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Karla Kuskin dies at 77; children's author and illustrator
Kuskin got the essence of children's thoughts in more than 50 books of prose and poetry, including "Roar and More,""about animals and the noises they make.
By Valerie J. Nelson
Karla Kuskin, an award-winning children's author and illustrator who first achieved fame with "Roar and More," a 1956 book about animals and the noises they make that was her senior project at Yale, has died. She was 77.
Kuskin died Thursday at her Seattle home of a Parkinsonian neurological disease, said her son, Nick.
Among her more than 50 books of prose and poetry are such popular titles as "Any Me I Want to Be" (1972), a self-illustrated collection of poems that tried to show how animals and things might perceive the world, and "The Philharmonic Gets Dressed" (1982), which celebrated mundane routine and was nominated for a National Book Award.
Her ability to captivate children -- and capture the essence of their thinking -- in verse and prose was regularly praised, as was her wit and often alliterative style.
She could "think herself into a child's skin" by using memories of her childhood as inspiration, Margaret F. Maxwell wrote in the "St. James Guide to Children's Writers" (1999). "That she has been able to distill these memories into simple yet lighthearted verses . . . is Kuskin's lasting talent."
An early work, "James and the Rain" (1957), was "one of the best read-aloud stories" for the very young "to appear in a long, long time," Publishers Weekly said when a new edition was released in 1995. As the young boy looks out the window, she writes:
James pressed his nose against the pane
and saw a million drops of rain.
The earth was wet,
the sky was gray,
it looked like it would rain all day.
The only child of Sidney and Mitzi Seidman, she was born July 17, 1932, in New York City and mainly grew up there.
At 4, she dictated her first poem, about a hydrangea bush outside their country house, to her mother.
Her father owned a small advertising agency.
Through a work-study program at Antioch College in Ohio, she worked in sales in a Chicago department store.
When an executive read a job report she had written in verse for Antioch, he had her write promotional material and she was exposed to graphic arts.
After three years at Antioch, she transferred to Yale University's School of Fine Arts.
Before graduating in 1955, she was required to create and print a book using the school's small press.
The result was "Roar and More," which used typography to illustrate its creatures' "purrs" and "snarls."
The year she graduated she married Charles Kuskin, an oboist, and by the early 1960s had two children. Her new role as a parent found its way into some of her books, she later said.
The couple divorced in 1987 and two years later she married William L. Bell Jr., who had once been a neighbor.
Working with illustrator Marc Simont, she wrote some of her most acclaimed books.
They included "A Space Story" (1978), a tale about the solar system that received an award from the New York Academy of Sciences; "The Philharmonic Gets Dressed," honored by the American Library Assn.; and "The Dallas Titans Get Ready for Bed" (1986), which again used a behind-the-scenes approach to share the experiences of a victorious football team after a difficult game.
She wrote "Jerusalem, Shining Still," after a trip to the city and chose woodcut artist David Frampton to illustrate the 1987 book, which was praised for making the city's complex history accessible to children.
Among her many honors was an award for excellence in poetry for children, given by the National Council of Teachers of English in 1979.
"Moon, Have You Met My Mother?" (2003) collected more than 40 years of Kuskin's poems and focused on some of her favorite topics -- animals, the seasons, food, day and night, and our secret selves, or "the outside me" and the "me inside of me."
One succinct poem on the passing of time and life reads:
A turtle walks across the lawn
and when he gets there
summer's gone.
In addition to her son, Kuskin is survived by a daughter, Julia, and three grandchildren. Her husband, William, died in 2006.
valerie.nelson@latimes.com
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The Press and Journal can reveal that on average at least one labourer a week has been hurt since the commencement of the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route (AWPR) project.
Last night fears were raised that staff working on the road were being put at "unnecessary risk" while union bosses said the figures were "unacceptable".
Concerns were also expressed over the possibility that the real number of injuries may be much higher as it is believed some employees may fail to report incidents for fear of losing their jobs.
In total 115 injuries have been recorded across the 28-mile site since the sod cutting ceremony in early 2015.
A spokesman for Transport Scotland said that the safety of its workers was "paramount" and said the "vast majority of the incidents recorded are all minor.


The new cover of The Phoenix Project, designed by Amalia Chitulescu. If that name sounds familiar, Ms. Chitulescu also designed the covers for my New Aeneid Cycle series.
The Phoenix Project will be available soon from a wide range of digital and paperback distributors.
Cain lives in Leicestershire, UK with her husband and young son, and spends her time reading, writing and reviewing books, playing RPGs and listening to symphonic metal. Catch up with her on Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Goodreads, YouTube, and her website dmcain84.com.
Thanks for hosting this, Mike! Amalia is so talented isn't she?


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Q: Почему не обновляется ListView? реализовал код из этого примера:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/30711517/how-to-change-the-contents-of-listview-on-item-click/30711959#30711959
предполагается, что по клику на список, строка в нем заменяется на заданную
при клике на строку listView элемент в ItemAdapter обновился, а listView остался таким же
как заставить обновляться ListView после обновления ItemAdapter ?
добавил
Activity class:
public class ItemActivity extends Activity {

    private ListView listView;
    private ItemAdapter itemListAdapter;
    private List<Item> itemList = new ArrayList<Item>();

    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {

        requestWindowFeature(Window.FEATURE_NO_TITLE);
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

        setContentView(R.layout.list);

        listView = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.listView);

        itemListAdapter = new ItemAdapter(itemList, this);
        listView.setAdapter(itemListAdapter);
        listView.setFastScrollEnabled(true);

        ////////////////////////////////////////////////
        // add some items
        itemList.add(new Item("Charlie"));
        itemList.add(new Item("Jenny"));

        //add new items and changes to adapter
        itemListAdapter.notifyDataSetChanged();

        ////////////////////////////////////////////////

        listView.setOnItemClickListener(new OnItemClickListener(){
            @Override

            public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position, long id){

                String beforeName = itemListAdapter.getItem(position).getItemName().toString();

                String changedName = "Thomas";
                itemListAdapter.getItem(position).setItemName(changedName);

            }

        });
    }
}

так заработало:
public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> parent, View view, int position, long id){

    String beforeName = itemListAdapter.getItem(position).getItemName().toString();

    String changedName = "Thomas";
    itemListAdapter.getItem(position).setItemName(changedName);
    itemListAdapter.notifyDataSetChanged();
}

а так не хочет:
itemListAdapter = new ItemAdapter(itemList, this);
itemListAdapter.setNotifyOnChange(true);
listView.setAdapter(itemListAdapter);

