If you've been keeping an eye on this blog, then you already know that iOS 8 for the first time will come with support for third-party keyboards. This was bound to happen, as Android users have been enjoying third-party keyboards for a long time, and this was not possible for iOS users, until now.
If you have a developer account, then you can already try out the beta of iOS 8, but unfortunately at this time, there are no third-party keyboards available to test out how it works. The writers at AppleInsider, however, got their hands on an alpha version of one new keyboard called the TouchPal, and they explained how you can install and use these third-party keyboards on iOS 8.
If you're on iOS 8, then install the app, in this case, TouchPal, and then go to Settings > Keyboard > Add New Keyboard and then select the keyboard you wish to use. The process is very simple and somewhat similar to how you choose a third-party keyboard on Android. From now on, each time an app requires a keyboard, the third-party keyboard you've chosen will open. Some other popular third-party keyboard apps that are coming to iOS 8 are Swype, SwiftKey and Fleksy, but you can expect many more such apps to arrive on the App Store soon.
iOS 8 will be arriving this fall, and that's the time you can expect the release of these apps. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) certainly has taken a good step by allowing third-party keyboards. More choice is ultimately good for users like you and me.


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Thousands back bid to take Glasgow buses into public ownership
By Drew Sandelands | Local Democracy Reporter
First Group had previously announced it was putting its UK operations up for sale
Campaigners calling on Glasgow City Council to take control of the city's bus services will hand over a 7000-strong petition on Wednesday.
Get Glasgow Moving has received support from thousands of city residents since it launched the petition online in June.
The group wants the council to operate buses "in the interests of passengers, not profit" and will meet with the authority's leader Susan Aitken to discuss its demands.
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It has received support from unions Unite and Unison as well as councillors from the city's Labour and Green groups.
Councillors agreed the council should look at taking bus services into public ownership at a meeting in June after First Group had announced it was putting its UK operations up for sale.
However, Ms Aitken told a full council meeting last week the operator had confirmed "the sale is now off the table" following enquiries by officers from the city authority.
She said the focus would now be on "securing Glasgow's share of the £500m allocation by the Scottish Government for bus priority measures".
Rebecca Menzies, a campaigner for Get Glasgow Moving, said: "Just because First are no longer selling, it doesn't mean we can't have a publicly-owned and controlled bus company.
"The Transport Scotland Act enables councils to set up their own bus company, like Lothian Buses, and allows for re-regulation through bus franchising, like in London.
"Regulation would allow us to set timetables, ticket prices and finally begin to integrate our public transport network.
"It is unlikely the £500m bus infrastructure fund will be spent improving connectivity in Glasgow city centre or in surrounding communities.
"It is more likely to be directed into priority lanes on motorways for inter-city travel, which is welcome but doesn't solve Glasgow's issues.
"With 7,000 signatures, it's clear that the people of Glasgow demand better from our buses."
The campaign group wants the council, surrounding authorities and Strathclyde Partnership for Transport to "utilise these new powers with support from the Scottish Government".
Ms Menzies said: "Running public transport for profit is not compatible with the climate crisis, or poverty in Glasgow.
READ MORE: Glasgow approves 20mph speed limit rollout on most city roads
"Bus partnerships have failed, they should not be getting another chance. It's now time for action!"
Lothian Buses is owned by Edinburgh City Council, Midlothian Council, East Lothian Council and West Lothian Council.
Transport for London, accountable to the city's mayor, decides on bus routes, timetables and fares, with the services operated under contract by private companies.

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Household costs of leprosy reactions (ENL) in rural India.
Chandler, David J; Hansen, Kristian S; Mahato, Bhabananda; Darlong, Joydeepa; John, Annamma; Lockwood, Diana NJ; (2015) Household costs of leprosy reactions (ENL) in rural India. PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 9 (1). e0003431-. ISSN 1935-2727 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0003431
BACKGROUND: Erythema nodosum leprosum (ENL) is a common immune-mediated complication of lepromatous (LL) and borderline lepromatous (BL) leprosy. Most patients experience chronic or multiple acute ENL over many years during an economically active period of their lives. Understanding the economic burden of ENL is essential to provide effective patient support, yet this area has not been investigated. METHODS: Ninety-one patients with LL or BL leprosy attending a leprosy hospital in Purulia district of West Bengal, India, were interviewed using a structured questionnaire. Cases (n = 53) were identified as those who had one or more episodes of ENL within the last 3 years. Controls (n = 38) had LL or BL leprosy but no history of ENL. Data were collected on household income, direct and indirect costs, and coping strategies. FINDINGS: The total household cost was Rs 1543 per month or 27.9% (IQR 13.2-52.6) of monthly household income for cases, and Rs 237 per month or 4.9% (IQR 1.7-13.4) of monthly household income for controls. Indirect costs accounted for 65% of total household costs for cases. Direct costs accounted for the remaining 35% of household costs, and resulted almost entirely from treatment-seeking in the private sector. Total household costs exceeded 40% of household income for 37.7% of cases (n = 20) and 2.6% of controls (n = 1) [1 USD = 59 INR]. INTERPRETATION: Households affected by ENL face significant economic burden and are at risk of being pushed further into poverty. Health policy should acknowledge the importance of private sector provision and the significant contribution to total household costs of lost productivity (indirect cost). Further work is needed to explore this area and identify solutions.
Neglected Tropical Diseases Network
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The No. 8 Texas A&M softball team dropped the series opener at No. 6 Florida, 6-1, Saturday evening at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium.The Gators (25-3, 5-2 SEC) jumped out to an early 4-0 lead in the first and added two runs in the fourth. Texas A&M (29-5, 3-1 SEC) scored its lone run in the seventh as Sarah Hudek belted her third homer of the season.
Samantha Show was saddled with the loss to move to 8-3 on the season. The junior gave up four runs on four hits in 0.1 innings. Payton McBride threw three innings of relief allowing four hits and two runs and Kayla Poynter struck out three in 2.2 innings.
Kelly Barnhill earned the win as she fanned 12, giving up two hits in seven innings.


