Take Keelung buses 101, 103, 104,105, 107, 108, 202, and 203 to City Government bus stop.
Yi 2nd Road Shopping Area is located on the bank of Keelung's Tianliao River and is a business area with classic charm. In the Qing Dynasty, the area was site of a military post. Next to a small hill near the harbor was a good place from which to patrol or observe the ships in the harbor. It was then called "sentry post ship's bow". In the Japanese era, businesses in the area prospered and there was a geisha house. The Yi 2nd Road Shopping Area is much larger than the Ai 6th Road area, stretching from Sin 1st Road to Sin 3rd Road. It is also busier because it is closer to Keelung Night Market. The shops and stalls sell a variety of goods as well as there is a cinema located. You can eat your food, drink, and have fun here.


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Picasso Exhibit Gets Interactive With QR Codes & Augmented Reality [PICS]
By Todd Wasserman 2011-02-10 10:01:45 UTC
Pablo Picasso once said, "Computers are useless. They can only give you answers."
True, but they can also help sell an exhibit. Case in point: The Martin Agency in Richmond, Virginia, put a small budget toward a campaign promoting the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts's Picasso Exhibit "Picasso: Masterpieces from the Musée National Picasso, Paris," which begins February 19. The campaign includes QR codes in print and out-of-home ads plus a dedicated Facebook Page. The QR codes access a website featuring 15 pieces of Picasso's art, plus a link to buy tickets. (The website, discoverthemaster.com, is different when accessed via a mobile phone. When reached from a desktop or laptop, it leads to the exhibit's Facebook site.)
"We started thinking about Picasso and how progressive he was as an artist and it made sense to use technology," says Keith Cartwright, group creative director at the Martin Agency. One problem, though: QR Codes are so ugly. Here, the agency found a solution by incorporating the QR codes into a portrait of the artist.
Ads sporting QR codes will soon go up in 33 Starbucks locations in Richmond. Go inside and you can see augmented reality visions of Picasso's art on the walls using a Layar browser. Fans in Philadelphia will also be able to see the exhibit via AR at an empty store space on South Street. (Below is a mock-up of how the Philadelphia exhibit is supposed to look.)
A Facebook Page, meanwhile, includes information on geocoordinates in various cities where fans can experience Picasso's work via AR. The Facebook Page also includes several Picasso renderings, plus a link to buy tickets. Below are the geocoordinates for displays in New York's SoHo neighborhood.
Cartwright says that he felt the agency had to do its best to publicize the exhibit, which will feature 176 pieces of the artist's work. The bold images were designed to get a reaction, he says. "We just wanted to provoke, which is what Picasso wanted to do."
Topics: Augmented Reality, museum, QR Codes, Starbucks

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The Cryptogram
This was a review of the play The Crypotram which I saw in London in 2007. The man I waited to meet was almost an hour late. If he hadn't been late I don't think I would have read the culture section in The Sunday Times and I wouldn't have seen the glorious review it gave the play The Cryptogram. I wouldn't have known Kim Cattrall was in it or that her performance was described as a master-class. I may have, instead, gone to see some musical the following Monday evening, in London there is always something to see but your choice is usually a lucky dip off the cards on the TKTs notice board in Leicester Square. I have often been familiar with David Mamet's work as a playwright or a screen writer but I had never heard of The Cryptogram. Written in 1994 and despite it's 1950's setting this feels like a brand new and very exciting work. This production is directed by Josie Rourke. The review and the fact that Kim Cattrall starred in it made me glad that I was able to get a ticket. It was also my first time in the Donmar Warehouse. I had no idea how beautifully intimate the theatre is. There are just 4 rows of seats on the front of the stage and also to the sides with overlooking floors above. My seat was downstairs. The set beautiful, elegant, simple American furniture creating it's 1950's style and a high staircase to the side. The story is of a young boy, John (Adam J. Brown), who on the eve of a camping trip, can't sleep and he spends half the early evening ruminating and debating and worrying with his mother Donny (Kim Cattrall), her long time friend Del (Douglas Henshall) is present on that evening as well. They await the return of Donny's husband Robert. Well, The Sunday Times gave far too much of the story away, as at least two thirds was revealed which would have better left to unfold. It is also a very short play, one hour and five minutes but one that feels longer in a good way and because it is Mamet at his best and a lesser known work, it is time to savour. I did find the character of the child, John, whiny and annoying but that is what he is meant to be, his mother's patience becomes the audience's too. But it is the child who is pivotal to the unfolding of the drama and he has the majority of the dialogue in this hour and it is a credit to all 3 young actors who play the part of John in this production's run. Every word said is important, if I saw this play again I would get something else out of the dialogue. Douglas Henshall is truly wonderful here, wide eyed, nervous, vunerable and desperately trying to amend something that cannot be as the night unfolds. Even though I was star struck watching Kim Cattrall she is amazing here. She is elegant and perfectly mannered or composed throughout until there is no need to be anymore. It is to Donny that a cruel blow will follow close after the first, the audience gripped in her emotions, perfectly portrayed in Cattrall's gaze. She is the central character, the one whom the focus of the story is even though this is a play about the turning point in childhood where something happens and things will never be the same again. It is also about the turning point in friendship. This is a play that is heavy in symbolism. What we hold on to, why we do it and what we're left with by doing so. A few minutes into the start of the play, directly behind me, there was a loud crash, I literally jumped and for two days had a crick in my neck afterwards, it sure sounded for real but it was the sound of a teapot laden tray being dropped and then the voice of Kim Cattrall apologising and her introduction. This off stage moment is crucial to the hour ahead, the start, the events now in motion. The crashing noise was right in my ear, at first I thought her voice was a recording but then a second later she strides out, all 50's tweed skirt and ladylike, a true star. Over the next hour you knew this actress, pigeon-holed for a certain TV icon role, belonged on the stage.
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Bergemann, Annette & van den Berg, Gerard J, 2007. "Active Labour Market Policy Effects for Women in Europe - A Survey," CEPR Discussion Papers 6034, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
Heisz, Andrew & Larochelle-Cote, Sebastien, 2007. "Understanding Regional Differences in Work Hours," Analytical Studies Branch Research Paper Series 2007293e, Statistics Canada, Analytical Studies Branch.
Matthias S. Hertweck, 2006. "Strategic Wage Bargaining, Labor Market Volatility, and Persistence," Economics Working Papers ECO2006/42, European University Institute.
Manning, Alan & Petrongolo, Barbara, 2007. "The Part-Time Pay Penalty for Women in Britain," CEPR Discussion Papers 6058, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
Bruno L. S. Falcao & Rodrigo R. Soares, 2007. "The Demographic Transition and the Sexual Division of Labor," NBER Working Papers 12838, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
Herwig Immervoll, 2007. "Minimum Wages, Minimum Labour Costs and the Tax Treatment of Low-Wage Employment," OECD Social, Employment and Migration Working Papers 46, OECD Publishing.
Krogh Graversen, Brian & van Ours, Jan C, 2007. "How to Help Unemployed Find Jobs Quickly; Experimental Evidence from a Mandatory Activation Program," CEPR Discussion Papers 6057, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
Canegrati, Emanuele, 2007. "The Decision to Retire: Some Microeconomic Hints," MPRA Paper 1553, University Library of Munich, Germany.
Zhang, Xuelin & Morissette, Rene & Frenette, Marc, 2007. "Earnings Losses of Displaced Workers: Canadian Evidence from a Large Administrative Database on Firm Closures and Mass Layoffs," Analytical Studies Branch Research Paper Series 2007291e, Statistics Canada, Analytical Studies Branch.
Kevin J. Murphy & Jan Zabojnik, 2006. "Managerial Capital And The Market For Ceos," Working Paper 1110, Economics Department, Queen's University.
Frosch, Katharina, 2006. "Reemployment rates over the life course: Is there still hope after late career job loss?," Thuenen-Series of Applied Economic Theory 64, University of Rostock, Institute of Economics.
David Neumark & Junfu Zhang & Stephen Ciccarella, 2006. "The Effects of Wal-Mart on Local Labor Markets," Working Papers 060711, University of California-Irvine, Department of Economics.
Hvide, Hans K & Kristiansen, Eirik Gaard, 2007. "Management of Knowledge Workers," CEPR Discussion Papers 6039, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
Constantine Manasakis & Emmanuel Petrakis, 2007. "Union Structure and Firms Incentives for Cooperative R&D Investments," Working Papers 0705, University of Crete, Department of Economics.
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Manuela Francisco & Paulo Correa & Mariam Dayoub, 2007. "Exchange Rate Pass-Through in ASEAN: Identifying Supply-Side Constraints to Export Performance in Ecuador: An Exercise with Investment Climate Survey Data," NIPE Working Papers 1/2007, NIPE - Universidade do Minho.
Harald Uhlig, 2007. "Explaining Asset Prices with External Habits and Wage Rigidities in a DSGE Model," SFB 649 Discussion Papers SFB649DP2007-003, Sonderforschungsbereich 649, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany.
Daniela Glocker & Viktor Steiner, 2007. "Self-Employment - a Way to End Unemployment?: Empirical Evidence from German Pseudo-Panel Data," Discussion Papers of DIW Berlin 661, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research.
Michaels, Guy, 2007. "The Effect of Trade on the Demand for Skill - Evidence from the Interstate Highway System," CEPR Discussion Papers 6056, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
Eric A. Hanushek & Ludger Woessmann, 2007. "The Role of School Improvement in Economic Development," NBER Working Papers 12832, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
Margaret Denton & Linda Boos, 2007. "Gender Inequality in the Wealth of Older Canadians," Social and Economic Dimensions of an Aging Population Research Papers 169, McMaster University.
Jacob, Marita & Kleinert, Corinna, 2007. "Does unemployment help or hinder becoming independent? : the role of employment status for leaving the parental home," IAB Discussion Paper 200705, Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany].
Manuel Artis & Raul Ramos & Jordi Suriñach, 2006. "Job losses, outsourcing and relocation, empirical evidence using microdata," IREA Working Papers 200601, University of Barcelona, Research Institute of Applied Economics, revised Dec 2006.
Gisela Hostenkamp & Michael Stolpe, 2006. "The Health Gradient and Early Retirement: Evidence from the German Socio-economic Panel," Kiel Working Papers 1305, Kiel Institute for the World Economy.
Judith Hellerstein & David Neumark, 2006. "Workplace Segregation in the United States: Race, Ethnicity, and Skill," Working Papers 060710, University of California-Irvine, Department of Economics.
Nguyen, Khac Minh & Giang, Thanh Long, 2004. "Efficiency Performance of Hospitals and Medical Centers in Vietnam," MPRA Paper 1533, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised Apr 2006.
Kai-Joseph Fleischhauer, 2007. "A Review of Human Capital Theory: Microeconomics," University of St. Gallen Department of Economics working paper series 2007 2007-01, Department of Economics, University of St. Gallen.
Ingmar Nyman & Jason G. Cummins, 2007. ""Yes-Men in Tournaments," Economics Working Paper Archive at Hunter College 417, Hunter College Department of Economics.
Andersson, Christian, 2007. "Teacher density and student achievement in Swedish compulsory schools," Working Paper Series 2007:5, Uppsala University, Department of Economics.


