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The British Champs was always going to be a savage race. Not only because it was held on the infamous Isle of Man TT circuit which features Snaefell a 20 minute climb, which once the riders crest the top they are faced with a very fast decent with a few corners that the strong winds just whip through.
The other factor being the exceedingly strong field of competitors. Featuring some of the top UK pro tour guys.
The race sure did not disappoint in the savage department! Only 12 riders finished the race with only Ian Bibby of JLT hanging with the pro tour guys and taking a fantastic 3rd place. Impressive stuff.
Our guys Mike and Elliott put in some strong riding and finished in the diminished remaining peleton. Certainly a tough day out.


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Richard Peirson – Allegro Risotto for String Orchestra – Second Violins Digital Download
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The result of a commission by the Rugby Sinfonia in 1984, Allegro Risotto is an ambitious one movement work that contrasts lively, energetic sections (containing exciting rhythms and occasional unequal bar lengths) with calmer, more lyrical passages.
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Review: "A sprightly concert piece by a contemporary British composer. For colleges conservatories and professionals." – New Issues February 1995
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A pianist and 'cellist who regularly played in the Rugby Sinfonia. After studying music at Cambridge and later at the Royal Academy of Music he began a full time post with the Scottish Opera. His piece 'Allegro Risotto' was the result of a commission by the Rugby Sinfonia in 1984. It is an ambitious piece with lively, energetic sections contrasting with calmer, more lyrical passages.
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Martelli's invigorating and playful jeu d'esprit for string orchestra is a very clever pastiche recalling the light music that was current in the mid 20th century. This work was recorded on the CD English String Miniatures Vol. 3, released in 2001 by NAXOS, 8.555069.
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The first movement is a Fantasia, which contains elements of sonata, rondo, and fugue. The slow movement that follows ended up more turbulent and impassioned than the composer had originally anticipated, having been written at the time of the funeral of a friend. The final movement is in complete contrast, and is meant to be carefree and light-hearted. It began as a Tarantella, a lively dance, but during the course of its composition, the composer decided to try and incorporate a Welsh element into what is originally a Spanish Dance. As a result a well known Welsh tune emerges in the texture of the dance, in the beginning hidden away so that its first fragmentary statement may well be missed altogether. Gradually the tune becomes more insistent until it eventually dominates the final section of the movement, by which time only a tone deaf listener could fail to recognise it! For secondary schools, colleges and conservatories.
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Q: Cannot convert value of type 'Range' (aka 'Range') to expected argument type 'NSRange' (aka '_NSRange') I am trying to replace a substring with attributed String. Following is my code.
let searchText = self.searchBar.text!
let name = item.firstName ?? ""
let idNo = "Employee Id. \(item.employeeId ?? "NA")"

if let range = name.range(of: searchText, options: String.CompareOptions.caseInsensitive, range: nil, locale: nil)
{
    let attributedSubString = NSAttributedString.init(string: name.substring(with: range), attributes: [NSFontAttributeName : UIFont.boldSystemFont(ofSize: 17)])
    let normalNameString = NSMutableAttributedString.init(string: name)
    normalNameString.mutableString.replacingCharacters(in: range, with: attributedSubString)
    cell.name.attributedText = normalNameString
}
else
{
    cell.name.text = name
}

I am getting compile time error:

"Cannot convert value of type 'Range' (aka 'Range') to expected argument type 'NSRange' (aka '_NSRange')".

What should I change here?

A: Please do like that,
First,
extension String {

    func nsRange(from range: Range<String.Index>) -> NSRange {
        let from = range.lowerBound.samePosition(in: utf16)
        let to = range.upperBound.samePosition(in: utf16)
        return NSRange(location: utf16.distance(from: utf16.startIndex, to: from),
                       length: utf16.distance(from: from, to: to))
    }
}

after that you have one lable and string like that,
private func setAttributedLabel() {

    let lableText = UILabel()

    let strTitle = "Basic string Double tap" // your main string
    let title:NSMutableAttributedString = NSMutableAttributedString(string: strTitle)

    // give attribute to basic string
    title.addAttributes([NSForegroundColorAttributeName:UIColor.blue ,NSFontAttributeName:UIFont.boldSystemFont(ofSize: 15)], range: NSRange.init(location: 0, length: title.length))
    lableText.attributedText = title

    // give attribute to your range string
    let rangeOfString = lableText.text?.range(of: "Double tap") // this string is subString of strTitle
    title.addAttributes([NSForegroundColorAttributeName:UIColor.gray,NSFontAttributeName:UIFont.systemFont(ofSize: 15)], range: strTitle.nsRange(from: rangeOfString!))
    lableText.attributedText = title

}

I hope it will help.

A: You can use NSString and NSRange, also you need to change this line normalNameString.mutableString.replacingCharacters(in: range, with: attributedSubString) and use this one instead normalNameString.replaceCharacters(in: nsRange, with: attributedSubString) because mutableString is NSMutableString, and replacingCharacters expect String and not NSAttributtedString
Full code (Updated for Swift5)
    let nsRange = NSString(string: name).range(of: searchText, options: String.CompareOptions.caseInsensitive)

    if nsRange.location != NSNotFound
    {
        let attributedSubString = NSAttributedString.init(string: NSString(string: name).substring(with: nsRange), attributes: [NSAttributedString.Key.font : UIFont.boldSystemFont(ofSize: 17)])
        let normalNameString = NSMutableAttributedString.init(string: name)
        normalNameString.replaceCharacters(in: nsRange, with: attributedSubString)
        cell.name.attributedText = normalNameString
    }
    else
    {
        cell.name.text = name
    }

A: You have to create NSRange instance using Range<String.index> lowerBound and UpperBound position values as below.
let searchText = "Kiran"
let name = "Kiran Jasvanee"
let idNo = "Employee Id. \("24")"

if let range = name.range(of: searchText, options: String.CompareOptions.caseInsensitive, range: nil, locale: nil)
{
    let attributedSubString = NSAttributedString.init(string: name.substring(with: range), attributes: [NSFontAttributeName : UIFont.boldSystemFont(ofSize: 17)])
    let normalNameString = NSMutableAttributedString.init(string: name)

    let startPos = name.distance(from: searchText.characters.startIndex, to: range.lowerBound)
    let nsrange = NSMakeRange(startPos, searchText.characters.count)

    normalNameString.replaceCharacters(in: nsrange, with: attributedSubString)
    labelName.attributedText = normalNameString
}
else
{
    labelName.text = name
}

add, self.searchBar.text! instead of "Kiran" in searchtext constant and
 add item.firstName ?? "" instead of "Kiran Jasvanee" in name constant according to your requirement.
I've tried it in a demo, and code I posted working fine as below. Please check.

