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Computer Art & Design for all
The 4th edition of CAC is organized with the collaboration of NANO LAB (www.nano.eba.ufrj.br), supported by the Graduate Program in Visual Arts, at the School of Fine Arts of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (www.eba.ufrj.br).
NANO Lab was established in September 2010. Aims to develop practical and theoretical research in the area of arts with specific focus on their intersection with technology and science, offering laboratory space for practical and theoretical research in the thematic area of hybrid-natures. The motivation of this research Lab is to consolidate a transdisciplinary space for reflection and promotion of new cognitive models based on practical and dialogical exchanges.
About the Concept of Computer Art
Computer Art began its development by the 50's of the last century and the general thought was that it would mature only by the next millennium. By the 90's the Internet, the W W W, and the development of interactive interfaces changed the possibilities to go from a static to a dynamic and totally new multidimensional art form based on feedback, processes, multiplicity and improvisation.
There is an unfinished debate between orthodox artist-programmers who consider Computer Art only those artworks accomplished by programming customized hardware and software — by dominating the methodologies and the techniques thorough a deep knowledge of the computer, following the artists rule of knowing very well their own metier — and the ones that want to use templates and commercially available software, producing a kind of low quality 'canned art'. Of course, this discourse has changed in the last decades and DIY systems have moved de computing creativity towards transdisciplinary approaches that suggest innovating procedures beyond programming.
The spreading of digital cultural practices add these debates, feeding either the technophobia or technolove points of view, present many paradoxes. The arts and sciences considered by many as apparently dichotomous approaches also bring fuel to this debate. Research driven, deeply connected with mathematics, sciences, logic and highly experimental speculations, Computer Art has founded its development and terminology in scientific concepts looking for ways to demystify the sacred reverence that the mainstream ART community has cultivated.
Art critics and theorists evaluating such art with the canonical parameters of traditional art forms, maybe unaware of the complexities related with such background, have overlooked its importance. However this situation has changed with the popularity of computer technologies, its transdisciplinary and pervasive characteristics, accessible prices, the way it expands sensory experiences, the emergence of cyberspace and cyberculture, and the development of IDEs (Interface Development Environment) by artists. These fact brings radical changes within the cultural and sociopolitical field, overcoming limitations and the mannerisms imbued within the Contemporary Art field.
Finally, Computer Art begins to be appreciated and begins to be analyzed by its historical and philosophical importance. To quote just a few, Herbert Frank from Germany considers it as "among the most remarkable products of our time". The MoMA museum of New York, has recently curated an exhibition on Human Computer Interaction and, with Microsoft Research Lab, has installed a Material Lab Interactive Installation.
Nowadays, in Brazil, we see the blooming of hack and garage labs. Many universities have begun to have programs focusing on Computer Art. The fields of architecture and design have begun to focus on these ideas. It is important to emphasize that the field of Computer Art is firming up and in-depth reflection is required on the issues related to its reverberations within society. Therefore, to have the 4th International Computer Art Congress held in Brazil, within one of its most respected institution, the School of Fine Arts of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro – UFRJ (www.ufrj.br), will bring incentives to the research, reflection and production of such art, deeply shaping a near future on the development of Computer Art in Brazil and maybe in South America.


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When Sarah was here for a visit she brought me a gift. She had gotten some free samples from Dick Blick. So I got to try out their studio acrylics.
I uses them in the background of this journal page. I only had the three primaries and then I used some white Liquitex Basics to blend some colors. Oh, I really like this paint. Its an equivalent to the the Basics line of Liquitex but it seemed to be a better paint. There was more pigment and it comes in so many more colors. I'll be getting a supply of them soon. I like to use the studio grade paints for my fearless painting projects and in my journals too.
I ordered this when I was in Ireland so I'd have some great reading when I got back home. Its a riot of color to be sure. There are many other contributors but it still feels like Tracy's book. She has included a lot of her own personal stories which I like. I feel I know her a little bit more. Many of the exercises I have done before but there is still a lot for me in this book. I am about half the way through the book and am enjoying it. Tracy is one of the presenters for Spectrum this month. So I have gotten to see her on video as well as in print. That's a plus in my book.
I have been having a little difficulty getting back into the swing of things with my art. I've done a few pages in my journal but not much else. So many things seem to be pulling me away. Ive been watching videos from the Spectrum months I missed. Now making the time to do some artwork has been harder. My computer has been in the shop to get a new battery and now that its back I feel like I am playing catch up. I have been having fun sketching but I'll leave that for the next post. My writing coaching group that I am a part of is going to be taking a lot of my time. So the blog is going to be suffering a little but stay with me. Soon I'll be back to a regular schedule again. Finding a routine that will work for my art and writing time is my goal for this coming week. It might end up that there really is no routine, that I just need to do it, to forget about schedules and plans and go with the flow.
I've been reading Neil Gaiman's American Gods. Have you read anything fun and enjoyable this summer?


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These Common Eider hens decided that our front yard was the safest route for leading their ducklings to the water! I just happened to glance out the window at the right moment. We thought you may appreciate how adorable the scuttling little ducklings are. We are truly lucky to be out here and so close to all of these birds.
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The Shih Tzu Family didn't travel for Thanksgiving this year. Normally, we would have been in Florida visiting Shih Tzu Lola and Papa but they were traveling to see Shih Tzu Mom's sister. So this year, we went over to Shih Tzu Nana and Paw Paw's house!
I put on one of my cutest outfits. The cuter you are, the more likely someone will "accidentally" drop a piece of turkey near you.
I scouted out the food situation as soon as I got there. There was lots to choose from!
If there was a chunk of the ham missing later, I had nothing to do with it. I have no idea what the turkey taste like either. That is what I am telling Mom anyway. Shhh.
I got lots of cuddles from Shih Tzu Dad's family while we were there. They just couldn't put me down!
After snuggles with the ladies, I had to get my guy time in and watch the game. I don't know how they pay attention to anything with those phones out all the time!
Even though I "didn't eat the turkey", for some reason I was pooped! I hope you all had a fun-filled holiday as well!


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Yahoo! News is a news website that originated as an internet-based news aggregator by Yahoo!. Articles originally came from news services such as the Associated Press, Reuters, Fox News, Al Jazeera, ABC News, USA Today, CNN, BBC News, etc.
In 2001, Yahoo! News launched the first "most-emailed" page on the web. It was well-received as an innovative idea, expanding people's understanding of the impact that online news sources have on news consumption.[2]
Yahoo allowed comments for news articles until December 19, 2006, when commentary was disabled. Comments were re-enabled on March 2, 2010.[3] Comments were temporarily disabled between December 10, 2011, and December 15, 2011, due to glitches.
By 2011, Yahoo had expanded its focus to include original content, as part of its plans to become a major media organization.[4] Veteran journalists (including Walter Shapiro and Virginia Heffernan) were hired, while the website had a correspondent in the White House press corps for the first time in February 2012.[4][5] An Amazon-owned marketing data collection company (Alexa) claimed Yahoo! News one of the world's top news sites, at this point.[6]
Plans were made to add a Twitter feed.[7] In November, 2013, Yahoo hired former Today Show and CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric as Global Anchor of Yahoo! News.[8] She left in 2017.
Yahoo! Celebrity
Yahoo! Celebrity (as omg!) debuted on June 12, 2007,[1] with little fanfare, with the original press release being published on Yahoo!'s corporate blog.[9] Upon launch, MediaWeek reported that Yahoo is hoping to skew more toward a female demographic with omg!, and that Unilever, Pepsi, and Axiata (Celcom & XL) will be the sole official sponsors of the website.[10] Due to heavy publicity on Yahoo's front page and with its partnerships, readership took off, with four million readers logging on to omg! in the first 19 days alone.[11] As of autumn 2007, omg! registered over eight million readers a month, and is the second most-read gossip website in the United States, ahead of People and behind TMZ.com.[11]
In December 2012, Yahoo! reached a deal with CBS Television Distribution to cross-promote its Entertainment Tonight spin-off The Insider with omg!, re-branding the show as omg! Insider.[12]
In January 2014 it was announced that CBS Television Distribution was to revert the name change back to The Insider while omg! changes its name to Yahoo! Celebrity.
