następnie w Poznaniu, gdzie studiował krótko psychologię na Uniwersytecie im. Adama Mickiewicza. Jednak w tym samym roku wyjechał do swego ojca i przebywał odtąd na emigracji we Francji.

Studiował na Wydziale Nauk Społecznych Katolickiego Uniwersytetu w Paryżu (Licence es Sciences Sociales CATHO), Akademii Handlowej w Paryżu, następnie w Instytucie Wyższych Studiów Europejskich Uniwersytetu w Strasburgu (był tam stypendystą Kolegium Komitetu Wolnej Europy, 1953–1954). Z końcem 1954 r. Kolegium odmówiło mu stypendium doktoranckiego w wyniku nadesłanego niezgodnego z prawdą donosu (inspirowanego zapewne przez służby specjalne bloku komunistycznego), jakoby miał on być w 1945 r. w Kościanie komunistą oraz że jest homoseksualistą (donosy takie były częste w epoce "makkartyzmu", w okresie tzw. "polowania na czarownice"). Był (po Janie Kułakowskim) prezesem w latach 1955–1965 polskiego Zjednoczenia Młodzieży Chrześcijańsko-Społecznej (sekcji polskiej Międzynarodówki Młodych Chrześcijańskich Demokratów).

Współredagował następnie "Le Nouvel Horizon", pracował we francuskich bankach, był działaczem społecznym, dziennikarzem "Journal des Finances". Współpracował z biurami paryskimi Komitetu Wolnej Europy i Radia Wolna Europa. Od 1955 r. "wolny strzelec" (współpracował wówczas z późniejszym dyrektorem Sekcji Polskiej RWE Zygmuntem Michałowskim), a następnie wieloletni korespondent Rozgłośni Polskiej Radia Wolna Europa w Paryżu (1965–1992), bliski współpracownik Jana Nowaka-Jeziorańskiego.

Jeden z najlepszych polskich korespondentów informacyjnych RWE; z tego być może powodu był przedmiotem ostrych ataków ze strony propagandy PRL (m.in. zarzut szpiegostwa), w wyniku nagonek i pogróżek jego żona, Jadwiga z Żeromskich, zaniemogła. Zasłynął pod koniec lat 80. XX wieku ze swych, prowadzonych na antenie w sposób nowatorski, bezpośredni i przyjacielski wywiadów radiowych z działaczami "Solidarności" i czołówką polskiego życia politycznego i kulturalnego, m.in. z Lechem Wałęsą, Jackiem Kuroniem, Januszem Onyszkiewiczem i in. Dorywczy współpracownik paryskiej "Kultury" (np. nowele pt. Jacek i Champs Elysées). Był członkiem Polskiego Komitetu Ruchu Europejskiego i współpracownikiem paryskiej delegatury Rządu RP na Wychodźstwie.

Od 1994 r. był członkiem Stowarzyszenia Pracowników, Współpracowników i Przyjaciół Rozgłośni Polskiej Radia Wolna Europa Imienia Jana Nowaka-Jeziorańskiego w Warszawie (od 2015 r. do śmierci piastował funkcję prezesa honorowego tej organizacji).

W 1994 r. założył też w Warszawie Klub im. Giorgio La Piry (Dialog ponad podziałami).

Był także m.in. Prezesem Honorowym Polskiego Funduszu Humanitarnego we Francji, opiekującego się Domem Spokojnej Starości Polskiego Funduszu Humanitarnego w Lailly-en-Val, Kawalerem Zakonu Maltańskiego. Był przedstawicielem Towarzystwa Polska-Francja w Paryżu (towarzystwo zabiegało o większą obecność Francji w Polsce i Polski we Francji), członkiem Rady Fundacji im. Kościelskich (obecnie członkiem honorowym) i Stowarzyszenia Wolnego Słowa.

Został odznaczony Krzyżem Armii Krajowej (Londyn, 1967), Złotym Krzyżem Zasługi (Londyn), Krzyżem Komandorskim Orderu Zasługi Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej (1993), Krzyżem Komandorskim Orderu Odrodzenia Polski (1995), Medalem "Zasłużony dla tolerancji" (2006), Krzyżem Komandorskim z Gwiazdą Orderu Odrodzenia Polski (2007). Laureat nagrody im. Świętego Brata Alberta. 9 listopada 2001 r. otrzymał Honorowe Obywatelstwo Miasta i Gminy Krzywiń, a 23 sierpnia 2012 r. – Honorowe Obywatelstwo Kościana. Kawaler francuskiego Orderu "Arts et Lettres" (komandoria, 2016).

