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Difficulties, problems and failures with Bus Rapid Transit Busways in the UK From Bob Chard
December 2, 2018 / Dave / News
(Note: Bath Trams fully supports buses for lower density routes, they are an essential part of an integrated transport system, but believes for high density routes, such as within Bath and connecting Bath to Bristol and other demand centers steel wheeled trams are far superior)
Dear Bath Chronicle,
I attended the recent full day Bath Tram conference and the prominence to which you gave Sir Peter Hendy's essentially pro bus and anti-tram views was drawn to my attention.
Here is a summary of what I am hearing about bus services and busways:-
Relatively few busways are being built anywhere in the world; and Britain is possibly the only country in the developed world that still believes that building new busways is a good idea.
Some cities have both good quality busways and good quality tramways. In cities which have had both for many decades the public know what they want based on actual experience of use. Adelaide in South Australia is probably the best case study because their busway is unusually high spec and actually makes an operational surplus on revenue. However in the adopted city transportation plan some new tram lines are proposed but no new busways ; This is because the well informed public voted 80% to 20 % in favour of new tram lines and there is no campaign for new busways unlike the campaign to reintroduce that trams in Bath.
As Professor Lewis Lesley told Bath Trams conference Runcorn busway was considered to be a good value system when it opened in 1965 but its useful life is now expected to be less than 70 years compared to the 120 years and still going strong for some European tram lines. The entire new town was built around busways, and it was expected to carry 60% of all journeys, but this has now dropped of to around 10%, almost the same as Bath, as people prefer their cars to buses
The only busway in UK that is currently working to full line capacity is Millennium Transit in The Royal Borough of Greenwich. 50 busses an hour go along the fully segregated section and at peak times busses are crammed full of standing passengers. Is that because it is a very comfortable, cheap and enjoyable way to travel, or is it because commuters to and from North Greenwich Jubilee line station have Hobson's choice when it comes to getting between home and work? I am sure it is the latter. As a busway the line capacity can't be increased and so the problem remains unsolved. So why not upgrade to a tram line which would have three times the existing line capacity? The owners, Transport for London say that solution is un-affordable and will not be done. Meanwhile the segregated road, which is TfL (busses) property, not public highway, has seriously broken up after only 15 years and it is in urgent need of a major repairs. Unlike a tram system working at capacity there is no surplus revenue from Millennium Transit fares sufficient to pay for major carriageway repairs every 20 years. Does the City of Bath really want to own transport infrastructure assets with that sort of performance and funding liabilities of that kind?
Greenwich Waterfront Transit (busway option) was downgraded when the Millennium Transit pilot project was seen to be under performing against optimistic promises. It has since been quietly abandoned after costing large and undisclosed sums of public money.
East London Transit busway: same as Greenwich Waterfront Transit.
Cambridge Busway – the local MP called it a White Elephant.
Luton and Dunstable Busway. Is not very popular with local residents. Luton airport has decided that they do not want the planned busway extension to serve the airport but instead they will procure their own alternative which is to be a tram link from Luton NRN parkway station. Year on year passengers numbers growth is not impressive compared to new tram lines. This busway also has a poor accident record of drivers crashing into other busses and the central barrier. Residents are asking why when the Promoters considered four alternative vehicle technologies trams were not one of the four options put out to public consultation.
I do hope that you will give equal prominence to views of experts who attended the Bath Trams conference.
Bob Chard. M.Phil. (architecture) B.A. (technology) Dip.TP. Expert in consents and approvals procedures for major transport infrastructure projects; urban transit systems. Over 40 yrs. consultancy, local government and academic experience. Formerly MRTPI (Royal Town Planning Institute).
Why building more roads, or any traffic improvement scheme is not cost effective and does not cut overall congestion
who benefits from trams and who should pay
Energy intensity / relative energy consumption / carbon footprint for transport modes, rail, bus, car, tram
PRESS RELEASE: Govt considering supporting tram re-introduction:
The Croydon tramlink experience is that a modalshift from car use as high as 20% can be achieved
Green Wave Traffic Light Pre-emption is "…usually only done for trams…" ie not buses (Says World Bank)


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Privacy-Oriented GNU/Linux Advocacy a Priority
Posted in GNU/Linux, Site News at 7:40 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Summary: Why privacy is becoming a matter of priority in this Web site
TechRadar has a new article [1] about best GNU/Linux desktops, but it also started a wider discussion [2] about which distro is best for protecting the users' privacy [3]. The author's selections are IprediaOS, Liberté, Privatix, Tails, and Whonix. Most desktop users are still stuck with Windows, which is developed by the NSA and its partner Microsoft (both are involved in development), so there is a huge audience to whom we can advocate privacy-respecting operating systems. Techrights' in-progress redesign is emphasising privacy, not corruption from the likes of Novell or Microsoft. Software patents are also taking lower priority for the time being as it's expected that more people will discover software freedom owing to privacy scandals, not outrageous patent policy or competitive abuses (which unlike privacy don't affect them directly). █
Related/contextual items from the news:
Best Linux desktop: which is ideal for you
Linux is about choice, or so the popular mantra goes, and nothing represents this more than the plethora of desktop environments on offer. Most distros have at least five graphical environments in their repositories, and some offer double-digit numbers of choice. But why? What's the point of all this? Surely it's not a question of having a lot of desktop environments, but of having a single one that works properly. Well, maybe.
Best Linux distro for privacy protection?
Privacy is in the news right now, with many people concerned about the NSA spying scandal, identity theft and hacker intrusion into their computers. TechRadar has an overview of the best Linux distros for protecting your privacy.
Which Linux distro is best for protecting your privacy?

