It's been a while since my trip to Istanbul and many of you have asked me about my itinerary. (Many of you have even complained about how I haven't written enough about it.) So putting all of it to rest, I'm going to write in detail about my Istanbul trip | #CinemawaaliInIstanbul.
I took my solo trip in the last week of October last year. Couldn't really call it an off-season trip thanks to the unending lines of international visitors. But I'd definitely be grateful for the weather; it wasn't all about the scorching heat. Husshh!
What was earlier supposed to be an adventurous 10day trip across Turkey ended up being a weeklong trip to Istanbul.
I initially thought that a week would be too much to stay in just one city, but at the end of it, I was thankful for having given this gorgeous city all the time I could. No, I didn't get bored for a second. Instead I thought I could do with more time.
Here's a brief itinerary on how I spent my week solo tripping in Istanbul.
Google Maps: Never believed them to be real saviors than this trip! They brought out the adventurer in me.
MuseumKart: The Museum Kart priced at 50TL gave me access to many of the cities important attractions for free, helping me cut through the ticket queues and saving a lot of money too!
Always Ask The Locals: It could be your hostel receptionist or a storekeeper, always ask the locals for their suggestions and help.
Giving importance to my preferences: The fact that it rained from the day I entered the city, till the next 3 days made the beginning of my solo trip a little gloomy. I gave utmost preference to my mood, and explored the city accordingly. It helped me get comfortable and feel good. Remember, taking a trip does not mean that you force yourself to go sightseeing. You might as well stick back in your hostel and talk to other visitors or simply enjoy your company and people watch with a cup of coffee at a café.
I landed in Istanbul in the afternoon. It was at least a couple of hours till I could make my way out of the Sabiha Gocken Airport. I opted for the Havatas (Airport Transfer Bus) and reached Taksim an hour later.
My hostel was at least a kilometer and a half away. Instead of opting for a taxi, I decided to walk. I followed the maps and got myself accustomed to the areas, and people and of course the eateries.
After checking in, I settled in my luggage and headed out at about 8 for dinner. Since I had already walked my way to the hostel, I already knew where to find food.
Instead of opting for a budget dinner, I treated myself to a mid-budget dinner at Faros. I had a delicious Adana Kebap with a drink and realized how delicious the food was.
There's something about hostel/hotel beds. They promise you a good nights sleep.
The real trip had begun now. It was time to explore the city that was long on my bucket list. Right there, at the top. But from where to begin? That's not something I had prepped for! That's where being a hostel helped. I asked my roommate for help who had studied before in Istanbul.
She agreed to help me and we began our day by walking up to the Taksim Funikuler where I refilled my IstanbulKart. (I got it from my hostel. Those guys had a spare one. Alternatively, it can be bought at stations.) We took the Funikuler that led us to the Kabatas Tram station.
Istanbul has about 3000 mosques. You can spend years trying to visit them all. But the ones mentioned are the most prominent ones.
Stop by at one of the cafes in the vicinity for some doner kebap meal.
I really wanted to cover less and see more. So I decided to spend my day walking. I thought that taking the tram to Karakoy to then reach the Galata Tower was a taxing activity. Instead I chose to walk down the Istiklal Caddesi. It was a long walk, but the best decision that I had taken that day. Cobble stoned streets, local shops, street musicians, coffee houses and lots of touristy sights.
After the top-of-the-world feeling at the Galata Tower, I chose to keep up with the good vibe I sat in a coffee shop right next to the tower and watched people over cups of Cay (chai).
I ended my day by meeting Caner Uzun for some traditional Turkish Dinner at the Sabirtasi restaurant in Istiklal Caddesi.
On the third day, I had some Indian company to explore the bazaars. I chose to keep my shopping quota reserved for my last couple of days. Today was about sightseeing and photography.
While heading back from Kadikoy, I took a ferry to avoid much fuss. What a sight it was!
It was a tiring day; the rains had been comparatively less. So my roommate and I decided to head out for some late dinner and explore the Saturday Night scenes in Istanbul. They were the best nightlife scenes I had witnessed with the live music, hookah scenes and happy people.
It was Sunday but Couchsurfing Day yet again. I headed to another part of Istanbul, a more residential area to meet Aslihan. Then, following her advice, I headed to Besiktas and then Ortakoy.
Believe me, Ortakoy Cami has some real delicious eateries facing the sea. More importantly, it had a picturesque view that I could keep staring at all evening. I had taken a bus to Besiktas. My first bus ride in Istanbul. The feeling was like seeing the Europe that we see in Bollywood films minus the snow.
I was warned well in advance that the Topkapi Palace could be a tiresome place with the amount of walking required. It took me over 4 hours to view the complete palace with the Harem area. But there were some real picturesque locations that made up for all the walking.
Right after getting out of the place, I stopped by for a Portakal Juice (Orange Juice). Where I found out about the Bosphorus cruise that also sets asail in the evening from 4:30-6:30. That was all that I needed to fit in my schedule!
If I had to recommend just 2 ways to view Istanbul, one would definitely be for the cruise tour.
It was my last day as I had a flight to catch the next evening. Now began the tough part! Shopping!
I call it tough because there's so much to pick from, you'd almost want to buy it all. Mom wanted spices, dad books, brother wanted sweets and I wanted to pick some collectibles for my friend.
I'd like to warn you that the Turkish salesmen are extremely persuasive, charming and hospitable even before you shop.
The key rule of shopping well in Istanbul is to visit more shops and BARGAIN WELL!
I headed towards the Asian side to shop some more, lunch and eventually take my Airport transfer back to the airport.
On my bus ride back, I kept thinking about this gorgeous city that stole my heart!
Istanbul, you have a piece of my soul with you!
I AM DEFINITELY COMING BACK HERE AGAIN!
Stay tuned for more photo stories, articles, recommendations and fun stories from Istanbul!
You can also travel to Cappadoccia, Izmir, Epheseus & Alanya in Turkey.


