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Albany Roundtable
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An Evening with Janet Flammang
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Reception ~ 6:00 - 7:00 p.m.
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Program ~ 7:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Janet Flammang is a writer, professor and chair of political science at California's Santa Clara University, and the author of The Taste for Civilization: Food, Politics and Civil Society, (Champaign, IL: University of Illinois Press, 2009.)
The book explores the idea that table activities – the mealtime rituals of food preparation, serving and dining – lay the foundation for a proper education on the value of civility, the importance of the common good, and what it means to be a citizen.
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NO FOOLIN' - Yet another speaker change
Christine Ward to Address Albany Roundtable on 4/13
New York State Archivist and CEO of Archives Partnership Trust
ALBANY, NY – April 1, 2011 – Christine Ward, head of the New York State Archives and Archives Partnership Trust, will address the Albany Roundtable on Wednesday, April 13.
Albany Roundtable luncheon meetings are held at the historic University Club, 141 Washington Avenue at Dove Street in Albany.
The New York State Archives holds many of the oldest and most important archival treasures in the nation. Established in 1971 and opened to the public in 1978, the NYS Archives is a program of the State Education Department, with its main facility located in the Cultural Education Center on Madison Avenue in Albany. There it cares for and provides access to more than 200 million documents that tell the story of New York from the seventeenth century to the present.
The Archives Partnership Trust, a 501c3 non-profit organization, was founded in 1992 to build an endowment and provide project support to enhance humanities programs, increase access to these outstanding treasures, and continue the preservation of New York's historical records.
Ms. Ward received a bachelor's degree in history from Russell Sage College in Troy and a master's degree in Library Science from the University at Albany. Under her leadership, the State Archives facility has been completely renovated to include state-of-the-art storage for its 200 million records and modern public service space, and it has received nearly $3 million in federal grants for preservation and access work.
Reservations for the April 13 luncheon are required by Monday, April 11 and can be made by calling 518-431-1440 (through the Albany-Colonie Regional Chamber of Commerce) or by e-mail at albanyroundtable@yahoo.com .
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Advance-sale tickets will also be available for the Albany Roundtable's Annual Meeting on Wednesday, May 18, 2011 from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. at the University Club. The event will feature a social hour with cocktails and hors d'oeuvres, and a presentation by Visiting Speaker Janet Flammang, the author of The Taste for Civilization: Food, Politics and Civil Society, (University of Illinois Press, 2009.) The book explores the idea that table activities – the mealtime rituals of food preparation, serving and dining – lay the foundation for a proper education on the value of civility, the importance of the common good, and what it means to be a citizen. Tickets are $30.
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Why we need Doug Arnold as Clerk of the Circuit Court in Anne Arundel County
Greg Kline
Like many Marylanders, I took advantage of the opportunity to vote early today. Living in Anne Arundel county, I was able to vote in a number of important races.
While it doesn't get the attention it deserves, one of those important races was the contested race for Clerk of the Circuit Court of Anne Arundel County. I proudly voted for Doug Arnold, a good and decent man I have known for many years and who will make an excellent Clerk for our circuit court.
As an attorney who often practices in the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County, I know and appreciate how our clerk's office has been one of the most efficient and forward thinking in the state. That is a testament to our long-term Clerk Bob Duckworth and the team he has assembled. A critical and important part of that team has been Doug Arnold. Under their leadership, our county's circuit court has stayed ahead of the curve technologically, leading the way with electronic filing and internet accessibility. While we in the legal profession see the benefits of the good work and leadership Bob, Doug and their team provide every day, the fact is every citizen in our county benefits from the efficient administration of justice in our Circuit Court.
When asked why he wanted to be Clerk of the Circuit Court, Doug Arnold said this,
"At the clerk's office, where I've worked for 27 years, we are passionate about serving our community. Our mission is fair, equitable and accessible justice. Our goal is to ensure that each and every person has access to justice and to the services of the court.
Twenty-seven years ago, I walked into the courthouse for the first time as an employee. I thought I was starting a job, but what I found in the courthouse was a shared passion for justice and service to our community. That passion is why I am running to be the next Clerk of the Court.
As I meet people across Anne Arundel County, I'm often asked what the clerk does, and I love being able to share about the important work of the clerk's office with the people we serve. We are guided by our mission for fair, equitable and accessible justice and dedicated to serving every person in the county who needs access to the court."
Trust me when I say this isn't campaign rhetoric, I have seen it on a regular basis over that last 22 years that I have been practicing law in this county.
Doug's union-backed opponent, however, has painted a misleading portrait of our court and its Clerk's Office. Like so many other questionable tactics of Anne Arundel Democrats in this cycle, he has alleged that,
" I also believe the clerk should take a more active role in reducing the backlog of 11,000 unserved arrest warrants in Anne Arundel County. These warrants are written by the judiciary and served by the sheriff, so it is not the job of the clerk and other court officials to serve the warrants. But remaining silent while the backlog of unserved warrants has languished for years has not helped solve the issue."
There is so much wrong with this accusation. First, the Sheriff in this county has been a democrat for many years. (He tried to switch to the GOP to save his job and failed miserably). I voted for Red Maryland endorsed Jim Fredericks to be our next sheriff and who I believe can deal with the perpetual problem with unserved warrants in our county.
Second, over 90% of those unserved warrants are issued by the District Court of Maryland and not the Circuit Court. This means that no Circuit Court Clerk could make any impact on this issue and has no responsibility for allowing it to continue. The accusation is nothing but a cynical political ploy by a candidate who lacks the basic qualifications to hold the office and cannot hold a candle to the qualities of Doug Arnold.
I would urge my neighbors in Anne Arundel County to reject these lies and distortions and join me in voting for Doug Arnold, a good and decent man that we can all trust will continue to execute the office of Clerk of the Circuit Court at the high level we have come to expect.
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A long-time conservative activist and former General Assembly candidate, Greg Kline exploded onto the conservative media scene with his blog The Conservative Refuge in 2007. His unmatched Conservative Refuge Radio on the Red Maryland Network covers local and national politics with Greg's own unique brand of news and comment. In addition to his work as a founder of the Red Maryland Network, Greg expanded these internet efforts into regular appearances on WGMD's Mike in the Morning show, WMAL, WEAA's Marc Steiner show, WBAL's C4 show, WAMD 970AM's Word on the Street program with host Warren Monks, guest appearances on WCBM 680AM's Pat McDonough Show and regular guest appearances on The Right Issue produced for Comcast cable viewers in Anne Arundel county. When he is not spreading his unique blend of pop culture inspired wit and bedrock conservatism, Greg is an attorney and managing member of the Law Office of Gregory M. Kline, LLC Greg's legal career has led him to represent a number of high profile clients often putting him in the middle of some of the hottest political controversies in recent Maryland history.
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A rheumatoid arthritis medication also has benefit for those with ulcerative colitis.
Pfizer's rheumatoid arthritis drug Xeljanz (tofacitinib) has met primary and key secondary endpoints in two phase trials to treat ulcerative colitis (UC).
In the Octave Induction 1 and Octave Induction 2 studies, tofacitinib reduced symptoms of moderate to severe UC and induced remission of the disease.
In one study, 18.5% of patients who received 10 milligrams of tofacitinib twice a day achieved remission, including no rectal bleeding, after eight weeks compared to 8.2% of patients who received a placebo.
In another study, 16.6% of tofacitinib patients achieved remission, versus 3.6% for placebo.
A significantly higher number of tofacitinib patients also experienced mucosal healing, which the key secondary endpoint in both trials.
Pfizer said safety findings for tofacitinib in both the studies were similar to those found in other tofacitinib investigational clinical trials.
UC is expected to lead to complex interactions between various factors such as the environment, genetic predisposition, immune response, and the gut microbiome in the colon or intestines.