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Prometic Presents New Data on PBI-4050 and Plasminogen at the American Thoracic Society's 2017 International Conference
ProMetic Life Sciences Inc.
PBI-4050 monotherapy and combination with nintedanib demonstrated promising results in the treatment of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF)
Data on PBI-4050 regulation of proteins involved in human lung fibrosis
Plasminogen administration shown to reduce acute lung injury (ALI) in an acute pancreatitis model
PBI-4425 shown to reduce pulmonary emphysema in a scleroderma mouse model
LAVAL, QC, May 23, 2017 /CNW Telbec/ - Prometic Life Sciences Inc. (TSX: PLI) (OTCQX: PFSCF) ("Prometic" or the "Corporation") presented new data at the 2017 American Thoracic Society (ATS) International Conference in Washington, D.C. The data presented included results from a Phase 2 clinical trial evaluating PBI-4050 in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis ("IPF"), and the benefits of plasminogen administration in reducing lung injury in a gold standard animal model of ALI/ARDS associated with acute pancreatitis.
PBI-4050 Phase 2 clinical data
During an oral presentation, Joseph Parker, M.D., senior director, clinical development at Prometic, explained that the lung function in 25 IPF patients receiving either PBI-4050 alone or PBI-4050 in combination with nintedanib remained stable as measured by the difference between the Forced Vital Capacity (FVC) at baseline and following 12 weeks of treatment (∆FVC of -12 ml and +2 ml, respectively). This contrasted significantly with the patients who received the PBI-4050 and pirfenidone combination treatment. In these patients, FVC declined significantly (n=15, ∆FVC of -102 ml). An apparent drug-drug interaction between pirfenidone and PBI-4050 resulted in a reduction of the therapeutic effect of each drug. PBI-4050's absorption was reduced by over 50%, and stimulation of the metabolism of pirfenidone by PBI-4050 may have led to a sub-therapeutic level of pirfenidone. PBI-4050 + nintedanib provided a statistically significant benefit over PBI-4050 + pirfenidone (∆FVC of +2 ml vs. -102 ml respectively, p=0.0376). There was no statistical difference between PBI-4050 + nintedanib and PBI-4050 alone. PBI-4050 alone trended favorably compared to PBI-4050 + pirfenidone (∆FVC of -12 ml vs. -102 ml, p=0.1359).
Change after 12 weeks of therapy
PBI-4050 Monotherapy
(n=9)
PBI-4050 + Nintedanib
PBI-4050 + Pirfenidone
∆FVC (ml)
-12 ml*
+2 ml**
-102 ml
*p = 0.1359 vs. PBI-4050 + Pirfenidone; n.s. vs. PBI-4050 + Nintedanib
** p = 0.0376 vs. PBI-4050 + Pirfenidone
"PBI-4050 presented a highly compelling safety and tolerability profile throughout all clinical trials," said Dr. Parker. "Because PBI-4050 was well-tolerated and appeared to demonstrate a dose response relationship in the Phase 2 study, the planned pivotal Phase 2/3 trial will include three arms – two dose levels of PBI-4050 and placebo."
Last month, Prometic confirmed the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) concurrence that only the combination of PBI-4050 and nintedanib would be required in the placebo-controlled Phase 2/3 clinical trial. Prometic also intends to initiate a second Phase 2/3 placebo-controlled trial in which IPF patients who failed to tolerate either nintedanib or pirfenidone would be randomized to receive either PBI-4050 or placebo (PBI-4050 Monotherapy). Prometic plans to initiate both studies in the second half of 2017.
PBI-4050 and effect on biomarkers in lung fibrosis
Martin Leduc, Ph.D., scientist at Prometic, presented data on the differentiating effect of PBI-4050 when compared to pirfenidone and nintedanib on biomarkers.
Abnormally activated small airway epithelial cells and interstitial fibroblasts are the principal effector cells in the pathogenesis of lung fibrosis. These cells produce a variety of proteins (biomarkers) involved in activities related to myofibroblast activation, inflammation and extracellular matrix accumulation and remodeling that all contribute to the pulmonary fibrosis process.
Plasminogen as potential treatment for Acute Lung Injury (ALI)
Data were presented by Lyne Gagnon, Ph.D., vice president of research and development at Prometic, on the efficacy of Prometic's plasminogen in significantly reducing the lesions in the lung in the gold standard mouse model of acute pancreatitis. In this model, the circulating level of plasminogen was reduced, resulting in fibrin and fibrinous material being deposited in the lung. Prometic's plasminogen treatment restored the plasminogen level in the animals and cleared the lung of fibrin deposits. Pathological lesions in the lungs of non-treated animals were similar to those seen in the lungs of human patients who develop ALI following acute pancreatitis.
PBI-4425
PBI-4425, an analogue of PBI-4050, expected to enter clinical trials later this year, was shown to significantly reduce pulmonary emphysema and cutaneous hyperplasia in the tight-skin (TSK) mouse model for scleroderma. TSK animals develop cutaneous hyperplasia, cardiac hypertrophy, pulmonary emphysema and autoimmunity against scleroderma target autoantigens. The treatment of scleroderma is one of the indications potentially earmarked for PBI-4425.
Posters and oral presentation
Phase 2, Open label, Single arm, Exploratory, Observational study to evaluate the safety and tolerability of PBI-4050 in patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF)
PBI-4050 Reduces Expression of Fibrosis Biomarkers in the BioMAP SAEMyoF Primary Human Small Airway Epithelial Cells and Lung Myofibroblasts System
Plasminogen Reduces Acute Lung Injury in an Acute Pancreatitis Model
PBI-4425, a Novel First-in-class Anti-inflammatory/Antifibrotic Compound, Reduces Pulmonary Emphysema and Cutaneous Hyperplasia in Tight-skin (FBN1) Mouse
PBI-4425, a Novel First-in-class Anti-inflammatory/Anti-fibrotic Compound, Inhibits Collagen I and CTGF Production in Human Fibroblasts, and Reduces Lung Fibrosis in the Bleomycin-Induced Lung Fibrosis Model
Oral Treatment with PBI-4050 Reduces Acute Lung Injury in an Acute Pancreatitis Model
About acute lung injury (ALI) and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)
Acute lung injury (ALI) and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) are life-threatening conditions resulting in respiratory failure in critically ill patients. ALI is the term used to describe the pulmonary response to a broad range of injuries occurring either directly to the lung or as a consequence of injury or inflammation at other sites of the body, such as acute pancreatitis, severe burns, trauma or sepsis. ARDS represents the most severe subset of this condition. ALI and ARDS affect approximately 190,000 patients every year in the U.S., and are associated with a high mortality rate varying between 30% and 60%.
Prometic has previously disclosed that ALI and ARDS are two examples of acute critical care conditions it intends to pursue with its plasminogen product once it receives regulatory approval for use in congenital plasminogen deficiency, expected later this year.
About PBI-4050 & PBI-4425
PBI-4050 and PBI-4425 are Prometic's orally active lead drug candidates targeting fibrosis. PBI-4050 is entering Phase 2/3 clinical trials after demonstrating efficacy and excellent safety profiles in three Phase 2 open label clinical trials. Prometic plans to initiate the next phase of clinical trials for PBI-4425 in the first quarter of 2018. Fibrosis is a complex process by which continuing inflammation causes vital organs to lose their function as normal tissue is replaced by fibrotic scar tissue. The proof-of-concept data generated to-date with PBI-4050 confirms its anti-fibrotic activity in several key organs including the kidneys, the heart, the lungs and the liver. PBI-4050 has on-going clinical trials in patients with metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes, cystic fibrosis with related diabetes and Alström Syndrome. The planned Phase 2/3 clinical trials scheduled to commence this year target patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and chronic kidney disease (CKD). Twenty-six million patients in the U.S. alone are believed to suffer from CKD. Patients with severe CKD (stages 3 and 4) suffer from a progressive loss of their renal function leading to end-stage renal disease and the need for dialysis or kidney transplant. Cardiovascular complications are the most common cause of death in dialysis patients.
About Plasminogen
Plasminogen is a naturally occurring protein that is synthesized by the liver and circulates in the blood. Activated plasminogen, plasmin, is a fundamental component of the fibrinolytic system and is the main enzyme involved in the lysis of blood clots and clearance of extravasated fibrin. Plasminogen is therefore vital in wound healing, cell migration, tissue remodeling, angiogenesis and embryogenesis.
About Prometic Life Sciences Inc.
Prometic Life Sciences Inc. (www.prometic.com) is a long-established biopharmaceutical company with globally recognized expertise in bioseparations, plasma-derived therapeutics and small-molecule drug development. Prometic offers its state-of-the-art technologies for large-scale purification of biologics, drug development, proteomics and the elimination of pathogens to a growing number of industry leaders. The company uses its own affinity technology, which provides for highly efficient extraction and purification of therapeutic proteins from human plasma, to develop best-in-class therapeutics and orphan drugs. Prometic is also active in developing its own novel small-molecule therapeutic products targeting unmet medical needs in the fields of fibrosis, anemia, neutropenia, cancer and autoimmune diseases/inflammation as well as certain nephropathies. Headquartered in Laval, Canada, Prometic has R&D facilities in the U.K., the U.S. and Canada, manufacturing facilities in the U.K. and commercial activities in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Russia, Asia and Australia.
This press release contains forward-looking statements about Prometic's objectives, strategies and businesses that involve risks and uncertainties. These statements are "forward-looking" because they are based on our current expectations about the markets we operate in and on various estimates and assumptions. Actual events or results may differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements if known or unknown risks affect our business, or if our estimates or assumptions turn out to be inaccurate. Such risks and assumptions include, but are not limited to, Prometic's ability to develop, manufacture, and successfully commercialize value-added pharmaceutical products, the availability of funds and resources to pursue R&D projects, the successful and timely completion of clinical studies, the ability of Prometic to take advantage of business opportunities in the pharmaceutical industry, uncertainties related to the regulatory process and general changes in economic conditions. You will find a more detailed assessment of the risks that could cause actual events or results to materially differ from our current expectations in Prometic's Annual Information Form for the year ended December 31, 2016, under the heading "Risk and Uncertainties related to Prometic's business". As a result, we cannot guarantee that any forward-looking statement will materialize. We assume no obligation to update any forward-looking statement even if new information becomes available, as a result of future events or for any other reason, unless required by applicable securities laws and regulations. All amounts are in Canadian dollars unless indicated otherwise.
SOURCE ProMetic Life Sciences Inc.
For further information: Corporate: Pierre Laurin, President and CEO, Prometic Life Sciences Inc., [email protected], +1.450.781.0115; Investors: Frédéric Dumais, Senior Director, Communications and Investor Relations, Prometic Life Sciences Inc., [email protected], +1.450.781.0115; Bob Yedid, Managing Director, LifeSci Advisors, [email protected], +1.646.597.6989; Media: Matt Middleman, M.D., LifeSci Public Relations, [email protected], +1.646.627.8384
http://www.prometic.com
ABOUT PROMETIC LIFE SCIENCES INC. ProMetic Life Sciences Inc. (www.prometic.com) is a long established biopharmaceutical company with globally recognized expertise in bioseparation, plasma-derived therapeutics and small-molecule drug development. ProMetic offers its state...


