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"She's trying to make a devil out of me": Abraxas (Santana)
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Genre: Latin Rock, Jazz Rock
Preceded by: Santana (1969)
Followed by: Santana III (1971)
The border between Mexico and the USA is an interesting phenomenon. It's the border with the most legal passages in the world. Besides, it's probably also the border with the most illegal passages worldwide. Whatever the exact numbers are, Mexico as well as the US are both benefited somehow by this flow of immigrants. Cheap manpower is needed in the US, while the money transfers in the other direction are needed to support the Mexican economy. Carlos Santana was one of those numerous Mexicans crossing this border when moving from Tijuana to San Francisco and although I have no clue about his support of the Mexican economy, I do know he enriched the US and the rest of the world with Abraxas.
In this hippie capital of America, young Carlos was a live witness of the arising flower power culture. This led him to discovering different kind of musical genres, thereby slowly creating his own musical melting pot. In a time and at a place where a dozen bands a day were founded (with another dozen breaking up again), it was no surprise that Carlos himself was discovered one day. However, each of these discoveries in those days came with a legend, so here we go: Carlos was discovered while substituting the guitar player of an improvised band (composed by members of different bands like Jefferson Airplane and the Grateful Dead), that was replacing an intoxicated Paul Butterfield.
Carlos quickly formed his own first band shortly afterwards: the Santana Blues Band (1967). He recruited David Brown from California on bass and Gregg Rolie (the original singer of Journey later on) from Seattle on keyboards and lead vocals. Some replacements and additions on drums and percussion were passed through before the band was shaped that would shine on the legendary Woodstock stage. It really stood out on this line up filled with psychedelic and folk rock bands, thanks to the Latin percussion setup consisting of congas, timbales and bongos. The eccentric combination of the rhythms that these instruments were able to produce together with Carlos' traditional blues rock riffs made their performance a huge success; the Mexican immigrant was conquering America.
The band's first and self-eponymous album (1969) was released as a logical outcome of this break-through and became a great success in Carlos' new homeland. Does that mean that it was all good news for the band at that point? Certainly not, as the tensions within the group were following the success. The percussionists were dealing with personal issues and on top of that Rolie and Santana were having different views on which direction to continue with the band. Rolie wanted to emphasize the hard (blues) rock roots of the band, while Santana wanted to widen the jazzy sound. However, before the original Woodstock line-up would fall apart, it released two more parts of a legendary trilogy: Abraxas and Santana III.
Abraxas kicks off with 'Singing Winds, Crying Beasts' (written by conga player Mike Carabello). This track is in the end nothing more than the intro of what's about to come, but an intro can hardly sound more perfect. With the album sleeve in my hands I'm slowly leaving the world I'm laying in while I'm sinking in this Fata Morgana of mystical sounds. Calmed at first by the wind chimes, but being startled suddenly by the crying beasts that are rising from Santana's guitar. Aware of the danger but still a little uncomfortable because of this strange world I'm entering, I'm starting to hear some identifiable sounds. This is one of Fleetwood Mac's early hits I'm listening to: 'Black Magic Woman', written by Peter Green. However, this version (sung by Rolie) has transformed the original blues rock song in an esoteric epos, thanks to the adding of versatile percussion, the mix with 'Gypsy Queen' and of course the enchanting guitar licks of the master himself.
I'm completely under the spell of this album now and another familiar composition has reached me when I recognize 'Oye Como Va' from the legendary Tito Puente. But instead of the flute and a brass section I'm overwhelmed by a striking combo of Greg Rolie's pumping organ and Santana's dancing guitar riff, interchanged by the Latin vocals. By adding these rock and blues elements to this song, Santana was laying the groundworks for Latin rock. But how about Santana's own writing skills? Just when I'm reaching for the album sleeve to find about this, 'Incident at Neshabur' starts to play. Carlos wrote this song together with Alberto Gianquinto, which turned out to be a gem. Starting with a strong portion of jazz fusion, the song immediately grips you at your throat, strengthening this grip with a sequence of rhythm changes. The song keeps growing and growing with one solo after another, before releasing you with a relaxing outro. Time to take a breath now, before turning the record over.
The first song of side 2, 'Se A Cabo', immediately kicks us back into the album. It's another fast song, but a lot shorter this time. Written by conga and timbales player Chepito Areas, it may be no surprise that the percussion is taking control of this song. But let's not stray off too much, as the best song of the album is waiting for us: 'Mother's Daughter'. Maybe not that well-known as some songs on Side 1, as it doesn't have that typical latin rock sound many people associate with Santana. But the real hard rock roots of the band are to be heard right here (clearly a song written by Rolie), with the vocals, guitar, bass, organ and drums forming a great combo.
Variation is one of the secret powers of this album, tremendously illustrated by the way 'Mother's Daughter' is followed by 'Samba Pa Ti', another song that was written by Santana and another latin rock classic. By far the slowest song of the album, completely instrumental and obviously dominated by the guitar playing of Sir Carlos. Over to another Rolie song then with 'Hope You're Feeling Better', which was the third single of the album after 'Black Magic Woman' and 'Oyo Como Va'. The song illustrates once more the great rock 'n roll voice of Gregg Rolie, who opens the song himself with a great organ intro. The guitar playing is more raw than on the rest of the album, making this song a last highlight. Sure, there's one more track left, 'El Nicoya', but this is in fact the most disappointing part of the album. After such a great intro, you might also expect some more inspiration in bringing it to a conclusion.