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Youm-e-Takbeer: The day of greatness
Written by Muhammad Umar
On May 28, 1998, Pakistan successfully tested five nuclear devices as a direct response to a series of nuclear test explosions by India. This day is celebrated annually in Pakistan as Youm-e-Takbeer, which means the day of greatness, and as the National Science Day, to celebrate Pakistan's scientific achievements.
The importance of Youm-e-Takbeer
To better appreciate the significance of Youm-e-Takbeer, we have to understand how and why Pakistan was compelled to develop a nuclear weapons program in the first place.
Yes, India's explosion of the nuclear bomb in 1974, and subsequent explosions of 1998 were the most critical factors. But the loss of East Pakistan, the continued Indian intransigence, and its creeping occupation of territory in Kashmir created an environment of fear and insecurity for Pakistan, which forced them to develop a nuclear weapons program to discourage further Indian belligerence.
The purpose of this article is to provide a better understanding of the history of the conflicts between India and Pakistan that led to the nuclearization of Pakistan.
The Jammu and Kashmir Dispute
During Kashmir's 1946 general elections, the Muslim Conference, which was in favor of Muhammad Ali Jinnah's vision for a separate independent Muslim state, was voted into power.
The British accepted the demand of Muslims for an independent state in June 1947. The new nation would be made up of Muslim majority areas, which included Kashmir. The Hindu Congress Party, and the Muslim League accepted the plan.
Less than a year after their independence, India and Pakistan fought their first war over Kashmir. The war ended in the United Nations, where a resolution was passed demanding that Kashmiris be given a vote to determine their future, which India refused to implement.
On September 6, 1965 Indian troops crossed the international border into Pakistan. The battle for Kashmir had turned into a full-scale war with India attempting to take control of Lahore, Pakistan's second largest city at the time. Despite having the larger army, India could not defeat Pakistan, and the war officially ended in stalemate.
"Pakistan will fight, fight for a thousand years…"
In February 1964, Pakistan's Foreign Minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto addressed the UN Security Council and warned them that if India developed a nuclear bomb, Pakistan would also develop it.
In 1972, having received credible intelligence that India was pursuing a nuclear weapons program, Bhutto is reportedly to have said, "Pakistan will fight, fight for a thousand years. If India builds the bomb… we will eat grass, even go hungry, but we will get one of our own… We will have no other Choice!"
In his book, The Myth of Independence, Bhutto stated that it was necessary for Pakistan to acquire the fission weapon, to deter a nuclear-armed India.
After the 1948 and 1965 experiences, Pakistanis feared that it would not be long before India launched another attack in an attempt to disintegrate Pakistan. Their fears were realized in November 1971, when the Indian army, taking advantage of a political conflict between East and West Pakistan, attacked East Pakistan. Although India failed to destroy Pakistan completely, it did succeed at splitting the nation in half. East Pakistan was lost to Indian interference in a sovereign country on December 16, 1971.
Smiling Buddha (Pokhran-I)
On May 18, 1974, India tested their first nuclear bomb in an operation code named "Smiling Buddha,"or Pokhran-I.
India's global power ambition created a security dilemma for Pakistan.
Pokhran-I forced then Prime Minister, Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto to inform the world that "Pakistan was exposed to a kind of 'nuclear threat and blackmail' unparalleled elsewhere (…) If the world's community failed to provide political insurance to Pakistan and other countries against the nuclear blackmail, these countries would be constraint to launch atomic bomb programs of their own! (…) Assurances provided by the United Nations were not 'Enough!'"
Pakistan learned a difficult lesson from the loss of East Pakistan; that it could not rely on the international community for support if confronted by an Indian nuclear threat. Unwilling to be blackmailed, Bhutto made it his mission to develop a nuclear weapon for the sole purpose of deterring India's nuclear aggression.
May 11, 1998, Operation Shakti (Pokhran-II)
On May 11, 1998 India tested five nuclear bombs. These tests were conducted at a time when conflict in Kashmir was once again escalating.
Recently speaking to students at National Defense University, General Rashid Qureshi, then a Brigade Commander in Kashmir, recalled that Indian troops fired day and night across the Line of Control (LoC) after exploding the nuclear bomb.
There was an environment of insecurity all over Pakistan. This insecurity grew on May 26, 1998, with further clashes. The fear in Pakistan was that India had demonstrated their nuclear capability, what would now stop them from blackmailing or bullying Pakistan in an attempt to take control of Kashmir? And what guarantee would Pakistan have that India would stop at Kashmir?
May 28, 1998, Chaghai-I
The Indian explosions forced Pakistan to make a tough decision. Do not respond to India's tests and thereby risk Indian aggression and the possibility of a military confrontation, or respond and deter any belligerent designs towards Pakistan?
On May 28, 1998, despite a tremendous amount of international pressure, Pakistan tested its nuclear devices as a direct response to Indian action.
According to General Qureshi, after Pakistan's response, there was an eerie silence in the whole of Kashmir, with not a single shot fired across the LoC.
Youm-e-Takbeer
Youm-e-Takbeer, also known as the National Science Day, is celebrated because on this day, Pakistan successfully demonstrated their scientific capability, and brought stability to the region by deterring the threat of India's nuclear bomb.
By testing the bomb Pakistan made full-scale war with India redundant.
Although India did amass more than 500,000 troops to Pakistan's Eastern border during Operation Parakram in 2001, the Indian dream of capturing any part of Pakistan including Kashmir, by force, is now dead.
Pakistan's scientific achievements continue to keep India at bay, promoting peace and stability. Pakistan's most recent development of the Nasr short-range nuclear capable missile is an example of just that.
It is widely believed that India devised the Cold Start Doctrine,with the purpose of engaging in a limited war. The Indian thinking behind the limited war doctrine was that although Pakistan has been able to deter them at the nuclear level they still had space at the conventional level. Pakistan quickly plugged this gap by developing Nasr, "pour[ing] cold water" on Cold Start.
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Organic no-till and direct sowing
Manfred Wenz has successfully developed no-till techniques for direct seeding of commercial grain crops, all while building up the vitality and organic matter of his soil.
This article, written by Stéphane Groleau, is based on a multi-day talk offered by German farmer Manfred Wenz in Quebec in 2006. The article was written for an organic agriculture magazine in Quebec and then translated into English.
We are in Victoriaville, a small town in Quebec, Canada. It's February 28th 2006, and Manfred Wenz has just arrived from Germany to share his experiences with various sustainable and regenerative farming practices. Four days of talk and slides with an engaged audience of 180 people. The attraction: Manfred Wenz transitioned from conventional farming to direct sowing, and hasn't used fertilizer for 30 years.
