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Seen Nirvana "Live At The Paramount" (51/366)
Mon, Feb 20 2012 | Entertainment, Life, Music
"The duty of youth is to challenge corruption."
~ Kurt Cobain
Today is Kurt Cobain's birthday and marks the day Kurt would have turned 45. His band Nirvana changed the face of the music industry forever in the 90's, and Kurt Cobain is Nick's favorite musician of all time. When he died, he was only 27 years old. While he left us way too young, he certainly did his duty as he saw it - he challenged all established boundaries and rules of music in the rock world.
I've been a Nirvana fan since their single "Smells Like Teen Spirit" came out in 1991 from their second album, "Nevermind", but I never got to go to a concert. When the 20th Anniversary of Nevermind was celebrated last year, a previously unreleased concert, "Live At The Paramount" was made available and Nick snagged a limited edition copy. We were stoked to watch it tonight.
"Live At the Paramount" is the only Nirvana concert that was shot on 16mm film, and it really was a fantastic recording. Nirvana's music is very emotional - sometimes angry, sometimes contemplative, always raw - and that came through in their live performance, which I was so happy to see. There are unfortunately plenty of musical acts that have good sounding albums but are not too great when it comes to live concerts. Nirvana was not one of them. The energy and dedication to the music that the band shows is enthralling. When all of your songs are as emotionally charged as Nirvana's, it's not an easy task to give so much of yourself at every performance - but that's another reason Nirvana was such a great band - because they did write their own songs, and that makes every one that much more powerful, and important to the group.
I'm really glad I got to see this concert. While it's sad to be reminded of the tragedy of loss in the story of Kurt Cobain, it's also comforting to be able to appreciate his talent, his spirit, and his humanness by seeing him perform, and nice to know that that performance is captured for others to enjoy even though he is gone.
Nevermind 20th Anniversary Special Release [4CD/DVD Super Deluxe]
Nirvana: Live at the Paramount [Blu-ray]
Nirvana: Live at the Paramount [DVD]
Smells Like Teen Spirit Single
Nevermind Album


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\section{Introduction}

In 1964, Christenson, Cronin, Fitch and Turlay \cite{1} discovered
that the long-lived neutral kaon $K_L$ also decays to $\pi^+ \pi^-$
with a branching ratio of $\sim 2 \times 10^{-3}$. This discovery established
CP-Violation and the fact that $K_L$ is not identical to the CP-eigenstate
with CP-eigenvalue equal to $- 1$.

Similarly, the short-lived neutral kaon $K_S$ is not identical to the
CP-eigenstate with CP-eigenvalue equal to $+ 1$. CP Violation was confirmed
later by the decay $K_L \rightarrow \pi^0 \pi^0$ \cite{2} and by
the charge asymmetry \cite{3} in the $K_{l3}$ decays $K_L \rightarrow
\pi^{\pm} l^{\mp} \nu_l$. In particular, this semileptonic
asymmetry measures whether CP-violation is presented in the physical
eigenstates of the Meson Mass Matrix, referred to as Indirect CP
Violation. The present value of the world average \cite{4} of the charge
asymmetry gives a CP-Violation in the Mixing $Re\,\varepsilon_K = (1.63
\pm 0.06) \times 10^{-3}$.

For the non-leptonic $K_{S,L} \rightarrow 2 \pi$ decays, the experimentally
observable quantities are the ratios
\begin{equation}
\eta_\pm =  \frac{\langle \pi^+ \pi^- | K_L\rangle}{\langle \pi^+ \pi^- |
K_S \rangle}
\quad , \quad  \eta_{00} =  \frac{\langle \pi^0 \pi^0 | K_L\rangle}{\langle
\pi^0 \pi^0 | K_S \rangle}
\end{equation}
which can be rewritten in terms of CP-Violating indirect $\varepsilon$ and
direct $\varepsilon'$ parameters as
\begin{equation}
\eta_\pm \simeq \varepsilon + \varepsilon' \quad , \quad \eta_{00} \simeq
\varepsilon - 2 \varepsilon'
\end{equation}
when the $\Delta I = 1/2$ rule is used.

The ratio $\frac{\varepsilon'}{\varepsilon}$ can be determined by the
``method of ratio of ratios'' when comparing the $\pi^0 \pi^0$ and
$\pi^+ \pi^-$ decay channels
\begin{equation}
Re (\frac{\varepsilon'}{\varepsilon}) \simeq \frac{1}{6} \left\{
1 - \left| \frac{\eta_{00}}{\eta_{+-}} \right|^2 \right\}
\end{equation}

Present results at CERN \cite{5} and FermiLab \cite{6} give
conflicting results at the level of $10^{-3}$. New experiments with
better sensitivity at CERN, FermiLab and the dedicated $\Phi$-factory
at Frascati \cite{7} will push the precision to reach
sensitivities better than $10^{-4}$.

Recently the first direct observation of a difference in the decay
rates between particles and antiparticles has been accomplished by CP-LEAR
experiment \cite{8}. They make use of Flavour-Tag, either $K^0$ or
$\bar{K}^0$ at $t = 0$, and study their time evolution in the decays
to $2 \pi$. One concludes that, in the $K^0 - \bar{K}^0$ system, Indirect
CP Violation governed by  $\varepsilon_K$ plays the most prominent role.

The main question is whether the origin of CP Violation can be explained
within the Standard Model or it needs physics beyond the Standard Model.
In particular, is CP Violation to be described  by charged
current flavour mixing of quarks? We believe that the $B^0 - \bar{B}^0$
system is going to play a fundamental role in this respect and its
experimental study will be the task of all big facilities in the world:
B-factories, Cornell, HERA-B, B-TeV, LHC.

\section{Orthodoxy for Indirect CP Violation int he $B_d$-system.}

Flavour Number is not conserved by weak interactions, so in $2^{\mbox{nd}}$
order $B^0$ and $\bar{B}^0$ mix. The existence of decay channels leads
to a non-hermitian Mixing Matrix
\begin{equation}
H = M - \frac{i}{2} \Gamma
\end{equation}
in the $B^0, \bar{B}^0$ basis. The physical eigenstates of mass and
lifetime diagonalize $H$ as
\begin{equation}
\begin{array}{l}
| B_1 \rangle = p | B^0 \rangle + q | \bar{B}^0\rangle \\
| B_2 \rangle = p | B^0 \rangle - q | \bar{B}^0\rangle
\end{array}
\end{equation}
with the amplitude
\begin{equation}
\frac{q}{p} = - \frac{2 M^*_{12} - i \Gamma_{12}^*}{\Delta m -
\frac{i}{2}  \Delta \Gamma} \quad ; \quad
M_{12} - \frac{i}{2} \Gamma_{12} \equiv \langle B^0 |H| \bar{B}^0 \rangle
\end{equation}
obtained in the Weisskopf-Wigner approximation.

\vspace{0.5cm}

The standard Model $\Delta B = 2$ transition is given by the Box
Diagram\footnote{This is my reference to the title of the Workshop}
\begin{figure}[htbp]
\begin{center}
\epsfig{file=fig.eps}
\end{center}
\end{figure}

\noindent which generates matrix elements with $|\Gamma_{12}| << |M_{12}|$
and an almost alignment of the complex values of $\Gamma_{12} $ and $M_{12}$.
As a consequence, to a good approximation \cite{9}, the flavour mixing
amplitude $q/p$ is just a pure phase!

The parameter $q/p$ is phase-convention-dependent on the definition
of the CP-transformed states and thus its phase is  not, by itself,
observable. The best prospects use then the strategy of the interplay
between Mixing and Decay \cite{10}.

The non-observability of the flavour mixing phase is made apparent in
the CP-violating rate asymmetry, from a \underline{flavour tag},
in the semileptonic decay $B^0 \rightarrow l \nu_l X$:
\begin{equation}
a_{SL} \equiv \frac{N (l^+ l^+) - N (l^- l^-)}{N (l^+ l^+) +
N (l^- l^-) } = \frac{| p/q|^2 - |q/p|^2}{|p/q|^2 + |q/p|^2}
\end{equation}

To generate $|q/p| \neq 1$, one would need both $\Delta \Gamma_B \neq 0$
and a misalignment such that $Im (M_{12}^* \Gamma_{12}) \neq 0$. Some
prospects could appear for physics beyond the Standard Model \cite{11}.

