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The 1st Tank Battalion was activated on 1 November 1941 at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina and was attached to the 1st Marine Division. At this time, Headquarters and Service Company and Company B were organized. Company A had been in existence prior to this activation and then fell under the umbrella of 1st Tanks. Alpha was originally activated on 1 August 1940 as the 3d Tank Company. Its designation was changed to Company A, 1st Tank Battalion, on 1 May 1941. Other companies of the battalion were later activated in early 1942.
After the outbreak of World War II, the battalion embarked on an extensive training program to prepare itself for combat duty. The unit subsequently was ordered to the South Pacific and began movement to the area in the spring of 1942. Companies from the battalion were eventually deployed to Samoa and New Zealand. The first combat operation for units from the battalion was the Guadalcanal campaign. On 7 August 1942, Companies A and B took part in the 1st Marine Division's landings on the Japanese held island. Tanks from these two companies had their first major encounter with the enemy on 21 August. The next month saw tanks from the battalion supporting infantry units in the Battle of Bloody Ridge. The two companies continued to engage the enemy until the end of the year when the 1st Marine Division was relieved by the Army forces. The division was then moved to Australia in January 1943 where units of the 1st Tank Battalion were once again reunited.
That fall the battalion moved to New Guinea to begin preparations for the Cape Gloucester, New Britain operation. First Marine Division units including the 1st Tank Battalion, les Company B which remained in New Guinea, subsequently made an amphibious assault on Cape Gloucester on the day after Christmas. Battalion tanks were immediately committed to the drive to expand the beachhead; but progress was impeded, not only by the resistance of the Japanese but also by the torrential rains and the rough terrain. For the rest of the month and into early January, the Marines were in heavy contact with Japanese forces. Tanks from the battalion were continually used to support the infantry in their attacks on the enemy. As a result, numerous casualties were inflicted on the Japanese forces by 1st Tank Battalion.
Company B, which had been located on New Guinea, landed in the Arawe area of New Britain on 12 January 1944 to support Army forces there. Battalion units remained committed to the struggle for New Britain until spring. By the beginning of May, however, all elements of the 1st Tank Battalion had been withdrawn from both New Britain and New Guinea and relocated to Pavavu Island in the Russell Islands.
The assault and capture of Peleliu in the Palau Group was the next combat mission for the battalion. On 15 September 1944, it participated in the initial landing on the island. During this campaign, 1st Tank Battalion rendered conspicuous service in defeating the enemy. On the first day of the battle, battalion tanks played an important role in beating back a determined Japanese counterattack. This time the enemy spearheaded their counterattack with enemy tanks. In the encounter, the 1st Tank Battalion destroyed over 20 Japanese armored vehicles. Bitter fighting for the battalion continued for another two weeks and on 2 October 1944, Tanks was able to successfully withdraw and redeploy to the Russell Islands.
The last campaign of World War II for 1st Tank Battalion was the assault on Okinawa. Beginning on 1 April 1945, the battalion was actively engaged in wresting control of the island fortress from the Japanese. The ferocity of the fighting during the battle was shown through the statistics of 28 tanks destroyed and 163 more damaged.
The cessation of hostilities was followed by the deployment of the battalion to North China in early October for occupation duty. While stationed in Tientsin, the battalion assisted and supported the program of repatriating enemy military and civilian personnel. It also helped protect American interests, lives, and property as part of its garrison duties. In January 1947, the battalion minus Company B was relieved of its responsibilities in China and ordered to Guam. Another transfer occurred four months later. This time the unit with the exception of Company A was returned to the United States. The battalion arrived at Camp Pendleton, California on 1 May 1947, where it remained for the following three years.
Shortly after the Communist invasion of South Korea in June 1950, the battalion was ordered to prepare for a deployment to the Far East. The first element of the battalion to sail for Korea was Company A which left San Diego in July, arriving in the war zone on 2 August 1950. Upon arrival, it disembarked at the port of Pusan and immediately commenced operations against the enemy. In the meantime, the rest of the battalion began moving to the beleaguered nation. The battalion, with Company A now reattached, participated in the amphibious landing at Inchon that began on 15 September. The 1st Tank Battalion remained locked in battle with both North Korea and Chinese Communist forces for three years. Following the signing of the armistice in July 1953, the battalion stayed in Korea and once again assumed the role of a garrison force. Redeployment occurred in 1955. Company C was the first unit of the battalion to depart from Korea for Camp Pendleton in late February. A few weeks later, the rest of the battalion began relocating to its old home base. This peacetime stint lasted ten years. While at Pendleton, it was primarily occupied in training exercises and maneuvers.
The expansion of the American involvement in the war in Vietnam in early 1965 was the determining factor in the next relocation of the battalion to the Far East. The 1st Tank Battalion did not move directly to Southeast Asia but was first ordered to Okinawa. The majority of the battalion remained on the island bastion from September 1965 to the following March. Late that month, most of its elements were deployed to the Republic of Vietnam. All of the battalion's components were reunited in Vietnam during May. Upon entry into the war-torn country, the battalion was directed to support 1st Marine Division units in operations against Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces. The 1st Tank Battalion remained an active combat force in Vietnam until March 1970. Beginning in the previous summer, the United States had initiated a program of withdrawing from Indo-China while de-escalating its war effort. As part of this phased reduction in troop strength, the 1st Tank Battalion was redeployed to Camp Pendleton in early spring 1970. After its return to the United States, 1st Tank Battalion embarked upon a retaining program of maintaining its combat readiness so that it could effectively respond to any future emergency.
When Iraq invaded Kuwait in August 1990, 1st Tank Battalion deployed to Saudi Arabia as part of I Marine Expeditionary Force. On 7 September, the battalion was fully equipped with M60A1 tanks from Maritime Preposition Squadron 3 and was deployed from Al Jubail, Saudi Arabia as the armored backbone of the multinational force which established the Desert Shield. On 13 September, Company D arrived in Saudi Arabia by amphibious ships from Okinawa where it had been on unit deployment. During the next five months the battalion provided armor units to all of the task forces established by I Marine Expeditionary Force. Besides the continuing mission of maintaining the defense of Saudi Arabia, intensive training for the pending offensive to liberate Kuwait was conducted. On 24 February 1991, 1st Tank Battalion spearheaded the assault of Task Force Papa Bear into Kuwait. Meanwhile, Company A supported Task Force Ripper. By 27 February, 1st Tank Battalion had reached the Kuwait International Airport and all Iraqi forces were destroyed. The cease-fire was established on 28 February and by April 1991, the battalion returned home to Las Flores, Camp Pendleton.
On 2 June 1992, 1st Tank Battalion moved its guidon from Las Flores, Camp Pendleton to Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center located at Twentynine Palms, California. From then until present day the battalion calls the High Desert home.
Following the events on September 11, 2001 the nation's armed forces mobilized to fight the Global War on Terror. Following the initial push to Baghdad in 2003, the Marine Corps began to transition to a different style of warfare. Individual companies and MEU platoons, vice the whole battalion, began to deploy in support of OIF. Throughout this Long War, 1st Tank Battalion continues to provide the armored combat power to Marine Expeditionary Units (MEU) and Regimental Combat Teams fighting in and rebuilding Iraq. Aside from entire line companies and platoons deploying, this battalion also supports the GWOT by sending Individual Augments to fulfill higher staffing requirements and Border, Police, and Military Transition Teams (BTT, PTT and MTT). Thus far, 1st Tanks has participated in operations such as the Battle of Fallujah, Steel Curtain, and Al Majie. Meanwhile this battalion's companies routinely conduct Counter Insurgency (COIN) operations in order to allow the Iraqi populace to live in peace.
1st Tank Bn conducted its final deployments to Iraq in 2008, and by the end of 2009 was called upon to support Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) with company-size deployments to Afghanistan. Company C was the first to deploy to Afghanistan in early 2010 where the company conducted security operations for RCT-7. Company A followed shortly thereafter to conduct route clearance operations for I MEF as the presidential troop surge drew extra forces into the theatre of operations. Each company performed these alternative missions exceptionally well and demonstrated to OEF planners that 1st Tank Bn was an essential part of the Marine Corps' fight in Afghanistan. Concurrently, 1st Tank Bn continued to prove its capabilities when it participated in a newly constructed Marine Corps Security Cooperation MAGTF to Eastern Europe as the Ground Combat Element of the Black Sea Rotational Force (BSRF). This mobilized Marines from across the battalion to advise and assist partner nations in all facets of military operations.
Multiple deployments during 2010 further increased the battalion's push to get more of its Marines in the fight, which was realized when Company D deployed late in 2010 as the first tank company sent to Afghanistan by U.S. Forces. Companies B and C continued to conduct route clearance missions in 2011-2012, and Company A deployed again to Afghanistan in 2012 – this time on tanks, following in the tracks left by Company D. The battalion reached the height of its OEF deployment tempo in 2012 when it mobilized elements of H&S Company, including the command deck, and Company B for the NATO Training Mission – Afghanistan (NTMA), where they joined Companies A and C in theatre. The NTMA teams conducted Personal Security Detail (PSD) missions in and around Kabul supporting Regional Command – Capitol (RC(C)), and advised multiple levels of command within the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF). This included O-6 level commands in RC(C) and Afghan National Civil Order of Police (ANCOP) brigades in volatile Helmand Province districts such as Gereshk and Nad Ali. Few units can claim at any point in their history to have so proficiently executed so many simultaneous and diverse missions in combat.
The combined exploits of our Marines throughout Afghanistan in Marjeh, Sangin, Musa Qal'eh, Now Zad, Nad Ali, Garmser and Kabul strengthened the battalion's reputation as adaptive and aggressive, and bolstered the combat power of Marine Forces in Afghanistan to secure broader successes in the continuing fight. As 2012 draws to a close, 1st Tank Bn continues to provide forces in support of Marine Expeditionary Unit deployments, and to support OEF in multiple roles including tank companies; Afghan National Army, Police, and Border Patrol Security Force Assistance and Advisory Teams (SFAAT); and skilled individual augments for RCT and MEB staff billets.
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Rhodes Scholarship To Rye Graduate Tops This Week's News
by The Daily Voice
See the stories that topped the news in Rye this week
RYE, N.Y. -- Here are some of the stories that topped the news in Rye this week:
Isabel Beshar, a Rye Country Day School graduate, was one of three seniors from Yale University named to the Rhodes Scholars Class of 2014 after winning the prestigious award.
A 1-year-old girl died as the result of a car crash on the northbound Sprain Brook Parkway in Yonkers that occurred at 11:25 a.m. Nov. 26, police officials said.
While dishes are washed and leftovers stored after dinner this Thanksgiving, many Westchester shoppers will venture out for the annual holiday shopping crusade: Black Friday.
Andrew Rogovic didn't listen to people who told him there would be limited interested in Rye Brook for creating a travel softball team for 10-year-old girls. Armed with information, interest and a daughter who was intent on playing, Rogovic developed his own plan to create a program. Last fall, 14 players tried out for the team, and this fall, 27 girls tried out. His intuition turned out to be correct.


