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Miami-Dade real estate resales top $1 billion for month
Sales volume for Miami-Dade real estate resales – which do not include new condos – topped $1 billion in April, the Miami Association of Realtors reported last week. The total…
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Refunding bonds for Jackson Health System saves $15 million
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Christine Rupp: Guiding Dade Heritage Trust to preserve historic sites
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Need a little more personalization in your life?
You're not alone. One study says that 73% of all consumers prefer to do business with brands that use personal information to make their shopping experiences more relevant. But consumers are tough to track across devices and social media platforms.
When it comes to cross-platform optimization, the unexpected is the new norm. You never know what devices your audiences will be using or how they might find you. Yet still, there are certain companies that make this process seem easy. Here are 4 examples to inspire you.
Very few apps can say that their platforms are identical across devices. With Google Apps, however, the UX is always expected, tried, and true. Not to mention, the features on each platform all make sense. On desktop, you can calculate hypothetical traffic times, research terrain information, save your maps, share files, and print documents. On mobile, you can focus on one thing: getting from point A to point B.
The marketing takeaway from Google Maps? Keep things simple, and tailor your experiences to context. Google Maps knows what's needed on each device. The UX makes sense.
The ultimate app for house hunters, Redfin simplifies the process of researching and getting to houses. Users can create an account that synchronizes listings across devices. Get mobile alerts when new properties come on the market, use your computer to view listings, and then have your notes handy when you browse those listings in-person.
The takeaway for marketers and product leaders is to make it easy for people to find properties and save listings across devices, simplifying the home buying process.
Box's entire value proposition is productivity (so it needs a strong cross-platform experience). The file-sharing app makes it possible for users to access the files that they need, from anywhere. It's a repository that helps people share content and ensure that documents are easy to find.
The takeaway for marketers is to keep experiences as simple as possible. Hidden beneath the surface of Box is a network of integration partners for tasks like single sign-on and contract-signing. These otherwise arduous process can be completed with a few clicks, tasks, and swipes within Box, regardless of device.
Nimeyo is a startup knowledge management platform for enterprise companies. In a nutshell, the software makes it easier for companies to organize conversations and create team training materials. Nimeyo works with popular email software to automatically tag content.
The takeaway? Integrate your app experiences with the tools that audiences are already using. Nimeyo, for instance, connects with email. Users can engage with Nimeyo, without any learning curves. Make adoption easy by complementing user behavior.
Simplicity is key. Ensure that experiences between systems are seamless. Reinvest your user data into engagement programs across devices and channels.


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from optparse import make_option
import os

from django.core.management.base import NoArgsCommand

class Command(NoArgsCommand):
    shells = ['ipython', 'bpython']

    option_list = NoArgsCommand.option_list + (
        make_option('--plain', action='store_true', dest='plain',
            help='Tells Django to use plain Python, not IPython or bpython.'),
        make_option('--no-startup', action='store_true', dest='no_startup',
            help='When using plain Python, ignore the PYTHONSTARTUP environment variable and ~/.pythonrc.py script.'),
        make_option('-i', '--interface', action='store', type='choice', choices=shells,
                    dest='interface',
            help='Specify an interactive interpreter interface. Available options: "ipython" and "bpython"'),

    )
    help = "Runs a Python interactive interpreter. Tries to use IPython or bpython, if one of them is available."
    requires_system_checks = False

    def _ipython_pre_011(self):
        """Start IPython pre-0.11"""
        from IPython.Shell import IPShell
        shell = IPShell(argv=[])
        shell.mainloop()

    def _ipython_pre_100(self):
        """Start IPython pre-1.0.0"""
        from IPython.frontend.terminal.ipapp import TerminalIPythonApp
        app = TerminalIPythonApp.instance()
        app.initialize(argv=[])
        app.start()

    def _ipython(self):
        """Start IPython >= 1.0"""
        from IPython import start_ipython
        start_ipython(argv=[])

    def ipython(self):
        """Start any version of IPython"""
        for ip in (self._ipython, self._ipython_pre_100, self._ipython_pre_011):
            try:
                ip()
            except ImportError:
                pass
            else:
                return
        # no IPython, raise ImportError
        raise ImportError("No IPython")

    def bpython(self):
        import bpython
        bpython.embed()

    def run_shell(self, shell=None):
        available_shells = [shell] if shell else self.shells

        for shell in available_shells:
            try:
                return getattr(self, shell)()
            except ImportError:
                pass
        raise ImportError

    def handle_noargs(self, **options):
        use_plain = options.get('plain', False)
        no_startup = options.get('no_startup', False)
        interface = options.get('interface', None)

        try:
            if use_plain:
                # Don't bother loading IPython, because the user wants plain Python.
                raise ImportError

            self.run_shell(shell=interface)
        except ImportError:
            import code
            # Set up a dictionary to serve as the environment for the shell, so
            # that tab completion works on objects that are imported at runtime.
            # See ticket 5082.
            imported_objects = {}
            try:  # Try activating rlcompleter, because it's handy.
                import readline
            except ImportError:
                pass
            else:
                # We don't have to wrap the following import in a 'try', because
                # we already know 'readline' was imported successfully.
                import rlcompleter
                readline.set_completer(rlcompleter.Completer(imported_objects).complete)
                readline.parse_and_bind("tab:complete")

            # We want to honor both $PYTHONSTARTUP and .pythonrc.py, so follow system
            # conventions and get $PYTHONSTARTUP first then .pythonrc.py.
            if not no_startup:
                for pythonrc in (os.environ.get("PYTHONSTARTUP"), '~/.pythonrc.py'):
                    if not pythonrc:
                        continue
                    pythonrc = os.path.expanduser(pythonrc)
                    if not os.path.isfile(pythonrc):
                        continue
                    try:
                        with open(pythonrc) as handle:
                            exec(compile(handle.read(), pythonrc, 'exec'), imported_objects)
                    except NameError:
                        pass
            code.interact(local=imported_objects)

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Some aspects of the ASP.NET Core story remind me of the beginning of the ASP.NET adventure more than 15 years ago. A very young Scott Guthrie—now a Microsoft VP—presented a new thing called ASP+ to a small audience of web developers in London in the fall of 1999. Those were the days of Active Server Pages, and ASP+ was trying to introduce a new syntax for moving the VBScript code back to the server and express it through a compiled language. ASP+ was a real breakthrough.
At the time of the presentation, there was no public awareness of the .NET thing yet, which would not be publicly disclosed until the following summer. The demos Scott showed, including a jaw-dropping Web Service example, were coming out of a standalone runtime environment based on a custom worker process—a console application— capable of listening on the port 80. The first demos used plain Visual Basic and C++ code against the Win32 API. In a short time, the whole ASP+ thing was quickly consumed by the new .NET Framework and eventually became ASP.NET.
ASP.NET Core, too, was first presented as a new standalone framework rewritten from scratch to take the Microsoft web stack to another level of scalability and performance. However, in doing so, the team glimpsed the enticing opportunity to make the ASP.NET Core framework available on multiple platforms. To achieve that goal, a subset of the .NET Framework had to be made available on target platforms, and this meant a new .NET Framework had to be created. And, in the end, this is just what happened.
For too long, ASP.NET Core was a moving target and the mechanics moving the target were not clear to anyone, and they weren't always communicated timely and effectively. Twenty years ago, we (thankfully?) lacked the instant sharing attitude that social media imposes today. Also, ASP+ probably was a moving target, but nobody outside Microsoft—and the people directly involved—ever knew about that.
While the pillars of the ASP.NET and ASP.NET Core stories might be seen as being the same, runtime conditions are fairly different. The web before ASP.NET was a web in its infancy, with limited availability of scalable server-side technologies and without scalability itself being the serious issue it is today. At the same time, a great many applications were potentially ready to be rewritten for the web, and they were just awaiting a reliable platform from a reliable vendor.
Today, many frameworks exist today that could be used instead of ASP.NET Core. However, ASP.NET Core is not just frontend; ASP.NET Core is also backend, Web API, and small and compact web (containerized) monoliths to be deployed standalone or within a service fabric. ASP.NET Core also can be used on multiple hardware/software platforms.
It's really hard to say whether ASP.NET Core is a must in the near future—or even at present—of every company and team. For sure, ASP.NET Core is the natural follow up for ASP.NET developers and the incarnation of another full-stack solution for web development on a variety of platforms.
This book is not for absolute beginners, at least not in the sense of newbies without at least a superficial understanding of web development. It is tailor-made for existing ASP.NET developers especially those with an MVC background. At the same time, this book is a good fi t for expert web developers, especially those with an MVC background but who are new to ASP.NET. Even though ASP.NET Core is brand-new, it does have a lot of common points with ASP.NET MVC (and to a much less extent, Web Forms).
If you're on the Microsoft stack, or if you are considering moving there, ASP.NET Core offers an excellent choice for the entire stack, including a tight connection with the Azure cloud.
This book expects that you have at least a minimal understanding of web development—preferably matured—but not necessarily, on the Microsoft stack.
If you're an absolute newbie to web programming who has never heard about ASP.NET and you're subsequently looking for a step-by-step guide to ASP.NET Core, this book might not be ideal.


