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Biserica Rotundă (în , Krăgla țărkva), cunoscută și ca Biserica de Aur (, Zlatna țărkva) sau Biserica Sf. Ioan (, țărkva "Sveti Ioan"), este o biserică ortodoxă medievală timpurie de mari dimensiuni, parțial conservată. Edificiul religios se află în localitatea Preslav, fosta capitală a Primului Imperiu Bulgar, astăzi oraș aflat în Bulgaria de nord-est. Biserica datează de la începutul secolului al X-lea, din timpul domniei țarului Simeon I. A fost descoperită și analizată arheologic pentru prima dată în anii 1927–1928.

Considerată unul dintre cele mai impresionante exemple de arhitectură medievală bulgară, biserica rotundă și-a luat numele de la forma specifică a uneia dintre cele trei secțiuni ale sale, naosul, care este o rotondă ce servește ca loc pentru liturghie. De asemenea, designul bisericii include un atriu larg și o zonă de intrare dreptunghiulară sau nartex, marcat de două mici turle circulare.

Biserica a fost asemuită cu alte edificii de arhitectură religioasă ce țin de perioada romană târzie (creștină timpurie), din Caucaz, și cu stilul carolingian - preroman, al lui Carol cel Mare, datorită planului său caracteristic, care diferă semnificativ de clădirile contemporane bulgărești sau bizantine. Numele alternativ al bisericii, Biserica de Aur, își are originea în identificarea sa posibilă și populară cu "noua biserică de aur" din Preslav, menționată într-o sursă literară medievală.

Bogata decorație interioară a Bisericii Rotunde afișează cu predilecție mozaicuri, ceramică și marmură, din acest motiv ea deosebindu-se într-un mod evident de alte biserici din Preslav. Interiorul său este caracterizat de sute de desene ce înfățișează nave, faună și personalități creștine. Inscripțiile medievale de pe pereți menționează nume de sfinți în greaca bizantină sau scrise ca litere disparate și mici texte în alfabetele glagolitic și chirilic.

Context
Fondată în 681 ca stat păgân, Bulgaria a fost creștinată de clerul bizantin în anii 860, când era condusă de prințul Boris (r. 852–889). Dreptul de a converti Bulgaria la  creștinism a fost subiect de dispută politică între Bizanț și papalitate. Prin convertirea la creștinism, Boris a sperat să rezolve problemele etnice interne și să dezvolte relațiile externe ale statului său, care nu era tratat pe principii de egalitate de către liderii creștini ai Europei.

Biserica Rotundă a fost construită în timpul conducerii fiului și succesorului lui Boris, Simeon (r. 893–927), ale cărui campanii militare au stabilit superioritatea temporară asupra Bizanțului. El a extins teritoriul Primului Imperiu Bulgar în cea mai mare parte a Balcanilor, către Marea Adriatică și ulterior spre Marea Egee. Simeon a cucerit si teritoriile actuale ale Serbiei și Muntenegrului și a înlăturat efectiv amenințarea maghiară dinspre nord. Considerat unul dintre cei mai mari conducători ai Bulgariei, Simeon a fost un promotor al literaturii și artelor; domnia lui a fost considerată "Epoca de Aur" a culturii medievale bulgare datorită influenței literare a Bulgariei asupra Europei slave contemporane.

Orașul Preslav a devenit capitală a Bulgariei la începutul domniei lui Simeon, în parte din cauza asocierii fostei capitale Pliska cu păgânismul precreștin. Simeon a transformat Preslavul într-un model cultural, un adevărat rival pentru Constantinopol. Unii dintre cei mai distinși cărturari ai Epocii de Aur a Bulgariei au lucrat la . Menit să fie mai mult reședință monarhică și centru al vieții culturale decât fortăreață, orașul avea o arhitectură impresionantă, cuprinzând o mulțime de palate și biserici. Dintre acestea, s-a remarcat Biserica Rotundă, considerată "unul dintre cele mai impresionante monumente de arhitectură medievală bulgară" și o "expresie a celor mai mari realizări ale culturii bulgare vechi".

Identificare și istorie
Biserica Rotundă este identificată de mulți drept "noua biserică de aur", la care se face referire într-o  a unei traduceri în bulgara veche a lucrării lui Atanasie din Alexandria, Cuvinte împotriva arienilor. Textul spune că traducerea a fost făcută la ordinul prințului Simeon de către  și a fost copiată de Theodor Dox, "la gura Ticei în anul [bizantin] 6415 indiction 14 [907 d. Hr.], unde același prinț a poruncit să se construiască noua sfântă biserică de aur". Nu se știe sigur dacă "muntele Ticei" se referă la o secțiune îngustă a râului, înspre trecătoarea Ustie din apropierea orașului, sau poate la o anumită locație aflată chiar lângă zidurile exterioare ale orașului și în vecinătate directă cu ruinele Bisericii Rotunde. De asemenea, dacă "de aur" este înțeles în sens literal, sursa nu spune clar dacă biserica este una nouă printre bisericile de aur ale orașului sau este singura biserică de aur printre noile biserici din Preslav. Savantul Stancio Vaklinov consideră că identificarea Bisericii Rotunde cu "noua biserică de aur" din literatură este "incontestabilă", pe când în opinia istoricului de artă Nikola Mavrodinov, acest lucru este doar probabil. Pe de altă parte, istoricul A. P. Vlasto crede că această identificare nu este "absolut sigură".

Dacă biserica menționată în nota cărții este echivalată cu Biserica Rotundă, atunci se poate concluziona că trebuie datată la nu mai mult de câțiva ani înainte de 907. Deși biserica poate fi atestată nu mai târziu de secolul al X-lea, unii savanți au sugerat că ar fi putut fi fost construită chiar pe locul bazilicii romane mult mai timpurii, fapt sugerat de planul său antic. Un posibil donator (ctitor) al unei părți a construcției bisericii este un oficial bisericesc de mare rang () pe nume Paul, care este menționat pe o inscripție din biserică. Cea mai mare parte a lucrării este probabil ctitorită de Simeon, care ar fi fost sponsorul principal.

Există o dezbatere în cercurile academice bulgare, dacă obiectivul a fost construit ca biserică a unei mănăstiri sau ca o catedrală separată. În cazul în care clădirile din vecinătatea bisericii sunt interpretate ca fiind parte a teritoriului unei mănăstiri, atunci locul a devenit așezare monahală cel mai probabil după construirea Bisericii Rotunde, în timpul domniei țarului Petru I (927–969). Lipsa intrărilor în aceste clădiri prin fețele aflate în fața bisericii și prezența unui atriu mare face improbabilă ideea că biserica ar fi aparținut unei mănăstiri. Un alt argument împotriva acestei idei este locația bisericii, izolată de alte clădiri deja accesibile publicului din afara orașului. Savantul Bistra Nikolova o consideră catedrală urbană și face comparație cu  din Pliska. Un alt cercetător, Krastiu Miatev, vede obiectivul ca o biserică regală a lui Simeon, dar istoricul artelor Nikola Mavrodinov și arheologul Totiu Totev insistă că a aparținut de la început unei mănăstiri.

Primele excavări pe locul obiectivului s-au făcut în anii 1927–1927 de către arheologi de la  din Sofia și Societatea Bulgară de Antichități, sub conducerea lui Iordan Gospodinov. Un al doilea efort condus de Krastiu Miatev a condus la un studiu mai în profuzime, iar cercetarea arheologică a obiectivului încă se mai desfășoară. În 1927, Biserica Rotundă, împreună cu întregul Preslav medieval, a fost declarată rezervație arheologică și monument istoric și a fost plasată sub protecția statului ca antichitate națională. În 1970, a fost inclus în lista monumentelor de cultură de importanță națională, acest fapt fiind publicat în acel an în . Ca parte a rezervației arhitecturale Preslavului Vechi, Biserica Rotundă a fost listată la nr. 98 în lista celor .

Biserica Sf. Petka din Ruse, deschisă în 1944, a fost construită ca o imitație a Bisericii Rotunde din Preslav. Biserica Rotundă a suferit o restaurare parțială la sfârșitul anilor 1990 și începutul anilor 2000. În decembrie 2009, au fost anunțate planuri de reconstruire a bisericii în întregime fără a demola sau altera vreuna dintre ruinele sale structurale originale. Un monument dedicat țarului Simeon a fost dezvelit în imediata vecinătate a Bisericii Rotunde, pe 27 mai 2007, în cinstea comemorării a 1080 de ani de la moartea sa. În ciuda faptului că nu este o biserică activă, este folosită regulat pentru botezuri și cununii.

Arhitectură

Locație și stil
Biserica Rotundă a fost construită în afara zidurilor orașului Preslav, care cuprindea pe atunci doar palatul monarhic și clădirile asociate acestuia, precum bazilica regală. Se afla însă în interiorul limitelor exterioare ale orașului, aflându-se la 250 m sud-est de poarta de sud. Era situată pe o terasă înaltă. Astăzi, Biserica Rotundă, împreună cu alte ruine ale Preslavului medieval, se află nu departe de orașul modern Veliki Preslav, care este centrul administrativ al unei comune din Regiunea Șumen, din Bulgaria de nord-est.

