Japan, 2015, 113 minutes, Colour.
Kirin Kiki, Masatoshi Nagase, Kyara, Uchida.
1.	A pleasing film? Style? Or people, the humane presentation, joy and sadness?
2.	The work of the director, her status in Japanese cinema?
3.	The city, the streets, the shop, home? An authentic feel? Musical score?
4.	Visuals of the seasons, spring and the cherry blossom (and the blossoms falling, sense of death)? Summer, greenery? Autumn and the falling leaves?
5.	The title, food film, making the pancakes, buying in bulk, bean paste and making it?
6.	The focus on Sentaro, his age, his work, the details of making the pancakes, meticulous? The schoolgirls, the customers, the schoolgirls sitting, enjoying the pancakes? His diligence? Wakama and her visits?
7.	Tokue, dress, manner, aged 76, observing, asking for a job, his refusal, talking, leaving bean paste and his tasting it? His buying in bulk, the decision to make the bean paste, buying the beans, the recipe, the boiling, the straining, washing, slow progress, tasting, the success?
8.	The crowds, the appreciation? The news that Tokue was a leper? Her reputation, stopping working, her taking time off?
9.	Wakama, work, school, her mother against schooling, needing money? Her running away, telling her mother about Tokue and the leprosy? Blaming herself for the rumour? Telling Sentaro?
10.	The owner of the shop, with the young man in tow, wanting to work there, the decision to renovate?
11.	The leper story, fingers and noses, the results, people's fears – and the changing laws in 1996?
12.	Tokue, in the home, Sentaro and Wakama visiting, the old friend, Tokue looking older, her teeth being fixed? Sharing tea? The friend and the hospitality?
13.	Sentaro, the fight in the bar, going to jail, his debt to the owner, and the job?
14.	Tokue, the message, her death? The sadness? Yet the spirit of joy? The future of the pancake shop?


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Alison Smale
The EU's Historic Role in Why Western Balkans Enlargement is Stuck
Thirty years after the Berlin Wall fell, do media consumers, journalists, owners and regulators in central and eastern Europe have the media they hoped for back in 1989? Is the news industry of today in the region sufficiently open, probing and independent to give readers, viewers and users the news they need and the tools and analysis to assess the impact of events? If another Wall was about to fall, would the general public know change was afoot? Or would it still come as a colossal surprise, despite modern technology that enables us to keep track minute-by-minute?
To formulate and address these questions, there is an urgent need for detail and precision to chronicle what has happened in the former Soviet bloc since 1989. Like every other sector, news media has undergone incredible changes in structure. But there is scarce academic research or rigorous mapping of, say, what has happened in central and east European media as a result of the activities of powerful companies, while recent events in Poland and Hungary have demonstrated once more how relatively easy it is for determined governments to pressure the media.
As a Europe's Futures Fellow in 2020/21, Alison will research how and why the media assume an ever more important role in our societies.
Alison Smale is a British journalist and a veteran editor and correspondent at The New York Times, focusing on international affairs, from 1998 to 2017.
She was based in Bonn, West Germany, for The Associated Press from 1978 to 1983 and in Moscow from 1983 to 1986, chronicling the transitions in Soviet leadership from Andropov to Chernenko to Gorbachev. Then, as the Vienna bureau chief for The Associated Press, she reported extensively from Central Europe, covering the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, the postcommunist transitions in Romania and Bulgaria and the war in the Balkans in the 1990s. She is fluent in French, Russian and German. Ms. Smale joined The New York Times in 1998 as the weekend foreign editor, and became deputy foreign editor in 2002. She was in New York on Sept. 11, 2001, and organized much of The Times's prize-winning coverage of the war in Afghanistan and then Iraq. In 2004, Ms. Smale became managing editor of The International Herald Tribune — now the international edition of The New York Times — and was elevated to executive editor in 2009. In 2013, Ms. Smale was named Berlin bureau chief for The New York Times, and covered, among many stories, the refugee and migration crisis in Europe. In 2017 the United Nations appointed Ms. Smale's as under secretary general for global communications, the position at which she served until 2019.
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Marseille Provence Airport (MRS), Marseille
Marseille to London distance (MRS to LHR)
Distance between Marseille (MRS) and London (LHR)
Distance from Marseille to London (Marseille Provence Airport – Heathrow Airport) is 615 miles / 990 kilometers / 534 nautical miles.
Marseille - London
How far is London from Marseille?
There are several ways to calculate distances between Marseille and London. Here are two common methods:
615.051 miles
989.829 kilometers
534.465 nautical miles
Estimated flight time from Marseille Provence Airport (MRS) to Heathrow Airport (LHR) is 1 hour 39 minutes.
The time difference between Marseille and London is 1 hour. London is 1 hour behind Marseille.
Estimated CO2 emissions per passenger is 115 kg (253 pounds).
Marseille Provence Airport
IATA Code: MRS
ICAO Code: LFML
Coordinates: 43°26′8″N, 5°12′48″E
IATA Code: LHR
ICAO Code: EGLL
Coordinates: 51°28′14″N, 0°27′42″W
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Marseille (MRS) → London (LHR).
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The Template tool fills weeks or months of the schedule with people's standard assignments. It can also use a schedule that you create as a pattern for making future assignments; people you place in subsequent schedules get a set or sequence of shifts as defined by the template but the people need not be the same as those in the original model schedule.
Once you've populated a schedule with a template, you can make whatever changes you need to accommodate vacations and other special considerations. Or you can use the autoscheduler to fill empty shifts around those populated by the template.
A template can include any number of schedule rows but the Template tool will only store assignments for shifts that are visible. To create a template for some shifts but not others, use the Schedule Content/Subset feature to hide all but the shifts you want to be part of the template.
You have the option to create and name multiple templates, or to generate single-use patterns which replace the last template stored.
Go to a blank part of the year and enter assignments.
Fill in 1 week, 2 weeks or however many days/weeks it takes to complete one cycle of shifts.
Go to the Window menu and select Template.
In the upper-right of the Template box, select the range of dates to store as your template.
To create a single-use template and overwrite the last pattern stored, simply click the button in the lower-left that says Store N-day template, where N is the number of days in the date range you selected.
To create and name multiple templates, hold the 'Alt' key (if working on a PC), or the 'Command' key (on a Mac) as you're clicking the button in the lower left labeled Store N-day template.
Most templates involve replicating assignments on the same day of the week as the example days stored in the template. To keep assignments lined up on the correct days of the week, the number of days stored in the template must be a multiple of 7. A template of weekday clinics that repeats every week needs to run from Sunday through Saturday or Monday through Sunday and be a full 7 days long, even if no one is scheduled on the weekend.
When you store a template, OnCall records a copy of all assignments in the selected date range. It can compare actual schedules against the stored template and flag assignments that differ from the template. Check the flag switches option in the Template box to use this feature.
To apply a static "Copy & Paste" template, place your cursor on the first date of the row you want to template. Extend the end date for the range you want to fill using the date selectors in the upper-right of the Template box. If you've chosen to create multiple templates, make sure the correct template name is listed in the drop-down menu located in the middle left of the template box. Then click the 'Apply N-Day Template' button in the lower left (where N represents the number of days you're asking the software to template).
Select "1st Mon. of month = 1st Mon in template, etc." for assignments to automatically line up by the appropriate day-of-week. The Template tool will determine whether each day is the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and so on of its kind in the month, find the matching day in the template, and get the appropriate assignments.
To use the template as a pattern, first store your template as above and then check the Apply as anonymous pattern option. This turns your template into a pattern not linked to specific people. When you put someone into a shift, OnCall looks up who was on that shift in the template and it gives the person you selected the same set of shifts that the person in the template had.
Pattern fill call in the Options menu must be checked for OnCall to autofill assignments using an anonymous pattern. Turn Pattern fill off to make or change assignments that do not follow the standard pattern.
If your schedule repeats assignments based on days-of-the-month such as "1st and 3rd Monday of the month" OnCall can apply a template based on one month of your schedule to your other months by adjusting the template to match days of the week.
Store one month of your schedule as a template as described above. When filling the template, check the box labeled 1st Mon. of month = 1st Mon in template, etc. OnCall will adjust the template as it applies it to ensure that your days of the week stay consistent. Keep in mind that this may leave gaps. For example, if you store a month that has three Wednesdays as your template and fill it in to a month that has four Wednesdays, it will leave the last one empty.
Leaving 1st Mon. of month = 1st Mon in template, etc. unchecked will fill your template day-by-day, so that the first day of your template is the 1st of the month, the second is the second and so on, without regard for days of the week.
Example 1 - "Copy & Paste". Fill in a week of a single shift so that one person is on Monday through Thursday and a different person is on Friday through Sunday. Set the dates in the upper right of the Template box to cover that one week, starting on Monday and going through Sunday, and click "Store 7-day template". If you advance the end date out by a few weeks or months and click Apply, the same two people will go in for all the weeks. That's the standard way of applying a template for assignments that remain static from one week to the next.
Example 2 - Apply as pattern. Fill in a week as above. After clicking to store as a 7-day template, turn on the option to "Apply as anonymous pattern". The Apply button in the template box turns gray because you apply an anonymous template by making assignments on the schedule itself. Put someone in on a Tuesday and OnCall puts the same person in on Monday through Thursday, even if you choose a person who was not in the original template. It's using the template as a pattern to follow, not as fixed assignments for specific people.
Example 3 - Overlapping patterns. Some patterns take many weeks before they repeat for the same person/schedule-slot but by restarting the pattern before the entire set of template days has passed, you can repeat the same sequence of assignments.
Let's say you have 14 docs and 14 shifts. The person on shift 1 on Monday does shift 2 on Tuesday, shift 3 on Wednesday, and so on. After two weeks, the person you put in on the first Monday is ready to do shift 1 on Monday again. The person on shift 1 on the first Tuesday follows the same sequence of assignments as the Monday person but shifted by one day. Instead of filling in the template weeks with all 14 people, you can put just one person's assignments in, store the template, and if you've enable the anonymous pattern feature, you can choose to restart the pattern after 1 day. When you put a person into any day on shift 1, the person will get the same sequence of assignments as the Monday person but starting on the selected day.