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Manhattan bodies in transit
August 31, 2015 American History, Collections, Research MethodsBrick Walls, Critical Analysis, Research tipsNancy Bernard
Courtesy of Cornell University Library and Wikimedia Commons.
In one of my recent cases, I was searching for a woman who had been living in New York in the 1860s, and then removed to Charleston, South Carolina, with her husband and children. After several years in Charleston, she died in 1872. Her death certificate could not be found in Charleston. However, the client provided a document from the record collection "New York, Department of Health, Manhattan Bodies in Transit, Vols. 5-10 (1870-1886)," located at the New York City Municipal Archives and available on microfilm from the Family History Library.[i]
Continue reading Manhattan bodies in transit →
"Her whole heart's devotion"
August 28, 2015 American History, Family StoriesA Genealogist's Diary, Family papers, Family stories, Object LessonsScott C. Steward
Another one of the treasures in my grandfather's box of family papers is the surprisingly well-preserved booklet produced following my great-great-grandmother's funeral, at Grace Church in New York, on 1 August 1867. The booklet's sturdy midnight blue cover stock offers no hint of the contents, an admiring Address at the Funeral of Mrs. John Steward given by the Rev. Dr. Stephen H. Tyng, the long-time rector of St. George's Church on Stuyvesant Square.[1] Continue reading "Her whole heart's devotion" →
Stone-ender houses of Rhode Island
August 27, 2015 American History, Research MethodsBrick Walls, Critical Analysis, Object Lessons, SpotlightZachary Garceau
The Eleazer Arnold house in Lincoln. From Norman Morrison Isham's Early Rhode Island Houses (1895).
The earliest houses built in Rhode Island, beginning with the first settlement by Reverend William Blackstone in the area now known as Cumberland, were different from those which were being built elsewhere in New England during the seventeenth century. One style of building in particular stands out for its presence in the formative years of the Rhode Island colony. These houses were known as stone-enders, as they were built around large chimneys made of limestone which formed an entire wall of the house. Early settlers found an abundance of limestone throughout the colony, leading to its use in house construction.[1] Continue reading Stone-ender houses of Rhode Island →
Composition: Part Four
August 26, 2015 American History, Family Stories, Genealogical Writing, Research MethodsBrick Walls, Critical Analysis, Early New England Families Study Project, Family stories, Indexing, Research tipsAlicia Crane Williams
As I tie up loose ends on the Early New England Families Study Project sketch for Richard Newton, it is time to assess the work.
Newton's sketch is fairly short, four pages at the moment: his birth and ancestry are unknown, he did not participate in town or colony governments, was not in trouble with the courts, and left no interesting biographical highlights. A lot of information was already in print about the Newton family, including a full transcription of Richard's will in the Newton Genealogy. Continue reading Composition: Part Four →
The name's the same
August 25, 2015 American History, Family Stories, Genealogical Writing, Research MethodsBrick Walls, Critical Analysis, Research tipsChristopher C. Child
My great-great-great-grandfather Asa Thurston Child (1820-1860), through whom 7/10 of these Child lines, and 8/12 of these Bowen lines, descend.
As I have mentioned in a previous post, my grandfather was raised in the northeastern Connecticut town of Woodstock, a town away from where I grew up. His ancestry can pretty much be summed up as "New England Yankee," largely descending from families that arrived in Massachusetts Bay in the 1630s and 1640s. Settled by English people in 1686, Woodstock was originally called "New Roxbury," after the town in Massachusetts from which most of the original English settlers migrated, and was part of Massachusetts until annexed by Connecticut in 1749. With a limited number of families to marry, this quarter of my ancestry features a large number of cousin marriages. I have ten unique descents from my patrilineal immigrant ancestors, Benjamin and Mary (Bowen) Child of Roxbury, and twelve from Mary's parents, Griffith and Margaret (Fleming) Bowen, also of Roxbury and Boston. Continue reading The name's the same →
Remember me as I was
August 24, 2015 Family StoriesCritical Analysis, Family stories, Object Lessons, PhotographsJean Powers
Joan Whitty, St. Mary of the Annunciation School graduation photo, circa 1951.
When my mother was diagnosed with ALS in 2009, our family had the first of many discussions about her end-of-life plans. Never one to shy away from difficult topics, Mom expressed her wishes with characteristic cheerful directness. She wanted everything done with the least fuss and greatest economy.
The one decision that gave her pause was the photo to accompany her obituary. She didn't want to be remembered as she looked in the late stages of ALS, but she also felt it would be "phony" to run a photo of herself in young adulthood, before marriage and motherhood. And from this question came a series of conversations between myself and my mother that I carry with me as my own appearance changes along with my sense of who I am. Continue reading Remember me as I was →
A serious young couple
August 21, 2015 American History, Collections, Family StoriesA Genealogist's Diary, Family papers, Family stories, Object Lessons, PhotographsScott C. Steward
Margaret Atherton (Foster) Beeckman
Among the prizes in my grandfather's box of family papers is a small double daguerreotype case containing images of my great-great-grandparents, Gilbert Livingston Beeckman (1824–1874) and Margaret Atherton Foster (1832–1904). While I have seen several images of Mrs. Beeckman, including a Fagnani pastel of her as a young bride, I have no other representation of G. L. (or G. Livingston) Beeckman, for whom my grandfather Gilbert Livingston Steward was named. Continue reading A serious young couple →
A letter from home
August 20, 2015 American History, Collections, Family StoriesA Genealogist's Diary, African American Research, Critical Analysis, Family papers, Family stories, Object Lessons, PhotographsScott C. Steward
One of the envelopes in my box of family papers turns out to contain material on my great-grandfather Campbell Steward (1852–1936) as a boy, as well as a letter written to his married daughter in Europe shortly before his death. Another item caught my eye: a vivid yellow envelope addressed to "Mr. Campbell Steward" in New York City, with a letter inside mailed from Goshen, New York, and dated 12 January 1871. Continue reading A letter from home →
August 19, 2015 American History, Collections, Family Stories, Research MethodsA Genealogist's Diary, Brick Walls, Critical Analysis, Family papers, Object Lessons, Research tipsScott C. Steward
My grandfather died almost 25 years ago, and sometime before that he gave me a box of "family papers." The box itself is rather striking: a metal strong box, easily portable, with my great-great-grandfather John Steward's name stenciled on top in fading paint. Inside the box are not just family papers, but intriguing (and, of course, unidentified) daguerreotypes and examples of other early photographic processes, along with materials treating the family of my great-grandmother, Margaret Atherton (Beeckman) Steward (1861–1951). Continue reading Family papers →
Navigating German language records
August 18, 2015 Research Methods, TechnologyBrick Walls, Critical Analysis, International genealogical research, SpotlightAnna Todd
While searching for online records for Bremen, Germany, I came across a digitized collection of Bremen address books spanning the period 1794–1955 with the help of the website German Roots. The Bremer Adressbücher 1794-1955 (Bremen Address Directories) database has been digitized by the State and University Library of Bremen, and can provide a wealth of information about your Bremen ancestors that might not be found in American records.
These directories can be browsed by surname and street number, like the city directories published for Massachusetts. The website and the directories are both in German, but you can use the Google page translator function on your browser or simply open a second tab to Google Translate for words that you need help deciphering. Once you begin attempting to translate the actual record, it can be helpful to keep handy a chart of German letters and common abbreviations such as the one at left.[1] Continue reading Navigating German language records →


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Q: Character to binary function doesn't work as expected I have made a function to translate a number to its binary form:
size_t atobin (char n)
{
    size_t bin= 0, pow;
    for (size_t c= 1; n>0; c++)
    {
        pow= 1;
        for (size_t i= 1; i<c; i++) //This loop is for getting the power of 10
            pow*= 10;
        bin+= (n%2)*pow;
        n/= 2;
    }
    return bin;
}

It works great for numbers 1 to 127, but for greater numbers (128 to 255) the result is 0... I've tried using the type long long unsigned int for each variable but the result was the same. Someone has an idea about why?

