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Albrecht Dürer (1471 – 1528) was a German painter, engraver, printmaker, and theorist from Nuremberg. His high-quality woodcuts (nowadays often called Meisterstiche or "master prints") established his reputation and influence across Europe when he was still in his twenties, and he has been conventionally regarded as the greatest artist of the Northern Renaissance (The Northern Renaissance was the Renaissance that occurred in the European countries north of the Alps. Before 1497 Italian Renaissance humanism had little influence outside Italy. From the late 15th century the ideas spread around Europe). His vast body of work includes altarpieces, religious works, numerous portraits and self-portraits, and copper engravings.
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Constellations of the northern and southern skies, engraved by Albrecht Dürer and published in 1515 in Nuremberg, Germany.
These particular charts sold at auction at Sotheby's in March 2011 for £361,250.
The Ancient Greeks called Triangulum Deltoton, as the constellation resembled an upper-case Greek letter delta (Δ). It was transliterated by Roman writers, then later Latinised as Deltotum. Eratosthenes linked it with the Nile Delta, while the Roman writer Hyginus associated it with the triangular island of Sicily, formerly known as Trinacria due to its shape. It was also called Sicilia, because the Romans believed Ceres, patron goddess of Sicily, begged Jupiter to place the island in the heavens. Greek astronomers such as Hipparchos and Ptolemy called it Trigonon (Τρίγωνον), and later, it was Romanized as Trigonum. Other names referring to its shape include Tricuspis and Triquetrum.
Later, the 17th-century German celestial cartographer Johann Bayer called the constellation Triplicitas and Orbis terrarum tripertitus, for the three regions Europe, Asia, and Africa. Triangulus Septentrionalis was a name used to distinguish it from Triangulum Australe, the Southern Triangle. Polish astronomer Johannes Hevelius excised three faint stars to form the new constellation of Triangulum Minus in his 1690 Firmamentum Sobiescianum, renaming the original as Triangulum Majus.
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The woodcuts, such as the Apocalypse series (1498), retain a more Gothic flavour than the rest of his work. His well-known prints include the Knight, Death, and the Devil (1513), Saint Jerome in his Study (1514) and Melencolia I (1514), which has been the subject of extensive analysis and interpretation. His watercolours also mark him as one of the first European landscape artists, while his ambitious woodcuts revolutionized the potential of that medium.
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Uranographia by Johannes Hevelius (1690)
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The period of time ranging from Nerva to Marcus Aurelius has been generally referred to as that of the '5 Good Emperors.' While the definition of 'good' is always subjective, there is little argument that this period provided the greatest stretch of uninterrupted power and prosperity for the Roman state. Perhaps more appropriately, these emperors should be known as the 'Adoptive Emperors' because this in itself is an indication of the 'good'. As each was adopted from among the best available candidates, rather than direct hereditary lineage (though there was some relation), it helped insure that Rome was in the most capable hands. Though the Roman people as a group may have noticed little relative difference in the period from Augustus to Domitian, the '5 Good Emperors' offered a century of consistency without the interruptions of Caligula, Nero and Civil War.
Perhaps the eloquent words of Edward Gibbon, the 18th century historian who penned 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire', describe the period best. Despite being limited in comparing the Romans to the human condition only through the 18 century, and lacking the great advancements of the 19th and 20th centuries, Gibbon's words describe 2nd century Rome as perhaps the greatest time of all for humanity.
"In the second century of the Christian Era, the empire of Rome comprehended the fairest part of the earth, and the most civilized portion of mankind. The frontiers of that extensive monarchy were guarded by ancient renown and disciplined valor. The gentle but powerful influence of laws and manners had gradually cemented the union of the provinces. Their peaceful inhabitants enjoyed and abused the advantages of wealth and luxury. The image of a free constitution was preserved with decent reverence: the Roman senate appeared to possess the sovereign authority, and devolved on the emperors all the executive powers of government. During a happy period of more than fourscore years, the public administration was conducted by the virtue and abilities of Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, and the two Antonines."
"If a man were called to fix the period in the history of the world, during which the condition of the human race was most happy and prosperous, he would, without hesitation, name that which elapsed from the death of Domitian to the accession of Commodus. The vast extent of the Roman empire was governed by absolute power, under the guidance of virtue and wisdom. The armies were restrained by the firm but gentle hand of four successive emperors, whose characters and authority commanded involuntary respect. The forms of the civil administration were carefully preserved by Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, and the Antonines, who delighted in the image of liberty, and were pleased with considering themselves as the accountable ministers of the laws. Such princes deserved the honor of restoring the republic, had the Romans of their days been capable of enjoying a rational freedom."
Following the death of Domitian, an effective but reviled leader among the aristocracy, Rome was fortunate to find a stabilizing force in Nerva. A respected senator, Nerva filled the potential power vacuum, and set the tone for the next century during his short but precedent building reign. The great general Trajan followed Nerva and not only re-established Rome as a conquering force, but established his greatness among scholars as perhaps second only to Augustus. Hadrian and Antoninus Pius were among the best of administrators, and Marcus Aurelius (as well as the sometimes forgotten Lucius Verus) continued that pattern while re-establishing military superiority among the bordering Germanic tribes. The period would come to an end amidst plague and the weariness of war with the death of Aurelius in AD 180. As his son Commodus ascended the throne as sole emperor, thus ending the period of 'adoptive' authority, the stability and cohesiveness of the previous era would begin to unravel.
Five examples of good emperors were Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, and Marcus Aurelius.


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Senate Hearing Calls For Changes To Cybercrime Law
In the wake of Microsoft's seizure of No-IP servers and domains, private and public sector representatives met to discuss what can be done to address the problem of botnets.