Mobile application
Yahoo! developed an application that collects the most-read news stories from different categories for iOS and Android. The app was one of the winners of 2014 Apple Design Awards.[13]
As of November 2014, Yahoo! News ranked second among global news sites, after reddit.com and ahead of CNN, according to Alexa.[14]
Inaccurate headline
Yahoo reportedly posted an article originally published by IBTimes, but with an inaccurate headline. The article, originally titled Latest 2016 Popular Vote Election Results: Clinton Leads Trump By 2.6 Million, Margin Grows As Votes Continue To Be Counted appeared on the Yahoo! site as Hillary Clinton Gets More Votes Than Any Candidate Ever. Rather than correct or retract the headline, Yahoo! News simply removed the article the same day, according to the Daily Wire.[15]
See also
- 1 2 "Yahoo! Inc. - Company Timeline". Wayback Machine. 2008-07-13. Archived from the original on 2008-07-13. Retrieved 2016-07-19.
- ↑ LiCalzi O'Connell, Pamela (29 January 2001). "New Economy; Yahoo Charts the Spread of the News by E-Mail, and What It Finds Out Is Itself Becoming News". New York Times.
- ↑ Tartakoff, Joseph (3 March 2010). "Yahoo News Brings News Commenting Back". PaidContent. Archived from the original on 13 October 2012.
- 1 2 Stableford, Dylan (2012-02-01). "Yahoo News hires Olivier Knox as its first White House correspondent". Yahoo! News. Retrieved 2012-02-03.
- ↑ Byers, Dylan (2 February 2012). "Yahoo steals NY Times' Virginia Heffernan". Politico. Retrieved 2012-02-03.
- ↑ "Top Sites by Category: News". Alexa. Retrieved 2013-07-03.
- ↑ Rapaport, Lisa (2013-05-16). "Yahoo CEO Mayer Says Streaming News Will Display Tweets". Bloomberg. Retrieved 2013-07-03.
- ↑ Gold, Hadas. "Yahoo News makes Couric move official". Politico. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
- ↑ Goldman, Sibyl (2007-06-11). "Yahoo! has a new celebrity site? omg!". Yodel Anecdotal. Yahoo!. Retrieved 2008-03-04.
- ↑ Shields, Mike (2007-06-11). "omg! Yahoo Launches Celeb Channel". MediaWeek. Retrieved 2008-03-04.
- 1 2 Hansell, Saul (2007-09-11). "OMG! Yahoo Has Copycat Gossip". BITS. The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-03-04.
- ↑ Andreeva, Nellie. "'The Insider' Signs Deal With Yahoo's Omg!, WIll Be Renamed 'Omg! Insider'". Deadline.com. Retrieved 2012-10-24.
- ↑ Rose, Mike (3 June 2014). "Threes, Monument Valley and more pick up Apple Design Awards". Gamasutra. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
- ↑ Alexa.
- ↑ Camp, Frank (9 December 2016). "Yahoo Spreads Fake News Story Claiming Clinton Has Most Votes Ever Received". Daily Wire. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
External links
- Yahoo! News
- Yahoo! News on Google+
- "More on Google News and Yahoo News"
- "Balancing Act: How News Portals Serve Up Political Stories"
- "Columbia Journalism Review News Frontier Database"
- Nieman Journalism Lab. "Yahoo". Encyclo: An Encyclopedia of the Future of News. Retrieved 1 April 2012.


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Hey everyone,
I know that it has been a LONG time since my last post, but I have been incredibly busy training for my new job and have not had much free time to write. With that said, I want to keep my blog updated and continue to write about graphic novels; so, I will commit to publishing one new essay every month beginning next month (August 2013). I am not sure if I will write several essays on the same graphic novel or write about a different graphic novel every month, but if you'll have a preference, please let me know.
Below you will find an essay on the award winning animated film Waltz with Bashir. I highly recommend the film and if you'll are interested, more information can be found here.
Thank you for your continued support and interest.
The Impact of Animated Violence in Waltz with Bashir
Waltz with Bashir distances its audience from the horrific events of the Lebanon war in three separate, yet connected ways: through its animation, through its surreal images, and through its reliance on memory for the basis of its narrative structure. Because this film is animated, the violence that it depicts takes on an unrealistic or cartoony quality which diminishes its impact on the audience; the violence is not shocking or appalling because it is not realistic or lifelike. In conjunction with the animation, the dull and washed out colors that are used in many of the flashbacks further reduce the impact of the gruesome violence on the viewer—the blood tends to blend into the background instead of sticking out, rendering the violence less potent. Additionally, there are even instances where the violence seems comical. For example, the film shows several people being randomly or accidentally murdered through drive by shootings, a missed sniper shot, and a bombing, while the lyrics, "at the pull of a trigger/ we can send strangers straight to hell/ sure we killed some innocent along the way/ …I bombed Beirut every day," play in the background. The lyrics along with the images cement the fact that the violence being shown is inconsequential. The unrealistic violence along with the aloof attitude, encourage the viewer to mentally remove himself from the horrors and atrocities of war that he is witnessing.
The surreal images shown throughout the film further the dissociative effect that the animation produces in the viewer. The hypnogogic imagery allows and encourages the viewer to find the graphic violence insignificant, because the circumstances surrounding it seem dream or trance like—the violence just doesn't seem real. For example, Shmuel Frenkel's memory of the firefight he had in the woods has many surreal elements: the characters move in slow motion which gives them a weightless quality (they seem to be almost floating through the air), the setting is very picturesque which makes it appear imaginary, and there is very little diegetic sound (the non-diegetic classical music is overpowering) which also makes the scene appear dream-like. Due to the hypnogogic quality of the scene, the gruesomeness it portrays—a tank blowing up and a child being shot to death—seems unreal, and this prevents the viewer from feeling the immense weight of the violence that he just witnessed.
In addition to the animated and surreal images, the unreliability or undependability of memory further removes the viewer from the violence in Waltz with Bashir. Near the beginning of the film, the main character, Ari Folman, goes to see his childhood friend in hopes of finding answers about a recently resurfaced memory of the Lebanon War. Ori Sivan, his friend, does not offer him much help but he provides insightful information about the nature of memory. He explains that "memory is dynamic. It's alive…if some details are missing, memory fills the holes with things that never happened." This information casts doubt in the viewer's mind about the factuality or reliability of the wartime events that are depicted in the film, since they are just characters' reconstructed memories. In fact, it allows the viewer to distance himself from the various acts of violence shown throughout the film, because they are just creations of the characters' minds—they do not seem real.
Unlike the rest of Waltz with Bashir—which is animated—the final scene in the film is composed of news footage showing the aftermath of the Sabra and Shatila massacre. Even though this news footage does not show any acts of violence being committed, it is incredibly powerful and disturbing because it provides such a stark contrast to the rest of the movie. Unlike the surreal animated scenes that allowed and encouraged the viewer to distance himself from the violence and horror, this real and historic news footage forces the viewer to acknowledge the disturbing reality of the Lebanon war. The viewer can no longer be aloof toward the violence because it is unrealistic, dreamlike, or fragmented; the people shown are actually dead and the footage is realistic, tangible, and cohesive. Furthermore, this footage causes the viewer to realize that all the previous "unrealistic" and "insignificant" violence he witnessed actually happened; the surreal animation and the reconstructed narrative acted like a lens or barrier, which allowed the viewer to witness the violence without being affected by it. The news footage is so jarring because it shatters this barrier—it forces the viewer not only to come to terms with the weight of death that is present in the footage itself, but also with all the violence and death that was present in the rest of the film.