\section{Phase-convention-independent CP Mixing.}

The question is whether Indirect CP Violation and $|q/p| \neq 1$ are
equivalent. We propose to establish the concept of Indirect CP
Violation by means of CP Mixing in the physical states. We define the
$\varepsilon$-parameter \cite{12} as
\begin{equation}
\left.
\begin{array}{l}
|B_1 \rangle =
\frac{1}{\sqrt{1 + |\varepsilon|^2}} (|B_+ \rangle + \varepsilon |B_- \rangle)\\[2ex]
|B_2 \rangle =
\frac{1}{\sqrt{1 + |\varepsilon|^2}} (|B_- \rangle + \varepsilon |B_+ \rangle)\\
\end{array}  \right\} \quad
|B_\pm \rangle \equiv \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}} (I \pm CP) |B^0 \rangle
\end{equation}
where $|B_\pm \rangle$ are the CP eigenstates. For a given CP-opertor, this
$\varepsilon$ is phase-convention-independent. This is seen explicity by
the relation
\begin{equation}
\frac{1 - \varepsilon}{1 + \varepsilon} = \frac{q}{p} CP_{12}
\end{equation}
and the result (6): The phase convention for $B^0, \bar{B}^0$ states
is irrelevant. $\varepsilon$ involves, on the other hand, the three operators
$M, \Gamma$ and $CP$. the matrix element $CP_{12} \equiv \langle B^0 |CP|
\bar{B}^0 \rangle$ plays the role of a reference phase, given by the flavour
mixing amplitude in the $CP$ conserving limit
\begin{equation}
\left(\frac{q}{p}\right)_{CP} = - CP_{12}^*
\end{equation}

With three directions in the complex plane, those of $M_{12}, \Gamma_{12},
CP_{12}$, we have two \underline{relative} phases that can become
observable: one is well known
\begin{equation}
\frac{2 Re (\varepsilon)}{ 1 + |\varepsilon|^2} = \frac{1 - |q/p|^2}{1 +
|q/p|^2}
\end{equation}
which involves the relative phase between $M_{12} $ and $\Gamma_{12}$.
For the $B_d$-system, with $\Delta \Gamma \sim 0$, one has $Re
(\varepsilon)\sim 0$. In this limit,
\begin{equation}
\frac{Im (\varepsilon)}{1 + |\varepsilon|^2} \simeq \frac{Im
(M_{12}^* CP_{12})}{\Delta m}
\end{equation}
and we observe that the (second) relative phase between $M_{12}$
and $CP_{12}$ gives $Im (\varepsilon)$. Is this a quantum-mechanical
observable?

In Ref. \cite{12} we have discussed and interference experiment between
the CP-eigenstates $| B_{\pm} \rangle$ obtained from the time evolution of a
CP-Tag. The corresponding CP asymmetries to common leptonic final
states $l^+$ and $l^-$ are able to separate out $Re (\varepsilon)$ and
$Im (\varepsilon)$. If $B_+ (t)$ denotes the time-evolved state
from a CP eigenstate $B_+$ prepared at $t = 0$, one has
\begin{equation}
\begin{array}{l}
A_+^{CP} (t) =
\frac{\displaystyle{\Gamma[B_+ (t) \rightarrow l^+] - \Gamma [B_+
(t) \rightarrow l^-]}}{\displaystyle{\Gamma [B_+ (t) \rightarrow l^+] +
\Gamma [B_+ (t) \rightarrow l^-]}}\\[2ex]
= \frac{\displaystyle{2 Re (\varepsilon)}}{
\displaystyle{1 + |\varepsilon|^2}} [1 - e^{\frac{\Delta \Gamma}{2} t}
\cos (\Delta m\;t)] - \frac{\displaystyle{2 Im (\varepsilon)}}{
\displaystyle{1 + |\varepsilon|^2}}
e^{\frac{\Delta \Gamma}{2} t} \sin (\Delta m\; t)
\end{array}
\end{equation}

We conclude that $Im (\varepsilon)$ is a physical quantity and observable
iff the CP-transformation is well defined. Is the CP-operator determined?
In the case of invariant theory, a symmetry transformation is well defined.
Otherrwise the corresponding symmetry operator is undetermined.

\section{The CP-conserving direction.}

It is possible to have a well defined CP operator even for a non invariant
theory. This is the situation when the structure of the Lagrangian
allows the separation of a CP conserving part which includes flavour
mixing, from a different interaction responsible for the CP non-invariance.
In this type of models, as in superweak interaction \cite{13}, the
invariant part of the Lagrangian determines the action  of the symmetry
operation on the fields.

The most interesting case is that of the Standard Model: a theory where
flavour mixing and CP violation cannont be separated in that way.
Therefore, there is no phase choice for the CP trasformed fields which
leaves the Lagrangian invariant. Different choices of phases, and thus
of CP operator, will yield different observables: our $\varepsilon$-parameter
would not be unique. We are going to show, however, that the use of the
quark mixing hierarchy (empirically well established) leads to a unique
separation  of the weak Lagrangian into a CP-conserving and a CP-violating
part.

The CP operation is defined by the invariance of strong and
electromagnetic interactions. When the mass matrices for the up $M$ and
down $M'$ sectors are considered, the corresponding electroweak quark
fields have CP transformations which include unitary matrices
$\Phi$ and $\Phi \, '$, respectively, in family space. The invariance condition
on the Lagrangian determines \cite{14} $\Phi, \Phi\, '$ up to diagonal
unitary phases  $e^{2 i \theta}, e^{2i \theta'}$ in terms of the diagonalizing
matrices $U, U'$ for the quark fields. These diagonal phases are the
(arbitrary) CP-phases of the physical quark fields. If the charged
current Lagrangian was absent, there would be no cross-talk
between up and down quarks: the arbitrariness would have no physical
effect and we could consider the CP operator to be determined.

On the contrary, the existence of a charged current Lagrangian
induces both

- Flavour Mixing through $V = U {U'}^\dagger$

- CP Violation through $B = \Phi {\Phi\,'}^\dagger$

The arbitrariness of CP-phases in now relevant to induce different
 $B$-matrix. Is it possible to choose $\theta,  \theta'$ such
that $B = I$? If the answer is positive, we have a theory with Flavour
Mixing $V \neq I$, but CP Invariance $B = I$: a CP conserving Standard
Model. CP Violation would have to be understood from a Superweak-type
Model. The necessary and sufficient conditions for CP invariance
to be satisfield \cite{15} by the mass matrices $M, M'$ and the
corresponding phase fixing were discussed \cite{16} some time ago.

If there is no CP-phase choice for $\theta, \theta'$ to get $B = I$, the
theory is CP-violating. Can the theory still filter a well defined CP
operator, at least in a perturbative sense? We know that, in the
K-system, the  CP symmetry is only slightly violated and its size
\cite{1} is of the order $ O (10^{-3})$. This is understood in the
Standard Model as a consequence of the need to involve the three
families to generate CP violation. Thus its effective coupling
contains higher powers of the quark mixing $\lambda$ than that
of the CP conserving flavour mixing $K^0 \bar{K}^0$. This justifies
the idea to look for a ``natural'' CP definition in the Standard Model
based on the empirically known quark mixing hierarchy.

Take one of the sides (fixed $k$) of the $(bd)$ unitarity triangle.
It can be decomposed  in the (complex) plane into CP conserving and CP
violating parts as
\begin{equation}
\begin{array}{l}
V_{kb}^* V_{kd} (CP) = e^{i (\theta_b - \theta_d)} Re
(e^{-i \theta_b}
V_{kb}^* V_{kd} e^{i \theta_d}) \\[2ex]
V_{kb}^* V_{kd} ({{CP}\kern-13pt\raise+0.7ex\hbox{\Big{/}}}\;\;)
= i e^{i (\theta_b - \theta_d)} Im (e^{-i \theta_b}
V_{kb}^* V_{kd} e^{i \theta_d})
\end{array}
\end{equation}

Eq (14) tells that $e^{i (\theta_b - \theta_d)}$ defines the
CP conserving direction associated to the ($bd)$ triangle. It depends
on the choice of CP-phases. However, the three CP conserving directions
of the three ``down'' triangles are not independent, due to the cyclic
relation

\begin{equation}
e^{i (\theta_b - \theta_d)} = e^{i (\theta_b - \theta_s)} e^{i (\theta_s -
\theta_d)}
\end{equation}

These CP conserving directions are attached to the triangles, so they
would rotate with them under quark rephasing. They are not physical
by themselves, but the relative phases between triangle sides and them
are rephasing invariant.

According to the experimentally known hierarchy in the quark mixing,
the magnitude of $V$ matrix elements can be written in terms of a
perturbative parameter $\lambda$. We can estimate the relative
size of every side in the three triangles of the down sector. To order
$\lambda^3$, the two triangles ($bs$) and $(sd)$ collapse to
a line each, thus giving  CP conservation and a natural choice for the
attached CP direction: the CP invariance requirement on the effective
hamiltonian fixes the corresponding CP-phases of these sectors. Due
to (15) the CP conserving direction for the ($bd)$ system is already
fixed. This is particularly attractive because the ($bd$) system
keeps a CP violating triangle to order $\lambda^3$. One obtains \cite{14}

\begin{equation}
e^{i (\theta_b - \theta_d)} = \left. \frac{V_{cd} V^*_{cb}}{|V_{cd}
V^*_{cb}|}\,
\right|_{O (\lambda^3)}
\end{equation}

Thus the CP conserving direction matches one of the sides of the ($bd)$
triangle to $O (\lambda^3)$.

This result controls the value of $Im (\varepsilon)$ for the $B_d$-system
as an OBSERVABLE even in the Standard Model.

To order $\lambda^3$, we have

\begin{equation}
Im (M^*_{12} CP_{12})  \propto Im (V^*_{td} V_{tb} V_{cd} V^*_{cb})
\end{equation}

Eq. (17) proves definitively the phase-convention-independence
of our analysis.

\section{Conclusions.}

These are summarized in the following two points:

1) There exists a rephasing invariant measure of CP Mixing given by our
$\varepsilon$-parameter. It is independent of the rephasing of $B^0 -
\bar{B}^0$ states and of quark fields, i.e., independent of a specific
parametrization of the Mixing Matrix $V (CKM)$.

2) The $\varepsilon$-parameter is unique iff the CP operator is well
defined. The use of the quark mixing hierachy leads to determine CP
to $O (\lambda^3)$.

As a final comment, the definite CP conserving direction found
in Eq. (16) implies that decays of $B_d$ to final CP eigenstates
dominated by the amplitude $V_{cd} V_{cb}^*$ constitute excellent CP
Tags.