W 2007 r., nakładem Instytutu im. Stefana Grota-Roweckiego w Lesznie, ukazała się książka Teresy Masłowskiej, poświęcona Morawskiemu pt. Łącznik z Paryża (; wydanie 2, uzupełnione pt. Łącznik z Paryża – Rzecz o weteranie zimnej wojny, Instytut im. Stefana Grota-Roweckiego, Leszno 2009 [właśc. 2008]; wydanie 3, uzupełnione: Instytut im. Stefana Grota-Roweckiego, Leszno 2019).

We wrześniu 2009 r. z okazji 80. rocznicy urodzin Morawskiego odbyły się obchody rocznicowe: w Centre du Dialogue w Paryżu, oraz w Kościanie, Jurkowie, Krzywiniu i Warszawie – w Radio Café, siedzibie Stowarzyszenia Pracowników, Współpracowników i Przyjaciół Rozgłośni Polskiej Radia Wolna Europa Imienia Jana Nowaka-Jeziorańskiego.

W latach 2015–2017 nakładem Instytutu im. Stefana Grota-Roweckiego ukazały się cztery tomy jego dzienników pt. Dwa brzegi. Zapiski weterana zimnej wojny. W 2019 r., na 90-lecie urodzin ukazała się książka – opracowanie zbiorowe Weteran zimnej wojny (wyd. Instytut im. gen. Stefana "Grota" Roweckiego i Urząd Miasta Kościana, ).

Jest bohaterem dwóch filmów dokumentalnych: Wujowie i inni – "zdrajcy i obszarnicy" (real. Jan Ledóchowski, 2014) oraz Paryski korespondent (reż. Piotr Morawski, 2017).

Mieszkał w Paryżu, w XVI dzielnicy (1 rue Largillière oraz 3, a później 5 rue du Général-Grossetti); kilka ostatnich lat życia spędził w Domu Św. Kazimierza - zasłużonej polskiej placówce dla osób starszych, w której niegdyś mieszkał i gdzie zmarł m.in. Cyprian Kamil Norwid (119 rue du Chevaleret).

Zmarł 6 czerwca 2021 r., w godzinach porannych, w paryskim szpitalu uniwersyteckim Pitié Salpêtrière.

Pogrzeb odbył się 11 czerwca 2021 r. Mszę świętą pogrzebową odprawiono w kościele Notre Dame de l'Assomption przy ulicy Saint-Honoré, w pierwszej dzielnicy Paryża; ceremonia pochówku odbyła się kilka godzin później na cmentarzu w Lailly-en-Val, niedaleko Orleanu. Spoczywa w grobie rodzinnym, wraz z rodzicami – w nekropolii, gdzie znajdują się groby licznych działaczy emigracji niepodległościowej.

Przypisy

Linki zewnętrzne
 Maciej Morawski – strona internetowa
 Maciej Morawski – uroczystości jubileuszowe z okazji 80. urodzin (Paryż – Kościan – Jurkowo – Krzywiń – Warszawa, wrzesień 2009 r.)
 Paryż Macieja Morawskiego – Radio France Internationale

 Dziennik Macieja Morawskiego: Widziane z Paryża
 Paryski korespondent – film o Macieju Morawskim (2017)

Członkowie Organizacji Młodzieży Towarzystwa Uniwersytetu Robotniczego
Członkowie Stowarzyszenia Wolnego Słowa
Honorowi obywatele Kościana
Ludzie urodzeni w Poznaniu
Ludzie związani z Krzywiniem
Ludzie związani z Małą Wsią (powiat grójecki)
Ludzie związani z paryską "Kulturą"
Odznaczeni Krzyżem Armii Krajowej
Odznaczeni Krzyżem Komandorskim Orderu Odrodzenia Polski (III Rzeczpospolita)
Odznaczeni Krzyżem Komandorskim z Gwiazdą Orderu Odrodzenia Polski (III Rzeczpospolita)
Odznaczeni Krzyżem Komandorskim Orderu Zasługi Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej
Odznaczeni Złotym Krzyżem Zasługi (władze RP na uchodźstwie)
Polacy – Komandorzy Orderu Sztuki i Literatury
Polscy dziennikarze
Polscy kawalerowie maltańscy
Polska emigracja polityczna we Francji 1939–1989
Pracownicy sekcji polskiej Radia Wolna Europa
Urodzeni w 1929
Zmarli w 2021