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Whether you're mainly a PC gamer, a desktop PC, or a mobile device, more and more games are available as digital downloads. While this can add convenience, it's also somewhat risky. Take a little time to figure out what these games are like before dropping money on it.
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Home > Style > Fashion > Fortnite players can now use Balenciaga sneakers as a weapon
Fortnite players can now use Balenciaga sneakers as a weapon
It wasn't too long ago that Balenciaga presented its collection through a video game. Now, the French fashion brand is entering another metaverse — that of Fortnite, the biggest battle royale game in the world.
For the first time ever, Fortnite is collaborating with a luxury brand to upgrade the virtual wardrobe of its players. They can now shop for Balenciaga backpacks and those bestselling Triple S Sneakers, on top of Balenciaga "skins" — digital outfits that change the appearance of a player's avatar in the game.
Louis Vuitton is launching a video game app featuring NFTs
This virtual Gucci handbag was sold on Roblox for $1,000 more than the real thing
What's more intriguing, though, is how Balenciaga has transformed its iconic products into something entirely new for the video game. For the collaboration, the Hourglass handbag, which is loved by celebrities from Kim Kardashian to Hailey Bieber, has been rendered into a glider that players can navigate the Fortnite world with. And the Speed Sneakers now crown the top of a pickaxe that players can use as a weapon. Talk about a hype-worthy hacker.
The Speed Sneaker Pickaxe, the Hourglass Bag Glider, and the Balenciaga backpack all available now on Fortnite. (Photo credit: Balenciaga)
All of that digital drip can be purchased through a virtual store in Fortnite that's inspired by Balenciaga's IRL stores. It takes on different names, depending on your language ("Retail Row" in English, "Ciudad Comercio" in Spanish, you get the idea). And all those names also appear on actual Balenciaga x Fortnite merchandise, including hoodies, caps, T-shirts and denim jackets for both men and women.
Balenciaga's new "multi-pronged creative partnership" with Fortnite is just another example of how the the worlds of high fashion and video games are becoming increasingly enmeshed.
In the last year, we've covered Gucci's controversial Roblox sale and how several fashion brands have tapped on games like Animal Crossing and The Sims to launch their collections. Balenciaga x Fortnite is primed to be as big as the Louis Vuitton x League of Legends collaboration of 2019, not least because the video game has amassed 350 million players worldwide since it launched in 2017.
The power of the platform was best demonstrated by the Ariana Grande virtual concert it hosted earlier this year, which made video game history with 78 million participating players. This surpassed rapper Travis Scott's own concert on Fortnite, which earned 11.7 millions views.
A campaign for the collaboration, featuring featuring the Fortnite characters Doggo, Ramirez, Banshee, and Knight, will be displayed in key cities. (Photo credit: Balenciaga)
Fortnite and Balenciaga also share a natural synergy: both encourage its fans to express themselves as weirdly as possible. The former does it through its unique in-game customisation options, while Balenciaga offers clothes like what Kim Kardashian wore to the Met Gala, or a pair of medieval knight boots which are seen in the new Balenciaga x Fortnite campaign.
You can shop those shoes, along with the physical Balenciaga x Fortnite merchandise featured below, now at the Balenciaga boutique at Marina Bay Sands.
(Photo credit: Balenciaga)
Photo credit: Balenciaga
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Q: How to store phantom type using Scala / Slick? Suppose I have
sealed trait Status
sealed trait Released extends Status
sealed trait Deleted extends Status

and
case class Album[S <: Status](artist: String, id: Long)

Is there some neat way how to store and map this using Slick 3.1?

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I love knitting artist Mariko Mikuni's knitting works.
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while watching her books before start knitting.
I thought I want to knit by her knitting pattern if I start knitting.
for beginner for the first time.
her first book called"Amimono Komono".
so it takes much time for me to understand.
finally I could knit halfway.
my favorite knitting artist's knitting pattern.
when I was a child taught by my grandma.
when I finished to knit.


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Biography – GODEFROY, JEAN-PAUL – Volume I (1000-1700) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography
GODEFROY, JEAN-PAUL, interpreter, trading clerk at Trois-Rivières, businessman, comptroller-general of the Communauté des Habitants, naval commander, and counsellor; b. c. 1602 in Paris, of a family from Normandy; d. in 1668 or shortly before, probably in France.
He was the son of Robert Godefroy, who was king's counsellor and treasurer-general for supplementary war expenses, and, in 1627, one of the Compagnie des Cent-Associés, and of Marie Marteau, of the parish of Saint-Nicolas-des-Champs in Paris.
Several historians have settled on 1626 as the date of Jean-Paul Godefroy's arrival in New France. It is nevertheless quite possible that he came as early as 1623. Indeed Champlain, in his Voyages, speaks in that year of "a sailor named Jean Paul," whom Laverdière identifies, somewhat hastily perhaps, as Godefroy. In any event it is certain that, even before the Kirke episode [see Sir David Kirke], Godefroy was one of Champlain's interpreters, and returned to Europe with him in 1629.
Did Godefroy come back to Quebec in 1633 as has been claimed? We do not know. But it is known that in 1636 he was at Trois-Rivières serving as a trading clerk. The Jesuit Relations allude to his apostolic zeal among the Indians, over whom he had great influence by virtue of his complete mastery of their language and his athletic prowess.
Champlain's erstwhile interpreter continued to interest himself in trade. In 1644 the Communauté des Habitants sent him, together with Pierre Legardeur de Repentigny, to France as its delegate to seek certain changes in the trading monopoly, and at the same time, if possible, to obtain the return to the colony of the Recollets. Although unsuccessful in the latter respect, the Godefroy-Legardeur mission did secure for the Habitants a very favourable agreement with the Compagnie des Cent-Associés (1645). We find Godefroy going to France again in 1650 to request, although with no more success than before, the return of the Recollets, to whom it was proposed to entrust all parish duties.
In addition to being one of the leading members of the Communauté des Habitants, of which he was comptroller-general in 1648, Godefroy maintained a personal interest in the fur trade, in sealing, and in the cod-fisheries. As the owner of at least one ship, he joined forces with Louis d'Ailleboust and Jean Bourdon in 1653 to fish for cod. Their association aimed at creating a triangular trade between Canada, the West Indies, and France. The outcome of this bold plan is, however, unknown.
Being an enterprising individual and a colonial of far-ranging ideas, Godefroy was often called upon to exercise important functions: after serving as a delegate to France in 1644 and 1650, as comptroller-general of the Communauté and member of the colony's first council in 1648, and as admiral of the fleet in 1649, he was entrusted in 1651 with the delicate mission of meeting with the representatives of the New England colonies.
Since 1647 negotiations had in fact been taking place between the New England colonies and New France with the idea of establishing commercial relations. The council of New France, while favourable to the project, nevertheless insisted that the commercial agreement be accompanied by a defensive and offensive alliance against the Iroquois and such other tribes as were hostile to the Christian Indians. On 20 June 1651 the council empowered Jean-Paul Godefroy and the Jesuit Gabriel Druillettes to meet the representatives of New England in order to bring the discussions to a successful conclusion. On 30 Oct. 1651 Godefroy returned. The mission had been a failure; the English refused to fight the Iroquois.
In 1652 Godefroy was churchwarden of the parish of Quebec, but after that date he is mentioned only occasionally, once in 1653 and once in 1657. It appears likely that about this time he settled in France with his wife, Marie-Madeleine Legardeur de Repentigny, whom he had married at Quebec on 3 Oct. 1646, and with his daughter Barbe. As for his second daughter, Charlotte, she was probably entrusted to the Ursulines of Quebec, in whose community she later became a nun.
Jean-Paul Godefroy died sometime before 23 Oct. 1668, apparently in France.
André Vachon
APQ, Manuscrits concernant la Nouvelle-France, I. ASQ, Séminaire, VI, 6a. Champlain, Œuvres (Laverdière), VI, 58. JR (Thwaites), IX, 33, 57. Papier terrier de la Cie des I.O. (P.-G. Roy), 272f., 276. Lanctot, Histoire du Canada, I, 272. Le Jeune, Dictionnaire. P.-G. Roy, "Jean-Paul Godefroy," BRH, X (1904), 246–50. Benjamin Sulte, "Les interprètes du temps de Champlain," RSCT, 1st ser., I (1882–83), sect.i, 53.
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Bibliothèque et Arch. Nationales du Québec, Centre d'arch. de Québec, CE301-S1, 3 oct. 1646.
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June 2016, Minor Revision
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AILLEBOUST DE COULONGE ET D'ARGENTENAY, LOUIS D' (Vol. 1)BOURDON, JEAN (sometimes called M. de Saint-Jean or Sieur de Saint-François) (Vol. 1)LEGARDEUR DE REPENTIGNY, PIERRE (d. 1648) (Vol. 1)CHAMPLAIN, SAMUEL DE (Vol. 1)DRUILLETTES (Dreuillettes, Drouillettes, Drouillet, Droulletes, Drueillettes, Druilletes), GABRIEL (Vol. 1)KIRKE, SIR DAVID (Vol. 1)BOUCHER, PIERRE (Vol. 2)BYSSOT (Bissot) DE LA RIVIÈRE, FRANÇOIS (Vol. 1)More
GODEFROY DE LINTOT, JEAN (Vol. 1)GODEFROY DE NORMANVILLE, THOMAS (Vol. 1)GRANDMAISON, ÉLÉONORE DE (Boudier de Beauregard; Chavigny de Berchereau; Gourdeau de Beaulieu; Cailhault de La Tesserie) (Vol. 1)LEGARDEUR DE TILLY, CHARLES (Vol. 1)TALON (Talon Du Quesnoy), JEAN (Vol. 1)
CHAMPLAIN, SAMUEL DE
KIRKE, SIR DAVID
LEGARDEUR DE REPENTIGNY, PIERRE (d. 1648)
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BOURDON, JEAN (sometimes called M. de Saint-Jean or Sieur de Saint-François)
GODEFROY DE LINTOT, JEAN
BOUCHER, PIERRE
André Vachon, "GODEFROY, JEAN-PAUL," in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 1, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed January 29, 2023, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/godefroy_jean_paul_1E.html.
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How simple ideas can drive a whole organisation.
Lonza Pharma & Biotech needed to become more customer-focused to compete. We developed a new brand that made the customer central and also positioned them as leaders in their industry.
Lonza Pharma & Biotech are a contract manufacturing organisation, they help drug companies make and commercialise innovative medicines. They don't make medicines themselves, so strong partnerships are vital to their success. We created a new brand about partnership and innovation, including a new identity and employee engagement programme. We began by conducting research and workshops to refine the brand's values, purpose and vision. We then built the new brand on two strategic pillars: next and together. Next is about shaping the future with innovation, and giving patients the hope of tomorrow – the overall purpose of the company. Together underlines the value they put on strong partnerships with their customers. We developed a complete brand world around these simple ideas. They are highly effective at engaging customers, energising staff and positioning Lonza Pharma & Biotech on the cutting edge of the industry.
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Lonza Pharma & Biotech now have a powerful brand driving them forwards and can reach out to customers with confidence.