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RIP Don Van Vliet, aka Captain Beefheart
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A.H. Goldstein | December 20, 2010 | 7:59am
The music world is a little less surreal this week. Don Van Vliet, better known to fans as Captain Beefheart, died from complications tied to multiple sclerosis in California on Friday. He was 69 years old. Beefheart is survived by his wife of forty years, Jan Van Vliet -- and by a musical legacy that's dazzling in its ambition, breadth and sheer weirdness.
With his constantly shifting troupe of musicians he called the Magic Band, Beefheart released twelve albums from 1967 to 1982, works that defy simple categorization. They run the gamut from the vintage rhythm and blues sounds of 1967's Safe as Milk to the avant-garde, art-rock experiments of his seminal work, 1969's Trout Mask Replica.
Don Van Vliet was born on January 15, 1941, in Glendale, Calif. He spent his teen years in Lancaster, a dusty town in the Mojave Desert that offered little in the way of music or culture. Nevertheless, Van Vliet developed an early love for the rhythm and blues of the 1950s, artists like Howlin' Wolf and Muddy Waters. Van Vliet would swap R&B 45s with his high-school pal, Frank Zappa, and the raw, driving sound of those records would help mold his approach to vocals, harmonica and saxophone.
By the time Van Vliet took on the moniker Captain Beefheart in 1964, his range of influences had expanded to include the burgeoning avant-garde jazz scene. When Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band released Safe As Milk on Buddah Records in 1967, Van Vliet had fused his diverse palette of influences into a sound that was defiant and chaotic. Songs like "Electricity" and "Zig Zag Wanderer" combined psychedelic fuzz tones with Van Vliet's blues-informed vocals and harmonica, the music pushed toward the avant-garde while paying homage to the blues.
Two years later, Captain Beefheart's commitment to abstraction deepened with Trout Mask Replica. Produced by Zappa and released on his Straight record label, the album reveled in experimentation. Songs like "Moonlight on Vermont" and "Pena" offered a dizzying mixture of sounds and contours, mixing piercing slide guitar, disorienting contrapuntal beats and Beefheart's unique brand of poetry.
Beefheart would release ten more albums with different ensembles during the next thirteen years, along with Bongo Fury, a collaborative album with Frank Zappa. Records like 1971's Mirror Man and 1980's Doc at the Radar Station offered similar strains of R&B, avant-garde jazz and free-form poetry. But Trout Mask Replica remained Van Vliet's most acclaimed and enduring work. Its mixture of discord and purpose seemed to capture Beefheart's mad genius, a brilliance that will be sorely missed.
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FORCE BLUE team members, working alongside scientists from NSU, completed their 25th day of dive operations to stop the spread of Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease in the Florida Keys.
FORCE BLUE successfully concluded a seven-day film shoot in the Florida Keys last week and plans to debut its finished product on March 19th.
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At the heart of the main house: wine cellar, vaulted stone ceiling dining room open onto a large living room with a...	Character stone house of about 300 m2 nicely situated just below the mountain village Callian, with a terrific garden of 4500 m2 and an option of adding another whopping 10000 m2.
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Look at my lovely colorful dinner! Roasted veggies.
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Along with the beets are carrots, broccolini, mushrooms, roast parsnips (can't get enough of those) and then at the front of the picture are wonderful purple potatoes!
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The more naturally colorful your meal is, the more likely it is to have an abundance of carotenoids as well as other health nutrients. Carotenoids are the pigments that give fruits and vegetables, such as carrots, sweet potatoes, and tomatoes, their bright colors. Beta-carotene, lycopene and lutein are all different varieties of carotenoids that act as antioxidants with strong anti-cancer properties.


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Providing and maintaining a safe and secure Network – both wired and wireless, is a critical and daunting task. Nearly all IT systems – servers that run our software and applications, desktop computers, smartphones, tablets and yes – even the laundry facilities -depend upon our network. To that end, our IT Security team – lead by Rich Parmalee and Ethal Rollins have worked with their IT&I colleagues and vendors to implement some important upgrades and improvements.
New firewall supports 39Gbps throughput (20Gbps with threat prevention) & 8 million sessions.
And in addition, our IT&I team helped WCSU save ~$22K per year by purchasing new hardware (with annual maintenance included) versus renewing maintenance on the existing old hardware.
The Protective Enclave is a physical and/or logical separation of applications, systems and networks that process DCL3 data. The Protective Enclave provides a high security computing environment for the limited number of Faculty/Staff that process DCL3 data at the colleges and the CSCU System Office. In the past, DCL3 data was accessed from applications running directly on workstations. Now, DCL3 data must only be accessed from inside the CSCU Protective Enclave using applications launched from a virtual desktop.
The Protective Enclave will require additional security controls and restrictions to ensure the application and data remain protected. When accessing the Protective Enclave, Faculty and Staff will login through a secure channel to access to a virtual desktop. Once logged onto the virtual desktop, you will be able to access/work with DCL3 data (e.g., Banner, secure websites, documents contain confidential information, etc.). DCL3 data will not be able to leave the Protective Enclave.