Abraxas knocked Cosmo's Factory from #1 in the US, to be replaced at its turn (temporarily) by Led Zeppelin III. As pointed out already in this review, this success was mainly due to the fact that it contains so much variation without becoming an incoherent collection of musical genres. The smooth transitions between different genres give this album a very mature character, especially for a band that only just had its break-through and had to release its second album. Let's finish with a quote from the album's back cover, a line from Herman Hesse's book Demian, that explains where the band got the name for the album from (the painting was used as album cover), and which is meanwhile also applicable to the album itself:
"We stood before it and began to freeze inside from the exertion. We questioned the painting, berated it, made love to it, prayed to it: We called it mother, called it whore and slut, called it our beloved, called it Abraxas…."
1. Mother's Daughter
2. Black MagicWoman / Gypsy Queen
3. Hope You're Feeling Better
Posted on June 2, 2012 March 25, 2013
"Call me the Hunter, that's how I got my fame": Led Zeppelin (Led Zeppelin)
Genre: Blues Rock, Hard Rock
Followed by: Led Zeppelin II (1969)
Related to: The Jimi Hendrix Experience – Are You Experienced, Blue Cheer – Vincebus Eruptum
It's January 1969 and The Beatles are digging their way through the Get Back-sessions. During a little break they are talking about a new album that Jimmy Page has produced. 'Wasn't he the one who was in the Yardbirds?', asks George Harrison. The Yardbirds was the favorite band of Jimi Hendrix when he brought together blues rock, psychedelic rock and hard rock on his 1967 debut with the Experience. Two years later, Page has his own band, releasing their own album. 'With a kid called John Bonham on drums. He is unbelievable.', according to the rattling Fab Four.
Later that year, this new band called Led Zeppelin would release their classic hard rock album Led Zeppelin II, which would knock The Beatles' Abbey Road from #1. But what about their bluesy debut album? And what about this band in general?
The Yardbirds were falling apart in 1968 with Jeff Beck forming his own band (The Jeff Beck Group) and bass player Chris Dreja becoming a photographer. However, they still had some contractual obligations for a tour in Scandinavia. So remaining member Jimmy Page decided to bring in singer Robert Plant and drummer John Bonham, two members from Band of Joy, and complete the tour as The New Yardbirds. Some guy called John Paul Jones contacted the band himself to become the new bass player. They performed in Denmark for the first time together and completed the tour successfully.
Shortly after the tour, the band began to record their first album, consisting of songs they had played during their live gigs. It was recorded in a very short time period, with Page covering all the costs. But Dreja forced the new band to change its name, as they were only allowed to use 'The New Yardbirds' for their final tour. This is how Led Zeppelin was born, choosing an image of the famous burning Hindenburg (the former pride of nazi Germany), a 'lead zeppelin', for the album cover. The album would contain a heavy blues rock sound (including some covers of traditional American blues songs), combined with some extreme guitar-driven and riff-based hard rock sound, just like Hendrix did two years earlier.
Sure thing is that the traditional blues is better represented on this album, most notably with the Willie Dixon covers 'You Shook Me' and 'I Can't Quit You Baby'. The first one has a typical slowly lingering blues beat, with a very cool instrumental part in the middle of the song where a screaming Plant is continually echoing Page's guitar sounds. The song caused a dispute with Page's former buddy Jeff Beck, as he had recorded the same song some months before. The other Dixon song is also a typical blues rock song, with a jazzy drum and bass combo, filled up by a plonking Page. A little less bluesy is the ballad 'Your Time Is Gonna Come' (about an unfaithful girl), which is instead characterized by a beautiful organ intro by Jones and a sing-along chorus.
The hard rock songs on the album are easily to distinguish by their higher pace. One of them is the fantastic opener 'Good Times Bad Times'. I still consider this one of the best opening songs ever: the intro with the guitar and cymbals combo, the bass loop in the bridge, the guitar solo, the rocking kick-drum: from the very start of this debut you can hear what kind of geniuses those instrumentalists actually are. This is even taken one level higher on my favorite Zep track and one of my all-time rock favorites overall: 'Dazed and Confused'. There's the thrilling bass intro, the absolute superb drumming from Bonzo, the haunting middle part where Plant's voice serves as a fourth instrument, and then… a huge instrumental explosion with Bonzo's drumming seeming to chase Page's solo like a mad dog, an absolute rock masterpiece. Especially those kind of songs show that Led Zeppelin probably was the best group of rock instrumentalists ever having played together. A last song of this kind is 'Communication Breakdown', a very uptempo song with again a fast drum and bass section, it even reminds you of a punk song.
The three other songs can not really be placed in one or another category. Sure, closing song 'How Many More Times' kinda sounds like a blues song, but it's best known for the fantastic bolero rhythm, which pushes the song along in a very bombastic way, another favorite. 'Black Mountain Side' to the contrary is a kind of strange song on a Zep record. It's an instrumental, with Page on a steel-string guitar and a guest appearance on tabla to give the song its eastern character. Those sounds will return in several songs on later albums. The same goes for 'Babe I'm Gonna Leave You', which is as mystic as some famous songs on for example Zep's fourth album. It's basically a duet between Plant's voice and Page's acoustic guitar, but the strange balance between calmness and anger makes this song a real gem.
After Led Zeppelin and Led Zeppelin II, Led Zeppelin would continue to make high quality and very successful albums, incorporating folk en Celtic music influences, becoming the absolute number one rock act of the seventies. The band disbanded in 1980 following the death of Bonham and was described by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as being 'as influential in the seventies as The Beatles were in the prior decade'. So if you still haven't heard a song of those guys, start with one of those first two albums because they will kick you in the face like an angry gnu.
1. Dazed and Confused
2. Babe I'm Gonna Leave You
3. How Many More Times