Hours, minutes, seconds. Days, weeks, seasons, years. They all keep passing day after day. Growing cycles come and go and come back again. We get older. The things we used to think were cool won't even sell at a garage sale. Remember 8-track tapes and bell-bottom jeans?
Have you ever kept a favorite shirt or pair of jeans so long it was threadbare and full of holes? My shoes get worn and dirty fairly quickly because I walk a lot. God's word tells us even heaven and earth will one day wear out like an old piece of clothing (Psalm 102:26).
God gives us a glimpse of what eternity is like in Deuteronomy. He reminded the Israelites that he had cared for them for forty years in the wilderness. During the forty years I led you through the desert, your clothes did not wear out, nor did the sandals on your feet (Deuteronomy 29:5). In Deuteronomy 8, He adds that their feet didn't swell in all those years of walking. I think that would be even better than my shoes not wearing out!
Thank you, Lord, that you are good and your loves endures forever!


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Clarksville Little Theatre Production of Superstar "Not to Be Missed"
Left to right: Brian West, Brian Morris and Greg Wood
in Jesus Christ Superstar. Photo by Bunny Miller.
Lyrics by Tim Rice, Music by Andrew Lloyd Weber
Choreography by Rebecca Chaney
Music Director Doug Jones
Directed by Janet Morris
Reviewed by Craig Nolan Highley
Entire contents are copyright © 2012, Craig Nolan Highley. All rights reserved.
The Clarksville Little Theater certainly has ups and downs when it comes to the quality of their productions. But when they are on – they are on. And that is certainly the case with their latest production, a revival of the classic Rice/Weber rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar.
It was originally conceived as a two-record concept album released in 1970 before moving to the Broadway stage in 1971 and has been revived countless times all over the world. Once considered highly controversial (the original album was banned from BBC radio for being sacrilegious), it's now beloved: a passion play set to rock music that's just infectious. Taking a lot of liberties with the Sacred Texts, the opera dramatizes the final week in the life of Christ and casts Judas Iscariot, one of the Bible's most hated villains, in a sympathetic role.
This interpretation of the story presents Jesus as a tortured soul, struggling to reconcile his Divinity with his humanity as he leads his apostles in the way of the Lord. His best friend and confidante Judas is increasingly more disturbed by the road his Master is taking, to the point that he worries about Jesus' true motives. Both men seem to have a less than pure interest in the lovely former prostitute Mary Magdalene, who struggles with her own feelings for the Son of God.
Everything about CLT's current production is stellar, starting with the casting. As Jesus, Brian Morris gives the performance of his career. His singing is flawless and he certainly looks the part, but he has found the character's emotional center and at times he is heartbreaking to watch. Similarly, Jason Potts' Judas (arguably the show's true leading role) is an emotional wreck and Potts lets raw emotion trump the character's high notes with an amazing skill.
Carrie Cooke's Mary Magdalene is just lovely both in looks and voice. We can feel her struggle against her baser instincts, especially on the show's two best numbers: "I Don't Know How to Love Him" and "Can We Start Again Please."
The show's more villainous roles are also given a nice touch here, from the Matrix- and Hellraiser-inspired interpretations of the High Priests (Mason Stewart, Dan Canon and Jeff Mangum) and the completely cartoonish King Herod (Greg Wood, in the show's most rousing song-and-dance performance). Bo Cecil also gives a nicely sympathetic turn as a tortured Pontius Pilate, especially with the touching "Pilate's Dream" number.
Janet Morris continues to top herself with each new show she directs, at CLT and elsewhere, and this is no exception. She has staged some amazing set pieces, and has directed a huge ensemble, expertly allowing every single cast member their own moments to shine.
Finally, the set design (by director Morris and stage manager Kevin Butler) is simple yet effective, evoking traditional Passion Plays with a nicely anachronistic modern twist, complemented by multiple-period costume designs (by Morris, Jayme Thomas, Katie Hay, Bryce Blair, Rebecca Chaney and Jennifer Starr Tennant). All of this is given life by the moody and beautiful lighting designs of Nick Dent.
The real magic of Jesus Christ Superstar may well be the way it can be enjoyed by everyone, no matter what your religious beliefs. (In fact, I happen to know that among the cast and crew there is an amazing diversity of faiths, even a few agnostics and atheists.) But no matter what your personal belief system may be, I challenge you to try to keep a dry eye at the show's emotional and ominous conclusion, which doesn't even provide a curtain call to break the levity.
By far one of the best pieces of Community Theater I have seen in quite some time. Not to be missed!
Featuring Polina Abramov, John Aurelius, Bryce Blair, Dan Canon, Bo Cecil, Carrie Cooke, Ellie Delap, Eddie Dohn, Elisa Freeman, Katie Hay, Nicholas Johnson, Karissa Kathryn, Jeff Mangum, Brian Martin, Martha McLain, Mike Miller, Drew Moore, Brian Morris, Mary Rose Pinotti, Heidi Platt, Jason Potts, Andrea Rose, Mason Stewart, Jennifer Starr Tennant, Laura Van Fossen, Brian West and Greg Wood.
Clarksville Little Theatre
301 E. Montgomery Ave. Clarksville, IN 47129
http://clarksvillelittletheatre.org/
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San Francisco-based Inkling is specifically shooting for Amazon's book business. Founder and CEO Matt MacInnis observes that the Kindle isn't especially well suited to the oversized, graphics-intensive layouts of many textbooks. Inkling seeks to overcome this limitation of traditional e-book formats through a layout engine specifically designed to re-envision textbooks for tablets, smartphones and the web. But elegant design doesn't take you far if most online shoppers are going straight to Amazon to buy books. That's why Inkling has developed an information architecture based on the concept of "cards." Each of the books is divided into chapters, and each chapter is divided into cards. A card contains what amounts to one quantum of useful information. Cards themselves are viewable for free on a limited basis; readers can buy Inkling's books by the chapter. Each card also has its own URL, which means Inkling's cards are what Google indexes. Inkling is banking on the quality of the information in its cards to rise to the top of Google search results (and generate attention on social media) to get Inkling's books noticed. People aren't going to discover content through Inkling, MacInnis says. They're going to discover Inkling through content.
Google Defeats Publishers Over Web Copyright in German Vote - Bloomberg: "Google Inc. (GOOG) and other news aggregators may continue to show short news items on their Internet sites without being required to pay, German lawmakers decided in a parliamentary vote today in a blow to publishers including Axel Springer AG (SPR) and Bertelsmann SE. A majority of lawmakers from Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition allowed companies such as Google to display "single words or very small text excerpts" referring to publishers' websites at no cost. For content exceeding these limits, publishers retain the exclusive right of use, according to the bill. . . ."
Absence of Editorial Gatekeepers in New Forms of Media Creates Equal Opportunity and Risk | Greentarget - JDSupra: " . . . . Woody, a private person, decided to only answer questions related to his movie and refused to answer any personal questions, violating the readily available rules of the game and well established "reddiquette." This approach immediately created an angry backlash from the Reddit community, criticizing Harrelson and shifting the dialogue away from his new movie. . . . For anyone as concealed as Woody Harrelson, actor or CEO, Reddit was the wrong social media channel, and therefore had a negative affect on his reputation, and potentially, the movie's box office success. This AMA is now a permanent part of Harrelson's online fingerprint, making it all the more harmful. This instance is an interesting reminder of the opportunities and risks inherent in the opportunity to self-publish enabled by new media formats. The lack of editorial gatekeepers provides unprecedented access to valuable stakeholder groups. However, without an editor calling the shots and effectively saving participants from themselves when topics and approaches are inappropriate, a high level of attention must be paid to the expectations of the community, particularly one as engaged as Reddit. . . ."
Google Reader: Why did everyone's favorite RSS program die? What free Web service will be next? - Slate Magazine: " . . . Back in 2005, when Google launched Reader, the company talked about it like they'd keep it around forever. And they probably thought they would. You took them at their word, and now you've been burned.Reader's death illustrates a terrible downside of cloud software—sometimes your favorite, most indispensable thing just goes away. Yes, software would get discontinued back in the days when we relied on desktop apps, but when desktop software died it wasn't really dead. If you're still a fan of ancient versions of WordPerfect or Lotus 1-2-3, you can keep using them on your aging DOS box. But when cloud software dies, it goes away for good. If the company that's killing it is decent, it may let you export your data. But you'll never, ever be able to use its code again. That's why we should all consider Reader's death a wake-up call—a reminder that any time you choose to get involved with a new app, you should think about the long haul. It's not a good idea to hook up with every great app that comes along . . ."