Wenz started by growing corn conventionally in 1954 on his 30 ha farm, though he destroyed his soil using pesticides, chemical fertilisers, and deep-ploughing (up to 45 cm deep) while rotating wheat and corn. He started with 60cm of rich, dark humus: by 1970, nothing remained but an eroded, compacted, subsoil-colored soil. No more life. Dead soil. Facing the facts, he converted to organic. But continued tillage didn't help at all. It was only in 1980 that the answer came when he met Hans Kemink.
Kemink developed an approach and machinery in order to make permanent beds and avoid ploughing. This way, the tractor never compacts the growing area and there is an undisturbed space for the soil fauna. The machinery consists of two ridge wings to bring soil onto the beds from the path, and one sub-soiling tooth to lighten the bed. All crop residues are left on the middle of the bed to compost.
Even though Kemink's technique helped increase the life and humus in Wenz's soil, it wasn't enough for Wenz, who was inspired by his travels in Brazil. There, he saw many different organic direct-sowing techniques and even bought a direct-sowing machine to experiment with in Germany. But it took 10 years before he managed to adapt the techniques to his farm.
Learning from nature
To succeed, he had to develop a greater understanding of the way Nature works. For Wenz, Nature has all the necessary tools to heal herself. "Nature has existed for 3 billion years; human farms for 10,000 years. From rock, Nature has developed all of the quality soil and the plants around us."
Wenz identifies four main natural mechanisms:
1. Soil fauna
In the soil, there is a system, a whole chain of life with about 1 kg of living organisms per square meter. "Nature has developed a series of specialists, billions of them interacting. There is no such thing as a parasite that needs to be eliminated. Just like a tractor needs all its parts to work, so does Nature." Wenz is especially fond of earthworms because they produce the best humus ever: worm castings keep nutrients in the soil where the plants feed themselves. Worms go up to 15 cm from their holes to get plant residues, making a tiny compost heap over the hole. Once softened and pre-composted by other organisms, worms digest it. Depending on the soil vitality, the number of worm holes goes from 200 to 350 per square meter. This would bring about 1 cm of good soil to the surface, which could bring around 100 m3 of worm castings per hectare. That's the equivalent of 5 to 6 cows per hectare! The rest of the soil organisms equal another 20 cows/ha more! So who said we need farm animals for manure?
2. The presence of plants
For Nature, a bare soil is a desert, an exposed soil becomes pale and dead like the subsoil.
Naturally, the soil will quickly get covered by weeds, what Wenz called "healing plants": the soil knows its needs, so heads toward balance and recovery, just like a wound closing, Nature will grow the necessary plants. So in his five-year rotation, Wenz starts by letting these healing plants grow. A free green manure! Moreover, plants are able to extract insoluble nutrients by their association with micro-organisms in their rhizosphere.
By covering the ground, the plants protect against erosion, and create shade. Thus conditions become favourable for the soil fauna. The absence of light, produced by plants and mulches, also prevents other plants from growing or germinating. In the shade of the cover the ground develops a very fine layer of soil which hardens after harvest. To benefit from this particular condition, Wenz makes sure that a field is resown the very same day.
4. Successive layers
In Nature, nothing is buried. Everything accumulates in successive layers on the surface of the ground. A 3 cm layer, "the litter", breaks up these vegetable residues. The seeds do not germinate in this zone. Quality hay at the stage when one gives it to the cows is best to serve as mulch.
Now comes the direct sowing
For direct seeding in spring, one should first have in his field a plant that has survived through winter. This plant being alive in the spring, it will drain the soil of water. At the same time, such a plant should be able to stand up, allowing the sun to warm up the soil and activate life. The seeds of the desired crop must be sown 4 cm deep in order to be under the decomposition layer.
One such technique consists in establishing a rye green manure in the autumn. In spring, this is layed down at the flowering stage with a roller which breaks the stems. The root continues to push the sap until exhaustion. If it were cut, the rye would start a new stem. The roller is in front of the tractor and the seeder is behind. This way only one pass is necessary in spring, followed by another one at harvest time. That is fuel saving! One similar technique has been practiced since 2002 in the United States. Moreover, the Rodale Institute has a research program on the subject (www.newfarm.org). With this method, soybean makes its pods over mulch and remains clean from weeds.
For cereals, Wenz developed a tool able to work the ground precisely. Composed of blades shaped like a goose foot, it cuts the cover of white clover 4 cm high and deposits cereal right under this carpet. Wenz appreciated white clover for its small surface root system with a deep spiralling root going to the water table, while producing stolons (running roots) up to 50 cm long. Thus, this clover covers ground quickly if it is mowed or grazed, preventing even couch grass from settling. This clover carpet protects wheat, acting as an insulator. The sowing rate is 6-7 kg/ha using the varieties Huia, Nanouk or Kaia.
His main rotation looks like:
Spring: light harrowing followed by white clover sowing and growth of the healing plants. During the season, first he'll cut these plants; later on he'll cut both clover and healing plants. In autumn, the clover covers the field and the winter wheat is directly seeded. This first year serves to feed earthworms.
Spring: wheat grows on a bed/background of clover. After the harvest, by the end of July, the clover regrows. In autumn, the clover is lifted to weaken it before sowing wheat again.
Spring: same as last year. When harvesting, the straw is left on the ground to feed the ground fauna. In autumn, light soil work, and rye sowing.
Spring: rye harvest, followed by light soil work to let lost rye seeds and healing plants grow.
Spring: rolling the rye and direct sowing of spelt, lupins, or soybeans.
A special crop is false flax (camelina sativa) from the cabbage family. Producing seeds for oil, it is inexpensive and a good companion for soybeans, field beans, and safflower. In mixed cropping, false flax ripens ten days before soybeans and stays until both are harvested. Being good heating oil, Wenz uses 30% of his production to fuel his tractors. As green manure, it makes a straight vertical stem that covers the soil rapidly.
Now, Wenz's farm is owned by his son Friedrich who brought in biodynamics, even though they have been using no animal manure, no compost and no ploughing since 1969. But they now use bio-dynamic 'preparations' for soil amendments, some of which can be based on animal by-products so of course are not vegan-organic. Their wheat is sold to a local biodynamic bakery which neither buys nor sells any products grown farther than 14 kms. It seems that Friedrich went bio-dynamic in order to supply this bakery; the 'preparations' are not necessary for the growing system. For Wenz, the idea isn't to reproduce exactly his method, but to dare to try and think about alternative ways. "The humus is the capital. One must live on interest and work to increase this capital. If not, the survival of our children is mortgaged." Today, Wenz has brought back 50% of the humus destroyed and wishes he had understood Nature earlier.
More about Manfred Wenz method: www.eco-dyn.com (in French or German)