Our current energy system is deeply wasteful, and this is holding back the transition to a fossil-free world. Using less energy is the easiest and fastest way to cut CO2 emissions, fossil fuel imports, and energy bills.
With up to 1 in 4 Europeans today living in energy poverty, energy efficiency also helps make homes more affordable to heat, cool and light. This is why Friends of the Earth Europe is campaigning for ambitious energy savings action from governments and the EU.


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Q: Can source transformation be used to internal circuit (source) while finding thevenin equivalent of the source? At first, I'm very sorry because I don't have money for circuit lab so there is not much visual circuit that clarify my steps
I have practiced source-transformation as well as Thevenin equivalent separately but this is the first time I combine them in one circuit. Does doing it like this still cause no difference as doing it separately? For example, this circuit I am trying to find the Thevenin equivalent

I don't know how to calculate the short voltage between a-b terminals with this design so I intend to simplify it by using source transformation and circuit transformation.
To be more detailed, I will transform the \$Y\$ circuit \$8\Omega-12\Omega-5.2\Omega\$ into \$\Delta\$ circuit then the \$30\Omega\$ Resistor will finally parallel with the \$\frac{12*8+5.2*12+8*5.2}{12}=\frac{50}{3}\Omega\$ Resistor which make the
$$R_{eq}=\frac{30+\frac{50}{3}}{30+\frac{50}{3}}=\frac{75}{7}\Omega$$
Then I will transfer the \$10A\$ current source which is parallel with \$\frac{75}{7}\Omega\$ resistor into equivalent voltage source whose value is \$10*\frac{75}{7}=\frac{750}{7}V\$
Since \$500V\$ voltage source is parallel with \$\frac{12*8+5.2*12+8*5.2}{5.2}=\frac{500}{13}\Omega\$ resistor. I will ignore this resistor because it will not change the load's behavior. Now two voltage source is in series as well as two resistors. Just using voltage divider to calculate the Thevenin Voltage and deactive all source to calculate the Thevenin Resistance
So the circuit is finally simplified that Thevenin Voltage and Thevenin Resistance can be calculate. But what I am not sure is if this way of simplification ok. Will there be any change in the load comparing to the origin circuit.

A: Yes, given all your transformation is "equivalent" to the external circuit. "Now two voltage source is parallel and two resistors is in series.", should be "Now two voltage source is series and two resistors is in series."? You can simulate your circuit at https://www.circuitlab.com/, it's a free simulator online.

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The Power Star led us to a planet with several Lumas on it, and then vanished. Mario let Master Luma out of his hat for a moment; Master Luma made an adorable squeaking noise.
We looked around the planet for a moment, then turned to find that a huge purple (grape? Must taste test later) Luma wearing a blue diaper or something had somehow appeared with the lemon Lumas, with the Power Star hovering next to him. Why does he need to wear a diaper if the other Lumas don't need to wear anything?
"So you're these Mario and Luigi guys and these Enya and Moya ladies my little Lumas won't stop blabbing about, am I right?" asked Purple Diaper Man. "Sorry to hear about the excitement you had with that monster down in the Mushroom Kingdom. I sure appreciate y'all bringing us this Power Star, though! We need as many of these as we can get! The name's Lubba, by the way. I'm the head honcho of this Luma crew. See, believe it or not, we're on a spaceship right now." We looked around again; it didn't look like a spaceship, just a planet with a steering wheel on it and some meteors in it. Then again, ever since that green pipe came out of the ground at my dinner, hardly anything has made sense, so why should this?
"Took some real elbow grease to convert this little planetoid into a ship," Purple Diaper Man continued, (what does elbow grease have to do with anything?) "but we Lumas pulled it off! May not look like much...but it's home." On the contrary, it seems pretty neat to have an entire planet (albeit a tiny one) for a home!
"Truth be told, the ship...she's not in such hot shape right now," Purple Diaper Man went on. "We ran into that monster too! He blasted us with meteors, and some of my crew were thrown overboard!"
"Those poor delicious Lumas!" I gasped.
"What was that?" replied Purple Diaper Man. Oops.
"Nothing," I lied, ashamed at myself. Great, now he knows I've tasted one of his Lumas.
"Well, anyway," Purple Diaper Man began, still sounding a little annoyed at me, as he turned to Mario. "So that monster kidnapped your princess, eh? That's cold...Deep-space cold, if ya ask me." I'm surprised Mario and Luigi don't fight over Peach all the time. It's a rare thing for a princess to be in love with a plumber (assuming she actually is), so why wouldn't another plumber be jealous?
"And so is the monster kidnapping your friends," he continued, turning to Enya.
"Yeah, what a jerk," agreed Enya.
"Ya know what else is cold? That monster stealing every last one of our Power Stars! See, that's our fuel. Our spaceship runs on energy from Power Stars! Without that, we're stranded here!"
Just then, Master Luma came out of Mario's hat again, holding it. Purple Diaper Man "jumped" in delight.
"AY-O! Is-- Is that young master Luma? It is...isn't it?! Wow... Wait--if you have the trust of young master Luma...hmm... Say, I just might have a little proposition for ya. Hear me out, now...Your special someone and Enya's friends got kidnapped and now you gotta save them, am I right?"
I half-expected Mario to reply, "Duh, you just-a said it a few-a seconds ago." But instead he said, "That's right."
"And we need fuel for our ship. Now," Purple Diaper Man continued, turning to all of us, "if you think you could get some of our Power Stars back for us, I'd be willing to make this ship your very own for a bit. That's a fair exchange! Am I right?"
"That's right," repeated Mario. But how would any of us know how to work a spaceship?!
"All right! It's a deal!" exclaimed Purple Diaper Man. "OK, gang! Let's get cracking, yeah? I want everything space-shipshape!"
Even though he was still facing us, he must have been actually talking to the Lumas for that last part, because all of the Lumas (including him) started spinning like that one Luma did when I licked him. Purple Diaper Man and the Power Star went into the air, and then suddenly a light came from the spaceship as the lemon Lumas all squealed with delight. I thought the spaceship had exploded for a minute, but then it turned out to have transformed to resemble Mario's head. The hat was green, but then again, I don't think it would be a very good idea to travel on a spaceship half-covered in lava.
"Well, whaddaya think? Nice spaceship, huh? More like a faceship! Har har! Well, at least you'll never lose it in a parking lot? Am I right? Har har!"
"That's not fair!" I complained. "Just because Master Luma decided to be in Mario's hat at that time, even though he can somehow teleport to my hair and Enya and Luigi's hats, means we get only Starship Mario? Can't you please find three more planets and make spaceships for the rest of us?"
"So?" replied Purple Diaper Man, defensively. "We have a spaceship, and it's in better condition now, so what more do we need to find the Power Stars, Mario's special someone, and Enya's friends?"
"Ignore-a Moya," said Mario. "She-a complains about-a everything."
"I'm only pointing out things that don't make much sense," I replied, annoyed.
"Whoa, now," interrupted Purple Diaper Man. "If y'all keep fighting like this, we'll never get anything done."
Mario and I calmed down slightly.
"So what's next? Don't look at me--" he turned to Mario-- "this ship has your face on it, not mine! And," he said, turning to the rest of us, "pretend it also has Luigi's, Enya's, and Moya's faces on it. The decision is yours! Feel free to explore Starship Mario, or take the helm if you're ready to ship out!"
"It's your call, 'Team Brennario'!" he finished, ignoring me.
Master Luma went back into Mario's hat.
We looked around Starship Mario for a little while. The Lumas had built an actual deck instead of just a rock with a steering wheel on it. It does still have the steering wheel, but now it's mounted rather than just laying on a crate, and there's a yellow button on the ground in front of it. On Starship Mario were several lemon, blue (blueberry?), red (cherry?), and orange (orange?) Lumas, which is weird because before the Lumas redesigned the ship, there were only lemon ones (except Purple Diaper Man, of course). One of the lemon Lumas had Star Bits surrounding him, but Mario stole them! I could understand collecting Star Bits for the Star Festival, but stealing someone else's Star Bits seemed like too much. The Luma did tell us how to grab Star Bits with the Wii Remote (whatever that is), though, so I guess he was just letting us practice. I wished one of them would teach us how to fly a spaceship, though. There were various signs around, but none of them taught us how to fly Starship Mario, though since they all refer to buttons on the Wii Remote ("If you run and press Z right before a jump, you'll do a long jump! Try it! It feels pretty great!"), I don't think we'd understand even if they did.
In addition to the Lumas and signs, there were also various flowers and trees on Starship Mario, as well as a lovely stream. I could get used to this.
The wheel started spinning by itself and Starship Mario's engine started. Purple Diaper Man somehow managed to fall over despite normally floating in midair. Then Starship Mario shot forward.
"YEAH-HOO-HOO-HOOOO!" exclaimed the Mario Bros. and Enya. I, on the other hand, screamed and almost threw up.
We arrived at this map-looking area. There was a yellow dot below Starship Mario with two lines coming from it, connecting it to two more dots. Above the dot behind us was the solar system we had just visited, and above the dot ahead of us was another solar system.
"So this is the World Map," explained PDM. "Just point the Star Cursor at your destination, and press A to jump into that galaxy!" Those look more like solar systems to me. A group of planets is a solar system, and a group of solar systems is a galaxy, right?
"Like I said," he continued, "this spaceships runs on energy from Power Stars. Right now, it looks like we got enough power to go this far." He pointed to the next solar system galaxy. "We're gonna need more Power Stars!"
"I know," I told him, slightly annoyed. You already told us. That's what our deal was, remember?
"So let's do it! For Mario's princess, Enya's friends, and my crew! Take it away, Team Brennario!"
"Let's go!" declared Mario. Somehow, that made all of "Team Brennario" launch from Starship Mario towards Yoshi Star Galaxy.
In otherelated news, Thanksgiving break is almost over. Blah. School.
Just have a note that it being a dream isn't canon (even my canon), okay?