Here's a quick poll. Are you ready?
Did you read THE FAULT IN OUR STARS, John Green's blockbuster novel about two cancer-stricken teenagers who fall in love?
And, if so, did you cry?
Full disclosure. I adored the book, but I did not shed a tear. I seem to be in the minority, however. My extremely practical sister said she used half a box of tissues. All this got me to thinking about the very few books I've cried over.
JANE EYRE when I read it in college. I only vaguely remember the plot now, but I recall sobbing my eyes out over how unjustly poor Jane was treated.
CLEMENTINE by Sara Pennypacker. That scene where Clementine thinks her parents are going to ask her to leave? Gets me every time.
FISH IN A TREE by Lynda Mullaly Hunt. I made it until page 159. I feel superior. I have friends who didn't last that long.
That was it. Until recently when I read A VIOLIN FOR ELVA, written by Mary Lyn Ray and illustrated by Tricia Tusa.
The writing is top-shelf. Spare and evocative and precise. The first sentence says, "Above the ruffle of talk and the rustle of dresses, Elva heard music." Wow.
The plot is a master class in focus. There's one problem. Elva wants to play the violin. Every scene and every action revolves around that plot point. Nothing else gets in the way.
There's a central, emotional theme of longing. In Elva's case it's a deferred dream, but anyone who has ever longed for anything will relate.
Elva's longing comes because while she's wanted to play the violin since she first heard one as a child, she hasn't been able to. At first, she pretends to play, using a tennis racket. Then she grows up and tries to forget her dream. Until one day, she just can't.
She buys a violin, and the picture of Elva hugging the violin on a busy street was the first place I got choked up. The second was when Elva takes lessons and performs in a recital where she's the only adult student and … finally makes music. That's when I choked up again.
My last post was about books with heart, and this story definitely has some. And it goes a step farther by inciting sniffles.
I think this story hits home because a lot of people have dreams that they've never pursued. Perfectly achievable ones that are almost too important to attempt. This book shows it's never too late and that the payoff is worth the risk of beginning.
So read this book and see if you cry.
And tell me which books have made you cry in the comments.
Mary Lyn Ray, Pat Zietlow Miller, Tricia Tusa. Bookmark.
Love the books that make me cry. Little Dog Lost did it for me too. I will have to find Violin for Elva. Sounds wonderful.
I want to read this! Thanks for sharing!
Library Lion. Thanks for the recommendation!
I love that this list keeps my reading list keeps growing longer. I almost choked up while reading your description of A Violin for Elva. Gotta read it. Thanks!
LOVE this post, Pat. Books that make me cry: P. Polacco's PINK AND SAY (every. darn. time.) and Maribeth Boelts's BEFORE YOU WERE MINE.
Have not seen this one! The Hana Hasimoto violin story is getting all the buzz and I will like to compare. Cannot make it through The Velveteen Rabbit without a tissue.
I haven't seen this book, but I'll definitely look for it.
Another book about dreams–and one that's made me cry more than once–is Kristy Dempsey's (illus Floyd Cooper) A DANCE LIKE STARLIGHT. The sense of longing in the MC is palpable. It's stunning.
Yes! That one is incredible.
THE GARDENER, by Sarah Stewart and David Small, makes me cry every time I read it…and sometimes even when I just think about it! Great post!
ROSIE REVERE ENGINEER by Andrea Beaty and David Roberts. Every stinking time.
I'm going to look for A VILONIA FOR ELVA. Super post. Thanks!
^ THAT just made me cry!
"Fault In Our Stars" is an amazing book, but I do not believe I cried.
I felt uplifted upon reading it–and "spiritually inspired," if that makes sense.
What made me cry as a child? "Toby Tyler: Ten Weeks with a Circus." There I was alone in my room, with my parents sound asleep above me, having to deal with what Toby had accidentally done to his beloved monkey.
I LOVED The Fault in Our Stars, and I laughed, and I sobbed. I am a crier, though, I often weep when I read, from both sadness and joy. Another favorite that made me both laugh and cry is The One and Only Ivan, a perfect gem of a book. The list is far too long, but here are some cry-worthy favorites of mine: Walk Two Moons, OK for Now, Holes, We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves, The Lucky books by Susan Patron, Each Little Bird that Sings…. and some recent PBs: The Farmer & The Clown; The Right Word; Gaston; Knock Knock–My Dad's Dream for Me; The Tree Lady… too many more to mention!
I didn't shed a tear reading "Fault in Our Stars," but ran out of tissue with the movie. I'm so glad someone else had dry eyes reading the book, Pat. Now I've got to read "A Violin for Eva." Loved your post!
I cried a lot during Fault in Our Stars. There are books I tear up over when I think about them — Of Mice and Men, One for the Murphys, Bridges of Madison County. I hadn't heard of A Violin for Elva, but I just ordered it from my library. Thanks for the post.
Little Women, when Beth died. That's the first (but definitely not the last) time I cried reading a book. This looks beautiful. Mary Lyn Ray is a soulful writer, and I love Tricia Tusa's artwork.
And I forgot another recent read: A Poem in Your Pocket by Margaret McNamara–so lovely!
I remember the first book I ever cried while reading was Charlotte's Web. I had to have been 9 or 10 and I did NOT see it coming. I also did not see tears coming and was alone on the couch in the living room and I quickly, embarrassedly ran to my room and finished reading it.
I admit it. I'm a weeper, too. A trio of novels that reduced me to a blubbering mess are Little Women, Where the Red Fern Grows, and Miracle on Maple Hill. I look forward to reading Elva.
Pat! Thank you so much for including FISH IN A TREE – I'm honored that you felt connected enough to the book to shed a tear. I have to say that I'm not a crier either but Katherine Paterson's Bridge to Terabithia got me. Thanks, again!
Liz Garton Scanlon's NOODLE & LOU is a more recent read that had me snorting and sniffling all over my storytime kids. The last line reduces me to tears every time!
Awesome post, Pat! I also did not cry during 'A Fault In Our Stars', and also did in 'Jane Eyre'. A lot more crying happened during 'Wonder', 'The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane', 'The Lord of The Rings', 'Little Women', 'Grandpa Green', always always 'The Giving Tree' . . . . I'm guessing I will add 'A Violin for Elva' to the list!
Definitely Little Women when Beth dies, and also Goodnight Mister Tom–I cry every time I read it. In fact, I would go so far as to say that many of the books (novels) I read and reread as a child were the ones that made me cry–Little Women, Black Beauty (tho I wasn't much of a horse person, living in Queens), and Jane Eyre, to name a few. This is a good post to think about, even tho just now I'm blanking on picture books that make me cry–thanks!
The Sky is Everywhere made me cry…and not just once. I definitely want to read A VIOLIN FOR ELVA. It sounds amazing. Thanks for sharing the first sentence. It is beautiful.
THE CARROT SEED made me cry. Also, STEVIE by John Steptoe had me balling my eyes out. A VIOLIN FOR ELVA sounds wonderful!
My latest tear book was, Forever Dog. Couldn't get past the 3rd page. And he has a lovely way of accepting the death of a pet. Wonderful book.


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#define OPTIMIZATION_NONLINEAR_PROGRAM_H

#include <KrisLibrary/math/function.h>
#include <KrisLibrary/math/vector.h>
#include <KrisLibrary/math/matrix.h>
#include <memory>

namespace Optimization {
using namespace Math;

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 *
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 * min/max	f(x)

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  bool SatisfiesInequality(const Vector& x);
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There are many different types of visitors and users of museum digital media. Visitors seek different types and levels of information for a variety of needs and purposes. The way people access and search for information has drastically changed since the advent of the Internet. In today's modern society, if an institution does not have an online digital presence it does not exist to the world. Statistically, visitors to museum websites outnumber physical visitors three to one (Marty, Burton Jones, 187). Museum professionals need to think about how the digital museum can address the ever changing and increasing needs of online visitors. This is a considerable task but one that must be continually updated and increased in order to remain current with the expanding digital-access expectations of visitors. Knowing and predicting the digital expectations and needs of visitors can help museum professionals guide the development and role of the museum in relation to the public (Marty, Burton Jones, 183).
The digital information setting in which digitized content is generated and provided has changed. These changes allow the sharing of digital data and encourage innovative developments in research although concerns of licensing persist in the reuse of the data and images. Future research in this area, of visitor needs and expectations, could encourage museums to: (1) examine use and users of readily available cultural and heritage materials, (2) disseminate and foster the comprehension of cultural data, (3) influence other institutions to share their data in a public method, (4) construct aggregation and research resources to connect information sources to encourage collaboration,(5) and develop best-practices to utilize computing facilities to evaluate and process the considerable aggregates of data available. (Terras,733).
Technological innovations are changing how visitors and museum professionals approach and develop cultural institutions (Bertacchini and Morando, 60). Visitors expect increased and instant access to information about collections, educational resources, general information, and special exhibitions. Grade school teachers, college students, museum professionals and many other types of visitors require different kinds of digital data, such as object information, lesson plans or guides, images, institutional information, etc. While every need cannot be met, institutions must endeavor to attempt to meet as many as possible. The increased visitation online can lead to more physical visitors and publicity. In many ways a digital presence provides legitimacy to the institution as a whole. Providing accessible and clear institutional information, publications, resources, etc. implies that the institution is open and transparent to the public.
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Marty, P. F., & Jones, K. B. (2009). Museum informatics: People, information, and technology in museums. New York: Routledge.
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I think that your idea that museums who do not provide digital access to their collections get looked over is all too true in our digital age. There have been many times where I have gone to a specific museum's website to see their collections and when they are not available have simply gone to another website and kind of made a mental note that the first museum would not be worth visiting because I do not have a good enough idea of what is in their collections. Though allowing the public to access all of that information is scary for museums, they just have to bite in the bullet and allow it or else they risk being left behind.
Noting that the way people access and process and information since the advent of the internet is an important factor to recognize. Expectations of traditional museum visitors, like those of non-visitors equally use digital technologies in their everyday life. I appreciate that you acknowledge this dichotomy and that if museums who wish to remain current with all visitors, both online and in person, need to address the issues surrounding digital platforms.
Meeting the digital needs of a wide demographic does require the institution to make data accessible to the public and yes, to become almost transparent. Indeed, when the desired data is not provided, many people, including myself attempt to find another site with the valuable information. It takes center stage on the idea of "immediate gratification." From a student's perspective, when visiting a museum's online collection, I want to quickly review the publications, resources and field tags related to the work, as well as a high resolution image (s).
In your classroom activity, I received the role of a high school student needing to perform research an American icon. Since I chose to research Thomas Jefferson, I visited the American History Museum and another historical site. I found several images that I would like to use from the American History Museum; however, I did not find enough resources or publications to do thorough research.
While reading this blog, I also take particular notice to the statistical information of museum website visitors outnumbering the physical visitations 3:1. This is not surprising but I was shocked to hear Deb Howes relate that she is not so interested in the particular number of people visiting the museum but she emphasized the importance of the number of online visitors. I believe the accessibility of data and the increase in website traffic will lead to a rise in web search results and physical attendance. Most importantly, when the data is shared on social media sites, attendance will increase.
I really like this blog post Hannah. I think you tackle an interesting issue in regards to museums "relinquishing" control of their digital media. Perhaps its wishful thinking, but I do believe museum professionals in charge of digital media can adhere to similar philosophies that other museum professionals have for decades. A culture of digitalization is already taking part in quite a few museums, evidenced by the adherence to high-quality photography, use of the AAT, and other unifying aspects between each museums digital collection. I believe a lot of the hard work taken on by curators and other museum staff can translate well into a digital collection, and as Hannah mentions, if users do not feel satisfied with the product then they will just move on.
One of the most exciting aspects about the future of museums collections is digitalization, and it will be at its strongest via collaboration within the museum structure.