Panelists on a Senate Judicial Commitee hearing yesterday called for changes to the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) and other legislation that addresses cybercrime. The hearing, titled "Taking Down Botnets: Public and Private Efforts to Disrupt and Dismantle Cybercriminal Networks," was organized in the wake of Microsoft's botnet takedown that also took down some non-criminal customers of No-IP.
The conversation was about fighting botnets in general -- No-IP itself was never mentioned by name. It was, however, briefly implied by panelist Craig D. Spiezle, executive director and founder of the Online Trust Alliance:
Botnet take-downs and related efforts need to be taken with care and respect to three major considerations: the risk of collateral damage to innocent third parties, errors in identifying targets for mitigation, and respecting users' privacy. For example, taking down an entire web hoster because they have a handful of bad customers may be an example of unacceptable collateral damage. At the same time hosters and ISPs cannot hide behind bad actors and must take reasonable steps to help prevent the harboring of criminals and enabling cybercrime activity.
The panel also included Richard Domingues Boscovich, assistant general counsel of Microsoft's Digital Crimes Unit, which led the seizure of No-IP servers and domains.
"Microsoft's philosophy to fighting botnets is simple. We aim for their wallets," he said. "We disrupt botnets by undermining cyber criminals' ability to profit from malicious attacks."
However, going after "their wallets," is not always easy. Security professionals (in tandem with law enforcement) can use technological means to disrupt criminal infrastructure, but when it comes to prosecuting the perpetrators at the center of that black market, the law can fall short.
Therefore, Domingues Boscovich expressed support for some of the law amendments proposed by panelist Leslie Caldwell, assistant attorney general of the US Department of Justice's Criminal Division.
One of Caldwell's suggestions: Add a piece to the CFAA -- which has not been amended since 2008 -- that directly criminalizes the trafficking of botnets. That way the people selling the botnets for other people to use could also be held accountable for their role in the criminal infrastructure.
Another suggestion was to amend the Access Device Fraud statute. The statute currently allows prosecutors to bring charges against the perpetrators of phishing and credit card fraud schemes if they're based in the United States, but does not apply to offenders in foreign countries. Caldwell recommends that the overseas sale of stolen US financial information be criminalized.
Another suggestion is to amend the CFAA to eliminate the requirement to prove intent to defraud. As Caldwell explained, "Such intent is often difficult -- if not impossible -- to prove because the traffickers of unauthorized access to computers often have a wrongful purpose other than the commission of fraud. Indeed, sometimes they may not know or care why their customers are seeking unauthorized access to other people's computers."
Any suggestion to remove the need to prove intent, however, gets tricky.
Other elements of the CFAA do not require prosecution to prove a defendant's intent to do harm. This is particularly dangerous for security researchers -- web researchers in particular -- because some of their work can be considered criminal, punishable by jail time, if they don't have consent to access the property (the servers) of others.
That raises another question: What does "access" mean? The panelists discussed this as well. Common law that defines words like "access" and "trespass" was created centuries ago, far before the Internet or botnets were thought of. The panelists said that common law needs to be updated for the 21st century so that it can prosecute (or not prosecute, as the case may be) those people who break cybercrime laws.
Another snag: The Internet is borderless, but laws have many borders. This is one reason international cooperation among law enforcement agencies is so essential to taking down botnets and other cyber criminals.
"One factor has harmed our relationships with foreign law enforcement agencies, however," said Caldwell, "our inability to rapidly respond to foreign requests for electronic evidence located in the United States. Our capacity to do so simply has not kept up with the demand."
She said the DoJ needs more staff and more training to adequately keep up with that demand.
US Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) led the panel. He asked the panel of private sector representatives whether or not private sector litigators could use civil measures to complement the government's efforts to bring criminal suits against perpetrators. The panelists were not enthusiastic about the idea.
Yet there are other measures the private sector can take to address cybercrime -- ones that don't require the law at all.
Paul Vixie, CEO of Farsight Security (and Internet pioneer), was also on the panel, and he went after the fact that the technology industry is pushing products out to market before they're truly ready.
"We would need to somehow address the lack of testing," he said. "We have got to test the way the bad guys do." Vixie also recommended retiring the use of some outdated programming languages and possibly using underwriters to enforce testing standards; he does not see underwriting as a government role.
Despite discussions of expanding the ability of both public and private sector entities to take down criminals, No-IP's CEO and founder, Dan Durrer, was pleased with yesterday's hearing:
The legislative process around these issues has been in discussion for months, and it was never meant to be about No-IP getting its name in the lights. We feel the hearing went extremely well, and we believe our customers' pain from the recent experience was well understood by the influencers present. Our hope is that the government, law enforcement, and private companies can work together in a collaborative manner to develop new legislation and processes for dealing with cybercrime, with protections that limit the potential collateral damage to innocent Internet users. Many of the laws governing this area were, literally, written before the invention of electricity. It is clearly time for an update.
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Tweens - older kids who are not yet teens - are among my favourite library customers. Tween books are my favourites to read, and a tween audience is my most natural writing voice.
Sadly, tweens are often underserved at libraries. Library programming often focuses on either pre-school kids or youth, usually defined as ages 12 and up. The 8-12 group is too old for baby stuff, but usually too young for the real teen scene. And libraries are often desperate for tween programming ideas.
To that end, two librarians from the Oshawa (Ontario) Public Library, Brianne Wilkins-Bester and Tiffany Balducci, ran an entertaining and enjoyable OLA session, walking us through a full year of tween programming. At this website, they detail everything needed to run each of the 12 programs. They also have a book coming out about tween library services.