If name = "AKiranJasvanee"

If name = "KiranJasvanee"

A: In Swift Range is not a NSRange type. Here you are passing Swift Range type where a NSRange is expected, that why you got an error.
The one workaround can be you can cast your name to NSString to get the range of type NSRange, like this:
let range = (name as NSString).range(of: searchText, options: String.CompareOptions.caseInsensitive)

let subString = NSString(string: name).substring(with: range)
let attributedSubString = NSAttributedString.init(string:subString, attributes: [NSFontAttributeName : UIFont.boldSystemFont(ofSize: 17)])
let normalNameString = NSMutableAttributedString.init(string: name)
normalNameString.replaceCharacters(in: range, with: attributedSubString)

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Word Wise has another post on misused words, including my favorite pet peeve - using compose and comprise interchangeably. I just saw this one yesterday in the local newspaper. Grrr.
A lot of my pet peeves also have to do with pronunciation, like "man-aise" instead of "mayo-naise", "drownd" (past tense "drownded") instead of "drown", or "nuculer" instead of "nuclear."
What are some of your language pet peeves?
Well, these are neither usage nor pronunciation problems, but since you're talking language pet peeves, here are two of mine. Reporters on the local newscasts are frequently guilty of both.
My husband laughs when he hears this because he knows the next words out of my mouth will be "Nother is NOT a word!" shrieked hysterically at the TV.
2) "The suspect has been locked up."
Oh, pity the poor criminal who has clearly been victimized here. Wouldn't it be a whole lot more professional and even-handed for the reporter to say "The suspect has been arrested"?
Suite. A bedroom suite is the FURNITURE. It is pronounced "sweet". I hate it when people say, "suit", as in, "We went to Rooms to Go to buy a bedroom SUIT." Grrrr.
Ah, RCL, that one is hilarious! Keep 'em coming, people! You know I have to have my bad grammar fix!
Misuse of foreign language phrases such as writing per se as persay.
Good one, Bernita. I think you already saw my recent post about "voila". . .
I watch the Tour de France every year and Bob Roll, one of the commentators, stubbornly continues to call it the Tour "day" France, even though he's been a part of the event as a rider and commentator for many years. It's part of his kooky personality, but it still drives me NUTS!


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Sedalia Police Crime Reports for June 13, 2019
Sedalia Police reports 6-13-19
Sedalia Police arrested 31-year-old Jesse E. Morse after a traffic stop at Broadway and Ruth Ann Drive for no front plate and a brake light out at 8:37 p.m. Tuesday. A computer check revealed Morse was wanted on a $15,000 cash or surety bond. She was taken to the Pettis County Jail.
Sedalia Police conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle with a brake light out at 16th and Limit just before 4 a.m. Wednesday. A computer check revealed the vehicle was reported stolen. Arrested was 23-year-old Brian J. Calvitt of Independence. He was driving while suspended and was also charged with 1st degree tampering with a motor vehicle. Also arrested was 19-year-old Jonathan W. Donovann of KCMO. He was charged with 1st degree tampering with a motor vehicle.
On Monday, Sedalia Police were called to Casey's General Store, 716 W. 16th. According to a report, a scammer called the store claiming to be a district manager, and instruated an employee to take money from the register and safe and send a $640 money order to Mexico, which they did.
Sedalia Police took a report of a stolen vehicle on Monday in the 600 block of E. 11th. According to a report, the vehicle was owned by Gateway Auto of Windsor, but was taken on a test drive by the caller. The vehicle, a white 2002 Pontiac Gran Prix, was stolen out of the caller's driveway between 6 p.m. on June 9 and 3 a.m. June 10.
Sedalia Police conducted a traffic stop on a westbound truck at Broadway and State Fair Blvd., at 10:46 p.m. Monday night on a tail light out. According to a report, the front sticker on the license plate was forged. 45-year-old Darrell A. Bledsoe of Clinton was taken into custody and transported to the Pettis County Jail.
Sedalia Police arrested 35-year-old Summer Love Findley in the 1900 block of South Washington after being called to a residence on a suicidal female call at 9 a.m. Tuesday. According to a report, the female caused minor injury to herself. A computer check revealed Findley was wanted on a Pettis County probation violation. The female fled on foot when officers approached her. She was caught one block away, but then tried to bite the officer. Once cleared by medical, Findley was taken to the Pettis County Jail on a 24-hour hold. She was charged with 1st degree assault and resisting arrest.
On Monday, a man reported that $2,200 of tools were stolen from his work vehicle sometime between June 7-10 in the 1300 block of S. Kentucky.
On Monday, Sedalia Automotive, 2101 South Limit, reported that an employee stole $1,004 of tools from the business in May. The suspect has not yet been located.
On Monday morning just before 10:30 a.m., a man reported that his 2010 Nissan Frontier, which he left running for a short time while he was inside a business, was gone when he returned in the 200 block of W. 7th.
On Monday, a man reported that his dirt bike was stolen from his locked garage in the 800 block of North Osage. The older white Yamaha dirt bike was valued at $700. Some suspect info was provided to police.
Sedalia Police arrested 24-year-old Brittany Michell Hall of Smithton for Driving While Suspended after a traffic stop at 808 E. Broadway June 11 just before 7 p.m.
Sedalia Police arrested 33-year-old Jason A. England of Sedalia in the 900 block of E. 5th on June 11. He was charged with Driving While Suspended. England was taken to the Pettis County Jail. He now has a July 17 court date.
Sedalia Police took a theft report at WalMart, 3201 W. Broadway, on June 11. According to a report, a customer left their bicycle parked outside the store to do some shopping, and when they returned, it was gone. The bike was valued at $100.
Sedalia Police arrested 20-year-old Margarito Marcos Quetzecua just after 10 p.m. Monday in the 300 block of W. Broadway. He was charged with failure to register with the DOR and no valid driver's license after a traffic stop at Broadway and Moniteau for expired plates. Quetzecua was taken to the Pettis County Jail, where he was booked and released.
New Haven Youth Home, 1506 W. Broadway, reported a disturbance this week. A female was reportedly throwing things at residents and staff. She also took medications. She was taken to Bothwell Regional Health Center for evaluation. Charges are being requested by police.
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1930 – Sinclair Lewis (1885-1951) American writer. Received the 1930 Nobel Prize for Literature "for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humor, new types of characters."
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1938 – Pearl Buck (1892-1973) American writer. Buck was born in Hillsboro, West Virginia. She grew up in China, where her parents were missionaries in Huai'an and Zhenjiang, but she later was educated at Cornell University and Randolph-Macon Woman's College. Buck was awarded the 1938 Nobel Prize "for her rich and truly epic descriptions of peasant life in China and for her biographical masterpieces".
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1954 – Ernest Miller Hemingway (1899-1961) American writer. Brevity was his specialty. Received the 1954 Nobel in Literature "for his mastery of the art of narrative, most recently demonstrated in The Old Man and the Sea, and for the influence that he has exerted on contemporary style."
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1962 – John Steinbeck (1902-1968) American writer. Received the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humor and keen social perception."
1976 – Saul Bellow (1915-2005) American writer. Received the 1976 Nobel Prize for Literature "for the human understanding and subtle analysis of contemporary culture that are combined in his work."
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1980 – Czeslaw Milosz (1911-2004) Polish/American writer. Received the 1980 Nobel Prize for Literature for voicing "man's exposed condition in a world of severe conflicts."
1987 – Joseph Brodsky (1940-1996) Russian/American writer. Received the 1987 Nobel Prize for Literature "for an all-embracing authorship, imbued with clarity of thought and poetic intensity."
1992 – Derek Walcott (1930- ) Saint Lucian/American writer. Derek Walcott received the 1992 Nobel Prize for Literature "for a poetic oeuvre of great luminosity, sustained by a historical vision, the outcome of a multicultural commitment."
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1993 – Toni Morrison (1931- ) American writer. Received the 1993 Nobel Prize for Literature for "novels characterized by visionary force and poetic import," giving "life to an essential aspect of American reality."
2016 – Bob Dylan (1941 – ) American musician and songwriter. The Nobel Prize in Literature 2016 was awarded to Bob Dylan "who can be read and should be read, and is a great poet in the English tradition for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition".
2020 Nobel – Louise Elisabeth Glück (1943 – ), an American poet and essayist "for her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal."