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Pro-ISIS radicals with machetes, knives attack Kurds in Germany (VIDEO)
Published time: 8 Oct, 2014 08:34 Edited time: 10 Oct, 2014 11:27
Still from Ruptly video © Ruptly
Peaceful protests against IS in Syria and Iraq organized by Kurdish nationals in several German cities ended with serious clashes with pro-jihadist Muslims in Hamburg and Celle. Police had to request reinforcements to restore order.
Police in Hamburg, a port city of 1.8 million people, used water cannons, batons and pepper spray late Tuesday to disperse crowds of warring Kurds and pro-jihadist Muslims, armed with knives and brass-knuckles, following a protest against Islamic State militants who are attacking the Kurdish town of Kobani in Syria near the Turkish border.
At first, on Tuesday afternoon about 80 Kurdish protesters occupied Hamburg's central train station for an hour, NDR.de reported. The Kurdish protesters left the railways voluntarily after 6pm, a police spokesman said.
See Kurd protesters storm TRAIN TRACKS in Hamburg http://t.co/PwU2mnJK1h#ISIS#Kobane#TwitterKurdspic.twitter.com/FJZGOJlFbV
— Ruptly (@Ruptly) October 7, 2014
A bigger group of about 500 Kurdish demonstrators marched through downtown Hamburg. On their way, they damaged several cars and Turkish snack bars, breaking panes of glass and throwing around plastic chairs. Police detained 14 rioters.
Later, several hundred Kurdish protesters gathered near the Al Nour Mosque on Steindamm Street near the city's train station. At about 11:30pm local time (21:30 GMT), the Kurds were attacked by a group of approximately 40 armed supporters of the Islamic State (IS), RT's Ruptly video news agency reported.
The violent clashes that followed the attack resulted in four people being hospitalized with stab wounds.
@curdistani Pro-IS fanatics in Hamburg/Germany searching confrontation in front of kurd-Meetingpoint. German Police between the groups
— Jens-Peter Gieschen (@JPGieschen) October 7, 2014
Anti-IS demonstrations of Kurds in northern Germany began Monday and were supported by hundreds of protesters in the cities of Bremen, Celle, Göttingen, Hannover, Kiel and Oldenburg.
In most of the cities, protests went off peacefully and were virtually trouble-free, but in Celle police failed to prevent clashes.
The first brawl between about 100 Kurds and Muslims on each side took place Monday, but police in Celle, a town of 71,000, with the help of colleagues from Hannover, Oldenburg and Wolfsburg, prevented serious clashes between the two groups.
On Tuesday, however, the two sides, armed with stones and bottles, attempted to break through police lines to attack each other.
Police in full anti-riot gear used pepper spray and batons to repel the attackers and prevent violence. Though the situation calmed down and no officers were injured, a large police force remains in the city to prevent a possible escalation.
Some of the Muslims taking part in the clashes in Celle were "Chechen nationals" who came there from all over Germany, Cellesche Zeitung reported.
A wave of anti-IS protests organized by Kurdish activists has rocked many European capitals, including London, Brussels, The Hague and in Sweden's Gothenburg.
The Kurdish diaspora in Europe is protesting that the Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria are attacking Kurdish communities with impunity, without meeting any serious opposition on the ground apart from Kurdish peshmerga militias. The assault of jihadists on the Kurdish settlement of Kabani in Syria, near the Turkish border has already claimed over 400 lives, while airstrikes by the US and its allies against IS fighters in Syria are not focused on protecting Kobani.
Kristofer Lundberg, an activist with the Socialist Justice Party in Sweden's Gothenburg who organized and spoke at a 1,000-strong rally in support of Kurdish people in Kobani on Tuesday, told RT: "We demand that Turkey open its border and let the refugees there flee ISIS terror, and also to let the fighters who are waiting at the border go to Kobani to defend the city. Thousands of Kurds are ready to defend Kobani."
Meanwhile, there have also been protests in London against the UK launching airstrikes on the Islamic State's positions in Iraq.
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I have been wanting to do hair tutorials for SO LONG and am sooooo SO excited to announce a new collaboration with Pouf Blowout where we will be bringing you amazing ones!!! I am excited to learn more about hair and how to style it in fun ways. I went this morning and the girls over there are so incredible.... if you're in Dallas you need to check them out! They have blowouts, a braid bar & more, swoon!
We were talking about the first tutorial and all agree that Olivia Wilde was STUNNING at the Golden Globes and it would be so fun to recreate her gorgeous soft curls swooped to one side. This seems like such a simple yet beautiful option for a night out.
You may also want to use a heat protectant spray before you begin (We used KM Young.Again).
Hold curl in your hand to let it cool. You can spray it if you want here ( I chose not to spray).
(Curl each section). Repeat step two until all curls are finished.
Don't worry about curls being too tight because in a minute we will soften them out.
Flip over head & begin to pull lightly on the bottom of your curls. This will begin to soften them & pull them apart.
Take a soft bristle brush & gently brush through the curls.
This will give you the soft wave look!
To add volume in the crown area, tease it a bit with a teasing brush and then carefully brush over to smooth it out. Don't brush too much or you'll flatten it out again!
Pull to one side & pull hair apart a bit to create even more volume.
Thank you to Pouf Blowout for this amazing collaboration!


We are crushing on these moody interiors that are ALL the rage for fall.
In fact, you an see the jewel tone trend everywhere from shoes and accessories, to home furnishings and interiors. We're just sayin' we don't hate it. There's something magical about a dark and moody space. I mean, what do you think about these special spaces? Even some of our design crushes (Amber Interiors and Studio McGee are feeling a little moody these days).
Now, we aren't telling you to run out, hire painters and paint everything black, charcoal, or dark…But, we are telling you that you CAN incorporate some darker pieces into your home. Just like your Fall wardrobe, a little addition here and there takes your home to the next level. So go out, pick up a couple cans of paint (we LOVE Ben Moore Wrought Iron, Black Beauty, and Blue Danube).
So now that fall is here, you should get excited to incorporate some warmer colors into your wardrobe, and into your home. These pieces we have shared definitely get us feeling the fall vibes, and remember, we have our "$99 Fall Spruce it up!" special for you to get the look IN PERSON!