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Nowadays, the very idea of a 25p coin seems strange and certainly not something that would ever be adopted into our monetary system. However, between 1972 and 1981, four 25p coins were issued in the UK and if you know about them, you can call yourself a true Change Checker – as for most of us it has become the 'unknown' denomination.
The very first 25 pence coin was struck to honour the Silver Wedding Anniversary year of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip. The reverse design features their initials and anniversary dates.
Five years later in 1977, the Queen celebrated her Silver Jubilee. For this crown, a rarely seen portrait of Her Majesty on horseback was struck for the obverse, similar to the famous Coronation crown. The reverse depicts the ampulla and anointing spoon used in the ceremony.
The 1980 crown was the very first time a person other than a monarch had been portrayed on a coin in their own lifetime; that honour went to the Queen Mother for her 80th birthday. The reverse design features a pattern of bows and lions – a pun on her maiden name (Bowes-Lyon).
1981 saw Charles and Diana's wedding. The crown issued for the occasion was the very first time that three people had been portrayed on a British coin simultaneously, with the reverse featuring a conjoined portrait of the bridal couple.
Despite their obvious lack of denomination, all the coins are legal tender, but the reality is that most banks and retailers would be reluctant to accept them. There was nothing wrong with the continuity of these 25p crowns – they were all their familiar size, all struck in cupro-nickel as before, and all commemorated a Royal British occasion.
However, the Royal Mint recognised a problem.
By 1990 inflation had meant that to issue such a large coin at a face value of 25p would result in a large portion of income being taken up in minting the coin. By way of comparison, the purchasing power of the first commemorative crown in 1935 was well over ten times that of a 25p crown in 1990. It was also a glaring mismatch in terms of a weight to value ratio. Four 25p crowns totalling £1 weighed about the same as 12 of the £1 coins which entered circulation in 1983.
As a result, it was determined that all future crown sized coins would have a face value of £5. In fact, nowadays if you were to ask most people the value of any crown-sized coin, their response would be £5 as we have so readily become accustomed to this new denomination.
But for those in the know, there will always be four highly collectible exceptions to the rule.
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The micro server part comes with up to eight cores and will compete with new ARM based micro server chips. Since Intel has been doing servers for a long time, it has been said that this versions will be extremely competitive to ARM chips.
Furthermore we have learned that Silvermont 22nm Atoms will give all ARM chips a good run for their money in most markets including tablets, netbooks, nettops and servers. This comes as a surprise, as there is a general (mis)conception that ARM makes better low power chips, but with 22nm Atoms this can change to Intel's advantage.
It will at least make Intel more competitive that it is today and help Intel gain some popularity against the ARM alliance. Powerful ARM chips such as Qualcomm's Snapdragon 800 and Nvidia's Tegra 4 that can cause some damage to Intel's sales in entry level market, especially in the tablet space.


