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"""
Implement a few MIP solvers, based on benchmark found on <http://scip.zib.de/>
SCIP solver is ~16x faster than GLPK solver.  However, I found in rare cases
it will segfault. Therefore the default is SCIP, the program will switch to
GLPK solver for crashed cases.

The input lp_data is assumed in .lp format, see below

>>> lp_data = '''
... Maximize
...  5 x1 + 3 x2 + 2 x3
... Subject to
...  x2 + x3 <= 1
... Binary
...  x1
...  x2
...  x3
... End'''
>>> print SCIPSolver(lp_data).results
[0, 1]
>>> print GLPKSolver(lp_data).results
[0, 1]
"""

import os
import os.path as op
import shutil
import logging
import cStringIO
import networkx as nx

from jcvi.utils.cbook import fill
from jcvi.utils.iter import pairwise
from jcvi.formats.base import flexible_cast
from jcvi.apps.base import sh, mkdir
from jcvi.algorithms.tsp import populate_edge_weights, node_to_edge

Work_dir = "lpsolve_work"

# CPLEX LP format
# <http://lpsolve.sourceforge.net/5.0/CPLEX-format.htm>
MAXIMIZE = "Maximize"
MINIMIZE = "Minimize"
SUBJECTTO = "Subject To"
BOUNDS = "Bounds"
BINARY = "Binary"
GENERNAL = "General"
END = "End"

class AbstractMIPSolver(object):
    """
    Base class for LP solvers
    """
    def __init__(self, lp_data, work_dir=Work_dir, clean=True, verbose=False):

        self.work_dir = work_dir
        self.clean = clean
        self.verbose = verbose

        mkdir(work_dir)

        lpfile = op.join(work_dir, "data.lp")  # problem instance
        logging.debug("write MIP instance to `{0}`".format(lpfile))

        fw = open(lpfile, "w")
        fw.write(lp_data)
        fw.close()

        retcode, outfile = self.run(lpfile)
        if retcode < 0:
            self.results = []
        else:
            self.results = self.parse_output(outfile)

        if self.results:
            logging.debug("optimized objective value ({0})".\
                    format(self.obj_val))

    def run(self, lp_data, work_dir):
        raise NotImplementedError

    def parse_output(self):
        raise NotImplementedError

    def cleanup(self):
        shutil.rmtree(self.work_dir)

class GLPKSolver(AbstractMIPSolver):
    """
    GNU Linear Programming Kit (GLPK) solver, wrapper for calling GLPSOL
    """
    def run(self, lpfile):

        outfile = op.join(self.work_dir, "data.lp.out")  # verbose output
        listfile = op.join(self.work_dir, "data.lp.list")  # simple output
        # cleanup in case something wrong happens
        for f in (outfile, listfile):
            if op.exists(f):
                os.remove(f)

        cmd = "glpsol --cuts --fpump --lp {0} -o {1} -w {2}".format(lpfile,
                outfile, listfile)

        outf = None if self.verbose else "/dev/null"
        retcode = sh(cmd, outfile=outf)

        if retcode == 127:
            logging.error("You need to install program `glpsol` " + \
                          "[http://www.gnu.org/software/glpk/]")
            return -1, None

        return retcode, listfile

    def parse_output(self, listfile, clean=False):

        fp = open(listfile)
        header = fp.readline()
        columns, rows = header.split()
        rows = int(rows)
        data = fp.readlines()
        self.obj_val = int(data[0].split()[-1])
        # the info are contained in the last several lines
        results = [int(x) for x in data[-rows:]]
        results = [i for i, x in enumerate(results) if x == 1]

        fp.close()

        if self.clean:
            self.cleanup()

        return results

class SCIPSolver(AbstractMIPSolver):
    """
    SCIP solver, wrapper for calling SCIP executable
    """
    def run(self, lpfile):

        outfile = self.work_dir + "/data.lp.out"  # verbose output
        if op.exists(outfile):
            os.remove(outfile)

        cmd = "scip -f {0} -l {1}".format(lpfile, outfile)

        outf = None if self.verbose else "/dev/null"
        retcode = sh(cmd, outfile=outf)

        if retcode == 127:
            logging.error("You need to install program `scip` " +\
                          "[http://scip.zib.de/]")
            return -1, None

        return retcode, outfile

    def parse_output(self, outfile):

        fp = open(outfile)
        for row in fp:
            if row.startswith("objective value"):
                obj_row = row
                break

        results = []
        for row in fp:
            """
            objective value:               8
            x1                             1   (obj:5)
            x2                             1   (obj:3)
            """
            if row.strip() == "":  # blank line ends the section
                break
            x = row.split()[0]
            results.append(int(x[1:]) - 1)  # 0-based indexing

        if results:
            self.obj_val = flexible_cast(obj_row.split(":")[1].strip())

        fp.close()

        if self.clean:
            self.cleanup()

        return results

class LPInstance (object):
    """
    CPLEX LP format commonly contains three blocks:
    objective, constraints, vars
    spec <http://lpsolve.sourceforge.net/5.0/CPLEX-format.htm>
    """
    def __init__(self):
        self.objective = MAXIMIZE
        self.sum = ""
        self.constraints = []
        self.bounds = []
        self.binaryvars = []
        self.generalvars = []

    def print_instance(self):
        self.handle = fw = cStringIO.StringIO()
        print >> fw, self.objective
        print >> fw, self.sum
        print >> fw, SUBJECTTO
        assert self.constraints, "Must contain constraints"
        print >> fw, "\n".join(self.constraints)
        if self.bounds:
            print >> fw, BOUNDS
            print >> fw, "\n".join(self.bounds)
        if self.binaryvars:
            print >> fw, BINARY
            print >> fw, "\n".join(self.binaryvars)
        if self.generalvars:
            print >> fw, GENERNAL
            print >> fw, "\n".join(self.generalvars)
        print >> fw, END

    def add_objective(self, edges, objective=MAXIMIZE):
        assert edges, "Edges must be non-empty"
        self.objective = objective
        items = [" + {0}x{1}".format(w, i + 1) \
                for i, (a, b, w) in enumerate(edges) if w]
        sums = fill(items, width=10)
        self.sum = sums

    def add_vars(self, nedges, offset=1, binary=True):
        vars = [" x{0}".format(i + offset) for i in xrange(nedges)]
        if binary:
            self.binaryvars = vars
        else:
            self.generalvars = vars

    def lpsolve(self, solver="scip", clean=True):
        self.print_instance()

        solver = SCIPSolver if solver == "scip" else GLPKSolver
        lp_data = self.handle.getvalue()
        self.handle.close()

        g = solver(lp_data, clean=clean)
        selected = set(g.results)
        try:
            obj_val = g.obj_val
        except AttributeError:  # No solution!
            return None, None
        return selected, obj_val

def summation(incident_edges):
    s = "".join(" + x{0}".format(i + 1) for i in incident_edges)
    return s

def edges_to_graph(edges):
    G = nx.DiGraph()
    for e in edges:
        a, b = e[:2]
        G.add_edge(a, b)
    return G

def edges_to_path(edges):
    """
    Connect edges and return a path.
    """
    if not edges:
        return None

    G = edges_to_graph(edges)
    path = nx.topological_sort(G)
    return path

def hamiltonian(edges, directed=False, constraint_generation=True):
    """
    Calculates shortest path that traverses each node exactly once. Convert
    Hamiltonian path problem to TSP by adding one dummy point that has a distance
    of zero to all your other points. Solve the TSP and get rid of the dummy
    point - what remains is the Hamiltonian Path.

    >>> g = [(1,2), (2,3), (3,4), (4,2), (3,5)]
    >>> hamiltonian(g)
    [1, 2, 4, 3, 5]
    >>> g = [(1,2), (2,3), (1,4), (2,5), (3,6)]
    >>> hamiltonian(g)
    """
    edges = populate_edge_weights(edges)
    incident, nodes = node_to_edge(edges, directed=False)
    if not directed:  # Make graph symmetric
        dual_edges = edges[:]
        for a, b, w in edges:
            dual_edges.append((b, a, w))
        edges = dual_edges

    DUMMY = "DUMMY"
    dummy_edges = edges + [(DUMMY, x, 0) for x in nodes] + \
                          [(x, DUMMY, 0) for x in nodes]

    #results = tsp(dummy_edges, constraint_generation=constraint_generation)
    results = tsp_gurobi(dummy_edges)
    if results:
        results = [x for x in results if DUMMY not in x]
        results = edges_to_path(results)
        if not directed:
            results = min(results, results[::-1])
    return results

def tsp_gurobi(edges):
    """
    Modeled using GUROBI python example.
    """
    from gurobipy import Model, GRB, quicksum

    edges = populate_edge_weights(edges)
    incoming, outgoing, nodes = node_to_edge(edges)
    idx = dict((n, i) for i, n in enumerate(nodes))
    nedges = len(edges)
    n = len(nodes)

    m = Model()

    step = lambda x: "u_{0}".format(x)
    # Create variables
    vars = {}
    for i, (a, b, w) in enumerate(edges):
        vars[i] = m.addVar(obj=w, vtype=GRB.BINARY, name=str(i))
    for u in nodes[1:]:
        u = step(u)
        vars[u] = m.addVar(obj=0, vtype=GRB.INTEGER, name=u)
    m.update()

    # Bounds for step variables
    for u in nodes[1:]:
        u = step(u)
        vars[u].lb = 1
        vars[u].ub = n - 1

    # Add degree constraint
    for v in nodes:
        incoming_edges = incoming[v]
        outgoing_edges = outgoing[v]
        m.addConstr(quicksum(vars[x] for x in incoming_edges) == 1)
        m.addConstr(quicksum(vars[x] for x in outgoing_edges) == 1)