A: char by default in C is considered to be of signed.
char is of 8 bits(mostly). And for signed char the MSB is used for sign. As a result you can only use 7 bits.
(0111 1111)2 = (127)10 The maximum value that your fucntion can work with. (as you are passing a type of variable which can hold 127 at max).
If you use unsigned char then the MSB is not used as sign-bit. All 8 bits are used giving us a maximum possible value (1111 1111)2 = (255)10
For signed number min/max value is -127 to +127.
For unsigned number min/max value is 0 to +255.
So even if you make the type of the passed parameter unsigned char the maximum value it can hold is +255.

A bit more detail:
Q) What happens when you assign >127 values to your char parameter?
It is signed char by default. It is of 8 bits. But it can't hold it. So what will happen?
The result is implementation defined. But
Suppose the value is 130. In binary it is 10000010. In most of the cases this returns -126. So that will be the value of n.
n>0; fails. Loop is never entered. And it returns 0.

Now if we make it unsigned char then it can hold values between 0 and 255 (inclusive). And that is what you want to have here.

Note:
Q) What happens when >255 values are stored in unsigned char?

The value is reduced to modulo of (max value unsigned char can hold+1) which is
  256.
So apply modulo operation and put the result. That will be stored in
  unsigned char.

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DIY won't die: Denver's Echo Beds on building...
Features I by Jamie Ludwig I 07.10.18
DIY won't die: Denver's Echo Beds on building their own instruments and life after Ghost Ship
The intimate, under-the-radar nature of DIY shows can make it seem like the entire culture is comprised of isolated microscenes that exist largely independent of each other — in some cases, even within the same city.
In reality, it's more like a spiderweb, with enough interconnecting threads and people to make the concept of "six degrees of separation" (a.k.a."the Kevin Bacon Game") seem enormous by comparison. So when tragedy strikes, it sets off a shockwave throughout the underground that impacts musicians and fans across the globe. That's exactly what happened on December 2, 2016, when Oakland arts space Ghost Ship was engulfed in flames during a showcase for Los Angeles electronic label 100% Silk.
Keith Curts, multi-instrumentalist and vocalist in Denver industrial/noise duo Echo Beds, and a former Bay Area resident, has vivid memories of that night. "It was so galvanizing; like the world just stopped," he says. "A friend made it home and said, 'There's a giant fire in Oakland. I made it home. I don't know who else is there.' We just started connecting the dots and reaching out to friends who lived out there, and putting together, 'where is this person and where is that person?' It turned out that some of our friends had died."
In total, 36 people who had come out to Ghost Ship to dance, bask in the music and be a part of independent culture, lost their lives in the blaze, the deadliest structure fire in California since the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.
"When something that seismic happens, the ripples are felt everywhere," Curts says. "We all did shows together, we toured together, we knew these people, and we were friends. You create connections with them as individuals, and also as artists and a peer group."
In the aftermath, there was an outpouring of support for the victims and survivors, and as details about the events leading up to the tragedy emerged, Ghost Ship remained in the mainstream media spotlight. But while some reports treated the victims with the dignity they deserved and called attention to major issues such as the housing crisis in San Francisco and other urban centers, others contained misleading or harmful notions about DIY culture; its adherents were at best portrayed as irresponsible party kids and eccentrics, and at worst, criminals and derelicts. It all let to a swift, nationwide crackdown against unsanctioned venues and arts spaces. "A lot of people don't really get the underground, because the status quo doesn't really understand that it's a movement and it has been a movement forever," Curts says. "The response from the powers that be was like, 'we're just going to shut it all down because none of it is safe."
Just days after the Ghost Ship fire, Curts and Echo Beds co-founder Tom Nelsen were still reeling from the tragedy when the backlash hit their local community. Rhinoceropolis, a long-running hub for the Denver underground, and its sister venue Glob had been deemed unsafe by the the fire department, and shut down. Echo Beds, who practiced at Glob, lost their rehearsal space and their gear, which included several hand-built and modified instruments and microphones. Even worse, the creatives who called those spaces home were cast out on the streets. "There were emergency vehicles and police everywhere, just kicking everybody out without any kind of warning." Curts says. "It wasn't just that we had no practice space. It was, 'Wow, our friends are all homeless now.' They weren't ready for that. Everything is hyper-expensive here, so where do they go?"
The band's observations about the changing landscape of their city and others, and the human struggles and loss that can accompany urban development—and are often overlooked or ignored under the guise of progress — converge on their latest album, Buried Language (Flenser). But to understand just how they address these issues through their music, it helps to start with the core foundations of the group.
In 2010, Curts was on tour with a previous band when he became inspired by the hand-built gear of prolific Detroit noise collective Wolf Eyes, with whom they'd played a couple of shows."I'd already done some things [with electronics], like taking children's toys and stuff, and circuit bending. But they were building things from the ground up and it made this signature, original sound." He began wondering what sonic possibilities might open up in his music if he used homemade equipment, too.
Curts called Nelsen from the road, told him his ideas, and asked if he'd like to collaborate on an experimental set for what was supposed to be his band's last show of their tour — a Denver date opening for experimental metal duo The Body. The two of them practiced for less than a half hour, played the gig, and then shelved the project until six months later, when they appeared at Denver Noise Fest. With the success of that performance, something clicked. "After that, I think we both sort of looked each other like, Dude, we should really start working at this," Curts says.
Though Nelsen had gone to school for classical composition and Curts had played in some unconventional combos in his California days, the bulk of both of their musical experiences up to that point had been with punk, post-punk, and garage bands. With Echo Beds, they wanted to do something entirely different. Less standard drums, bass, and guitar; more soundscape, noise, and film score. They also wanted to explore the sounds of their surroundings. "In the city that we live in, you hear cranes, jackhammers, and grinding — we definitely wanted that to be a part of it, too." Curts says.
Industrial music is commonly associated with electronics such as drum machines and synthesizers, but Echo Beds decided on an analog approach — in the most literal sense of the word. "On one of the first nights Keith and I hung out we were building contacts mics," Nelsen says. "And when we finally started practicing we were contact micing everything we could get our hands on — Keith still laughs at me because at the first practice, I showed up with a blender." Maybe that particular appliance was better suited for making smoothies than music, but considering the band's arsenal soon expanded to include chains, broken cymbals, old television sets, and a contact-miked, 50-gallon oil drum, it doesn't stand out as particularly unusual in context.
"We were just experimenting with sound; it was experimental music in the highest definition of the word and it was so liberating and fun," Curts says. "We'd come to practice and just literally throw it all against the wall and see what stuck." That mentality bled into their live performances, too. One time, Curts dislocated his shoulder before a show, but instead of cancelling he put a contact mic in a box of broken glass, and spent the set stepping on it to create crunchy beats and textures.
There were also more more pragmatic reasons behind Echo Beds' budding craftsmanship. "The term DIY, and all that crap, most of it comes out of necessity," Nelsen says. "We can't afford this head, this model, or whatever, so we're going with these lunchbox amps." Curts agrees, though he adds that even if budget wasn't a factor, conventional equipment comes with limitations. "Through the years I've invested a ton in gear, but some of the stuff we wanted to do doesn't exist (that I know of), so let's try something ourselves and see if we can get some cool sounds."
Echo Beds put out a slew of EPs and splits throughout the early part of the decade, and released their scathing, politically-charged debut full-length New Icons Of A Vile Faith (Black Box / Sailor)in 2016. But the sudden closure of Rhinoceropolis and Glob meant that for their second album, they had to start from scratch and rethink their entire creative process. At Glob, they'd been able to explore sound at any volume, but now they were largely working in living rooms, and extreme loudness just wasn't an option. Instead of getting hung up on the past, though, they took the opportunity to open up their palate, which included learning audio software, and writing catchier songs. "Not every song has to be bang and clang. You can't just put all of your forks into the disposal, contact mic it, and make ten songs off that. You have to break your own rules," Curts says.
Buried Language by Echo Beds
Echo Beds got to work making samples, some during sessions in a warehouse, and others during everyday activities such as scooping ice or sharpening knives. In a Hank Shocklee-influenced twist, they even took snippets from their earlier releases and used them to make beats. Each of these components was stored on a computer, where they were electronically manipulated and layered over sparse backing tracks Nelsen had created using more conventional verse-chorus-verse structures than the duo had toyed with before. From there they added vocals and guitars. The entire process took nearly a year, during which both musicians wound up needing glasses and being treated for vertigo — the latter was caused by their constant use of earphones as they were building their songs. "We're not spring chickens," Curts laughs. "We've been doing this a long time and it really catches up with you eventually. [DIY] is not a style, it's a lifestyle."
Buried Language reveals that from painstaking work and physical discomfort come great results. From the album's beat-driven opening track, 'Carved in Stone', Echo Beds immediately pulls the listener into their universe, where despair and frustration co-mingle with the desire to resist and carve out a better way. The sounds of industry abound in screeching metal, harsh scratchings, and cold static, but they're never left without human counterpoints for long, such as languid spaces and breath-like rhythms, or Curts' distorted, fervid vocals; reminders that in urban living, neither man nor machine exists without the other. "The world we live in is so convoluted and confusing and upsetting and backwards that it's at the forefront of my brain every day," Curts says. "I think a lot of people choose to put on blinders because it's painful or because ignorance is bliss, but I feel like because of the situations that we find ourselves in personally, we don't have that choice. We have to pay attention because it's right in front of our face."
With the album out, Echo Beds have a handful of shows on the books, and more to come. These days they're complementing the homemade gear with pieces made by friends and DIY designers, including a microphone from Crank Sturgeon, a synthesizer from Schrader Analog (its founder hand delivered the piece to one of the band's shows before the paint was even dry), and tiny-yet-powerful speakers by ZT Amplifiers. Though their equipment may change, Echo Beds' DIY ethos remains as strong as ever, and despite everything that's happened since Ghost Ship, they still like playing in non-traditional venues, preferably on the floor.
"For us, it makes sense to be on the floor because that's where we come from," Curts says. "A lot of this stuff has already been done, but you can do it in a different way and make it your own. To 18 or 19-year-old kids who are coming out for the first time, it's brand new. Maybe it changes people's thought processes and makes them think more where this art actually comes from. At [DIY] shows like that, it seems like people have really important conversations about real shit, because they're all meeting on the same playing field." And who knows where that could lead? Maybe at the next Echo Beds show, someone in the crowd will be inspired to go home and start building contact mics for a music project of their own.
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A night to forget for the Parisian club; having lost several key players(injuries/redcarted) PSG's boss Laurent Blanc failed to produce a team able enough to threaten the Catalan Giant. The last throw was Thiago's Silva injury, wich precipitated David Luiz entrance in the arena; the Brazilian International spent two weeks in Russia, where wizards/doctors helped him to cure the injury picked up vs Marseilles. Was he ready for that ? Certainly not ! On the pitch, he was more a ghost than a professional player, but then, he was Blanc's only option.
Here's the heroes and the villains of yesterday's game.
– It's not easy to keep silent a player, like Neymar, isn't it Greg? The Brazilian defender had lots to do, during the first half but less in the second; he added the game's fourth goal, late on.
He wasn't his usual self; injured, he left the pitch (19th) and was replaced by David Luiz, not fit enough to face Barcelona's armada. Torn to pieces by Suarez, he had a nightmarish night!
Too young to boss the Parisian defense; he was able to keep the defense together for a long spell, but was at fault for the catalan goal.
Solid first period, good reading of the game, he struggled in the second half, especially against Suarez. Interesting interaction with Mathuidi.
It's not easy to note such a young player in his first CL game; lost possession in the build up for Barça's first goal, had some interesting moves and got subbed by Lucas(65th).
The Frenchman had a difficult time; this was his chance to show his quality, but he was virtually absent of any action. His only feat was the yellow card for aggressing Iniesta (37th).
He got the armband after Motta's injury and he was the best Parisian. The Captain tried to help his teammates at both ends of the field. Good interaction with Maxwell and Pastore, but not enough to avoid the defeat.
Looked good with the ball, but very much alone when he tried to breach the Catalan defense. He missed a golden chance, early in the game .
Another player who'd like to erase that game, from his memory! Playing in Zlatan's Ibrahimovic place he just wasn't able to score against the Catalans; he even wasted two good chances, did he lose the striker's touch ?
A mixed bag of good and bad… good defending but no accuracy in transmitting the ball; 74% the worst of all his teammates!