Did Google just kill RSS? | Felix Salmon: " . . . .RSS has been dying for years — that's why Google killed Reader. It was a lovely open format; it has sadly been replaced with proprietary feeds like the ones we get from Twitter and Facebook. That's not an improvement, but it is reality. Google, with Reader, was really providing the life-support mechanism for RSS. Once Reader is gone, I fear that RSS won't last much longer."
The Killing Of Google Reader Highlights The Risk Of Relying On A Single Provider | Techdirt: "Still, a very large number of folks I know feel like they practically live inside Google Reader -- and I know (for example) that Google Reader is a huge driver of traffic to this site, so I get the feeling many of you use Google Reader as well. The thing that seems to have so many folks upset is the fact that there really aren't any comparable alternatives if you want that same basic experience. In fact, you could argue that Google effectively killed off many of those alternatives. Back in the day there were things like Newsgator and Bloglines, but both were effectively marginalized or pushed into other markets because Google Reader really did become the de facto standard RSS reader that so many used and relied on."
Bradley Manning pleads guilty to being Wikileaks source, denies 'aiding the enemy' | The Verge: " . . . This week, word began to leak that Manning would plead guilty to some charges but not others. According to The Guardian and corroborated by other news sources, Manning's guilty pleas confirm that he was Wikileaks' principal source for the following: the so-called "collateral murder" video of an Apache helicopter attack in Iraq; some US diplomatic cables including one of the early WikiLeaks publications the Reykjavik cable; portions of the Iraq and Afghanistan warlogs, some of the files on detainees in Guantanamo; and two intelligence memos. . . .In the personal statement, Manning says that before contacting Wikileaks, he had a brief conversation with a reporter at The Washington Post and left a message withThe New York Times containing his email and Skype address that was never returned. Neither the Post nor the Times, he said, took him seriously. Manning says he also tried to contact Politico before ultimately deciding to publish the materials through Wikileaks. According to Manning, he had extended online conversations with a Wikileaks member calling himself "Ox," who Manning assumes was Julian Assange. . . ."
Jeff Jarvis : What if The New York Times had returned Bradley Manning's call or the Washington Post had listened to him and published what would have been Pentagon Papers 2.0? Would he be in prison and on trial now?
Not My Anne - Possible Perils Of Book Cover Designs | Heenan Blaikie LLP - JDSupra: " . . .But let's imagine for a moment that Lucy Maud Montgomery was still alive or that the books were otherwise still protected by copyright (i.e., imagine LMM had passed away within the last fifty years) - can an author object to a publisher's choice of cover art? Could a cover be so bad, so inconsistent with the author's vision for the book, that it actually gives rise to a right of action on the part of the author? . . . . There are two conceivable routes to such a claim: breach of contract or infringement of moral rights. An author's publishing agreement may be negotiated to include some kind of approval right on the part of the author . . . Where an author enjoys an approval right and their publisher publishes a book with a cover that the author did not approve, the author would be able to bring a claim for contractual breach. While damages might be difficult to prove, the author could seek an injunction prohibiting the publisher from printing or selling editions of the book with the impugned cover, which would have the effect of removing the cover from circulation and (hopefully) causing the publisher to re-issue the book with a new cover. . . . "
"Three independent, brick-and-mortar bookstores have filed a lawsuit against Amazon and the big six publishers, claiming that they are violating antitrust laws by collaborating to keep small sellers out of the e-book market. In a lawsuit filed on Friday in Federal District Court for the Southern District of New York, the Book House of Stuyvesant Plaza and Posman Books, both based in New York, and Fiction Addiction, based in South Carolina, alleged that they and other small bookstores were being deliberately forced out of the digital market as a result of agreements between the big publishers and Amazon. "The contracts entered into between Amazon and the Big Six," the complaint said, constitute "a series of contracts and/or combinations among and between the defendants which unreasonably restrain trade and commerce in the market of e-books sold within the United States." At the heart of the lawsuit is the idea that the top publishers signed secret contracts with Amazon that allowed them to code their e-books in such a way that the books could only be read on an Amazon Kindle device or a device with a Kindle app. The booksellers are pushing for open-source coding that would allow readers to buy e-books from any source and download them on any device. . . . The booksellers are seeking an immediate injunction to the practice, as well as damages. The six publishers named were Random House, Penguin, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Simon & Schuster and Hachette. . . ."
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In Japan, the Fax Machine Is Anything but a Relic - NYTimes.com: "Japan is renowned for its robots and bullet trains, and has some of the world's fastest broadband networks. But it also remains firmly wedded to a pre-Internet technology — the fax machine — that in most other developed nations has joined answering machines, eight-tracks and cassette tapes in the dustbin of outmoded technologies. Last year alone, Japanese households bought 1.7 million of the old-style fax machines, which print documents on slick, glossy paper spooled in the back. In the United States, the device has become such an artifact that the Smithsonian is adding two machines to its collection, technology historians said. . . . "
Lines of beauty: British Library's medieval manuscripts go digital ". . . .Two hundred of the highest-profile and most valuable manuscripts in the collection are currently undergoing digitisation. The six photographed exclusively for the FT can be viewed online from today, the first time readers all over the world will be able to see them in full. Among them is the Spanish "Silos Apocalypse", as vivid and well-preserved as if the monk had just stopped for lunch. "You couldn't go down to WH Smith and get that kind of yellow felt tip pen," says Julian Harrison, curator of pre-1600 manuscripts. You'd have a similarly hard time finding the ink for the ninth-century "Harley Golden Gospels", written in gold. . . . . Many of these books have been treasured for centuries, on a shelf or inside a desk drawer. As such, they are often much less well known than paintings from the same periods, and much better preserved. "The illuminated manuscripts contain a fantastic number of works of art from the medieval period – far more than you'd find in the National Gallery," says Breay. Doyle agrees. "Because they are in this form, they survived."… "Every time you look at a medieval manuscript, you see something you've never seen before." As more libraries put their collections online, the question remains of what happens to the institutions left behind. So far, digitisation of manuscripts has increased demand to see the originals. And for every reader turning pages in a hushed reading room, many more are clicking through them in the comfort of their homes or classrooms, with 100,000 visiting the British Library site to date. Some might even notice those follicles. As Harrison puts it, "They're not museum objects, not something to be put in a case. They're still a book. There's still so much you can learn from it.". . . ."
The man behind Google Docs is now trying to reinvent the web app at Box — Tech News and Analysis: " . . . All of this speaks to the evolution of documents. They used to be more like artifacts — things like properly formatted business letters with high latency, high transaction costs and "all this artifice around the structure of the document," Schillace explained. Then the web came, reducing the focus on formatting and adding a collaborative element, but keeping in place a certain level or linearity. With the advent of Evernote and the erstwhile Google Wave, documents have become more abstract, mixing images, text, communications, web pages and whatever else onto a digital canvass. "Underlying all of this, what's really going on is the business interaction you want to have," Schillace said. "The point of the document is you usually either record something for yourself or to have an interaction with another human being. And I think we can gradually start peeling away layers of artifice and try to get down to the raw core of that interaction." He thinks mobile devices with their small screens, portability and omnipresence in our lives might present the biggest challenge for achieving this goal. Users probably need a native way of interacting with documents that doesn't involve opening a Word document and trying to read and edit it on a tiny keyboard. The right test, according to Schillace, might be if a co-worker has a question, "could I answer it while I was standing in line at the store in 30 seconds?". . . . "


