CHiPs is an American television drama series produced by MGM Studios (now owned by Turner Entertainment) that originally aired on NBC from September 15, 1977, to July 17, 1983. CHiPs followed the lives of two motorcycle police officers of the California Highway Patrol. The series ran for 139 episodes over six seasons.
CHiPs was a lightweight action crime drama, which included elements of comedy in every episode (several of the first season episodes play as out-and-out comedies). Over-the-top freeway pileups, which occurred in almost every episode, were a signature of the show. There was little if any actual violence on CHiPs, and the show can be classified as a dramedy. The episodes filled a standard hour-long time slot, which at the time required 48 minutes of actual programming.
The show was created by Rick Rosner, and starred Erik Estrada as macho, rambunctious Officer Francis ("Frank") "Ponch" Poncherello and Larry Wilcox as his straight-laced partner, Officer Jonathan "Jon" Baker. With Ponch the more trouble-prone of the pair, and Jon generally the more level-headed one trying to keep him out of trouble with the duo's gruff yet fatherly commanding officer Sergeant Joseph Getraer (Robert Pine), the two were Highway Patrolmen of the Central Los Angeles office of the California Highway Patrol (CHP, hence the name CHiPs).
As real-life CHP motor officers rarely ride in pairs, in early episodes this was explained away by placing the trouble-prone Ponch on probationary status, with Jon assigned as his field training officer. Eventually, by the end of the first season, this subplot faded away (Ponch completed his probation) as audiences were used to seeing the two working as a team.
In the fifth season (1981–1982) Estrada went on strike over a dispute over syndication profits. As a result he did not appear in seven episodes; for that period he was replaced by Bruce Jenner (Officer Steve McLeish). Despite their successful pairing on-screen, Wilcox and Estrada did not always get along behind the camera. However, it was Wilcox's falling-out with the producers over what he saw as continual favoritism towards Estrada that saw Wilcox not return for the sixth and final season. Wilcox was replaced by Tom Reilly (Officer Bobby Nelson). 1981 and 1982 Speedway World Champion and Los Angeles native Bruce Penhall was also introduced as cadet–probationary officer Bruce Nelson, Bobby's younger brother in 1982–83.
Estrada apparently did not approve of Reilly's work ethic and was very displeased with Reilly's real life arrest by the LAPD for possession of controlled substances during a traffic stop. As a result, Bobby was featured much less prominently in later episodes of the season, with Bruce taking his place for most of the remainder episodes.
According to a 1998 TV Guide article, show creator Rick Rosner was a reserve deputy with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. During a coffee break on an evening patrol shift in the mid-1970s he saw two young CHP officers on motorcycles which gave him the idea for this series. He later created 240-Robert, which seemed like a hybrid of "CHiPs" and Emergency!.
The character of Ponch was originally conceived to be Italian ("Poncherini"), but when Erik Estrada won the part, the character was changed to Hispanic American.
Episodes occasionally reference Jon Baker's service in Vietnam. This makes his character one of the earliest regular (and one of the more positive) portrayals of a Vietnam Veteran on television. Larry Wilcox served 13 months in Vietnam as a Marine artilleryman.
Though public perception links the later P-Series Kawasaki Police Special with the series, in fact they rode the C-Series Kawasaki, which had an oval windshield rather than the later model's fiberglass fairing.
Filming locations were generally in the San Fernando Valley of California. Freeway crashes were performed on recently constructed highways that were not yet open to the public. For the first season, the Glendale Freeway (Highway 2) in Montrose, California was used. After the first season, the intersection of the Foothill Freeway (Interstate 210) and the Simi Valley Freeway (Highway 118) in Sylmar, California were used. For the racing scenes in the episode "Drive, Lady, Drive" they used the Riverside International Raceway in Riverside, California.
Although doubles were used for far-off shots and various stunt or action sequences, Wilcox and Estrada did a great deal of their own motorcycle riding, and performed many smaller stunts themselves. Although Wilcox emerged relatively injury-free, Estrada suffered various injures several times throughout the run of the series. In several early first season episodes, a huge bruise or scar can be seen on his arm after he was flung from one of the motorcycles and skidded along the ground. But his worst accident came when he was seriously injured in a motorcycle accident while filming a season three episode in August 1979, fracturing several ribs and breaking both wrists. The accident and Estrada's subsequent hospitalization was incorporated into the series' storyline.
Prior to being cast in CHiPs Estrada had no experience with motorcycles, so he underwent an intensive eight-week course, learning how to ride. In 2007 it was revealed that he didn't hold a motorcycle license at the time CHiPs was in production, and only qualified for a license after three attempts, while preparing for an appearance on a reality television show, Back To The Grind.
Estrada and Wilcox never drew their firearms over the course of the series. (This did occur in the made-for-TV reunion movie CHiPs '99.) The only character on the series depicted as drawing his firearm was Baricza (Brodie Greer), and he did so three times. The first was his radio car's Ithaca 37 shotgun in Season 1's episode "Rainy Day", where the CHiPs conduct a felony traffic stop of a motorhome-based casino. The second was in Season 2's premiere, Peaks and Valleys", against two hillbillies armed with a Tommy-gun and a double-barrel shotgun who had ambushed his unattended patrol car for fun. Here the action was only implied, with his hand/wrist motion just below camera range. The last was in Season 4's "Karate", in which a karate-trained car burglar (Danny Bonaduce) attacked him with a Bō, but wisely retreated to a getaway van when Baricza drew his gun.
NBC aired reruns of this series on its daytime schedule from April–September 1982.
During the original run of the series, syndicated reruns of older episodes were retitled CHiPs Patrol to avoid confusion. Later syndicated reruns after the show went out of production reverted to the original title.
CHiPs episodes were usually a combination of light comedy and melodrama. A typical episode would start with Ponch and Jon on routine patrol or being assigned to an interesting beat, such as Malibu or the Sunset Strip. In roll call briefing, Sgt. Getraer would alert his officers to be on the lookout for a particular criminal operation, such as people staging accidents as part of an insurance scam or punks breaking into cars. A few interesting, unrelated vignettes often transpired during the course of "routine" traffic enforcement. A light-hearted subplot would also be included, such as Harlan trying to hide a stray dog from Getraer at the office. A more serious theme, such as Ponch trying to keep a kid from his old neighborhood out of a potential life of crime, might also be included. After a few failed attempts to apprehend the gang that had been menacing L.A.'s freeways, the episode would invariably culminate in Ponch and Jon leading a chase of the suspects (often assisted by other members of their division), climaxing with a spectacular series of stunt vehicle crashes. The show then typically featured a dénouement of Ponch and Jon participating in a new activity (such as jet skiing or skydiving), designed to showcase the pair's glamorous Southern California lifestyle. Often, Ponch would attempt to impress a woman he had met during the episode with his athletic prowess or disco dancing, only to fail and provide Jon, Getraer, and others with many laughs. As the preliminary end credits would start, the image would freeze multiple times, showing various characters laughing or otherwise enjoying the social scene.
A series of 3 3/4" action figures was released by Mego in the late 1970s. Due to the materials used to construct the figures, many of them have discolored (typically turning green) or started to decompose over the years, making good conditioned examples quite hard to find on the collectors market. There was also a series of six diecast model vehicles produced by Imperial Toys.
In the UK, as was common with many popular US series of the era, a series of tie-in annuals were produced by World International Publishing Ltd, containing stories, photos, puzzles and features on the stars. There are four annuals in total, one each for 1980–83.
In 2006, a limited edition soundtrack was released on CD by Turner Classic Movies' music division via Film Score Monthly, featuring the original recordings of the main theme by John Parker and in-episode musical scores from many episodes of the second season, as composed and conducted by Alan Silvestri (Silvestri also arranged the theme as heard from season two onwards, and it's this version that's heard here – the soundtrack album also includes the "Trick or Treat" score composed and conducted by Bruce Broughton, his only work for the series). In 2008, music from the third season was released; an album of music from the fourth season followed in 2010.
In 1998, a made for television movie sequel entitled CHiPs '99 was created by TNT, as the network's parent company owns the rights to the show.
In 2003, a new series of CHiPs was to be made in San Francisco with a new cast. Martin Kunert and Eric Manes wrote the pilot script for Doug Liman to direct. However, the network that ordered the remake, NBC, decided not to pursue the new series.
In 2005, a theatrical release motion picture version of the show was announced, starring Wilmer Valderrama as Ponch. The movie is tentatively set to be released in 2011. Erik Estrada and Larry Wilcox are rumored to make cameo appearances. The choice of Valderrama as Ponch will not be the first time that the actor has played the character of Ponch. In a 2002 episode of MADtv, Valderrama and fellow That '70s Show cast member Danny Masterson were featured in two parodies of CHiPs, which featured the two actors as Ponch and Baker respectively. Mila Kunis also appeared in the second sketch. In a 2002 episode of That '70s Show, Valderrama's character, Fez, was seen in the "most likely" section of the yearbook as "most likely to appear as Ponch in a musical version of CHiPs".
In the United Kingdom, it was broadcast by ITV. As with many imported programmes of the era, despite being very popular, the show was not networked for most of its run, with each region instead showing the series in their own selected timeslot, and episodes were quite often shown out of sequence from their original US order. Many regions showed much of the series in a Saturday tea-time slot around 17:35, although later this went on to cause a scheduling clash for fans of such US imports, as it clashed with BBC Ones run of The Dukes of Hazzard (in the days before video recorders were commonplace). For the last couple of seasons, most regions ran the series in a Saturday lunch-time 13:20 slot, interspread with runs of Airwolf (which began production the year after CHiPs finished, but many regions still had many CHiPs episodes yet to show). Although the show finished production in 1983, many regions did not complete their runs of the series until the later 1980s, in some cases almost ten years after the show had first appeared.
Warner Home Video has released the first two seasons of "CHiPs" on DVD in Regions 1, 2 & 4. Seasons 1 and 2 are also available for purchase at the online iTunes Store.
Region 2 release dates relate to the United Kingdom market.
^ McNeil, Alex. Total Television. 1980. New York: Penguin Books, 1991.
^ Rubin, Sylvia (October 27, 1998). "Estrada, Wilcox Cash In With New 'CHiPs '99' / Popular '70s show gets updated in TNT movie". The San Francisco Chronicle. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/1998/10/27/DD80221.DTL.
^ Bob Lardine. "Larry Wilcox Busses His New Bride, but 'CHiPs' Co-Star Erik Estrada Gets a Kiss-Off". People (magazine). http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20076341,00.html. Retrieved 2008-11-17.
^ "CHiPs-TV.com Episode Guide, Episode 120". http://www.chips-tv.com/Guide/Episode/120.shtml. Retrieved 2006-06-30.
^ "Valderrama saddles up for 'CHiPs' remake". Yahoo! Movies. 2005-12-08. Archived from the original on 2005-12-10. http://web.archive.org/web/20051210043624/http://movies.yahoo.com/mv/news/va/20051208/113404119000.html. Retrieved 2011-08-02.
^ ''CHiPs'' season 1 at the iTunes Store. Phobos.apple.com (2007-06-04). Retrieved on 2011-08-11.
^ ''CHiPs'' season 2 at the iTunes Store. Phobos.apple.com (2008-07-07). Retrieved on 2011-08-11.


