Another remake of a story from the old series and while this one is adapted quite well, maybe even arguably better than the old version, it unfortunately lacks the same impact. The main problem comes back to the thing which ultimately holds back this season as a whole, story choice. For you see in the old series the stories were much darker and there were few stories which had countries that welcomed Kino warmly. Most were cold and formal with how they treated Kino and the general tone was more grim. The old series also established the importance of Kino's three day rule and showed her past. So after going through a season of that and ending with this story about a kind country truly made for a great finale due to the nature of the episodes before it. The new series doesn't have that same weight to it. it's already shown Kino violating her three day rule and also failed to show its importance. Kinos past has instead been reserved for next episode and the stories of this season have been much more light hearted than the previous season. What made this episode great before was that it came after a season cour of Kino traveling to flawed country after flawed country. Thus the one time when she finds a truly wholesome and welcoming country it is tragically destroyed before her very eyes. A small piece of beauty in a otherwise cruel world and something that gives meaning to the subtitle of this series.
I don't really understand the logic of having this story here in the middle of the series and not to mention animating the country of adults right after it. Overall the structure of this seasons stories has not really been very thought out and seems to be just following the notion of animating popular stories without considering their context. Not to mention adapting stories which don't really require a new adaption. Still regardless this is a good story and the final twist still hit hard. The basic story being Kino traveling to a country widely rumored to be horrible to travelers only to find they welcoming and kind. The whole way through the episode you are waiting for a dark twist, just waiting for the gut punch that turns all their kindness insincere but that doesn't come. Instead we get the reveal that the country was doomed to be destroyed in a volcanic eruption and the people of the land made there peace with it. The children remained oblivious to their impending death as the tour guide girl lead Kino around happily unknowingly of what awaited in a few days. As Kino was the last visitor to their country they wanted her to leave with good memories of the place. Just when you think that's the only hard hitting moment there is the second revelation that the tour guide girl knew full well that everyone was going to die and yet despite given the opportunity to leave still chose to stay and die with her family. I didn't feel much at the first reveal but the second managed to make me feel something.
Quite a few scenes even in the new version are actually impossible to understand unless you've seen Kino's backstory, I recall two: when Sakura mentions liking Kino's name, and when Kino is surprised by Sakura wanting to stay in the country and continue her parents' inn. It's intentionally supposed to contrast Kino's own experiences, which makes it all the more heartbreaking when we find Sakura's note.
It has been a much more uplifting series this time. On one hand, I could certainly use some positivity, but Kino was great because it argues that the world is beautiful despite its many horrors and flaws, which I think, overall, is a much more optimistic view.
Re: 3-day rule. This is the only story that I can recall, and my memory certain isn't good these days, that Kino decides to violate her 3-day rule simply because she is enjoying her time. That's huge, but when a number of the episodes haven't really been about Kino at all it's difficult to understand that.
I don't really have much to say that you haven't mentioned. It's a great episode. I noticed some more off-putting CG of Kino on Hermes the past few episodes. Overall I like the art; it looks good-much better than the original, but maintains its charmingly spartan style for most things.