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Roland Buti,  nom de plume de Roland Butikofer, né le  à Lausanne, est un écrivain, enseignant et historien suisse.

Biographie
Roland Buti fait des études de lettres et d'histoire à Lausanne.

En 1990, l'écrivain publie Les Âmes lestées, un premier recueil de nouvelles aux éditions Zoé à Carouge-Genève.

En 1996, l'historien publie sa thèse de doctorat Le refus de la modernité, la Ligue vaudoise, une extrême droite et la Suisse (1919-1945) dans la collection Payot Histoire à Lausanne.

En 2005, son premier roman Un Nuage sur l'œil remporte le prix Bibliomedia et est sélectionné pour la  édition du prix des Lettres frontière.

En 2007, Luce et Célie est l'histoire d'une amitié.

En 2013, Le Milieu de l'horizon gagne le prix de la  édition du prix des lectrices . Selon la rédactrice en chef d'edelweiss, . Il est interviewé par Alain Veinstein sur France Culture Du jour au lendemain. Après une première présélection, le roman reste dans la deuxième phase de sélection de romans français du prix Médicis.

En 2014, Roland Buti obtient le prix suisse de littérature pour son roman Le Milieu de l'horizon. Le livre reçoit le prix de la  édition du roman des Romands et le prix du public de la Radio télévision suisse (RTS). Il est traduit en allemand : . En 2016, le roman est traduit en italien : . Un film éponyme  adapté à partir du roman, Le Milieu de l'horizon, dirigé par  Delphine Lehericey, avec Thibaud Evrard, Patrick Descamps, Clémence Poésy et Laetitia Casta, est sorti en 2019.

En 2020, le roman Grand National est traduit en italien.

Œuvres
 1990 : Les Âmes lestées
 2004 : Un Nuage sur l'œil
 2007 : Luce et Célie
 2011 : L'Amour émietté
 2013 : Le Milieu de l'horizon
 2019 : Grand National

Distinctions

Récompenses
 2005 : prix Bibliomedia suisse pour Un Nuage sur l'œil
 2013 : prix de la  édition du prix des lectrices edelweiss pour Le Milieu de l'horizon
 2014 : prix suisse de littérature pour Le Milieu de l'horizon
 2014 : prix du public de la RTS pour Le Milieu de l'horizon
 2014 : prix de la  édition du roman des Romands pour Le Milieu de l'horizon

Nominations
 2005 : sélection pour la  édition du prix des Lettres frontière pour Un Nuage sur l'œil
 2013 : deuxième phase de sélection de romans français du prix Médicis pour Le Milieu de l'horizon

Radio
 2013 : Du jour au lendemain par Alain Veinstein sur France Culture

Notes et références

Annexes

Bibliographie

Articles connexes
 Littérature suisse
 Jacques Chessex
 Charles Ferdinand Ramuz

Liens externes

Écrivain vaudois
Écrivain suisse du XXIe siècle
Historien suisse
Naissance en janvier 1964
Naissance à Lausanne
Projet:Valdensia/Articles liés
Lauréat du prix suisse de littérature
Lauréat du prix du roman des Romands