\vspace{3cm}

\noindent
\underline{Acknowledgements}

J.B. would like to acknowledge the splendid scientific atmosphere
of the Workshop. Special thanks go to Tord Riemann for his dedication.
M.C.B. is indebted to the Spanish Ministry of Education and Culture
for her fellowship. This work was supported by CICYT, Spain, under
Grant AEN-96/1718.

\newpage

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>i have a WL110 Wireless LAN. i need some help finding the drivers for it.
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What download speeds are others getting?
Funnily enough all the Telcos have deliberately stopped advertising upload speeds. Everyone understands download speeds so they need to mention those specifically (and last year got a heavy wrap over the knuckles for not providing what they advertsed). However I don't think there's a place you can point to on the Optus (or most other Telco websites) that says upload is "meant to be 20Mbps"
That said, yes it should be 20Mbps and your readings indicate something is going wrong. Might be the modem or something downstream in the line or even Optus configuration. First thing to do is turn the small HFC box off then back on after a minute. If that fails then do a factory reset on the small HFC box (just hold the pin in untill all the lights flick off. Failing that have a check in the big modem settings to see what line speed it is reporting there (presume it also shows upload speeds). After that its onto livechat who can hopefully help or otherwise get NBNCo to investigate.
So you've done the full pin in the hole reset?
It seems counter intuitive but up and down speeds can be seperately affected on HFC. Plenty of posts with the opposite problem you report (20Mbps upload but onlt 1-2 Mbps Download). Should be fairly straight forward to sort out.


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package com.android.tools.idea.tests.gui.framework.fixture.theme;

import com.android.tools.idea.editors.theme.preview.AndroidThemePreviewPanel;
import com.android.tools.idea.tests.gui.framework.fixture.ComponentFixture;
import com.android.tools.idea.tests.gui.framework.fixture.SearchTextFieldFixture;
import com.android.tools.swing.layoutlib.AndroidPreviewPanel;
import com.intellij.ui.SearchTextField;
import org.fest.swing.core.Robot;
import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;

/**
 * Fixture wrapping the {@link AndroidThemePreviewPanel}
 */
public class AndroidThemePreviewPanelFixture extends ComponentFixture<AndroidThemePreviewPanelFixture, AndroidThemePreviewPanel> {
  public AndroidThemePreviewPanelFixture(@NotNull Robot robot, @NotNull AndroidThemePreviewPanel target) {
    super(AndroidThemePreviewPanelFixture.class, robot, target);
  }

  @NotNull
  public AndroidPreviewPanelFixture getPreviewPanel() {
    return new AndroidPreviewPanelFixture(robot(), robot().finder().findByType(AndroidPreviewPanel.class));
  }

  @NotNull
  public SearchTextFieldFixture getSearchTextField() {
    return new SearchTextFieldFixture(robot(), robot().finder().findByType(SearchTextField.class));
  }
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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BioNTech raises 2021 COVID vaccine target to 2.5B doses
Naomi Kresge, Bloomberg News
We won't achieve herd immunity any time soon even with more vaccine supply: Emergency physician
BioNTech SE and Pfizer Inc. raised this year's production target for their COVID-19 vaccine to as many as 2.5 billion doses, with the biotech's chief executive predicting a version of the shot that can be stored in refrigerators will be ready within months.
The new target represents an increase of about one quarter from the company's earlier estimate.
The world's thirst for more shots has challenged vaccine makers, who had to pivot from a breakneck development pace to ensuring production capacity. Pfizer and BioNTech have repeatedly revised their targets as they scaled up production, largely avoiding the controversies facing other drugmakers such as AstraZeneca Plc.
"We are seeing an increased demand," CEO Ugur Sahin said in an interview. "At the moment we have prepared ourselves to produce 2.5 billion doses, but in principle there is room for further increase."
On Tuesday, BioNTech said it's also pushing forward to address a weakness of its shot -- the need for longer-term storage at ultra-cold temperatures. The company said it's advancing with two new formulations: a ready-to-use vaccine that can be stored at fridge temperatures, and a freeze-dried version that could be stockpiled by governments in the future.
The vaccine, the first cleared in the U.S. and European Union, has catapulted BioNTech into the front ranks of European biotechs, allowing it to generate enough revenue to report its first annual profit.
Sahin and Ozlem Tureci, his wife and co-founder, have said they'll use the vaccine profits to push forward with research in other areas as well. The messenger RNA technology is being studied for other types of vaccines, including seasonal flu, and could also have applications as a treatment for cancer and other diseases.
BioNTech's ADRs rose 5.9 per cent before U.S. exchanges opened. Pfizer was little changed.
Fridge Not Freezer
The partners had previously said they could make about 2 billion pandemic shots this year, enough to immunize 1 billion people. Next year, they could have capacity to make 3 billion doses, Sahin said in a March 9 interview.
By early in the second half of this year, the companies should be able to offer a ready-to-use formulation of the vaccine that could be stored at refrigerator temperatures, Sahin said. That would make it much easier for doctors' offices and pharmacies to store and dispense the shot. The current version requires freezer storage.
Also in the works is a freeze-dried formulation, which will require a clinical trial to ensure it's safe and works as well as the original. That study will start in the U.S. in April, BioNTech said, and should have data by the third quarter. A freeze-dried version of the vaccine could be stockpiled by governments and shipped and stored even more easily.
BioNTech reported 366.9 million euros in fourth-quarter profit, compared with a 58.2 million-euro loss in the year-earlier quarter. As of year-end, the company had 1.2 billion euros in cash. It expects to spend as much as 850 million euros on research and development this year.
The company is planning more than a dozen patient trials in oncology, including experimental mRNA treatments for melanoma and cancers of the head and neck, breast, kidney and liver. It's also working on cell therapies and other ways of recruiting the immune system to fight cancer.
BioNTech said it expects 9.8 billion euros (US$11.5 billion) in revenue from the supply contracts signed already, which amount to 1.4 billion doses. Revenue expectations include milestone payments from BioNTech's partners and will rise as more orders are signed, the company said in a statement on Tuesday.
Provinces halt AstraZeneca shots for those under 55
Astra reports lower efficacy for COVID vaccine after criticism
EU drugs regulator set to approve BioNTech, Astra vaccine sites