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By now, you guys know how I feel about the 2019 Mazda3. I recently drove the thing in its most tamed, bread-and-butter variant; the sedan with an automatic gearbox, and I was pleased to report that while the car is now much more mature, refined, and buttoned down, it still retains the dynamic charm of its predecessors. But in my book, the Mazda3 must be a hatchback with a manual gearbox. It's what I like to call its ideal form, which is why I had to get behind the wheel of one.
I do believe that the Soul Red Crystal Metallic paint job my tester was painted in is the most appropriate hue to illustrate the 2019 Mazda3 Sport's character. What you have here is one of the rare affordable cars that continue to put the emphasis on stylish design and the art of driving. In hatchback form, that ethos couldn't be clearer.
While several people criticized the hatchback's enormous C-pillar, I actually don't mind it, and personally find this thing absolutely gorgeous. Inspired by Mazda's latest KODO design philosophy, the Mazda3 Sport has elegant and fluid lines, a simple yet modern front end, bulging hips and a wide, tapered rear. Say what you will, but this car looks very good. So yes, Mazda's popular small car now comes with optional all-wheel-drive, a characteristic that should, at least on paper, prevent it from being swallowed up by the recent onslaught of SUVs.
But if you want my honest advice, front-wheel-drive is the way you want to spec your Mazda3. Not only will it reduce its fuel economy, it also reduces the car's overall weight, all while giving it a much more playful driving feel since the rear end will wiggle and play the moment you'll throw this thing hard into a corner, a feat you'll want to do often. What you get in the Sport is the upgraded 2.5-liter inline four good for 186 horsepower and 186 lb-ft of torque. A six-speed automatic is available, but I suggest you opt for the slick-shifting six-speed manual unit. The 2019 Mazda3 Sport also features Mazda's clever G-Vectoring Control Plus technology which improves the car's composure and reactivity during corner exit. The car you see here is a fully spec'd GT model equipped with rather good-looking 18-inch wheels, a Bose sound system and a full battalion of innovative safety tech, which I'll get back to in a minute. Pricing for a Sport kicks off at a very satisfying $23,110. A fully loaded GT like my tester stickers for $30,210.
A Feel Good Machine
The Mazda3 is a car that rewards good driving. This means that the moment you engage its light clutch and shove one of its gears, you're instantly put at ease. Rowing that transmission never gets boring, and you'll quickly end up throwing the car into corners like a mad person, because its chassis is just so damn well calibrated.
But it's not all perfect and goodnight. I'm happy I had a chance to drive this car a second time, because while I have absolutely nothing to say about the Mazda 3's road composure and overall solidity, the rear torsion beam Mazda has put there instead of an independent suspension is a bit of a letdown. I hadn't noticed it in the sedan, but my second take reveals a car that bounces and weaves over the rough stuff, especially when compared to – ahem – the last generation model, or even a current Golf or a Civic. To Mazda's credit, there's enough maturity here for the Mazda3 to at least feel a lot more gown up than before. If anything, this feels up there next to the MK7 Golf in terms of solidity and overall build quality. And I have absolutely nothing to say about its impeccably precise steering which requires very little input to react. All of this; a taught chassis, a precise steering and an effortless manual transmission, all lead to a car that you can drive fast with ease without being stressed. Power isn't a Mazda3 strongpoint, however. Now, I'm well aware that this isn't a spiced up Mazdaspeed variant, but for some odd reason, that 2.5-liter engine never feels as punchy or as alive as the current turbocharged alternatives out there. Heck, I've seen more urgency from a Toyota Corolla hatchback, which by the way, makes less power than this. The torque curve in this SKYACTIV-G unit is just flat, with no power peaks that give any kind of thrill as you're climbing through the revs. That, revving, is something this engine loves to do, but it never rewards you for throwing the tach needle up in the red. It also doesn't sound all that exciting, especially when it's running on idle.
Kills The Everyday Stuff, Though
But then, why ask so much from a car that was first and foremost created to be attainable transportation for the masses? The Mazda3 isn't expensive, you can get one super well equipped and looking this good for under 30 grand. So it can be forgiven for not being engineered like a high-end German car. When you dial things back a bit and treat it for what it is, this latest Mazda3 is actually quite brilliant. Seats are immensely comfortable, front and back. That's a quality the last iterations of the model couldn't brag about. At least, not out the rear. Now, tall occupants feel at ease back there with plenty of head and leg room. Trunk space is also quite decent at a healthy 347 liters, enough to outpace the Corolla hatchback, but still a bit more cramped than a Civic. Where the Mazda3 really impresses is in fuel economy. I pulled high sixes with this thing, with an average of 8L/100 km, which is frankly more than decent for its class.
I will say this: visibility is awkward in this new Three. The A-pillar is thick and very aggressive, which kind of always ends up on your sight line. Also, I'm not exactly sure what happened with the Mazda Connect interface, but it went from being one of the simplest systems in the industry to a rather complicated one.
The good news is that Android Auto and Apple CarPlay are finally here, and the entire presentation of the thing is absolutely gorgeous. I also continue to adore that center knob dial to operate it, very much like BMW's iDrive system. The problem is that Mazda added extra layers of complexity as it attempted to give the system more functionality. For instance, changing radio stations on XM Radio requires having to first save them in a Favorites list beforehand. It's too much distraction for something that could have been fixed with one simple button. Also, the safety systems in this car, as innovative as they are, are way too intrusive by default. Why does my car slam on the brakes as I'm backing up into a parking lot surrounded by bushes? And how exactly is this safe? Luckily, everything can be turned off. These gripes mostly have to do with the Mazda3 having to adapt to the automotive industry's new realities. Except for the lame-sounding engine and the annoying A-pillar, most modern cars have safety systems that don't mind their own business. In a nutshell, just like its sedan counterpart, the 2019 Mazda3 Sport remains a brilliant take at the compact car, and a formidable homage to its past. It's a good looking, immensely fun to drive and well put automobile that won't break your wallet. In my book, this puts it up there as one of the best buys of year.
Clavey's Verdict
Review of the 2019 Mazda3 Sport by William Clavey
Impeccable chassis dynamics
Fun to drive
Attractive design at an attainable price
Intrusive safety systems
Engine lacks character
Infotainment system more complex than its predecessor
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CRUDE - news from the decline of the fossil fuel age
by Werner Krauss
Last June on klimazwiebel, we discussed some aspects of the fossil fuel age, especially the Texan oil spill and the case Texaco / Chevron versus Ecuador. I wrote: "Oil means uncontrollable corporate industries, corruption, irresponsibility, dependency." Who ever was so naive to think that justice might succeed in an oil story? Today, we can read in the Wallstreet Journal and spiegel-online that the Ecuador / Chevron case came to an surprising end: Chevron will have to pay $8.6 billion dollars to clean up the rain forest, and they have to publicly apologize.
Chevron hit with record judgment.
An Ecuadorian judge on Monday ordered Chevron Corp. to pay $8.6 billion to clean up oil pollution in the country's rain forest in what is believed to be the largest-ever judgment in an environmental case.
And if the U.S. oil giant doesn't publicly apologize in the next 15 days, the judge ordered the company to pay twice that amount.
Chevron shares rose today despite a court ruling in Ecuador ordering that oil giant to pay more than $8.6 billion in pollution damages. Jonathan Cheng has details and a brief wrap of the rest of today's market action. The ruling brings to an end one chapter of a legal drama that has played out in courtrooms in Ecuador and the U.S. for nearly two decades."
The last word on the Texan oilspill is not spoken yet. Someday we will look back at the fossil fuel age, and maybe only then we will realize that this was a dark age for many.
isaacschumann said...
I think it's a bad sign that Chevron's shares rose following the ruling, I read elsewhere in an AP story that Chevron does not plan to comply.(surprise!) I know little about international law, how likely are the Ecuadorean courts to force Chevron to pay? I fear this is merely theater, it is my understanding that oil extraction continues in the same fields to this day.
Charly said...
One possible reason why Chevron will probably not comply:
http://theamazonpost.com/tag/steven-donziger
Isaac,
maybe it's only theater for a few days, but it is a great play anyway - on the world stage. For one day, it sounds like victory for those who normally never win. Shame on Texaco / Chevron. Everybody can see that they have blood on their hands. If they don't have to pay now, they will have to pay in hell. Sure, it was and is a complex story. But families suffered, ecosystems were destroyed, children died. That's a fact. And the oil industry never cared. Nobody ever cared except a few people. I hope it's a great day for the people of Ecuador, for those who raised their voices for them, and those who made the film. I wish it were a victory.
Rainer S said...
Ecuador in the age of fossil fuels:
Population (1960): 4.44 million
Population (2010): 13.78 million
GDP per capita (1960): $230
GDP per capita (2007): $3,110
Life expectancy (1960): 55 yrs
A dark age, indeed...
Hans von Storch said...
Rainer S - could you tell us where you have these numbers from? What about their uncertainty? - Hans
Werner, your assertion "Shame on Texaco / Chevron. Everybody can see that they have blood on their hands. If they don't have to pay now, they will have to pay in hell. Sure, it was and is a complex story. But families suffered, ecosystems were destroyed, children died. That's a fact. And the oil industry never cared. Nobody ever cared except a few people." is presented as facts. How can you be that certain? How do you know? - They may have blood on their hands, but I can not see it.
Hans, all but one figure was taken from "Fischers Weltalmanach 2010" (p.11), quoting "World Population Prospects: The 2008 Revision, UN Population Division 2009".
The table in the "Fischers"(pp. 11) is quite instructive. Don´t know whether it is avialable online .
The GDP figure for 1960 was taken from
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/eco_gdp_percap-economy-gdp-per-capita&date=2006
Sorry, I did not have the opportunity yet to do all the error bars :-)
Thanks, Reiner S. Would you mind generating time series for the three different quantities? The GDP is without inflation, is it?
Are there other sources, say World Bank, which would support these numbers? (Maybe, the cited web-page is a front page of the oil industry?)
Are the poorest in 2010 as poor and as many as in 1960?
@ Hans
http://www.esds.ac.uk/findingData/snDescription.asp?sn=4814
Data acces ... a mystery ...
Raöph
œRainer S #3
some numbers about number of rich / poor?
some numbers about the Indian population in the Amazone?
Some facts why Texaco / Chevron is responsible for these numbers you present?
@ Hans #5
Watch the documentary http://www.crudethemovie.com/
Yes, it is biased. No, it is not science.
Read the newspapers. Have a look here:
http://www.fr-online.de/wirtschaft/chevron-soll-buessen/-/1472780/7196814/-/index.html
Look for "Environmental damage in Ecuador" section in:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevron_Corporation
Werner, I appreciate your heiligen Zorn, but ... nothing better? That's the stuff to generate a story about Himalaya glaciers and their disappearance in 2035. Maybe true, maybe a spin of interested parties?
Can we substantiate the story, and understand the different facets of the story? Or is it just black/white?
How does an ethnologist deal with such a situation?
@Hans #11
oh boy, that's a big question!
No, it's not black and white, but it's Texaco / Chevron versus people living in the Ecuadorian Amazon.
As an anthropologist, I am interested in the clash of two universalist / global approaches: one exemplified by Texaco / Chevron who seek profit (oil) and control in Ecuador (and in many other foreign places); the other exemplified by tribal people / forest dwellers living in the exploitation area, and their alliance with Ecuadorian activists, American film makers, a global environmental movement, and superstars such as Sting, his wife or Bianca Jagger.
How do these global connections come into being? I assume that Texaco stands in a long line of conquering South America in the search for resources such as gold, oil or cocaine. How did they get access to this area, how did they get themselves established, what were the relations between governments of US and Ecuador, Texaco and Ecuador and so on - a long and complicated story, with the state of Ecuador as the successor of Texaco.
On the other hand, there is the perspective of tribal people and other forest dwellers. Not a success story, I guess (except for today, maybe!). What exactly are forest dwellers? I would look for ontological differences (compared to mine, for example). What kind of world do they inhabit? Listen to them. Make surveys of various kinds. How do the Texaco explorations look like from their perspective? Did they get any profit? What about pollution? How did the river change, the forest, the community? Cancer? Did they get offered jobs? Were they able to work for Texaco? What happened to their community when Texaco came? We have to find out.
We also should have an eye on their allies. How did the film director, the environmentalist groups (Amazon watch, for example) connect? Who are the brokers? What kind of language brings those completely different groups together? (from indigenous languages, Spanish to American, from oral traditions to literacy, from local imagery to global environmentalism). How did the community of forest dwellers change through these contacts?
We also should find out those guys from the forest who ended up on global rock festivals, in parliaments, maybe fully dressed in their traditional costumes? What did they experience on their journeys?
And we should listen again and again to their songs, their stories, and play with their children. Just spend time. If necessary, we should try to help them. Maybe they need money or have to go to the doctor or to sue Texaco / Chevron. You never know, but it's better to be prepared. I guess those kind of people are on the other end of Rainer S. Ecuadorian success story.
I guess that's how I would do it. Sounds like a great project, don't you think so? Give me a year or so for field work. I'll tell you more afterwards.
Similar field projects:
Kim Fortun (2001) Advocacy after Bhopal. Environmentalism, diaster, new global orders.
Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing (2005) Friction. An ethnography of global connection.
And some general remarks about prospects of contemporary anthropological fieldwork here in my book review essay:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1548-1425.2010.01300_2.x/full
Just re-read my yesterday's entry to find out whether I answered your question or not, Hans. It still makes me think...
It's not really comparable to the question of Himalayan glaciers. It's about unequal relationships, environmental pollution and justice in the age of fossil fuels. My statement is about these unequal relationships. It is not a yes / no story.
There is the jungle and the resources, both long lasting systems (très longue durée). There is the history of South America and Europe and North America - again, a long story (longue durée, the history of gold). And there is the short term exploitation of oil in the jungle and the subsequent conflicts, which in the moment resulted in a verdict against Texaco / Chevron.
These different time levels are interconnected, with gold, drugs and oil as the objects of desire and power.
Is science the arbiter? Can it tell the truth about this world of blood and unequal relationships? Both sides theoretically can make use of satellites, environmental assessments, health and human rights surveys etc. Maybe those guys from Texaco have some more means to pursue scientific objectivity (or bend it in their direction). Not even science stands above those historical relationships. Environmentalists showed up as allies and enabled access to the law, to science, to rights. In this case, they indeed seem to have changed the course of history. They give a voice to those who have no access to the media.
The victory of this activist / forest dweller - coalition was highly unlikely, and for sure it will not last. Texaco will find something to debunk an environmental assessment or whatever, or they will find other means to avoid too severe punishment. But they already put their bets on renewable energies, as much as I know.
It's important to remember the dark side of fossil fuel energies and to show respect for those who did not belong to the winners. Tribal people all over the world deserve a privileged place in the future oil museum, which should not only display the triumphs of the fossil fuel age. There was a price to pay, and some paid more than others.
Anyway, I wish the verdict against Texaco / Chevron were a milestone on the way to low carbon societies. No more crude.
I honestly don't see how this is a turning point, oil companies get sued all the time, and it doesn't even look like chevron will pay. Furthermore, oil production indeed continues in Ecuador,(see below) do you think that oil revenues are now equitably distributed? Is this suddenly earth friendly exploration? The second largest producer in Ecuador after Petroecuador is a Chinese consortium.
http://www.eia.doe.gov/cabs/Ecuador/Background.html
http://www.eia.doe.gov/cabs/Ecuador/Oil.html
I don't want to come off as a defender of oil Chevron, this is just the reality of the situation, we will not get off crude anytime soon. And I say this as someone who works for a small company(not a big evil corporation) doing sponsored research on producing biofuels and other chemicals from industrial and agricultural waste.
I care about this very much, I've made my career in alternatives to oil. IMO, this kind of theatre is a distraction; to me, a real victory would be internationally accepted norms for mitigating the harm from oil extraction and equitably distributing revenues.
http://rainforests.mongabay.com/0806.htm
No objections, Isaac, guess you are right. I just wanted to raise interest in this case. Don't forget, environmentalists appear in skeptics' arguments mostly as over-sellers, alarmists or Himalaya-gate-ists. This case is good to think with, and it can help to adjust the moral compass.
Holding oil companies responsible is a good thing, don't get me wrong. But I would like to see more emphasis on better regulations, something for the WTO or the G20 maybe? I think advocacy orgs could play a role in this to in the meantime, preemptively holding them accountable by playing the role of watchdog, which I don't perceive is happening in many developing countries, (let alone developed ones for that matter).
A criticism I would make of some activists is that I hear an awful lot about the dangers of drilling in the arctic but very little about oil production in Nigeria, India or Latin America, where there is way more people to be harmed. (except for this, of course) But don't take what I say too seriously, I will cop to contrarian tendencies which I try, often unsuccessfully, to keep under control. So don't let me be a party pooper, this is definitely a good thing.
Oil as a power supply brought specific power relations into being. The fossil fuel age shaped and affected the relationships between people, between people and things, between people and their environment. Ralph S. above was right, too, when he listed the rising GDP etc - oil brought enormous wealth to many. But not for free, and not to all. From Texas to Saudi Arabia, from Nigeria to Ecuador: the story of oil is a bloody one.
Maybe it's time to bring back politics into the climate debate, which is a debate about energy, right? The quest for a low-carbon society comes too often disguised as a merely technological problem.
Werner, don´t get me wrong - I basically do appreciate your commitment to alleviate the plight of people who are not benefiting from the use of natural ressources in their country.
What I took issue with was the use of this specific incident to drive home the message of "ceterum censeo fossils delendam est" - at least that was my first impression.
If have read to many non sequitur, OTOM articles in the media about climate, environmental and public health topics not be annoyed by such a combination.
To make it "worse" here is a take of Big Money/Big Oil/Big Something-or-Other on the Chevron-Ecuador-case:
http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article/563301/201102151900/8-Bil-Ruling-Oozes-Fraud.htm
(disclaimer: links posted do not necessarily convey the views of the poster)
Perhaps, in Nigeria even more so than in Ecuador, the basic problem might be bad government and the absence of a civil society. In some countries, windfall revenue from natural ressources appears to create net harm by hampering development and fostering corruption. Did this happen in coal-rich UK and Germany in the 19th century? I don´t think so.
And do we need to keep on carrying the White Man´s Burden by assisting them little brown people in stickick to their however ancient ways, by telling them how to sue, how to use modern (emotionalized) communication?
@Werner
"The quest for a low-carbon society comes too often disguised as a merely technological problem."
Whether we like it or not: in case AGW really turns out to be a severe problem, it will be tackled by some tech-fixes. After all, the whole of human history is one big tech-fix.
The chances of going low-carbon are ever diminishing anyway. A high price for crude drives exploration and tapping of ressources in remote places. A rising price for coal will re-activate production in high-cost regions (in early 2010, German black coal wasn´t even classified as "Reserves" - due to cost - but as "Ressources" only).
Shale gas offers new opportunities.
And if "we" (the west) don´t use them, China, India etc. surely will.
So we better research tech-fixes. IMHO, e.g. going Thorium makes much more sense than paying subsidies for old tech like windmills.
@Reiner S. #19
I agree with your statement:
"Perhaps, in Nigeria even more so than in Ecuador, the basic problem might be bad government and the absence of a civil society."
I have difficulties with this one:
"And do we need to keep on carrying the White Man´s Burden by assisting them little brown people in stickick to their however ancient ways, by telling them how to sue, how to use modern (emotionalized) communication?"
What kind of humor is this? There is something about the "white man's burden' argument, I agree. But you need a context where it fits. It's cynical only when together with "them little brown people" - or do I misunderstand you?
It's the problem of advocacy or activism. What do you do as an anthropologist in a situation like this? Say: "Oh my little brown informants got fucked up by oil industry and / or their corrupt government" and go to the next case?
I absolutely agree, those cases are of enormous complexity. There is no simple black or white, and there is no neutrality. But their are reasons to engage. You cannot kill environmentalists' or activists' arguments with a routinely played out 'white man's burden' argument. There is a real problem 'out there', with real people.
I agree concerning technological fixes. But each and every technology has its own sociology, geography and history, be it nuclear, coal, wind, oil or unknown yet. We have to buy into new technologies, no doubt. But we better take into account what we really buy into, the full cost.
@Werner #21
You are right, my last remark in the post you are critizing was somewhat over the top, and it is not meant to be a "killer argument".
However, it is frustrating to see good causes being highjacked by lawyers or aloof NGOs which even care less about the people involved than my heartless self does.
Who can one trust? I stopped donating to every outfit that jumped some bandwaggon, AGW or other.
What do we know? Is it enough to start action?
Is the independent climate data assessment near?
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Gross looking creatures and creepy crawlies hold a certain fascination. It's hard not to be interested in creatures that evolved on the same planet, but in such unusual ways. From the mundane ugly Condor to the creepiest monsters from the ocean floor, take a look at some of the world's most unusual beasts.
The last seen snub-nosed monkey was killed and later eaten, but hopefully it wasn't the last of its kind. Villagers claim these monkeys sneeze when it begins to rain because of their unusual noses. At the current rate, these animals will be extinct within a few years, if they aren't already.
The Shoebill is a stork-like bird with a very interesting and endearing face. Its large, mottled, bill gives it a distinctive appearance that is not so much attractive as… interesting.
The ocean still holds many secrets, and here are a few examples. Pictured above are a species of furry crab, the aptly named sea pig, the dumbo octopus, a type of sea slug, and a colorful sea urchin. Be glad these animals are confined to the ocean, as they would not be welcome into most homes.
The giant isopod is a deep sea creature found in the cold depths of the atlantic. They can grow up to 14 inches long, nearly three times the length of their normal sized relatives. Like a mix between a crab and a millipede, these terrifying creatures are a blast from the Earth's past.
The condor is well known for its large wing span (up to 10 feet) and overall size (up to 54 inches, beak to tail). The ugly mug of the California Condor is put to shame by the graceful looking face of its larger relative, the Andean Condor.
The tube nosed fruit bat is cute in a very strange way. It's named after its extremely odd protruding nose. These wacky looking creatures come in a broad variety of shapes and sizes, with new sub species being discovered to this day.
The Ajolote and the Armadillo have front digging claws, and a scaly, reptilian appearance in common. Both animals are very unusual in appearance and have an insatiable desire to eat bugs. These armored monsters definitely top the list of odd branches in evolution.