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Venerate His greatest suffering shoulder wound
Related Prayers:
Prayer of St. Gertrude the Great to Free the Souls in Purgatory
Prayer of St. Benard
to the shoulder wound
of Jesus
Releases many Souls from Purgatory:
In the Name of the Father,
and of the Son,
and of the Holy Spirit.
Mention your own intended souls silently . . . . . . . . . .
optional (for those most abandoned).
(Humbly ask for Padre Pio's intercession to carry
your daily devotional request on his shoulder
and silently mention your intended request).
O Loving Jesus, meek Lamb of God, I a miserable sinner, salute and worship the most Sacred Wound of Your Shoulder on which You bore Your heavy Cross, which so tore Your Flesh and laid bare Your Bones as to inflict on You an anguish greater than any other Wound of Your Most Blessed Body.
I adore You, O Jesus most sorrowful; I praise and glorify You and give You thanks for this most sacred and painful Wound, beseeching You by the crushing burden of Your heavy Cross to be merciful to the souls in purgatory and to me, a sinner, to forgive me all my mortal and venial sins, and to lead me on towards Heaven along the Way of Your Cross.
Follow with an Our Father, Hail Mary & Glory Be
for the Holy Souls in Purgatory.
The Prayer of the shoulder wound of Jesus is a Roman Catholic prayer, addressed to Jesus whilst calling to mind and meditating upon the wound he is said to have received during the carrying of his cross. It is variously attributed to Saint Bernard of Clairvaux or to St. Gertrude or St. Mechtilde.
According to St. Bernard, he asked Jesus which was his greatest unrecorded suffering and the wound that inflicted the most pain on him in Calvary and Jesus answered: "I had on My Shoulder, while I bore My Cross on the Way of Sorrows, a grievous Wound which was more painful than the others and which is not recorded by men."
Christ asked that Saint Bernard and other members of the Faithful keep a devotion to his shoulder wound, and that those who do will receive God's grace.
"Honor this Wound with thy devotion, and I will grant thee whatsoever thou dost ask through its virtue and merit. And in regard to all those who shall venerate this Wound, I will remit to them all their venial sins, and will no longer remember their mortal sins."
Padre Pio bore the same secret wound of Jesus
ST. PIO OF PIETRELCINA, Capuchin friar, priest and mystic, died in 1968. Padre Pio was known as a confessor and a holy man who for more than 50 years bore the wounds of Christ (the stigmata) on his hands and feet.
In a book published in the Italian language by St. Pio's friary, titled Il Papa e Il Frate, author Stefano Campanella reported that Padre Pio had once had a very interesting conversation with Karol Wojtyla, the future Pope St. John Paul II.
According to Campanella, Fr. Wojtyla asked Padre Pio which of his wounds caused the most pain. Fr. Wojtyla expected Padre Pio to say that it was his chest wound; but instead Padre Pio replied, "It is my shoulder wound, which no one knows about and has never been cured or treated."
In 2008, 40 years after Padre Pio's death, author Frank Rega wrote about Padre Pio:
At one time Padra [sic] had confided to Brother Modestino Fucci, now the doorkeeper at Padre Pio's friary in San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy, that his greatest pains occurred when he changed his undershirt. Brother Modestino, like Father Wojtyla, thought that Padre Pio was referring to pains from the chest wound. Then, on February 4, 1971, Brother Modestino was assigned the task of taking an inventory of all the items in the deceased Padre's cell in the friary, and also his belongings in the archives. That day he discovered that one of Padre Pio's undershirts bore a circle of bloodstains in the area of the right shoulder.
On that very evening, Brother Modestino asked Padre Pio in prayer to enlighten him about the meaning of the bloodstained undershirt. He asked Padre to give him a sign if he truly bore Christ's shoulder wound. Then he went to sleep, awakening at 1 a.m. with a terrible, excruciating pain in his shoulder, as if he had been sliced with a knife up to the shoulder bone. He felt that he would die from the pain if it continued, but it lasted only a short time. Then the room became filled with the aroma of a heavenly perfume of flowers - the sign of Padre Pio's spiritual presence - and he heard a voice saying, "This is what I had to suffer!"
What is the mystical and spiritual significance of the shoulder wound of St. Padre Pio? The book by journalist Saverio Gaeta, Sulla Soglia del Paradiso (2), reports that Padre Pio said this of his spiritual children: "When the Lord entrusts a soul to me, I place it on my shoulder and never let it go." From this statement, it can reasonably be inferred that the saint offered up the suffering and the extreme pain of his shoulder wound for his spiritual children.


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Do vegetation patch spatial patterns disrupt the spatial organization of plant species?
Alados, C.L. and Navarro, T. and Komac, B. and Pascual, V. and Martinez Garcia, Felipe and Cabezudo, B. and Pueyo, Y. (2009). Do vegetation patch spatial patterns disrupt the spatial organization of plant species?. "Ecological Complexity", v. 6 (n. 2); pp. 197-207. ISSN 1476-945X. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecocom.2008.10.015.
Alados, C.L.
Navarro, T.
Komac, B.
Pascual, V.
Martinez Garcia, Felipe
Cabezudo, B.
Pueyo, Y.
Título de Revista/Publicación:
Ecological Complexity
E.T.S.I. Montes (UPM)
Silvopascicultura [hasta 2014]
Thelong-range spatial autocorrelationwasevaluated based on the dispersal abilities of the species.Among the 106 species evaluated, 39%of thewoody species, 17% of the forbs, and 12% of the grasses exhibited disrupted long-range spatial autocorrelation where patches were small. The species that are more vulnerable to the effects of fragmentation tended to be those that have restricted dispersal, such as those that have short-range ispersal (atelechoric), e.g., Phlomis purpurea, Cistus albidus, Teucrium pseudochamaepytis, Brachypodium retusum, and the ballistic species, Genista spartioides. Helianthemumalmeriense is another vulnerable species that has actively restricted dispersal (antitelechory), which is common in arid regions. Wind dispersers such as Launaea lanifera were less vulnerable to the effects of fragmentation. Long-distance dispersers whose persistence depends on facilitative interactions with other individuals, e.g., allogamous species such as Thymus hyemalis, Ballota hirsuta, and Anthyllis cytisoides, exhibit disrupted long-range spatial autocorrelation when patch size is reduced
10.1016/j.ecocom.2008.10.015
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/1476945X


