Among Bitcoin miners and users, mining is still a popular deal to understand how the Bitcoin network is organized. However, we all know for sure that today, mining is a proper business for big companies which are able to invest good sums of money in their equipment and relocation if necessary. Bitcoin mining is a very competitive industry so a regular personal computer with a good Graphic Processing Unit or GPU or even a small mining center with several ASICs, are not profitable enough to do this type of business. There should be cheap electricity bills, accessible shipping of the latest equipment, low costs for staff and other expenses which are vital for mining.
So, in other words, we can say for sure that mining is not the easiest way to establish capital as it was a few years ago when the hashrate was slow and equipment wasn't as expensive. Why should we think about that at all? In fact, if you're interested in the whole Bitcoin network, it is good for you to understand what the Bitcoin system is. It's quite hard to start the deal on your computer because official clients takes about 20 Gb of your memory which is quite a lot to waste without any good reason.
That's why we want to show you a more convenient, fast and cheap way to understand what the network really is.
We are talking about small and free apps for your Android smartphone! Of course, you have to understand that even your last Android smartphone is not smart enough to calculate and compute the network's algorithms and problems to solve a block and get a reward. Moreover, its capacity is too slow to produce any reasonable amount of precious coins so don't be surprised if your phone does not bring you a pile of money.
So, as we have said before, these apps are designed mostly for studying or informational purposes. If you are still interested in being a miner, we can recommend to you a very interesting app. One such app which helps you to mine Bitcoin via your smartphone is Crypto Miner. You can download it right from Google Play Market. It is free and based on clients' reviews, quite reliable and provides a good service. Moreover, it is available to use different cryptocurrencies not only BTC. You need to know the URL of your mining pool which you choose to join a team of thousands of miners. The application connects with the pool and starts mining itself.


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Motocross Challenge DHG games, DHG games, 2007
Motorcycle - Racing - Sports - Stunts
This title is used by the following domains:
This title targets the following audience:
Age : 12 to 16 years old / 17 to 25 years old
The gameplay of this title is Game-based
(designed with stated goals)
The core of gameplay is defined by the rules below:
Freekstyle
Freestyle Motocross: McGrath vs. Pastrana
MTX Mototrax
Nitrobike
Excite Bike
Crusty Demons
Freestyle MetalX
Motocross Challenge is a 2D side-scrolling motorcycle game combining regular racing and tricks. The game can only be played through an emulator or a GBA flashcard but is not strictly homebrew. It is a game made by a commercial developer, but when the project was cancelled by two publishers, they decided to release the game for free. The game can also be ordered on a cartridge from the developer's website. In 2010 it was followed up with an iPhone/iPad release.
The tracks remind of Excitebike while the gameplay seems inspired by Motocross Maniacs. The game offers two main modes: Free Ride (choose an unlocked bike and track to practise) and Challenge. The Challenge mode involves a series of events in 3 major categories: Beat the Clock (time-based), Trick Attack (points-based) and World Tour (race against 3 AI opponents). When all courses are finished, the final event, MXC Championship, is unlocked. The events are divided over different trees and completing certain courses unlocks new tracks or one of the 8 available bikes. The bikes have different statistics based on speed, handling, acceleration, height, boost and suspension.
Gameplay involves a fair amount of physics. When the bike accelerates, the front wheel leaves the ground and this needs to be compensated by nudging the d-pad. Up and down on the d-pad is used to switch lanes. Many tricks (activated through the L-button) involve balance and constant correcting is needed. Next to accelerating, braking and tricks, there is a button for boost. Only a limited amount is offered, but it constantly regenerates at a slow rate. It is used to gain extra speed, especially before big jumps to gain extra air time. The full amount of boost should never be used or let maxed out, as too little or too much slows the bike down. While in the air, using a combination of the L-button and the d-pad, players can perform tricks such as superman, nac-nac of backflip. By completing Trick Attack events, new tricks can be unlocked.
There are different types of tracks, set on a beach, an arena, downtown, in the snow, in a forest, in a desert and even a dump. They contain a series of jumps but also areas that slow down the bike, along with obstacles. The game screen shows the current position of the player (in World Tour), the current location on the track along with the finish, the time (remaining time in Beat the Clock), the current lap (in World Tour), the boost meter and the amount of points for a trick, and the remaining trick points needed (in Trick Attack). The game supports passwords to save and restore the player's progress. [source:mobygames]
Platform(s) : GameBoy Advance (GBA) - iPhone / iPod Touch
http://www.mobygames.com/game/motocross-challenge/
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During my spare time here in Honduras, I am doing some freelance work for companies via various sites on the web. One of these tasks asked me to build a PowerShell script to perform some basic tasks, however there has been 1 snag - 32bit or 64bit OS?
I need to determine the OS version to execute the right commands, at first this is an easy thing to find, look in the Win32_OperatingSystem for the OSArchitecture attribute. If it's 32bit, then the OS is 32bit, otherwise it's 64bit.
However, a problem comes up with Windows XP systems - they don't have this value in WMI. When I wrote the script initially, I assumed that XP systems were out of scope due to their age (probably silly). So out to the internet I go and I find tons of methods to determine if the OS version is 32 or 64bit.
The most complete posting I have found was at http://depsharee.blogspot.com/2011/06/how-do-detect-operating-system.html, and it seems to suggest that the Win32_Processor.AddressWidth is the ideal WMI key to use. This works in Windows XP through 2012, so it should cover all of my needs.
Another option that isn't listed is to use the Test-Path PowerShell command. 64bit Operating Systems create a folder named C:\Program Files (x86) to separate 32 and 64 bit applications. We could then check for this path to see if the OS is running 64bit. This probably isn't the most reliable method as the OS could be installed on something other than the C:\ drive and with different default locations, but if you are only looking for a file to execute, it may be a shortcut.