Biserica Rotundă diferă în mod deosebit de celelalte biserici din părțile populate de slavi din Balcani prin planul său centralizat, circular, unic în arhitectura bulgară medievală. Natura rotunjită și dinamică a configurațiilor sale vine în contradicție cu designurile dreptunghiulare ascuțite ale acelei perioade.  Cel mai probabil, acest design se bazează pe exemple abundente de clădiri de la sfârșitul perioadei romane și de la începutul perioadei bizantine, aflate în ruine pe teritoriul bulgăresc. Planul general, în special , seamănă cu designul bisericilor din timpul lui Iustinian I, precum Bazilica San Vitale din Ravenna, Mica Sfânta Sofia din Constantinopol (astăzi, Istanbul) și  din Salonic.  Chiar dacă planul este neobișnuit, tehnologia și principiile întrebuințate în construcția sa sunt contemporane secolului al X-lea și în concordanță cu alte monumente din Preslav.

Bisericile bizantine nu sunt singura sursă de inspirație pe care cercetătorii o atribuie Bisericii Rotunde. Unii cercetători pun planul său în legătură cu o influență armenească, poate adusă în Bulgaria de meșteșugari din Caucaz. În general, bisericile din Balcani cu un asemenea plan sunt asociate cu migrația călugărilor capadochieni, armeni sau georgieni. Un alt posibil model pentru Biserica Rotundă din Preslav poate fi găsit în  din timpul lui Carol cel Mare, mai ales la capela palatină din Aachen, din vestul Germaniei, cu care împărtășește anumite caracteristici. În perioada construirii Bisericii Rotunde, Bulgaria se afla în contact direct cu imperiul franc. O trăsătură a Bisericii Rotunde despre care savanții afirmă că este o influență carolingiană foarte recunoscută este prezența unui monumental .

Descriere
Biserica Rotundă are trei secțiuni: atriul larg,  și naosul (sau, datorită configurației sale, rotonda), fiecare servind ca punct de plecare pentru alta. Secțiunile n-au fost construite neapărat în același timp și este general acceptat că la reconstrucția bisericii s-a făcut la ceva timp după terminarea acesteia. Mavrodinov și arheologul  sunt de părere că nartexul și naosul țin de perioada primei clădiri, pe când atriul a fost adăugat puțin după aceasta și de către același arhitect.

Biserica, inclusiv atriul, are o lungime totală de . A fost construită mai ales din blocuri de calcar îmbinate cu mortar. În interiorul absidei, mortarul este de culoare roșie. Podeaua a fost acoperită cu țigle de marmură și piatră lipită pe mortarul roșu din nartex și pe mortarul alb din alte părți ale clădirii. Cărămizile roșii și galbene și bucățile de cărămidă au fost folosite pentru atriu, arcuri și probabil pentru dom; unele bucăți de cărămidă au fost utilizate pentru a umple spațiile dintre pietre și pereți.

Atriul
Partea din exterior a Bisericii Rotunde este atriul, spațiul deschis, flancat, ce conduce înspre nartex. Poate fi accesat prin trei porți (câte una la fiecare perete), dintre care intrarea prin peretele principal, de vest, este cea mai elaborată și mai mare la aspect. Atriul este aproape un pătrat ca formă și măsoară 12,20 × 14,30 m. Un puț de apă a fost construit în mijlocul curții; acesta a fost legat de o conductă de apă.

Laturile atriului sunt decorate cu o multitudine de bolte cu pile între acestea. În total, sunt paisprezece bolți: câte patru pe fiecare dintre cei trei pereți ai curții și câte unul, acolo unde peretele de vest se intersectează cu laturile. Atriul are și paisprezece coloane rotunde de calcar, fiecare situându-se antinomic față de una dintre pile, la  distanță.

Nartex

Nartexul dreptunghiular constituie partea de mijloc a clădirii, dintre atriu și naos, și servește ca hol pentru biserică. Se află exact la est de atriu, fiind legat de acesta printr-o poartă mare flancată de un cuplu de  înalte circulare. Mavrodinov compară nartexul Bisericii Rotunde cu structuri asemănătoare din bisericile de pe Muntele Athos.

Împreună cu peretele nordic și cel sudic, intrarea în nartex izolează de fapt două părți mai mici ale atriului, similare în ceea ce privește planul și accesibile prin uși. Partea de nord are o mică necropolă, pe când partea de sud a fost probabil un baptisteriu, aceasta înfățișând o mică instalație cu o pilă de argilă care se aseamănă cu o cristelniță. În orice caz, Nikolova consideră că forma sa este mult prea neobișnuită și că locul este nepotrivit pentru botez și consideră că mai degrabă locul a fost proiectat ca o navă pentru distribuirea agheasmei.

Având măsura de 5 × 9,60 m, nartexul este partea Bisericii Rotunde care a rezistat în forma sa cea mai bună, unii dintre pereții săi atingând . Cele două turnuri ale sale au diametrul de ; ambele au câte o intrare care stă cu fața spre interiorul nartexului și câte trei geamuri. Sunt două perechi de coloane în cadrul nartexului, susținând al doilea nivel al său, care este accesibil din turnul nordic. Coloanele împart nartexul în trei nave și marchează drumul de la intrarea în nartex către porțile rotundei.

Rotonda
Nava rotundă este cea mai estică și cea mai importantă parte a bisericii, fiind locul unde avea loc liturghia. Diametrul rotundei este de . Poate fi accesată prin trei porți, toate fiind din nartex. A fost complet acoperită de un dom. Douăsprezece bolte, cu aspect semicircular când sunt văzute dinăuntru, și pentagonal când sunt văzute dinspre exterior, au fost construite la nordul și sudul părții estice a rotundei, absida, care ea însăși a fost fixată într-una dintre bolte. Contraforți largi consolidează structura atât în interior cât și în exterior. Un cerc de zece sau douăsprezece coloane de marmură albă au fost fixate în cadrul rotondei, la  de interiorul contrafortului. Capitelurile coloanelor sunt asemănătoare cu cele de la palatul regal din Preslav. Un sicriu de lemn placat cu aramă stă într-o cameră de înmormântare, lângă absidă.

Absida semicirculară este boltită la nordul și sudul pereților. Amvonul de marmură a fost situat în mijlocul unui cerc de coloane și al întregii rotonde, exact sub centrul cupolei, după cum depune mărturie o căptușeală de mortar. Treptele de la est la vest, aliniate cu absida, erau folosite pentru a duce spre amvon. Strana episcopului se află probabil lângă una dintre boltele sudice, care a fost probabil mărită în acest scop.

Decorațiunile

Interiorul a fost bogat decorat cu mozaicuri colorate în stil bizantin, cornișe și ceramică. Cu excepția capitelurilor de coloană, dorice și corintice, care sunt de inspirație romană sau bizantină, restul decorațiunilor sunt specifice construcției bisericii și vremii în care aceasta s-a făcut. Vlasto remarcă la interiorul bisericii un iz proto-bulgar și o relație cu arta din Persia sau Asia Centrală. Așadar, el consideră că aceasta nu are la bază exemplele bizantine ale acelor timpuri. De o opinie contară este Miatev, care semnalează asemănări semnificative între decorația Bisericii Rotunde cu cea a Bisericii Maicii Domnului (acum parte a ), construită în 908 la Constantinopol. Mavrodinov merge un pas mai departe, susținând că arhitectul Bisericii Rotunde a fost inspirat direct de exemple antice, referindu-se mai ales la bogatele decorațiuni sculpturale.

Biserica Rotundă a fost fără egal în decorația sa ceramică în raport cu orice altă biserică din Prelsav și a fost singura biserică din oraș care se bazează mult pe plăci policromice de ceramică. Icoanele de ceramică și mozaic au fost o atracție a interiorului. În timp ce imaginile de ceramică erau alcătuite din plăcuțe de argilă, icoanele mozaic erau mai variate în ceea ce privește materialul lor, care includea argilă, sticlă și piatră de diferite nuanțe pe un fundal colorat în auriu. Printre sfinții și personajele biblice înfățișate se numără Haralambie și Ioil. Unele imagini au fost incluse în elipse.

Biserica Rotundă este caracterizată de cornișe de marmură și calcar. Acestea au avut un mare număr de detalii și ornamente împletite, precum palmete, mănunchiuri de strugure, frunze. Pe lângă formele ornamentale clasice, cornișele înfățișează unele care sunt cu totul noi în ce privește caracterul sau motive bine cunoscute reproiectate. Decorația florală domină cornișele.  Țiglele găsite în interiorul ruinelor bisericii înfățișează păsări sau alte animale în plus față de formele geometrice și motivele florale, toate fiind  fie în cafeniu, galben, verde, albastru sau verde-albastru. Pereții au fost acoperiți cu marmură lustruită și stau cu fața spre configurațiile încrustate.