The fifth would pay R1.
The sixth would pay R3.
The seventh would pay R7.
The eighth would pay R12.
The ninth would pay R18.
The tenth man (the richest) would pay R59.
The ten men drank in the bar every day and seemed quite happy with the arrangement, until one day, the owner threw them a curve. "Since you are all such good customers," he said, "I'm going to reduce the cost of your daily beer by R20." Drinks for the ten now cost just R80.
The group still wanted to pay their bill the way we pay our taxes, so the first four men were unaffected. They would still drink for free. But what about the other six men, the paying customers?
How would they divide the R20 windfall so that everyone would get his fair share?
They realized that R20 divided by six is R3.33. But if they subtracted that from everybody's share, then the fifth man and the sixth man would each end up being paid to drink his beer.
The sixth now paid R2 instead of R3 (33% savings).
The seventh now pay R5 instead of R7 (28% savings).
The eighth now paid R9 instead of R12 (25% savings).
The ninth now paid R14 instead of R18 (22% savings).
The tenth now paid R49 instead of R59 (16% savings).
"I only got a Rand out of the R20, "declared the sixth man. He pointed to the tenth man, "but he got R10!"
"Yeah, that's right," exclaimed the fifth man. "I only saved a Rand, too. It's unfair that he got ten times more than I!"
"That's true!!" shouted the seventh man. "Why should he get R10 back when I got only two? The wealthy get all the breaks!"
And that, boys and girls, journalists and college professors, is how our tax system works. The people who pay the highest taxes get the most benefit from a tax reduction. Tax them too much, attack them for being wealthy, don't protect them against crime like in South Africa, and they just may not show up anymore. In fact, they might start drinking overseas where the atmosphere is somewhat friendlier.
FOR THOSE WHO DON'T UNDERSTAND, NO EXPLANATION WOULD EVER BE POSSIBLE!!


The person-centred theory, developed by Carl Rogers, is one of the most popular in the fields of psychology, counselling and education. Person-centred theory offered a new way to look at individuals and their development, as well as how people can be helped to change. Fritz Perls is considered the foremost practitioner of gestalt counselling and psychotherapy (Cooper, O'Hara, Schmid & Wyatt, 2007). However, this method was influenced by other gestalt theorists preceding him. The word gestalt is a German term used to define a unique patterning in which parts are integrated into the perception whole. Gestalt psychology is concerned with perception and cognition, whereas gestalt therapy focuses on personality, psychopathology and psychotherapy (Woldt & Toman, 2005). This essay will firstly provide an overview of person-centred and gestalt therapy. Following is a discussion of the similarities and differences between the two theories. Next, is a critique of both theories including strengths and weaknesses of each and finally, a preference of one theory will discussed from both a personal and professional perspective.


Man is a land animal. He can, in theory and on a warm day, go hill walking or climbing without any equipment at all because that is what he has evolved to do.
Sailing is fundamentally different. You can't do it without a boat and a rig. A large heavy boat may have some built in redundancy and may still work even if some of its parts are less than optimal. A sailing canoe is lightweight, minimal and portable so what there is had better be good.
There are different ways to acheive the ideal of a light, portable, touring boat.
A century ago canoes were divided into four categories; pure paddling canoes, sailable paddling canoes, paddleable sailing canoes and pure sailing canoes. We can also classify canoes as decked or open and monohull or multihull.
We are a canoe sailing group, so pure paddling canoes need not concern us (though of course many of us are also paddlers).
Pure sailing canoes need not concern us either. The IC10 is an example. It is a high powered racing machine which wouldn't be recognised as a canoe by many canoeists. At present there very few pure sailing canoes in the O.C.S.G. They lack the versatility which attracts most of us to canoe sailing.
A sailable paddling canoe is primarily a paddling canoe but it carries a small auxiliary sailing rig. The main means of propulsion is paddling with a small and perhaps less efficient sailing rig being chosen because it is easier to stow and is less likely to interfere with paddling. This can be a very valid boat for adventure sailing, but at the time of writing (Jan 2011) it is under-represented in the O.C.S.G. The development of this type of sailing has been held back by the unfortunate concept of "improvised sailing", with small, poor-quality homemade sails.
The first recreational canoes, the Rob Roys of the 1860s, were decked sailable paddling canoes. These little craft did extensive cruises and proved indeed that "less can be more".
A paddleable sailing canoe is a boat in which sailing is the primary means of propulsion.
This is the type of boat favoured by most members of the O.C.S.G.
Paddles are carried for when the wind drops but the sailing rig is bigger and more powerful. Some small compromises in ease of paddling may be accepted in the pursuit of greater sailing performance ....... " Sail when you can, paddle when you must ".
If you buy a sailing canoe it will have been built to the relevant safety standards, like anything else you buy. In Europe these standards are set down in the Recreational Craft Directive, commonly known as the "RCD". The boat will have on it a CE mark and come with a manual and certificate of compliance.
If you build your own boat you are not obliged to comply with the RCD unless you sell it within five years. However you may take the view, as we do, that following the same safety standards is sensible, even if you are not legally required to do so.
The same applies if you are converting a paddling canoe.
Pure paddling canoes are exempt from the requirements of the RCD at present. Paddling canoes with a very small auxiliary sail are also exempt. Open canoes are often bought without any fitted buoyancy and there is some debate in the paddling world about whether there is a need for additional buoyancy. But bear in mind that, as soon as you put any sail on a canoe, you are likely to venture much further from the shore in search of better wind and that your sail may capsize you.
In our opinion the provisions of the RCD as regards buoyancy and capsize recovery represent a minimum and achievable standard for any sail-equipped canoe.
As it applies to sailing canoes, the RCD is principally concerned with buoyancy and capsize recovery. Remember that this is a test of the boat, not the crew (an MOT, not a driving test).
We interpret the RCD as follows; that there are four ways in which a boat may comply with the safety standards.
The boat must not capsize in the conditions for which it is certified. This may apply to some multihulls.
The boat must self right with the crew in it. This is normal for a yacht but as it requires heavy external ballast it is unlikely to be relevant to the sailing canoe.
A standard person of 75kg has to be able to right a capsized boat, re-enter it and bail it. This should be normal for a sailing canoe.
A standard person has to re-enter a swamped boat and the boat must support the person for at least ten minutes with three quarters of the boat above water. We don't think this is adequate for a sailing canoe which is sailing in remote places away from the likelihood of rescue.
If the buoyancy is provided by tanks, they must be tested by pressurising to 6 inches of water and retaining a pressure of at least 3 inches after 45 seconds. If the tanks don't pass this test, hatch covers need to be removed before doing the capsize test, i.e. a buoyancy tank with a leaky hatch is not buoyancy. Some commercial hatches may not pass this test so check with the supplier.
When fitting out an open canoe for sailing most people will use buoyancy bags to enable them to recover from a capsize. We have found that side bags are necessary in addition to the end bags which are more familiar to canoeists. There is no point in fitting buoyancy bags unless they are well attached. As a rule of thumb we would suggest that each anchor point should support the unloaded weight of the canoe (this is easy to test). Glue joints may deteriorate over time and should be tested regularly (gaffer tape won't do!) Each side bag needs to have a buoyancy of at least 100lbs.
An O.C.S.G. meet may be a good place to test your boat. Contact the organiser beforehand.
When choosing an open canoe for converting into a sailing canoe, depth and beam are important factors. Generally boats with a beam of around 36 inches (0.9m) and a depth of about 14 inches (35cm) are preferred. Shallower boats tend to be too wet and narrower boats tend to be a bit too tippy.
When building or buying a sailing canoe you can choose to have an open boat or a decked boat. Open boats are cheaper, lighter and easier to load, while decked boats are heavier and more expensive, but they are more seaworthy, less likely to capsize and easier to recover after a capsize. They also tend to be drier.
Small add-on outriggers can greatly increase the seaworthiness of any decked or undecked sailing canoe. We do not know of any canoe capsizing accidentally while using small outriggers but unless outriggers are so big as to absolutely prevent the canoe from capsizing, they have to be small enough for it to be rightable. This is a somewhat technical subject and will be the subject of a separate article. Over recent years an increasing number of our members have chosen to fit outriggers in winter or for use on the sea where capsize might be more serious.
Purpose-built trimaran canoes can be uncapsizable and these are favoured by some members for use on the sea. They would also be a sensible choice for anyone else who chooses not to risk a capsize. The disadvantage is that these boats are more expensive and more cumbersome (though they do tend to be faster).
The RCD does not concern itself with the sailing rig. However we have found by experience that safety can depend on having an efficient sailing rig. Because of the limited stability of a canoe we cannot compensate for inefficiency by increasing sail area. A safe haven can often be upwind. Unless we know that we can paddle there, we need an efficient windward rig. In case the weather deteriorates before we get there, we need to be able to reduce our sail area (reef) on the water and continue sailing to windward with this reduced sail. It may also be neccessary to take the rig down whilst on the water, so an ability to do this quickly and neatly is important. Large rigs that cannot be easily reefed or stowed have no place on cruising sailing canoes, in our opinion.
If you are fitting a rig yourself make sure you understand the large forces that the rig can exert on your canoe. Mast thwart and mast feet can have forces of several hundred pounds on them in strong winds and they should be securely fastened onto the canoe. Rudders and leeboards also take large forces and should be strong and securely mounted.
The RCD makes no distinction between a canoe which you have converted into a sailing canoe and a home built sailing canoe. We have discussed some of the safety requirements of the RCD. Be aware that there are also certification and labelling requirements which you would have to fulfil if you sold your homebuilt canoe (as a sailing canoe) within five years.