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The new version of Alien Skin's impressive Exposure film simulation and creative effects software tucks a few more tricks up its sleeve. They include the addition of Bokeh, the company's creative focus and lens simulation program; a streamlined interface with a faster image processing engine that permits instant previews; and unlimited texture control.
As we observed in our Exposure 5 review, film emulation is only one thing this genre of software does. It's really about creating a style with both film emulation and creative effects. And with Exposure 6, Alien Skin brings even more magic to the party while making it easier to perform.
"With Exposure 6, not only have we worked to enhance the rich feature set available to photographers, but also to streamline the software to help them focus on creating extraordinary images faster than ever," said Alien Skin CEO Finley Lee. "It's about helping photographers realize their artistic vision as quickly and easily as possible."
Exposure 6 runs in standalone mode or as a plug-in to Photoshop, Lightroom and Aperture. Alien Skin expects to ship it in June for $149, $69 for updates and free to anyone who purchased Exposure 5 in March or later.
More details in the news release below.
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Alien Skin Software has announced the forthcoming launch of Exposure 6, the latest version of its flagship photography effects software. Exposure 6 enables digital photographers to quickly achieve accurate analog film emulation and creative effects in a simple interface. Exposure 6 can be used as a plug-in with popular host software or as a standalone program for even greater flexibility.
Exposure 6 brings all the creative tools of the traditional darkroom to the world of digital, such as the look of discontinued films, printing techniques and borders and textures. Popular classic films like Kodachrome, Polaroid and TRI-X have been carefully analyzed in order to faithfully simulate their characteristic tonal ranges and grain structures. Over 450 preset effects can be applied with a single mouse click, helping photographers achieve their desired look quickly. Exposure 6 integrates both color and black-and-white processing so there is no need to switch between tools.
Continuing the theme of integration, all the powerful functionality of Alien Skin's creative focus and lens simulation program, Bokeh, has now been rolled into Exposure, thus eliminating the need to jump between programs. As such, Exposure now provides simple tools for photographers to draw attention to their subject by manipulating focus, vignette and depth of field. From fast lens simulation through to tilt/shift and motion blur looks, Exposure 6 offers an endless array of creative options.
Along with the inclusion of Bokeh, Exposure's user interface has been refined and enhanced in order to provide better aesthetics and functionality without compromising user-friendliness. A new basic control panel contains sliders for global adjustments to areas such as exposure, contrast, clarity and vibrance for faster editing. The image processing engine has also been rewritten and now offers full-sized instant previews. This makes it easy to visualize subtle differences between presets and facilitates rapid experimentation to find the right look.
Based on user feedback, Exposure 6 offers limitless variety in the ability to add border and texture overlays. Out of the box, Exposure 6 includes many new lighting effects such as realistic sun flare and authentic vintage borders developed by world-renowned photographer Parker J Pfister. Users are also now able to import their own custom borders and textures using the built-in importing tool. Likewise, sharing and syncing presets, textures and borders across multiple computers is also now easy to do in Exposure 6.
Exposure 6 integrates with the popular tools many photographers use in their professional workflow: Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom and Apple Aperture. Exposure 6 can also be launched as a standalone application.
To help users get started and for advanced techniques, the Alien Skin Web site has a library of tutorial videos and example images.
Exposure 6 will be available in June through http://www.alienskin.com for $149. Owners of any version of Exposure may upgrade for $69. Free upgrades will be automatically sent to everyone who purchased Exposure 5 directly from Alien Skin Software in March or later.


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Q: Why we retrieve the validated input data when using form request? I'm using Laravel 8, and in the Laravel document, I see this line of code for retrieving the validated input data then using form requests.
// Retrieve the validated input data...
$validated = $request->validated();

But if I clear this line, everything is fine! So, What is the reason for this retrieval?

A: The ->validated() method returns information from your request that actually underwent validation. Let's use a quick scenario:
dd($request->input());
// ['name' => 'John', 'middle_name' => 'Smith', 'last_name' => 'Doe']

If you have the following rules:
$rules = ['name' => 'required', 'last_name' => 'required'];

Then, after running validation, calling ->validated() will return the following:
dd($request->validated());
// ['first_name' => 'John', 'last_name' => 'Doe']

Notice how middle_name is missing? It was not included in the validation rules, and as such is stripped out.
You can read the full documentation here:
https://laravel.com/docs/8.x/validation#working-with-validated-input
Note: If you're validating everything in your $request, i.e. first_name, middle_name and last_name, then you can use $request->validated(), $request->input() or $request->all(); they will all be the same.