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Stuart Miles · 22 April 2008
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Wii Fit is going to be a cracking addition to the console
Pick up and play
If you were worried about the remote growing through the screen
This could make you go through it instead
Involves exercise
You've got to find somewhere to store the balance board
Nintendo hope to break even further away from Microsoft and Sony's console offerings with its latest game and accessory: the Wii Fit. But is it worth getting off the sofa for? We get gaming, and exercising, to find out.
The basic premise of the Wii Fit is that you get a collection of games, and more importantly a balance board that you stand on to play them. Suitable for anyone up to 150kg or 23 stone in weight, it's not just for kids and those worried about balance issues shouldn't be. The board is large, sturdy and doesn't move.
Instead you're the one that is expected to move about as by shifting your weight on the board you control movement on-screen.
Based around Nintendo's training interface as found in Brain Training, Eye Sight Training and any other training game the company has created on the Wii and the DS, you have to answer a series of questions like age, height and weight and perform a quick test to show your abilities before your start.
Once your profile is set-up, Wii Fit will tells you your Body Mass Index rating and ultimately lets you know whether you should be using the game more for fun or to try and lose weight. At the end you even get a Wii Fit age (mine's 33).
Having got through the profile element and what seems to be an endless barrage of information screens about what it does and what you have to do, you get to train and have fun.
Training revolves around you setting out a goal, such as loosing a set amount of weight in a set time, while fun is just what it says on the tin. The more you train the more games you unlock giving you a reason to keep coming back for more and just like Brain Training you can do a test to see how your performance is improving, or if you've been partying too hard, how much you're failing.
For the gamer there are plenty of Wii Sports style games, however for the fitness fan there are also a series of exercises ranging from yoga to circuit training.
The idea of course is that whatever you choose, you get to exercise and play at the same time.
In our brief First Look play we had a go playing football, skiing and yoga exercises. At home we were able to have a better play at a more comprehensive range of games including a hula hoop game that saw us wiggle, a jogging game where we had to put the Wii Remote in our pocket and run on the spot and another one called Tilt that saw you control a ball on a platform that you could move very much like the Victorian Labyrinth games.
Training falls into four fitness categories: aerobic exercise, muscle conditioning, yoga poses and fun balance games.
Like Wii Sports the games or exercises are quick and linear. Those looking for a home workout can try yoga, something we found very hard. Once in position you are then tasked with keeping a red dot centred inside a yellow circle. Sounds easy, but because the system works out where you are standing and what pressure you are putting where, it allows you to perfectly hone your skills.
From here you can then choose to run through a course getting progressively harder as well as the software telling you how to make improvements to your stance.
However where we can really see this working is making exercise fun either on your own or with a bunch of friends after a dinner party (the Wii is after all fast becoming the dinner party board game of the 21st century).
Skiing for example will see you go down a slope slalom style moving shifting the balance from your right to left foot. Making this a fantastic way of getting into practice for the real thing.
Our brief play last year and again this year for Megawhat.tv, the Wii Fit had us aching for more. Now that we've had it in our house and we can say that the fun just kept on coming, entertaining a number of people of all ages at a birthday party as well as in the evening on our own.
This isn't a one to appeal to the hardcore gamer looking to let off some steam, and we can imagine that after a while the quick games and poor graphics will get on your nerves just as Brain Training probably already has.
However like Brain Training for the DS or Wii Sports on the Wii, Wii Fit is going to be a cracking addition to the console.
The only catch? Like fitness training, expect to only want to play this in short bursts rather than hours at a time.
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Globe Platinum: Master Chef JP Anglo's Key Partner
Globe platinum is excited to have Chef JP join the family as one of its newest face. Alongside other customers, Chef JP gets to live modern lifestyles in today's digital setting, as he's success goes beyond the kitchen and is evident in every part of his life. Globe Platinum makes sure he's always inspired and connected to everything and everyone they love, so that he can continue achieving his success.
Without a hint of surprise, foodies knew that Chef JP has become both a role model and an inspiration for today's young generation. Not only did he pushed Ilongo's regional cuisine in the dining market, he was one of the first people to forge a successful track in culinary and kick start a vibrant, exciting culture of Philippine contemporary cuisine. "It was not easy, believe me, but I'm happy for all the obstacles that came my way," he says. "Going through those helped me become the best version of myself."
I knew Chef JP as the genius behind Sarsa, Sarsa Kitchen and Bar and the newly opened Kafe Batwan. He sure is famous and successful, however, it didn't happen overnight. Even though he came from a family who owns a restaurant in Bacolod, he made sure to hone his culinary skills even abroad and pursued that passion in opening up his own restos. According to him, it wasn't easy, it was a challenging journey. "I was away from everything familiar, so yes, staying connected with people I love was a comfort. Access to various sources of information and inspirations, on the other hand, kept me going. I had a dream to fulfill, didn't I? And seeing what others are doing and have achieved gave me that push to not let up."
Now considered part of the new generation "rock star chefs" who work to bring out a strong local identity in Filipino food by creating edgy and exciting incarnations of favorites, Chef JP is not one to be satisfied, and instead continues to seek inspirations by indulging his other passions which are traveling and surfing. All while running a portfolio of restaurants and managing a hundred employees.
"I make it a point to never stop learning about food, and traveling is an awesome way to do that. Naturally, I have to stay connected with my team in Manila because the business needs to run even if I'm out of the country," he says. "I've found Globe Platinum to be a key partner in enabling me to do that. I'm in the food service industry so I demand the same level of quality service that I provide."
Living in such fast-paced, exciting times where inspiration can strike anytime, anywhere, push us to create, innovate, and succeed. In true fashion that speaks of its signature premium customer service and best-in-class offers, Globe Platinum is taking on the role of enabling customers to constantly connect with what inspires them, and share this with peers and communities, initiating a culture of inspiration that leads to the path of success.
Currently, there are three types of Platinum Lifestyle Plan that anyone could choose from: Plan 3799, Plan 4999 and Plan 7999.
Globe Platinum's new and most powerful Lifestyle Plans are especially crafted to fit today's digital, dynamic and always-connected lifestyles, with access to the newest devices, unlimited all network calls and texts (a first in the market), rich mobile data allocation, built-in roaming services that can automatically subscribe customers to unlimited data roaming services or the option to enjoy a consumable roaming allocation whenever they travel, and entertainment and content on demand with complimentary access to the best applications.Aside from the signature and personalized service from the Platinum Relationship Managers, the Platinum experience is further enriched with customers having dedicated hotline services, plus priority in Globe stores, as well as great rewards and worldwide perks and privileges—24/7 access to an international concierge, access to airport lounges around the world, exclusive hotel discounts, and even a personal shopper abroad.
To discover the inspiring world of Globe Platinum, visit www.globe.com.ph/platinum.
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Hrady a opevnění krále Eduarda I. v Gwyneddu jsou od roku 1986 památkou zapsanou na seznamu Světového dědictví Unesco. Jde o čtyři hrady, které dal vybudovat anglický král Eduard I. v Gwyneddu v severním Walesu v 13. století po dobytí Walesu:
 Beaumaris Castle, Anglesey
 Caernarfon Castle, Caernarfon
 Conwy Castle, Conwy
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Рена — небольшой город в восточной Норвегии, община Омут, фюльке Хедмарк. Основан в 1871 году в устье Гломмы и её притока Рены, в 140 км на север от Осло.

Население
Население 2054 на 1 января 2008.

Известные уроженцы
 Вестли, Анне-Катарина — норвежская детская писательница.

Образование
Здесь расположен университетский городок Хедмарк Колледж.