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New Play on Lu Xun Attracts Praise, Controversy
Artistic, political approach to China's most famous writer is not to everyone's taste.
Wu Haiyun
A giant statue overlooks the stage, faceless yet easily recognizable as the Great Helmsman, Mao Zedong — the political undertones of "Mr. Big," a new play about Lu Xun (1881–1936), modern China's most celebrated writer, are not to everyone's liking.
"Mr. Big," written by Li Jing and directed by Wang Chong, interprets Lu's legacy in a modern, artistic way, symbolized by having lead actor, Zhao Lixin, portray Lu Xun dressed in jeans and a white shirt.
The play opens with the Lu's soul on its way to heaven after his death. The writer is the only actor displayed in the flesh; the other characters — Lu's wife, brother, and critics — are depicted as masked puppets. Near the end, Lu Xun climbs into the faceless statue to overturn a red chair, symbolizing authority. The drama ends with a group of people surrounding his dead body, commenting about how thin he looks.
Near the end, Lu Xun climbs into the faceless statue to overturn a red chair, symbolizing authority. Courtesy of Culture Wuzhen Co., Ltd.
Lu's writings, often critical of traditional Chinese society, were embraced by the Communist Party of China. His essays and short stories continue to appear in school text books in China to this day.
"Mr. Big" refers to Lu's nickname among his family members. The play completed its four-day run in Beijing by the National Theatre Company of China in early April.
Well-known figures of China's artistic circles have come out in praise of "Mr. Big," hailing it as another masterpiece of Chinese drama which adds fresh elements to the complexities and richness of Lu Xun.
Li Longyin, the Beijing Dramatists Association's vice president, considers "Mr. Big" an important breakthrough in Chinese drama. Lu Xiaoping, a professor at Nanjing University, called the play a "candlelight in the darkness of today's Chinese drama creation." While actor Hou Yong said the play was "as shocking as a nuclear weapon."
But other commentators have objected to the political themes of "Mr. Big."
Drama critic Bei Xiaojing (a pen name), wrote in his review of the play that while he appreciated the actors' performances he thought the play itself was overly political.
Luo Gang, a professor of Chinese modern and contemporary literature at East China Normal University, told Sixth Tone that he thinks "Mr. Big" is just one more example of people using Lu Xun to promote their own agenda. "There are people defaming Lu, there are people utilizing Lu, but what is really missing today is reading Lu — reading his actual words in earnest," he said.
Still, the play's director Wang Chong isn't overly worried about such criticism. "Lu Xun has always been a battlefield of ideologies," he told Sixth Tone. Playwright Li Jing told Sixth Tone she thought the political dimension of "Mr. Big" is not important.
Though dates have yet to be confirmed, there are plans to take "Mr. Big" on a national tour, with Shaoxing, Lu Xun's hometown in eastern China's Zhejiang province, the first destination.
With contributions from Dong Heng.
(Header image: Actors from the National Theatre Company of China perform 'Mr. Big' in Beijing, March 31, 2016. Visual elements symbolic of the Cultural Revolution are seen on the stage. Courtesy of Culture Wuzhen Co., Ltd.)