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Wednesday Mar 4, 2015
Alfreton Town manager Nicky Law says his team's fortunes now lie in their own hands after they climbed out of the Vanarama Conference relegation places last weekend for the first time in five months after a first ever win at AFC Telford United.
Law's side now have eleven league games left, seven of which are at home and they have five out of six fixtures in March on home soil beginning with a tough-looking test against Kidderminster Harriers at the Impact Arena this Saturday.
The Reds boss said: "At the end of the day it is now all down to us. We have got ourselves out of the bottom four and got ourselves into a position where we are now in control of our fate.
"We know the magnitude of the challenge. It has not been easy, it has been up and down of late, but we know on our day we can match anybody. It is now a case of seeing if we can have enough of those days.
"We have got to stop conceding poor goals, not just the back five, but as a group. If we do that, we have every chance of staying up.
"We have not played Dartford yet but we have taken six points out of (relegation rivals) Southport, Telford and Nuneaton.
"There is a better focus about the place and hopefully we can carry that into Saturday and be able to stand up to what is undoubtedly another tough test."
Manager Law has the rarity of a full strength squad available for this Saturday's home game against Kidderminster Harriers. He has a trio of returning defenders boosting his options with Niall Heaton available again after a one-match suspension, Callum Howe - who trained on Tuesday evening – is fit again after a minor injury and club captain Duane Courtney returned to the bench at Telford last weekend after months out with a torn hamstring.
"We have plenty of strength. Whether we change it or stick with it we will decide before the weekend" added Law.
"It is a tough game. Kidderminster are always a good side, they have got good players.
"Yes it's at home, but we have done equally as well away from home in recent weeks, and we are going to need to be on top of our game to get anything out of it."
Loan extendedMeanwhile, striker Paul Clayton has had his loan with Vanarama Conference North club Harrogate Town extended until March 31st Manager Law explained: "Paul has had a spell out on loan, he has started playing games regularly and has scored a couple of goals recently which is pleasing. "We also have a 24-hour call-back on him which suits us very well" ended the Reds boss.
TransportAlfreton Town FC Supporters' Association transport have announced early travel plans for the crucial away game at Dartford on Saturday, March 14th.Departure time is 8.45am and seats can be booked by contacting Mark Thorpe on 07857 558401 as soon as possible.
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Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes
By Z. Hereford
Friedrich Nietzsche
was known for his unique writing style which included liberal use of aphorisms and maxims.
A maxim is a wise saying that communicates a fundamental principal, rule of conduct, or an ultimate truth, while aphorisms are concise statements that cut to the heart of the matter.
It is perhaps this succinct style of Nietzsche's that lends itself so well to these wise, insightful quotes.
The Quotes
That which does not kill us makes us stronger.
Form an image of yourself and make the future conform to it.
A great value of antiquity lies in the fact that its writings are the only ones that modern men still read with exactness.
Ah, women. They make the highs higher and the lows more frequent.
All credibility, all good conscience, all evidence of truth come only from the senses.
Speaking generally, punishment hardens and numbs, it produces concentration, it sharpens the consciousness of alienation, it strengthens the power of resistance. Insanity in individuals is rare - but in groups, parties, nations, and epochs, it is the rule.
And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.
It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what others say in a whole book.
He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.
Love is a state in which a man sees things most decidedly as they are not.
When a hundred men stand together, each of them loses his mind and gets another one.
There are no facts, only interpretations.
A subject for a great poet would be God's boredom after the seventh day of creation.
Love your enemies because they bring out the best in you.
Then what is freedom? It is the will to be responsible to ourselves.
The abdomen is the reason why man does not easily take himself for a god.
A thought, even a possibility, can shatter and transform us.
To do great things is difficult, but to command great things is more difficult.
Everyone who has ever built anywhere a "new heaven" first found the power thereto in his own hell.
The world itself is the will to power - and nothing else! And you yourself are the will to power - and nothing else!
A politician divides mankind into two classes: tools and enemies.
And we should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once. And we should call every truth false which was not accompanied by at least one laugh.
All truly great thoughts are conceived by walking.
The errors of great men are venerable because they are more fruitful than the truths of little men.
It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.
There are no facts, only interpretations.
Science and art have that in common that everyday things seem to them new and attractive.
In the consciousness of the truth he has perceived, man now sees everywhere only the awfulness or the absurdity of existence and loathing seizes him.
All truth is simple... is that not doubly a lie?
Love is a state in which a man sees things most decidedly as they are not.
A thought, even a possibility, can shatter and transform us.
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By David Colman
For: Alfa Flair, Build Quality, $ Value
Against: Underpowered, R/T Not Immediately Available
Okay, let's get the important stuff out of the way upfront. No, it doesn't have a Slant Six under the hood, a push button automatic on the dash, or Tinker Bell script reading "Dart" on the rear fender. The new Dart is the first offspring of the US government-brokered shotgun marriage between Chrysler and Fiat. Fiat, which owns Alfa Romeo, supplies the Dart with a stretched Alfa Giulietta platform. Chrysler, which owns Dodge, supplies the USA build facility, heritage nameplate, and dealer network. The result is a marriage made in heaven – an Alfa Romeo for the price of a Dodge!
The first Darts go on sale in July, 2012. Eventually 5 different models will be available. The range begins with the SE, with disc brakes at all 4 corners, 10 air bags, and a base price of $15,995. One step higher in the pecking order is the $17,995 SXT model, with such upgrades as 17 inch wheels, power mirrors and door locks, and keyless entry. A sportier Rallye model, with dual exhausts and black chrome headlamps, retails for $18,995. The Limited version – which we drove – adds Garmin Navigation with a 7 inch dash-mounted touch screen, 10 way power seats, and rear view camera monitors, for $19,995. A 2.0 liter "Tigershark" motor producing 160hp and 148 lb.-ft. of torque powers all 4 models. A 1.4 liter, turbocharged, 168hp motor is optionally available for $1,300. Dodge will also introduce a more powerful R/T Dart later in the model year. The $22,495 R/T will benefit from a 2.4 liter "Tigershark" powerplant producing 184hp and 171 lb.-ft. of torque.
To convert an Alfa Giulietta platform to Dart duty, Dodge widened the tub 2 inches and added 10 inches in length. The chassis is constructed from 68 percent hi-strength steel, and the car is built in the United States. A series of baffles and underbody streamlining panels insure that the Dart's coefficient of drag (Cd) is just 0.285. Body panel gaps are remarkably tight, and wind noise inside the cabin is nil.
The Dart feels spacious and airy. Everything about the interior seems to belie its sub-$20,000 base price. The instrument binnacle, for example, is double seam-stitched, and surrounded by an ethereal neon border that glows reassuringly at night. The backs of the seat belt receptacles are padded with felt to keep them from scratching the finish on the center console. The navigation system is a joy to use, with bold graphics, and navigational directions displayed on the instrument panel directly in front of the driver. The main video panel on the dash supplies such ancillary information as the posted speed limit of your current position next to your GPS-calculated current speed. In other words, you've got no excuses for fibbing to the officer about your lack of speed limit awareness. As soon as you pass a new speed limit sign, the system magically resets itself to the new reality. Watching it do so is uncanny.
The 160hp "Tigershark" is more of a minnow than predator when you step on the gas. Even rowing the 6-speed Powertech ATX automatic gearbox through the ratios won't make up for a decided lack of grunt, with only 148 pound-feet of torque on tap. Order the $1,300 optional in-line turbo 4, with 168hp, or wait for the coming R/T package, because the base engine is a bit overstressed when brisk acceleration is required.