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Mianyang (; formerly known as Mienchow) is the second largest prefecture-level city of Sichuan province in Southwest China. Located in north-central Sichuan covering an area of  consisting of Jiangyou, a county-level city, five counties, and three urban districts. Its total population was 4,868,243 people at the 2020 Chinese census, of whom 2,232,865 live in its built-up (or metro) area made of three urban districts.

History
Mianyang, which was known as Fuxian (Fu County) in ancient times, had advanced in agriculture during the Qin  (221−206 BCE) and Han (206 BCE−220 CE) dynasties. It has a history of over 2,200 years since the Emperor Gaozu of Han established the first county in this area in 201 BCE. Due to its advantageous location, it had always been a town of great military importance and formed a natural defence for Chengdu.

Mianyang is home to the CAEP and Science City, an immense Military Research Complex which was the site of the development of China's first nuclear bomb.

The city proper itself was only lightly damaged by the earthquake of 12 May 2008. However, Beichuan County, which is in the prefecture, was among the most severely hit of all disaster regions following the earthquake, including the Beichuan High School campus where more than 1,000 students lost their lives after two main buildings collapsed. Around 80% of the county's buildings are said to have collapsed, including its main government building. The casualty toll for the quake in Mianyang Prefecture as of 7 June 2008, was 21,963 people killed, 167,742 injured, and 8,744 people missing.

Geography and climate
Mianyang is at the northwestern end of the Sichuan Basin, on the upper to middle reaches of the Fu River. Its administrative area ranges in latitude from 30° 42' to 33° 03' N and in longitude from 103° 45' to 105° 43' E. Bordering prefectures are Guangyuan to the northeast, Nanchong to the east, Suining to the south, Deyang to the southwest, and the Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture to the west. It also borders Gansu for a small section in the north.

Mianyang has a monsoon-influenced humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cwa) and is largely mild and humid, with four distinct seasons. Winter is short, mild, and foggy, though precipitation is low. January averages , and while frost may occur, snow is rare. Summers are long, hot, and humid, with highs often exceeding . The daily average in July, the warmest month, is . Rainfall is light in winter and can be heavy in summer, and more than 70% of the annual total occurs from May to September. The annual frost-free period across most of the prefecture lasts from 252 to 300 days, and there are only 1,100 hours of sunshine annually, which is not even 30% of the possible total.

Transport
The city has highway and railway connections to several major cities and is on the road from Xi'an to the provincial capital of Chengdu as well as the Baocheng Railway running from Baoji in Shaanxi province to Chengdu.

Mianyang Nanjiao Airport, which is the second largest airport in Sichuan province, has direct flights to Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Xi'an, Shenzhen, Kunming, Hangzhou, and so on.

G5 Beijing–Kunming Expressway and G93 Chengyu Ring Expressway.

Economy
Mianyang is one of China's major centres for the electronics industry. It has many well-known research institutions, such as the China Academy of Engineering Physics and China Aerodynamics Research and Development Center.  Many large-scale enterprises, such as Changhong Electronics Group Corporation, Sichuan DND Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Jiuzhou Electronics Group, Shuangma Cement Group, and Changcheng Special Steel Company also have their home in Mianyang.

Mianyang is an important national defence, scientific research, and production base, consisting of 18 institutes including the China Academy of Engineering Physics and the China Aerodynamics Research Institute. Moreover, it houses 50 large- and medium-size enterprises and six science colleges.

The provincial government will hand over greater administrative powers of economic management at the provincial-level authority to propel the development of Mianyang. The new economy management authority will pay close attention to the construction of the scientific city. The provincial committee party and government are presently drafting the "Opinions on Propelling China Scientific City Construction" report which is expected to come out soon.

Mianyang Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone

Education
There are six universities and colleges in the city, and it is well-known as a science and technology centre.

The best known of these is Southwest University of Science and Technology, with a campus of 4000 mu (about ). There is a wide-band multimedia campus network, which is connected to the Internet. The student dorm has access to telephone, Internet, and TV. There are over 900,000 copies of books and over 10,000 electronic books in the library. The studying and living facilities are all on the campus.

Others:
 Tianfu College, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
 Mianyang Normal University

People
It is the hometown of the famous poet Li Bai, and boasts many historical relics of the Three Kingdoms period.

Chinese food blogger and internet celebrity Li Ziqi is from Pingwu County on Mianyang and shoots most of her video content in the surrounding countryside.

Several ethnic minorities live in Mianyang, such as the Tibetan and Qiang people.

Food

·Mianyang Rice Noodles(绵阳米粉): One of the famous traditional dishes of the Han nationality in the Mianyang area with a history of more than 1,800 years. There are three flavours: red soup, clear soup, and clear red soup.

·Lengzhanzhan(冷沾沾): Lengzhanzhan originated in Mianyang Jiangyou. It is a snack that uses toothpicks to weave different dishes of meat and vegetables together and then dip different oil dishes.

Subdivisions

References

External links

 Government of Mianyang
 Mianyang Municipal Investment Bureau : Europe
 Mianyang Investment commissioner in Europe

Cities in Sichuan
Prefecture-level divisions of Sichuan

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To assess the community structural change and to document temporal trends in biomass accumulation of an old-growth forest over a period of 17 years, we surveyed the forest structure and tree diameter in a 1-ha plot established in a cool-temperate deciduous forest on the eastern slope of Mt. Hakusan in 1995 and 2012. In a stand dominated by Fagus crenata (beech) and Quercus mongolica var. crispula (oak), the largest diameter at breast height (DBH) in 2012 was 100.3 and 194.7 cm, respectively. Although the tree density (DBH ≥ 5 cm) increased from 908 to 940 stems ha-1 from 1995 to 2012, nine large dead trees were found in this period. Because of dead canopy trees, the gap enlarged and a change in the forest structure occurred in the tree and subtree layers according to mean tree weight-weight of individual trees (M-w) diagrams. The forest biomass was estimated to be 537.8 and 536.7 t ha-1 for 1995 and 2012, respectively. The biomass in this forest was extremely high compared with those in old-growth beech forests studied elsewhere in Japan because of the existence of some huge oak trees. The loss of biomass (73.7 t ha-1), partly because of large dead oak trees, was compensated by the growth of beech. Thus, the change in biomass in the 17-year period was very small. The results of the present study indicated that this old-growth beech-oak forest showed nonequilibrium in forest community dynamics; however, the forest biomass was at a steady state.