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ANZ staff 'outraged' over David Hisco's expenses revelations
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The union for retail bank workers says ANZ staff are reeling over news that former chief executive David Hisco spent company money on a chauffeur and wine storage.
Yesterday the country's largest bank announced that Hisco would be departing his $3 million plus a year job immediately following an investigation which alleged he "mischaracterised" certain personal expenses as business expenses.
Those expenses which ran into the "tens of thousands of dollars" over Hisco's nine-year stint as chief executive included personal use of chauffeur-driven cars and storage of wine in Australia - his country of birth.
ANZ chairman Sir John Key said Hisco believed he had an agreement with the previous group chief executive of the Australian bank over the use of chauffeur-driven cars.
First Union general secretary Dennis Maga says ANZ staff would have been fired instantly if they were found to have misappropriated company money.
He said there was a double standard for retail staff and the executives at the bank.
Maga points to the example from a few years ago when retail workers took strike action against ANZ because of its low-wage offer. At that time Hisco questioned why he should give a pay rise to thos workers "just for waking up early in the morning".
ANZ workers had not forgotten his comments and were outraged to learn Hisco had been enjoying a lavish lifestyle while they were under constant pressure to meet prescribed sales targets.
"You have a CEO that is actually enjoying bottles of wines and being driven around while these workers are actually facing potential disciplinary action for failing to meet their targets," Maga told the New Zealand Herald.
"Every time our members commit similar mistakes or others not to that level, the company always uses the term 'trust and confidence' in reference to being an employee of the bank but right now they are changing that narrative - did you have trust and confidence with the CEO?"
Maga said that fact the bank was not requiring Hisco to pay back the "tens of thousands of dollars" did not sit well with its members.
"If ever staff receive an amount of money like an overpayment or unjustified leave or sick leave they have to pay it back. But in this instance, the question is: was he actually authorised to spend and live that kind of lifestyle? If he was not authorised to do so, why wouldn't the company require him to pay it back?"
He said the situation highlighted that ANZ treated its staff and executives differently.
Hisco is believed to be overseas recuperating from health issues which initially saw him take extended leave from the bank at the end of May.
Hisco will leave with his contracted and statutory entitlements to notice and untaken leave but has had to forfeit unvested equity worth around $6.4 million.
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Should I apply for MNO Citizenship?
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Chapter 1 - Introduction to Aboriginal Genealogical Research
Chapter 2 - Beginning Your Search
Chapter 3 - Research Strategy
Chapter 4 - Archives, Libraries and Societies with Aboriginal Resources
Chapter 5 - Vital Records and Alternate Sources
Chapter 6 - Census Records
Chapter 7 - Land Records
Chapter 8 - Military Records
Post World War One Records
Military Cemeteries and Memorials
Aboriginal Veterans Tribute Page
Military Service Organizations and Interest Groups
Chapter 9- Court Records
Chapter 10 - Metis and First Nation Sources
Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF)
Over 600,000 men and women enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) during the First World War (1914-1918) as soldiers, nurses and chaplains. At the time of enlistment the recruits filled in a two-sided Attestation paper which included the recruit's name and address, next-of-kin, date and place of birth, occupation, previous military service and distinguishing physical characteristics. If the man had been drafted into the CEF under the provisions of the Military Service Act of 1917 there was a one- sided form. Each recruit was assigned a regimental number. Officers did not have a regimental number unless they enlisted first as privates or non commissioned officers. Officers completed a one-sided form called the Officers' Declaration Paper.
Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF) database
Is an index for the service files held by Library and Archives Canada for the soldiers, nurses and chaplains who served with the CEF. Scanned images of most of the Attestation papers are available in the database. More will be added as the scanning project continues. LAC has stated to add digitized copies of the service files to the database.
Courts-Martial of First World War
Is a database is at "Ancestor Search". One can find the name, regimental number, rank, time in the service and nature of the offence. This is followed with the file number and the Library and Archives of Canada microfilm number. One can order the microfilm through Interlibrary Loan.
If you can't find a name try spelling variations or combine given names and initials.
The ages given may not be correct. Check the War Diaries for details about military operations.
The records for those who served with British forces are found in England.
Read the Search Help section for more details about the records.
War Diaries
The War Diaries are the daily account of each unit's "Actions in the Field." The diaries are arranged by regiment number. If you do not know the regiment number note regimental number for the recruit and then check "The Regimental Number List of the Canadian Expeditionary "found on the "Search Help" section. Digitized images are found of the diaries are found online at "Ancestors Search."
Ship Logs
The Ship Logs for Canada's naval vessels that served in World War One are found in Library and Archives Canada. In order to find the log you need to know the name of the ship. Directions for how to find the logs are found on the Canadian Genealogy Centre website. None of the logs have been microfilmed but copies can be obtained from the Canadian Genealogy Centre.
The Royal Canadian Air Force did not exist during World War One. Those who served would have served with the Royal Flying Corp, the Royal Naval Air Service or the Royal Air Force. Their records would be found in the National Archives in England. Check the Air Force Association of Canada section for more information.
Royal Canadian Navy (RCN)
The Royal Canadian Navy was formed in 1910. The records for those who served in World War One are found in Pay Ledger Sheets (RG 150, 1992-93/170), which consist of single over-size pages that summarize each individual's service, including the names of all ships and shore bases on which he served. Directions about how to find the records are found in at the Canadian Genealogy Centre.
Nicholson, G.W.L. Canadian Expeditionary Force 1914-1919.
Ottawa: Queens's Printer, 1962.
Spencer, William. Air Force Records for Family Historians.
Kew: The National Archives, 2000.
Wright, Glenn. Canadians at War 1914 – 1919: a research guide to World War One service records.
Milton, Ontario: Global Heritage Press, 2010.
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Magazine Feature / People
DU alumna turns handbags into art
DU alumna Traci Tisserat and roommate Shawna Sambrano started a business called "TraSh Bagz," which turns discarded handbags into haute couture.
It started with a name, but it's become a business.
About 18 months ago University of Denver alumna Traci Tisserat (BA '05) and friend and roommate Shawna Sambrano came up with the idea to start a business and call it "TraSh Bagz."
That was the easy part. The hard part was coming up with a business to match.
Being artistic helped. So did being socially conscious and active. The germ of an idea grew into a business taking old, discarded handbags and using a variety of techniques and media to turn faded bags into works of art. It's haute couture with a green twist, trash to treasures, handbags to handiwork.
The creations are Cinderella stories in themselves — old, discarded bags collected from vintage clothing shops and closets across the region turned into glamorous pieces decked in sparkles and feathers and hot pinks and zebra stripes. The artists dabble in a multitude of media and mix their own dyes to create custom colors.
"All of them are one of a kind," says Tisserat, displaying a host of bags piled up in the swank Chrysalis Boutique in the New Streets of SouthGlenn in Centennial, south of Denver. "You're never going to see someone with the same bag. You get one of our bags, you know it's something special, and you've done something good for the environment by recycling a bag."
The work is certainly a labor of love at this point, as they both keep day jobs and serve on a variety of charity boards. Tisserat, 26, and Sambrano, 32, both toil as much as 20 hours a week, sometimes more, on the complexities of designing, creating and marketing their creations, which sell for about $40 to $200 each in boutiques, mobile "trunk shows," private "purse parties" and online. The pair says they can do bridesmaids bags to compliment weddings and even custom design pieces.
While their operation is small, the pair is tireless, even crafting sophisticated marketing outreach using emerging social media, such as Twitter and Facebook, in addition to a Web site. Nothing, it seems, is too much to take on. But they don't stop there. the pair partners with area charities, donating 10 percent of the profits back into the community.
"It's almost like a second job," Tisserat jokes.
Then Sambrano jumps in, "Some weeks my fingers are totally numb from pushing the needles through these thick fabrics."
The two laugh. The hours of working together in close quarters on tight deadlines has brought them to that point where, Tisserat notes, "We finish each others' sentences a lot."
So far, the effort is paying off, bit by bit. Celebrating one year in business, they've seen orders come in from as far away as Hawaii. The two hope to make the company their full-time vocation soon. Looking ahead, deals are in the works to get TraSh Bagz in more stores in Denver, with an eye toward cities across the country.
But it all goes back to that one night when two friends dreamed of starting a business. As the labels on the bags note, "Trash Bagz is a unique handbag company established over a cheap bottle of wine by an artist and designer who have an extreme passion for fashion and individuality."