As you might expect from its Italian (Alfa) heredity, handling is a forte of the Dart. The Dodge chassis consists of McPherson strut front, and multi-link rear independent suspension, with flashy 17 x 7.5 inch alloys at each corner mounting Continental ContiProContact 225/45R17 radials. This refined chassis-tire combo generates surprisingly high levels of adhesion. In sweeping turns, the Dart takes a set which it holds resolutely throughout the corner. There is almost no sway, no lean, nor any ride discomfort. Simply put, the suspension calibrations are spot-on.
As a whole, the new Dart verges on sensational, with such unexpected value for price that you'll have to drive one yourself to find out just how good this resuscitated new/old nameplate really is.
2013 Dodge Dart
- Engine: 2.0 liter in-line 4
- Horsepower: 160hp
- Torque: 148 lb.-ft.
- Fuel Consumption: 27 MPG City/39 MPG Highway
- Price as Tested: $22,780
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Ticket #1762 (closed enhancement: fixed)
[PATCH] Use WebTest for unit tests
|Reported by:
|Owned by:
|mramm, faide, ctrochalakis
We need the ability to easily use WebTest? for unit testing. This will allow us to directly test with WebOb? Request/Response? objects.
Change History
comment:1 Changed 11 years ago by lmacken
- Status changed from new to assigned
- Cc mramm added
Here is my first attempt at adding WebTest unit testing support to TG1.0.
This patch currently leaves testutil.{call,create_request} alone, and simply adds new TGWebTest and DBWebTest classes. Whether or not we want to port create_request/call to use WebTest, or deprecate them, is still up for discussion. I just want to touch base with my current implementation before I dig deeper into it and start porting it up to 1.1 and 2.0.
The TGWebTest class fires automatically sets up turbogears and hooks up WebTest to the CherryPy WSGI server. 'self.app' can then be used by the unit tester to interact with WebTest. The DBWebTest class does the same thing, while also setting up and tearing down the database as well.
My patch also adds SQLAlchemy support to the testutil.DBTest class. It seems to work fine in all of my testing, but could definitely use some more eyes on it :)
The attach patch allows for the following types of unit tests:
class TestPages(testutil.DBWebTest): def test_forbidden(self): # Hot action is forbidden res = self.app.get('/hot_action', status=403) def test_webob_response(self): user = User(user_name=u"test", password=u"test") self.login_user(user) res = self.app.get('/hot_action') assert "Hot WSGI action" in res def test_response_namespace(self): user = User(user_name=u"test", password=u"test") self.login_user(user) res = self.app.get('/hot_action') assert res.namespace['tg_flash'] == u'Hot WSGI action'
Questions, Comments, Suggestions ?
Changed 11 years ago by lmacken
- attachment TurboGears-1.0-WebTest.patch added
comment:2 Changed 11 years ago by lmacken
- Summary changed from Use WebTest for unit tests to [PATCH] Use WebTest for unit tests
I pulled the testutil.DBTest SQLAlchemy integration out into it's own patch and added it to ticket 1764.
comment:4 Changed 11 years ago by lmacken
Ok, so the above patch is almost complete, but still has some issues, the main problem being:
- There are a few places, mainly in the identity provider, where we need to deal with things like cherrypy.request.identityProvider. Trying to munge this ourselves to work around it yields AttributeError?: cherrypy.request has no properties outside of an HTTP request..
Any suggestions?
Changed 11 years ago by lmacken
- attachment TurboGears-1.1-WebTest.patch added
Updated again with some minor cleanups
comment:5 Changed 11 years ago by lmacken
Here is another issue,
====================================================================== FAIL: flash redirect with chars that can cause troubles in cookies ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/lmacken/tg1.1/turbogears/turbogears/tests/test_controllers.py", line 475, in test_flash_redirect_with_trouble_chars assert u'k\xe4se'.encode('utf-8') in value AssertionError
The orignal test case yields something like this
cherrypy.response.simple_cookie["tg_flash"].value = '%24foo%2C%20k\xc3\xa4se%3B%09bar!'
When porting it to WebTest? and dealing with a WebOb? response, I'm getting this:
response.cookies_set['tg_flash'] = '"%24foo%2C%20k\\303\\244se%3B%09bar!"'
comment:6 Changed 11 years ago by kskuhlman
- Cc kskuhlman added
A few things:
- I'm working on cleaning up the patch I submitted against #1466, which does essentially the same things as Luke's patch here. I'm almost done & will post an update to this ticket once I've done a final sanity check, compared it more fully to Luke's approach, & written a test migration guide.
- There were some test isolation issues where one test module was relying on a request being created as a side-effect of another test module. Since requests are (properly) short-lived in a webtest world, these dependencies needed to be fixed prior to the migration. These were fixed in r4584, r4595, and r4596.
- If we end up going with Luke's patch, test_catwalk needs another look. The svn:executable property was set on that module when Luke did his work; since nose skips executables by default, these tests weren't getting run & have some problems yet. (I removed the executable bit in r4583).
- It looks like Luke's latest patch fixes the identity issues he mentioned above. As far as the cookie encoding issue, I think that test is overly specific about how the encoding should happen & is too fragile. The important thing to test is that the "trouble chars" (ie, unicode) can be encoded & decoded & returns the proper result, not that the intermediate result is a particular value. You could probably get it to work using util.quote_cookie & unquote_cookie, but you'd still have a fragile test that has a lot of extra steps without testing anything new.
- We should formally deprecate create_request & createRequest. I added a decorator for this purpose in r4306 (& fixed in r4585).
Anyway, I haven't reviewed Luke's patch too closely yet, but it looks pretty good at first glance in as far as it goes. I think we should add some scope, though, to get rid of other dependencies on CP2 internals. I'm not going to go into detail on that here, since it overlaps what I need to do for my first point above.
Changed 11 years ago by kskuhlman
- attachment webtest-ken.patch added
Ken's attempt
comment:7 Changed 11 years ago by kskuhlman
Attached my attempt at this ticket, and created a "Work In Progress" page at http://docs.turbogears.org/1.1/TestMigration
I'm going to review Luke's version more closely now & see if I can fix the handful of regressions I noticed when testing with it earlier. After that, I'll look into whether a hybrid approach is possible/useful (it should be.. I already have a short list of things I like/don't like from each approach).
Changed 11 years ago by kskuhlman
- attachment webtest-luke-tweaked.patch added
Minor tweaks to fix regressions in Luke's version
comment:8 Changed 11 years ago by kskuhlman
That was easy. Basically just changed response to response.body for the json loads in test_catwalk, moved the remaining request-based tests in test_identity inside the controllers, and made the cookie-encoding test change I suggested earlier.
"webtest-luke-tweaked.patch" is just Luke's patch with these adjustments.
comment:9 Changed 11 years ago by kskuhlman
- Version changed from trunk to 1.1 HEAD
- Milestone changed from 1.1 to 1.1.1
I'm very happy with the way the merger turned out. The result is cleaner than my original version & more complete than Luke's.
I've updated the TestMigration page that I created earlier, and am about to attach a new patch & a merger report.
There's one minor wart: in widgets/tests/test_request_related_features.py, there's one test that requires the server to be stopped & restarted. The problem is the validate decorator's mangling of parameters is buggy. I think this has just been hidden by all the starting & stopping of the server that's been happening in the tests, so I've just marked this with a FIXME.
If no-one objects, I'm going to commit this in the next couple of days, after I review the changes one more time & do a "final" cleanup of the docs.
Changed 11 years ago by kskuhlman
- attachment merge_rpt.txt added
A report of which changes were kept from the two approaches.