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The States Education Department is responsible to the States of Guernsey for the administration of education in Guernsey. Compulsory school age is five to 15 years. Free primary education from five to 11 years of age is provided in infant, junior and primary schools within defined catchment areas. There are also a few private fee paying schools for primary aged pupils and also for secondary school children. There is a secondary selection test at the age of 11, which determines whether a child is placed at one of three secondary schools or given a special place at the Grammar School or one of the independent colleges. There are three schools catering for pupils with special educational needs.


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Who Are You je osmé studiové album anglické rockové kapely The Who, které bylo ve Spojeném království vydáno společností Polydor Records a ve Spojených státech společností MCA Records. Je to poslední album The Who s Keithem Moonem, který zemřel dvacet dnů po vydání tohoto alba.

Skladba "Who Are You" je znělkou amerického seriálu Kriminálka Las Vegas.

Seznam skladeb
Autorem všech skladeb je Pete Townshend, pokud není uvedeno jinak.

První strana
 "New Song" – 4:12
 "Had Enough" (John Entwistle) – 4:30
 "905" (Entwistle) – 4:02
 "Sister Disco" – 4:21
 "Music Must Change" – 4:37

Druhá strana
 "Trick of the Light" (Entwistle) – 4:48
 "Guitar and Pen" – 5:58
 "Love Is Coming Down" – 4:06
 "Who Are You" – 6:21

Obsazení
The Who
 Roger Daltrey – hlavní vokály, perkuse
 John Entwistle – baskytara, doprovodné vokály, syntezátor, žestě v "Had Enough" a "Music Must Change", hlavní vokály v "905"
 Pete Townshend – kytara, doprovodné vokály, klavír, syntezátor, hlavní vokály v "Sister Disco" (bridge), "No Road Romance" a "Empty Glass"
 Keith Moon – bicí, perkuse

Další hudebníci
 Rod Argent – syntezátor v "Had Enough", klavír v "Who Are You", klávesy v "Guitar and Pen"
 Ted Astley – aranže
 Andy Fairweather-Low – doprovodné vokály v "New Song", "Had Enough", "Guitar and Pen", "Love Is Coming Down" a "Who Are You"
 Billy Nicholls – doprovodné vokály v "New Song" a "Had Enough"
 Michael Nicholls – doprovodné vokály v "Had Enough"

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This tie, which is number 6 of a limited edition of 1, 000, was issued in 1984 to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the D Day Landings and the invasion of Europe. The diagonal stripes signify the D Day invasion stripes while the burning sword is the insignia Shaef, the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force. What makes this example particularly special is that the label is autographed by the late Major John Howard who landed by Horsa glider at Ranville Benouville and led the capture of Pegasus Bridge, thus playing a vital part in the success of the D Day landings. The tie is in perfect condition but would benefit from mounting and framing for display purposes.