>>Vast. Plural. Inconceivable. Contradictory. These are the words some youth interviewed by Plural Magazine used to describe their country: Russia.
Vastness regarding the territory extension. Seventeen million square kilometers are residence of 144 million people. This is the country with the largest area on the planet, covering more than a ninth of the land area. The capital, Moscow is the most populous city with around 12 million inhabitants, followed by St. Petersburg which however has less than 5 millon.
"Plural" because of the different realities. Life in the big cities and at the villages varies a lot. People have different customs, values and opportunities. In Moscow, for example, there is always movement, some people say that the city never sleep. On the other hand, villages are quite peaceful. There are not many places to go out and few opportunities.
"Inconceivable" because it is hard to learn the complexity of the country. One of the richest things about this culture is art. The Hermitage and Russian Museums, in St. Petersburg, and the Tretyakov Gallery, in Moscow, are worldwide know and recognized as great references in the artistic segment.
"Contradictory". Rule by Vladimir Putin, reelected this year to exercise his fourth mandate, the country lives full of paradoxes. The soviet inheritance prevails in the unconscious and in the quotidian of citizens, who lives a mismatch between Constitution, Government's actions, and the everyday life of the population.
"According to Constitution there is no censorship in Russia. However, there is a big issue of self-censorship when people are afraid of their future career, their health, and sometimes even life", says the editor of a Russian magazine, who prefers to not be identified. The Government carries remnants of the Soviet times, and as a result maintain centralized and ultra-patriotic values.
After the pacific dissolution of Soviet Union, in other words, the independence of the Russian Federation, Boris Ieltsin assumed the presidency. However, after 1993, the Duma, a type of legislature, rebelled against the leadership causing a movement of civil unrest in the country. Six years later, the conflict, combined with the low popularity of the president, pressed Iéltsin to resign.
Vladimir Putin, vice president at the time, assumed the presidency until 2000. His government was known by profound political and economic reforms, tension with United States and Western Europe and the rescue of Russian nationalism. Since then, Putin was reelected in 2004 and try to be a candidate for the next elections, but he was forbidden. Dmitry Medvedev, his protege, assumed and Putin was designate to Prime Minister.
In September 2011, Putin announced he would go for his third mandate and even with protests he was elected a year later. During his government, he altered the law and extend in two years the time in duty, so instead of four came to be six. Now, in 2018, Putin started his fourth mandate.
Although there is no more an "iron curtain", as in the time of the Soviet regime, the easiest way to control the thoughts and actions of modernity is to keep government policy stern. "For me, the worst is that the economic and the political systems are practically missing in Russia. There is no communication between the authority and the people, especially in the regions", says the youth journalist Yaroslava Ryabova, 22 years old.
The approval of the Russian president goes around 85%, according to data released in 2017 by the independent center Levada. But who are these 85%? Most of the youths interviewed by Plural, said that people who truly sees the situation criticize and form their own opinion regarding the government. However, this is not the reality around the whole country. Due to the vast territory, a lot of people live in rural areas and "there is a different world in all aspects, unfortunately", regret the graphic designer Natalia Filchakova, 28 years old.
According to the young woman it is hard to compare life in Moscow to life in the villages. The big cities are always rushed and in movement. There are a lot of events, expositions, and concerts. Furthermore, people in regions have less opportunities and sometimes suffer from poverty. But the dynamics are not the only thing that makes lifestyle different. At the villages the only way to access the news is through government-funded media, which is highly impartial.
The political situation in the country is one of the biggest regrets of the Russian youths, who try to go around the situation through creativity and optimism. However, it cannot be denied that this scenario triggers a limited system of information and education.
With the high levels of Russian training and schooling there is a lot of manpower available. The job market does what is possible to include all professionals, however the situation gets complicated with the many foreign who have flocked to the country in search of employment. "Finding a job in Russia is not hard, considering that you live in a big enough city. However, finding a nice and a well-paying job, or one that corresponds to your skillset and education, is quite a challenge", affirm the 27 years-old student, Yefim Shulman.
"For those who live in the outlying areas, is not that simple. unless you are a military. A lot of people choose to work for the army to secure social guarantees", comments the journalist Yaroslava Ryabova, 22. Another difficulty lies in the aging, "for people around 40s and 50s it is hard to have a job", complements Shulman.
Even with the political crisis that young Russians say it is being installed in the country, the level of unemployment is low. Nowadays, the rate is only 5%, less than half of Brazil's, which reaches 12,7%, for example. As well as Brazilians, Russians work 40 hours per week and take 28 days of payed vacation.
Presently, the minimum wage is 9489 rubles, which is equivalent to R$ 538. On the other hand, the subsistence index evaluated by the Russian authorities is 11,163₽. Therefore, the current president, Vladimir Putin, promised equal pay and subsistence rate to combat the poverty level in the country.
An alternative found by the youths to escape from the crisis is to work abroad, where it is possible to find more lucrative opportunities. Meanwhile, Russia open its doors to multinationals and foreign, who without expectation in their own country, take jobs in Russia.
Access to information is guaranteed by law. According to a survey made by the independent institute Levada Center, 85% of the population uses television as primary means of receiving news, in spite of only half of them truly believe in what is being transmitted.
"The TV content is practically all governmentally controlled, there are some independent cable channels, but their reach is practically none comparing with the public TV giants", explains Yaroslava. The Russian editor, who prefers to be anonymous, say that there are just five independent channels and if you are living in the regions further away, you can't program your television to tune in to them.
Even though television journalism is the most important when it comes to information, there are other ways to get knowledge of the facts. The question is if it is easy or not to access them. "There are all sorts of news outlets there, some of which are very critical of the government. One of the most popular, the Meduze, has its headquarters in Riga, while the commercial department is located in Moscow", says the editor. He explains that the change happened in fear of being banished by the local authorities.
There are some foreign media operating in Russia who approach critical topics. Media is highly regulated in the country and recently all communication vehicles with more than 20% of foreign capital were banished. "Internet is starting to be more and more regulated as well in Russia. There are more laws which are supposed to fight terrorism, but eventually lead to less freedom of speech", completes the editor.
In a modern scenario, the internet allowed the emergence of a journalistic model in which everyone produce and consume at the same time. With this, fake news arrived. For the anonymous editor, the problem in Russia is that the fake news are published with the help of television, where in your essence the audience is "of older people, who rarely question what is being said on the screens".
For the 27 years-old student, Yefim Shulman, the access to the internet is uninterrupted because he knows how to reach information. However, in Russia the problem is language. Most of the population don't speak other languages beyond the national one, which makes accessing websites harder. Furthermore "TV, radio stations, and websites are controlled by people associated with the current political regime, so most people are constantly exposed to information given by those in power", completes.
On the other hand, the respectable media have a fact-checking process and some more modern portals help the fight against fake news disclosures. The journalist Elena Smychkova, 22 years-old, believes that there are several communication vehicles who fight that, in addition to positioning themselves against the government.
"Nowadays I don't work in the area. So, I can only say what I hear from my friends who work in magazines, journals and TV stations. I keep thinking that we can write or film stories about anything, but of course in big editions or in federal channels there is censorship and government propaganda", points Elena.
Educate involves the process of teaching and learning. The love for knowledge is something that develops man skills, intellectual or morally. In Russia, the level of illiteracy is one of the lowest in the world. According to data from IBGE Countries, 99,7% of Russians over 15 are literate.
"Kids are obliged to go to school and they are pressured by their parents to have excellent grades. Beyond all, the system is pretty soviet", affirm the 22 years-old journalist Yaroslava Ryabova.
Hearing lectures, not disagreeing with teachers and promoting debates are common characteristics of the Russian education. "There is an abyss between professors and students, which happens because authority was lost and, nowadays, methods are more severe", says the engineer Danil Starobogatov, 27 years-old. However, he affirms that education in Russia is spectacular, because the base knowledge is unbeatable.
The lack of resource is one of the factors that compromise the quality of the system, but "despite few resources, low pay, and other mishaps, I believe that we have the most dedicate and incredible teachers", says the graphic designer Natalia Filchakova, 28 years old.
At age 7 children go to school, taking their school year between September and May. The necessary material and the monthly fee of the institution are free according to the law, when it comes to public institutions. In this case, the family's financial contribution goes only to cover the cost of food and uniform.
As in Brazil, students who come from private schools have advantage over those who depends on public education. In the country the proportion is 48,809 schools ruled by the state for only 665 privates. However, a major school reform is being developed in attempt to level set education.
"Most Russians are orthodox, a historical country religion. It was the official religion in times of Russian Empire, then banned in Soviet Union. And revived in modernity. Nowadays, religion is encouraged and spread by the state. The head of the church is a very powerful person in the country, close to the government. There are TV propaganda, as well as special classes on this religion at school", Yaroslava Ryabova, journalist, 22 years old.
As it predicts the Russian Constitution, Religion and State function separately. All kind of faith are respected equally before the law, giving each individual liberty to practice their religion, no matter what. The biggest church in Russia is the Cristian, in which highlights the Orthodox Christianity, followed by the Roman and Protestant Catholic Churches.
The Orthodox Christianity was adopted as official religion of the Russian state in 988. Propagated in spaces that should be secular, schools and state television channels are encourage by the government to spread that belief, considered the most rigid doctrine of the Catholic Church. "Most Russians identify themselves as Orthodox, but that doesn't mean that people actually attend church", says the engineer Danil Starobogatov, 27 years old.
Apart from that, in the Russian territory the Islam is strongly present, appeared in the VII and VIII centuries and settled mainly in the southern and eastern regions. Because it was peaceful and friendly gained the support of the State in the development of Islamic theology, being the second most popular religion.
"I can say that we appreciate a lot our cultural patrimony. Especially people born in Moscow. We truly love theater and art, and we go regularly to museums and cinema. Young people as well", Yaroslava Ryabova, journalist, 22 years old.
"Besides of being homesick sometimes, I miss the food I was used to. Not specifically the Russian cuisine, but the basics. There is no typical food, but I like the taste. It is peculiar", Yefim Shulman, student, 27 years-old.
"I think that Russians just appeared serious and not friendly, but if you get close to and become friends with them, they opened their heart. Of course, that, as In any other country, there are people who behave aggressively and closed, but that happens anywhere", Elena Smychkova, journalist, 22 years old.
Marked by traditions and historical heritages, Russia values their culture and goes beyond stereotypes. As the country is known for its cold weather and negative degrees, people are seen as frosty and introspective. The youth spread all over the country have a different way of living, they seems to be more friendly and receptive.
Over time some habits have emerged, "older generations liked knitting, making kitchen tools, vine basketry and fishing. Nowadays, we have international hobbies like other countries", points Shulman. The country, indeed, opened space for globalization, however some things don't get lost over the years. Russia is singular in many aspects.
In the pre-industrial time, farmer women and girls had a clothing feature that turned out to be a typical costume for special occasions. The dresses, called sarafans, are used with corsets and long skirts. The floral and chess prints draw attention to the apparel that goes with a head accessory known as kokoshnik.
Home of ballet, theater and literature, the country keeps alive its art. New generations have their interests encouraged and developed since childhood, being natural to wait hours to watch a show. "People can stand in line for a ticket if the promotion is good enough. They really want youths to be interested in art", comments Olga Brazburg, a 23 years-old journalist. She tells that there is a discount for students in which a ticket for Bolshoi can be bought for 2 dollars. But the competition is big, and a lot of people spend a whole day waiting in line.
For some youth interviewed by Plural, culture is still the best thing in the country. "our artists, authors, and scientist are extremely talented. This, in my opinion, is the biggest wealth of Russia", Natalia Filchakova, graphic designer, 28 years-old.