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Girls' softball has been active in our community and the surrounding communities for more than 40 years. We are happy to announce that Greencastle Youth Softball Association Inc. has now officially received 501(c)(3) status.
There are many expenses connected with running the leagues and we rely on funding solely on our own fundraising events and the support of local businesses.
We are constantly in search of sponsorship partners in order to minimize the expenses for team jerseys and umpires, as well as provide maintenance and repairs for ball fields, dugouts, bleachers, lighting, etc. The following are our current sponsorship opportunities:
The Team sponsors are on a first come basis and for $250.00 the sponsor name will proudly be displayed on the Team jerseys at every game, home and away. The girls also keep these jerseys, so you might see them out in the community wearing them. Team sponsors also receive a team plaque at the end of the season to post at their local business.
With a League Sponsorship, for $125.00 the sponsor name will be prominently displayed on a 3-foot by 5-foot sign on the field fence.
Team and League Special
We have a SPECIAL offer, for those who would like to sponsor a Team, as well as the League. For the cost of $325.00 a local business can be a Team AND League sponsor. This is a savings of $50.00. We feel this is a great opportunity for businesses, the League, and our community
Online registration is currently available below. If you'd prefer to download a copy of the 2020 Spring Season registration form, click here and remit with payment to GYSA at P.O. Box 190 Greencastle , IN 46135.
We are the Greencastle Youth Softball Association Inc. formerly known as the Putnam County Girls Softball League and Greencastle Girls Fastpitch Softball Club. Girls' softball has been active in our community and the surrounding communities for more than 40 years. We are happy to announce that Greencastle Youth Softball Association Inc. has now officially received 501(c)(3) status.
There are however many expenses connected with running the leagues and we rely on funding solely on our own fundraising events and the support of local businesses. We are in search of sponsors to partner with, to minimize the expenses for field maintenance, umpires, team jerseys, dugout repairs, lighting of the fields and bleachers.
2021 Team (Sponsor on Team Shirts & Plaque)
Registration closes on 03/26/2021 at 12:00 AM
Season Dates: 01/01/2021 to 05/20/2021
+ Register Now
League Sponsors choosing this option will have their name on the Team jerseys at every game, home and away. The girls keep these jerseys, so you might see them out in the community wearing them. Team sponsors also receive a team plaque at the end of the season to post at their local business.
2021 League (Sponsor on 3' x 5 ' Field Banner)
League Sponsors choosing this option will have their name on a 3-foot by 5-foot sign placed on the outfield fence.
2021 Special (Banner, Team Shirts, & Plaque)
In addition to the Team jerseys, sponsors choosing this option will have a 3-foot by 5-foot sign placed on the outfield fence. The cost for this sponsorship is a $50.00 savings.


The Raton-Clayton Volcanic Field is located on the High Plains of northeastern New Mexico. The field extends for more than 85 mi (137 km) from near Trinidad, Colorado, southeastward through Raton, New Mexico, to Clayton, New Mexico. U.S. 64/87 runs along the axis of the field, and most of the important features can easily be seen from this highway. This is one of the best routes from Texas and Oklahoma to Denver and other cities in Colorado. Capulin Mountain and a few other points can easily be visited while traveling this route without significantly extending the trip. All of the locations described here are on paved highways, accessible with almost any type of vehicle. Most of the land in this area is private or leased state land so that permission must be obtained for collecting and travel off the highways.


This newly redecorated and refurbished double room is situated on the first floor.
It has a light and airy feel with a sea view from both the windows. The room comprises of a comfortable double bed, plenty of wardrobe and cupboard space, there is a remote control TV with built in free view and DVD player and Free WiFi.
The en-suite has a toilet, shower, wash hand basin and a selection of complimentary toiletries. We provide a fully stocked tea and coffee tray and fresh towels every day.