All the programs they talked about were fun, creative, and new to me. The best had a library or book tie-in. May's "Greek Out" tied into the summer Olympics, the super-popular Percy Jackson books by Rick Riordan, and Ancient Greece school curricula. Kids made nametags using Ancient Greek symbols, "consulted an oracle" (a spin-wheel) to be assigned a god or goddess, then did a bit of research and told the group about their deity, "forged" a cardboard shield with a duct-tape handle, and made toilet-paper togas.
For February, they showed an anti-Valentine's Day program, celebrating BFFs and anti-bullying. This is becoming increasingly popular, especially for tweens, pushing back at pressure to be looking for romance at an ever-decreasing age.
However, one component of these anti-Valentine programs has encountered some backlash: kids were encouraged to "vandalize a romance novel". Author Vicki Essex wrote an open letter to the Toronto Public Library about the sexism and classism of our culture's response to romance novels. Jezebel covered it here.
Furthermore, this is an endeavor that's doomed to lead to embarrassment. Think, for a second, about what would happen if teens were given Sharpies and romance novel covers and told to go to town in an authority-sanctioned environment. It doesn't take a Masters in Library Science to understand that this stunt can only end in Fabio face after Fabio face covered in oversized cartoon dicks.
I have to agree that trashing anyone's choice of reading material - at a library - is counter-productive at best. At worst, you're shaming young readers who might want to try these books. It's also - and obviously - sexist. You'd never see this done with science fiction or crime novels, many of which are as formulaic and improbable as any bodice-ripper.
But book-trashing aside, anti-Valentine's Day programs are a great idea. One game was a new-friends version of the old "Newlywed Game". Kids interviewed each other, then answered questions to see how well they knew their new friend. Friendship bracelets are a good craft project, and a light-hearted but Goth version of a Valentine's Day party would be a hit.
One of the presenting librarians happily admitted to being obsessed with pop culture - generally a good thing for a children's librarian - and many of the program ideas leaned heavily on TV shows and pop music. That's fun, but for my money, it can be overdone. You won't catch me doing a library version of "The Price is Right," encouraging tweens to drool over electronic gadgetry and all-inclusive vacations. I imagine someone could make an argument that this is an economics or math exercise, but do tweens really need more consumer culture in their lives? I'd like the library to be a haven from consumerism.
The best part about this program was walking away with tons of ideas. These kind of information-sharing sessions are a huge help for library programmers who need new ideas but don't have time for the proverbial wheel-reinvention.
You can see a pdf of the OLA Tween Scene presentation here, and their Tween Scene website is here. Hopefully when their book is out, they'll have a better web address!
This is related to a different OLA topic, but I tripped across this the other day: Toronto's reference library gets a makerspace.
Thanks (again), James. I'm pretty sure we already have that link in my last OLA post, but it can't hurt to highlight it again.
Mississauga's makerspaces will be rolled out this summer!
Interesting combination of words to apply to the same thing! It's completely true, but those words are very nearly antonyms!
On topic, another problem with the vandalize a romance cover thing is it automatically, unquestioningly equates what is portrayed in romance novels with love as is celebrated in Valentines Day (which includes actual real-life love).
I have nothing against romance novels, but I don't think they should be presented to a probably-naive audience with an uncritical "This is about love."
Very good point, one I wouldn't have thought of.
The more I think about "vandalize a romance novel," the less I like it. I do like creative book art, though, like blackout poetry.... which I have to learn how to facilitate for a program.
In other news, I never would have realized that formulaic and improbable are opposites! I think most plots that are formulaic are also improbable. Funny.
Formulaic and improbable are opposites in the real world, but pretty tightly coupled in the world of TV & movies. Slasher movies are probably the strongest example: extremely formulaic, and extremely improbable.
There's a book out called Save the Cat! The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need, which (unintentionally) demonstrates just how formulaic movie writing has become: the book outlines how movies "should" be structured, and you realize that far too many movies end up structured exactly the same way, no matter how improbable the story.
There's a good article about the book on Slate.
The best use of a book like this is to provide a jumping off point for subverting the formulas.
Back when I was at UofT, a friend of mine was studying film at York. They learned all the standard stuff about film structure (this was before Save the Cat!, but the formulas have been around for a while). The final exam, however, was apparently a shock: they were shown Monty Python and the Holy Grail and told to analyze it. It's hard to find a theatrical film which breaks more rules of film structure than that one.
Slasher movies are probably the strongest example: extremely formulaic, and extremely improbable.
Right. I think we could say the same for any genre.
Screenwriting formulas are as old as mass-produced movies themselves. There have always been independent films that broke the mold, of course, but movies from the 1940s and 50s mostly followed a set of rules and formulas.
And even more so for TV, of course. Even groundbreaking sitcoms still followed sitcom formulas, to a large extent.
There's a series of children's nonfiction books called "How to Write Your Own..." - Mystery novel, Fantasy novel, Science Fiction novel, etc - breaking it all down into formulas.
A really good website for breaking down the formulas in TV and movies is TV Tropes.
TV Tropes is one of my favourite websites. I got stuck there for quite a while recently when I went to look at what they had to say about the Odessa Steps.
How funny, I was re-reading an old wmtc post recently and noticed I described TV Tropes as a rabbit-hole. Highly addictive!
I just tripped over this Periodic Table of Storytelling based on TV Tropes.
Wow! I love stuff arranged in periodic tables. In one of those stupid courses I had to take at the iSchool I saw a lot of this kind of stuff.


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Just like humans, plants have primary life processes (organic compounds known as primary metabolites) without which they wouldn't be able to sustain life, and secondary life processes that, although not critical to life, do ensure their long-term survival. These secondary metabolites are ones that exist to help protect the plant from the ravages of pests and diseases. These range from insects and mites, to nematodes (root-infesting worms) through to pathogenic microorganisms, including particular types of bacteria, fungi and viruses.