THE cataclysm that annihilated the choicest sub-races of the fourth Race, or the Atlanteans, was slowly preparing its work for ages. Poseidonis, so called, belongs to historical times, though its fate begins to be realized and suspected only now. It can be asserted that every root-race is separated by a catastrophe, a cataclysm -- the basis and historical foundation of the fables woven later on into the religious fabric of every people, whether civilized or savage, under the name of "deluges," "showers of fire," and such like.
That "no appreciable trace is left" of such high civilizations is due to several reasons. One of these may be traced chiefly to the inability, and partially to the unwillingness (or shall we say congenital spiritual blindness of the age) of the modern archaeologist to distinguish between excavations and ruins 50,000 and 4,000 years old, and to assign to many a grand archaic ruin its proper age and place in prehistoric times. For the latter the archaeologist is not responsible, for what criterion, what sign has he to lead him to infer the true date of an excavated building bearing no inscription? And what warrant has the public that the antiquary and specialist has not made an error of some 20,000 years?
A fair proof of this we have in the scientific and historic labelling of the Cyclopean architecture. Traditional archaeology bearing directly upon the monumental is rejected. Oral literature, popular legends, ballads and rites, are all stifled in one word -- superstition; and popular antiquities have become fables and folk-lore. The ruder style of Cyclopean masonry, the walls of Tyrius, mentioned by Homer, are placed at the farthest end -- the dawn of pre-Roman history; the walls of Epirus and Mycenae -- at the nearest. The latter are commonly believed the work of the Pelasgi and probably of about 1,000 years before the Western era. As to the former, they were hedged in and driven forward by the Noachian deluge till very lately -- Archbishop Usher's learned scheme, computing that earth and man "were created 4,004 B.C.," having been not only popular but actually forced upon the educated classes until Mr. Darwin's triumphs. Had it not been for the efforts of a few Alexandrian and other mystics, Platonists, and heathen philosophers, Europe would have never laid her hands even on those few Greek and Roman classics she now possesses.
And, as among the few that escaped the dire fate not all by any means were trustworthy -- hence, perhaps, the secret of their preservation -- Western scholars got early into the habit of rejecting all heathen testimony, whenever truth clashed with the dicta of their churches. Then again, the modern Archaeologists, Orientalists and Historians of the West ... seem to dislike to allow any relic of archaism to antedate the supposed antiquity of the Jewish records. This is a ditch into which most have slipped.
The traces of ancient civilizations exist, and they are many. Yet, it is humbly suggested, that so long as there are reverend gentlemen mixed up unchecked in archeological and Asiatic societies; and Christian bishops to write the supposed histories and religions of non-Christian nations, and to preside over the meetings of Orientalists -- so long will Archaism and its remains be made subservient in every branch to ancient Judaism and modern Christianity.
So far, archaeology knows but little of the sites of other and far older civilizations, except the few it has stumbled upon, and to which it has assigned their respective ages, mostly under the guidance of biblical chronology. Whether the West had any right to impose upon Universal History the untrustworthy chronology of a small and unknown Jewish tribe and reject, at the same time, every datum as every other tradition furnished by the classical writers of non-Jewish and non-Christian nations, is questionable. At any rate, had it accepted as willingly data coming from other sources, it might have assured itself by this time, that not only in Italy and other parts of Europe, but even on sites not very far from those it is accustomed to regard as the hotbed of ancient relics -- Babylonia and Assyria -- there are other sites where it could profitably excavate. The immense "Salt Valley" of Dasht-Beyad by Khorasson covers the most ancient civilizations of the world; while the Shamo desert has had time to change from sea to land, and from fertile land to a dead desert, since the day when the first civilization of the fifth Race left its now invisible, and perhaps forever hidden "traces" under its bed of sand.
Times have changed, are changing. Proofs of the old civilizations and the archaic wisdom are accumulating. Though soldier-bigots and priestly schemers have burnt books and converted old libraries to base uses; though the dry rot and the insect have destroyed inestimably precious records; though within the historic period the Spanish brigands made bonfires of the works of the refined archaic American races, which, if spared, would have solved many a riddle of history; though Omar lit the fires of the Alexandrian baths for months with the literary treasures of the Serapeum; though the Sibyllene and other mystical books of Rome and Greece were destroyed in war; though the South Indian invaders of Ceylon "heaped into piles as high as the tops of the cocoanut trees" the ollas of the Buddhists, and set them ablaze to light their victory -- thus obliterating from the world's knowledge early Buddhist annals and treatises of great importance: though this hateful and senseless Vandalism has disgraced the career of most fighting nations -- still, despite everything, there are extant abundant proofs of the history of mankind, and bits and scraps come to light from time to time by what science has often called "most curious coincidences." Europe has no very trustworthy history of her own vicissitudes and mutations, her successive races and their doings, what with their savage wars, the barbaric habits of the historic Goths, Huns, Franks, and other warrior nations, and the interested literary Vandalism of the shaveling priests who for centuries sat upon its intellectual life like a nightmare, an antiquity could not exist for Europe. And, having no Past to record themselves, the European critics, historians and archaeologists have not scrupled to deny one to others -- whenever the concession exacted a sacrifice of biblical prestige.
No "traces of old civilizations" we are told! What about the Pelasgi -- the direct forefathers of the Hellenes, according to Herodotus? What about the Etruscans -- the race mysterious and wonderful, if any, for the historian, and whose origin is the most insoluble of problems? That which is known of them only shows that could something more be known, a whole series of prehistoric civilizations might be discovered. A people described as are the Pelasgi -- a highly intellectual, receptive, active people, chiefly occupied with agriculture, warlike when necessary, though preferring peace; a people who built canals as no one else, subterranean water-works, dams, walls, and Cyclopean buildings of the most astounding strength; who are even suspected of having been the inventors of the so-called Cadmean or Phoenician writing characters from which all European alphabets are derived -- who were they? Could they be shown by any possible means as the descendants of the biblical Peleg their high civilization would have been thereby demonstrated, though the antiquity would still have to be dwarfed to 2247 B.C.
Shall the Easterns like the Westerns be made to believe that between the high civilizations of the pre-Roman (and we say -- pre-historic) Tursenoi of the Greeks, with their twelve great cities known to history; their Cyclopean buildings, their plastic and pictorial arts, and the time when they were a nomadic tribe "first descended into Italy from their northern latitudes" -- only a few centuries elapsed? Shall it still be urged that the Phoenicians with their Tyre 2750 "B.C." (a chronology accepted by Western history), their commerce, fleet, learning, arts, and civilization, were only a few centuries before the building of Tyre but "a small tribe of Semitic fishermen"? Or, that the Trojan war could not have been earlier than 1184 B.C., and thus Magna Graecia must be fixed somewhere between the eighth and the ninth century "B.C.," and by no means thousands of years before, as was claimed by Plato and Aristotle, Homer and the Cyclic Poems, derived from, and based upon, other records millenniums older? If the Christian historian, hampered by his chronology, and the free-thinker by his lack of necessary data, feel bound to stigmatize every non-Christian or non-Western chronology as "obviously fanciful," "purely mythical," and "not worthy of a moment's consideration," how shall one, wholly dependent upon Western guides get at the truth?
And if these incompetent builders of Universal History can persuade their public to accept as authoritative their chronological and ethnological reveries, why should the Eastern student, who has access to quite different -- and we make bold to say, more trustworthy -- materials, be expected to join in the blind belief of those who defend Western historic infallibility? He believes -- on the strength of the documentary evidence, left by Yavanacharya (Pythagoras) 607 B.C. in India, and that of his own national "temple records," that instead of giving hundreds we may safely give thousands of years to the foundation of Cumaea and Magna Graecia, of which it was the pioneer settlement. That the civilization of the latter had already become effete when Pythagoras, the great pupil of Aryan Masters went to Crotona. And, having no biblical bias to overcome, he feels persuaded that, if it took the Celtic and Gaelic tribes Britannicae Insulae, with the ready-made civilizations of Rome before their eyes, and acquaintance with that of the Phoenicians whose trade with them began a thousand years before the Christian era; and to crown all with the definite help later of the Normans and Saxons -- two thousand years before they could build their medieval cities, not even remotely comparable with those of the Romans; and it took them two thousand five hundred years to get half as civilized; then, that instead of that hypothetical period, benevolently styled the childhood of the race, being within easy reach of the Apostles and the early Fathers, it must be relegated to an enormously earlier time.
Surely if it took the barbarians of Western Europe so many centuries to develop a language and create empires, then the nomadic tribes of the "mythical" periods ought in common fairness -- since they never came under the fructifying energy of that Christian influence to which we are asked to ascribe all the scientific enlightenment of this age -- be allowed ten thousand years to build Tyres and their Veii, their Sidons and Carthagenes. As other Troys lie under the surface of the topmost one in the Troad; and other and higher civilizations were exhumed by Mariette Bey under the stratum of sand from which the archaeological collections of Lepsius, Abbott, and the British Museum were taken; and six Hindu "Delhis," superimposed and hidden away out of sight, formed the pedestal upon which the Mogul conqueror built the gorgeous capital whose ruins still attest the splendour of his Delhi; so when the fury of critical bigotry has quite subsided, and Western men are prepared to write history in the interest of truth alone, will the proofs be found of the cyclic law of civilization. Modern Florence lifts her beautiful form above the tomb of Etruscan Florentia, which in her turn rose upon the hidden vestiges of anterior towns. And so also Arezzo, Perugia, Lucca, and many other European sites now occupied by modern towns and cities, are based upon the relics of archaic civilizations whose period covers ages incomputable, and whose names Echo has forgotten to even whisper through the "corridors of Time."
When the Western historian has finally and unanswerably proven who were the Pelasgi, at least, and who the Etruscans, and the as mysterious Iapygians, who seem also to have had an earlier acquaintance with writing -- as proved by their inscriptions -- than the Phoenicians, then only may he menace the Asiatic into acceptance of his own arbitrary data and dogmas. Then also he may tauntingly ask "how it is that no appreciable trace is left of such high civilizations as are described in the Past?"
"Is it supposed that the present European civilization with its offshoots ... can be destroyed by any inundation or conflagration?" More easily than was many another civilization. Europe has neither the titanic and Cyclopean masonry of the ancients, nor even its parchments, to preserve the records of its "existing arts and languages." Its civilization is too recent, too rapidly growing, to leave any positively indestructible relics of either its architecture, arts or sciences. What is there in the whole of Europe that could be regarded as even approximately indestructible, without mentioning the debacle of the geological upheaval that follows generally such cataclysms? Is it its ephemeral palaces, its theatres, railways, modern fragile furniture: or its electric telegraphs, phonographs, telephones, and micrographs? While each of the former is at the mercy of fire and cyclone, the last enumerated marvels of modern science can be destroyed by a child breaking them into atoms. When we know of the destruction of the "Seven World's Wonders," of Thebes, Tyre, the Labyrinth, and the Egyptian pyramids and temples and giant palaces, as we now see slowly crumbling into the dust of the deserts, being reduced to atoms by the hand of Time -- lighter and far more merciful than any cataclysm -- the question seems rather the outcome of modern pride than of stern reasoning. Is it your daily newspapers and periodicals, rags of a few days; your fragile books bearing the records of all your grand civilization, withal liable to become annihilated after a few meals are made on them by the white ants, that are regarded as invulnerable?
And why should European civilization escape the common lot? It is from the lower classes, the units of the great masses who form the majorities in nations, that survivors will escape in greater numbers; and these know nothing of the arts, sciences, or languages except their own, and those very imperfectly. The arts and sciences are like the phoenix of old: they die but to revive. "The rush, the progress, and the abnormal rapidity with which one discovery follows the other, ought to be a sign to human intuition that what you look upon in the light of 'discoveries' are merely rediscoveries, which, following the law of gradual progress, you make more perfect, yet in enunciating, you are not the first to explain them." We learn more easily that which we have heard about, or learnt in childhood. If, as averred, the Western nations have separated themselves from the great Aryan stock, it becomes evident that the races that first peopled Europe were inferior to the root-race which had the Vedas and the pre-historic Rishis. That which your far-distant forefathers had heard in the secrecy of the temples was not lost. It reached their posterity, which is now simply improving upon details.
(1) NOTE.--Collated from the writings of H. P. Blavatsky.