    # Subtour elimination
    edge_store = dict(((idx[a], idx[b]), i) for i, (a, b, w) in enumerate(edges))

    # Given a list of edges, finds the shortest subtour
    def subtour(s_edges):
        visited = [False] * n
        cycles = []
        lengths = []
        selected = [[] for i in range(n)]
        for x, y in s_edges:
            selected[x].append(y)
        while True:
            current = visited.index(False)
            thiscycle = [current]
            while True:
                visited[current] = True
                neighbors = [x for x in selected[current] if not visited[x]]
                if len(neighbors) == 0:
                    break
                current = neighbors[0]
                thiscycle.append(current)
            cycles.append(thiscycle)
            lengths.append(len(thiscycle))
            if sum(lengths) == n:
                break
        return cycles[lengths.index(min(lengths))]

    def subtourelim(model, where):
        if where != GRB.callback.MIPSOL:
            return
        selected = []
        # make a list of edges selected in the solution
        sol = model.cbGetSolution([model._vars[i] for i in range(nedges)])
        selected = [edges[i] for i, x in enumerate(sol) if x > .5]
        selected = [(idx[a], idx[b]) for a, b, w in selected]
        # find the shortest cycle in the selected edge list
        tour = subtour(selected)
        if len(tour) == n:
            return
        # add a subtour elimination constraint
        c = tour
        incident = [edge_store[a, b] for a, b in pairwise(c + [c[0]])]
        model.cbLazy(quicksum(model._vars[x] for x in incident) <= len(tour) - 1)

    m.update()

    m._vars = vars
    m.params.LazyConstraints = 1
    m.optimize(subtourelim)

    selected = [v.varName for v in m.getVars() if v.x > .5]
    selected = [int(x) for x in selected if x[:2] != "u_"]
    results = sorted(x for i, x in enumerate(edges) if i in selected) \
                    if selected else None
    return results

def tsp(edges, constraint_generation=False):
    """
    Calculates shortest cycle that traverses each node exactly once. Also known
    as the Traveling Salesman Problem (TSP).
    """
    edges = populate_edge_weights(edges)
    incoming, outgoing, nodes = node_to_edge(edges)

    nedges, nnodes = len(edges), len(nodes)
    L = LPInstance()

    L.add_objective(edges, objective=MINIMIZE)
    balance = []
    # For each node, select exactly 1 incoming and 1 outgoing edge
    for v in nodes:
        incoming_edges = incoming[v]
        outgoing_edges = outgoing[v]
        icc = summation(incoming_edges)
        occ = summation(outgoing_edges)
        balance.append("{0} = 1".format(icc))
        balance.append("{0} = 1".format(occ))

    # Subtour elimination - Miller-Tucker-Zemlin (MTZ) formulation
    # <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travelling_salesman_problem>
    # Desrochers and laporte, 1991 (DFJ) has a stronger constraint
    # See also:
    # G. Laporte / The traveling salesman problem: Overview of algorithms
    start_step = nedges + 1
    u0 = nodes[0]
    nodes_to_steps = dict((n, start_step + i) for i, n in enumerate(nodes[1:]))
    edge_store = dict((e[:2], i) for i, e in enumerate(edges))
    mtz = []
    for i, e in enumerate(edges):
        a, b = e[:2]
        if u0 in (a, b):
            continue
        na, nb = nodes_to_steps[a], nodes_to_steps[b]
        con_ab = " x{0} - x{1} + {2}x{3}".format(na, nb, nnodes - 1, i + 1)
        if (b, a) in edge_store:  # This extra term is the stronger DFJ formulation
            j = edge_store[(b, a)]
            con_ab += " + {0}x{1}".format(nnodes - 3, j + 1)
        con_ab += " <= {0}".format(nnodes - 2)
        mtz.append(con_ab)

    # Step variables u_i bound between 1 and n, as additional variables
    bounds = []
    for i in xrange(start_step, nedges + nnodes):
        bounds.append(" 1 <= x{0} <= {1}".format(i, nnodes - 1))

    L.add_vars(nedges)

    """
    Constraint generation seek to find 'cuts' in the LP problem, by solving the
    relaxed form. The subtours were then incrementally added to the constraints.
    """
    if constraint_generation:
        L.constraints = balance
        subtours = []
        while True:
            selected, obj_val = L.lpsolve()
            results = sorted(x for i, x in enumerate(edges) if i in selected) \
                            if selected else None
            if not results:
                break
            G = edges_to_graph(results)
            cycles = list(nx.simple_cycles(G))
            if len(cycles) == 1:
                break
            for c in cycles:
                incident = [edge_store[a, b] for a, b in pairwise(c + [c[0]])]
                icc = summation(incident)
                subtours.append("{0} <= {1}".format(icc, len(incident) - 1))
            L.constraints = balance + subtours
    else:
        L.constraints = balance + mtz
        L.add_vars(nnodes - 1, offset=start_step, binary=False)
        L.bounds = bounds
        selected, obj_val = L.lpsolve()
        results = sorted(x for i, x in enumerate(edges) if i in selected) \
                        if selected else None

    return results

def path(edges, source, sink, flavor="longest"):
    """
    Calculates shortest/longest path from list of edges in a graph

    >>> g = [(1,2,1),(2,3,9),(2,4,3),(2,5,2),(3,6,8),(4,6,10),(4,7,4)]
    >>> g += [(6,8,7),(7,9,5),(8,9,6),(9,10,11)]
    >>> path(g, 1, 8, flavor="shortest")
    ([1, 2, 4, 6, 8], 21)
    >>> path(g, 1, 8, flavor="longest")
    ([1, 2, 3, 6, 8], 25)
    """
    outgoing, incoming, nodes = node_to_edge(edges)

    nedges = len(edges)
    L = LPInstance()

    assert flavor in ("longest", "shortest")

    objective = MAXIMIZE if flavor == "longest" else MINIMIZE
    L.add_objective(edges, objective=objective)

    # Balancing constraint, incoming edges equal to outgoing edges except
    # source and sink

    constraints = []
    for v in nodes:
        incoming_edges = incoming[v]
        outgoing_edges = outgoing[v]
        icc = summation(incoming_edges)
        occ = summation(outgoing_edges)

        if v == source:
            if not outgoing_edges:
                return None
            constraints.append("{0} = 1".format(occ))
        elif v == sink:
            if not incoming_edges:
                return None
            constraints.append("{0} = 1".format(icc))
        else:
            # Balancing
            constraints.append("{0}{1} = 0".format(icc, occ.replace('+', '-')))
            # Simple path
            if incoming_edges:
                constraints.append("{0} <= 1".format(icc))
            if outgoing_edges:
                constraints.append("{0} <= 1".format(occ))

    L.constraints = constraints
    L.add_vars(nedges)

    selected, obj_val = L.lpsolve()
    results = sorted(x for i, x in enumerate(edges) if i in selected) \
                    if selected else None
    results = edges_to_path(results)

    return results, obj_val

def min_feedback_arc_set(edges, remove=False, maxcycles=20000):
    """
    A directed graph may contain directed cycles, when such cycles are
    undesirable, we wish to eliminate them and obtain a directed acyclic graph
    (DAG). A feedback arc set has the property that it has at least one edge
    of every cycle in the graph. A minimum feedback arc set is the set that
    minimizes the total weight of the removed edges; or alternatively maximize
    the remaining edges. See: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feedback_arc_set>.

    The MIP formulation proceeds as follows: use 0/1 indicator variable to
    select whether an edge is in the set, subject to constraint that each cycle
    must pick at least one such edge.

    >>> g = [(1, 2, 2), (2, 3, 2), (3, 4, 2)] + [(1, 3, 1), (3, 2, 1), (2, 4, 1)]
    >>> min_feedback_arc_set(g)
    ([(3, 2, 1)], 1)
    >>> min_feedback_arc_set(g, remove=True)  # Return DAG
    ([(1, 2, 2), (2, 3, 2), (3, 4, 2), (1, 3, 1), (2, 4, 1)], 1)
    """
    G = nx.DiGraph()
    edge_to_index = {}
    for i, (a, b, w) in enumerate(edges):
        G.add_edge(a, b)
        edge_to_index[a, b] = i

    nedges = len(edges)
    L = LPInstance()

    L.add_objective(edges, objective=MINIMIZE)

    constraints = []
    ncycles = 0
    for c in nx.simple_cycles(G):
        cycle_edges = []
        rc = c + [c[0]]  # Rotate the cycle
        for a, b in pairwise(rc):
            cycle_edges.append(edge_to_index[a, b])
        cc = summation(cycle_edges)
        constraints.append("{0} >= 1".format(cc))
        ncycles += 1
        if ncycles == maxcycles:
            break
    logging.debug("A total of {0} cycles found.".format(ncycles))

    L.constraints = constraints
    L.add_vars(nedges)

    selected, obj_val = L.lpsolve(clean=False)
    if remove:
        results = [x for i, x in enumerate(edges) if i not in selected] \
                        if selected else None
    else:
        results = [x for i, x in enumerate(edges) if i in selected] \
                        if selected else None

    return results, obj_val

if __name__ == '__main__':

    import doctest
    doctest.testmod()