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Nandamuri Balakrishna (Madrás, 10 de junio de 1960) es un actor de cine y político indio, que trabaja sobre todo en el cine telugu.
Es el sexto hijo del galán telugu y ex primer ministro del estado de Andhra Pradesh N. T. Rama Rao.
Balakrishna entró en la industria del cine a la edad de 14 años, en la película Tatamma Kala.
A mediados de los años ochenta, se graduó en la escuela de actuación, y pronto se convirtió en uno de los actores del cine telugu más buscados. En toda su carrera cinematográfica, que abarca , ha actuado en 98 películas (a 2013), en una variedad de roles.

Ha ganado dos premios Andhra Pradesh State Nandi Awards y un premio Filmfare. Fue el invitado de honor en la 43.º Festival Internacional de Cine de la India.

Está activamente involucrado en la política y es un miembro del Partido Telugu Desam (TDP), fundada por su padre. También es presidente del consejo del hospital oncológico de su padre, el Basavatarakam Indo-American Cancer Hospital & Research Institute (instituto de investigación y hospital indoestadounidense Basavatarakam del cáncer'), con sede en Hyderabad.

Filmografía

Referencias

Políticos de la India del siglo XXI
Nacidos en Chennai
Actores de India
Actores infantiles de India

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Proto-Indo-European and Proto-Indo-Europeans, Modern Indo-European & Indo-European languages
Teuta Forum Index Indo-European Studies: Proto-Indo-European and Indo-European languages Human Evolutionary Genetics on the Indo-European question
Critic of the IE worldview - English Version
Human Evolutionary Genetics on the Indo-European question: Haplogroups and Admixture analyses of Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and the Americas
Post by Zulu » Wed Jul 18, 2018 2:52 am
Part 2 - Germanic Genetics vs. Celtic and Slavic Genetics (google translation, i hope that is not to confuse)
"Germanic tribes during the Migration Period show mainly R1b, also I-lines"
The assertion that the Lombards represent all Germanic tribes
"Germanic tribes during the Migration Period mainly show R1b, also I-lines" by Carlos Quiles is nonsense. Only Langobard cemeteries of Collegno and Szólád were evaluated, ie only one tribe.
This contradicts z.b. the evaluation of the genetics of the Tollense battle, promptly interpreted as Baltic Slavic , without proof, without any evidence !
"The Tollense Valley battlefield: the North European 'Trojan was' that's going to western Balto-Slavic origins'
Nowhere is the Tollense battle a battle between Teutons and Slavs / Baltens, which they obviously want to interpret here.
In fact, archaeologists can only assign the victorious defenders to the early Lusatian culture and the defeated attackers to a southern German / Bohemian area, but not ethnics or anything about their language.
On the other hand, the amber was traded so intensively that the Teutons also protected these mines. A clear indication of this is the Tollense battle, in which people from a radius of 100 km, including Poland as well as East Germany, fought side by side. We know that the Lusatian culture spoke Germanic, because they were called by the Romans as Germans / Goths. But we also know that there were differences between East Germanic, Western Germanic and Northern Germanic. Thus Arminius did not initially follow any Sueben tribes in his Varus battle. They were allied with Marbod, who after all accumulated so much power that the Romans pulled several legions together against him, which were then thrown against the Pannonian revolt in the short term, while Marbod was suddenly declared a friend of Rome and bought the peace with gold.
Thus, there were at least 3 Germanic-speaking cultures with several tribes, which were occupied by both Prokop and Tacitus with different myths.
In Collegno and Szólád, only one of these cultures was investigated, the Lombards.
The genetic differences between the three Germanic-speaking cultures would also be proved if one analyzed cemeteries of the Vandals, Gepids or Bastarnen, which certainly have a much higher R1a share, with the Vandals presumably by the presence of bell jars in Bohemia probably the most R1b may have.
"MtDNA suggest original East Germanic population linked to Jutland's Iron Age and Bell Beaker"
And they also stand out from the Northern Germans in Sweden, who in turn show a gradient to the Norwegian Germans. And even those do not correspond to the Western Germans, who have a lot more bells than R1b in Norway.
In fact, a R1b / R1a zone stretches across Germany and Scandinavia, which is also occupied by the R1a dropping east to west in eastern Norway. And this in turn clearly separates itself from the Uralic / Eastern European R1a line, which is occupied by the western expansion of Finno-Ugric tribes to the eastern Baltic and Belarus. And just as the western Germans lack the genetic admixture of the seeds, while the proportion of dome-bellies among the western Germans is much higher and decreases towards Norway.
The West Slavic tribes are not the children of the Eastern Slavic tribes, but descendants of the Central European R1a lines, of course plus I1 / I2.
Also that the Baltic was not the source of string ceramics, as stated here:
The concept of "Outlier" in Human Ancestry (III): Late Neolithic samples
from the Baltic region and origins of the Corded Ware culture "
Prove the following source:
Genetic prehistory of the Baltic Sea region and Y-DNA: Corded Ware and R1a-Z645, Bronze Age and N1c
The group detected in the Baltic R1a-Z645 group is also detectable in Germany, to Z283, Z282, Z280 so the "super fathers" of most of the Western Slavs and parts of the Russians. The missing in the Baltikum, in Germany (Espenstedt, Quedlinburg), they are all there. It only proves that the string ceramics are not from the Yamnaya culture, but the R1a-Z645 through contacts with N1 north of Ukraine was formed via late Neolithic contacts immigrants to Central Europe presumably from the upper Volga / Dniepr area on Belarus or Karelia, then on the Baltic States along the Baltic Sea coast to northern Germany and split here into a Nordic, eastern and southern group which correlate with the spread of string ceramics. It is unlikely that it will break up in the Baltics, because then these immigrants from the Urals would have to cross a sea or have reached Sweden via Karelia, Finland and Aland.
However, the route via Jutland is closer due to the presence of R1a-Z284 in Jutland.
Splitting in Germany is more likely due to the presence of LBK genetics and the presence of bell cups as well as the presence of megalithic hunter-gatherers from the west.
The adherence to a Slavic-Baltic Ursprache, which is nowhere before the 8th Century occupied (a Slavic or Baltic language is also not used by the Slavene / Sklavini), testifies to the ignorance with which real facts are ignored.
Especially with regard to the intensive trade and cultural exchange between Central Germany and Poland / Czech Republic and the Baltic States (expandable with southeastern Denmark and southern Sweden) which goes back far before the first mention of peoples in Central Europe. The amber trade seems to have developed in the late funnel beaker culture.
That of course with the "migrated" strains an increase of southern European or even Avar genetics is to be expected, should actually be obvious. The number of northern European migrants is also increasing in Roman Italy. Are these no longer Romans? Interestingly, however, is the statement that there is a North Central European core group in the Lombards. Presumably, this is so detectable in all strains, including in Celtic tribes in which with increasing proximity to the early colonies and the variety certainly increases. The argument of diversity is thus confronted with a core group, which corresponds to the image of a cell, so that the respective stem forms a cell.