Changed 11 years ago by kskuhlman
- attachment webtest_blended.patch added
Patch including a blending of Luke & Ken's approaches.
comment:10 Changed 11 years ago by lmacken
Nice work, Ken! I'm very pleased with the results as well. The patch looks to be like best of both worlds, gives us a clean consistent API, and shaves about 32 seconds off of the TurboGears test suite. Looks good to me :)
comment:11 Changed 11 years ago by kskuhlman
- Status changed from assigned to closed
- Resolution set to fixed
comment:13 Changed 11 years ago by kskuhlman
- Milestone changed from 1.6 to 1.5
comment:14 Changed 11 years ago by kskuhlman
- Priority changed from normal to high
- Status changed from closed to reopened
- Resolution fixed deleted
- Severity changed from normal to critical
- Milestone changed from 1.5 to 1.1
When I merged Luke & my approaches, I failed to update the quickstart templates, so the tests for newly created projects are erroring.
Also, chrisz has suggested that TGWebTest have a root attribute, which setUp would use. That way in the common case it wouldn't be necessary to override setUp & tearDown. I'll fix that while I'm at it.
Finally, I plan on renaming TGWebTest to just TGTest, since the shorter name is more memorable.
Re-opening ticket and raising priority.
comment:15 Changed 11 years ago by kskuhlman
- Status changed from reopened to new
- Owner changed from lmacken to kskuhlman
Changed 11 years ago by kskuhlman
- attachment tgtest.patch added
Almost complete..
comment:16 Changed 11 years ago by kskuhlman
- Cc faide added; kskuhlman removed
- Status changed from new to assigned
The patch I just attached is almost complete. Identity-enabled quickstarted apps using SQLObject pass tests, but SQLAlchemy & Elixir apps error with "Class '<class 'turbogears.visit.savisit.TG_Visit'>' already has a primary mapper defined"
I'll look into the remaining issues later tonight. We need this fixed by 1.1beta-1.
comment:17 Changed 11 years ago by kskuhlman
- Status changed from assigned to closed
- Resolution set to fixed
comment:18 Changed 11 years ago by ctrochalakis
- Cc ctrochalakis added


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Michael Spalt hat folgendes zu dieser Gitarre geschrieben:
Maccaferri is mostly known for his 'Django Reinhart' style Selmer guitars. But he later also developed a line of plastic guitars which were quite successful and actually sounded quite good. The f-hole is part of a top of one of these guitars which was picked out of the trash by a friend of mine. Sadly it had been damaged beyond repair, so I used parts of it in various Totemguitars, as tribute and as a way of renewing their purpose. Mahogany body, Maple neck with Purpleheart fingerboard. Tele/P-90 'BoneTop' pickup configuration.
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by Vanessa Willoughby
And before you hoarded the bill, before your eyes
Set fire to the moon-eyed waitress, jailbait-Jessica-Rabbit
Fighting against a dress three inches too short, lashes
Fluffed with fur, a slippery, trickster vision shimmying
Claws clutching a one-way ticket to
Purple haze heaven.
And before you confessed, letting
Your tongue snake around
Blue velvet loneliness served neat
You made sure to draw blood in preparation for the bruise.
"I like how you have the face of a nymphet," you said.
Death breathing like little gills beneath your dewy skin
Hand hovering over a smoking mouth
Watching the molted walls of the motel room churn into lava.
"I like when I call tell what you want to say, when your eyes don't say anything at all."
You scrubbed the beauty out of our sensuality
Like you were the one with the damned spot.
Out! Out! Out!
This has become our honeymoon.
There's the unforgiving crowbar of regret whipped from temple to temple.
There's the cough of the spy spilling out of her booth
Losing her battle with self-control, a tense pause after every third bite of food
Watchers in the woods ready to inspect our insides like deviant bones.
Vanessa Willoughby is a writer and editor. Her work has been featured on The Toast, The Hairpin, Electric Cereal, The Nervous Breakdown, Words Dance, and The Huffington Post. She is a Prose Editor for Winter Tangerine Review. This is her second appearance in Slink Chunk Press.


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A recent post on this blog looked at how lessons analysis can help organisations identify some of the high-impact issues affecting their performance. We last examined 'quality' and the related problems that organisations may encounter, such as inconsistent performance, increased costs and reputational damage.
We now turn to knowledge gaps.
What is the problem?
The world is divided between those organisations that manage their knowledge and the rest. Relatively few organisations treat knowledge as an asset and fewer still do so in ways that protect and enhance its value. Consequently, they remain exposed to significant risk when (a) new work reveals they lack sufficient knowledge in certain areas or (b) high-value knowledge is lost when employees retire or (even worse) resign and enable competitors to benefit therefrom.
How does it manifest itself?
Organisations that choose not to manage their knowledge in a planned, deliberate way leave themselves exposed to 'key-person dependency', where critical knowledge is retained by a few individuals. Where such knowledge is guarded jealously, the 'chosen few' may wield disproportionate influence; conversely, such individuals may be held back in roles because their 'loss' (whilst understandable and necessary for positive career development) will leave their less experienced former colleagues struggling to fill the gap.
The risk associated with this massively increases when the most knowledgeable employees retire or resign to join another company – the latter being a double blow to their firm since valuable (yet clearly undervalued) knowledge has not only been lost but to a competitor who can now enjoy its benefits.
Some companies respond to such problems by hiring temporary consultant support - often in the form of former employees - to 'plug the gap'. However, this may be expensive and can only be considered a 'sticking plaster' solution. Failure to make more fundamental changes means that such companies remain prone to the vagaries of the market - notably in niche, specialist areas.
Examples of this issue include hiring 'locum' doctors and the mobilisation of military reservists to address manning shortfalls in hospitals and on operational deployments respectively.
Examples of this issue include hiring 'locum' doctors and the mobilisation of military reservists to address manning shortfalls in hospitals and on operational deployments respectively.
What is its impact?
Undervaluing knowledge and the failure to anticipate and mitigate its loss can adversely affect organisations, by:
- Preventing delivery to deadlines, as employees taken for granted move elsewhere;
- Increasing costs and reducing profits (or incurring losses) as reactive measures are used to address knowledge loss.
What recommendations are made to address it?
We've already mentioned (and discounted) the short-term solution of contracting in specialists. Longer-term responses, that seek to develop enduring capabilities, have included:
- A KM assessment – used to measure and benchmark an organisation's KM capabilities against others in its field, including best in class; this is often the start-point for any organisation's journey towards credible knowledge management;
- A knowledge scan – used to identify an organisation's knowledge strengths and weaknesses; when faced with so many apparently vital subject areas, this enables an organisation to plan their retention and protection in a systematic and efficient way;
- Retention interviews – used, usually following a knowledge scan, to build an organisation's knowledge base to reduce the impact of the departure of experienced employees. Complementary interventions include knowledge transfer strategies (i.e. to junior colleagues) and the creation of knowledge assets (i.e. using wikis, SharePoint or other technology).
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I'm taking a short break for all the Shadows of Brimstone stuff to bring you my views of Warlord Games' Universal Carrier.
When Warlord released their plastic SdKfz 251 Hanomag about a year ago rumours emerged that it was really made by Italeri. A rumour that I can't substantiate or offer my own views on since I haven't built the kit and as far as I know Italeri does not have a Hanomag in 28mm or 1/56th scale. However, early this year Warlord and Italeri announced a partnership that would involve Italeri making four vehicle kits for Warlord Games: a Sherman, a Panther, a Cromwell and a Puma (you can read my views on the Panther here). The deal allows Italeri to sell the vehicles as well as Warlord Games plastic miniatures under their own brand while Warlord also can sell the vehicles under their own brand. Both companies are credited on the box covers though, so there is no doubt.
So when Warlord Games released a plastic Universal Carrier I was intrigued. Was this too manufactured by Italeri, or was it something else? I was then utterly confused when I saw the box cover, it looks exactly like the Plastic Soldier Company model available in 1/72! (You can read my review of that kit here.) So I had to order one to compare.
As you can see from the pictures above, there is no doubt what so ever that the Warlord carrier is an upscaled version of the PSC carrier. While the sprue layout differs somewhat the parts are identical. The only things that are different is that the Warlord sprues contain a second Bren gun and it's AA mount, and that the two passengers have had ammo pouches modelled on their bodies. Apart from that the kits are identical, except for the scale of course.