I suppose I could just go ahead and just write a post around the final in-season power ranks.
We could talk about the playoff odds as well.
Miami is the best team in the East but the margin is overstated. They are a good but by all means not a great team. New York does look like a legit challenger to them but really it all comes down to which version of Melo shows up. Classic Melo comes in? Knicks struggle with Celts and probably fall in round 2. This Alternate version of Melo that Jason Kidd seems to have pulled thru a tear in the fabric of reality on behalf of the Pinkertons that makes good decisions and is effective shows up? Knicks/Heat goes seven in a toss-up.
Under the right circumstances (Bogut being healthy, Kobe getting 15 FTA per game, George Karl being George Karl, James Harden and Chris Paul being themselves), I could see every series in the West going seven games. Every Series, in every round. Really, I can only discount Houston, Denver and Golden State as title contenders from a historical perspective (on age) and I can't eliminate them from getting to the WCF. Crazy.
And while that's all very scientific and interesting, the point of this post is different though.We are here to have some fun.
Fanbase Size,Quality and Passion: This is the one that warms David Stern at night. Lot's of fans means lots of interest. Lot's of passionate fans make a series fantastic.
Playoff Experience: Has this team gotten it done before. Is this their first dance or can they Bring it?
Star Power: Will I be amazed? Is there a real chance that we'll get to see something truly unique ? That's the key for this one.
Hateability "The Old Firm": This is for teams that are so successful that it's easy to root against them. Success is the key on this one. The Black hats always bring the excitement.
Likeability "Cinderella Factor": The opposite of Factor 4. Are we looking at a ragtag bunch of outcasts? Has the phrase : "Nobody believed in us" been uttered? Particularly poignant when combined with the Ewing theory.
Historical Implications: Is this series the bookend of a larger story? Am I watching something I'll be talking about years later? Does this story fit in a larger tapestry?
Team Quality "The Hall of Fame Counter": Will I be watching a truly great team? Could these guys hang with the pantheon? How many future hall of famers are taking the court?
4 Hall of Famers in that picture. Has to count for something.
Fun Factor:Is this a fun team to watch? Will the games be ridiculously fun? Are we getting to automatic League Pass teams?
Fanbase Hateability: You know who you are.
The Rivalry Factor: "Clean Old Fashioned Hate": How much do these teams dislike each other? Is a fistfight likely to break out? Is it personal?
8 Responses to "The 2013 Fun Rankings"
I was really pulling for an OKC Rockets match-up.
Nothing would have been better, then seeing James Harden eviscerate Russell Westbrook in a 7-game series, and make the punditry pause and say, "Maybe Harden IS better then Westbrook?".
there are a few little grammatical errors in factors 1 and 2.
Nice. Should the final west matrix be symmetric (as it is for the east)?
With Kobe out do you still expect the Lakers to perform well in the first round? Up until this point I've been adding points to the Lakers based on game-fixing. However, with Kobe out, I a) don't think they're as likely to fix games; and b) as probable to win games.
Well, since Kobe's hurt, they might not want try so hard to get the lakers in the playoffs. 50 free throw attempts but only 3 offensive rebounds. I had to watch that game. You said that's why your video existed. This video too. It was so blatant. They probably thought that since it wasn't on national tv, it'd be fine. What they did was absolutely unacceptable. It would've been a blowout if it wasn't for the refs, and kobe would've been sitting down by the point where he hurt himself because the game would pretty much be over. Stephen Curry (to my knowledge) has only two technical fouls in his career. If he starts arguing calls, you know there's something wrong.
The officiating in the Warriors game was nuts, and that's from a huge Lakers fan. It wasn't completely one-sided (they did actually whistle Howard for 5 fouls) but it was darn close.
Love the bioshock infinte reference. I hope good Kidd can grin out the best in melo in the playoffs. Why do you say the heat arent a great team?