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Pros and Cons of Fennel Seeds
Written by Sylvie Tremblay; Updated December 06, 2018
1 Health Benefits of Star Anise
2 What Are the Benefits of Fennel Herbs?
3 Vegetable Fennel & the Digestive System
4 The Advantages of Broccoli Sprouts
Want to develop a mean plan full of delicious, exciting meals you'll look forward to? Start cooking with more spices! Seasonings are the very easiest way to elevate home cooking, and can turn well-worn staples like grilled chicken and veggies into meals you'd love to serve guests.
Fennel, while not as widely used as spices like red pepper flakes and cinnamon, deserves a spot on your spice rack. It has a slightly bitter licorice-like flavor and it's highly aromatic, so it will make your cooking smell great. Fennel seeds also provide a few health benefits, with no dangerous downsides.
Low in Calories, High in Fiber
Like most spices, fennel seeds are a low-cal way to add flavor to your meals. A tablespoon of fennel seeds has only 20 calories (just 1 percent of your calorie allowance for the day, if you follow a 2,000-calorie diet). Those calories come from fennel's 1 gram each of protein and fat, and from its 0.7 grams of digestible carbs.
Fennel also supplies dietary fiber, a type of carb that isn't a source of calories but is good for your digestion. Fiber prevents constipation, and a high-fiber diet can stave off other digestive issues, including diverticulitis. A tablespoon of fennel seeds provides 2.3 grams of fiber. This covers between 6 and 9 percent of your daily needs, depending on your age and gender – not bad for just 1 percent of your calories!
A Source of Minerals
Include fennel seeds in your cooking and you'll also get small amounts of essential minerals. Fennel contains modest amounts of magnesium, phosphorus, zinc, calcium and potassium, which promote good bone health, cardiovascular health and immune function. You'll also get a little over a milligram of iron, or between 6 and 14 percent of your iron needs. That iron keeps you feeling active – it carries oxygen throughout your body, so each of your tissues gets the O2 they need to function.
No Cons for Normal Use
Simply adding fennel to your diet is not likely to cause any health issues, unless you're allergic. If you're switching from a low-fiber diet to one packed with fennel and other high-fiber foods, you might develop some digestive issues as your body adjusts – but that's a possibility with any high-fiber food, not just fennel.
As of July 2018, there are no known dangers of eating fennel for healthy people without special health considerations, like pregnancy. However, there's always the potential for side effects if you take supplements, including fennel supplements. That's because supplements are not tested for safety or efficacy before they hit shelves the way drugs are, so there may be potential for surprising side effects. Talk to your doctor before taking fennel supplements to help you avoid any side effects.
USDA NND: Fennel Seeds
Colorado State University Extension: Dietary Fiber
Linus Pauling Institute: Iron
Drugs and Lactation Database: Fennel
Sylvie Tremblay holds a Master of Science in molecular and cellular biology and has years of experience as a cancer researcher and neuroscientist. Based in Ontario, Canada, Tremblay is an experienced journalist and blogger specializing in nutrition, fitness, lifestyle, and health.
Tremblay, Sylvie. "Pros and Cons of Fennel Seeds." Healthy Eating | SF Gate, http://healthyeating.sfgate.com/pros-cons-fennel-seeds-9003.html. 06 December 2018.
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(AP) -- Financial companies led U.S. stock indexes higher Thursday, nudging the Nasdaq composite index to a record high.
The latest gains came as the stock market continued to trade mostly in a narrow range in the absence of major new economic data and ahead of next week's meeting of Federal Reserve policymakers.
Speculation that the Fed will raise interest rates helped boost financial stocks for the second day in a row. Higher interest rates allow banks and credit card issuers to charge more for loans, which boosts profits.
Utilities and consumer goods companies were among the biggest decliners. Energy stocks also fell as crude oil prices declined.
"(Today) is a continuation of fairly muted market action," Bill Northey, chief investment officer at U.S. Bank Wealth Management. "We've been in a very low volatility period of time. We're also a bit between material economic events."
The Standard & Poor's 500 index gained 0.65 points, or 0.03 percent, to 2,433.79. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 8.84 points, or 0.04 percent, to 21,182.53. Both indexes remain slightly below their record highs set last Friday.
The Nasdaq added 24.38 points, or 0.4 percent, to 6,321.76. Small-company stocks fared better than the rest of the market. The Russell 2000 index climbed 18.94 points, or 1.4 percent, to 1,415.61.
Bond prices fell. The 10-year Treasury yield rose to 2.19 percent from 2.18 percent late Wednesday.
Stocks wavered between small gains and losses through much of the day as investors tuned in to watch former FBI Director James Comey testify before Congress as part of the investigation into Russian meddling into the U.S. presidential election.
In his testimony, Comey's first public statements since his May 9 dismissal, he told Congress that President Donald Trump's administration spread "lies" about him and the FBI after his abrupt firing in May.
Stock indexes barely budged throughout the hearing, the public portion of which wrapped around midday.
"Today did not turn into a market event, nor did it accelerate the path toward further progress on the legislative and administrative agenda," Northey said.
Investors have been looking for more progress out of the White House on its agenda to cut taxes, increase infrastructure spending and implement other business-friendly policies.
The Republican-led House took steps Thursday to advance Trump's pledge to ease regulations on businesses by taking a vote on legislation that would undo the stricter banking rules that took effect after the devastating 2008 financial crisis. That helped lift bank stocks.
Goldman Sachs Group picked up $2.98, or 1.4 percent, to $218.76. JPMorgan Chase added $1.04, or 1.2 percent, to $84.95. Regions Financial gained 44 cents, or 3.2 percent, to $14.03.
Traders also welcomed news that members of the Nordstrom family are considering taking the company private.
Like Macy's and other big department store chains, Nordstrom has struggled to cope with competition from online retailers. The company, which has 354 stores in the U.S. and Canada, has seen its stock tumble by half since early 2015. On Thursday, the stock soared $4.15, or 10.3 percent, to $44.63.
Several companies that reported improved earnings or outlooks also traded higher.
Verint Systems rose 3.2 percent after the maker of software for analyzing intercepted communications had a strong first quarter. The stock added $1.35 to $43.45.
Investors cheered Alibaba Group Holding's latest revenue forecast. Shares in the Chinese e-commerce company gained $16.70, or 13.3 percent, to $142.34.
Some companies failed to impress traders.
Urban Outfitters slid 10.3 percent after the retailer said sales at older stores are running lower than expected this month. That followed weak sales in May. The stock shed $1.88 to $16.35.
Benchmark U.S. crude wavered for much of the day before sliding 8 cents to settle at $45.64 a barrel in New York. Brent crude, used to price international oils, fell 20 cents to close at $47.86 per barrel in London. Wholesale gasoline held steady at $1.49 per gallon. Heating oil rose 1 cent to $1.42 per gallon. Natural gas added 1 cent to $3.03 per 1,000 cubic feet.
The dollar rose to 109.94 yen from Wednesday's 109.83 yen. The euro weakened to $1.1222 from $1.1252.
In metals trading, gold fell $13.70, or 1.1 percent, to $1,279.50 per ounce. Silver lost 21 cents, or 1.2 percent, to $17.41 per ounce. Copper gained 6 cents, or 2.3 percent, to $2.61 per pound.
European stock markets were mixed after the European Central Bank kept its stimulus program unchanged. ECB President Mario Draghi said Thursday that risks to the European economic recovery have diminished. Germany's DAX rose 0.3 percent, while France's CAC 40 slipped 0.2 percent. Britain's FTSE 100 fell 0.4 percent as Britain went to the polls in a general election.