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Enterprise Readiness of Permissioned Blockchain
The Essential Diversity of Blockchain Nodes
Blinking: Trusted Digital Identity Solution
Open Execution—The Blockchain Model
IEEE Blockchain Technical Briefs - December 2018
By Harika Narumanchi and Nitesh Emmadi, TCS Innovation Labs, India
Blockchain is an immutable shared ledger that enables mutually distrusting parties to transact with each other without any central authority. The parties together form a peer-to-peer network of nodes and enforce a common ledger. Blockchain is broadly categorized into permissioned and permissionless. In permissionless blockchain there are no restrictions on entities joining or leaving the network whereas in permissioned blockchain the entities are verified identities and the entities go through identity verification process before joining the network that enables non-repudiation and accountability. In this article, we focus on permissioned blockchains as they are more suitable in enterprise environments. Blockchain is being leveraged in supply chain, IoT, finance and several other business use cases. A survey by Wikibrands suggests that blockchain is one of the top 30 emerging technologies that will impact us the most over the next decade. A report by world economic forum predicted that 10% of global GDP would be stored on blockchain technology by 2025. Considering this importance of blockchain, we emphasize on the features and challenges involved in making permissioned blockchains deployable in practice.
By Thomas Burke, CACI, International
The rampant evolution of blockchain technology has enraptured the world, and in many ways has caught everyone unprepared for what the future holds. The originating, unhindered cryptocurrency platform, with all its controversial and somewhat enigmatic trappings, often confounds those seeking to implement blockchain within corporate and government organizations – even at the most basic of levels.
By Nikola Milinković; Miloš Milovanović; Miroslav Minović; Aleksei Migitko; and Andreja Velimirović, Blinking
The world is becoming increasingly digital. Digitalization and automatization of different aspects of our lives have grown to become the undisputed facts of this era. These two interlinked trends are forcing more and more people to communicate, exchange and conduct business online.
Nonetheless, there is not an established, reliable, and universal way of creating, handling and confirming digital identity of people in the online environment. At its most rudimentary level, an identity can be described as a set of personal characteristics which both define an individual and uniquely distinguish him or her from other people.
By Khaled Salah, Khalifa University; Ernesto Damiani, Khalifa University; Ala Al-Fuqaha, Western Michigan University; Thomas Martin, Manchester Metropolitan University; Kamal Taha, Khalifa University; and M. Khurram Khan, King Saud University
In this article, we argue that blockchain has paved the way for an unprecedented, powerful phenomenon that is far superior to open source. We call this phenomenon "Open Execution." As opposed to blackbox execution, open execution has the ability to verify, validate, and scrutinize the execution outcome, and thereby increasing the trust and credibility of execution. In this article, we discuss how blockchain is the right model and computing platform for open execution. We give a definition for open execution and describe a few use cases.