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Big idea: By writing a summary with a limited number of words, students must focus on the important ideas and become thoughtful in their word choice. The purpose of this strategy is for students to discern the most important ideas and summarize information for any topic by studying an image, video, or article.
… encourage students to close-read a primary source image by summing up what they've learned from the image in a Six Word Story.
…ask students to reflect on what they've learned using a Six Word Story, but increase the expectation by asking them to write from a specific perspective or point of view. Jeannie Runyon and Brittany Myrick shared how they do this in SOS Story.
…try mashing up (combining) Six Word Story with SOS Four To One (CDN Version). This gives students a chance to combine visuals and text to convey a powerful message!
…use Six Word Story to gain a sense of the participants' prior knowledge about a topic. This will help you differentiate for the adult learners in the room.
… encourage students to participate in a Six Word Story challenge from the Six Word Memoirs project. The organization has support materials, teaching ideas, and other resources for you!


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100+ Years of Ministry in Korea Continues
More than 100 years ago, One Mission Society missionaries discipled, trained, and sent out two young Korean students, Kim Sang-jun and Jung Bin, from the OMS-established Tokyo Bible Institute in Japan back to Korea to share the Gospel with the Korean people.
From the beginning, OMS has been intentional about training the sons and daughters of a nation to reach their own people. This dedication has helped in the phenomenal growth of the OMS-founded Korea Evangelical Holiness Church (KEHC), which today has more than 3,000 churches and nearly 1 million members!
Before the division of North and South Korea, there were also about 3,000 churches in the north, with 132 of them being OMS related. And then the Korean War came, and those churches were laid waste while most Christians fled south to safety. Those that didn't were most likely martyred.
Today, evangelism in North Korea (NK) is impossible. For the last 16 years, Open Door's World Watch List has ranked it number one for persecuted Christians. Over 70,000 Christians live in prison camps as a result of their faith, suffering forced labor, starvation, and sexual abuse.
More than 20 million North Koreans live in darkness, having NEVER heard the Gospel.
North Korea is indeed a dark place, but OMS, along with our South Korea partners, is piercing the darkness of NK with the light of Christ. Here's how:
1. We are equipping North Korean defectors.
Koreans have been a divided people for decades, but a gradual reunification process is taking place through the arrival of North Korean defectors in
South Korea. These refugees face numerous obstacles to integration into South Korean society, but they also provide valuable insight into the issues Koreans will face after reunification.
Our ministry partner, Sarangnaru, reaches out to North Korean refugees and helps them integrate into South Korean society by providing group homes for teens and young adults and after-school tutoring for elementary children and their parents, among other ministries. In this way, North Korean defectors and their families are evangelized, discipled, and prepared to make a valuable contribution to reunification.
2.We are equipping North Korean transients.
Risking their lives for a better future, an estimated 100,000 to 300,000 have crossed the border into neighboring nations. With discretion and care, we are evangelizing, discipling, and training North Koreans who travel to nearby nations to return to share the Gospel within their family groups and, when feasible, help plant underground house churches.
This holiday season, we are taking the light of Jesus into the darkest place in the world, North Korea. Will you join us in this initiative?
A small gift of $34 will evangelize, train, and disciple one North Korean to reach his or her nation for Christ.
Please help us give light to North Korea by giving online here.
Tags: north korea, south korea, ministry to defectors, give light, legacy,
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Restoring the Church in North Korea
Did you know that before the division of North and South Korea, there were about 3,000 churches in North Korea, with 132 of those being Korea Evangelical Holiness Churches (KEHC), started by Koreans trained by OMS missionaries? But during the Korean War, the churches in the north were laid waste, and the majority of the Christians fled to the south.
Dozens of North Korean pastors stayed to watch over their churches while they sent their families to flee south. Many of them were captured and suffered greatly, finally dying a martyr's death. In the following decades of continual persecution by the North Korean government, the churches and Christians in North Korea disappeared altogether.
One pastor, who in spite of his sadness over losing his father to the communists, has devoted his life to restoring the church in North Korea. For several decades, he has embraced his enemies, the North Korean people, with the love of Christ. Because of the mission of unification in the Gospel, although he is in his 80s, he is still working hard to restore the North Korean church.
Here is a passionately written except from a letter he wrote to his father, who was abducted by the North Korean government:
"What has happened to Shinuiju Dongbu Church now . . . father! Restoring that fallen church is my fervent hope and prayer. Someday a church will stand tall again in that place. Father, in that church where you shared the Gospel and pastored, I see a vision of your descendants sharing the Gospel."
This pastor has been doing the dangerous ministry of setting up a shelter for North Koreans, sharing the Gospel with those traveling overseas, and training them to go back to North Korea. Because South Koreans cannot go into North Korea to share the Gospel, he has also been training ethnic Korean Chinese nationals and Mongolians who can enter North Korea.
There are North Korean evangelists who, in obedience to God's Word, are risking death to accept Jesus while overseas and then return to North Korea. They are keeping the faith in the midst of persecution and danger, building the underground church and sharing the Gospel.
Among the one billion people that OMS is pursuing to share the Good News of Jesus with, there are 25 million North Koreans who have never heard the Gospel. They are waiting for someone to share with them. OMS has focused on training national evangelists in Korea since the start of the Korea Evangelical Holiness Church (KEHC) over 110 years ago. The North Koreans that we have discipled will rebuild the fallen North Korean church and bring salvation to the souls dying without knowing Jesus Christ. The North Korean underground Christians who have kept their faith through suffering will fulfill the task of being witnesses of the light of Jesus Christ all over the world. We ask for your prayers and support as this ministry is dangerous and difficult.
Rev. Sungho Kim, Sarangnaru adviser
Tags: north korea, reunification, reaching lost, gospel,


Having a desk job will naturally keep you from moving about in a natural fashion. The less you are active, the more you will experience fatigue and stiffness, both mentally and physically. Taking the time to move around and create a more comfortable environment for yourself may seem like wasted time, but your productivity will actually increase if you trust yourself to perform. Here are just a few of the activities that you must take the time to perform routinely in order to keep your blood flowing and your productivity high in the office.
You must first break yourself of the mentality that says working without breaks is the most productive schedule that you can make for yourself. As a matter of fact, this is not true! Staying active will allow you to work more quickly, meaning that you can actually spend less time on work and accomplish more.
That's right: You should get up to break from your job at least three times per hour. 20 minutes is just crossing the limit of the mind's ability to work in a continuous manner. If you continue to work beyond this point without giving the brain the extra blood that it needs, you will slow your productivity. This is a physical reality, not a mental trick, so do not think that you can somehow will yourself to work faster. Take the breaks.
Exercising at least half an hour per day will help the body get started. You should try to take this extended exercise break at a different time each day so that you can surprise your body into a higher mode of productivity. However, if lunch is the only time that you can get this done, then take it at lunch. Use that time for a brisk walk outside, and make sure that your lunch is healthy.
Alongside blood, water is the most important element of productivity that you can give yourself to keep your productivity high. You do not have to worry about water with electrolytes or any special treatment other than purification. However, making sure that your body always has enough water is a physical reality, not a mental trick, and depriving yourself is doing you no favors. Take the time to ensure that you have the proper hydration to keep blood flowing to your brain and your joints loose.
Another way to keep your blood flowing is to stretch whenever you feel the urge. The body naturally gives you the feeling that you should stretch when it is feeling cloistered, and that means that blood is not moving as well as it should. The great thing about stretching is that you do not have to take a huge break to do it; the most that you may have to deal with is looking a bit weird at your desk. However, your productivity will speak volumes when it comes to your employee review, so do not worry about what people think of your looks.
Breathing deeply helps to reduce the amount of stress that you feel. You will be able to think more clearly, and you will also work faster. Stress is not a productivity inducer for most people, regardless of how you think you perform under pressure.
Finally, move your muscles constantly throughout the day, and take special pains to take a challenging class such as yoga or Zumba. If you are improving your body, you cannot stay stagnant.