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Not only will you find hundreds of helpful threads and discussions, but you will even find a number of products for sale with Rave reviews. In fact, My Previous offering was a product utilizing the power of social media for backlinking.
So it's fair to say that using social media sites for gaining higher SERPS and driving direct traffic is a tried and tested proven technique used by thousands of warriors and webmasters around the world.
I know everyone loves viewing results. Before I show you the tool in action, I want to show how these social media sites have helped my own rankings. For this case, I have used an established domain and managed to gain a top spot in Google within minutes. Social Media sites will work for both established and new domains however as with all systems, better results should be expected from established sites. I got these results for a low competitive keyword very fast, just imagine how they can help towards targeting the more competitive ones.
The Social Hub Submitter utilizes the power of Social Media sites to gain High authority backlinks for rapid indexing and much loved Link juice, giving an awesome automated system.
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Take a look at some of the sites that your content gets sent to.
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We needed a way that would allow us to promote multiple sites in a "set it and forget it" manner which would be truly automated once configured.
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Taking things to a whole new level with the inbuilt abilities to work with multiple accounts.
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Let me show you a video demonstrating the features.
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• At least one compression program, e. g. gzip, bzip2, zip, etc.
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Why is the value of the Visibility property is still Visible? When will the value be applied?

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Top marks for Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences in NHS London performance ratings
NHS London has released its latest performance ratings for universities and colleges responisble for training the capital's nurses, midwives and allied health professionals - and the Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences has received top marks.
The Faculty, run jointly by Kingston University and St George's, University of London, has performed the best of all higher education institutions in London in therapeutic radiography, children's nursing and learning disability nursing, and came second in physiotherapy.
NHS London has also named the Faculty as the most improved higher education institution overall. It commissions more than £1 billion worth of education and training courses from higher education institutions each year and was the first strategic health authority in England to develop a comprehensive system for assessing their quality.
This is the third year that ratings have been published. They indicate whether courses are fit for purpose and offer value for money, as well as ensuring that students graduating from the programmes have the right skills to deliver the best possible care when they join the capital's workforce. NHS London uses the information as an indicator to support decisions on where to invest in future education.
According to the ratings, all of the education programmes delivered by the Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences have improved in performance, and all but one have climbed up the rankings. Deputy Chief Executive at NHS London Dr Anne Rainsberry said: "These ratings are an important part of our education commissioning process, helping us to make sure that universities are training the best possible workforce to meet London's future healthcare needs."
Dean of the Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences Professor Fiona Ross said: "Enhancing the quality of the student experience cannot be solved with one magic bullet. We start from the principle of valuing the individual, by recognising that our students come from diverse backgrounds. They have a range of different expectations and needs, and may experience various life events during their programmes of study.
"We address this diversity by providing personalised support, such as strengthening our personal tutor systems, reviewing and providing essential feedback on academic and practice performance, and offering academic skills support, for example maths drop-in sessions and study skills. We also encourage students to support each other and thereby grow in confidence themselves."
Significant improvements have been made by many universities, who have been supported by NHS London to tackle issues such as attrition, course completion, recruitment and pass rates - all of which contribute to ensuring better value for money and promote an environment that leads to innovation and sharing of best practice.
Read more about the NHS London performance ratings.


Apple Music might be getting a complete overhaul next month alongside a fresh marketing blitz, but that's not stopping Apple from trying to tempt more consumers over to the service in the meantime. Apple is launching an Apple Music student plan today that discounts the subscription service by a massive 50 percent. If you're part of an eligible college of university then you'll get to pay $4.99 per month instead of $9.99.
Apple is extending the promotion outside of the US, too. Students in Australia, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, New Zealand, and the UK will also see a 50 percent discount today. If you're an existing Apple Music subscriber you can simply switch your membership over to the new student option, and new users will be presented with the updated plan during sign up.
Apple's new student subscriptions come just days after rumors suggested the company is planning to refresh its streaming music service in June. Apple is expected to switch to a black-and-white design, and will reportedly add lyrics into the app. Apple is also said to be making the service more intuitive to use, with better integration of the streaming and download options available. Apple is expected to unveil its new Apple Music changes next month at the company's Worldwide Developers Conference.


LOVE hand me down gifts, and when they are young they never know the difference anyways!
Hand-me-downs are the best! Mikko was so excited to drive his uncle's old ride-on toys when we visited my parents last.
I really love how your daughters interact. :) You've got good kiddos.
This year I even managed to order some used books for some of my Giftmas presents (for grown-ups)!
Dionna, do you have any desire for a girl... just for the sake of a different experience?


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In an earlier piece, I offered suggestions and techniques on how to best promote and encourage undergraduate research within your programs and across campus. Here I discuss another critical component to undergraduate research: funding. The issue of supporting undergraduate research comes into sharp focus through the following statement issued by the Council on Undergraduate Research.


Screenshot of a map showing the portion of Mt. Vernon Road SE that will be improved during the $2 million project.
CEDAR RAPIDS — A dangerous intersection at the access point to Hy-Vee on Mount Vernon Road SE is scheduled for changes, including a new traffic signal, in the coming months.
Residents in that area had expressed concern about difficulty getting in and out of Hy-Vee a couple of years ago during the Mount Vernon Road corridor action plan, said Doug Wilson, Cedar Rapids Paving for Progress manager. The location has seen 22 crashes since 2015, he said.
The $2 million project focused on Mount Vernon Road between 38th Street and East Post Road SE was approved by the Cedar Rapids City Council last week. It will include new and upgraded traffic signals, traffic lane reconfiguration, water main replacement, removal and replacement of asphalt pavement, sidewalk replacement/extension, sidewalk ramp construction, and concrete turn lane construction, according to a city presentation about the plan.
There will be a new combined entrance to Hy-Vee with the entrance of Mercy Care Vernon Village.
Mount Vernon Road will be configured with two westbound lanes, one eastbound land and a new center left turn lane into Hy-Vee.
The project qualified for $500,000 from the Iowa Department of Transportation traffic safety improvement program for installation of a new traffic signal at 40th Street SE, which will serve as the main entrance.
Hy-Vee will construct the remainder of the new access south of the 40th Street intersection. The existing Hy-Vee access will be converted to a right turn-in only.
Council member Scott Olson questioned whether the project addresses needs identified in the action plan and whether this is part of the Paving for Progress budget. Wilson said it addresses the concerns about accessing Hy-Vee identified in the action plan but not the aesthetics. He said the amount not covered from the Iowa DOT grant would be covered by Paving for Progress, which is an $18 million-a-year street repair initiative funded by a local-option sales tax.
Council member Marty Hoeger questioned whether the changes take into account possible future commercial development at two sites near Hy-Vee along the frontage of Mount Vernon Road. Wilson said Hy-Vee is contemplating a convenience store at one of the sites but has not set a time frame, and he was unaware of plans for the other possible development site. The traffic project does account for potential new uses, Wilson said.
The project is expected to start in April and be complete in September. A contractor has not yet been selected.