We are increasingly aware that many of the very compounds that protect plants from attack may also have an immensely beneficial and protective effect on the humans that ingest them. We often refer to these compounds as phytonutrients. They help prevent damage to cells throughout the body, they regulate inflammatory responses in the body and genetic expression, and they protect our all-important genetic code, DNA. Compounds found in plants as diverse as turmeric root, grape skins and seeds, broccoli (and other cruciferous vegetables), leafy vegetables, garlic, carrots and many herbs and spices, have been shown to reduce the risk of cancer, heart disease, stroke, osteoporosis, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease. Experts believe that eating plenty of nutrient-dense, phytonutrient-rich foods promotes healthy aging.
Hundreds of thousands of phytonutrients have been identified across our vegetable, fruit and herb crops. Many of them have multi-target functions, unlike most synthetically-manufactured drugs. Well researched phytonutrients include:
Carotenoids: these provide the yellow, orange and red colours in fruits and vegetables, such beta-carotene and other carotenoids in carrots (antioxidant), lutein in marigolds (helpful against macular degeneration and cataracts) and lycopene in tomatoes (protective against heart disease and some cancers).
Curcuminoids: found in turmeric root, a powerful antioxidant, immune modulator and anti-inflammatory and neuro-protective agent.
Flavonoids: such as catechins from green tea that may prevent some forms of cancer, hespiridins from citrus fruits that help to reduce inflammation and thereby chronic disease; and flavonols found in apples and berries as well as kale and onions that may be used to reduce the risk of asthma, some forms of cancer and coronary heart disease.
Resveratrol: a well-known and popular one found in red grape skin and red wine, linked to reduced levels of heart disease.
Glucosinolates: from cruciferous vegetables like broccoli, cabbage and kale that have been to reduce cancer risk and high blood pressure.
Different varieties of the same crop can often contain quite different levels of secondary metabolites depending on where they have grown and when they were harvested. Unripe fruits and vegetables may often contain fewer secondary metabolites than ripe ones, and artificial ripening may prevent the development of the same, full complement of phytonutrients as compared with sun-ripened crops.
You can often taste the difference, the taste buds on your tongue being particularly sensitive to phytonutrients. If a fruit or veg is lacking in flavor or taste, chances are it's got a low quotient of phytonutrients. If the flavor is full, the reverse may be true. This is particularly evident with crops like tomatoes.
With some crops, younger plants can have higher levels of phytonutrients. Broccoli sprouts, for example, contain much higher levels of the sulforaphane (a glucosinolate derivative) than mature broccoli heads.
To discourage consumption by pests, many of these powerful antioxidants have evolved with strong flavours, like bitterness. In some of the commonly grown commercial vegetable and fruit crops, not only are crops treated with pesticides (thereby reducing the plants' need to evolve their own defenses), but the amounts of these bitter-tasting or strong flavoured metabolites have been purposely bred out of them to make them more palatable – and more commercially viable!
One of the reasons that herbs are so powerful is because they're very rich in these secondary metabolites. Most people consume relatively small quantities of them compared with staple plant foods and the more bland the food, the less they contain. While many people will add them for flavour, they come laced with a bounty of positive health effects as well. That is except when they are not fresh or have been heavily irradiated. Unfortunately, this is the fate of most of the commercial herbs and spices now available in our supermarkets.
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From what I understand it is suppose to catch out_of_range error and output "Oops! Range error". However, the Visual Studio 2019 shows this instead.

can someone explain why it shows me this

A:
Does "try-catch" catches run time error (especially Out of Range error)?

No, in C++ most run time errors lead to Undefined Behavior, not exceptions. Only errors which explicitly throw exceptions can be caught.
std::vector<T>::operator[] does not specify that it throws an exception when you access out of bounds, it is just Undefined Behavior and anything can happen. It can even appear to work. When I try it here, there isn't any visible error : https://godbolt.org/z/Pcv9Gn8M9
If you want an exception on out of bounds access, std::vector<T>::at() does throw std::out_of_range.
For your test you should use v.at(i) instead of v[i]. Try it here : https://godbolt.org/z/szKxhjxhx.

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PEOPLESPEAK: Art - Nourishment that life needs
By Rishi Singh
Poetry makes fancy castles in clouds of sentiments. These so-called high art originates in an empty mind and are more often liked by idlers. Sitting idle giving birth to such creations and going through them, just gets my goat. Apart from creations by the likes of Devekota and Shakespeare, art in all forms is generally boring, which adds to the complexities of life. The artist creates his work with one idea, but by the time his audience receives it, it has already changed in meaning. High art not only wastes precious time and resources, sometimes these also communicate violent messages that are not beneficial to society. To go through high art is only another way to boost the sale of tablets for headache. Stories of epics and the teleserials are good to watch, but no one implements them in their life. Had it been such, human history would have eliminated the problems of racial discriminations, intercaste marriages and others long ago. If they cannot be copied in real life, what is the worth of such things?
— Vivek Pandey
I believe art in its truest sense is practically dead. How can you consider anything as art, when all works of art have to pass under the limbo bar along with things like Taste and The Public Interest all tied like a tin can to the wagging tail of the sacred Prime Rate Poodle? It's business. Art literally means creating something out of nothing and selling it. Nobody really cares about artists. They have no meaning, no lobby and no power to control the payment of royalties due to them for their material. The industrial entities that consume the art — like commercial businesses all have contracts which are basically designed to deprive the artist of all of his rights. You might find a rare "real" artist today, but when he's got a wife and four children to feed, he's got no choice but to join the bandwagon. Is this an evidence of human evolution? Yes. In fact, it all falls under Darwin's theory of Survival of the Fittest. We need money to survive and exploiting an artist's talent for money is a clever idea.