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 * Provides support for creating and storing Acl instances.
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 * @author Ben Alex
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	 * Creates an empty Acl object in the database. It will have no entries.
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Okay, so we should schedule appointments into our diaries to commit more to our art, but we shouldn't have a plan?!
Truth be told: One hasn't anything to do with the other. You should commit yourself to your art, and you should commit yourself to the next step on your journey. Should you have a life-plan laid out however?
It is a feeble attempt to calm our minds, to tell ourselves that we somehow have control over what is happening. In reality, there is only so much we can control – mostly our attitude.
You don't even know if you will still be alive tomorrow, so why do think, as an example, it is more important to stick with a job you hate for "financial security"? This is not judgemental, it is a simple question to check what really matters to you, and why.
Maybe think about your core values, and then really ask yourself if they are compatible with being an artist.


In our house we're celebrating the recovery of a favorite 'pet' - a wise old crow who's been coming to our garden for years. Just as the dog in "Alf The Workshop Dog" is a real mutt, 'The Crow of the World' from the same story is also based on my real-life bird friend. We call him 'Hook Beak' - for reasons you can guess from his photo.
He's the cleverest and bravest of the crows, always first to come down when we throw out food. He swaggers up, looks right in at the window with his beady eyes and squarks at us when he's hungry. If food is too dry – he takes it to a bowl of water and sits for a few minutes whilst it soaks and softens. If there's any left over, he hides it for later – digging little holes in the grass and covering with leaves or moss.
Recently he showed up with a wounded leg, hardly able to walk. The other crows were pecking at him, keeping him away from food. He became increasingly bedraggled and we were worried he wouldn't survive, especially with the constant bullying. We knew he was braver and more confident than most of his oppressors. We guessed he would approach closer than the others if we stayed in the garden to frighten them away. We made up some pasta (his favorite!) mixed with tinned dog meat. Sure enough he flapped down to feed while we stood guard. The bullies just squawked and postured at a distance. His courage and intelligence got him his three meals a day in peace. This weekend he's looking glossy and sleek. His limp has more or less gone and he can once more hold his own in the pecking order. He's also very busy delivering food to a nest in a nearby oak tree – we think he may soon be teaching a young apprentice all his tricks!
The Great Crow Of The World is a major character in my kid's book Alf The Workshop Dog which has been doing great and has reached #1 Bestseller in Time Travel, Pets, and Chapter Books in USA, UK and Canada. To celebrate, the second book in the series Isabella's Pink Bicycle is going free 12-13-14 May. Come along and meet another animal - that cool pole cat for a tight spot - Frankie Ferret. Who needs a Fairy Godmother when you've got a Ferret Godfather?
Emma Thinx: You can't bully your way to courage.


These ground-breaking works led the way to an authoritative understanding of how social interaction moulded young people. Careful observation of vulnerable and troubled children helped the leading sociologists, whose works are included here, to investigate how aggression, discipline, the struggle for recognition and the need to rebel shaped the personalities of the young. These are important texts for practitioners, students and teachers in health and social welfare.


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Q: Using konva on a nodejs backend without konva-node We are a team of 5 developers working on a video rendering implementation. This implementation consists out of two parts.

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*A live video preview in the browser using angular + konva.

*A node.js (node 14) serverless (AWS lambda container) implementation using konva-node that pipes frames to ffmpeg for rendering a mp4 video in higher quality for later download.

Both ways are working for us. Now we extracted the parts of the animation that are the same for frontend and backend implementation to an internal library. We imported them in BE and FE. That also works nicely for most parts.
We noticed here that konva-node is deprecated since a short time. Documentation says to use canvas + konva instead on node.js. But this just doesn't work. If we don't use konva-node we cannot create a stage without a 'container' value. Also we cannot create a raw image buffer anymore, because stage.toCanvas() actually returns a HTMLCanvas, which does not have this functionality.

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*So what does konva-node actually do to konva API?

*Is node.js still supported after deprecation of konva-node?

*How can we get toBuffer() and new Stage() functionality without konva-node in node.js?

backend (konva-node)
import konvaNode = require('konva-node');
this.stage = new konvaNode.Stage({
     width: stageSize.width,
     height: stageSize.height
});

// [draw stuff on stage here]

// create raw frames to pipe to ffmpeg
const frame = await this.stage.toCanvas();
const buffer: Buffer = frame.toBuffer('raw');

frontend (konva)
import Konva from 'konva';
this.stage = new Konva.Stage({
     width: stageSize.width,
     height: stageSize.height,
     // connect stage to html element in browser
     container: 'container'
});

// [draw stuff on stage here]

Finally in an ideal world (if we could just Konva in frontend and backend without konva-node the following should be possible for a shared code.
loading images
public static loadKonvaImage(element, canvas): Promise<any> {
    return new Promise(resolve => {
        let image;
        if (canvas) {
            // node.js canvas image
            image = new canvas.Image();
        } else {
            // html browser image
            image = new Image();
        }
        image.src = element.url;
        image.onload = function () {
            const konvaImage = new Konva.Image(
            {image, element.width, element.height});
            konvaImage.cache();
            resolve(konvaImage);
        };
    });
}

Many props to the developer for the good work. We would look forward to use the library for a long time, but how can we if some core functionality that we rely on is outdated shortly after we started the project?
Another stack overflow answer mentioned Konva.isBrowser = false;. Maybe this is used to differentiate between a browser and a node canvas?

A:
So what does konva-node actually do to konva API?

It slightly patches Konva code to use canvas nodejs library to use 2d canvas API. So, Konva will not use browser DOM API.

Is node.js still supported after deprecation of konva-node?

Yes. https://github.com/konvajs/konva#4-nodejs-env

How can we get toBuffer() and new Stage() functionality without konva-node in node.js?

You can try to use this:
const canvas = layer.getNativeCanvasElement();
const buffer = canvas.toBuffer();

A: We have solved the problems we had the following way:
create stage (shared between Be+FE)
public static createStage(stageWidth: number, stageHeight: number, canvas?: any): Konva.Stage {
    const stage = new Konva.Stage({
        width: stageWidth,
        height: stageHeight,
        container: canvas ? canvas : 'container'
    });
    return stage;
}

create raw image buffer (BE)
const frame: any = await this.stage.toCanvas();
const buffer: Buffer = frame.toBuffer('raw');

loading images (shared between Be+FE)
public static loadKonvaImage(element, canvas?: any): Promise<Konva.Image> {
   return new Promise(resolve => {
       const image = canvas ? new canvas.Image() : new Image();
       image.src = element.url;
       image.onload = function () {
           const konvaImage = new Konva.Image(
           {image, element.width, element.height});
           konvaImage.cache();
           resolve(konvaImage);
       };
   });
}

Two things we had to do.

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*We have rewritten our whole backend and library code to use ESM modules and we got rid of konva-node and konva 7 in general.

*We defined the node module canvas in all places as any. It seems like Konva accepts more inputs than expected and like specified in the type interfaces of the classes. canvas is only installed in the backend and inserted in some library methods like shown above.

@lavrton nice to hear from you. Your answer might also work for getting the Buffer, but you didn't answer on how to create the stage. Luckily we found a solution for both issues.

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Barista Competition. It happened. And we talk with Becky Reeves of BARISTA and WINCC about the things we saw--coaching, expensive coffees, and a lack of diversity AGAIN. We ask questions about what our champions should do and what we hope to see from the competitions committee in the future.


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Stories Between Christianity and Islam
Saints, Memory, and Cultural Exchange in Late Antiquity and Beyond
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Stories between Christianity and Islam offers an original and nuanced understanding of Christian–Muslim relations that shifts focus from discussions of superiority, conflict, and appropriation to the living world of connectivity and creativity. Here, the late antique and medieval Near East is viewed as a world of stories shared by Christians and Muslims. Public storytelling was a key feature for these late antique Christian and early Islamic communities, where stories of saints were used to interpret the past, comment on the present, and envision the future.
In this book, Reyhan Durmaz uses these stories to demonstrate and analyze the mutually constitutive relationship between these two religions in the Middle Ages. With an in-depth study of storytelling in Late Antiquity and the mechanisms of hagiographic transmission between Christianity and Islam in the Middle Ages, Durmaz develops a nuanced understanding of saints' stories as a tool for building identity, memory, and authority across confessional boundaries.
Reyhan Durmaz is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Pennsylvania and co-translator of Jacob of Sarug's Homilies on Women Whom Jesus Met.