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THE MIDDLE: What You Need to Know About the Season Premiere
THE MIDDLE returns tonight!
If you're counting down the minutes for the show's return, take a look at photos from tonight's season premiere, and an episode tease…
THE MIDDLE - "Unbraceable You" - Frankie makes a giant blunder when she discovers that school started a week earlier than she thought, and Sue and Brick must scramble to catch up on the days they've missed and re-acclimate themselves to school life. Meanwhile, it looks like the "Year of Sue" might be starting off on a high when she finally gets her braces removed. Axl beats Mike at basketball for the first time in his life, and Brick gets creative in an attempt to find the perfect school book bag, on "The Middle," WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 (8:00-8:30 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. (ABC/Michael Ansell) CHARLIE MCDERMOTT
ABC's description of the premiere: "In the season premiere episode, "Unbraceable You," Frankie makes a giant blunder when she discovers that school started a week earlier than she thought, and Sue and Brick must scramble to catch up on the days they've missed and re-acclimate themselves to school life. Meanwhile, it looks like the "Year of Sue" might be starting off on a high when she finally gets her braces removed. Axl beats Mike at basketball for the first time in his life, and Brick gets creative in an attempt to find the perfect school book bag."
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Sixers impressed with continued growth, strong play of Tyrese Maxey
As the Sixers continued with their long 6-game road trip on Saturday against the Portland Trail Blazers, Maxey had himself another big game. "His voice keeps getting louder. I'm just proud of how he's approaching games. I didn't think he had his best defensive night tonight. I thought he was into Lillard's body in the first game and I thought tonight he gave me too much room you just can't give him room. You can't because then you get picked and you're off and you're behind. Other than that, I thought he was fantastic."
There is just so much to Maxey's game that continues to develop. The Sixers have not done a whole lot of that lately as they have now dropped six of their past seven games, but once Joel Embiid returns plus Maxey's continued strong play could do wonders for Philadelphia.
"I didn't know much of Tyrese but he has a whole lot of [expletive] to his game and it's pretty impressive to see it every day and see every notch of his game get unlocked," Niang added.


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All (Education) Politics Is Local
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Peter Meyer at EdNext chronicles his must-read experience as a school board member for a small town in upstate New York. Recently, his board voted 4-3 to impose an extra 10 percent in local taxes and cut 22 teachers to deal with a large budget shortfall against an overwhelming ballot-box defeat of the taxing measure by local taxpayers.
Of course, there were other options. The teachers union had adamantly rejected a salary freeze—which would have saved an estimated $300,000. To them, a tax increase was much more palatable. Why? A couple of Sundays ago, leaving church, a district official pulled me aside and whispered, "You didn't ask how many teachers live in the district." "No," I said—and then I guessed, "fifty percent." She smiled. "Try 13 percent." So the vast majority had no qualms with sticking it to local property owners. In fact, many of these other teachers lived in districts that were increasing tax levies by just one and two percent (and where teachers were taking wage freezes!).
Meyer's saga puts in a microcosm the politics of education and its backdoor maneuvers designed to centralize power away from parents and local communities. As he says:
How we got from a state constitution requiring that the legislature "provide for the maintenance and support of a system of free common schools, wherein all the children of this state may be educated" to laws taking away the right of citizens to determine what they spend for that "free" education is a long and hard legal and policy road.
And Meyer's little town isn't the only jurisdiction far, far along that same road.
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Nationalists try to block a theatre in Warsaw. Watch a short documentary by Paweł Pieniążek shot at the demonstration organised by fascist nationalists and Catholic fundamentalists against a staging of the play The Curse. Text by Jakub Szafrańśki.
A demonstration organised by fascist nationalists and Catholic fundamentalists against a staging of the play The Curse (directed by Oliver Frijlic) took place in front of the Zygmunt Hübner Powszechny Theatre in Warsaw on May 27 and 28. Anarchists, Citizens of Poland (Obywatele RP), Kazimierz Lyszczynski Foundation members, and theatre goers came to show their support for the play.
On the day of the demonstration the square in front of the theatre became a de facto scene for the prologue of the play, which was staged later in the building. In theory it sounds like a perfect situation for a photojournalist. Everything you need is handed to you on a plate. But actually the square turned out to be more like a hot pan brimming with a fried post-political mix: sermons, kneeling prayers, threats, singing bards, numb speeches, odd costumes, all seasoned with sucker punches, flares, and finished with a stink bomb.
The search for good shots was as hard as the struggle for a sensible narrative that escapes easy cynicism.
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Have the writers for Glee been reading this blog? No, of course they haven't. But I was still very pleased to see that Tina (Jenna Ushkowitz) got her big solo — West Side Story's "Tonight" — in last week's episode, "Preggers." There was a lot of talk about how Rachel (Lea Michele) has a better voice and really should have the solo, but Tina sang it nonetheless. A small victory for the show's non-white characters.
And, of course, a lot of the episode was devoted to Kurt (Chris Colfer) and his strained relationship with his heteronormative father. I'm glad Kurt was a featured player and for the most part, I thought his story arc was intelligently rendered. Though, was it really necessary for Kurt to shimmy effeminately before making his game-winning kick? I'm still not sold on the show's need to turn Kurt into Mr. Roper's vision of the homosexual in every episode. However, the final scene between Kurt and his father, Burt (Mike O'Malley), when we learn that Kurt's mother has been dead for many years and that Kurt's father has always known that he was gay was very moving. I imagined these two men figuring out how to negotiate their complicated relationship in the absence of the mediating mother/wife figure and I did get a little weepy.
One final note about "Preggers": every time Sandy (Stephen Tobolowsky) appears on screen in a pair of pastel pants and a turtle-stitched belt, I laugh out loud. The show should get a costuming Emmy based on this character alone.
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Daniel Montgomery - Again, check out his link above for his book "Leadership Mosaic".
Bible - The Apostle Paul wrote, "All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, reproof, correction, for training in righteous, so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work." More importantly, I learn more about God through reading the Bible and how to lead for His glory.
When I think - I take time to think in the mornings, before anyone else is awake in my home. I spend time reading, in prayer, reflecting on God's Kindness, then I simply think. There's nothing specific I think about, but I just let my thoughts begin and then apply Second Corinthians 10:5 and make sure my thoughts are in obedience to Christ.
Think Big - This one is a struggle for me, but I'm trying to learn this principle. In all areas that I lead, whether it's in ministry, home or the community, I am trying to think 'Big' in all things. Again, I am still learning with this principle. Do you have any thoughts on thinking big in leadership?
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Market Report for Emerald Isle NC for March 2015 shows that there were 16 homes SOLD in March. One was a condo that sold in Pebble Beach, one home was located in Columbus Square subdivision, one property was located in Osprey Ridge subdivision, One property was located in Point Emerald Villas subdivision, two homes were located in Sea Dunes subdivision, one home was located in Shorewood subdivision, one home was located in Dolphin Ridge, one was located in Lands End, one was located in Spinnakers Landing subdivision and the remaining six homes sold in unincorporated areas of Emerald Isle NC. The average price for a home sold in Emerald Isle NC in March 2015 was $397,781. The lowest price home that sold was priced at $84500. The highest priced home that sold in Emerald Isle NC this month was $740,000. Of the 16 homes that sold in Emerald Isle NC in March the sold at an average of 94% of list price. The average price per square foot for homes sold in Emerald Isle this month was $225.49 per square foot.
There were 2 lots sold in Emerald Isle during the month of March 2015. The lots that sold in Dolphin Ridge and unincorporated area of Emerald Isle NC. The lowest price lot that sold was priced at $225,000. The highest priced lot that sold in Emerald Isle NC this month was $235,000. The average days on the market was 552 days.