Discussion in 'Arts' started by Condoms, Aug 27, 2016.
It truly depends on what type of etch you are doing, but i point of view add some bright colors but not like yellow and orange, no, use something with more of a darker pigment like a light purple or a deep blue. You would try to let the lighter colors fade onto the black, not the black fading onto the lighter color.


IU Health Center's Counseling and Psychological Services added several new options this year, according to the CAPS website.
Beginning this semester, CAPS is offering video counseling for IU-Bloomington students, said Cheryl Paul, marketing manager at the IU Health Center.
Video counseling is available to all students who have access to a computer with video and audio capabilities. Video counseling eliminates travel time and removes the stigma attached to visiting a counselor, according to the CAPS website.
"Students can now have a quick session after class or in their off-campus apartment," Paul said.
To participate in online therapy, students need to visit the health center and complete a CAPS Now assessment to ensure video counseling is a good fit.
CAPS also provides several support groups that are now free. Before the spring semester, all groups required students to pay a fee.
Two new support groups this spring are the Trans Support Group and the Chronic Illness Support Group. The other groups address healthy relationships, self-care and support for survivors, empowering students of color and dissertation, Paul said. The groups all meet on the fourth floor of the IU Health Center. The groups are all confidential.
To participate in these support groups, students need a referral from a CAPS counselor. The only group students do not need a referral for is the Self-Care and Support for Survivors Group.
The Trans Support Group is a place for transgender students to receive have a safe space to talk, according to the CAPS website. It meets 1-2 p.m. Fridays.
The Chronic Illness Support Group allows students to connect with others, share their stories and develop methods for managing chronic illness. The group meets 3-4 p.m. Thursdays.
The Healthy Relationships Support Group is free and meets 1:30-2:30 p.m. Wednesdays.
The Self-Care and Support for Survivors Group is meant for students to have a safe environment to discuss the difficulties of being a survivor of sexual assault. The group meets 1-2:30 p.m. Fridays.
The Empowering Students of Color Support Group is designed for minorities on campus. It meets 9:30-10:30 a.m. Thursdays.
The Dissertation Support Group helps provide emotional support for students and works on goal-setting and stress management. It is geared toward graduate students.The group meets 1:30-3 p.m. Tuesdays.


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California farmers: How the state feeds a nation
Red and green romaine lettuce (Red Tango and Green Ice) grown by Kenter Canyon Farms in Bardsdale, near Fillmore.
(David Karp)
By Russ Parsons
You know how the rest of the country likes to make fun of California, but how much would they miss us if we were gone? You can certainly bet the weeping and wailing would be off the charts at dinner time.
According to the latest statistics compiled by the California Department of Food and Agriculture, the state produces almost half of all the fruits, nuts and vegetables grown in the country, as well as a whopping share of the livestock and dairy.
All told, the state's farms earned almost $45 billion in 2012, the last year for which statistics are available – that's more than 11% of the nation's total. The biggest winners include milk, which earned $6.9 billion; grapes ($4.5 billion); almonds ($4.3 billion); strawberries ($1.9 billion); lettuce ($1.5 billion); walnuts ($1.3 billion); and tomatoes ($1.2 billion).
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Indeed, if California's ego needed any more plumping, there are 66 food crops in which we lead the nation, including growing virtually all of the almonds, artichokes, dates, figs, raisins, kiwifruit, olives, clingstone peaches, pistachios, prunes, pomegranates, sweet rice and walnuts.
But while the state's agricultural dominance is a matter of long standing, there are interesting shifts going on beneath the bottom line. For example, the olive industry, which has been moribund for so long, saw an almost 150% increase in earnings. Tangerines continued to grow in popularity, increasing more than 75%. And table grapes, which have long been a California staple, increased in value more than 40% in 2012.
There were losers too. It continues to be a tough time to grow kiwis and cauliflower; both are down more than 25%.
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In general, though, this has been a very good time to be a farmer in California. Net farm income nearly doubled between 2008 and 2012, almost entirely because of increases in earnings, particularly for food crops.
There are other fascinating tidbits scattered through the report. For example, while there are plenty of large farms in California – 8,700 earned more than $500,000 in 2012 – they are vastly outnumbered by smaller farms – a little more than 61,000 earned less than $100,000.
And the size of the average California farm actually has shrunk over the last decade – from 347 acres in 2002 to 317 in 2012. That's much smaller than the average farm in the U.S., which is 434 acres.
It's important to note that these statistics do not include the last drought-stricken year, which presumably will have some effect.
Still, they'd certainly miss us if we were gone.
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The modern Tex-Mex menu includes mesquite-grilled pork collar skewers, tacos dorados and chorizo-rubbed Denver Wagyu skirt steak.
Sichuan hot pot restaurant Mala Town comes to Sawtelle; Filipino lunch counter opens downtown
Taco Bell is one of many fast-food chains with a value menu.
Are you pedaling a bike through the fields of Provence? Strolling a village in Spain? Me neither.
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San Francisco law restricts restaurants from offering customers disposable foodware
San Francisco restaurants are no longer allowed to offer customers plastic utensils or disposable food accessories with their orders.
Javier Ramos to open his El Vy restaurant without Jon Shook and Vinny Dotolo
Javier Ramos is looking for a new location for his El Vy restaurant.
Mother-daughter duo cook side-by-side at Belizean pop-up No Reservation L.A.
No Reservation's focus swings toward the coastal cooking of Dangriga.
Here comes lab-grown dairy: milk proteins made without animals
The search for sustainable, healthy alternatives to meat has two paths: the meat-mimicking veggie burger and lab-grown proteins.
Review: The pizzeria in 'Eat Pray Love' has a new Hollywood knockoff. It's a flop.
The first U.S. franchise of L'Antica Pizzeria da Michele, the Naples pizzeria made famous by "Eat Pray Love," barely resembles the original in detail or deliciousness.