— Nishikar Sapkota, Maharajgunj
My personal opinion is that high art is just a self-indulgent waste of time and resources. It is only an activity to pass time. One goes and sits, comes back without any conclusions. Any act which is exclusively meant for entertainment and not meant for knowledge is a waste of time and resources. What are opera and ballet and other such things? They are nothing. We earn nothing from performing those acts, and they hold no valuable lesson in our life. However, some individuals might be impressed by them and get addicted, but my personal experience tells me those are only for enjoyment and can be forgotten any minute.
— Saujan Man Pradhan
Art any type or form signifies the creativity of mind. In the olden days when there were no other means of entertainment, ballet and opera used to be the means of entertainment. But it would be injustice to limit their importance and values to just the entertainment circle in the present day world terming them a thing of past. Rather we should appreciate the artistic and creative minds that were able to recreate people of bygone era with such unique, sombre and decent acts. Today we remember Milton not because he was a Englishman but because of his unique talent that reflected in his poems. Likewise Michelangelo and Picasso are remembered for their unique artistic talent. If we go through their work and creations, we come to know about the various aspects of society of that period. Thus, the beauty of art is that it not only reflects the creativity of a person or a group, but also depicts and describes the socio-religious condition of a nation and period. From this point of view we can term art as a subsidiary of history. What history fails to reveal, art depict all in a simple but beautiful manner. It is through art we come to know how human civilisation began and developed. These are some of the grounds that make us refute the notions that high art is nothing but sheer waste of time and resources. Instead hey are great inspirers that enable each new generation to move ahead with new vision by becoming the perfect base.
— Ambika Pandey, Chitawan
Since the high art can easily enthral the minds of people, it can be taken as a medium that can assist the revolution of thoughts. One can achieve spiritual as well as material satisfaction on creating such a piece of art, while others get the same on viewing or reading and listening to that. The question about wasting of time and resources on giving attention to high art does not arise because high art always supports one's moral and spiritual development. So the value of such art is high in human beings and it is the best medium through which one can pass on the social, political and moral evolution.
— Junga Bahadur, Kalanki, Kathmandu
In my opinion, art is not for art sake; it should represent society. It should reform social ills too. If any form of art is for pleasure alone, it is not art, rather it becomes a thing of amusement only. Art must have gist of life that can serve human life. To create a piece art, one should have a creative and reformative type of mind. When one's creative mind creates something, that obviously has some message which can serve a purpose in our life. Art gives relief to our tense minds, promotes our creativity, enhances us to live our life more energetically. It is one of the absolute truths of life that — art that brightens our minds, gives us power to speak against suppression, is not just a self-indulgent waste of time and resources.
— Roshan Subedi
High art is absolutely the symbol of a civilised human mind. It is because of different art forms that this world is an idyllic place to live in and which makes human beings superior to any other living creature on this planet.
— Mamata Ghimire, SCHems College, Maharajgunj
In a world ridden with hate and hostility, only very few people have the power to make the entire human race smile and dissolve the boundaries. These powerful persons are no one else but artists. All forms of art be it poem or music, song or opera, ballet or fine art are the products of imagination and creation of the ever evolving fertile human mind. Godliness happens when you create because god is the creator. At that very rare diamond-like precious moment, timelessness is felt and ego disappears when you give the finishing touch to your work of art. Art inspires the hope of life. The moment when one immensely enjoys the art, it becomes an ecstatic celebration of love. Art nourishes the soul. If you have a taste for art, you're one of the fittest people on the planet. Art will not be a great joy to the artist alone, it will also be a great joy to those who perceive them. Artists are the happiest people who discover the heaven here and now.
— Bhumigat Basyal, Koteshwor
High art plays a great role in our life. If we turn the pages of history, we find that they brought about a great revolution in the life of people. Shakespeare, the great playwright and poet of England, through his plays sought to remove the conservative and superstitious ideas of those days. So did Socrates in his time and day. These people opened the eyes of the people by making them tread on the path of progress and development. So art cannot be and is not a waste of time and resources.
— Mohan Narshingh Shrestha, Kupondole
The art carved out in the form of drawings and painting in caves traces human life in the ancient times. The Ajanta Ellora cave paintings are a definite record of the evolving human culture in a multi-dimensional spectrum. Poetry, drama, classical music, dance and multi-faceted paintings may be set in chronological sequence. All these provide us with notable benchmarks of man's accomplishments in various geographical provinces of the evolution and divergence of the culture and its inter-linkages. Major upheavals in the sphere of natural calamities, social advancement, cultural mutations and political transformations during the calibrated historical ages can be deciphered through the available records and traditional cultural pursuits we are embedded in. It is realistically a catalogue of man, his evolving vision, trend of philosophy and nature of pursuit towards ensuring improvement of our creative activities of today and tomorrow.
— Chiranjeevi Shrestha Vaidya
High art plays a vital role in human life for spiritual happiness and living a fruitful life. However, art beyond the ordinary is something nearly everyone strives for, but very few achieve. Since the time humans have been on earth, they have been pursuing high art in various forms. It is the evidence of continuation of human mind and spirit.
— Kaushal Timila
It is definitely the continuing evolution to balance the human mind and spirit rather than a self-indulgent waste of time. I would say one might find a rich display of entertainment and even a strong subject in a art. If you are a true reader, you can discover a lot of things. Art is the branch of cultural enthnology and artistic tradition. It contains oral literary traditions, which is one of the major components in our lives. High art possess a special sensibility, which helps us to face innumerable attacks and counter-attacks for the sake of survival.
— Vilash KC, Sanepa
Yes, high art is the evidence of the continuing evolution of the human mind and the spirit. The diversity and the complexity of art helps one to think deeper for a positive development. In today's busy world, art can be the effective medium to reduce the increasing tension and pressure.