To the last absurdity: "Haplogroup is not language, but R1b-L23 expansion associated with Proto-Indo-Europeans"
So haplogroups are not languages unless they are R1b-L23, which are strangely Proto-Indo-Europeans. So R1b-L23 is a language group, all other haplogroups are not. Very logical. Especially since nothing is known about their language.
"So, for example, in the Indo-European demic diffusion model, phylogeography (and more specifically, the association of R1b-M269 subclades) is used to ascertain the migration of Middle and Late Indo-European speakers from the steppe [/] u].
Again, the immigration of a language is assumed without the possibility that it could have originated in Central Europe.
All this belief in an immigrant language is based on publications that began by overruling the patriarchal society of Europe by patriachal steppe riders who had now established their language and way of life. So that they arrived with an Indo-European language. However, there is no proof.
On the contrary, several cultures cling to old European traditions. It even comes to a renaissance of ancient traditions (eg the megalithic or the circular trench systems) among the bell jars and string ceramists and their successors.
The protoceltic and Indo-European reconstruction of the Irish god "Dagda" proves how wrong this belief is. This as the weather god Dagon or Dogon by colonies of the Sea Peoples, so the Phoenicians or Greeks immigrated, is much more likely than the linguistic reconstruction of a Urceltian Dagda.
" * Dhago-dēwos represents the proto-Celtic form that plays" well "with the protocollic lexeme * dago-s."
Source: Prof. Miranda Aldhouse, British Professor of Archeology and member of the faculty at the University of Wales, Newport:
The Celtic Myths. A Guide to the Ancient Gods and Legends. Thames & Hudson 1992.
in wikipedia articel (source 2015 The Celtic Myths from Prof. Miranda Aldhouse)
This is nonsense. THIS IS KELTOMANIE, this interpretation is false!
The same can be seen in Lugh and other names of gods, also and especially Slavic or Baltic gods and hydronomies, which are easily connected to gods and myths of the Greeks and Romans, Vikings and Teutons as well as other immigrants. So for example Dažbog, the Slavic variant of Dagon. But also Bryn-, Reka-, Radegast or Rugievit or Bieleboh and Czorneboh which sprang from the Beelzebub (Beelzebul) of the Bible and to which one added a Zornebub (germanic variation).
Numerous gods who are said to have been Indo-European have actually immigrated, whether Tyr or Cerunnos or Siva or and especially the supposedly Indo-European * Dyeus ph2tēr (Sky Father). These names are local variations and got local function, does not change their borrowing or their origin. But it shows the mistakes of linguistic reconstructions.
Thanks for reading. I hope that brings a new discussion about indoeuropean and indoiranic source with real existing evidence with and without nationalism interests. I wanted to upload an image that shows this, but unfortunately it does not work.
Here is a schematic Preview of Events with Genetic splits:
Pre-IE
Uralic Wolga Region
Samara Region
Ukraine Region
R1a1a - M217
R1a1a1-L664
-> Splits in Russia/Ural-Wolga-Dniepr-Ukraine Region (Uralian Speakers/Skythes)
R1a1a1-Z645 European Split in Yamnaya Culture
-> R1a1a1b2 Z93 (Uralian Speakers/Skythes)
Splits in Dacia and Hungary (romanised)
R1b1a1b R1b-M269
R1b1a1b1 R1b-L23
R1b1a1b1a R1b-L51
------------ IE -------------
R1a1a1b Z645 (Baltic)
R1a1a1b1 Z283 (Quedlinburg, Eilenburg, Bernburg)
R1a1a1b1a Z282 (Quedlinburg, Eilenburg, Bernburg)
->R1a1a1b1a1a M458 (Bernburg, Bohemian)
->->R1a1a1b1a1a1a L260 (now Slavic)
->->->R1a1a1b1a1a1c1 L1029 (now Slavic)
->R1a1a1b1a2 Z280 (now Slavic)
->R1a1a1b1a3a Z284 (now nordic)
R1b-P310/P311
(different Bohemian and Germanic Splits westly of Waag)
-> R1b-U106 (Bavarian Split)
U106-Expansion Middle Germany -> Nebra Skydisk buried ca. 1600 BC
U106-Expansion NorthGermany ->Tollense Battle in Northeast Germany ca. 1250 BC (nordic World War)
Zangers Anatolian Word War Zero (Troja) -> Seapeople Colonisation (Phonike and Greeks)
Orientalisation in Europe ->Etablishing of Urnfield Culture/Hallstatt Culture
Expansion of Celts along the Rhine -> Belger Group
Expansion of Celto-Germans to Norge -> Western Scandinavians
Expansion of Celto-Germans to UK (Belger Wales)
R1b1a1b1a2-P312 (Celtic and Italian Split)
Etruscian/Raethian/Noriker Settlement
Noriker-Celtisation of Southeastern Germanic Tribes (Macromannes, Quades and others) -> First germanic Runes
-> R1b1a1b1a2B-U151 Italian -> Magna Gracia -> Massilia Settlement/Narbonensis -> Latino-Celtic
-> R1b1a1b1a2a-DF27-> "Atlantis" in Portugal (Phonike in Huelva/Tartessos)
Hannibals World War against Rome and Roms Sieg
Roms Pyrrhus-Sieg (Epirus)
Roms Gallic War
Roms Dacian War
Roms Pannonian War
Roms Germanian Desaster
Roms Gothian Desaster
----------- Indohethitic (Pre-IA=Luwian)-------------
Indoiranic version
Hittitic Empire Etablished
Post Hittitic/Post Luwian/Post Maitani citys basis of Uratru states
----------- Indoiranic/Indoarian------------------
Median, Persian and Sassanide Empire
R1b Indoiranic
Kurushetra - Indian Persian Word War
R1a - Indoarian Speaker in Turan
Alexander the Great and his Hellenisation of Orient
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Q: Cypress / JavaScript: assertion with an URL value that contains a specific word I'm a beginner with Cypress and JavaScript. I'm trying to improve the following assertion, I report it below.
Here:
cy.xpath('//div[@data-testid="column"]').should('have.css', 'background-image', 'url("https://assets.website.com/folder/house.jpg")');

In the test I am verifying if that div has the css background-image property with that url value, I am trying to convert this assertion in this way: verifying that the div has the css background-image property with a value that contains: "house.jpg" instead of the entire URL.
Many thanks if you can help me

A: You can also do it with a simple string include check
cy.xpath('//div[@data-testid="column"]')
  .should('have.css', 'background-image')  // changes subject to css value
  .and('include', 'house.jpg')

A: What you need to shorten the url assertion is a partial string check, since house.js is part of url("https://assets.website.com/folder/house.jpg").
Cypress commands pass along a "subject" from one step to the next. So cy.xpath('//div[@data-testid="column"]') passes the whole element to .should().
You can change the subject from the element to it's background-image style value using the jQuery css() method.
cy.xpath('//div[@data-testid="column"]')  // yields the element
  .invoke('css', 'background-image')      // applies .css('background-image') to
                                          // the element and yields the string value
  .should('include', 'house.jpg')         // assert the value has "house.jpg"

Ref .invoke()

A: You can also use a callback function with .should() for more complicated checking.
cy.xpath('//div[@data-testid="column"]')
  .should($el => {
    const backgroundImage = $el.css('background-image')
    expect(backgroundImage).to.include('house.jpg) // retries if expect() fails initially
  })

Depending on how it is applied (style sheets or SCSS), you may have to use getComputedStyle to get the actual CSS value,
cy.xpath('//div[@data-testid="column"]')
  .should($el => {
    const backgroundImage = window.getComputedStyle($el[0])['background-image']
    expect(backgroundImage).to.include('house.jpg)
  })

A: You can also use a simple regex for assertion as well like this as mentioned in the cypress docs.
cy.xpath('//div[@data-testid="column"]')
  .should('have.css', 'background-image')
  .and('match', /house.jpg/)