Now this wouldn't have been such a problem because the PSC carrier is a good kit, if not for the fact when upscaling a kit you lose detailing. This is especially evident on the crew figures' faces. Which still are identical triplets just as they were in the PSC kit. And we still only get three helmeted heads and one with a beret, because nobody fires at the driver, right?
Assembly is straightforward without any problems except for an error in the PSC kit that is replicated in the Warlord version; if you fit the rolled up tarp on the rear stowage box you can't fit the two smaller tool boxes as shown in the building instructions. It's a minor problem easily solved by leaving either the tarp or the boxes off. The configuration changed in the field anyway.
But something had to be done with the crew. The pose of the passengers were bad in the PSC kit already, and the low detail made them even worse. So I went to my friendly local hobby shop to see if they had the Italeri version of Warlords plastic british infantry but to no avail. I did find something else though...
Yup, in the spur of the moment I decided to buy some 1/48 scale figures and scavenge their arms, heads and equipment. I figured the difference maybe wasn't that big and since 28mm figures usually have oversized hands and heads it would work. Back home I cut out some pieces and started to compare sizes. Oh how we men are obsessed with the size of various body parts...
The Tamiya set is a marvel of fine sculpting just like a detailed model kit should be. A bit of a mixed bag with the poses though, we get four action poses and three walking poses as well as two figures meant as crew inside Tamiyas Universal Carrier kit -- what a coincidence. Also included are four tanker figures and a french farmer offering a bottle of wine! It's obvious that the kit is meant to provide suitable figures for a variety of diorama subjects.
|Looks quite alright, doesn't it? But yet it looks strangely familiar...
So when Warlord Games released a plastic Universal Carrier I was intrigued. Was this too manufactured by Italeri, or was it something else? I was then utterly confused when I saw the box cover, it looks exactly like the Plastic Soldier Company model available in 1/72! (You can read my review of that kit here.) So I had to order one to compare.
|The sprues for the Warlord Universal Carrier.
|The sprue for the Plastic Soldier Company Universal carrier.
|The extra Bren gun in the Warlord kit.
|The driver and gunner's bodies need to be painted before mounting the front glacis plate.
|Size appears accurate; here compared with a Foundry 28mm figure.
|The front glacis still isn't glued in place. On the right is the tool box that didn't fit.
|Might as well get me some real models...
|Lots of goodies: backpacks, ammo pouches, tools, holsters, helmets and weapons. You get two of these sprues in the kit.
|Tamiya British infantry. Also includes a gunner and a radio man for the Tamiya Universal Carrier.
|And a set of British tank crew. Will come in handy when I get that Cromwell.
|Comparing the firing pose with a Perry miniature it appears a bit taller but not wider or thicker.
|Perry parts in brown, Tamiya in light grey, while the dark grey bren gun is from the Warlord kit.
Comparing the parts revealed that while the Tamiya miniatures were taller their heads and hands were the same size as the Foundry figures heads and hands. Also, ammo pouches, backpacks and water bottles were a perfect fit. Weapons typically were a few millimetres longer and marginally slimmer in the Tamiya set. This was good news and I went ahead with my Frankenstein-esque plan.
While the figures are overscale the carrier itself appears to be spot on size-wise. I also sprinkled a lot of equipment inside the carrier, including one of the wine bottles. As the crew were expected to also fight on foot they had the same kit as ordinary infantrymen.
So what did I think of the kit? Well the Universal Carrier is quite good, but the crew is bad. If you don't mind the clunky poses I guess they do their job. For £12 it's a nice little kit, but I feel there are better alternatives out there, like Perry Miniatures' resin model with metal crew for £15.50. (Yes it's for Africa, but it illustrates my point.)
All in all I give the Warlord Games 28mm Universal Carrier 3 out of 5. Not bad, but a bit of a disappointment.
|The transfers included are nice!
All in all I give the Warlord Games 28mm Universal Carrier 3 out of 5. Not bad, but a bit of a disappointment.


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SCARSDALE, N.Y. - A trio of local educators will be the featured guests at the upcoming Scarsdale Forum and Membership meeting, where they will discuss the "Education of Today and Tomorrow."
On Thursday, Nov. 3, Scarsdale Board of Education President Leila Shames Maude, Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum Lynne Shain and Director for Instructional Technology and Innovation Jerry Crisci will be on hand at the public library to discuss the state of education in the village.
Additionally, the Forum will continue its review of Scarsdale's Non-Partisan system through a presentation with guest Max Grudin, the Chair of the Procedure Committee, who will offer an update on recommendations to the Citizen's Nominating Committee.
The meeting gets underway at 8 p.m. on Thursday in the Scott Room at the Scarsdale Public Library. Preceding the meeting, there will be a reception honoring retired Fire Chief Thomas Cain, who has served the village for more than three decades.
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An estimated 3,000 people turned in Dublin yesterday for the annual Gay Pride parade.
The event marked the conclusion of the capital's 25th Pride Festival, which celebrates the progress made by the gay community in Ireland over the past quarter century.
The parade culminated in a rally at Dublin's civic offices which heard calls for full marriage rights for gay couples in Ireland.
A civil partnership bill is currently being finalised under which same sex couples will be able to avail of marriage-like benefits in a range of areas, but it will fall short of full marriage.
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The best pacifier for a baby depends on the child's age and stage in growth and development. Pacifiers help to calm babies by stimulating their sucking reflex. Safe pacifiers that are sturdy, easy to clean and made with baby-friendly materials are plentiful, ensuring that parents will find the best pacifier for their baby.
Types of Pacifiers
The wide variety of available pacifiers also come in a vast price range. Designer pacifiers may be more expensive than a less popular brand, although they may not be any more effective than a less expensive brand. Basic pacifiers are advertised as being the closest thing to the baby's mother and feature a round tip. Orthodontic pacifiers feature an angled wide tip that is advertised to keep a baby's jaw aligned correctly when he uses it, according to Consumer Reports. Most pacifiers are labeled to indicate the age of child for which they are most appropriate. The best pacifier for a child is the one he most enjoys using, provided it is safe.
Safe Materials
According to Consumer Reports, parents should always choose silicone pacifiers instead of latex. The use of latex can cause small children to develop allergies, and latex deteriorates when it is heated. The nipple of a silicone pacifier is dishwasher safe for easy cleansing. Some decorated pacifiers may look fancy, but decorations or small pieces can fall off, creating a choking hazard for babies. Clip-on ribbons should be avoided for safety purposes.
Helpful Features
Pacifiers come in a variety of sizes and colors and boast an assortment of features meant to aid parents and babies. The back of the pacifier may be equipped with a button or ring for easy grabbing. Caps that snap on can keep the pacifier clean when the family is on the go. Some models feature an illuminating light that helps parents locate a pacifier in the dark of the baby's room. A self-closing model which snaps closed when it is dropped is also available. Carrying cases can be handy for pacifier storage, and can be carried in a diaper bag or stroller for easy access, according to Consumer Reports.
Pacifier Safety
Pacifiers can encourage the healthy development of an infant's jaw muscles and may reduce the risk of SIDS, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics. The choice of a pacifier for a child is an important one for concerned parents. Pacifiers that are created from a single piece of plastic are safest and not likely to break apart, according to an AAP website, HealthyChildren.org. Pacifiers should never be pinned or attached to a baby's shirt, as this can pose a strangulation hazard. Checking the base of the pacifier for ventilation holes can ensure that a baby can breathe while enjoying the pacifier's soothing effects. Boiling a brand-new pacifier for five minutes will remove any potentially harmful chemical residue. Pacifiers should be inspected regularly for wear and tear, and disposed of should they appear discolored or torn.


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Dear donors:
Once again it is the time of the year for us to write to you. First, please let us wish you and your family a happy and prosperous autumn!