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9 spine device launches in 2019 so far
Surgeon turns inventor: Dr. Christopher Blanchard completes 1st spinal fusion with device he designed
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Alphatec reports $43M revenue, 'softer than anticipated'; $160M net loss: 6 key notes
Written by Laura Dyrda | November 04, 2015 | Print | Email
Alphatec Holdings, parent company for Alphatec Spine, reported third quarter net revenue at $43 million.
Here are six key notes on the financial report:
1. The company reported standardized U.S. business revenue of $27.4 million, up sequentially from the second quarter of 2015. However, U.S. net revenues for the third quarter were down 21.3 percent compared to the same period last year, reaching $27.4 million.
2. International revenue for the third quarter was down 3.7 percent, reaching $15.6 million.
3. Total operating expenses were $193.4 million, an increase of $158.9 million over the same period last year. The increase is due to non-cash, goodwill and intangible asset impairment charges and restructuring expenses.
4. Alphatec reported a $160.3 net loss in the third quarter, or $1.61 per share. This is up significantly compared to $3 million net loss over the same period last year. The adjusted EBITDA for the third quarter was $5.3 million, or 12.2 percent of revenues.
5. Cash and cash equivalents for the quarter were $10.5 million, up from $8.9 million over the same period last year. The company reported $3.5 million of restricted cash which must be used for future payment obligations associated with the Orthotec settlement.
6. Alphatc expects full year revenue to reach $188.7 million and adjusted EBITDA of approximately $22 million.
"In the third quarter we continued to execute overall corporate transformation and we are very encouraged by the recent progress we've made in our commercial expansion efforts, especially in the U.S.," said CFO Mike O'Neill. "We believe that the efforts we are making there will help provide a path for future growth for us. That said, we recognize that our revenues for the first nine months of 2015 were softer than anticipated. Accordingly we are revising our full-year guidance for revenue and adjusted EBITDA. Looking forward, we view 2015 as a building year where we are laying the foundation for us to evolve and strengthen our position in the global spinal market."
The company reported three strategic pillars as well:
• Go-to-market product portfolio and research and development pipeline
• Transform manufacturing and distribution operations
• Expand global commercial participation
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describe( 'util/agregate.js', function () {
	var mi2 = mi2JS;
	var agr = mi2.agregatorFunc;

	var filterMale = row=>row.sex == 'M';
	var filterFemale = row=>row.sex == 'F';

	var agrDef = new mi2.Agregator().withFields({
		count: agr.count(),
		count_m: agr.count(filterMale),
		count_f: agr.count(filterFemale),
		exp_total: agr.sum('exp'),
		exp_min: agr.min('exp'),
		exp_max: agr.max('exp'),
		exp_total_m: agr.sum('exp', filterMale),
		exp_total_f: agr.sum('exp', filterFemale),
	});

	var rows = [
		{sex: 'M', age: 22, exp: 50 },
		{sex: 'M', age: 43, exp: 81 },
		{sex: 'F', age: 28, exp: 30 },
		{sex: 'F', age: 39, exp: 62 },
		{sex: 'F', age: 53, exp: 61 },
	];

	it('/ agregate', function () {
		var result = agrDef.agregate(rows);

		expect(result.count).toEqual(5);
		expect(result.count_m).toEqual(2);
		expect(result.count_f).toEqual(3);

		expect(result.exp_total).toEqual(284);
		expect(result.exp_total_m).toEqual(131);
		expect(result.exp_total_f).toEqual(153);

		expect(result.exp_min).toEqual(30);
		expect(result.exp_max).toEqual(81);

	});

	it('/ compute', function () {
		var result = agrDef.agregate(rows);

		var computeConf = {
			exp_avg: row=>row.count ? row.exp_total/row.count:0
		}

		agrDef.addComputed(result,[computeConf]);

		expect(result.exp_avg).toEqual(56.8);
	});

	it('/ compute multi', function () {
		var result = agrDef.agregate(rows);

		var computeConf = [{
			exp_avg: row=>row.count ? row.exp_total/row.count:0
		},{
			exp_avg_f: row=>row.count_f ? row.exp_total_f/row.count_f:0
		}]

		agrDef.addComputed(result, computeConf);

		expect(result.exp_avg).toEqual(56.8);
		expect(result.exp_avg_f).toEqual(51);
	});

	it('/ combine', function () {
		var result1 = agrDef.agregate(rows);
		var result2 = agrDef.agregate([]);

		var result = agrDef.combine([result2, result1]);

		expect(result.count).toEqual(5);
		expect(result.count_m).toEqual(2);
		expect(result.count_f).toEqual(3);

		expect(result.exp_total).toEqual(284);
		expect(result.exp_total_m).toEqual(131);
		expect(result.exp_total_f).toEqual(153);

		expect(result.exp_min).toEqual(30);
		expect(result.exp_max).toEqual(81);
	});

	function logObj(obj){
		for(var p in obj) console.log(p, obj[p]);
	}

});


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– jezioro w środkowej części prefektury Nagano, w Japonii. Zajmuje 24. miejsce pod względem powierzchni w kraju. Pod powierzchnią jeziora znajdują się źródła termalne.

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Police arrest Castleford man wanted over Scarborough robbery
Published: 14:14 Friday 16 June 2017 Updated: 16:42 Monday 19 June 2017
Detectives investigating a robbery in Scarborough arrested a man from Castleford.
North Yorkshire Police today said the 33-year-old was being held in police custody.
The force had issued an appeal for information on Friday as part of the ongoing investigation in the robbery.
Officers had wanted to speak to the man who was believed to be in West Yorkshire or one of a number of Yorkshire coastal towns.
A spokesman said today: "Police can confirm that the wanted man has been located and arrested and currently remains in police custody.
"We would like to sincerely thank the media and members of the public for their help with this investigation."
Crime and homicides across Yorkshire rise - but how did your police force rate?


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Weekly U.S. jobless claims climb 15,000 to 382,0 : Report
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch)
Applications for U.S. jobless benefits jumped by 15,000 to a seasonally adjusted 382,000 in the week ended Sept. 8,, with about half the increase related to tropical storm Isaac, the Labor Department said Thursday
That's the highest level of claims since mid-July
The government said about 9,000 claims stemmed from the storm that passed through the Gulf Coast in late August
Some people could not work because of storm damage, but they did not apply for benefits right away
Economists surveyed by MarketWatch expected claims to rise to 370,000
Initial claims from two weeks ago were revised up to 367,000 from an original reading of 365,000, based on more complete data collected at the state level
The average of new claims over the past month, meanwhile, rose by 3,250 to 375,000, also the highest level since mid-July
The four-week average reduces seasonal volatility in the weekly data and is seen as a more accurate barometer of labor-market trends
Also, Labor said continuing claims decreased by 49,000 to a seasonally adjusted 3.28 million in the week ended Sept. 1
Continuing claims reflect the number of people already receiving regular unemployment insurance. About 5.39 million people received some kind of state or federal benefit in the week ended Aug. 25 down 78,465 from the prior week
Total claims are reported with a two-week lag
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Ураган Святой Иуда (также характеризуется как шторм, см.: ) — внетропический циклон, обрушившийся на Северную Европу в конце октября 2013 года. Своё название ураган получил в честь апостола Иуды, память которого отмечается 28 октября. Ураган зародился в зоне низкого давления над Атлантикой и уже вечером 27 октября его ожидали в британском Уэльсе.

Скорость урагана достигала 120 км/ч, а над акваторией Северного моря — до 191 км/ч. В Дании скорость ветра достигала 53 м/c, в Швеции и Голландии скорость ветра была по 42 м/c.

В ночь на 28 октября ударам стихии подверглась северная Франция (Бретань и Нормандия). Атаке стихии подверглась Великобритания (Лондон, Восточный Суссекс), в результате которой погибли 4 человека. В графстве Кент из-за стихии была отключена АЭС. В конце дня он достиг Дании. Скорость ветра достигала 32-37 м/с. Отменены вылеты самолетов и поездов, повалены деревья, 15 человек госпитализированы, 1 погиб. Ураган также обрушился на юго-западное побережье Швеции, где его окрестили Симоном, и вызвал перебои с электроснабжением. Закрыты аэропорты городов Мальмё и Гётеборг.

Ночью 29 октября ураган обесточил ряд городов Латвии (Вентспилс, Кулдига и Талси) и Литвы. Не обошла непогода стороной и Эстонию. Перебои с электроснабжением из-за разгула стихии наблюдались и в Финляндии (Киркконумми, Сиунтио) К обеду ураган добрался до российского Санкт-Петербурга, где вызвал подъем воды в Неве, нарушение электроснабжения. Бушевал ураган в Псковской, Новгородской, Тверской  областях и в Карелии (где скорость ветра ослабла до 17 м/c). К вечеру ослабевший циклон накрыл Подмосковье (скорость ветра здесь уже не превышала 15 м/c).

30 октября в ослабленном виде циклон добрался до Урала.