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French Energy Transition Bill Adopted
France's National Assembly yesterday gave final approval of the country's energy transition bill. Under the legislation, France's reliance on nuclear energy will be reduced to 50% of power generation by 2025.
French president Francois Hollande's 2012 election pledge was to limit nuclear's share of French generation at 50% by 2025, and the closure of France's oldest nuclear power plant, Fessenheim, by the end of 2016. In June last year, following a national energy debate, his government announced that the country's nuclear generating capacity would be capped at the current level of 63.2 GWe. It will also be limited to 50% of France's total output by 2025. Nuclear currently accounts for almost 75% of the country's electricity production, making closures of power reactors appear inevitable.
Debate about France's Energy Transition for Green Growth bill began in the lower house of parliament – the National Assembly – last October, with deputies agreeing on the overall objectives of the bill. These include: a 40% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and a 75% reduction by 2050, compared with 1990 levels; halving overall energy consumption by 2050 compared with 2012; increasing renewable energy's share of final energy consumption to 32%; and cutting the share of nuclear in electricity generation to 50% by 2025.
Yesterday, following 150 hours of parliamentary debate – during which 5034 amendments were discussed in open session and 970 amendments were passed – the National Assembly adopted the legislation.
While not calling for the closure of any currently operating power reactors, the new policy means that EDF would have to close older reactors in order to bring new ones online. The utility is constructing an EPR unit at Flamanville which is currently expected to start up in 2017. EDF would therefore be forced to shut one of its reactors – most likely Fessenheim – by that time in order to begin operating the Flamanville unit.
The upper house of parliament – the Senate – has pushed for nuclear generating capacity to be capped at 64.85 GWe, which would have enabled Fessenheim to continue operating after the Flamanville EPR enters service. It had also called for no particular timeframe in which the 50% nuclear share should be achieved. However, both these were rejected.
The approved bill also sets long-term targets for France's carbon tax. Currently standing at €14.50 ($15.90) per tonne, this tax will increase to €22 ($24) in 2016, then to €56 ($62) in 2020, rising to €100 ($110) in 2030.
Addressing the National Assembly following the vote, energy minister Ségolène Royal said she "salutes the remarkable work done by the national representation and the quality of democratic debate in which, on every bench, the examination of this text gave rise."
She described the energy transition bill as "an ambitious and mobilizing law which will be the most advanced and complete in Europe (and indeed the world)."
Posted in BlogTagged climate change, energy transition bill, France


It's field trip day. The rare occasion when you and all your classmates get to leave the classroom and explore the world outside to learn from everything other than books and desks. You scramble up the wooden trunk of an elephant and your friends call to you from the disassembled bumblebee below that now looks like five blocks of astroturf.
On a pedestrian street near Mercado Satélite, the schoolchildren arrive like a flock of turkeys clad in sweater vests and khaki pants. Smiling, the flock scrambles into a line. Why? Because these miniparques are unlike any park they've ever seen. They're shaped like animals, and have wheels for traveling hither and thither to different parts of El Alto.
Gathered around are the brains behind these mobile structures of fun: the members of COMPA Teatro Trono, a grassroots organization that promotes education through theater in El Alto. Standing with them are their partners, American and Bolivian university students from the International Design Clinic (IDC), a self-identified 'guerrilla design' collective that promotes 'creative work with communities in need around the world.' Together, in July of 2015, they created a space of joy.
One third of El Alto's population is under the age of fourteen. According to the creators of Miniparques, most of the public spaces in the city do not cater to the imaginations of these playful children. Their idea was to create a park that did. The university students gave hundreds of children a blank piece of paper, encouraging them to draw the perfect park. The drawings had three elements in common: trees, the color green, and some notion of a slide.
It took the team three years to build these parks-in-a-cart. The two organizations used traditional welding techniques and local materials to construct their colorful playgrounds. The green astroturf body of the bumblebee can be arranged into other shapes, including something like a tree. The elephant, with a trunk of pastel-colored wood, provides something to slide down.
When the parks were finally unveiled, one group of schoolchildren 'got in trouble with their teacher because they wanted to keep on playing,' Crespo tells me. The organizers observed that children love to climb on a slide, especially in 'the wrong direction.' The elephantine tobogán provides the most fundamental aspect of any playground — the thrill of climbing that which was not meant to be climbed.
In an instant, the fun deflates. Your six-shooters disappear and you dismount your steed when you hear the threats of detention. Suddenly, the best recess of your life is over.
The importance of play in a child's life is difficult to overstate. For the lucky children who experienced the parks-in-a-cart in July, as well as for those of the future, these pop-up miniparques provide an innovative way to exercise, play pretend, and bring the community of El Alto together. Especially when it involves elephants and bumblebees.
COMPA Teatro Trono continues to provide a safe space of learning for the children of El Alto, offering courses in mathematics and sciences to anyone committed enough to take three talleres del teatro, which are workshops that encourage teamwork and bravery through theatrical creativity. Right now, the Miniparques wait to be unveiled for another group to play with. To get involved, search COMPA Teatro Trono on Facebook or visit their home of operations in El Alto, just blocks from Mercado Satélite.


Will Cubicles Ever Be Cool Again?
Not every business operates best in an open office environment. Some industry regulations require a certain level of privacy, and some offices simply need the separation for their employees to perform at optimum levels. Today, we're seeing a rising trend of dynamic office spaces: moveable walls, tables and couches on wheels, changeable surfaces, integrated tech that welcomes multiple devices. The advantage to a dynamic space is that it can keep things fresh. The downside? Your employees begin to long for some sense of stability and a place to call their own. Enter: the cubicle. In summer of 2017, we saw a return to private work spaces and "individual work zones" at NeoCon, which made us ask: can cubicles be cool again?
Cubicles aren't required to be stuffy or boxy to be effective. Cubicle design can be both fun and functional, and fit in your design without sacrificing comfort in a modern office.
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Kingston spent 11 years waiting for his shot and it wouldn't have happened this year without the dedicated WWE fans.
In the aftermath of Wrestlemania 35, rising star Kofi Kingston cemented his name amongst the greats after he was crowned the second Black WWE champion and pro wrestling Twitter is beyond excited. It is not clear if WWE let New Jersey officials know about the length of the show.
It was well-known to some fans that the show would run at least until midnight and probably later because we reported that the WWE Network schedule listed the show running until 12:30 am. With the exception of a few months spent as a heel (villainous character) in 2015 with The New Day, Kingston has been a babyface (heroic character) for nearly the entirety of his WWE career.
Kingston opened up about the begin on social media. "I just achieved all my dreams". Ronda Rousey is something special in that ring, as is Charlotte Flair of the Flair dynasty! Her gamble to take on the masculine gimmick paid off, and she quickly went from forgettable to iconic. How will Charlotte and Ronda respond to the result, and will Becky continue to feud with her two biggest rivals? In a prior news release, NJ Transit said the last train and bus would not depart any earlier than 1 a.m. Trains were to operate every 10 minutes "until the crowds dissipate".
"Thank you for letting me entertain you". Kingston was in tears when he spoke about his title win, especially when it came to his family's involvement in the crowd, as well as in the ring after his victory.


According to Square Enix's Hiromichi Tanaka, Final Fantasy XI could come to the PlayStation Vita after the handheld launches later this year. Tanaka said to Famitsu (via Siliconera) that the company is seriously considering to develop a version of the popular MMORPG for the portable console. However, there are no plans of developing the game for the PlayStation 3, as according to the Japanese lead designer, it would be very difficult to port due to some hardware difficulties.
Final Fantasy XI was originally released in Japan for the PS2 and PC in 2002 and it was later on ported to the Xbox 360 in 2004. Maybe the fact that the company is porting this game once again makes more sense, as the repetitive nature of the MMO can actually be more appealing on a handheld.
In any way, we still don't know the actual release date of the PS Vita or further details about Final Fantasy XI's future on the portable console, so expect more news soon.


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require 'pathname'

# Load this library before enabling the monkey-patches to avoid HI-581
begin
require 'hiera/util/win32'
rescue LoadError
  # ignore this on installs without hiera, e.g. puppet 3 gems
end

class RSpec::Puppet::EventListener
  def self.example_started(example)
    if rspec3?
      @rspec_puppet_example = example.example.example_group.ancestors.include?(RSpec::Puppet::Support)
      @current_example = example.example
      if !@current_example.respond_to?(:environment) && @current_example.respond_to?(:example_group_instance)
        @current_example = @current_example.example_group_instance
      end
    else
      @rspec_puppet_example = example.example_group.ancestors.include?(RSpec::Puppet::Support)
      @current_example = example
    end
  end

  def self.example_passed(example)
    @rspec_puppet_example = false
  end

  def self.example_pending(example)
    @rspec_puppet_example = false
  end

  def self.example_failed(example)
    @rspec_puppet_example = false
  end

  def self.rspec_puppet_example?
    @rspec_puppet_example || false
  end

  def self.rspec3?
    if @rspec3.nil?
      @rspec3 = defined?(RSpec::Core::Notifications)
    end

    @rspec3
  end

  def self.current_example
    @current_example
  end
end

RSpec.configuration.reporter.register_listener(RSpec::Puppet::EventListener, :example_started, :example_pending, :example_passed, :example_failed)

require 'rspec-puppet/monkey_patches/win32/taskscheduler'
require 'rspec-puppet/monkey_patches/win32/registry'
require 'rspec-puppet/monkey_patches/windows/taskschedulerconstants'

module Puppet
  # Allow rspec-puppet to prevent Puppet::Type from automatically picking
  # a provider for a resource. We need to do this because in order to fully
  # resolve the graph edges, we have to convert the Puppet::Resource objects
  # into Puppet::Type objects so that their autorequires are evaluated. We need
  # to prevent provider code from being called during this process as it's very
  # platform specific.
  class Type
    old_set_default = instance_method(:set_default)

    define_method(:set_default) do |attr|
      if RSpec::Puppet.rspec_puppet_example?
        old_posix = nil
        old_microsoft_windows = nil

        if attr == :provider
          old_posix = Puppet.features.posix?
          old_microsoft_windows = Puppet.features.microsoft_windows?