I have always found it a natural part of my life to want to head out into the wilderness to be surrounded by pines, to be next to a river or lake, and to feel the cool northern air about me.
My first instinct in this setting is always to start a fire and to sit by its warmth, listen to the crackling flames and smell the scent of fresh cut pine and the burning embers.
No matter where I seem to find myself in my life I often take a break to head out on to the land. I get this craving to spend time in the northern mushkego wilderness I was raised in.
These days I spend the majority of my life behind a desk. I use a computer for just about all the work I need to do. I also use a computer and the Internet to conduct research, connect to the world on a social level and read the latest news.
When I take a break from my monitor, I go to my living room to watch more content on a large screen TV with video streamed from the Internet. When I leave the house, I am tethered to my device and I keep an eye out for the latest news headlines, social media posts, my email and any texts I may have received.
It seems my life is all consumed by a digital connection to the wider world.
As great as it feels to have the world at my finger tips, it gets very stressful and it makes me anxious. I find that this overload of information makes me nervous, apprehensive and worried about so many things that I have no control over.
The news is mostly filled with tragedy, terror, devastation, disease, politics and negative news. Social media can become stressful as I am constantly fielding messages from so many people and I don't want anyone to feel I am ignoring them so it is a constant struggle to keep up.
To combat the stress of being constantly online, constantly connected and constantly bombarded with information, I head out into the wilderness. I head for my cottage which is situated next to a small secluded lake in the far north. Here, surrounded by lakes, rivers and forests I have little or no cell reception so I can't use my phone or connect to the Internet. I don't mind getting a break from it all. It reminds me of another time and life I once had.
As soon as I unpack and get settled, I head to my fire pit which in a way becomes my monitor of flame and sound. Here as I stare into the dancing yellow and orange flames I have a sense of meditation. The sound of the fire, the peeping of the frogs in the evening, the rush of the wind in the trees and the lapping of the water on the lake lulls me to a state of calm and peace. My mind is emptied for a moment and the scent of the smoke reminds me of all those times I spent on the land with my parents, my siblings and our relatives and friends.
In a way I am transported back to another time and I am surrounded by the spirits of family and friends who have left this world.
This little place in the wilderness allows me to reset myself. Even though I arrive exhausted and tired, I find the energy to take the axe to split some wood, wander around the property to collect kindling and check to see what the beaver, loons and ducks are up to. Even those nasty mosquitoes help me out by reminding me of where I am and they serve to keep my mind from wandering into worrisome thoughts due to the fact that I am coping with their constant attacks for a bit of my blood.
Many of my family and friends just recently returned from their annual goose hunting trips to their traditional territories along the James Bay coast. I can imagine that they felt the same sense of relief as I do when on the land. They probably liked to be away from their digital connections for a few weeks.
Visiting and living on the land is a natural part of our lives as Cree people and one that is integral to our health and well being. It is something that is born into us as our parents raised us on the land, our grandparents lived in this wilderness and our ancestors roamed and survived on Mother Earth for countless generations. Mother Earth in all her natural beauty is the best medicine for me.


Beautiful pics! Flowers are lovely. Enjoyed viewing all.
What beautiful blossoms for this time of year! And the frog is pretty interesting too…….all things the rain brings out!
Beautiful color…………..finally in our deserts!!


The Activate Your Life training day is held on Saturday 14th September 2019 from 9.30am – 4.00pm and is hosted by St James Church Centre in Reading.
The church is near Earley train station on the Reading Waterloo line (15min walk via bridge and footpath) and on a bus route from Reading. Parking is also available.
Jaz Potter is the full time evangelist at Croydon Jubilee Church. She comes from a Sikh background and became a Christian aged 12. She is passionate about telling people about Jesus and equipping the church in evangelism. She is married to Tim and they have 2 teenage sons. When she isn't preaching, teaching, wife-ing or mothering, you can find her on Instagram.


For most people, this will be a very long-term investment, so don't get too stressed about which fund manager to go with and whether it should be a conservative, balanced or growth fund.
However, we would strongly recommend that you do take some time to review the Shape of Money's information "Before you Invest". This information will help put the investment into context, for example, helping you understand the reasons for a growth versus balanced investment fund.
The fund doesn't have to be the one recommended by your employer. And, of course, it is recommended that you use an independent adviser.


Illustration depicting a quasar (quasi-stellar object). Quasars are galaxies which are very distant but very luminous, so they appear star-like from Earth. The source of light appears concentrated in the nucleus, and is probably related to a central, supermassive black hole. Such a system would probably have galactic jets emanating from the core along the rotational axis of the galaxy, as shown here. Quasars have high red shifts, so must be very distant and thus seen at a very early stage in the Universe's history.


The 8020 Promotion Foundation is now actively promoting not only the dental health care but the healthy life care of elderly in the Japanese society. The Foundation is making a great effort to spread the 8020 Campaign all over Japan to encourage Japanese people to keep 20 or more of their own teeth even until the age of 80. For that reason, it becomes necessary to implement and operate research projects and studies for the 8020 Campaign including training programs and activities for outstanding research projects and promotional campaigns. After collecting all the data of related research and studies, a close evaluation of the data should be conducted to provide Japanese people with the accurate information.
As the Japan Dental Association has proposed and the Minister of Health and Welfare has approved, the 8020 Promotion Foundation was established on December 1, 2000, with the collaboration of various social organizations and business corporations.
After the Foundation set the goal to support the elderly to improve and maintain their healthy life, the 8020 Campaign was set out to help people to keep 20 or more of their own teeth until the age of 80.
As you recognized, Japan has become a "super ageing society" unlikely seen in any other countries of the world.
Needless to say, in such a society, there are many elderly facing the difficulty to maintain their health including their dental health. The dental profession has emphasized that the 8020 Campaign could be one of the most effective propositions to achieve this goal, and they have also been trying to prove the effectiveness of the Campaign.
The Foundation feels that now is the time to take action to start the 8020 Campaign and to spread it nationwide.
Although many authorities are undoubtedly participating in this Campaign, we are still aware that as a prior step, the Campaign requires more commitment of dental professions. If we could achieve this goal, we strongly believe that the success of this Campaign might lead to a golden opportunity for the dental professions to demonstrate a new way of health maintenance of the 21st century of Japan.
We sincerely hope that you would understand and support this Campaign and that as many people as possible could take part in the Campaign.
As we are living in the 21st century, we have realized that people could enjoy a long and active life better in a healthy environment. The 8020 Campaign proposed by the Japan Dental Association and approved by the Ministry of Health and Welfare gives us a clear and effective vision of the dental health care if we could maintain more than 20 of our own teeth by the age of 80; if we could keep more than 20 of our own teeth until the age of 80 we might be able to have not only healthy teeth but also a healthy and comfortable life.
We also need to precisely evaluate the results of the 8020 Campaign since there is a clear numerical goal set for the Campaign in order to prepare for the future plan. If we continue the Campaign to improve the dental health care of Japanese people, in other words, if we take good care of our teeth and eat with our own teeth throughout our lives, we are more likely to have a healthy life when we become older. In that sense, the 8020 Campaign may play an important role in a society full of the active elderly of Japan.
Overall, we'd like again to emphasize the importance of the 8020 Campaign, advocate propagating the Campaign throughout the country, and should take it into consideration as a health policy act.In 2011,as a contribution of our activities lead to the approving new act for Advancement of Dental and Oral Health.
National survey of dental disease for 2011 showed the 40% or over at the age group of 75 to 84. And proportion of persons having 20 teeth and average present teeth of adult age group are increasing since the survey of 1993.
Some reports say that the people who follow the 8020 rules become less ill than the people who don't and the healthy people are naturally having a more active life.
The fact is, however, that a lot of the elderly are not familiar with the 8020 Campaign as most of them lose their teeth earlier, and consequently, they have no choice but to live an unhealthy life. Therefore, we shouldn't wait to propagate the Campaign and also should take an action to support the elderly who have difficulties to eat and to have oral health care since they may have dysphagia or may be bedridden or hospitalized, or in a nursing home. We should put the stress on the importance of oral health care in order for them to have a healthy life.
One study shows that oral health care for the bedridden elderly could prevent the aspiration pneumonia. This special project was conducted in 1998 by the Ministry of Health and Welfare to study about the aspiration pneumonia. This study also indicates the importance of oral health care not just for the bedridden or hospitalized elderly but also for the healthy people; we could maintain the present health condition if we regularly have oral health care.
Furthermore, we need to conduct some more research on oral health care to support the evidence so that we can effectively promote and propagate the importance of continuous oral health care throughout the life. The 8020 Campaign could be the key issue for achieving the goal of having at least 20 teeth by the age of 80.
Japan is the first country to start proposing the 8020 Campaign worldwide but many countries are now also becoming interested in the Campaign since they are also facing the same health problems of the elderly and are trying to look for a solution.
Since Japan is also considering a leading country to conduct quite a few researches on the 8020 Campaign as well as on oral and systemic health care it means a lot for us to establish the organization in Japan in order to collect and evaluate the information of the significant researches.
Therefore, we strongly believe that the organization could contribute greatly to the health care of the elderly, which some other countries are about to face.
Needless to say, food intake is essential to sustain our life, but we are gradually losing the instinct of mastication of raw materials since human animals found the way to cook to make soft food, so we don't have to chew as much. Furthermore, despite the fact that we have been focusing on the improvement of medical technology and lifespan we neglected the oral health care. In other words, the life expectancy of the elderly is a lot longer than the life of natural teeth, consequently, they are facing a rather unbalanced phenomena of physical and oral health.
Under the circumstance, the promotion of the 8020 development may be the potential key to increase the power of life and to rebuild the welfare system of health since the Campaign is directly related to the mastication to sustain our life.
If the statement is correct, we should start to take action to achieve the 8020 goal since this Campaign could directly affect our daily life. I not only wish for the dental professionals to take action but also for every individual to be aware of the importance of the 8020 goal and set forth to accomplish a healthy life.
Taking action to achieve the 8020 goal means that everybody should participate in the Campaign and put the new value on the elderly society as a part of cultural life.
A Study Group on the Dental Health Policy for Adults by Ministy of Health and Welfare made public its interium report in which the 8020(Eighty-Twenty) Campaign " calling for the retention of 20 or more teeth even at the age 80 was proposed.
"Promotion of 8020 Campaign" was set to the major objectives for the Dental Health Week(June 4-10).
Prefecture-led " 8020 Campaign promotion special projects" lauched.
The results of the National Survey of Dental Diseases(2005) was published to reveal that the percentage of persons achieving 8020 reached over 20% for the first time since the survey started.
The Act concerning the promotion of (on Advancement of )Dental and Oral Health was approved.
The results of the National Survey of Dental Diseases(2011) was published to reveal that the percentage of persons achieving 8020 reached over 40% for the first time since the survey started.
Budgetary support for Insurer of the Oral Inspection for the aged 75 or over is started.
Cycle of National Oral Disease Survey is changed from every 6 year to 5 year.
The results of the National Survey of Dental Diseases(2016) was revealed that the percentage of persons achieving 8020 reached over 50% for the first time since the survey started.