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Yet another challenge for publishers: Subscription fatigue.
January 19, 2020 January 19, 2020 Phillip Nones Advertising, Content Creation and Content Management, Media, Media Consumption, Publishing	Digital News, Digital News Report, Netflix, Newspapers, Online Media, Publishing, Reuters Institute, Spotify, Subscription Services
As if it isn't enough that newspaper and magazine publishers have to compete with an ever-widening array of information providers, in the effort to migrate subscription revenues from print to digital these publishers are squaring off against an additional challenge: subscription fatigue.
Not every consumer is opposed to paying for media, but with so many fee-based streaming services now being offered — including the ones by powerhouses like Netflix and Spotify — trying to get people to focus on "yet another" resource is proving difficult.
Moreover, when it comes to news information sources it's even more challenging. According to a recent Digital News Report prepared by Reuters Institute, when given a choice between paying for news or paying for a video streaming service, only ~12% of respondents in the Reuters survey stated that they would pick the news resource.
It seems that with so many time demands on people's online activities, fewer are willing to pay for access to information that they don't wish to commit to consuming on a regular basis. Unlike most of the entertainment streaming services, news stories are often available from free sources whenever a consumer might choose to access such news stories. Those alternative news sources may not be as comprehensive, but i's a tradeoff many consumers appear willing to make.
This is hurting everyone in the news segment, including local newspapers in smaller markets which have faced a major falloff in print advertising revenues.
Underscoring this dynamic, more than 1,800 newspapers in the United States have closed their doors in the past 15 years. Today, fewer than half of the country's counties have even one newspaper within their borders. This fallout is affecting the availability of some news information, as local media have a history of covering stories that aren't covered elsewhere.
But it's yet more collateral damage in the sea change that's upended the world of newspapers and periodicals in recent years.
More findings from the Reuters Institute report can be accessed here.
Pandora's Box: Spotify is poised to become the #1 music streaming service in the United States.
March 31, 2019 Phillip Nones Business, Content Creation and Content Management, Marketing Research, Media Consumption, Social Commentary	Amazon Music, Apple Music, eMarketer, Music Streaming, Music Streaming Services, Pandora, Spotify
This past month, digital marketing research firm eMarketer issued its new forecast on music streaming activities in the United States. What it shows is that Pandora, which has dominated the market ever since the category was created in 2000, will likely fall to the #2 position, overtaken by Spotify.
Based on a calculation of internet users of any age who listen to music streaming on any device at least once per month, Pandora jas occupied a narrow band of between 72 million and 77 million listeners since 2015.
During that same period, Spotify users have increased dramatically, from ~24 million to ~65 million Americans. And eMarketer projects that Spotify will overtake Pandora by 2021. The chart below shows the trajectory:
Actually, the trend had been building since even before 2015. In 2012, Pandora had ~67 million users compared to Spotify's paltry ~5 million. But Pandora has been shedding users in recent years. As the chart above illustrates, by 2023 Pandora will have lost nearly 10% of its users since 2014.
To be sure, Pandora still holds a robust ~35% of audio listener penetration in the United States as of this year. But Spotify is nipping at its heels with a ~32% share. Amazon Music (~18%) and Apple Music (~16%) are further back, but with still-significant chunks of the marketing. (It should be noted that there is overlap, as some listeners may engage with more than one music streaming service during the month.)
What has caused the change in fortunes? Christ Bendtsen, an eMarketer forecasting analyst, says this:
"Pandora lost users last year because of tough competition from other services attracting people to switch. Apple Music has been successful in converting its iPhone user base. Amazon Music has grown with smart speaker adoption, and Spotify's partnerships have expanded its presence across all devices."
Speaking in particular about Spotify's rapid surge, Bendtsen notes:
"Spotify's initial growth was driven by its unique combination of music discovery, playlists and on-demand features. But now that all music streaming services [possess] the same features, Spotify's future success will rely on partnerships with other companies. It has teamed up with Samsung, Amazon, Google and Hulu to be on all devices and provide bundled offerings. We expect more partnerships to come, leveraging multiple brands, devices and services to drive user growth."
As for Apple Music, there's a reason it lags behind other music streaming services in the rankings. That service operates on a subscription-only model and doesn't offer any form of advertiser-supported free usage. Forecasters expect it to remain in the #4 position with its "premium-only" business model.
More information about the eMarketer music streaming forecast is available here.
What are your own music streaming listening habits? Have they changed in recent years, and if so, how and why? Please share your thoughts with other readers.
Spotify hits the spot in its business valuation: $5.3 billion.
September 11, 2013 Phillip Nones Branding, Business, Uncategorized	Business, Business Valuation, Communications, Daniel Ek, Martin Lorentzon, Microsoft, Music Streaming, Nones, Online Radio, Pandora, Spotify, Streaming Radio
There's no question that Spotify has been an up-and-comer in the music streaming business. Speaking anecdotally, over time more and more of my friends and family members have been signing up for the service.
And now, Spotify is pushing forward with an even more aggressive growth strategy … and it's not aiming low at all.
In fact, the company is seeking backers at an eye-popping valuation level of $5.3 billion.
And to top it off, the company's co-founders (Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon) intend to raise the funds not through equity investment, but through loans.
It seems neither person wishes to give up any more of the company to investors than has already happened.
What makes the $5.3 billion valuation so startling is not just the amount – big though it is. It's because that the last business valuation of Spotify, done less than 12 months ago, pegged the company's value at just $3 billion.
That time around, a number of institutional investors stepped up to the plate (including Coca Cola, Fidelity and Goldman Sachs). But don't look for more institutional investment in this round of funding.
In the case of Spotify, being second or third in the music streaming market segment has turned out to be a good thing. Pandora and others were the pioneers, laboring in the vineyards for many long years before proving out the business model.
Then along comes Spotify and cleans up in a market space that people now understand fully.
At the moment, Spotify has around 6 million paying users in 28 countries — along with several times that number of people who use Spotify's free, ad-funded services. Spotify streams music across desktops and mobile devices along with other music gear.
The company reports that it pays approximately 70% of total revenues back to music rights-holders. It's not profitable yet … but how many years was Pandora bleeding red ink? The better part of a decade, certainly.
There continues to be some low-level grumbling about how Spotify handles payouts to the "bigger name" performers in the music industry.
According to some reports, Spotify pays only about $0.005 per stream. That means only big stars (the likes of Beyoncé and others) can make any meaningful money from the service.
But for anyone who thinks that $5 billion+ is a tad rich when it comes to the valuation of a business property like Spotify … remember that Skype was sold to Microsoft for $8.5 billion in 2011, after having been valued at just $2.75 billion two short years before.
So maybe the whole thing isn't so far-fetched after all.
Internet Music Does a Number on Traditional Listening Habits
December 3, 2012 December 3, 2012 Phillip Nones Uncategorized	AM/FM, Internet, Internet Radio, MPD Group, Music CDs, Music Industry, Nones, On-Demand Music Services, Pandora, Radio, Spotify
Changing trends in music listening habits finds Internet radio and on-demand music services growing at the expense of CDs and AM/FM radio. Pandora radio users reflect the broader trend.
I've suspected for some time that the rise in popularity of on-demand music services as well as Internet radio are fundamentally changing how consumers consume music.
And now we have quantification showing the extent of those changes.
Marketing research firm NPD Group has just released results from a survey it conducted among American Internet users age 13 and older. It found that half of Internet users have listened to music on Internet radio or an on-demand music service at least once over the past three months.
User activity is split equally between Internet radio services such as Pandora, and on-demand services like Spotify and Rhapsody (about 37% each).
Internet radio appears to be growing in popularity significantly faster than the on-demand music audience. Internet radio audience increased ~27% over the past year, while the on-demand music audience grew by just ~18%.
By contrast, the audience fell in other categories – most dramatically in listening to CDs:
• Digital downloads: ~2% decline
• AM/FM radio: ~4% decline
• Music CDs: ~16% decline
Since finally breaking into the mainstream about three years ago, the Pandora Internet radio service has really taken a bite out of the conventional ways of listening to music. Moreover, about one-third of all Pandora users are now listening to music via the service in their cars. As a result, since 2009 the percentage of Pandora users who also listen to AM/FM radio has declined by ~10%. Even more dramatic has been the drop in Pandora users also listening to CDs on non-computer devices and/or on portable music players (-21%).
An intriguing finding of the survey is that using Internet radio and on-demand music services has increased audience engagement with new music: More than half of the respondents reported that these services have aided in their discovery of music that is new to them.
Clearly, innovations such as Pandora's "music genome" have made it easier and more fulfilling for listeners to broaden their musical horizons, branching out from musical styles that are familiar and most pleasing to them.
But an even more interesting finding may be this one: Two-thirds of respondents have used these services to rediscover older music – the music of their youth.
In this case at least, "what's old is new again."