Autumn is the season of harvesting; it is also a great time for hiking and other outdoor activities. Or maybe you are cheering your kids on in a sport event at school; maybe you are enjoying a movie with friends; or maybe you chose to sit in a quiet corner in a café and enjoy some music. There are so many choices for you, all too common even to think about.
At the same time, you may be thinking about places across the Pacific in China, where for many families such choices are too becoming very common. Yet there are still many in China for whom even a family get-tegother is quite a luxury to have, as the parents have left their home to find work thousands of miles away. For some, survival after a major injury or illness became the one and only theme in family life. For some the kids chose to start working at school age in order to share the burden on their parents' shoulder. Some schools plead for wherever they can get to make life a little better for the students, maybe a few more dorm rooms, a dedicated dining hall, a water well, a restroom with better sanitary facilities, or some coats and blankets to keep the kids warm in winter...
As you know, many of these "choices" are really not choices but simple necessity. Even though China has made significant investment to eradicate poverty and to improve education in rural areas, there is still a long way to go, especially for elementary education in regions of extreme poverty.
Despite all the hardships, many teachers chose to stay. Sometimes they get only a few hundred RMB yuan a month, but they stayed on the podium for decades so that the pupils have a place to study. Those are hard choices, but they stick to it, teaching the students not to compromise, not to give up, in hopes that one day they will be able to achieve their dreams and that they can in turn help others in need just as the people who are helping them now.
Who is born to be burdened with so much heaviness in life? Who doesn't deserve some leisure and beauty in life? We are very proud that we chose to go forward with them, and that you chose to back us up in our journey. Twenty-five years ago, a few founding volunteers brought up a simple idea to improve rural education in our motherland. Through the past 25 years, with the support of many dedicated donors and volunteers like you, we have successfully launched a variety of programs such as Financial Aid, Teacher's Stipend, Building and Facilities, Library, Online Classroom, Summer Teaching Camp, the Village Kidsmagazine and Letters to Students.
In 2017 alone, we sponsored 1,694 primary and junior high school students and 1,988 high school students, distributing a total of RMB¥3.2 million. 131 high school graduate students who have had financial aids from OCEF received college admission award, and 25 teachers received stipends from OCEF. 72 schools received over 20,000 books in total. With the help of more than 100 volunteers, kids in remote areas received 482 letters from our program. 78 volunteers taught 83 classes per week at seven elementary schools and six junior high schools, benefiting 2,350 students. Special Program Department completed projects ranging from drinking water supply to student housing renovation and winter coat, for a total of RMB¥ 430,000. 4,400 copies of Village Kids were delivered to over 100 schools. Meanwhile, we once again conducted our Summer Teaching Camp and Teachers' Training Camp in Huining and Yinchuan. Feng Luyuan, a recipient of OCEF stipend for teachers, was recognized by a School Principle Award sponsored by Jack Ma of Alibaba.
Even though our donors are not asking anything in return, your trust is our responsibility, and we cherish OCEF's reputation like our eyes, so that the love you shared would light the way and inspire more rural students in need. Only with total trust from donors like you can we recruit more helping hands and in turn help bring more children in need to a brighter future.
We know the issue surrounding rural education is far more than a simple matter of economy, and not every dream can become true. However, we believe each dream, each effort and each opportunity deserve to be respected and supported. We are holding on to the same ideal that inspired us to start off on the path. Can we count on you to continue backing us up?
Once again, please accept our best wishes in this season of plentiful!
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The current edition of First magazine on pages 34-35 has a nice story on one of our patients, Denise Andersen. Denise is a photographer from central Washington who came to me for the treatment...Read More →
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Little Miss Wise
Sensible Practical Knowledgeable
Little Miss Wise does everything by the book and never makes any foolish decisions...or does she?
Did you know?
Little Miss Wise knows everything about everything
She knows not to eat too much like Little Miss Greedy and she knows not to jump in puddles like Little Miss Naughty
She also knows never to accept a gift from Mr. Mischief!


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We present fundamental limits of axion and hidden-photon dark matter searches probing the electromagnetic coupling. These limits are informed by constraints on noise in phase-insensitive amplifiers, as well as constraints on impedance matching. We motivate the use of quantum-limited amplifiers for dark matter searches, in particular at low masses/frequencies, where they provide a substantial enhancement due to sensitivity outside of the detector bandwidth. We discuss the role of priors, e.g. direct detection and astrophysical constraints, in optimizing scan strategies and comparing receiver architectures. We show that the figure of merit for wideband dark matter searches is the integrated sensitivity of the receiver circuit, and that the integrated sensitivity is constrained by the Bode-Fano criterion. The optimized single-pole resonator read out by a quantum-limited amplifier is close to the Bode-Fano limit, establishing such a search technique as a fundamentally near-ideal setup for dark matter measurement. We discuss the implications of these broad optimization statements for DM Radio, a lumped-element search for axion and hidden-photon dark matter operating in the 100 Hz (~0.5 peV)- 300 MHz (~1 ueV) range. Our results strongly motivate the use of quantum measurement techniques (e.g. squeezing, entanglement, photon counting, backaction evasion), which evade the limits, in future dark matter searches.


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She awoke in the darkness of early morning, feeling vaguely disconcerted. Something had awoken her, but what? Climbing out of bed, Lydia threw a glance at Ian, snoring softly beside her. She started towards the armoire to put a robe on, when suddenly she realized that her water had broken. Gasping, Lydia fumbled for the lights.
"Ian . . .!"
Ian stroked her forehead gently, holding one hand tightly in his own as she moaned her way through another contraction. "Breathe," he told her for the thousandth time. "Just breathe . . ." She whipped her head around to glare at him.
"If I wasnt breathing, Id be dead," Lydia gasped, squeezing his hand tighter. She sank back against the pillows. "Dammit, where is that woman?" Ian had sent for the Lady Zaras medic-woman, who had delivered the Lady of House Griffins four daughters.
"Shes on her way," Ian repeated, also for the thousandth time.
"You said that half an hour ago," Lydia growled. She squeezed his hand again, more gently this time.
"Ill get you some more water," he said, kissing her forehead.
Lydia waited until he was out of the room and began murmuring a soft spell to ease the pain of childbirth. She knew it would never do for him to hear her doing so, since he feared magic, having seen its destructive power firsthand. As Lydia whispered the last word of the spell, she felt a soothing coolness spread throughout her body. She sighed in relief.
Six hours later, Lydia lay pale and exhausted in their bed. Ian cradled their baby girl in his arms, kissed its forehead tenderly. "Hello, little one," he whispered.
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Native grasses are ripening quickly this year as hot temperatures dry them out. Many species are now ready for collection.
For those wanting to add grasses to their gardens or wanting to establish bunch grasses instead of lawn, now is a good time to head out with a small paper bag or two in hand.
Gathering grass seed is pretty painless. Grab the stem and swipe upward gently pulling off seed and letting it fall into the paper bag. Any seeds that don't come off easily are not ripe. Ripe seed will have a small (2mm) dark spot inside the seed. If you gently pull apart the seed you should see the blackish seed nestled between the two pieces of the outer seed. If you wait too long in the season seeds will have dropped out and all you will collect is chaff.
Collect enough seed for your project but be sure to leave enough seed for plants to reproduce and to feed birds and small animals. Make sure to get permission before gathering seed on someone else's property.
Cool season grasses currently maturing include:
- prairie junegrass (Koeleria macrantha)
- Idaho fescue (Festuca idahoensis)
- rough fescue (Festuca campestris)
- Richardson's needle grass (Achnatherum (Stipa) richardsonii)
- Needle and Thread (Stipa comata)
- Western needle grass (Achnatherum occidentals)
- Indian ricegrass (Achnatherum hymenoides)
Store seeds in the paper bag and store in a cool, dark place until fall. Plant grass seed either in fall (lightly covering with compost or a thin mulch like pine needles) or in the spring after it warms up. Be sure to give germinating grass plenty of water to get roots established. Several weeks of regular watering is usually necessary depending on weather. Once grasses have begun to establish monitor moisture and provide supplemental water when things get dry.