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New information has surfaced for what's being called the PS4 Slim. Over the weekend images began leaking online from someone who supposedly purchased the game console from Gumtree. The console has supposedly been confirmed to be real and an announcement is imminent.
According to Engadget, the PlayStation 4 Slim is not a 3D printed hoax like those previous images that surfaced of the Nintendo NX, which were 3D renders turned physical courtesy of a 3D printer. The Nintendo NX's oval-shaped wireless touchscreen turned out to be fake.
In this case, reports are coming in that indicate that the PS4 Slim is indeed real, and even more than that there's actual video footage of the device. Eurogamer's Richard Leadbetter from Digital Foundry managed to meet with the individual who purchased the new slimmed down PlayStation 4 and capture footage of it turning on. You can see the minute long video below.
If you can't watch the video right now, basically it only shows the boot-up of the PlayStation 4 Slim that leads to the dashboard menu. The menu does work, by the way.
Beyond that, there isn't much else on display in the video other than proof that the system is real and that it isn't a 3D printed hoax, which is something they bring up in the video.
There have been some hoaxes created using those 3D printers, as mentioned early in the article, so quite naturally when the images of the PS4 Slim started popping up on Twitter ahead of any official announcement from Sony or any official retail notifications about the device, it led a lot of people to believe that the whole thing was put together by someone looking to pull a fast one on the internet.
According to Engadget, however, this leak could have happened as part of an upcoming announcement due to go live next month in September. There are rumors that on September 7th Sony will host a special event where they're expected to officially announce the PlayStation 4 Slim and the PlayStation 4 Neo.
The PS4 Slim will only be a smaller version of the current PS4 unit. It will not be an upgrade. It's also expected to be cheaper than the current SKU in order to compete with the cheaper Xbox One S unit currently on the market. For the first time this gen, Sony is appearing to play catch-up to the Xbox One.
Comparatively, though, the Xbox One S would have a leg-up on the PS4 Slim because it offers 4K media playback and 4K upscaling, something that will only be present in the PS4 Neo.
Pricing and availability have not been revealed yet, but Eurogamer plans to roll out more details as soon as possible. I'm pretty sure that Digital Foundry's Richard Leadbetter would love to run the PS4 Slim through the frame-rate tests and performance benchmarks. We'll have to wait patiently for more info to surface, though.


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Being an active hiker at home has led Laura to be an active hiker on holiday as well! She's hiked the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu in Peru, wandered the villages of Annapurna in Nepal, stood at the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania and explored the snowy landscapes of Antarctica all on foot. And let's not forget the stunning volcanic landscapes on the Laugavegur trek in Iceland! It's not all about hiking though, Laura has also travelled extensively throughout Europe, Central America and her first foray into the Middle East took her on an exploration of the ancient wonders of Egypt.
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I just wanted to let you know that my trip was fantastic. Both companies provided great service, the guides always impress me immensely. I was very glad that I had pickup services at both Kathmandu and Kolkata as I arrived late and it was so good to not have to deal with getting to the hotel.
The hike to Everest Base Camp was great, the views were stunning, and I will certainly consider doing the Annapurna hike in the future. India was amazing, the people were wonderful, I never felt threatened, the hotels better than I had expected and the trains were quite comfortable. I certainly could go back to India as well, particularly to see Jaisalmer which was highly recommended.
Thank you for all the work you did in this and how well it all turned out.


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Q: AES encryption in JAVA and decryption in C using openSSL causing issue I am using below JAVA code to encrypt plain text, which will create cipher text, later decrypt this cipher text using Key ( which is generated via getSecretEncryptionKey().getEncoded() in JAVA File ) in C++ code.
JAVA CODE:
    public byte[] encryptDecrypt(String jsonData, String publicKey) throws Exception
    {
        Security.addProvider(new BouncyCastleProvider());
        SecretKey secKey = getSecretEncryptionKey();

        cipherText = encryptText(jsonData, secKey);
        return cipherText;
    }

    public static SecretKey getSecretEncryptionKey() throws Exception
    {
        KeyGenerator generator = KeyGenerator.getInstance("AES");
        generator.init(256);
        SecretKey secKey = generator.generateKey();
        return secKey;
    }
    public static byte[] encryptText(String plainText, SecretKey secKey) throws Exception
    {
        // AES defaults to AES/ECB/PKCS5Padding in Java 7
        SecretKeySpec skeySpec = new SecretKeySpec(secKey.getEncoded(), "AES/ECB/PKCS7Padding");

        Cipher aesCipher = Cipher.getInstance("AES/ECB/PKCS7Padding");
        aesCipher.init(Cipher.ENCRYPT_MODE, skeySpec);
        return  aesCipher.doFinal(plainText.getBytes());
    }

C++ CODE:
INT32 Security::decrypt(UINT8 *ciphertext, INT32 ciphertext_len, UINT8 *key,
                UINT8 *iv, UINT8 *plaintext)
{
  EVP_CIPHER_CTX *ctx;

  INT32 len;

  INT32 plaintext_len;

  /* Create and initialise the context */
  if(!(ctx = EVP_CIPHER_CTX_new())) handleErrors();

if (!EVP_DecryptInit_ex(ctx, EVP_aes_256_ecb(), 0, key, NULL)) {
        printf("\n ERROR!! \n");
                return -1;
     }

  /* Provide the message to be decrypted, and obtain the plaintext output.
   * EVP_DecryptUpdate can be called multiple times if necessary
   */
  if(1 != EVP_DecryptUpdate(ctx, plaintext, &len, ciphertext, ciphertext_len))
    handleErrors();
  plaintext_len = len;

  /* Finalise the decryption. Further plaintext bytes may be written at
   * this stage.
   */
  if(1 != EVP_DecryptFinal_ex(ctx, plaintext + len, &len)) handleErrors();
  plaintext_len += len;

  /* Clean up */
  EVP_CIPHER_CTX_free(ctx);

  return plaintext_len;
}

While decrypting CipherText using Key , C++ code is generating segmentation fault and giving below error:
140159077054088:error:06065064:digital envelope routines:EVP_DecryptFinal_ex:bad decrypt:evp_enc.c:596:
Aborted (core dumped)
I am new in this domain so please help me.


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New Quasimoto Album Announced, Releases "Planned Attack"
Quasimoto, the cartoon alter-ego of hip-hop producer Madlib, is prepping an upcoming release titled Yessir Whatever. The album will be a compilation of b-sides and rarities, including 12 tracks recorded over a roughly 12-year period. The LP & CD will "come with a peel-off cover sticker revealing Quasimoto's guts," while the LP will release with a bonus 7-inch single. Details on the album and pre-order goods can be found here, via Stones Throw's official website.
According to the press release, the album's title might've spawned from this:
…As for Quasimoto – usually represented by pen & ink with brick in hand – he has been many things over the years: rapper, cartoon, the poor-man's Gorillaz, a toy, bad tattoo, internet meme. To all this Lord Quas might say, yessir … whatever. It's all about the music.
The first track released from the upcoming compilation is titled "Planned Attack," and can be heard here, via Stones Throw's Soundcloud page.