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Josephine – A Burlesque Cabaret Dream Play: A Great Star in Need of a Better Home
The story of Josephine Baker is one of the most compelling and intriguing stories of a woman breaking boundaries of race, gender, and sexuality before America was ready to embrace such diversity and confidence. She was an extraordinary performer and dancer, living large way before her time, and never receiving the the respect or notoriety she deserved from the nation of her birth. Her list of accomplishments, activism, and honors is astounding for any human being, let along a black woman born in St. Louis, Missouri in 1906 into poverty, far from the beautiful city of Paris that embraced her as she should have been in her homeland. What Tod Kimbro (writer/musical director) tries to do here with his burlesque cabaret dream play, Josephine is pay tribute to this divine and exciting creature, and with the help of the talented performer, Tymisha Harris (Josephine, choreographer, costume designer) and director/designer/executive director, Michael Marinaccio, they do their best trying to flesh out the woman behind the honors and accolades. They mostly succeed in telling the thrilling details of her life story, hitting all the high points and moments of glory and fame, giving her the respect and the adoration she deserves. The only thing missing to this presentation is a more refined production, which could turn this fun play into something far more powerful and electric. The press pictures show that this dream play has seen better production days somewhere else. I only wish New York City, once again, had given her the welcome she deserves.
Harris as Josephine is delicious and layered, embodying her fragility and her powerful presence with an ease and a smile. She's witty and charming, thoroughly engaging with the material and the audience. Her singing is lovely and her dancing is suggestive and a whole lot of fun to behold. I only wish in her edgy and energetic performance that she would slow down a bit, take a breath, and not worry about dressing and undressing so often. At a point it starts to feel like an assembly line of costume changes and songs, with hardly a moment of interpersonal connection to her emotionality and journey in between, before another dress is hurriedly pulled on and paraded in front of us. Her charisma is strong enough to keep us tuned in, but a stronger direction from Marinaccio is needed to make it feel less hurried and frantic. Take a breath, Josephine, and stay still long enough for us to really get a chance to see you.
The script is also in need of some tightening in order to bring the greater umbrella of meaning to a sharper focus. One after the other, Josephine goes through the long list of troubles and tribulations, success and sadness, with barely enough of a pause for us to take in the depth and power of each situation before she scurries off to change her outfit and move on to the next chapter and accomplishment to be checked off. Part of this frenetic feeling has a lot to do with the design and production. Harris is so brilliant at creating the younger Josephine, a sweet yearning teenager dreaming of getting out, but Harris isn't given the moment or the material to give us the aging Josephine except for that one moment of power when she returns to the States at Martin Luther King's request.
Now granted, this piece is being performed on the sweet small Soho Playhouse stage, and thank goodness for such a stage and theatre, because many productions might never see the light of day without it. But sharing this stage with another production that follows almost immediately after (the brilliant and funny Bright Colors and Bold Patterns) does not do this production any favors. The set design is messy and cluttered, and needs a clearly hand and eye, as does the blocking and direction. The costumes need to be simplified and minimized, so they appear effortless and not distracting. For this show to truly rise to the level of professionalism and respect that its subject deserves, a stronger visual presentation and lighting design will be required. Like the promo pictures, the cleanness of the background really makes Josephine jump out at us. As I watched I wanted to see Josephine standing center stage, bathing in a strong circle of white light, commanding that spot, and singing to us in that vacuum where everything else disappears into the darkness. That's a visual she deserves. And that's the show I hope this one will eventually be given. Come on New York City, give this gal (both Josephine Baker and Tymisha Harris) the respect she deserves.
For more go to frontmezzjunkies.com
Related ItemsJosephine a burlesque cabaret dream playJosephine BakerMichael MarinaccioNewRossSoho PlayhouseTod KimbroTymisha Harris
Ross @#frontmezzjunkies
My love for theater started when I first got involved in high school plays and children's theatre in London, Ontario, which led me—much to my mother's chagrin—to study set design, directing, and arts administration at York University in Toronto. But rather than pursuing theater as a career (I did produce and design a wee bit), I became a self-proclaimed theater junkie and life-long supporter. I am not a writer by trade, but I hope to share my views and feelings about this amazing experience we are so lucky to be able to see here in NYC, and in my many trips to London, Enlgand, Chicago, Toronto, Washington, and beyond. Living in London, England from 1985 to 1986, NYC since 1994, and on my numerous theatrical obsessive trips to England, I've seen as much theater as I can possibly afford. I love seeing plays. I love seeing musicals. If I had to choose between a song or a dance, I'd always pick the song. Dance—especially ballet—is pretty and all, but it doesn't excite me as, say, Sondheim lyrics. But that being said, the dancing in West Side Story is incredible! As it seems you all love a good list, here's two. FAVORITE MUSICALS (in no particular order): Sweeney Todd with Patti Lupone and Michael Cerveris in 2005. By far, my most favorite theatrical experience to date. Sunday in the Park with George with Jenna Russell (who made me sob hysterically each and every one of the three times I saw that production in England and here in NYC) in 2008 Spring Awakening with Jonathan Groff and Lea Michele in 2007 Hedwig and the Angry Inch (both off-Boadway in 1998 and on Broadway in 2014, with Neal Patrick Harris, but also with Michael C. Hall and John Cameron Mitchell, my first Hedwig and my last...so far), Next To Normal with Alice Ripley (who I wish I had seen in Side Show) in 2009 FAVORITE PLAYS (that's more difficult—there have been so many and they are all so different): Angels in American, both on Broadway and off Lettice and Lovage with Dame Maggie Smith and Margaret Tyzack in 1987 Who's Afraid of Virginai Woolf with Tracy Letts and Amy Morton in 2012 Almost everything by Alan Ayckbourn, but especially Woman in Mind with Julia McKenzie in 1986 And to round out the five, maybe Proof with Mary Louise Parker in 2000. But ask me on a different day, and I might give you a different list. These are only ten theatre moments that I will remember for years to come, until I don't have a memory anymore. There are many more that I didn't or couldn't remember, and I hope a tremendous number more to come. Thanks for reading. And remember: read, like, share, retweet, enjoy. For more go to frontmezzjunkies.com
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Ten years, holy cow! What a ride. We've moved 5 times, had 13 jobs, lived in 4 states, and adopted two kiddos. We have lived in a 1,200 sq ft duplex, his parents unfinished basement, a 900 sq ft and 500 sq ft apartment, a 2,000 sq ft house and then immediately into a 2oo sq ft trailer! WHAT A CRAZY JOURNEY WE HAVE BEEN ON!
The last trip Travis and I had the opportunity to go on was to Savannah, Georgia in 2009 – so this trip to the Olympic Peninsula and the San Juan Islands in Washington was needed for the two of us. The weather was not the best – overcast and cold but, thankfully, it never rained.


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Home teacher homework help Is jay gatsby tragic
Is jay gatsby tragic
They serve as the guide to produce a character from the list of tragic heroes that will correspond to this classic image. These are specific aspects which every tragic narration is to feature: The Main Characteristic of All Tragic Hero Examples Hubris is considered to be an inseparable part of all tragic hero examples for a heroic essay.
Show this film only after your child has finished reading the book. Discuss the concept of a person inventing a new persona for him or herself and note that this is similar to the process that each person goes through as they mature from a teenager to an adult, except that it occurs during adulthood and involves a radical departure from what has gone before.
If you know anyone who has successfully reinvented themselves to be someone totally different from who they were or from what could be expected given their background, point that out to your child and note some differences and similarities between how that person and Gatsby dealt with the challenges of their lives.
Using the Film in the Classroom: Teenagers who might not have known that their families or families like theirs were overextended now know it in retrospect. Lifestyles of the rich, celebrated, blinged, and athletically gifted are bandied about in all the new and old media.
There are blow-by-blow descriptions of the rise and fall of these public figures in every news cycle. As a result, students are very comfortable with the concept of reinventing the self, and The Great Gatsby affords the opportunity to discuss the limitations of this important phenomenon of American life.
The social and psychological conditions of the main characters are manifested in the parties and social gatherings that are threaded through the novel and the film adaptations.
These touch points of the story resonate with every rising generation. Cross-curricular benefits will result when reading the book is coordinated with American history classes that cover the early 20th century. That study will anchor the novel's story into its historical context.
When showing a filmed version in its entirety after the book has been read, teachers can ask students to fill out a chart comparing scenes in the novel with scenes in the movie, rating their relative effectiveness.
For classes having trouble with the text, teachers can chunk the movie and interweave it with sections of the novel. Nick's First Gatsby Party: Beginning with Gatsby dressing; Why did Nick say that Gatsby "turned out alright in the end" and was "worth the whole damned bunch put together" even though Nick "disapproved of him from beginning to end"?
Do you agree or disagree? Explain your reasons for this conclusion. Fitzgerald tells us what he thinks at the beginning of the book. Gatsby had "an extraordinary gift for hope, a romantic readiness. There are also other ways to say it. Some will assert that Nick admired Gatsby for his willingness to change his entire life for Daisy, the woman he genuinely loved.
He was faithful to Daisy and even willing to take responsibility for the hit-and-run automobile accident. Some might disagree with this overall positive evaluation because Gatsby was a bootlegger and a stock swindler focused on material possessions and willling to use people to get what he wanted.
All well-supported responses are valid. Are you concerned that time will be wasted if you are absent from class? Click here for TWM's lesson plans to introduce cinematic and theatrical technique.Jay Gatsby is not a tragic hero and is not tragically flawed.
(In my opinion) submitted 11 months ago by Dusang. TL:DR Gatsby wasn't responsible for his own death in any way and as such cannot be considered "tragically flawed." Hello, everyone. I'd like to preface this short opinion write-up with the situation that inspired it.
As for Jay Gatsby, it is the character which is tragic in a unique way. It is because this character has a lot of negative traits, but there is only on a trait which leads to the downfall of the character. James Gatz, better known by his fantasy title Jay Gatsby, is the titular character in F.
Scott Fitzgerald's most famous work The Great rutadeltambor.com was a self-made businessman (who started off poor) made his wealth in bootlegging in order to impress Daisy Buchanan with his great wealth in hope that she would be his again.
Gatsby's character also became a character archetype when describing a self. The Great Gatsby is a novel written by American author F. Scott Fitzgerald that follows a cast of characters living in the fictional towns of West Egg and East Egg on prosperous Long Island in the summer of The story primarily concerns the young and mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and his quixotic passion and obsession with the beautiful former debutante Daisy Buchanan.
Tragic, immortal: Jay Gatsby kicks ass. Forget your troubles and plunge into another era this summer, recommends Emer O'Kelly; The Great Gatsby, Gate Theatre Dublin. For that, if nothing else, Gatsby is a tragic hero. Luhrmann includes a key scene in the film that, in the book, occurs off-stage.
It is just prior to Gatsby's death, and Gatsby opens up to Carraway, tells his story, and allows himself, for the first time, to be vulnerable.
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I have been lovingly crafting logos, letterforms and graphic illustrations since the mid-1980s. I've been a full-time sole proprietor since 1990, which represents an eternity in the world of graphic design. The type of work that I specialize in has naturally shifted over the years, but the vast majority of the work I do today revolves around branding for professional sports. I have designed logos for everything from the Super Bowl to the World Series, have created visual identities for individual franchises, and have worked with business partners of the various leagues in creating graphics for all sorts of licensed products. I pride myself on being able to handle complex and prominent projects professionally and creatively. I've created some of the most iconic logos in American popular culture and have navigated through some of the most complicated projects imaginable. My goal is to keep doing what I am doing, and to do it with attention to quality and detail. Design is a subjective thing, and trends come and go, but I feel as creative today as I ever have.
Yes indeed! As a matter of fact, I am the co-founder of a named fund at the School of Visual Arts—the 727 Fund, awarded to students in graphic design, illustration, cartooning and advertising. I am a member of the board of the Alumni Society of School of Visual Arts, and am very passionate about making a positive contribution to the creative future.
My logo revolves around a ligature of my initials, so I needed to let the typography breathe and be readable. Classic, timeless letterforms, combined with some detailed flourishes. I consider myself a craftsman, and I like to think that my logo reflects this.
I took into account a couple of criteria. First and foremost, my colors reflect the fact that I am an established professional-solid, grounded, and have been doing this for quite some time. As a designer of many, many identities, I am always aware of the fact that less is more in terms of the number of colors. A signature palette is a very desirable thing.
The toughest job imaginable for a designer of identities is to do your own brand. I have had a few over the last 25 years, but have come back to something I designed in 1986. It's easy to understand, solid, and works well for me. As far as my website goes, I confess to being in need of something new-the sensibilities of web design are so different from those involved in print.
When I started doing this, I went the conventional route at the time—building up a physical portfolio, dropping it off, arranging for meetings with prospective clients, etc. I did some direct marketing, very targeted mailers, stuff like that. I find it far more difficult to reach the potential business partners of today; it's a very fragmented world in terms of being able to connect with folks.
I have always received inquiries and emails about my work, from people all over the world. It made sense to set up a Facebook page, and I did so in 2010. It's a great opportunity to share some of my work—especially stuff that people may never have seen before—and to interact with folks who enjoy what I do. I've also made and revived connections via LinkedIn, an absolute must for anyone interested in professional networking, whatever your vocation.
No, I haven't taken any formal courses.
No. First of all, I think that the most targeted and effective advertising for creative work is (somewhere) out there on the web. Secondly, some of my more prominent projects contain very restrictive terms of usage for my own promotional purposes, so advertising of any kind is a challenging thing for me.
No, I have never gone there. I cater to somewhat of a niche market, so I'm not sure that this would be the place for me to advertise.
I have done both. Like so many folks, my needs for print on paper have diminished tremendously over the years.
Absolutely! The right paper can make a huge statement with regard to personalizing a business card, for instance. A super-glossy stock makes colorful logos sing. Something textured, a little tooth to it, for the right letterhead?
These days all of my work is handed off to the client, who is ultimately responsible for print. That said, I would encourage the use of green technology for printing, or just about anything else.
All my logos are produced at my desk right here in the good old U.S.A!
I feel as though I've been around the block and have seen and done it all—but—I'd love to handle some more illustrative projects, things like posters and labels, which are infrequent these days. I am an unabashedly commercial artist and my interests lie in continuing to connect with great business partners, to work with people I enjoy collaborating with, and in creating great work, every day.