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Elsker dig for tiden er en dansk spillefilm fra 2022 instrueret af Julie Rudbæk og Jesper Zuschlag.

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Anna og Thomas er hinandens modsætninger, men de mangler begge det samme: kærligheden. Anna er en selvstændig karrierekvinde, der holder kærligheden i strakt arm. Thomas er traditionel romantiker og leder desperat efter den eneste ene. Med støtte fra deres venner følger vi Anna og Thomas' rejse fra det allerførste møde, igennem den forvirrende forelskelse og til hverdagen melder sin nådesløse ankomst i parforholdet…

Medvirkende

 Julie Rudbæk, Anna
 Kasper Dalsgaard, Thomas
 Sofie Jo Kaufmanas, Kathrine
 Jesper Zuschlag, Nikolaj
 Olivia Joof Lewerissa, Signe
 Magnus Haugaard, Kasper
 Katinka Lærke Petersen, Stephanie
 Cyron Melville, Michael
 Michael Moritzen, Jens
 Vibeke Hastrup, Hanne
 Julie Carlsen, Dorthe
 Miri-Ann Beuschel, Tanja

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Eksterne henvisninger

Spillefilm fra Danmark
Danske film fra 2022
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WHAT'S ON FREEVIEW 3-9 OCTOBER 2020, Week 26
Another week of films to look forward to; incredibly, it is now six months since we began the weekly listings. Other organisations, including Sight & Sound magazine, have done similar things, but I think ours are a little more detailed (and eccentric). As we continue to endure restrictions on our lifestyles, we'll try and keep going for, at least, the foreseeable future!
ONE OF OUR AIRCRAFT IS MISSING (1942) Saturday 3 October 3.25-5.30pm TP (Ch 81)
A good example of a wartime drama that has a documentary feel to it (there isn't a score) as, with the help of Googie Withers and others, Godfrey Tearle tries to get his crew back to Blighty.
THE DAY OF THE LOCUST (1975) Saturday 3 October 9.05-11.55pm Talking Pictures (Channel 81)
This is not the John Schlesinger film that springs most readily to mind, but it is only a notch below his very best work. It is an excellent exposé of Hollywood's 1930s underbelly – so, best not to expect any Fred Astaire joie de vivre!
A HARD DAY'S NIGHT (1964) Sunday 4 October 12.20-1.45am BBC 2 (also Thursday, 7.30pm BBC 4)
Richard Lester's imaginative direction ensured that The Beatles' transfer to the big screen would be successful. John Lennon would have been 80 on the 9 October and his early death still resonates.
THE SEARCHERS (1956) Sunday 4 October 4.05-6.00pm BBC 2
Also Thursday evening, BBC 4 (see later notes) and preceded today by a Talking Pictures special.
MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS (2017) Sunday 4 October 8.00-10.15pm Channel 4
This Freeview première, directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh as Hercule Poirot, should be a very pleasant way to spend the evening. The all-star suspects include Johnny Depp and Judi Dench.
THE GHOSTS OF BERKELEY SQUARE (1947) Monday 5 October 4.20-6.00pm Talking Pictures (Ch 81)
If you are feeling properly nostalgic today, this droll comedy had a three-day run at the Regent from Monday 20 September 1948. Two ghosts (Robert Morley and Felix Aylmer) are doomed to haunt a house until it is visited by royalty.
HANNA (2011) Monday 5 October 9.00-11.15pm Channel 32
This helped to establish both director Joe Wright and star Saoirse Ronan, who plays a teenage assassin on a revenge mission. The settings are well-realised and the quota of thrills is high.
SALLY SALLIES FORTH (1928) Tuesday 6 October 6.00-6.35am Talking Pictures (Channel 81)
TP is showing a very rare comedy short – the UK's first "all-woman" film production – in which young Sally becomes a maid for the day.
THE NOVEMBER MAN (2014) Tuesday 6 October 9.00-11.15pm Channel 32
Sorry, we need to clutch at straws a little this evening: to wit, a reasonable spy thriller with Pierce Brosnan revisiting his Bond-style heyday. It's slick and enjoyable enough, but don't dally over the plot contrivances!
DEAD RECKONING (1947) Wednesday 7 October 8.05-10.05am Channel 40
Bogie plays an ex-paratrooper who hopes to track down his buddy's killers, helped by Lisabeth Scott. John Cromwell was one of his trusted directors and the end product is an above-average thriller.
THIS HAPPY BREED (1944) Wednesday 7 October 12.50-3.05pm Film Four
David Lean, working in colour for the first time, adapts Noel Coward's play quite superbly. We follow the ups and downs of a family in the interwar years, 1919-1939.
THE NAKED TRUTH (1957) Thursday 8 October 12.55-2.45pm Film Four
Dennis Price is the editor of a dubious magazine who blackmails celebrities; the worms, led by Peter Sellers, Peggy Mount and Terry-Thomas, decide to turn. The result is a very funny, topical comedy.
THE SEARCHERS (1956) Thursday 8 October 8.00-9.55pm BBC 4
Welcome back to the BBC, no. 1 western! It's Hollywood, the mid-1950s, and we have a film from a major studio where the protagonist is a racist consumed by hate, an ex-Confederate of dubious morals and an outlaw. He disrespects kith and kin, coverts his brother's wife, is unchristian, kills the buffalo because they are a source of food, shoots the eyes out of a dead Comanche so that he cannot travel to the spirit world and is on a mission to kill his niece. And John Wayne makes Ethan Edwards a sympathetic character; it's a truly iconic performance and remains an influential film.
THE WILD ONE (1953) Friday 9 October 7.40-9.15am Channel 40
Banned in Britain for many years, this original biker movie seems rather quaint now. It features an iconic performance (and, later, poster) from Marlon Brando as the gang's leader and good support from Mary Murphy and Lee Marvin (even though he, like Brando, was too old).
HIS GIRL FRIDAY (1940) Friday 9 October 12.10-2.00pm Talking Pictures (Channel 81)
This remake of The Front Page (1931) is still the fastest comedy ever made. Buried amongst the scintillating dialogue are Cary Grant as the editor and Rosalind Russell as his star reporter. Genius!
CARRIE (1976) Friday 9 October 11.10pm-1.20am Film Four
Brilliant horror film starring Sissy Spacek as the teenager bullied in school and at home (by a splendid Piper Laurie), who unleashes her telekinetic powers on her tormentors. The Untouchables isn't Brian De Palma's best film, this is. In one of the quieter domestic scenes, the film showing on television is Duel at Diablo.
RANDOM WORDS AND RANDOM MEMORIES
I was watching the opening credits to North by Northwest and spotted the name Robert Boyle; he was the production designer on the film. When declaring that a film is a classic, we look to praise first the director, then the editor, writer, cinematographer and even the composer. However, there are those who maintain, with justification, that the most underrated of cinema artists is the production designer/art director. He, or she, is responsible for the film's visual quality and, therefore, whether it is atmospheric and the scenes believable. It is a complex and demanding job that requires an ability to select suitable natural locations or build them in the studio – with a good team, of course. (In North by Northwest, this included a replica of Mount Rushmore.) The designer also needs to know architectural styles, graphics, costumes, lighting and camera angles and be able to visualise the bigger picture and meld everything together. Check out, for example, the award-winning work of Allan Starski and Ewa Braun on Schindler's List (1993).
The doyen of art directors would be Cedric Gibbons who has a screen credit on some 1,500 MGM films and earned 11 Oscars and 37 nominations in the process - and designed the statuette itself. (Although it was William Cameron Menzies who worked on GWTW.) At Warner Bros, Anton Grot designed the amazing temple set for Noah's Ark (1928) and worked on The Sea Hawk (1940), receiving a special technical award for inventing a wave illusion machine. In this country, Vincent Korda did some equally impressive work, especially on The Thief of Bagdad (1940).
Returning to Robert Boyle (1909-2010), whilst his CV might not be quite as impressive, his work was diverse and very good, even on more modest productions such as It Came From Outer Space (1953) and Buchanan Rides Alone (1958). He worked several times for Hitchcock (including on The Birds) and on Fiddler on the Roof (1971). I adore his work on The Shootist (1976) – his use of the Carson City locations and the 1901 period detail in the boarding house, Doc Hostetler's surgery and the Metropole saloon, are exemplary.
By David Johnson
Chairman of Lyme Regis Film Society