Следствием циклона считается ненастная погода, на севере Казахстана 1 ноября.
Также 1 ноября ураган добрался до Якутии, где в ноябре характерна низкая температура около минус 30 °C. В этот день из-за непогоды было аномально тепло для Якутии плюс 5 °C. 2 ноября сильно ослабевший циклон дошел и до Магаданской области, где вызвал небольшой снег и повышение температуры, которая составила 0...-5 °C. Немногим позже ураган распался.

Санкт-Петербург
Во время урагана в Санкт-Петербурге были повалены почти 300 деревьев, десятки рекламных конструкций и дорожных знаков, с двух десятков домов были сорваны кровли крыши. В городе должно было случиться масштабное наводнение, которое не произошло благодаря вовремя перекрытой КЗС, построенной в 2011 году. Во время шторма упавшие деревья оборвали контактную сеть на пересечении Светлановского проспекта и Проспекта Просвещения, а также на Васильевском острове, что привело к парализации передвижения трамваев и троллейбусов. Также 2 радиостанции были вынуждены срочно прекратить свои вещания. Однако КЗС не может защитить Петербург от водных течений, прибываемых из Ладоги, и уровень воды в Неве поднялся на 111 см выше ординара. Волны достигали 4 метров в высоту. В частности, река Смоленка в западной части Васильевского острова вышла из берегов. По прогнозам специалистов, без дамбы уровень воды поднялся бы на 260 см и частично подтопленными оказалось бы более 6700 зданий.

Жертвы
В общей сложности жертвами урагана стало не менее 17 человек:
  5 британцев (в Лондоне, Хартфордшире и Восточном Суссексе)
  8 немцев (в Гельзенкирхене, Фленсбурге и Шортенсе)
  1 датчанин
  1 голландка (в Амстердаме)
  1 француженка (в Бель-Иль)
  1 россиянка (в Кимрах)

Примечания

Ураганы
Циклоны
Стихийные бедствия в Европе
Стихийные бедствия в Великобритании 2013 года
Стихийные бедствия во Франции 2013 года
Ураганы в Европе
Ураганы в Германии
2013 год в метеорологии


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Rhabdotis intermedia is a species of Scarabaeidae, the dung beetle family. It was described by Hermann Burmeister in 1842.

References

Cetoniinae
Beetles described in 1842


Kidaari is a 2016 Tamil movie which directed by Prasath Murugesan. The movie features M. Sasikumar, Nikhila Vimal, Napoleon in the main roles. And music was composed by Darbuka Siva. Kidaari movie officially release on 2016.


The following is a revised, updated, and edited version of a piece originally published in The Independent of London a few months ago. In view of recent events, and continuing debates, I post a revised version here. I should add, by way of disclaimer, that I have been an occasional, informal adviser to Senator Obama.
He is also a friend. But since his election to the Senate, he does not exactly call every day. On this occasion, he had an important topic to discuss: the controversy over President George W. Bush's warrantless surveillance of international telephone calls between Americans and suspected terrorists. I had written a short essay suggesting that the surveillance might be lawful. Before taking a public position, Obama wanted to talk the problem through. In the space of about 20 minutes, he and I investigated the legal details. He asked me to explore all sorts of issues: the President's power as commander-in-chief, the Constitution's protection against unreasonable searches and seizures, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, the Authorization for Use of Military Force and more.
This was a pretty amazing conversation, not only because of Obama's mastery of the legal details, but also because many prominent Democratic leaders had already blasted the Bush initiative as blatantly illegal. He did not want to take a public position until he had listened to, and explored, what might be said on the other side. This is the Barack Obama I have known for nearly 15 years--a careful and even-handed analyst of law and policy, unusually attentive to multiple points of view. The University of Chicago Law School is by far the most conservative of the great American law schools. It helped to provide the academic foundations for many positions of the Reagan administration. But at the University of Chicago, Obama is liked and admired by Republicans and Democrats alike. Some of the local Reagan enthusiasts are Obama supporters. Why? It doesn't hurt that he's a great guy, with a personal touch and a lot of warmth. It certainly helps that he is exceptionally able. But niceness and ability are only a small part of the story. Obama also has a genuinely independent mind, he's a terrific listener and he goes wherever reason takes him.
Many people are emphasizing that Obama is a terrific speaker; they are wondering whether he has substance as well. But those of us who have long known Obama are impressed and not a little amazed by his rhetorical skills. Who could have expected that our colleague, a teacher of law, is also able to inspire large crowds?
The Obama we know is no rhetorician; he shines not because he can move people, but because of his problem-solving abilities, his creativity, his lack of partisanship, and his attention to detail.
In recent months, his speaking talents, and the cult-like atmosphere that occasionally surrounds him, have led people to ask about the substance behind the plea for "change" - whether the soaring phrases might disguise a kind of emptiness and vagueness. But nothing could be further from the truth. He is most comfortable in the domain of policy and detail.
I do not deny that skeptics are raising legitimate questions. After all, Obama has served in the Senate for a short period (less than four years) and he has little managerial experience. Is he really equipped to lead the most powerful nation in the world?
Obama speaks of "change," but it is reasonable to ask: Will he be able to produce large-scale changes in a short time? An independent issue is that all the enthusiasm might serve to insulate him from criticisms and challenges on the part of his own advisers--and, in view of his relative youth, criticisms and challenges are exactly what he requires.
Fortunately, the candidate's campaign proposals offer strong and encouraging clues about how he would govern; what makes them distinctive is that they borrow sensible ideas from all sides. Some people are describing Obama as a conventional liberal, or as "the most liberal person in the Congress," but these descriptions are preposterous. Obama is a pragmatist, first and foremost, and he defies the standard political categories. In this sense, he is not only focused on details but is also a uniter, both by inclination and on principle.
He is strongly committed to helping the disadvantaged, but his University of Chicago background shows. He appreciates the virtues and power of free markets. In some of his most important disagreements with Senator Clinton, he suggested caution about mandates and bans, and stressed the value of freedom of choice.
Transparency and accountability matter greatly to him; they are a defining feature of his proposals. With respect to the mortgage crisis, credit cards, and the broader debate over credit markets, Obama rejects heavy-handed regulation and insists above all on disclosure, so that consumers will know exactly what they are getting.
Expect transparency to be a central theme in any Obama administration, as a check on government and the private sector alike. It is highly revealing that Obama worked with Republican Tom Coburn to produce legislation creating a publicly searchable database of all federal spending.
Obama's healthcare plan places a premium on cutting costs and on making care affordable, without requiring adults to purchase health insurance. (He would require mandatory coverage only for children.) Republican legislators are unlikely to support a mandatory approach, and his plan can be understood, in part, as a recognition of political realities.
But it is also a reflection of his keen interest in allowing people to choose as they see fit. He seeks universal coverage not through unenforceable mandates but through giving people good options.
It should not be surprising that in terms of helping low-income workers, Obama has long been enthusiastic about the Earned Income Tax Credit--an approach, pioneered by Republicans, that supplements wages but does not threaten to throw people out of work. In the environmental domain, Obama is a strong supporter of incentive-based programs, not of command-and-control. Here too, he draws on ideas that have been pressed most prominently by Republicans (and he gives them credit for their initiative in this domain).
As everyone also knows, Obama favors high-level meetings with some of the world's worst dictators. He would rethink the embargo against Cuba.
He proposes a $150 billion research budget for climate change. He wants to hold an unprecedented national auction for the right to emit greenhouse gases. (This is an idea, by the way, that has large support among economists and that can be traced to an essay by Ronald Coase on communications policy.) He has offered an ambitious plan for promoting technological innovation, calling for a national broadband policy, embracing network neutrality, and proposing a reform of the patent system.
His campaign has spoken of moving toward "iPod Government"--an effort to rethink public services and national regulations in ways that will make things far simpler and more user-friendly. These are points about policies and substance. As president, Obama would set a new tone in US politics. He refuses to demonize his political opponents; deep in his heart, I believe, he doesn't even think of them as opponents. It would not be surprising to find Republicans and independents prominent in his administration. Obama wants to know what ideas are likely to work, not whether a Democrat or a Republican is responsible for them. Recall the most memorable passage from his keynote address at the 2004 Democratic Convention: "We coach Little League [baseball] in the blue [Democratic-voting] states, and, yes, we've got some gay friends in the red states. There are patriots who opposed the war in Iraq, and there are patriots who supported the war in Iraq."
In his book The Audacity of Hope, he asks for a politics that accepts "the possibility that the other side might sometimes have a point." Remarking that ordinary Americans "don't always understand the arguments between right and left, conservative and liberal," Obama wants politicians "to catch up with them,"
After he received an email from a pro-life doctor, Obama recalls how he softened his website's harsh rhetoric on abortion, writing: "[T]hat night, before I went to bed, I said a prayer of my own--that I might extend the same presumption of good faith to others that the doctor had extended to me."
In short, Obama's own approach is insistently charitable. He assumes decency and good faith on the part of those who disagree with him. And he wants to hear what they have to say. Both in substance and in tone, Obama questions the conventional political distinctions between "the left" and "the right" He has attracted significant support from Republicans and independents, and it is largely for this reason.
From knowing Obama for many years, I have no doubts about his ability to lead. He knows a great deal, and he is a quick learner. Even better, he knows what he does not know, and there is no question that he would assemble an accomplished, experienced team of advisers. His brilliant administration of his own campaign provides helpful evidence here.
But there may be some fragility to the public fervor that has occasionally envelops him. Crowds and cults can be fickle, and if some of his decisions disappoint, or turn out badly, his support will diminish. Some people think it might even collapse.
My own concern involves the importance of internal debate. The greatest American presidents (above all Lincoln and Roosevelt) benefited from robust dialogue and from advisers who avoided saying, "how wonderful you are," and were willing to say: "Mr President, your thinking about this is all wrong." Because Obama himself is exceptionally able, and because so many people are treating him as a near-messiah, his advisers might be too deferential, too unwilling to question. There is a real risk here. But I believe that his humility, and his intense desire to seek out dissenting views, will prove crucial safeguards.
In the 2000 campaign, Bush proclaimed himself a "uniter, not a divider," only to turn out to be the most divisive President in memory. Because of his own certainty, and his lack of curiosity about what others might think, Bush polarized the nation. Many of his most ambitious plans went nowhere as a result.
As president, Barack Obama would be a genuine uniter, drawing ideas from multiple points of view. If he proves able to achieve great things, it will be above all for that reason.