Epigrafie

Biserica Rotundă are multe inscripții medievale, atât oficiale, cât și mâzgălite pe pereții săi ca graffiti. Un studiu a numărat un total de 193 de semne și 30 desene, marea majoritate având un fel de . Per total, epigrafia Bisericii Rotunde datează din secolul al zecelea și sunt reprezentate trei alfabete: grecesc, glagolitic și chirilic, precum și două limbi: bizantina greacă și bulgara veche (variantă a slavonei bisericești vechi). Inscripțiile glagolitice de pe Biserica Rotundă depun mărturie că acest alfabet a continuat să fie utilizat în Preslav alături de cel chirilic.

Poate cea mai celebră și mai valoroasă inscripție de pe pereții bisericii este cea chirilică de pe peretele sudic al cărui punct de plecare este sudul nartexului, cunoscut prin convenție ca fiind baptiseriul. Inscripția a fost scrisă neîndemânatic pe un chit de mortar și spune în traducere: "Biserica Sfântul Ioan, construită de  Pavel". Deși este datată în secolul al X-lea și este menționată sfințirea bisericii și potențialul său ctitor, scrierea nu poate fi considerată inscripția clasică de ctitor din cauza locației sale nefirești și a scrisului neîndemânatic. Nikolova consideră că mai probabil autorul inscripției a fost o persoană cu știință de carte, care a slujit cartofilului Pavel și a dorit să-i răspândească faima. Ea crede că textul s-ar putea referi doar la construirea nartexului, mai degrabă decât la a întregii biserici, având opinia că nartexul ar fi putut fi adăugat după construirea rotondei.

Alte exemple de epigrafie în Biserica Rotundă sunt diferite texte glagolitice și chirilice scurte, precum și litere separate. Printre inscripțiile glagolitice este  din Preslav, text liturgic ce include primele treizeci de litere ale alfabetului respectiv; unele texte chirilice au fost scrise pe plăci de ceramică. Numele și descrierile de pe icoane sunt în greacă, dar printre ele sunt inscripții bilingve în greacă și bulgară. Literele individuale înscrise pe pereți ilustrează modul în care formele literelor glagolitice simplificate și grecești s-au combinat pentru a forma alfabetul chirilic timpuriu. Pe pereții bisericii sunt graffitiuri cu cruci creștine, animale și 11 reprezentări de nave. S-a descoperit cel puțin un epitaf, înscris pe o lespede a unei femei descrisă ca "roaba lui Dumnezeu Tudora".

Vezi și
Biserica rotundă din Lețcani

Referințe

Bibliografie

În limba engleză

În limba bulgară

Lectură suplimentară

Legături externe

  Three-dimensional reconstruction of the Round Church (accesibil cu 3D, Audio & Video; solicită  7)

Situri arheologice din Bulgaria
Biserici din secolul al X-lea
Biserici din Bulgaria
Biserici rotunde
Școala de litere de la Preslav

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This entry was posted in Uncategorized on October 30, 2016 by Alex.
The primary goal with this update was to change the combat balance and armor/weapon progression to be more satisfying across the length of the game. This update is light on the new content because we're still working on the next major content update, but we figured we should go ahead and put out the balance changes in the meantime.
Previously, armor provided percentage damage reduction, which meant early armor sets protected very little, the high level armor sets ended up providing far too much protection, and going from one tier to the next didn't feel very satisfying because gaining a few percentage points of defense at a time is really boring. The new system uses flat damage reduction, so if you pick up a helmet that has a defense of 3 it will just prevent 3 damage, which might not seem like a big change but it allows us to make the progression much more satisfying and each new tier of armor or weapons should feel like more of an upgrade. There is a cap on the defense though, and you will always take at least 25% of the damage that is dealt to you. These changes required tweaking the balance of pretty much everything in the game. Most creatures have more health, most weapons do more damage, and we've changed the way armor piercing works so that individual weapons can have specific armor piercing values.
We've done a significant amount of testing, but with all the combinations of creatures and weapons we have I'm sure there will still be some balance issues, so let us know what you think. We're definitely not done tweaking the combat balance, but we decided now was a good time to start making some big steps towards a better system.
The weird pink eyeball creatures can now only spawn spikes on appropriate block types. Also reduced their initial spawn rate.
Changed quick slots to use Z/X instead of Q/E by default, and changed the default dodge behavior so that Q/E make you dodge left/right.
During world generation, the area between the mining base and Pioneer Station have been cleaned up a bit. This means fewer spikes, etc.
Tweaked some bits of the Pioneer Station and Mining Base. Nothing major, but we're working on fleshing them out a little bit at a time.
You can now click quick slots in order to select them while the inventory menu is closed.
Sheared sheep now drop 1 piece of wool when sheared post-mortem instead of 0.
Fixed some cases where certain energy bonuses wouldn't stack. Let us know if you see more.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized on August 15, 2016 by Alex.
We decided to celebrate Independence Day in the best way possible, by adding more things to Signs of Life that explode in a brilliant and dangerous fashion. For this special holiday update, we added several fireworks and stuffed a Fireworks Party Pack into everyone's inventory, filled to the brim with instruments of pyromaniacal delight.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized on July 4, 2016 by Alex.
Added a gross eyeball creature to the areas near the spiky bosses.
Added a Python revolver that has an alternate fire that allows you to fan the hammer and quickly unload all the remaining bullets in the cylinder.
Added [REDACTED] Device – [REDACTED] mark a location and then [REDACTED] a portal that [REDACTED].
Added [REDACTED] – A pedestal that is activated by [REDACTED], and [REDACTED] your [REDACTED] when right clicked once activated. [REDACTED] when you die.
Fixed an issue with particle effects that was causing them to look more muted than intended. The majority of particle effects should now look better.
Added ability to change materials in crafting, for example you can now choose between using a normal or rubber stick in many recipes. Some recipes also let you change the primary (first) material, which can change the crafted result, for example now there is just a "torch" recipe, and you can change the result from a normal sap torch to a biofuel torch by changing the primary material from sap to biofuel. We only adjusted a few recipes, so let us know if you have more ideas for places we could use this feature.
Double Tap – How it worked previously, double tap forward to dodge roll forward, double tap back to backjump.
Binds Only – Only activates when you press the key bound to dodge, dodge rolls forward if you're moving forward, backjump if you're moving backwards or standing still. Bound to Z by default… but honestly that is a terrible bind and we're trying to find a better one, but its tricky to find something that we're not already using that can be easily pressed while doing other actions. Still working on this.
Added ability to tweak various balance settings for creatures and melee weapons through a text file located in your game install directory (The directory should be something like Steam/SteamApps/Common/Signs Of Life/Content/CSV) Note: I don't think the projectiles file works yet, so don't be surprised if tweaking that doesn't do anything.
This entry was posted in Uncategorized on June 23, 2016 by Alex.


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package org.sleuthkit.autopsy.report.infrastructure;

import java.awt.Component;
import java.awt.event.MouseAdapter;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.EnumMap;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Map.Entry;
import javax.swing.JCheckBox;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JList;
import javax.swing.ListCellRenderer;
import javax.swing.ListModel;
import javax.swing.event.ListDataListener;
import org.openide.util.NbBundle;

/**
 * Visual component of the File Report Configuration panel of the Report Wizard.
 */
@SuppressWarnings("PMD.SingularField") // UI widgets cause lots of false positives
class ReportWizardFileOptionsVisualPanel extends javax.swing.JPanel {

    private List<FileReportDataTypes> options = new ArrayList<>();
    private final Map<FileReportDataTypes, Boolean> optionStates = new EnumMap<>(FileReportDataTypes.class);
    private ListModel<FileReportDataTypes> model;
    private final ReportWizardFileOptionsPanel wizPanel;

    public ReportWizardFileOptionsVisualPanel(ReportWizardFileOptionsPanel wizPanel, FileReportSettings settings) {
        this.wizPanel = wizPanel;
        initComponents();
        initOptionsList(settings);
    }

    @Override
    public String getName() {
        return NbBundle.getMessage(this.getClass(), "ReportWizardFileOptionsVisualPanel.getName.text");
    }

    /**
     * Populate the list of File Report Information that can be selected.
     */
    private void initOptionsList(FileReportSettings settings) {
        if (settings != null && settings.getFileProperties() != null && !settings.getFileProperties().isEmpty()) {
            // load the configuration
            for (Entry<FileReportDataTypes, Boolean> entry : settings.getFileProperties().entrySet()) {
                optionStates.put(entry.getKey(), entry.getValue());
                options.add(entry.getKey());
            }
        } else {
            // load defaults
            options = Arrays.asList(FileReportDataTypes.values());
            for (FileReportDataTypes entry : options) {
                optionStates.put(entry, Boolean.TRUE);
            }
        }

        model = new OptionsListModel();
        optionsList.setModel(model);
        optionsList.setCellRenderer(new OptionsListRenderer());
        optionsList.setVisibleRowCount(-1);

        selectAllButton.setEnabled(notAllSelected());
        deselectAllButton.setEnabled(anySelected());

        wizPanel.setFinish(anySelected());