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Lost in an Urban Underworld 2016-05-15 22:01:53 Post No.47271601
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Lost in an Urban Underworld Anonymous 2016-05-15 22:01:53 Post No. 47271601 [Report] [View thread]
The time is the present and the place is New York City, one of the biggest metropoles in the world. The PCs are a collection of normal, run-of-the-mill people who have been forced to take one of the last trains of the night bound for their destination. The game begins with everyone realizing that they'd nodded off for an indeterminate amount of time, and that they'd stopped at an old subway station they've never seen before, deep, deep, deep below the streets of NYC. Their goal is to try and work together to return to the city's surface, but what they'll...
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Anonymous 2016-05-15 22:18:21 Post No.47271848 [Report]
A USSR spybase.
pirates who ride subway trains
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>The subway tunnels both coming to and going from the station the PCs awaken in appear to have been walled off with concrete and steel, making the arrival of the PCs and their train worryingly mysterious. What's even more worrying however is the fact that the stairway leading up to the street has likewise been sealed.
>The PCs find themselves followed or perhaps stalked for a time by the figure of a man bearing a very bright light like a miner's lamp on his person. The figure always keeps its distance, but...
2016-05-15 21:28:02 Post No.47271040
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Anonymous 2016-05-15 21:28:02 Post No. 47271040 [Report] [View thread]
How do we fix this universum - that is: how do we make it less cringeworthy?
I dunno, realize that we're all here for fun and 40k is so over the top it's hilarious?
we change the op and the way the op reads the universe
Gods Need Prayer Badly? 2016-05-15 20:36:33 Post No.47270229
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Gods Need Prayer Badly? Anonymous 2016-05-15 20:36:33 Post No. 47270229 [Report] [View thread]
Gods being empowered by belief or prayer in some fashion seems to be one of those incestuous tropes that persists mostly because copypasta fantasy authors are cribbing it from each other repeatedly (and maybe from the SRD in particular) despite it making no fucking sense. So I ask you, /tg/:
1) How did it start?
2) Why is it not dead yet?
I'm asking #1 both because I'm curious about where it first appeared as an academic matter, and because it might be that there's a good original take on it that's just been turned to shit like the billion...
Gods don't just need prayer, the nature of gods is changed by prayer. What is believed by the majority of a god's worshipers to be true about a god will become true. Godly personalities can be entirely rewritten this way.
All I can say is that in regards to point 2 I really can't see any other good reason than for nurishment that a god would care about people worshipping him.
The only other reasons I can come up with is that they want people to worship them because they are extremely insecure or two or more gods are having a competition about gaining the most followers/praise for some reason or other. Both of those seems a bit silly tho.
I think you're kinda proving the point, because your "fix" has just made it worse.
Step 1: convince majority of your followers that you're the most powerful god
Step 2: convince majority of your followers that your nature is now fixed and not changed by majority belief anymore
(optional step 0 preparation: reduce your followers to the most gullible)
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What's an ideal system for running a space campaign? preferably space opera.
Already know about Traveller and Stars without Number, but wanted to see what all options were available to me.
Also if I was to run Traveller, what edition/version should I use?
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>Also if I was to run Traveller, what edition/version should I use?
Mongoose, although skills are retarded and Education is broken.
The most important thing when picking a game system is picking one that fits what your players want. Are they tacticool /k/ommandos who want big lists of guns with minute differences and infinite customization rules, or do they want "a sword and a big pistol"? Do they just want a talkie where 90% of the game is socialization and the other...
Traveller is really a terrible system, even the Mongoose edition. It uses the same garbage "stat score and stat bonus" pairing that is unnecessary, it uses stat + skill in a 2d6 system which games like Apocalypse World and Dungeon World have already basically proven as the wrong way to do things, the chargen is confusing and you don't get any traits / feats to optimize your character, the combat system is complex as fuck, as well as the range system (Near, Distant, Very Far, etc. type shit for ranges, a bunch of meaningless adjectives that is even more complicated than range increments or a range table would be), the skill system is kinda shitty and overall there are just much better systems out there. Also rolling for stats, which is pretty much objectively bad and is only used in games like D&D (which still use shit like Alignment so that should say something about how good they are).
Overall, I would say you are better off with GURPS Lite or FATE for your spacefaring campaign, OP.
Star Wars EotE. Not even kidding. I love those gimmick dice
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Tell us about the time when, in an adventure, you (or someone else) was doing something critically important that required a roll, and it came up a natural 1.
Trying to break into a fortress stealthily by melting through the bars of a window.
Nat 1, so stealth was abandoned and they proceeded to just try and murder their way through the fortress.
In a desperate, dire situation and my wizard is one of the last people left conscious. We had been blessed by a God with an investment in the current conflict, and I had a staff that was connected to that God, so I decided to pull some bullshit and try to beseech the God for help. I came up with a fancy speech to see if it would be enough to sway the DM but he just told me to roll, and I got a one.
He tells me the staff shatters in my hand.
In a hostage situation my character had a bow drawn on the attacker who was holding the shopkeeper's daughter hostage. I rolled an attack roll, and got a 1. The second roll to hit the shopkeeper's daughter succeeded and I ended up killer her instantly.
SaltyJub
Warhammer 40K: Ork Variations? 2016-05-15 18:20:41 Post No.47268408
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Warhammer 40K: Ork Variations? SaltyJub 2016-05-15 18:20:41 Post No. 47268408 [Report] [View thread]
In Warhammer 40K all Orkz are the same. That is because, if one is to quote the Orkz: "Orkz es best!"
But I do enjoy to think that it would be a whole lot more interesting if the various Klanz would have different looks to their gubbins.
Bad Moons: Still the chubby dudes. Still the biggest an' longest teef. Usually long and outward-facing ears to catch all the noise going on. They'd look like overgrown and Ork-y Gretchins.
Death Skulls: Obviously horrendously skull-faced. No lips at all, just teef bared. Spinal cord and ribs are usually...
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Jobs a gud 'un OP!
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>Blood Axes: The REALLY Classic Ork look.
YOU GO ME LAD
ERE WE GO ME LAD
I like this a lot, but feel like the Deathskull and Snakebite designs are a bit too off-base compared to the others. There's some appeal in Orks having a degree of uniformity beyond being big, green and toothy.
Also I refuse to accept that Ork skulls are not rectangular.
Old school art thread 2016-05-15 17:10:39 Post No.47267458
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Old school art thread Anonymous 2016-05-15 17:10:39 Post No. 47267458 [Report] [View thread]
Post anything from this time period, whether if it's scifi or fantasy or anything inbetween
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Let's talk about dice, /tg/. What are good brands, what should you look out for. Thus far I've been using the somewhat better selection of Chessex dice, but some of their sides are uneven and the numbers are often a bit off.
If someone can recommend online shops etc for a yuroanon, particularly in Finland, I'm all ears.
I'm going to go ahead and bump my thread now.
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I have hundreds and hundreds of dollars of Chessex dice because I always liked the way they worked. I wasn't until relatively recently that I heard complaints about their balance, but I wasn't too worried because I'm not gambling and being a bit off isn't a big deal, if I don't know what numbers they favor. I mean, if I need a huge sample size to detect the bias, who cares? Then I did a roll-test on one of my speckled d20s and the bias was so strong I had to revise my opinion. It's one...
I get mostly transparent dice because I am just too paranoid I end up getting dice like that. At least if you can see through them you can see the bubbles that cause this issue, so you know they're good without testing them.
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Does /tg/ like:
5e Dungeons and Dragons?
Shadowrun?
Fantasy Flight's Star Wars RPG?
Pic related, my collection of rpg books and a few fantasy novels from a bookshelf thread on /lit/.
So far of my collection I've only played 5e and I really love it. I kind of stopped playing D&D when 4e came out but got really excited when 5e was released.
No, those systems are too mainstream for tg. They only like anime and dark souls
If you're asking what our favorite rpgs are then Unknown Armies is my favorite.
Oh I didn't know.
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/tg/, I find myself at a quandary.
My Aunt has given me £100 to get my younger cousin into a hobby that will get him off the Xbox, and I was thinking of getting him into Warhammer, either through an Age of Sigmar starter set for a 40k one.
Which one is more fun/can be explained within a few days to a 14 year old console addict?
Get him into a tabletop game that doesn't suck instead
>>My Aunt has given me £100 to get my younger cousin into a hobby that will get him off the Xbox
Buy him some martial arts pajamas and sign him up for taekwondo classes.
>forcing another generation into eternal debt and cursing everything GW does
Just get him a Munchkin set or something.
Improved 40k, thoughts? 2016-05-15 13:23:07 Post No.47265430
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Improved 40k, thoughts? Anonymous 2016-05-15 13:23:07 Post No. 47265430 [Report] [View thread]
The emperor is actually the Empress, since it makes no sense to use the side of the species who can't think in anything but terms of fuck/kill if you can give the other side even better biological advantages.
Emp comes out of the unification of terra with a much stronger, more united army, thanks to diplomacy and better tactics. Mars is easily reigned in via the Emp superior body smacking the nerds out of their retarded machine love.
Great Crusade becomes the Great Galatic Unification, which goes swimmingly until Chaos, feeling incredibly threatened attacks...
The now powerful and much better led Imperuim can focus on dealing with Khrone, the Orks, and subjugating, NOT exterminating, any lesser aliens races frolicking about on humanities turf.
In the end, the big factions you'd be playing against on the tabletop, would be the awakening Necrons, would be much more dangerous with out the experienced Precogs like the Eldar to keep them in check, and humanities forces being much more intergated with the warp. Then the Ork's and Khorne, would end up sort of 'merging', Gork and Mork nomming the skull guy and taking over his domain, giving a major boost to the power of the Orks. Nurgle won't be much of a threat, improved living conditions for most of the Galaxy, plus his now dead waifu, keeping him locked up like the slobbering loser he is.
Kill yourself. Yes it is a low quality bait thread that I should not answer, but I have not told anyone today to kill itself, so you gotta pay the bill.
P.D: grab a loaded shotgun, place the barrel on your mouth and press the trigger.
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Playing a level 1 Wizard for a 3.5 game. 18 intelligence.
What spells to choose? Need to pick 7 and prepare 3. I have access to the PHB and Spell Compendium.
Depends on what do you want to be. A wacky magic freak, a soulless statblock, or something else?
More importantly; do you want to be the bro-glue that holds the party together, or are you a fun-crushing minmaxer?
No, I don't want to be the party buffer and handjob machine. I'm just looking to stay alive with 6 hit points. Having only three spell slots limits survivability at this time.
I was thinking of two ideas. One, transmutation and conjuration, with the fluff of being a mad scientist. like "let me try this pell and this and this... now gaze upon my greatest creation! AHAHAHAHAHA
Two, enchanrment and illusion, being an all round...
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>If demons exist, they'd probably use the internet
>They'd almost certainly go on 4chan
>They'd definitely be curious about what we say about them on /tg/
I'm calling you out.
Why would they go to 4-chan? Most people on here would already be headed below anyway, if only for Sloth, Greed and Gluttony.
No, they'd go on Facebook. Much more universal reach. Maybe Tumblr and Reddit too.
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>they know
They are most common on the /x/ board anon.
Are there any sources on how to make a good system? 2016-05-15 12:46:03 Post No.47265189
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Are there any sources on how to make a good system? Anonymous 2016-05-15 12:46:03 Post No. 47265189 [Report] [View thread]
I was wondering if there were any sources that looked at game system and discussed them what made them good.
>how to reinvent the bike
There are soooo much of systems, from simple d6 and mini six to GURPS and FATE to FATAL
apllying a few houserules to one of them should do the trick
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Good call; heavily base components of your game on functional systems or alter existing ones.
I was working on a system for a while (which started out quite math-y and computer-centric), then I grew enamored to the Fate system's dice distribution/skills/Aspects, preferring to modify the rules and append some extras.
Anyway, I do have this PDF.
There probably are, but I can't think of them off the top of my head. Instead, get some advice.
>read as many different rulebooks as you can, and try to understand why they made the choices they did. Books which actually explain their design choices are a godsend here.
>read blogs by amateur game designers.
>Decide on what you want your system to do. 4th ed DnD was a brilliant system but only for a very specific type of game.
TITAN "FUCKING" LEGION CREATON THREAD! 2016-05-15 11:43:35 Post No.47264787
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TITAN "FUCKING" LEGION CREATON THREAD! Anonymous 2016-05-15 11:43:35 Post No. 47264787 [Report] [View thread]
We will show all those fucking heretics and Xenos the might of the Emperors boot!
https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Titan_Legion_Creation_Tables
>What is the Mainstay Engine of the Titan Legio? (1d100)
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Rolled 87 (1d100)
Here's hoping big
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Warlord Pattern
YEA!!!
>First and Lead Engine of the Legio (1d100)
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Aw yeah
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Q: Flutter streambuilder between screens I'm new in Flutter and I implemented the bloc architecture with streambuilder.
I created 2 pages with just a button which change my background color. All of theses pages are listening a stream to change the background color but when I change on the first page, it doesn't on the second.
But I want all my application change if 1 page decide to change it
Do I need to initialize a singleton bloc that my 2 screens used it ? Because for the moment each screen initializes its own bloc
Here is an example of 1 page (the second one is the same)
class Test extends StatelessWidget {
  final ColorBloc _bloc = ColorBloc();