I prefer if you keep my name in all lower case (sci, not Sci), but it's ok if you forget, or didn't know.
FAWM 2016 was a rough time in my life.
FAWM 2017 existed, i think?
FAWM 2019 i didnt really plan to do anything, but did something anyway. mostly experimental stuff.
im gone. cya next year, yall!
Hey! I appreciate you hanging around and bothering to comment as you stumbled onto my stuff. Your comments gave me quite a confidence boost! Really cool stuff you said, esp on You Brought Me In. Again, really appreciate it!
I hope you get to participate more next year, as your stuff has pulled me in and I'd like to hear more. Hope my memory doesn't fail me next year and I seek you out again (oh, i can just watchlist you duh lol) - maybe we can create something together! Take care!
Belatedly replying to your explanation about Rephlex and other names I couldn't identify... thanks! So I don't know if I ever heard any Rephlex stuff, but I did like the early, gentler Aphex Twin stuff (Selected Ambient Works v.1 and Polygon Window). In fact that's the kind of music I'd make if I could. Maybe I can... after all, it's been done before.
Thanks again for your comment on my latest thing, so far... all your references are obscure to me, I know some things of course but only by chance - I've heard of rephlex but I don't know who or what it is, or was, but you've rumbled me totally about what I do and how, except I don't even have a cool synth, just an ipad.
Well, I do have a bass and a guitar too, maybe I'll try something with them next.
Thanks for commenting on my track - I have more now, do it again!
In response: yes, I find a lot of my stuff sounds like it's not moving ... I'm happy with that, which is convenient I suppose. But I should probably try to put some motion in sometimes.
hey, thanks much for the comment! i do like actress, though i havent heard much of his recent output. it means a lot that you liked the soundscape and your feedback is much appreciated!
Hey man, hoping you get the bug to make some fun noise!
oh aw of course i remember you!! your tunes are real fun!! good luck !!


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Q: Xamarin Mac - Process execution "Write Fault on Path" I'm trying to install HomeBrew (https://brew.sh/) from my Xamarin Mac App.
The process is quite Simple, like:
 /usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

So, to perform it from my App, I'm trying with "System.Diagnostic.Process" like this:
        ProcessStartInfo startinfo = new ProcessStartInfo();
        startinfo.WorkingDirectory = "/usr/local";
        startinfo.CreateNoWindow = false;
        startinfo.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Normal;
        startinfo.FileName = "/usr/bin/ruby";
        startinfo.Arguments = @" -e ""$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)""";
        Process process = new Process();
        process.StartInfo = startinfo;

        process.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = false;
        process.StartInfo.RedirectStandardInput = true;
        process.StartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = true;
        process.Start();

        while (!process.StandardOutput.EndOfStream)
            Console.WriteLine(process.StandardOutput.ReadLine());

        process.StandardInput.WriteLine("exit");
        process.WaitForExit();
        Console.ReadKey();

the OUTPUT I get is:
 -e:1: `$(' is not allowed as a global variable name

If I run the same operation in Terminal, everything works fine.
If I try to perform something basic like:
ls -l

I get a strange error:
       System.IO.IOException
       Write fault on path /Users/[USER]/Projects/_git/[FOLDER]/bin/Debug/[APPNAME]/Contents/Resources/[Unknown]

What's wrong? I have to perform some "automatic interactions" so I'll need to run simple commands like this. Do I need some other "capacity"?


Implementing the right CRO methods can grant incredible results but requires a fact-based, data-driven scientific approach.
CRO or conversion rate optimization is a marketing optimization strategy that is geared toward increasing the percentage of you website's visitors. Conversation rate optimization works by analyzing your visitor's behavior when they visit your website. The goal of CRO is to persuade more visitors to take a desired action that you want them to take on your website, webpage, or within a campaign. At OgreLogic, we can use CRO to better understand your customers, drive more customers to your website, lower customer acquisition cost, increase brand awareness, and make your website interesting to Google.
If you are not aware, page speed has become an important factor for search engine ranking of your website. However, it is important to understand that more than search engines, a slow loading page can break the deal with a visitor who could possibly be a potential customer. If you are investing time and money to increasing your website's ranking, make sure that your slow loading website does not blow it off. Our experts at OgreLogic can analyze your website, find issues resulting in a slow website, fix these issues and improve your website's loading speed.
Even if your website consisted of all the important information that you want to deliver to your visitors but if it fails to engage and retain them, your website is failing to do its job. Your website should also shine in the areas of design and user experience. There are many factors that play their role in improving a website's user experience and are required to be paid attention. At OgreLogic, we analyze your website and come up with strategies to improve your website's user experience. Some of these strategies are making your website mobile friendly, interactive, optimize page loading speed, and etc.