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I'm not sure if I chose my tribe or if my tribe chose me, but I'm certain it was a bit of both. I really couldn't be more fortunate to have the people in my life that I do right now, while also knowing how quickly it can change. Creating my tribe has been the single most important dynamic in my life to date. Of course, I didn't know this when it was happening, but I do know that I wouldn't be who I am today without each and every one of them.
As a child, I wanted to grow up to be a psychologist and so… I didn't do that! But I did earn my bachelors degree in psychology and worked in mental health for ten years. I mostly wanted to help people, and in my early twenties I heard, for the first time, that I had what was called a "servant's heart". This is what I've found to be the common thread among my tribe members. Most of us serve in some fashion; some in direct care, others in community-building and organizing, and some by taking care of their families.
I acknowledge that each person has something different to offer, as I do to them.
I've learned that no one friend, or my husband, can be everything I need or fulfill all my wants. Wouldn't that be a mighty huge task to assign to any one single human being?!
Choose self-care and your tribe will support it.
This is a huge one for me! Some of the earliest and strongest connections I made were with women who, gracefully, showed me self-care. It has taken about 15 years for this concept to settle in, and most of my circle know when to nudge me in the right direction when I'm struggling. One important lesson I've learned is to create time whether it be with my children, husband, or friends, and I now know that I can't give "quality time" until I've made sure my soul is. And, perhaps the most beautiful, of the lessons I've learned, is the power of 'No'. I've learned when, (not always eloquently) and how, to say no.
This leads me to my humble pie; be a work in progress!
While this seems obvious, it requires a scary amount of vulnerability, which can make it difficult to attempt all the time. And, for anyone that's ever been burned while practicing such an effort, you know how difficult this is to do. But it's so important! I really believe that when we stop learning and growing, we begin dying. When you find the right tribe—as with my tribe—you may be able to trust and let your guard down. I want to continue to be a work in progress. When I allow myself to be vulnerable to my tribe, I have access to their wisdom, experience, and knowledge, and just maybe, at the ripe old age of 39, I'm beginning to learn vicariously… maybe.
My career, much like my tribe, has shifted over the years and I now have the privilege of continuing to fulfill my servant's heart as a Licensed Massage Therapist. Coincidentally, my psychology degree serves me far better in this career than that of a social worker! My tribe has grown, I am incredibly thankful and humbled, and my heart and soul are replenished every day while doing what I love!
I'm looking forward to the many years of finding more tribe members. And, I hope to have the opportunity to give back as much as I've received! I deeply believe that we can move mountains; together we can change each other's world.
I'm Nikki Noel, lover of music, food, and adventure. You'll usually find me with my family, I have three kids and am recently married to my very best friend. We love to mountain bike, hike, kayak, check out shows, and cook together. My new endeavors include learning to play guitar and learning to like a few new foods, such as olives and Brussels sprouts!


AMD has officially announced the B450 chipset for socket AM4 processor and APUs. It is set as a mid-range solution for the 400-series chipset family and motherboards in this range will be priced anywhere from $70 to $160. Like the X470 chipset it has lower TDP power draw so it runs cooler and make due with smaller heatsinks (compared to X370). It also has improved CPU VRM and memory wiring specifications which AMD introduced with the X470 chipset. B450 also supports XFR 2 "Enhanced" and Precision Boost Overdrive.
The B450 chipset is recommended for Ryzen 5 and Ryzen 7 chips, if of course you don't need multi-GPU as these board do not support PEG lane bifurcation. But you still get an multiplier unlocked CPU overclocking support (which Intel's B360 does not support), as well as memory overclocking. You also have support for AMD StoreMI, which stripes a portion of your memory, your fast SSD, and slower HDD, into a single volume, and juggles hot data in and out of the faster media in the background.
The rest of the features of the B450 chipset are the same as B350. You have two 10 Gbps USB 3.1 gen 2 ports, six 5 Gbps USB 3.1 gen 1 ports, and six SATA 6 Gbps ports. The network controllers (Ethernet and WLAN) are wired to the chipset's PCIe gen 2.0 ports.
The B450 chipset will support every AM4 processor and APU that has been launched to date. AMD also says that the AM4 platform will see additions up till 2020 and those products will be supported on the B450 chipset (with BIOS updates).


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Anamorphe Bildaufzeichnung bezeichnet die Speicherung bzw. Übertragung von Bildern, die in einer Dimension verzerrt wurden. Für das korrekte Anzeigen der Bilder muss eine Skalierung auf das richtige Seitenverhältnis (Aspect Ratio) vorgenommen werden.

Das Verfahren ist nicht auf DVD-Wiedergabe oder das 16:9-Format beschränkt, sondern findet beispielsweise auch bei der Speicherung von Cinemascope-Material auf 35-mm-Film Anwendung.
Folgende Schilderung erfolgt am Beispiel von Speicherung von 16:9-Material im DVD-Format, da es hier die meisten Leser nachvollziehen können.
Soll ein Breitwand-Film kodiert werden, bieten sich zwei Möglichkeiten an:
 Die Proportionen werden beibehalten und das Bild soweit verkleinert, bis die Bildbreite passend für einen 4:3-Fernseher ist. Oben und unten bleiben dann jedoch Bereiche ohne Bildinformationen übrig; das Bild erscheint wie durch einen Briefkastenschlitz betrachtet – daher der Name Letterbox.

Die Nachteile sind, dass nicht alle zur Verfügung stehenden Bildpunkte (oder Platz auf einem 35-mm-Film) ausgenutzt werden.
Außerdem sehen Betrachter auf einem 16:9-Fernseher dann nicht nur die mitübertragenen horizontalen schwarzen Balken, sondern auch noch zusätzlich "Bookends", also Buchstützen, genannte vertikale schwarze Bereiche. Zwar bieten die 16:9-Fernseher hier die Möglichkeit ins Bild zu zoomen, das Ergebnis dieser Interpolation flimmert jedoch gelegentlich; besonders bei horizontalen Mustern erscheint das Bild unruhig.