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This is the "new excitement" in books among tweens, teens and young adults. Perhaps not as fascinating as Harry Potter, but certainly keeping the literary world aglow, you'll find THE HUNGER GAMES a fascinating tale. I read it myself, in one weekend afternoon sitting. I just couldn't put it down.
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An adaptation of Suzanne Collins' best-selling novel, The Hunger Games is set in a dystopian future where teenagers are forced to fight to the death in an annual, nationally televised event. The film, due March 23, 2012... Hunger Games soundtrack is scheduled for a March 20th release. The official soundtrack of The Hunger Games titled The Hunger Games: Songs from District 12 and Beyond. First music video from the soundtrack is Taylor Swift's "Safe and Sound"
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Lutz, who next stars in the movie Syrup with Amber Heard, Brittany Snow and Kirstie Alley, may still have a shot with the film studio in the future.
PHOTOS: Us Weekly's guide to The Hunger Games
The Hunger Games, directed by Gary Ross, stars Donald Sutherland, Woody Harrelson, Wes Bentley, Elizabeth Banks, Stanley Tucci, Liam Hemsworth, Paula Malcolmson, Willow Shields, Latarsha Rose, Lenny Kravitz, Brooke Bundy, Leven Rambin & Jack Quaid (#1), Alexander Ludwig & Isabelle Fuhrman (#2), Ian Nelson & Kalia Prescott (#3), Ethan Jamieson & Tara Macken (#4), Chris Mark & Jackie Emerson (#5), Ashton Moio & Kara Petersen (#6), Sam Ly & Leigha Hancock (#7), Samuel Tan & Mackenzie Lintz (#8), Imanol Yepez-Frias & Annie Thurman (#9), Jeremy Marinas & Dakota Hood (#10), Amandla Stenberg & Dayo Okeniyi (#11), and Jennifer Lawrence (Katniss) & Josh Hutcherson (Peeta) (#12).
Set in post-apocalyptic America, the movie will introduce heroine Katniss Everdeen (Lawrence), a self-sufficient 16-year-old who lives in District 12, one of the poorer districts in the nation of Panem, what used to be known as North America before its utter destruction several years earlier. Katniss becomes a participant in the Hunger Games, an annual televised tournament where one boy and one girl from each of the nation's twelve districts must fight to the death until only one competitor, or "tribute," is left standing.
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Federal civil servants, whose salaries were due from 20-25th April have not been paid. Our source claims that this money has disappeared into private pockets and the outgoing administration would leave the payment of arrears to the incoming Buhari administration. So the earliest the civil servants would get paid could be the end of June.
Goodluck is said to be very angry about losing the (s)election and any civil servant that complains too noisily about being owed pay is likely to be fired on the spot.
The treatment of federal government staff is in stark contrast to how the president, vice president and other politricksters that have been voted out have awarded themselves 3.24bn naira (about $16m) in "severance" payments.
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OXFORD, OH - NOVEMBER 15: Kenny Young #3 of the Miami Ohio Redhawks runs into the endzone for a touchdown against the Eastern Michigan Eagles during the first half at Yager Stadium on November 15, 2017 in Oxford, Ohio. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images)
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Encreasing the Dominion Through Prison Time
On March 27, 2015 March 27, 2015 By John David Duke JrIn Politics, Reverie
What makes Aaron Schock's departure so disturbing is the almost entirely dropped kayfabe, and we all know what happens when a society drops kayfabe. I remember remarking at the time, considering his penchant for fantasy, that if I were Schock I'd sprint out of the closet, claiming as many of the letters in the acronym as I could for the sake of jury sympathy. But, no, he didn't do that. He simply resigned, and is resigning himself to a term in prison. This will never do.
He's practically broadcasting that the whole thing is a sham of grabbing fistfuls of money which belong in the public treasury, putting government prosecutors on hold for a couple of years, lying and obfuscating while laundering the money into numbered accounts in various offshore "banks" just before a plea deal is reached to either avoid jail altogether or to procure a minimal sentence, to keep up appearances, then emerging quietly from prison to be escorted to a deeee-luxe apartment in the Chicago skyline to party with fellow-thieves until age or decorum prevents.
The trick, of course, is putting government prosecutors on hold for a couple of years, and this is where Schock is embarrassing the whole lot of us, like Karen Hill, when she visited Henry in prison, throwing contraband into the open so that the prison guards had to do quite the two-step to keep up appearances. In a euvoluntary exchange, Aaron, one must give and take, and you have not given the sovereign his necessary encrease of dominion to earn your lifelong vacation, that is, after a quick character laundering through the prison system, where you can publicly repent. The public would have gladly returned a wink and a nod.
We need moar laws, dummy. I hope they throw away the key.
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ESPN USA, a Disney group company, is seeking a deal with companies in the sports betting business in the region of $3 billion (BRL 15.5 billion).
Sports betting houses that sign an agreement with ESPN will have advertising campaigns during commercial spaces on sports media channels.
In addition, the partnership would also include special content on sports betting within the group's programming, such as podcasts, television shows, texts on the website, among others. The information was first reported by the Wall Street Journal.
In 2020, Disney changed its thinking about sports betting to leverage ESPN
Although Walt Disney has been notoriously an opponent of sports betting over the years, considering the activity had no place in its "family-oriented" businesses, in late 2020, everything changed with the NBA bubble settling in Orlando , in Florida.
Since then, the understanding of the owner of sports media group ESPN has changed considerably. In recent months, Disney has decided that it is a fan of games and tends to support the activity to leverage ESPN's operations.
ESPN recently announced that it would be forced to lay off about 300 employees due to the economic downturn. The company had implemented pay cuts for executives and airborne personalities as a result of the pandemic. In addition to the financial issue, the sports market is also joining the gaming industry and Disney is starting to follow the trend.
In contacting its investors, Disney said it would bring sports betting content to ESPN, emphasizing the role the industry can play in its ESPN+ platform.
The company believes this will be an "essential opportunity" and an "important area of growth" for the media company as it seeks to regain its sports leadership.
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Cuthona es un género de moluscos nudibranquios de la familia Tergipedidae.

Especies
El Registro Mundial de Especies Marinas acepta las siguientes especies válidas en el género:

 Cuthona abronia (MacFarland, 1966)
 Cuthona albocrusta (MacFarland, 1966)
 Cuthona albopunctata (Schmekel, 1968)
 Cuthona amoena (Alder & Hancock, 1845)
 Cuthona antarctica (Pfeffer, 1886)
 Cuthona anulata (Baba, 1949)
 Cuthona barbadiana Edmunds & Just, 1983
 Cuthona behrensi Hermosillo & Valdés, 2007
 Cuthona berghi (Friele, 1902)
 Cuthona beta (Baba & Abe, 1964)
 Cuthona caerulea (Montagu, 1804)
 Cuthona claviformis Vicente, 1974
 Cuthona cocoachroma Williams & Gosliner, 1979
 Cuthona columbiana (O'Donoghue, 1922)
 Cuthona concinna (Alder & Hancock, 1843)
 Cuthona correai Ortea, Caballer & Moro, 2002
 Cuthona crinita Minichev, 1972
 Cuthona destinyae Hermosillo & Valdés, 2007
 Cuthona diminutiva Gosliner, 1980
 Cuthona distans Odhner, 1922
 Cuthona divae (Er. Marcus, 1961)
 Cuthona diversicolor Baba, 1975
 Cuthona elenae (Martynov, 2000)
 Cuthona elioti Odhner, 1944
 Cuthona ferruginea (Friele, 1902)
 Cuthona fidenciae (Ortea, Moro & Espinosa, 1999)
 Cuthona flavovulta (MacFarland, 1966)
 Cuthona foliata (Forbes & Goodsir, 1839)
 Cuthona fructuosa (Bergh, 1892)
 Cuthona fulgens (MacFarland, 1966)
 Cuthona futairo Baba, 1963
 Cuthona genovae (O'Donoghue, 1929)
 Cuthona georgiana (Pfeffer in Martens & Pfeffer, 1886)
 Cuthona giarannae Valdés, Moran & Woods, 2012
 Cuthona granosa (Schmekel, 1966)
 Cuthona gymnota (Couthouy, 1838)
 Cuthona hamanni Behrens, 1987
 Cuthona henrici Eliot, 1916
 Cuthona herrerai Ortea, Moro & Caballer, 2002
 Cuthona ilonae (Schmekel, 1968)
 Cuthona iris Edmunds & Just, 1983
 Cuthona kanga (Edmunds, 1970)
 Cuthona kuiteri Rudman, 1981
 Cuthona lagunae (O'Donoghue, 1926)