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/* global window */
import React, {Component} from 'react';
import {render} from 'react-dom';
import DeckGL, {MapView, SimpleMeshLayer, LineLayer, WebMercatorViewport} from 'deck.gl';
import {StaticMap} from 'react-map-gl';
import {SphereGeometry} from '@luma.gl/core';

import {getCulling, getFrustumBounds} from './frustum-utils';

const INITIAL_VIEW_STATE = {
  main: {
    width: window.innerWidth,
    height: window.innerHeight,
    latitude: 51.47,
    longitude: 0.45,
    zoom: 8,
    pitch: 30,
    bearing: 45
  },
  minimap: {
    latitude: 51.47,
    longitude: 0.45,
    zoom: 4
  }
};

const MINIMAP_STYLE = {
  width: '100%',
  height: '100%',
  background: '#444',
  position: 'relative',
  zIndex: -1
};

const LABEL_STYLE = {
  position: 'absolute',
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Chair Willy Calewaert: Prof dr Philippe Van Parijs
donderdag, 22 oktober, 2015 - 17:00
Faculteit: Social Sciences and Solvay Business School
Building Q
Auditorium QC
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Chair Willy Calewaert
Philippe Van Parijs studied philosophy, law, political economy, sociology, and linguistics at the Facultés universitaires Saint Louis (Brussels) and the Universities of Louvain, Oxford, Bielefeld and California (Berkeley). He holds doctorates in the social sciences (Louvain, 1977) and in philosophy (Oxford, 1980). He was awarded an honorary doctorate by Laval University (Québec).
He is professor at the Faculty of economic, social, and political sciences of the University of Louvain (UCL), where he has directed the Hoover Chair of economic and social ethics since its creation in 1991. He has also been a special guest professor at the KU Leuven's Higher Institute for Philosophy since 2006. From 2004 onwards he was for several years a Regular Visiting Professor of Philosophy at Harvard University. And from 2011 onwards, he will be a Senior Research Fellow at Nuffield College and Visiting Professor at the University of Oxford.
Philippe Van Parijs is one of the founders of the Basic Income European Network (BIEN), which became the Basic Income Earth Network in 2004, and he chairs its International Board. He organises the annual Ethical Forum of the University Foundation and chairs the steering committee of the programme on Poverty and Social Justice of the King Baudouin Foundation. He coordinates, jointly with Kris Deschouwer, the Pavia Group, which pleads for the creation of a country-wide electoral district in federal Belgium, and, jointly with Paul De Grauwe (KU Leuven), the Re-Bel initiative, whose purpose is to radically rethink Belgium's institutions in a European context.
He is a Fellow of the British Academy and a member of Belgium's Royal Academy of Sciences, Letters, and Fine Arts and of the European Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 2001, he was awarded the Francqui Prize, Belgium's most generous scientific prize, and in 2011 the Arkprijs voor het Vrije Woord, an annual prize honouring public personalities who illustrate the freedom to speak out. In 2007, a post stamp was devoted to him within the framework of a series ("This is Belgium") featuring nine outstanding Belgian scholars.
Philippe Van Parijs will give a lecture series on Political Theory and Utopian Thinking for Our Times.
His inaugural speech 'Rawls, More, Machiavelli: the dream team?' will be held on Thursday, October 22nd 2015 in Building Q, Auditorium QC
at 17h00 and will be introduced by a speech of Sylvain Peeters, the president of deMens.nu.
Besides this inaugural speech, the Willy Calewaert chair series consists of 4 more lectures:
Political Theory and Utopian Thinking for Today's World - 5th of November 2015 - Auditorium QB - 17h00
Political Theory and Utopian Thinking for Today's Europe - 19th of November 2015 - Auditorium QB - 17h00
Political Theory and Utopian Thinking for Today's Belgium- 3rd of December 2015 - Auditorium D0.05 - 17h00
Political Theory and Utopian Thinking for Today's Brussels - 17th of December 2015 - Auditorium QB - 17h00
Participation is free, but registration for the inaugural speech is required. We kindly ask you to register before October 21st 2015. For more information please contact faces@vub.ac.be.
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The purpose of the Bill is to provide support for people who have been infected with certain diseases as a result of receiving contaminated blood and blood products supplied by the National Health Service. The Bill would establish a compensation package for people who have been infected, their widows, dependants and carers. It would also set up a committee to advise on the treatment of haemophilia and a review into the support available for infected people and their families.
Lord Morris of Manchester introduced a similar Bill with the same title in the 2009–10 parliamentary session. It completed its stages in the House of Lords on 21 January 2010, and received its first reading in the House of Commons on the same day, but made no further progress.
All people with haemophilia who have received blood or blood products supplied by the NHS would be offered a test for hepatitis B and C, HIV, human T-lymphotropic virus, syphilis and variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Their partners would also be eligible to receive the test.
All blood donors would be routinely tested for these conditions, and donated blood would be subject to prion filtration.
People who have been infected by contaminated blood or blood products supplied by the NHS would receive NHS compensation cards entitling them to free-of-charge prescription drugs, counselling, physiotherapy, occupational therapy and home nursing, and priority NHS treatment whenever possible.
People who have been infected would be entitled to claim non-means tested financial compensation.
Widows and other dependants of people who have been infected, and those who have had to give up work to care for an infected person, would also be entitled to claim compensation.
A committee to advise on the treatment of haemophilia would be established. The committee would be involved in a review of the support available for people who have been infected by contaminated blood or blood products and their families.


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The tram line and stop is located on the course of the former Great Central main line, which once linked London with Nottingham and Sheffield, but which closed in 1969. The stop is on reserved track and comprises a pair of side platforms flanking the tracks. It is accessed by footpath from each side of the line.

Compton Acres opened on 25 August 2015, along with the rest of NET's phase two.