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If the Earth Could Reward, These Five Countries will be Praised for Their Commitment to an Impactful CO2 Policy
It is no news that the interaction of humankind with the Earth had led to severe consequences – which we are currently tackling.
Over the decades, we are now getting to understand the reaction of the Earth to our exploration, civilization, and industrialization. Terms like climate change, Greenhouse Gas emissions (GHG), environmental sustainability have now become keywords of worldwide concern and discussions.
Thankfully, we are retracing our steps; we are becoming more conscious of the consequences and actively dealing with them. Among all the countries, a few have gone the extra mile in ensuring that Earth's climate remains in a viable condition. Therefore, this post aims to appraise those countries, to learn what they have done in maintaining a sustainable climatic condition for the planet.
Before we move on to appraise these individual countries and their adherence to their climate policy, we must do a global overview:
Where we are: Based on the current greenhouse gas emission rate: we are 1 deg Celsius higher than the pre-industrial (before 1990) global temperature.
If we continue with all current climate policies and adherence to them, the average temperature of the Earth will be 3.2 deg Celsius higher than the pre-industrial global temperature by 2100. Read this to understand the effect of this stat. (https://scied.ucar.edu/longcontent/predictions-future-global-climate)
However, according to the Paris agreement, the goal is not to exceed the 1.5 deg Celsius global temperature increase by 2100. Intergovernmental Panel on Climatic Change, IPCC, gave a detailed report on the impact of a 1.5 deg Celsius global warming. (https://www.ipcc.ch/sr15/)
To the crux of our discussion, here are five countries that have kept to the Paris Agreement, and even exceeded its expectations. This rank is according to the Climate Change Performance Index, CCPI.
Five Most Compliant Countries to a Sustainable Climate Change Policy In 2019
For almost a decade now, Sweden has been one of the leading countries in the EU and the world in pursuing the climate change goal. In 2004, 154 countries agreed to specific renewable goals by 2020. Sweden committed herself and fulfilled the target in 2012; there's pretty much a lot to learn from them.
Currently, Sweden has a Climate Act that was enforced on 01 Jan 2018. The act binds the Swedish government to:
Present a climate report in its Budget Bill each year
Draw up a climate policy action plan every fourth year to describe how the climate targets are to be achieved
Make sure that climate policy goals and budget policy goals work together
As per the same act, Sweden has an aggressive long-term climatic goal, that is to have a zero net greenhouse gas emission before 2045. To also control the use of fossil fuel, a major emitter of CO2, they put a CO2 tax on all fossils to support renewable energy in Sweden.
Sweden also has renewable energy subsidies put into renewable energy technology for cheaper purchases and to promote research and development.
Even though it is a developing country, Morocco has shown a significant commitment to tackling climate change challenges. Morocco was among the pioneer countries to assign a designated national authority to Clean Development mechanisms.
Today, Morocco has a written vision to
Strengthen the legal and institutional framework on climate change
Improve knowledge and observation in climate change and climate science
Prevent and reduce climate risks
Improve awareness and empower climate change actors
Promote research, innovation, and technology transfer
Morocco has a goal to reach an installed renewable energy capacity of 42% by 2020 and to reduce CO2 emissions to 35% by 2020.
Remarkably, Morocco is home to the world's largest concentrated solar plant, with a capacity of 580MW. This renewable energy solution by Morocco offsets about 750,000 tons of CO2 that Morocco would otherwise generate by burning fossil fuel.
As of 2015, Lithuania boasted a fraction of 23% renewable of the total energy used and had reduced greenhouse gas emissions to as much as 56%. This was as a result of a working climate change policy, strategy, and action plan developed for 2013-2050.
In this policy, Lithuania pledges to keep the renewable energy supply at 23% of the final energy consumption by 2020, also that nothing less than 0.38% of the GDP will be assigned the short time goals.
Lithuania's mid-term goal is to reduce 40% of GHG emissions by 2030 and to reduce 60 % of GHG emissions by 2040 below the 1990 level. While for the long term, it is to reduce 80 % GHG emission by 2050 below the 1990 level. Lithuania went further to implement an action plan strategy to carry out the terms in the agreement.
However, according to CCPI, Lithuania has dropped by almost 3% of its total use of renewable energy due to the increase in the demand for electricity from a growing population. Irrespective, Lithuania's greenhouse gas emissions and RE use still fall below the Paris Agreement values.
The United Kingdom happens to have the most aggressive climate change policy among developed countries. Initially, the UK had a target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to 80% (of the 1990 level), which was to be achieved by 2050. However, they recently took on a more aggressive approach, with the same timeline of 2050, the UK now plans to have a net-zero emission.
Notably, the UK has an impressive reduction in the emission of CO2 in its energy sector, compared to the 1990 level. The 2018 provisional GHG emission report showed that there had been a 59% reduction in CO2 emission. As of 2018, UK has a RE capacity of 41.9GW, exceeding the 41.2GW generated from fossil fuel.
Switzerland has one of the most active citizen-groups – pushing for better climate change policies in the world. Even though they have an excellent performance globally, student bodies and even senior citizens (grannies) are actively protesting for more GHG reduction.
The citizens of Switzerland voted an impactful energy policy in 2017, which stopped the construction of new nuclear plants and started the process of gradually removing the current nuclear plants. In the same ambition, funds were raised to invest in more renewable energy.
Based On the Paris agreement, Switzerland committed to reduce GHG emissions by 50% (from the 1990 level), which they look forward to achieving by 2030. Switzerland also put in place measures like CO2 levy on fossil fuels, eco-friendly building standards for houses and offices, CO2 emission regulation for vehicles, investment in RE innovations, and a lot more.
Observing the performance of these countries gives a glimpse of hope for the Earth's future, yet there's still more to do. Countries need to put in more effort into tackling GHG emissions, which comes majorly from their energy sector.
The use of renewable energy is gaining more ground and becoming very accessible; stakeholders need to incorporate effective methods and innovations into how renewable energy is supplied and distributed within their electric grid. These RE solutions are what we passionately pursue at hivepower.tech, to the end that the overall goal of a better planet is achieved.
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Trans Boxing Collective Is a Safe Space For Throwing Punches
February 22, 2019 By Amanda Feinman
(Photo: Teresa Mathew)
Nola Hanson finds boxing to be an intrinsically mindful sport. There is "a framework of spiritual discipline" to it, even if people tend not to think of boxing as a particularly introspective physical practice.
Hanson, who uses they/them pronouns, is the founder of the Trans Boxing Collective, a Brooklyn-based group that offers boxing classes exclusively to trans, gender nonconforming, and gender nonbinary people. TBC meets weekly, but because of anonymity and confidentiality commitments to its participants, doesn't make the meeting time and location widely public (anyone interested in joining should email info@transboxing.org). The collective will be having a fundraising party this Saturday at C'Mon Everybody in Bed Stuy, largely because they are committed to keeping their classes free or donation-based.
Trans Boxing Collective has five "core members," who make up its decision-making apparatus. But there are around 25-30 regular returnees, plus brand-new people who show up for class every week. Plenty bring zero previous boxing experience with them: Hanson said that many had been interested in boxing for a long time, but encountered obstacles before discovering TBC. "I always wanted to learn some form of martial arts," said Aiden Tianchon, a core member who joined the collective in 2017, the year it was founded. "TBC is making the sport more approachable to those who are intimidated or even afraid to enter a gym because of the way they identify or present themselves."
Greer Dworman, also a core member of the collective, echoed the sentiment that TBC takes the intimidation factor out of boxing for gender nonconforming people: "I had always been really curious about boxing, but never felt that there was a space that was safe, that wasn't toxically masculine. Finding TBC was a game-changer."
There are not a lot of spaces that, like TBC, cater exclusively to trans and gender nonconforming people, and are not clinical, medical, or centered around shared pain. This isn't about boxing for self-defense; while Hanson notes how vital self-defense training can be, particularly for trans women, it's simply not TBC's project. Instead, TBC wants to offer boxing classes that are "an additive thing, a creative thing," as Hanson described. "We can connect with one another through physical practice. And do something fun." The importance of fun should not be overlooked: in both fitness spaces and exclusively trans spaces, Hanson noted, fun can too often get deflected or deprioritized. So they wanted to create a group in which it was highlighted.
Fun does not come at the expense of looking inward, though. In classes, Hanson and Liv Adler, TBC's other trainer, prioritize thoughtful connection between physicality and interiority. They place emphasis on breathing, on conscientious placement of body parts, and on quality of movement—all things that help participants establish a strong sense of bodily awareness. "What is very satisfying for me is that all your systems kind of kick in," Dworman said. "There's an attention that the work is demanding."
Some trans or gender nonconforming people experience bodily dissociation or disconnect. "Our relationships with our bodies have been denied to us, by a binary system that doesn't make space for our sense of self," Hanson explained. Developing a mindful sense of bodily presence can be really important. For Hanson, the sport provided a way to mend what was long a rocky relationship with their body. Now, they're helping other trans people do the same.
In this way, TBC aims to be a lot of things. It helps boxers "develop more confidence, physical and mental strength, and mindfulness," as Tianchon said; it provides a fun after-work place to hang out, and to meet other trans people; and it offers a particular kind of empowerment, the kind only available in an exclusively trans space.
"There's a lot of interdisciplinary stuff going on—it's a physical practice, it's wellness, but it's also creating and organizing and socializing." Dworman summarized. "I feel grateful that it has come into my life because the collective as a whole is not one thing. It's very trans, itself."
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__author__ = 'M.Novikov'