 Die andere Lösung ist, die schwarzen Balken nicht mitzukodieren und alle Zeilen mit Bildinformationen zu füllen. Da im PAL-Standard und im DVD-Standard allerdings höchstens 720 Bildpunkte in der Horizontalen erlaubt sind, müssen die Bilder dann horizontal um 25 % zusammengestaucht werden.

Für die Wiedergabe an einem 16:9-Fernseher entzerrt der Fernseher dieses "anamorphe" Bild wieder auf die korrekte Breite. Für einen 4:3-Fernseher wiederum staucht der DVD-Spieler das Bild vertikal und erzeugt oben und unten die schwarzen Balken als Füllung. Ein guter DVD-Player stellt anamorphe und Letterbox-formatierte Filme an einem 4:3-Fernseher gleich dar. Bei vielen Playern ist dieses Zusammenstauchen jedoch nicht gut realisiert, besonders bei Kameraschwenks erscheinen in diesem Fall unerwünschte Muster im Bild auf einem 4:3-Fernseher. Neuere 4:3-Fernseher können 16:9-Inhalte auch ohne Verluste anamorph darstellen.

Allerdings sehen auch Besitzer von Breitbildfernsehern trotz anamorph vorliegenden Bildmaterials bei manchen Filmen horizontale schwarze Balken. In solchen Fällen wurde der Film dann in einem Breitwandformat wie Cinemascope oder Panavision mit einem Seitenverhältnis von 2,35:1 (selten auch 2,76:1; vor 1970) oder 2,40:1 (nach 1970) gefilmt.

Um hier nicht doch wieder Ränder abschneiden zu müssen, werden Abstriche bei der vertikalen Auflösung gemacht – diese Balken sind, anders als die erst im Abspielgerät erzeugten Letterbox-Balken, fester Bestandteil des auf der DVD gespeicherten Bildmaterials. Werden Cinemascope/Panavision-Filme auf einem 4:3-Abspielgerät gezeigt, dann sieht man sowohl die Letterbox-Balken als auch die im Bild fest enthaltenen; bei manchen DVDs ist der Übergang auch durch eine etwas hellere Linie oder durch eine minimale Helligkeitsabstufung sichtbar.

Anamorph kodiertes Breitbild hat eine PAL-Auflösung von 720 × 576 (oder 704 × 576) Bildpunkten, also ein Seitenverhältnis von 5:4 (Material mit einer horizontalen Auflösung von 704 wird links und rechts um 8 schwarze Pixel ergänzt). Die Entzerrung ändert nicht die Anzahl der Bildpunkte, zieht das Bild aber in die Breite, sodass die Wiedergabe im richtigen Seitenverhältnis erfolgt. Auch Material im alten Seitenverhältnis 4:3 muss somit gestreckt werden, jedoch wird der Begriff anamorphe Bildaufzeichnung hier nicht verwendet.

Es ist nicht immer möglich, auf einer DVD-Verpackung zu erkennen, in welchem Format der Film tatsächlich gespeichert ist. So kann "Widescreen" sowohl anamorph kodiert als auch Letterboxing bedeuten.

Siehe auch

Windowbox
Pillarbox
Skalierung (Computergrafik)

Weblinks

Fernsehtechnik


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.. robust-graphite-client documentation master file, created by
   sphinx-quickstart on Tue May 19 13:36:21 2015.
   You can adapt this file completely to your liking, but it should at least
   contain the root `toctree` directive.

Welcome to robust-graphite-client's documentation!
==================================================

A simple graphite querying library with workarounds on some rare bugs.

Usage::

    import robgracli

    client = robgracli.GraphiteClient('http://my-graphite-server.com')
    client.aggregate('my.awesome.metric')
    print result['my.awesome.metric']

Reference:

.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 2

   modules

Indices and tables
==================

* :ref:`genindex`
* :ref:`modindex`
* :ref:`search`


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3 incumbents seek to return to Torrance City…
3 incumbents seek to return to Torrance City Council
PUBLISHED: June 5, 2010 at 12:00 am | UPDATED: August 28, 2017 at 10:39 am
If the number of local contributors to a campaign is a measure of a candidate's support, Dick Browning faces an uphill battle to knock off one of the three incumbents seeking re-election Tuesday to the Torrance City Council.
Incumbents Tom Brewer, Cliff Numark and Bill Sutherland name a large number of contributors on their most recent financial disclosure statement.
But the Friends of Dick Browning campaign committee boasts just one friend willing to contribute money.
In contrast to his fellow candidates Browning, 67, a planning commissioner, has loaned his campaign $15,000 to make up for the lack of financial support.
Those figures don't bother Browning, however.
He's pinning his election hopes on a different sort of math.
"I'm the only challenger," he said. "It could be to my advantage.
"Somebody is not going to like one of the incumbents," he added. "Some people just don't like incumbents and they're not going to support incumbents."
The question becomes, however, do voters particularly like Browning more than one of three incumbents who just could be the next mayor in four years when Frank Scotto is termed out?
The trio are on a collegial seven-member panel that may not be known for its vision, but has focused on the basics: balancing the city's books, paving several major streets and stemming controversial residential development that was the hot political topic four years ago.
Perhaps just as importantly, it has largely steered clear of the infighting seen before the election four years ago that swept two of the three – Brewer and Sutherland – into office.
Numark is on the ballot just two years after first winning election because he served out the remainder of the late Councilwoman Pat McIntyre's term.
"I promised you things would change," Brewer told the audience at a recent candidates forum. "I'm proud to say we've done a very good job in the city of Torrance since then."
Virtually indistinguishable when it comes to policy, the incumbent trio have nevertheless carved out distinct community niches.
Sutherland, a painting contractor with a folksy, plain-spoken style who lives in Old Torrance, captured the most votes of any candidate when he ran four years ago.
Brewer, a university microbiologist, is a former homeowners association president who grew up in Torrance.
Numark, the youngest of the three, is a polished executive with the American Red Cross married to the senior producer for the television show "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition."
While the three are not running as a slate, they may as well be.
"They seem to be awfully chummy," Browning said. "I'm not saying there's anything wrong with everybody being on the same page and working together, but I don't see a lot of fresh ideas up there."
Browning offers a clear alternative.
He is the only one of the field who opposes Measure A, which would change Torrance's municipal election date to help the cash-strapped school district save money.
Browning has taken aim at his opponents in debates, but his accuracy hasn't exactly been unerring.
He has suggested the recent recertification of the city's Fire Department as one of the few class-one departments in the nation meant it had lost its certification (it hadn't).
He has called the city's budget shortfall "poor planning" and questioned why the City Council doesn't go through the budget line by line to cut costs (it does).
And Browning, a former cop who nevertheless didn't win the valuable endorsement of the Torrance Police Officers Association, has criticized what he has characterized as understaffed Police and Fire departments.
The outspoken Sutherland has shot back publicly to counter Browning's contentions, pointing out the city has added paramedics even while riding out a harsh economy that has weakened revenues.
"What would you rather have – more firemen that sit or more paramedics that come to your house when your spouse, your father, your son, has a stroke and is saved by the fire paramedics' quick response?" he asked at one forum.
"And I understand it's all the council's fault that GM went belly up," he added. "It's all the council's fault that sales tax (revenue) is down in the entire nation. It's this council's fault that property values are down in the entire nation."
Indeed, Browning has alienated much of the city establishment during the campaign and it's conventional wisdom he is unlikely to win reappointment to the Planning Commission when his term expires next year.
Yet Browning is unrepentant.
"I won't have a free chicken dinner – that's not what my life is all about," he said, putting his chances at winning election at 50-50. "Where do I stand? We'll know Tuesday or Wednesday."
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New Year's Day, couch-potato style: Where to watch all the parades, football and marathons – Daily News
Plan to shelter San Fernando Valley's homeless families in shared, single-family homes gets $200,000 grant – Daily News