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Keanu Reeves, Halle Berry, Ian McShane
Writing Credits:
Derek Kolstad, Shay Hatten, Chris Collins, Marc Abrams
John Wick is on the run after killing a member of the international assassin's guild.
$75 million.
$56,818,067 on 3850 screens.
Domestic Gross
MPAA:
Rated R.
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English Dolby Atmos
English Dolby 2.0
Spanish Dolby 5.1
English Descriptive Audio
French Dolby 5.1
Supplements Subtitles:
• "Legacy of the High Table" Featurette
• "Excommunicado" Featurette
• "Check Your Sights" Featurette
• "Saddle Up, Wick" Featurette
• "Bikes, Blades, Bridges and Bits" Featurette
• "Continental in the Desert" Featurette
• "Dog Fu" Featurette
• "House of Transparency" Featurette
• "Shot By Shot" Featurette
• Trailers & Previews
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John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum [Blu-Ray] (2019)
Reviewed by Colin Jacobson (November 27, 2019)
Whereas most movie franchises lose steam as they go, the John Wick series proceeds in the other direction. The first film from 2014 earned $88 million worldwide, a nice return on investment for an unheralded flick with a $20 million budget, but nothing stunning.
2017's John Wick: Chapter 2 doubled that budget and also almost doubled the gross. It managed $171 million worldwide, nearly twice as much as its predecessor.
The profits kept coming with 2019's John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum. It upped the budget to $75 million but continued the increase in ticket sales, as it managed $321 million worldwide, another take that approached twice what its predecessor did.
I admit I'll feel shocked to see this progression continue, as I can't imagine a hard-"R" action flick like the in-the-works John Wick: Chapter 4 will take in $600 million worldwide. That said, I didn't see any of this franchise's upward trajectory in advance, so I won't rule out the possibility.
Parabellum picks up almost immediately after the conclusion to Chapter 2. John Wick (Keanu Reeves) killed a crime lord without the approval of a body called the "High Table", and this leaves him on the outs among the assassin community.
As punishment for his sins, the High Table declares John "excommunicado" and sanctions a large bounty on his head. The Table gives John a one-hour head start before this takes effect, but once the "grace period" ends, a slew of professional killers will come after him.
Boy, will they, as John finds himself under fire everywhere he turns. John winds up in a constant fight to stay alive.
Wasn't that basically the plot to the first two movies? "John kills a lot of people who want to kill him" seems to be the general theme.
Despite the absence of real plot, the first Wick worked. It seemed fresh and creative enough in its action choreography to keep the viewer involved.
Also, John's motives felt organic and believable. The original movie's John reacted to pain connected to the loss of his wife, as the actions of some baddies rubbed salt in that wound.
Because Chapter 2 took place four days after the first movie and Parabellum immediately follows Chapter 2, that sense of narrative purpose should remain alive, but it doesn't. Even though three films cover only about a week of John's life, they don't feel as connected as they should, so our link to John's loss in the original movie seems long gone by now.
On one hand, I like the ambition of three movies that cover such a brief period of time, as that adds a layer of impact to the proceedings. On the other hand, the short chronology demands a massive suspension of disbelief.
Admittedly, all the Wick movies require the viewer to check his/her brain at the door because they're absurd on the surface. John's skills as an assassin approach supernatural levels, and the amount of abuse his body takes also puts him in a virtually god-like place, as no real person could absorb all that violence.
The more movies we see, the more difficult it becomes to accept that John exists in any form of real world. Heck, maybe he doesn't – maybe John actually died early in the first film and everything after that sends him to purgatory as he battles his way to heaven.
Until/unless that revelation occurs, we have to view John as a human still on the mortal coil, and that seems tougher and tougher to swallow, especially because each film ups the action ante. Chapter 2 needed to be at least 50 percent wilder than the first movie, and Parabellum needs to go 50 percent crazier than that.
As such, we find a flick with absurd levels of action – and ridiculous action at that. For a little while, this can be a kick, as the sheer audacity of the violence and stunts keeps the viewer invested through the first act.
But then ennui sets in, as the samey-samey nature of the story gets tiresome. Basically, Parabellum progresses this way:
-Ultra-violent action scene;
-Exposition about rules and regulations among killers;
-Another ultra-violent action scene;
-More exposition about rules and regulations;
-Lather, rinse, etc.
Boy, does Parabellum likes its rules and regulations! Of course, the first two movies dug into those as well, but I don't think those flicks ground to a halt for pedantic exposition like Parabellum does.
I get that the movie needs to hit pause every once in a while, as a movie that literally presents 122 minutes of violent action would exhaust the audience. Parabellum already risks that issue as it stands, so obviously it needs some peace on occasion.
I just wish it used the dramatic moments to better effect. As it stands, these feel sluggish and stiff, so they add little to the experience.
I know I'll see a fourth Wick, but I can't say I look forward to it. Each film works less well than its predecessor, and Parabellum winds up as a loud, repetitive disappointment.
The Disc Grades: Picture B+/ Audio B+/ Bonus B-
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum appears in an aspect ratio of 2.40:1 on this Blu-ray Disc. The movie offered a quality presentation.
For the most part, sharpness worked well. A little softness occasionally hit some wide elements, but the majority of the movie boasted accurate delineation.
No signs of jagged edges or moiré effects materialized, and I witnessed no instances of edge haloes. Print flaws also failed to mar the proceedings.
To the surprise of no one, Parabellum heavily emphasized teal, though it threw out orange, amber, green, red and purple as well. I guess that passes for a "broad palette" these days. The disc replicated the hues as intended.
Blacks seemed dense and deep, while shadows offered appropriate smoothness and clarity. The Blu-ray reproduced the film well.
Downconverted to Dolby TrueHD 7.1, the film's Dolby Atmos soundtrack added oomph to the proceedings, as the soundscape opened up matters in a positive manner. Music offered nice breadth and filled the channels in a consistent manner.
With a mix of lively scenes, the soundfield offered a lot of chances for fireworks, and it used them well. Gunfire, explosions, car chases – all the usual action components popped up and created an involving impression.
Audio quality appeared good, with speech that came across as natural and distinctive. Effects also seemed accurate and tight, with clear reproduction of these components.
Music worked well, as the songs/score boasted solid range and dimensionality. This became a more than satisfactory track for the film.
The disc includes a bunch of featurettes, and Legacy of the High Table fills 10 minutes, 57 seconds with notes from director Chad Stahelski, producers Basil Iwanyk and Erica Lee, production designer Kevin Kavanaugh, and actors Keanu Reeves, Asia Kate Dillon, Jason Mantzoukas, Ian McShane, Anjelica Huston and Saïd Taghmaoui.
"Legacy" looks at challenges related to sequels as well as story/character domains, sets and production design. Some decent notes result but a lot of this remains promotional.
Next comes Excommunicado, a nine-minute, 44-second reel with Stahelski, Reeves, Lee, Mantzoukas, Dillon, fight choreographer/stunt coordinator Jonathan Eusebio, ballet choreographer Tiler Peck, ballerina Unity Phelan, writer Derek Kolstad, and actors Mark Dacascos, Laurence Fishburne, Yayan Ruhian and Cecep Arif Rahman.
With this show, we take a look at supporting characters, stunts and action. Like "Legacy", this one lacks real depth, but it gives a few useful insights.
Check Your Sights occupies nine minutes, 55 seconds with remarks from Eusebio, Reeves, Stahelski, stunt double Jackson Speidel, stunts Heidi Moneymaker, and actor Halle Berry.
Here we learn about the actors' physical training, with an emphasis on the work Reeves and Berry put into their parts. Like the other clips, this one mixes facts and fluff.
After this we find Saddle Up Wick, a five-minute, 10-second piece with Reeves, Stahelski, stunts/horsemaster Tad Griffith, supervising stunt coordinator Scott Rogers, 2nd unit director Darrin Prescott, and VFX supervisor Robert Nederhorst. "Saddle" examines the movie's horse-riding scenes, and it becomes another decent overview.
Bikes, Blades, Bridges and Bits fills six minutes, 35 seconds with comments from Reeves, Stahelski, Lee, Eusebio, Nederhorst, Rogers, and Prescott.
"Bits" covers elements related to the movie's bike chase scene. It follows the same path as its predecessors, so expect a moderately informative program.
Next comes Continental In the Desert, a 10-minute, 15-second featurette with Reeves, Iwanyk, Kavanaugh, Stahelski, Berry, Lee, Taghmaoui, location manager Christian McWilliams, director of photography Dan Laustsen, co-writer Shay Hatten, and actors Jerome Flynn and Aïssam Bouali. "Desert" views the Moroccan shoot and delivers some decent notes.
Canines come to the fore in the eight-minute, four-second Dog Fu. We hear from Lee, Rogers, Moneymaker, Flynn, Stahelski, Berry, Reeves, dog trainers Kimberley Andrews and Greg Smith Aldridge, and executive producer Jeff G. Waxman.
As expected, we learn about the movie's furry cast and their use in the movie. The show gives us some fun insights.
In House of Transparency, we get a seven-minute, 10-second clip with Stahelski, Waxman, Lee, Eusebio, Kavanuagh, Dacascos, Rogers, Laustsen, Ruhian, Rahman, Nederhorst, senior illustrator Alex Nice and stunt double Jackson Spidell.
"House" digs into one major set that appears late in the film. We get some good details from this program.
Finally, Shot By Shot occupies eight minutes, 57 seconds with info from Stahelski and editor Evan Schiff. They discuss some aspects of the film's editing in this fairly informative piece.
The disc opens with ads for Hellboy (2019), Rambo: Last Blood, Anna, American Gods Season 2 and Angel Has Fallen. We also get two trailers for Parabellum.
Also in the promotional realm, we see a game trailerBehind the Scenes reel for John Wick: Hex. The latter runs six minutes, 54 seconds and features Eusebio and game director/writer Mike Bithell. It comes with some decent notes but lacks anything to make it special.
After the first movie launched the series well, the second flick sputtered and John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum continues the downward spiral. Though its action thrills for much of the first act, the film soon becomes repetitive and tedious. The Blu-ray boasts very good picture and audio along with a decent array of bonus materials. Maybe John Wick: Chapter 4 will rebound, but Parabellum disappoints.
Viewer Film Ratings: 3.25 Stars Number of Votes: 4
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Q: How to get write custom tables in new file from csv file I have writed a script to extract table from csv file and write a new csv file that contains this table.
So I have this code below :
import csv
import pandas as pd