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Thread: Second Circuit, Too, Refuses to Intercede in DACA Suits
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Second Circuit, Too, Refuses to Intercede in DACA Suits
The appellate panel found the government's arguments that the courts can't review its agency decisions unpersuasive, while eyeing recent actions in similar cases before the Ninth Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court.
By Colby Hamilton | UPDATEDDec 28, 2017 at 04:57 AM
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.For the second time, a federal appellate court has refused to intercede in proceedings against the Trump administration's wind-down of the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals immigration program.
On Wednesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit joined its sister circuit in California in refusing to grant the government's mandamus petition. Government lawyers had argued before the panel of Circuit Judges Barrington Parker, Gerard Lynch and Christopher Droney that the district court orders by U.S. District Judge Nicholas Garaufis of the Eastern District of New York to provide more documentation connected to the decision-making process around DACA overstepped the court's authority.
In its opinion, the panel rejected the government's argument, finding that the government's two-fold argument—that it cannot be ordered to supplement the administrative record or produce a privilege log for materials withheld—was unpersuasive.
The government does not get to unilaterally decide which materials to present to the court. To do so "would impede the court from conducting the 'thorough, probing, in-depth review' of the agency action with which it is tasked, the panel found, quoting from the U.S. Supreme Court's 1971 decision in Citizens to Preserve Overton Park v. Volpe.
The district court appeared to have good reason to demand more records disclosure, the panel said. It pointed to the action in the Northern District of California that saw that court, faced with a parallel DACA suit, disqualify four dozen supplemental documents the government claimed privilege over after in camera review. Likewise, 200 of the 256 pages that were submitted consisted of previously published opinions from various federal courts.
"It is difficult to imagine that a decision as important as whether to repeal DACA would be made based upon a factual record of little more than 56 pages, even accepting that litigation risk was the reason for repeal," the panel stated, alluding to a core argument the government advanced regarding the reasoning behind the DACA wind-down.
The government's contention that producing deliberative documents, which would inappropriately probe the mental process of an agency, was justification, in part, for not producing a privilege log also fell flat with the panel. The possibility that there may be deliberative documents "does not necessarily mean that they were properly excluded," and without a privilege log "the district court would be unable to evaluate the government's assertions of privilege," the panel found.
The panel made clear it had on its mind the recent remand by the Supreme Court to have the California district court further handle threshold issues presented by the government prior to dealing with how broad or narrow the administrative record needed to be.
The panel in the Second Circuit said that, contrary to the government's argument that the decision bolstered its arguments, the Supreme Court's order simply set the California courts on a path that the New York district court had already traversed, having already ruled that the court had discretion to review the DACA decision.
Further, the panel noted the issues being dealt with in New York "are significantly distinguishable from those in the California case." For example, the document request in California "appears to cover a far larger universe of documents than the contested orders before this court," including information from the White House. Likewise, the order for a privilege log in the New York district court ahead of demanding any documents the government asserts privilege over appeared to address another concern formulated by the Supreme Court in its order remanding the case in California.
"The order [in the New York district court] thus plainly contemplates an orderly resolution of any claims of privilege, and we are confident that the district court will provide the government with an opportunity to be heard on any," the panel stated.
The panel lifted the stays in place on action before Garaufis.
Deputy Assistant U.S. Attorney General Hashim Mooppan led the government's response on appeal.
Devin O'Malley, a spokesman for DOJ, said in a statement that the department "continues to maintain that the discovery order in the DACA litigation is dramatically intrusive and premature."
"We are reviewing the Second Circuit's decision and are deciding next steps," O'Malley said.
National Immigration Law Center attorney Joshua Rosenthal, and New York Deputy Solicitor General Anisha Dasgupta, argued on behalf of the twin suits proceeding in the Second Circuit—Batalla Vidal v. Baran, 16-cv-4756, and State Of New York v. Trump, 17-cv-05228—respectively.
Amy Spitalnick, a spokeswoman for New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's office, said in a statement, "We welcome the court's decision and look forward to pursuing our case to protect DACA grantees and New York's best interests."
A spokesperson for the National Immigration Law Center could be reached.
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New York City flooded with cops in Fourth of July security alert: Seven thousand officers assigned to potential targets amid a rise in terrorist 'chatter' and fears of attack by homegrown ISIS extremists
Extra cops will be placed at landmarks and in crowded places
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said the state remains a 'top target'
Police commissioner Bill Bratton thanked officers for leaving their families
Comes as authorities across the country have been told to remain vigilant
Los Angeles, Boston and Washington D.C. will also see a bigger presence
FBI has set up commander centers in each of its 56 field offices
U.S Air Force has cancelled an Independence Day event in the UK
Officials stress no specific credible threat has been made thus far
But there are concerns following attacks in France, Kuwait and Tunisia
By Wills Robinson For Dailymail.com
More than 7,000 police officers will flood the streets of New York City during the July 4 celebrations has security is ramped up across the country amid concerns ISIS sympathizers may try and target the event.
The extra cops will be placed at landmarks and in crowded areas as residents watch the firework displays and attend parties around the city.
The heightened security comes as local authorities across the country have been told to remain vigilant this Independence Day, while the FBI has also stepped up its presence.
Intelligence officials have said there is increased 'chatter' on terrorist networks, prompting fears homegrown extremists may try and stage an attack.
Two NYPD officers stand against their patrol car in Times Square ahead of the July 4 celebrations. Around 7,000 cops are expected to flood the city for different celebrations amid fears of a terrorist attack
Cops stand guard at the entrance of the Port Authority Bus Terminal, with thousands of visitors set to descend on the city for the fireworks displays
Showgirls cheer as NYPD officers keep vigil in Times Square during the Independence Day celebrations
The Bureau and the Department of Homeland Security have issued a bulletin to 18,000 law enforcement agencies nationwide to be on alert.
U.S. Park Police Chief Robert MacLean has said: 'Our nation is under threat, our law enforcement, our military are under threat, so we take the threat seriously.'
The FBI has set up commander centers in 56 of all its field offices across the United States to monitor any potential terrorist threats.
In New York, enhanced counter-terrorism measures will be in place in a bid to avoid an attack.
The state's homeland security department also will increase the staff on Saturday at its 24-hour Emergency Operations Center and the New York State Watch Center, which monitors events across the state.
In Boston, undercover cops and tactical units will be on patrol, supported by helicopters.
The dancers wearing guitars and cowboy hats speak to the officers who are on patrol
US Army members patrol Gran Central Station as visitors make their way to Independence Day celebrations