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Answers to some of the most common questions about WVU Law. If your question is not answered, please contact a member of our staff.
Does West Virginia University offer specializations within the JD program?
Yes. WVU Law currently offers four areas of concentration: 1) Energy and Sustainable Development Law; 2) Public Interest Law; 3) International Law; and 4) Labor and Employment Law.
What is the College of Law's application deadline? What materials must be received by that deadline?
March 1st is the date the admissions office must receive the application, personal statement, application fee, and the CAS Report (includes letters of recommendations and transcripts). It is the applicant's responsibility to ensure that the College of Law receives all application materials and CAS has received all transcripts and letters of recommendations.
Applicants may monitor the materials CAS has received at www.lsac.org. Application status at WVU is online and may be accessed with a username and password e-mailed approximately one week after submission of an application.
Applications will be accepted after the March 1 deadline only if seats are still available in the fall class. Please contact the College's Office of Enrollment Management with any questions.
What undergraduate degree do I need to attend the College of Law?
No particular undergraduate major is required for admission to the College of Law. Applicants are accepted from a diversity of backgrounds. Whatever major an applicant decides to pursue should be augmented by a well-rounded variety of course selections that might include philosophy, writing, logic, history, literature, and fundamentals of accounting. The College urges applicants to engage in a curriculum that demands intellectual self-discipline and develops reading, writing, verbal, and analytical skills. WVU accepts Board of Regents degrees.
What is the minimum GPA / LSAT for admission?
There is no set minimum GPA or LSAT. The admissions committee will consider an applicant's entire application to determine the applicant's likelihood of success in law school. For more information, visit our Class Profiles page.
I took the LSAT more than once, which score will the College of Law use?
The admissions committee sees all scores, but uses the highest score in its decision making.
What is the age-range of students at the College of Law?
Although age varies by class, the typical age range of law students is 21 to 50.
I have been admitted to the College of Law and now I am unable to attend, what do I do?
Let the Office of Admissions know as soon as possible, and ask about a deferment. If granted a deferral, it will save you the time and money associated with reapplying. It's important to talk with the Admissions staff because depending on your circumstance, deferring your admission one year may result in a change in residency. Scholarship awards do not defer. You will be reevaluated for scholarship with the next class.
How much does WVU Law cost?
The cost of attendance at the WVU College of Law includes Tuition & Fees, Books & Supplies, and Living Expenses, among other things. More details can be found on our Cost of Attendance page.
How do I get Financial Aid?
Even as an affordable law school choice, we recognize that many students need financial aid to help afford the full cost of their legal education. More information can be found on our Financial Aid page.
Is preference given to West Virginia residents / WVU graduates?
West Virginia University, as a state land-grant institution, has as part of its mission the education of the students of West Virginia. Therefore, residents of West Virginia receive preference in the admission process. No additional preference is given to WVU students.


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Manuela Silva Vale
Manuela Silva Vale died unexpectedly after a brief illness on Nov. 3, 2017 in Portimao, Portugal.
Manuela was born in Angra do Heroismo on the beautiful green island of Terceira, Azores, Portugal to her parents, Rui do Vale and Ilda Silva Vale. As a young woman she traveled the world and had many adventures, spending time in Israel, Spain and Greece with her 4-year-old daughter as her companion.
In 1966 Manuela moved to the United States and lived in Warren, Pennsylvania where she raised her five children. She became passionate about arts in the community and was the president and education coordinator of the Warren Art League and director of the Warren County Council for the Arts.
She founded the Azores Art Studio where she taught children's art classes. Manuela enjoyed hosting a weekly "open studio" night for her fellow artists where they would gather to paint, draw, socialize, and exchange ideas. Manuela studied art at Edindoro State College, in Pennsylvania, The Albert Handell School of Pastels in Woodstock, New York, Daniel Green Workshop in Montreal Canada and Raku Workshops with Susan and Steve Kemenyffy. She was the director of art for the "Art Train Exhibit," a moving art show which traveled to various communities.
Manuela returned to her homeland in 1995, settling in the seaside village of Ferragudo in the Algrave region of Portugal. There she continued to paint and teach adult art classes at Escola De Artes, in Lagoa Portugal, forming the Giracor Art Group. Her classes flourished with the different cultural influences, having members of several nationalities such as Canadians, Portuguese, Dutch, English, Scottish, South African, Belgians, Norwegians, German, Polish and Irish. Under her guidance her students' skills blossomed and the group was proud to hold yearly art exhibits to showcase their works. She also collaborated with the ACD De Ferragudo. Manuela herself continued painting all throughout her life and had numerous exhibits of her work in the United States, Canada and Portugal.
Manuela was most happy when feeding friends and family at her table, enjoying good conversation and laugher, and sharing a great bottle of wine. She found new inspiration for her art from living so close to the sea, and was very happy to be living in the beautiful sunshine of the Algarve.
She is preceded in death by her parents and her sister Lucia Botelho.
Manuela is survived by her sister, Ilda, and brother-in-law Jose Avila of Modesto California; her daughter, Margarida Kondak, and son-in-law Doug Kondak of Homer, Alaska; her son, Daniel Stone of Buffalo New York; her son, Jim Stone and daugher-in-law, Anita Stone of Baltimore, Maryland; her daughter, Deborah Ruby Stone of Warren, Pennsylvania; and her son, Marco Stone of Hanford, California. She is also survived by four grandchildren; Jackie Kondak-Knoll, Alex Stone, Mia Stone and Logan Stone; and two great-grandsons, Carter Collins and Jamison Knoll. She is also survived by many nieces and nephews, and her brother-in-law, Francisco Botelho
A celebration of Manuela's life will take place from 3-5 p.m. on Nov. 25, 2017 at the Villa Giavota Reception Area, Vale Da Azinhaga, Lote 7, 8400-276 Ferragudo
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The international body tasked with destroying Syria's chemical weapons says there has been no assignment of inspecting new allegations on use of chemical weapons in Syria.
The Organization for the Prevention of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said it would need a referral from a state signatory to a treaty banning the use of such weapons before looking at the new allegations, which come amid a protracted withdrawal of Syria's 1,200 tons of sarin, mustard gas and the precursors used to make them.
A senior Israeli defense official claimed earlier this week that new chemical attacks had taken place in the Damascus countryside by the Syrian army.
No evidence has been found supporting the claim.
The Syria's Western-backed opposition leadership on Friday repeated a demand that the claims be examined, but as a non-state actor has no sway over the OPCW, which has so far supervised the surrender of 53% of Syria's arsenal.
The use of chemical weapons has been one of the most contentious aspects of the Syrian war.
A devastating attack in the Damascus countryside last August left up to 1,300 people dead and pushed the US close a military strike against the Syrian government which has been already fighting hundreds of militant groups, supported by US and its regional and Western allies for more than three years.
The Syrian government provided UN with several reports and evidence showing rebel forces launched the attack as a false-flag operation to involve US directly into the war.
The strike was averted after Russia brokered a deal, welcomed by Syria, to destroy country's chemical weapons stockpile.
The OPCW was then tasked with handling the transfer of the chemicals to ships now moored in the port of Latakia in Syria's northwest. The chemicals will be transferred to ships with specialized facilities that will render them safe for disposal.
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Coffee is not as simple as it once used to be. Gone are the days of coffees merely being black with one sugar, when the most complex it got was asking for skim milk instead of full cream.
Fast forward to the present and speaking coffee lingo is like trying to understand baby talk – it barely makes sense! To make things extra confusing, travelling has shown me that the same coffee drink can be called a number of things in different countries. Here's a quick run-down of coffee types that will help you decide which kind is right for you.
A long black, or as I have learned from travelling in the US, an Americano, consists of an espresso shot with hot water. This is my go-to coffee and a great option for those that need something dairy-free.
An espresso is possibly the easiest and most simple of coffees to order. Basically, it's one shot of espresso for those who really love the taste of coffee. Another popular type of espresso is that of the martini variety, which I am guilty of loving!
A latte is your go-to coffee if you're looking for a mix of coffee and milk. You also get a touch of foam on top.
Very similar to a latte, a cappuccino consists of coffee and milk. The only difference the cappuccino has is extra foam to that of a latte and some chocolate powder to top it off.
Flat white is also a coffee and milk mix, sans foam or chocolate powder. You'll notice flat whites are common in Australia and New Zealand, but mention this coffee internationally and you'll get a confused look from the barista.
A macchiato is a small coffee consisting of an espresso shot topped with a small amount of foamed milk.
A piccolo is essentially a mini latte. The espresso-to-milk ratio can get a bit scientific, so we reserve this one for the master coffee drinkers.
A mocha is perfect for those with a slight sweet tooth. It's a latte with added chocolate flavour, so it's a great option for those who don't love the taste of coffee (just yet, that is).
In addition to particular coffee types, milk types have also evolved over the years. For those who are intolerant to dairy or prefer lighter options, there are plenty of milk choices to go around.