with open("C:\\OpenFace\\x64\\Release\\processed\\webcam_2019-04-22-1552.csv") as csvfile:
    ddf= pd.read_table(csvfile,sep=" ")
    first_letters = ['eye']
    headers = ddf.dtypes.index
    df= pd.read_table(csvfile,sep=" ",names=[name for name in headers if (name[0] in first_letters)])
    print(df)

I'm trying to get only columns names who start from eye ,
but i get this error :
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "getpoints.py", line 8, in <module>
df= pd.read_table(csvfile,sep=" ",names=[name for name in headers if
(name[0] in first_letters)])
File "C:\Python36\lib\site-packages\pandas\io\parsers.py", line 678, in parser_f
return _read(filepath_or_buffer, kwds)
File "C:\Python36\lib\site-packages\pandas\io\parsers.py", line 440, in _read
parser = TextFileReader(filepath_or_buffer, **kwds)
File "C:\Python36\lib\site-packages\pandas\io\parsers.py", line 787, in __init__
self._make_engine(self.engine)
File "C:\Python36\lib\site-packages\pandas\io\parsers.py", line 1014, in _make_engine
self._engine = CParserWrapper(self.f, **self.options)
File "C:\Python36\lib\site-packages\pandas\io\parsers.py", line 1708, in __init__
self._reader = parsers.TextReader(src, **kwds)
File "pandas\_libs\parsers.pyx", line 542, in pandas._libs.parsers.TextReader.__cinit__
pandas.errors.EmptyDataError: No columns to parse from file

How to solve this?
Any ideas?
Thanks.

A:

import csv
import pandas as pd

#Read the only the header, i.e column names and breaks the execution
#as only the column names is to be fetched.

with open("C:/path/to/.csv", "rb") as f:
    reader = csv.reader(f)
    columns = reader.next()
    break

columns = list(filter(lambda x: x.startswith("eye"), columns))

df = pd.read_csv("C:/path/to/.csv", sep=" ", names=columns)


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#import <OCHamcrest/HCDiagnosingMatcher.h>

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Made in Marseille Cookbook - French
French cookbook, Made in Marseille, explores the flavors of the oldest city in France. Bouillabaisse (an entire chapter), pan-fried calamari with parsley and garlic from Chez Etienne restaurant in Marseille and more enticing dishes are shared inside this French cookbook.
Format: Hardcover and dust jacket, 272 pages
Copyright: 2002, First Edition
Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers
Author: Daniel Young
Description: Marseille, once notorious for its assorted mischief, has recently experienced a cultural renaissance, establishing it as a Mediterranean capital of film, fashion, music, literature, and, most assuredly, cuisine. From the city's beloved, world-famous bouillabaisse to enticing emigre flavors to venerable street treats to classic and contemporary Provencal bistro fare, this culinary crossroads, the Paris of Provence, offers an exciting array of tempting foods that, while global in scope, have a folksy, made-in-Marseille personality.
Join Daniel Young, author of The Paris Cafe Cookbook, as he explores the authentic flavors of France's oldest city, its great southern gateway, extending from the Marseille of antiquity, found intact in the limestone cliffs of the rocky coastline, to the Marseille of romantic intrigue, still apparent in the labyrinthine passageways of the historic Panier quarter, to its storied center, the Vieux Port. Of course there's bouillabaisse: an entire chapter on this legendary fish stew-soup, including rustic, home-style Marseille recipes adapted so they can successfully be made with North American fish -- not entirely authentic but wholeheartedly delicious. There are many other definitive fish recipes from this seafood lovers' paradise as well, including the legendary pan-fried calamari with parsley and garlic from Chez Etienne and the foolproof formula for grilling fish from the Restaurant L'Escale. In addition, there are aromatic appetizers, traditional and newfangled desserts, savory pastries, meat and chicken dishes, and hearty vegetable stews, all prepared with the building blocks of the healthful, French-Mediterranean diet: olive oil, garlic, tomatoes, zucchini, fennel, eggplant, artichokes, olives, basil, thyme, rosemary, bay leaves, almonds, figs, and honey.
It's a full cookbook, offering 120 recipes and also a remarkable portrait of France's "Second City." With evocative black-and-white photographs by Marseille native Sebastian Boffredo, Made in Marseille is a lively panorama of the food, flavors, culture, and mystique of France's vital and fascinating cosmopolitan seaport.
Condition: Good condition.
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The story of Joan of Arc almost ends with her death at age 19 for heresy. In her trial her accuser is also her judge and she is given no lawyer to talk with or to defend her. Her trial is a mockery of justice and she is imprisoned before her death. So exactly who is this teenager and why is she so hated by the English?
Joan is born in the Middle Ages during the Hundred Year War between France and England. She and her family are very religious. She is a peasant girl who never learns to read or write.
When Joan is thirteen, she begins to see visions and hear saints talking to her. What they say in her visions forever changes the history of France.
The region of Aquitaine is in Southwestern France, but England controls it. The English attack the village where Joan and her family live and her family flees to safety. Joan sees firsthand the harsh treatment of the villagers by the English.
The Dauphin (son of the late King of France) wants the throne of France after his father died, but the English also want the French throne. Joan believes the voices are telling her to lead the French against the English, and help the Dauphin become King of France.
Women are able to fight in France; however, to trust your army to a teenage girl that has never been in a battle is asking a lot. Joan perseveres and is able to convince the Dauphin and his military leaders that she can win against the English. Joan is able to lead the French to victory at Orleans, even though she is wounded in battle. Afterwards, Joan sees the Dauphin, King Charles VII, become the King of France.
Joan continues to fight, but begins to lose some battles. In one of the battles, she is captured and sold to the English. The English try Joan for witchcraft, sorcery, heresy ... and ... for wearing men's clothes. King Charles VII does nothing to help Joan, despite everything she has done for him.
Twelve charges are brought against her, but Joan never confesses. Her trial is a mockery and burning at the stake is her punishment. Her ashes are quickly scattered in the Seine. Because she dies for the French cause, Joan becomes a martyr.
It takes about twenty-five years for her verdict to be overturned. Almost 500 years later, the Catholic Church canonizes Joan as a Saint. Those who persecute Joan end up in history as villains, while Joan of Arc becomes a model of a courageous teenager who fights for what she believes in and remains true to her convictions even while facing death.
Bos, Carole "Joan of Arc" AwesomeStories.com. Oct 01, 1999. Apr 25, 2019.
COULD A YOUNG WOMAN LEAD AN ARMY?