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Nomi di animali domestici nel medioevo 26.07.132013-07-12:04:55
La storia dei nomi dati a cani e gatti domestici nel medioevo raccontata da Medievalists.
In England we find dogs that were named Sturdy, Whitefoot, Hardy, Jakke, Bo and Terri. Anne Boleyn, one of the wives of King Henry VIII, had a dog named Purkoy, who got its name from the French 'pourquoi' because it was very inquisitive.
Geoffrey Chaucer's The Nun's Priest Tale has a line where they name three dogs: Colle, Talbot and Gerland. Meanwhile, in the early fifteenth-century, Edward, Duke of York, wrote The Master of Game, which explains how dogs are to be used in hunting and taken care of. He also included a list of 1100 names that he thought would be appropriate for hunting dogs. They include Troy, Nosewise, Amiable, Nameles, Clenche, Bragge, Ringwood and Holdfast.
Meanwhile, in Switzerland a list of 80 dogs that took part in a shooting festival in the year 1504 has been preserved. They reveal the most popular name was Furst (Prince). Other names included Venus, Fortuna, and Turgk. Some dogs got their names from the work being done by their owners: Hemmerli (Little Hammer) belonged to a locksmith, while Speichli (Little Spoke) belonged to a wagoner.
[...] In medieval England domestic cats were known as Gyb – the short form of of Gilbert – and that name was also popular for individual pet cats. Meanwhile in France they were called Tibers or Tibert was generic name fo domestic cat in France – Tibert the Cat was one of the characters in the Reynard the Fox animal fables.
Other names for cats included Mite, who prowled around Beaulieu Abbey in the 13th century, and Belaud, a grey cat belonging to Joachim du Bellay in the 16th century. Isabella d'Este also owned a cat named Martino. Old Irish legal texts refer to several individual cats and names them: Meone (little meow); Cruibne (little paws); Breone (little flame, perhaps an orange cat), and Glas nenta (nettle grey). An Irish poem from the ninth century describes how a monk owned a cat named Pangur Bán, which meant 'fuller white'.
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Not your run-of-the-mill Hollywood saga
directed by Alex Holmes. Perf. Tracy Edwards, Jeni Mundy, and Mikaela Von Koskull. New Black Films 2019. In theaters now.
Movie review by Molly Mulhern
For Points East
You may have heard that the movie "Maiden" is recently out in wide release in the U.S. Not your usual Hollywood saga, the movie tells the story of Tracy Edwards and her crew's round-the-world race in the boat of the movie's name. I was privileged to watch the movie in our local Rockland, Maine, independent movie theater, The Strand, with 10 or so colleagues from our local boatbuilding and community sailing school known as The Apprenticeshop. It was a fitting group, young and old, women and men, some of us having sailed since our teen years, some ex-Hurricane Island/Outward Bound instructors, some brand new to sailing and boatbuilding. There were many expletives mumbled as Southern Ocean waves crashed along Maiden's bow, and as we watched Tracy – all of 27 years old – in the nav station with charts, dividers, and weather data strewn about her, charting a course for Maiden through a parade of Roaring 40 lows. The movie does a good job of remembering the events of that 1989-1990 Whitbread Round the World Race campaign, introducing us to the crew back then and allowing us to hear from their more recent selves, as well as providing background on Edwards' youth and her first sailing experiences.
The film is a timepiece. And yet, as one who has spent her career in the nautical field, and still sees so many signs of the same attitudes that held Edwards back, I couldn't help but feel a partial sense of "things aren't that much different now" as I watched the closing credits. I know that sounds defeatist. Things have incrementally improved. Watch any big ocean regatta these days and you'll find more women on deck, some even at the helm. But a sense of missed opportunity lingered as I walked out of the theater.
What the movie didn't delve into, or hint at, was Tracy's next big thing in the wake of the Whitbread. After the dust settled Edwards couldn't resist the call of another round-the-world record, and she chose to campaign again with an all-woman crew. Despite the clear strain of finances Edwards found the means in 1996 to buy ENZA, the 92-foot catamaran on which Sir Peter Blake and Robin Knox-Johnston had broken the round-the-world record in 1994. Edwards again mortgaged most of her life, refitting the multihull, and finally secured backing, renaming and relaunched her as Royal Sun Alliance in 1997. The all-female crew departed February 1998, headed to the Southern Ocean on a quest for the Jules Verne Trophy.
Edwards' knack for pulling together a crew shines through again in this endeavor. In addition to nine veterans, she had the courage and insight to hire aboard two rather young crew – one of them Sam Davies and the other Emma Richards. If you know anything about women who have made a mark in the sailing and racing world you know these two women, and thus begin to understand the bigger contribution that Edwards has made to our sport by supporting the sailing dreams of other women – and providing them a unity of purpose unlike no other.
If only "Maiden" had given us the visuals from this Jules Verne trophy trip. Emma Richards, in her autobiography "Around Alone," provides a window: "The major dramas were the storms in the Southern Ocean . . . we took relentless beatings for days at a stretch in freezing conditions and with noise levels so extreme you couldn't hear yourself scream. The wind would rush from 30 knots to 40, then up again to 50 and above. This was combined with waves of 40 feet and more, each one carrying thousands of tons of water. From the helm you'd see nothing but a foaming mass of white, when you could see anything at all."
What Richards – at 22 – learned on this trip was that she was one heck of a helmswoman. The confidence gained changed lives, especially for Emma Richards and Sam Davies. (In 2014 Davies went on to skipper Team SCA, the second all-female crew (after 25 years) in the current version of the Whitbread, known as the Volvo Ocean Race.) As Richards writes: "Coping with what the ocean was throwing at us ended up being among the high points of my voyage. All my personal highs involved situations where I felt like a valuable member of the team, and not just the youngest nipper. One of those came during the fifth week as we were battling against another mad storm and high seas. All the wind instruments went down. It's imperative in a fast boat like that to know where the true wind is coming from and we had no way of telling. I had to steer the boat for a long, long time without relief while someone stood behind me reading the numbers. I could barely see because of the power and volume of the water in my face. There was no moon, no stars, no light. I was just staring into the blackness trying to pick up the outlines of the waves. I was steering on instinct." Tracy later described it "like running along a cliff top and never once slowing down or pulling away because you are scared of heights or of the wind." She went so far as calling it a "sixth sense" and even "genius." "I don't know what it was, but it was bloody painful. When I could continue steering no longer I almost toppled off the wheel because my shoulders ached so badly. All I wanted to do was get dry and lie down, but I felt good about my sailing and good that I was contributing to something meaningful." (I won't give away the details of how that trip ended – suffice it to say I think that story would have made an incredible add-on to "Maiden.")
Edwards greatly influenced many women during these two campaigns, and with the release of "Maiden" she is continuing this role, having refloated the old Maiden and gotten her to sea again, providing a new platform for growth and encouragement of women sailors (see themaidenfactor.org).
On a personal note, I read Tracy's autobiography "Living Every Second" as I was solo biking in Nova Scotia this summer. I had not yet seen "Maiden," but I was anticipating my own small sailing adventure in the form of the delivery of our 34-foot boat from Halifax back to Penobscot Bay. Harboring my own fears concerning not only my sailing skills but also my propensity for seasickness, I was greatly relieved to read that Edwards has always suffered from mal de mer, and has just simply taken medication for it. I was stunned. And grateful for her open-hearted honesty. The book, like the movie, exposes Edwards' many, many angst-filled moments, and weeks. Edwards was an emotional wreck much of the time. And it is this humility, honesty and humor that strike me as much of what Edwards has taught us. Thank you, Tracy, and all the women out there sharing their fears, triumphs and teamwork. We are all enriched and empowered by your lives.
Molly Mulhern spent her professional career publishing nautical books. She lives in Camden, Maine, and plays wherever the wind takes her.
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Let Me Count the Ways The Predator (2018) Sucked
The Predator franchise cannot catch a break. Everyone loves the 1987 classic film which starred Arnold Schwarzenegger. It was Arnie at his best: Shooting guns, shouting almost incomprehensible English and fighting an hunter from beyond the stars in the middle of a sweltering jungle. Even the sequel, 1990's Predator 2 was a pretty awesome movie. I would even argue that the film is superior to the original. (Shut up Simon, it's a great film) Instead of delivering more of the same that fim pitted the Predator against the exact opposite of Arnold, a past-his-prime Danny Glover in the concrete jungles of Los Angeles. This was followed by two wretched Aliens vs Predator films. You'd think that you couldn't fuck up a movie like that, but they did — twice. They got back on track with 2010's Predators, taking the route James Cameron did with Aliens. Also the movie was produced by Robert Rodriguez, who fucking understands how to make a great action movie.
This then brings us to last year's The Predator which took a franchise on recovery and smashed it back down to being on life support.
It had all the potential of being a great film. You had Shane Black and Fred Dekker together again writing a movie. These guys wrote Monster Squad together. That movie was awesome. However, the pair also wrote their share of stinkers solo. Dekker almost tanked his career by penning Robocop 3 and Black really shit the bed with Iron Man 3. Sadly, these two guys were not channeling the creative energies that created Monster Squad.
I am more disappointed with Fred Dekker who told Rue Morgue in 2009 that Robocop 3 was a blemish on his career for years. In fact, he hasn't directed a film yet and The Predator marks the first film script he has written in 25 years. Obviously, he learned nothing from the experience.
Let Me Count The Ways that The Predator sucked….
10. Tries too hard to remind you of past films.
The movie makes a lot of passing references to the previous films in the franchise. That much is a given. Some of the elements referenced make some sense. The biggest one was casting Jake Busey in the role of Keyes, a scientist who is studying the Predators. This is the son of Peter Keyes, from Predator 2 who was played by Jake's father Gary Busey. (aka the fun Busey)
However, it's not the continuity in this film that feels forced. It's the ham-fisted attempts to remind people of the original movie. The most obvious one is the fact that they use the original score from Predator in this film. It's an awkward fit because the music does not match the atmosphere of this film.
The original music score to Predator fits the setting of the film. That movie was about a military operation that takes place in the jungles of Central America. The Predator is definitely not that and playing that the score from the first movie is so out of place as characters are driving through suburbia in an RV.
There are moments in this film where characters say lines that are similar, if not word-for-word from the original film. The first example is when Doctor Casey Brackett (Olivia Munn) calls a captured Predator a "beautiful motherucker". This is a call back to the first film when Arnold's character, Dutch, calls the alien creature an "ugly motherfucker". Later, Nabraska Williams (Trevante Rhodes) shouts "Get to the chopper!" just like Arnold, but without the heavy Austrian accent. In yet another scene a note left for Rory McKenna (Jacob Tremblay) warns him not to do something the note reads "I will cut you!" if he does. This again, is a line taken from the original Predator.
These references are forced and do nothing to add to the film. There's one thing showing props from previous films, it's something entirely different to pair a movie with unfitting music and making characters say uncharacteristic lines.
It's about as jarring as a Star Trek movie that suddenly plays music from Star Wars: A New Hope and, inexplicably, Captain Kirk says "Luke I am your father" while winking at the camera.
9. Mail Order Predator
The hero of the film is Quinn McKinna (Boyd Holbrook from Narcos). The film opens with him eliminating drug dealers in Mexico when — wouldn't you know it — a Predator escape pod crash lands in the middle of his operation. Although the Predator kills his men it is injured and capture by the secret government agency trying to learn their secrets. McKinna manages manages to steal some Predator tech and flees the scene. These items include the Predator's mask, his gauntlet, and a small metal sphere that activates the Predator's trademark cloaking system.
On the run from the authorities, Quinn figures the best thing to do with the alien technology is to mail it to his estranged wife in America. Everything except for the cloaking device which he swallows.
Now, I can totally suspend my disbelief when we're talking about alien hunters from outer space that use advanced technology. What I'm not buying is the idea that someone can mail alien technology to the United States from Mexico without raising any red flags.