        // Add the ability to enable and disable Tag checkboxes to the list
        optionsList.addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter() {
            @Override
            public void mousePressed(MouseEvent evt) {

                int index = optionsList.locationToIndex(evt.getPoint());
                FileReportDataTypes value = model.getElementAt(index);
                optionStates.put(value, !optionStates.get(value));
                optionsList.repaint();
                boolean anySelected = anySelected();
                deselectAllButton.setEnabled(anySelected);
                wizPanel.setFinish(anySelected);
                selectAllButton.setEnabled(notAllSelected());
            }
        });
    }

    /**
     * Are any options selected?
     *
     * @return
     */
    private boolean anySelected() {
        for (Boolean b : optionStates.values()) {
            if (b) {
                return true;
            }
        }
        return false;
    }

    /**
     * Are no options selected?
     *
     * @return
     */
    private boolean notAllSelected() {
        for (Boolean b : optionStates.values()) {
            if (!b) {
                return true;
            }
        }
        return false;
    }

    /**
     * Get the user-selected settings.
     *
     * @return
     */
    Map<FileReportDataTypes, Boolean> getFileReportOptions() {
        return optionStates;
    }

    /**
     * This method is called from within the constructor to initialize the form.
     * WARNING: Do NOT modify this code. The content of this method is always
     * regenerated by the Form Editor.
     */
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
    // <editor-fold defaultstate="collapsed" desc="Generated Code">//GEN-BEGIN:initComponents
    private void initComponents() {

        jScrollPane1 = new javax.swing.JScrollPane();
        optionsList = new javax.swing.JList<>();
        selectAllButton = new javax.swing.JButton();
        deselectAllButton = new javax.swing.JButton();
        jLabel1 = new javax.swing.JLabel();

        optionsList.setModel(new javax.swing.AbstractListModel<FileReportDataTypes>() {
            FileReportDataTypes[] types = { };
            public int getSize() { return types.length; }
            public FileReportDataTypes getElementAt(int i) { return types[i]; }
        });
        jScrollPane1.setViewportView(optionsList);

        org.openide.awt.Mnemonics.setLocalizedText(selectAllButton, org.openide.util.NbBundle.getMessage(ReportWizardFileOptionsVisualPanel.class, "ReportWizardFileOptionsVisualPanel.selectAllButton.text")); // NOI18N
        selectAllButton.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
                selectAllButtonActionPerformed(evt);
            }
        });

        org.openide.awt.Mnemonics.setLocalizedText(deselectAllButton, org.openide.util.NbBundle.getMessage(ReportWizardFileOptionsVisualPanel.class, "ReportWizardFileOptionsVisualPanel.deselectAllButton.text")); // NOI18N
        deselectAllButton.addActionListener(new java.awt.event.ActionListener() {
            public void actionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {
                deselectAllButtonActionPerformed(evt);
            }
        });

        org.openide.awt.Mnemonics.setLocalizedText(jLabel1, org.openide.util.NbBundle.getMessage(ReportWizardFileOptionsVisualPanel.class, "ReportWizardFileOptionsVisualPanel.jLabel1.text")); // NOI18N

        javax.swing.GroupLayout layout = new javax.swing.GroupLayout(this);
        this.setLayout(layout);
        layout.setHorizontalGroup(
            layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
            .addGroup(layout.createSequentialGroup()
                .addContainerGap()
                .addGroup(layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
                    .addComponent(jScrollPane1)
                    .addGroup(layout.createSequentialGroup()
                        .addGroup(layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
                            .addComponent(jLabel1)
                            .addGroup(layout.createSequentialGroup()
                                .addComponent(selectAllButton)
                                .addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.RELATED)
                                .addComponent(deselectAllButton)))
                        .addGap(0, 210, Short.MAX_VALUE)))
                .addContainerGap())
        );
        layout.setVerticalGroup(
            layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.LEADING)
            .addGroup(layout.createSequentialGroup()
                .addGap(10, 10, 10)
                .addComponent(jLabel1)
                .addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.UNRELATED)
                .addComponent(jScrollPane1, javax.swing.GroupLayout.DEFAULT_SIZE, 220, Short.MAX_VALUE)
                .addPreferredGap(javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement.UNRELATED)
                .addGroup(layout.createParallelGroup(javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment.BASELINE)
                    .addComponent(deselectAllButton)
                    .addComponent(selectAllButton))
                .addContainerGap())
        );
    }// </editor-fold>//GEN-END:initComponents

    private void selectAllButtonActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {//GEN-FIRST:event_selectAllButtonActionPerformed
        for (FileReportDataTypes option : options) {
            optionStates.put(option, Boolean.TRUE);
        }
        optionsList.repaint();
        selectAllButton.setEnabled(false);
        deselectAllButton.setEnabled(true);
        wizPanel.setFinish(true);
    }//GEN-LAST:event_selectAllButtonActionPerformed

    private void deselectAllButtonActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {//GEN-FIRST:event_deselectAllButtonActionPerformed
        for (FileReportDataTypes option : options) {
            optionStates.put(option, Boolean.FALSE);
        }
        optionsList.repaint();
        selectAllButton.setEnabled(true);
        deselectAllButton.setEnabled(false);
        wizPanel.setFinish(false);
    }//GEN-LAST:event_deselectAllButtonActionPerformed

    // Variables declaration - do not modify//GEN-BEGIN:variables
    private javax.swing.JButton deselectAllButton;
    private javax.swing.JLabel jLabel1;
    private javax.swing.JScrollPane jScrollPane1;
    private javax.swing.JList<FileReportDataTypes> optionsList;
    private javax.swing.JButton selectAllButton;
    // End of variables declaration//GEN-END:variables

    private class OptionsListModel implements ListModel<FileReportDataTypes> {

        @Override
        public int getSize() {
            return options.size();
        }

        @Override
        public FileReportDataTypes getElementAt(int index) {
            return options.get(index);
        }

        @Override
        public void addListDataListener(ListDataListener l) {
        }

        @Override
        public void removeListDataListener(ListDataListener l) {
        }
    }

    /**
     * Render each item in the list to be a selectable check box.
     */
    private class OptionsListRenderer extends JCheckBox implements ListCellRenderer<FileReportDataTypes> {

        @Override
        public Component getListCellRendererComponent(JList<? extends FileReportDataTypes> list, FileReportDataTypes value, int index, boolean isSelected, boolean cellHasFocus) {
            if (value != null) {
                FileReportDataTypes col = value;
                setEnabled(list.isEnabled());
                setSelected(optionStates.get(col));
                setFont(list.getFont());
                setBackground(list.getBackground());
                setForeground(list.getForeground());
                setText(col.getName());
                return this;
            }
            return new JLabel();
        }

    }

}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


Here are some excellent audio interviews and podcasts about Iboga.
Jonathan Dickinson from GITA talking to James W Jesso about the history and current use of Iboga in Gabon West Africa.
This one from 2014. Sean Hamman and Steve Dyer talking about how they facilitate Iboga ceremonies.