— Raymon Giri
There are evidences that high art existed from stone age, so there is no doubt that it is an important aspect of human civilisation and part of our life.
— Rupesh Karki, Itahari
Our hustling and bustling life has urged us to change our tastes with time. High art doesn't seem to have a significant prospect for a while now. For instance, we have simple poems (bereft of conventional constraints), short stories, provisional songs that satiate our hunger for art, contrary to the time and labour consuming sonnets, ballads, ballets, huge novels that dominated the literary world in times past. However, the monumental significance and beauty of professional art cannot be weighed against our refined primitive, provisional art. They reflect the ancient life, philosophy of life and carry on the originality and foundations for upcoming civilisations. I believe that art should address the need of the day and should be change accordingly. Yet the purpose of art should remain intact and pure. Personally I love art as I believe art is an indispensable part of our life that comforts us in our worldly sufferings and takes away the feelings of monotony and unrestrainable loneliness that haunts us.
— Sagar Sharma Poudel, Chitwan
Opera, poetry, ballets are the part of one's life. Music and all creative activities benefits not only the mental health, but also in one's spiritual development. The use of those kinds of means of recreation is not a waste of time but a sharpener to sharpen one's mind as well as a step forward towards civility.
— Suniel Raj Dhakal
Rise in the materialistic living standard has seen art is loosing its charisma. Yet a true piece of art soothes our worries and pains. A popular saying goes, 'music is the medicine for a broken heart', and it is very applicable even today. People should care that the aura of art should be respected and the flourishing business on artistic jobs should be discouraged. Creators also should create 'art for art sake' and not just to meet business ends.
— Manish
All art forms have a social context. Poetry, ballet, opera uses words in their fuller potential, and creates representations that are more complete and meaningful than nature can give us in the raw. However different we may be from other members of the animal kingdom in constructing our own world through thought, insight and artistic creation, human beings also need coherence and consistency in their surroundings. In this broader sense, the history of Western art is a search for purpose in an increasingly strange and hostile universe. Since the demise of medieval theology, and the fragmentation of knowledge, the intellectual traditions of the West have attempted to find some bedrock of belief, something that is fundamental and cannot be questioned further. The attempt seems to have failed. Whatever else this century has learned, one thing has become clear — the world is stranger and more various than anything our intellectual equipment can encompass. So has grown the great influence of art in Western societies. Art is not reductive, but seek pattern, order and consistency in the very midst of variety. Poetry, ballet, opera etc may not change the world — much though Marxists insist that it should — but it can enable us to see life as a whole, with clarity and understanding.
— Nitu Kedia, Kathmandu
We think that only scientific developments indicate how much humans have progressed. But I think maintaining a balanced sentiment is a bigger challenge. Even after gaining so much success, we suffer from discontent, mental disorder and depressions. Art, music and poetry can help us rejuvenate ourselves and feel the beauty of life. It can also be a career for people with such talents nowadays. After all, a bad poet is better than a rich husband. Because all we want is happiness. So I think its very blissful to have these artistic excellence around us and we have to respect them whole-heartedly.
— Sumnima Khatri
The characteristic of art is beauty Didacticism is its other quality
The main aim of art is to give pleasure
It's a freedom from unwanted leisure.
Art resides in a world of imagination
Reality is its destination
And its base too; don't get caught in illusion
This drags people to confusion.
They who think art to be a waste of time
Are really very unaware of rhyme
Which is like life lacking entertainment.
Art is mirror of society and movement.
— Pavan Kumar Karna


As countries over the world including India face elections amid the spread of fake news and political interference on social media platforms, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has asked for some more time to fix his network that has over two billion users.
In a post on Friday, Zuckerberg said that Facebook started on the platform sanitising project in 2017 and "even this work will extend through 2019, I do expect us to end this year on a significantly better trajectory than when we entered it".
"My personal challenge for 2018 has been to fix the most important issues facing Facebook -- whether that's defending against election interference by nation states, protecting our community from abuse and harm, or making sure people have control of their information," the Facebook founder wrote.
After his grilling in the US Congress in April over the Cambridge Analytica data scandal and the Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election, COO Sheryl Sandberg again testified at the US Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on election security on September 5.
Along with Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, she faced the committee which is probing the Russian interference from an angle to publicly hold Facebook and Twitter accountable for allowing Russian operatives on their platforms.
"I'm spending a lot of time on these issues, and as the year winds down I'm going to write a series of notes outlining how I'm thinking about them and the steps we're taking to address them," said Zuckerberg.
The first note will be about the steps Facebook is taking to prevent election interference on Facebook, which is timely with the US mid-terms and Brazilian presidential elections approaching.
"I'll write about privacy, encryption and business models, and then about content governance and enforcement as well in the coming months," he added.


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Aretha Franklin: Stars and fans say goodbye at emotional, seven-hour funeral
Posted on September 3, 2018 by Josephine Nettey in Latest News
Musicians, family, friends and fans have said a final goodbye to Aretha Franklin at her funeral in Detroit.
Lasting over seven hours, the memorial was both mournful and celebratory, with the crowd breaking into a spontaneous dance of praise at one point.
Focusing on Franklin's gospel roots, the service featured music from Ariana Grande and Chaka Khan, with Stevie Wonder delivering an emotional finale.
Franklin died earlier this month of pancreatic cancer at the age of 76.
Her final send-off involved 100 pink Cadillacs, a gold-plated coffin, three presidential tributes and eulogies by more than a dozen preachers.
They remembered her not just as the Queen of Soul, but as an aunt, grandmother, friend, civil rights activist and icon of black womanhood.
"The reason that we are here today is because of love. Because of how much we love this woman," said Stevie Wonder, who led the congregation in a rendition of his song As, which carries the refrain: "I'll be loving you always".