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Fortune and fantasy on Africa's oil frontier
Bakassi hostages freed
The Cameroonian hostages seized in the Bakassi region on February 6th have been freed, according to the Cameroonian government.
An AFP article has more details: Cameroon says hostages seized in Bakassi freed
An update, also from AFP, quotes an unnamed source close to the government who confirms that Cameroon paid approximately 320,000 Euros in ransom for the release of the hostages: Cameroun: 320.000 euros de rançon
Cameroon negotiating release of Bakassi hostages
Cameroon: Did you say election?
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Apple World Today > Archived Post > Apple files for 'multi-TV user interface' patent for its Apple TV app
Apple files for 'multi-TV user interface' patent for its Apple TV app
Archived PostDennis SellersMay 4, 2020
posted on May. 04, 2020 at 12:00 pm
Apple wants to beef up the features of its Apple TV app, as evidenced by a new patent filing (number 2020133631) for a "multi-TV user interface.
In the patent filing, Apple notes that for years, broadcast television was the sole provider of video content to viewer's homes across the globe. As time has passed, and particularly with the advent of the Internet, numerous other sources of video content have arisen.
In addition to broadcast television, cable television and satellite based television providers have begun providing access to video on demand and other audio and video content. In addition, special purpose set-top boxes, such as that provided by the Apple TV set-top box and Roku, have provided a gateway for viewer's to access other sources of video content not provided by their television service provider.
With such boxes, viewers were able to connect to these other content providers in order to obtain desired video content. Apple says that, currently, there are countless video providers in the marketplace. In addition, music and other audio content is available through various communication channels. Many are subscription based services, and some provide free content.
While the explosion of video content providers in the marketplace may seem a boon for viewer's, the large number of choices and providers complicates the viewing experience, Apple says. The company wants to provide improved "media content delivery systems, methods, and mechanisms.
Here's the summary of the patent filing: "A media content provider includes storage for storing and serving video content to subscribers. The media content provider records and or otherwise stores video content from around the world. The system includes display devices configured to identify and tailor content to multiple individual users. Each user may have individual settings which provide for a customized viewing environment and experience.
"The system is configured to identify users of the system in order to tailor the content as appropriate. In addition, identification of users allows for the identification of the subscription content that corresponds to the user. Based upon identification of a user and corresponding subscription, the user's subscription content may be streamed to any location. In this manner, the users subscribed content may follow the user from home to a friend's house, or elsewhere."
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Home » SFF Reviews » Hummingbird Salamander: VanderMeer's unique take on the eco-thriller
Hummingbird Salamander: VanderMeer's unique take on the eco-thriller
Hummingbird Salamander by Jeff VanderMeer
Hummingbird Salamander (2021) is Jeff VanderMeer's newest work, and it may also be his most accessible. Certainly it's his least strange, though admittedly with VanderMeer that's not saying much. Though if he's working in more familiarly popular territory — the thriller novel — there's no doubt VanderMeer puts his own stamp on the genre, whether he's working within its tropes or subverting them.
Chapter One opens ominously enough, as any good thriller should — "Assume I'm dead by the time you read this" — and ends even more so — "I'm here to show you how the world ends." The stakes have clearly been set. Our narrator, who won't tell us her real name, offering up "Jane Smith" as her none-too-imaginative alternative, is seemingly set in her life when the story begins. Well-paying job in security, husband, daughter, nice house in the suburbs, a pleasant backyard. But Jane, as is often the case with VanderMeer protagonists, doesn't rest comfortably in the world (Jane, for instance, is a big muscular woman, a former weightlifter, and, in a representative detail, she buys all her suits custom-made because "Nothing store-bought fit right." Toss in some childhood trauma, a long-dead brother she's never gotten over, and it doesn't take much to tip her out of her comfy, settled life. After the tip comes the fall, and a deep, prolonged fall it is.
What sets her on her path is a mysterious envelope with a key in it, which leads her eventually to her a box with a taxidermized hummingbird (an extinct one, to add to the mystery) and a simple note: "Hummingbird Salamander — Silvina." Silvina, it turns out, is the estranged eco-terrorist daughter of a corporate patriarch who himself is none-too-concerned about the law. In her attempt to figure out the mystery of the box's contents, the note, and of Silvina herself, amidst a number of violent and at times lethal encounters, Jane will end up sacrificing everything: job, family, her life entire.
As noted, the basic tropes of the thriller are all here: mysterious messages, rising stakes, fisticuffs, gun battles, chase scenes, betrayals, a sense of paranoia, cold-blooded killers, government secrets, and more. And VanderMeer handles them all fine. But he also undermines those genre patterns as well. The tick-tock urgency of most thrillers, for instance, seems at first to be checked off the list, but then VanderMeer almost scornfully tosses it aside as Jane's quest meanders through months then years, the mission wandering like Lear wondering around the plain, though with neither Lear's nor the accompanying storm's energy. No fury or thunder but more a kind of diffuse enervation. Hardly, in other words, the usual pulse-pounding thriller mode.