text:
Mouse support over USB-C could arrive for iPad Pro in iOS 13
in iOS
Apple could include the ability to use a mouse or trackpad within iOS 13, a report suggests, which beyond accessibility could enable the iPad or iPad Pro to more directly compete with notebooks and other devices that could be used as a complete computer replacement.
The iPad Pro range is pitched as an ideal device for working, as an alternate to the MacBook Pro lineup that is highly portable due to its tablet form. While iPads are highly versatile, the addition of mouse support could be coming to the platform in iOS 13, and could feature during WWDC on June 3.
Speaking on the Connected podcast, MacStories editor Federico Viticci revealed an interest in the idea of mouse support, with conversations with others suggesting it could be part of the AssistiveTouch accessibility feature. In researching the possibility, it was found it is possible to have a cursor in iOS when used with the right accessibility hardware, and has been so for years.
According to Viticci's sources, a USB-C mouse could be used in a similar fashion in the future, plugged directly into the iPad Pro's USB-C port without any extra adapters.
A later tweet from developer Steve Troughton-Smith corroborated the rumors, claiming the feature "is indeed in the works."
If you missed last week's @_connectedfm, @viticci had a pretty interesting scoop that he'd been sitting on re mouse support coming to iPad as an accessibility feature. As far as I'm aware, that *is* indeed in the works. I feel like every pro user will turn that on, day one
-- Steve Troughton-Smith (@stroughtonsmith)
While the use of a USB-C connection may facilitate the use of a mouse or trackpad on the iPad Pro, it is likely that Apple will also turn to other ways of interacting with mice, if it is indeed working on the feature. A plethora of Bluetooth mice are on the market, including Apple's own, and it would make sense for Apple to enable support for those devices, rather than forcing users to acquire a USB-C mouse or an adapter to attach USB-A versions.
The use of Bluetooth also opens up the possibility for mouse support to be added to iPads and older iPad Pro models, which use Lightning instead of USB-C connections.
The timing of the rumors may also be due to Apple's Marzipan project, which, greatly simplified, enables apps produced for iOS to be ported to macOS with less friction than before. As Marzipan apps would need to accept input from a mouse, it makes sense for Apple to extend that functionality over to iOS.
Other elements iOS 13 is touted to introduce include changes to photo management, a "dark mode" to match macOS, and a universal "undo" gesture.
coolerkid	Posts: 8member
So the next logical step would be to get OS X to run on the iPad. It would be a great device if they had it run as OS X when it was docked with a keyboard/trackpad, and run as iOS when removed from the keyboard. The apps could handoff to each other, so if you were working on something in OS X and moved to the iPad, you could continue where you left off.
Eric_WVGG	Posts: 622member
It sounds crazy, but I think this is 100% true, and I think Marzipan is the beginning of the end for the Mac. Although I was expecting this to come along around 2021, after Marzipan apps had become somewhat commonplace.
The argument against pointer devices on iOS (and touch on the Mac) is that the UI "isn't made for it." And that's still true. But what is changing is that one app can now have multiple UIs.
The way this would work is, a Marzipan app works in "iPad mode" normally; snap in a keyboard with a trackpad, and it pops into "Mac mode." A lot of folks are gonna say this is Apple's "Windows 8", but it's a radically different approach.
Platforms get adopted in waves. We saw this with word processors, then GUIs, then CD-ROMs, then Internet, then touch. We're already into the period where people get "read work done" (I see at least five folks working on iPads in the room I'm in right now); pointer-enabled iPads and Marzipan apps will make the iPad "good enough" (or even better) for a whole new wave of consumers.
I think in about five years the Mac will be relegated to a lineup of one laptop, and one desktop, mostly aimed at developers and legacy buyers. In ten years it'll be done.
What remains to be seen is, "can Marzipan apps be good?"
edited April 23
seankill	Posts: 476member
If you follow all the people on here, this must not be true. They can't figure out why you would ever need mouse support on an iPad.
For those using their iPads for something besides watching movies, sweet. A little overdue.
Seems odd that it would be USB only,
This is great!!! It will help Apple compete a lot.
DAalseth	Posts: 651member
I've been, and still am, skeptical about the need for mouse support on the iPad. However, that said I HAVE found myself using the Apple-Pencil to click on things and pull down menus in web browsers and such so maybe. If it does come to the iPad, I wonder about backward compatibility. My 10.5 inch iPP doesn't have USB-C. I wonder if Bluetooth mice would work. I have my old MagicMouse in a drawer. Might want to drag it out to experiment. It depends on how it would be implemented.
And still no local file storage? That is more of a barrier for me than mouse support.
They already own the tablet market lock, stock,, and barrel. When's the last time you saw an Android tablet except on the display shelf at Sam's Club.
tmay	Posts: 3,817member
DAalseth said:
I used to think that.
One of the products that Autodesk has, Recap Pro, which is photogrammetry / laser scanning software, has a field version for capture that requires an iPad Pro, likely due to performance requirements. It makes sense to have it available for people that can use a mouse, or other USB pointer. I'd be inclined to add a SpaceMouse when software that supports it for 3D modeling on the iPad Pro arrives.
Eric_WVGG said:
It sounds crazy, but I think this is 100% true, and I think Marzipan is the beginning of the end for the Mac.
A reminder...
...while I'm aware Apple has changed its mind on things before, they've spoken to this topic specifically and so many times that I have no reason to doubt them. Marzipan ipad apps running on Mac still have a more general UI and I don't see them replacing the window metaphor on macOS.
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canukstorm	Posts: 1,949member
StrangeDays said:
macOS does not have to merge with iOS for the Mac to end. Those are two entirely different things.
@robbyx had a great post about it another thread. This is what he wrote:
"I completely disagree. Marzipan lays the foundation for building apps that run on both macOS and iOS. This is the first step to getting rid of macOS as we know it. I don't think Apple is going to bother porting macOS to ARM and maintaining two different hardware platforms for the rather small number of Macs they sell every year. Apple will need the big developers like Adobe, etc. to support the new hardware platform. If the past is any indication, companies like Adobe will take their sweet time porting their apps (which won't be as simple as a recompile) - if they port them at all.
It would be a complete shock if Apple ditched Intel chips across the entire Mac product line. The fact that the rather small Mac market supports multiple virtualization solutions tells me that a lot of Mac customers run Windows apps. A lot of people would abandon the Mac if it didn't have an Intel chip. There's really no compelling argument for Apple to transition the Mac to ARM today. It's not like Apple is bringing lots of new people into the Mac fold. Mac sales have been more or less flat for ages, regardless of what is happening with Intel's chip pipeline. An ARM-based Mac isn't going to attract new customers, but it will push many existing "pro" customers to Windows.
Apple hasn't been excited about the Mac in years - and it shows. I'm sure we'll get a beautiful, fancy, and incredibly overpriced Mac Pro this year to keep the "pro" market happy for another few years. In the meantime, Apple will continue to push the iPad as a laptop replacement, as well as a general purpose computing device. They sure aren't pushing the Mac! What we're going to see with Marzipan is not unlike what we saw with Classic > Carbon > Cocoa. Classic and Carbon are now gone. One day AppKit will be gone too. What makes a lot more sense is for Apple to bring iOS to the desktop when they transition to ARM rather than porting macOS to ARM. I think Marzipan is the first step to making that happen."
https://twitter.com/elkmovie/status/1120340799642841089
canukstorm said:
A very good point. I've seen the end of my Mac Using days coming for some years now. I would not be at ALL surprised if my current 2016 iMac is my last. Way over half of my computing is done on the iPP and every iteration moves more stuff that way. The ability to drive an external monitor, which they will now, and a mouse, along with an interface and software to take advantage of them, would more or less make the Mac redundant for me.
qwwera	Posts: 275member
Awesome news. FINALLY!
CheeseFreeze	Posts: 368member
I would LOVE mouse support to work more quickly and efficient without having to touch the screen (other than for multiple-finger input).
Seriously a reason to reconsider the iPad Pro as a productivity device. Hopefully in addition we see more multi-tasking and direct file access additions to the platform.
I've had no iMac for months, since mine finally died after 9 years of service and I've been surprisingly productive with just an iPad Pro. There have been many times I could've used my mouse to make myself more efficient, but this experience proves to me the ideal device for my workflow would be an iPad Pro with optional mouse and external drive OR a MacBook Pro with touchscreen.
The future of general purpose computing is where apps will be able to utilize multiple input methods and I think iOS / UIKit will allow Apple to do that better than bringing touch / Pencil to macOS.
Yeah, it is odd. If they do it, they would allow wireless mice too I bet.
Either direction it goes, I'm ready for it.
Speed1050	Posts: 16unconfirmed, member
I'd love mouse support for Excel and Affinity Designer (to a lesser extent Photo). Yes please.
(are you merging mac and ios? no!)
That's exactly my point, though. What I just described isn't merging OS's at all.
(I also agree that we will probably never see ARM Macs due to this long-term strategy)
I am also of the opinion that the window metaphor is effectively a failed experiment — I would bet that easily 90% of users use nearly all apps full-screen, even many professionals I know. But there are also credible rumors that floating windows are coming to iPad, so etc.

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text:
est un film allemand écrit et réalisé par Felix Stienz, sorti en 2012.

Il s'agit du premier long métrage du réalisateur.

Synopsis
Bomber, 28 ans, est un homme de petite taille et pas très beau qui vient de perdre son emploi d'un service de messagerie. Il décide d'arnaquer son patron et de garder l'argent de sa dernière livraison à Paris, mais c'est lui qui se fait avoir. Bruno est un homme bon, gros et muet dont la principale occupation est la fréquentation d'une buvette, celle-là même où Bomber noie sa déception dans la bière. Désargenté, Bomber persuade Bruno d'effectuer ensemble la route vers Berlin. À une station-service, ils font connaissance d'Europe, une belle jeune fille française aveugle, enceinte d'un Berlinois dont elle ne possède qu'une photo Polaroïd et dont elle ne connaît que son prénom, Mathias.

Tous trois partent en voiture pour Berlin afin de trouver Mathias.

Sujet du film
 (traduction littérale : La Poupée, moi et le gros) est un road-movie qui mêle drame, comédie et romance, peuplé de personnages originaux qui, grâce à leur amitié et leur complémentarité, et malgré des problèmes de communicabilité, surmontent tous les obstacles. Bomber dira qu'ils sont comme les trois singes de la sagesse, l'un sourd, l'autre muet et le troisième aveugle, sauf que lui, au lieu d'être sourd, est nain.