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by Allison Schiff	// January 21st, 2021 //
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TV ad measurement provider iSpot.tv has acquired Ace Metrix, a company that screens and scores video advertising using a survey-based methodology. The deal will help iSpot track both business outcomes and the brand impact of ad creative and media in real-time, including persuasion, likeability, watchability, purchase intent, brand recall and emotional factors. Advertisers can use... Continue reading »
by Tony Rifilato	// January 14th, 2021 //
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Twitch is mainly known as a streaming platform for gamers. But what's a gamer, actually? "The truth is, close to 80% of Americans over the age of 13 self-identify as gamers, and so the term starts to lose some of its meaning," said Twitch CMO Doug Scott. "People who are into games aren't solely into... Continue reading »
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by AdExchanger	// January 7th, 2021 //
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#ifndef _EGLUPLATFORM_HPP
#define _EGLUPLATFORM_HPP
/*!
 * \file
 * \brief EGL platform interface.
 *//*--------------------------------------------------------------------*/

#include "tcuDefs.hpp"
#include "egluNativeDisplay.hpp"
#include "gluRenderContext.hpp"

namespace tcu
{
class CommandLine;
class FunctionLibrary;
}

namespace eglu
{

/*--------------------------------------------------------------------*//*!
 * \brief EGL platform interface
 *
 * EGL platform interface provides mechanism to implement platform-specific
 * bits of EGL API for use in EGL tests, or OpenGL (ES) context creation.
 *
 * A single platform can support multiple native object types. This is
 * accomplished by registering multiple object factories. Command line
 * parameters (such as --deqp-egl-display-type=) are used to select
 * object types.
 *
 * See following classes for complete description of the porting layer:
 *
 *  * eglu::NativeDisplay, created by eglu::NativeDisplayFactory
 *  * eglu::NativeWindow, created by eglu::NativeWindowFactory
 *  * eglu::NativePixmap, created by eglu::NativePixmapFactory
 *
 * If you implement EGL support, you may use it to enable GL support by
 * adding eglu::GLContextFactory to m_contextFactoryRegistry in your
 * glu::Platform implementation.
 *
 * EGL platform implementation is required by EGL tests. OpenGL (ES) and
 * OpenCL tests can benefit from, but do not require EGL platform
 * implementation.
 *//*--------------------------------------------------------------------*/
class Platform
{
public:
										Platform						(void);
	// Code outside porting layer will never attempt to delete eglu::Platform
	virtual								~Platform						(void);

	const NativeDisplayFactoryRegistry&	getNativeDisplayFactoryRegistry	(void) const { return m_nativeDisplayFactoryRegistry;	}

	/*--------------------------------------------------------------------*//*!
	 * \brief Get fallback GL library
	 *
	 * EGL tests use eglGetProcAddress() to load API entry points. However,
	 * if the platform does not support EGL_KHR_get_all_proc_addresses extension,
	 * core API entry points must be loaded using alternative method, namely
	 * this default GL function library.
	 *
	 * You may implement platform-specific way for loading GL entry points
	 * by implementing this method.
	 *
	 * Default implementation provides entry points for ES2 and ES3 APIs
	 * if binary is directly linked against GLES library.
	 *
	 * \param contextType	GL context type
	 * \param cmdLine		Reserved for future use
	 *//*--------------------------------------------------------------------*/
	virtual tcu::FunctionLibrary*		createDefaultGLFunctionLibrary	(glu::ApiType apiType, const tcu::CommandLine& cmdLine) const;

protected:

	/*--------------------------------------------------------------------*//*!
	 * \brief Native display factory registry
	 *
	 * Native display factory registry holds list of eglu::NativeDisplayFactory
	 * objects that can create eglu::NativeDisplay instances. You should
	 * implement eglu::NativeDisplay and eglu::NativeDisplayFactory and add
	 * instance of that factory implementation to this registry.
	 *
	 * --deqp-egl-display-type command line argument is used to select the
	 * display factory to use. If no type is given in command line, first entry
	 * is used.
	 *//*--------------------------------------------------------------------*/
	NativeDisplayFactoryRegistry		m_nativeDisplayFactoryRegistry;
};

} // eglu

#endif // _EGLUPLATFORM_HPP


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Q: R Suicide : Fatal error: unable to initialize the JIT I have installed R on my windows server 2019 and installed Rcpp package, then compressed its installation to a zip file (R-4.0.2.zip).
In a C++ application on another machine, I decompress this R-4.0.2.zip, set R_HOME and PATH to point to the extracted directory and /bin/x64, respectively. I then load R.dll to run a simple R script.
I have run this application on my machine using the extracted R-4.0.2.zip and also another machine with no pre-installation of R where I have access to its graphical user interface. However, when I run it on another machine (server), which I don't have access to its graphical interface, the R suicides itself with a message in a messagebox (that I can only see with a windows debugger from its dump).
Fatal error: unable to initialize the JIT
user32!SoftModalMessageBox+0x228b [d:\xx\windows\core\ntuser\client\msgbox.c @ 1235]
user32!MessageBoxWorker+0x2ec [d:\xx\windows\core\ntuser\client\msgbox.c @ 782]
user32!MessageBoxTimeoutW+0xd5 [d:\xx\windows\core\ntuser\client\msgbox.c @ 439]
user32!MessageBoxTimeoutA+0x102 [d:\xx\windows\core\ntuser\client\msgbox.c @ 483]
user32!MessageBoxExA+0x10 [d:\xx\windows\core\ntuser\client\msgbox.c @ 369]
user32!MessageBoxA+0x4e [d:\xx\windows\core\ntuser\client\msgbox.c @ 342]
R!R_Suicide+0x39
R!setup_Rmainloop+0x954

Any idea what could be the potential problem for this? do I need to install a specific package such as Rserve, any specific firewall rule? [the CPP application and R script run on the same machine though]