It's fun to read VanderMeer use and also play with the genre, and the story itself is solid, even if there are a few moments where one probably doesn't want to think too long about them from a pure plotting sense, but honestly, I don't go to VanderMeer for plot so much as I do for his themes, his style, his use of symbol and metaphor and imagery. And if Hummingbird Salamander didn't deliver in as stunning a fashion as some of my favorites by him (Dead Astronauts, Borne, the SOUTHERN REACHES trilogy, for instance), there's still great pleasure to be had.
In my favorites of his, VanderMeer's language is lyrical, poetic, baroque at times, elliptical often. Here though, in tune with the noir/thriller mode, he's clipped the wings of his style, offering up a spare, sparse, bitten off language, though he gives himself some wiggle room in Silvina's journals and a few other areas. Truth be told, I miss the usual stylistic flair of prior works, but it's hard to argue against his choice here.
His use of layered ideas, symbols, and echoes remains though, some admittedly less subtle than others, as when Silvina has to take shelter in a mound of rotting pelts. Another example is the number of references to façades or illusions. Our narrator, of course, from the outset gives us a fake name, and does so with all the people she introduces. Time and again people pretend to be what they are not. Taxidermy, a running presence, can be viewed as a forgery of life. New Yorkers have taken to wearing masks to hide their identities from facial recognition. Jane's job, cybersecurity, is often, as she tells us, a mere illusion of security. All of this, I think, relating at least in some fashion to the way we hide the truth from ourselves, the way we dutifully toss our bottles into the recycling bin and call ourselves good stewards even as we pick up our phones and drink our coffee while lying to ourselves about where they come from, what they cost the world. I'd make an argument as well that all that disappears from Jane's life (through her own choices and actions) — husband, daughter, other people, her job, all this loss that leaves her in a hollow, lonely world, is an echo of what is happening to us as we bring about another mass extinction, leaving us to wander an ever more empty landscape.
The concept of ecological deprivation and disaster is by now, of course, hardly a surprise in VanderMeer's work, and it is in full force in Hummingbird Salamander, as one might have guessed with Silvina (even her name Silvina — Sylvan points that way) being an eco-terrorist. It appears directly in the way it drives the plot, and through Silvina's diaries and videos, quoted at length throughout the novel, as when we get, here, the moment of her epiphany:
In the moment of seeing the hummingbird, I began to weep with the beauty of it … I identified the bird and realized how rare the species was and headed toward extinction, and what I had borne witness to wasn't just a minor miracle, but, in fact, a moment that would replicate only another hundred or another thousand times … a naiad hummingbird would only come to the ground to drink a finite number of times before they no longer existed.
This thought was unconscionable to me. Unbearable. It ripped me in two. It destroyed me. And then remade me, and I became someone different than before.
It comes as well in quoted passages from a horrific book (a real one), entitled Oddly Enough: From Animal Land to Furtown. In reference to big events outside the plot: raging wildfire across the globe, a climate-refugee ship in its own "voyage of the damned," a slowing Gulf Stream, floods, cyclones, frack-quakes, oil spills, pandemics, pollution masks, a funny color sky. But it also sneaks into the everyday, into the mundane, as VanderMeer isn't going to take the easy route by pointing accusatory fingers at big corporations or unaware politicians. Jane, and through Jane all of us, are just as culpable. When she (we) buys her expensive coats and doesn't "think much about where the softness came from, or what it cost." When they (we) get their Christmas tree, "cut down so it could be adorned with plastic and glass baubles that pollute the house." When she (we) used her phone "made from rare-earth elements extracted" in ruinous, often corrupt fashion. The lawn service that "spew[ed] herbicide." All of it easy to turn a "willfully" blind eye to in our day-to-day comforts, until like Silvina we experience (or are forced into) an awakening of sorts, when we ask the same question Jane asks of herself: "How did I not see the damage for so long?"
Like Silvina, once awakened, Jane cannot go back. Can't close her eyes again, can't unsee what she's seen, unhear what she's heard, unlearn what she's learned. Though one has to wonder if this is wishful thinking on VanderMeer's part, as we have been shown this, told this, learned this so many times in so many ways, and yet most of us still manage to live our ways in the same fashion we always have, albeit with perhaps a bit more guilt.
Like Silvina, VanderMeer is trying to break through what she terms "the fatal adaption," the way we learn to "care less" because "to care more meant putting a bullet in your brain." It may be a quixotic, even Sisyphean task, but I for one am thankful VanderMeer has readied his lance or set shoulder to boulder yet again.
Published in April 2021. From the author of Annihilation, a brilliant speculative thriller of dark conspiracy, endangered species, and the possible end of all things. Security consultant "Jane Smith" receives an envelope with a key to a storage unit that holds a taxidermied hummingbird and clues leading her to a taxidermied salamander. Silvina, the dead woman who left the note, is a reputed ecoterrorist and the daughter of an Argentine industrialist. By taking the hummingbird from the storage unit, Jane sets in motion a series of events that quickly spin beyond her control. Soon, Jane and her family are in danger, with few allies to help her make sense of the true scope of the peril. Is the only way to safety to follow in Silvina's footsteps? Is it too late to stop? As she desperately seeks answers about why Silvina contacted her, time is running out―for her and possibly for the world. Hummingbird Salamander is Jeff VanderMeer at his brilliant, cinematic best, wrapping profound questions about climate change, identity, and the world we live in into a tightly plotted thriller full of unexpected twists and elaborate conspiracy.
April 13th, 2021. Bill Capossere´s rating: 4 | Jeff VanderMeer | Stand-Alone | SFF Reviews | 1 comment |
Marion Deeds / April 14, 2021
I have to read this!
I'd want to read VanderMeer doing "thriller language" just to see how he pulls it off.