Fiche technique
 Titre original :
 Réalisateur : Felix Stienz
 Scénario : Felix Stienz
 Photographie : Markus Förderer, Lynne Linder
 Montage : Felix Stienz
 Musique :
 Direction artistique : Michal Galinski
 Costumes : Sandra Fuhr
 Pays d'origine :
 Langue : allemand, anglais et français
 Sociétés de production : One Two Films, Strangenough Pictures, ZDF – Das Kleine Fernsehspiel
 Format : Couleur
 Budget :  euros
 Genre : comédie, road movie
 Durée : 90 minutes
 Dates de sortie :
  :  (Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis) /  (sortie nationale)

Le réalisateur
Felix Stienz est né à Berlin en 1982 et y a grandi. Après avoir étudié l'économie, mais sans succès, il se lance dans la réalisation de films sans avoir jamais suivi d'études cinématographiques. Depuis 2005, Stienz a été récompensé pour ses courts-métrages par plus de soixante prix, aussi bien nationaux qu'internationaux. La plupart des prix obtenus sont des « Prix du public ».

Distribution

Rôles principaux
 Stéphanie Capetanidés : Europe
 Tobi B. : Bomber (traduction littérale en )
  : Bruno

Rôles secondaires
 Nora Rim Abdel-Maksoud : Charlie
 Mark Auerbach
 Vivien Bullert : Vivien
 Till Butterbach
 Jasin Challah : le musicien devant le motel
 Deacon Dunlop : membre du groupe Malpi
 Alice Dwyer
 Yann Grouhel : Ivo
 Axel Hartwig : Knarcksen
 Martin Hentschel
 Matthias Hinz
 Mareike Hube : membre du groupe Malpi
  : l'homme à la guitare
 Nadia Kibout : Eva
 Maluse Konrad
 Chrisi Molt : membre du groupe Malpi
 Fabian Nervous Zenker : membre du groupe Malpi

 Karoline Schuch

Prix et distinctions

Prix
 2012 : Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis : prix du public
 2012 : Selb Filmfestival : prix du public (Nachwuchsförderpreis) : Felix Stienz

Nomination
 2012 : Prix Europa : meilleur premier scénario : Felix Stienz

Lieux et dates de tournage
 a été tourné de mai à  en :
 Allemagne : Brême, Berlin et Offenbourg (Bade-Wurtemberg)
 France : Strasbourg

Liens externes

Film allemand sorti en 2012
Comédie allemande
Road movie
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Europe: NATO countries in blue
The dangers of identity politics once again pointed out in The Economist's look at a problem in Lithuania "Stirring the pot: The leader of an ethnic Polish party tries to broaden his appeal by reaching out to ethnic Russians"
Mr Tomaszewski's support is not broad; on March 1st he came third in Vilnius's mayoral election, with 17% of the vote. But as a leader of Lithuania's ethnic Poles, who make up 7% of the country's population, his international influence rises above his domestic support. Relations between Vilnius and Warsaw have long been strained over issues such as the restitution of property confiscated under the Soviet regime and the refusal to allow the Polish alphabet on official documents. Now Mr Tomaszewski's pro-Russian leanings are fuelling increased suspicion of Lithuania's ethnic Poles, at a time when the country is glancing nervously over its shoulder at Moscow.
Memories are long in these culture wars. But this is not good timing for the West. Lithuania is a NATO member, by the way.
Aviation Week takes an interesting look at the U.S. Navy's Unmanned Carrier-Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike (Uclass) program in Bill Sweetman's Opinion: Looking For Answers To The Navy's Uclass Mystery: Secret clues to the Navy's tangled drone story:
U.S. Rep. Randy Forbes (R-Va.), a member of the cabal that has been pushing for a high-end Uclass, was discreet in an early-February discussion. "I'm pretty comfortable with the direction that the program is taking," he said. "I'm not trying to be vague. I just don't want to go to jail."
Deputy Defense Secretary Robert O. Work (a supporter of unmanned combat air systems in his previous jobs) explained the Uclass delay in February comments: "In addition to looking at capabilities that we already have and using them differently, we're going to make sure . . . that when we go after a new platform, it's the platform that we need from a joint perspective."
A joint platform is a U.S. Air Force/Navy program—the term can have no other meaning—but if Work is arranging a marriage for Uclass, where's the bridegroom? When orbital patterns are so disturbed, it's time to look for a dark planet somewhere in the system.
Russia's old carrier Admiral Kuznetsov
Ah, Russia. The National Interest reports Russia Is Building New Aircraft Carrier, Navy Chief Confirms:
On Monday Itar-Tass News Agency reported that Viktor Chirkov, Russia's top naval commander, announced Russia is building a new aircraft carrier.
"The Navy will have an aircraft carrier. The research companies are working on it, and strictly in compliance with the requirements from the Chief Commander," the reported quoted Chirkov as saying. Itar-Tass did not report any additional details except that Chirkov made the remarks while speaking to workers at the Kolomensky Zavod plant. The plant makes diesel electric engines for navy vessels. which makes diesel electric engines.
The reports said that the carrier was still in the conceptual phase of planning. However, when completed the new Russian aircraft carrier would reportedly be able to hold roughly 100 aircraft on board. That would make it 10 percent larger than America's current Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, which can store roughly 90 aircraft carrier.
As noted in the piece, Russia's current carrier is 30 years old.
The answer is not safer rail transport, but the much safer pipeline. Thought raised by this Oil and Gas Journal report by Nick Snow, Pennsylvania governor asks Obama for stronger crude-by-rail rules:
Noting that 60-70 trains/week carry Bakken crude oil across Pennsylvania to the Philadelphia area or other East Coast refineries, Gov. Tom Wolf (D) asked US President Barack Obama for stronger federal regulations to prevent derailments and improve safety.
This is really a national security issue in that the transport of crude to refineries is directly connected to U.S. energy security and independence. Relying on rail transport alone is applying 19th Century tech to a 21st Century issue.
That "junior varsity team" of ISIS is spreading into Libya as noted at Foreign Affairs in Geoffrey Howard's ISIS' Next Prize: Will Libya Join Terrorist Group's Caliphate?:
The Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham is no longer just an Iraq and Syria problem. For months now, ISIS (or groups affiliated with it) has been pushing into Libya as well. The country has long been vulnerable; the vacuum created by the deepening political crisis and collapse of state institutions is an attractive arena for terrorist groups. Further, control of Libya could potentially bring access to substantial revenues through well-established smuggling networks that deal in oil, stolen cars, contraband goods, and weapons.
Just fricking great. Create a vacuum then stand by while it gets filled with people who want to destroy the West.
Things get more complex in trying to find and keep allies in the field against ISIS and al Qaeda, as reflected in this article by Caleb Weiss at The Long War Journal, US-backed Hazm Movement disbands after Al Nusrah attack:
The US-backed Hazm Movement, or Harkat Hazm, has officially disbanded after suffering a major defeat by al Qaeda's official branch in Syria. The most recent fighting between the Al Nusrah Front and Hazm Movement began last week after Al Nusrah declared war on Hazm. The declaration of war came after Hazm arrested and killed at least one Nusrah commander in Syria's Aleppo province. According to a Dutch fighter in Al Nusrah, Hazm killed a commander named Abu Isa Tabqa.
Over the weekend, Al Nusrah launched an offensive on several Hazm positions in the Aleppo countryside. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) has reported that Al Nusrah took over the "46th Brigade, Meznaz, Kafar Nouran, al-Mashtal, and Ref al-Mohandsin" in Aleppo. According to SOHR, around 80 people were killed in the fighting, with 50 of those being from Hazm. As a result of the defeats, the Hazm Movement released a statement yesterday saying that the group has been dissolved.
In the same statement, Hazm also said that its fighters will join Jabhat al Shamiyya, or the Levant Front. The Levant Front is a coalition of groups in Aleppo which includes the al Qaeda ally Ahrar al Sham, and the Jaysh al Mujahideen and Harakat Nour al Din al Zenki, as well as other smaller groups. Two of these groups, Jaysh al Mujahideen and Harakat Nour al Din al Zenki, have previously been supported by the US with BGM-71 TOW anti-tank missiles.
We need to start giving these people numbered jerseys so we can keep track of them by their jersey numbers on our scorecards. I mean they lose a fight to one al Qaeda group and then join up with another? The fast and loose organization reminds me of something from the past:
We discussed strategy on Midrats last Sunday (Episode 269: National Strategy and the Navy's Proper Role in it) but there's a lot of good reading out there to follow up. You might start with General John Galvin's 1988 What's the Matter with Being a Strategist? (pdf) (hat tip to PRBeckman) and follow that up with General Jim Mattis's A New American Grand Strategy and Captain Jerry Hendrix's Avoiding Trivia: A Strategy for Sustainment and Fiscal Security (download the pdf from that link at CNAS). You can find President Obama's 2015 National Strategy here along with some critiques.
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Home Energy coal Construction of coal-fired Amu Power plant in Kenya now gets green light
Construction of coal-fired Amu Power plant in Kenya now gets green light
Antony kiganda
Construction of coal-fired Amu Power plant in Kenya has received the much needed impetus after Kenya's energy industry regulator ruled against environmentalists' objection to Amu Power Company's planned 1 000 MW coal-fired power plant in the nation's coastal region.
Amu Power, backed by a conglomerate that includes Centum Investments and a group of Chinese companies, was primarily anticipated to start construction of the plant in Lamu in December 2015.
Also read:Amu Power confirms construction of coal fired power plant in Kenya
Nevertheless, environmental group Save Lamu Natural Justice raised alarm about the effect the plant would have on marine life in the region, prompting the Energy Regulatory Commission to postpone issuing Amu Power an electricity generation license for the project.
The Energy Regulatory Commission said in a legal notice seen by Reuters on Tuesday that it had reviewed the views of the group and other involved parties and was content that all environmental concerns would be tackled sufficiently.
It also said that landowners who would be moved to make way for the plant did not go up against the plant's construction and that the government was tackling their compensation.
"Taking the above reasons into account, the Commission barred the objection," the Energy Regulatory Commission's legal notice said.
Construction of the plant is anticipated to take 30 months once it begins.
The project is part of a plan established in 2013 to add 5 000 MW of power to Kenya's installed electricity generating capacity by this year. The capacity stands at 2 341 MW at present.
The Amu Power conglomerate also includes Kenya's Gulf Energy and Chinese trio China Huadian Corporation Power Operation Company, Sichuan Electric Power Design and Consulting Company, and Sichuan No. 3 Power Construction Company.
Amu Power plant in Kenya was initially set to kick off in 2015 but has been hit by delays.
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WOMEN'S CAMPAIGN TO REPEAL PROHIBITION - "PUT THE CRIMINAL OUT OF BUSINESS . . . REPEAL . . . THE EIGHTEENTH AMENDMENT."
Led by Pauline Morton Sabin (later Davis)
[1929]. Each of the four broadsides measures 6.25" x 9.75". All are in nice shape.
They are titled "Has Prohibition Brought Temperance?", "Four Your Children's Sake", "Do You Want to Put the Criminal Out of Business? Help the Unemployed?", and "Tax Payers! Do You Know". Item #009676
Four different broadsides published by the Women's Organization for Prohibition Reform.
While female leaders of the national temperance movement are often recognized as the driving force behind the Eighteenth Amendment, it is often overlooked that other women, specifically Pauline Morton Sabin and her Women's Organization for National Prohibition Reform (WONPR) led the charge to repeal it.
Sabin, who had once supported Prohibition, set out to repeal the Eighteenth amendment after realizing that not only had it done nothing to reduce drunkenness and alcoholism, it exacerbated the problem. She saw Prohibition as the root cause underlying most of the 1920's corruption, crime, and violence and was offended by its destruction of the principles of personal liberty and local government. Sabin was even more disturbed by it the harm it caused American youth. She, and mothers like her, initially believed that Prohibition would eliminate children's temptation to drink. Instead, she found that police records showed that intoxication increased by a factor of ten among young people, and young girls sought assistance for alcohol-related issues from the Salvation Army rescue shelters an average of eight to ten years younger than they had before its passage. She was disgusted by the willful 'blindness' of temperance advocates and the hypocrisy of most politicians. Sabin once related that while attending a congressional hearing, she heard the president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU), Ella Boole, shout "I represent the women of America!" she thought to herself, "Well, lady, here's one woman you don't represent."
A Republican activist, Sabin was familiar with the political process, and she set to work organizing the WONPR in 1929 to lead the charge against Prohibition. By the end of 1930, it had 100,000 members; 300,000 members by spring of 1931, 600,000 members by April 1932. That July, Time magazine featured Sabin on its cover as WONPR influence and membership continued to spike. There were 1.1 million members by November, several times as many as the WCTU. Sabin and the WONPR were loud and active and refused to be ignored. Of course, prohibition supporters contested the WONPR's position with on WCTU official declaring, "As to Mrs. Sabin and her cocktail drinking women, we will out-live them, out-fight them, out-love them, out-talk them, out-pray them, and out-vote them."
When Sabin found little support from Republican politicians, she led the WONPR en masse into and alliance with the Democratic Party and was instrumental in inserting an anti-Prohibition plank int its platform. Following President Roosevelt's re-election, state conventions ratified the Twenty-first Amendment which repealed the Eighteenth and its associated Prohibition laws. Despite temperance proponents confidence, the vote for repeal was three-to-one. Following the repeal, Sabin found she could support else in the Democratic Party and soon returned to her Republican roots.
For more information, see "Pauline Sabin: Repeal of Prohibition Leader" and "Women's Organization for National Prohibition Reform" at Alcohol Problems and Solutions, on-line.Very scarce. At the time of listing, none are for sale online. OCLC shows WONPR chapter records held at two institutions and Sabin's papers at another, but between all three, only two broadsides are listed., Neither the Rare Book Hub nor Worthpoint list any auction records for these broadsides.
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When users want to relate a binary variable to a continuous or discrete variable, Statwing runs a two-tailed t-test to assess whether either of the two groups tends to have higher values than the other for the continuous/discrete variable. Statwing defaults to the Welch's t-test, also known as the t-test for unequal variances; if the assumptions of that test are not met, Statwing recommends a ranked version of the same test.
The sample size of each group is above 15 (and therefore the Central Limit Theorem satisfies the requirement for normally distributed data).
Unlike the slightly more common t-test for equal variances, Welch's t-test does not assume that the variances of the two groups being compared are equal. Modern computing has made that assumption unnecessary. Furthermore, assuming equal variances leads to less accurate results when variances are not in fact equal, and its results are no more accurate when variances are actually equal (Ruxton, 2006).
When assumptions are violated, the t-test may no longer be valid. In that case, Statwing recommends the ranked t-test; Statwing rank-transforms the data (replaces values with their rank ordering) and then runs the same Welch's t-test on that transformed data. The ranked t-test is robust to outliers and non-normally distributed data. Rank transformation is a well-established method for protecting again assumption violation (a "nonparametric" method), and is most commonly seen in the difference between Pearson and Spearman correlation (Conover and Iman, 1981). Rank transformation followed by Welch's t-test is similar in effect to the Mann-Whitney U Test, but somewhat more efficient (Ruxton, 2006; Zimmerman, 2012).
Note that while the t-test tests for the equality of the means of the two groups, the ranked t-test does not explicitly test for differences between the groups means or medians. Rather, it test for a general tendency of one group to have larger values than the other.
1. With sample sizes below 15, data can still be visually inspected to determine if it is in fact normally distributed; if it is, unranked t-test results are still valid even for small samples. In practice this assessment can be difficult to make, so Statwing recommends ranked t-tests by default for small samples.