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Joi "SJ" Harris – Gone Too Soon
Beautiful Bikers / Features / August 15, 2017
We are deeply saddened and heartbroken by the loss of Joi "SJ" Harris. Joi was an extraordinary woman with a passion for riding and motorsports. She was known for her beautiful spirit and bubbly personality. She was fearless and relentless in her pursuit of her dream, to ride as a motorsports professional. Joi will be remembered for her ground breaking career as the first African American female road racer. She was living her dream, when her life was suddenly cut short while filming as a stunt rider. She will be dearly missed by her race fans all over the world. We ask that you respect the privacy of her family and friends, as we mourn her loss.
Yesterday was a nightmare I was hoping to wake up from. To everyone who called or texted, thank you for your thoughts and love. The hardest thing I've ever had to do was write about the loss of my sister. And to do so on the world's stage, with people who could care less about making sure her death was handled with dignity, and only want the next quote or sound bite… We just needed a minute to deal with the trauma of a broken heart and to honor her mom's wishes. The weight of her loss is crushing. Now, I'm going to take some time to remember my sister in my own words…
From the moment I met SJ Harris, I knew she was destined for greatness. She was brilliant and tenacious. Once she set her sights on a goal, she went after it with every fiber of her being. To know her was to love her… her laugh was infectious. She knew there was nothing she couldn't do. We wanted to do all we could to uplift and support her, so the world would know her name. And, then the opportunity of a lifetime came along. We had just booked her on the film, and was sworn to secrecy, and then she was off to Canada to make her mark on the world. We were soooo excited about what was yet to come, when her life was cut short.
SJ was a real life super-hero, and not just playing one on film. She's the first African American woman to professionally road-race. SJ was an inspiration to all women who could see themselves on the track, in leather, and leaning SIDEWAYZ into the turn. She showed us what we looked like, and inspired others to test their limits. She raced alongside the men, often leading the pack and giving them a run for their money. Every time she crashed, my heart skipped a beat. But deep down, I knew this was who she was. Racing was where she found her joy.
SJ has overcome life's adversity to ride on the biggest stage there was for a motorcycle rider. She died while living her dream out loud, and doing what she loved till the end. She was my sister and my friend. I'm so proud to have known her and been a part of the team to help her live her dream. I know she's riding in paradise, leaning through the clouds… I will always love you and miss you, sis.
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News, Scotland, yarn
The Story of a Bench
As a rule, I have an uneasy relationship with yarn-bombing. Done right and with purpose, yarn-bombing can be an effective way of practising craftivism (using craft as protest and promoting social change). It can transform a community and serve as a visual marker that something is not right. Sadly, I see too many press releases using yarn-bombing as a thoughtless exercise to "get the knitters on board" and throw a few pom poms at a tree as an empty PR exercise.
But then there is this bench and I want to share its story with you. It is deeply affecting as well as a story of how yarn-bombing can be an incredible story-telling tool.
This bench sits in a remote corner of the Botanic Gardens in Glasgow, Scotland. This particular bench is hidden away at the back, close to the rose garden and the 16th century garden. Most visitors never make it that far, but the location is a favourite spot for many local people. I live next door to the Botanics and you will often find me knitting somewhere in that little area when the weather's nice.
Local textile artist and production designer Rita McGurn passed away two years ago, and her daughter decided to yarn-bomb the bench. Most of the benches in the Botanics bear small memorial plaques, but this bench needed to be slightly different as a tribute to a woman who was described as "colourful, eccentric and a little irreverent". Some of the pieces were crocheted by Rita herself before she passed away, while other pieces were made by Rita's friends and family.
I came across the bench on a sunny day. As always, this corner of the Botanics was almost deserted - except people were lined up to look at this piece of art. A young couple was sitting on the bench for a long time, stroking the pieces of fabric and admiring the colour. A family stopped to have their children photographed ("no, don't touch the flowers - say cheese - no sit still - now look at me"). A small group of people stopped for a long time and I wondered to myself if they were friends of the family. As I saw more and more people stopped to engage with the bench - taking photographs, sitting down, touching it - I realised that they were drawn to it as an art piece. Some had read about the bench in local papers - others just came across it in passing. Everybody slowed down and took a moment to reflect.
There is something so very moving about this yarn-bombing effort. It is a deliberate gesture carried out with care and love. The bench lights up its little corner of the park and the ephemeral nature of the piece makes it incredibly poignant. It is one of my favourite pieces of yarn-bombing I have ever come across. If you are nearby, I can only urge you to catch it before it disappears forever.
You can read more about Rita and Rita's daughter, Mercedes here.
Tagged: Art, Crafty, Glasgow, knitting, Scotland
Personal, Purls, This Thing of Paper
Yarnporium & A Trip to Yorkshire
Last week I went on a research trip to Yorkshire for my book, This Thing of Paper. It was the first of two research trips and I am glad that I scheduled it while we are still working on the patterns. The second trip will take place later this year and be less visually intensive but perfect for the essays. Thank you to everyone who has made this work possible. I had a profound experience when I travelled south to York, and I'm going to write more about that in a second. First, though, a very exciting announcement.
I'll be teaching two workshops at the Yarnporium show in London this November. First, I'm running a half-day class on knitting hap shawls which covers the classic Shetland hap constructions, how to deal with lace charts, and how to work applied edges. I will also cover any questions on how to customise & design hap shawls. Then, I have developed a class especially for Yarnporium called Knitting the Landscape. This class is an exploration of psychogeography and knitting. We'll talk flaneuring, urban exploration, inner/outer landscapes, and how to express your own paths in knitted pieces that'll keep you warm on your journeys.
I'm so honoured to be asked to teach a class like Knitting the Landscape - it's really a step outside what you'd expect from a knitting workshop and it gets us all thinking about what we can do with our everyday making. I like that.
Now, back to my research trip.
I spent part of my trip in York itself. The city was founded by the Romans, then became a major settlement for the Vikings, before growing into a significant religious site and wool trading centre in the 13th and 14th centuries. Much of York's city centre is well-preserved within the city walls (of which some date back to 300AD, but most to the 12th and 13th centuries) and the famous Shambles is a well-preserved medieval street. Between my appointments, I enjoyed walking around discovering small details here and there.
We spent two days at the York Minster itself - one of the largest Gothic cathedrals in the world with various secondary buildings like a library and stonemason's court. The level of detail is astonishing: little mice carved into the stonework, gargoyles peeking out, statues with changed faces, elaborate cope chests, and the awe-inspiring architecture of the Chapter House (and its tiled floor). It was easy to spend hours here and we did.
But what I did not expect was to have one profound moment that reduced me to tears.
I don't know about you, but I've always loved stained glass. The deep, rich colours and the layers of allegorical imagery with so much religious and historical significance .. so when I saw York's Five Sisters window, I was taken aback.
However, there was something different about the Five Sisters window. It is mostly composed of grisaille (grey) glass with just a few coloured pieces inserted here and there. Grisaille was made by painting patterns on pieces of silvery grey glass. The pieces were then arranged into intricate geometric patterns using lead to hold the pieces together. I speculated that the geometric patterns may have been influenced by crusaders seeing Islamic tiles on their travels (the timeline would be right, I believe).
So I sat there beneath dark windows with strong geometric patterns and I had a strong emotional reaction. The window reminded me of the first time I read TS Eliot's The Waste Land which was also formed of 'fragments shored against these ruins'. Something about the small, insignificant pieces that swirled together in highly complex patterns to create something bigger than themselves. Small glimpses of colour and light to break the dark complexity .. the more I looked at the window, the more I cried.
I later learned that Five Sister was last restored in the 1920s and dedicated as a memorial to the women who died during the First Word War. Mrs Little, a local woman, had a vision of long-lost sisters guiding her towards the window and as she approached, her sisters faded away to be replaced by five women sitting in a garden sewing needlework. I am moved by Mrs little's words: "After the war was over, when memorials on all sides were being erected to our brothers, I often thought that our sisters who also made the same sacrifice appeared to have been forgotten." Names of more than 1400 women are inscribed on oak panels nearby.
I sat there for nearly an hour underneath that window and I could have stayed much longer. Great art is what changes us and the way we look at the world. I never thought a 13th century grisaille window would affect me so but it did.
Life is so much greater than just our own tiny selves. We combine to make sense of it all.
Tagged: Art, events, History, musings, personal stuff, Photography, Purls, travel
Art, Authors and Artists, Pattern
Authors & Artists: The Frances Herself Shawl
Helen Lockhart of Ripples Crafts dyes exquisite yarns from her home in the Scottish Highlands. I first met Helen at a knitting conference when her stall was next to mine. We bonded immediately, so I cannot believe that it took us nearly five years to finally collaborate. We decided on our collaboration at In The Loop. I fell deeply in love with the blue-teal shade (Stormy Seas) and the rest followed. The rich magenta (Jewelled) and the warm grey (Assynt Peat) worked perfectly in unison. Working with her Quinag base was an absolute joy. The BFL gave Helen's colours additional depth and the yarn flowed through my fingers.
The construction of Frances Herself will be familiar if you knitted my Byatt shawl (though it works in a slightly different way). You increase alongbthe top edge at an accelerated page which makes the shawl grow very rapidly in one direction and at a more considered pace in the other. It makes for wonderful asymmetry when worn - yet it is surprisingly straightforward to work. I do not believe in overcomplicating patterns when wonderful results can be achieved in a straightforward manner!
A lot of the Frances Herself joy is derived from working with such wonderful handdyed yarns. Frances Macdonald McNair was a child of the Arts & Crafts movement and its truth to material ideas. Truth to material simply means that you take the material that is best suited to your project and you showcase it honestly. The shawl is designed to reflect that. I am a big fan of basic stitches (like stocking stitch and garter stitch) precisely because they let handdyed yarns take centre stage.
I have included a guide to modifying the colour sequence so you can make it work with your given yardage. I used three colours in this shawl - one neutral and two jewel-like colours. If you are considering other colours, think about getting enough contrast between the two contrast colours. You might also be tempted by mini-packs of yarn - Col B would be the obvious candidate for this - so keep the following yardage breakdown in mind:
Col A: Gray / Assynt Peat (approx. 380m/ 415 yds) Col B: Magenta / Jewelled (approx 180m/196 yds) Col C: Teal / Stormy Seas (approx 180 m/196 yds)
Another modification you might like is beading. Frances Macdonald McNair used beads extensively - both as material and as visual metaphor. I opted not to add any (mostly as I was travelling when knitting my shawl and there is no worse combination than beads & a bumpy road) but it'd look incredible done right. If you want to add beads, I suggest doing it in the middle of the garter stitch sections with the beads nicely spaced out. I would also suggest choosing beads that reflects cols B and C - you do not have to agree!
The shawl was knitted on 4.5mm needles which the beautiful 4ply yarn was more than capable of handling. I strongly urge you to swatch if you substitute with any other 4ply yarn (and also to check your yardage!). The open fabric has a lot of drape and character, yet it still retains a sense of itself. I love how the lace pattern blocked out - it looks like tiny tenement tiles which is so very apt for a pattern inspired by Arts & Crafts in Scotland.
You can buy the pattern here. If you are going to Edinburgh Yarn Festival, make sure to check out Helen's stall where she'll be happy to advise on colour combinations (and we might have more up on our collective sleeve!).
(Note: I am away from keyboard February 26-28 2016, so I'll get back to any queries as soon as I can afterwards).
Tagged: Art, pattern, Purls, ripplescrafts, Scotland
Art, Authors and Artists
Why Naming A Pattern Can Be Hard
This is an image by Frances Macdonald McNair, a Glasgow-based artist at the turn of the century. Her art looks whimsical with sleeping princesses, fairies and gauzy dresses. In fact, her work is a lot more complicated when you look closer and she's the inspiration for my new shawl pattern.
As part of my job I help other people figure out their pattern names. I usually have a wealth of names at my own disposal, but this time I am having trouble naming the pattern. This post is all about why.
Frances was born in England and attended the prestigious Glasgow School of Art with her sister, Margaret. Frances and Margaret became part of a creative collective known as The Glasgow Four together with Charles Rennie Mackintosh and James Herbert McNair. Margaret married Charles; Frances married Herbert.
While Charles went on to become an incredibly influential architect and collaborated extensively with his wife, the McNairs led an unhappy life. McNair's family had some financial misfortunes, he started drinking, and his career stalled. Frances suppressed her own career in order to help Herbert with his. She had his son, left the marriage briefly but returned before dying at the age of 48. Her husband destroyed most of her artwork after Frances' death.
I went to see an exhibition on the McNairs about ten years ago. I was struck by how Frances was the much better artist of the two - her line work, sense of colour, and understanding of storytelling in art were all superior to her husband. I will be writing about her art tomorrow, but suffice to say I find Frances Macdonald McNair intensely interesting. She was an artist whose talent could not fully blossom because of her gender and the age in which she lived. If she had been born just a few decades later, perhaps her life story would have looked very different. She is deeply inspiring for many reasons - I'll share more tomorrow.
Naming my pattern is hard.
I want to honour Frances as the artist she was and could not be. I want to tell her story rather than a story in which she is relegated to being a wife or a sister-in-law of a celebrated man. Frances yields 77 pages of hits on Ravelry.
I cannot name the pattern after the man who destroyed most of her art work. McNair is not even an option.
I do not want to name the pattern Macdonald because not only does it mean the son of Donald but it also has a whiff of greasy chips.
Glasgow Girl is an option. It was the name of a 1990 exhibition about the female artists flourishing in Glasgow at the turn of the 20th century (and is a nice counter to another Glasgow creative collective, The Glasgow Boys) but Frances only lived in Glasgow briefly.
Frances used either very generic names for her art work (Spring; Autumn; Ophelia), deeply ironic names (Sleeping Princess), or amazingly angry names that are totally unsuitable (Man Makes the Beads of Life but Woman Must Thread Them).
Photo of shawl by Dave Fraser. Imagery by Frances Macdonald McNair via WikiMedia Commons.
Tagged: Art, musings, personal stuff, Purls
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Earlier this month the great-grandson of Post-impressionist painter Paul Gauguin passed away. It did not make headline news anywhere and I only found out via social media. The news upset me greatly. I grew up in a very rural part of Denmark. Prime farm country, most of life revolved around agricultural shows, travelling circuses coming to town, and the occasional dance at the local community hall. I was a bookish child and was a regular visitor to the local library. Books became my solace as I felt out of place - I read a lot of historical fiction and I made fanciful, historical outfits for my dolls. I was a lonely child.
When I started 5th grade, Mr Clovis Gauguin was assigned as our art teacher. He had a large, unruly beard and wore colourful scarves. I had never seen anyone like him and his name was hard to pronounce. He began by declaring art classes should have soundtracks and for the next few years he played us everything from 1950s jazz to 1970s prog rock while we painted. Occasionally he'd urge us to bring our own tapes to class.
And he'd show us art.
His family connections made Post-impressionism the obvious place to start. We sat copying paintings by Georges Seurat, Vincent Van Gogh, and (my favourite) Paul Cezanne as well as Gramps Gauguin. Then Mr Gauguin asked us to paint in the styles of the painters we had studied and the paintings were displayed at school. My mum later told me that Mr Gauguin had pulled her aside to talk to her about me. I was going to stretch my wings one day, he told her.
I did stretch my wings. I left my childhood community when I was 18 and moved to big cities doing things I could not have imagined as a lonely child stuck in the middle of nowhere. Thanks to social media, I reconnected with Mr Clovis Gauguin a few years ago and we had some fantastic conversations about art and music. I told him how much his encouragement had meant to me and he was delighted to hear that he had made a difference.
The difference was this: Mr Gauguin showed me there was a world out there filled with art, beauty and truth. He taught me to express myself, to trust in myself and that life could be very different. While many of my passions can be traced back to the Friday afternoons we spent with Mr Gauguin (late 19th century art and early 20th century culture in particular - but also poetry, abstract art and cool jazz), it is very possible I would have discovered these things in my library books. But I would not have known that I had colours and words inside me. Another way of life was suddenly possible thanks to my art teacher.
On the day of his funeral, Mr Gauguin's Facebook feed was filled with stories shared by people all over the world. Unsurprisingly I was not the only one who had benefited from his joie de vivre, his passion, and his encouragement. Concert videos from a restaurateur in the Southern United States who had once hosted Mr Gauguin's jazz band; Tahitian relatives sharing memories of drinking beer with Mr Gauguin outside a memorial service for his great-grandfather ("Paul hated the church, so in his honour.."); but mostly stories similar to mine. So many people writing about discovering a big, big world - both within and outwith themselves.
I cried when I heard Mr Gauguin had passed away, but he left his mark on the world by inspiring and nurturing people whenever and wherever. Sometimes you do not need to generate headlines to be a big, important person. And he really was such a person to me.
Tagged: Art, love, people power, personal stuff
Purls
What's Next, Dear Karie?
(crochet motif by my mother. she makes very beautiful things)
If you listened to my interview on the Knit British podcast, you will already have heard about my future .. er, non-collection plans. Unlike Doggerland, the Authors & Artists series isn't going to be collected in one place and it won't have a coherent colour scheme or design vocabulary. I reserve all that for things to come (and things are in the pipeline). No, the Authors & Artists series going to be slightly more playful and anarchic. I'll be playing with beautiful yarns, having fun with small, quirky ideas, and the patterns will be released when they happen. No sign-ups, no massive thing to pre-order. We are going to play this by ear as I spend some time getting the Next Big Endeavour ready.
Authors and Artists is what it says on the tin. I love books and I love art. Every day I am inspired by something I see in a gallery or read in a book. The patterns are going to be inspired by people who make the world seem a much richer place just through sharing their own creative impulses. I'll be designing accessories of various kinds and probably also dip into some garments. It's going to be an adventure fuelled by tea, books, and art. If you feel like it, feel free to read some books or look at some artwork - but it is not a requirement.
I hope you'll join me one way or another. The first pattern will be released this month!
Tagged: Art, books, plans, Purls