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return StreamBuilder<Response<ColorResponse>>(
      stream: _bloc.stream,
      builder: (context, snapshot) {
        if (snapshot.hasData) {
          return Scaffold(
              appBar: AppBar(
                title: Text('First Route clicked'),
              ),
              backgroundColor: snapshot.data.data.color,
              body: new Center(
                  child: new InkWell(
                onTap: () {
                  Navigator.push(
                    context,
                    MaterialPageRoute(builder: (context) => Act2()),
                  );
                }, // Handle your callback
                child: Ink(height: 100, width: 100, color: Colors.blue),
              )),
              floatingActionButton: FloatingActionButton(
                onPressed: () {
                  _bloc.changeColor(Colors.yellow);
                },
                child: Icon(Icons.navigation),
                backgroundColor: Colors.green,
              ));
        }
        return Scaffold(
            appBar: AppBar(
              title: Text('First Route'),
            ),
            body: Center(
                child: new InkWell(
                    onTap: () {
                      Navigator.push(
                        context,
                        MaterialPageRoute(builder: (context) => Act2()),
                      );
                    }, // Handle your callback
                    child: Ink(height: 200, width: 200, color: Colors.red))),
            floatingActionButton: FloatingActionButton(
              onPressed: () {
                _bloc.changeColor(Colors.yellow);
              },
              child: Icon(Icons.navigation),
              backgroundColor: Colors.green,
            ));
      },
    );
  }
}