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This paper models the evolution and determinants of the shares of agriculture, manufacturing and services to GDP for 4 South Asian countries (Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan) for 55 years: 1960-2014. Determinants of these shares were classified into three broad categories "country fundamentals", "policy" and "decadal dummies. We find that with increase in GDP the share of services rises strongly whereas the share of manufacturing has a more tepid rise with GDP whereas the share of agriculture falls in most cases. Land per capita is positively associated with share of agriculture whereas arable land only weakly so. As capital and power rise the share of agriculture drops wherever it appears whereas FDI negatively influences the share of agriculture in one case. Share of manufacturing drops with rises in arable land, and rises with trade, capital and power. The share of services falls with land per capita and rises with power. Other influences are largely insignificant. The Kuznets model of structural transformation is supported to some extent.


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The Inovonics 500 Acoustic Analyzer combines into one compact unit the functions of both a 1/3-octave Real Time Analyzer and a Reverberation or Decay Time (RT60) Analyzer.
The 500 feature advanced digital logic with simplified keyboard data entry, and a bright, high resolution 13 x 31 LED matrix for display of frequency response and decay characteristics.
A built-in Pink Noise source yields either wideband noise for the response measurements, or noise in octave bands for RT60 analysis.
The 500 is fully portable, operating from either the A/C line or its internal rechargeable battery.
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RT60 mode displays reverberation time up to 10 seconds with 10ms resolution.
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200 ohms, balanced with XLR connector. MIC CALIB adjustment accomodations microphone sensitivities between -60 and -48dB re, 10 u_bar.
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BNC connectors for scope vertical and sweep trigger; external scope display has 7.5, 15, 30 or 45dB dynamic range.
Permits external control of memory storage, pink noise gating and decay plot scan; provides display data output and internal clocking signals for interfacing with digital peripherals.
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Goodman School of Business wins prestigious competition title
Monday, January 09, 2017 | by Jane Van Den Dries
Goodman School of Business students celebrate with their trophies after arriving back at Brock University from winning School of the Year at the 2017 JDC Central competition in Ottawa.
One of the most coveted trophies in Canadian university business competitions has a new home: Brock University's Goodman School of Business.
Goodman students captured the top-prize School of the Year award in Ottawa on Sunday, Jan. 8 at the JDCC case competition, which is central Canada's largest undergraduate business school competition with 700 students from 12 institutions in Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes.
When the bus carrying Team Goodman pulled on to the St. Catharines campus late Monday afternoon, the 40-plus students spilled out proudly carrying their new trophy.
JDCC, often dubbed the "business school Olympics," is actually three days of exhaustive competitions encompassing academic cases in eight fields of business, parliamentary style debates, sports tournaments, social competitions and charity contributions.
Goodman students took first place for both finance and marketing, as well as the all-encompassing Academic Cup. They also placed second in sports, debate, international business and entrepreneurship, and finished third in the participation and Management Information Systems events.
The School of the Year award takes all aspects of the competition into consideration and includes volunteer hours and the nearly $1,200 raised in funds for charity by the team.
"We are so proud of our students' successes," said Goodman School of Business Interim Dean Barry Wright.
"These results are a true testament to the hard work and perseverance they have put forward over the past semester. We are honoured to hold this title and to have others recognize their passion, excellence and Goodman spirit as well," he said.
Brock's 2017 School of the Year victory comes after the prize had been won for seven consecutive years by another Ontario university.
Under the guidance of team captain Dan Giddings (BBA '16), the Goodman team was well-supported by staff, faculty and alumni who devoted hours to preparing students for the competition. Faculty members Eric Dolansky, Wesley Helms, Teju Herath, Barbara Sainty, Glenn Skrubbeltrang, Lewis Stevenson and Peter Yannopoulos, and staff and alumni members Brittany Smith and Alyssa Freeman, coached teams and the final results prompted a steady stream of tweets from proud Goodman graduates, many of whom also dedicated many coaching hours last semester.
Goodman graduates and JDC Central veterans Sohail Ahmed, Sean Bouwers, Julia Chiarelli, Scott Darlow, Bryan Dizon, James Fioretti, Matt Leslie, Zurain Malik, Anthony Marotta, Jordan Menchella, James Riley Osler Percheson, Brittany Smith, Dayna Stephenson, Derek Visser and Aqib Zia all supported this year's Goodman JDCC team by devoting some of their weekends last semester to the cause.
A celebration will be held to honour the big win Thursday, Jan. 12 from noon to 1 p.m. in the Cairns Atrium.
Light refreshments will be provided.
All are welcome to attend and celebrate the team's success.
Making up the full Goodman JDCC team were:
Accounting: Namrata Mistry, Shivam Patel, Amber Williams
Business Strategy: Jenny Doan, Max Muria Courchesne, Mikayla Zolis
Entrepreneurship: Justin Enns, Nick Hollard, Srujal Patel
Management Information Systems: Christian Mindo, Vik Narula, Sean Pereira
International Business: Farook Al-Yassin, Zach Ferry, Monica Upadhyay
Human Resources: Emma Lahay, Bianca Read, Amy Rudnicki
Marketing: Bianca Koop, Ashley Howard
Finance: Jake Berec, Summer Gullage, Jacqueline Kope
Debate: Holly Arruda, Josh Hall, Mitch Ledgerwood, Dylan Pereira
Social: Spencer Bird, Rosie Di Matteo, Daniel Garner, Alexa Ogilvie-Robinson
Sports: Julia Baird-Oryschak, Max Burtcher, Mitch Cowan, Shreeta Dhingani, Aidan Gilhula, Leanne Karat, Tomash Konefal, Will Spence
Godparents: Max Muria Courchesne, Kristy-Anne Wytenburg
Volunteers: Daniel Danaher, Kartika Gaur, Yash Kapadia
Captain: Dan Giddings
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    id: '53dff0205c89c03428a31cee' },
  { rooms: [ [Object], [Object], [Object] ],
    state: '53df76c278999310248072c6',
    createdAt: Mon Aug 04 2014 23:43:21 GMT+0300 (Jerusalem Summer Time),
    menuItems: null,
    name: 'Batata Center',
    updatedAt: Mon Aug 04 2014 23:51:11 GMT+0300 (Jerusalem Summer Time),
    id: '53dff06a5c89c03428a31cf3' } ]

JSON output (rooms are not printed):
    [
      {
        "state": "53df76c278999310248072c6",
        "name": "Sydney Center",
        "menuItems": null,
        "createdAt": "2014-08-04T20:42:08.885Z",
        "updatedAt": "2014-08-04T20:42:08.885Z",
        "id": "53dff0205c89c03428a31cee"
      },
      {
        "state": "53df76c278999310248072c6",
        "createdAt": "2014-08-04T20:43:21.999Z",
        "menuItems": null,
        "name": "Batata Center",
        "updatedAt": "2014-08-04T20:51:11.740Z",
        "id": "53dff06a5c89c03428a31cf3"
      }
    ]

What might be the problem?
The rooms data seems to be fine.
For the complete function (SailsJS):
getCentersData: function(req, res) {

    sails.log.info('Teacher.getCentersData: ', req.user.id);
    var userId = req.user.id;

    async.auto({

        teacher: function(cb) {
            Teacher.findOne({ user: userId }).populate('centers').exec(cb);
        },

        centers: [
            'teacher', function(cb, results) {
                var allCentersIds = _.pluck(results.teacher.centers, 'id');
                Center.findById(allCentersIds).populate('rooms').exec(cb);
            }
        ],

        rooms: [
            'centers', function(cb, results) {
                var allRoomIds = [];
                _.each(results.centers, function(center) {
                    allRoomIds = _.union(allRoomIds, _.pluck(center.rooms, 'id'));
                });
                Room.findById(allRoomIds).populate('children').exec(cb);
            }
        ],

        children: [
            'rooms', function(cb, results) {
                var allChildrenIds = [];
                _.each(results.rooms, function (room) {
                    allChildrenIds = _.union(allChildrenIds, _.pluck(room.children, 'id'));
                });
                Child.findById(allChildrenIds).populate('parents').exec(cb);
            }
        ],

        parentUsers: ['children', function(cb, results) {
            var allParentIds = [];
            _.each(results.children, function (child) {
                allParentIds = _.union(allParentIds, _.pluck(child.parents, 'id'));
            });
            Parent.findById(allParentIds).populate('user').exec(cb);
        }],

        map: ['parentUsers', function (cb, results) {

            // map children to parents
            var parentsMapper = _.indexBy(results.parentUsers, 'id');
            var childrenMappedToParents = _.map(results.children, function (child) {
                var _child = child.toObject();
                _child.parents = _.map(child.parents, function (parent) {
                    return parentsMapper[parent.id];
                });
                return _child;
            });
            var childrenMapper = _.indexBy(childrenMappedToParents, 'id');