import importlib
import jsonpickle                                                           # Работа с файлами формата JSON
import json                                                                 # Работа с файлами формата JSON
import pytest
import os.path                                                              # Работа с файлами и путями к ним
from fixture.application import Application
from fixture.db import DbFixture                                            # Настройки работы с базой данных
from fixture.orm import ORMFixture                                          # Работа с базой данных через ORM-подсистему

fixture = None
target = None                                                               # Конфигурация запуска тестов

# Получение данных конфигурации выполнения из файла
def load_config(file):
    global target                                                           # Использование общей переменной
    if target is None:                                                      # Если конфигурация не определена
        config_file = file                                                  # Определение пути к конфигурационному файлу
        if not os.path.isfile(config_file):                                 # Если задан не путь к файлу, а, например, только его имя
            config_file = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), file)    # Определение пути к конфигурационному файлу по умолчанию
        with open(config_file) as f:                                        # Открыть файл, контроль автоматического закрытия после выполнения блока команд
            try:
                target = json.load(f)                                       # Загрузка данных из файла
            except ValueError as ex:                                        # В случае ошибки
                print(ex)                                                   # Вывод информации об ошибке
                target = None                                               # Сбросить данные конфигурации
    return target

@pytest.fixture
def app(request):
    global fixture
    browser = request.config.getoption("--browser")
    web_config = load_config(request.config.getoption("--target"))["web"]   # Получение данных конфигурации выполнения из файла для работы с Web
    if fixture is None or not fixture.is_valid():
        fixture = Application(browser=browser, base_url=web_config['baseUrl'])
    fixture.session.ensure_login(username=web_config['username'], password=web_config['password'])  # Авторизация пользователя
    return fixture

# Фикстура для работы с базой данных
@pytest.fixture(scope="session")                                            # Метка использования pytest
def db(request):
    db_config = load_config(request.config.getoption("--target"))['db']     # Получение данных конфигурации выполнения из файла для работы с базой данных
    dbfixture = DbFixture(host=db_config['host'], name=db_config['name'], user=db_config['user'], password=db_config['password'])   # Создание фикстуры работы с базой данных
    def fin():
        dbfixture.destroy()                                                 # Уничтожение фикстуры работы с базой данных
    request.addfinalizer(fin)                                               # Действия при завершении работы с фикстурой
    return dbfixture

# Фикстура для работы с ORM-подсистемой доступа к базе данных
@pytest.fixture(scope="session")                                            # Метка использования pytest
def orm(request):
    orm_config = load_config(request.config.getoption("--target"))['db']    # Получение данных конфигурации выполнения из файла для работы с базой данных
    ormfixture = ORMFixture(host=orm_config['host'], name=orm_config['name'], user=orm_config['user'], password=orm_config['password'])   # Создание фикстуры работы с базой данных
    def fin():
        ormfixture.destroy()                                                # Уничтожение фикстуры работы с базой данных
    request.addfinalizer(fin)                                               # Действия при завершении работы с фикстурой
    return ormfixture

@pytest.fixture(scope="session", autouse=True)
def stop(request):
    def fin():
        fixture.session.ensure_logout()
        fixture.destroy()
    request.addfinalizer(fin)
    return fixture

# Фикстура настроек работы с пользовательским интерфейсом
@pytest.fixture                                                             # Метка использования pytest
def check_ui(request):
    return request.config.getoption("--check_ui")

# Добавление использования параметров из командной строки
def pytest_addoption(parser):
    parser.addoption("--browser", action="store", default="firefox")        # Используемый браузер
    parser.addoption("--check_ui", action="store_true")                     # Дополнительная проверка пользовательского интерфейса
    parser.addoption("--target", action="store", default="target.json")     # Конфигурационный файл тестов

# Генератор тестов
def pytest_generate_tests(metafunc):
    for fixture in metafunc.fixturenames:
        if fixture.startswith("data_"):                                     # Имя фикстуры начинается с "data_"
            testdata = load_from_module(fixture[5:])                        # Загрузка данных из модуля Python-а (файла .py) с заданным имененм
            metafunc.parametrize(fixture, testdata, ids=[str(x) for x in testdata])
        elif fixture.startswith("json_"):                                   # Имя фикстуры начинается с "json_"
            testdata = load_from_json(fixture[5:])                          # Загрузка данных из файла с заданным имененм
            metafunc.parametrize(fixture, testdata, ids=[str(x) for x in testdata])

# Загрузка данных из модуля Python-а (файла .py) с заданным имененм
def load_from_module(module):
    return importlib.import_module("data.%s" % module).testdata             # Получение тестовых данных из указанного модуля

# Загрузка данных из файла с заданным имененм
def load_from_json(file):
    with open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), "data/%s.json" % file)) as f:    # Определение пути к конфигурационному файлу и его открытие
        return jsonpickle.decode(f.read())                                  # Получение тестовых данных из указанного файла

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Иога́нна (Иоа́нна) Софи́я Бава́рская () — младшая дочь Альбрехта, графа Голландии, и его супруги Маргариты Бжегской.