Ссылки
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Written by J Rohnny• December 12, 2022• 11:01 pm• Europe Economy
Why Europe Loves Flag Carriers
People across the world wonder why European countries are so protective of their flag carriers. Even countries that do not have a state-owned national airline have a flag carrier: an airline that is associated with the national identity of a country.
The European sky is dominated by a few major pan-European airline groups: Ryanair, the Lufthansa Group, easyJet, Air France-KLM, easyJet, and Turkish Airlines. However, Europe is also home to dozens of flag carriers, and many states are incredibly protective of them.
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Very few countries, no matter how small, do not have a flag carrier. Even Luxembourg and Montenegro have one, and both of these countries have a population of just over 600,000 people. An example of a country that does not have one is Hungary, which lost MALÉV to bankruptcy. Still, the country's aviation is buoyed by Wizz Air, although the airline is privately owned and not a flag carrier.
Often, governments have to find ways of financially supporting their flag carriers, and this is not always popular with the voters. Passengers may prefer subsidies to go to low-cost airlines which offer cheaper ticket prices. Nevertheless, most European governments continue to support their flag carriers. In COVID-19, Lufthansa got nine billion euros ($9.5 million), although the airline repaid it just a year later.
Let's take a look at the benefits that state-owned flag carriers bring to their countries, grouped into three groups of arguments: economics, aviation, and politics.
1. The economic argument
From the perspective of economics, the case in favor of a national airline is clearly positive.
A national airline provides employment for the local population. In countries and regions with an emigration problem, like much of Eastern Europe, employment opportunities act to reduce the flow of people out of the country. Local employment also generates additional income in the country where the staff are based.
Most importantly, the government benefits through an increase in tax revenue. Employees pay income tax, and the airline pays corporation tax in the country, enabling the government to use the tax revenue to invest in public services. In most countries, when people are employed locally, this also generates national insurance and social security revenue for the state, allowing the country to pay out pensions and fund healthcare systems for all.
The existence of a national airline boosts the country's cargo connectivity, with local businesses having easier access to international markets. When Adria Airways collapsed in 2019 and Slovenia was left without a flag carrier, the most adverse impact was not actually on passengers but on businesses that trade goods by air. Low-cost airlines do not transport cargo, so passengers were able to find alternatives easier than businesses could.
During COVID-19, national airlines were instrumental in transporting essential medical supplies and cargo that governments used to fight the pandemic. FlyBosnia operated a flight to China to bring equipment to the country. Austrian Airlines and KLM operated rescue flights to Australia to repatriate their countries' citizens.
The economic benefit for a country of having a national airline is also apparent when an airport is given into concession. Airports with a national airline operating there are valued higher than those without one, so the state generates more revenue from the airport concession. The concession agreement for Lisbon Airport generates extra revenue for Portugal because VINCI, the concessionaire, is willing to pay more for an airport with a flag carrier like TAP Air Portugal as its guaranteed long-term customer.
2. The aviation argument
Air connectivity is important for countries, particularly in times of crisis. Having a national airline provides continuity of air connectivity regardless of the economic situation in the country. Croatia retained its links with the world throughout the COVID-19 pandemic because Croatia Airlines maintained daily flights to Frankfurt Airport from its base in Zagreb every single day, even throughout March and April of 2020.
Similarly, if an airport has to raise its fees or if demand for air travel to the country dips for whatever reason, a national airline remains a committed airport partner. Pan-European airlines and low-cost carriers have done wonders for European passengers, particularly the more price-sensitive ones, but they are not tied to any single country or airport. This means they can easily move all their based aircraft capacity and deploy it wherever they feel they may generate a higher profit. Wizz Air abandoned Sarajevo Airport with less than a month's notice in October 2022, leaving Bosnia's capital with severely-diminished connectivity and no time to replace it.
In countries that do not have a liberalized airline industry, national airlines are key for ensuring any connectivity exists at all because of stringent bilateral agreements.
Perhaps most importantly, having a flag carrier boosts the set of industries that are linked with aviation but which would not exist otherwise. Countries with an airline based there see more apprenticeship programs and professional development opportunities in industries that are a part of an airline's supply chain.
The routes covered under the UK ETS include all UK domestic flights and UK-departing flights to the European Economic Area and Gibraltar. Photo: Getty Images
3. The political argument
Countries use their national airlines to boost their standing abroad. For example, Air Serbia is a political project of the country's President, who often appears at the airline's press conferences and has recently announced its major new route launches. Finnair's slogan is The Nordic Way.
National airlines that are owned by their governments often launch and maintain routes that are beneficial for the country. Icelandair offers convenient transfer packages between Europe and North America with stopovers that can be as long as seven days to support the country's tourism industry.
They also promote national symbols and products onboard. SWISS gives each passenger a Swiss chocolate for free. Aer Lingus features the shamrock on its aircraft.
The criticisms – in brief
A state-owned national airline typically does not pursue profit maximization at all costs. And this is where flag carriers are often criticized.
Privately-owned airlines must satisfy their shareholders by pursuing profit, while state-owned ones can end up overstaffed and inefficient at reacting to new market opportunities because their management is not always appointed on the basis of the profit motive.
National airlines are likely to be protected from bankruptcy by their governments, and this can sometimes distort market competition. But does this downside really outweigh the positives?
What do you think of Europe's many flag carriers? Let us know what you think of this story in the comments below.
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Viewpoint (Genesis) review
"Since the Genesis is home to a bijillion shoot-em-ups, it really takes something interesting to make one of these titles stand out from the crowd; Divine Sealing has a "women feel pain when their clothes get removed" gimmick, Metallic Uniframe Super Hybrid Armor has whatever the hell that game was known for, and in this case, Viewpoint has a unique perspective. Unfortunately, this game's selling point ends up screwing with the gameplay, making a rather average shoot-em-up pr..."
Since the Genesis is home to a bijillion shoot-em-ups, it really takes something interesting to make one of these titles stand out from the crowd; Divine Sealing has a "women feel pain when their clothes get removed" gimmick, Metallic Uniframe Super Hybrid Armor has whatever the hell that game was known for, and in this case, Viewpoint has a unique perspective. Unfortunately, this game's selling point ends up screwing with the gameplay, making a rather average shoot-em-up pretty tough to deal with.
So, what is your pilot, who's navigating a slow moving, yet powerful ship, the Byupo fighter, fighting for? Justice? Peace? Awesomeness? Well, I don't have a friggin clue, so I was left to assume that you took control of an intergalactic psychopath who gets off on causing genocide on unknown planets filled with eccentric environments and bizarre roboforms. Just imagine him laughing his ass off as he tears through an army of robotic fish, most likely defending their Atlantis-esque home from this crazyass mothertrucker. Or witness his puny ship destroy a row of giant, powerful bosses in a freakin lava river stage while listening to a funky James Brown-inspired track on his radio, screaming such lyrics as "HEYYYY!!" and "BABBBYYYY!!". It's evil I tell ya! Evil!!
But despite how dementedly fun that sounds, VP is far from enjoyable. The whole thing just reeks of a typical shoot-em-up: your ship can shoot normal and powered shots, can get an upgrade, throws bombs, and fight opponents that come at it in patterns. I know, I basically described 99% of shmups, but the problem with VP is that it doesn't do anything significant with any of this stuff; it's just there, making the shooter a shooter.
Then there are the flaws that make the game harder than it should be, like the ship's slow navigation. It's as if you're trying to move a damn.... something that moves slow. When your "enemies" bounce around the screen at twice the speed as your Byupo fighter, you can understand the pain in the ass it'll cause you. Then there's the other problem: the viewpoint. Unlike normal shoot-em-ups that use a vertical or horizontal angle, VP has to act retarded, like Axelay, and experiment with a different angle. Set in an isometric perspective like Landstalker and Sonic 3D Blast, it causes a lot of disruptions in the gameplay, especially when there are bullets on screen.
An example of this buffoonery is made the moment you play the first stage: one of the first things you encounter is a giant, robotic fan (probably just cleaning the streets, minding its own business, until your ship attacked it. bastard) that litters the screen with bullets. You dodge and dodge, avoiding every bullet that comes your way..... then you get hit by one that you thought was gonna pass you, and it was all thanks to the awkward angle. This pretty much sets the tone for the rest of the game.
Conclusion? Viewpoint sucks. That's my outro, and I'm sticking to it.
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I can't tell you how many times I spotted Cyber-Lip in an arcade back in the early 90s. Its title screen is etched into my memory.
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NGC 457 (noto talvolta anche col soprannome di Ammasso Civetta, Ammasso della libellula o con la sigla C 13) è un ammasso aperto visibile nella costellazione boreale di Cassiopea.

Osservazione

NGC 457 è un ammasso di facile individuazione e osservazione; si trova quasi 2 gradi a sud della stella  (Ruchbah) ed è visibile anche con un binocolo 10x50 o, meglio, 15x80, attraverso i quali si presenta già parzialmente risolto in stelle. Un telescopio da 150 mm è tra i migliori strumenti per l'osservazione di quest'oggetto celeste, che alle latitudini medie boreali si presenta circumpolare; già a bassi ingrandimenti è un oggetto ben risolto che occupa buona parte del campo visivo. Strumenti di apertura superiore permetteranno di notare che molte delle sue componenti più luminose, tra le quali la stella , sul bordo meridionale dell'ammasso, sono doppie.

NGC 457 ha una declinazione fortemente boreale, pertanto si presenta circumpolare da gran parte dell'emisfero nord, fino alle latitudini subtropicali; sebbene il periodo in cui raggiunge la sua massima altezza nel cielo serale sia compreso fra i mesi di settembre e dicembre, in gran parte dell'emisfero nord resta visibile per tutte notti dell'anno. Dall'emisfero sud, al contrario, la sua visibilità è limitata alle regioni comprese fra l'equatore e le regioni poco a sud del Tropico del Capricorno.