someone explain this one please.
Maybe running red lights is acceptable in this part of the country, except when signs dictate otherwise?
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Also known as hyperhidrosis, excessive sweating is a very frustrating problem for men and women alike, and can even feel like it's running your life. We have heard many stories from patients who've kept an extra set of shirts or blouses at work, resorted to wearing only dark colors to mask sweat stains, and even avoided social situations because of feelings of embarrassment. For many patients, the control that excessive sweating had over their lives simply became too big a burden – always in the back of their minds and dictating their life choices.
Excessive sweating can have a variety of causes, including underlying health conditions like diabetes and hormonal shifts. If the hyperhidrosis is a symptom of a health condition, it's important to address the underlying cause first, as that may reduce the excessive sweating.
However, in many individuals, hyperhidrosis is not a manifestation of a more serious problem and therefore must be treated directly. In many such cases, the sweating can occur on the feet and palms, but the underarms are typically the predominant area for which patients seek treatment.
One way to address excessive underarm sweating is through Botox injections. Most people have come to know Botox as a wrinkle treatment, but the same neuromodulation effects that relax facial muscles to reduce wrinkles can also reduce sweat gland function.
Currently, Botox treatments for sweating are only approved for treatment of underarm sweating. Through a series of virtually-painless injections, the communication between sweat glands and the surrounding nerves is reduced, thus leading to a decrease in sweat production.
What happens after Excessive Sweating Treatment?
After the injections, the skin may appear slightly bruised. Normal activities may be resumed after about an hour or so. In approximately 3 to 5 days after the injections, a decrease of sweating in the treated areas will be noted. The effects usually last for approximately 6 to 9 months.
Follow up injections may be needed to achieve the desired affect but this will be discussed with you during your free consultation.


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namespace Boo\LuaParser\Types;

use Boo\LuaParser\Interfaces\ValueInterface;
use Boo\LuaParser\Traits\CommentableTrait;

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{
    use CommentableTrait;

    /**
     * @var bool
     */
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    public function __construct(bool $value)
    {
        $this->value = $value;
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritdoc}
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    public function flatten(): bool
    {
        return $this->value;
    }

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Many tertiary institutes in New Zealand have a large percentage of students who have English as an alternative language (EAL). The international students are primarily from Asia and have a Confucian Heritage Culture (CHC) background. The diverse needs of this student set have called for new applications of classroom teaching strategies. The key recurrent message from New Zealand industry, relates to the need for independent minded students with good problemsolving and communication skills in the workplace. Students with CHC backgrounds from Asian countries are not familiar with these skills, since they are not emphasised in their secondary education. This can create challenges for the New Zealand Lecturer who needs to manage the culturally diverse learning skills of the students whilst meeting industry requirements. This paper proposes a range of classroom teaching practices based upon a student-centered approach to learning that encourages EAL/CHC students to be more independent, critical thinkers with appropriate business communication skills.


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Little boy with severe eczema begs his mummy, "Please let me die"
His eczema is so bad that on some days, Morgan Bishop's skin looks like it has been burned by acid. Read this brave little man's story here...
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It's a request a mother would never want to hear from her child: "Mummy, please let me die".
But for five-year-old Morgan Bishop from the UK who is battling severe eczema, sometimes death seems preferable to the extreme pain of his condition.
According to Cosmopolitan and The Daily Mail reports, Morgan has had extremely bad eczema since he was just four months old.
Additionally, he suffers from asthma, food allergies and a kidney condition called FSGS Nephrotic Syndrome (which causes large amounts of protein to leak out of his kidneys), all of which started at a very young age.
For this little boy struggling with so many ailments, right now, his eczema is making him suffer the most. His mum Dana Bishop says that sometimes the eczema flares up so badly that her son's skin looks like it has been burned with acid.
He can't walk because the skin on his legs and feet is extremely sore especially during a flare-up, forcing him to use a mobility scooter to get around.
Little Morgan can only go to school for half days at a time because of the condition, and even while at school, sometimes his skin gets so itchy that he can't even hold a pencil properly.
He often can't sleep because of the pain, and is hardly ever able to play with his friends.
Morgan is rapidly running out of treatment options. Keep reading on the next page.
Running out of treatment options
According to reports, Morgan's family is running out of treatment options, having tried "almost every treatment available on the NHS – including a form of chemotherapy."
We've lost part of Morgan's personality to the eczema. We haven't got lives. Winter is hell for his skin because of the central heating and cold weather, but we rarely go outside in the summer either as heat and pollen aggravate the eczema too. There's no respite for us. On his fifth birthday, Morgan told me he'd rather die than cope with the pain of eczema anymore – it was heartbreaking to hear.
Morgan's little brother Jenson, who is just one year old, is very understanding, says his mum. "He'll see Morgan scratching and try to help by rubbing his cream in for him."
Currently, Morgan's family are trying out therapy for him at the Avene Hydrotherapy Centre in France -- they believe this is the last chance to bring him some relief from his agonising skin condition.
"All Morgan wants is for the itching to stop," says Dana, adding "He always asks me if I can make it stop in time for Christmas or his birthday."
We sincerely hope this brave little trooper gets the relief he so deserves.
For tips on caring for a baby with eczema, please click this link.
If you have a child with eczema, what are some of the things you do to bring about relief from the itchiness and pain? Do tell us in a comment below.
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Anton Moser, Prof of Biotechnology, Graz, Austria – Back cover: "The book reads like a murder mystery of an incredible dimension, in which four giant Anglo-American agribusiness conglomerates have no hesitation to use GMO to gain control over our very means of subsistence…".
Dr. Shiv Chopra's name has become synonymous with food safety. With full support of the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada – a 50,000 member union of scientific and professional public service employees. Dr. Chopra and his colleagues refused to approve various harmful drugs such as Bovine Growth Hormone, Baytril, and Revalor_H, for use in meat and milk production. They opposed a series of prime ministers and health ministers who had little or no regard for public safety. They defied gag orders, spoke publicly to the media, and testified at many Senate and parliamentary committees. The courts supported Dr. Chopra and his fellow scientists. Today, the dangers of these drugs are internationally recognized. Chopra's fight against the totally avoidable sources of Mad Cow Disease, calling the bluff on the Anthrax scare, and warning about the myth of safe and effective vaccines are equally inspiring stories.
Here is a full account of how government corruption endangers the public food supply. This book contains a blueprint for the establishment of food safety and security: Dr. Chopra's "Five Pillars of Food Safety," which was presented in April 2008 to the Canadian Parliament by MP (NDP) Paul Dewar.