The basic philosophy behind the construction of the new Haga Hospital or HagaZiekenhuis building in The Hague was the Planetree model for patient healthcare, which aims to create an environment in which everyone feels at home – patients, visitors and medical staff alike. We took the key elements of this philosophy and – together with all the parties concerned – applied them to designing and building a transparent, light and airy, patient-centred environment. The new hospital building operates as a public-private partnership (PPP), which has been put out to tender by HagaZiekenhuis for the next twenty years as a DBM project (Design, Build & Maintain).
The HagaZiekenhuis is one of the largest hospitals in the Netherlands. The hospital's outlying regional departments have now been consolidated at a single site. Covering an area of 34,500 m², the new section now accommodates anaesthesiology, oncology, haematology and a day-patient clinic (AOHD), as well as operating theatres, the Juliana Kinderziekenhuis (JKZ) and the Mother & Child Centre.
The task put before the VolkerWesselsHaga building consortium was clear. Create a healing environment that enables HagaZiekenhuis to implement its Planetree healthcare philosophy – an approach that aims to provide as many benefits as possible to its patients, visitors and medical staff. For patients, the benefits include faster recovery times, reduced anxiety and stress, and a greater sense of well-being. For staff, the benefits include a more pleasant and efficient working environment aimed at reducing absenteeism and boosting motivation. In other words, a major impetus for the organization as a whole.
We studied the Planetree approach carefully and as a result opted to focus on the hospital's logistics as the architectural basis for the design. This entailed separating the building's various flows. The new building is built in a figure of eight with two landscaped atria on two scales – one for children and one for adults. Walking distances have been kept to an absolute minimum throughout the entire building.
We responded to the logistical challenge of streamlining patient, visitor, staff and delivery flows as efficiently and effectively as possible by creating as much light and transparency as possible in central communal areas. The design is such that wherever you are in the building you can always look outside – either directly or indirectly through another space or room. Both atria have glass roofs.
The landscaped atria are connected by an elevated walkway. It not only connects in a literal sense, but also figuratively insofar that people from every hospital department can meet and mingle here.
MVSA designed the hospital wards with almost exclusively single rooms to aid and speed recovery. Adult patients always have an outside view and children can always see out into the corridor from their rooms. This helps satisfy their curiosity and allows them to stay in touch with their surroundings. If able, they may always go to the communal play area off ward. So instead of isolation, children are encouraged to meet and play. Equipment, medicine and nursing care simply go with them.
Studies have shown that a child-friendly environment that distracts sick children from their predicament can help reduce stress, anxiety and the perception of pain. This helps them recover more quickly and contributes towards creating a more positive hospital experience. We specifically designed children's wards to help reduce stress and anxiety levels. MVSA invited experience design agency Tinker Imagineers to create a 'moving' storyline for the Juliana Kinderziekenhuis. Five cuddly characters – Hugg, Happy, Fold, C-bot and Fizzle – come to life all around the children in unique, animated wall projections. They accompany children on their 'adventure', making them laugh and distracting them from their situation.
Even during initial brainstorming sessions, it became readily apparent that it was time to say farewell to the stark, enclosed spaces and rooms that traditionally form the basis for most hospitals. Hospital visits and admissions are already stressful enough as it is. It was time for transparency and light. We cleared our agendas and set aside the time to sit down with twenty user groups. We sat with each user group on ten separate occasions for two hours at a time and involved them fully in discussing extremely complex issues. These ranged from logistics to the workability of treatment rooms, from patient room positioning to their exact dimensions and layouts.
We created a basic neutral palette which is rolled out throughout the total complex. This basic palette, consisting out of different 'whites', 'greys' and a darker anthracite accent, brings brightness, clearness and tranquility to the environment. To emphasize the identity of each care unit and different specialties like for example radiology, policlinics and anesthesiology, we have added bright and strong colors.
The VolkerWesselsHaga consortium faced several major challenges. One of these challenges was to keep the hospital open during construction work. Other challenges included requirements for accelerated completion times and maximum efficiency levels. It succeeded in every respect thanks to its comprehensive, multi-disciplinary approach. MVSA Architects is proud to be a member of this consortium. Consortium members acted as one, providing HagaZiekenhuis with a single point of contact and relieving it of every conceivable burden. 'Efficiency' entailed using 'vibration-free' construction techniques, i.e. without pile driving, so as to minimize any nuisance to patients, staff and visitors.
From the very outset, design work took account of the hospital's long-term maintenance requirements. Durable materials and smart systems have been used throughout that operate based on natural processes. This culminated in the recent award of BREEAM-NL certification with an 'Excellent' rating.