Storia delle osservazioni
NGC 457 venne scoperto da William Herschel il 18 ottobre 1787, che lo osservò attraverso il suo telescopio riflettore da 18,7 pollici; egli lo descrisse come un brillante ammasso di stelle sia luminose che deboli, piuttpsto ricco. Suo figlio John Herschel lo riosservò in seguito e lo inserì nel suo General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters col numero 256.

Caratteristiche

Si tratta di un ammasso dall'aspetto molto caratteristico: la sua forma particolare lo ha reso noto con il nome di Ammasso Civetta: infatti è dominato da due stelle di sesta magnitudine (una delle quali è ), da cui parte una concatenazione di astri che ricordano bene le ali di un uccello in volo; le due stelle di sesta sono gli "occhi" della civetta. In realtà, le stelle più brillanti dell'ammasso, come , sarebbero molto più vicine a noi, e si mostrano in direzione dell'ammasso per un effetto prospettico.

NGC 457 è composto da una sessantina di componenti stellari accertate fino alla quattordicesima magnitudine e dista dal Sole quasi 8000 anni luce e giace, insieme agli altri ammassi circostanti, come M103, nel Braccio di Perseo, il braccio di spirale immediatamente più esterno di quello in cui si trova il sistema solare. Come la gran parte degli ammassi brillanti situati in direzione di Cassiopea, anche questo presenta un'età piuttosto giovane, stimata attorno ai 21 milioni di anni. Nella sua direzione sono note diverse decine di stelle variabili, molte delle quali sono in realtà fisicamente separate dall'ammasso; fra le variabili accertate come appartenenti a NGC 457 vi è V466 Cas, una gigante rossa evoluta appartenente alla classe delle variabili pulsanti, e V765 Cas, una binaria a eclisse di classe spettrale B5, cui se ne aggiungono altre quattro con diversi gradi di probabilità di appartenenza. Fra le stelle situate sulla stessa linea di vista ma sicuramente non appartenenti all'ammasso, vi sono diverse variabili cefeidi e alcune variabili RR Lyrae.

Note

Bibliografia

Libri

Carte celesti

Voci correlate
Oggetti non stellari nella costellazione di Cassiopea

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

NGC 0457
0457
0013
Braccio di Perseo
Corpi celesti scoperti nel 1787
Oggetti nella costellazione di Cassiopea


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namespace Chamilo\Core\Notification\Test\Unit\Service;

use Chamilo\Core\Notification\Domain\TranslationContext;
use Chamilo\Core\Notification\Domain\ViewingContext;
use Chamilo\Core\Notification\Service\NotificationTranslator;
use Chamilo\Core\Notification\Storage\Entity\Filter;
use Chamilo\Core\Notification\Storage\Entity\Notification;
use Chamilo\Libraries\Architecture\Test\TestCases\ChamiloTestCase;
use Symfony\Component\Translation\Translator;

/**
 * Tests the NotificationTranslator
 *
 * @author Sven Vanpoucke - Hogeschool Gent
 */
class NotificationTranslatorTest extends ChamiloTestCase
{
    /**
     * @var NotificationTranslator
     */
    protected $notificationTranslator;

    /**
     * @var \Symfony\Component\Translation\Translator|\PHPUnit\Framework\MockObject\MockObject
     */
    protected $translatorMock;

    /**
     * Setup before each test
     */
    public function setUp()
    {
        $this->translatorMock = $this->getMockBuilder(Translator::class)
            ->disableOriginalConstructor()->getMock();

        $this->notificationTranslator = new NotificationTranslator($this->translatorMock);
    }

    /**
     * Tear down after each test
     */
    public function tearDown()
    {
        unset($this->translatorMock);
        unset($this->notificationTranslator);
    }

    public function testCreateNotificationDescriptionContext()
    {
        $viewingContext = new ViewingContext(
            'Chamilo', new TranslationContext(
                'Chamilo\Application\Weblcms', 'NotificationNewAssignment',
                ['OBJECT' => new TranslationContext('Chamilo\Application\Weblcms', 'COURSE')]
            )
        );

        $this->translatorMock->expects($this->once())
            ->method('getFallbackLocales')
            ->will($this->returnValue(['en']));

        $this->translatorMock->expects($this->exactly(2))
            ->method('trans')
            ->withConsecutive(
                ['COURSE', [], 'Chamilo\Application\Weblcms', 'en'],
                ['NotificationNewAssignment', ['OBJECT' => 'cOURSE'], 'Chamilo\Application\Weblcms', 'en']
            )
            ->will($this->returnArgument(0));

        $this->assertEquals(
            '[{"path":"Chamilo","en":"NotificationNewAssignment"}]',
            $this->notificationTranslator->createNotificationDescriptionContext([$viewingContext])
        );
    }

    public function testTranslateToAllLanguagesAndEncode()
    {
        $translationContext = new TranslationContext(
            'Chamilo\Application\Weblcms', 'NotificationNewAssignment',
            ['OBJECT' => new TranslationContext('Chamilo\Application\Weblcms', 'COURSE')]
        );

        $this->translatorMock->expects($this->once())
            ->method('getFallbackLocales')
            ->will($this->returnValue(['en']));

        $this->translatorMock->expects($this->exactly(2))
            ->method('trans')
            ->withConsecutive(
                ['COURSE', [], 'Chamilo\Application\Weblcms', 'en'],
                ['NotificationNewAssignment', ['OBJECT' => 'cOURSE'], 'Chamilo\Application\Weblcms', 'en']
            )
            ->will($this->returnArgument(0));

        $this->assertEquals(
            '{"en":"NotificationNewAssignment"}',
            $this->notificationTranslator->translateToAllLanguagesAndEncode($translationContext)
        );
    }

    public function testGetTranslationFromNotification()
    {
        $this->translatorMock->expects($this->once())
            ->method('getLocale')
            ->will($this->returnValue('en'));

        $viewingContextPath = 'Chamilo';

        $notification = new Notification();
        $notification->setDescriptionContext('[{"path":"Chamilo","en":"NotificationNewAssignment"}]');

        $this->assertEquals(
            'NotificationNewAssignment',
            $this->notificationTranslator->getTranslationFromNotification($notification, $viewingContextPath)
        );
    }

    /**
     * @expectedException \InvalidArgumentException
     */
    public function testGetTranslationFromNotificationViewingContextNotFound()
    {
        $this->translatorMock->expects($this->once())
            ->method('getLocale')
            ->will($this->returnValue('en'));

        $viewingContextPath = 'Chamilo\Application\Weblcms';

        $notification = new Notification();
        $notification->setDescriptionContext('[{"path":"Chamilo","en":"NotificationNewAssignment"}]');

        $this->notificationTranslator->getTranslationFromNotification($notification, $viewingContextPath);
    }

    public function testGetTranslationFromNotificationLocaleNotFound()
    {
        $this->translatorMock->expects($this->once())
            ->method('getLocale')
            ->will($this->returnValue('nl'));

        $viewingContextPath = 'Chamilo';

        $notification = new Notification();
        $notification->setDescriptionContext('[{"path":"Chamilo","en":"NotificationNewAssignment"}]');

        $this->assertEquals(
            'NotificationNewAssignment',
            $this->notificationTranslator->getTranslationFromNotification($notification, $viewingContextPath)
        );
    }

    /**
     * @expectedException \InvalidArgumentException
     */
    public function testGetTranslationFromNotificationTranslationInDefaultLocaleNotFound()
    {
        $this->translatorMock->expects($this->once())
            ->method('getLocale')
            ->will($this->returnValue('en'));

        $viewingContextPath = 'Chamilo';

        $notification = new Notification();
        $notification->setDescriptionContext('[{"path":"Chamilo","nl":"NotificationNewAssignment"}]');

        $this->notificationTranslator->getTranslationFromNotification($notification, $viewingContextPath);
    }

    public function testGetTranslationFromFilter()
    {
        $filter = new Filter();
        $filter->setDescriptionContext('{"en":"NotificationNewAssignment"}');