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Q: Compiling Error The accompanying code is inadequately organized. Rework it with the goal that it has a finer structure and keeps away from excess. To help wipe out excess, change over the code into a strategy named using that acknowledges two parameters: a Scanner for the comfort, and a String for a solitary individual's name, and prints the suitable data about that individual's bills. Your technique could be called twice (once for John and once for Jane) to duplicate the first code's conduct.
public static void main (String [] args) {
    Scanner console = new Scanner(System.in);
    int numBills1 = spending(console, "John");
    int numBills2 = spending(console, "Jane");
    System.out.println("John needs " + numBills1 + " bills");
    System.out.println("Jane needs " + numBills2 + " bills");
}

public static int spending(Scanner console, String name) {
    System.out.print("How much will " + name + " be spending? ");
    double amount = console.nextDouble()
        System.out.println();
    int numBills = (int) (amount / 20.0);
    if (numBills * 20.0 < amount) {
            numBills++;
        }
    return numBills;
}

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Return types do not match.
expected return type: void
your return type was: int

A: I think the error message is pretty clear. The validator expects your helper method to not return anything (have void return type), but your method returns int.
The instructions do say that the helper method should do the printing, so just move that code into the spending method, change the return type, and you should be fine.

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I don't know about you, but I have a little bitty eensy weensy teensy fabric hoarding problem. It's hard for me to let go of scraps because I could maybe-possibly-sometime-in-the-distant-future use them one day! Anyone out there feel me? Good. Well I found a genius way to use up all those pretty fabric scraps – by making scrap fabric flowers!
These flowers are SUPER easy and fun to make and can be done mindlessly while watching your latest Netflix obsession. And the great thing is is that there are so many uses for these adorable little gals! Hair clips, bag accessories, clothing embellishments and more – these pretty flowers are the perfect way to give those scraps new life!
Cut a long strip of scrap fabric that is anywhere from 1.5″ to 3″ wide. Don't worry about wrinkles or frayed edges – that just adds to the charm!
Fold your strip of fabric in half hotdog style (so it's still long like a hotdog bun, get it? 😀 ) and begin rolling one end around itself until you have a little coiled center. Add a dab of hot glue to hold the coil in place.
Begin folding your folded strip of fabric around your coiled center, varying how much fabric is seen and which way it is facing. Add little dabs of hot glue as you go to hold your 'petals' in place. The first few are the hardest, but it gets much easier after that, promise!
Continue to fold your folded fabric strip around your coiled center. The method I found that produces the most realistic rose-like petals is by taking the strip of fabric and folding it under itself (see photo above) to make a more triangle pointed shape.
Keep working, folding, and hot gluing until you reach the end of your strip of fabric! Place a final dab of glue underneath your flower and secure the end in place. If you want to make your flower larger, you can even glue another folded strip of fabric right where you left off and continue making petals! When finished, trim off any wisps of stray glue or loose threads.
And there you have it! Super easy peasy scrap fabric flowers!
I had a lot of fabric scraps, so I might have gotten a little flower crazy and made a bunch!
You can make them all sorts of sizes, colors, and textures. This is a great way to use up your stash!
The great thing about these scrap fabric flowers is that you can put them on basically anything! One of my favorite things to do with them is make pretty hair clips. All you need are a couple of alligator hair clip blanks hot glued to the back!
I love wearing big flowers as a statement piece for a fancy night out!
You can also glue these flowers to basically anything else. They look great on tote bags, headbands, even shirts or dresses! Go flower power crazy!
What's your favorite way to use up your fabric scrap stash??


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Q: How to create custom non-storage plugin for Apache Drill How I can create execution plugin for Drill, for example, for automatically running queries for existing data sources? In Drill documented only how to create storage plugins (connectors for data sources).

A: It seems that what you're looking for is more along the lines of a query scheduler rather than a plugin for Drill.  Or can you clarify a bit about what you're trying to do.


The elegant sanctuary and picturesque garden at Church of the Wayfarer is the ideal location for your Carmel wedding. The sanctuary is beautifully illuminated with candles and is adorned with stained glass and chandeliers. The eighteenth century hand-carved walnut wainscoting and ornately carved altar will add grace and warmth to your special day. Our professional staff is dedicated in assisting you on this beautiful occasion.
Our desire is for your wedding to be everything you imagine. Our experience and dedication will provide the calm and peace of mind that will enable you to enjoy this most joyful and special occasion.
We are long overdue in sending our sincere appreciation and a huge THANK YOU for all of your support and care throughout the planning of our wedding and on our big day! We have just returned from our two week honeymoon and had a lot of time to reflect on how special the day was for us and to have had the opportunity to get married at the Church of the Wayfarer – a more romantic place there can not be!!
We can't wait to come back soon to visit our brick! We look forward to staying in touch and will check in before our next visit to see if you will be in the area so we can say hello and thank you in person!!
The Church will always be such a special place for us and we look forward to many years of returns. A big big hug and thanks again from both of us!
My husband, Jim, and I were married at the Church on April 1, 1995. We live in Thousand Oaks, CA. Whenever we have the opportunity to visit your charming city, typically during an anniversary, we always stop by to visit our "brick" and spend time to speak with the Lord. Over the years, we have renewed our vows three times at the Parish, each time a very intimate service with the Pastor. Church of the Wayfarer is a special place. We even have an oil painting of the church in our home (by the late Thomas Kinkade). It is not just a painting, it serves as a symbol of Gods love, our love. A reminder of many things, it brings joy, it reminds us to be thankful, to be patient, to trust in our faith and sometimes simply to just smile. The Church of the Wayfarer has a special place in our hearts and a special affect on our hearts.
Each Pastor we have met at the Church of the Wayfarer has been so warm and welcoming. We will be at the Church this year on our Anniversary, to say a few prayers and give thanks to the Lord. Perhaps we shall see you as well. God Bless!


For a limited time, Columbo fans making their way to Paris, France will have the unique opportunity to experience a French version of a play titled "Prescription: Murder" that was originally written in 1962 by "Columbo" creators William Link and Richard Levinson.
Peter Falk passed away at his home in Beverly Hills, California in 2011 and "Peter Falk's Law" was recently passed by United States Senate, requiring judges who are appointing guardians to oversee the care of sick people to identify all of those individuals, children and other relatives, who are entitled to notice of the incapacitated person's death, funeral and burial arrangements.
STAR TREK BEYOND Press Conference in Dubai Photos!


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Press Release - Experlogix
Dynamicweb announced the immediate availability of a new solution based on existing products, enabling owners of the Experlogix CPQ platform to expose their configurator to their customers via a web-based portal including a shopping cart.
Written on 17.06.2020, 00:00
For Immediate Release: 04/15/20
"Experlogix, A Market-Leading Enterprise CPQ provider, Is Now Integrated With Dynamicweb Ecommerce To Make Ordering Complex Products Online Easy."
CPQ and Ecommerce Join Together to Offer a Web-Based Configurator with Shopping Cart
Los Angeles, CA —Dynamicweb announced the immediate availability of a new solution based on existing products, enabling owners of the Experlogix CPQ platform to expose their configurator to their customers via a web-based portal including a shopping cart.
"We are thrilled to partner with the market leader in CPQ," said Jorgen Bach, CEO of Dynamicweb North America. "It extends our eCommerce and Marketing platform to provide an engaging experience while streamlining the configuration of complex products. We have received a lot of excitement for the combined ecommerce and CPQ portal - especially from the manufacturing industry."
Complex products or made-to-order products are often a challenge for eCommerce solutions to make available for customers to purchase. A configurator helps to unlock the product and parts catalog and extend its reach with a point and click interface. Coupling a configurator with a robust eCommerce platform is what Dynamicweb and Experlogix have achieved. Customers using this new system can configure made-to-order products and combine stock products into the same shopping cart. This new solution significantly reduces the time involved for engineers and technical salespeople while increasing website engagement. With a configurator, any product configuration is possible to manufacture, thanks to the many business rules and logic a configurator is designed with.
"More than ever, companies can benefit greatly from offering an eCommerce web portal as an option for their customers to order their products," said Jeff Holway, VP of Sales and Marketing at Experlogix. "Integrating Experlogix CPQ to Dynamicweb's platform enables even the most complex make-to-order companies to offer the same web-based shopping cart experience that has typically only been available to consumer goods companies with simple product selections. We're pleased to be partnering with Dynamicweb in bringing this valuable capability to companies of all industries, no matter the complexity in their quote and order process."
The key differentiators are the combination of two best-in-breed solutions already catering to the midsized to enterprise manufacturers. The Dynamicweb eCommerce platform brings many additional features that benefit the B2B eCommerce experience including support for buying teams, multiple carts, reorder capability and a built-in product information management application.
Both solutions already integrate with the Microsoft Dynamics family of products including Dynamics 365 Sales and Customer Engagement (CRM systems).
Click here for more information on how this solution can benefit B2B manufacturers.
About Dynamicweb
Dynamicweb is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and global leader in eCommerce, with thousands of customers worldwide utilizing its All-In-One platform that integrates with Microsoft Dynamics back-office technologies. Customers across various industries include Winnebago, Unilever, Weber Grills, Ibanez, TricorBraun Flex and Australian Gold.
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NORTH CHARLESTON, SC (WTAT-TV) – New allegation in North Carolina of sexual abuse against Lowcountry church volunteer, Jacop Robert Lee Hazlett.
Police are investigating a claim that Hazlett abused a seven-year-old boy when he lived in the area just north of Charlotte.
The twenty-eight-year-old is currently behind bars in North Charleston for sexually assaulting a 3-year-old boy in a bathroom and eight additional charges. Investigators say surveillance video from the church shows Jacob Hazlett fondling a three year old boy, even taking pictures of the child.
William Applegate, attorney for the alleged victims, believes that there could be more victims due to the pattern of Hazlett's behavior.