A heavily armed guard walks around Grand Central station as tourists take in their surroundings
Two counter-terrorism officers watch outside the Annual Nathan's Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest in Coney Island on July 4
Four officers prepare for their patrol in Times Square on July 4. The extra officers will be stationed at landmark places and crowded streets
Families walk through Times Square as a cop watches on. More undercover officers will be deployed to New York as the celebrations get underway
Boston police commisioner William Evans tsaid: 'Lone wolf is our worst nightmare but we have nothing to indicate we have any of that going on.'
In Washington D.C. there will also be a heightened police presence. Nine security checkpoints will be set up to screen the tens of thousands of visitors expected for fireworks and festivities on the National Mall.
Coolers, backpacks and packages are subject to inspection, and about 18,000 feet of chain link fencing will be installed, the National Park Service said.
We are keenly aware that New York State remains a top target for terrorists
In Los Angeles, the city's Emergency Operations Center has already been activated as more officers are deployed to the streets.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo ordered tougher security measures across the state on Friday.
'We are keenly aware that New York State remains a top target for terrorists,' Cuomo said in a statement.
'In response to the warning by the federal government, New York State is taking steps to increase monitoring and communication with our local, state, and federal emergency management and law enforcement partners through the holiday weekend.'
NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton released a message to his officers, thanking them for taking time away from their family celebrations to keep the city safe.
He said: To the civilian and uniformed members of the New York City Police Department working this Independence Day, thank you.
A boat patrols the water near downtown Manhattan amid tightened security for July 4
The heightened presence comes after the FBI and Homeland Security issued an alert to local authorities around the country, asking them to remain vigilant during the celebrations
'Being away from your friends and families today is difficult, but this city's eight-and-a-half million residents and millions more visitors depend on you.
'After all, the freedoms we celebrate today--those enshrined in the Declaration of Independence 239 years ago and then in the Constitution we uphold--rest on the public safety that you provide.
'Our nation was founded on an idea: that the unified chorus of a free people will never consent to tyranny.
'But Thomas Paine, who was called "the penman of the American Revolution," knew that the hard-won republic must be maintained. "Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom," he counseled, "must undergo the fatigues of supporting it".'
'By taking the oath you took, you have shouldered a larger share of those fatigues. We are all fortunate that you did.
'The brave men and women of the NYPD will never tire in protecting everyone's basic right to pursue their ambitions, free from fear. I'm proud to be with you in this mission. And we will deliver on our pledge of one city, safe and fair—everywhere, for everyone.'
Among the cops on patrol will be the 822 rookies who graduated from the Police Academy Thursday, the New York Daily News reported.
Recent terrorist attacks by the Islamic State has caused concern among law enforcement bodies
The move comes amid growing fears that the terror group ISIS is working to awaken sleeper cells in Western nations, after sympathizers were linked to three back-to-back attacks in France, Kuwait and Tunisia last Friday.
While the FBI says there has been no specific credible threat so far, it seems to be more active in its warnings and actions ahead of Independence Day this year than previously.
And some incidents have already sparked concerns among the general public.
Bryan Scott Wolfinger, a 25-year-old sergeant, sparked panic at Cross Creek Mall in Fayetteville, North Carolina last night when he was allegedly spotted wandering through the mall armed.
Fayetteville Police have now charged him with 'going armed to the terror of the public' after it was claimed he had simply arrived to have his photo taken and posed no threat.
The FBI is setting up command centers at each of its 56 field offices across the country ahead of the July 4th weekend over fears of a possible ISIS-inspired terrorist attack. This graph shows all the field offices except for the ones in Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico
A New York Police Officer gives instructions to a traveller at the Port Authority Bus Terminal on July 4
On Thursday an Army soldier was arrested and charged after he was caught walking through a shopping mall with an assault rifle, ammunition and bulletproof vest.
On the same day there was chaos in Washington D.C. following reports of an active shooter at a naval yard.
But the threat turned out to be a false alarm.
The U.S. Air Force has already cancelled planned Independence Day celebrations at a Norfolk RAF base due to the increased risk of a Jihadi terror attack.
The two-day festival was due to be hosted by U.S crew based in RAF Lakenheath and Mildenhall, home to the 48th Fighter Wing at the nearby RAF Feltwell in Norfolk.
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On Thursday, Daily Mail Online revealed the 30 people who have already been arrested this year on U.S soil in a crackdown on ISIS sympathizers.
Officials revealed this week that the Islamic terror group has a foothold in all 50 states as it continues to target disaffected Americans through its torrent of online propaganda and slick videos of barbaric beheadings and mutilations.
The stark warning comes days after ISIS-inspired gunman Saif Rezgui unleashed horror on at a Tunisian beach resort, killing 39 vacationers and wounding dozens more.
Some have conspired to travel or send friends abroad to link up with fundamentalist fighters while others have plotted jihad here in the US - with Capitol Hill among the targets for a foiled bombing raid.
Gunmen Elton Simpson, 30, and Nadir Soofi, 34, came perilously close on May 4 when they were shot dead while trying to storm a controversial 'Draw Mohammed' event in Garland, Texas.
ISIS claimed responsibility for the raid but officials suspect the pair were more likely radicalized over the web.
Another young fanatic, Usaamah Rahim, 26, was killed last month as he lunged at police with a knife in Boston's Roslindale neighborhood.
He was allegedly plotting to decapitate controversial anti-Islam activist Pamela Geller, the organizer of the same controversial Texas event.
The deadly incidents are just two from dozens of plots disrupted by police and federal agents since ISIS began to rise from the flames of the Syrian civil war.
Rep Mike McCaul, chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security has already warned Americans to 'remain vigilant' to terror attacks.
He also said that ISIS was no longer a regionalized threat but a global one.
'I am extremely concerned that Syrian and ISIS recruiters can use the internet at lightning speeds to recruit followers in the United States, with thousands of followers in the United States, and then activate them to do whatever they want to do,' he said, during an appearance on Fox News Sunday.
'Whether it's military installations, law enforcement or possibly a Fourth of July event parade.'
He added that America's response had been slow in comparison to extremists' rapid advancement of their internet presence.
Referring to the terror attacks in France, Tunisia and Kuwait last Friday, he said: 'In light of the three attacks in three hours on three continents overseas, (it) shows us that ISIS is not just regionalized like the administration says, only in Iraq and Syria, but rather demonstrates a global threat - that they can conduct external operations and they're very savvy doing that over the internet.'
A gunman opened fire on a beach packed with tourists in Tunisia, killing 38; a decapitated body was found after an attacker rammed his car into a gas container, triggering an explosion in France, and a suicide bomber attacker a Shiite mosque in Kuwait City, killed 27 and injuring 227. There is as yet no evidence that the attacks were coordinated.
Meanwhile the FBI has issued a warning to local law enforcement officials across America about a heightened risk of terror attacks targeting Independence Day celebrations this weekend.
7k cops set to flood the streets of NY for Independence Day celebrations