            // map rooms to children
            var roomsMappedToChildren = _.map(results.rooms, function (room) {
                var _room = room.toObject();
                _room.children = _.map(room.children, function (child) {
                    return childrenMapper[child.id];
                });
                return _room;
            });
            var roomsMapper = _.indexBy(roomsMappedToChildren, 'id');

            // map center to rooms
            var centersMappedToRooms = _.map(results.centers, function (center) {
                var _center = center.toObject();
                _center.rooms = _.map(center.rooms, function (room) {
                    return roomsMapper[room.id];
                });
                return _center;
            });

            sails.log.info('centersMappedToRooms',centersMappedToRooms ); // includes rooms array
            sails.log.info('centersMappedToRooms json: ', JSON.stringify(centersMappedToRooms)); // does not include rooms array

            return cb(null, centersMappedToRooms);

        }]
    }, function(err, results) {
        if (err) {
            return res.serverError(err);
        }

        // added prints
        sails.log.info("results.map: ", results.map);
        sails.log.info("JSON.stringify(results.map): ", JSON.stringify(results.map)); // same same, does not print the rooms array

        return res.json(results.map);
    });

},

EDITED
Schema:
schema: true,

attributes: {

    name: {
        type: 'string',
        required: true,
        minLength: 5
    },

    // Many-To-Many association with Teacher model
    teachers: {
        collection: 'teacher',
        via: 'centers'
    },

    // One-To-Many association with State model
    state: {
        model: 'state'
    },

    // One-To-Many association with Room model
    rooms: {
        collection: 'room',
        via: 'center'
    },

    // One-To-One association with Principal model
    principal: {
        model: 'principal'
    },

    menuItems: {
        type: 'array',
        defaultsTo: null
    }
},

A: Because Waterline queries return models, not plain javascript objects, they have additional properties and functions on them. One of these is an overridden toJSON() function which removes attributes that have not been populated. What seems to be happening here is that you are attaching objects to a parent model which doesn't know it has children that have been populated so it strips off the values.
The reasoning behind this is so that if you query for all Users and don't populate Rooms you don't get an incorrect result showing an empty rooms array.
I'm not sure what all you are manipulating here but the reason it works if you _.cloneDeep is because it removes the custom toJSON field. This is the recommend strategy when you are mutating a parent object from a query like this.