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Omarion Clarifies Young Money Situation
After Mack Maine released a statement about R&B singer Omarion's release from the label Young Money, the hip hop community was lead to believe that the former B2K singer was fired following the unauthorised leak of a collaboration between him and Lil Wayne. Omarion yesterday released a written statement to allhiphop.com (conicidently, the new home of Info) in an attempt to clarify the situation, claiming he has "a lot of respect and admiration for the genius of Lil 'Wayne and the entire Young Money family."
The singer then denied reports from the Young Money camp, stating that he had in fact actually asked Weezy to be released:
"I asked to be released from the label to pursue other opportunities that were recently presented to me. Because of our relationship, Lil' Wayne had no issue with us ending our business relationship and released me from the label. Lil' Wayne and I have nothing but love for each other, there is no Beef."
He then downplayed rumours that he had leaked the collaboration "I Get It In" online, as was suggested by Mack Maine:
"I also wanted to make it clear that my company nor did I, leak the song, "I Get It In" and I want to dispel any rumors that have surfaced. I appreciate my relationship with Young Money/ Cash Money and look forward to doing business in the future."
Omarion is expected to announce his new home in the near future. He is currently working on his next studio project, which is now reportedly due to be named 'Ollusion.' Interestingly, the Omarion feature on former Young Money labelmate Drake's 'So Far Gone' mixtape has been cut from the re-release, although perhaps it is best to not read too much into this, as the tape's tracklist has been cut down from 17 to 7 tracks.
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RUDN Journal of Studies in Literature and Journalism
Vestnik Rossiiskogo universiteta druzhby narodov. Seriya: Literaturovedenie. Zhurnalistika
Vol 26, No 4 (2021): MEDIATIZATION IN THE DIGITAL ERA: FROM TRANSITION TO TRANSGRESSION
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Digital Competencies and Technologies of New Sincerity in the Web 4.0 Era
Authors: Fortunatov A.N.1, Voskresenskaya N.G.1
Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod
Issue: Vol 26, No 2 (2021)
Section: JOURNALISM
URL: http://journals.rudn.ru/literary-criticism/article/view/26943
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22363/2312-9220-2021-26-2-276-285
The problem of social aggression of young people that are immersed in digital communication has become the subject of this study. The authors did not confine to the state of the depressing condition of the ethical sphere in digital communication. They wanted to find out the underlying causes of the social antagonism and the conflict. One of the most important reasons for social destruction is the lack of clear space-time coordinates for a virtual subject. It leads to the use of the passive personality by the technologies themselves. A man turns into material for algorithms, and his psychophysics becomes a continuation of impersonal technology. This situation characterizes the formation of a new era of Web 4.0, which the authors call "counter communication". Interactivity is a thing of the past. Technologies of "new sincerity" come to its place. Outrageousness, detabooing, use of eroticism are forms of communicative use of a virtual subject who, in the modern communicative space, is in a state of unrelenting tension, which only changes its mode in connection with all new reasons for exaltation. The study of the psyche of young people completely immersed in the virtual world has become a confirmation that virtual ethics is moving further and further from the "traditional" ethical principles. Their social skills, as well as social protection, were the lowest among the various groups of young people. Communication for them ultimately turns into a persistent search for entertainment, into a striving for a hedonistically comfortable environment, into denial of socially significant topics and problems.
digital subject, Web 4.0 technologies, counter-communication, hedonism, digital competencies, digital ethics.
Anton N. Fortunatov
Author for correspondence.
Email: anfort1@yandex.ru
23 Prospekt Gagarina, Nizhny Novgorod, 603022, Russian Federation
Doctor of Philosophy, Professor, Head of the Department of Social and Political Communications, Institute of International Relations and World History
Natalia G. Voskresenskaya
PhD in Psychological Science, Associate Professor, Department of Social and Political Communications, Institute of International Relations and World History
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How The Real Sherwood Forest Helped Win World War II
"Oh, the richest plum of them all! Notting-ham." —Little John, Robin Hood (1973)
In August 1942, Britain was under siege from German U-boats preventing much-needed supplies from coming into the island. Oil, incredibly important for the mechanized war, was running out. Britain was two months from organizing a peace treaty with Germany. But salvation was at hand from the discovery of a field of high-quality oil in the middle of Sherwood Forest. Hidden from bombers, this reserve would go on to potentially save the war while staying one of the war's best-kept secrets.
Sherwood Forest, situated in north Nottinghamshire, UK, is well known as the home of the legendary Robin Hood. In World War II, however, it had another story to tell, this one much less well known.
In 1942, German U-boats menaced the Atlantic ocean, sinking Allied ships taking vital supplies to Britain. It's well known that Winston Churchill was even quoted as saying; "The only thing that really frightened me during the war was the U-boat peril."
By August that year, Britain was running dangerously low on oil, arguably one of the most important raw materials due to the amount of planes, tanks, and other vehicles and ships requiring the vital commodity in the new mechanized war. Bombing in dockyard areas by the German Luftwaffe had destroyed one million barrels, and Britain had enough oil to last just another two months. Had they run out of oil, they would have had to organize a peace treaty with the Germans. With no British forces in North Africa, Rommel would have been free to take Egypt (and the Suez Canal), possibly linking up with Japan as well as capturing the important Middle Eastern oil fields.
But salvation was at hand. Philip Southwell of the D'Arcy Oil Company, told the British Petroleum secretary that the answer was in oil fields in Britain itself. Here, they'd be safe from U-boats. One such oilfield was in Sherwood Forest near the village of Eakring. Here, hidden under trees, it would be safe from Germany bombers and fighter planes. Attempts had been made to drill for oil before, but more modern equipment was needed from America to carry out the plan. Forty-six Americans worked in dangerous conditions and with limited food, to get the oil out of the ground. The oil was of very high quality and was perfect for use in Rolls-Royce Merlin engines (those fitted to Spitfires, Lancaster bombers, and more). The drilling was kept secret even from those living nearby until 1944, when a major newspaper announced the story.
Seventy years on, the oil production in Sherwood Forest still remains one of the great untold stories of the war.
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Perušić je vesnice a opčina v regionu Lika v Chorvatsku, v Licko-senjské župě. V roce 2011 žilo v opčině 2 638 obyvatel, z toho přímo v Perušići žilo 862 obyvatel.

Opčina
Opčinu Perušić tvoří 20 vesnic :
 Bakovac Kosinjski – 126 obyvatel,
 Bukovac Perušićki – 91 obyvatel,
 Donji Kosinj – 494 obyvatel (včetně osad Rudinka a Vukelići),
 Gornji Kosinj – 132 obyvatel,
 Kaluđerovac – 24 obyvatel,
 Klenovac – 32 obyvatel,
 Konjsko Brdo – 118 obyvatel,
 Kosa Janjačka – 98 obyvatel,
 Krš – 32 obyvatel,
 Kvarte – 193 obyvatel,
 Lipovo Polje – 122 obyvatel,
 Malo Polje – 74 obyvatel,
 Mezinovac – 24 obyvatel,
 Mlakva – 51 obyvatel,
 Perušić – 852 obyvatel,
 Prvan Selo – 97 obyvatel,
 Selo Sveti Marko – 34 obyvatel
 Studenci – 44 obyvatel.

Poloha
Perušić je poprvé zmiňován roku 1487. Leží v jihovýchodní části Liky, v údolí řeky Lika, při dálnici A1 Záhřeb-Split (úsek Otočac-Gospić) a na železniční trati MP11 (Záhřeb – Split).

Ekonomika
Hlavní ekonomickou aktivitou je zemědělství. Blízká dálnice přinesla ekonomický rozvoj, ale opčina zůstává jednou z nejchudších v Chorvatsku.

Demografie
V roce 2011 bylo 90,22 % obyvatel chorvatské národnosti a 8,49 % obyvatel srbské národnosti.