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Q: Button size change on the basis of props data in React JS I want to change the size of a button on the basis of props data if props data is there then the button size should be different and if props data is not there then button size should be different.

    <button className='liveWebsiteBtn'>Live Website</button>

    <button className='githubBtn' hidden={!props.github}>
      Github Code
    </button>

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Why I am supposed to hidden because if there is no data then the GitHub button should be disabled.
Here is my data source file Sdata.jsx
const Sdata = [
{
    imgsrc: jokes,
    title: "Jokes Web App using API",
    desc: "This React-JS Jokes App built up using API.",
    tech1: "React",
    tech2: "Jokes API",
    tech3: "Axios",
    tech4: "Github",
    liveWebsite:"example.com",
    github: "example.com"
},

A: You can use like below:
and you can add css class size10 and size0 class.
<button className={props.github ? 'size10' : 'size0'}>Github Code</button>


Retro Studios may be hard at work on Star Fox: Grand Prix for Nintendo Switch, which has become the latest rumour to swirl around online as E3 2018 fast approaches.
With a pinch of salt to hand nearby, this is said to be a spin-off racing game that has been likened to Diddy Kong Racing and F-Zero. If true, we can expect an Adventure mode, boss fights and a hub world to soar around.
"What Retro Studios is working on is a spinoff based on an existing Nintendo IP that they haven't worked with before…. Star Fox," Reddit user DasVergeben writes.
The rumour was then backed up by someone on 4chan who simply wrote "all true," alongside posting the game's logo (below).
The whole concept sounds strangely similar to The Curse of Pigma, one of several endings to Star Fox Command. After Star Wolf takes everything from Fox, Falco comes up with the idea to retire as pilots and engineer their Arwings into racing machines.
That, as the ending explains, would then see them "enter the high-speed world of G-Zero Grand Prix racing." Fox and Falco turned out to be a great team, and won race after race to become household names across a countless number of planetary systems.
It has been more than four years since Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze was released on Wii U, and, at the time, producer Kensuke Tanabe had confirmed that Retro Studios was working on a new game to which president and CEO Michael Kelbaugh added had been in development for a few months since the loveable ape's side-scrolling adventure was finished.
Since then, there has been complete radio silence about what project the developer had underway. The legendary Shigeru Miyamoto had shared that Retro Studios was considered to be "a very high priority" for the next Metroid game, but, as we soon learned, a "talented new development team" is behind Metroid Prime 4.
We are now 29 days away from the Nintendo Spotlight: E3 2018 presentation, and, if this rumour turns out to be accurate, we are sure to learn more about Star Fox: Grand Prix then. And, as Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle has proved, it's best to wait until we see it in action before passing judgement.
You sure you didn't come across some fake? I received this logo some weeks ago, which shares the same file name as those on the paper (NSW_StarFox_Logo_HACP_SFGP_WWlogo01_02_R_ad-4.png).
It was inevitable that the rumour was going to be met with scepticism. It's not long until E3 2018, so we'll have to wait and see what's announced at this point.
Seeing that there are more logos spread on the internet beyond the one I received makes me even more sceptical.
You're more than welcome to be.
Its real. Eurogamer are now saying their sources are saying the same thing.
Reality is always stranger than fiction. So its only right this turned out to be true.
People didn't connect the dots leading to this.
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The signs were their that Retro could be making a racer like F-Zero.


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I started taking pictures of hutongs near my home and soon realised that even several years of devotion to the project would not be enough. I was already an old man and so I started over again with the hutongs far from my home and which the authorities had already announced would be demolished. One time I returned from my daily sojourn and could not remember how several hutongs all with the name of Yongkang were arranged in relation to each other. So I decided to draw a map of my explorations. I heard such maps had been drawn in the Qing dynasty by royal cartographers and eventually saw a replica in an exhibition by the Beijing Municipal Archives. It was very impressive and each courtyard was marked and clearly laid out, but the map did not give any detail about the famous houses or small hutongs. So I wanted to improve the map in that regard.
The project must have cost a lot of time and effort.
I have done nothing else since the 1980s but photograph and draw maps of the hutongs. I don't drink or smoke and I have no other hobbies. When doing my research, I awoke no later than 5am and went out. Whenever I had 100 yuan extra for a month I spent it on camera film.
How many hutongs have disappeared?
The maps show the hutongs as they were at the end of the last century, and I did try to count how many were there. I asked my wife to help and we tried several times together but had to give up. I am losing my eyesight and even one small mistake meant we had to start over. I know many are gone because there are now so many high-rises buildings.
What memories of your days cataloguing stand out?
I made several good friends during my explorations. When I visited the Chongxiao Temple in Chongwen, I met this old monk who donated rare paintings and treasures from several dynasties. He was very kind and told me tales about the temple and himself. I often went to his home and took him to hospital because he had no family. Another time I was struck by the beauty of a big courtyard and waited for a man to come out and answer questions I had because even the local neighbourhood committee could not give my the information. He invited me to meet this bedridden, 92-year-old man, who told me the family history. They were the 33rd generation of a king from the Tang dynasty who lived in Zhejiang province. We became good friends. For nearly two months, I went to his bedside almost every day. His condition worsened and he died but one of his last wishes was for his son to tell me about his final moments and asked for the family to continue the relationship with me. I attended his funeral and published an article about his house and family.
Were there any bad experiences?
On several occasions I was mistaken for a thief or trouble-maker, and I was even taken away by police who thought I was a thief. Once, I was appreciating a hutong at 5am and suddenly, out of nowhere, a police officer and two men appeared. The officer did not believe my explanation about what I was doing and said I must be a thief. He eventually let me go after contacting my work unit, but the event soured my mood and so I went home for the day.
I have almost finished my third project - a collection of essays about couplets inscribed on hutong doors. The couplets say a lot about the owner's pursuits and their social status. I might be a middle school drop-out and have a poor family background, but I never stopped reading or researching. When I really could not understand something, I simply knocked on the door and asked the owner. People were nice back then and invited me in and patiently answered my questions. Now if you knock on someone's door they are on their guard.
Do you want to publish your work?
Last year a publisher contacted me to about my writings and maps but they wanted me to provide a digital version. I don't know how to use a computer so that plan did not work out.
You grew up in hutongs but have lived in a modern building for the past 10 years. Which do you prefer?
I would love to have a courtyard with modern facilities, but if it's several families sharing a crowded yard, then I'd rather live in a [modern] building.
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Below is my photo from Beijing hutongs.
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Bravo, Mr. Shu
Link to the original article in South China Morning Post: http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1380733/how-former-train-driver-dedicated-26-years-mapping-beijings-hutongs
How a former train driver dedicated 26 years to mapping Beijing's hutongs
Former train driver has dedicated his life since the 1980s to documenting disappearing homes
Zhuang Pinghui pinghui.zhuang@scmp.com
Shu Liao, 82, an ethnic Manchu, started out driving trains after dropping out of middle school. But he found his calling when he turned to documenting hutongs. For three decades, he has created hand-drawn maps, written essays and taken photographs of the traditional homes in Beijing, working against time to catalogue a disappearing way of life.
When did you start to document hutongs in Beijing?
There had been discussions in newspapers in the 1980s about improving the living standards of Beijing residents, and I had a feeling the hutongs would be demolished. It would be a shame if there were no records of the structures, so I decided to take on the task for the benefit of future generations. Once, a relative went to visit Hong Kong and I asked them to bring back a camera so I could take pictures. They were originally black and white, and I later realised the photographs could not do justice to the beautiful door decorations and the overall appearance of the hutongs, especially in summer with the trees and flowers. Eventually I was able to take pictures in colour. I completed photographing all the hutongs and drawing small maps in my notebook in 2002 and finished 30 large maps last year.
What areas does your map cover?
The maps are of the hutongs in so-called old Beijing, the original Chongwen , Xuanwu, Dongcheng and Xicheng districts [the present Dongcheng and Xicheng districts]. I walked around each and every one and marked down the house number and detailed descriptions, histories and anecdotes if there was a school, temple or house of a famous person.
It is a huge project. How did you manage to complete it?