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Showcase- The Lights of Sugarberry Cove by Heather Weber
Today on the blog I'm showcasing Heather Weber's latest novel featuring small town, family, falling in love and a bit of woo woo to make it all magical.
Publisher: Forge Books
Length: 272pp
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The Lights of Sugarberry Cove is a charming, delightful story of family, healing, love, and small town Southern charm by USA Today bestselling author Heather Webber.
Sadie Way Scott has been avoiding her family and hometown of Sugarberry Cove, Alabama, since she nearly drowned in the lake just outside her mother's B&B. Eight years later, Sadie is the host of a much-loved show about southern cooking and family, but despite her success, she wonders why she was saved. What is she supposed to do?
Sadie's sister, Leala Clare, is still haunted by the guilt she feels over the night her sister almost died. Now, at a crossroads in her marriage, Leala has everything she ever thought she wanted—so why is she so unhappy?
When their mother suffers a minor heart attack just before Sugarberry Cove's famous water lantern festival, the two sisters come home to run the inn while she recovers. It's the last place either of them wants to be, but with a little help from the inn's quirky guests, the sisters may come to terms with their strained relationships, accept the past, and rediscover a little lake magic.
"Whereabouts are you from, Sadie?" Mrs. Iona Teakes asked as she deftly chopped pecans on a wooden cutting board in her sun-steeped kitchen, the summery afternoon light spilling through a bay window overlooking the Coosa River.
Across the yawning stretch of water, the main street of a small town fluttered with activity as people went about their day. Before coming to Mrs. Teakes's charming home, I'd stopped for lunch at the local burger place, not only for something to appease my grumbling stomach but to also get a feel for the town. Its people. Its mood. Its potential. Its heartbeat.
I'd been looking for a place to call my home for so long now that I was beginning to think I'd never find it.
But Wetumpka, Alabama, had promise.
A revitalization initiative was in full swing, and the heart of the community was evident in the rebuilding that had taken place in the years since a tornado swept through uprooting trees, buildings, lives. Heart was my number one requirement when it came to a hometown.
"I was born and raised about an hour and a half north of here. In Shelby County."
Curiosity burned in Mrs. Teakes's watery eyes as her gaze shifted to my hair, then away again, but she was much too polite to ask any prying questions, for which I was grateful. I'd rather not talk about myself at all, but especially not about my hair and the circumstances of how it had come to be this particular color.
My mama has often said my glittering silver tresses reminded her of starlight, as though all the stars in Alabama had fallen directly onto my head, leaving me with a sparkly crown, a stunning glow. Time and again, I'd pointed out that Alabama's famous fallen stars had been meteorites, and if they'd crashed onto my head, I'd be dead. But Mama always argued the fact that I had died the night my hair turned color, and who was to say it hadn't been the stars that had caused my brief death?
It hadn't been the stars. It had been a watery accident. But Mama wasn't one for accepting small truths, favoring bold exaggerations instead.
Stars bested water, plain and simple.
I'd drowned that summer night nearly eight years ago in Lake Laurel, at just eighteen years old. But I'd been saved. Brought back to life. Brought back to a new life. To a new normal. All these years later, I hadn't quite figured out who this new Sadie Way Scott was exactly. Or why I had been saved. No matter how far I ran away from my hometown of Sugarberry Cove, Alabama, that particular why haunted me, following my every move, because there had been a reason. I felt it, deep down, like a pulsing bubble of pressure that kept me searching, seeking.
"Is there anything I can do to help, Mrs. Teakes?" I needed a diversion from my thoughts or else I was bound to fall into a deep mudhole of self-pity. I'd already set up my cameras, three in all, to frame specific shots of the homey kitchen that breathed vintage charm, which was easy to do since it hadn't been updated in at least sixty years, possibly more. The room was painted a cheerful blue, and the scent of vanilla floated in the air, as if being exhaled by the colorful floral wallpaper that served as a backsplash. The bulbous white fridge, covered in family photos, postcards, and old newspaper clippings, hummed loudly, its long chrome handle gleaming. The wide stove with side-by-side ovens had two storage drawers at the bottom, and I could only imagine the stories it could tell of the meals it had cooked.
But those stories would have to wait. The focus of today's video was on a dish served cold. Several small glass bowls were lined up along the ceramic tile countertop, each filled with a different ingredient. Shredded coconut. Mandarin oranges. Sour cream. Maraschino cherries. Pineapple chunks. Mini marshmallows. Once the food prep was complete, I'd be the one asking all the questions for the sake of the video, which would be posted the following week on my YouTube channel, A Southern Hankerin'.
The videos were about more than Southern cooking. At their heart were human-interest pieces featuring people across the South willing to share a family recipe and the story behind it. Last week, I'd had an in-depth preliminary phone interview with Mrs. Teakes, and today, I'd film her while she told me how, in the late 1960s, she'd captured the heart of her late husband with her recipe for ambrosia salad.
During the interview I'd be sure to mention how the South proudly labeled some desserts as salad. To those who lived here, this came as no surprise. After all, this was the land where mac and cheese was considered a vegetable. But my audience wasn't limited to the South. I had viewership that spanned the globe, a fact that amazed me—though it shouldn't. People tuned in for the heartwarming, relatable stories, which were needed in the world more now than ever.
Mrs. Teakes set down her knife and flexed age-spotted hands. Intelligent brown eyes, framed in an abundance of delicate wrinkles, assessed while their softness begged for more information. "Not much left to do, only these pecans to finish chopping. Whereabouts in Shelby County?"
I fussed with a camera setting that needed no adjustment. "Sugarberry Cove."
The river water below Mrs. Teakes's kitchen churned with happiness, white-crested rapids pushing and pulling and racing. Farther down the river, the water calmed, gradually stretching into stillness near a bridge with five arches that created circular reflections on the water's suddenly smooth, glassy surface.
Still waters that reminded me of what used to be my home.
"On Lake Laurel? How wonderful! I've been several times for the water lantern festival. A lovely little town. So enchanting. Do you still live there?"
Much like the rapids, my stomach churned as I glanced at the clock on the countertop microwave, wishing time away. My gaze shifted to a tarnished brass teakettle that rested on a stove eye, then to two teacups that dangled on hooks under a golden oak cabinet, one cup having MR. stenciled on it, the other MRS. The former looked pristine in condition, the latter well used, well loved, with its tea-darkened interior and chipped handle. Hung askew on the wall by the fridge was a framed, stained cross-stitched cloth with the words HOME IS WHERE YOUR HEART IS.
Old wounds ached at the simple words, and I turned to look out the window instead of at the phrase that haunted. Mocked.
"No, ma'am, but I still have family up that way. My older sister, her husband, and their little boy live up there. And my mother owns a bed-and-breakfast cottage on the lake and my great-uncle, who's more like a granddaddy to me, lives and works at the cottage, too." I bit my lip to keep from saying any more, from spilling my heart onto the cutting board next to the pecans. Why was I revealing so much?
But I knew why.
The water.
Copyright © 2021 by Heather Webber
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HEATHER WEBBER is the nationally bestselling author of more than thirty novels and has been twice nominated for an Agatha Award. She is the USA Today bestselling author of Midnight at the Blackbird Cafe and South of the Buttonwood Tree. She loves to spend time with her family, read, drink too much coffee and tea, birdwatch, crochet, watch cooking competition and home improvement shows, and bake. Heather lives in southwestern Ohio and is hard at work on her next book.
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Mary Kirkland July 21, 2021 at 4:00 PM
That sounds like it would be a good read and the cover is so pretty.
The Reading Frenzy July 23, 2021 at 8:53 AM
I know I love the cover too Mary and yes it sounds really good
Kathryn T July 22, 2021 at 1:50 AM
This is one I enjoyed - was a good read.
oh good to know Kathryn thank you
Blodeuedd July 22, 2021 at 3:11 PM
Aww looks sweet
it really does
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APPY 2019 TO ALL OF YOU – May your wishes all come through!
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I Can Do Strange Things, Believe me
Gehena Vampire Clan
"The problem with being nice is that people forget you have a dark side too."
That's how Charlotte closed her speech. It took her a good 3 months to prepare it. She wrote a first draft, then a second, a third, and she stopped counting by the eleventh.
When the day of the meeting finally came, she wanted to miss it and just stay at home. Those meetings were so boring.
It was a small group of about 10 people. The stories were always the same. They had different names, true, but their paths were excruciatingly similar and she found herself counting the tiles on the floor to numb her mind.
They never told the group that the day before they had done what they really wanted to do and that they had enjoyed it immensely, excited as if they were talking about a new taste of lollipop or an exotic dish, depending on their mental age.
They simply rambled about their daily routine, shyly implying that they thought about it, but that they pushed those thoughts away into the darker corners of their twisted lives, as they were expected to do.
And Charlotte got so bored.
She wanted to scream at the top of her lungs, telling the world what she had done. She had done it over and over again, methodically, systematically, and no one would ever know; no one would ever admire her brilliancy, her artful and empathetic masterpieces. Yes, she had a few of them. Actually, now that she thought of it, each and every one was absolutely brilliant.
She tried recollecting all of them. It was becoming more and more difficult. She smiled.
Yes. People thought of her as a friendly, happy, thoughtful young woman. She enjoyed that.
When Charlotte had the car accident and spent a few days at the hospital, the neighbors visited her. They offered to water the lavender garden, but she preferred her beautiful plants to suffer slightly than to have her neighbors snooping around the house. She hadn't had time to put a few things away properly...
As soon as she was released from the hospital, the neighbors dropped by with soup and stews and pies. She never allowed them in past the front door, never. Perhaps they thought that was rude of her, but her open smile and her tired looks somehow offered them a plausible explanation and they forgave her.
When did she start attending these dreadful meetings? It wasn't long ago, not even a year. At the beginning she went every week. She thought she could somehow slow down her urges by attending the support group get-togethers.
Then she got friendly, in hindsight too friendly, with a fellow called Thomas, who decided she was too much to handle, "high maintenance" as he put it.
After a while, he stopped going to the meetings. Everyone wondered what happened to him, yes, they did wonder. They still do.
That's when she started going once every month. Enough was enough.
For this month, however, she wanted to state something more than the usual feeble ramblings that annoyed her deeply.
"I can do strange things, very strange things, believe me." And she sat down.
The group remained in silence. Someone coughed nervously.
Ellen, the group facilitator, didn't really know what to say. She shifted slightly on her chair, buying time. "That was…"
"The truth," said Charlotte. "We all think this way. We just sit here and pretend we don't, week after week, month after month. It's mind-boggling. I thought this was a support group where we could talk freely about our concerns. I thought we were safe here, that we were surrounded by people who cared, people with whom we shared the same anxieties.
"I thought we were here to hold hands and push one another towards a better future. White flowers in our hairs and all that bullshit. I honestly thought that I would feel better about myself, empowered, free.
"Yet, all I can think of is to get away, run away as fast as I can, and never come back. I am so tired of us not speaking openly. I'm so tired of trying to endure this and I sit here counting the fucking tiles on the floor. 30 in that direction and 50 in that direction," and she pointed towards the exit door. "Isn't it ironic that to leave we have a much longer path than to go grab a donut?"
Ellen tried to interrupt, with no result.
"I know. You think I'm crazy. I most likely am. At least that's what they told me when I was a kid. You're nuts, you know, they'd say, smiling. I never took it seriously. They were smiling, the bastards. Yeah, they were smiling. All I wanted was for them to tell me the truth."
"What was the truth?" Ellen ventured, treading a very slippery terrain.
"The truth… The truth was the same as your truth. What is your truth? I did the same things you all did. Perhaps I did them in larger numbers. I was never appreciated. They don't even know what I did. I don't care. But I refuse to sit here, meeting after meeting, listening to the same crap over and over again."
"What are you talking about?" Ellen looked at her intensely with those big green eyes of hers that begged to be shut down, smiling.
Charlotte reciprocated the smile. The bastard is smiling that same cryptic smile her family had smiled. She'd have to do something about this Ellen.
"Never mind. I apologize for the outburst and I'll leave you to your meeting. This is clearly the wrong support group for me."
Amidst feeble protests, Charlotte walked towards the donut table. "30 plus 50, 80. Well, that's just about right. You don't mind I take one of these, do you?"
Everyone shook their heads, relieved she was about to leave them for good. She could see that in their eyes. When she left the room, donut in hand, she had a new project.
Throughout the next few months, the media did mention the disappearance of a certain moderator of an obscure local support group, a woman whose past was never quite clear and one who made the controversial decision to start a support group for people who felt the urge to perpetrate acts of extreme violence towards others but who had never acted on it - that last bit was clearly stressed in the brochure; it was underlined, bold and in italic, just in case.
The police looked into every attending member of the group. They even checked former members, most of them serving time in jail. They talked to the neighbors and all they said was that she was such a friendly, happy, thoughtful young woman. They did talk to Charlotte too and they found nothing relevant.
As the police drove away, she took a deep breath. No problem. Everything was ok. The lavender was working amazingly well. The neighbors loved the scent and even the homicide detectives praised it. She hated lavender, but what could she do.
"And that makes 81." One day, they'd know about her, one day. A snicker followed the mumbled words. She had done it once again. And once again, no one had noticed it. Perfect.
500 Word Snatch Writing Challenge (daily sessions)
Prompt: "I can do strange things, believe me."
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Jesa 9/17/2015
Impressive. And grim.
Thank you for your comment, Jesa. I appreciate the feedback.
Cybele Moon 9/18/2015
Oh Lizzie- you are wonderfully macabre!!!
It was the prompt's fault *innocent look*! ;)
Now That Her Secret Was Out
Time to Start the New Writing Season