A: To change the state of all screen when a bloc fires an event, you can use multiple StreamBuilder, but all of them need to listen to the bloc that fire the event. You can try these 2 ways:

*

*Passing the bloc as parameter into the 2nd screen

class Test extends StatelessWidget {
  final ColorBloc _bloc = ColorBloc();

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return StreamBuilder<Response<ColorResponse>>(

           // ... other lines

              body: new Center(
                  child: new InkWell(
                onTap: () {

                  // Pass your bloc to the 2nd screen
                  Navigator.push(
                    context,
                    MaterialPageRoute(builder: (context) => Act2(bloc: _bloc)),
                  );
                },

                // ... other lines

*

*Use package such as provider package to pass the bloc down the tree. In your first screen, you can do this:

class Test extends StatelessWidget {
  final ColorBloc _bloc = ColorBloc();

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {

    // Use Provider to provide the bloc down the widget tree
    return Provider(
      create: (_) => _bloc,
      child: StreamBuilder<Response<ColorResponse>>(

        // ... other lines

Then in the 2nd screen (which I assume is Act2()), you get the ColorBloc from the Provider:

class Act2 extends StatefulWidget {
  @override
  _Act2State createState() => _Act2State();
}

class _Act2State extends State<Act2> {
  ColorBloc _colorBloc;

  @override
  void didChangeDependencies() {
    // Get the bloc in the 1st page
    _colorBloc = Provider.of<ColorBloc>(context);
    super.didChangeDependencies();
  }

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return StreamBuilder<Response<ColorResponse>>(

      // Use the bloc like in the 1st page
      stream: _colorBloc.stream,
      builder: (context, snapshot) {
        if (snapshot.hasData) {
          // ... other lines

Small note: When using StreamBuilder you could initiate the value without the need to duplicate codes. Since I don't know the structure of your Response object, I'm taking Response(ColorResponse(color: Colors.green)) as the example:
// ... other lines

@override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    return Provider(
      create: (_) => _bloc,
      child: StreamBuilder<Response<ColorResponse>>(

        // Initiate your data here
        initialData: Response(ColorResponse(color: Colors.green)),

        stream: _bloc.stream,
        builder: (context, snapshot) {
          if (snapshot.hasData) {
            return Scaffold(
                appBar: AppBar(
                  title: Text('First Route clicked'),
                ),
                backgroundColor: snapshot.data.data.color,

                // ... other lines

          }

          // Don't need to copy the above code block for the case when the data is not streamed yet
          return Container(child: Center(child: CircularProgressIndicator()));
        },
      ),
    );
  }