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Enjoy aristocratic peaceful rest and regain your energy from nature and bath-house rituals in Hotel Berg's private residence Rumene Manor, in the heart of Kurzeme, steps away from medieval town Kandava (one hour drive from the international airport "Riga").
- Accommodation for two guests in one of the manor's apartments;
- 3-course dinner in Manor house;
- Latvian bath-house ritual (2 hours);
- Breakfast in Manor's kitchen;
- Peaceful stroll around historical park;
- Late check-out till 15:00;
- Parking place;
- Personal butler.
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Searchers on Saturday found the bodies of a UC San Diego graduate student and his friend who apparently plunged to their deaths off a ridge after ascending a glacier-capped Peruvian peak.
Ben Horne, 32, an economics Ph.D. student at University of California San Diego, and Gil Weiss, 29, a former San Diego resident, fell nearly 1,000 feet after reaching the west summit of Palcaraju in the Cordillera Blanca range in mid-July.
"They did summit and they got into trouble on the way down," said rescue coordinator Ted Alexander. "What led to the fall, I cannot tell you now."
A search team was sent out Saturday to ascend the 20,000-foot peak where the two climbers went missing.
Alexander said a private plane was also contracted to join Saturday's search.
Weiss and Horne had not been heard from since July 11. Searchers found the climbers' tent at 16,700 feet on Thursday and tracks coming off the summit, as well as evidence of an avalanche.
An eight-man team from Peru's high-mountain rescue police unit was also involved in the effort.
The unit's commander, Maj. Marco Carrera, said Palcaraju is "one of the most dangerous (peaks) to climb and it's not typical for people to climb it because the weather is difficult year-round, a combination of strong winds, avalanches and enormous crevasses."
San Diego-based crowdsourcing company Tomnod Inc. assisted the search remotely through a satellite imagery effort, said company CEO Shay Har-Noy, a friend of the climbers.
Har-Noy, who met the men through the local climbing community four years ago, said, "In the short amount of time that they lived, they accomplished a lot, had lived abroad and climbed abroad and had lived life to its fullest and unfortunately it was short lived." He said Horne ran 100 mile races and had climbed large peaks in Kyrgyzstan. He said this was Weiss' third or fourth climbing trip in Peru.
Weiss reflected on his upcoming climb in a July 10 tribute post to a climber who died in the Sierra Nevada Mountains on the blog pullharder.org.
Weiss wrote, "I sit here in a coffee shop in Huaraz, Peru, planning another foray into the Cordillera Blanca, where the sense that one's life is in the hands of the mountains can be as blinding as the endless white glaciers, and a thirst for glory can darken our better judgment more than the blackness of night."
According to his Facebook page, Weiss was born in New York and was working for Beyond Adventure Productions, a team of photographers and videographers who shoot weddings and other events atop summits and remote lakes and beaches.
Horne lived in La Jolla with roommates and, according to his Facebook page, was from Virginia.
Horne wrote on his blog, "I love sports, especially running, rock climbing and mountaineering. I enjoy them for their own sake, and I also use them to better understand myself, humanity and the world. In all of these things, I like to go big, push myself, and do hard things where I might fail–without a chance of failure, a success is not as sweet."


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July 7, 2000
Except for an uptick on the California Power Exchange for Friday deliveries, Western power prices fell steadily this week. While the prices eventually recorded for bilateral trades more closely resembled normal values for this time of year, the usual Monday prescheduling psychology was evident. Forward prices touted by brokers for early next week are over 100 mills/KWh at several hubs-just in case hot weather returns and generation becomes scarce again.
California was generally cooler this past week and loads throughout the West were deemed moderate, helping to calm down what had been an overheated marketplace last week. The Independence Day holiday on Tuesday also represented a big change in the market, with last Monday's energy deals still priced up to 200 mills/KWh but much lower after the break. As a result, there seemed a wide range of prices this week.
While it started out at nearly 90 mills/KWh on Monday, the CalPX day- ahead peak price fell to half that midweek before rallying to 59 mills/KWh for Friday preschedules.
In doing so, the PX price crossed paths with deals at Mid-Columbia and California/Oregon Border, which fell to the 40 mills to 50 mills/KWh range on Thursday. The return to service of the Columbia Generating Station and a cooling rainfall in the Northwest allowed for surplus power from the Bonneville Power Administration throughout the week. BPA even returned to offering 200 MW of peak and off-peak power at CalPX indexed prices into early next week.
Overnight power prices varied from 29 mills to 36 mills/KWh in California in the latter part of the week. COB and Mid-C prices were down to the 33 mills to 35 mills/KWh range late in the week.
Down in the desert, Palo Verde transactions were light and prices dropped to about 51 mills to 60 mills/KWh for peak power. At Four Corners, the price was slipping below 60 mills peak and 29 mills/KWh off-peak.
There really was not much news to report. The few reported generation outages at Grand Coulee, San Juan and Laramie River stations were non- factors in pricing. The Columbia Generating Station was on its way back to full power on Friday morning and all seemed well along transmission paths but for some minor maintenance limits.
The Alberta Power Pool continues to show severe price volatility, with certain hours hitting 500 mills/KWh on relatively moderate loads [Arthur O'Donnell].
Gas Prices Dive on Futures Collapse
Natural gas prices plunged lower in response to the cooling of electricity demand. Both the NYMEX futures market and daily spot trading prices dropped significantly from the start of the week to Thursday, despite a midweek rumor that briefly bolstered screen prices before giving way to the downward trend.
Where prices at the Southern California Border had been well into the $4.90's earlier, they fell hard to $4.53/MMBtu, taking the rest of the west with them.
There continued to be a huge spread between Permian Basin and San Juan Basin prices, but both fell substantially midweek. San Juan rested at about $3.65/MMBtu and Permian was about $3.95/MMBtu on Thursday. The continued difference between Permian and the California border encouraged marketers and end-users to ship more in from Texas. " Everyone is trying to buy Permian," one trader noted.
Operational flow orders on the PG&E system were widespread but gave way to calls on individual shippers to better align their nominations and take-outs.
Gas trading out of Alberta was very light and the price collapsed from $(C)4.95/Gigajoule to 4.64/Gj [A. O'D.].
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As we see in the passage, Jesus explained that as He
washed his disciples feet, they were to do likewise to one another. Some
churches take this to mean that He gave a command to literally wash the feet
of our brethren, as an "ordinance," similar to observances as Water Baptism
or the Lord's Supper. Other churches view Jesus' foot washing only as a
metaphor of how believers need to humble themselves as servants toward each
In New Testament times, foot washing was a common duty
for low-ranking servants. When travelers would visit an affluent home, it
was the custom for the host to have their guests feet washed. It was
considered a degrading task for any servant, and would be especially
humbling and disgusting for the cleanliness-minded Jew to remove the sandals
and wash filthy, road-stenched feet. Jesus showed that the only way to
follow Him, and the only path to spiritual greatness, is to humble ourselves
before our brethren with the heart of a loving servant.
Foot washing was certainly meant as an illustration of a desired attitude for every believer, but it also appears that its literal practice has beneficial results. Foot washing has often helped to inspire humility and forgiveness between dissenting brethren — it has been known to break up rigid tradition, hardness of heart and pride. And many a story has been told of church revivals which began from the contrition aroused in old fashioned foot washing services. The observance may seem strange or silly to some, but we're reminded that God routinely chooses what seem to be the foolish things of this world to confound the wise. Whether or not it is viewed as a regular ordinance, foot washing remains an accepted Biblical tradition in many churches.
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