Which brings us to our next point…
8. The Autism Subplot
Back in America, we meet Rory McKenna, Quinn's son. The thing about Rory is that he has aspergers. Which, if you want to have a character on the Autism spectrum in your movie, that's cool. It's topical. However, this movie takes it to ridiculous levels.
The filmmakers decide that the best way to demonstrate what aspergers is by having Rory get bullied and then reset a number of overturned chessboards back the way they were before the bullies knock all the pieces off.
He then goes home and receives the package as it is being delivered. The only interesting thing about this whole scene is seeing the Gary Chalk can still get work, and that's just Prime.
So this kid does what kids do, open the strange package from Mexico mailed by their estranged father and start fucking around with the alien technology inside.
This is where we start getting into bullshit territory. Because he is autistic, Rory McKenna is apparently the only person in the whole movie who can figure out how the Predator tech works. However, he has the capacity to understand that this is an alien technology, but not the common-sense to not wear it as a Halloween costume to go trick-or-treating.
But even this is not the most ridiculous thing. It's the fact that throughout the course of this film it is posited that aspergers is the next evolutionary step in humanity. In fact, Rory is the reason why the Predator's have come to Earth. More on that later. Let's talk about this "next evolutionary step" stuff.
The idea of Autism being the next step of evolution was first suggested in a stage play called "Lucy" from 2007. However, the idea has since been floated by Professor Tony Attwood, a British psychologist a so-called expert in autism. He is the only expert who is suggesting this. In fact, the only other people who are mirroring his opinion are the typical internet hucksters who make videos and alternative medicine websites.
Syfy Wire actually did a piece on this and approached some leading psychologists on this idea. The TL;DR version is: That's not really how evolution works. It's about as much junk science as — speaking of entertainment called Lucy — like the idea that accessing 100% of the human brain lets you "swipe right" on real life.
The moral here, budding filmmakers, is that if you're going to try and write some kind of science into your science fiction film, talk to a fucking scientist first.
7. Predators altering their dna
The whole autism plot point is to flesh out the concept that the reason why Predators hunt is so they can steal useful DNA traits from alien species in order to enhance themselves and become better hunters. As such, the Predators in this film are after Rory McKenna because he is viewed as humanities "greatest warrior".
Somehow, the genes that create aspergers are what the Predators need to become better warriors. This does not make much sense since, even as human understanding goes, we don't really know if someone being on the spectrum has an evolutionary advantage. What if it just turns you into Space-Rain Man. You're not going to be able to do much hunting if Tom Cruise cons you into winning at Blackjack.
However, even without the whole autism plot point, this movie takes the Predator mythos and adds an unnecessary element. For decades the whole point of the Predators has been pretty straight forward, they're a race of hunters that like to pit themselves against great warriors from other worlds. What more do you need?
The idea that they are also stealing DNA to alter their genetics doesn't make any sense since this is the first film you ever see it done. They've been hunting in space for centuries (as evidence at the end of Predator 2) and they only started altering their DNA now? Why only human DNA? These guys have obviously fought other alien races (Aliens vs Predator) and yet it's only human DNA they're looking for?
Also, I thought the whole point to the Predators was being able to defeat their prey with only their natural skills. If they were constantly roiding themselves up like a Major League baseball player wouldn't it just be easier to nuke entire planets and be done with it instead?
6. Unclear Motivations
What's even more unclear is what the Predators even want out of all of this. One of the Predators, the "good" one (more on that later) gets infused with human DNA and suddenly it wants to get a weapon to Earth to help humans fight off an invasion from Predators.
Why does it suddenly decide to turn against its race when infused with human DNA? That doesn't make any kind of sense. Moreover, the motivation for an invasion is not very well explained. It is suggested in this movie that global warming is making Earth more appealing to the Predators who are apparently looking to take over the world. So now they need a new home planet? What happened to their old one? Are they planetary conquerors now? Wouldn't an invasion remove a fertile hunting ground?
Also, if the "good" Predator is supposed to be trying to save the Earth, he certainly has a dumb way of showing it. From the moment he gets on Earth he starts killing humans. In fact, the whole time it is active in this film it is trying to kill every person it comes into contact with. Sure, it just escaped captivity and is being hunted by the military itself, but you aren't exactly endearing people to the whole "saving the human race" by slaughtering everyone you come into contact with.
The whole point is that the "good" Predator is trying to deliver a suit of Predator armor to the humans and the "bad" Predators are trying to stop them. On the one hand, the "good" Predator's ship crashes on Earth and he has to find it, on the other hand how was he going to explain all this to the humans? The movie just tosses in a lot of action sequences and violence to cover up the fact that this is a really poorly thought out plan.
5. Dumb Dogs
In Predators, the previous installment in the franchise, the Predators introduce two concepts to the franchise. The so-called "Super" Predators and Predator dogs. In that film, the dogs are depicted as ruthless unrelenting trackers that are deadly in their own right.
In The Predator these beasts appear again but they are less menacing this time around. There are two of them and they are dispatched within 5 minutes of being unleashed upon the humans.
The only surviving dog is lobotomized with a bullet and keeps on coming back to play fetch with the humans as part of a stupid running gag. It's not just the running gag that makes this so jarring. It's also the fact that our main characters keep on reacting to it differently. They go from treating it like a playful pet to still being afraid of it.
This ultimately culminates with a poorly telegraphed "fetch" scene with grenades where the Predator Dog is used to deliver explosives.
4. Poorly Placed humor
Putting humor into a movie, particularly an action/horror/sci-fi film like this is commonly used to break up tension.
However, the story is so incredibly bland that the addition of humor is so out of place. It's almost like they movie can't decide on a tone. Is it being deathly serious? Is it trying to be funny?
Part of this is the ridiculous utterances of lines from past films ("Get to the chopper!") to a debate on why the aliens are called Predators when technically speaking they are actually hunters. This is a debate that is tossed into the film twice to try and boost the laughs. It doesn't. It's the type of conversation you'd encounter at a comic book convention. You know the ones. The kind where someone makes a passing reference to a film or television show and some bigger nerd has to stop, push up his glasses, and go "well actually…" If you find my comparison a strained stereotype, then congratulations (!!!) you know know what it's like to sit through this drivel on film.
Oh, and remember when our hero swallowed the Predator cloaking device at the beginning of the movie? Well you better believe there is a scene where he suddenly — and urgently — shit it out. The scene is played out with all the grace of an Eddie Murphy movie that uses farting as means of advancing the plot.
There's more "humor" in this film that I'd like to touch on but first let's move to our next point…
3. the Loonies - heroes like the a-team, only more depressing.
After irresponsibly mailing alien technology to his family, Quinn is picked up by the government and after he tells them that he had an encounter with aliens they decide to silence him by sending him to a mental health facility.
Along the bus he befriends a group of other soldiers that are on their way. They form the rag-tag group that Quinn works with to save his son from the Predators. These guys include…
Nebraska Williams - Who tried to commit suicide by shooting himself in the head but missed. His motivation for killing himself was because "my commanding officer was an asshole". Who was his commanding officer? OH SNAP IT WAS NEBRASKA HIMSELF! Probably not from Nebraska.
Coyle (Keegan-Michael Key) and Baxley (Thomas Jane) are both the only survivors on a mission, best buds, both suffering from PTSD, and implied to be gay (which the other characters talk about with surprise in the middle of a deadly firefight with the "bad" Predator) Also, Baxley has turrets syndrome. (more on that later)
Nettles (Augusto Aguilera) a former helicopter pilot who suffered a head injury.
And Finally, Lynch (Alife Allen) whose only disability is, apparently, being Irish.
The thing I liked about the Predator films is that they would put the Predator up against different types of opponents. It would have been very boring if each move had the Predator going up against an Arnold type every movie. In Predator 2 it was a dumpy getting-to-old-for-this-shit LA cop. In Predators they fought a diverse group of individuals including various soldiers and mercenaries.
To be honest, the idea of broken soldiers, those who have suffered as a result of their service to their country would have actually been an interesting angle. As far as commentary goes, particularly since the United States has been in an endless "War on Terror" for almost 20 years it could have been a poignant commentary for our times. That these characters could still be heroic even though they are broken and suffering from mental illness.
2. Mental Illness is Played Up For Laughs
For a movie that is trying (and also failing) at presenting autistic kids as unsung heroes it does the exact opposite when it comes to approaching the subject of other mental illnesses.
For example, Baxley's turrets syndrome is played up entirely for laughs. Sputtering offensive lines for comedic effect. Hey, you know when this was funny? When South Park did it 11 years earlier.
The rest of the film has these characters acting like the Three Stooges without a Moe. They meander around and do stupid wall-eyed things in another pitiful attempt for laughs. From putting objects around the passed out Doctor Brackett (including a unicorn made out of tinfoil!) to critiquing the artwork of Quinn's wife, Emily. (Yvonne Strahovski)
This would be like if in First Blood, John Rambo falls on his ass after slipping on a banana peel and Vietnam flashbacks that involve pie-fights.
What's worse is that the jokes at the expense of the mental health of the characters takes time away from actually developing these characters in legitimate ways. Ultimately, when they get killed you're struggling for a reason to care about the fact they are getting killed off.
1. Bad editing
The worst thing about this movie is all the really bad, nonsensical editing. There are many, many, many examples I could make but two stand out in my mind after watching this film.
At one point in the film, Quinn and his Loonies end up at Emily's house and start trying to explain what's going on before rushing out to find Rory. When we next see Emily, she is suddenly entertaining two men from the military project that are hunting down the Predators. There's no set up. They are just there. It's such a jarring and confusing moment that you wonder if you blacked out and forgot a scene. Next thing you know it your struggling with the urge to rewind the movie and see if you missed something and not wanting to spend more time watching this movie than necessary.
In the same section of the film, Rory runs to a nearby field to get away from the Predators. Suddenly, a pitbull comes out from behind the bleachers. Is it a threat to the boy? Did it escape? Is it a cool talking dog that rides a skateboard that's voice by John Lovitz? Nope. It's just there as a size comparison when the Predator Dogs show up. Which is unnecessary since, you know, you can do a size comparison between the Predator Dogs and the child. The inclusion of the dog for this scene is so nonsensical. After the heroes come and save the boy they then cut to a scene of the bulldog running away, never to be seen again. This is such a bizarre and unnecessary choice to add to the film.
Oh then there's the ending
If for some reason you don't want the ending to this turkey being spoiled, stop reading.
In this day and age where movies set themselves up for a sequel this movie has one of the most disappointingly bad endings I have ever had the displeasure of witnessing. After our heroes win and defeat the "bad" Predator they recover the secret pod. Rory gets a job working for the super-secret government agency even though he's like 10. Also the secret pod has a "Predator Killer" suit which is basically a Predator suit with two cannons. Quinn then looks at the camera and says:
That's my new suit, bubba. I hope they got it in a 42 long.
Internet rumor being what it is, there is talk of having Shane Black back to make two more Predator movies. Hopefully, with the Disney acquisition of 20th Century Fox's film properties changes these plans. I'm really hoping that someone with fresh eyes decide to take this franchise in a different direction.
Here's the Thing about the predator franchise
There is a wealth of Predator stories out there as Dark Horse comics has been publishing Predator comics since 1989. There are some great stories in there that could be easily adapted to film.