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Q: I broke the sata data port of SATA/PATA/IDE Drive to USB 2.0 Adapter Converter Cable I bought a  SATA/PATA/IDE Drive to USB 2.0 Adapter Converter Cable such as this product:
Similar product on amazon
However, the sata data plastic panel removed (pulled out) and the last copper pin cutted which is GND as I googled (as well as the fixation part was broken).
This panel was took off
I am planning to assembel it pack to the board, without the broken pin and then use it as usually.
Would this work? or it will be dangerous or harmful to the external hard disk.
Thanks in advance

A: Thank You everyone,
last week I got a failing HD and tried this on and it was working (moving and copying some files of winrar and testing).
I use this broken sata adapter on a healthy drive and it worked well, and for a week now I did not encounter any issues even there was a broken pin.
Just pushed the pins in the plastic sata channels.
Note: I done this on my own without any responsibility for damage.


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Q: How can I retrieve my product key without the disc or case? Is there a way to retrieve my product key on my MacBook Pro?  I purchased it from Amazon on August 19, 2011.

A: Your Macbook Pro doesn't have a product number; it has a serial number.
You can obtain your serial number by looking at the bottom of your Macbook Pro or by clicking  the "apple" at the top of the screen and selecting About This Mac

Once to select about this Mac, you will get a screen similar to the ones below that will give you your serial number.
For Mavericks or earlier....

For Yosemite and later....


On this page you can view council home swaps where the tenant actually lives in Maidenhead. To view more swaps clicks the next page button below. Or if you want to add your Maidenhead mutual exchange please use the box below.
We live in a quite walkway in the fruze Platt area, close to shops five minute walk, about twenty minutes walk into Maidenhead Town centre. We also have a local train station about ten minutes away. Local secondary school a short walk, Three local primary schools, we also have the countryside on our doorstep, Cookham. Our home has two bedrooms, front and back garden buid in bar.b.q good family home.
We have a two bedroom house with front and back garden, we live close to shops, walking distance, very close to a nursery school, three primary schools and a secondary school, about twenty minutes walk from the town centre and a ten minute walk to our local train station. We also are lucky as we have the countryside on our door step,Cookham. The walkway we live in is very quiet.
Hi I have a spacious two bed flat in larchfield maidenhead, next to a big playing field, park, tennis court, skate ramp, shops ,doctors, takeaway shops, Garage, school,nursery, 10 mins from maidenhead town centre, I'm looking to move to high Wycombe near to town centre or just outside (downley area) , I would like to swap for a two bed of any kind of property.
2 bedroom mid-terrace. central heating double glazing enclosed back garden driveway for 2 cars.


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Author Allick DelancyPosted on March 2, 2019 Categories UncategorizedTags anxiety, behavior, conflict management, Fear, friend, happiness, mood, panic, self-help books, tipsLeave a comment on Anxiety Is Good For My Heart, That's Why I Am Dying.
Behavioral problems have many causes. They can stem from neurological disorders such as attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, emotional issues such as abuse or family issues such as divorce. Regardless of the cause, though, some activities can help children with behavioral problems. Parents and teachers will need to determine which activities are most appropriate for a specific child.
No activities can eliminate behavior problems, but some can reduce the likelihood of them occurring. Exercise is recommended by both Kids Health and the American Academy of Pediatrics for help with behavioral problems. For children whose behavior problems have to do with anger, Kids Health recommends martial arts, wrestling and running as especially helpful forms of exercise.
Lack of self-control is often a cause of behavior problems, so the National Association of School Psychologists has suggested activities to help teach self-control. One idea is to use puppets to role-play wanting something that you can't have. The organization suggests having your child write or draw something he'd like to do, then discussing it and sharing something you'd like to do, but can't. Next, you and your child can use puppets to role-play scenarios that are typically frustrating for children such as wanting a toy that another child has or wanting to play with a friend who isn't available. After acting out the scenarios, you and your child should discuss how he felt and what choices he made during the exercise.
Reading to your children is more than just an opportunity to settle down at bedtime and increase literacy skills; it can also be an opportunity to practice identifying feelings. Children who struggle to identify feelings, whether their own or others can have behavior problems. The National Association of School Psychologists suggests parents discuss character's feelings with their children while they read and encourage children to draw pictures to illustrate those feelings.
Sometimes children misbehave because they don't know how to handle a circumstance or a feeling correctly, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics. The National Association of School Psychologists suggests teaching children to deal with feeling angry. Have them recognize that they are angry by identifying characteristics such as clenched hands, then have them count to 10, then have them think about their choices. Discuss choices such as walking away, taking deep breaths or telling the person how you feel in a calm voice. Finally, children should act on their best choice.