          if Puppet::Util::Platform.pretend_windows?
            Puppet.features.add(:posix) { false }
            Puppet.features.add(:microsoft_windows) { true }
          else
            Puppet.features.add(:posix) { true }
            Puppet.features.add(:microsoft_windows) { false }
          end
        end

        retval = old_set_default.bind(self).call(attr)

        unless old_posix.nil?
          Puppet.features.add(:posix) { old_posix }
        end
        unless old_microsoft_windows.nil?
          Puppet.features.add(:microsoft_windows) { old_microsoft_windows }
        end

        retval
      else
        old_set_default.bind(self).call(attr)
      end
    end
  end

  module Parser::Files
    alias :old_find_manifests_in_modules :find_manifests_in_modules
    module_function :old_find_manifests_in_modules

    def find_manifests_in_modules(pattern, environment)
      if RSpec::Puppet.rspec_puppet_example?
        pretending = Puppet::Util::Platform.pretend_platform

        unless pretending.nil?
          Puppet::Util::Platform.pretend_to_be nil
          RSpec::Puppet::Consts.stub_consts_for(RSpec.configuration.platform)
        end

        if pretending && pretending != Puppet::Util::Platform.actual_platform
          environment.send(:value_cache).clear if environment.respond_to?(:value_cache, true)
        end
        output = old_find_manifests_in_modules(pattern, environment)

        unless pretending.nil?
          Puppet::Util::Platform.pretend_to_be pretending
          RSpec::Puppet::Consts.stub_consts_for pretending
        end

        output
      else
        old_find_manifests_in_modules(pattern, environment)
      end
    end
    module_function :find_manifests_in_modules
  end

  module Util
    # Fix for removal of default_env function
    # Bug: https://github.com/rodjek/rspec-puppet/issues/796
    # Upstream: https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/commit/94df3c1a3992d89b2d7d5db8a70373c135bdd86b
    if !respond_to?(:default_env)
      def default_env()
        DEFAULT_ENV
      end
      module_function :default_env
    end

    if respond_to?(:get_env)
      alias :old_get_env :get_env
      module_function :old_get_env

      def get_env(name, mode = default_env)
        if RSpec::Puppet.rspec_puppet_example?
          # use the actual platform, not the pretended
         old_get_env(name, Platform.actual_platform)
        else
         old_get_env(name, mode)
        end
      end
      module_function :get_env
    end

    if respond_to?(:path_to_uri)
      alias :old_path_to_uri :path_to_uri
      module_function :old_path_to_uri

      def path_to_uri(*args)
        if RSpec::Puppet.rspec_puppet_example?
          RSpec::Puppet::Consts.without_stubs do
            old_path_to_uri(*args)
          end
        else
          old_path_to_uri(*args)
        end
      end
      module_function :path_to_uri
    end

    # Allow rspec-puppet to pretend to be different platforms.
    module Platform
      alias :old_windows? :windows?
      module_function :old_windows?

      def windows?
        if RSpec::Puppet.rspec_puppet_example?
          !pretending? ? (actual_platform == :windows) : pretend_windows?
        else
          old_windows?
        end
      end
      module_function :windows?

      def actual_platform
        @actual_platform ||= !!File::ALT_SEPARATOR ? :windows : :posix
      end
      module_function :actual_platform

      def actually_windows?
        actual_platform == :windows
      end
      module_function :actually_windows?

      def pretend_windows?
        pretend_platform == :windows
      end
      module_function :pretend_windows?

      def pretend_to_be(platform)
        # Ensure that we cache the real platform before pretending to be
        # a different one
        actual_platform

        @pretend_platform = platform
      end
      module_function :pretend_to_be

      def pretend_platform
        @pretend_platform ||= nil
      end
      module_function :pretend_platform

      def pretending?
        !pretend_platform.nil?
      end
      module_function :pretending?
    end

    class Autoload
      if respond_to?(:load_file)
        singleton_class.send(:alias_method, :old_load_file, :load_file)

        def self.load_file(*args)
          if RSpec::Puppet.rspec_puppet_example?
            RSpec::Puppet::Consts.without_stubs do
              old_load_file(*args)
            end
          else
            old_load_file(*args)
          end
        end
      end
    end
  end

  begin
    require 'puppet/confine/exists'

    class Confine::Exists < Puppet::Confine
      old_pass = instance_method(:pass?)

      define_method(:pass?) do |value|
        if RSpec::Puppet.rspec_puppet_example?
          true
        else
          old_pass.bind(self).call(value)
        end
      end
    end
  rescue LoadError
    require 'puppet/provider/confine/exists'

    class Provider::Confine::Exists < Puppet::Provider::Confine
      old_pass = instance_method(:pass?)

      define_method(:pass?) do |value|
        if RSpec::Puppet.rspec_puppet_example?
          true
        else
          old_pass.bind(self).call(value)
        end
      end
    end
  end

  if Puppet::Util::Package.versioncmp(Puppet.version, '4.9.0') >= 0
    class Module
      old_hiera_conf_file = instance_method(:hiera_conf_file)
      define_method(:hiera_conf_file) do
        if RSpec::Puppet.rspec_puppet_example?
          if RSpec.configuration.disable_module_hiera
            return nil
          elsif RSpec.configuration.fixture_hiera_configs.key?(name)
            config = RSpec.configuration.fixture_hiera_configs[name]
            config = File.absolute_path(config, path) unless config.nil?
            return config
          elsif RSpec.configuration.use_fixture_spec_hiera
            config = RSpec::Puppet.current_example.fixture_spec_hiera_conf(self)
            return config unless config.nil? && RSpec.configuration.fallback_to_default_hiera
          end
        end
        old_hiera_conf_file.bind(self).call
      end
    end

    class Pops::Lookup::ModuleDataProvider
      old_configuration_path = instance_method(:configuration_path)
      define_method(:configuration_path) do |lookup_invocation|
        if RSpec::Puppet.rspec_puppet_example?
          env = lookup_invocation.scope.environment
          mod = env.module(module_name)
          raise Puppet::DataBinding::LookupError, _("Environment '%{env}', cannot find module '%{module_name}'") % { :env => env.name, :module_name => module_name } unless mod
          return Pathname.new(mod.hiera_conf_file)
        end
        old_configuration_path.bind(self).call(lookup_invocation)
      end
    end
  end
end

class Pathname
  def rspec_puppet_basename(path)
    raise ArgumentError, 'pathname stubbing not enabled' unless RSpec.configuration.enable_pathname_stubbing

    if path =~ /\A[a-zA-Z]:(#{SEPARATOR_PAT}.*)\z/
      path = path[2..-1]
    end
    path.split(SEPARATOR_PAT).last || path[/(#{SEPARATOR_PAT})/, 1] || path
  end

  if instance_methods.include?("chop_basename")
    old_chop_basename = instance_method(:chop_basename)

    define_method(:chop_basename) do |path|
      if RSpec::Puppet.rspec_puppet_example?
        if RSpec.configuration.enable_pathname_stubbing
          base = rspec_puppet_basename(path)
          if /\A#{SEPARATOR_PAT}?\z/o =~ base
            return nil
          else
            return path[0, path.rindex(base)], base
          end
        else
          old_chop_basename.bind(self).call(path)
        end
      else
        old_chop_basename.bind(self).call(path)
      end
    end
  end
end

# Puppet loads init.pp, then foo.pp, to find class "mod::foo".  If
# class "mod" has been mocked using pre_condition when testing
# "mod::foo", this causes duplicate declaration for "mod".
# This monkey patch only loads "init.pp" if "foo.pp" does not exist.
class Puppet::Module
  if [:match_manifests, 'match_manifests'].any? { |r| instance_methods.include?(r) }
    old_match_manifests = instance_method(:match_manifests)

    define_method(:match_manifests) do |rest|
      result = old_match_manifests.bind(self).call(rest)
      if result.length > 1 && File.basename(result[0]) == 'init.pp'
        result.shift
      end
      result
    end
  end
end

# Prevent the File type from munging paths (which uses File.expand_path to
# normalise paths, which does very bad things to *nix paths on Windows.
file_path_munge = Puppet::Type.type(:file).paramclass(:path).instance_method(:unsafe_munge)
Puppet::Type.type(:file).paramclass(:path).munge do |value|
  if RSpec::Puppet.rspec_puppet_example?
    value
  else
    file_path_munge.bind(self).call(value)
  end
end

# Prevent the Exec type from validating the user. This parameter isn't
# supported under Windows at all and only under *nix when the current user is
# root.
exec_user_validate = Puppet::Type.type(:exec).paramclass(:user).instance_method(:unsafe_validate)
Puppet::Type.type(:exec).paramclass(:user).validate do |value|
  if RSpec::Puppet.rspec_puppet_example?
    true
  else
    exec_user_validate.bind(self).call(value)
  end
end

# Stub out Puppet::Util::Windows::Security.supports_acl? if it has been
# defined. This check only makes sense when applying the catalogue to a host
# and so can be safely stubbed out for unit testing.
Puppet::Type.type(:file).provide(:windows).class_eval do
  old_supports_acl = instance_method(:supports_acl?) if respond_to?(:supports_acl?)

  def supports_acl?(path)
    if RSpec::Puppet.rspec_puppet_example?
      true
    else
      old_supports_acl.bind(self).call(value)
    end
  end

  old_manages_symlinks = instance_method(:manages_symlinks?) if respond_to?(:manages_symlinks?)