"One of my longest friends has gone home," added Motown star Smokey Robinson, who grew up with Franklin in Detroit.
"You're going to be one of the future voices in the choir of angels," he added, before breaking into an a capella rendition of his ballad Really Gonna Miss You.
"Aretha will be influencing others literally for centuries to come," said record label boss Clive Davis, who praised her "once-in-a-lifetime voice".
Pop star Ariana Grande sang one of Franklin's signature songs (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman but elsewhere, the service was like a Who's Who of gospel with powerful and uplifting performances from The Williams Brothers, Vanessa Bell Armstrong and The Clark Sisters.
Jennifer Hudson's stirring rendition of Amazing Grace; and Gladys Knight's version of You'll Never Walk Alone, in particular, drew mourners to their feet, with others raising their arms in praise.
Franklin's son Edward also sang Marvin Gaye's Mercy, Mercy Me; while her niece Cristal remembered the aunt who "taught me bad shopping habits" and "chartered a bus so our family could go to President Obama's inauguration".
Obama was unable to attend the funeral, but sent a speech to be read to the mourners.
"Through her voice, her own voice, Aretha lifted those of millions – empowering and inspiring the vulnerable, the downtrodden, and everyone who may have just needed a little love," read his message.
George W Bush also sent a letter to Franklin's family; while Bill Clinton spoke from the pulpit, describing himself as an "Aretha Franklin groupie" and praising the star's work ethic.
"Yeah, she had the voice of a generation, maybe the voice of the century… but she also worked for years when nobody was paying particular attention.
"She lived with courage – not without fear but overcoming her fears.
"She lived with faith – not without failure but overcoming her failures.
"She lived with power – not without weakness, but overcoming her weaknesses.
"I just loved her."
Franklin's contribution to the civil rights movement – both spiritual and financial – was honoured by Rev. Al Sharpton, who said: "She represented the best in our community and she fought for our community until the end.
"She gave us pride and she gave us a regal bar to reach. And that's why we're all here. We don't all agree on everything but we agree on Aretha."
He went on to criticise President Trump, whose initial tribute to Franklin two weeks ago said, "she worked for me on numerous occasions".
"No, she used to perform for you," scolded the pastor. "Aretha never took orders from nobody but God."
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Donacia brevicornis  — вид жуков-листоедов из подсемейства радужниц. Распространён в Европе и Алжире. Кормовым растением является камыш озёрный Scirpus lacustris.

Имаго длиной 9—10 мм. Верхняя сторона тела тёмно-медная или пурпурно-красная, шелковисто-блестящая. На задних бёдрах имеется один мелкий зубчик.

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Money from the Heritage Fund has secured ideal habitat for the birds in southeastern Arizona. Voters created the fund in 1990 and authorized Game and Fish to use Arizona Lottery dollars to support wildlife conservation. The fund gets as much as $10 million annually. Game and Fish doesn't get any state general fund money.
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September	11	2014
Noises off – Review.
I can't believe I watched the same play three times last night. What's more surprising is that each time was even funnier than the previous!
Hah. Let me explain…
Noises off is a play about a play.
The curtain rises on the rather disorganised dress rehearsals for a fictitious play called Nothing On. It is obvious that everyone is ill prepared and that there is some tension amongst the cast.
There are primadonnas, a drunk, a dimwit and at least one love triangle. Altogether a classic recipe for disaster. Nevertheless, the show must go on…
For the rest of Act 1 , we are treated to a good old-fashioned bedroom farce, full of the obligatory doors opening and closing, lots of innuendo, several 'trousers around ankles' moments and ladies dashing around in their underwear.
It is a funny farce, full of laughs, and it is only when the odd thing goes wrong that you hark back to the opening snippet of the 'dress rehearsal' that you remember that this is a play about a play.
Then after the intermission, the curtain goes up to reveal that the scenery has been turned around! the whole of Act 2 is set backstage. In the storyline, the play is now well into its run and the cracks in the relationships between cast members have widened.
We witness the same play being performed, but this time from the perspective of the cast and stage directors. Hardly a word is spoken 'backstage' as the shenanigans take place, although we can hear the same play being performed to an imaginary audience on the other side of the turned-around scenery.
The hilarity that ensues is fantastic. The fact that the actual storyline is still fresh in our minds from the first half, makes it even more fascinating to watch the 'in-and-out-of-doors' action from behind the scenes. And as more is revealed about the fractious relationships, so much more about what happened during Act 1 begins to make sense.
And as the curtain comes down to a rapturous applause you start thinking "I can't wait to get home and tell everybody about this fabulous play.
But wait… Instead of the auditorium lights coming up, one of the actors steps out in front of the curtains to introduce… The Play!
The storyline decrees that the play 'Nothing On' has been touring the country and is about to open at a northern theatre called 'The Royal Court' in Liverpool!
As the curtain rises on Act 3, the scenery is revolved to once again show an audience-eye view of the stage. You find yourself wondering were all this is going to go from here.
Well folks, Act 1 was funny enough and Act 2 was side-splittingly funny. But what you are about to witness in Act 3 is nothing short of comedy genius.
By now the cracks in the relationships have widened into great gaping chasms. The drunk is even drunker and the director has joined him, the dimwit is even dimmer and everything that can go wrong, does so in epic proportions.
Half the cast appears to have given up on 'Nothing On' whilst the rest were desperately trying to hold the thing together. I loved the "Basil Fawlty" moments they tried to pretend that the 'mistakes' were part of the script
In presenting his cleverly written play by Michael Frayn, The Royal Court needed a brilliant director; one who could pull off the illusion of utter chaos in a truly believable manner. Enter Bob Eaton.