(Above) Hunter Callanan, from the North Iowa Corridor Economic Development Corp., was on hand to see the new ways Clear Lake students are learning with Project Lead the Way.-Reporter photo.
The Clear Lake School District has embraced the concept that students learn best by doing and last week the district celebrated the roll-out of Project Lead The Way (PLTW) curriculum now being used in all district buildings.
About 50 persons attended a program to learn more about how the transformative learning experience is being used in kindergarten through high school.
PLTW utitilizes an APB (Activity, Projects, Problem) approach. Students participate in an activity to help them acquire knowledge and skill, then use them in a project and eventually apply and transfer those skills to solve a problem.
Terry Ausman, director of school engagement in Iowa and Nebraska for PLTW, was on hand for the local event.


"Esau went back that day on his way to Seir. And Jacob journeyed to Succot and built himself a House, and for his cattle he built shelters, therefore he called the name of the place Succot" (Genesis 33:16-17).
Catching sight of Esau and his four hundred men advancing towards him, Jacob grouped his wives and their respective children and went out ahead of them to meet Esau.
"He prostrated on the earth seven times until he reached his brother. And Esau ran to meet him and embraced him and fell on his neck and kissed him, and they wept...." (Genesis 33:3-4).
Jacob's display of humility aroused Esau's compassion. Jacob pressed him to accept his gifts, and Esau agreed. He even suggested that they join and travel together. But Jacob knew that their destinies were different and that to remain faithful to his own mission he must keep a respectful distance from Esau.
Jacob's reply reveals a down-to-earth practicality and a touching sensitivity to the needs of the weakest and tenderest. Jacob had the ability to take account of everyone's different needs and to orchestrate opposing forces into a dynamic harmony. With Binah-understanding he could pay attention to the tiniest details while at the same time using wide-angle Chokhmah-vision to see each detail in its proper place in the context of the wider whole.
By bringing even Esau -- representing the material world of Asiyah -- to make peace with him, Jacob showed that he had the power to harness the material world itself in service of his higher spiritual quest without letting its grosser aspects divert him from his path.
"Esau went back that day on his way to Seir. And Jacob journeyed to Succot and built himself a House, and for his animals he built shelters, therefore he called the name of the place Succot" (Genesis 33:16-17).
When Jacob built his House he thought about everyone, not only the adults and children but even the animals. All have their different needs. Everything must have its just and proper place in the larger whole.
Jacob's domestic practicality comes to teach us that we have to bring even the smallest practical details of our material lives inside the "House" of our overall spiritual vision. If we merely think and talk about spiritual ideals without acting accordingly when we go about our daily business, our "spirituality" is an illusion.
"You must pray for everything. If your garment is torn and must be replaced, pray to God for a new one. Do this for everything. Make it a habit to pray for all your needs, large or small. Your main prayers should be for fundamentals, that God should help you in your devotion and bring you close to Him. Still, you should also pray even for trivial things. God may give you food and clothing and everything else you need even though you do not ask for them. But then you are like an animal. God gives every living thing its bread without being asked. He can also give it to you this way. But if you do not draw your life through prayer then it is like that of a beast. For a man must draw all the necessities of life from God only through prayer."
To be true to his mission in this world, man must "draw all the necessities of life from God only through prayer". If he fails to do this, he is no better than an animal. Indeed when man merely consumes and takes from this world the way animals do, not only does he fall below his own proper level. He brings the rest of the world down with him,causing the animals themselves to suffer.
Rabbi Nachman discusses this point in a teaching about the Succah (see below). During the annual autumn festival of Succot it is a mitzvah to dwell in a Succah, a temporary structure with a roof made of nothing but leaves, branches and similar natural vegetation. One should take one's best furniture and utensils out into the Succah and actually live there the way one normally lives in one's house, eating and drinking, studying, praying and meditating, relaxing, socializing and even sleeping in the Succah.
Succot, third of the major annual festivals, is particularly associated with Jacob, third of the founding fathers. Bringing all one's various activities down to the most material under the roof of the holy Succah symbolizes the need to bring all the details of our lives inside the "House" of spirituality. This is why when Jacob built his house, not only did he build for himself and his family. He also "made shelters [succot] for his animals."