You must make reservations at least 5 minutes in advance of the time at Nick's - San Clemente.
Classic American comfort food, crave-able bar snacks, plus unique cocktails & an extensive wine list in an upscale yet casual environment. Our intimate restaurant features a chic island bar, walls of glass and a spacious covered patio, perfect for people watching. Our exhibition kitchen highlights the talents of our passionate culinary team.
I've never had a "bad" experience at Nicks, but this most recent visit was better than any other dining experience we've had in a long time. Our server Derek was friendly, understanding, so knowledgeable and not pushy about turning the table. We were able to enjoy a relaxing, long dinner together with family we don't see often. Derek was attentive and answered all our questions. He even made sure to acknowledge the birthday we were celebrating and made the birthday boy feel very special. I always look forward to dining at Nicks and after having Derek as a server, we will be returning sooner than later! Thank you Derek and Nicks for an unforgettable evening!
We love Nicks but they seem to be going downhill a bit. Service was slow while my husbands dish was really good, mine was really bad.
Still overall it's a treat to be there. But not going to rush back, there are lots of good places in San Clemente.
As always Nick's is outstanding in regards to food and service. Kimmy is always professional and fun and we kept her hopping from two different tables. Everyone was happy and we had a great time and Kimmy entertained us and our granddaughters. All the "first-timers" loved the food and the experience and I loved the no corkage fee on the first bottle. We did have one little issue, as four of our guests were from DC and we had a total of seven people but we could not make a reservation for seven so we made two reservations under my name and my wife's name to get our two tables. Even though we could not all sit together we were accommodated being close together and were allowed to pay one check. Thanks, Nick's and Kimmy!
The food was excellent, as always. The cioppino is delicious! However, our service this time wasn't particularly great. It seemed that our server was a bit new. It took him awhile to check on us and overall he just wasn't very attentive. Still had an incredible dining experience regardless.
Nick's is always great! Good portions, fair prices. Excellent customer service. Comfortable ambiance. Had the bistro plate, perfect cooked filet, soup & salad. Also had fried chicken, biscuits & gravy. Love this place.
We had an amazing server named brittney! She was fantastic! The food was so delicious and the skinny margaritas were the best I've ever had! We will be back!
excellent menu selections, large portions and great quality food. Too expensive for everyday dinning. lunch for 4 without alcohol was $167.00 included only one appetizer and one desert that we all split.
Such great food! it is a beautiful atmosphere and everything I had was delicious. Perfect for a date night, girls night or an everyday dinner. Try it!
Wonderful birthday celebration with family. Service and food were excellent! Our server, Shannon was just delightful.
First table call in 45 seconds for drink order.
The waiter knew her stuff. Several staff members served us denoting a solid team. The manager stopped by to verify satisfaction. The cioppino was delish.
Best artichokes we ever had.
Kind of noisy but a fun dining experience.
Everything was very good. It is always very noisy but the food doesn't disappoint.
Consistently outstanding. Can always depend on an excellent experience.
As always, an incredible all around experience. We had friends in town from Oregon and they were blown away by the food, especially the Chilean Sea Bass! Everything was delicious and the service bar none!
Favorite restaurant in San Clemente. ..we always head here first.
Nice atmosphere. Professional service. Outstanding skinny Margarita's.
There is nothing in this world better than Nick's Chilean Sea Bass Plate!
We ordered prime cut. Not the prime rib sandwich. I felt like I was being told I could not afford what I ordered.. it was extremely loud there could of been a communication problem. We were comp with desert.
Emmanuel was an awesome server and the food & drinks were delicious!
Nicks is one of our all time favorite family spots to go. Highly recommend any of their restaurants...great food, great wine, great service, great ambiance...you can't go wrong. I love the South of Nicks for Mexcian and the regular Nicks for Californian...just cant decide between the two. My only wish is that they please open restaurants in Calsbad. I promise I will eat there all the time!! We need you in north county San Diego!!
It was very busy on a Sunday night. Great waiter ...very engaging.
Kitchen was a little backed up. My food was cold... manager came right over and not even 1 minute later brought me a fresh plate.
For the extra wait she took off our appetizer and a dessert which we hadn't even asked for. Service here is fantastic! Very attentive. The managers and wait staff are focused on the details and giving patrons a great experience. I would definitely go back there next time I'm in town. My friends loved it here, and are adding to their weekly rotation!
good food, decent service but a bit noisy. I though it was expensive, 200$ for 4 including one five year old. Wine prices are insane.
Had a fantastic waitress. Can't remember her name but was short with short dark hair and was from Massachusetts.
She was super friendly, very accommodating, great service and just plain nice. A real keeper!
We really enjoy NIck's. The food, service and ambiance is great. We had a table on the patio which was perfect. Definitely recommend the rib eye melt!
We've had dinner Sat night ,the place was busy as always but the experience was great .There was no problem waiting for a table because the food and service was amazing .
Very warm and understanding waitress ,and the food was divine.
Always a good time. Got a great table.
We always go to Nick's for special family dinners. This time Nick's did not meet our expectations. The food was just OK - not the usual great food in the past. I think they have gotten too busy and just cannot keep up their reputation. While Nick's cannot control children there were too many screaming kids that did not help making this visit less than expected.
We normally love Nick's. It's one of our go-to places. In this case, the hostess was warm and welcoming; however, the service was terrible. It took 30 minutes for our server to recognize our presence enough to take a drink order. When she did, she had a nasty attitude and it never got better. Our ribs came out ice cold and finally a manager came by to take them back. The tone for a meal out can be negatively impacted. In this case it was.
Our favorite nice restaurant in San Clemente. Service and food is always outstanding.
Came to celebrate my daughter's birthday. Good meeting place for us as she lives in Long Beach and we live in San Diego. She got a signed card from all the staff and a nice dessert. She really like her cocktail...ordered 2 in fact. Keep up the good work!
I took my Husband and his father to Nick's in SC to celebrate my husband's birthday. I was pleased to be sat at what I would call a large table, which could of very easily sat six people around it. We all had enough space to eat and move, as we talk a lot with our hands. The food did not disappoint. We began with two appetizers as we were celebrating; shrimp taquitos and deviled eggs. The chicken pot pie my husband ordered is a limited commodity as the waiter Patrick said something about size of oven and it is one of their amazing specialties. My father in law ordered the SF Cioppino, this is a shrimp prawn packed, extra large bowl, with a personal size sourdough bread. I ordered the Chilean sea bass, so worth the quality of fillet, whipped potatoes, and greens. We definitely will return. There is no comparison between Nick's and South of Nick's, both have their unique dishes and style.
Delicious and always great! A reservation is a must have if you come between 5:30-8:00. The place is always packed. Very friendly servers. Good drinks, good food - you can't go wrong!
Perfect as usual! They always make us feel welcomed and the food is incredible.
Nick's was as wonderful as expected...great food, fantastic service. Noise level a bit loud.
My only complaint is the music is to loud with the brick walls the sound just is too much. Love the food and the service.