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'Glee' Star Lea Michele Brings In The New Year By Going Topless In The Tropics
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Lea Michele, one of the breakout stars of the hit television show Glee, had a topsy-turvy 2014. The Inquisitr kept up with the latest from the former thespian turned actress, especially after the death of her boyfriend and fellow Glee star Cory Montieth. It took some time, but Lea was able to find love again with her current boyfriend, Matthew Paetz, a former gigolo. Also, Lea really tested her acting chops by guest starring in Sons of Anarchy, a role that was nothing like her iconic Rachel Berry, which she pulled off radiantly.
Now, Lea Michele is ready to move on and put 2014 behind her. She is doing this by bringing in the new year topless in the tropics.
According to an article by Entertainment Online, Lea Michele wished her followers a Happy New Year on Instagram from her vacation in Mexico with boyfriend Matthew Paetz. Lea made sure to provide a picture that her fans would surely never forget, and she delivered.
Lea Michele brought in the New Year with a picture of herself topless in Mexico. (via Instagram)
As you can see above, Lea Michele is posing in a thong (again actually) while leaning off what looks like a pier over an infinity pool. Her long locks of hair are flowing eloquently in a relaxed style. Now to be fair, most people would first stare at her sexy butt because that seems to be standard protocol when observing a sexy shot of a woman in a bikini from behind. Then as people's eyes travel up, they'll notice Lea isn't wearing a bikini top.
The picture, however, has one peculiarity: It is very similar to Lea Michele's picture for bringing in 2014 albeit being topless in this one.
The Daily Mail also reported on Lea Michele's sexy way of bringing in the New Year by including more information of her relationship with Matthew Paetz. Lea recently admitted she is in "love" with the former dating coach and gigolo, and posted a photograph of herself and Matthew holding hands on Instagram. She also captioned the photo with a very romantic line.
"The love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides."
Matthew Paetz is also said to be equally in love with Lea Michele. An anonymous source verified this to the magazine Us Weekly, stating that Matthew is "devoted to her."
Finally, Joe Monteith, father to the late Cory Monteith, who we wrote was Lea Michele's boyfriend before he past away, has given his blessing, and is happy Lea is moving on. Joe even gave a statement on the relationship.
"She's [Lea Michele] a beautiful young woman, she's just getting to the top of her career and I don't expect her to go out and do it alone. She should enjoy life. She had a good time when she was with Cory, from what I understand, but life's gotta go on."
Looks like 2015 will surely be Lea Michele's year. With her new man by her side and the upcoming airing of the final season of Glee, Lea surely has a lot to look forward to. As for you, what do you think of Lea's sexy way of bringing in the New Year?
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Preview: Giants Try To Continue Mastery Of Astros
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(Sports Network) - Matt Cain will try to get himself and the San Francisco Giants back into the win column when he takes the hill Thursday in the rubber match of a three-game series against the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park.
The Giants had won nine in a row against the Astros before sustaining a 6-3 loss in Wednesday's middle portion of this series. Cain was riding a personal winning streak of his own before taking the hill last Saturday in a 3-0 loss at Toronto, as he allowed all three runs and six hits in 7 2/3 innings.
Cain, who was 4-0 with a 0.55 ERA in his previous four starts, fell to 6-5 in 14 outings and raised his earned run average slightly to 2.16. The bulky righty hopes to get himself and the Giants back on track in his second start of the season against Houston. He did not record a decision in a 10-4 win back on April 7, when he gave up four runs -- three earned -- in six innings. He is 1-2 with a 3.64 ERA in five career games (four starts) against the Astros.
San Francisco didn't get the outcome it expected from Barry Zito in last night's 6-3 loss after the 2002 AL Cy Young Award winner was reached for five runs on seven hits and two walks through four innings. Aubrey Huff, Andres Torres and Juan Uribe each knocked in a run for the Giants, who had won two in a row and lost for the fourth time in seven tries.
"We were fighting to get back in it," Giants manager Bruce Bochy said on the team's website. "We were just missing a hit."
The Giants are still second in the National League West standings, 2 1/2 games behind the San Diego Padres.
Houston entered last night's game 0-7 against San Francisco this season and mired in a five-game overall slide, but had a big night at the plate to get off the schneid.
Jeff Keppinger ended with two hits and three RBI, while Carlos Lee, Chris Johnson and winning pitcher Brett Myers had two hits and an RBI apiece. Myers was able to even his mark at 5-5 by holding the Giants to three runs -- one earned -- on six hits and three walks in seven innings. He struck out four, including former Phillies teammate Pat Burrell.
"I just try to go out and give us the best chance to win," Myers told Houston's official website. "I'm not trying to break any records. I'm just trying to give the club wins."
It seems that Wandy Rodriguez has been the opposite of that and will take the hill for the Astros Thursday afternoon. Rodriguez has lost three consecutive starts and is 1-6 with a 7.50 ERA in his last seven trips to the hill. In a 9-3 loss versus Texas last Friday, Rodriguez lasted a season-low three innings and surrendered six runs to fall to 3-10 with a 6.09 ERA in 14 starts.
The left-hander lost to San Francisco back on April 6, when he pitched six innings of three-run ball in a 3-0 loss. Rodriguez is winless (0-2) in two career starts against the Giants, who are 7-1 versus the Astros this year and had a six-game winning streak at Minute Maid Park come to an end last night.
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Dr Bill Rodriguez joined FIND as Chief Executive Officer on 1 July 2021, following an earlier tenure as Chief Medical Officer between 2015 and 2017. He was previously Managing Director at the Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation, a global venture philanthropy firm supporting early-stage, high-impact social enterprises. A physician and entrepreneur, he has extensive experience across both private and public sectors, founding his own diagnostics company, Daktari Diagnostics.
As a faculty member at Harvard Medical School, he established a research programme on diagnostics and operational research in global health. He left Harvard in 2003 to become the Chief Medical Officer of the William J. Clinton Foundation, where he helped broker pricing agreements of HIV drugs and diagnostic tests between African and Asian governments and the major suppliers.
Bill is a highly respected figure in the global health community, serving as advisor to the World Health Organization, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, national governments on global HIV, tuberculosis, Ebola and COVID-19, as well as numerous established and start-up for-profit and not-for-profit social enterprises focused on global health. Bill is a graduate of Brown University and the Yale University School of Medicine, and trained in infectious disease medicine at the Brigham & Women's Hospital in Boston, where he served as chief medical resident.


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Another big year for Amtrak
More Americans than ever are riding Amtrak. But that won't stop calls for privatisation.
By N.B. | WASHINGTON, D.C.
MORE Americans than ever are using Amtrak, according to numbers the government-run railway company released last week. Ridership is growing at a steady 3.5% clip, and ticket revenues are the highest they have been. But Amtrak (like the interstate highway system and air travel) still requires government subsidies to operate—a fact that keeps it in congressional Republicans' crosshairs. The Associated Press reports:
At the same time ridership has been increasing, Republicans have stepped up their campaign to end federal subsidies to Amtrak. Rep. John Mica, R-Fla., chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, has accused Amtrak of "Soviet-style" inefficiency and held several hearings devoted to criticism of the railroad.
The GOP platform adopted at the Republican National Convention in August calls for "the federal government to get out of the way and allow private ventures to provide passenger service" in the lucrative north-east corridor between Washington and Boston—the heart of Amtrak's operations.
While some Amtrak privatisation plans call for the company's most profitable routes, such as the north-east corridor, to be sold off, the fate of its less profitable services is rarely addressed. But if politicians do decide to flog Amtrak's most valuable assets, they should tell voters that the unprofitable scraps of Amtrak would be unlikely to survive.
Absent politics, of course, Amtrak could solve its profitability problems itself. It could shut down unprofitable routes and focus on improving the services that have the potential to make money. But that's hard to envision. Amtrak's situation has improved in recent years, but it still does things like operate massively loss-making food services on long-distance trains. Remember, this is a company that has already told Congress it will "never be profitable". On that count, it's probably worth taking Amtrak at its word.
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The Future of Medical Technology: The Merging of Man and Machine
Posted on July 10, 2019 October 29, 2019 by Nathan Johnson
If you're a fan of science fiction, then you're familiar with the idea of cyborgs. The merging of man and machine has given us characters as varied as the Cyberdyne systems Model 101 terminator, and classic heroes like the six million dollar man. And if you've been keeping an eye on the news, you've no doubt seen that real-world cybernetics are making big strides as well.
One prediction that's been made is that cybernetic augmentation won't just be out of necessity, in the future. Instead, it will be something people do deliberately.
A cyborg is anyone whose physical functioning is either dependent on, or advanced by, a mechanical or electronic device according to Dictionary. That is a pretty broad definition, and it includes both senior citizens with pacemakers, as well as people with prosthetic limbs, and who wear contact lenses.
That last one might be particularly important when it comes to understanding the potential future of this aspect of the medical field. Contact lenses have been around for a long time, and the idea behind them was fairly simply in the beginning; rather than wearing corrective lenses on your face, put them directly into your eyes. However, as contact lenses became easier to make, and more reliable to use, they became more popular as cosmetic items. Whether someone would rather have blue eyes instead of green, or an actor needs to have that bright red, the-devil-is-in-me look, this simple device expanded from being something used to correct legitimate problems people experienced into something that fulfilled a very different role.
According to The Medical Futurist, cybernetics offer the same sort of potential, but to the nth degree.
As an example, imagine the not-too-distant future where we have developed working, cybernetic eyes (or at least corneas). These eyes will allow those who have been blind to gain vision, true, but they could do much more. Perfect vision on the level of a high-quality digital camera, along with the capability to zoom in from a long distance away, or even to record images and video to be seen later makes it more than just an eye; it's a body camera straight out of a cyberpunk spy thriller. It might also have the ability to see in night vision, infrared, or other modes, as well!
If such a thing existed, who wouldn't want to have that instead of the eyes they were born with? Especially if their vision is less than optimal, and this technology could offer them something so much better? You could extend those questions to practically every part of the human anatomy, and ask why someone wouldn't want an upgrade. Artificial muscle fibers meant to help those with degenerative conditions could turn a healthy person into a superhero. Digital skin implants could allow someone to have a tattoo that can be changed at will.
The list of possibilities goes on and on, and it's only limited by our own creativity.
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While it's hard to imagine people voluntarily undergoing drastic augmentation for procedures they don't need, it isn't tough to imagine that technology could grow so advanced that we reach a point where some implants could be done as simple, outpatient procedures. As the technology advances, and the cost comes down, things that we once considered on the cutting edge (smartphones and tablets, for example), will become more affordable and available to the wider population.
When it comes to cybernetics, that offers up all kinds of unique possibilities.
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Rancher Jameson (Shepperd Strudwick) takes a shine to outlaw Billy the Kid (Audie Murphy) and gives him a job as a hired hand. But trouble follows Billy everywhere, and, when thugs working for a rival rancher kill Jameson in an ambush, the young gunslinger decides to take out every man responsible for his boss's death. Over the next two years, Billy guns down the culprits one by one, always staying just out of the law's reach -- until Sheriff Pat Garrett (Frank Wilcox) catches up with him.
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Gas Street Basin - the hub of Birmingham's canal system and well worth a visit for its range of waterside pubs and to see the pretty canal boats moored there.
Cadbury World - at the world famous chocolate factory take a tour and see the your favourite chocolate being made. Visit the museum and learn the history of chocolate from the Aztec's to present day.
Directions via Road: If you are approaching by the M6 motorway or from the east, exit the M6 at junction 12.Take the A5 westbound, heading towards Telford. After 1/2 mile you will pass a lay-by on the left followed by a speed camera.
The boatyard entrance is on the left immediately after the speed camera road markings. If you miss it, continue 1/2 mile to the roundabout and back track. If you are approaching from the West take the A5 heading eastbound towards the M6 from the Gailey roundabout (the A449/A5 junction).
After 1/2 mile you'll pass a petrol station on your left, look right for a round tower house. The boatyard entrance is on the right immediately after the canal bridge.
Directions via Rail The nearest main line rail stations are Wolverhampton (from the South) or Stafford (from the North). Both have taxi ranks and the boatyard is about 8 miles distance. The village of Penkridge has a local branch line rail station with infrequent connections from either Wolverhampton or Stafford, but there is no taxi rank. There is a taxi service in the village centre. The boatyard is 3 miles distance. For information about train timetables and ticket costs for all mainline rail transport please go to www.thetrainline.com.
Directions via Air: From Birmingham International and East Midlands take a National Express coach or train to either Stafford or Wolverhampton then taxi the last 7 miles to the Marina. Taxis should be waiting outside stations / coach depot. Please see www.nationalexpress.com for details on national coach travel.