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galerie lange + pult
Wieder und wieder, 2015
acrylic on canvas, 50 × 70 cm
Das ist nicht neu, 2015
Wer bin ich?, 2015
tout est création, 2014
N'oubliez pas de phantasmer, 2013
acrylic on canvas, 100 × 100 cm
J'aime tout écrire, 2011
Il faut en rire, 2010
Fou rire, 2008
Kunst ist tot, 2008
Stinkende Sammler, 2002
Ich bin allein, 1990
Angst, 1978
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Ben: L'art est ce qu'il est je suis ce que je suis
24 May—24 August 2019
Auvernier
Ben, Daniel Spoerri, Jean Tinguely
13 May—24 June 2017
21 May—16 July 2016
Ben: J'ai tout mon temps
1 November—20 December 2014
Ben Vautier, who now lives and works in Nice, was born in Naples, Italy, on 18 July 1935. After years of moving from place to place, his parents took the family to Nice in 1949.
Inspired by Yves Klein, Marcel Duchamp and the Nouveaux Réalistes, Ben Vautier developed a distinctive personal style with leanings towards Dada. During the latter half of the 1950s, Vautier – years before Andy Warhol did anything of the kind – produced work based on variations on a highly simplified banana motif. In addition, Vautier worked with configurations composed of multiple individual parts recalling Jean Tinguely's machines. By now Ben Vautier had found what would become his trade mark: instructions and explanations written in cursive writing on objects.
Between 1958 and 1973 Ben Vautier ran a record shop in Nice, "Magazin", which caused a stir because of the way Ben Vautier had designed the façade and the interior. In 1959 Vautier founded the journal "Ben Dieu". A year later he had his first one-man show, "Rien et tout" ["Nothing and Everything"] in "Laboratoire 32" on the first floor of his shop.
Taking Duchamp's "ready-mades" as his starting-point and realising it was only the artist's signature, in
Inspired by Yves Klein, Marcel Duchamp and the Nouveaux Réalistes, Ben Vautier developed a distinctive personal style with leanings towards Dada. During the latter half of the 1950s, Vautier – years before Andy Warhol did anything of the kind – produced work based on variations on a highly simplified banana motif. In addition, Vautier worked with configurations composed of multiple individual parts recalling Jean Tinguely's machines.
By now Ben Vautier had found what would become his trade mark: instructions and explanations written in cursive writing on objects.
Between 1958 and 1973 Ben Vautier ran a record shop in Nice, "Magazin", which caused a stir because of the way Ben Vautier had designed the façade and the interior.
In 1959 Vautier founded the journal "Ben Dieu". A year later he had his first one-man show, "Rien et tout" ["Nothing and Everything"] in "Laboratoire 32" on the first floor of his shop.
Taking Duchamp's "ready-mades" as his starting-point and realising it was only the artist's signature, in both the literal and the figurative sense, that make an artist's work attributable, Ben Vautier playfully took the term literally and signed everything he could get his hands on, including works by other artists and his own body.
Ben Vautier ended the action in 1962 by declaring he would sign nothing more.
Like Al Hansen, John Cage, et al., Ben Vautier was a leading exponent of the Fluxus movement between 1962 and 1970, taking part in international Fluxus Festivals and frequently participating in public Performances.
By now a member of the art establishment, Ben Vautier became a mentor for the fledgling "Figuration libre", to which he gave the name in an article written for "Flash Art" in 1981.
Ben Vautier subsequently painted with acrylic, combining script and comicbook elements. During the 1990s he worked in several genres, producing the "totem" series of sculptures composed of utilitarian objects mounted to form posts, and, from 1991, "Oiseaux", material assemblages resembling birds.
Further, Ben Vautier compiled 1960s "Ben" objects, mounted them on various picture supports and added commentaries. Exhibitions in France and abroad as well as numerous retrospectives attest to Ben Vautier's continuing success.
Born 1935 in Naples, Italy
Lives and works in Nice, France
Selected Solo Shows
"Ben", galerie lange + pult, Zurich, Switzerland
"La vie est un film. Ben et ses invites.", Le 109, Nice, France
"Quelle est la question?", Galerie Lara Vincy, Paris, France
"On peut le faire", Fondation du Doute, Blois, France
"Is this art or money?", 11 Columbia, Monaco, Monaco
"Vide Grenier de Ben", Galerie Guy Pieters, Knokke-Heist, Belgium
"Ben", galerie lange + pult, Zurich, Switzerland
"Tout est art - Ben au Musée Maillol?", Maillol Museum, Paris, France
"Je suis ce que je suis", Musée d'Art Contemporain Saint Martin, Montélimar, France
"Ben L'incroyable foutoir", Galerie Lara Vincy, Paris, France
"Ist Alles Kunst ?", Tinguely Museum, Basel, Switzerland
"Il faut rire", Yves Brayer Museum, les Baux-de-Provence, France
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What Makes a Great Christmas?
It was such a nice day today the boys and I went out to play before dinner. After some baseball, I wanted to take some pictures of my silly boys. I've been wanting to get pictures showing their cute freckles and today it worked. I wished Aiden would have been awake to join us but who knows how well he would have worked with us.
As we were driving home from Jim's tonight Xavier was talking about his Book Buddy at school. I asked him if he was in 6th grade. He thought maybe he was in 7th grade. Damon starts laughing, "7th grade? If he was in 7th grade he would be in college!"
The we got to talking about the boys going on missions and going off to college and never coming home. Sad!
For Christmas, my parents gave all of us a night in KC plus some spending money. We got to KC late Saturday afternoon. Hung out a bit with my family and then went to dinner at TGIF. I have only gone to TGIF a couple of times but this place was horrible. Slow service, food just ok, dumb waitress. After though we went to ride the carriages around the Plaza. I had done it years ago on a double date with my sister but I think we were the only ones to have done it before. We were able to get a big carriage for the whole family. It was really cold but we survived.
That night we all met up in my parents room for snacks and family gossip.
Saturday we went to Union Station and took the boys to the science place. It was fun running around there and seeing all the cool things they had for the kids. I have very few pictures of Xavier because he was spending all of his time with his Uncle Brenden his most favorite person in all the world. I think he would pack his bags and move if we would let him.
An infomercial for BowFlex came on while the boys were watching tv.
Damon, "That's just for moms and dads."
Xavier, "No, I can do it too. I want chest muscles."
Damon, "You don't want chest muscles. Then if you take off your shirt girls will kiss you."
UPDATE: Aiden had his DR appointment and he now weighs 20lb 11 oz, he is 29 1/2in long, and his head is 17 3/4in around. According to the charts he is 75-90 percentile in length, and 25-50 percentile for weight and head circumference.
Aiden is now 9 months old. He was a lot of fun during our Christmas festivities. He could grab the paper and unwrap farely well (with a little bit of help). He has enjoyed playing with his toys he got. He loves to feed himself. In fact it is getting nearly impossible to feed him baby food because he throws a fit. Whenever he wants more food he starts banging his tray...but in a cute way. He loves crackers, especially graham crackers. If he sees you go to the cabinet where we keep the crackers he starts making a lot of noise and banging his hand down. He also loves LOVES blueberry muffins from Early Edition. Whenever we go he starts freaking out as soon as he sees the blueberry muffin. He also never drops a piece of it, unlike the other things he eats. He is starting to talk quite a bit, says dadada and bababa and other cute little sounds. He totally lights up and starts crawling to the door when Adam comes home from work (which Adam loves).
"Santa Claus knows what you need and what you don't"
Damon and Xavier both got these squishy balls and Damon asked, "What can you do with it." Xavier's answer, "You can fart on it."
"I'm not gonna eat my boogers anymore." when Adam was eating his candy boogers and they looked gross.
Adam got a present from his parents wrapped with duct tape with "What is this?" written on the box. As we are talking about this, Xavier says, "That must be from Jim only Jim has duct tape."
Aiden's stocking had a reindeer on it that sang, lit up, and clapped its antlers. He loved it!
He was a little camera shy though.
Every year Jim gives everyone bags for Christmas. My sisters have gotten one in years past but this was Jordan's and Lois's first time. My sisters are such goof balls over the bags, I had to document it for Jim's amuzement...and for everyone elses as well.
For me...5 new pairs of shoes. How awesome is that!?!
The boys got up Christmas morning and unloaded their stockings (Santa didn't bring much this year in the stocking department). But anyway they liked everything that they got.
Damon got 2 new long sleeve t-shirts, a new comforter, and an Erector set (Which is quickly becoming my erector set because it is so stinking hard to put together!) Damon really wanted this Erector set but it was kinda pricey. I told him he would only get it and nothing else. So he was totally tricked when he got it and 2 other presents. He kept saying, "Momma you tricked me, you got me good momma."
Xavier got 2 new long sleeve t-shirts, a new comforter, and a bunch of Thomas the Train stuff. He has never had a set for his smaller magnet trains so we got him fixed up. When he opened it he said, "Momma you listened to me, you got me everything I wanted."
Aiden got a new outfit and a giraffe ball toy thing. I wanted to paint him a picture for his room but that never happened...sorry A!
The boys also got new clothes from Jim and Jan.
Adam got some new tools and Seinfeld Scene It.
I got Snow boots and some really awesome heels!
We always spend Christmas Eve with my family. For lunch Adam, me and the boys went to my favorite Chinese place. It really is the best chinese I've ever had. So we try to go as much as we can, it is just soooo darn good. I wish they would open one in Manhattan. I know the last thing we need is another Chinese place, but we could use a good one!
That night we always go to the First Baptist Church (the church I grew up in adn the one my parents still go to) Christmas Eve Service. After my sisters and I deliver plates of goodies to my 3 uncles and to her Branch President's house. We went a tad bit overboard this year (when I say a tad, I mean we could have given the entire Army cavities with the amount of food we had). Then we had dinner with our family, yummy soups from Panera!
Next my dad reads about the birth of Christ from Luke 2, we sing some carols, and then we open presents.
Charla got Carrie and I the same hat and shoes (Charla also owns the same too) so that we can all be Zingers (I think they are the only things that come in a pack of three?).
Someone made an observation about us.
She noticed that while we sisters as so similar, we're also very different.
"That must be such a blessing." she said.
I laughed at first, "IT only works because we are sisters, it wouldn't work between simple friends."
Her statement got me thinking.
Yes, our differences are a blessing.
The very thing that usually dives us crazy, but it seems to be true. The strength of one sister seems to always meed the needs of another sister.
We understand our unique sense of humor, because we're sisters.
We balance each other's personalities, because we're sisters.
We can laugh with each otehr and cry on each other, because we're sisters.
We have ups, downs, swinging moods and still see the best in each other, because we're sisters.
We tick each other off and get on each other's nerves, because we're sisters.
We turn to each other for advice, comfort or a listening ear, because we're sisters.
We can count on each other and back each other up, because we're sisters.
20 minutes or 2000 miles away we're close in spirit and in heart, because we're sisters.
But, best friends wouldn't have made it because of the differences.
We're stronger than best friends.
The boys and I made sugar cookies on Christmas Eve Eve. They are my uncles favorite so I thought I would make them for our goodie plates my sisters and I always take over Christmas Eve night.
The boys were all excited to decorate, but the excitement wore off in about 15-20 minutes. Which left me with a lot to do by myself.
79 cookies later...we were done.
While I was busy, the boys were playing so nicely and it was pretty amusing. I recorded them without their knowledge. Don't mind the laundry in the shot, it is clean at least.
So I foundout that our Christmas cards are costing people 20 cents. Sorry about that...I'll fire my assistant. Some of them have returned to us, so if we see you soon I will hand deliver it (hows that for service huh?) However if you don't want to spend the 20 cents, this is what you will be missing...we're cute enough to get 20 pennies out of you...right?
I do have to wonder about the postal service...wouldn't it be cheaper to just give the envelope to the person than to send it to you then back to me over 20 cents? Does that make sense?
Damon's birthday is turning into mine! It has lasted the whole week!
Saturday we took Damon, Xavier, and 3 classmates bowling at the Union. It happened to be one of the coldest days that we have had. The wind was horrible but that really has nothing to do with anything.
Anyway, the funniest thing was some of things the kids said. The first being Xavier telling Andrew, "My dad is the greatest bowler ever in the whole world." Andrew says, "No, he's not." Adam then bowls and gets 9 pins. "See, I told you he was the best."
Andew says to Adam later in the game, "You have long arms when you bowl. And your skinny, how can you be so strong."
This is Xavier bowling...he had an interesting style but he did win.
For Damon's actual birthday on Thursday, I took cupcakes to his class. They are Batman. In hindsight, I should have made cookies and cut them to the right shape. Which by the way we will probably be having for Christmas since I still have a ton of black and peach icing. I guess we could have black christmas trees with peach decorations?
After school, I took Damon to Target with his $7 from Great Grandma to buy a new toy.
For dinner we let Damon decide on what to have. He picked Biscuits and Gravy so I made that for all of us, plus milk shakes.
That evening we got to talk to Ben and Kelly through Skype. They had sent the boys presents early so I saved them so they could see them unwrap. FYI good pick on the toys, they begged to put them together that night and haven't been put down since.
It snowed today...a lot. The boys could not wait until after piano practice to go outside.
Then he decided that the first snowman needed a friend.
We celebrated Damon's birthday on Saturday evening. His actually birthday is the 18th but it just worked out to do it this weekend.
We ordered some soup from Panera and had a little dinner for everyone before hand. Then Damon dived into his presents and got a lot of great stuff.
We were happy that most of our friends and family were able to come. And Damon was very happy that they all brought gifts!
Xavier is slightly obsessed with his Uncle Brenden so every picture is of him crawling all over him.
Tonight was the Ward Christmas Party. We went a little late...I'm not a pork eater and they were having ham for dinner, Adam picked up Subway on his way home...and it was packed!
As we were watching the program, Xavier's friend Rachel came over to sit with us. I thought they looked so cute sharing a chair we had to get a picture.
Damon was WAY excited for Santa. I had convinced him earlier this month that the real Santa comes to the church party. So he was prepared to talk to the man. Xavier however would not go near him but at least he wasn't screaming and crying like some of the other kids.
Aiden keeps crawling over to the piano to play a couple keys.
Who is smarter: I dont know...he could stick it out through college so I'm saying him. Although I didn't quit because I was dumb, I just hated k-state...no offense.
Who does the laundry: Are you kidding me?
Who mows the lawn: Adam, I don't know how to start the lawn mower.
Who drives: It depends on who drove last. But if we are going to Aggieville Adam drives. I can't parellel park. And he drives whenever we go out of town.
Who kissed who first: Adam, he needed some lip balm and I had just reapplied.
Who wears the pants: Can we share pants? I think we are pretty much on the same page.
Damon was dragging this dinosaur around and Aiden was just chasing after him the whole time. It was pretty cute. It would have been a good time to pull out the video but I didn't think about that until after.