See, this is where I could reply all full of hilarity and mock outrage "See? You see what these authors leave a poor little marketer like me to deal with?"
I still enjoy the reactions uninformed people display when they're told that you married an African.
You're all a hoot, and I wouldn't have it any other way;). That's why I keep coming back.


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I'm a mother to three children, and I almost learned too late about the real effect "tough love" has on addiction. I found my daughter's drug use difficult to understand and cope with, and had not been able to engage with her successfully. Our relationship suffered as a result.
Late one evening, I received a call informing me that my daughter, Jac, was going to lose her life due to complications from her substance use. After that, I began reconsidering my views and actions around addiction.
But I realized too late. It wasn't until Jac was dying that it became clear to me that her addiction was covering up an undiagnosed mental illness. Using illicit drugs had been the only relief she ever had from the constant confusion going on in her mind. The drugs were what she depended on in order to simply function on a day to day basis. But what began as simply taking enough to feel relief, stopped being enough. The amount she needed grew and grew and grew – until they became bigger than she was.
Before she died, Jac was able to tell me that she didn't want her life and the way she lived to have been for nothing. She wanted it to have a purpose.
So I'm doing what Jac would've wanted. I'm now dedicated to being an advocate for global drug policy reform, to ensure no other substance user, or their loved ones, have to go through the painful, hard-learned lesson that I underwent myself.
I'm a founding member and facilitator of the campaigning site Jac's Voice, which focuses on living with addiction and mental illness, and I now work with mumsDU, a coalition of Canadian mothers who have lost sons and daughters to overdose and other drug-related harms, and Anyone's Child International, which is campaigning to end the war on drugs. I hope we succeed.


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The Braintree schools on Keith Flint's funeral day that will shut early
Hundreds of fans of The Prodigy are set to travel to Braintree
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Keith Flint from The Prodigy performs live at the Isle of Wight Festival despite heavy rain. (Image: MDM)
Several schools in Braintree will help prevent parents from getting caught up in congestion during Keith Flint's funeral.
Hundreds of fans of The Prodigy are set to make the trip to the town today in order to pay their respects to the musician who died on March 4 at the age of 49.
Keith's funeral procession will begin at 3pm today (Friday, March 29) starting in Braintree before travelling 1.7 miles out to St Mary's Church in Bocking.
Once there, a funeral service will be held at the church for close friends and family, while the service is broadcast through speakers to people outside.
Live Keith Flint funeral updates as The Prodigy fans begin to line the streets
However, with the funeral procession beginning at 3pm a number of parents had raised concerns over getting stuck in traffic at school finishing time.
As a result a number of schools in the area will allow parents to pick their children up early in order to avoid getting stuck in the congestion.
Keith Flint's funeral will take place at St Mary's Church in Bocking
How to watch Keith Flint's funeral live and follow the procession through Braintree
John Bunyan Junior School and St Francis Catholic Primary School will allow parents to pick up children before normal closing time, with the latter giving parents the option to collect their children any time after 1.30pm.
Bocking Church Street Community Primary School, located close to St Mary's Church and the Edith Borthwick School will both close at 2pm, an hour before the procession begins.
The route of Keith Flint's funeral procession in Braintree
Keith Flint's funeral procession route revealed - and fans are invited to come and 'raise the roof'
The College at Braintree, which lies on the route the funeral procession will be taking, has no plans to shut before its usual 4.30pm closing time but students have been advised not to leave during the procession.
Alex Hunter pre-school, near Coggeshall Road, has no plans to change its normal schedule.
You can follow live updates on Keith Flint's funeral in our live blog by clicking here.


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// Copyright © 2021 Arm Ltd. All rights reserved.
// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
//
#pragma once

#include <aclCommon/BaseMemoryManager.hpp>
#include <armnn/MemorySources.hpp>
#include <armnn/backends/IMemoryManager.hpp>
#include <armnn/backends/ITensorHandleFactory.hpp>

namespace armnn
{

constexpr const char* ClImportTensorHandleFactoryId()
{
    return "Arm/Cl/ImportTensorHandleFactory";
}

/**
 * This factory creates ClImportTensorHandles that refer to imported memory tensors.
 */
class ClImportTensorHandleFactory : public ITensorHandleFactory
{
public:
    static const FactoryId m_Id;

    /**
     * Create a tensor handle factory for tensors that will be imported or exported.
     *
     * @param importFlags
     * @param exportFlags
     */
    ClImportTensorHandleFactory(MemorySourceFlags importFlags, MemorySourceFlags exportFlags)
        : m_ImportFlags(importFlags)
        , m_ExportFlags(exportFlags)
    {}

    std::unique_ptr<ITensorHandle> CreateSubTensorHandle(ITensorHandle& parent,
                                                         const TensorShape& subTensorShape,
                                                         const unsigned int* subTensorOrigin) const override;

    std::unique_ptr<ITensorHandle> CreateTensorHandle(const TensorInfo& tensorInfo) const override;

    std::unique_ptr<ITensorHandle> CreateTensorHandle(const TensorInfo& tensorInfo,
                                                      DataLayout dataLayout) const override;

    std::unique_ptr<ITensorHandle> CreateTensorHandle(const TensorInfo& tensorInfo,
                                                      const bool IsMemoryManaged) const override;

    std::unique_ptr<ITensorHandle> CreateTensorHandle(const TensorInfo& tensorInfo,
                                                      DataLayout dataLayout,
                                                      const bool IsMemoryManaged) const override;

    static const FactoryId& GetIdStatic();

    const FactoryId& GetId() const override;

    bool SupportsSubTensors() const override;

    bool SupportsMapUnmap() const override;

    MemorySourceFlags GetExportFlags() const override;

    MemorySourceFlags GetImportFlags() const override;

    std::vector<Capability> GetCapabilities(const IConnectableLayer* layer,
                                            const IConnectableLayer* connectedLayer,
                                            CapabilityClass capabilityClass) override;

private:
    MemorySourceFlags m_ImportFlags;
    MemorySourceFlags m_ExportFlags;
};