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Cats. Curious creatures, they are. They are both loyal and independent, but their loyalty often feels more like possession; as someone who shares his home with feline brethren and sistren, I am never sure if my wife and I are their stewards or servants. They are aloof to most of what transpires around them, but spend untold stretches of time enthralled by a pinprick of light or a dangling thread. They move regally across all manner of surfaces with an air of grace and sophistication, then pause, briefly, before folding suddenly in upon themselves to lick their own asshole for five or so straight minutes. Their beguiling mix of delicacy and strength has allowed them to burrow into even the most calcified of hearts; "they are my teachers," Bukowski wrote of his feline companions, and Hemingway referred to his thirty-plus cats as "purr factories" and "love sponges." The internet has rendered cats so ubiquitous that those with allergies are advised to avoid using social media without first taking a Benadryl, and yet there is a lingering stigma attached to cat ownership, a whiff of the social outcast, the so-called "crazy cat lady" (and thank you Michael Showalter for assuring us that guys can be cat ladies too) which simply will not go away.
Generally speaking, cat lovers, owners, and fanciers alike acknowledge the condescending light in which greater society casts them; some will simply shrug it off while others will grow defensive, sometimes launching into hysterically earnest anti-dog rants or whipping out their iPhone to show you several dozen photos of their dear Ms. Whiskers. There is, however, one subset which occasionally draws derision even from within the ranks of fellow cat owners who are baffled by the preening, the pageantry, the aggrandizing, the investment of both time and money, and the overall mental and emotional predisposition of its members: I refer, of course, to those who participate in cat shows, offering their pets for public adoration and judgment, little furry surrogates for their own approval-seeking and attention-starved selves.
Or at least that's the stereotype, the easiest caricature with which to summarily dismiss an entire heterogenous subculture. You won't find any such condemnation in Donna Lipowitz's slim documentary Cat Show , no Diane Arbusian portraits of the absurd, unusual, or freakish. This is neither Trekkies for the competitive cat circuit, exploring its milieu through a combination of anthropological inquiry and gentle ridicule, nor is it a nonfiction feline twist on Best in Show , mining its participants' lives for mocking melodrama. Instead, you'll be treated to an oddly compelling and ultimately sweet portrait of Carly Marno and her Himalayan show cat Tango as they shuffle from one competition to the next across western Europe, racking up ribbons and rosettes in the process.
Carly is a sweet, self-effacing twenty seven year old from Coventry who acknowledges how unorthodox and potentially off-putting her hobby is, but refuses to sacrifice the sense of pride and accomplishment she feels showing her beloved prize-winning Tango. She admits to having found the world of cat competitions a bit strange and unappealing herself — until Tango started racking up points. Since, she's found that the cat fanciers she meets along the way are mostly just like herself: decent, good-natured people who are enthusiastic about cats in general and their cats in particular, who enjoy making new friends who share their interests, and who welcome the opportunity to socialize without having to self-consciously omit a large part of their identity for fear of ridicule, incredulity, or pestering inquiry.
I say "mostly just like herself" because Carly is different from the average cat shower in one significant way: she is blind. There are logistic implications from this: Carly is largely reliant upon her friends to get to and from many of the competitions, but this has strengthened her bond with the individuals she has met and befriended through the cat show circuit. There are also aesthetic implications: Carly's choice to breed and show Himalayan cats is because, as she says, "all their beauty is in their coats, and I can manage their coats" by touch and feel. And there are also emotional implications, though they are less pronounced: Carly uses visual language in describing her cats and her verdant homeland of Ireland, she is aware of the reputation these things and places hold for the sighted, but she can only feign an understanding of what those signifiers actually signify — by successfully showing Tango, a creature whom she has both accepted as and groomed to be beautiful, the approval and coronation meted out by judges and peers alike act as a surrogate for Carly's own absent sight, a confirmation of her ideals and her efficacy.
Tango is not, however, simply a metonym or synecdoche for Carly's conception and realization of beauty, a purring and pooping aesthetics of form. He is, first and foremost, a friend, a companion, a cohabitant, and a codependent. There is of course an inescapable irony to be found in the basic premise of a blind woman competitively showing her cat, and Lipowitz doesn't fail to include admissions from their judges and participants alike that for cats — unlike dogs, who are also judged for their obedience and mastery of skills and tricks — these shows are little more than beauty pageants, doling out points based upon an overwhelmingly superficial metric. But her film's overriding thesis hems much more closely to the belief expressed by one of the organizers who says earnestly and with no hint of patronizing insincerity that after the show, "you're always taking the best cat home, regardless of what the judges think."
For Carly, who candidly expresses the isolation and discomfort that comes from being around a sighted public which tiptoes too cautiously around her, the greatest prize to be won is a loving circle of friends of whom she says, "I hate to use the word, but they treat me like somebody normal." In this regard it is Tango who pulls Carly along from competition to competition as much as it is her bringing him. And since cats shown at competitions sponsored by The International Cat Association are awarded points which accrue over the course of a season, Tango's high ranking is not simply reflective of breeding and grooming alone, but of tenacity and perseverance. "You always have to have an impossible goal," Carly says at one point, and if nothing else, the tour of several countries that she undertakes as she hopscotches among ever-larger competitions is in itself an impressive accomplishment, one which is buffeted and bolstered by the accolades Tango draws along the way.
As Carly and Tango enter Ireland, she remarks that the Customs agent inspected Tango's passport but not her own. I'd like to believe that Lipowitz included this detail as a metaphor for the greater network of cat shows she's exploring, where the objectifying critique of the animals is a mechanism put in place to facilitate a system of inclusion, acceptance, and non-judgment for their human counterparts. It's just as likely, however, that Cat Show is nothing more than a biographical sketch of someone out of the ordinary, someone who the general public might deign a "curiosity" on at least two fronts. If so, it's still delightful, and there's nothing wrong with stripping back the veneer of the superficially entertaining to see what kind of deeper undercurrents keep it afloat.
"In order to actualize a possibility, a disentangling potency is needed." -Franco Berardi


Today we're going back in time, "all they way" to 2012 with Allstar Weekend's "Blame It On September".
I'll admit, Allstar Weekend was my favorite band for a long time. I even went to the extent of traveling a state over just to see them – THREE TIMES to be exact! Talk about dedication!
Though the guys have gone their separate ways, they'll always have a special place in my heart (lol).
Watch "Blame It On September" below!


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Pyljawa (; ) ist ein Dorf im Osten der ukrainischen Oblast Chmelnyzkyj mit etwa 450 Einwohnern (2015).

Bei dem 1420 gegründeten und 1501 erstmals schriftlich erwähnten Dorf fand 1648, während des Chmelnyzkyj-Aufstandes, die nach der Ortschaft benannte Schlacht bei Pyljawzi statt, bei der das polnische Heer von den Saporoger Kosaken geschlagen wurde.

Pyljawa war bis 2015 das administrative Zentrum der gleichnamigen, 50,83 km² großen Landratsgemeinde im Westen des Rajon Stara Synjawa und gehört seitdem zur Siedlungsgemeinde Stara Synjawa. 2001 besaß die Ortschaft noch 672 Einwohner.

Die Ortschaft liegt am Ufer der Ikwa (), einem 56 km langen, linken Nebenfluss des Südlichen Bugs, 14 km westlich vom Rajonzentrum Stara Synjawa und 50 km nordöstlich vom Oblastzentrum Chmelnyzkyj.