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Shell confirms award of 39 North Sea exploration blocks
Written by David McPhee – 23/05/2018 6:32 pm
Oil giant Shell today confirmed it had acquired 39 North Sea exploration blocks as a part of the 30th Offshore Licencing Round.
In a statement, Shell said that the 39 blocks break down as 11 operated and 28 non-operated blocks within the North Sea.
Data from the Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) shows that Shell has acquired two operational blocks within the west of Shetland, five within the Central North Sea (North) and further four within the Central North Sea (South).
A Shell spokesperson said "Shell UK can confirm that on 23 May 2018, we were awarded 39 exploration blocks, 11 operated and 28 non-operated, by the UK Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) in the 30th UK Licensing Round. The acreage was applied for on 21 November."
Steve Phimister, Shell's Vice President Upstream, UK & Ireland, said: "This positive news enhances Shell's strategic exploration activity in our key UK heartland, helping us to be one of the most competitive and resilient operators in the UK continental shelf (UKCS).
"It adds to our UK exploration options, which in time we expect to contribute to maximising economic recovery of the oil and gas resources and ensuring the future of the UKCS as a major source of energy, employment opportunities and tax revenue for UK plc."
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Michael Winship, Contributor
Former senior writer, BillMoyers.com. President, Writers Guild of America, East, 2007-17. Former senior writing fellow, Demos.
That Night The Lights Went Out
Forty years after the torrid summer of 1977 brought a massive blackout, New Yorkers confront a different kind of powerlessness.
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Forty years ago this summer, the lights went out.
It was July 13, 1977, a hot, muggy night here in Manhattan. Lightning strikes set off a cascade of mechanical failures at Con Edison that plunged virtually the entire city into darkness.
Nine million people were without power. Thousands had to be rescued from the subway tunnels. And there was looting — lots of looting. A thousand fires were set, 1,600 stores were ransacked and 3,400 were arrested. The total economic damage was estimated at more than $300 million — well over a billion in 2017 dollars.
I was having dinner at my then-girlfriend's apartment when the lights went out. We tuned in a small, battery-powered radio and listened as news began spreading of trouble and violence around the city.
The two of us stayed where we were and the next morning I walked back to my place a few blocks away. West 57th Street was almost empty; small groups of people gathered in front of their buildings talking about what had happened.
The power remained out and I climbed the 11 stories to my darkened studio apartment but the water was still pumping and I could shower and change. I worked at our public television station, WNET/Channel Thirteen, and the offices were closed. But their electricity already was back, so I went up to the local news department to see whether anyone was around. I was put to work writing news copy about the events of the night and advisories about closings that would be read on the air when the transmitter was up and running again.
That was one bizarre, long hot summer, 1977, and not simply because of the massive blackout. The city still was trying to pull itself from near-bankruptcy, just two years after the New York Daily News had reported the federal government's refusal to help with the front page headline, "FORD TO CITY: DROP DEAD." (Not long after, Congress begrudgingly enacted and President Ford signed legislation that loaned the city $2.3 billion with interest.)
New York's budget was taken over by an Emergency Financial Control Board, administered by the state. Police layoffs contributed to a rise in crime. The ruins of buildings in the South Bronx became a symbol of urban decay and new structures abandoned in mid-construction littered the skyline like so many rotten teeth. The subway system was falling apart, the cars smeared with graffiti; in just a year, ridership had dropped by 25 million passengers.
So roiled was the political scene in 1977 that incumbent Democratic Mayor Abe Beame, accused of gross incompetence, was challenged in his party's primary by five other candidates, including Ed Koch, Mario Cuomo and Bella Abzug. Eventually, Koch won the mayoralty and served for three terms.
And throughout that summer there was a serial killer whose brutality seemed a metaphor for what was happening to New York. The self-named Son of Sam killed six and wounded eight, targeting young women in particular. The murders had begun the summer before and for months the '70s version of trolls and creeps searched the phone directory for the names of single women and called in the middle of the night, "I'm the Son of Sam. You're next."
In August, less than a month after the big blackout, and following a massive manhunt, police arrested David Berkowitz, a mail sorter for the postal service. To this day, he is serving six consecutive life sentences, one for each of those he murdered.
As hard as many of us would like to try, 1977 was a summer that's not so easyto forget, a fraught time here in the city that in some similar ways seems to afflict the entire nation today. Yet New York City, a haven for finance and banking's cynical buccaneers and mountebanks, rebounded from its '70s fiscal crisis. Of all the cities in the world, it is second only to Tokyo in gross domestic product (GDP). We're in the midst of a $43 billion construction boom that just keeps growing.
But the transit system is falling apart again. The state of its infrastructure is dire. Subway service is starting to seem as bad as it was 40 years ago — without the graffiti. Local and state government say that overcrowding on the trains is wearing down the tracks and rolling stock. Major, commuter-disrupting repairs are taking place on rotting railroad lines leading in and out of Penn Station — the head of Amtrak euphemistically calls it "the summer of renewal."
Homelessness in the city is higher than it has been since the Great Depression. Rents have risen 22 percent since 1990 and 20.6 percent of New Yorkers live in poverty.
Income inequality in the city continues to be an outrage. According to the last census, it's the worst in the United States. Debipriya Chatterjee, an economist with the city's Independent Budget Office reports that, "At the very top, it's the top 0.1 percent who own 24 percent of the city's income," She told the website Gothamist, "We all know that the city is very unequal. What I did not anticipate seeing in the data is that the share of the bottom 50 percent has actually fallen."
In other words, in this city of millions, 3,700 people raked in about 23 percent of the city's income — $63.7 billion. As blogger Ofo Ezeugwu wrote, "Basically, while most of us find ourselves embroiled in this rat race, a small chunk of folks finds themselves watching us run it."
Case in point: the gentrification of my West Village neighborhood, once a center of bohemia, radical thought and modest rents, continues to run amok. Three years ago, a couple of blocks away, a four-story building was sold for $45 million and is being turned into a single-family mansion. As per the website 6sqft, which got a look at the architect's plans, "[T]he mansion will have six bedrooms, two kitchens, its own elevator, a dressing room and walk-in closet larger than most apartments, a 50-foot lap pool, and more than 4,000 square feet of outdoor space that will include a rooftop terrace."
Ironically, the building had been a headquarters for the foster and child-care agency The New York Foundling, which since 1869 has fought the devastating effect of poverty and lack of opportunity for destitute children and families. And the buyer? He and his brother run a health care hedge fund. Of course they do.
In fairness, the millions made from the sale of the former orphanage will go to new programs for those families, so you might be thinking it's a decent exchange. But the constant conversion of properties into luxury vanity homes, especially buildings once used for the public good, seems wrong at a time and in a place where affordable housing for those in desperate need is increasingly nonexistent.
We are New Yorkers and we will carry on; it's what we do. But like that hot muggy July night 40 years ago, we feel increasingly powerless.
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At a time where people document every single moment of their lives, it isn't very often where we as a society are stumped by a photo. We've seen it all, haven't we? These photos will have you thinking completely differently about every photo you take.
Most people have seen the infamous footage of John K Kennedy's assassination but what about that lady that is mysteriously in most photos of the day? Somehow this little old lady managed to stump the FBI for decades and they still haven't worked out exactly who she is. She was given the nickname the Babushka Lady since she is wearing the headscarf made famous by Russian ladies.
Back in 1964 Jim Templeton was taking a photo of his young daughter when after the film was developed he noticed what appeared to be an astronaut behind his daughter. He claimed on the day there was nobody standing there and experts have proved that the film hasn't been tampered with.
Pictures have been tricking people for decades! In 1924 two sailors were cleaning out a cargo tank in the Pacific Ocean when they were overcome by gas fumes and ultimately died at sea. However, just before they perished one of the sailors snapped an image of what appeared to be two faces following the ship. This photo has stumped ghost experts for year and it is said to be one of the only ghost photos with merit.
Now, these images might not be that bizarre but the story behind them definitely is. Lam was a student staying at the Cecil Hotel in Los Angeles when she died under suspicious circumstances. In the autopsy no traces of drugs or alcohol were found and they ruled her cause of death drowning. Some people believe Lam became possessed by a spirit or was overcome by a ghost… I guess we will never know.
Good old Nessie is probably the most well-known mysteries, ever. First captured on film in 1933 and published in a local newspaper as "two ducks fighting" nobody has ever been able to give a definite answer as to whether or not the sea creature is real or not. One thing is for sure, it definitely doesn't look like two ducks fighting.
There isn't a whole lot of information about this particular image but one thing is for sure – it sure is creepy! The family had just moved into a new home and promptly took a photo, once it was developed a falling body appeared. Apparently, the years following the photo the young boys pictured continued to have severe nightmares. Maybe the ghost didn't like having house guests.
Imagine showing up to your own funeral and haunting the guests. It looks like that's exactly what Freddy Jackson did. In 1919 Jackson's squadron was taking a photo after attending his funeral, once the film was developed his squad members recognised the eerie face behind them as none other than Jackson himself.
On the Apollo 17 mission images were taken by the astronauts, although at first glance this one looks blank once the contrast is altered, everything changes. What appears to be a pyramid shaped pops up. The mystery continues to live on since nobody knows exactly what it is and since it is on the moon it's not like we can just pop over and double check there isn't a pyramid sitting there.
Everything and anything space related gets fans in a spin, this one is no exception. An image picked up from a NASA rover showed what appeared to be a beam of light in the distance and since apparently there is no such thing as aliens, sceptics said it could be anything from an alien space ship to something boring like light reflecting off of a rock.
If the last image had you believing in ET, this one might just push into being a space nerd. For years satellite's having been picking up images of space junk but this particular one looked more like, a space ship from Star Trek. NASA of course were quick to debunk the myths it was a 13,000 year old space ship from another galaxy and instead said it might have instead been a thermal blanket from a rocket.
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At Sitematch London on 8 February, local authorities can participate in a private and free consultation to learn how they can tap into new revenue streams through inward investment opportunities.
These sessions are hosted by Lifeboat, a collaboration consisting of consultants Brendon Walsh, John Fisher, Inner Circle and 3Fox International. The Lifeboat concept was developed as a response to the increasing financial pressures on London's local authorities as central government funding cuts increase.
To compensate for dwindling government contributions, more and more authorities are relying on housebuilding, regeneration and other forms of inward investment to plug funding gaps. Lifeboat asks and systematically analyses how realistic these options are for different boroughs, and how they can ensure a sustainable and predictable flow of inward investment.
Opportunities vary from place to place and the long term vision of the council. Core to the Lifeboat concept is how to get the most out of them.
Lifeboat aims to provide local authorities with baseline information on their borough in relation to other places, the likely impact from any regeneration activities and analysis on how they can adapt their regeneration and inward investment strategies to realise their placemaking ambitions.
Where would inward investment and development do the most good? What effects do planned development have and what could they have if planned differently? How does the development industry view the borough? And finally, how realistic are the council's expectations and how might their reputation be improved?
The four Lifeboat contributors have a range of tools, relationships and opportunities to bring to bear on these questions.
John Fisher has an extensive history of comparing one place to another through economic, demographic and socio-economic factors. He aims to tell different borough stories and show how reality matches and deviates from the council's vision, and how it compares to other places.
Inner Circle has developed a tool to assess the implication of different types of development on localities in terms of local health and wellbeing, employment, economy and other factors.
3Fox International has created a benchmarking programme to understand how developers view and rate local authorities in terms of attractiveness for investment and development.
Brendon Walsh has a wealth of experience contributing to successful regeneration projects as a local authority officer and within the private sector development industry.
If you would like more information about these consultancy sessions at Sitematch London, please contact Katie Randall at krandall@innercircleconsulting.co.uk.