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Chevrolet Camaro Could, Reportedly, Be Dead After 2023
By Patrick Rall	- June 26, 2019
Seventh generation Camaro could be shelved, possibly leading to another hiatus for the Chevy muscle car.
If you told someone in 2013 that the Chevrolet Camaro would be discontinued in ten years, most people would have probably called you crazy. Back then, the Chevy muscle car was amidst four-year run at the top of the segment, beating the Ford Mustang and Dodge Challenger soundly each year from 2010 through 2013. However, Camaro sales have plummeted over the past three years and according to a report from Muscle Cars and Trucks, the next generation planning has been cancelled and once the current generation ends in 2023, the nameplate will once again leave production.
To be clear, the Camaro is facing the same ending in 2023 that it did back in 2002, so General Motors and Chevy performance fans could be facing another era devoid of an affordable performance car.
No Seventh Gen Camaro
According to the report, the seventh generation development had begun, but it has been shelved, so when the current generation reaches the end of its course for the 2023 model year, the Camaro program as a whole could be shelved as well.
The current Chevrolet Camaro is built on GM's Alpha platform which also underpins the Cadillac ATS and CTS, but with both of those cars moving to the new A2XX platform, the Alpha platform of the current muscle car is being discontinued. Insiders have stated that the Camaro will not move to that new platform and as was the case back in 2002, the nameplate will be killed off for the 2024 model year.
This doesn't come as a huge surprise, based on the consistently poor sales numbers, but we should remind everyone that Camaro Chief Engineer Al Oppenheiser was reassigned earlier this year. Around the same time, key members of the team were shifted to other programs, making many people wonder what the future held for the Chevy muscle car.
Right now, it appears as though it doesn't have a future beyond 2023.
While this is horrible news for the muscle car community and performance car world in general, we aren't counting the Camaro out just yet. With the mid-engine Corvette on the way, the two key Chevy performance cars will be very different from each other starting next year. No longer with the Corvette and Camaro be similarly-powered, rear-drive, front-engine cars, so there will be less in-house competition.
Along the same lines, the C8 Corvette could be pricier than the C7, and a higher starting price for the Corvette could lead some prospective buyers to go with a loaded Camaro over a base level 'Vette. Should that be the case, Chevrolet could see an increase in Camaro sales and if that increase is significant enough, General Motors could reincarnate the seventh generation development program.
However, right now it looks like Camaro fans are going to need to buy their dream car by 2023 or settle for a used model after that.
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Patrick Rall
"Before I was old enough to walk, my dad was taking me to various types of racing events, from local drag racing to the Daytona 500," says Patrick Rall, a lifetime automotive expert, diehard Dodge fan, and respected auto journalist for over 10 years. "He owned a repair shop and had a variety of performance cars when I was young, but by the time I was 16, he was ready to build me my first drag car – a 1983 Dodge Mirada that ran low 12s. I spent 10 years traveling around the country, racing with my dad by my side. While we live in different areas of the country, my dad still drag races at 80 years old in the car that he built when I was 16 while I race other vehicles, including my 2017 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat and my 1972 Dodge Demon 340.
"Although I went to college for accounting, my time in my dad's shop growing up allowed me the knowledge to spend time working as a mechanic before getting my accounting degree, at which point I worked in the office of a dealership group. While I was working in the accounting world, I continued racing and taking pictures of cars at the track. Over time, I began showing off those pictures online and that led to my writing.
"Ten years ago, I left the accounting world to become a full-time automotive writer and I am living proof that if you love what you do, you will never "work" a day in your life," adds Rall, who has clocked in time as an auto mechanic, longtime drag racer and now automotive journalist who contributes to nearly a dozen popular auto websites dedicated to fellow enthusiasts.
"I love covering the automotive industry and everything involved with the job. I was fortunate to turn my love of the automotive world into a hobby that led to an exciting career, with my past of working as a mechanic and as an accountant in the automotive world provides me with a unique perspective of the industry.
"My experience drag racing for more than 20 years coupled with a newfound interest in road racing over the past decade allows me to push performance cars to their limit, while my role as a horse stable manager gives me vast experience towing and hauling with all of the newest trucks on the market today.
"Being based on Detroit," says Rall, "I never miss the North American International Auto Show, the Woodward Dream Cruise and Roadkill Nights, along with spending plenty of time raising hell on Detroit's Woodward Avenue with the best muscle car crowd in the world.
Rall can be contacted at [email protected]
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Nebraska habitat estimate cut for endangered bug
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A federal agency has proposed a nearly 50 percent cut in the Nebraska land the agency says is needed to support the endangered Salt Creek tiger beetle.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service earlier this month published a proposal in the Federal Register to designate 1,110 acres of saline wetlands as critical habitat. In 2010 the agency said more than 1,900 acres was needed, the Lincoln Journal Star said (http://bit.ly/11To2ye ).
The beetles live only in the rare saline wetlands on the north side of Lincoln and in neighboring Saunders County. Some of the land has already been protected under various governmental partnerships.
A University of Nebraska-Lincoln expert who's studied the beetle was incensed by the wildlife service proposal to shrink the habitat space.
"It's ridiculous. I honestly think their intention is to drive that species to extinction so they don't have to deal with it," said Leon Higley, an applied ecologist at UNL.
Not so, said Bob Harms, a biologist with the agency's field office in Grand Island.
He said the revision is a result of a settlement between the agency and the Center for Native Ecosystems, Center for Biological Diversity and Xerces Society. The three conservation groups sued the agency in 2010, saying that not enough land was being set aside to help save the tiger beetle.
The agency has identified important features, including water and saline soil, that the insects needs to survive, Harms said.
Although the 1,110 acres is a smaller area than the previous designation, the agency said, there's enough habitat to support the insects' recovery as a species.
The beetle is considered one of the rarest insects in the United States and was listed as endangered in October 2005.
Before the listing, more than 90 percent of the insect's saline wetland habitat had been destroyed or severely degraded by encroaching development and farming.
In addition to the already protected habitats of Little Salt Creek and Rock Creek, the agency has added Oak Creek and Haines Branch, which have saline wetlands or degraded wetlands that can be restored.
The agency said the goal of the proposed designation is establishment of at least six separate populations of the insects.
As it stands, Harms said, the beetles can be found only on the bed of Little Salt Creek.
"If something catastrophic would occur, they would be all gone," he said.
But UNL's Higley disagreed.
"In my opinion, this is a dodge," Higley said. "Adding those streams might or might not be of value. But when you have numbers this low, they should be working frantically to preserve the existing population."
Only a few hundred beetles remain on less than 35 acres, experts say.