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Originally posted by Astrophel...
Several times OOC I have discussed with various other playas background reading for both character and dome development. These discussion typically center around the cyberpunk genre, and I fely it was time to pass some of this knowledge on to those who are less familiar with it.
With that in mind, there are two authors I strongly recommend reading.
Neal Stephenson: Author of "Snowcrash" one of the best know, and best written works in the cyberpunk genre, this book helps give background ideas as to the realism of everyday life in the dome, even though it is not set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland.
Stephenson is also know for having written "Zodiac", "Diamond Age", "Cryptonomicon", "The Big U", (I keep thinking he wrote one more, and I've read it, but I sure con't remember what it is right now). All of these are interesting reads, although he admits that "The Big U" isn't very good (its not, but its interesting to read anyway). "Zodiac"was surprisingly entertaining for being an eco-thriller. "Diamond Age" is a slow read, but its worth it, and it has a lot of potential in terms of rp ideas and development inside the dome.
William Gibson, probably the most famous name in cyberpunk, is known for "Neuromancer", "Johnny Mnemonic[sic]", "Virtual Light", "Count Zero" and several others. All of his works that I have read (almost eveything he has written) are worth while.
Additionally, "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep", the book that the movie Blade Runner was based on is a fascinating look at a portion of dome culture we've yet to truly deal with; and that is the genetic freaks and androids/cyborgs that may exist right now in the dome.
I have much more to discuss but little time to right, adieu.
By Lazarus at Mar 17, 2001 1:36 AM
Originally posted by Devi...
Recent good reads... Fight Club by Chuck Palahnuck (Sp?), which actually made WAY more sense than the movie.
The book of Fight Club is quite good, and along those lines i recommend reading Palahiuk's other two books; "Survivor" and "Invisible Monsters". Both of them are pretty messed up, kinda like how "Fight Club" is pretty messed up, but they are messed up in their own unique ways so it isn't like rereading "Fight Club".
Read them, tell me what you think. If I am online in the dome, contact me OOC, and I will usually be very willing to go @ooc to discuss any of this with anyone. As long as I have time.
Johnny made some in-game books.
They's at the 'trix.
open -name-
read -name-
page -next/back- in -name-
and a few other commands. Cool :)
(Edited by Gally at 7:34 pm on Mar. 24, 2001)
By Gally at Mar 24, 2001 6:33 PM
In addition to the books johnny has made I have made a couple from material at different times. They are basically just an item without any real unigue properties outside of the "clothing" type properties. I found that by creating them though they were usable rp wise, since it was reasonable to give them to someone and have them read it, then you coudl rp like it was a real book. Additionally, since I set @wear messages for them, you could see that someone was reading the book, and therefore rp from that. It would be nice however to create book with real text to the book, and therefore give the reader the requisite knowledge gained from the book, and therefore no have to tell them ooc what they just were supposed to have learned.
By Astrophel at May 2, 2001 5:44 PM
How about something in between? Blank 'books' that you can add your own text too? Then reading it and turning the pages. Effectivly, you could copy and paste an entire segment you want and *poof*
By Lucifer at May 3, 2001 3:41 PM
Slant by Greg Bear is a pretty good novel to read... as are Poul Anderson's Total Recall and L. Ron Hubbard's Final Blackout (definitely not cyberpunk but it is my vision of the Badlands)... another good book to read is Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury...
*ponders further* I'll post more as I think of other novels.. there are so many that I've read..
By Gaston at May 30, 2001 3:51 AM
L Ron Hubbard stuff is all full of hidden messages and sub concious nasties. Read with caution. Hmmm...
SCIENTOLOGY!!!
By Nicadeamus at May 30, 2001 5:03 PM
Heh.. I'm Wiccan.. I like good reading.. does it really matter? I mean.. most of his Mission Earth deca.. deco.. shit ten-book series was full of sex and drugs but hey.. if that's a part of scientology, goody for them...
By Gaston at May 30, 2001 11:50 PM
I personally think Heinlein's The Moon is a Harsh Mistress and The Cat Who Walks Through Walls
are both great works of fiction that give insight into what going Orbital must be like..
By Gaston at May 31, 2001 12:02 AM
Continuing the book topic.
I just finished Redrobe, the sequel to Remix by John Courtney Grimwood. Both books are pretty damn good cyberpunk reads. I recommend them to anyone who can find them, as I think they are currently only available in the UK. Fortunately, www.amazon.co.uk delivers to the states :)
By Johnny at May 31, 2001 8:43 PM
Tad Williams. He's got some good ones that are cyberpunky. The 'Otherland' series springs to mind. Liked the first one, started the second, but couldn't get into it. In fact, I can't seem to get into any books right now. Phoo. Must be in the water.
I second that notion, John Courtney Grimwood. Almost finished ReMix which I happened across in a Chapters here in lil ol' Canuckiland.
John Courtney Grimwood - what the critics say:-
Vicious, blackly-witty, violent.
Tarantino transported to the 22nd Century.
Fiction so trendy you can wear it.
William Gibson meets Quentin Tarantino.
Other books by this author -
Redrobe
neoAddix
Lucifer's Dragon (*cough*, not you, Luc)
See also http://www.hardcopy.demon.co.uk
By Rastus at May 31, 2001 8:53 PM
::shudder::
You just managed to mention both Robert A. Heinlein and L. Ron Hubbard consecutively...
Anyway.. Gibson is excellent, as is Neal Stephenson. I'd recommend Gibson's first trilogy along with Burning Chrome, and for Stephenson Snowcrash and perhaps The Diamond Age... Cryptonomicon was excellent, but has little to nothing to do with Cyberpunk, whereas Zodiac I found to be a mite bit dull.
We mustn't forget Masamune Shirow's Ghost in the Shell Manga ... it goes much more in-depth than the movie did, really excellent reading.. GUNNM, also, is worth looking over, on the anime front.
By Pulse at May 31, 2001 9:37 PM
GITS!
I love that manga.. unfortunately I've only been able to come across the dark horse comics trade paperback.. I am a fucking HUGE fan of GITS.. even collect the little Kusanagi figures and such..
Yeah I know.. my life sucks.. but..
Ta-dah! Shirow has completed GITS 2: Man-Machine Interface... can't wait to get my hands on it... it's been in the makes for something round five years now...
By Gaston at Jun 1, 2001 12:55 AM
Chuck Palahiuk (Fight Club) has recently releaseda new book, "Choke". I haven't had time to read it yet, especially since it hit bookstores only last week, but I expect it will be a worthwhile read.
Additionally, I think i need to bitch-slap Nic for bringing L.Ron Hubbard onto my literary discussion.
Back to the topic, why are we limiting our thoughts about literature to books that deal only with cyberpunk issues/culture? Should we not diversify into books that may more fully devlop the psychological or social issues of the dome? What about something like Oliver Twist to discuss the wealth/poverty/abandonment issues that reds feel?
By Astrophel at Jun 4, 2001 9:06 AM
Damn, gaston beat me tot he GITS2 post :P
By Stonemonk at Jun 4, 2001 10:09 AM
You want to discuss Oliver Twist and how it relates to a late 21st civilization. I suddenly feel like I'm in lit 101 with Mrs. Ewing.
By Johnny at Jun 4, 2001 10:45 AM
OK, so maybe not necesarrily Oliver Twist, but what about Plato's Republic? Is it possible that by the late 21st century we will have been able to genetically engineer the guardians that he discussed as the ultimate rulers of a society? This is something i tried to discuss IC with several other players, but unfortunately no one else had any knowledge of the subject.
By Astrophel at Jun 4, 2001 11:06 AM
And equally unfortunate, I stopped taking lit for a reason. I don't enjoy discussing it ;)
Hmmmm... Huxley's A Brave New World might prove useful, as well as Orson Well's frightening novel 1984... King's novella The Running Man, off which the classic Arny movie was based, is another read I'd suggest. The novel A Clockwork Orange is another suggested read, as well as Dante's Divine Comedy, seeing as one might envision the Dome as Dante's hell in reverse, in which one must climb up in order to reach the very bowels of the Inferno..
More to come..
By Gaston at Jun 7, 2001 5:37 AM
Whoa... how'd GITS2 slip by me? I've only had the chance to see the first one once, but it made a lasting impression. I've gone to quite a few sites on the net looking for GITS stuff to bring up ideas for new code or RP on elseMOOs many times. I'm assuming that GITS2 is in the movie format, neh? Is it available as a book as well? Thanks.
By Chant at Jun 14, 2001 2:44 AM
Sorry chummer.. GITS2 is only a manga... and it -still- hasn't made it to US soil.
*pouts*
By Gaston at Jun 14, 2001 11:24 AM
Might I suggest going to [html]http://www.masamuneshirow.com/[/html]? It has an entire host of links for GITS2..
Holy shit! My facts are waaaaay off! GITS2: MMI is coming out 28 June 2001 in A5 manga format!
oh yeah, A5 manga format, I get everything on that now, hell I don;t even use DVD's just A5 manga. I go to the grocery store, meat counter, "hey can I get a couple of ribeye's, yeah..why don;t you give them to me in A5 manga format." WTF?
By Astrophel at Jun 14, 2001 1:35 PM
I'd say that's a good idea, but I fucking hate Dickens. *shudder*
By Pulse at Jun 14, 2001 5:10 PM
A5 is the size of the book. close to 11*17 I think. Or was that A4?
By Nicadeamus at Jun 14, 2001 7:40 PM
The sad thing is is that this kinda sounds like some old school 'l33t' hacker talk.
Burn sez
leave b 4
u r expunged.
By Chant at Jun 15, 2001 3:34 PM
Chant quotz
lame wanaB
hac|<3r MooV
1 |33t d00d!
By Johnny at Jun 15, 2001 4:03 PM
did you just use 2 different forms of the real letter B? shame in you.
*goes to spank Johnny*
*then thinks better of it as NIN's Perfect Drug comes on in his IRL background*
Whooo!!! That musta been trippy ^_^
*cackles and runs into wall*
Interesting that Heinlein was mentioned... �one of the best Sci-Fi authors to have ever lived, AND a Libertarian if there ever was one, hehe...
Heinlein's work isn't cyberpunk, but it's DAMN good. �I got a huge collection last Christmas, still reading through them... but whenever I want a good read, I know I can find it on that shelf.
Any future history stories are awesome.
Stranger in a Strange Land is almost my favorite.
Time Enough for Love is my favorite, and is also a future history novel (the last, I believe). It's also where my name, Lazarus, comes from.
By Lazarus at Jun 27, 2001 2:18 AM
Ahem..
Heinlein's last work was To Sail Beyond The Sunset, and it tells the tail of Laz Long's mother as she was growing up, explaining the disappearance of her father during WWI(I ?), and her part in said disappearance, as well as a whole slew of info on the Long family lineage. It's a good read, if anything.
Just my 2 pesos worth.
By Gaston at Jul 8, 2001 10:30 AM
Hmmm...not CP novel, but fucking good anyway.
It's new. I just finished it. I couldn't put it down. I reccomend it to everyone.
By Devi at Jul 8, 2001 11:47 PM
It's out? finally?
By Nicadeamus at Jul 8, 2001 11:51 PM
Maybe since my last name is Long, I'll become famous and be in some book and live to be like 3000 years old!!!!!
*cackles with an insane glee*
*runs into wall with a rather sick-sounding result*
Ever notice how in games and books that are semi-oriental, there are a lot of "Long"s in them? They tend to be boss-guys or evil-guys. Interesting.
By Chant at Aug 6, 2001 12:30 PM
Since we're on novels I've always had this question. If anyone's ever read the 'Sword of Shanarah' books...in one of the series the group is walking through a forest and come upon old steel girder buildings...as soon as i read it i thought 'ooh, is this a fictional future of current day earth' cuz those are always cool to think about...
but anyway, that was the only mention I ever caught about it. Giving the post-apocolyptic view to a fantasy novel was kinda cool, anyone have any idea on that?
[and chant....if yer an evil-boss trying to control the worl...can I be your henchmen? I'll be the one guy in the oriental film that doesn't know any MA and i'll have like metal arms and jagged teeth or something. You can call me Slug]
By Stonemonk at Nov 15, 2001 7:55 AM
Absolutely, I remember that part vividly. It gave me goosebumps when I realized it was 'future-past'. Kinda shadowrun style "world awakening" back to it's magical roots kinda thing.
Then again, it coulda been the ruined remains of some gnomes forge ;)
By Johnny at Nov 15, 2001 8:07 AM
Goosebumps. Ditto...but ya had to go and ruin it with gnome forges! Bah! :P
There needs to be a future-past/post-apocolyptic/fantasy/cyberpunk/MOO somewhere...
*codes one up*
By Stonemonk at Nov 15, 2001 3:31 PM
No, it definately wan't a Gnome's forge... Because later in the book, the "druid" explains the history of the world, how hundreds of years ago, man had become the strongest race, had nearly conquered disease, had ways of doing almost anything.
Then a world war or something happened...
I won't spoil the rest, but as you can see it wasn't a Gnome's forge.
Edit: actually, you probaly already knew that, but for those who haven't read the book and don't recognize Johnny's sarcasm, then there ya go.
(Edited by Jadael at 7:06 pm on Nov. 15, 2001)
By Jadael at Nov 15, 2001 7:03 PM
normally I try to avoid picking on people, but I just read this thread, and saw the author of 1984 listed as Orson Wells. This was bothersome in and of itself, but what disturbed me even more was that I seemed to be the only one who noticed. While Orson Wells may have been a great actor, and the man behind the "War of The Worlds" radio play, George Orwell wrote the classic dystopian vision of the future, "1984."
Meanwhile, has anyone read John Shirley's "A Song Called Youth" series: Eclipse, Eclipse: Corona, and Eclipse: Penumbra? All three very interesting reads.
By MouseII at Dec 11, 2001 1:53 PM
Super Toys All Summer Long.
Compilation in which the similarly-titled novella behind the movie, AI, can be found.
Just my extra two cents.
By Grim at Dec 12, 2001 1:27 AM
*pets the search feature*
http://www.replicant.net/cyberpunk/authors/
*dies*
By Bias at Nov 3, 2004 2:21 AM
Mmmmm, woefully out of date webpages. Much like too much of the SD site!
By Johnny at Nov 3, 2004 4:29 PM
If the websit is really dowqn then you should give this friend of mine a call, he does good maintenance.
By Nayr at Nov 3, 2004 4:37 PM
Quote: from Johnny on 4:29 pm on Nov. 3, 2004[br]Mmmmm, woefully out of date webpages. Much like too much of the SD site!
you mean it's not 1997?
*puts away the "Prepare for the coming millennium!" survival kit and wanders off*
By Bias at Nov 3, 2004 7:45 PM
I don't think anyone mentioned Bruce Sterling.. I'm only halfway through two of his books.. but he's pretty damn CP. I recomend 'Heavy Weather'. The furture it takes place in is alot like what Gibson painted in Neuromancer, Virtual Light, etc.
By Nemisis at Nov 13, 2004 8:58 PM
Heh, and two years later, I just finished Heavy Weather. I'm reading Count Zero right now.
*eyes*
I also finally finished Snow Crash, via audio book. I had to download the Audiobook because I was usuing the actual book as a mouse pad. It was excellent.
By Nemisis at May 4, 2006 8:16 PM
Slow reader... ;P
By Aikao at May 4, 2006 9:17 PM
I remember when I first read Neuromancer about.. seven or eight years ago. I basically went on a binge and read nearly all of his other books. 'Difference Engine' didn't captivate my attention for long enough.
As for Stephenson, I really liked Snow Crash of course. Especially its depiction of things like that cube where what's his face, Hiro the Protaganist is it? Lives and ends up having to ditch... that whole viral/cypher thing spreading around the Matrix... the anonymity of the whole thing... then moving on to a wild tangent about Sumerian cuniform... I still remember certain passages vividly since its that kind of book.
I did read pseudo-historical thriller Cryptonomicon. which was mildly entertaining if only because it promised something, but never really delivered it.
I guess I should look at more of Sterling's stuff. Haven't really paid enough attention there.
By BuddhaBrand at May 5, 2006 5:49 PM
Snow Crash was a great book, I originaly put it down when it started to get into the religious shit, because I just wasn't interested.. but it ended up being good when I listened to the unabridged audio book.
I have the feeling that the book kinda got away from him. It had a really strong start, and a great finish, but.. in the middle it gets kinda jumbled.
Maybe you guys could explain something. In the first part of the book, it seems like there are two seperate timelines going on.
When Hiro crashes, and YT takes the pizza.
Then at some point later when YT calls Hiro cause she got busted.
Then it jumps back to Hiro getting out of the car and escaping the Burbclave.
Then to several weeks later when Hiro is in the U-Stor-It and talks about YT being his partner for awhile now..
That confused the fuck out of me.
By Nemisis at May 6, 2006 10:03 PM
Altered Carbon, by Richard K. Morgan. It's a great first book, and many, many concepts you find therein will be appealing to those of you who are used to the world of Sindome. Thus far it's caught my attention.
By Grim at May 14, 2006 5:31 PM
Just picked up Richard K. Morgan's second Takeshi Kovacs novel, Broken Angels. It looks promising. I'll give you an update once I finish re-reading Greg Bear's Slant.
2CH,
By Grim at Jul 18, 2006 12:02 PM
have been drinking gibson novels like koolaid. virtual light, idoru, almost done with neuromancer. have the sequels. just wish i had a palm device to read e-book style in bed :p
By SoulExistence at Jul 18, 2006 12:22 PM
Altered Carbon and Broken Angels, both Takeshi Kovacs novels by Phillip K. Morgan.
Both books are awesome.. the second one even goes into the Voodoo/LoA which makes me happy..
The writers style, is incredible and hard to explain but you'll think in the back of your mind that he must have played Sindome. Seriously, I think he might have. Which one of you is him? Don't lie to me now.. I know your here..
By Nemisis at Feb 17, 2007 3:03 PM
Holy old post Batman!!
By Tool at Feb 18, 2007 9:57 AM
Okay. Read both of those books. And got a hold of Woken Furies. All three are nice. I'm liking his style, but it isn't just CP. Still great work, though.
By Grim at Feb 18, 2007 11:17 PM
I'd like to also add one other work to the pile:
Frank Miller's Hard Boiled, which is a loose interpretation of Dick's The Electronic Ant [Wikipedia].
Is Wokken Furies a Takeshi Kovacs novel? I have a feeling it isn't but I'm not sure..
Ah, it is a Takeshi Kovacs novel, and I'm sorry, it's Richard K. Morgan, not Phillip K. Morgan. Getting my authors (Phillip K. Dick) confused!
speaking of Phillip K Dick, the 'A Scanner Darkly' movie was really good.
and now i'm seeing the graphic effect in geico commercials.. o.O
By SoulExistence at Feb 20, 2007 4:34 PM