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An-Nászír Szaláh ad-Dín Júszuf ibn Ajjúb, egyszerűsítve Szaladin (Tikrit, 1137 – Damaszkusz, 1193. március 4.) kurd származású egyiptomi hadvezér, Egyiptom és Szíria első szultánja, az Ajjúbida Birodalom megalapítója, a hadtörténet egyik legkiemelkedőbb stratégája. Hagyományosan a legnagyobb muszlim hősök köze sorolják, hiszen neki sikerült ugyanis – hol békésen, hol fegyverrel – összekovácsolnia a régóta viaskodó muszlim államokat, majd a Közel-Kelet egyesítése után birodalmának óriási haderejével sikeresen a Jeruzsálemi Királyság ellen fordult, mindezt lovagiasan és az iszlám törvényeit, valamint a korszak hadviselési tradícióit szem előtt tartva. Első nagy szentföldi győzelmét Hattín szarvainál aratta 1187-ben, nem sokkal később pedig magát a szent várost is sikerült bevennie.

Szaladin szultán kiváló hadvezér és igazságos uralkodó hírében állt már életében. A keresztesekkel vívott háborúi során bizonyított lovagiasságának köszönhetően nagy és méltó ellenfélként maradt meg az európai emlékezetben. Kortársai szerint mindezek mellett rendkívül adakozó is volt, a luxust nélkülözte, minden vagyonát birodalma gyarapítására és a szegények ellátására fordította. Amikor halála után emberei kinyitották személyes kincstárát, semmit nem találtak benne.

Életrajza
Kurd származású, apja Ajjúb katonai parancsnok volt. Fiatal korában vallási tanulmányokkal foglalkozott, katonai pályafutását apja és nagybátyja, Aszad ad-ín Sírkúh oldalán kezdte. Nagybátyja oldalán három egyiptomi hadjáratban vett részt (1164-1169), eleinte kevés lelkesedéssel. 1167-ben, az Alexandria ostromát követő tárgyalások alkalmával Szaladin sok barátra tett szert a keresztesek között, egyes utólagos híresztelések szerint III. Toroni Henfrid fővezér lovaggá is ütötte.

Nagybátyja halála után 1169-ben ő lett az Egyiptomban állomásozó szíriai csapatok vezetője és a Fátimida Kalifátus nagyvezírje. Ugyan elég tapasztalatlan volt még, de a kalifa éppen ezért választotta őt, remélve, hogy az új vezír tapasztalatlanságában a fátimída tisztviselőkre fog hallgatni. Szaladin azonban buzgó szunnita lévén a síita Fátimida-dinasztia ellensége volt, amelyet 1171-ben megfosztott a tróntól. Uralkodóként elősegítette az iszlám vallási intézmények erősödését és terjedését, főiskolákat és mecseteket alapított, és megbízásokat adott vallási kérdésekről, főleg a dzsihád ideológiájáról szóló művek megírására.

Meghódította Damaszkuszt és több más várost, 1183-ban pedig arra kényszerítette Imad al-dint, hogy átengedje neki egész Szíriát. Ezt követően a bagdadi kalifa, Aal-Naszir áldásával Kairóban Egyiptom és Szíria szultánjává koronáztatta magát.

Szaladin minden erejével a keresztesek által alapított Jeruzsálemi Királyság ellen fordult. A hosszan tartó küzdelem vége az lett, hogy a partvidék Jaffától Türoszig a keresztényeknek jutott, a Szentföld nagyobb része ellenben Szaladin hatalmában maradt. Nyolcvannyolc évig tartó keresztes uralom után 1187. október 2-án visszahódította Jeruzsálemet, és holtpontra juttatta az ellentámadásként indított harmadik keresztes hadjáratot.

Családja
Szaladin 17 fiút és egy leányt hagyott hátra. Utódai, az Ajjúbidák benne tisztelték hatalmuk alapítóját.

Emlékezete
Mivel Jeruzsálem visszafoglalása után Szaladin és katonái civilizáltan és türelmesen bántak a város lakóival, Szaladin mint nemes és lovagias ellenfél maradt meg a Nyugat történelmi emlékezetében.

Kortársai szerint jellemző tulajdonsága volt a szerénység és nagylelkűség. Látogatóival szemben nagy tisztelettel és nyájasan viselkedett. Megvetette a gazdagságot és fényűzést, és olyan mértékben adakozó volt, hogy kincstárnokai felelőtlennek tartották. Amikor szemrehányást tettek neki nagyvonalúsága miatt, Szaladin így válaszolt: "Vannak emberek, akik számára a pénz nem jelent többet a homoknál."

Jegyzetek

Források

További információk
 Abú Sáma: Szaladin szultán jellemzése (1193)

Kurdok
Egyiptom szultánjai
Keresztes háborúk
Muszlim uralkodók
1137-ben született személyek
1193-ban elhunyt személyek

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Home Women Veterans Historical Project [Lelia L. Hamilton in white uniform in cafeteria, circa 1952]
[Lelia L. Hamilton in white uniform in cafeteria, circa 1952]
Title [Lelia L. Hamilton in white uniform in cafeteria, circa 1952]
Item creator's name Hamilton, Leila L.
Subject headings Korean War, 1950-1953
United States--Armed Forces--African Americans
Era Post World War II, Korea (1947-1963)
Service branch Air Force--WAF
Item description Photograph of Lelia L. Hamilton in a white work uniform with bars on lapels and epaulets at a steam table laying out a tray of buns. Four large coffee urns stand in the background at left, dining people in service white uniforms in background at right, two trays of freshly sliced tomatoes on the steam table in foreground at right.
Veteran's name Hamilton, Leila L.
Veteran's biography Leila L. Hamilton (b. 1926) served as an aircraft controller in the U.S. Air Force from 1951-1955 .
Leila L. Hamilton was born in 1926 in Brooks County, Georgia. She received an officer's commission and served as an aircraft controller in the U.S. Air Force from 1951-1955. She was stationed at the McCord Air Force base in Tacoma, Washington; the Spangdahlm Air Force Base in Spangdahlm, Germany; the US Air Force Headquarters in Romstine, Germany; the Wheelis Air Force Base in Tripoli, Libya and the Syracuse New York Air Force Station. She retired as a first Lieutenant.
Image type Full uniform
Source collection WV0483 Lelia L. Hamilton Papers
Collection summary April 2010 oral history interview.
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Object ID WV0483.6.004