On top of this, as Predator 2 shown, the Predators have been coming to Earth for centuries. Why not tell one of those stories? I'd like to see them do a movie about when a Predator clashed with Raphael Adolini in the 1700s. They did it in the comics, why not turn that into a movie? Or even better, do a Predator movie that take place during World War II or during feudal Japan.
The problem with modern Predator films is that they spend too much time trying to explain the motivation of these hunters. Who cares? The core of the series was always about humans persevering against a seemingly superior foe.
What made the original Predator work (and even Predator 2) is the fact that the movie didn't waste its time trying to figure out the motivation of the creature. That's was never the point. It didn't matter. Once you start adding explanations to the alien creatures in this franchise they lose whatever mystique they had to begin with. What makes the Predator so menacing is the fact that it is the unknown. You didn't know why it was hunting. You couldn't understand its motivations. The lack of motive and the fact that people were treated as game to be hunted is what makes it scary.
That is something that both Shane Black and Fred Dekker forgot and that's the main reason why this movie stinks so bad. These Predators aren't scare. They aren't menacing. One of them is literally 10 feet tall and he looks fucking ridiculous.
Sadly, the genie is out of the bottle at this point. The only way to move forward is to go back to basics and just conveniently ignore this movie ever happened and hope like hell they don't reboot the franchise.
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This list highlights a selection of applications written in D from various areas. For an overview of D's differentiating features, have a look at the D Overview page.
Companies usually have codebases that are considerably larger than most hobbyist projects, thus an important goal is to write elegant code that is easy to understand, and therefore maintain. In comparison to other languages, D has many features that help keep a codebase clean and boilerplate-free - thus increasing productivity. Some examples of simple and yet powerful D features are templates and Uniform Function Call Syntax.
Pure functions, the memory-safe subset SafeD, special unittest blocks, contracts and a sane approach to error handling aid in shipping a bug-free product. If at the end of the day performance matters — D has you covered! You can tune your code with tools starting from conditional compilation over SIMD vector optimizations to inline assembler, and many more.
D has been used in numerous diverse domains. A short selection is presented below. For a complete overview, see the list of organizations using the D Language.
Binary compatibility with existing libraries is important in large-scale projects. Remedy Entertainment has successfully shipped the first AAA game to use D code for XBox One and Windows 10. For more details, see Ethan Watson's presentation. Many pure-D open source projects show the rising popularity of D among game developers. Examples are the cross-platform 3D game engine Dash and the D game development toolkit gfm.
D's ability to combine low and high-level code in one language, asynchronous features like Fibers, and compile-time function execution, makes it well suited for high-performance asynchronous I/O, concurrency and web applications. The vibe.d framework is D's flagship solution for all needs pertaining to networking and asynchronous event handling. For an example success story, see the DConf presentation Mobile Game Server Backend in D.
D's high productivity is also beneficial when creating GUI applications. Some examples are the Linux tiling terminal emulator tilix, the D development environment DLangIDE, which is itself based on the cross-platform D library dlangui. Thanks to binary compatibility, all existing GUI libraries written in C, C++, and other languages can be easily accessed.
D is used in the reference DMD compiler itself, Facebook's fast C/C++ preprocessor warp, the Higgs JavaScript Virtual Machine, and more. D's compile time function execution allows generating custom grammar parsers at compile time - see e.g. Pegged as an example.
D is a systems programming language and is well suited for bare metal or kernel development. It's easy to write an Operating System in D, and many project have proven so. To name a few:
PowerNex - A kernel written in D
XOmB - Exokernel operating system
Trinix - Hybrid operating system for x64 PC
Using LDC (the LLVM D compiler) enables targeting most popular CPU architectures, starting from ARM and MIPS-based embedded systems and smartphones, ranging to server systems based on POWER and Sparc, and up to the "big iron" z Systems.
D is similar to popular scientific languages like Python in that it provides the conveniences of a modern language with a friendly syntax, and is garbage collected by default. Convenience features allow spending time on rapid prototyping, rather than fighting memory issues that few scientific programmers need to worry about. However, it is also a compiled, statically typed language that can produce code as fast as C, allows easily parallelizing algorithms and pipelines, and, as a system language, provides complete control (including manual memory management) to get those last few extra cycles. A few specific spotlights:
Like NumPy, D is convenient and offers the ability to bind to existing C libraries. Unlike NumPy, D does not become slow for computations not covered by preexisting libraries, and does not force its user to escape into another language. Additionally, due to its compile-time introspection capabilities, D enables further optimizations for superior performance. See Andrei's talk Fastware on this topic. There is excellent support for multidimensional arrays with third-party libraries such as mir.
For most programmers used to developing for a modern CPU, working with GPUs for general purpose computation can appear daunting and laborious. Even seasoned users will admit that the performance improvements are often not worth the extra effort. Thanks to the power of D's type system and static introspection, GPU Programming is safer and easier to use than traditional APIs with no compromise in performance.
D's high-level abstraction and fast execution make it well-suited for scientific analysis. For example, D's ranges are a natural fit for pipes and data streams. One can start from a small D script with a small subset of data for an analysis, and easily switch to the full set by enabling optimizations for superior performance. Read Adroll's testimonial "D is for Data Science" on why D is a keystone language for their critical infrastructure. eBay recently open-sourced their internal data processing utilities used in their large-scale data mining environment.
D's multi-paradigm (imperative, structured, object oriented, generic, functional programming purity, and even assembly) approach allows teaching in one language and gradually explaining new features without needing to switch to a different language.
At universities, interpreted languages are commonly taught because of their memory safety. SafeD, a memory-safe subset of D, provides safety and ease of use comparable to interpreted and JIT-compiled languages while retaining the efficiency of native code. Beginners will also benefit from garbage collection, which helps write simple code without requiring any knowledge of explicit memory management. More sophisticated memory management can be introduced in an advanced learning stage.
D's blazingly fast compilation allows it to be used as a high level, productive scripting language, but with the advantages of static type checking.
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Pindrop and TiVo Partner, Simplifying Video Streaming Content Discovery with Voice Enabled Personalization
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By STS News Desk On Jan 27, 2021
TiVo, the company that brings entertainment together and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Xperi Holding Corporation, and Pindrop, a pioneer in fraud detection and voice authentication, today announced a strategic global partnership to address the growing demands for a smarter, more personalized way to engage with entertainment content.
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"The ability to distinguish between different members of a household based on their voice is an example of this contextual awareness, enabling us to provide an unprecedented level of personalization through an experience tailored to that specific person."
TiVo and Pindrop have partnered to deliver a streamlined content discovery experience for consumers, unlocked through voice AI. "Contextual awareness is key when engaging users through a Natural User Interface. Beyond just understanding what was said, we want to understand the context of the situation to drive intelligent system behavior in the moment," said Jon Heim, Senior Director of Product & Conversation Services at TiVo. "The ability to distinguish between different members of a household based on their voice is an example of this contextual awareness, enabling us to provide an unprecedented level of personalization through an experience tailored to that specific person."
Pindrop and TiVo will be continuing to collaborate to bring voice authentication technology to TiVo's Conversation Services product so that users have their own personalized experience. Through normal interactions via voice, over time the device distinguishes between household members and changes its behavior accordingly – no overt action on the part of the end user is required. For example, a user can say, "What should I watch?" and the TiVo service will tailor an experience with personalized content they are most likely to want to watch. If another member of the household says the exact same thing, they'll get completely different results – no profile switching required. And this is all done with privacy in mind. User opt-in is required, and while Pindrop's solution is able to distinguish between different speakers, the technology doesn't know nor need to know the identity of who is speaking.
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With Pindrop's voice authentication technology, OTT streaming devices, platforms and services now have access to a speech recognition solution that enables a more engaging user experience, which leads to higher customer retention and less churn. Pindrop is a leader in security for voice AI, currently delivering voice solutions to 8 of the top 10 banks in the world. Pindrop's technology analyzes more than 250 specific biological and behavioral voice characteristics, like the frequency and harmonics of speech as well as the patterns of intonation, rhythm, style, and even tone and emotions. Additionally, background noises or changes in a speaker's voice caused by sickness, aging or even mask wearing has a negligible impact on Pindrop's Voice Authentication accuracy. Pindrop's technology is easy to integrate with any device or voice platform, and provides an independent and platform-agnostic solution that enables partners to retain their brand and control their own data and insights.
"We believe that with our state-of-the-art voice authentication technology combined with TiVo's expertise in the OTT video space, we'll be able to unlock new experiences for consumers across the globe… and we're just getting started," said Vijay Balasubramaniyan, Pindrop CEO. The companies will announce the first TiVo enabled product with Pindrop's technology in the coming months.
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To use the drone, you need to equip it, same as any other gear. An equipped drone will appear in battle above your tank and will follow you, everywhere. Drones will automatically trigger following a specific event or action in battles -- you don't need to activate them yourself. After the activation drones will become inactive until they are automatically recharged.
You can turn off the drones to be shown for yourself and all enemies in the interface settings, if they distract you from battle.
Disables your drone, but still shows other drones. It is important to know that the drone will still be functioning in the background, it just wont be visible. Use this option if your drone is constantly getting in your line of sights.
Disables others' drones, but still shows your drone. Here too, your teammates' and enemies' drone is still affecting their stats, supplies etc. - it just isn't visible to you. Use this option if you're getting distracted by the small dots hovering over other tanks.
Batteries are a new supply type, which will be automatically used in battles when you have any of the drones equipped. Same as other supplies, you will be able to purchases batteries in the Garage and in the Shop, find within containers and, of course, win in contests.
One battery costs 300 .
One battery is used per minute by any drone.
Drones were part of a secret project, named "Project Energizer". They were first hinted when the developers edited the Development Plans page in the Wiki, where they added a mysterious point under the Work in Progress header. In a special thread in the forum, only one tanker correctly guessed what a part of it would be, Musa.
Drones run on batteries, and they use them one at a time per minute, even if you're unwilling to use them. It is important to unequip a drone if you're not planning on using one, otherwise they will waste your batteries!
Initially, twelve drones were planned to be released, but only three were released in the first wave - «Assault», «Trooper» and «Mechanic».
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Q: how to read json configuration from application.properties using spring boot ConfigurationProperties I want to read the application properties using class in spring boot 2.6.6, the configuration of application properties look like this:
dolphin.api.custom-access-token-expire-time={"FORTUNE":60000}