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SYNOPSIS: Rumspringa is the time when Amish teens are allowed to experience life without the rules. It's an exciting time of personal discovery and growth before committing to the church. But when a young teen disappears without a trace, the carefree fun comes to an abrupt and sinister end, and fear spreads through the community like a contagion.
Well, well, well. This was probably the first Kate Burkholder book that I enjoyed, for a multitude of reasons. For one, Burkholder herself was far less grating in this one, and less liquor and "poor me" helped immensely. Then there was the fact that there was actually some change and development in the relationship between her and Tomasetti. I also enjoyed the fact that, while she spoke for ages about the Amish again, it wasn't nearly as bad in the other books, because they were not these amazingly perfect beings or anything like that. The story was also extremely interesting, a mystery I wanted to know more of, to figure out, and instead of wasting forever and six days going around in circles in the case as usual, Castillo lines this one up perfectly, and it keeps you hooked and engaged throughout. Man, it's actually a really good story. Not too many bells and whistles, but it's a goodie. I think another relief for me was that technically all this drama concerning the Amish was not taking place in Painter's Mill for a change, because I maintain that, while Burkholder has been chief of police there for three years, for a small, idyllic little town, there is a lot of murder and mayhem concerning the Amish, which makes it unbelievable. Burkholder didn't moan nearly as much as usual, and I only had flickerings of annoyance with her this time around, and it made for an overall better experience. As you can tell, I was more impressed with this book than I thought I would be. Picked it up because I was bored and just wanted something quick, and instead I found something quick and interesting, something I did not expect from Castillo's Burkholder series. You can also read this out of sequence – might be better all round for a look at everything, but the book gives you enough information that if you don't know (or have forgotten a lot, like me), you will still follow without issues. Worth a look see (just don't judge it by the cover – gosh, that is bad).
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I'm glad you enjoyed this one! I find the Amish so interesting, so maybe I'll put it on the Captain Eventually list. Great review bestie!!
Thanks kindest! They are interesting, I must admit.
Nice pun at the end there!!!
My mom was into books like these, read em all the time. This sounds like one she'd love. Nice review!
Awww! Maybe she did read these books, if she was into this type of thing. This was definitely the strongest of the four books I've read in this series.


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Q: Formatting ANOVA table and/or ParameterTable without using Grid? Does anyone know if there is an option or function that can automatically format the output of  ANOVATable and ParameterTable, but without using the Grid function ?

A: You can MapAt Style to specific Parts:
data = {{0, 1}, {1, 0}, {3, 2}, {5, 4}};
lm = LinearModelFit[data, x, x];

lm["ANOVATable"][[1, 1]]
(*{{"","DF","SS","MS","F\[Hyphen]Statistic","P\[Hyphen]Value"},
   {x,1,7.1228,7.1228,8.7552,0.09775},
   {"Error",2,1.6271,0.81355},
   {"Total",3,8.75}} *)

rowlabels = {1, 1, 2 ;;, 1};
collabels = {1, 1, 1, 1 ;;};
content = {1, 1, 2 ;;, 2 ;;};

MapAt[Style[#, Red, 20] &, lm["ANOVATable"], {rowlabels, collabels}] (* labels *)
MapAt[Style[#, Red, 20] &, lm["ANOVATable"], {content}]  (* all content *)
MapAt[Style[#, Red, 20] &, lm["ANOVATable"], {{1, 1, 2, 5}}]  (* a specific part *)

Replace "ANOVATable" above with "ParameterTable" to apply styles to  ParameterTable.
Note that lm["ANOVATable"][[1, 1]] is a  ragged array; so you need to make sure that you have the right indices when styling individual pieces.
On related note, to change the CellStyle of the output generated by lm["ANOVATable"], you can use something like
lm["ANOVATable"] /. "DialogStyle" -> "Subsection"