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Norbardin was the newest city created in Thorbardin, and Tarn Bellowgranite founded it after the failed attempt to restore Hybardin ended. It was built in the North Gate complex. It was designed to be a three level city, but was forced to continually expand into a sprawling network of tunnels and caverns.
Anvil's Echo was the center of Norbardin. Where once had been a vast pit surrounded by a narrow bridge was now the city center. Houses, warehouses, shops, barracks and strongholds filled the area around the Echo. Before the founding of the city, many refugees found their homes here and after the founding they expanded the halls and houses in the area. The bridge crossing the pit fell during the Chaos War and was never rebuilt.
This area was the homes for the Daergar and Theiwar clans. Narrow alleyways and high walls were used to separate the two clans. Both clans preferred to live in darkness. The Klar clan also lived here on all three levels. The markets in this area were controlled by the Hylar and Daewar clans.
The old Temple of Reorx located in the Hall of Thanes has been converted into the New Council Hall. A new council hall had been started near the Shaft of Reorx on the first level. The new council hall was being built in a bowl shaped cavern created by silver miners after the Chaos War. It was said to resemble an amphitheater and was built over a fault in the ground that opened during the groundquake of 422 AC. It was rumored that a chaos dragon had found in the tube below the new council hall.
On the third level of Norbardin the King's Palace stands in an area called the Fortress. This area was literally a fortress and the last line of defense against invaders attacking North Gate. Living outside of the palace there lives an assortment of dwarves from every clan.
The Hylar resided on the second level of the city. Their part of the city consisted of organized streets and square buildings. The houses of healing for the second level were found near the Hylar neighborhood.
The arena was located below the first level of the city. They were two entrances into the main part of the arena and four leading out of the seating. Near the arena the city's sewer system begins. That area was the home for the Aghar clan.
The city was still connected to the rest of the ruined cities of Thorbardin through the roads. The First Road connected the city to the West Warrens. The Sixth Road connected the West Warrens to the Urkhan Sea.
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Schools encounter 'Hunger Games' scramble for Covid tests
An avalanche of student Covid-19 test kits covered a FedEx drop box in Chicago. Long lines and delayed deliveries slowed school testing sites in California. And families scrambled across U.S. cities to find scarce rapid tests.
The White House and government leaders say classrooms must stay open during a record surge in Omicron-driven cases — but short supplies, logistical challenges and workforce problems threaten to trip up the country's patchwork efforts to test schoolchildren for the virus as they return to class.
"This is reminiscent of October 2020, when we only had so many antigen tests to go around and it was literally the Hunger Games. States were really competing to try to get the supply that they needed," said Leah Perkinson, the pandemic manager for the Rockefeller Foundation, which has collaborated with the Education Department and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to expand the country's school testing programs.
"There are supply constraints and folks aren't able to do what they want to do, or continue to do what they're doing. And that's frustrating," she said.
Political turmoil is adding to tension between educators and districts. A lack of confidence in Chicago's school Covid testing regime contributed to a Tuesday teachers union vote to halt in-person classes for up to two weeks, while San Francisco teachers decried an "inept and negligent" rollout of virus test kits as more than 620 staff called out sick Tuesday.
The complaints are drawing criticism from President Joe Biden and the White House, which this week pointed to billions of dollars in education aid that's available to schools and includes a $10 billion fund for school testing.
"They have what they need," Biden said of the nation's schools on Tuesday.
"That money went out to the states. And the states and the school districts have spent this money well — many of them. But, unfortunately, some haven't," he said. White House press secretary Jen Psaki reiterated Wednesday that the nation is "more than equipped to ensure schools are open" and said that was the case "including in Chicago."
Delays in California still meant the state couldn't meet Gov. Gavin Newsom's deadline to ship millions of diagnostics to schools over winter break. Indiana's health department is limiting access to rapid Covid tests at government screening sites to prioritize children and older symptomatic adults, because the state says it's now only guaranteed to receive a fraction of the tests it typically uses each week.
In Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis continued to pound on the Biden administration for its slow rollout of at-home Covid-19 tests. But the Republican governor bashed schools that require teachers and students to test negative for Covid-19 to attend class.
"It's not good policy to use testing as a tool to basically limit opportunity and limit people's ability to get an education," DeSantis told reporters this week in Naples.
Meanwhile, the new chief executive of the Chicago Public Schools system declared it was "impossible" for his city to access rapid tests.
"If you want to get us back into the schools quicker, provide testing," Chicago Teachers Union President Jesse Sharkey said Wednesday, after city officials canceled school to block the union's bid to unilaterally move to remote classes. "Do what [Washington] D.C. has done, do what New York has done, do what Los Angeles has done, do what Cleveland has done."
The 'heavy lift' of setting up testing programs
Education Secretary Miguel Cardona has promoted frequent virus testing of schoolchildren as part of a strategy backed by federal health officials to keep students in class rather than quarantining at home if they're exposed to the disease.
So-called test to stay programs allow exposed children to remain at school, typically as long as they're asymptomatic, wear masks and regularly test negative. Similar practices had already begun to take hold in school districts across the country before the CDC embraced the practice in mid-December.
Schools today should theoretically have access to resources needed to build out basic testing programs, Perkinson of the Rockefeller Foundation said, thanks to federal support. The challenge is that building a repetitive "test to stay" program can be challenging for schools — especially those that haven't already set up a more basic testing procedure.
"It is a heavy lift for folks who are doing testing for the first time," Perkinson said.
"Because it requires logistics and coordination, you need staff and people to do that," she said. "What we've heard from schools and districts across the country is that staffing is really one of the biggest barriers to implementing testing in general."
Lagging laboratory turnaround times and scant supplies of rapid antigen tests added to the problem in Chicago. The school system said it obtained 150,000 home tests for students in communities that had high virus positivity rates and low vaccination rates. But only a fraction of those tests were returned before classes briefly resumed this week, with the overwhelming majority deemed "invalid" because of processing delays.
"One of my biggest frustrations, and I've been very open about this, is just the lack of capacity of testing in our city and for our district of 330,000 children," district CEO Pedro Martinez said Tuesday, hours before the union vote to return to remote classes canceled school.
"It is difficult to get timely results right now," he said. "It is impossible for us to get rapid tests… We just don't have them available, folks."
City officials again canceled all classes Thursday. Mayor Lori Lightfoot blamed the union for an "unlawful unilateral strike" and asserted that Chicago schools are "the safest place for our children."
Delivery delays could challenge California testing plans
Newsom promised to send 6 million at-home virus tests to every district ahead of winter break so schools could check their students for Covid-19 before letting them back into classrooms this week and next. Only half made it to schools by that deadline.
While 3 million tests went out before New Year's, 1 million tests didn't get to counties until Monday. Another 1.5 million are shipping this week after what the California Department of Public Health said were weather-related logistical delays.
The health agency said California officials also sent 2 million home Covid tests to 3,000 schools and that "many schools" handed home test kits to students when they left for winter break.
While some districts got at least some tests over the winter break, San Diego — the state's second largest district — didn't get any until this week. The health department said some of the San Diego supply landed on Monday and the rest was slated to come Tuesday.
If the shortfall continues, it could cut into the state public health department's easing of quarantine rules for student exposures.
Under the current recommendations, unvaccinated, mask-wearing students can stay in school after exposure as long as they're asymptomatic, keep their faces covered, undergo regular testing and skip extracurricular activities. The change has helped districts that last year had to deal with 10-day quarantine periods. A prolonged shortage of tests could collide with this guidance, said Kevin Gordon, president of Capitol Advisors Group, the biggest lobbying firm for public schools in California.
"It's wonderful you have a shorter quarantine period but if you don't have tests, it completely undermines the benefit of that determination," he said.
New York's county-based testing system sees slow uptake
New York's state health department recently issued K-12 guidance that allows local health departments to decide if "test to stay" will be allowed in individual counties. Schools in counties where local health officials approve the strategy can then decide if they want to implement it in their campuses.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul told reporters this week that the state had already sent 5.2 million Covid-19 test kits to schools with the express purpose of keeping kids in classrooms or allowing those who are exposed to the virus to return quicker.
The state is set to receive an additional 3.7 million kits, Hochul said, and planned to send them home with students.
But the state's decision to leave counties in charge of implementing the policy has created frustration, said Robert Lowry of the New York State Council of School Superintendents. Since a significant number of New York school districts stretch across multiple counties, Lowry argued, the policy should instead be applied statewide.
New York State Association of Counties Executive Director Stephen Acquario said the strategy remains an "evolving issue," with some counties and school districts choosing not to participate in any version of the program.
For those that do approve such programs, questions remain over things like how many tests a family with multiple school-aged children will receive after an exposure, or how districts will confirm the right person took a test.
"Everybody's struggling with the same problem, and that is to make sure that people have access to tests," Acquario said. "It's very hard. Whether you're in school or outside the school, it is confusing, very confusing — and it's county specific."
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