Bassist confirms he was approached by band's management about possibly getting back together.
Band lines up date and location of first show of the year.
Expanded version of 1994 LP is supposedly in limbo due to battle between singer's widow and his two daughters.
Band will play classic 1976 LP in its entirety at two shows.
After spending 2018 apart, Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend are reviving band this year.
We select the best song from each and every one of Van Halen's 12 studio albums.
The singer-songwriter confirms that he's been in contact with a former bandmate.
Check out an extensive collection of vintage magazine ads featuring guitar heroes from Van Halen, Kiss, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and more.
It's looking more and more likely that a new McCartney album is heading our way – possibly even as soon as this Friday.


On Saturday, I attended the North Texas Comic Book Show! After all of my traveling and moving over the last month, I was antsy for an opportunity to dress up and hang out with fellow geeky people and this event fit the bill.
I went as Marvel Now Rogue. It was a ridiculously comfy costume. Thanks to Starman for the photo! And no, I'm not wearing a corset like I normally do. Because apparently I can't follow my own spandex tips (see: lazy. Lacing oneself into a corset requires effort and I had none that day).
This was my first time attending one of these shows (they hold 3-4 a year) and I was surprised by how intimate it was. I actually had the time to sit and chat with people! At most of the bigger cons, I might see someone I know, say hi, snap a photo, and then rush off. Getting to really talk to people and hang out was by far my favorite part of this con. I got to hang out with several old friends and new.
Ran into the lovely ladies of Gone Catawampus! We've been chatting via blogs for a little while, and we finally got to hang out for a while on Saturday!
GlitzyGeekGirl as Steampunk Leia. I won a Spiderman poster from her!
The show didn't have much in the way of "celebrity" guests, but there were several local artists. I bought far too many prints (but really, can you ever have too many?) for my craft room. Now I just need frames to put them all up!
I have a soft spot for moogles, so this print was a must. I can't remember the name of the artist right now, but I'll link as soon as I can!
The panels were held by the pool, so I was really grateful that the weather was a cool 70 degrees, especially since I was wearing my new Rogue. I attended two of the panels: GlitzyGeekGirl's panel on cosplay construction and Comics are for Everyone. I really enjoyed attending both of these, and since it was a smaller crowd, there was a a lot of audience interaction.
GlitzyGeekGirl's panel on cosplay construction. Thanks for all the tips, Anna!
The cosplay contest was also very entertaining. This show really emphasizes the "play" part of cosplay, so they highly encouraged getting into character. One of my favorite performances was from Pokemon trainer Deadpool! Apparently I still know all the words from the theme song.
All in all, this was a fun show. I can't say I'll make it a regular event, but it was a great low-key filler between bigger shows. You can see the rest of my photos on my Facebook page. My next events are the Dallas Comic Con Fan Appreciation Day and A-fest. Hope to see some of you there!
I wish my area had more smaller shows like this! It sounds like a great time.
Looks and sounds like a lot of fun, I'd hate to be a judge on a cosplay contest since I'd want to award everybody, so many great costumes and effort!


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when did we hear a story like this before?
Hhhhmmmmmm, I wonder if their second/first tongue is arabic.
Five in court over teen gang rapes
FIVE teenage girls, some as young as 13, were attacked and in most cases gang-raped by a group of young men in Sydney's inner-west last year, a court has been told.
Four brothers and a friend appeared in the NSW Supreme Court today charged over a series of gang rapes.
The males, aged between 16 and their early twenties, pleaded not guilty to attacks on five girls - all aged under 16 - that allegedly occurred in the Ashfield home of the brothers between January and July last year.
Justice Graham Barr told the court two of the victims were kidnapped, held at knifepoint and raped by all five young men.
Another two victims were raped by three of the accused and a fifth victim was indecently assaulted by one of the accused, he read from the youths' indictment.
Two of the victims were only 13 years old when they were raped and the others were under the age of 16.
Justice Barr set the trial of all five men, who have been in custody since they were charged last year, for September 15.
Two of the brothers have written a letter to Prime Minister John Howard, NSW Premier Bob Carr and other authorities protesting their innocence and claiming police corruptly conducted the case.


Some hundred meters before the harbour of Daphni lies along the shore the well known Russian monastery of Agiou Panteleimonos (or 'Roussikon'), build in the 18th century. The original monastery – also named 'Tou Thessalonikeos' – and dating from the 11th century, laid some hundred meters inland. The remains are still there, together with a few more recent buildings including a big church, and are named the 'Paleo Monastiro' (Old Monastery). The most of the original monastery was burned down in 1765.
I visited the place in August 1997. At that time the buildings were inhabited by just one old, friendly monk.
The six photo's below show some remains of the byzantine buildings, the new church (the south face, bell tower and the entrance) and a smaller chapel/kella.
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bedankt Hans, het ziet er goed uit. En het geeft weer een antwoord op een vraag die ik http://athos.web-log.nl/athos_agios_oros_/2006/11/russische_oekra.html al had.
Zeer unieke foto's, niet eerder gezien in boeken of op het web. M'n complimenten !!
Patrick, these pictures (post 247) were taken in Panteleimonos during the war.


What to do with cheap plastic pipe coverings?
Will this plume pipe fit ?
Will wood primer cause surface delamination in ply pipe boxing?
Is there any form of transparent piping in standard diameters?
Mystery Pipe in the Garden!
63mm MDPE inserts, are they needed?
Step in foul drain run.


It's rivalry week in Vacaville this week as Will C. Wood and Vacaville high schools will play each other in boys basketball, girls basketball, boys soccer and girls soccer.
On Thursday, the girls basketball teams will face off at Vacaville. The Bulldogs are 7-13 this season while the Wildcats are 13-6. Wood won both games during the 2017-18 season. Before that rivalry game, Wood has a crucial Monticello Empire League home matchup with Vanden on Tuesday as the two teams are expected to battle for first place.
That same night the boys soccer teams will go up against each other at Vacaville High, although the game is technically a road game for the Bulldogs, who are 4-2-2, while Wood is 4-8-2. Game time is at 7 p.m. The two teams split their two meetings last year, with each team winning one game by one goal.
In girls soccer the two squads will meet up Friday at 7 p.m.. Vacaville won both meetings last season and didn't give up a goal in the process.
The boys basketball squads will match up as well on Friday with a 7 p.m. scheduled tipoff. The Bulldogs are 12-6 this year, while the Wildcats are 14-5.
Vacaville comes into the contest having won four of its last six games, while Wood has won three games in a row and four of its last five. Last season Vacaville won both contests against Wood, but by just two points in each game.


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