Iruka has been getting strange gifts with no name attached, only quotes from an unknown novel.
Iruka arrived at the Academy fifteen minutes late, expecting to find his class in disarray. The halls were unnaturally silent as he ran towards his classroom, giving him early warning that something was off even before he opened the door. Twelve pairs of eyes turned to watch him as he slid open the door. He waited for something to fly at him or fall on him but nothing happened. A few of the girls were smiling at him, their hands over their faces to stifle their giggles.
He tugged absently on his ponytail, momentarily wondering if he'd left his hair down or put his shirt on backwards, but he'd been certain that he'd double-checked everything before leaving his house. He looked up, but there was nothing on the ceiling. Then he turned and saw what had his students so confused.
There was a small crystal vase in the center of his desk, filled with an arrangement of red carnations, daisies, and tulips. Iruka dropped his satchel on the desk and stared at his students. Their expressions where a mixture of curiosity and excitement, though none of them displayed the sort of guilt or embarrassment that would have led him to believe that a student had put them there.
A small white card lay partially hidden among the flowers. Iruka flipped it open with one hand. There was a single line was written inside in sprawling, thin script.
Iruka moved the flowers to the corner of his desk and put them out of mind while he started the day's lesson.


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Q: Split a string with one delimiter but multiple conditions Good morning,
I found multiple threads dealing with splitting strings with multiple delimiters, but not with one delimiter and multiple conditions.
I want to split the following strings by sentences:

desc = Dr. Anna Pytlik is an expert in conservative and aesthetic dentistry. She speaks both English and Polish.

If I do:

[t.split('. ') for t in desc]

I get:

['Dr', 'Anna Pytlik is an expert in conservative and aesthetic dentistry', 'She speaks both English and Polish.']

I don't want to split the first dot after 'Dr'. How can I add a list of substrings in which case the .split('. ') should not apply?
Thank you!

A: You could use re.split with a negative lookbehind:
>>> desc = "Dr. Anna Pytlik is an expert in conservative and aesthetic dentistry. She speaks both English and Polish."
>>> re.split(r"(?<!Dr|Mr)\. ", desc)
['Dr. Anna Pytlik is an expert in conservative and aesthetic dentistry',
 'She speaks both English and Polish.']

Just add more "exceptions", delimited with |.

Update: Seems like negative lookbehind requires all the alternatives to have the same length, so this does not work with both "Dr." and "Prof." One workaround might be to pad the pattern with ., e.g. (?<!..Dr|..Mr|Prof). You could easily write a helper method to pad each title with as many . as needed. However, this may break if the very first word of the text is Dr., as the .. will not be matched.
Another workaround might be to first replace all the titles with some placeholders, e.g. "Dr." -> "{DR}" and "Prof." -> "{PROF}", then split, then swap the original titles back in. This way you don't even need regular expressions.
pairs = (("Dr.", "{DR}"), ("Prof.", "{PROF}")) # and some more
def subst_titles(s, reverse=False):
    for x, y in pairs:
        s = s.replace(*(x, y) if not reverse else (y, x))
    return s

Example:
>>> text = "Dr. Anna Pytlik is an expert in conservative and aesthetic dentistry. Prof. Miller speaks both English and Polish."
>>> [subst_titles(s, True) for s in subst_titles(text).split(". ")]
['Dr. Anna Pytlik is an expert in conservative and aesthetic dentistry', 'Prof. Miller speaks both English and Polish.']

A: You could split and then join again Dr/Mr/...
It doesn't need complicated regexes and could be faster (you should benchmark it to choose best option).


… added text alerts to my company credit card.
I've been using this feature for about a month now with my personal cards.
Every time a charge is applied to the card – whether a purchase I make explicitly or a recurring charge of some kind – I receive a text with the specifics.
It's a great way to stay aware of how you're spending your money.
And an easy way to be alerted immediately if your card has been compromised.


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Franklin Graham undergoes heart surgery at Mayo Clinic
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Evangelist Franklin Graham speaks during a mass prayer rally on Boston Common, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2016, in Boston as part of a tour to urge evangelicals to vote. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola) more >
By Associated Press - Monday, November 8, 2021
BOONE, N.C. — Evangelist Franklin Graham successfully underwent a specialized heart surgery on Monday to treat a condition which had developed in recent months, a spokesman said.
Mark Barber, a spokesman for North Carolina-based Samaritan's Purse, said in a news release that Graham underwent the procedure at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.
In recent months, according to the news release, the son of the late evangelist Billy Graham had developed constrictive pericarditis, inflammation, and hardening of the sac around the heart that compresses the heart and prevents it from working properly.
The surgery involved removing the pericardium, the statement said. Graham's doctors expect a full recovery and assured him that he should be able to return to his normal activity and ministry schedule.
Graham serves as the president of Samaritan's Purse and of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association.


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Q: 405 - request GET and POST Hello i have problem with update object, i dont know how always aftre update data i have message: Request method 'GET' not supported. But date after refresh object is update.
Controller with GET and POST method to update object
@Controller
@RequestMapping("/packet")
public class PacketController {

    @GetMapping("/modify/{id}")
    public String modifyPacketGet(Model model, @PathVariable Long id)
    {
        model.addAttribute("channels", channelService.getAllChannels());
        model.addAttribute("packet", packetService.getById(id));
        return "packet/modify";
    }

    @PostMapping("/modify")
    public String modifyPacketPost(Model model, @ModelAttribute PacketDto packetDto)
    {
        packetService.updatePacket(packetDto);
        return "redirect:/packet/modify";
    }

HTML form
        <form th:action="@{/packet/modify}" method="post" th:object="${packet}" enctype="multipart/form-data">
            <input type="text" hidden="hidden" readonly="readonly" th:field="*{id}" />
            <input type="text" hidden="hidden" readonly="readonly" th:field="*{filename}" />

                Name:
                <input id="name" type="text" th:field="*{name}" class="form-control">

                Price:
                <input id="price" type="text" th:field="*{price}" class="form-control">

                Description:
                <textarea class="form-control" rows="5" th:field="*{description}" id="description"></textarea>

                Image:
                <input id="image" type="file" th:field="*{multipartFile}"  accept="image/**" class="form-control">

                Channels:

                        <input id="channel" type="checkbox" th:field="*{channelIds}" th:value="${c.id}">

                <button type="submit" class="btn btn-success btn-lg mr-2">Add</button>
        </form>

A: The http request GET /packet/modify is not being handled in your controller and you are redirecting your POST method to that http request:
        return "redirect:/packet/modify";

To solve this you need to do one of the following:

*

*Change the redirect request in your POST to an endpoint that is being handled:
     return "redirect:/packet/modify/" + packetDto.getPacketId();

*Or, handle that GET endpoint:
     @GetMapping("/modify/")
     public String retrievePacket(...) { ... }

Hope this helps.