 Cuthona leopardina (Vayssière, 1888)
 Cuthona lizae Angulo-Campillo & Valdés, 2003
 Cuthona longi Behrens, 1985
 Cuthona macquariensis (Burn, 1973)
 Cuthona millenae Hermosillo & Valdés, 2007
 Cuthona miniostriata (Schmekel, 1968)
 Cuthona modesta (Eliot, 1907)
 Cuthona nana (Alder & Hancock, 1842)
 Cuthona netsica (Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1960)
 Cuthona norvegica (Odhner, 1929)
 Cuthona ocellata (Schmekel, 1966)
 Cuthona odhneri Er. Marcus, 1959
 Cuthona ornata Baba, 1937
 Cuthona pallida (Eliot, 1906)
 Cuthona paucicirra Minichev, 1972
 Cuthona perca (Er. Marcus, 1958)
 Cuthona phoenix Gosliner, 1981
 Cuthona poritophages Rudman, 1979
 Cuthona puellula (Baba, 1955)
 Cuthona pumilio Bergh, 1871
 Cuthona punicea Millen, 1986
 Cuthona purpureoanulata (Baba, 1961)
 Cuthona pusilla (Bergh, 1898)
 Cuthona pustulata (Alder & Hancock, 1854)
 Cuthona riosi Hermosillo & Valdés, 2008
 Cuthona rolleri Gosliner & Behrens, 1988
 Cuthona rubescens Picton & Brown, 1978
 Cuthona rubra (Edmunds, 1964)
 Cuthona scintillans M. C. Miller, 1977
 Cuthona sibogae (Bergh, 1905)
 Cuthona speciosa (Macnae, 1954)
 Cuthona suecica (Odhner, 1940)
 Cuthona thompsoni Garcia, Lopez-Gonzalez & Garcia-Gómez, 1991
 Cuthona tina (Er. Marcus, 1957)
 Cuthona valentini (Eliot, 1907)
 Cuthona veronicae (A. E. Verrill, 1880)
 Cuthona virens (MacFarland, 1966)
 Cuthona viridis (Forbes, 1840)
 Cuthona willani Cervera, Garcia-Gomez & Lopez-Gonzalez, 1992
 Cuthona yamasui Hamatani, 1993

 Cuthona germaini Risbec, 1937 (nomen dubium)
 Cuthona mimetica Pruvot-Fol, 1930 (nomen dubium)

Galería

Especies cuyo nombre ha dejado de ser aceptado por sinonimia:
 Cuthona schraderi (Pfeffer in Martens & Pfeffer, 1886) aceptada como Guyvalvoria paradoxa (Eliot, 1907) (nomen dubium)
 Cuthona abyssicola (Bergh, 1884) aceptada como Cuthonella abyssicola Bergh, 1884
 Cuthona alpha Baba & Hamatani, 1963 aceptada como Trinchesia alpha (Baba & Hamatani, 1963)
 Cuthona bractea Burn, 1962 aceptada como Tularia bractea (Burn, 1962)
 Cuthona hiemalis Roginskaya, 1987 aceptada como Cuthonella hiemalis (Roginskaya, 1987)
 Cuthona japonica Baba, 1937 aceptada como Sakuraeolis japonica (Baba, 1937)
 Cuthona marisalbi Roginskaya, 1963 aceptada como Cuthona concinna (Alder & Hancock, 1843)
 Cuthona peregrina (Gmelin, 1791) aceptada como Cratena peregrina (Gmelin, 1791)
 Cuthona reflexa M. C. Miller, 1977 aceptada como Trinchesia reflexa (M. C. Miller, 1977)
 Cuthona stimpsoni A. E. Verrill, 1879 aceptada como Flabellina salmonacea (Couthouy, 1838)

Morfología
El género se caracteriza por tener un par de tentáculos simples lineales a cada lado de la cabeza; el pie es amplio y tiene los ángulos anteriores redondeados; los rinóforos son lisos y tentaculares; las cerata, o branquias, están dispuestas muy juntas en hileras laterales del dorso; la rádula es uniseriada, con dientes que tienen un único dentículo mediano grande y varios dentículos más pequeños; el sistema reproductivo cuenta con una glándula penial adicional, y el pene puede tener, o no, una especie de estilete.

Reproducción
Son ovíparos y hermafroditas simultáneos, que cuentan con órganos genitales femeninos y masculinos. No obstante, no pueden auto fertilizarse, por lo que necesitan copular con otro individuo para ello.

Los huevos eclosionan larvas planctónicas velígeras que, tras un periodo de unos 56 días, alcanzan un tamaño medio de 1.06 mm. La metamorfosis a la forma adulta dura entre 6 y 8 semanas. Y la maduración de los juveniles hasta alcanzar la madurez sexual y realizar la primera puesta de huevos, oscila entre 11 y 12 semanas.

Alimentación
Son predadores carnívoros, alimentándose principalmente de hidrozoos, como el colonial Hydractinia echinata, del que los ejemplares adultos consumen entre 200-500 pólipos en un periodo de 24 horas, o Sertularella turgida, Sertularella quadridens, o ejemplares de Sarsia sp.

La especie Cuthona poritophages se alimenta exclusivamente de los pólipos de colonias de coral del género Porites.

Hábitat y distribución
Estas pequeñas babosas marinas se distribuyen por los océanos Atlántico, Índico y Pacífico. Desde las costas de Oregón hasta Baja California, norte de Europa, Mediterráneo, y también en el Indo-Pacífico tropical.

Habitan aguas templadas y tropicales, reportándose un rango de profundidad entre 0,5 y 212 m, y en un rango de temperatura entre -1.28 y 16.40 °C.

Véase también
 Anexo:Taxonomía de los nudibranquios

Referencias

Bibliografía
 Miller, M. C. (2004). An appraisal of the identity of the New Zealand species of the aeolid family Tergipedidae (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia). Journal of Natural History. 38: 1183-1192.
 Fleming J. (1822) Addendum to volume fifth. Mollusca. pp. 567-584, in: Supplement to the fourth, fifth and sixth editions of the Encyclopaedia Brittanica, vol. 5. Edimburgh, Archibald Constable & co., and London, Hurst, Robinson & co. , disponible en línea en: http://books.google.es/books?id=YlcMAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA567
 Petit, R. E. & Coan., E. V. (2008) The molluscan taxa made available in the Griffith & Pidgeon (1833-1834) edition of Cuvier, with notes on the editions of Cuvier and on Wood's Index Testaceologicus. Malacologia 50: 219-264. page(s): 222
 Ángel Valdés (2003). Preliminary Molecular Phylogeny of the Radula-less Dorids (gastropoda: opisthobranchia), Based on 16S mtDNA Sequence Data. J. Moll. Stud. 69 (1): 75–80. doi:10.1093/mollus/69.1.75. | pdf completo| extracto
 Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. 2005. Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families. Malacologia 47 (1-2): 397 pp.. (Sep 2005)
 Gary R. McDonald. July 29, 2006. Nudibranch Systematic Index. Institute of Marine Sciences. Paper Nudibranch_Systematic_Index. - Nota: Buen recurso para listado de especies de algún género concreto, pero no para familias o superior ya que no se basa en la Taxonomía de Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
 Neville Coleman (2008). Nudibranchs Encyclopedia: Catalogue of Asia/Indo-Pacific Sea Slugs. Neville Coleman's Underwater Geographic. ISBN 0-947325-41-7
 An outline for the classification of Phylum Mollusca in taxonomic databases. Elaborado por editores de WoRMS para uso interno (junio de 2010).
  Johnson R.F. & Gosliner T.M. (2012) Traditional taxonomic groupings mask evolutionary history: A molecular phylogeny and new classification of the chromodorid nudibranchs. PLoS ONE 7(4): e33479.

Enlaces externos

 Clasificación de los nudibranquios en:
WoRMS(en inglés)
ITIS(en inglés)
Taxonomicón(en inglés)
Catalogue of Life(en inglés)
 Descripción de muchas especies de nudibranquios: Seaslugforum(en inglés)

Nudibranchia
Géneros de gasterópodos


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Krasner turned to collage making in the early 1950s, and again in the mid-1970s. At first, she tore old canvases and arranged them, enjoying the improvisational aspects of their rough edges. In her second foray with collage, she carefully cut paper with scissors, creating sharp and precise edges reminiscent of Matisse's late cutouts. The sheets of paper she used were actually charcoal drawings, which she had done under Hofmann's watchful eye. The idea of tearing these drawings may have come from her instructor, who in his critiques of student work often tore sheets of paper in two.
Free Space, signed and numbered XXIII/L, synthesizes the color of Matisse and the analytical Cubism of Picasso, and exemplifies Hofmann's "push-pull" theory. It employs the arcing organic shapes so characteristic of Krasner's work from this period and simultaneously demonstrates her use of collage. The color palette is limited; a bright kelly green of cut paper contrasts with a dull olive green. The serigraph vividly illustrates the interaction of color with the intense green shapes advancing. The interstices between the dominant elements are white, are articulated with dark green scribbles, and in turn create a dialogue between positive and negative shapes.
 Krasner, interview with Dorothy Holmes, 1972, quoted in Gail Levin, Lee Krasner: A Biography (New York: Harper Collins, 2011), 419.
 See Ellen G. LandauLee Krasner: A Catalogue Raisonné (New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1995, 275–277.
 Krasner quoted in Bryan Robertson and B.H. Friedman, Lee Krasner: Paintings, Drawings and Collages, exhibition catalogue (London: Whitechapel Art Gallery, 1965), 19, quoted in Jeffrey D. Grove, Lee Krasner After Palingenesis (New York: Robert Miller Gallery, 2003), unpaginated.