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Johnson is a co-editor of Annual Review of Physical Chemistry beginning with its 2012 issue. He became a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 1999, a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2005, a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2009, and a Fellow of the American Chemical Society in 2010. He received the Alexander von Humboldt Senior Research Award in 2012. He is the 2014 recipient of the Irving Langmuir Award.
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René Eugène Kieffer est un industriel français, né le  dans le  de Paris, ville où il est mort le  dans le .

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Fils de Joseph Kieffer, (1847-1933), originaire de Benfeld dans le bas Rhin, ancien propriétaire du Café de la Régence à Paris puis du Grand Hotel de Dinard, il épouse le  Suzanne Millon, fille de l'Hotelier Arthur Millon qui était déjà le beau père du frère de René, Albert.

René Kieffer est directeur des Glacières de l'Alimentation et des Frigorifiques de l'Alimentation, deux sociétés qu'il reprend après le décès de son beau-père Arthur Millon en 1913. Il reçoit pour cette entreprise des félicitations du président Albert Lebrun à l'occasion de l'ouverture du Salon des arts ménagers en 1939.

Probablement traumatisé par les horreurs qu'il a pu voir au front, il fonde après la première guerre mondiale le Comptoir Central des Alcaloïdes, societe produisant des anti douleurs dont les usines sont à Noisy-le-sec. Ainsi, alors que la production française était totalement déficitaire,  surtout en cette période où les besoins sont énormes, René Kieffer crée et développe en France, à l'instigation du Service de la mobilisation industrielle du Ministère du Commerce et de l'Industrie, cette nouvelle industrie, à laquelle beaucoup s'étaient attaqués mais avaient renoncé du fait des nombreuses difficultés. La production de codéine, morphine, héroïne, etc. qu'il a développée suffit à alimenter le marché national ; une partie est également exportée, preuve de la réussite de l'entreprise.

Il n' abandonne cependant pas totalement l'hôtellerie-restauration puisqu'en plus d'avoir hérité de son beau-père le restaurant Weber situé rue Royale (à l'époque célèbre rendez-vous de personnalités littéraires), il fut propriétaire du restaurant La Rotonde situé à l'angle du boulevard Haussmann et de la rue Lafayette et hérita de son père le Grand-Hotel de Dinard.

Lors des événements du , le Weber est transformé en infirmerie de fortune. Plus de 130 blessés y reçurent les premiers soins.

Il est fait chevalier de la légion d'honneur en 1929 en raison de son implication dans les domaines pharmaceutiques et hôteliers.