the configuration read class look like this:
package com.dolphin.soa.post.config.common;

import lombok.Data;
import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.ConfigurationProperties;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;

@Data
@Component
@ConfigurationProperties(prefix = "dolphin.api")
public class AppCommonConfig {

    private Map<String,Long> customAccessTokenExpireTime;

}

but this could not work, how to map the application.properties to the class? this is the error output:
Error starting ApplicationContext. To display the conditions report re-run your application with 'debug' enabled.
[19:19:43:537] [ERROR] - org.springframework.boot.diagnostics.LoggingFailureAnalysisReporter.report(LoggingFailureAnalysisReporter.java:40) -

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APPLICATION FAILED TO START
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Description:

Failed to bind properties under 'dolphin.api.custom-access-token-expire-time' to java.util.Map<java.lang.String, java.lang.Long>:

    Reason: org.springframework.core.convert.ConverterNotFoundException: No converter found capable of converting from type [java.lang.String] to type [java.util.Map<java.lang.String, java.lang.Long>]


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Stina Troest (* 17. Januar 1994 in Kopenhagen) ist eine dänische Leichtathletin, die sich zu Beginn ihrer Karriere auf den Hürdenlauf spezialisiert hat und sich mittlerweile auf den Mittelstreckenlauf fokussiert.

Sportliche Laufbahn
Erste Erfahrungen bei internationalen Meisterschaften sammelte Stina Troest im Jahr 2010, als sie bei den erstmals ausgetragenen Olympischen Jugendspielen in Singapur in 58,88 s die Silbermedaille im 400-Meter-Hürdenlauf gewann. 2013 gewann sie bei den Junioreneuropameisterschaften in Rieti in 57,41 s die Bronzemedaille und im Jahr darauf startete sie im 800-Meter-Lauf bei den Hallenweltmeisterschaften in Sopot und scheied dort mit 2:02,95 min im Vorlauf aus. Im August erreichte sie bei den Europameisterschaften in Zürich das Halbfinale über 400 m Hürden und schied dort mit 56,81 s aus. 2015 schied sie bei den Halleneuropameisterschaften in Prag mit 2:10,25 min im Semifinale über 800 Meter aus und im Juli gewann sie bei den U23-Europameisterschaften in Tallinn in 56,01 s die Silbermedaille im Hürdenlauf hinter der Schwedin Elise Malmberg. Bei den Weltmeisterschaften in Peking erzielte sie im Vorlauf eine neue persönliche Bestleistung, scheiterte im Semifinale jedoch an einer Finalteilnahme. Im Juni 2016 gelangte Troest bis ins Finale der Europameisterschaften in Amsterdam und belegte dort in 56,34 s den siebten Rang. Anschließend nahm sie an den Olympischen Sommerspielen in Rio de Janeiro teil und schied dort mit 56,00 s im Halbfinale aus. 2017 gelangte sie bei den Leichtathletik-Halleneuropameisterschaften 2017 in Belgrad mit 2:02,93 min auf den siebten Platz im 800-Meter-Lauf.

Nach einer einjährigen Wettkampfpause fokussiert sich Troest seit 2019 auf den Mittel- und Langstreckenlauf und belegte bei den Crosslauf-Europameisterschaften 2022 in Turin mit 17:47 min den achten Platz in der Mixed-Staffel.

In den Jahren 2012 und 2014 wurde Troest dänische Meisterin im 400-Meter-Lauf sowie 2010 über 400 m Hürden. Zudem wurde sie 2013 Hallenmeisterin im 800-Meter-Lauf sowie 2014 über 400 Meter.

Persönliche Bestleistungen
 400 Meter: 55,32 s, 8. Juni 2013 in Helsingør
 400 Meter (Halle): 54,67 s, 22. Februar 2014 in Skive
 800 Meter: 2:03,64 min, 16. Juli 2022 in Ninove
 800 Meter (Halle): 2:02,81 min, 30. Januar 2016 in Wien
 1000 Meter: 2:41,83 min, 28. August 2022 in Edegem (belgischer Rekord)
 1500 Meter: 4:17,54 min, 16. Juli 2022 in Ninove
 400 m Hürden: 55,56 s, 23. August 2015 in Peking

Weblinks

400-Meter-Läufer (Dänemark)
800-Meter-Läufer (Dänemark)
400-Meter-Hürdenläufer (Dänemark)
Crossläufer (Dänemark)
Olympiateilnehmer (Dänemark)
Teilnehmer der Olympischen Sommerspiele 2016
Teilnehmer der Olympischen Jugend-Sommerspiele 2010
Dänischer Meister (Leichtathletik)
Sportler (Kopenhagen)
Däne
Geboren 1994
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The brief for this project was to refurbish five rooms in a property with extensive water damage. Ceilings and walls in the property were damaged beyond repair and had to be removed and replaced. After assessing the extent of the damage and work to ensure any residual moisture within the property had disappeared, work to repair the property could begin.
The property was completely plastered and redecorated. All pine woodwork was sanded, stained and waxed to create a spectacular contrasting finish on white walls.