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Home / Cities / Mumbai News / 13 times rise in quantity of sea cucumber seizures from India over five years: Study
13 times rise in quantity of sea cucumber seizures from India over five years: Study
Red giant sea cucumber(OceansAsia)
ByBadri Chatterjee, Mumbai
Over the last five years, illegal trade involving sea cucumbers in India has witnessed a sharp spike. Over 27,166.5kg of dry, wet, and live sea cucumbers worth around ₹29.4 crore (US$3.9 million) have been seized so far, a recent analysis has revealed.
The study by Hong Kong-based non-profit environmental group OceansAsia has identified a 13-times rise in sea cucumber seizures over five years from Lakshadweep, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and the Indian Ocean waters.
According to the analysis, in 2015, three cases were registered, five persons were arrested and 980kg sea cucumbers worth ₹1.04 crore (US$141,610) was seized, while in 2019, 15 cases were registered, 41 persons were arrests and over 12,515kg of sea cucumbers worth ₹13.26 crore (US$1.8 million) was seized.
Between January and August 2020, 11 cases were reported, 15 persons were arrested, and 9,016kg of sea cucumbers worth ₹9.58 crore (US$1.3 million) was seized. Consignments were a mix of live, processed (dry and wet), and semi-processed sea cucumbers.
"There has been a significant increase in sea cucumber poaching and smuggling in the south of India recently, with Lakshadweep and Tamil Nadu now global hot spots," said Dr Teale Phelps Bondaroff, director of research, OceansAsia.
Sea cucumbers are worm-like sea creatures that are single branched marine organisms (invertebrates) high in demand across Southeast Asia, mainly China, for food and traditional medicine. Protected under Schedule I under the Wildlife Protection Act (WPA), 1972, a trade involving sea cucumbers is banned. The Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) imposed a total ban on harvesting and transporting sea cucumbers in 2001.
Soumitra Dasgupta, additional director-general of forests (wildlife), MoEFCC and director WCCB said, "We are fully aware of the rising sea cucumber trade at Lakshadweep. Taking cognisance of the request from the local administration to reinforce protection measures, adequate financing under a species protection plan, including sea cucumbers, has been provided. The Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB_ is monitoring this illegal trade at ports, airports, and all other dispatch points, and regular follow-ups are in place to address this issue."
In February, WCCB sought the Interpol to issue a Purple Notice (a category to tackle international environmental crime against criminals hunting wild animals).
Presently, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) taking over all major sea cucumber poaching offence cases in Lakshadweep.
The general modus operandi appears to entail sea cucumbers being poached from Indian waters and then smuggled into Sri Lanka. "This way sea cucumbers are laundered and can be re-exported to Southeast Asian markets," said Dr Bondaroff adding, "An operation involves a couple of fishers in a small boat or gleaning on the shore, to larger groups using divers and operating several vessels in deeper waters."
The Lakshadweep forest department confirmed OceanAsia's figures were accurate if not more. "Lakshadweep became the source for this trade over the past year-and-a-half. The trade was at a small-scale earlier with isolated cases but witnessing the demand, local people got involved after being given access to satellite phones and the greed for fast money allowing a substantial rise in trade volume," said Damodhar AT, secretary environment, forest and chief wildlife warden, Lakshadweep administration. To enhance protection, Lakshadweep declared the world's first sea cucumber conservation reserve across 239sq km - Dr KK Mohammed Koya Sea Cucumber Conservation Reserve, Cheriyapani in February.
In August MoEFCC sanctioned ₹2.72 crore for 2020-21 to enhance security measures to curb wildlife crime. The ministry agreed to form the Lakshadweep Marine Wildlife Protection Force (LMWPF) by engaging 350 personnel and established three anti-poaching camps in uninhabited islands (Veliyapani, Thinnakkara, and Suheli Islands). Damodhar said recruitment of 200 personnel (part of the LMWPF) will be completed next week.
Sea cucumbers are typically sold dried, canned or frozen form, though sea cucumber powders and extracts are also available, the analysis read highlighting the spike in demand and prices over recent years. The price of a kg of dried sea cucumber that sold for the equivalent of approximately ₹221 (US$3) in the 1960s and sold for ₹4.400 (US$60) in the 1980s and ₹8,800 (US$120) in the 1990s, skyrocketed to ₹27,200 (US$370) in the 2000s, the study claimed. "The prices are even higher today. What's worse, we have come across reports of the involvement of organized crime syndicates in the industry, with drug cartels in Mexico and the Yakuza in Japan getting involved in the industry or using the industry as cover to other illicit operations," said Dr Bondaroff. "Destroying local sea cucumber populations can have a serious impact on marine ecosystems, wildlife, and people's livelihoods. If poaching and smuggling are not curbed, the sea cucumber population will likely collapse."
CBI INVESTIGATION UNDERWAY THROUGH VIDEO CONFERENCING DURING PANDEMIC
Meanwhile, the CBI has been investigating cases over the past two years via video conferencing during the Covid-19 pandemic, said Damodhar. "Due to travel restrictions and 21-day quarantine rule in Covid-free Lakshadweep, the CBI teams have not managed to reach the islands. However, along with our support and the Enforcement Directorate, all previously arrested accused will be rearrested by CBI to track down the nexus," he said.
SCALE OF THE SEA CUCUMBER TRADE
OceanAsia, a marine conservation organisation based out of Hong Kong combating wildlife crime in Asia through investigation, research and awareness, compiled their analysis based on media reports between 2015 and 2020. "There are limitations to our research but we are currently working on a more detailed version looking at the global sea cucumber crime industry, which will be released around December," said Dr Bondaroff. "It is good to see increased attention and vigilance on the part of Indian authorities. However, international and inter-agency cooperation is also needed, as many sea cucumber smuggling routes out of India appear to go through Sri Lanka."
Badri Chatterjee
Badri Chatterjee is an environment correspondent at Hindustan Times, Mumbai. He writes about environment issues - air, water and noise pollution, climate change - weather, wildlife - forests, marine and mangrove conservation ...view detail


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Africa's growth prospects bullish despite COVID-19 constraints and debt burden: report
By Citizen Reporter For Citizen Digital Published on: March 13, 2021 04:49 (EAT)
Despite the challenging backdrop of a global pandemic and external economic shocks, Africa is expected to recover from its worst recession in half a century and reach 3.4 percent growth in 2021.
This is according to the 2021 African Economic Outlook report launched on Friday by the African Development Bank (AfDB).
The outbreak of the novel coronavirus in December 2019 has taken a massive toll on Africa, hitting tourism-dependent economies, oil-exporting economies and other-resource intensive economies the hardest, as well as deepening inequality.
The African Economic Outlook, published annually since 2003, provides headline numbers on Africa's economic performance and outlook.
This year's theme 'From Debt Resolution to Growth: The Road Ahead for Africa', highlights the impact of Covid-19 and government debt, offering mitigating measures to governments and policy makers.
The continent-wide projected recovery, following a 2.1% contraction in 2020, does not remove the threat of increasing poverty, the report said.
An estimated 39 million Africans could possibly slip into extreme poverty this year, following about 30 million who were pushed into extreme poverty in 2020 as a result of the pandemic.
The report finds that populations with lower levels of education, few assets, and working in informal jobs are the most affected and must be protected.
Presenting the report during a virtual launch ceremony, African Development Bank Vice President and Chief Economist Rabah Arezki cautioned that Africa's predicted growth could be subject to major downside risks arising from both external and domestic factors. "The cost of inaction will be large," he warned.
In 2020, government spending across Africa the continent skyrocketed as countries strived to support their populations through the pandemic.
This has had a direct negative impact on budgetary balances and debt burdens: the average debt-to-GDP ratio for Africa is expected to climb by 10 to 15 percentage points in the short to medium term, fueled by the surge in government spending and the contraction of fiscal revenues as a result of Covid–19.
This will result in fast-paced debt accumulation in the near to medium term. Although the average debt to-GDP ratio had stabilized around 60 percent of GDP, recent debt restructuring experiences in Africa have been costly and lengthy because information asymmetries, creditor coordination problems, and the use of more complicated debt instruments, the report said.
African Development Bank's Covid response
AfDB reacted swiftly to the Covid-19 pandemic, putting in place a crisis response facility to support countries in mitigating the health and economic effects of the pandemic.
The Bank also launched a $3 billion Fight COVID–19 social bond on global capital markets, which at the time was the largest U.S. dollar-denominated social bond ever.
However, the fundamentals of Africa's debt burden must be prioritized and not ignored, African Development Bank President Dr. Akinwumi A Adesina said.
"The Bank made a strategic and forward-looking choice to discuss a topic that could become a key policy concern in the near term," he writes in the report's foreword.
"We need to address Africa's debt and development finance challenges in partnership with the international community. Much larger financial support is needed, and private sector creditors need to be part of the solution. The time for one last debt relief drive for Africa is now."
The report makes important recommendations for a multi-pronged policy approach to addressing the pandemic.
These include supporting the health sector with resources for health care systems to cope with the virus and other preventable diseases; monetary and fiscal support to underpin economic recovery; expanding social safety nets and making growth more equitable; minimizing the long-term implications of the pandemic on human capital accumulation by opening schools and scaling up active labor market policies to retool the labour force for the future of work through digitalization, industrialization, and diversification.
Hannan Morsy, Director of the African Development Bank's Macroeconomic Policy, Forecasting and Research Department, said: "We have a once-in-a-century opportunity at building forward better, more equitable, more sustainable and above all more resilient. Prompt and bold measures are needed to make it happen, the report highlights the required actions."
Earlier, Professor Joseph E. Stiglitz, recipient of the 2001 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, joined Dr. Adesina for a one-and-one conversation as the event opener. This led into a broader panel discussion to discuss the report.