Propriétaire du Grand Hôtel de Dinard, René Kieffer est également maire de Dinard (35) de 1930 à 1932. Il fait alors construire le Yacht Club et la « promenade du clair de lune », ainsi que le marché couvert, avant de démissionner à la suite de mésententes au sein du conseil municipal.

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Remembering Ray Whitney's Time With The Phoenix Coyotes
By John De Groote Jul 1, 2012, 5:49pm MST
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Ray Whitney's time with the Phoenix Coyotes was short, but the 5'10" winger made a big impression. Not only was he a regular on the stat sheet, totaling 134 points in two seasons with the Coyotes, but also in the hearts of the fans.
2012 was a big year for Whitney. At 40-years-old he nearly had the best year of his 20-year tenure in the league. He led the Coyotes in points, and tallied his 1000th career point in March. Only six active players are part of that club.
Whitney knew his worth heading into free agency, telling the Arizona Republic's Sarah McLellan, "Production-wise they always say the older you get, you're going to fall off. Eventually they're going to be right, but they haven't been. ... I've performed well enough the last five years to warrant a contract that's deserving of it."
Sunday marked the end of Whitney's time in Phoenix, as he signed a two-year, $9 million deal with the Dallas Stars.
Whitney won't have to wait long to make his return to the Jobing.com Arena ice. The Coyotes open the season against the Stars Oct.13.
Don't expect boos from the Coyotes faithful though.
Fans should understand that the elder statesman did not want to ride out the rest of his career in the chaos that is the Phoenix Coyotes organization. For the past three years it has been a tumultuous ride through ownership and relocation threats.
With things still relatively unsettled in the desert, Whitney decided to go with a change of scenery. It may not have been the entire reason for the move, but you have to imagine it was a factor.
One more interesting fact about the Wizard. Whitney has now played for five teams (Flordia, Columbus, Carolina, Phoenix and now Dallas) that did not exist at the time he was drafted in 1991.
Now I leave you with a clip from Fox Sports Arizona's "Snapshot", where Whitney talks with Todd Walsh about what came to be known as the "Where's Whitney" game.
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The State Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (SVACB) booked Dr Nand Lal Kaundal, owner of the Apna Aspatal at Ghagas, in connection with a "health insurance racket". But the SVACB has yet to go to the bottom of this "multi-crore racket" as more than 22 private hospitals are empanelled under the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojna (RSBY) in the state.
After establishing the prima facie evidence, the SVACB today lodged an FIR against Kaundal at the vigilance police station in Bilaspur charging him of cheating, criminal breach of trust and criminal conspiracy. He runs two more hospitals at The Ridge, Shimla, and Baddi in Solan, which are under the Vigilance scanner, sources revealed.
The hospital allegedly created fake files of over 125 patients belonging to the Below the Poverty Line (BPL) and Integrated Rural Development Programme (IRDP) families and claimed Rs 2.5 lakh under the RSBY in 2011. Besides, the hospital also showed the same in case of 55 BPL patients till February 2012, the vigilance probe found.
Virender Sharma, Superintendent of Police, Vigilance, Central Range, said they had lodged an FIR and further investigation in the case was on. The hospital not only created fake files of patients to get insurance claims worth Rs 5.85 lakh, but had also conducted fake lab tests on patients who were never admitted to the hospital, he added.
As per inputs gathered, New India Insurance company, a Government of India undertaking, has released Rs 2.5 lakh to the hospital out of the Rs 7.5 lakh claimed by the Apna Asptal.
There are over 22 private hospitals empanelled by the state Health Department allegedly on pick-and-choose basis. As many as eight private hospitals in Kangra, two each in Shimla and Una, one each in Kullu, Chamba, Bilaspur and Sirmaur districts and four private hospitals in Solan district and other hospitals are represented by the Health Minister, sources revealed.
KC Sadyal, Additional Director-General, SVACB, said they had yet to get the facts at hand in connection with the case. Mohan Singh, senior manager, NII, said the company had paid Rs 4 crore out of Rs 22 crore paid as total claims submitted by the hospitals to the company till January 2012.
"We have received Rs 32 crore as premium under the RSBY — 75 per cent contributed by the Centre and 25 per cent by the state," he added.
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True Nature of Europe's Financial Transaction Tax Revealed
The true nature of the proposed European financial transaction tax is beginning to be ascertained by market practitioners across the region.
The tax is set to be imposed in 11 of the 27 European Union member states including the four biggest eurozone nations—Germany, France, Italy and Spain—with implementation expected some time in 2014 and is aimed squarely at making the financial services sector pay for the global financial crisis.
Subject to final ratification by the 11 participating nations, there is likely to be a 0.1% tax imposed on all buyers and sellers of share and bond transactions issued in the participating areas and a 0.01% levy on derivatives trades. The other nations to support the financial transaction tax are Austria, Belgium, Greece, Portugal, Slovenia, Slovakia and Estonia.
Dr Christian Voigt, business solutions architect, Fidessa
"After reading the text in detail, one thing that is quite odd is the issuer principle," said Dr Christian Voigt, business solutions architect at trading and technology company Fidessa.
This means that if a trade has been issued in one of the 11 participating countries then regardless of where it is then traded—be that in London, New York or Tokyo, for instance, all places that were not meant to be covered by its remit—the trade will be still hit by the tax.
The levy is also being introduced as a directive and not as a regulation. This means that the participating countries will have to implement their own laws, which opens up the possibility of 11 slightly different tax regimes.
"The only thing we can hope for is that the directive is strong and detailed enough so that they are very much alike," said Voigt.
France has already had its own transaction tax up and running since August 2012 to front-run the 11-nation proposals, with Italy set to follow suit from March 1. Although both of these countries will have to step back into line to some extent and modify their national law to fit with the 11-nation version when it is finally in place. Italy's new levy, though, is expected to be more onerous than the French version.
"We've seen with the French version, that trading volumes dipped only slightly," said Voigt. "But I expect it will be different again with the Italian version coming up. It is more significant and different to the French FTT as, for example, the Italian version affects on-exchange and also off-exchange trading.
"Then there is the risk of order flow going into different countries or the risk that certain strategies are not traded at all. Thus, it is questionable whether it is beneficial overall or whether we will shoot ourselves in the foot and end up with less liquid markets."
Other European market participants in Europe, especially in London—even though Europe's premier trading hub thought it had avoided its clutches—have also been objecting to the transaction tax plans.
"The U.K. is not one of the 11 countries which have signed up to adopt the tax," said Julie Patterson, director of authorized funds and tax at the Investment Management Association, a U.K. buy-side trade body representing around £4.2 trillion funds under management.
"However, U.K. investors, pensions and funds will suffer the effects of the tax if they invest in securities from those countries, or if they undertake transactions with counterparts in those countries.
"Moreover, unlike the stamp duty on U.K. equities, the tax will apply twice to every transaction—for the seller and for the buyer.
"It is important to ensure that the tax doesn't hit every transaction multiple times where intermediaries are involved. It is not uncommon for there to be four or more intermediaries involved in a transaction, making what appears on the surface to be a 0.1% tax significantly more substantial."
Although it is firms inside the transaction tax zone that appear even more alarmed by the plans.
"On the one hand, the European Union wants to improve transparency and stability and wants the financial sector to make a contribution to the costs of the crisis," said Deutsche Börse, operator of Germany's main exchange based in Frankfurt, in a statement.
"On the other hand, such a very tax will lead to a situation in which financial transactions will migrate to less regulated and non-transparent markets. Potential systemic risks will remain unchanged, but they will merely be detracted from the influence and control of the supervision.
"By introducing the tax in only 11 member states of the European Union these negative impacts will only play out more strongly. Especially because important financial centers like London and Luxembourg will not take part in enhanced co-operation. This will mean a further weakening of the financial center in Germany with massive economic effects to follow.
"A tax on financial transactions according to the draft law of the EU Commission would be a gift for the less regulated and less transparent financial markets. Countries introducing such a tax would import those very risks for customers and clients that they were striving to wipe out. Thus, such tax would counter the G20 [group of nations] efforts to foster the regulated and transparent markets.
"Furthermore, those who would pay the tax are those who are commonly are not seen as the originator of the crisis. In fact, the opposite is true; small and medium-sized companies in particular will face higher capital-raising costs as a result of rising transaction costs. Savers and private households would also suffer greater financial losses as the tax would directly hit their retirement provision products."
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Cordovero famously depicted the s'firot as emanating one-within-the-other, from "outer" to "inner", beginning with "Keter" (of which כ is the first Hebrew letter). Each subsequent name is indicated by its initial Hebrew letter.
These might seem to conflict. However, if we remember that these aren't "empirical" illustrations of the process itself, but rather depictions of different ways that we can view (or conceive of) the process, we see what our teachers are trying to tell us: Both "outer" and "inner" only describe our own limited viewpoint.
Meditation, or contemplation, in Kabbalah/Hasidut, may begin on the "process," but points back to the essential, unchanging Oneness. As Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi says in his book "Tanya," from G-d's viewpoint, the "emanation" never took place. It only takes place from the "human" viewpoint. Contemplation of this ultimately produces changes in consciousness and spiritual growth.
I see real parallels with Vedanta; you might, as well.
"How beautiful is the mystical conception of the divine emanation as the source of all existence, all life, all beauty, all power, all justice, all good, all order, all progress. How great is the influence of this true conception on all the ways of life, how profound is its logic, what a noble basis for morality. The basis for the formation of higher, holy, mighty and pure souls is embodied in it.
The divine emanation, by its being, engenders everything. It is unlimited in its freedom, there is no end to its unity, to its riches, to its perfection, to its splendor, and the influence of its potency and its diverse manifestations. All the oceans of song, all the diverse torrents of perception, all the force of life, all the laughter, the joyous delights — everything flows from it. Into everything it releases the influence of its soul force. Its influence, its honor, its deliverance reaches to the lowest depths.
The innocent and luminous will of man has already embraced some of its splendor. He continues to ascend, and he elevates everything with him. Everything proclaims G-d's glory: 'The grandeur of Your Holiness fills Your creation; (yet) You are forevermore, L-rd' (Psalm 93;5)." You are forevermore.