  def manages_symlinks?
    if RSpec::Puppet.rspec_puppet_example?
      true
    else
      old_manages_symlinks.bind(self).call(value)
    end
  end
end

# Prevent Puppet from requiring 'puppet/util/windows' if we're pretending to be
# windows, otherwise it will require other libraries that probably won't be
# available on non-windows hosts.
module Kernel
  alias :old_require :require
  def require(path)
    return if (['puppet/util/windows', 'win32/registry'].include?(path)) && RSpec::Puppet.rspec_puppet_example? && Puppet::Util::Platform.pretend_windows?
    old_require(path)
  end
end


After accepting an offer to become the next manager of the New York Mets, can Mickey Callaway handle those Big Apple baseball pressures?
Well, it may not have lasted very long, but the New York Mets' search for a manager is over. As of Sunday night, ESPN's Buster Olney reported that Cleveland Indians pitching coach Mickey Callaway accepted an offer to become the Amazins' new manager.
Callaway, the architect behind Cleveland's tenacious pitching staff that featured Corey Kluber, Carlos Carrasco, and Danny Salazar, is expected to sign a three-year deal with the Mets. He will inherit a rotation that is just as talented and capable as the one he oversaw in Cleveland, with Noah Syndergaard, Jacob deGrom, Steven Matz and Matt Harvey now under his tutelage.
After coming highly recommended by his now former skipper, Terry Francona, Callaway beat out Mets hitting coach Kevin Long and Mariners third base coach Manny Acta for the job. Chicago White Sox bench coach Joe McEwing was the only other serious candidate left in the running other than the formerly mentioned three, but the club informed them all of their choice to go with Callaway as early as Sunday morning.
Hailing from Memphis Tennessee, Callaway was a two-sport athlete in high school, excelling on the basketball court and baseball diamond. He was originally drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 16th round of the 1993 MLB Draft, but opted to play college baseball at the University of Mississippi.
His time at Ole Miss proved to beneficial in raising his draft stock, as he was later drafted in the seventh round of the 1996 MLB Draft by the Tampa Bay Rays. Three years later, he debuted with the Rays, pitching six innings, recording the win, and notching two hits and a RBI at the plate.
In the midst of their World Series run in 2002, the Anaheim Angels traded for Callaway and eventually slotted him into the rotation after Aaron Sele went down with a shoulder injury. He was praised for his performance down the stretch and received a World Series ring, but by the time 2003 ended, his career with the Angels was over. After a brief cup of coffee with the Texas Rangers, Callaway's time in the major leagues was effectively over and he opted to fend off the baseball grim reaper by pursuing a career overseas.
Callaway spent three seasons in the Korean Baseball Organization (KBO) as a member of the Hyundai Unicorns, where he was named a two-time All-Star. When an elbow injury threw a wrench in his path one more, Callaway returned home to the States and served as the interim Head Coach of the Texas A&M International University baseball team. He attempted a brief comeback when he signed with the Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions of the Chinese Baseball League, but called it quits shortly after and began his foray in to coaching baseball at the professional level.
Initially joining the Indians organization in 2010, Callaway climbed his way up to the major league staff prior to the 2013 season. His impact was felt almost immediately as the club produced a Cy Young Award winner in Corey Kluber in Callaway's second season tenured as pitching coach. 2017 saw even more dominance from the Indians' staff under Callaway's tutelage, leading the major leagues in ERA (3.30) and strikeouts (1,614). 2017 was the fourth consecutive season that Cleveland sat atop the American League in strikeouts.
Baseball insiders rave about Callaway's upbeat personality and positive, infectious energy. Given how battered down the Mets were by injuries and how they underwhelmed in terms of expectations, Callaway could be the exact shot of energy this team needs to turn things around. Managing a team in a market like New York is a unique experience, one that is not for the faint of heart, but Callaway's reputation around the game suggest that has the temperament, confidence, and self-awareness to be successful in a situation like this.
With the hiring of Callaway, the Mets may be slighting Kevin Long, their hitting coach since 2015 and a candidate that was seriously considered for the role of manager. The club is hoping to keep Long on staff considering the positive impact he's had on the club's offensive approach over the last few seasons, but his contract did expire following the 2017 season.
With the Terry Collins era officially in the books, Callaway is an interesting hire that seems to be the right fit for this club going forward. After winning a pennant in 2015, making the postseason in 2016, and bottoming out in 2017, expectations will be high for this ball club as the clock is ticking on their young talent.


NYC is Blue: Farewell, Frank!
The club isn't wasting much time, announcing today that they will not extend Frank Lampard's contract.
Frank's time in New York began with controversy, and was marred by injury, but he always came through on the pitch.
I'll miss him, but am excited to see what the club has in store for that DP spot. With rumors circulating that Pirlo may be about to retire, our club could look very different next year.


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Q: Unable to cast object of type 'System.Web.UI.HtmlControls.HtmlForm' to type 'System.Web.UI.WebControls.GridViewRow' Here is my ASP.NET code snippet.
I am trying to select a GridView Row and add the selected row items in Session Variable.
// ======================== MyGridView ========================

protected void GridView_MyGridView_SelectedIndexChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
   // Get Selected Row Items

   Items myitems = new Items();

   Session["Items"] = myitems;

   ((Invoices)Session["Items"]).ItemNo = int.Parse(((GridViewRow)(((WebControl)(sender)).Parent.Parent)).Cells[0].Text);
}

I do NOT want to use the clickable select button that comes with the GridView Columns.
I handled by the following code:
protected void GridView_MyGridView_RowDataBound(object sender, GridViewRowEventArgs e)
{
    if (e.Row.RowType == DataControlRowType.DataRow)
    {
        e.Row.Attributes["onmouseover"] = "this.style.cursor='pointer';this.style.textDecoration='underline';";
        e.Row.Attributes["onmouseout"] = "this.style.textDecoration='none';";
        e.Row.ToolTip = "Click to Select a Visit.";
        e.Row.Attributes["onclick"] = Page.ClientScript.GetPostBackClientHyperlink(sender as GridView, "SELECT$" + e.Row.RowIndex);
    }
}

Now, when I run the program, I get the following error as soon as the gridview selected row changes:
Unable to cast object of type 'System.Web.UI.HtmlControls.HtmlForm' to type 'System.Web.UI.WebControls.GridViewRow'.
Please, provide your feedback.

A: Not sure what you are trying to do but your cast is what is causing it. Your call to Parent.Parent is going too far up the tree and you have ended up with the form container and are no longer within the GridView at all.
Instead of the cast you are attempting, why not just try:
GridViewRow row = GridView_MyGridView.SelectedRow;
((Invoices)Session["Items"]).ItemNo = int.Parse(row.Cells[0].Text);

Keep in mind, this will still error out if there is no text in the cell so you may want to look at handling that with additional logic or a TryParse() instead.

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For many, the annual tradition of placing a bet on the Grand National is their only foray into the world of horseracing. Some place a handful of each-way bets on horses based on the name alone, while others put a pound in a pot and pick a name at random – a tradition known as the office sweepstake.
To save endless questions about what the prizes are and how much for a ticket, Doppler's online poster maker ensures that all of the vital details are clearly visible for everyone to see.
If you have been nominated to hold the office sweepstake, the first thing that you have to consider is how many people there are in your workplace. With only 40 horses in the Grand National, you may have to place a limit on how many tickets can be bought so as everyone has the chance to play.
All rules should be carefully explained before the sweepstake opens – ensure this with our online poster maker, making it simple to inform your colleagues of everything they need to know.
The simplest way to decide on sweepstake prizes is to pick how many places will be given a prize, with all of the money in the pot distributed across those tickets. Most sweepstakes will give prizes out for the top four horses, with 60% of the money going to first, 25% to second, 10% to third and 5% to fourth.
Once everyone has picked their ticket, make sure to take note of who picked which horse. This way, you will avoid any disagreements as to who had the winning horse when everyone is back in on Monday morning waiting for the prizes to be handed out. To settle any disagreements, you could include a list when you make your own poster to fill in and pin on a noticeboard in the office.
With Doppler's straightforward online poster maker, it is easy to create amazing posters without the need for years of Photoshop experience. Simply pick a template, add your desired images and text, and away you go!
Once your poster has been put up and the tickets have all been bought, all that's left is to see who the lucky winner is… and explain how you didn't rig the sweepstake if you end up winning first prize!


Over half a million people have signed the petition to keep Uber in London. I am excited this week about the Afrotech Festival coming to London in January 2018. You can find out more HERE.
Nikon's recent all-male campaign is just one example of larger industry problems. Lack of Diversity!
Most of the so-called marketing "influencers" out there are celebrities. They've made it. They're not in the trenches anymore. They forgot how to "do" marketing!
Find a startup lab or incubator to accelerate the growth of your business.