They needed a cast who could cope not only with the split-second timings but also who could act as actors acting as actors as well as the characters, and some who could even act as actors who couldn't act!
I have to say, there was no single star. Each and every one of the nine thespians on that stage threw themselves magnificently into the part – both metaphorically and often physically – and bounced off each other with ease …both metaphorically and often physically!
They were all stars. To call them talented actors seems a little cliched when you consider how brilliant and hysterically funny they were.
This was classic farce at its very best with a funniness factor way off the scale. I can never before remember a time when I have been taking photographs with tears of laughter rolling down my face!
This one really is a must-see!
Noises Off is on at The Royal Court until October 4th.
Writer: Michael Frayn
Director: Bob Eaton
The amazingly talented cast:
Jennifer Bea – WPC56 (BBC), The Royal Today (ITV)
Tupele Dorgue – Coronation Street (ITV), Casualty (BBC)
Jessica Dyas – Lennon (Royal Court), Little Cracker (Sky1)
Stephen Fletcher – Coronation Street, Hollyoaks (Ch4)
Kim Hartman – Allo Allo (BBC), Casualty
Phil Hearne – Coronation Street, The Muppet Movie
Chris Jordan – Moving On (BBC), The Syndicate (ITV)
Jonathan Markwood – Eastenders (BBC), Hollyoaks (Ch4)
Danny O'Brien – Bouncers (Royal Court), Good Cop.
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MLB K Props, August 26th: Keegan Akin, Brad Keller, Jameson Taillon Ks
by Vaughn Dalzell
August 26, 2021, 7:46 am ET
Updated On: August 26, 2021, 9:57 am ET
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Keegan Akin O/U 4.5 Strikeouts vs. Angels
The Orioles did it! They won! Now throw Keegan Akin on the mound to make it two straight wins, right?
Nope. If you followed me, you know this is my guy. I did not think we would get the 4.5 number here, but Akin is a must-bet every time we do.
I know the Angels have struck out a lot, but there is a catch.
In the last 14 days and 14 games, Los Angeles has 134 strikeouts (9.5 Ks per game), tied for second-most behind the Chicago Cubs (149).
However, the Angels are tied for ninth with 49 strikeouts (8.1 Ks per game) over the last six games and seven days.
The Angels are dropping that strikeout percentage and Ks per game in the last week.
Los Angeles is hitting .259 in the past six games (8th), tied with the sixth-most walks in that span (21), not to mention the fourth-most runs scored (35) with 5.83 runs per game.
According to NBC's model, Akin has gone Under 4.5 strikeouts in five of the last six starts, six of the previous eight since July and seven of the past 10.
He is projected for 4.5 strikeouts and 5.1 innings today, but I doubt he makes it that far into the start. Akin has only gone 5.0 or more innings in three out of 18 appearances this year (16.6%).
PointsBet shows his 3.5 strikeout prop, but to the 4.5 number, Akin is 14-of-18 to the Under (77.8%).
Akin has also averaged 2.2 strikeouts in the last five starts for 11 strikeouts in 15.1 innings pitched. He owns a 7.04 ERA in those five starts, all in August and .318 OBA.
Akin made it 5.0 innings for the first time in 10 starts last game versus Atlanta and recorded three strikeouts on 101 pitches.
That was Akin's first 100-pitch game of the season, so how he bounces back will be interesting. Akin had five days off and will start the day after Baltimore's first win in three weeks -- not ideal.
The last 10 LHP to face the Angels have gone Under 4.5 strikeouts five times (50%), and 10 of the previous 17 hit the Under 4.5 Ks (58.8%), per statmuse.
This should be a close call, but I believe Akin will get rocked today and won't last past 4.0 innings versus the Angels. I would play the 4.5 strikeouts but pass on the 3.5 total.
Pick: Keegan Akin Under 4.5 Strikeouts (1u)
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Brad Keller Over 4.5 Strikeouts vs. Mariners
The Seattle Mariners have struck out 68 times over the last six games (third-most), and now they get Brad Keller, who has 16 strikeouts in his past two starts.
The Royals' hottest pitcher has hit the Over on this prop three times, and NBC's model projects Keller to record 5.9 strikeouts in 6.1 innings pitched, cashing the Over.
Keller has totaled five or more strikeouts in six of his past eight starts (75%), including four of the last five on the road (80%).
On the season, Keller has hit Over 4.5 strikeouts in 13 of 25 starts (52%) and 7-of-14 on the road (50%), however, Keller's road numbers are getting better.
He has also lasted 5.0 or more innings in nine of the past 10 (90%) and 18 of the last 20 (90%).
Looking over what the Mariners have done versus RHP, Keller has a good chance to it the Over.
Per statmuse, Seattle has allowed the last six of the last 10 (60%) RHP and six of eight (75%) to hit five or more strikeouts. Five of the last six (83.3%) and seven of the previous 10 (70%) starting RHP went 5.0 innings or more.
The last six RHP that went 5.0 innings all hit the Over versus Seattle.
Of the last 10 RHP that started IN Seattle -- went Over 4.5 strikeouts in seven games (70%).
There are a lot of favorable percentages in Keller's favor to keep the good times rolling against the Mariners. Seattle is hitting .237 and ranking 17th to 19th in BA, OBP, SLG and OPS over the past week.
Keller should go past 5.0 innings and build off his 1.05 strikeouts per inning average that he has owned since July.
Pick: Brad Keller Over 4.5 Strikeouts (1u)
Jameson Taillon O/U 5.5 Strikeouts vs. Athletics
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Vaughn Dalzell
Vaughn Dalzell is a former Division I SID, two-time IUP Alumnus and former contributor for numberFire, FantasyPros and Bet The Prop. You can follow him on Twitter for more insight @VmoneySports.


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