Unlike the Alps and the Pyrenees, the Vosges mountains are synonymous with softness thanks to the rounded shape of their peaks, the "ballons" (rounded summits). The immense forest covers 60% of the mountain range's surface area and features mostly conifers (firs, pines, spruces) and beech. Yet this mountainous mass still offers a variety of landscapes, including glacial lakes, wet and high altitude meadows, deep valleys, waterfalls, cliffs and rocks.
The expression "the blue line of the Vosges" is attributed to Jules Ferry (late 19th century) in the context of post-war 1870 when it served as a reminder to the French that on the other side of the mountains, Alsace was under German power. Since then, this romantic name has evoked images of the Vosges Mountains with their rounded summits, pine forests, blueberry-covered meadows, and its munster cheese.
The range of the Vosges mountains extends across 180km from the German border near Wissembourg in the north to Belfort in the south. The mountain range is shared by three historic regions: Alsace to the east, Lorraine to the west, and Franche-Comté to the south. The crest line was a real linguistic and cultural barrier between Alsace and Lorraine. As such, the term "Alsace-Lorraine" refers not to a homogenous region, but rather the contrary; it was used to describe the geographic entity corresponding to the annexation of Alsace and of the Lorraine department of Moselle by Prussia. The rest of the French territory is still known in Alsace by the name of "inner France" (la France intérieure) or "beyond the Vosges".
There are two large geological formations which are easily distinguishable from each other and which are protected by the creation of two regional nature parks: the Northern Vosges and the Higher Vosges.
The Northern Vosges, known as "Vosges gréseuses" (the sandstone Vosges), begin in the north of Donon and are made up mostly of red sandstone. They extend beyond the Franco-German border and into the nature park of the German Palatinate (Naturpark Pfälzerwald). The two parks were given the prestigious title of International Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO in 1991, a title which is only shared by some 320 sites worldwide.
The Higher Vosges, known as "the cristallines Vosges" (in reference to the granite cover of the mountains) feature the mountain range's highest peaks, which often marks the border between Lorraine and Alsace. Of these peaks, the Grand Ballon (1,424 metres) is the culminating point of the Vosges. Other major summits include the Hohneck (1,363m), the Ballon d'Alsace (1,247m), the Ventron (1,204m), the Drumont (1,200m), the Champ du Feu (1,099m), and the Donon (1,009m). Much of this geological formation lies within the Ballons des Vosges Regional Nature Park, which was created in 1989.
The climate of the Vosges mountains is semi-continental, dry and hot in the summer, and often cold and snowy in the winter. The magic moment comes when the fog sweeps through the valley below, and the Rhine Plain and its heights are covered in a thick blanket of clouds, while the clear view continues all the way to the Black Forest in Germany, the Jura in Switzerland and from the Tyrolean Alps to Mont-Blanc.
The Vosges act as a natural barrier against the oceanic disturbances coming from the west. The winters are cold and the summers cool (an average of 11°C compared to 20°C in the Alsace Plain). The crest experiences significant rainfall with sometimes more than 2 metres of rain per year.
The uniqueness of the Vosges mountains lies in the slope of its two sides: it is steep on the Alsatian side and falls gently from the Lorraine and Franche-Comté side to merge with the Paris Basin.
This can be best described as the Foehn effect, and explains a lot about the microclimate, which is favourable for the towns located along the Alsace Wine Route and especially the region surrounding Colmar.
The Higher Vosges also act as an obstacle to the bad Atlantic weather that crosses through France, as clouds and rain collide with the mountains and protect Colmar from precipitation.
The Vosges mountains are home to a variety of fauna, including deer, roe, wild boars, badgers, foxes, marten, stoats and chamois. Wild cats (lynx) have haunted the forests since the end of the 20th century, but they are very hard to spot, and a beaver colony has been established in the Doller Valley for almost thirty years. The capercaillie (or great grouse) became an emblematic figure of the Vosges mountain range and several birds of prey glide across the Vosges sky, along with 130 other species of bird. As for the legendary bears, they have been extinct since 1760 when the last animal was killed over the Munster Valley.
While blueberry and daffodil are considered to be the symbols of the Vosges' vegetation, we must not forget the many other flowering plant species on the sides of the ballons. The digitalis and arnicas are also worth a mention, as are martagon lilies and orchids, lichens and fungi. The alpine flora is magnificent on the crests of the Vosges, where the temperatures are harsh. Along with the arnica, Alpine anemone, yellow gentians, and martagon lilies stain the heights with splashes of vibrant colours.
The Hautes-Chaumes (high pastures where cows graze in summer) appear above 1,000 metres and cover approximately 4,500 hectares along the crests of the Vosges. The extreme climate conditions are due to the natural history of the Vosges mountains as well as thousands of years of human and pastoral occupation which have given rise to a series of low moors which accommodate blueberries, Calluna, alpine pasqueflower, arnica, scraggly trees, red fescue grass, Alpine fennel and pastures that crown the summits.
These pastures are the result of a succession of clearings of beech groves or more or less woody heaths by the monks who colonised the valleys during the 7th and 8th centuries.
The Vosges mountains lie at the natural border between the Germanic and Latin language worlds and have shared in the history of both Alsace and Lorraine. It comes as no surprise then that they have known an eventful past, as confirmed by the multitude of fortified medieval castles in ruin or the remains of trenches of the First World War.
The mountain passes of the Vosges have always been the link for communication between the Latin and Germanic worlds, the most significant among them being: Col de Bussang (727m), Col de la Schlucht (1135 m), Col du Bonhomme (949 m) and Col de Saverne (410 m), which link the Alsatian cities of Mulhouse, Colmar and Strasbourg, and the Swiss town of Basle to Paris and the cities of Nancy and Metz in Lorraine.
The Vosges mountains are indeed a land of contrast, and this becomes apparent when you cross the Col de Bussang from the Thur Valley in Alsace to reach the Moselle Valley in Lorraine. The architecture of the houses between the two places is radically different, as is the dialect.
Legends continue to haunt isolated natural sites (isolated rocks, glacial lakes, localities…) on both the Lorraine and Alsatian side. Traditions and customs still live on, such as the celebrations of the Bonfires of Saint John at the end of June, which are of Celtic origin.
The newfound prosperity following the end of the barbarian invasions favoured the rise of Christianity. The abbeys (by monk master-builders) contributed to the exploitation of the mountain chain, as did the clearing of valleys, especially those of Doller, Thur, Moselle and Bruche. Large monastic communities, such as Luxeuil-les-Bains, Munster, Remiremont, Pairis and Mont-Saint-Odile were founded here. Murbach Abbey, near Guebwiller, governed vast territories in Alsace and the church ruins are a masterpiece of Romanesque art in the Vosges.
Religious heritage is still present in the Vosges mountains; you can find witnesses of it all along the roads where you can see evidence of stone evoking an intense Christian fervour (crosses, Calvary landmarks, remote chapels), while in the small towns the churches were built to conform with the architectural trend of their time; for instance Romanesque art in Marmoutier Abbey, gothic art in the Saint-Thiébaut church in Thann, and baroque art in Moyenmoutier. In 1955, Famous Swiss-French architect Le Corbusier completed a chapel with lines equally modest and bold, on an ancient site of the Ronchamp pilgrimage in Franche-Comté.
During the Middle Ages, several fortified castles were built on strategic sites of main commercial and military roads. Many of these castles stand nested at the foothills of the Vosges, along what is now the Alsace Wine Route, like those of Haut-Kœnigsbourg, Kaysersberg and Thann.
The Vosges mountains are exploited for their wood and breeding has long been practiced here, thanks to the clearing of the summits by the monks. The cows of the Vosges (les Vosgiennes) are a reputable breed that can be still seen grazing freely in the Hautes-Chaumes. Mining extraction and forging were then developed in the region from the 15th century (iron and copper mines in the Doller and Bruche Valleys, silver mines in the Lièpvrette Valley).
The valleys of the Vosges enjoyed prosperity from the 18th century onwards, thanks to the textile industry. Competition with foreign labour throughout the 20th century led to their closures, one by one, forcing the people of the Vosges to look to other financial resources such as ecotourism.
While many English-speakers may not be familiar with the Vosges mountains, the same certainly cannot be said for some of the names and brands that come from the region. In fact, it is difficult to talk about the Vosges without mentioning the mineral waters (Contrexéville and Vittel), the Épinal prints, the Mirecourt stringed instrument making, as well as the luminous purity and unrivalled finesse of Baccarat crystal.
The Club Vosgien (Vogesenclub) was created in 1872 in Saverne by Richard Stieve. This genuine local institution is the oldest hikers' association in France. It was designed to encourage hikers in the mountain range through the meticulous marking of trails. Several thousands of kilometres of marked trails were thus created and maintained, some of which – the G.R. (Grandes Randonnées) allow visitors to travel across the entire mountain range on foot from Wissembourg in the north to Belfort in the south, over nearly 300 kilometres.
In December 2009, the Federation of the Vosges Club counted an assembly 113 different associations, which boasts 34,000 members and maintains and signposts 20,000 km of tracks.
You can still see the marks of history along some tracks, such as the border markers that used to mark the boundary between France and the German Empire from 1871 to 1918. Smugglers of tobacco, alcohol and matches learned to know the mountain by heart and did not need signposts to figure out where they were!
The peaceful side of the Vosges did not hide the fact that the peoples, especially France and Germany, were fighting against each other in numerous combats. The castles in ruin that can be seen are proof of this, as are the battlefields of Hartmannswillerkopf (Vieil-Armand), the Belfort fortifications, and the famous "Maginot Line" in northern Vosges.
When you're tired and worn out from walking to the top of the Vosges mountains, an authentic traditional farm meal in one of the many farmhouses in the Vosges is just what you need. This "marcaire" meal is typical in the Vosges and features pie as a first course and roïgabrageldi (potatoes with smoked pork shoulder) as a main. This is of course followed by munster cheese and a delicious blueberry tart (in summer).
The farms of the Vosges house people, animals and crops under the same roof. They are partly buried and are built from granite balls found in the fields and topped with a wooden roof. The most exposed façade is protected by cladding made of small wooden boards laid out in a fish scale pattern, known as the "essis", while the hay in the attic guards against the cold. The peculiar, potbelly bread ovens can often be seen on and around these isolated and established farms.
Sublime countryside, panoramic views extending to the distant Alps and riding on the hills, the Route des Crêtes in the Vosges, much like the Route des Vins d'Alsace (the Alsace Wine Route), is a reputed and highly frequented tourist itinerary during the summer period.
The road follows a ridgeline route of 80km, linking the town of Thann to the Col du Bonhomme. The length of the road enters Lorraine at times, and Alsace at others. Symbolically, the Route des Crêtes marks the border between Lorraine and Alsace, between the Romance and Germanic language worlds. At each mountainside, the road travels along a bucolic countryside, opening up views of mountain passes, rounded summits, lakes, rocks, pastures, and forests of majestic pines. Read more about the Route des Crêtes.
The Alsace Wine Route is 170 kilometres long and was inaugurated in 1953. It winds through the Alsatian vineyards from north to south and is undoubtedly France's most beautiful tourist route, featuring charming villages and countryside, which are characteristic of the foothills of the Vosges (Le Piedmont des Vosges).
What's more, a visit to the wine cellars will allow you to taste the various vintage Wine of Alsace and possibly make your own.
Read more about the Alsace Wine Route.
Thann is the southern gateway of the Route des Vins d'Alsace and owes its fame to the famous Rangen vineyard and the elegant silhouette of the Saint-Thiébaut gothic church. The stunning view from the ruins of the Engelbourg castle extends over the Alsace Plain and the Jura.
Route Joffre is a scenic road that links Thann to Masevaux via the Col du Hundsrück [Hundsruck Pass] (748m) and the peaceful Vosges village of Bourbach-le-Haut (600m), offering magnificent panoramas between the Thur and Doller valleys.
The Doller Valley is one of the southernmost valleys of the Vosges, and has the small town of Masevaux as its capital. A series of pretty villages leads to two lakes, Lac de Sewen and Lac d'Alfeld. The Ballon d'Alsace (1,247m) overlooks the valley and is located on the borders of Alsace, Franche-Comté and Lorraine. The view from the Ballon is spectacular, offering the Black Forest to the east, the Bernese Alpine chain to the south towards Mont Blanc (Savoie) which can be seen on a clear day, and the crests of the Vosges to the north.
From Munster in Alsace, the road crosses the Col de la Schlucht (1,135m) near the Hohneck (1,362m) which offers a superb view over the Alsace Plain and Lorraine. It cuts the famous Route des Crêtes at the pass which was the border between France and Germany from 1870 to 1918.
The descent on the Lorraine side gives access to Retournemer and Longemer lakes, which are beautifully situated in lush greenery.
Gérardmer is a winter sports resort which in the summer is converted into a mountain health resort. The Lac de Gérardmer is the largest lake in the Vosges at 2.2km long and 750m wide, and the town is built along its banks. Gérardmer proudly competed against Chamonix to host the first Winter Olympic Games in 1924. The first Tourist Board in France was created in Gérardmer in 1865.
This route also serves as a track linking Lorraine to Alsace. All ground transportation (highway, roads, railway line, TGV, Rhine-Marne Canal) converge here to allow access to Strasbourg, Nancy, Metz and Paris.
The little town of Sarrebourg (population of 13,500) still belongs to the Lorraine plateau but provides quick access to the forest-covered mountains of the Vosges. This corner of the Vosges marks the border between the Middle Vosges and Northern Vosges, and is full of interesting places to visit, including the small walled city of Phalsbourg; the Rocher de Dabo (Dabo Rock); the Rocher du Nutzkopf, and the castles of Haut-Barr and Lutzelbourg.
The Saint Louis-Arzviller inclined plane is one of the engineering marvels of the Vosges mountain range. Located on the Rhine-Marne Canal near the Col de Saverne, it is somewhat of a giant bathtub (a trolley tray) for boats which allows for them to be transported over a 44.55 metre drop, and in doing so avoiding the need to cross 17 locks.
The Col de Saverne is one of the lowest of the Vosges' great mountain passes, at 385 metres high. It is also the only one to have a highway running through it: the autoroute A4, which links Paris to Strasbourg. A tunnel will soon be built to let the TGV pass through, linking the Alsatian capital to Paris in a journey of less than two hours.
Last but not least, Saverne is beautifully situated at the foothills of the Vosges and features magnificent half-timbered houses (including the Katz house) and the Rohan Castle (home to a wealthy family of cardinals).
There are some 50 km which separate the Lorraine town of Bitche from Wissembourg in Alsace.
Following the D35, then D3, the route allows you to visit the most beautiful sites that Northern Vosges have to offer.
Bitche is known for being a military city and retains from its past the admirable citadel of Vauban, in pink sandstone from the Vosges.
Just before entering Alsace, the ruined castle of Falkenstein stands on a rocky outcrop that overlooks the forest from 20 metres above. Once inside Alsace, you can see several castles that bore witness to the territorial fragmentation during the Middle Ages and the friction between the bishops of Speyer and Strasbourg, and the Dukes of Lorraine. These include the Old Winstein, the New Windstein, and the Fleckenstein castles.
In Lembach, the track climbs towards the Col du Pigeonnier (432 metres), which gives a superb view over the Rhine Plain, as well as the Palatinate Mountains and the Black Forest in Germany.
The final stage is Wissembourg, which is at Germany's border and comprises several medieval houses within its fortifications.
The Vosges are easily accessible by car from Alsace's main cities Strasbourg, Colmar, and Mulhouse, as well as from the Lorraine town of Nancy and Metz.
If you travel from Australia or America, you could either take a flight to Paris Charles de Gaulle, Zurich or Frankfurt Airports and rent a car from there.
The TGV from Paris-Gare de l'Est takes 1.30 hours to Nancy and Metz, and just over 2 hours to Strasbourg, and also stops at Colmar and Mulhouse.
Find out more about the Vosges mountains on the Tourist Office site.