Professor David M. Meyer, Ph.D.
Examine the Hubble's design and structure, and learn how small flaws can cause big problems.
Uncover the mysteries of fascinating nebulae, including the Cat's Eye Nebula and the Crab Nebula.
Trace galaxies near and far, including the Sombrero Galaxy and the Antennae Galaxy.
Experiencing Hubble: Understanding the Greatest Images of the Universe is rated 4.8 out of 5 by 217.
Rated 5 out of 5 by Judy375 from Great overview! This course was a wonderful overview of the history of the Universe, complete with great images from the Hubble space telescope. It inspired me to sign up for a longer, more detailed exploration through the course "Cosmology: The History and Nature of Our Universe"
Rated 5 out of 5 by Gary Sprunk from Great explanations to gorgeous pictures Professor Meyer gives fascinating, semi-folksy explanations to the beautiful, out-of-this-world photographs from the Hubble Space Telescope. He is probably the most qualified person to do so.
Rated 5 out of 5 by navy guy from It's Great Even if You Know a Lot I have read many books on Astronomy and was a bit cautious about getting this set because I thought that it might disappoint me. It didn't and I learned many new things that Prof. Meyer discussed. He did speak rather fast, so if you are not familiar with the subject it could be a bit overwhelming. I was able to keep up with the lecture pace and enjoyed the first disc (I am now watching the second one). It is a great value for the price and I will view it several more times. I like that you can select which topic you want to view and don't have to go in order. The various commands are intuitive and easy to comprehend. The only "criticism" I could find, and it was a minor one, was the professor's frequent use of the "um" tic. I kind of enjoyed it after a while. I will not have reluctance to try another subject.
Rated 5 out of 5 by kyle2 from Outstanding Survey of Astronomy Via Hubble Images The Hubble images you get to see in this course are amazing. It's hard to believe they're real. But what really makes this course work is Dr. Meyer's organization of the material. He presents fascinating images with a story behind them. And his presentation really makes the subject matter come alive. You get to learn about a number of really interesting things: birth and death of stars, what's out there beyond our solar system, what huge nebulae and dust clouds really consist of and the role they play in the evolution of the universe, etc. My wife and I learned a lot about cosmology and observational astronomy and enjoyed every moment.
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Rated 5 out of 5 by Greekkuladoll from I am thrilled to have this course and am learning so much about the universe and am fascinated with the capability of the Hubble to have produced great images in addition to Dr. Meyer lecturing. He speaks in simple terms to where I can understand, being that I am an average person and not above me. I admire Dr. Meyer as he is a brilliant man, is so knowledgeable and an excellent speaker.
Rated 5 out of 5 by sdmsec from Just what I wanted As the title and description of the course say, this provides stunning images from Hubble and the instructor provides easy to understand explanations about what the images represent and what they have revealed to scientists. The instructor does very well at balancing the majesty and beauty of the images with just enough theory and detail to help appreciate them even more. I'm very pleased that I purchased this course and spent the time to watch it. I expect to watch it several more times over my life.
Rated 5 out of 5 by JPK45 from Great images and insight into astronomy The images are spectacular and professor Meyer's use of the photos to explain elements of the universe is both fascinating and entertaining. Great course worth getting for the images alone.


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Q: SQL Alchemy + WTForms FormField with default but don't insert empty data So I have this wtforms:
    ProfessionalAddress = FormField(AdressForm, default=lambda: ProfessionalAddress())

which links a sub form to my main form. To make sure the subform shows up, I added the default behavior that creates the empty ProfessionalAddress if the relationship doesn't exists.
But the problem is that in some cases I don't need this subform and it is not shown, hence no fields are submitted.
But when I call form = MainForm(formdata=request.form), as no fields are submitted, form.ProfessionalAddress is set to ProfessionalAddress() which generates an error as my DB doesn't allow empty entries there.
I could handle it at controller level (something like if form.ProfessionalAddress is empty: form.ProfessionalAddress = None) but it feels hacky, and I'd rather deal with this in the Form description.

*

*How can I handle this case?

*Can I differentiate the form generation case from the form population case?

*Or can I populate the default value later (eg. at view generation time)?

*Or is my approach completely wrong?

Hope it's clear!
Thanks

A: One way to do this would be to override the formfield's data property, forcing it to return None if all the formfield's fields' values are None (or whatever test you wish to apply).
class MyFormField(wtforms.FormField):

    @property
    def data(self):
        data = {name: f.data for name, f in self._fields.items()}
        if any(filter(lambda v: v is not None, data.values())):
            return data
        return None

class MyForm(wtforms.Form):
    name = wtforms.StringField()
    professional_address = MyFormField(AddressForm, default=ProfessionalAddress())

if we try it out
form = MyForm(data={'name': 'Alice'})
for f in form:print(f)
form = MyForm(formdata=MultiDict({'name': 'Alice'}))
form.validate()
print(form.data)

form = MyForm(data={'name': 'Bob', 'professional_address': ProfessionalAddress(line1='1 High Street', line2='Dullsville')})
for f in form:print(f)
form = MyForm(formdata=MultiDict([('name', 'Bob'), ('professional_address-line1', '1 High Street')]))
form.validate()
print(form.data)

we can see that the form is rendered as expected, and None is returned if the professional address fields are not populated.
<input id="name" name="name" type="text" value="Alice">

Line1	<input id="professional_address-line1" name="professional_address-line1" required type="text" value="">

Line2	<input id="professional_address-line2" name="professional_address-line2" required type="text" value="">

{'name': 'Alice', 'professional_address': None}

<input id="name" name="name" type="text" value="Bob">

Line1	<input id="professional_address-line1" name="professional_address-line1" required type="text" value="1 High Street">

Line2	<input id="professional_address-line2" name="professional_address-line2" required type="text" value="Dullsville">

{'name': 'Bob', 'professional_address': {'line1': '1 High Street', 'line2': None}}


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Castles - Palaces - Manor Houses
Production : © 2016
Eltz Castle is a hilltop castle from the 12th century. It is located in the valley of the Elz River, which separates the Maifeld from the Eifel, south of the village on the territory of the local municipality of Wierschem in Rhineland-Palatinate at an altitude of 320 meters. The structure is one of the most famous castles in Germany. Like Bürresheim Castle and Lissingen Castle, it is one of those fortifications in the Eifel that could never be conquered.
This castle is extraordinary for many different reasons. To be able to really assess this, you have to deal with the history of this place, even if such a thing is usually rather boring. Comprehensive, and especially with the dates, you can find information on Wikipedia, which we only want to touch on here.
The castle in the valley of the creek Elz was probably built at the beginning of the 12th century on a trade route between the Moselle country and the fertile Maifeld. The name Eltz is first mentioned in 1157 in a deed of donation by Frederick I Barbarossa, in which "Rudolphus de Elze" appears as a witness. The late Romanesque keep Platt-Eltz and remains of the Romanesque dwelling house are still preserved today.
The castle is surrounded on three sides by the Elz River and rises on an elliptical rock head up to 70 meters high. The builders based their design on the shape of the rock formation. This resulted in the partly unusual floor plans of the individual rooms.
The first division of the Lords of Eltz took place before 1268 among the brothers Elias, Wilhelm and Theoderich, whereby the castle and the property belonging to it were divided among the three brothers.
More Castles - Palaces - Manor Houses


The Kiwanis Club of Atlanta has been called the national press club of the south because of the diversity and quality of its weekly luncheon speaker presentations. Attendance affords members and their guests the opportunity to learn first-hand about local, national and international issues. In coverage of multiple topical issues – politics, business, civic, health, sports, technology and more – the Kiwanis Club of Atlanta's weekly programs are second to none in metropolitan Atlanta.
We meet every Tuesday at Noon at the Loudermilk Center, 40 Courtland Street, Atlanta, GA 30303. For Directions, CLICK HERE.
To view the Photo Album of past luncheons, CLICK HERE.


The 12Step.org site is not a social networking site for recovery - for those, please see our list of social networking sites for recovery . However, the pages in this section of the 12Step.org website do contain some basic information concerning social aspects of recovery. This includes information about meetings (face to face and online) and about how individuals have worked the steps.
The 12Step.org website does not keep a listing of face-to-face meetings, but we do list many other websites that do.
The 12Step.org website does try to keep a list of online meeting sites and also a calendar of available online meetings. These are available for one type of addiction or another throughout many hours of each day.
We have posted the blogs of one person (DennisS) from the previous recovery social networking site, as they were especially enlightening and enjoyable. We hope that you enjoy glimpses of this one man's journey in sobriety.


1. Do something free and fun. Sometimes there just aren't enough exciting moments to fill our weeks/weekends. If you have nothing to look forward to in the upcoming weeks, plan something that won't cost you anything like a hike at a local mountain (we are headed to NH this weekend), or invite some friends over to watch football on Sunday (go Pats!).
2. Be your most fierce self for one day. I remember when I read this, it made me smile. We see all the celebs looking fabulous doing the most mundane activities – pumping gas, grocery shopping, walking their dog. Throw on your favorite outfit and put a little extra time into getting ready for errands this Saturday. Sometimes when we look good, we feel good in return.
3. Work it out. It's no secret that exercise releases endorphins, and in turn, makes you feel better. My exercise routine has been feeling a little stale lately so I have started to switch it up with Barre and cardio classes that are different, and it's been making me feel much more energized and fresh.
4. Let yourself be sad for a set amount of time. This was the best advice I have ever received. Whether you went through something traumatic, or are just having a few bad days, let yourself be sad! We aren't often inclined to structure our wallow, and it can go on and on if we let it. The key is to take control—control of how we respond to negative feelings and emotions. And one way to do that is to allot a time limit to be upset. That way, we validate our disappointment while also showing that our feelings don't have us, we have them. Give yourself a few hours, 2 days, or one week to be sad, and then move on.
5. Cleanse your wardrobe. I have to admit, I am a bit obsessed with this "feel better" technique. I have been cleaning out my closet in stages and sticking closely to the notion, if I haven't worn it in a year, it's out. I have been sending in the rejects through ThredUp (a service that pays you or donates your clothes), and feel noticeably better afterwards. Purging your wardrobe makes room for new clothes that can give you the boost and the optimism you are looking for.