        $this->translatorMock->expects($this->once())
            ->method('getLocale')
            ->will($this->returnValue('en'));

        $this->assertEquals(
            'NotificationNewAssignment',
            $this->notificationTranslator->getTranslationFromFilter($filter)
        );
    }

    public function testGetTranslationFromFilterLocaleNotFound()
    {
        $filter = new Filter();
        $filter->setDescriptionContext('{"en":"NotificationNewAssignment"}');

        $this->translatorMock->expects($this->once())
            ->method('getLocale')
            ->will($this->returnValue('nl'));

        $this->assertEquals(
            'NotificationNewAssignment',
            $this->notificationTranslator->getTranslationFromFilter($filter)
        );
    }

    /**
     * @expectedException \InvalidArgumentException
     */
    public function testGetTranslationFromFilterDefaultLocaleNotFound()
    {
        $filter = new Filter();
        $filter->setDescriptionContext('{"nl":"NotificationNewAssignment"}');

        $this->translatorMock->expects($this->once())
            ->method('getLocale')
            ->will($this->returnValue('en'));

        $this->notificationTranslator->getTranslationFromFilter($filter);
    }
}


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Gulf news Friday Fundrive on 6th Feb
For residents of Dubai who own a 4WD vehicle The Gulf News the popular English daily of Dubai is organising a Friday Fun Drive which will be supported by Dubai's Al Futtaim Motors Toyota, on Friday, 6th February, 2009.
This will will be a full day event and start from The Sevens Club on Al Ain Road, after breakfast and end with a barbecue Dinner at the picturesque Hatta Fort Hotel.
To participate in this fun drive you gulf News has given followin Registration information on their web site
Registration for the event commences 22nd Jan 2008 and participants can register between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m at the Gulf News offices on Sheikh Zayed Road, every day, holidays included. Abu Dhabi and Al Ain participants can register at the respective Gulf News offices between 9 am and 2 pm on working days only.
The rates are Dhs 220 per adult and Dhs 100 per child.
The Fun Drive is an event for four-wheel drive vehicles only. A maximum of four passengers plus driver will be allowed. Participants are reminded to ensure that there are enough seat belts for all passengers.
Challenging sand stretches and spectacular scenery make this route very special, however the dunes and the tough trek at Hajjar Mountain section will surely test the driving skills of veterans and give novices an ideal opportunity to hone their off road driving skills.
Jum Ali Khan is Route Director and Jack Pearce is Deputy Route Director. Jack Pearce and the Project Leaders David Aldis, David Pollitt and Saliya Jayaweera have put in hundreds of hours, very often in trying climactic conditions, in designing this fabulous route. Around 50 highly experienced marshals will be present along the route to assist and guide participants. A team of 150 Gulf News personnel will also be involved with the event, manning check-points and taking care of all organisational details. IATC, led by Managing Director Hamad Ali Al Mazroui will be in charge of recovery.
Fundrive event Sponsors
Al Futtaim Motors – Toyota are the main sponsors of the event, just as they have been over the last twenty years. Checkpoints are sponsored by Toyota, AXA, Dubai Duty Free, Bridgestone and Lacnor. The Fun Drive numbers and the goody bags are being provided by Emirates NBD. The Wheel Covers are sponsored by
LG Car Infotainment. The Fun Drive is supported by Coleman,
Oasis , Multilink, The Sevens, Hatta Fort Hotel.
The Emirates Motor Sports Federation.
The Gulf News Fun Drive was organised first time in 1986 and a total of 75 four-wheel drives participated. It was designed to give people an opportunity to experience the desert.
In 1989, Gulf News added another dimension to the Fun Drive by converting it to a two-day event with an overnight stay in the desert. Since then, every Overnighter Fun Drive has had 750 cars participating. In response to an overwhelming demand for more off road events, Gulf News started organising the Friday Fun Drive and this is the fifth one in this series.
5 thoughts on "Gulf news Friday Fundrive on 6th Feb"
jayaraj says:
I had attended it twice. Could you let me have the exact location of sevens club
You need to register with Gulf news and pay the charges first
Jayarajan says:
I had already registered and paid the required Fees. Gulf News Receipt No. is FDR: 0502 dated 22/01/2009
Please let me have the exact location of the Sevens Club from where the Fundrive starts. Kindly note that I am from Fujairah.
Tom Boshoff says:
Can you please advise the exact location of the Gulf News offices. Thank you.
uaeboy says:
its after 1st interchange on Shk. Zayed Rd. to wards Abudhabi righthand side behind Emarat HQ (04) 4067666.
http://archive.gulfnews.com/articles/09/01/21/10277415.html


With the help from my grandma, I raised $75 to jump into a freezing cold pool on Saturday February 18th, 2017 for Special Olympics! The $75 sends two Special Olympic athletes to the Summer, Fall or Winter State Games for free so raising this money meant a lot to me and the athletes! Being on the Leadership Institute team also meant a lot to me as the LI has always been such a huge part in my life and they have always been huge supporters SOMI! I'm really glad I finally was able to cross this bucket list item off before graduating Central!


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A spring break cruise to the Bahamas is one of the most popular choices among party-seeking students in the U.S. There are few really good reasons for this. First, it is relatively inexpensive to book a flight to one of the cities from which the various cruises depart to the Bahamas. If you book a flight to Fort Lauderdale or Miami a couple of months in advance, for instance, you should be able to find a good rate. Then, especially if you are traveling in a group, you can take advantage of the all inclusive cruise package from Florida to the Bahamas and come away from the whole deal with some budget left in your pocket for the casino and clubs on board the ship.
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Pheidole clydei är en myrart som beskrevs av Robert E. Gregg 1950. Pheidole clydei ingår i släktet Pheidole och familjen myror. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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Matthew Gray Gubler is an American actor, filmmaker, model, and painter.
Matthew's paternal grandfather was Vivian Gray Gubler (the son of John G. Gubler and Alyce Wilomina Gray). Vivian was born in Utah. John was born in Utah, to a Swiss-born father, Herman Gubler, and a mother, Selina Gubler, who was born in Utah, to Swiss parents. Alyce was born in Utah. Alyce's father, William Alden Gray, had English ancestry, and was from a family that had lived in the United States since the 1600s, on many of his ancestral lines. Alyce's mother, Anna Barbara Graf, was Swiss. Vivian's Swiss lines were of Swiss-German ancestry.
Matthew's paternal grandmother was Loreta Isabel Newton (the daughter of Leslie Joseph Newton and Isabella Murphy). Loreta was born in Utah. Leslie was born in Utah. Leslie's father, Hyrum James Newton, was English (from Manchester), and Leslie's mother, Mary Jane Baddley, was born in Utah, to English parents. Isabella was born in Utah, and had Irish, English, Manx, and Scottish ancestry; she was the daughter of Mark Murphy and Annie Johnston MacKay.
Matthew's maternal grandfather was Maxwell S. Kelch (the son of George H. Kelch and Margaret M. Maxwell). Matthew's grandfather Maxwell was born in California. George was born in Illinois. George's parents, Francis J. Kelch and Elizabeth Bitzel, were both born in Illinois, and all of George's grandparents were German immigrants. Margaret was born in Ohio, the daughter of William F. Maxwell and Amanda C. Dinsmore, and had Scottish and English ancestry.
Matthew's maternal grandmother was Laura Belle Gang (the daughter of Arthur Henry Gang and Gertrude E. Gaisser). Laura was born in Ohio. Arthur was born in Ohio, the son of William Edward Gang, who was born in Ohio, to German parents Arthur George Gang and Katherine Willman, and of Joanne Olivier, who was Dutch, born in Amsterdam (her parents' names were Johannes/Jean Hendrik/Henri Olivier and Johanna/Joanne Frederika Leive). Gertrude was born in Ohio, the daughter of John G. Gaisser and Elizabeth Oesper, and was of German descent.
His father's family are LDS (Mormon), which explains all the recent English and Swiss/German-Swiss immigrants (and also probably why someone created such a detailed genealogy of him on rootsweb). His mother's family doesn't seem to have been Mormon.
P.S., he sounds and talks exactly like Jesse Eisenberg. Though he looks like a cross between Jesse and Gabriel Macht.