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THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE: CFQ Spotlight Podcast 4:45
Posted on November 25, 2013 by Dan Persons
Jennifer Lawrence (right) and Josh Hutcherson can't help making Elizabeth Banks verrrrry nervous in THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE.
So it's back to the arena, where life is cheap but the production values sure as hell are not. In THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE, defiant champions Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) and Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson) discover how costly their rebellion actually is, both in terms of human toll as the government moves to crush any signs of rebellion inspired by their victory, and personally, as the ruling elite — represented by the likes of Donald Sutherland and Philip Seymour Hoffman — conspire to force them into a new, even more deadly competition.
beabetterbooktalker.com's Andrea Lipinski is back once again to share her knowledge of the original book series with Cinefantastique Online's Steve Biodrowski, Lawrence French, and Dan Persons. We'll look into whether there's story enough to support two-and-a-half hours of screen time, whether the return to the bloody Hunger Games competition is worth the trip, and whether all the characters have a preternaturally intimate understanding of human nature or are just damn lucky. Then, Dan and Andrea quickly discuss the celebratory DOCTOR WHO 50th anniversary episode, "Day of the Doctor." Plus: What's coming to theaters next week.
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The Hunger Games: Catching Fire review
Posted on November 24, 2013 by Steve Biodrowski
There is a pretty decent 90-minute movie hiding within THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE, but the filmmakers were not going to let that fast-paced thriller escape from the laborious two-and-half-hour running time required to appease a fanbase that wants every major development, nuance, and tidbit from the source material to at least rate a mention on screen. Patient viewers (including not only readers of the Suzanne Collins novels) will still find an enjoyable viewing experience, but only the most forgiving fans will be able to completely overlook the longueurs – which are even longer here than they were in the previous film.
As before, there is a rather length preamble before we get to the good stuff, which is of course the titular Hunger Games. This time, Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) and Peeta (Josh Hutcherson) reluctantly embark on a government-mandated promotional-propaganda tour of the twelve districts, selling their tale of survival and feigned romance to the populace, who presumably will be pacified and more accepting of their miserable fate while the elites continue to live high on the hog.
What's that about feigned romance, you ask? Well, you ask if you have not read the book, because nothing in THE HUNGER GAMES suggested Katniss did not fall in love with Peeta, but in order to make the sequel story work, that previously overlooked narrative thread finally finds its way off the page and onto the screen. It makes for a rather sulky first act, with Katniss's true love Gale Hawthorne (Liam Hemsworth) lamenting how genuine Katniss's feelings for Peeta seem, while Peeta sulks over how artificial they are.
The challenge of acting as if she is acting is a bit of a stretch for Lawrence, whose feigned passion for Peeta registers as no more or less passionate than her allegedly real feelings for Gale. Lawrence is hardly helped by the series of gowns and makeups she is given to wear: one would like to forgive them as intentional attempts to underline the clown-show nature of the victory tour, but at times they look simply like failed attempts to render the actress in an exotic guise, and by the time dress designer CInna (Lenny Kravitz) is ruthlessly beaten, the action seems less like political ploy than aesthetic statement about his work.
Fortunately, President Snow ( Donald Sutherland) puts the sulk-fest at least somewhat to bed when he grows resentful over the popularity of Katniss and Peeta, who success seems to be inspiring hope in a populace that Snow wants permanently quelled. Hoping to nip this development in the bud, Snow and Plutarch Heavensbee (Philip Seymour Hoffman) contrive a new version of the Hunger Games, in which twenty-four previous winners will compete, with the goal of eliminating the popular heroes and showing the futility of hoping to rise above one's station in life.
The "hope" issue contradicts THE HUNGER GAMES, in which Snow specifically stated that hope was the essential reason for having a winner: hope keeps people from succumbing to despair and believing there is nothing left to lose, which in turn can lead to rebellion. Apparently, hope is a Goldilocks kind of thing: you don't too little or too much, but Snow never clarifies exactly what qualifies as "just right."
However, none of this matters, as it is just a contrivance to get Katniss and Peeta back on the killing field. Once there, the film generates considerable, if familiar, interest, as alliances are formed and tested, and our heroes ponder the moral dilemma of joining forces with people they may be forced to kill later, in order to survive themselves (a dilemma that, fortunately for mass-market taste, the scenario solves for them). The lethal action on the island where this year's Hunger Games takes place is captivating – not just viscerally exciting but also emotionally engaging – which is a good thing, because the plot developments are, well…mostly a matter of marking time until the next film.
Snow and Plutarch begin and even more Draconian program of repression against the twelve districts, theoretically in order to suppress that unwanted rising hope. Strangely, the arbitrary nature seems more like to foment an uprising than repress one, and one begins to wonder just how Snow has managed to stay in power.
This question is not directly answered, but a twist ending gives us insight into why the tactics might be been deliberately designed to produce exactly the opposite of their stated result.
Plutarch turns out to be part of a resistance movement, in league with Katniss's mentor Haymitch (Woody Harrelson). This also explains why several competitors on the island seemed willing to sacrifice themselves to save Katniss and Peeta; it's all part of a plan whose details are to be revealed later.
Unfortunately, this is one of those revelations that raises as many questions as it answers, such as: Why isn't President Snow smart enough to see that Plutarch's methods are having the opposite of the desire result? And how did Plutarch and Haymitch know to have their rescue ship poised above the dome on the island at precisely the moment when Katniss, on the spur of the movement, performs an entirely unexpected action that blasts a hole in the dome, allowing the rescue ship to get in? And if Plutarch and Haymitch are so on top of the situation as to be able to pull this off, how is is that (we are told) the President managed to get his hands on Peeta and take him to the capital? We also have to wonder whether we are now supposed to forgive Plutarch for the lethal results of the plans he concocted with Snow – is this a Machiavellian case of the ends justifying the means?
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Worst of all, this half-articulated surprise revelation is supposed to pass for a climax, but it is entirely inadequate. The movie simply stops in mid-sentence, and instead of a real ending, we get a nifty CGI rendition of the mocking bird emblem, in a blaze of firy gold (the closest the film comes to living up to its title). Call it THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK syndrome: who needs a conclusion when you're watching the middle chapter of a trilogy?
Though it never fully ignites, THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE has its virtues. The sullen leads may lack charisma, but the supporting cast is fine, especially Harrelson; Elizabeth Banks very nearly humanizes the cartoony Effie Trinket, and Donald Sutherland excels so well at villainy that he can rend a simple sip from a glass as a supremely ominous gesture. The satirical depiction of the Capital is amusing if a bit broad (Stanley Tucci's phony smile as TV celeb announce Caesar Flickerman is still funny but wearing out its welcome). The film takes effective pot shots at the contrived nature of "Reality TV," which is relentless manipulated behind the scenes to fit narrative requirements. And the propaganda nature of the resulting popular success stories is relentless mocked though the bogus victory tour, in which Katniss and Peeta must seal the deal on their publicly perceived personas by playing out their romance on camera, regardless of Katniss's actual indifference. (One of the film's highlights occurs when Peeta, having learned to play the game, announces he would have no regrets about playing another round of the Hunger Games "if it weren't for the baby" – the phony announcement of Katniss's non-existent pregnancy predictably delights the decadent crowds.)
THE HUNGER GAMES remains one of the best film adaptations of a young adult novel in recent memory, exceeding expectations for a genre mired in muck like TWLIGHT. Unfortunately, THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE succumbs to twin devils of Sequel Syndrome and Franchise Disorder: it provides more of the same – not bad, but not better – and its main goal is less to be a satisfying work unto itself than a teaser to keep you coming back for more.
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On the CFQ Scale of 0-5 Stars: worth watching if you're interested
THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE (Lionsgate, 2013). Directed by Francis Lawrence. Screenplay by Simon Beuafoy, Michael Arndt, based on the novel by Suzanne Collins. Rated PG-13. 146 minutes. Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrleson, Josh Hutcherson, Donald Sutherland, Elizabeth Banks, Lenny Kravitz, Stanley Tucci, Jeffrey Wright, Amanda Plummer.
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The Hunger Games: The Cinefantastique Spotlight Podcast – 3:12
The Last Battle?: Jennifer Lawrence struggles for survival in THE HUNGER GAMES.
Hunger will compel people to some extreme acts: lie; kill; volunteer your child to appear on TODDLERS & TIARAS. Who knew it could also lead to one of the best movies of the year? The highly anticipated THE HUNGER GAMES takes the first book of the popular young adult series — about a dystopic future where the working masses are kept under control by being forced to sacrifice their children to a high-tech, to-the-death, televised battle — and turns it into a top-notch entertainment. Plus, in the person of Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) — a combatant whose behavior amidst the carnage may be a harbinger of change — audiences finally get a more palatable and compelling heroine than a certain, vampire-besotted star of another series.
beabetterbooktalker.com's Andrea Lipinski joins Cinefantastique Online's Steve Biodrowski and Dan Persons to explore the fine points of the film: What might have been lost in the transition from page to screen; how does director Gary Ross reconcile the carnage of the battle sequences with the more satirical vision of the ruling elite; and what's scarier, the prospect of being torn to bits by raging, genetically-engineered hell-hounds, or Stanley Tucci's hair? All this and more will be discussed in the show. Plus: What's coming to theaters and home video.
REGRETTABLE TECHNICAL NOTE: Conversation about a film this good is hard to contain, which is another way of saying that the running time of show forces us to reduce the audio quality slightly for convenience sake.
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Αρχική ΣελίδαΕξομοιωτές ΠτήσεωνAdd-ons Στρατιωτικών ΑεροσκαφώνMesserschmitt Bf109 (FSX+FS2004)
Messerschmitt Bf109 (FSX+FS2004)
Work began on a new version of the Bf-109 at the start of 1940, to replace the Bf-109E. Pre-production models of the new F "Friedrich" version first appearing at the end of 1940. The fuselage aerodynamics were improved, most noticeably with a new engine cowling and spinner, and the squared wings of the Emil replaced by newly designed and improved units featuring most noticeably rounded wing tips and different flap configuration. The first production series F-1/F-2 received the 1,175 hp (875 kW) DB601N engine. The 1,350 hp (1,005 kW) DB601E was first used in the F-3 model together with a better propeller with improved performance. The most popular version, the F-4, appeared at the start of 1942. Pilots generally agreed that the F series were the best-handling of all the Bf 109 series.
The armament of the Bf 109F consisted of the two MG 17 above the engine plus a cannon firing through the propeller hub: The early F versions were equipped with the MG FF/M cannon, the F-2 got the 15 mm MG 151, and from F-4 on the 20 mm MG 151/20 was used. Several aces, particularly Oberst Adolf Galland, criticised the light armament as inadequate for the average pilot. Major Walter Oesau even refused to fly an F as long as `Emil`s were still available. Only after a lack of spare parts, did he accept an F. Later on, an attachment of underwing 20 mm cannons addressed the issue of fire-power, but at a price to performance. Werner Mölders on the other hand was very much pleased and saw the single centerline gun as an improvement. It is possible that the criticism of the Bf 109F`s armament is based on the early F-2 version with the 15 mm MG 151/15 cannon, which was later replaced by the 20 mm version of the same weapon and was seen highly effective by aces like Günther Rall.Hans Joachim Marseille, the Luftwaffe pilot who scored the highest number of kills against Western aircraft, a total of 158, achieved most of his victories in a Bf-109F-4/Trop, in North Africa. Having scored five kills in the Battle of Britain, he rapidly accumulated further victories over the desert due to his excellent marksmanship.
Approximately 2,200 Friedrichs were built.
- Highly accurate VC, with many functioning parts
- ReviC12D gunsight, that can be turned on and off
- 7 different models to cover variations
- Each model features versions with and without pilot lifejacket, for over-water flights
- 7 different textures
- Accurate and challenging ground-handling characteristics;
- Droppable Drop Tank, that removes weight and fuel from the aircraft.cfg for realistic performance
- Droppable bomb
- Accurate pilot flight suit, lifejacket and flight helmet
- 100% authentic Bf-109 startup sounds
- Propeller blades which alter their angle with prop setting
- Functioning automatic/manual coolant flaps, which also serve as landing flaps
- 3D gauges in the VC, for incredible realism
The Manual and Paintkit are in the F-4 aircraft folder.
Please note that the Bf-109F is a fairly demanding model, and is recommended for computers 3 Ghz and above, with dedicated graphics cards. However, those with less powerful computers (e.g.2.8 Ghz) have also run Flight Replicas aircraft without serious problem.
Simulation FSX
Hard Drive:
200 MB free hard disk space
2 GB System Memory
Microsoft Flight Simulator X or Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004
Video Card:
Operation System:
Windows XP / Vista