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Andrei Makine Lifts the Veil on a Taboo
Andrei Makine, Lady Chatterley's Lover, Lolita, The Crime of Olga Arbyelina
Literature's power is to carry us safely to places we wouldn't ordinarily go. One of those places is the world of taboos. For centuries, writers have dared venture into forbidden territory, creating some of the world's great classics. Two examples are D. H. Lawrence's Lady Chatterley's Lover, which explores adulterous love, and Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita which examines the carnal attraction of the old for the young.
Recently I came home from the Dollar Store with a book by a Russian author, Andrei Makine: The Crime of Olga Arbyelina. I didn't know much about the author except that he was born in 1958 and now lives in France. He's won a number of literary awards and this latest novel is about incest.
Makine's central character is a princess who has escaped the violence of the Russian Revolution. In the aftermath, she lives in a French village with her adolescent son who suffers from the royal disease, hemophilia. As it is unlikely he will live to full adulthood, the mother allows the boy to explore her body to satisfy his growing erotic needs. One might say, it is her ultimate sacrifice for a dying child.
The novel is a translation from French into English, but the Russian voice dominates. Scenes from nature play a large role in Makine's work, as it does in the works of many Russian authors. Like his predecessors, he tosses human suffering against that larger canvass so that our existence takes on cosmic proportions. The seasons weave themselves intractably into his characters' lives, acting like a lush clock to count the dwindling hours mother and son have together.
As abhorrent as the topic of incest may be, Makine gives it a face softened by hopelessness and impending death. Of course, the sinners must be punished; but his skill broadens our perspective and if we are not careful, we may feel an impulse to weep for the doomed pair.
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When it comes to food, Bangladeshis are famous gourmands. And like any good foodie, we love to be adventurous about food and explore a variety of items. As tastes develop, we're all about trying new flavours and cuisines in addition to our traditional delicacies. One such is example is the recent rise in number of people who are trying out Japanese cuisine. However, there are only a few restaurants in Bangladesh that can give their customers the exotic taste of authentic Japanese food.
Not to worry, here to give your tastebuds a treat is Sushi Tei. Situated in Gulshan, this mini Tokyo is an international franchise that specializes in giving their patrons the bona fide taste of Japan. Sushi Tei believes that the ambience of a restaurant can make or break the authenticity aspect of a foodie's experience, so you can expect to find a fully Japanese themed interior to complement your food.
In addition to serving sushi, they also have sashimi, salmon mentai, dai dai rolls, salmon wafu, grilled mentai and over 200 items. A variety of refreshing drinks and Japanese salads are also available for customers, among which their lobster salad is a crowd-favourite. They import their salmon from Norway as it is internationally credited to have the best salmon in the world. Similarly, most of their ingredients are brought in from abroad.
Sushi Tei emphasizes the aesthetic presentation of their dishes as it is a key constituent in the bona fide Japanese food experience. The head chef of their sushi section, Rashed Nizam, received training in Japan for five years before going on to work in Singapore for several more, effectively earning him the title of 'Japanese food specialist'. At Sushi Tei, they are courteous and professional about their services and place utmost importance on providing good customer service.
For a Japanese food lover in search of an adventure, this restaurant might be worth visiting.


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AFCON 2021 - Gabon: A fine in the hotel episode
The Confederation of African Football had indicated that the matter would not end there and it has made its decision: Gabon will have to pay. For refusing to accept the hotel that was planned to host its delegation in Yaounde for the group stage of the 2021 African Cup of Nations, Gabon will have to pay a fine. CAF has informed the Gabonese Federation that it will have to pay a fine of 20,000 dollars. The decision is motivated by the fact that the change of hotel, which had not been validated beforehand, led to a violation of the health and security protocols.


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The Sheriff Goes to the Gemba
6 March 2011 by Kevin Meyer
By Kevin Meyer
A story in this morning's paper on our new San Luis Obispo sheriff, Ian Parkinson, begins with the following story:
On a recent Saturday night, sheriff's Sgt. Aaron Nix was covering a shift at the main office off Highway 1 in San Luis Obispo when someone unexpected walked in the door.
Sheriff Ian Parkinson.
"I asked him if he typically comes in, in his uniform on a Saturday night, to see what the watch commander is doing," Nix said. Parkinson replied that he had been speaking to some citizens in Cambria and decided to stop by on his way home. "I told him to 'Get out of here, it's a Saturday night,' " said Nix, who also serves on the executive committee of the Association of San Luis Obispo County Deputy Sheriffs.
Instead, Parkinson wandered over to the jail and visited with correctional deputies for more than an hour.
"I've been here 24 years, and there hasn't been a sheriff walking around on a Saturday night," said Correctional Sgt. Mike Thompson, president of the Deputy Sheriffs Association. "That's huge."
The new sheriff went to the gemba, to where value is being created. A little bit of a different perspective in the law enforcement area, but a jail still provides value to the community. The examples don't end there.
A good leader or manager first spends time to truly understand the facts.
And he's held more than three dozen meetings with supervisory-level employees and employee groups, whose suggestions he'll use to create a list of priorities. Eventually, they'll become a strategic plan to guide the department for the next three to four years.
"I think people are very optimistic in regard to what's coming," said Deputy Neil Clayton, president of the Association of San Luis Obispo County Deputy Sheriffs. "It's obvious that he intends to make changes, but he's taking his time to find out the root of the problems."
Some of those changes may not be popular, Clayton said, but manageable if people understand the reasoning behind them.
Some facts may not be what's expected. We don't exactly have a lot of crime in this county – the police blotter sections of the paper are generally filled with "grandma heard a strange noise but it turned out to be a creaky door" type reports. But there's some. For example the popular perception that hard drugs lead to violence, when sometimes the opposite is true.
Other issues will soon claim Parkinson's attention — including medical marijuana, brought into focus by the arrest of 15 people in late December after an investigation by the county's Narcotics Task Force. Parkinson, who was not yet on the job then, said he wasn't aware of the investigation. But since taking office, he has become more familiar with the legal arguments surrounding medical marijuana.
Some community members have urged Parkinson to pay more attention to methamphetamine-related problems. He acknowledged the drug's damaging effects but noted that in the past two years there have been about 10 reports of home-invasion robberies related to marijuana or medical marijuana — and none related to meth.
Communicating is also a key part of the job.
Parkinson said he'll hold community meetings around the county to share his plans with the public. He's already started attending meet-and-greets and other public events. Jerry Lenthall, a member of the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Advisory Council, said he appreciates Parkinson's outreach to the community.
Going to the gemba to understand what is really happening, digging for facts especially when they contradict popular perception, developing a strategy, and communicating that strategy to stakeholders and customers. That's leadership, law enforcement style.
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Chet Frame says
Good post, Kevin. Thank you.


Potassium is also something you need to be careful with in terms of balance. It is easy to have too much. Make sure you are measuring how much you get. If you have kidney disease or other issue which may allow potassium to build up in the body, talk to your physician. The National Institute of Health also has a great fact sheet on what happens with too much potassium: high potassium level.
So how much should you have? An adult should get about 4.7g or 4700mg per day. How can you make sure you get this amount? Here are some potassium rich foods which can help. Data is from the USDA Food Composition Database.
One thing I do want to mention is salt substitutes. Tony and I both use salt substitutes as a way to boost potassium without the calories. Salt substitute are made from potassium chloride. They provide over 600mg of potassium for ¼ teaspoon serving. This works well for raising potassium, but be careful because a little goes a long way. It is also VERY bitter. I made the mistake of placing a little on my tongue and I couldn't get the extreme bitter taste out of my mouth for a couple of hours. I use it in very sweet things so that it doesn't taste bad.
How do you add potassium to a recipe? Let us know in the comments below.
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I will go to Lapland next week, and I'm looking for topo map from this area to my Garmin GPS. But I don't find anything. Would you be so kind as to help me? Have you got map from Finnland, Sweden and Norway?
You can visit http://www.kivenalla.fi, choose Palaute (means Contact) and then you can write in english to the shop. The fields on this form are Nimi (name), Sahkoposti (Email address) and Palaute (write what you want).
somehow shown in the map. Commercial maps are much more detailed and better.
It's not the best one but "acceptable", certainly depends on you requirements.