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Q: Como obtener el valor de un TD creado a partir de un echo les cuento. Estoy tratando de obtener el campo de un td, para ser exacto el primer td, el problema es que la tabla la estoy poblando desde otro archivo a partir de un echo, creo que al no existir, hipotéticamente, no reconoce la class del td que en este caso es .imgEditar.
Cree la tabla en el mismo documento y funciona correctamente, así que creo que ese debería ser el problema, necesito saber si existe la forma de lograrlo con este esquema o sencillamente deberé modificarlo ya que tambien recargo la tabla automaticamente cada cierto tiempo y al presionar el submit.
Lamento la burda forma en explicar, la verdad no tengo estudios de informática.
MUCHAS GRACIAS!

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A: Si entendí bien, tu problema es que en principio llenas la cáscara de la tabla mientras que el contenido sólo aparece después de una llamada Ajax.
Lo que ocurre es que efectivamente el elemento  no existe.
Aunque hayas puesto $(document).ready(...) el llamado a getData y la declaración del listener compiten en un mismo scope.
 // Cuando se dibuja la cáscara entra acá
 $(document).ready(function(){

        // gatilla un llamado
        getNewData();

        // agenda otro llamado en 10s más
        setInterval(
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        );

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Tu listener se declara antes que getNewData se resuelva. Y claro, si además vas a refrescar casa 10s, no basta con esperar cruzando los dedos a que la función se haya resuelto cuando declares el listener.
Lo que se hace en estos casos es aprovechar que:

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*Los eventos en un elemento se propagan aguas arriba hasta el tope del documento (si alguien se molestara en suscribirse a ellos)

*El elemento  #tablaProductos sí existe desde un principio

*De los dos anteriores, le puedes pedir a #tablaProductos que te avise si alguna vez en la eternidad alguien pincha en una celda que formó parte de la iteración 5000 de getData
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  $('#tablaProductos').on('dblclick', '.imgEditar', function(){
     var total = $(this).find("td:first-child").text();
     alert(total);
  });