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Q: Efficient ways to determine tilt of an image I'm trying to write a program to programmatically determine the tilt or angle of rotation in an arbitrary image.
Images have the following properties:

*

*Consist of dark text on a light background

*Occasionally contain horizontal or vertical lines which only intersect at 90 degree angles.

*Skewed between -45 and 45 degrees.

*See this image as a reference (its been skewed 2.8 degrees).

So far, I've come up with this strategy: Draw a route from left to right, always selecting the nearest white pixel. Presumably, the route from left to right will prefer to follow the path between lines of text along the tilt of the image.
Here's my code:
private bool IsWhite(Color c) { return c.GetBrightness() >= 0.5 || c == Color.Transparent; }

private bool IsBlack(Color c) { return !IsWhite(c); }

private double ToDegrees(decimal slope) { return (180.0 / Math.PI) * Math.Atan(Convert.ToDouble(slope)); }

private void GetSkew(Bitmap image, out double minSkew, out double maxSkew)
{
    decimal minSlope = 0.0M;
    decimal maxSlope = 0.0M;
    for (int start_y = 0; start_y < image.Height; start_y++)
    {
        int end_y = start_y;
        for (int x = 1; x < image.Width; x++)
        {
            int above_y = Math.Max(end_y - 1, 0);
            int below_y = Math.Min(end_y + 1, image.Height - 1);

            Color center = image.GetPixel(x, end_y);
            Color above = image.GetPixel(x, above_y);
            Color below = image.GetPixel(x, below_y);

            if (IsWhite(center)) { /* no change to end_y */ }
            else if (IsWhite(above) && IsBlack(below)) { end_y = above_y; }
            else if (IsBlack(above) && IsWhite(below)) { end_y = below_y; }
        }

        decimal slope = (Convert.ToDecimal(start_y) - Convert.ToDecimal(end_y)) / Convert.ToDecimal(image.Width);
        minSlope = Math.Min(minSlope, slope);
        maxSlope = Math.Max(maxSlope, slope);
    }

    minSkew = ToDegrees(minSlope);
    maxSkew = ToDegrees(maxSlope);
}

This works well on some images, not so well on others, and its slow.
Is there a more efficient, more reliable way to determine the tilt of an image?

A: I've made some modifications to my code, and it certainly runs a lot faster, but its not very accurate.
I've made the following  improvements:

*

*Using Vinko's suggestion, I avoid GetPixel in favor of working with bytes directly, now the code runs at the speed I needed.

*My original code simply used "IsBlack" and "IsWhite", but this isn't granular enough. The original code traces the following paths through the image:
http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/1545/tilted3degtextoriginalw.gif
Note that a number of paths pass through the text. By comparing my center, above, and below paths to the actual brightness value and selecting the brightest pixel. Basically I'm treating the bitmap as a heightmap, and the path from left to right follows the contours of the image, resulting a better path:
http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/5807/tilted3degtextbrightnes.gif
As suggested by Toaomalkster, a Gaussian blur smooths out the height map, I get even better results:
http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/742/tilted3degtextblurredwi.gif
Since this is just prototype code, I blurred the image using GIMP, I did not write my own blur function.
The selected path is pretty good for a greedy algorithm.