}    // namespace armnn


Yay! I packed and shipped my last art for the year 2015!
I always hold sacred the art that I ship out to new homes.
These pieces feel even more so as the requests for this work only arrived after I sent out my December newsletter.
My newest painting found a home almost instantly. It is named "Seafarers", and they are indeed seafaring as they sail off on a trip that will encompass 3 ferry rides before finally getting hOMe to a remote island.
The Sacred Salmon heads to the tall grass prairies, and the Spirit Totem goes to the even wilder far west coast.
I had some help with packing this time...well, more accurately I would say I "allowed" Ode to help me this time.
2016 will see me bringing in more systems to assist me in my biz! and more opportunities for me to share my art with you.
Think cool graphics of my art on tote bags, pillows and cards. Watch for it!
Thank YOU all so much for supporting my art, my studio.
  I LOVE serendipity!
I'll explain that statement in a bit.
I really do love to share with you what's up in my world.
Over the last few years, I have been exploring and understanding myself in deeper and more nuanced ways than ever before.
I believe I've been heading in this new direction for some time, and it took a little extra awareness for me to realize that I was not fully embodying some of my new found wisdom. In other words I was "talking the talk" but not always "walking the walk". Hah!
The body knows. You can't fool your body people...believe me, I've spent a lot of time trying.
I have been requested, in a universal kind of way....ya know what I mean?...various things happening that send me a message that there are better choices for me to be making.
There is nothing like my body to encourage me to L I S T E N a little closer. And so I am. Â More consciousness in what I do and why I do it. No longer working my a#$ off to prove my worthiness is an awesome start!
It was fun to make, and it has words that imply actions I am still learning to do.
Now for the serendipitous part: Â this wordpress blog is new to me. When I went to "add media" I noticed that there were many many images in the file already, from my oldest blogspot posts. And this is what I saw...so no need to add something new...when the message from something older is still current!
I do have mucho new work as well. You can see more of it on my facebook page and even more current and personal pix on instagram.
I also FULLY believe that our personal journeys to wholeness help to heal the collective in ways that we don't even understand.
p.s. I'm working the most on #5 right now. ACCEPT.
How about you? thoughts to share?
I want to share a little about the process of some of my mixed media paintings....these 3 pieces started with glueing bits and pieces of collected paper onto the wood supports.
I have never had a strong desire to create a still life painting....however, a couple of things happened that made me look at this in a new way....I received 2 flower bouquets that I really LOVED, and the look of them really inspired me to play with creating flowers and vases...in my own version and voice of course....and so, these pieces fairly quickly took shape once I very roughly drew the 1st mason jar.....btw, I also love mason jars....most especially the pale turquoise ones....of course they are glass too, so that's another big point in their favour!!
these pieces are all 12" x 12" mixed media on panel....they will be showing at my next show, which is the Gabriola Studio Tour, on Thanksgiving Weekend....less than 2 weeks from now!
"The desire to create is a desire to merge with a greater energy"
anyone wanna come over to the beautiful island and assist me in this? i am open to ideas!!
we are planning to have a solo show of my mixed media paintings in september.... in the meantime, there are a few pieces already showing there......check it out if you are in the area...it is a delightful shop...!
Eye See, It's No Secret 24" x24"
Stay Wild Child 24" x 30"