Requirement: Our client required a satellite office to house current staff and allow room for expansion, when required. The building was to include specific facilities such as toilets, kitchens and offices.
Our Solution: We worked very closely with the client to make sure they had everything they needed throughout the process. When we first began talking to the client, we came up with a drawing and a size solution to enable the building to fit in the footprint of a barn, that was removed prior to us installing. The building was to be used as a satellite office on site in Southport, the building had 4 bays of 9.7m x 3m all of which coming together to make a building which featured a controlled entrance lobby, open plan sales office area, accounts department, meeting room and staff facilities to include a kitchen with break out space and toilets. Due to the remote location of the site, the client requested cladding on the building to fit in with the local area. From start to finish we had a tight timescale to meet the date they had to move in by and we worked very closely with the clients trades as well as our own to achieve that. Once shipped from Alconbury we sent a team of men up to Southport to assist with install of the building and provide any finishing touches. An impressive install done for an extremely happy customer!


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Q: Term extraction: Generatings tags out of text How to get the same results as http://developer.yahoo.com/search/content/V1/termExtraction.html
This question has been asked quite a few times before.

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*best approach to analyze text in PHP?

*What is a good keyword extraction web service?

*What is a simple way to generate keywords from a text?
Trying to approach this problem with existing solutions I stumbled upon "Text Analysis" Solr performs on the document before indexing as described in http://wiki.apache.org/solr/AnalyzersTokenizersTokenFilters - which includes stemming as well.
So the final index will consist mostly of terms used to describe the document.
Is there a solution that provides analyzers, tokenizers, and token filters for direct use? If solr is the way out, what is the best way get this data from solr's index?

A: Solr is a way to create a custom search engine. It does not seem to be the right tool for the job. The Wikipedia article about term extraction lists in its "external links" section several web applications for term extraction. OpenNLP has a list of tools which may be useful. Its Chunker may be helpful.

A: Just ask for the parsed terms e.g.
http://localhost:8983/solr/terms?terms.fl=text&terms.sort=count&terms.limit=-1

See TermsComponent
for more info.


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Q: получить все все сочетания из "110" Есть массив по типу [1, 1, 0]. Нужно получить все сочетания из двух единиц и одного нуля, но без повторов (пробовал itertools.permutations("110", 3), но он выдает "повторы" по типу 110=110. Нужно: 011 101 110 и больше не надо). На с++ есть next_permutations, можно ли что-то подобное сделать на python?

A: Переустановки элементов без повторов:
from itertools import permutations

print(set(permutations("110", r=3)))
# {('1', '0', '1'), ('0', '1', '1'), ('1', '1', '0')}

items = [''.join(x) for x in set(permutations("110", r=3))]
print(items)  # ['110', '011', '101']


awesome but I still don't think I can do it.. can I just send my bad lens to you?
I am about to put together my own cleaning set. I found this thread very helpful. Can someone please tell me where I can find these Calibrated rubber tubes in the UK (or alternatively on the internet)?
Ideally I would like to have everything as a set in a small box or so ... so that I don't have to shop for every single item ... is this available somewhere?
It was in the past, our colleague Alex (from China) was providing them, but he suddenly disappeared.
Still missing grease pack and fungus killer chemicals.
Can anyone recommend a grease pack with a link? ebay?
Rubbers are good. I don't have other to compare, but feel perfectly with the force of my hands. Use them 10 times now.
Wrenches are ok too. I just need it twice until now.
Filter dent repair tool is on the way.
Yes, I use these. They work well enough for my work with these Japanese JCIS screw heads - but I am sure the modification or right screwdrivers would be a bit better.
Many thanks for providing the links! I'll definitely order the rubber repair tool.
So now I only have to find the chemicals to remove the fungus.
They have a eBay store too and here is the link to the tools.
Very useful thread, I've ordered this set pf lens wrench, we shall see how they perform for the price.
I read that you need 'JIS' screwdrivers NOT Philips type -- well I went to the Philippines and asked in a big store in Ayala Mall and told them I needed 'JIS' But the Guy sold me a set of small philips after all but it was less than £ 1-00 so I left it in Philippines for my Sister-in-law. Where can i get the small JIS type that is used for taking off the base-plate of my ME Super and such cameras ?
PS -- I am in ENGLAND and all the 'links' I have looked at are in American $$$$ and companies in USA !
Have you already looked here?
They are shipping from Germany which shouldn't be a problem to England (EU-domestic).
When I took a camera repair class, the instructor said the correct screwdrivers to use are called "crosspoint". You can easily see the difference just by looking at them. A phillips is much pointier. I have successfully blunted phillips points with sandpaper or grinding stones so their point angle matches that of a crosspoint and this will work in a pinch.
I have found that typically the screwdrivers found in the small jeweler's screwdriver sets you see are crosspoints and not phillips.
Can someone fix the OP post photos, they are not showing. Thanks!
I have the same problem vanylapep... I can't see the photos on the first page. Jesito, can you put again the photos of your first intervention?
Looking for a lens element suction tool.
Thoughts on where to get one?
For sale: Canon EOS-M and MF Adapters.
Or, if you are really frugal, you can take one of those bath hooks with locking hook.
Difficult, they were stored at Imageshack and when they went commercial and asking for money for keeping the pictures, they cleaned all the free accounts, (mine among them), so they are definitively lost.
I'll try to take some new pictures to replace those, but the first post was written quite a long time ago and I don't remember precisely which tools I was using at that time.


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Paradise Tokyo, the flagship store of Japanese cult street fashion label WACKO MARIA, commemorates its first anniversary with Neckface. The graffiti artist's humorous, grotesque imagery finds its way onto T-shirts, Hawaiian shirts, souvenir jackets, sweatshirts and rayon '50s shirts, turning to heavy metal for graphic inspiration. The collection will be available on September 9 to September 25. A party will take place on the release day, where a zine commemorating the collaboration will be available for purchase, alongside Neckface's original artwork and posters.


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Q: How to achieve this simple screen with UIScrollView and AutoLayout
First of all, I understand the basic of using UIScrollView with AutoLayout by reading: https://developer.apple.com/LIBRARY/ios/technotes/tn2154/_index.html
What I want to achieve is:

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*UIScrollView takes up the full screen height

*UIButtons are positioned like the above wireframe

I understand the contentSize of UIScrollView is determined by the position of the button at the bottom and its bottom space constraint to the UIScrollView, problem is I couldn't find a way to properly position the button at the bottom to make it work for 3.5" and 4" respectively

A: Put your UIButtons & UIScrollView in a parent UIView. Do not include buttons in scrollview, but instead put them in parent view. Arrage them as per your layout.
Now select the button & go to Editor -> Pin & click on Height. For top buttons pin Top Space to Superview & for bottom buttons pin Bottom Space to Superview.
For your scrollview & parent view pin Top & Bottom Space but DO NOT pin height, this will strech it to 100% height, while keeping button of same height & at their respective place.


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Looking to elevate your small business's videoconferencing game? Microsoft might have just the thing.
The software giant on Tuesday released Skype Meetings, a free tool aimed at small businesses offering real-time audio and HD video conferencing. The tool is available to anyone in the US with a business email address whose organization doesn't already have an Office 365 subscription that includes Skype for Business, which is more full-featured that this new free tool.
With Skype Meetings, you can set up calls for up to 10 people for the first 60 days. After that, your calls will be limited to just three people.
Microsoft is, of course, just giving users a taste of the videoconferencing features available as part of Skype for Business, which lets you hold online meetings for up to 250 people. The free tool offers some of the same features, such as the ability to instant message other participants during a meeting, but Skype for Business takes this a step further, letting you IM anyone in your organization whenever you want, not just during meetings.
Meanwhile, Skype Meetings does have some other handy features, including the ability to share your screen or a PowerPoint presentation with other participants, and use a virtual laser pointer and whiteboard. Meeting organizers will also get some "professional meeting controls," like the ability to mute the audience so everyone pays attention to just you.
To get started, all you need is an Internet browser, a microphone, speaker, and camera. Head here to start a meeting. For a look at Skype Meetings in action, check out the video below. Also be sure to check out PCMag's full review of Skype for Business.