*As Toaomalkster suggested, choosing the min/max slope is naive. A simple linear regression provides a better approximation of the slope of a path. Additionally, I should cut a path short once I run off the edge of the image, otherwise the path will hug the top of the image and give an incorrect slope.
Code
private double ToDegrees(double slope) { return (180.0 / Math.PI) * Math.Atan(slope); }

private double GetSkew(Bitmap image)
{
    BrightnessWrapper wrapper = new BrightnessWrapper(image);

    LinkedList<double> slopes = new LinkedList<double>();

    for (int y = 0; y < wrapper.Height; y++)
    {
        int endY = y;

        long sumOfX = 0;
        long sumOfY = y;
        long sumOfXY = 0;
        long sumOfXX = 0;
        int itemsInSet = 1;
        for (int x = 1; x < wrapper.Width; x++)
        {
            int aboveY = endY - 1;
            int belowY = endY + 1;

            if (aboveY < 0 || belowY >= wrapper.Height)
            {
                break;
            }

            int center = wrapper.GetBrightness(x, endY);
            int above = wrapper.GetBrightness(x, aboveY);
            int below = wrapper.GetBrightness(x, belowY);

            if (center >= above && center >= below) { /* no change to endY */ }
            else if (above >= center && above >= below) { endY = aboveY; }
            else if (below >= center && below >= above) { endY = belowY; }

            itemsInSet++;
            sumOfX += x;
            sumOfY += endY;
            sumOfXX += (x * x);
            sumOfXY += (x * endY);
        }

        // least squares slope = (NΣ(XY) - (ΣX)(ΣY)) / (NΣ(X^2) - (ΣX)^2), where N = elements in set
        if (itemsInSet > image.Width / 2) // path covers at least half of the image
        {
            decimal sumOfX_d = Convert.ToDecimal(sumOfX);
            decimal sumOfY_d = Convert.ToDecimal(sumOfY);
            decimal sumOfXY_d = Convert.ToDecimal(sumOfXY);
            decimal sumOfXX_d = Convert.ToDecimal(sumOfXX);
            decimal itemsInSet_d = Convert.ToDecimal(itemsInSet);
            decimal slope =
                ((itemsInSet_d * sumOfXY) - (sumOfX_d * sumOfY_d))
                /
                ((itemsInSet_d * sumOfXX_d) - (sumOfX_d * sumOfX_d));

            slopes.AddLast(Convert.ToDouble(slope));
        }
    }

    double mean = slopes.Average();
    double sumOfSquares = slopes.Sum(d => Math.Pow(d - mean, 2));
    double stddev = Math.Sqrt(sumOfSquares / (slopes.Count - 1));

    // select items within 1 standard deviation of the mean
    var testSample = slopes.Where(x => Math.Abs(x - mean) <= stddev);

    return ToDegrees(testSample.Average());
}

class BrightnessWrapper
{
    byte[] rgbValues;
    int stride;
    public int Height { get; private set; }
    public int Width { get; private set; }

    public BrightnessWrapper(Bitmap bmp)
    {
        Rectangle rect = new Rectangle(0, 0, bmp.Width, bmp.Height);

        System.Drawing.Imaging.BitmapData bmpData =
            bmp.LockBits(rect,
                System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageLockMode.ReadOnly,
                bmp.PixelFormat);

        IntPtr ptr = bmpData.Scan0;

        int bytes = bmpData.Stride * bmp.Height;
        this.rgbValues = new byte[bytes];

        System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.Copy(ptr,
                       rgbValues, 0, bytes);

        this.Height = bmp.Height;
        this.Width = bmp.Width;
        this.stride = bmpData.Stride;
    }

    public int GetBrightness(int x, int y)
    {
        int position = (y * this.stride) + (x * 3);
        int b = rgbValues[position];
        int g = rgbValues[position + 1];
        int r = rgbValues[position + 2];
        return (r + r + b + g + g + g) / 6;
    }
}

The code is good, but not great. Large amounts of whitespace cause the program to draw relatively flat line, resulting in a slope near 0, causing the code to underestimate the actual tilt of the image.
There is no appreciable difference in the accuracy of the tilt by selecting random sample points vs sampling all points, because the ratio of "flat" paths selected by random sampling is the same as the ratio of "flat" paths in the entire image.

A: GetPixel is slow. You can get an order of magnitude speed up using the approach listed here.

A: If text is left (right) aligned you can determine the slope by measuring the distance between the left (right) edge of the image and the first dark pixel in two random places and calculate the slope from that. Additional measurements would lower the error while taking additional time.

A: First I must say I like the idea.  But I've never had to do this before and I'm not sure what all to suggest to improve reliability.  The first thing I can think of this is this idea of throwing out statistical anomalies.  If the slope suddenly changes sharply then you know you've found a white section of the image that dips into the edge skewing (no pun intended) your results.  So you'd want to throw that stuff out somehow.
But from a performance standpoint there are a number of optimizations you could make which may add up.
Namely, I'd change this snippet from your inner loop from this:
Color center = image.GetPixel(x, end_y);
Color above = image.GetPixel(x, above_y);
Color below = image.GetPixel(x, below_y);

if (IsWhite(center)) { /* no change to end_y */ }
else if (IsWhite(above) && IsBlack(below)) { end_y = above_y; }
else if (IsBlack(above) && IsWhite(below)) { end_y = below_y; }

To this:
Color center = image.GetPixel(x, end_y);

if (IsWhite(center)) { /* no change to end_y */ }
else
{
    Color above = image.GetPixel(x, above_y);
    Color below = image.GetPixel(x, below_y);
    if (IsWhite(above) && IsBlack(below)) { end_y = above_y; }
    else if (IsBlack(above) && IsWhite(below)) { end_y = below_y; }
}

It's the same effect but should drastically reduce the number of calls to GetPixel.
Also consider putting the values that don't change into variables before the madness begins.  Things like image.Height and image.Width have a slight overhead every time you call them.  So store those values in your own variables before the loops begin.  The thing I always tell myself when dealing with nested loops is to optimize everything inside the most inner loop at the expense of everything else.
Also... as Vinko Vrsalovic suggested, you may look at his GetPixel alternative for yet another boost in speed.

A: At first glance, your code looks overly naive.
Which explains why it doesn't always work.
I like the approach Steve Wortham suggested,
but it might run into problems if you have background images.
Another approach that often helps with images is to blur them first.
If you blur your example image enough, each line of text will end up
as a blurry smooth line. You then apply some sort of algorithm to
basically do a regression analisys. There's lots of ways to do
that, and lots of examples on the net.
Edge detection might be useful, or it might cause more problems that its worth.
By the way, a gaussian blur can be implemented very efficiently if you search hard enough for the code. Otherwise, I'm sure there's lots of libraries available.
Haven't done much of that lately so don't have any links on hand.
But a search for Image Processing library will get you good results.
I'm assuming you're enjoying the fun of solving this, so not much in actual implementation detalis here.

A: Measuring the angle of every line seems like overkill, especially given the performance of GetPixel.
I wonder if you would have better performance luck by looking for a white triangle in the upper-left or upper-right corner (depending on the slant direction) and measuring the angle of the hypotenuse. All text should follow the same angle on the page, and the upper-left corner of a page won't get tricked by the descenders or whitespace of content above it.
Another tip to consider: rather than blurring, work within a greatly-reduced resolution. That will give you both the smoother data you need, and fewer GetPixel calls.
For example, I made a blank page detection routine once in .NET for faxed TIFF files that simply resampled the entire page to a single pixel and tested the value for a threshold value of white.

A: What are your constraints in terms of time?
The Hough transform is a very effective mechanism for determining the skew angle of an image.  It can be costly in time, but if you're going to use Gaussian blur, you're already burning a pile of CPU time.  There are also other ways to accelerate the Hough transform that involve creative image sampling.

A: Your latest output is confusing me a little.
When you superimposed the blue lines on the source image, did you offset it a bit? It looks like the blue lines are about 5 pixels above the centre of the text.
Not sure about that offset, but you definitely have a problem with the derived line "drifting" away at the wrong angle. It seems to have too strong a bias towards producing a horizontal line.
I wonder if increasing your mask window from 3 pixels (centre, one above, one below) to 5 might improve this (two above, two below). You'll also get this effect if you follow richardtallent's suggestion and resample the image smaller.

A: Very cool path finding application.
I wonder if this other approach would help or hurt with your particular data set.
Assume a black and white image:

*

*Project all black pixels to the right (EAST).  This should give a result of a one dimensional array with a size of IMAGE_HEIGHT.  Call the array CANVAS.

*As you project all the pixels EAST, keep track numerically of how many pixels project into each bin of CANVAS.

*Rotate the image an arbitrary number of degrees and re-project.

*Pick the result that gives the highest peaks and lowest valleys for values in CANVAS.

I imagine this will not work well if in fact you have to account for a real -45 -> +45 degrees of tilt.  If the actual number is smaller(?+/- 10 degrees), this might be a pretty good strategy.  Once you have an intial result, you could consider re-running with a smaller increment of degrees to fine tune the answer.  I might therefore try to write this with a function that accepted a float degree_tick as a parm so I could run both a coarse and fine pass (or a spectrum of coarseness or fineness) with the same code.
This might be computationally expensive.  To optimize, you might consider selecting just a portion of the image to project-test-rotate-repeat on.


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