When animals die off before their proper time, the reason is because people fail to take care to observe the mitzvah of Succah properly. For the Succah, which is essentially a shelter, represents the sefirah of Binah, which is called a "Mother who shelters her children". [Binah is the mother, while the lower sefirot which emanate from Binah are her "children"].
It is man's Binah-intelligence and understanding that puts him above the animals. For this reason in humans the breasts from which babies get their nourishment are higher up on the mother's body, whereas the udders from which young animals feed are lower down on the mother animal's body. In the same way on the spiritual level, man derives his sustenance from the sefirah of Binah, which is a very exalted level, whereas animals receive their sustenance from a lower level.
When a person fails to observe the mitzvah of Succah properly he falls from the level of Binah (= the Succah) and descends to a level where his nourishment comes from "animal udders". This means that he takes for himself the nourishment and energy that were intended for the animals. By doing so, he takes away their very life-force, as a result of which the animals die. How far a person falls depends on his neglect of the mitzvah of Succah. The further he falls, the more he takes away the life-force belonging to the animals, causing their death. This is why it says that Jacob "made Succot for his animals". For the Succah is for the sake of the animals!
Building can be a very dangerous occupation, as our Rabbis said: "Everyone who engages in building becomes poor" (Sotah 11). For the house must be built with wisdom and intelligence, and then the person will come to no harm from building. When a person has wisdom and intelligence, it is fitting for him to build a house, as it is written: "The house will be built with wisdom and established with understanding. And with knowledge the rooms will be filled" (Proverbs 24:3-4). By building such a house, the person creates a space in which to draw blessing into the world. But when a person builds without intelligence, it is harmful to him and he becomes impoverished. This is his punishment for having failed to build the house with wisdom, for "the wisdom of the poor is despised" (Ecclesiastes 9:16). It is therefore through the Succah, which represents intelligence, Binah, that a person is able to build a house, as it says, "With wisdom the house will be built."
This is why "Jacob traveled to Succot and built himself a house" (Genesis 33:17).
Rebbe Nachman's teaching about the Succah demonstrates man's pivotal role of responsibility for the welfare of the world as a whole. Our fulfilmentl of God's mitzvot with the proper care ensures a balanced flow of blessing and nourishment to all levels of creation. Failure to fulfill the mitzvot can cause the death of animals and other ecological disasters.
Rebbe Nachman explains that it was only through first "traveling to Succot" that Jacob was able to build his house. In other words, man's very ability to establish a sound material basis for his own life in his "house" depends upon his willingness to take responsibility for overall ecological balance. This he does through "Succah" -- bringing all the details of life under the Binah-intelligence of Torah, which provides specific pathways to be followed at all the different junctures in our lives. Fulfillment of the various mitzvot brings a flow of life and blessing to all creation, leading to the overall ecological balance upon on which man's own long-term welfare depends.
This is a vital lesson at a time when people all over the world have fallen under the spell of a mindless consumerism that is destroying the global environment at a rate which threatens our very survival. Mankind is doomed to destruction unless humanity can learn to regulate its consumption intelligently. This will only be possible with the Binah-intelligence of the Torah, weaning people from excess by showing them how to eat, drink and carry out their other material functions in a way that elevates them to the level of spiritual activities.
This is precisely what Jacob's House -- the Holy Temple -- is all about. The Temple is to serve as a powerful, vivid, concrete symbol of the idea of Succah for all mankind. The idea of Succah is to bring even the most mundane aspects of our material lives inside the "House" of spirituality, making them part of our spiritual quest. This is achieved first and foremost by praying about our everyday needs and activities. Thus the Temple is the "House of Prayer for all mankind" (Isaiah 56:7).
This does not mean that the Temple is simply a large place of worship where people can come together to pray. Certainly the Temple is a devotional center where people come to connect with God. But this is not merely because it provides a suitable physical space to accomodate the worshippers. Every single detail of the design of the Temple buildings and courtyards is itself part of the lesson about prayer. "The design of the Temple corresponds to the design of creation" (Tikkuney Zohar, Introduction). The various halls and courtyards of the Temple correspond to the various worlds discussed in the Kabbalah. These spiritual worlds receive vitality and blessing through man's service in this world. Not only do the Temple rituals bring about a flow of vitality into the spiritual worlds. Every detail of the daily services and other "household" activities in the Temple is a teaching to mankind about how to lead our lives in our own private homes and houses in a way that leads to harmony and ecological balance in this world.