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A-Rod Leaves Arbitration Hearing; Was Dramatic Exit Staged?
Rodriguez's simultaneous release of a statement as he stormed out of arbitration over steroids had some media outlets wondering if it was planned.
New York Daily News / Kendall Rodriguez
Article by Cliff Judy
The Yankeeless Major League Baseball playoffs ended less than a month ago, but don't worry. A-Rod still has plenty of New York drama for us.
During an arbitration hearing where the MLB accuses the Yankee slugger of using steroids, Alex Rodriguez reportedly slammed his hand on the table and yelled at baseball's COO, "You know you're full of s***!" (Via The Washington Post)
The outburst happened when the arbitrator didn't force Commissioner Bud Selig to testify. No doubt, A-Rod couldn't have been happy about that, but was his court-room anger legit?
The New York Daily News pointed out A-Rod's spokesman simultaneously released a long statement as he walked out of league headquarters.
In part, it reads, "I am disgusted with this abusive process, designed to ensure that the player fails." It also says Rodriguez won't participate in a farce.
"I think this seems kind of planned. I mean, they had a feeling — A-Rod's side — that the commissioner was not going to have to testify. There's some high-priced lawyers here, so I don't think any of this stuff is off the cuff." (Via ESPN)
Rodriguez is appealing a 211-game suspension that would likely all but send the 38-year-old superstar into retirement and leave him without the tens of millions of dollars remaining on his Yankees contract. (Via Fox News)
Major League Baseball says A-Rod got illegal performance-enhancing drugs from a Miami-based clinic called Biogenesis.
Biogenesis' owner, Tony Bosch, is one of the witnesses against Rodriguez, and eight other players accepted shorter suspensions linked to the clinic this summer. (Via MLB)
These hearings were part of a grievance filed by baseball's players union. Walking out may force A-Rod's case into federal court.
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Q: Jmeter csv file for jdbc request as an input I have a question using CSV file as an input for Jmeter. Is it possible to use CSV file for storing data like select statements or update statements and then passing all that to Jmeter in JDBC request so it can execute them accordingly.
I'd appreciate any suggestion or pointing me to the right solution.
Thanks

A: You can create a variable from a csv file using the CSV Data Set Config http://jmeter.apache.org/usermanual/component_reference.html#CSV_Data_Set_Config
Then you just need to use them in your Jdbc Sampler.
The problem here is that you must have you sql on one line.
You can also create variable from a select JDBC Sample. (See variable Names)
http://jmeter.apache.org/usermanual/component_reference.html#JDBC_Request

A: Yes you can do that.your statements need to be in different column of the CSV file.
define 2 variable names in CSV file and call them in JDBC Request file ${variable name given in CSV file}.

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2019 AIA Awards - Architecture
Interior of National Museum of African American History and Culture
The 2019 Architecture program celebrates the best contemporary architecture regardless of budget, size, style, or type. These stunning projects show the world the range of outstanding work architects create and highlight the many ways buildings and spaces can improve our lives.
Arlington Elementary School
An exploration of the spatial possibilities that emerge when schools are envisioned as living, breathing organisms, this Tacoma, Washington, elementary school eschews basic assumptions and promotes a new model of civic practice in education.
Casey House
A much-needed extension and addition for a specialized healthcare facility serving those living with HIV/AIDS, Toronto's Casey House represents a new prototype for hospitals.
Confluence Park
Along the bank of the San Antonio River, Confluence Park is a living laboratory designed to broaden its visitors' understanding of south Texas ecotypes and the impact of urban development on local watersheds.
Crosstown Concourse
Reviving a retail distribution center that had stood abandoned since the early 1980s, this 1.3 million-square-foot vertical urban village in Memphis has transformed urban blight into a vibrant community.
Restoration of the Rotunda at the University of Virginia
This restoration of the symbolic center of the University of Virginia—widely considered Thomas Jefferson's single most important architectural achievement—relies on the highest level of historic preservation and building conservation care.
Standing out among the bland office parks and faceless warehouses along I-90 just northwest of Chicago, the Smart Factory houses a prototypical showroom of advanced machine tools used to fold and shape sheet metal.
Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
The culmination of a decades-long journey toward commemorating black history and culture, the new museum establishes strong connections to its site on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., and the nation's long-overlooked African American heritage.
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he continuation of the architect's Starter Home* initiative, which delivers entry-level homes to historic urban neighborhoods that are quickly gentrifying, Saint Thomas/Ninth renegotiates existing site conditions in New Orleans to maximize residential density.
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The Suzuki Alto continues to show its fighting spirit, from its first generation to its latest eighth generation model, which was launched on its 36th anniversary. One of the selling points of the new Suzuki Alto powered by a gasoline engine is that it achieves the highest fuel economy of 37km/liter; this is a result of the newly-developed platform, various improvements to its powertrain, and use of the latest technology. However, its attractiveness doesn't just end there.
First, the body styling of the new Alto is good. These days, kei cars have higher roofs to ensure vertical cabin space. For this reason, tall wagons have become mainstream. Honda pioneered that thought in the early 1970s with the Step Van, and for Suzuki, the first generation Wagon R quickly became popular.
For a time, the Alto took a backseat to those popular tall wagons. The new Alto, however, is different. The new Alto has been given a simple but powerful body design reminiscent of iconic European compact hatchbacks like the older first generation Fiat Panda or the newer Volkswagen Up!. There's a theory that the exterior was made by a certain Japanese designer who formerly workerd for a European automaker. However, it is unclear whether that is true or not.
The body styling of the new Alto is not the only thing that has been revamped. The platform that became its foundation is also newly developed. The curb weight of the new Alto is 60kg lighter than its predecessor as a result of some body panels being resinified, aside from the weight being thoroughly reduced, torsial rigidity has also been improved by 30%. Furthermore, Suzuki made an effort to improve its ride performance by extending the wheelbase and using a newly-designed suspension.
The luxury model X, the car I test drove, is in FF layout with a CVT; it boasts a fuel economy of 37km/liter. The moderate height of the driver's seat felt comfortable when I sat on it. The first thing I noticed was that the naturally aspirated three-cylinder 659cc engine delivers sufficient and practical power performance at 52ps. The robust acceleration was more than what I had expected of a kei car weighing 650kg. I was able to effortlessly drive through the fast lanes of the highway. Since the car was a luxury model, it had excellent sound insulation that I didn't notice any noise while cruising.
Conversely, there are three things that I'm worried about. First, the 15-inch tires that come standard to the X felt shaky when driven through rough roads. Second, the steering's center stability is a little lacking; hence, you might not really feel that you're running in a straight path. Lastly, this might be because of the ene-charge, but it felt a little odd when braking. The location where I test drove the car did not have any winding roads so I was unable to test cornering. However, it seems that cornering will feel natural with the X.
The car that I test drove was of the most luxurious grade, so it came standard with ESP, radar brake support, and full auto air-conditioning. Hence, the price of 1.134 million yen (including tax) seemed to be not that expensive. On the other hand, the price of the L grade, which has the same powertrain as the X but with fewer equipment, starts at less than 900,000 yen.
The eighth generation Alto really gives the impression that the presence of the first generation Alto has come back. It has superb running performance and excellent packaging. The rear seats' legroom is also really wide. Because of its simple and muscular appeal, I would like to say that this is the much awaited kei car that adult men (and adult women) can confidently drive!
He graduated from Aoyama Gakuin University in 1971 and was immediately employed by Nigensha as a copy editor for the automobile magazine "Car Graphic." He amicably left the company in 1985 and began working as a freelance automotive journalist. He has been a member of the Japan Car of the Year committee since 1989. He published many books including "My Austin-Healey Sprite (Kanime) Became My Girlfriend" (Nigensha), "Real Men Buy Sports Cars Discreetly", "Porsche 911 Respect" and "Real Men Buy Sports Sedan Smilingly" (Futabasha).


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Today I wanted to mention the Yacht Club at Portofino because I come here every day since my office is located in the lobby and I really enjoy this underrated building located in the best neighborhoods of Miami.
A few months back, with the Miami International Airport nearby, developers were not allowed to build towers higher than 1,000 feet in Downtown for years. However, they successfully argued that taller Miami skyscrapers won't affect air safety or airport operations. As a consequence, aviation authorities seem more willing on raising the Downtown caps today.