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The academic achievements of immigrant youths in new destination countries: Evidence from southern Europe
This article examines academic achievements of immigrant youths in four new immigration countries: Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain. The analysis based on the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) of 2009 and 2012 reveals large educational achievement gaps between immigrant children and natives in all four south European countries. The achievement gaps shrink substantially after accounting for differences in family backgrounds. The drawbacks faced by immigrant children in these four new immigration countries are due to fewer economic and material resources being available to them. On the other hand, the educational background of parents does not account for immigrant−native differences in academic performance. This stands in contrast to many traditional European immigration countries in which a lack of educational resources explains larger parts of the educational disadvantages of immigrant children. Our findings provide empirical evidence for the very precarious socio-economic integration of adult immigrants in new destination countries who, despite their relatively strong educational credentials, are placed into the lowest occupational positions. Such weak occupational attainments among the parental generation translate into a lack of material resources and investments available to families to foster their children's education.
Titolo: The academic achievements of immigrant youths in new destination countries: Evidence from southern Europe
Schnell P.
Azzolini, Davide
MIGRATION STUDIES
Abstract: This article examines academic achievements of immigrant youths in four new immigration countries: Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain. The analysis based on the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) of 2009 and 2012 reveals large educational achievement gaps between immigrant children and natives in all four south European countries. The achievement gaps shrink substantially after accounting for differences in family backgrounds. The drawbacks faced by immigrant children in these four new immigration countries are due to fewer economic and material resources being available to them. On the other hand, the educational background of parents does not account for immigrant−native differences in academic performance. This stands in contrast to many traditional European immigration countries in which a lack of educational resources explains larger parts of the educational disadvantages of immigrant children. Our findings provide empirical evidence for the very precarious socio-economic integration of adult immigrants in new destination countries who, despite their relatively strong educational credentials, are placed into the lowest occupational positions. Such weak occupational attainments among the parental generation translate into a lack of material resources and investments available to families to foster their children's education.


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Vegan health information most likely to persuade non-vegans to change
New research from the Pathways to Veganism study, which spoke to omnivores and vegetarians with the aim to find out how non-vegans see veganism has found that health messages relating to the vegan movement showed the most positive response.
Participants in the study said that they would, or already have, passed on health messages about veganism to loved ones. The study focused on family relationships and how this helps non-vegans understand veganism.
The study did however suggest that the morality of veganism is more likely to see a commitment to the lifestyle when compared to other factors.
Dr Lorna Brocksopp, research officer at The Vegan Society, commented: "This has been an excellent opportunity for The Vegan Society to be proactively involved in a piece of academic research which will have a direct impact on professional practice.
"The findings will be instrumental in shaping our future campaigns and research directions, and it has been a pleasure to collaborate with the Centre for Human-Animal Studies."
Professor Claire Parkinson, one of the authors on the study, said: "The research revealed that non-vegans were more receptive to health messages about veganism than to environmental or ethics messages. It also showed how important family dynamics are in establishing and maintaining food practices."
"It was interesting to find out that celebrity endorsement of veganism was viewed with such a high degree of scepticism by study participants, but our findings also suggested that vegan sportspeople and celebrities are important in challenging stereotypes around vegans' health and strength," Parkinson added.
Dr Twine, another author on the study said: "Some of the most interesting findings of our study are in the way food practices come to constitute everyday routines which can be resistant to change. Family relations were seen to be both barriers and pathways to veganism.
"It was also interesting to see that vegetarian practice was becoming 'pulled toward veganism'. Barely any of our vegetarian interviewees only excluded meat from their diet but had also begun to exclude other animal products."
Study reveals that 45% of vegans feel discriminated…
Research proves that vegan meals keep you fuller…
Vegans boycott holidays, despite the ethical boom
Sales of vegan beauty products set to boom


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