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Grace Jeffers Collection of Formica Materials
Jeffers, Grace
Formica Corporation.
18 Cubic feet (59 boxes, 11 oversize folders )
The Grace Jeffers Collection of Formica Materials consists of textual files, photographs, slides, negatives, drawings, blueprints, posters, advertisements, product brochures, newsletters, and informational pamphlets documenting the history of the Formica Corporation and the use of Formica brand plastic laminate.
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Hilaire Hiler papers
Hiler, Hilaire, 1898-1966
3.4 Linear feet ((on 6 microfilm reels))
AAA.hilehila
Correspondence; printed materials; art works and miscellaneous papers.
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Sylvan Cole Gallery Records and Sylvan Cole Papers
Sylvan Cole Gallery
1935, 1959-2004
AAA.colesylv
The Sylvan Cole Gallery records and Sylvan Cole papers measure 29.4 linear feet and date from 1935 to 2004, with the bulk of the records dating from 1959 to 2003. The records shed light on the gallery's operations through administrative records, artist files, exhibition and event files, institution and museum files, gallery and dealer files, client and collector files, financial records, and appraisal and legal records. The collection also includes papers of Sylvan Cole, including material generated during his career as president and director of Associated American Artists Gallery; an appraiser of fine-art prints; and an authority on twentieth-century American prints. Some personal material is present as well.
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Macbeth Gallery records
Macbeth Gallery
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The Macbeth Gallery records provide almost complete coverage of the gallery's operations from its inception in 1892 to its closing in 1953. Through extensive correspondence files, financial and inventory records, printed material, scrapbooks, reference and research material, and photographs of artists and works of art, the records document all aspects of the gallery's activities, charting William Macbeth's initial intention to lease his store "for the permanent exhibition and sale of American pictures" through over sixty years of success as a major New York firm devoted to American art. The collection measures 131.6 linear feet and dates from 1838 to 1968 with the bulk of the material dating from 1892 to 1953.
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National Museum of American History. Division of Engineering and Industry
18.81 cu. ft. (18 record storage boxes) (1 12x17 box) (1 film box)
Record Unit 397
Smithsonian Institution Archives
These records consist of correspondence and memoranda pertaining to horology, exhibit proposals, manufacturers of engineering equipment, models, collections management, minutes of meetings, acquisitions, and installation of exhibits. Also included are blueprints for the Hall of Heavy Machinery; exhibit scripts from Power and the Early Steam Engine and for Building the …
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National Museum of History and Technology. Division of Transportation
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Lawrence and Barbara Fleischman papers
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Warshaw Collection of Business Americana Subject Categories: Art
Warshaw, Isadore, 1900-1969
10.02 Cubic feet (consisting of 14.5 boxes, 10 oversize folders, 4 map case folders, 6 flat boxes (2 full, 4 partial).)
NMAH.AC.0060.S01.01.Art
A New York bookseller, Warshaw assembled this collection over nearly fifty years. The Warshaw Collection of Business Americana: Art forms part of the Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Subseries 1.1: Subject Categories. The Subject Categories subseries is divided into 470 subject categories based on those created by Mr. Warshaw. These subject categories include topical subjects, types or forms of material, people, organizations, historical events, and other categories. An overview to the entire Warshaw collection is available here: Warshaw Collection of Business Americana
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Eisler Engineering Company records
Eisler Engineering Company.
bulk 1920-1950s
30 Cubic feet (49 boxes, 25 oversize folders)
Records document Charles Eisler, a Hungarian immigrant who was a skilled mechanic and engineer and his company, Eisler Engineering Company of Newark, New Jersey, which manufactured equipment for producing electric lamps, television and radio tubes, welding equipment and laboratory equipment.
Correspondence and Memoranda
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Most of the correspondence is directed to Goode, with lesser amounts to True, Walcott, and Rathbun. Also, a small amount of correspondence is addressed to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, (Baird, 1878-1887; and Samuel P. Langley, 1887-1906) but is generally referred to the Assistant Secretary for response. Much of the material …


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Q: How to set the absolute path of .so files? I am loading the JNI libraries using System.loadLibrary("xyz") and it works fine. But the thing is, when using java.lang.System.load() to load a library, an attacker can replace or modify the original file with a malicious one if the full path of the dynamic library is specified in a world readable location (such as the SDCard). This can result in the loading of untrusted content into the Dalvik VM.
So this can be fixed using fully qualified path to the target library. For some reason I am not able to get succeed in providing fully qualified path.
Below are the things I tried but no luck.
System.load ("xyz")

System.load ("/src/main/jni/lib/xyz")

System.load ("/system/lib/xyz")

Can someone please suggest where I am going wrong.

A: You need to set the 'jniLibs.srcDirs' in the gradle file.
Something like:
main {
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A: I have the same problem with you.
When load a lib in java.library.path(located in /data/data/com.xxx.yyy/lib/[abi]), System.loadLibrary is OK.
But when load a lib from a absolute path, we should use System.load. For example:
System.load("/data/data/com.xxx.yyy/files/xxx/libxyz.so")


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'Poldark' Season 4 Comes to America This Fall
Aidan Turner and Eleanor Tomlinson in "Poldark" Season 4 (Photo: BBC/Mammoth Screen)
The BBC released the first trailer for Poldark Season 4, along with a brand new image of stars Aidan Turner and Eleanor Tomlinson as Ross and Demelza. Not to be outdone, PBS' Masterpiece turned right around and dropped their version of the same promo, along with a handful of additional new photos and an official U.S. airdate.
Yeah, it's a pretty good week to be a Poldark fan.
The fourth season of the popular period drama will air this June in the U.K, and will come to America this Fall, premiering on Masterpiece on Sunday, September 30. This lines up almost exactly with the broadcast schedule from Season 3 last year, and was pretty much what everyone expected. (Even though the prospect of having to wait an extra couple of months to see Season 4 in the States is understandably depressing.)
This first new BBC shot certainly looks as though its from the same set that brought us our first official Season 4 photo a few months back. (Ross is wearing the same snazzy new jacket in both, at least.) Demelza is also sporting some new duds, and this ensemble certainly screams "politician's wife" a bit more loudly than her standard Nampara farmgirl gear. (And I totally love it, for the record.)
Our favourite Cornishman is back. Series 4 of #Poldark returns to @BBCOne on Sunday 10 June, 9pm. pic.twitter.com/ldcRPpO4KG
— BBC One (@BBCOne) May 30, 2018
This all makes sense, since Season 4 will follow Ross's journey into the world of politics, as he makes good on his promise to fight for the people of Cornwall.
Masterpiece also released three more new stills from the upcoming season, two of which feature Tomlinson's Demelza and one which gives the fans what they really want, which is a random shirtless photo of Turner. (I'm not complaining, per se, but it's some seriously unexpected key art, is all I'm saying.)
Travel back to the cliffs of Cornwall with #PoldarkPBS on September 30! And, #ICYMI we have an all-new trailer to get you ready for the new season... Watch now: https://t.co/CJNkarcC42 pic.twitter.com/2wowZPBtVU
— Masterpiece PBS (@masterpiecepbs) May 31, 2018
Watch the first trailer for Season 4 below, courtesy of the Masterpiece Twitter account. (You can also watch the BBC One version if you need a ton of Poldark in your life, but the two are virtually the same.)
"I must sell my soul and become a politician…"#PoldarkPBS, Season 4 premieres September 30 at 9/8c on MASTERPIECE on @PBS! pic.twitter.com/wZ0cKHaD7R
The first trailer for the new season also indicates that the conflict between Ross and George isn't going anywhere any time soon, nor is Demelza's flirtation (or whatever we're calling it now) with Hugh Plus, Morwenna and Drake look sad, Caroline's wardrobe remains spectacular, and Elizabeth doesn't get any lines at all. (Sigh.) But, hey, at least the Cornish countryside looks spectacular.
Despite the fact that no one has even seen Season 4 yet, the series has already been renewed for a fifth outing in 2019. Will that be the series last? Rumor says yes, but we don't know anything for sure.
Are you counting the days until more Poldark? Let's discuss.
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