Биография
13 июня 1395 года в Вене Иоганна София вышла замуж за Альбрехта IV, герцога Австрийского. Брак между ними положил конец вражде между отцом Иоганны Софии и отцом Альбрехта, Альбрехтом III. Отец Иоганны Софии согласился выплатить 10 тысяч пфеннигов и подарил Альбрехту III крепость Наттернберг и город Деггендорфе.

Альбрехт часто ссорился с членами семьи Иоганны Софии: с зятем, королём Германии Вацлавом IV, и его единокровным братом Сигизмундом, императором Священной Римской империи. Это закончилось только со смертью Альбрехта в 1404 году.

Иоганна София устроила браки для своих детей. Она вступила в переговоры с герцогом Баварии Фридрихом о браке между своей дочерью Маргаритой и его сыном Генрихом XVI. Генрих и Маргарита поженились через два года после смерти Иоганны Софии. Её сын Альбрехт женился на Елизавете Люксембургской, единственном ребёнке императора Сигизмунда.

Иоганна София умерла в возрасте тридцати шести или тридцати семи лет в Вене.

Дети
У Иоганны Софии было двое детей, сын и дочь. Они оба достигли взрослого возраста.
 Маргарита (26 июня 1395 — 24 декабря 1447), замужем (с 1412) за Генрихом XVI, герцогом Баварии-Ландсхут
 Альбрехт V (16 августа 1397 — 27 октября 1439), герцог Австрии, король Венгрии, Чехии и Германии

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Супруги правителей XV века
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St. Herman of Alaska
How can St. Herman intercede for us?
From an early age, St. Herman lived a devout Orthodox life. He was extremely selfless and humble, often known as the "Wonderworker of All America."
Pray to St. Herman for strength in spreading the Word of God and in living out the faith, especially in selfless and humbling ways.
The Life of St. Herman
St. Herman of Alaska was born in 1756 in Serpukhov, Russia to a pious merchant family; he entered monastic life at the age of sixteen at Trinity-Sergius Hermitage near St. Petersburg, Russia. While there, an abscess appeared on his throat, but the Mother of God appeared to him and healed him in a dream after fervent prayer to her. He was tonsured a monk in 1783 with the name of Herman and was received into Valaam Monastery on Lake Ladoga. After some time, he was allowed to withdraw from the monastery to the life of a hermit in the forest, only coming to the monastery for feast days.
In 1793, in response to the request by the Russian American Commercial Company for missionaries to Alaska, Valaam Monastery was told to select a company of their best monks to travel to America; ten were chosen, among them St. Herman. The Company crossed all of Siberia and almost a year later, reached Kodiak Island in September 1794. The missionaries set about their work and found the native Aleut Indian people so receptive to the Gospel of Christ that in the first year, about 7,000 were baptized and 1,500 marriages were performed.
Despite several hardships, the missionaries covered huge distances on foot and in boats to reach the scattered fishing settlements of the Aleuts. They found a warm reception, but many of the pagan shamans opposed their message and sometimes stirred the people against them. In time, several of the company died at sea and several more abandoned the mission in discouragement, leaving the monk Herman alone. He settled on Spruce Island, a tiny, forested island, which he called the "New Valaam," near Kodiak and once again took up the hermit's life, dwelling in a small cave he dug himself in the forest. He spent his days in prayer and mission work, and denied himself every fleshly comfort; he fasted often and lived off of a diet of blackberries, mushrooms, and vegetables.
Despite these privations, he founded an orphanage and a school for the natives of the island, cared for the sick in epidemics, and built a chapel where he conducted divine services attended by many. Anything he acquired was given for feeding and clothing the orphaned children or for getting them books. His clothes were the same for all seasons: he wore a smock of deer skin, boots, cassock, and a headdress, showing his great humility for God and his detachment from worldly items. Again, he showed this when it was discovered that a bench covered in deerskin was used as his bed, two bricks as his pillows, and a wood board as his blanket.
He was not a priest, but God made up the lack in miraculous ways. At Theophany, angels descended to bless the waters of the bay, and the saint would use the holy water to heal the sick. When asked if he was ever lonely or dejected in solitude, he would reply, "I am not alone, God is here as everywhere and the angels, too. There is no better company."
St. Herman reposed in peace on Spruce Island at the age of 81 in 1836. At the moment of his departure, his face was radiant with light, and the inhabitants nearby saw a pillar of light rising above his hermitage. His last wish was to be buried on Spruce Island. When some of his well-intentioned disciples attempted to take his relics back to Kodiak to be buried at the church there, a storm rose up and continued unabated until they abandoned the plan and buried him as he desired.
He was officially glorified in 1970; he was the first canonized American saint.
Adapted from "Glorification of Venerable Herman of Alaska, Wonderworker of All America"
Feast Day: August 9th
When St. Herman was asked about his solitude, he replied, "I am not alone, God is here as everywhere and the angels, too. There is no better company." In what ways can we practice solitude, focusing more on our relationship with "the better company," the Lord, and the angels?
Soon after he became a monk, St. Herman was sent to do missionary work in America; he continued to do this until he fell asleep in the Lord. What can we do to be more selfless during our college years? How can that be continued that after college?
St. Herman denied every fleshly comfort and detached himself from worldly items. What challenges do we face in a materialistic society and world? How can we turn away from that and direct ourselves to a more holy life?
Learn his Troparion
"O venerable Herman, ascetic of the northern wilderness and gracious advocate for the world, teacher of the Orthodox faith and good instructor of piety, adornment of Alaska and joy of all America, entreat Christ God that He may save our souls." (Tone 4)
Pray to him
O Blessed Hermit of Spruce Island, good teacher of the faith in the Holy Trinity, and our Spiritual Father, intercede before the throne of the Almighty God, for peace within the Church, the dispelling of all disunity, faithlessness, and discord.
O Holy Father and Patron of the Church in America: Be a physician to the weak in faith; be a support to the fallen; be a defender to the defenceless; be a bulwark of strength to the weary in spirit; be a guide to the travelers by sea, by land and by air; be our heavenly intercessor.
O blessed Father Herman of Alaska, together with all the Saints and the Heavenly Hosts, pray to God that on each of us He will bestow wisdom for our mind, strength for our will, light for our spirit, enabling us to attain to the true peace of life which is from God alone.
From St Michael's Orthodox Church, Jermyn, PA
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Akathist Hymn to St. Herman of Alaska
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