The Temple is comprehensible to the human mind because it is similar to a human house. A human house has a place to prepare and cook food for the people living in it and a place to eat it. The Temple was a place to which various kinds of "food" were constantly being brought in the form of animals, birds, corn, wine and oil for the various sacrifices. These were "consumed" on the altar, which is compared to the human table, or in some cases eaten by the priests and their families or by those who brought the sacrifices in an exercise of holy eating.
The human house provides space for us to rest and enjoy privacy and intimacy with our dear ones. Corresponding to this in the Temple is the "Holy of Holies", which is sometimes called Cheder Hamitot, the "room of the beds" or "bedroom"! The Holy of Holies, which is the place of ultimate union of the Holy One and His Indwelling Presence, is a teaching about the purity and holiness of the love between husband and wife in the intimacy of their own private chamber.
When Jacob had his dream of the ladder at the spot where this House of God was to be built, he saw angels ascending and descending. The various physical rituals in the Temple send expanding waves of influence to all the higher worlds: "angels ascending". This in turn elicits a response of blessing and life-force flowing from the higher worlds back into this world: "angels descending". The Temple rituals are vivid teachings about the holiness to which we should aspire when we eat and drink and go about our other activities in our own private homes and houses. Through sanctifying our mundane activities, we too send "angels" to the higher worlds and elicit the flow of blessing and vitality into this world.
"Rise, Go up to the House of God"
It was after Jacob's triumph over Esau -- Asiyah -- that God told him to go up to Beit El, "The House of God", so that he could fulfill the vow made years earlier after his dream of the ladder.
And God said to Jacob: "Rise, Go up to Beit El and dwell there and make there an altar to El, the God who appeared to you when you fled from Esau your brother." And Jacob said to his house and to all who were with him, "Remove the foreign gods that are in you and purify yourselves and change your clothes. And let us rise up and go up to the House of God, and I will make there an altar to El, the God who answers me on my day of trouble and Who was with me on the path I have traveled" (Genesis 35:1-3).
"And it will be at the end of days that the Mountain of the House of HaVaYaH will be established at the head of the mountains and it will be lifted up above the hills and all the nations will stream to it. And many nations will go and say, Come and let us go up to the Mountain of HaVaYaH, to the House of the God of Jacob, and He will teach us His ways and we will go on His pathways. For from Zion the Torah will go forth and the word of God from Jerusalem. And He will judge between the nations and reprove many peoples and they will break their swords into plow-shares and their spears into pruning-hooks and nation will not lift up sword against nation and they will no longer learn war" (Isaiah 2:1-4).
Jacob built the House of Prayer for all mankind. Abraham saw spirituality as a lofty Mountain, but this made it forbidding and inaccessible to all but a few, because "Who can ascend the mountain of HaVaYaH?" (Psalms 24:3). Isaac made it more attainable by turning it into a Field that can be tilled and cultivated through sustained work and effort. Yet this too requires a level of discipline that cannot be maintained by everyone.
However Jacob "called it a House". Everyone understands what a house is. The teaching exemplified in Jacob's life is to bring even the smallest practical details of our lives within the "House" of spirituality. First and foremost this is done by praying about them simply and directly in our own words. The world of Asiyah can be an obstacle to spirituality, but prayer turns it into a chariot of ascent to God.
When Jacob's House is established on the Temple Mount, the nations "will break their swords into plow-shares and their spears into pruning-hooks and nation will not lift up sword against nation and they will no longer learn war".
This magnificent vision of future peace and harmony can be attained if each one of us will learn to play his or her part in building the House by pursuing the highest spiritual goals in and through the practical details of our lives down to our very eating and drinking, working, socializing, etc. Only if we can succeed in attaining harmony between the spiritual and material in the domains where we have influence in conjunction with the people we actually live with can we hope for harmony to spread through the world as a whole.