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NIKE's sales ban – EUR 12.5 million fine for restricting crossborder sales
Sales ban
Yet another sales ban fine – The EU Commission today has imposed a fine of €12.5 million on Nike for restricting cross-border sales by banning its retailers from selling licensed football merchandise to other countries within the EEA. Please see the respective press release of the EU Commission here.
Author: Dr. Christian Andrelang, LL.M. Attorney-at-Law Bar Certified Lawyer International Trade Law Bar Certified Lawyer Commercial and Corporate Law
Sales ban – What is it about?
Nike prevented many of its licensees from selling branded football products in different countries of the EEA, the European Economic Area. This is a breach of EU antitrust rules. In June 2017, the EU Commission opened an antitrust investigation into certain licensing and distribution practices of Nike to assess whether Nike illegally imposed sales bans on its retailers from selling licensed products across borders and online within the EU. The EU Commission investigation established that Nike's non-exclusive licensing and distribution agreements infringed EU competition rules in various ways:
Nike chose direct measures to restrict out-of-territory sales by its licensees and retailers, in particular clauses which directly prohibiting these sales, obligations to refer orders for out-of-territory sales to Nike, and clauses which imposed double royalties for out-of-territory sales.
Nike also opted for indirect measures to enforce and implement the out-of-territory restrictions, in particular by threatening its retailers with contract termination in case of out-of-territory sales, with refusals to supply official products, and by carrying out audits to ensure compliance with the restrictions.
In some cases, Nike used master licensees in each territory to grant sub-licences for the use of the different rights to third parties. To secure this practice within its distribution network, Nike imposed direct and indirect measures on master licensees. Through these measures, Nike compelled master licensees to stay within their territories and to enforce restrictions vis-à-vis their sub-licensees.
Nike included clauses that explicitly prohibited licensees from supplying products to customers, in particular retailers, who would be selling outside their allocated territories.
Furthermore, NIKE obligated its retailers to pass on these prohibitions in their contracts to their retailers. Nike also intervened to ensure that retailers stopped purchasing products from licensees in other EEA territories.
Sales ban – Why is it imporant?
The clauses on sales ban in Nike's manufacturing and distribution agreements infringed Article 101 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), which prohibits agreements between companies that prevent, restrict or distort competition within the EU's Single Market. The EU Commission concluded that Nike's illegal practices partitioned the Single Market and prevented licensees in Europe from selling products cross-border, to the ultimate detriment of European consumers. Nike's illegal practices affected to varying degrees the licensed merchandise products, in particular bearing the brands of various football clubs. The decision of the EU Commission to impose a fine safeguards that retailers and consumers can take full advantage of one of the main benefits of the Single Market: the ability to shop across borders around Europe for a larger variety of products and for the best deals.
The ban of passive sales in the EEA is prohibited, and sales bans are prone to be qualified as anti-competitive behaviour. Sales bans often pertain to bans of passive sales, in particular online sales. According to the EU Commission, passive sales mean responding to unsolicited requests from individual customers including delivery of goods or services to such customers. General advertising or promotion that reaches customers in other distributors' (exclusive) territories or customer groups but which is a reasonable way to reach customers outside those territories or customer groups, for instance to reach customers in one's own territory, are considered passive selling.
Sales ban – What does it mean for you?
It doesn't matter if your are a high profile, exclusive licensor of a globally renowned brand, a medium sized company operating a selective distribution system or a start-up which struggles to establish its brands. Any sales ban which prohibit cross-border sales, in particular via the internet may qualify as a breach of antitrust laws. The recent activities of the EU commission as well as regional antitrust authorities indicate that sales bans won't fly under the radar of antitrust investigations any longer. The so called Geoblocking Regulation also prohibits one-sided impediments of cross-border purchases by end-customers.
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Ukraine: Do-it-yourself pothole repair
News from Elsewhere... ...as found by BBC Monitoring
https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-24899617
Image caption Yuri Paritsky taking matters into his own hands in Horlivka
A man in Ukraine has started filling potholes himself after the authorities failed to improve the notoriously bumpy roads in his home city, it's claimed.
Yuri Paritsky has reportedly sourced crushed asphalt to fill potholes and hopes to cover most of Lenin Avenue, a major thoroughfare in the eastern city of Horlivka. "It's the third or fourth time I'm doing this," he told local website 06242.com.ua. "I'm just trying to help my city. Things would improve if everyone did a little something."
Roads in Horlivka are bad even by Ukraine's unenviable standards. Last winter, a YouTube video of traffic struggling to negotiate the mountainous bumps in the city was much shared on social media.
Potholed roads are just one of many gripes held by Ukrainians against their government, but Prime Minister Mykola Azarov isn't one to accept all the blame. Responding to criticism of rising prices, he famously said in 2011: "Stop whinging. Pick up a spade, and start feeding your own family." Paritsky appears to have been listening.
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Home > Articles > Operating Systems, Server
Building and Modifying Source RPMs
By Robert Napier
Steps in the Build Process
Directories Involved in the Build Process
Locating and Installing Source RPMs
Rebuilding the Package
The Spec File
Building a Package
Packaging Miscellany
Project: Modifying a Package
Many Linux distributions use RPM for package management, and most Linux users encounter binary RPM packages. In this article, Robert Napier introduces you to the lesser-used (but often more powerful) source RPM, or SRPM.
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The tool used to rebuild RPM packages is the same command-line tool used to manage them: rpm. This article gives an overview of the build process, starting with a little bit of history to explain why the packaging system works the way it does.
There are many good reasons for rebuilding RPM packages. You may not be able to find a binary RPM that works well with your distribution. Source RPMs (also called SRPMs) are often much more adaptable to different distributions and architectures than binary RPMs. You might also want to change the options that the software was compiled with or even change the software itself. Finally, using SRPMs can help protect you from malicious packages because you can look at all the source code.
Philosophy of RPM
Before diving into the details of rebuilding packages, it helps to learn some of the philosophy behind the package manager as well as something about the development methods commonly used with open source software.
In the Unix and Unix-like world, open source software has historically been distributed in the form of TAR files that contain the source code necessary to build the software on your machine. Sometimes these bundles of files include readily executable binaries. Often, however, you are expected to compile the software and install it yourself using the source files in the TAR. Because there are various versions of Unix-like operating systems from different vendors, the software has to be written so that it can compile for many different OS versions and platforms (processors).
RPM is derived from this heritage of starting with source code from TAR files and, from that, producing working software. What differentiates RPM from other packaging systems is that it tries to automate the steps required to go from the author's original source code to a very easy-to-install package. This was done to make it easier to maintain a distribution of Linux, which might include hundreds or even thousands of packages. Therefore, although the automation provided by the package-building system is essential to a distribution vendor, it also provides some important benefits to the end users of the software—they can use the same automated steps to rebuild the software on their own machines.
Working with Original Sources
One overriding philosophy of RPM is that it can be used to rebuild—from original sources obtained from the Internet—software that runs effectively.
Getting software to run on a particular machine or version of OS often requires that changes be made to the software. To help others who might want to use the software on similar machines, a developer makes changes and then submits the modifications back to the original author of the software in the form of patches. The original author often includes the changes in the next release of the software. Sometimes, however, the author doesn't have the time or inclination to include new patches; therefore, subsequent releases of the software need to have the same set of patches applied to get them to compile again on the target platform.
The philosophy behind RPM is to provide clean sources plus patches. "Clean sources" means that an SRPM is expected to be shipped with an exact copy of the sources that the original author provided. Because these sources may not meet the needs of the packager's audience, the packager can also include patches to be applied to the clean sources. Patches are short files that instruct a tool called patch how to change one source tree into another. For instance, the patch may include instructions to delete several lines of code, add a new file, and modify the documentation. Any text file can be manipulated using patch, and RPM also provides mechanisms for distributing new versions of binaries if these are required.
There are many advantages to providing the clean sources plus patches rather than just providing the patched sources. By providing clean sources, the user can more easily verify that the program received is what it claims to be. It also makes it much easier to rebuild the package when a new version of the software becomes available.
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Q: how to mofify font-size relatively in boostrap col-sm-3

relative sentence

I'd like to modify the relative sentence in the li. my.css write like
.home_index{
    list-style: none;
    padding: 0px;
    margin: 0px;
    font-size: 1.5rem;
    line-height: 2
}

i thought the font-size will mofify by the rem, but the font-size keeps same size. i may miss write the code. how to modify the font-size by the width of screen.
please give me suitable code.

A: Simple class mistake:
Your ul has a class of HomeIndex, while your styling is .home_index. Either change your ul class to home_index, or your style to .HomeIndex.

A: use home_index with your html

relative sentence

or
change css class home_index to HomeIndex